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Mustangs Announce Three Transfer Additions
Angerman Receives MVP Award
Mustangs Place Two On All-America Team
Mustangs Upset No. 1 Fresno Pacific!
Siepker A Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athlete
Mustangs Place Three On All-GPAC First-Team
Mustangs Sweep Northwestern In GPAC Tourney Title Match
Jarzynka Named GPAC Player Of The Week
Angerman Is GPAC Setter Of The Week For The Fourth Time
Radke Is GPAC Player Of The Week
Angerman Receives GPAC Award For Third Time
Mustangs Sweep GPAC Player Of The Week Awards
Angerman Is GPAC Setter Of The Week
Morningside College’s volleyball team set a school record for victories and made it’s first-ever NAIA National Tournament appearance when the Mustangs posted a 37-6 record during the 2008 campaign. The Mustangs, who topped their previous victory mark of 35 triumphs in 1987, qualified for the national tourney by winning the Great Plains Athletic Conference’s (GPAC) post-season tournament. The Mustangs finished second in the GPAC’s regular season standings with a 14-2 league mark and were ranked 12th nationally in the final NAIA regular season poll. Morningside was the only team to defeat 2008 NAIA National Champion Fresno Pacific University this season when it upset the nation’s No. 1-ranked team 3-2 in pool play competition at the national tournament.
Mustangs’ Attack Ranks Among Nation’s Best
Morningside ranked second nationally in the NAIA with averages of 14.36 kills and 13.24 assists per game during the 2008 season. The Mustangs ranked ninth nationally with a team hitting percentage of .286.
Morningside set a school record for single-match hitting percentage when it attacked at a .582 clip in a 3-0 victory against Concordia University on Nov. 8 to break its former single-match record of .578 against Dana last season. The Mustangs set a five-game match record with a .351 hitting percentage against Indiana Institute of Technology on Sept. 12 to break their former five-game standard of .347 against Augustana College in 1994.
 Kali Angerman, a 5-9 senior setter from Sioux City, dealt 1,641 assists to lead the NAIA with an average of 12.53 assists per game. Her 1,641 assists and average of 12.53 assists per game were the second highest single-season marks in Morningside history. Angerman led the Mustangs with 54 ace serves for the ninth highest single-season total in Morningside history.
Angerman finished her career with school-record averages of 13.25 assists and 0.61 ace serves per game to break the former Morningside career standards of 11.12 assists per game by Brenna Larsen from 1999-2002 and 0.48 ace serves per game by Kate Ankrum from 1994-97. She also ranks seventh in the Mustangs’ record book with a career average of 2.93 digs per game.
Angerman finished her career with 3,551 assists and 155 ace serves for the fourth highest totals in Morningside history.
Jamie Vander Kooi, a 5-8 junior outside hitter from Hinton, Iowa, came up with 610 digs to set a school-record for a non-libero. Vander Kooi, who averaged 4.36 digs per game, broke the former Morningside standard of 531 digs by Cara DeStigter in 2006. Vander Kooi’s average of 4.36 digs per game was the second highest single-season average in the Morningside record book.
 Amber Jarzynka, a 5-10 senior middle blocker from Bennington, Neb., had a school-record 61 solo blocks to break the former Mustang standard of 55 solo blocks by Jennifer Gruber in 2002. Jarzynka had nine solo blocks against Northwestern College on Oct. 24 to break the former Morningside single-match record of eight solo blocks by Karmen Fykstra against the University of South Dakota in 1992.
Jarzynka led the Mustangs’ attack with 482 kills, an average of 3.47 kills per game, and a .371 hitting percentage. Her .371 hitting percentage was the third highest figure in Morningside history and her 482 kills was the seventh highest total in Morningside history.
Jarzynka set Morningside career records with an average of 3.79 kills per game and a .396 hitting percentage to break the former school marks of 3.68 kills per game by Theresa Kathman-Trees from 1993-96 and .335 hitting percentage by Dena Kelly from 1991-92.
She ranks fifth in Morningside history with 101 career solo blocks and sixth with a career average of 0.88 blocks per game.
