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All about BYU Woman’s Volleyball

lewisbai001 Uncategorized November 21, 2021BYU, College Sports, College Volleyball, Sports, Volleyball, Women's Sports, Women's Volleyball 0 Comment

The women’s volleyball team has always been good, they have made appearances in 32 of the 39 NCAA Women’s volleyball tournaments. There’s been a women’s volleyball team at BYU for 52 years. There have been 6 coaches and tons of players. BYU’s most recent season was awesome just like many before it. BYU received the No. 16 seed at the beginning of the season. They opened the 2020 NCAA tournament by beating UCLA. They finished among the top teams and won the West Coast Conference title. They ended the season winning 17-2 and a No. 15 seed.

Last Seasons Best

Every season BYU has amazing players and this season was no different. Their top blocker Kennedy Eschenberg is an American middle blocker. She ended the season with No. 6 in the NCAA division. She had an average of 1.58 blocks per set and a .435 hitting percentage. Kennedy got 135 kills and led the team with 82 blocks. Their top setter, Whitney Bower was named the WCC player and setter of the year. Whitney ended the season with 676 assists, 221 digs, 48 kills, 28 blocks, and 22 aces. Their top outside hitter, Ballard Nixon was a key contributor to the cougar’s success. She got 239 kills, 133 digs, 15 aces, and 38 blocks. Their coach for the 2020-2021 season Olmstead was WCC coach of the year and the AVCA Pacific South Region Coach of the Year. She holds the highest winning percentage of any women’s volleyball coach. She reached 100 wins in 101 games.

This Season

BYU’s 2021-2022 season has been just as good as the many others. There team consists of 19 players, Taylen Ballard, Heather Gneiting, Morgan Bower, Kenzie Koerber, Bri Albright, Zanya Meyer, Whitney Bower,

Taylen Hifo, Alyssa Montoya, Erin Livingston, Abbey Dayton, Kate Grimmer, Aria Mccomber, Elyse Stowell, Madi

Allen, Whitney Llarenas, Sophia Callahan, Kennedy Eschenburg, and Gretchen Reinert. BYU is ranked a No. 11 seed. In their most recent game, they beat Saint Marys, winning every set. Koerber led the team with 16 kills, and the middle blockers Eschenberg and Gneiting both got 8 as well. Their next game is on the 30 against Saint Clara. Their next home game will be on October 7 against Portland. BYU hopes to continue winning and hopefully earn a higher seed.

Volleyball History

BYU has been keeping a record on women’s volleyball for 50 years, from then to 2018 they have won 1,281 games. The BYU Cougars first made it to the NCAA Sweet 16 1981 and since then have returned 31 times. BYU’s women’s volleyball team was the first volleyball team to be in the NCAA final four in 1993. They have had 2 players move on and play in the Olympics. Charlene Johnsen after playing for BYU went to the Utah Predators out of college as the starting setter. She played 2 years of professional volleyball in Switzerland and Italy. She competed in the 2000 Olympics and after that served as the assistant coach in Nebraska. Mary Lake played for BYU as a libero, and she is set to go to the 2020 summer Olympics. Mary Lake was named the 2019-20 West Coast Conference female Scholar-Athlete of the Year. She was also named WCC Defensive Player of the Year and to the All-WCC First Team. She started every game and led the team to a No. 1 ranking. When she was a freshman she broke the school record with 546 digs. And this summer Marly Lake is just one of the 2 liberos on the U.S national volleyball team.

Sources: https://universe.byu.edu/2019/10/07/50-facts-for-50-years-of-making-womens-volleyball-history/

https://byucougars.com/home/w-volleyball

http://www.seniorclassaward.com/athletes/mary_lake/

https://byucougars.com/roster/w-volleyball/2021

The Life of Rose Lavelle

haleybryce44 Uncategorized November 19, 2021Rose Lavelle, soccer, Sports, Women's Sports, womens national team 0 Comment

Rose Lavelle is an amazing Soccer player. Rose plays for the USA Women’s National Team. Today we are going to talk about her life growing up and her adult life. We will also talk about her Career, the Awards she has won, and Cool facts about her. Rose Is one of the best soccer players on the USA team. Here are some things about Rose Lavelle’s life.

Early Life

Rose Lavelle was born May 14, 1995, in Cincinnati, Ohio. To her parents Janet and Marty Lavelle. Rose has 1 brother named Jhon, and 2 sisters named Nora and Mary. growing up rose played on club soccer teams around her area. She and her siblings would play soccer in the backyard for hours. For high school, Rose went to Mount Notre Dame high school. There she played soccer on the high school varsity team. She played midfield and forward there. In her high school season, she scored 57 goals.

Adult life

In 2013 Rose went to college at the University of Madison Wisconson. She majored in Sociology. Lavelle Graduated in 2016 from college. She started playing for Manchester City. In 2017 she got drafted to the Boston Breakers. She was the 1st overall pick in the 2017 NWSL. Also in 2017, she started playing for the USA women’s soccer team. She is still a midfielder for them. She is still in her adult life Adding to it one bit at a time.

Career

In 2017 she started playing for the Women’s national team. So far Rose has played 4 seasons with the USA. Right now Lavelle is 26 years old and started playing for the National team when she was around 22 years old. She plays as a midfielder on this team. Her salary right now is somewhere between $16,538 and $46,200. Rose has scored many goals throughout her life. Most on the USA women’s national team.

Awards

Rose Lavelle has won many awards throughout her lifetime and is still accomplishing more. In high school won the Greater Cincinnati.Northern Kentucky sportswomen of the year award in 2013. In 2014 she won the Golden ball of the CONCACAF women under-20 championship. in 2015 and 2016 she won the big ten midfielders of the year. in 2019 she was named best FIFA footballer award, and won the EFIFA FIFPRO world Xl award. in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, she won the Bronze medal with her team. Rose has so many more awards and more she will continue to win.

Fun Facts

Rose Lavelle has many interesting facts about her here are some of them. Her number is #16. Her Dominant foot is her left foot. Rose loves to read it is one of her favorite hobbies. If she’s not playing soccer she is usually reading. She has an English Bulldog. Lavelle is pretty short she is “5,4”. She is happily single right now and is not married or dating anyone. Her net worth is around $1 Million. Her real name is Rosemary Kathleen Lavelle. She represented the USA at youth levels for a long time. Rose is named the Nutmeg duchess. Her nickname is Sweet Baby Rose. she is 26 years old right now. She has played soccer since she was 7 years old. In high school, she played on the varsity team all 4 years of her high school career. Her freshman year in high school her team made it to the playoffs. She is still studying At the University of Wisconsin. She is usually always a Starter. In high school she was. You can follow Rose at @lavellerose. Lavelle has 474K followers. Rose was the leading scorer on her high school team ending her high school career with 57 goals. Her eyes are dark brown. She plays for the USA and the Washington Spirit. Her favorite food is Ice cream and Burgers. Her favorite actor is Tom Cruise. Rose also loves to Shop. she has 17 goals and 12 assists on the USA team. Her sponsor is Nike.

Rose Lavelle is an amazing soccer player. She has made many goals throughout her life and is a fabulous midfielder. Rose has won many awards throughout her life and will continue to add more to that list. Growing up she played on many club teams and was the best in her state. She and her siblings were very close all growing up. Know she is an amazing soccer player that is so many little girls role models.