Eastern Michigan Athletics
Friday, November 19
Toledo, Ohio
11 a.m.
Eastern Michigan University
vs
Northern Illinois
Eagles and Huskies Set for Friday’s Quarterfinal Contest
11/18/2010 12:33:42 PM | Volleyball
Game time set for 11 a.m. at the SeaGate Centre in Toledo, Ohio
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YPSILANTI, Mich. (EMUEagles.com) -- The Eastern Michigan University volleyball team continues its postseason run Friday morning, No. 19, against Northern Illinois University in the quarterfinal round of the 2010 Mid-American Conference Tournament at the SeaGate Centre in Toledo, Ohio. First serve is scheduled for 11 a.m.
Coming off a 3-0 victory over 12th seeded Bowling Green, Nov. 16, the Eagles enter the match with a mark of 24-10 (10-6 MAC) and will be playing for the first time in the SeaGate Center since the 2007 tournament. Meanwhile, Northern Illinois earned a bye to the quarterfinal round with a with a 25-6 (11-5 MAC) record. The Eagles, seeded fifth in the tournament, were swept by the Huskies in both regular-season match ups.
The MAC tournament began Tuesday, Nov. 16, with first round matches at campus sites. The event then shifts to Toledo, Ohio. The quarterfinals are Friday, Nov. 19, the semifinals are Saturday, Nov. 20, and the finals are Sunday, Nov. 21.
EAGLES AND HUSKIES BATTLE FOR THE THIRD TIME THIS SEASON: Eastern Michigan and Northern Illinois are hooking up for the 43rd meeting in the all-time series Friday morning at the SeaGate Centre. NIU holds a 24-18 lead in the all-time series that dates back to the 1981 season. NIU has won the last five meetings dating back to a 3-2 marathon match in DeKalb, Ill., Oct. 7, 2008. This season the Huskies picked up a 3-1 victory (20-25, 28-26, 25-27, 21-25), Oct. 9, in Ypsilanti, and followed it up with a 3-0 sweep (25-23, 26-24, 25-22) inside the friendly confines of Victor E. Court, Nov. 12..
Friday's showdown will mark the first time EMU and NIU have squared off in the postseason tournament.
EMU IN PAST POSTSEASON APPEARANCES: Eastern Michigan's volleyball program has appeared in 11 of the last 12 postseason MAC tournaments under the leadership of head coach Kim Berrington. The Green and White sport a 10-14 all-time record in MAC Tournament play, including two championship game appearances during the 1988 and 1990 campaigns.
Prior to Tuesday's 3-0 victory over Bowling Green, EMU's last MAC Tournament victory was three years ago in the quarterfinals of the 2007 Tournament when the seventh-seeded Eagles proved up for the role of spoiler, knocking off the second-seeded and MAC West Division Champions Broncos of Western Michigan, 3-1 (30-28, 30-21, 31-33, 31-29).
REMAINING WHITE-HOT: The Eastern Michigan University volleyball team comes into the night with a 24-10 record, that includes winning 81 of its 127 sets played. EMU's 24-10 record is the program's best since the 2002 campaign when the Green and White notched a 27-7 record through its 34 matches. The 10-6 record in Mid-American Conference play was also the squad's best finish since the 2005 season.
STEIN SETS EMU SINGLE-SEASON RECORD FOR DIGS: Junior Haley Stein has etched her name in the record books, becoming EMU volleyball's all-time leader for digs in a season. Stein has 723 digs, 83 more than previous record holder and former teammate Ashley Cudney. Cudney had 640 digs during the 2006 campaign.
Stein is making waves not only in the Mid-American Conference, but nationally as well. The Carleton, Mich. native currently ranks third in digs per set at 5.76. Ball State's Alyssa Rio, is the NCAA Division I leader at 5.88 digs per set.
LARGEST TURNAROUND IN SCHOOL HISTORY: The 19-game improvement from five wins in 2009 to the 24 victories this season is the largest in school history. The previous standard of a 12-game turnaround came during the 1990 campaign, when the Eagles went from 18 victories to 30 wins, and again in 2001, when EMU went from seven wins to 19. The 1993 team posted a 10-game improvement and the 1999 squad finished with a nine-game improvement.
MAC SUCCESS: The Eagles recorded their 10th Mid-American Conference victory of the season with a 3-0 sweep of Toledo, Nov. 6. It is the seventh time in program history and sixth time in Head Coach Kim Berrington's tenure that EMU has reached the 10-win plateau during MAC action. The most conference wins in a season was set by the 2005 squad that went 14-2 to capture the West Division title.
IAQUANIELLO IN RAREFIED AIR: Sophomore outside hitter Rachel Iaquaniello is approaching uncharted territory for an EMU student-athlete. The Plymouth, Mich. native ranks fourth all-time in an EMU single-season with 490 kills and fourth in a single-season in attack attempts with 1,330. Nikki Stubbs holds the kills standard for one year with 584 markers in 1990, while Jennifer Nighswander swung 1,401 times in 2003.
