Category: Volleyball

The VSU Lady Blazers volleyball team will tip off their season Sept. 3 in Boca Raton, Fla. for the Lynn Invitational.
The team has been hard at work this summer

From Staff Reports
Valdosta State’s stellar duo of outside hitters Irene Hannan and Ruthie King were named to the 2010 volleyball preseason All-Gulf South Conference team. Freshman setter Hope Ripsam was named a 2010 Top Newcomer.
Valdosta State was one of just two schools from the GSC East to place multiple players on the preseason team. West [...]

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Valdosta State’s stellar duo of outside hitters Irene Hannan and Ruthie King were named to the 2010 volleyball preseason All-Gulf South Conference team. Freshman setter Hope Ripsam was named a 2010 Top Newcomer.
Valdosta State was one of just two schools from the GSC East to place multiple players on the preseason team. [...]

Valdosta— As the Valdosta State softball team watched Hawaii-Pacific celebrate their first ever national championship, the 2009-2010 VSU athletic season came to an end.
This year the Blazer faithful had a lot to cheer for. This season eight of the eleven sports competed in the national tournament as football, golf and volleyball were the only teams [...]

 Three Lady Blazers (15-12, 4-6) were named to the GSC all-conference team yesterday after a strong season and a conference tournament berth.
 Irene Hannan and Ruthie King, both junior outside hitters, became the first Lady Blazers named to the all-conference first team since Laura Lee Atkinson in 2006. Hannan had a solid year leading the Blazers [...]

 The end of the season is approaching rapidly for the Lady Blazers volleyball squad as they head into their Parents’ Day game on Saturday against West Alabama.  But the Lady Blazers have plenty to be excited about as they approach the weekend.
After the Lady Blazers crushed Fort Valley with a 3-0 sweep, West Georgia’s loss [...]

Kristin Shannon
Staff Writer
knshannon@valdosta.edu
 Although the Lady Blazers continue to hold their lead in the GSC east division going into Friday night’s match against West Georgia, the players may still have a sour taste in their mouth after last week’s match against Flagler.
 VSU had two wins over West Georgia last season and hopes to achieve the same [...]

Michael Wilson
Sports Editor
mhwilson@valdosta.edu
The Lady Blazers have entered the season on what could best be called a mission. With a 7-2 record to start the season, Head Coach Sia Poyer may have just figured out that special ingredients needed to propel this team past mediocrity. The team has not lost back-to-back games yet this season, which [...]

Hannan Shines on the Courts from VSU Spectator on Vimeo.
Lacey Bearden
Sports Writer
dlbearden@valdosta.edu
Whether it’s dealing with the sick patients at clinicals or spiking the ball on her opponents, Irene Hannan can handle it all. Hannan, a second year nursing student from Athens, Ga., came to VSU four years ago when Sia Poyer, VSU’s head volleyball coach [...]

Open Mike
Sports Column
By: Michael Wilson
In Valdosta, winning is a custom, tradition is a way of life, and excellence is always expected. That in mind, the anticipation of good things to come on the football field and the volleyball court are far from unusual. While the Valdosta football Blazers have a history of solid play and [...]

Joshua Butler
Sports Writer
jobutler@valdosta.edu
VSU volleyball hosted Fort Valley State for Senior Night. This was the last chance for VSU seniors to play at home in front of their friends and family. VSU had four Seniors that were shown great appreciation before and after the match.
As fans walked through the door they were greeted with collages [...]