Sports Shorts 11−16−11

by Published: Nov 16, 2011

Several Bulldog vol­ley­ball play­ers named to All-GLIAC team

FSU vol­ley­ball coach Tia Brandel-Wilhem was named GLIAC “Coach of the Year.” Her Bulldog team has put together a 26–3 over­all record and fin­ished GLIAC play 18–1. Six play­ers earned all-conference hon­ors. Senior out­side hit­ter Ashley Huntey, junior set­ter Samantha Fordyce and junior middle-hitter Anne Sutton were awarded first team All-GLIAC sta­tus. Senior libero Lisa Tobiczyk and fresh­man mid­dle hit­ter Courtney Rehm were sec­ond team All-GLIAC hon­orees. In addi­tion, Rehm was named GLIAC “Freshman of the Year” while Tobiczyk was named GLIAC “Libero of the Year.” Junior out­side hit­ter Aly Brecht earned GLIAC Honorable Mention laurels.

Two Bulldog Hockey play­ers named as CCHA Players of the Week

After help­ing the Bulldogs sweep Bowling Green State (Ohio) Nov. 4–5, senior cen­ter Jordie Johnston and senior defense­man Brett Wysopal were given the league’s weekly honor for the week of Nov. 7–14. Johnston was named “Offensive Player of the Week” after earn­ing four points (2G, 2A) against Bowling Green State. He cur­rently has 10 points (6G, 4A) this season.

Wysopal was named the league’s “Defenseman of the Week” after scor­ing two goals against Bowling Green. He also com­piled a +5 rat­ing and blocked two of the Falcons’ shots. Wysopal has seven points (2G, 5A) this season.

FSU Volleyball player named GLIAC Player of the Week

Senior outside-hitter Ashley Huntey was named GLIAC North Division “Player of the Week” for the week of Nov. 7–14. Huntey was awarded the dis­tinc­tion after total­ing 53 kills in the final week of reg­u­la­tion. The Bulldogs played three road games to fin­ish the sea­son in which Huntey helped lead the team offen­sively. She also held double-digits in digs for each road match, com­bin­ing defense and offense for three double-doubles to fin­ish the reg­u­lar sea­son. This was the fourth time dur­ing the vol­ley­ball sea­son that Huntey received this honor. n