Blue Knight Women's Volleyball

UU Eliminated in 5 Sets at G-MAC Tourney

For the second time in a week, the Urbana University volleyball team fell to conference foe Trevecca Nazarene University. The second-seeded Trojans eliminated the third-seeded Blue Knights in the G-MAC semifinals in five sets, 25-19, 23-25, 18-25, 25-20, 15-8. The Blue Knights fell in the opening set before bouncing back with a pair of wins to take a 2-1 lead. The Trojans took control late in set #4 and rode the momentum to a dominant 15-8 win in the decisive set. Senior Amy Hickman added 9 kills and a team-high 33 digs in her final collegiate match. Read More

Volkmer Headlines UU's 6 All-Conference Selections

Nov. 16th, 2012

The Great Midwest Athletic Conference released its 2012 Volleyball Awards on Friday, just prior to the inaugural G-MAC Volleyball Championships. The tournament, hosted by top seed Cedarville University, begins this afternoon. Five of the seven spots on the First Team went to top-seeded Cedarville. Player of the Year Johnson grabbed another spot, and Urbana University sophomore hitter Kelsey Volkmer received the other. Read More

G-MAC Volleyball Championships Preview

Nov. 15th, 2012

On Friday, the Great Midwest Athletic Conference will host its first-ever Volleyball Conference Championship Tournament games, as the 2012 Volleyball Championships begin at Cedarville University with a opening round match-up between #5 seed Central State University and #4 seed Ursuline College. The winner will advance to the semifinals and face #1 seed and host Cedarville University following the tournaments other semifinal match between #3 seed Urbana University and #2 seed Trevecca Nazarene University. Read More

Volleyball Drops Last 2 Regular Season Matches

Nov. 10th, 2012

In a regular season-ending tri-match at Kentucky Wesleyan College, the Urbana University volleyball team finished 0-2 against nationally ranked Lewis University and the host Panthers. Lewis swept Urbana 25-20, 25-13, 25-11, and in the late match, the home team prevailed 25-11, 25-20, 25-23. Playing well in defeat for the Blue Knights was Katlin Kremer. Kremer had 12 kills and just 3 errors on the night. Read More

Trojans Take Key G-MAC Match

Nov. 9th, 2012

The Urbana University volleyball team dropped a key G-MAC matchup at Trevecca Nazarene University on Friday night. The Trojans avenged an earlier 5-set loss at UU by bringing down the Blue Knights in straight sets, 25-21, 25-19, 27-25. Urbana led late in the third set and appeared ready to push the match into extra frames, but the Trojans rallied in front of their home crowd to earn the season split. Urbana's offense was led by freshman Megan Verhoff. Verhoff had 9 kills and just 1 hitting error in 25 attempts to hit a team-high .320. Read More