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CHICAGO STATE VOLLEYBALL MATCH NOTES

Derrick Sloboda • Sports Information [email protected] • Office: 773-995-2217

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COUGARS VOLLEYBALL

Date Opponent Time/ResultHawkeye Challenge

8/24 at Iowa L, 0-38/24 vs. Valparaiso L, 0-38/25 vs. South Dakota State L, 0-38/25 vs. Southeast Missouri State L, 0-3

8/28 Judson L, 1-3

Coppin State Invitational8/31 vs. North Carolina A&T W, 3-1 8/31 vs. Bryant L, 0-3 9/1 at Coppin State W, 3-19/1 vs. Youngstown State L, 0-3

Miami Best Western/Sycamore Inn Invitational 9/7 vs. Temple L, 0-3 9/8 at Miami (OH) L, 0-3 9/8 vs. Indiana State L, 0-3

9/11 at Western Illinois L, 0-3

Rambler Challenge9/14 at Loyola L, 0-39/15 vs. USC Upstate L, 0-39/15 vs. DePaul L, 0-3

9/18 at Wright State L, 1-3 9/29 Houston Baptist * L, 0-3 10/6 NJIT * Noon 10/7 IUPUI 2 p.m. 10/9 at Green Bay 7 p.m. 10/11 at Houston Baptist * 7 p.m. 10/13 at Texas-Pan American * 2 p.m. 10/19 at Utah Valley * 8 p.m. 10/20 vs. CSU Bakersfield 2 p.m. 10/23 at UIC 7 p.m. 10/27 at NJIT * 1 p.m. 10/30 Valparaiso 7 p.m. 11/6 Western Illinois 7 p.m. 11/8 Texas-Pan American * 7 p.m. 11/10 Utah Valley * 1 p.m.

Home matches in bold* GWC Match All times local

2012 SCHEDULE WEEK 6: NJIT & IUPUI

OPENING SERVE

Chicago State (2-16, 0-1 Great West Conference) plays their second GWC contest of the year on Saturday (Oct. 6) at noon against NJIT (7-11, 0-2 GWC). The Cougars return to the Jacoby Dickens Center the next day (Oct. 7) to face Summit League member IUPUI (11-7).

MEDIA INFORMATION

Chicago State Sports Information Director Derrick Sloboda is the contact for the Chicago State volleyball team. He can be reached at his office line of 773-995-2217 or by email at [email protected].

QUICK FACTS

Location Chicago, Ill. Founded 1867Enrollment 6,882 Nickname Cougars Colors Green (PMS 342) and White Affiliation NCAA Division I Conference Great West President Dr. Wayne D. Watson Director of Athletics Dan Schumacher Faculty Rep Dr. Bernie Rowan

First Year of Volleyball 1979 First Year of Division I Volleyball 1988 All-Time Record 271-786-2 All-Time Division I Record 59-655 NCAA Tourney Appearances/Last NoneHead Coach Bob Eskew Record at CSU 5-77 (third year) Career Record Same

Home Court Jacoby Dickens Center (2,500)

NJITHighlanders

Saturday, Oct. 6noon

Chicago, Ill.Jacoby Dickens Center

IUPUIJaguars

Sunday, Oct. 72 p.m.

Chicago, Ill.Jacoby Dickens Center


RECORD WHEN

Overall ..................................................... 2-16Home ......................................................... 0-2Away .......................................................... 1-5Neutral ....................................................... 1-9vs. GWC .................................................... 0-1vs. non-conference .................................. 2-15

In August .................................................. 1-6 September ........................................... 1-10 October .................................................. 0-0 November .............................................. 0-0

Three Set Matches .................................. 0-14Four Set Matches ...................................... 2-2Five Set Matches ....................................... 0-0

Hitting Below .200 .................................... 1-16Hitting .200-.249 ........................................ 1-0Hitting .250-.299 ........................................ 0-0Hitting Above .300 .................................... 0-0

Outkilling Opponents ................................. 2-1Outkilled by Opponent ........................... . 0-15Kills are Even ............................................. 0-0Outdigging Opponents ............................... 2-1Outdigged by Opponents ......................... 0-15Digs are Even ............................................ 0-1