Catie Bobier, a 5-11 senior outside hitter from Westfield, Iowa, finished her career with 1,422 digs for the fourth highest career total in Morningside history. She also ranks fourth in Morningside’s career annals with an average of 3.11 digs per game, eighth with 138 career ace serves, and 10th with an average of 0.30 ace serves per game.
Jericho Johnson, a 5-5 junior libero from Hastings, Neb., led the Mustangs with 700 digs for an average of 5.04 per game for the second highest libero totals in Morningside history. Johnson is the Mustangs’ all-time libero leader with 1,725 career digs.
Emily Christen, a 6-0 junior middle blocker from Anselmo, Neb., had 52 solo blocks for the fourth highest single-season total in Morningside history.
Addi Radke, a 6-1 junior outside hitter from Corvallis, Ore., slammed 473 kills for the ninth highest single-season total in Morningside history.
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Kristalyn Bielik |
Erin Downing |
Morningside College volleyball head coach Rick Pruett has announced the names of three players who transferred to the college during the semester break.
The transfer additions are: Kristalyn Bielik, a 6-1 outsider hitter from Benito, Manitoba, Canada, who is a transfer from NCAA Division I University of Texas-Pan American; Erin Downing, a 5-11 outside hitter from Ottumwa, Iowa, who is a transfer from Indian Hills Community College; and Jessica Tjaden, a 5-8 setter from Julesburg, Colo., who is a transfer from NCAA Division I Georgia State University.
Bielik played in three matches at Texas-Pan American last year as a freshman. She had eight kills and 10 digs for averages of 1.33 kills and 1.67 digs per game. Bielik also had two ace serves.
Bielik is a 2008 graduate of Selkirk High School, where she led the team to three consecutive Selkirk High School Athletic Association titles. She was a four-year member of the provincial Team Manitoba, which is comprised of the province’s standout players. In 2007 she was part of a team that won the Canadian Open National Championships 17U division. In 2008 she played for a Team Manitoba squad that was ranked No. 1 in Canada.
Downing was a two-year starter at Indian Hills, where she had 311 kills and 364 digs for averages of 1.67 kills and 1.96 digs per game this past season. Downing led the team with 62 ace serves for an average of 0.33 per game. As a freshman she had 255 kills and 146 digs for averages of 2.39 kills and 1.36 digs per contest. She also had 49 ace serves for an average of 0.46 ace serves per game.
Downing is a 2007 graduate of Ottumwa High School, where she earned first-team All-Central Iowa Metro League honors.
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Jessica Tjaden |
Tjaden played in 12 matches at Georgia State last season and dealt 317 assists for an average of 8.13 assists per game. She also had 52 digs for an average of 1.33 per game to go along with 18 kills and six ace serves.
Tjaden previously played for two years at Northeastern Junior College in Colorado, where she dealt 1,623 assists for an average of 9.9 per game. She earned all-Region IX honors as a sophomore and was a teammate of current Morningside outside hitter Addi Radke.
She is a 2006 graduate of Julesburg High School, where she was a four-time all-stater and Colorado’s Class 1A Player of the Year as a junior and senior. Tjaden was also a two-time Class 1A state tournament MVP.
The recruits will join a Morningside volleyball team that posted a 37-6 record this past season to set a school record for victories and won the Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Post-Season Tournament to qualify for the NAIA National Tournament for the first time in school history. The Mustangs, who were ranked 12th nationally in the final NAIA poll, were the only team to defeat 2008 NAIA National Champion Fresno Pacific University when they upset the nation’s No. 1-ranked team 3-2 in pool play competition at the national tournament.
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Kali Angerman |
Kali Angerman, a 5-9 senior setter from Sioux City, received Morningside College’s Most Valuable Player award when the Mustangs’ volleyball team held their post-season awards banquet on Sunday.
Angerman dealt 1,641 assists this season and was the NAIA national leader with an average of 12.53 assists per game. She also topped the Mustangs with 54 ace serves and finished her career as Morningside’s all-time leader with career averages of 13.25 assists and 0.61 ace serves per game.
Morningside’s other award winners were:
Best Offensive Player – Amber Jarzynka, a 5-10 senior middle blocker from Bennington, Neb.
