VOLLEYBALL NEWS RELEASES
2006-07 News Release/Game Stories
Tusculum Comeback Hands LMU Final Loss of the Season
The Lady Railsplitter volleyball team won the opening two games of Tuesday night’s Halloween match with visiting Tusculum College only to see the Pioneers rally to end LMU’s year on a sour note. (Box score)
10/31/2006
Lenoir-Rhyne Overcomes First-Game Loss
to Spoil LMU Senior Day
Playing with emotion
and a desire to go out in front of the home crowd on a
winning note, the Lincoln Memorial University Lady
Railsplitters led by example in Saturday’s bout with future
South Atlantic Conference opponent Lenoir-Rhyne College. (Box
score)
10/21/2006
Win Over Mars Hill Snaps
Four Game Losing Streak for Lady Railsplitter Volleyball Team
The night was to belong to the Lady Railsplitters from the opening serve of the
match Wednesday evening as Lincoln Memorial pounded out 30-18, 30-22 and 30-20
wins over Mars Hill College to shed a four-game losing streak. (Box
score)
10/18/2006
Carson-Newman Avenges
September Loss to LMU
Tuesday night’s 3-1 loss to the Lady Eagle volleyball
team was an uphill battle for the Lady Railsplitters who have now lost six
of their last seven matches. Carson-Newman got some payback for the 3-0
loss LMU handed them on September 12 in Jefferson City by winning 31-29 and
30-28, losing 30-23 and winning 35-33 in the final game. (Box
score)
10/17/2006
Hess & McCulley Earn
All-Tournament Team Honors
Lincoln Memorial University volleyball players
Alison Hess (Dayton,
OH)
and
Blythe McCulley (Springfield,
IL)
were recently named to the All-Tournament Team of the Coca-Cola Volleyball
Classic, hosted by the University of Montevallo in Montevallo, Alabama.
10/16/2006
LMU Outlasts Tusculum In Five-Game Thriller
Alison Hess recorded a double-double
with 12 kills and a match-high 14 blocks to lead Lincoln Memorial University to
a 3-2 victory over host Tusculum College Thursday night in college volleyball
action at Pioneer Arena. The Lady Railsplitters (16-4) won the match by scores
of 30-26, 25-30, 28-30, 30-25, 15-12. Tusculum drops its record to 16-7 on the
season.
10/05/2006
LMU Shuts Out Lander 3-0
Lincoln Memorial’s Lady Railsplitter volleyball team picked
up its fifteenth win of the year Tuesday night with a 3-0 win over visiting
Lander University of the Peach Belt Athletic Conference. (Box
score)
10/03/2006
LMU Volleyball Slams
Kentucky State
Lady
Railsplitter freshman setter Amber Vanderlin (Mesquite, TX)
led the charge this Saturday as the Lincoln Memorial University volleyball
team rolled past Kentucky State University this weekend. (Box
score)
10/01/2006
Mars Hill Volleyball
Loses to Lincoln Memorial in Five Games
The Lions volleyball squad lost a closely fought battle to Lincoln Memorial
University tonight in Stanford Arena in five games. Scores of the match were
23-30, 31-29, 28-30, 30-23 and 15-12. MHC fell to 6-11 on the season while
the Railsplitters improved to 13-4.
09/27/2006
Powers finishes off big day with 21 kills as Volleyball
sweeps LMU
Sophomore Melissa Powers (Bennett, NC) delivered 21 kills and five
blocks as Catawba defeated visiting Lincoln Memorial in three games in
volleyball action on Saturday night at Goodman Gym. Catawba improves to 7-8
overall, winning by the scores of 30-27, 30-28 and 31-29. Lincoln Memorial
falls to 12-4.
09/23/2006
Win Over Newberry Extends
LMU Volleyball Win Streak To Five
It was clear from the opening game of the contest
that the Indians of Newberry College were no match for the Lady Railsplitters on
Tuesday night. (Box score)
09/19/2006
LMU Volleyball Gets First
Win Against SAC Opponent
Although they aren’t eligible
for conference play this year, a win over arch rival Carson-Newman College of
the South Atlantic Conference is still a big deal to Lincoln Memorial’s Lady
Railsplitter volleyball team.
09/12/2006
LMU Sweeps Opponents in
Volleyball Tri-match
The Lincoln Memorial
University Lady Railsplitter volleyball team improved to 8-3 on the year by
defeating Kentucky Wesleyan College (3-0) and Kentucky State University (3-0) on
Saturday in a tri-match held in the Mary E. Mars Gymnasium.
09/09/2006
Lenoir-Rhyne Volleyball
Sweeps Lincoln Memorial, 3-0
The Lenoir-Rhyne College Volleyball Team swept Lincoln Memorial (30-25, 30-23
and 30-18) Wednesday at Shuford Memorial Gymnasium. L-R has now won four
straight and improved to 7-3 on the season while Lincoln Memorial fell to 6-3.
09/06/2006
LMU Volleyball Drops First
Two Matches Of The Season
The Golden Suns of Arkansas Tech proved to be too much
for the Lady Railsplitters in Saturday’s first match in day-two of the Tusculum
College Volleyball Classic. ATU ended LMU’s hope of winning the championship in
the semi-finals by coming away with a 3-1 victory over the Lady Railsplitters.
09/02/2006
Lady Railsplitters
Remain Unbeaten After First Day of Tusculum College Volleyball Classic
The Lincoln Memorial University
volleyball team remained among the ranks of the unbeaten following Friday’s
double-header in the first day of the Tusculum College Volleyball Classic.
09/01/2006
Otto
Named MVP of LMU Invitational Tournament
Lincoln Memorial University volleyball senior Joy Otto
(Barrington, IL) was named Most Valuable Player of the LMU Invitational
Tournament over the weekend.
