By: DAN
HOLSWORTH, Sports Editor
"We talked before the
match about how we had begun conference play with a win, and
how we wanted
to finish conference play the same way," said DSU Coach Cynthia Henning.
The Trojans accomplished that goal, closing out their regular season with
three straight game wins of 30-25, 30-28 and 30-23. DSU now has a 22-8
overall record and a third place-ending 10-3 mark in the conference.
Valley City State ended its season at 6-18 overall and 1-12 in the DAC-10.
DSU hosts Si Tanka-Huron in first-round postseason play at the Fieldhouse
Saturday at 7 p.m.
"Finishing the regular season at 22-8 was a very nice accomplishment for
our players," added Henning. "But, they know that regular-season records
don't mean anything in the playoffs."
On Wednesday, Jill Weisser, Micah Tolzin, Cami Martin, Ashley Brassfield
and Amanda Vos-Keizer led DSU to its win.
Weisser had a match-high 28 assists, with 101 touches in the face-off. She
also had nine digs, two ace serves and 13 receptions.
Tolzin contributed a team-high 10 kills, along with five digs and two of
solo blocks for DSU.
Martin came through with three ace serves, 11 digs and 10 receptions.
Brassfield, DSU's defensive specialist, paced the Trojans' defense, coming
through with 14 volley-saving digs and 15 receptions.
Vos-Keizer garnered 21 team-high receptions, 13 digs, a service ace and
three kills.
Also on the attack, Sandy Smith (pictured above) added nine kills and Stacy Dunklau seven.
Katie Lanoue also added 10 digs on defense and 13 receptions.
The VCSU Vikings got double-digit kills from Sarah Hiebert and Kendall
Campbell, who had respective nights of 14 and 10 kills.
Skye Braun added 33 assists and 11 digs.
Kim Bilokreli tacked on 21 team-high digs and 22 receptions.
Jackie Rohde had 18 digs and Karen Rawlings added 13. Sarah Heringer also
had 11 digs.
©Madison Daily Leader 2004