Best Defensive Player – Jamie Vander Kooi, a 5-8 junior outside hitter from Hinton, Iowa.
Most Improved – Emily Christen, a 6-0 junior middle blocker from Anselmo, Neb.
Hustle Award – Lindsay Hansen, a 5-9 sophomore defensive specialist from Elkhorn, Neb.
Top Freshman – Kaeli Austin, a 5-10 freshman outside hitter from Sioux City.
Top Newcomer – Vander Kooi.
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Leah Nielsen |
Junior Varsity Most Valuable Player – Leah Nielsen, a 5-9 freshman outside hitter from Sergeant Bluff, Iowa.
Junior Varsity Best Offensive Player – Kristin Hendrix, a 5-10 sophomore middle blocker from Treynor, Iowa.
Junior Varsity Best Defensive Player – Mary Nebelsick, a 5-7 freshman outside hitter from Elk Point, S.D.
Junior Varsity Most Improved – Kayla Stehlik, a 5-10 sophomore outside hitter-middle blocker from Dorchester, Neb.
Junior Varsity Hustle Award – Stehlik.
Junior Varsity Top Newcomer – Monica Iverson, a 5-10 freshman setter from Sioux City.
Morningside posted a 37-6 record during the 2008 season to set a school record for wins in a season. The Mustangs finished second in the Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) standings with a 14-2 league mark and won the GPAC’s post-season tournament to earn their first-ever NAIA National Tournament appearance, where they were the only team to beat NAIA National Champion Fresno Pacific University this season when they upset the nation’s No. 1-ranked team 3-2 in pool play competition.
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Kali Angerman |
Amber Jarzynka |
Kali Angerman and Amber Jarzynka were both named to the 2008 Tachikara-NAIA All-America Volleyball Team.
Angerman, a 5-9 senior setter from Sioux City, was named to the All-America second-team, while Jarzynka, a 5-10 senior middle blocker from Bennington, Neb., was named to the All-America third-team for the second year in a row.
Angerman dealt 1,641 assists for the second highest single-season total in Morningside history and was the NAIA national leader with an average of 12.53 assists per game. She also led the Mustangs with 54 ace serves for an average of 0.41 per game and had 372 digs for a norm of 2.84 per contest.
Angerman, who joined the Mustangs last year as a transfer from Barton County Community College, amassed 3,351 assists and 155 ace serves in two seasons with the Mustangs for the fourth highest career totals in Morningside history. She set school records with career averages of 13.25 assists and 0.61 ace serves per game to break the former Morningside standards of 11.12 assists per game by Brenna Larsen from 1999-2002 and 0.48 ace serves per game by Kate Ankrum from 1994-97.
Jarzynka pounded a team-high 482 kills this season to lead the Mustangs’ attack with an average of 3.47 kills per game. Her 482 kills was the seventh highest single-season total in Morningside history. Jarzynka had the third highest hitting percentage in Morningside history at .371 to rank 14th nationally. Aside from leading the Mustangs’ attack, Jarzynka was also the Mustangs’ top defensive presence at the net with a school-record 61 solo blocks to go with 69 block assists for an average of 0.94 blocks per game.
Jarzynka, who joined the Mustangs last year as a transfer from Bellevue University, pounded 1,004 kills in her two-year Morningside career and set a school record with a career average of 3.79 kills per game and a .396 career hitting percentage to break the former Morningside standards of 3.68 kills per game by Theresa Kathman-Trees from 1993-96 and a .335 hitting percentage by Dena Kelly from 1991-92. Jarzynka ranks fifth in the Morningside annals with 101 career solo blocks and sixth with a career average of 0.88 blocks per game.
Morningside posted a 37-6 record in 2008 to set a school record for victories and qualified for the NAIA National Tournament for the first time in school history. The Mustangs were the only team to defeat NAIA National Champion Fresno Pacific University this season with a 3-2 victory on Dec. 4 in the pool play competition of the national tournament.
Click here for the complete 2008 NAIA All-America Volleyball Team.
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Jamie Vander Kooi |
Addi Radke |
After disappointing losing efforts in their first two matches that eliminated Morningside from advancing beyond the pool play level of the NAIA Volleyball National Tournament, the 12th-ranked Mustangs bowed out with one of their greatest victories in school history.
