2024 Marietta Regional Guide

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8 To WatchSami Perlberg, Wisconsin-Oshkosh sophomore outside Maggie Fellers, Marietta senior middle Liah Perez, Franklin & Marshall junior setter Diya Mishra, Chicago junior outside Emily Gardner, Centre senior setter Taylor French, Illinois Wesleyan junior outside Ana Gutman, St. John Fisher sophomore middle Harper Wolf, Marymount sophomore outside

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Schedule at Ban Johnson Arena in Marietta, OhioNov. 21 (times central) 10:30 a.m. #1 Wisconsin-Oshkosh (26-5) 3 vs. #8 Marymount (12-21) 0 1 p.m. #4 Chicago (24-10) 3 vs. #5 Centre (22-6) 1 3:30 p.m. #3 Franklin & Marshall (23-6) 0 vs. #6 Illinois Wesleyan (22-9) 3 6 p.m. #2 Marietta (23-1) 3 vs. #7 St. John Fisher (21-8) 1Nov. 223:30 p.m. #1 Wisconsin-Oshkosh (27-5) 3 vs. #4 Chicago (25-10) 1 6 p.m. #2 Marietta (24-1) 0 vs. #6 Illinois Wesleyan (23-9) 3Nov. 236 p.m. #1 Wisconsin-Oshkosh (28-5) 3 vs. #6 Illinois Wesleyan (24-9) 0

MARIETTA REGIONAL TEAM CAPSULES

No. 1 Seed University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh 26-5 (No. 8 NPI, No. 7 AVCA)Team PageRosterScheduleStatsTwitterFacebookInstagramLocation: Oshkosh, Wis.Nickname: TitansEnrollment: 12,964Founded: 1871Famous Attendee: Craig Culver, Culver’s restaurant chain founderKey wins: Hope (3-0); UW-Whitewater (3-2); Millikin (3-1); Whitworth (3-0); UW-Platteville (3-2); Chicago (3-0); Otterbein (3-0); UW-Eau Claire (3-2); Transylvania (3-1); UW-Stevens Point (3-2); Northwestern (3-0); North Central-IL (3-0); St. Catherine (3-0); Carthage (3-0); Colorado College (3-0). Losses: Gustavus Adolphus (3-1); Juniata (3-1); UW-Platteville (3-0); Edgewood (3-0); UW-Whitewater (3-2).All-Conference (WIAC): Sophomore OH Sami Perlberg (1st); senior MB Riley Kindt (1st); senior L Abby Fregien (HM, Defensive Player of the Year, All-Defense); Jon Ellmann (Coach of the Year).All-Region (VIII): Senior MB Riley Kindt (1st); senior L Abby Fregien (1st); sophomore OH Sami Perlberg (HM).

Team LeadersKills: Sami Perlberg 345; Riley Kindt 302; Robyn Kirsch 208; Hannah Moe 169Assists: Kalli Mau 600; Izzy Coon 553; Abby Fregien 68; Olivia Breunig 58Aces: Malia Winchell 54; I. Coon 41; R. Kindt 28; S. Perlberg 27Digs: A. Fregien 523; S. Perlberg 317; M. Winchell 225; I. Coon 213Blocks: Lauren Grier 83; R. Kindt 80; H. Moe 50; S. Perlberg 45

Team Stats (national rank)Kills: 13.79 (9) Hitting Percentage: .221 (44)Digs: 17.16 (90)Blocks: 1.88 (58) Aces: 1.83 (287)

No. 2 Seed Marietta College 23-1 (No. 9 NPI, No. 9 AVCA)Team PageRosterScheduleStatsTwitterFacebookInstagramLocation: Marietta, OhioNickname: PioneersEnrollment: 1,265Founded: 1797Famous Attendee: Kent Tekulve, baseball playerKey wins: Case Western Reserve (3-0); Otterbein (3-1); Carnegie Mellon (3-1); Calvin (3-1); Ohio Northern (3-2); Mount Union (3-0); John Carroll (3-0); Scranton (3-0); Ohio Wesleyan (3-0). Loss: Otterbein (3-1).All-Conference (OAC): Senior MB Maggie Fellers (Player of the Year); junior OH Jillian Fellers (1st); junior S Emory Spitler (1st); senior OH Mia Silva (1st); junior L Keira Shannon (2nd); Kristy Newman (Coach of the Year).All-Region (VII): Senior MB Maggie Fellers (1st); junior OH Jillian Fellers (1st); junior S Emory Spitler (1st).

