2009 All-GLVC Volleyball Teams (pdf.)
EVANSVILLE, Ind.—University of Southern Indiana volleyball senior setter Melanie Pund and junior outside hitter Brittani Oliver were selected third-team All-Great Lakes Valley Conference in a vote by the league’s coaches.
Pund led the Screaming Eagles with 9.06 assists per set in 2009 and was second on the team with 2.65 digs per game. She also has averaged 0.64 blocks per frame.
This marks the first time in Pund’s career that she has earned All-GLVC honors. She ranks fourth all-time at USI in career assists (2,444), ninth all-time at USI in block assists (203), and 10th all-time in digs (933).
Oliver, who is earning All-GLVC accolades for the second straight year after netting third-team honors a year ago, led the Eagles with 2.96 kills per game while attacking at a career-best .230 clip. Oliver racked up 10 or more kills in 15 matches, including a career-high 24 in USI’s season-opening victory over the University of Minnesota-Crookston.
Like Pund, Oliver also is moving up the USI record books. She ranks 12th all-time with 894 kills, just 106 away from becoming the 10th player in school history to eclipse the 1,000-kill plateau.
No. 11 Lewis University, the top seed in the GLVC Tournament, had the GLVC Player of the Year (Stephanie Sagat) and GLVC Coach of the Year (Lorelee Smith), while No. 9 University of Indianapolis, the second seed in the GLVC Tournament, had the GLVC Freshman of the Year (Kristina Kerrigan).
USI (17-13, 9-5 GLVC) opens the GLVC Tournament Friday at noon (CST) when it takes on the University of Missouri-St. Louis in Romeoville, Illinois. The Eagles, who defeated Missouri-St. Louis in four sets two weeks ago, are the sixth seed in the GLVC Tournament, while the Tritons are the third seed.