08/28/2006
LMU Volleyball Defeats OVU &
UC to Remain Unbeaten
Lincoln Memorial’s volleyball
team knocked off Ohio Valley University in straight games 3-0 and won a close
battle with the University of the Cumberlands 3-1 on Saturday to complete a
perfect 4-0 sweep of this weekend’s competition in the LMU Invitational
Tournament.
08/26/2006
Lady Splitters Sweep First
Day of LMU Invitational
Despite a one game setback
against Union College in the nightcap of Friday’s opening round of the LMU
Invitational Volleyball Tournament, the Lincoln Memorial University Lady
Railsplitters opened the 2006 season with two consecutive wins over Davis &
Elkins College and Union College to improve to 2-0 on the year.
08/25/2006
2005-06 News Release/Game Stories
Nationally Ranked UNA
Proves Too Much For Lady Railsplitters
The Lady Lions of the University of North Alabama showed the Lincoln Memorial
volleyball team what it takes to play at the next level Friday evening. Not
having one of their better nights, UNA (28-1), still managed to dispose of the
Lady Railsplitters in three games 30-17, 30-23 and 32-30 to hand LMU it’s
eleventh loss of the season.
10/28/2005
LMU Volleyball Team Gets
Road Split to Keep GSC Tourney Hopes Alive
Following Saturday’s 3-2 loss to the University of West Florida in Pensacola,
the Lady Railsplitters bounced back Sunday to defeat Valdosta State University
3-2 on their home floor to push their record to 20-10 overall and 5-5 in Gulf
South Conference play.
10/23/2005
Lady Railsplitters Shut Down Tusculum
The Lincoln Memorial University Lady Railsplitter volleyball team improved to
19-9 Wednesday evening with a 3-0 victory over the Lady Pioneers of Tusculum
College in Alpine Arena in Greeneville. (Box
score)
10/19/2005
Homecoming Weekend Gets LMU Women Back in GSC Race
A pair of conference victories got the Lincoln
Memorial University Lady Railsplitter volleyball team right back into the thick
of Gulf South Conference tournament contenders this weekend.
10/16/2005
LMU Unable to Close the Door on UAH
The Lincoln Memorial University Lady Railsplitter volleyball team had an
opportunity to hand the Lady Chargers of the University of Alabama-Huntsville a
third loss in Gulf South Conference play Tuesday night but couldn’t seal the
deal in the final two games of the match. (Box
score)
10/11/2005
Holstein Named to Coca Cola
Classic All-Tournament Team
Lincoln Memorial University volleyball player Allison Holstein has
been named to the Coca Cola Classic All-Tournament Team for her efforts in
the Lady Railsplitters matches played Friday and Saturday in the tournament
hosted by the University of Montevallo in Montevallo, Alabama.
10/02/2005
LMU Volleyball Wins Three of Four at Coca Cola
Classic
The Lincoln Memorial University volleyball team traveled to Montevallo,
Alabama over the weekend for the Coca Cola Classic Volleyball Tournament
host by the University of Montevallo.
10/01/2005
West Florida Bounces Back
to Defeat Lady Railsplitters
After getting defeated soundly by the Lady Railsplitter volleyball team
in the first game of Sunday’s Gulf South Conference match, the Lady
Argonauts of West Florida rebounded quickly to win games two, three and
four to take a 3-1 victory over LMU. (Box
score)
09/25/2005
Lady Railsplitters Edge Valdosta State
It took five games, but Saturday
afternoon the Lincoln Memorial University Lady Railsplitter volleyball team
improved to 2-1 in Gulf South Conference play with a 3-2 win over the
visiting Lady Blazers of Valdosta State University.
(Box
score)
09/24/3005
Lady Pioneers No Problem for Lady Railsplitters
The Lincoln Memorial University volleyball team improved to 11-4 Wednesday
evening by defeating the Lady Pioneers of Tusculum College 3-0 in an east
Tennessee non-conference match. (Box
score)
09/21/2005
LMU Volleyball
Sweeps the Cumberlands
The Lincoln Memorial University volleyball team improved to 9-3 Tuesday evening
by defeating Cumberland University and the University of the Cumberlands in a
tri-match held in Williamsburg, Kentucky.
09/14/2005
Union Proves No Match for Lady Railsplitters
On Wednesday evening, the Lady Railsplitter volleyball team jumped on
its opponent Union College early and never looked back as the LMU women
rolled to a 3-0 win over the Lady Bulldogs, 30-17, 30-16 and 30-16 while
improving to 7-3 on the year. (box
score)
09/07/2005
Lady Railsplitters Go 2-2 in Carson-Newman Invitational
The Labor Day weekend turned out to have mixed results for the Lady
Railsplitter volleyball team who competed in the Carson-Newman College
Invitational Tournament on Friday and Saturday in Jefferson City.
09/05/2005
NKU Hands LMU
Volleyball Team First Loss
Northern Kentucky University came into the Mary E. Mars Gymnasium
Thursday evening and did what no other LMU opponent has been able to do
this season... give the Lady Railsplitters their first loss of the year.
(box score)
09/01/2005
LMU Volleyball
Undefeated Following Invitational
The Lincoln Memorial University Lady
Railsplitter volleyball team remained undefeated Saturday afternoon by
knocking off University of the Cumberlands 3-0 and Kentucky State
University 3-0.
08/27/2005
Lady Railsplitters Kick off 2005 Season with a Record of 2-0
The Lincoln Memorial University Lady Railsplitter volleyball team came
out swinging on the opening day of the 2005 season. The LMU women
rolled over Montreat College and Glenville State College 3-0 in first
round action of the LMU Invitational Volleyball Tournament to improve to
2-0 on the year.
08/27/2005