Team LeadersKills: Jillian Fellers 291; Mia Silva 240; Maggie Fellers 219; Ella Boyer 147Assists: Emory Spitler 949; Keira Shannon 36; M. Fellers 24; Alayna Ricker 22Aces: M. Fellers 36; J. Fellers 31; K. Shannon 26; E. Spitler 24Digs: K. Shannon 513; M. Fellers 231; E. Spitler 211; J. Fellers 151Blocks: M. Fellers 80; Sophie Evans 61; J. Fellers 46; E. Boyer 40

Team Stats (national rank)Kills: 13.51 (19) Hitting Percentage: .255 (10)Digs: 18.32 (32)Blocks: 1.94 (44) Aces: 1.78 (305)

No. 3 Seed Franklin & Marshall College 23-6 (No. 24 NPI, RV AVCA)Team PageRosterScheduleStatsTwitterFacebookInstagramLocation: Lancaster, Pa.Nickname: DiplomatsEnrollment: 1,867Founded: 1787Famous Attendee: Bowie Kuhn, baseball commissionerKey wins: Gettysburg (3-0); Virginia Wesleyan (3-2); Messiah (3-0); Babson (3-1); UMass Dartmouth (3-0); Montclair St. (3-0). Losses: Eastern (3-2); Juniata (3-0); William Paterson (3-0); Swarthmore (3-1)(3-2); Johns Hopkins (3-0).All-Conference (Centennial): Junior S Liah Perez (1st); senior RS Gianna Mangiamele (1st); junior OH Coco Shultz (HM); freshman MH Avery Grantham (HM).All-Region (V): Senior RS Gianna Mangiamele (1st); junior S Liah Perez (HM).

Team LeadersKills: Gianna Mangiamele 283; Coco Schultz 255; Ceci Connolly 208; Avery Grantham 177Assists: Liah Perez 556; Carly Campbell 455; Bella Ganfield 51; Mikayla Smith 49Aces: L. Perez 46; C. Schultz 41; Melissa Benkowitz 39; M. Smith 32Digs: C. Schultz 256; L. Perez 203; B. Ganfield 198; M. Benkowitz 183Blocks: A. Grantham 86; Mya Anderson 51; G. Mangiamele 55; C. Connolly 42

Team Stats (national rank)Kills: 13.26 (26) Hitting Percentage: .240 (18)Digs: 15.24 (268)Blocks: 1.79 (81) Aces: 2.72 (39)

No. 4 Seed University of Chicago 24-10 (No. 28 NPI, No. 20 AVCA)Team PageRosterScheduleStatsTwitterFacebookInstagramLocation: Chicago, Ill.Nickname: MaroonsEnrollment: 18,452Founded: 1890Famous Attendee: Marilu Henner, actorKey wins: Case Western Reserve (3-1); William Smith (3-1); NYU (3-2); Carnegie Mellon (3-1)Calvin (3-0); Illinois Wesleyan (3-0); St. Catherine (3-0); Brandeis (3-0); Carthage (3-0). Losses: Millikin (3-1); UW-Eau Claire (3-1); Carnegie Mellon (3-1); Emory (3-1)(3-1); Hope (3-2); Washington-St. Louis (3-2); Case Western Reserve (3-0); UW-Oshkosh (3-0); UW-Stevens Point (3-0).All-Conference (UAA): Junior OH Diya Mishra (2nd); graduate MB Amelia Gibbs (2nd).All-Region (VIII): Graduate MB Amelia Gibbs (1st).

