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Muskies take Second Place at MIVA Championships


Athletics - posted on 4/2/2005

Date:    4/2/05-4/3/05
Location: Ball State University-Muncie, IN   
    For MIVA Championships       
Score:     #13 Lakeland def. Ohio Northern 25-19, 25-20
#13 Lakeland def. Michigan State 25-20, 25-20
#13 Lakeland def. Miami(OH)25-18, 25-21
#10 Illinois def. #13 Lakeland 25-13, 25-27, 15-13
#13 Lakeland def. Bowling Green 25-16, 25-21
#13 Lakeland def. Wisconsin 25-20, 25-16
#13 Lakeland def. #4 Dayton 27-25, 25-21 Quarterfinals
#13 Lakeland def. Illinois State 25-18, 25-22 Semi-finals
#2 Marquette def. #13 Lakeland 23-25, 25-16, 24-22 Championship
    2nd Place in 29 team Midwest Championships

Lakeland Overall Record:  29-9
     Conference Record:    9-3
 
Next Match:  Fri-Sat April 8th-9th at WVC State Tournament in Oshkosh, WI

Key Players:
Dave Koch named 2nd team All- Midwest 10
Rocky Koenig named Midwest 10 Libero of the Year
All-Tournament team yet to be announced

Tournament Notes:
Lakeland is 2-2 vs. Marquette and all 4 matches have gone to a deciding game.
Michigan State won the Big Ten tournament
The tournament includes all 29 teams from the Big Ten, Midwest 10, and Great Midwest.
Jon Lewicki was lost for the weekend to a sprained ankle in the opening match.

Quote from Coach Schreiber:
"What a great weekend our guys put together to lose only 2 matches by a combined 4 points and put us in the championship match.  The finals were one of the best matches I've ever been a part of.  I wish we could have had fresh legs for that, but our lower seed coming into Sunday meant we had to play 2 more matches than Marquette did.  We keep getting stronger and I don't think we've peaked yet.  Hopefully we reach that peak over the final 2 weeks of the season."


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