2023 Nationals Guide

Also See:
Wisconsin-Oshkosh Regional Guide
Hope Regional Guide
Cornell Regional Guide
Berry Regional Guide

8 To Watch
Riley Kindt, Wisconsin-Oshkosh senior middle
Olivia Foley, Juniata senior setter
Haley Holz, NYU senior outside
Addie VanderWeide, Hope junior outside
Simrin Carlsen, Johns Hopkins junior outside
Abby Glanzer, Northwestern junior outside
Mackenzie Logan, Trinity (Texas) senior outside
Georgia McGovern, Claremont-Mudd-Scripps senior setter

Regional Webpages
Berry
Cornell
Wisconsin-Oshkosh
Hope
Juniata
Johns Hopkins
Ithaca
MIT

Links Of Interest
Nationals Website
Printable Bracket
Interactive Bracket
Championship Digital Program

Schedule at Roberts Pavilion in Claremont, Calif.
Nov. 29 (times central)
1:30 p.m. #5 Northwestern (32-4) 2 vs. #6 NYU (32-4) 3
4 p.m. #1 Juniata (32-0) 3 vs. #11 Trinity (Texas) (31-4) 1
6:30 p.m. #2 Hope (30-2) 3 vs. #9 Johns Hopkins (28-4) 2
9 p.m. #3 Wisconsin-Oshkosh (37-1) 0 vs. #8 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (25-5) 3
Nov. 30
7 p.m. #1 Juniata (33-0) 3 vs. #6 NYU (33-4) 0
9:30 p.m. #2 Hope (31-2) 3 vs. #8 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (26-5) 2
Dec. 2
6 p.m. #1 Juniata (34-0) 3 vs. #2 Hope (32-2) 0

2023 NATIONALS TEAM CAPSULES

No. 1 Seed University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh 37-1 (No. 1 Region VIII, No. 3 AVCA)
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Location: Oshkosh, Wis.
Nickname: Titans
Enrollment: 15,097
Founded: 1871
Famous Attendee: Craig Culver, businessperson
Key wins: Texas Lutheran (3-1); Trinity-TX (3-0); Ohio Northern (3-1); Millikin (3-1); Transylvania (3-0); Northwestern (3-2); Saint Benedict (3-0); UW-Whitewater (3-0); UW-Stevens Point (3-1); Hope (3-1); Washington-St. Louis (3-2); North Park (3-0); Edgewood (3-0); Greenville (3-0); Gustavus Adolphus (3-0); La Verne (3-1).
Losses: UW-Whitewater (3-0).
All-Conference (WIAC): Senior MB Riley Kindt (1st); junior L Abby Fregien (1st, All-Defense); freshman OH Sami Perlberg (1st); sophomore MB Riley Dahlquist (HM); HC Jon Ellmann (Coach of the Year).
All-Region (VIII): Senior MB Riley Kindt (Player of the Year); junior L Abby Fregien (1st); freshman OH Sami Perlberg (1st, Freshman of the Year); sophomore MB Riley Dahlquist (1st); HC Jon Ellmann (Coach of the Year).
All-America: Senior MB Riley Kindt (1st); junior L Abby Fregien (HM); freshman OH Sami Perlberg (HM); sophomore MB Riley Dahlquist (HM); HC Jon Ellmann (Coach of the Year).

Team Leaders
Kills: Riley Kindt 408; Sami Perlberg 407; Riley Dahlquist 242; Robyn Kirsch 203
Assists: Kalli Mau 734; Izzy Coon 716; Olivia Breunig 80; Abby Fregien 58
Aces: R. Dahlquist 42; I. Coon 41; Amelia Hust 37; S. Perlberg 32
Digs: A. Fregien 614; A. Hust 300; S. Perlberg 287; I. Coon 283
Blocks: R. Kindt 113; R. Dahlquist 99; Maddy Pearson 68; O. Breunig 43

Team Stats (national rank)
Kills: 14.01 (2)
Hitting Percentage: .244 (15)
Digs: 17.88 (44)
Blocks: 1.95 (45)
Aces: 1.65 (350)

No. 2 Seed Juniata College 32-0 (No. 1 Region V, No. 1 AVCA)
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Location: Huntingdon, Pa.
Nickname: Eagles
Enrollment: 1,573
Founded: 1876
Famous Attendee: John Kuriyan, scientist
Key wins: Johns Hopkins (3-1); Wittenberg (3-1); Christopher Newport (3-0); Berry (3-0); Carnegie Mellon (3-0); Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (3-0); Mount Union (3-0); Stevens (3-1)(3-0); Ohio Wesleyan (3-0); St. John Fisher (3-0); Penn St. Altoona (3-0); Mary Washington (3-0).
Losses: [None].
All-Conference (Landmark): Junior MH Mackenzie Coley (Player of the Year); senior S Olivia Foley (1st); senior L Kiona Sky Rousset-Hernandez (1st, Specialist of the Year); sophomore OH Audrey Muth (2nd); senior OH Kennedy Christy (2nd); junior RS Lily Podolan (2nd); junior MH Courtney Williams (2nd); HC Heather Pavlik (Coaching Staff of the Year).
All-Region (V): Senior S Olivia Foley (Player of the Year); junior MH Mackenzie Coley (1st); senior L Kiona Sky Rousset-Hernandez (1st); sophomore OH Audrey Muth (1st); junior RS Lily Podolan (HM); HC Heather Pavlik (Coach of the Year).
All-America: Senior S Olivia Foley (1st); junior MH Mackenzie Coley (1st); senior L Kiona Sky Rousset-Hernandez (2nd); sophomore OH Audrey Muth (3rd); AC Casey Dale (Assistant Coach of the Year).

Team Leaders
Kills: Mackenzie Coley 337; Audrey Muth 257; Lily Podolan 206; Courtney Williams 174
Assists: Olivia Foley 954; Abbey Telesz 124; Kiona Sky Rousset-Hernandez 89; Lacie Brown 70
Aces: Mia Schubert 59; Kennedy Christy 58; Sydney Ohl 57; KS Rousset-Hernandez 51
Digs: KS Rousset-Hernandez 407; M. Schubert 264; S. Ohl 259; O. Foley 241
Blocks: M. Coley 63; C. Williams 61; A. Muth 37; L. Podolan 34

Team Stats (national rank)
Kills: 13.91 (4)
Hitting Percentage: .298 (1)
Digs: 16.31 (169)
Blocks: 1.57 (151)
Aces: 3.59 (1)

No. 3 Seed New York University 32-4 (No. 1 Region IV, No. 6 AVCA)
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Location: New York City, N.Y.
Nickname: Violets
Enrollment: 26,733
Founded: 1831
Famous Attendee: Martin Scorsese, film director
Key wins: Millikin (3-0); Kean (3-0); Montclair St. (3-0); Franklin & Marshall (3-1); Babson (3-0); Marymount (3-0); Emerson (3-1); Virginia Wesleyan (3-1); Washington-St. Louis (3-1); Hunter (3-1); Wesleyan-CT (3-1); Rochester (3-0); North Park (3-0); Carnegie Mellon (3-1); Stockton (3-0); Salisbury (3-0); Christopher Newport (3-0); Stevens (3-1); Manhattanville (3-0); Case Western Reserve (3-0); