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Bowling Green State University Athletics
Caty Rommeck Named MAC Player Of The Week
September 03, 2001 | Volleyball
Sept. 3, 2001
CLEVELAND, Ohio - Bowling Green State University volleyball senior Caty Rommeck has been named the Mid-American Conference Player of the Week, the league office has announced. Rommeck earns the honor for the seventh time in her Falcon career, a school record.
Rommeck was named the first East Division Player of the Week for the 2001 season. The MAC office chose an offensive and a defensive player of the week last year, but will choose one P-O-W recipient from each division in 2001.
Rommeck, a middle hitter/blocker, earns the honor after helping the Falcons to a 3-0 record and a tournament title at the Blimpie/Holiday Inn Classic in Bloomington, Ind., last weekend. The Brown and Orange defeated teams from the Southeastern (Tennessee), Big Ten (host Indiana) and Atlantic Coast (Maryland) conferences en route to the tourney title.
Rommeck, who was named the tournament's MVP, had a .403 hitting percentage and averaged 5.20 kills, 3.00 digs and 1.33 blocks per game.
She opened the season with 21 kills, a career-high 19 digs and six total blocks vs. Tennessee. Then, Rommeck had 27 kills, 16 digs and seven blocks in the win over IU. She capped the weekend with a career-best 30 kills, a .531 hitting percentage (30-4-49), 10 digs and seven more blocks in the Maryland match.
After just two years and one weekend in the Brown and Orange, Rommeck ranks 10th on the school's career lists for both solo blocks (76) and total blocks (279). She has 203 block assists, just 17 shy of moving into the school's top-10 on that career list.
The Falcons of head coach Denise Van De Walle will head to East Lansing, Mich., to participate in the Coca-Cola Spartan Invitational on Friday and Saturday (Sept. 7-8). The Brown and Orange will face Idaho, Winthrop and host Michigan State in the tournament.
The player-of-the-week release from the conference office follows...
MAC Announces Volleyball Players of the Week for First Week Of The Season
Bowling Green's Rommeck and Toledo's Buck Honored
East Division Player of the Week
Caty Rommeck, Bowling Green (Sr., M, Sterling Heights, Mich./Henry Ford II HS)
Bowling Green's Caty Rommeck is the East Division Player of the Week for the first week of the 2001 season after helping the Falcons to the championship at the Hoosier Invitational. The senior middle hit averaged 5.20 kills, 3.00 digs and 1.33 blocks per game, while hitting a .403 composite (78-18-149) and was named the MVP of the tourney. Rommeck had 20 or more kills in all three matches, including a career-high 30 against Maryland and 27 against Indiana.
Other Nominees
Ashlie Case, Akron -- Named to the West Virginia Mountaineer Invitational all-tournament team after leading the Zips to a second place finish. Averaged 3.2 kills and 2.3 digs per contest. Had 17 kills against Temple.
Lindsay Matikosh, Buffalo -- Named to the Buffalo Morgan Classic all-tournament team. Hit .262 (32-10-84) for the week and averaged 3.2 kills, 2.5 digs and 1.0 blocks per game. Had 16 kills, nine digs and five blocks against Stony Brook.
Jennifer Dreyer, Kent State -- Hit .529 (32-5-51) for the week, helping the Golden Flashes to a team title at Syracuse. Averaged 3.2 kills and 0.70 blocks per game. Had 11 kills and hit a career-high .769 versus Albany.
Erika Eagan, Miami -- Averaged 4.5 digs and 3.0 kills at the Valparaiso Invitational. Notched 16 digs versus Valparaiso in a 3-0 win and served eight straight points to rally the RedHawks to victory in game one.
Laura Hageman, Ohio -- Named to the Buckeye Invitational all-tournament team after averaging 3.1 digs, 2.0 kills and 1.31 blocks per game.
West Division Player of the Week
Jessica Buck, Toledo (Jr., MB, Northwood, Ohio/Northwood HS)
Toledo's Jessica Buck is the first recipient of the MAC West Division Player of the Week for the 2001 season after leading the Rockets to the championship at the Rocket Classic. Buck, a junior middle hitter, hit .463 (47-10-60) in the matches against Chicago State, Cleveland State and Western Kentucky. In addition, she averaged 4.3 kills, 0.91 aces and 0.82 blocks per game. In the championship match versus Western Kentucky, Buck led the Rockets with 15 kills, four aces and five blocks.
Other Nominees
Susie Meshberger, Ball State -- Named to the all-tournament team at the New Mexico State Hilton Classic, she led the Cardinals with a .323 attack percentage (52-20-99) while averaging 3.5 kills and 0.93 blocks per game.
Liz Passen, Central Michigan -- Hit .342 for the week at the Eastern Illinois Invitational, averaging 3.4 kills and 1.4 blocks per contest. Had a career-high 15 kills versus Montana, then followed with 14 kills and seven blocks in a win over EIU.
Shayna Munson, Eastern Michigan -- Was named the MVP of the IUPUI Tournament after leading the Eagles to the tourney title. In three matches, she hit .397 (31-8-58) and averaged 3.4 kills, 2.4 digs and 0.89 blocks per contest. Had 12 kills and eight blocks in a sweep of North Carolina State.
Jenny Bowman, Northern Illinois -- Averaged 13.80 assists and 3.2 digs per game, helping the Huskies to a second place finish at the NIU Best Western Invitational. Named to the all-tournament team.
Ashley Ritter, Western Michigan -- Dished out 10.12 assists per contest at the Michigan State Invitational, in addition to averaging 2.2 kills and 1.8 digs per contest. Named to the all-tournament team.
