Bowling Green State University Athletics
Falcons Open Season With Trip To Boise
August 27, 2003 | Volleyball
Aug. 27, 2003
Bowling Green, Ohio - The Bowling Green State University volleyball squad travels to Boise, Idaho, to compete in the Boise Invitational this weekend (Aug. 29-30). The Falcons open play with Boise State on Friday at 9:30 p.m. On Saturday, August 30, the Falcons will square off with Portland at 12:30 p.m. and Utah Valley State at 7:00 p.m.
A LOOK AT THE FALCONS
After losing six seniors off the 2001 squad, Van De Walle had just one senior (Kristin Gamby) on last year's team. Additionally, Laura Twyman, a redshirt junior in 2002, was on track to graduate and elected not to return to the team in 2003. But, BGSU's nine returning letterwinners include four seniors, including fourth-year starter Susie Norris. Nadia Bedricky, Samantha Rennau and Sara Sikorski all are back for their senior seasons as well.
MORE ON THE RETURNEES
NORRIS COULD REACH 1,000 KILLS THIS WEEKEND
Norris has 947 career kills, and is on track to become just the 11th player in school history to amass 1,000 kills. If Norris gets the 53 kills she needs to reach the century mark, she would be only the seventh Falcon ever to top the 1,000 plateau in both kills and digs.
Norris, who set the school's single-season digs records as a freshman in 2000, is on track to set the school career records in that category. She has a three-year total of 1,129 digs, placing her sixth in school history. Norris, who has had at least 287 digs in each of her first three seasons, is only 215 digs shy of current school record-holder Holli Costein (1,344 career digs from 1989-92).
Following the trip to Boise, BGSU will head to Peoria, Ill., for the Bradley Invitational on Sept. 5-6, before opening the home portion of the schedule with the BGSU Invitational on Sept. 12-13. Iowa State, Murray State and West Virginia will head to Anderson Arena for the four-team, round-robin tournament.