The Mustangs stormed back from a 2-1 set deficit to stun No. 1-ranked Fresno Pacific University 25-20, 16-25, 12-25, 25-18, 15-10 on Thursday in Sioux City’s Tyson Events Center/Gateway Arena to hand the reigning NAIA National Champions their first loss of the season and only their second setback in the last two years.
Morningside finished the campaign with a 37-6 record for its most wins in school history, while the Sunbirds advance with a 32-1 record into a two-day single-elimination bracket tourney that will start Friday.
Addi Radke slammed 14 kills to lead a group of four Mustang attackers in double figures. Jamie Vander Kooi was right behind with 13 kills to go along with 17 digs for her team-high 24th double-double of the season. Amber Jarzynka and Emily Christen added 11 and 10 kills, respectively.
Jericho Johnson paced the Mustangs’ court coverage with 21 digs, while Vander Kooi (17), Kali Angerman (13), and Catie Bobier (10) also had double figure totals.
Angerman dealt 43 assists, Vander Kooi had two solo blocks, and Christen had the Mustangs’ only ace serve of the night.
Fresno Pacific’s Thais Julio slammed a match-high 19 kills and the Sunbirds also had match-high performances from Tiffany Marinos with 24 digs, Tarin Tartaglia with 59 assists, and Fabiana Leomil with three ace serves. Tartaglia took over at setter for the Sunbirds in place of Shu Liu, the 2008 Golden State Athletic Conference Player of the Year and last year’s NAIA Player of the Year, who was held out of the match for injury precautions.
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Jericho Johnson |
Morningside looked like a different team from the one that had lost against Point Loma Nazarene and Black Hills State the previous two nights when it led wire-to-wire to take the opening set. Morningside’s court coverage neutralized the potent Sunbirds’ attack as the Mustangs came up with a whopping 36 digs, including 12 by Johnson. Vander Kooi and Radke supplied most of the punch for the Mustangs’ offensive attack. Vander Kooi slammed six kills, including two in a row when the Mustangs opened up a 21-14 advantage and another that stopped a Fresno Pacific rally after the Sunbirds had closed within 22-18. Radke’s fifth kill of the contest put the Mustangs up 24-18 and the Mustangs scored the set-winner when the Sunbirds were whistled for a net violation.
After their brilliant defensive display in the opener, the Mustangs came up with only seven digs in a second set where Fresno Pacific attacked at a .448 clip. The Mustangs tied the score at 10-10 on a kill by Radke before Ke Ke Wang had two kills and a solo block to help the Sunbirds open a 16-11 advantage. The Mustangs crept within 19-16 after a kill by Christen before the Sunbirds eventually finished things off on a kill by Lisa Shilling.
Fresno Pacific continued to roll in a third set where the Mustangs had more attack errors than kills (7-6). Leading 16-9, the Sunbirds opened an insurmountable 21-9 advantage when Leomil had two aces during a five-point service run.
Morningside rebounded with an impressive showing in the fourth set and used kills by Radke and Jarzynka and an ace serve by Christen to take an early 4-1 lead. The Mustangs took the lead for good on a kill by Radke to go up 11-10. The Sunbirds had an uncharacteristic eight attack errors in the set, including three critical misfires down the stretch that accounted for the Mustangs’ 21st, 22nd, and 24th points before Vander Kooi slammed a kill to finish the Sunbirds off.
The Fresno State attack continued to sputter in the deciding fifth set when the Sunbirds had more attack errors than kills (7-6), including four consecutive errors that helped the Mustangs rally from a 6-3 deficit to go up 8-6. Kills by Julio and Tartaglia tied the score at eight before another misplaced Sunbird spike put the Mustangs ahead for good at 10-9. From there the Mustangs’ attack took over with an impressive finishing flurry that featured a kill from Vander Kooi and two kills each from Christen and Radke, who supplied the match winner.
Box Score
 Lindsey Siepker, a 5-10 junior setter from Laurens, Iowa, has been named a Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athlete in the sport of volleyball.
Siepker has a 3.84 cumulative grade point average (GPA) and has a double major in graphic design and advertising.
