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SFA Volleyball 2012 Preview:
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SETTERS
Returning: Paige Holland
Newcomers: Amanda Rister
Holland, along with junior transfer Amanda Rister, look to be as comfortable with their options at setter as they have since the graduation of all-time assists leader JJ Jones after the 2007 season.
A sophomore from Magnolia, Holland finished seventh in the league after averaging 9.71 assists per set and even had a match with 74 assists in a five-set win at McNeese State. That match was by far a season high and served as the eighth-most assists ever in a single match at SFA as well as being the most by a Ladyjack since 2000.
"It's never easy for a freshman to step in and take over at setter, but Paige did a very nice job for us last season," Humphreys said. "Still, we know there's more in the tank and we expect her to play even better this season."
Not only did
Katzy Randall was named to
the All Tournament Team for SFA!
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Ladyjacks Close UND
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SFA picked up wins over
GRAND FORKS, N.D. -The Stephen F. Austin Ladyjacks dropped their first two sets of the day, but then proceeded to win six of their next seven en route to a pair of wins over South Dakota and North Dakota to close out the UND Classic on Saturday. Jill Ivy and Katzy Randall each scored 21 kills in SFA's (5-2) wins, concluded by a strong win over "We played really good volleyball today. I felt like we gave a match away yesterday, but we took giant steps today as a team," head coach Debbie Humphreys said. " At the conclusion of the tournament both Randall and Madison Hanlanwere each named to the all-tournament team. Courtney Felinski is having an awesome start to her year at |
Sept. 13, 2012
Jon Cooper, Sting Daily - Courtney Felinski has dreams of being a writer some day.
While Felinski admits it's something of a pipe dream right now, what is very much reality is the compelling story she is authoring in her second year on the volleyball court for Georgia Tech.
Heading into the season's fourth week, the sophomore outside hitter from Magnolia,
There's a clarity that she's found as a sophomore that she never thought she'd see as a freshman.
"It's a lot easier," said Felinski. "Now we're giving advice to the freshmen. They're so bright-eyed and bushy-tailed when they came in and just overwhelmed. I remember being that way. I'm just telling them, 'You're going to get it. It doesn't seem possible right now but it's all going to come together.'"
Part of that clarity came from taking notes about how the upperclassmen handled their business and, especially, adversity.
"Everything's a process," she said. "They always talk about how they haven't always been at the level they're at today and that gives us a lot of hope whenever we're struggling with something or trying to break a habit. You're going to do it. It's just a really long process to get to where you want to be as a player. You just have to work hard all the time.
"I think I'm mentally tougher than I was," she added. "Last year, if I had been in the same situation I was [after the Cal State-Fullerton match] I don't think I would have bounced back as well as I did. I'm just learning to let things go and communicate with [Head Coach] Tonya [Johnson] better and my teammates better."
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Felinski showed her improved
resilience after that tough opening night. She talked things over with Coach
Johnson and bounced back the next day in a big way. She's still on that bounce
trending upward.
"She started out a little slow that Friday night. I gave her
another shot on Saturday morning and she responded," Johnson said. "I
just told her, 'Hey, you've got to flush Friday night. It's over. It's gone. We
can't go back and change it but we can look forward and do things better.' That
was huge for her, knowing that she was going to get another shot on Saturday
morning. I felt like she held her own that Saturday night against SMU.Felinski has gotten her point — points, actually — across over the last two weekends. She had a superb Indiana Invitational, putting up eight kills against
She'll try to continue building on her successes and keep the team on its winning path this weekend, starting tonight in the ACC opener against Clemson (8-2), as part of the Georgia Tech Courtyard Classic. The action begins tonight at 7:00 p.m. at O'Keefe Gym. Tech will play
While the present looks bright for the Yellow Jackets, who enter the weekend at 7-2, Felinski is really excited about the chapters yet to be written.
"It's really encouraging," she said. "We have great leadership this year and they're setting a really good example for all of us who are going to be, hopefully, in those positions in the years to come."
Knowing where she's going on the court will help as she sorts out where she's going off the court. That may include writing, something she enjoyed a taste of during the team's summer trip to
"It was really fun. I love writing," she said. "It's my dream to be a writer I had such a great time doing that," she said.
While sportswriting appears out of the picture — she said she'll leave that to libero Nicki Meyer — she is confident that things will work out.
"I really want the Business and Marketing degree but I really don't like business classes, which is an issue," she said, with a laugh. "Especially at THIS school. I don't want to be an engineer. I know that for sure. I can't do that.
"I'm still questioning what I'm going to do," she added. "I'm stuck in between two majors right now, I don't know which one I want to commit to — Business or Communications. I don't know. I'm trying to figure it out."
It's all part of the process.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 01, 2012
Patriots Fall to No. 1 CNU, BeatBridgewater
Patriots Fall to No. 1 CNU, Beat
After
opening the Classic with a loss against No. 9 Eastern, and a straight-set
win over Lasell , UT
Tyler
Madison Kosir finished the match with an impressive 32 assists
and 16 digs.
WHAT A
GREAT START FOR ALL 4 PLAYERS AT THE START OF THEIR SOPHOMORE SEASONS!
CLASSY, COMPETITIVE, AND REPRESENTING MAGNOLIA VOLLEYBALL IN AN AWESOME
MANNER!!! 