Winning Game One ................................... 1-1Losing Game One ................................... 1-15Leading 2-0 ................................................ 1-0Trailing 0-2 ............................................... 0-15Tied 1-1 ..................................................... 1-1Leading 2-1 ................................................ 1-0Trialling 1-2 ................................................ 0-2Tied 2-2 ..................................................... 0-0

On Tuesday ............................................... 0-3On Wednesday .......................................... 0-0On Thursday .............................................. 0-0On Friday ................................................... 1-4On Saturday .............................................. 1-6On Sunday ................................................. 0-0

LEADERS

Kills 103- Valeria Desiderio 102 - Sydney Van MunsterHitting % .229 - Sydney Van Munster .154 - Alyssa PodwellAssists 239 - Angelica Brewer 224 - Paula SiotoAces 14 - Mia Townsell 9 - Angelica BrewerDigs 234 - Mia Townsell 188 - Mysta TownsellBlocks 37 - Sydney Van Munster 31 - Paula Sioto

LAST TIME OUT– The Cougars dropped the 2012 Great West Conference opener on Saturday (Sept. 29) to Houston Baptist 3-0.

LAST TIME WE MET– The Cougars went 1-2 against NJIT last year. All three matches went five sets. The Cougars lost at home on Oct. 15, won at NJIT on Nov. 12 and then lost in the GWC Tournament in Grand Forks, N.D. on Nov. 17. The Cougars haven’t played IUPUI since the 2009 season opener in Bradley’s Tournament on Aug. 28. The Cougars dropped that contest in there sets.

LOOKING FORWARD– Following this weekend’s matches with NJIT and IUPUI, the Cougars hit the road for seven straight contests away from Chicago. The stretch starts with contests at Green Bay, Houston Baptist and Texas Pan American next week.

I’M HONORED– Senior middle blocker Sydney Van Munster was named the Great West Conference Offen-sive Player of the Week on Sept. 3. She helped The Cougars to victories over North Carolina A&T and Coppin State at the Coppin State Invitational. Van Munster tallied 57 kills in five matches last week for a 3.17 kill per set av-erage. The middle blocker also posted a .389 attack percentage on the week and received all-tournament honors at the Coppin State Invitational. She hit .484 with a career-high 17 kills against tournament host Coppin State.

I’M HONORED (X2)– Junior Mysta Townsell was named the GWC Defensive Player of the Week on Sept. 24 after she recorded 38 digs against Wright State on Sept. 18.

DIG ‘EM– Junior Mysta Townsell is averaging 7.2 digs per set over the Cougars’ last four matches. In just the Cougars last two matches (Wright State and Houston Baptist) she is averaging 9.3 per set.

MAKE A CAREER OUT OF IT– Senior middle blocker Sydney Van Munster has twice set new career highs in kills this year. She first recorded 13 kills with no errors against Judson on Tuesday (Aug. 28). Van Munster did even better on Sept. 1 against

Coppin State, pounding down 17 on a .484 attack percentage.

DOUBLE TROUBLE– The Cougars have two double-doubles and a triple-double this year. Angelica Brewer notched a double-double of 28 assists and 13 digs against Judson (Aug. 28). Valeria Deside-rio totaled 16 digs and 12 kills against Coppin State (Sept 1). Paula Sioto added 25 assists, 12 kills and 10 digs against Wright State on Sept. 18.

CAN YOU DIG IT– Sophomore libero Mia Townsell began the 2012 season with 10 consecutive matches of double-digit digs. Her high during the stretch was 28 against North Carolina A&T (Aug. 31).

ALL TOURNAMENT TEAM– Sophomore Mia Townsell picked up all-tour-nament team honors for her play in the Hawk-eye Challenge to start the year. She recorded averaged 4.75 digs over the four matches and recorded a career-high 20 against Southeast Missouri State.

ALL TOURNAMENT TEAM (X2)– Senior Sydney Van Munster earned all-tour-nament team accolades at the Coppin State Invitational. Van Munster averaged 3.14 kills per set with a .344 attack percentage. She also added 10 block assists in the 14 sets of play.

ALL TOURNAMENT TEAM (X3)– Sophomore Kimberly Lindner earned all-tournament team honors at the Miami Best Western/Sycamore Inn Invitational. She posted 21 kills in the Cougars’ three matches against Temple, Miami (Ohio) and Indiana State.

