Posted: Sep 06, 2022
This Week for SHU Women's Volleyball
Wednesday, September 7th
UM-Dearborn *
7:00 PM | Adrian, Mich. | SHU Fieldhouse
Upcoming for Saints Women's Volleyball: Conference play begins on Wednesday, September 7, when SHU hosts UM-Dearborn inside the Fieldhouse at 7:00 p.m. The Saints will host 15 home matches during the regular season. All home matches will be streamed live. Links for the video feed, live stats, and tickets for home contests can be found on the team's schedule page.
Head Coach: Kim Berrington enters her eighth season as the head coach of the Siena Heights women's volleyball team. Berrington earned a career milestone last season when she cracked 600 wins after the win over Adrian College. Berrington's 122-81 record at Siena Heights makes her the winningest coach in program history.
At Home: The Saints are 76-36 at home since 2013. SHU has not started 1-3 for a season since before 2013. This season the Saints are currently, 3-2 at home in the SHU Fieldhouse.
On the Road: The Saints are 1-3 on the road this season. They played their first match away from the SHU Fieldhouse Friday (Aug. 19) against Indiana Northwest At the Onset Invitational in Fort Wayne.
The Team: The Saints women's volleyball team returns a list of starters for the 2022 season, including junior setter Aubrey Bates and sophomore middle blocker Olivia Norman.
Bates was the 2021 WHAC Setter of the Year and first-team All-WHAC member. She reached the 1,000 career assists milestone in just her second season with SHU. The Grand Haven, Michigan native currently sits sixth in career assists with 1,633. Norman was named to the All-WHAC second team as well as the all-freshman squad. She led the Saints at the net with 95 total blocks and was second on the team in kills with 232.
Along with Bates and Norman, three returning members from the 2021 team played in 100 sets or more, Payton Osborne (Jr., DS/L), Kadie Carsten (Jr., OH), to provide veteran leadership to SHU.
Last Week Recap: SHU 3, Cardinal Stritch 2 - The Saints won in five sets (19-25, 25-12, 17-25, 25-11,15-11) led by Olivia Norman with 14 kills.
Thomas More 3, SHU 1 - Siena fell in four (25-22, 23-25, 16-25, 22-25) and was led by Olivia Norman with 11 kills.
Mount Vernon Nazarene 3, SHU 1 - Dropping the third match of the SHU Tournament (25-23,15-25, 18-25, 20-25) Kinsey Wagner led for the saints boasting 11 kills.
SHU 3, Roosevelt 0 - for the second win of the SHU Tournament siane won (25-13, 25-15, 25-15) over the LAkers of Roosevelt.
Series History: UM-Dearborn - As a WHAC member the Saints have played the Wolervines twice a year since 2013 for an overall record 15-1. Dropping a match in 2019 in Dearborn.
