11-12-03

Richardson, TX...It was announced today by the American Southwest Conference that three Mountaineers received All-West Division honors.

Freshman, Emiliana Patlan (San Antonio/O'Connor HS) was the top award winner, collecting both West Division "Newcomer of the Year" and All-West Division Honorable Mention.  Patlan's teammates, Jenna Kempf (Blanco/Blanco HS) and Allison Staley (Marion/Marion HS) both received All-West Division Second Team honors.

Patlan played in all 113 games for the Mountaineers recording team highs in assists (1232) and service aces (45), along with finishing second in blocks (69), and fourth in digs (213).

Kempf, the lone senior on the Mountaineers 2003 squad, was the team leading in digs (320), while finishing second in kills (385) and service aces (41), and fourth in hitting percentage (.188). This is Kempf's third straight season to receive All-West Second Team.

Staley, a two-time All-West Second Team honoree, led the Mountaineer's front line by recording team highs in kills (417), hitting percentage (.231) and blocks (84).

The Mountaineers finished their 2003 season with a overall record of 10-20 and a conference record of 5-14 giving them a seventh place finish in the ASC West.

11-10-03

Kerrville, TX....After losing their last two matches of the season to Sul Ross State 3-1 (16-30, 30-28, 18-30, 25-30) and Mary Hardin-Baylor 3-2 (23-30,30-27, 27-30, 30-26, 14-16) the Mountaineers finished with an overall record of 10-20 and a conference record of 5-14.

[BOX SCORE VS SRSU]    [BOX SCORE VS UMHB]

10-25-03

Kerrville, TX....The Texas Lutheran Bulldogs (21-8/17-0) clinched the Americans Southwest Conference West title Friday night with a 3-0 (16-30, 22-30, 25-30) win over the Mountaineers (10-17/5-12). [BOX SCORE]

Jenna Kempf (Blanco/Blanco HS) had team highs with nine kills and 10 digs. Allison Staley (Marion/Marion HS) had eight kills and two blocks.

Freshman, Emiliana Patlan (San Antonio/O'Connor HS), had 22 assists to go with her three service aces. Patlan entered the match atop the ASC in assists with 1,159 total assists and averaging 11.71 assists per game.

The Mountaineers will travel to Alpine next weekend to play Sul Ross at 11:00 am on November 1st.

10-20-03

Whitney Barron (Richmond/Foster HS) had a team high of 13 digs followed by Emily Patlan (San Antonio/O’Connor HS) who had 11. Allison Staley (Marion/Marion HS) pounded out a high of 14 kills, and Jenna Kempf (Blanco/Blanco HS) was behind her with 11 kills. Patlan helped her team with 39 assists.

Saturday afternoon at the Edington Center, the Mountaineers took a loss to conference leader, McMurry University. The Mountaineers fell 16-30 in the first game and 19-30 in the second. In the third game, the ladies kept their spirits alive and fought for a 23-30 loss.

Rose Gerstenberger (Freer/Freer HS) led her team with 12 digs, and Kempf came in second with seven digs. Kempf held the team high for kills with 10 joined by Staley with eight. Setter Emily Patlan led her team with 28 assists.

The Mountaineers will close out their home schedule this Tuesday, against Concordia at 7:00 pm in the Edington Center.

10-18-03

10-17-03

Junior, Allison Staley (Marion/Marion HS) recorded a team high 14 kills, followed by Jenna Kempf's (Blanco/Blanco HS) 11. Freshman, Whitney Barron (Richmond/Foster HS) recorded the team high in digs with 13, followed by Emily Patlan (San Antonio/O'Connor HS) with 11, and Rose Gerstenberger (Freer/Freer HS) and Kempf with 10 each.

Along with her 11 digs, Patlan added an all around solid performance with three kills, 39 assists, two aces, and three block assists.

The Mountaineers will host McMurry University tomorrow at 1:00 pm.

10-15-03

Jenna Kempf (Blanco/Blanco HS) fueled the offense for the Mountaineers, pounding out 16 kills, followed by Allison Staley's (Marion/Marion HS) 12.