Student-athletes must be of at least junior academic status and have a minimum GPA of 3.50 in order to be eligible for Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athlete honors.
Click here for the complete list of 2008 Daktronics-NAIA Volleyball Scholar-Athletes.
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Kali Angerman |
Amber Jarzynka |
Addi Radke |
Kali Angerman, Amber Jarzynka, and Addi Radke were all named to the first team of the 2008 All-Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Volleyball team as selected by the league’s head coaches.
The three players have helped lead the Mustangs to a 36-4 record this season to set a school record for victories in a season. Morningside was the GPAC Post-Season Tournament champion and is one of 12 teams that have automatically advanced to the final site for the 2008 NAIA Volleyball National Championships to be held Dec. 2-6 in Sioux City’s Tyson Events Center/Gateway Arena.
Angerman and Jarzynka are both repeat selections from the 2007 All-GPAC first-team.
Angerman, a 5-9 senior setter from Sioux City, has dealt 1,530 assists for the fifth highest single-season total in Morningside history and is the NAIA national leader with an average of 12.86 assists per game. She also had 274 digs and a team-high 51 ace serves for averages of 2.82 digs and 0.43 ace serves per game.
Jarzynka, a 5-10 senior middle blocker from Bennington, Neb., is the top hitter in the Mustangs’ attack with 455 kills for an average of 3.58 kills per game. She also tops the Mustangs with a .390 hitting percentage along with 59 solo blocks and 61 block assists for an average of 0.94 blocks per game. Jarzynka ranks ninth nationally in the NAIA with her .390 hitting percentage and her 59 solo blocks is a Morningside single-season record.
Radke, a 6-1 junior outside hitter from Corvallis, Ore., has slammed 446 kills for an average of 3.48 kills per contest. Radke has a .331 hitting percentage and 144 digs for an average of 1.12 digs per game. She has 16 solo blocks and 40 block assists for an average of 0.44 blocks per game.
In addition to their three first-team selections, the Mustangs placed Emily Christen and Jamie Vander Kooi on the All-GPAC second-team.
Christen, a 6-0 junior middle blocker from Anselmo, Neb., has 288 kills for an average of 2.27 kills per game. She ranks second on the Mustangs with a .341 hitting percentage, 47 ace serves, and 50 solo blocks and 49 block assists for an average of 0.78 blocks per game. Her 50 solo blocks is the fifth highest single-season total in Morningside history.
Vander Kooi, a 5-8 junior outside hitter from Hinton, Iowa, has amassed 403 kills and a school-record 572 digs for averages of 3.15 kills and 4.47 digs per game to go along with 18 ace serves.
Morningside’s Jericho Johnson, a 5-5 junior libero from Hastings, Neb., was named to the All-GPAC honorable mention list. Johnson has 645 digs for an average of 5.08 digs per game for the second highest single-season libero marks in Morningside history.
Click here for the complete 2008 All-GPAC Volleyball Team.
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Addi Radke |
Emily Christen |
The third time was the charm for the Morningside volleyball team when the Mustangs swept Northwestern College 25-19, 25-15, 25-18 in the championship match of the GPAC Post Season Tournament on Saturday in Orange City, Iowa.
The 12th-ranked Mustangs, who dropped both of their matches against No. 9 Northwestern during the regular season, will take a 36-4 record into the NAIA National Tournament.
Addi Radke slammed 12 kills to lead the Mustangs attack and share match honors with Northwestern’s Rylee Hulstein. Amber Jarzynka and Emily Christian each added nine kills for the winners.
Jericho Johnson and Jamie Vander Kooi led the Mustangs’ defensive effort with 15 and 14 kills, respectively.
The Mustangs’ other leaders were Kali Angerman with 37 assists and Emily Christen with two ace serves and three solo blocks.
Box Score
 Amber Jarzynka, a 5-10 senior middle blocker from Bennington, Neb., has been named the Hauff Mid-America Sports/Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Volleyball Player of the Week after she led the Mustangs to a pair of victories last week.
Jarzynka averaged 4.67 kills per game and had a .595 hitting percentage to lead the Mustangs to a 3-0 sweep of city rival Briar Cliff University and a 3-0 sweep of Concordia University in the quarterfinals of the GPAC Post-Season Tournament.