Team LeadersKills: Diya Mishra 307; Amelia Gibbs 295; Thalita Marangon 258; Keeley Kandziora 181Assists: Hillary Cheung 612; Grace Xu 528; Isabel Cai 130; Kennedy Cheung 82Aces: H. Cheung 47; T. Marangon 46; Nicole Martinez 40; Klaudia Barbarossa 22Digs: T. Marangon 343; K. Cheung 317; N. Martinez 217; H. Cheung 208Blocks: A. Gibbs 86; D. Mishra 77; K. Kandziora 62; Gabi Spellings 43

Team Stats (national rank)Kills: 13.21 (27) Hitting Percentage: .220 (45)Digs: 16.47 (149)Blocks: 1.75 (89) Aces: 1.93 (254)

No. 5 Seed Centre College 22-6 (No. 39 NPI, RV AVCA)Team PageRosterScheduleStatsTwitterFacebookInstagramLocation: Danville, Ky.Nickname: ColonelsEnrollment: 1,356Founded: 1819Famous Attendee: Adlai Stevenson, 23rd U.S. vice presidentKey wins: Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (3-1); Transylvania (3-0); Illinois Wesleyan (3-1); Whittier (3-2); Pomona-Pitzer (3-1); Covenant (3-0)(3-1); Berry (3-2). Losses: La Verne (3-0); Transylvania (3-1); Emory (3-0); Asbury (3-2); Berry (3-2)(3-1).All-Conference (SAA): Senior S Emily Gardner (Player of the Year); senior L June Padilla (1st, Defensive Player of the Year); sophomore OH Syd Bietz (1st); sophomore MB Mack Turner (2nd); junior RS Hollye Tate (HM); freshman OH Delia Long (Newcomer of the Year); Patrick Robidoux (Coach of the Year).All-Region (VI): Senior L June Padilla (1st); senior S Emily Gardner (HM).

Team LeadersKills: Syd Bietz 336; Mack Turner 223; Hollye Tate 177; Ally Knueven 148Assists: Emily Gardner 1,069; June Padilla 78; Madi Winfield 27; Madi Barron 25Aces: J. Padilla 53; M. Winfield 31; E. Gardner 29; Abby Swartz 24Digs: J. Padilla 492; E. Gardner 271; Emersyn Pannell 232; M. Winfield 209Blocks: M. Turner 82; A. Swartz 46; E. Gardner 35; H. Tate 33

Team Stats (national rank)Kills: 12.74 (54) Hitting Percentage: .192 (101)Digs: 17.69 (60)Blocks: 1.59 (154) Aces: 1.75 (325)

No. 6 Seed Illinois Wesleyan University 22-9 (No. 42 NPI, RV AVCA)Team PageRosterScheduleStatsTwitterFacebookInstagramLocation: Bloomington, Ill.Nickname: TitansEnrollment: 1,527Founded: 1850Famous Attendee: Dave Kindred, sportswriterKey wins: Millikin (3-1)(3-2); North Central-IL (3-2)(3-0); Edgewood (3-2); Cornell (3-2); Carthage (3-0). Losses: Otterbein (3-0); Baldwin Wallace (3-2); UW-Whitewater (3-0); Coe (3-0); Dubuque (3-2); UW-Stevens Point (3-1); Washington-St. Louis (3-1); Chicago (3-0); Centre (3-1).All-Conference (CCIW): Junior OH Taylor French (Player of the Year); junior RS Hannah Tellor (1st); sophomore L Sophia Feeney (2nd); junior DS Kannyn Boyd (2nd); freshman OH Alex Bardouniotis (First-Year of the Year); Kim Nelson-Brown (Coach of the Year).All-Region (VIII): Junior OH Taylor French (1st).