ALL TOURNAMENT TEAM (X4)– Freshman Alyssa Podwell took home all-tour-nament team honors at the Rambler Challenge hosted by Loyola. Podwell averaged a block a set while adding 13 kills and two aces during the tournament’s three matches.

YOU AGAIN?– Angelica Brewer and Mya Williams attended Pike High School together in Indianapolis, Ind. Brewer came to CSU directly from Pike while Williams attended Delaware State in 2011 before coming to Chicago State this season.

ON THE ROAD AGAIN – Sydney Van Munster transferred to CSU

NEWS AND NOTES


from Grand Rapids CC, however her first col-legiate stop was far, far, far from her home of Hudsonville, Mich. in southwestern Michigan. The 6-2 middle blocker started her collegiate career in 2009 at Alaska Fairbanks. She recorded 96 kills and 33 blocks in 18 matches for the Division II Nanooks.

YES THEY’RE SISTERS – Junior Mysta Townsell and sophomore Mia Townsell are each liberos/defensive special-ists… they’re also sisters. Mysta averaged 4.48 digs per set last year with a total of 493. Mia added 222 digs.

FOLLOW ALONG – All home Chicago State volleyball matches now feature live stats. The link to follow at home is: www.sidearmstats.com/csu/wvball/ Those looking to keep up on their phone can do so at the mobile version link: http://www.

sidearmstats.com/csu/wvball/mobile.aspx

FOR THE TITLE– The 2012 Great West Conference Volleyball Championship will be hosted by Utah Valley on Nov. 14-17.

SHE’S BACK– Redshirt sophomore Valeria Desiderio missed last season due to an injury. In her freshman season of 2009, she recorded a team-high 198 kills.

SHE’S A FRESHMAN! – The 2012 roster features just one true freshman, middle blocker Alyssa Podwell. The New Lenox, Ill. Native and Providence Catholic graduate was a Southtown Star All-Area and All-South Suburban Catholic League selection as a senior. Her teammates call her “Pods.”

NEWS AND NOTES

NEW TO THE CREW – Joining Podwell as newcomers on the roster are four transfers. Middle blocker Madeleine Radtke is from Sauk Village, Ill. but was most recently at Prairie State College. Setter Paula Sioto is a native of Brazil and comes to CSU with junior status. Outside hitter Kimberly Linder of Antigo, Wis. spent a season at Colby CC. Mya Williams, a 6-4 middle blocker from Indianapolis was last at Delaware State. Linder and Williams have sophomore status.

LETS SETTLE THIS – The Cougars have a new setter in 2012. Last year Emily Kramolisch led CSU with 783 as-sists. Sophomore Angelica Brewer and junior transfer Paula Sioto are seeing time at the spot as the Cougars have run a 6-2 for most of the season.

The 2012 season is Bob Eskew’s third as Chicago State’s head volleyball coach. 2011 saw Chicago State earn several in-dividual honors. A pair of Cougars won Great West Conference weekly awards on Nov. 15. Alexandra Mason was named the Offensive Player of the Week while Mysta Townsell took home defensive honors. It was Chicago State’s first weekly conference player of the week honor since 2004. Transfer Rachel Levitt was named to the 2011 All-Newcomer Team. The honors continued for the CSU vol-leyball team after the 2011 season as Mazvita Maziveyi received the Great West Confer-ence’s Sportsmanship Award. Eskew’s squad earned three Academic All-Great West Conference honorees in 2010. Eskew returned to his alma mater after spending 22 consecutive seasons as head volleyball coach at Bloom Township High School in Chicago Heights, Ill., and has brought over two decades of knowledge and success to the volleyball program. Posting 389 wins and 109 losses during his years with the Blazing Trojans, he led the team to seven conference championships, most recently the 2009 Southland Conference title with an impressive 29-3 finish.

In 2008, Eskew’s squad held strong against some of Illinois’ top volleyball schools. The Blazing Trojans were 27-8 overall, with a flawless 10-0 record in the Southwest Subur-ban Conference. As a coach an admirable leader, Eskew has guided over 100 athletes on to college volleyball careers, including graduates from the University of Cincinnati and the University of Michigan. Adding to his coaching credentials, Eskew has also coached in boys’ basketball in the Chicagoland area. He served as an assistant basketball coach at Bloom from 1987-2010 as well as holding the head coach position for the men’s basketball team at Prairie State College in Chicago Heights, Ill., during the 1985-1986 season. Prior to spending a short stint as boys’ basketball head coach at Mason City High School in Mason City, Iowa in 1983-84, Eskew lead the T.F. North High School boys’ basketball team from 1982-84, and was an assistant coach at T.F. North from 1978-1982. A Chicagoland native, Eskew earned two degrees from CSU, a Bachelor’s Degree in Physical Education/Health in 1976 and a Mas-ter’s Degree in Special Education in 1988.

