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Volleyball Opens on Road Friday
A new year for Yellow Jacket athletic teams gets under way this weekend.
Coach Shannon Gerencir's highly successful volleyball program opens first Friday in the University of Indianapolis Invitational.
WVSU faces Tusculum at 9 a.m. Friday morning in the tournament's opening game and then comes back at 3:30 p.m. to play #25 Truman.
Saturday the Jackets again get things rolling at 9 a.m. taking on Wayne State.
The squad finishes off the weekend with a 3:30 p.m. contest against Nova Southeastern.
Click here to go to tournament home page which includes links to Live Stats for each game.
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Jackets Picked for 5th in WVIAC Poll
 (PRINCETON, W.Va.)---Wheeling Jesuit is the overwhelming favorite to claim the school's ninth WVIAC volleyball regular season title since 1999. WJU, owners of a 167-7 record in conference play in the past eleven seasons, received 13 of 14 first place votes to easily outdistance second-place Alderson-Broaddus in the league's annual preseason coaches' poll.
Third place Charleston received the lone first place vote that didn't go to Wheeling Jesuit. Shepherd, West Virginia State, and West Virginia Wesleyan possess the fourth through seventh spots. Seton Hill, Glenville State, and Fairmont State complete the top ten. Pitt Johnstown is 11th, Concord and West Liberty tied for 12th, while Ohio Valley and Bluefield State comprise the remainder of the poll.
For team-by-team analysis go to .....
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Yellow Jackets Honored by WVIAC
A total of 10 WVSU student athletes are on this spring's WVIAC Commissioner's Honor Roll.
Qualifying student-athletes are classified as a junior or senior and have obtained a 3.3 or higher cumulative GPA on a 4.0 scale at the end of the term of attendance in which
the sport was concluded.
Yellow Jackets honored --
Aisha Alleyne, Women's Basketball, Communications
Emily Bowlin, Women's Tennis, Business Administration
Tiffany Finkton, Women's Basketball, Art & Communications
John Gale, Baseball, Business Administration
Todd Hutchinson, Men's Basketball, Physical Education
Amanda Luedtke, Volleyball, Secondary Education/General Science
David Myers, Baseball, Physical Education
Jennifer Paswaters, Vollelyball, Psychology
Eben Russell, Women's Tennis, Pre-Med Biology
Charli Small, Softball, Recreation
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W.Va. State receives $15 million for Fleming Hall
by Jack Bogaczyk
Sports Editor, Charleston Daily Mail
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Good things come to those who wait ... or so it seems to the athletic staffers at West Virginia State University.
"We're as excited as we can be," WVSU interim Athletic Director Sean Loyd said Sunday. "I'm anxious for the next two or three weeks, because they're going to be very big for us."
That's because sooner than later, State will - finally - begin to make concrete plans for the renovation of Fleming Hall, which has housed Yellow Jacket athletic offices and its venerable gymnasium since its opening in 1941.
Last Thursday, the state Economic Development Authority authorized bonds to pay for 37 capital improvement projects. Included in that $160 million package was $15 million for the renovation and expansion of Fleming Hall.
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Volleyball Camp Dates Announced
The Yellow Jacket Volleyball Camp will be held August 2nd - 6th from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily.
It is for ages 11 to 18 and the cost is $125.00.
Contact WVSU Head Volleyball Coach Shannon Gerencir at (304) 766-5750 or payteesmom@aol.com for mor einformation or to register.
Click here for a camp application.
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Paswaters, Washington Named Senior Scholar-Athletes
PRINCETON, W.Va.)---The West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WVIAC) has issued the winners of the Liberty Mutual Insurance Senior Scholar-Athlete awards.
All 16 league member institutions honor a male and female athlete that has demonstrated proficiency in the classroom and as an athlete. All award winners must compile at least a 3.3 grade point average.
This year's award recipients from West Virginia State are Jennifer Paswaters and Terrence Washington.
Each honoree is recognized during the Friday evening session of the WVIAC Basketball Tournament.
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Interviews with Volleyball Players Avery and Gooch
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Volleyball Signs Prep Standout Gephart
West Virginia State University volleyball coach Shannon Gerencir has announced the signing of Hannah Gephart from Findlay High in Ohio.
In 2009 Hannah was
-- the Trojan Player of the Year
-- 1st Team GBC Conference
-- 1st Team District 8 Division I,II, III
-- All-Ohio Honorable Mention
-- Was selected to the District All-Star team
-- Team Captain
Hannah was also a Scholar Athlete and made the Distinguished Honor Roll in 2007, 2008, and 2009
Also a star track athlete she was selected First Team All-Ohio for 2008-2009, won the FHS Coaches' Award in 2009, was FHS Rookie of the Year in 2008, Academic All-Ohio in 2008-2009, and placed 8th in Ohio in the 800 in 2008 and 7th in 2009.
Hannah is also a member of the National Honor Society, student council, and the yearbook staff.
We welcome Hannah to the Yellow Jacket family.
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Volleyball Signs Ohio Prep Star Simonds
 West Virginia State University volleyball coach Shannon Gerencir has announced the signing of Kylie Simonds from Tiffin Columbian High School.