Defensively, the Mountaineers were led by the freshman trio of Emiliana Patlan (San Antonio/O'Connor HS), Rose Gerstenberger (Freer/Freer HS) and Whitney Barron (Richmond/Foster HS), each collecting 13 digs.

The Mountaineers will host Hardin-Simmons University this Friday at 7:00 pm and McMurry University on Saturday at 1:00 pm.

10-7-03

Richardson, TX...For the second week in a row, the American Southwest Conference selected a player off the Mountaineer Volleyball team as the ASC-West "Player of the Week".

Freshman defensive specialist Whitney Barron (Richmond/Foster HS) served up five aces to spark the Schreiner offense in its five-game non-conference win over Huston-Tillotson and salvage a 1-1 week for the Mountaineers. Barron also recorded a team-high 15 digs against HTC.

10-6-03

Kerrville, TX... The Texas Lutheran Bulldogs (10-8/6-0) kept their perfect record in the ASC West tonight as the dropped the Mountaineers (6-11/1-5) in three straight games, 30-20, 30-22, and 31-29.

Junior, Allison Staley (Marion/Marion HS) led the offense for the Mountaineers with 15 kills.  Emiliana Patlan (San Antonio/O'Connor HS) had 26 assists with two service aces.

Defensively, Jenna Kempf (Blanco/Blanco HS) had a team high 12 digs. Megon Bogler (Medina/Medina HS) and Janna Hagel (Victoria/Inez HS) both had two block assist.

This weekend the Mountaineers will be participating in the ASC Crossover Tournament @ Austin College, in Sherman, Texas.

9-27-03

Allison Staley (Marion/Marion HS), Jenna Kempf (Blanco/Blanco HS), and Amanda Sinders (Round Rock/Leander HS) all had season highs in kills and digs.  Staley pounded out 29 kills, while Kempf collected 30 digs followed by Sinders' 25.

On Friday night the Mountaineers fell to Hardin-Simmons (1-10/1-3) 3-2 (23-30, 30-25, 20-30, 31-29, 11-15).

Kempf  and Staley each recorded 15 and 14 kills, respectively.

The Mountaineers will be traveling to Austin next week to take on Concordia and Huston-Tillotson.

9-15-03

9-15-03

Volleyball 9-15-03

Over the weekend the Mountaineers went 1-3 while competing in the Austin College Invitational.  On Friday the Mountaineers fell victim to host team Austin College losing in three straight games (30-16, 30-27, 30-17).

Leading the offense for the Mountaineers was senior, Jenna Kempf, (Blanco/Blanco HS) with 12 kills. She was joined by junior, Allison Staley, (Marion/Marion HS) with eight kills. Assisting the offense was freshman Emiliana Patlan (San Antonio/O’Connor HS) who dished out 28 assists. 

Defensively, freshman, Whitney Barron, (Richmond/Foster HS) collected 12 digs on the back row for the Mountaineers.  Kempf and Staley added nine and six digs, respectively. 

Following the loss to Austin College, the Mountaineers took on the Tornadoes of Concordia-Austin and fell in five games 3-2 (20-30, 30-17, 30-27, 31-33, 15-9). 

For the second match in a row, Staley and Kempf led the Mountaineers in kills with 18 and 16, respectively.  Patlan added 48 assists with Barron and Kempf notching 11 digs each.

 Saturday, the Mountaineers fell to Sul Ross State 3-2 (25-30, 30-27, 30-17, 28-30, 15-13) with Kempf adding a solid performance with team highs in kills (19) and digs (21). 

Patlan tossed out 44 assists to go along with her four service aces.  Barron and freshman Amanda Sinders (Leander/Round Rock HS) held their own on the back row with 14 and 13 digs respectively. 

In their last match of the tournament the Mountaineers found victory sweeping LeTourneau 3-0 (30-12, 30-24, 30-18). 

Freshman Rachel Mikulec (Inez/Industrial HS) had a career highs in kills (10) and digs (14).  Sinders also had a career high nine aces.

