St. Mary´s Falls to East Central in Volleyball Friday Night

SAN ANTONIO—Katy Fields and Holly Hicks combined for 31 kills, helping East Central University to a 25-20, 25-18, 17-25, 25-18, win over St. Mary’s University in non-conference volleyball action Friday night at Bill Greehey Arena.

The Tigers rolled to wins in the first two sets, picking up 25 kills against just 10 attack errors. In the third set, the Rattlers changed up the lineup, with three freshman starters. The Rattlers responded as Kirsten Chapman (Fr., Jourdanton), Stephanie Proske (Fr., LaGrange) and Adrianna Keys (Fr., San Antonio) all stepped up their play and the Rattlers picked up the 25-17 win. However, ECU won a back-and-forth set number four to clinch the match.

Chapman led the Rattlers with 15 kills, while Sarah Moreno (Sr., Pearland) had nine kills. Stephanie Solano (Jr., San Antonio) led the defense with 14 digs. Fields had 19 kills, while Hicks added 12 for the Tigers.

With the loss the Rattlers fell to 8-14 overall this season, while East Central improved to 10-17. The Rattlers will return to action on Saturday when they travel to Laredo to face Texas A&M International University in a Heartland Conference match starting at 2 p.m.

Volleyball Coaches

Head Coach Jenny Warmack-Chipman

A Texas native and former Longhorn volleyball player is one of St. Mary’s University’s newest head coaches. Jenny Warmack-Chipman recently became St. Mary’s eighth volleyball head coach.

"We are very excited to welcome Jenny to the St. Mary’s University family," Migl said. "Her experience as a coach and administrator has prepared her well for this position. We look forward to seeing the new direction our volleyball program will take, both on and off the court."

Warmack-Chipman comes to St. Mary’s after spending the last 10 years as the head coach at NCAA Division III Muhlenberg College (Allentown, Pa.). She also served as Muhlenberg’s assistant athletic director, senior woman administrator and advisor to the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee.

Warmack-Chipman was the school’s all-time leader in wins with 133. During 10 seasons at Muhlenberg, Mule players earned All-Centennial Conference 17 times, 24 were named to the Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll and one was named NCAA Division III All-American. In 2001, she led the Mules to a 20-11 record, a share of their first Centennial Conference regular-season championship and a second-place finish in the CC Tournament. The Mules returned to the playoffs in 2009, winning seven of their final 10 matches.

Before coaching for Muhlenberg, Warmack-Chipman was an assistant coach at Southern Methodist University and Wichita State University. While at SMU, she received her master’s degree in liberal arts. Warmack-Chipman, from Plano, Texas, is a 1996 graduate of the University of Texas; she graduated with a bachelor’s degree in kinesiology. While a student at UT, she played on a Longhorn team that was ranked No. 1 in the country and was named to the 1994 All-Southwest Conference team.

"I am so excited to be back in Texas and to be the next head coach at St. Mary’s University," Warmack-Chipman said. "The Rattlers athletics program has a long history of excellence and I am extremely motivated to get it back on top. I’d like to thank Charlie Migl, Donna Fields and the rest of the search committee for this opportunity. I hope to use my experience at both the Division I and Division III levels to advance the St. Mary's volleyball program."

2009 St. Mary's Numerical Roster