Kylie (left) is a 5-8 hitter with a 22-inch vertical leap.
Some of Kylie's High School Achievements:
- 3 Year Varsity Letter Winner in Volleyball
- 2 Year Varsity Letter Winner in Track
- Member of Blackswamp Volleyball Club for 6 years. She has played on the National team 5 of those years.
- 2008 NOL Volleyball Honorable Mention
- 2008 District Volleyball Honorable Mention
- 2008 TCVB Most Improved Award
- 2008 Outstanding Attacker Award
- 2009 NOL Second Team Volleyball
- 2009 District Volleyball Honorable Mention
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Volleyball Eliminated
Top-seeded Wheeling Jesuit defeated WVSU in the semifinals of the WVIAC tournament Friday evening.
The Cardinals won by scores of 25-16, 15-16, and 25-19 to advance to play Alderson-Broaddus in Saturday's final.
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Jackets Advance
The Yellow Jackets rolled over West Liberty in three straight sets Thursday night to advance to the semifinals of WVIAC volleyball tournament Thursday night at the Charleston Catholic Sports Complex on Hillcrest Drive in Charleston.
The #4 Jackets now face top seed Wheeling Jesuitat 8 p.m. Friday night.
Shepherd and Alderson-Broaddus play at 5:30 p.m. in the other semifinal.
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Listen to Volleyball Tournament
The WVIAC volleyball tournament began today (Thursday) and all games will be broadcast by the West Virginia State radio crew.
Click this link to listen
The Yellow Jackets play at 7:00 p.m. tonight.
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Luedtke, Paswaters, Wichrowski Repeat on 1st Team
11/12/09
Yellow Jacket senior volleyball players Amanda Luedtke, Jennifer Paswaters, and Christina Wichrowski were selected to the All-WVIAC volleyball 1st team for the second straight year it was announced today.
Alyssa Graboski was named to the All-Freshman team
To see story and complete list go to .....
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Volleyball Opens Play Thursday in WVIAC Tournament
The defending WVIAC champion Yellow Jackets open play in the conference volleyball tournament at 7 p.m. Thursday.
The Jackets will play the winner of the 11 a.m. match that day between No. 5 West Virginia Wesleyan and No. 12 West Liberty.
WVSU(15-11, 10-4 in WVIAC) enters the event as the fourth seed.
All matches will be played at the Charleston CAtholic Sports Complex on Hillcrest Drive in Charleston.
To see the complete schedule go to .....
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Jackets Win in Five
The Yellow Jackets defeated Pitt-Johnstown Friday in volleyball action on the road.
SET SCORES 1 2 3 4 5 TEAM RECORDS
West Virginia State. (3) 32 29 14 25 15 14-10, 9-3 WVIAC
Pitt-Johnstown...... (2) 34 27 25 16 11 9-15, 2-9 WVIAC
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Volleyball Moves Into Regional Rankings
The WVSU volleyball team has moved into the top 10 in the NCAA DII Atlantic Regional rankings.
To see complete rankings and story go to .....
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Volleyball Beats Fairmont on Senior Night
West Virginia State University defeated Fairmont State in five hard-fought games  Tuesday by scores of 25-16, 28-26, 21-25, 20-25, 15-9.
It was the last home game for seniors Amanda Luedtke, Jennifer Paswaters, and Christina Wichrowski who were honored in a pre-game ceremony.
The trio played on the first WVSU volleyball team to win the WVIAC in 2006 and starred on last seasons championship team when all three were first team all-conference selections.
Since their arrival the Yellow Jackets have posted an 85-38 overall and a tremendous 53-7 conference mark.
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Volleyball Senior Night Tuesday
The defending WVIAC champion Yellow Jackets host Fairmont State Tuesday night at 7 p.m. in their final home contest of the season.
The Yellow Jackets will be honoring seniors Amanda Luedtke, Jennifer Paswaters, and Christina Wichrowski prior to the game.
 
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Volleyball Sweeps Davis and Elkins
The Yellow Jacket volleyball squad defeated visiting Davis & Elkins by scores of 25-20, 25-17, and 25-22 Saturday in Fleming Hall.
Next up WVSU will host Fairmont State at 7 p.m. Tuesday.
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Volleyball Wins
WVSU traveled to Shepherdstown, WV Saturday to play Shepherd University, ranked 2nd in the WVIAC and 6th in the region.
The Yellow Jackets won a hard fought 5 set match. The scores were 25-20, 18-25, 25-21, 22-25, 15-11.
The Yellow Jackets improve their record to 11-10 overall.
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Volleyball Beats BSC 3-0
West Virginia State University defeated Bluefield State College 3-0.
The game scores were 25-8, 25-14, and 25-15.
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Volleyball Falls in Marathon at Charleston
The WVSU volleyball team dropped a hard-fought 3-2 decision at the University of Charleston Wednesday night by scores of 25-20, 19-25, 15-25, 25-23, 15-9.
The Yellow Jackets are now 9-10 overall and 4-3 in WVIAC action while Charleston is 13-7 and 5-0.