Volleyball 9-8-03

Kerrville, TX...After winning their first two matches this past weekend in the University of Dallas Volleyball Extravaganza versus Sul Ross State 3-0 (30-25, 30-28, 30-28) and Hendrix College 3-1 (20-30, 30-23, 30-20, 30-17), the Lady Mountaineers dropped their final two matches against Wheaton College (MA) 3-2 (30-26, 30-28,22-30, 29-31, 11-15) and host team University of Dallas 3-2 (30-20, 30-28, 21-30, 30-18, 15-10).                                    

In their first match of the year, the Lady Mountaineers swept ASC West opponent Sul Ross State the offense was led by senior Jena Kempf (Blanco/Blanco HS) junior Megon Bogler (Medina/Medina HS) and sophomore Melissa Pechacek (Laguna Visa/Green Mountain College) each pounded out 12 kills.  Lending a hand to the Lady Mountaineer front line was freshman Emiliana Patlan (San Antonio/O’Connor HS) who dished out 44 assist.

Freshman Whitney Barron (Richmond/Foster HS) collected six digs to led Schreiner’s back row, followed by Bogler and Patlan with five each. 

Following their victory over Sul Ross State, the Lady Mountaineers tallied their second win of the 2003 season when they lined up against Arkansas native Hendrix College.  Junior Allison Staley stepped up the offense for Schreiner with 14 kills.  Kempf tossed in another solid hitting performance with 11 kills along with a team high 12 digs.

Barron and freshman Amanda Sinders (Round Rock/Leander HS) and Barron both chipped in 10 digs each.  In the four game match Patlan collected 35 assist.

During the second day of the two day tournament, the Lady Mountaineers found themselves traveling a tough road when they dropped a five game match against Wheaton College out of Massachusetts.  Patlan tossed out 37 assist with 19 of those going to Staley who once again put up a team high in kills followed by Kempf with 12.  During their back row play Barron, Kempf, and Sinders had 17, 15, and 14 digs respectively.   

In the finale the Crusaders of University of Dallas fought back from a 2-0 deficit to give the Lady Mountaineers their second straight loss and second loss of the year. Kempf finished off a good tournament with team highs in kills (14) and digs (26).  Staley also had an evenly balanced match with 12 kills and 16 digs.  On the defensive side again was Sinders with 18 digs and Barron with 11.  Patlan finished the match with 40 assist.

Kerrville, TX ...Friday marks the opening day for the Schreiner volleyball program as they travel to Irving to participate in the University of Dallas Invitational.  The Mountaineers will play two games on Friday versus ASC West opponent Sul Ross at 10:00 am and then take on Arkansas native Hendrix College at noon.

Saturday’s match-ups will include games against Wheaton College of Massachusetts at 4:00 pm followed by the host team University of Dallas at 6:00 pm.

For updates on the tournament check out http://www.udallas.edu/athletics/volleyball/schedule.cfm 

Filling the cracks

Coming off their worst season in many years, the Mountaineers have enlisted the help of many new faces to upgrade their offense while also renovating the defensive side of the net.  Joining the offensive rotation for the Mountaineers are freshman setter Emiliana Patlan (San Antonio/O’Connor HS) and outside hitter Jana Hagel (Victoria/Industrial HS).  Defensively, the additions of Whitney Barron (Richmond/Foster HS) and Amanda Sinders (Round Rock/Leander HS) will fill the voids in last year’s defensive line. 

Veteran Leadership 

Helping the seven freshmen make the transition from high school to college is senior Jenna Kempf (Blanco/Blanco HS) and juniors Allison Staley (Marion/Marion HS) and Megon Bogler (Medina/Medina HS).  Returning as one of the leading hitters for the ASC in 2002, Kempf’s senior leadership will be noticed as she anchors the front line for the Mountaineers. Staley and Bogler, the two tallest players on the roster, will fill up the middle for the Mountaineers.

Calling the road home 

The Mountaineers will be on the road for their first eight games before returning home to host Sul Ross in their first home match of the year on September 14^th at 6: pm.  After opening the season at the University of Dallas Tournament, the Mountaineers will spend a weekend in Sherman as they compete in the Austin College Invitational Tournament.