CAN YOU DIG IT?: Eastern Michigan topped the 75-dig mark again Friday, Nov. 5, posting 92 in a five-set loss to Ball State. The Eagles set the MAC season-high in digs when they tallied 146 against Western Michigan, Oct. 8. Not only did the dig total top the conference, it marked the highest team total in the nation this season.
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YPSILANTI, Mich. (EMUEagles.com) -- The Eastern Michigan University volleyball team continues its postseason run Friday morning, No. 19, against Northern Illinois University in the quarterfinal round of the 2010 Mid-American Conference Tournament at the SeaGate Centre in Toledo, Ohio. First serve is scheduled for 11 a.m.
Coming off a 3-0 victory over 12th seeded Bowling Green, Nov. 16, the Eagles enter the match with a mark of 24-10 (10-6 MAC) and will be playing for the first time in the SeaGate Center since the 2007 tournament. Meanwhile, Northern Illinois earned a bye to the quarterfinal round with a with a 25-6 (11-5 MAC) record. The Eagles, seeded fifth in the tournament, were swept by the Huskies in both regular-season match ups.
The MAC tournament began Tuesday, Nov. 16, with first round matches at campus sites. The event then shifts to Toledo, Ohio. The quarterfinals are Friday, Nov. 19, the semifinals are Saturday, Nov. 20, and the finals are Sunday, Nov. 21.
EAGLES AND HUSKIES BATTLE FOR THE THIRD TIME THIS SEASON: Eastern Michigan and Northern Illinois are hooking up for the 43rd meeting in the all-time series Friday morning at the SeaGate Centre. NIU holds a 24-18 lead in the all-time series that dates back to the 1981 season. NIU has won the last five meetings dating back to a 3-2 marathon match in DeKalb, Ill., Oct. 7, 2008. This season the Huskies picked up a 3-1 victory (20-25, 28-26, 25-27, 21-25), Oct. 9, in Ypsilanti, and followed it up with a 3-0 sweep (25-23, 26-24, 25-22) inside the friendly confines of Victor E. Court, Nov. 12..
Friday's showdown will mark the first time EMU and NIU have squared off in the postseason tournament.
EMU IN PAST POSTSEASON APPEARANCES: Eastern Michigan's volleyball program has appeared in 11 of the last 12 postseason MAC tournaments under the leadership of head coach Kim Berrington. The Green and White sport a 10-14 all-time record in MAC Tournament play, including two championship game appearances during the 1988 and 1990 campaigns.
Prior to Tuesday's 3-0 victory over Bowling Green, EMU's last MAC Tournament victory was three years ago in the quarterfinals of the 2007 Tournament when the seventh-seeded Eagles proved up for the role of spoiler, knocking off the second-seeded and MAC West Division Champions Broncos of Western Michigan, 3-1 (30-28, 30-21, 31-33, 31-29).
REMAINING WHITE-HOT: The Eastern Michigan University volleyball team comes into the night with a 24-10 record, that includes winning 81 of its 127 sets played. EMU's 24-10 record is the program's best since the 2002 campaign when the Green and White notched a 27-7 record through its 34 matches. The 10-6 record in Mid-American Conference play was also the squad's best finish since the 2005 season.
STEIN SETS EMU SINGLE-SEASON RECORD FOR DIGS: Junior Haley Stein has etched her name in the record books, becoming EMU volleyball's all-time leader for digs in a season. Stein has 723 digs, 83 more than previous record holder and former teammate Ashley Cudney. Cudney had 640 digs during the 2006 campaign.
Stein is making waves not only in the Mid-American Conference, but nationally as well. The Carleton, Mich. native currently ranks third in digs per set at 5.76. Ball State's Alyssa Rio, is the NCAA Division I leader at 5.88 digs per set.
LARGEST TURNAROUND IN SCHOOL HISTORY: The 19-game improvement from five wins in 2009 to the 24 victories this season is the largest in school history. The previous standard of a 12-game turnaround came during the 1990 campaign, when the Eagles went from 18 victories to 30 wins, and again in 2001, when EMU went from seven wins to 19. The 1993 team posted a 10-game improvement and the 1999 squad finished with a nine-game improvement.
MAC SUCCESS: The Eagles recorded their 10th Mid-American Conference victory of the season with a 3-0 sweep of Toledo, Nov. 6. It is the seventh time in program history and sixth time in Head Coach Kim Berrington's tenure that EMU has reached the 10-win plateau during MAC action. The most conference wins in a season was set by the 2005 squad that went 14-2 to capture the West Division title.
IAQUANIELLO IN RAREFIED AIR: Sophomore outside hitter Rachel Iaquaniello is approaching uncharted territory for an EMU student-athlete. The Plymouth, Mich. native ranks fourth all-time in an EMU single-season with 490 kills and fourth in a single-season in attack attempts with 1,330. Nikki Stubbs holds the kills standard for one year with 584 markers in 1990, while Jennifer Nighswander swung 1,401 times in 2003.
CAN YOU DIG IT?: Eastern Michigan topped the 75-dig mark again Friday, Nov. 5, posting 92 in a five-set loss to Ball State. The Eagles set the MAC season-high in digs when they tallied 146 against Western Michigan, Oct. 8. Not only did the dig total top the conference, it marked the highest team total in the nation this season.
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