2007 Volleyball Schedule Features Five Tournaments
July 10, 2007 For the complete schedule, click HERE. OREM, Utah - Head coach Sam Atoa has announced the upcoming 2007 volleyball schedule and the hiring of two new assistant coaches. The 2007 schedule features five tournaments, including the year end Division I Indpendent Championship, hosted by Utah Valley. The Wolverines will open up the season at home against Wyoming on August 24th before traveling to Butler for the the first of the five tournaments. UV will face all four in-state schools at least once, including Utah (in Orem, Oct. 23) and BYU (in Provo, Oct. 9), two of four teams on the slate that finished in the top-40 in last season's final Rich Kern RPI. Arizona State, who finished 33rd in the RPI, will be in Orem on September 7-8 for the UVU Invitational along with Weber State and San Jose State. The remaining top-40 school is Michigan (26th), who is hosting the Michigan/Nike Invitational in mid-September. Utah Valley will face the hosts along with Georgia Tech and Temple in Ann Arbor, Michigan. "It's going to be a challenging schedule," said Atoa. "The Butler tournament and the Michigan tournament have some quality teams so we definitely have our hands full there. The in state teams will continue to provide us with a challenge as well. The remaining schedule includes home and away contests with Idaho State, Texas-Pan American and Utah State, a tournament in Newark, New Jersey at NJIT, road contests at Chicago State, Cal State Bakersfield and Weber State and home matches against Boise State and Nevada. Providence, NJIT, Cal State Bakersfield, Chicago State and Texas-Pan American will all be in Orem for the Independent Championships on November 16-17. On the coaching side, Lacee Koelliker, who has spent the past four seasons as a player for Atoa, and Scott Lee are the new Wolverine assistants. Koelliker is the reigning two-time Division-I Independent Setter of the Year and became the first Wolverine at the NCAA level to surpass 4,000 career assists. She finished her career with 4,057 assists, an average of 10.17 per game. Koelliker graduated Magna Cum Laude from Utah Valley University in 2006 with a Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education. She knows everything about our program, she knows how I coach and she's loyal. She loves to be here and is a true Wolverine," said Atoa. Scott Lee is entering his first season back at Utah Valley, where he was a volunteer assistant for five years prior to working as an assistant at Snow College. "We're excited to have him back. It will be a huge advantage to have his expertise," said head coach Sam Atoa. "He's alumni and he loves to be here and that's great for us." Lee played club volleyball at Utah Valley, helping the team to the NIRSA Division-I National Championship in 2001 while also being named an All-American Libero. |
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