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Location: Orem, Utah
Date: September 27, 2005
Time: 7:00 pm
Site: Activity Center
Internet Broadcast: None
Series Record: Weber State leads overall series 3-0
Last Meeting: September 10, 2005 ~ The Wildcats defeated UV 3-0 in Ogden, in the championship match of the Ogden Marriott Weber State Classic.

What's on Tap:
Utah Valley State hosts in-state rival Utah in Orem for the first time on Tuesday, September 27th. First serve is scheduled for 7:00 pm in the Activity Center. Weber State leads the overall series with the Wolverines 3-0, and is 1-0 against UV this season.

Wolverine Update:
Utah Valley State (4-6) welcomed in-state rival Utah to the Activity Center for the first time, on September 20th. The Utes weren't the best host team, as they took the match in four games, 24-30, 19-30, 30-25, 18-30.

Jessica Endres, Anne Olsen, and Camie Manwill all finished in double figure kills, but it wasn't enough to overtake the 2004 Mountain West Conference Defending Champion Utes.

Endres recorded 12 kills, and Olsen and Manwill ended the night with 11 apiece. Lacee Koelliker got a slow start, but came on in the end and finished with 40 assists.

Endres leads the Wolverines in kills (128) and kills per game average (3.20), and Olsen is close behind in both categories with 127 kills averaging 3.17 per game.

Koelliker seems to find the right people at the right time averaging 11.30 assists per game, and Maegan Hoyt has been solid on the defensive end, averaging an impressive 4.58 digs per game.

The Wolverine Word ...
Senior Libero Maegan Hoyt will give Wolverine fans the insight into the life of a college athlete. "The Wolverine Word" will be a weekly journal entry from a Utah Valley State Athlete throughout the rest of the 2005-06 athletic season. You can access the journal by clicking HERE or by going to www.wolverinegreen.com.

Scouting the Opposition:
Weber State: The Wildcats moved to 7-7 overall on the season with two Big Sky Conference wins at the end of last week. Weber defeated Eastern Washington in a tough five game match in its conference home opener, and two days later gave Portland State a loss, also in five games. Leah Burmeister continues to be solid on the offensive end for the Wildcats averaging 3.55 kills per game. She has 195 kills on the season. Freshman Chelsea Bair has started her career at WSU with a bang, notching 172 kills so far, averaging 3.13 per game. Setter Shelby Walford averages a solid 11.07 assists per game and Libero Keelee Kap, a Dixie State transfer who played JC volleyball with Wolverine Brooke Adams, averages 3.19 digs per game on the back row.

Last Time Out:
Utah (9-20-05): Utah Valley State welcomed Utah to Orem for the first time, but the Utes weren't the best guests, taking the volleyball match in four games, 24-30, 19-30, 30-25, in front of 401 fans at the Activity Center. Jessica Endres, Anne Olsen, and Camie Manwill all finished in double figure kills, but it wasn't enough to overtake the 2004 Mountain West Conference Defending Champion Utes. Endres recorded 12 kills, and Olsen and Manwill ended the night with 11 apiece. Lacee Koelliker got a slow start, but came on in the end and finished with 40 assists. Utah out-hit UV .205 to .065 and out-blocked the Wolverines 15.5 to 9. The Wolverines had 50 kills to Utah's 56, but it was the 40 Wolverine hitting errors (to Utah's 25) that hurt the home team. The nine Wolverine team blocks matched a season-high, and was a bright spot during the match according to head coach Sam Atoa. The Utah match marked the third straight match that the Wolverines have recorded nine team blocks, and they have won two out of their last three. The Wolverines used four kills each from Endres and fellow middle blocker Brooke Adams to take game three, 30-25, off 14 Koelliker assists. But just when UV started to get some momentum, Utah knocked the Wolverines back with a 4-0 run to start the fourth set, and later went on a 9-0 spurt to run away in the final game. Utah finished the night with two players in double digit kills. Two time All-Mountain West Conference outside, and Orem native, Shelly Sommerfeldt had a match-high 13, and Airial Salvo finished with 10.

Up Next:
The Wolverines travel to the Dakotas over the weekend to take on fellow Independent schools, North and South Dakota State. UV will take on NDSU on Friday, September 30th at 6:00 pm (MST) and turn around the next night to play NDSU at 6:00 pm (MST).

