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IUPUI ANNOUNCES 2008 VOLLEYBALL SCHEDULE
Jaguars will take on six in-state opponents and host IUPUI Hampton Inn Invitational for third straight year
Steve Payne
Bill Potter, IUPUI Sports Information
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5/7/2008 12:25:30 PM

INDIANAPOLIS -- The IUPUI Department of Athletics and head volleyball coach Steve Payne have announced the team’s schedule for the upcoming 2008 season. The Jaguars will be hosting the IUPUI Hampton Inn Invitational for the third consecutive year and will take on three teams which reached the NCAA Tournament in 2007.

IUPUI will open play will their traditional alumni match before beginning the regular season with the third annual IUPUI Hampton Inn Invitational over Labor Day weekend. In their first match of the year, the Jaguars will face the Golden Hurricane of the University of Tulsa, who won the Conference USA Tournament a year ago to qualify for the NCAA Tournament. Payne’s squad will also take on Jacksonville State and Evansville in the tournament, which runs from Aug. 30-31.

"Our opening tournaments will be very challenging and prepare us for Summit League play," Payne stated. "All three tournaments feature teams that should be at the top of their respective conferences this year."

The following weekend, the Jaguars will travel to Memphis, Tenn., to face off against Memphis, Troy, Iona and Indiana State over two days during the tournament.

In their third tournament of the year, IUPUI will take part in the University of Wisconsin’s four-team round-robin, playing Central Michigan, Boise State and Wisconsin. The Badgers were the seventh national seed in the 2007 NCAA Tournament.

As part of a schedule that will see the Jaguars take on six teams from Indiana, IUPUI will travel to Ball State (Sept. 9) and Butler (Sept. 16). The Jags will take on Valparaiso (Oct. 21) and see IPFW twice in Summit League play along with games against Evansville and Indiana State.

The Jaguars will continue their series with perennial Big East contender Cincinnati on Sept. 23 with a game in the Queen City.

IUPUI will begin Summit League play with a match against Centenary on Sept. 19 before entering into the teeth of conference play the following weekend. The Jaguars will wrap up the year with four straight road matches before The Summit League Championships, which will be Nov. 21-22 in Tulsa, Okla..

IUPUI returns four starters to a squad that narrowly missed qualifying for The Summit League Tournament in 2007. Senior Chelsea Bastin will lead the Jaguars on the back row, while juniors Monica Suding, Danielle Goodnight and Ashley Johnson will be counted on up front.

For the complete schedule, click here.
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Student-Athletes of the Month
Emily Holsapple
Emily Holsapple
Women's Tennis
Sophomore Emily Holsapple has been chosen the IUPUI Female Student-Athlete of the Month for her performance on the tennis courts in the month of April.

Holsapple went 3-1 in singles play, winning all of her completed matches in IUPUI's Summit League cluster, as well as combining with senior Andrea Burkhardt to go 3-1 in doubles action.

While IUPUI went 1-3 in their Summit League cluster, Holsapple was undefeated, downing opponent from IPFW, South Dakota State and UMKC.  In her fourth match of the cluster, Holsapple was one game away from a straight set victory.

The Center Grove H.S.-product did not drop a set in singles play during the month until her final match of the season.

Teaming with Burkhardt, the duo was undefeated until their final match, going 3-0 up until that point.  Holsapple and Burkhardt took down foes from IPFW, South Dakota Staten and UMKC in the cluster, and were one game away from a win versus Oakland.

Holsapple wrapped up her sophomore season with a 7-19 singles record, playing at every level except for No. 1 and No. 6 singles.  In Summit League play, she was 3-4.
Michael Powell
Michael Powell
Men's Golf
Freshman men's golfer Michael Powell has been chosen as the IUPUI Male Student-Athlete of the Month for the month of April. The rookie phenom posted a 76.40 stroke average in five rounds during the month, culminating in a 12th place finish at The Summit League Championships on Apr. 22. 

Powell notched a season-low 54-hole 221 at the three-day event, including a 73 on the final day. In his only other outing of the month he turned in a 36-hole 161 at the Fighting Illini Invitational on Apr. 13. 

Powell ranked second on the team in scoring average this past season and was the squad's low scorer in limited time during the spring. He missed nearly half of the spring schedule due to injury.
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