HEAD COACH BOB ESKEW


No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown/High School/Last College 3 Alyssa Podwell MB 6-0 Fr. Homer Glenn, Ill./Providence Catholic 4 Kimberly Lindner OH 5-11 So. Antigo, Wis./Antigo/Colby CC 5 Mysta Townsell L/DS 5-5 Jr. Gardnerville, Nev./Douglas 7 Rachel Levitt OH 6-0 Sr. Willow Springs, Ill./Lyons Township/Moraine Valley 8 Mia Townsell DS/L 5-5 So. Gardnerville, Nev./Douglas 9 Madeleine Radtke MB 5-11 Sr. Stevensville, Mich./Lakeshore/Prairie State College 10 Paula Sioto S 6-1 Jr. Sao Paulo, Brazil/Instituto Educacional Raphael Di Santo/Martin Methodist College 11 Angelica Brewer S/RS 5-10 So. Indianapolis, Ind./Pike 12 Mya Williams MB 6-4 So. Indianapolis, Ind./Pike/Delaware State 13 Sydney Van Munster MB 6-2 Sr. Hudsonville, Mich./Portland/Grand Rapids CC 15 Valeria Desiderio OH 5-11 R-So. Chicago Heights, Ill./Bloom

NUMERICAL ROSTER

Head Coach: Bob Eskew (3rd season)Assistant Coaches: Antonio Pavlov (2nd season), Alayna Shelton (1st season)

No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown/High School/Last College 11 Angelica Brewer S/RS 5-10 So. Indianapolis, Ind./Pike 15 Valeria Desiderio OH 5-11 R-So. Chicago Heights, Ill./Bloom 7 Rachel Levitt OH 6-0 Sr. Willow Springs, Ill./Lyons Township/Moraine Valley 4 Kimberly Lindner OH 5-11 So. Antigo, Wis./Antigo Colby CC 3 Alyssa Podwell MB 6-0 Fr. Homer Glenn, Ill./Providence Catholic 9 Madeleine Radtke MB 5-11 Sr. Stevensville, Mich./Lakeshore/Prairie State College 10 Paula Sioto S 6-1 Jr. Sao Paulo, Brazil/Instituto Educacional Raphael Di Santo/Martin Methodist College 8 Mia Townsell DS/L 5-5 So. Gardnerville, Nev./Douglas 5 Mysta Townsell L/DS 5-5 Jr. Gardnerville, Nev./Douglas 13 Sydney Van Munster MB 6-2 Sr. Hudsonville, Mich./Portland/Grand Rapids CC 12 Mya Williams MB 6-4 So. Indianapolis, Ind./Pike/Delaware State

ALPHABETICAL ROSTER

COACHING STAFF

PRONUNCIATIONS

Mysta Mist - uhMya My - uhRadtke Rad - keyMia Mee - uhValeria Vuh - lare - EE - uhSioto See - oh - toh

LOCATION

Illinois (3)Nevada (2)Michigan (2)Indiana (2)Wisconsin (1)Brazil (1)

CLASS

Senior (3)Junior (2)Sophomore (5)Freshman (1)

MIA TOWNSELL


Alyssa Podwell3

MB • 6-0Freshman

Madeleine Radtke9

MB • 5-11Senior

Valeria Desiderio15

OH • 5-11RS Sophomore

Kimberly Lindner4

OH • 5-11Sophomore

Paula Sioto10

S • 6-1Junior

Bob EskewHead Coach

Mysta Townsell5

L/DS • 5-5Junior

Angelica Brewer11

S/RS • 5-10Sophomore

Antonio PavlovAssistant Coach

Rachel Levitt7

OH • 6-0Senior

Mya Williams12

MB • 6-4Sophomore

Alayna SheltonAssistant Coach

Mia Townsell8

L/DS • 5-5Sophomore

Sydney Van Munster13

MB • 6-2Senior

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