She had 14 kills and a .478 hitting percentage to go along with four block assists in the Mustangs’ win against Briar Cliff. Jarzynka attacked at a .737 clip and had 14 kills and two block assists in the win against Concordia.
Morningside will take a 34-4 record into a GPAC Tournament semifinal round contest against Dordt College on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. in the Rosen Verdoorn Sports Center.
 Kali Angerman, a 5-9 senior setter from Sioux City, has been named the Hauff Mid-America Sports/Great Plains Athletic Conference Volleyball Setter of the Week after she helped lead the Mustangs to three victories last week.
Angerman averaged 14.2 assists per game to help the Mustangs improve their record to 32-4. She had 59 assists in the Mustangs’ 3-1 triumph at Hastings College last Friday in a pivotal contest between two of the top teams in the GPAC standings. Angerman also had 34 digs last week for an average of 3.4 per game to go along with three ace serves.
Angerman received the GPAC Setter of the Week award for the fourth time this season. She is the NAIA national leader with an average of 12.89 assists per game.
 Addi Radke, a 6-1 junior outside hitter from Corvallis, Ore., is this week’s Hauff Mid-America Sports/Great Plains Athletic Conference Volleyball Player of the Week.
Radke helped lead Morningside to five victories last week as the Mustangs improved their record to 28-3. She slammed 64 kills for an average of 4.27 kills per game and had a .341 hitting percentage.
She had 18 kills for her third highest kill total of the season when the Mustangs swept the University of Sioux Falls last Tuesday. Radke helped the Mustangs go 4-0 at last weekend’s University of St. Francis Big Guns Classic in Joliet, Ill., with 13 kills against Trinity Christian College, 12 kills against St. Francis, 11 kills against Illinois Institute of Technology, and 10 kills against Cardinal Stritch University. She was named to the all-tournament team at the Big Guns Classic and has produced a double figure kill total in each of the Mustangs’ last nine outings.
 Kali Angerman, a 5-9 senior setter from Sioux City, is this week’s Hauff Mid-America Sports/Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Setter of the Week.
Angerman averaged 13.73 assists per game in the Mustangs’ victories against Mount Marty College, Midland Lutheran College, and Doane College last week to help the Mustangs improve their season’s record to 23-3.
Angerman, who received the GPAC’s weekly award for the third time this season, had a season’s high 65 assists in the Mustangs’ 3-2 win at Doane when the Mustangs’ posted their first-ever road victory against the Tigers.
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Amber Jarzynka |
Kali Angerman |
Jericho Johnson |
Morningside swept all three Hauff Mid-America Sports/Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Player of the Week honors in the sport of volleyball.
The Mustangs’ Amber Jarzynka is the GPAC Player of the Week, Kali Angerman is the GPAC Setter of the Week, and Jericho Johnson is the GPAC Libero of the Week. The three players helped lead Morningside to a 3-0 sweep of city rival Briar Cliff University last week in a series where the previous seven meetings had all gone five games.
Jarzynka, a 5-10 senior middle blocker from Bennington, Neb., dominated the net against the Chargers with a match-high 13 kills and a .444 hitting percentage on offense to go along with three solo blocks and three block assists on defense.
Angerman, a 5-9 senior from Sioux City, dealt 49 assists to go along with nine digs and an ace serve. She is the NAIA national leader with an average of 13.29 assists per game.
Johnson, a 5-5 junior from Hastings, Neb., led all performers with 19 digs and was a perfect 11-for-11 on reception attempts.
 Kali Angerman, a 5-9 senior setter from Sioux City, has been named the Hauff Mid-America Sports/Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Setter of the Week after she helped the Mustangs’ volleyball team improve to 12-0 on the season with four victories last week.
Angerman averaged 13.17 assists per game in 3-0 triumphs against the University of Sioux Falls, Southern Nazarene University, Ashford University, and College of Saint Mary. She also had eight ace serves and 39 digs for an average of 3.25 digs per game.
Angerman is the current NAIA national leader with an average of 13.62 ace serves per game. She has dealt 2,173 assists during her Morningside career for the fifth highest total in school history.
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