MILWAUKEE, Wis.
(GreenBayPhoenix.com) - Playing in
the quarterfinals of the Horizon League Championship Friday night in Milwaukee,
the Green Bay volleyball team was unable to extend its winning streak, and the
fifth-seeded Phoenix fell to fourth-seeded Valparaiso in straight sets, 25-17,
25-13, 25-19. Green Bay had won four-straight matches entering Friday.
Junior Abbey Gitter (Hortonville, Wis.) led the Phoenix with nine kills in the match
while sophomore Carmen Leitermann (Schofield, Wis.) added six
kills and three blocks.
Playing in her final match with the Phoenix, senior
setter Whitney Schott handed out 24 assists while adding nine digs and three
kills. She ends her career with 2,227 assists in just two seasons with the
program after transferring to Green Bay.
Finishing off an impressive season with a strong
match, sophomore Brittany Groth (Oak
Creek, Wis.) tallied 24 digs for the Phoenix. Despite not starting early in the
season, Groth accumulated 506 digs on the season, good for the sixth-highest
total in Green Bay history.
Green Bay concludes its 2010 season at 12-19 overall. After
beginning the Horizon League season at 4-8, the Phoenix won four-straight
matches to end the conference season at .500. Head coach Debbie Kirch will return every player except Schott in 2011, with
freshman Leah Poel (Jenson, Mich.)
expected to step in and set for Green Bay.
Valparaiso
def. Green Bay 25-17, 25-13, 25-19
Green Bay
(12-19) (Kills-aces-blocks)
GITTER, Abbey 9-0-0; LEITERMANN, Carmen 6-2-3;
MISCHLER, Kelly 5-0-0; SCHOTT, Whitney 3-0-1; ZABKOWICZ, Lyndsay 3-0-1;
LINDSTEDT, Kara 2-0-1; WILLISON, Carlie 1-0-0; Totals 29-2-3.0. (Assists) -
SCHOTT, Whitney 24. (Dig leaders) -
GROTH, Brittany 24; GITTER, Abbey 9; SCHOTT, Whitney 9
Valparaiso
(25-7) (Kills-aces-blocks)
BRITTON, Katie 17-0-1; DIEBLER, Tara 11-0-3; DOOMS,
Sarah 6-1-1; BOLLENBACHER, Val 4-1-3; POKORNY, Jenny 4-0-1; LAYMAN, Katie
2-0-3; DENT, Mary 1-0-0; CUDNEY, Ariel 0-5-0; ROOT, Taylor 0-1-0; Totals
45-8-6.0. (Assists) - POKORNY, Jenny 32. (Dig leaders) - ROOT, Taylor 20;
BOLLENBACHER, Val 15; DOOMS, Sarah 10; POKORNY, Jenny 8