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Volleyball Smashes Concord
The Yellow Jackets swept three straight games from visiting Concord Wednesday  night in Fleming Hall.
WVSU took game one 25-14 and game two 25-15 before closing out the match with a 25-13 win in game three.
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Volleyball Beats Seton Hill 3-0
 West Virginia State University improved to 8-9 overall and 3-2 in WVIAC play with a 3-0 victory over Seton Hill University (6-3, 2-2).
More Pictures in view full story
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Volleyball loses to AB
GAME 1 AB 25-16
GAME 2 WVSU 25-22
GAME 3 AB 25-21
GAME 4 WVSU 25-17
GAME 5 AB 15-13
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Volleyball loses to Wheeling
West Virginia State University lost 3-1 to Wheeling Jesuit University in front of 51 fans in Fleming Hall. The set scores were 25-16, 19-25, 21-25, and 15-25.
The Yellow Jackets are now 7-8 overall and 2-1 in the WVIAC. WVSU will host Alderson Broaddus College on September 23, 2009 and Seton Hill University on September 25, 2009.
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Volleyball beats WLU 3-0
West Virginia State University evened there record at 7-7 overall and 2-0 in the WVIAC with a 3-0 win over West Liberty University. The set scores were 25-19, 25-7, and 25-13.
The Yellow Jackets were led by seniors Christina Wichrowski with 12 kills and Jennifer Paswaters 26 assists.
The Yellow Jackets host Wheeling Jesuit University tomorrow at 2:00 PM.
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Volleyball Defeats Ohio Valley
The Yellow Jacket volleyball squad picked up a 3-1 road win at Ohio Valley Tuesday night. The set scores were 25-23, 21-25, 25-13, and 25-13.
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WVSU Wins Pair in Volleyball Action
The Jacket volleyball squad defeated IUP 3-2 and Goldey-Beacom 3-0 Saturday at the IUP Invitational.
Senior Christina Wichrowski had 19 kills, freshman Cameron Lewis 18 and senior Jen Paswaters finished with 61 assists in the win over IUP.
Lewis added 11 more kills and Paswater 31 assists in the Goldey-Beacom contest.
For stats from the IUP game click here.
For stats from the Goldey-Beacom game click here.
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WVSU Volleyball Falls in Five
The young Jacket volleyball squad took a 2-0 lead over Slippery Rock Friday at the Indiana U-Pa. Invitational before falling 3-2.
The scored ended up being 18-25, 16-25, 26-24, 25-16, 15-11.
Click here for full box
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Volleyball Drops Match at NKU
The Yellow Jackets fell 3-1 at Northern Kentucky Tuesday night in volleyball action.
Game scores were18-25, 28-26, 25-22, and 25-16.
To see full story click here.
For game box go to .....
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Volleyball Picks Up Two Wins
The WVSU volleyball team fell 3-1 to Edinboro in the Jacket's opening game in the Shippensburg Inviatational Friday but came back strong with a dramatic 3-2 victory of the host Raiders later in the day.
That contest came down to a fifth set 15-12 win.
The Jackets then opened Saturday play with a 3-1 victory over Slippery Rock before dropping a 3-1 decision to Clarion.
To see all of the results go to the event web site going to ......
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Volleyball Drops Pair in Michigan
The Yellow Jacket volleyball squad fell 23-25, 25-20, 25-18, 25-18 to Southern Indiana and 25-23, 21-25, 26-24, 30-28 to St. Joseph's (IN) Saturday in the Ferris State tournament in Big Rapids, Michigan.
For all of the match results from the event go to .....
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Volleyball Splits on Opening Day
Defending WVIAC Regular Season Champs West Virginia State University dropped there opening match of the Ferris State University Invite to the host institution by a 3-1 score and defeated Quincy University 3-1.
In the opener, freshman Cameron Lewis had 8 kills followed by senior Amanda Luedtke with 7 kills and senior Jennifer Paswaters had 29 assists....
More information to come....
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Volleyball Opens at Ferris Invite
8/28/09
The defending WVIAC champion Yellow Jacket vollyball squad opens its season today at the 10-team Ferris State Invitational in Big Rapids, Michigan.
Coach Gerencir's squad is scheduled to face host Ferris State and Quincy (IL) Thursday followed by Southern Indiana and then St. Joseph's (IN) on Friday.
To see live stats for the 11 a.m. Thursday Ferris State/WV State contest click here.
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Volleyball Picked 2nd by Coaches
(PRINCETON, W.Va.)---2008 tournament champion Wheeling Jesuit and defending
regular season title holder West Virginia State are the picks to remain ahead of the field in the 2009 WVIAC volleyball race.
Wheeling Jesuit, which reached the NCAA Division II Atlantic Region finals last season,
earned 11 of the 13 first place votes to sit atop the league's pre-season coaches' poll. West Virginia State grabbed the other two first place nods to finish second in the voting.
The Jackets went undefeated in conference play during the regular season last year and return three All-WVIAC performers in Amanda Luedtke, Jennifer Paswaters, and Christina Wichrowski.
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Volleyball Recruit Honored
Volleyball recruit Cameron Lewis has been selected as the high school female  Athlete of the Year in her region.
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