2009 Volleyball News
GREENWOOD, Ind. – The Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference announced its fall honorees for the Tom Bohlsen Academic All-HCAC Team. Defiance College saw 15 student-athletes make the list, raising its total by two from one year ago.
GREENWOOD, Ind. – For the first time ever, the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference has announced an All-Sportsmanship Team for the fall of 2009.
GREENWOOD, Ind. – The Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference recently unveiled its 2009 award winners and all-conference team. Defiance placed three student-athletes on the All-HCAC team, with Danyel Lipps, Marlea Rolander and Sara Porter earning the honor.
BLUFFTON, Ohio – Sara Porter averaged 13.5 kills, 9.5 digs, 3.0 assists and 1.5 total blocks per match during Defiance College’s run to the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Tournament Semifinals and has been selected to the seven-athlete HCAC All-Tournament Team.
BLUFFTON, Ohio - Defiance College held off the fifth-seeded Rose-Hulman Engineers in the opening round of Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Tournament on Saturday afternoon by a 25-20, 25-23, 20-25, 22-25, 15-11 score.
BLUFFTON, Ohio – A strong 2009 season for the Defiance College volleyball team came to an end on Saturday night in the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Semifinals.
BLUFFTON, Ohio – The 2009 regular season came to a close on Tuesday night, along with an eight-match winning streak for the Jackets via a 3-0 loss at Bluffton.
DEFIANCE, Ohio – Ashton Judis and Danyel Lipps played in front of a home crown for the final time of their collegiate careers on Sunday and helped Defiance post a 25-18, 25-17, 25-13 win against Franklin.
GAMBIER, Ohio – The Defiance College volleyball team scored wins over Allegheny and Kenyon on Saturday to push its current win streak to seven-straight contests and to record the fourth 20-win season in the seven-year tenure of head coach David Kwan.
N. MANCHESTER, Ind. – Defiance College blistered the Manchester defense on Thursday evening, en route to sweeping the Spartans for the team’s fifth-straight win.
DEFIANCE, Ohio – Defiance College had little trouble racking up its fourth-straight win and its 17th victory of the 2009 campaign on Saturday, as it rolled past Marygrove in straight sets on Saturday during DC’s ‘Dig Pink’ rally.
DEFIANCE, Ohio – Defiance continued its push towards the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Tournament with a brisk 25-18, 27-25, 25-20 win over Anderson on Wednesday night.
LEXINGTON, Ky. – The Defiance College volleyball team picked up its first Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference victory of the season on Saturday, with a 3-0 win at Transylvania.
DANVILLE, Ky. – Defiance played its third-straight five-set match on Friday, this time suffering a 3-2 loss in a non-conference clash at Centre.
DEFIANCE, Ohio – Defiance College split a pair of matches at home for the second time in as many days on Sunday afternoon. The Jackets dropped a five-set loss to Hanover but rebounded to outlast Kalamazoo in five.
DEFIANCE, Ohio – Danyel Lipps recorded five kills in a three-set defeat against Mount St. Joseph to become Defiance’s all-time career leader in kills. Lipps and DC would bounce back in their second match of the afternoon to top Kenyon in four sets.
