The Ferris women’s vol­ley­ball pro­gram recorded its 12^th con­sec­u­tive win­ning sea­son dur­ing the 2009 sea­son with an over­all record of 19–12 and will look to build off the suc­cess in 2010.

The Bulldogs also made their 12^th con­sec­u­tive Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Tournament (GLIAC) appear­ance and 15^th NCAA Division II tour­na­ment show­ing dur­ing the 2009 sea­son. Ferris is 7–15 over­all in NCAA Division II tour­na­ment play. The Bulldogs claimed the pro­grams ninth GLIAC Championship in 2004 by win­ning the leagues post­sea­son tour­na­ment. The team will have eight return­ing upper­class­men, seven under­class­men, and two incom­ing recruits for the 2010 sea­son.The Bulldogs will have some big match-ups dur­ing the 2010 sea­son as they will face off against GLIAC rivals Saginaw Valley State and Grand Valley State dur­ing the season.

The Bulldogs have not beaten Saginaw Valley since September of 2008. The Cardinals will be the team to beat in the North Division, as they earned the title of North Division cham­pion for the 2009 season.

Grand Valley, the North Division league cham­pi­ons in 2008, has been a dif­fi­cult team for Ferris to beat in the past, with many of the matches result­ing in close fin­ishes. Ferris lost against Grand Valley 3–1 and 3–2 dur­ing last season’s cam­paign. Ferris dropped a 3–1 con­test early in the GLIAC Championship quar­ter­fi­nals against South Division win­ner Hillsdale dur­ing the 2009 sea­son. Hillsdale defeated Saginaw Valley for the GLIAC Championship last year.

For head coach Tia Brandel-Wilhelm, this sea­son will mark her 15^th year at Ferris as the leader of the Bulldogs vol­ley­ball pro­gram. She has guided the pro­gram to six NCAA Division II tour­na­ment appear­ances, one GLIAC cham­pi­onship, and 12 con­sec­u­tive GLIAC Championship tour­na­ment appear­ances in her time as the Bulldog head coach.