New Career Highs & School Records ...
~ Transfer Brooke Adams set a career-high with 8 kills against UC Davis (9-17-05). She also hit a career best .500 in the match.

~ Anne Olsen tied a school record with 6 services aces against UC Davis (9-17-05). Lacee Koelliker set the record earlier in the season against Northwestern State (9-9-05).

~ Freshman outside hitter Camie Manwill recorded a career-high 18 kills against UC Davis (9-17-05).

~ Lacee Koelliker set a school record with 65 assists against Idaho State (9-16-05). She also helped the Wolverines set a school team record with 80 kills in the match. The Wolverines also notched a team school record with 103 digs in the ISU match.

~ Anne Olsen recorded a career-high 24 kills against Idaho State
(9-16-05). She also hit a career best .381 against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi the next day (9-17-05). Her 19 digs against Idaho State (9-16-05) was also a career milestone.

~ Jessica Endres recorded a career-high 21 kills against Idaho State (9-16-05), and her .378 hitting percentage was a Wolverine school record in a match (40-49 attempts).

~ Redshirt freshman Carlyn Cadmus set a career-highs with 8 kills, and a .294 hitting percentage against Idaho State (9-16-05).

~ Freshman Bethany Carron recorded a career-high 16 digs against Idaho State (9-16-05).

~ The Wolverines recorded a school record 14 service aces against Northwestern State (9-9-05).

~ Maegan Hoyt notched 29 digs against Montana State (9-3-05), just four shy of her own single match school record of 33.

Did You Know ...
~ Head Coach Sam Atoa paid his way through school by entertaining and dancing at the Polynesian Cultural Center in Laie, Hawaii.

~ Junior Lacee Koelliker was second among all Division I Independent setters last season with an 11.22 assist per game average. She was also named 2nd Team Division I All-Independent.

~ Freshman Kari Heers' sister Erin was a defensive specialist for the Wolverines in 1996. Erin played with first year Wolverine Assistant Coach Kelsi Carlston.

Double Trouble ...
A list of all the Utah Valley State double-doubles recorded this season will be provided below:

Lacee Koelliker ~ Boise State ~ 9-6-05 ~ 44 assists, 11 digs
Lacee Koelliker ~ Northwestern State ~ 9-9-05 ~ 47 assists, 11 digs
Lacee Koelliker ~ Air Force ~ 9-10-05 ~ 54 assists, 10 kills
Lacee Koelliker ~ Weber State ~ 9-10-05 ~ 32 assists, 14 digs
Lacee Koelliker ~ Idaho State ~ 9-16-05 ~ 65 assists, 11 digs
Anne Olsen ~ Idaho State ~ 9-16-05 ~ 24 kills, 19 digs
Lacee Koelliker ~ UC Davis ~ 9-17-05 ~ 57 assists, 19 digs

Hoyt and Koelliker Receive Weekly Honors:
Utah Valley State volleyball players Maegan Hoyt and Lacee Koelliker were honored for their performances against Kansas and Montana State the week of August 29th - September 4th.

Hoyt was named Division I Independent Volleyball Defensive Player of the Week, and Koelliker was named Division I Independent Volleyball Setter of the Week.

Hoyt started where she left off last season solidifying the back row for Utah Valley State. In two matches against Big 12 power Kansas and Big Sky foe Montana State she notched 42 total digs, averaging an impressive 5.25 digs per game, and 21 digs per match. Against KU she had 13 digs, and against MSU she finished with 29 digs. Hoyt's dig total of 29 in the MSU match ranks second in Utah Valley State history for a single match. She was just four digs shy of her own record of 33 set against Northern Colorado last season.

Koelliker continued to be solid for the Wolverines after having been a big part of the offense for the past two seasons. Against Big 12 power Kansas and Big Sky foe Montana State Koelliker notched 79 total assists, averaging 9.88 digs per game and just under 40 assists per match. She also kept the defense off balance with 13 kills and a .333 hitting percentage.

Complete award winners for the year can be found by logging onto: http://uncbears.collegesports.com/sports/w-volley/spec-rel/071905aab.html.