St. Mary´s Volleyball, Men´s Soccer Drop Matches Friday

SAN ANTONIO—Katelyn Kershner had 12 kills, but it was the University of Texas of the Permian Basin making the plays down the stretch as they defeated St. Mary’s University, 25-20, 25-16, 27-25, in Heartland Conference volleyball action Friday night at Bill Greehey Arena. The men’s soccer team also fell in Heartland play, falling at St. Edward’s, 4-0.

For the volleyball team, it was close, but not close enough as they led in all three sets, but were unable to put away the defending Heartland Conference champions. In the three-set match there were 21 ties and 15 lead changes, but UTPB picked up the points at the end. In the first set, the Rattlers led 17-16 and were tied at 18, but the Falcons finished the set on a 7-2 run to win 25-20. In the second set, and early run by UTPB put the set away for a 25-16 win. The Rattlers looked to have the third set early on, leading 7-1. But the Falcons rallied and took the lead at 11-10. After the teams traded the lead several times, the Rattlers had a set point after a Kori McCarver (Jr., San Antonio) kill. However, the Falcons won the next three points to take the set and the match. Kershner (Jr., San Antonio) led all players with 12 kills and had six digs. Stephanie Flores (So., San Antonio) had 27 digs in the loss.

St. Mary’s fell to 4-18 overall and 3-5 in Heartland Conference play with the loss. UTPB improved to 11-14, 5-2 with the win. The Rattlers will host Dallas Baptist University on Saturday at 1 p.m. in Bill Greehey Arena.

For the men’s soccer team, it was the second straight frustrating loss on the road. Just 5:32 into the contest Josh Nannen took a pass from Scott Strickland and ripped the net for a 1-0 Hilltopper lead. From there it was Strickland who took the spotlight. He tallied three goals – a pair in the second half separated by less than six minutes, helping the Hilltoppers to the 4-0 win.

With the loss, the Rattlers fell to 4-7-1 overall and 2-4-1 in Heartland Conference play. St. Edward’s improved to 3-6-2 and 3-1-0. St. Mary’s will remain on the road this Sunday when they travel to nationally ranked Midwestern State University at 1 p.m.

 Men’s Soccer
 St. Mary's (Texas) (4-6-1, 2-2-1 HC) vs. St. Edward's (3-6-2, 3-1 HC)
 Date: Oct 16, 2009  Attendance: 225
 Weather: 70s, Windy and Sunny

 Goals by period       1  2  Tot
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 St. Mary's (Texas)..  0  0 -  0
 St. Edward's........  2  2 -  4
 
 SCORING SUMMARY:
  1.   5:32 SEUMS Josh Nannen (2) (Scott Strickland) - One-timer past keeper from 10 yards out. Off of cross from right side.
  2.  35:24 SEUMS Scott Strickland (4) (Trey Perkins) - Beat last defender. Then beat keeper from 15 yards out.
  3.  71:55 SEUMS Scott Strickland (5) (Kevin Klaus) - Through-ball. Beat goalkeeper from 18 yards out.
  4.  77:27 SEUMS Scott Strickland (6) (Steven Haltom;Bryan VanCura) - Squared then through ball. Beat keeper from 15 yards out.

 Shots: St. Mary's (Texas) 8, St. Edward's 16
 Saves: St. Mary's (Texas) 5 (Brett Collier 5), St. Edward's 5 (Matt Moore 5)

Volleyball
Texas-Permian Basin def. St. Mary's (Texas) 25-20,25-16,27-25

Texas-Permian Basin (11-14, 5-2) (Kills-aces-blocks) - Molly Atnip   10-1-5; Alex Genung 9-0-3; Heather Sanchez 8-2-0; Christina Bogers   7-1-6; Jamie Rodell 7-0-3; Brianna Tunnell 1-1-1; Mica Lamprecht 0-2-0; Taylor Zarsky 0-1-0; Totals 42-8-10.0. (Assists) - Brianna Tunnell 37. (Dig leaders) - Danae Eckart 17; Heather Sanchez 13; Mica Lamprecht 10; Molly Atnip 9; Brianna Tunnell 9

St. Mary's (Texas) (4-18, 3-5) (Kills-aces-blocks) - Katelyn Kershner 12-0-1; Luisa Rodriguez 7-1-0; Alexa Ignasiak 6-0-0; Kori McCarver 4-2-0; Kirsten Chapman 4-0-3; Adrianna Keys 2-0-1; Mallory Moeller 1-0-1; Stephanie Proske 1-0-0; Stephanie Crowell 1-0-0; Sondra Cui 0-1-0; Allie Murray 0-1-0; Totals 38-5-4.0. (Assists) - Allie Murray 16; Sondra Cui 15. (Dig leaders) - Stephanie Flores 27; Allie Murray 13; Sondra Cui 8

Site: San Antonio, TX (Bill Greehey Arena)
Date: Oct 16, 2009   Attend: 250   Time: 1:17   
Referees: Thomas Hoy, Jane Ferguson

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