Team LeadersKills: Taylor French 465; Hannah Tellor 247; Alex Bardouniotis 234; Morgan Harrington 169Assists: Sophia Feeney 526; Abby Erdman 379; Jordan Pierce 269; Kannyn Boyd 113Aces: T. French 81; A. Bardouniotis 48; S. Feeney 33; H. Tellor 21Digs: K. Boyd 493; T. French 358; A. Bardouniotis 246; S. Feeney 185Blocks: Eleanor Palmer 86; H. Tellor 83; M. Harrington 41; T. French & Cailin Shannon 33

Team Stats (national rank)Kills: 12.74 (52) Hitting Percentage: .185 (118)Digs: 16.90 (109)Blocks: 1.62 (142) Aces: 1.99 (228)

No. 7 Seed St. John Fisher University 21-8 (No. 90 NPI, NR AVCA)Team PageRosterScheduleStatsTwitterFacebookInstagramLocation: Pittsford, N.Y.Nickname: CardinalsEnrollment: 3,700Founded: 1948Famous Attendee: Edward Stack, businesspersonKey wins: Middlebury (3-2); Hartwick (3-1). Losses: Austin (3-1); McMurry (3-0); Ithaca (3-0); Gettysburg (3-0); William Smith (3-2); Capital (3-1); Brockport (3-1); Nazareth (3-1).All-Conference (E8): Sophomore MB Ana Gutman (1st); freshman OH Lydia Fraser (1st, Rookie of the Year); sophomore OH Kaylene Noble (2nd); junior S Reilly Morrow (2nd); junior L Kiera Hartpence (3rd).All-Region (III): Sophomore MB Ana Gutman (1st); freshman OH Lydia Fraser (1st); sophomore OH Kaylene Noble (HM).

Team LeadersKills: Kaylene Noble 342; Lydia Fraser 317; Ana Gutman 234; Marilyn Whitcavitch 111Assists: Reilly Morrow 792; Cadence Milligan 208; Kiera Hartpence 90; K. Noble 23Aces: L. Fraser 46; R. Morrow 45; K. Hartpence 42; K. Noble 34Digs: K. Hartpence 431; K. Noble 276; L. Fraser 253; R. Morrow 199Blocks: A. Gutman 57; Olivia Nellis 37; M. Whitcavitch 27; Madalyn Bouton 23

Team Stats (national rank)Kills: 12.09 (108) Hitting Percentage: .216 (53)Digs: 14.97 (290)Blocks: 1.27 (278) Aces: 2.55 (62)

No. 8 Seed Marymount University 12-21 (No. 210 NPI, NR AVCA)Team PageRosterScheduleStatsTwitterFacebookInstagramLocation: Arlington, Va.Nickname: SaintsEnrollment: 4,257Founded: 1950Famous Attendee: Mia Yim, wrestlerKey wins: Christopher Newport (3-2). Losses: William Peace (3-2); Virginia Wesleyan (3-2); Kean (3-0); Schreiner (3-1); Christopher Newport (3-1); Heidelberg (3-1); Gallaudet (3-1)(3-0); Susquehanna (3-2); Ithaca (3-0); Johns Hopkins (3-0); Stevenson (3-0); Bethel (3-0); Catholic (3-1); Lynchburg (3-1)(3-1); Salisbury (3-0); Mary Washington (3-0); Bridgewater (3-1); Stevens (3-0); Washington and Lee (3-0).All-Conference (AEC): Sophomore OH Harper Wolf (Player of the Year); senior S Natalie Bialecki (1st); senior L Eliza Freeman (1st); senior MH Maya Harris (1st); senior MH Katee Stromberg (2nd).All-Region (V): [None].

Team LeadersKills: Harper Wolf 298; Maya Harris 265; Emily Genau 181; Sabrina Schoeberlein 128Assists: Natalie Bialecki 912; Eliza Freeman 77; Renae Rohrer 28; Emerson Aber 27Aces: E. Freeman 63; N. Bialecki 34; Ava Humphries 34; E. Genau 24Digs: E. Freeman 417; A. Humphries 260; N. Bialecki 222; R. Rohrer 197Blocks: Elizabeth Stackpole 71; Katee Stromberg 70; N. Bialecki 37; M. Harris & E. Genau 28

Team Stats (national rank)Kills: 10.52 (261) Hitting Percentage: .126 (303)Digs: 14.27 (337)Blocks: 1.42 (216) Aces: 2.08 (195)

-Ricky Nelson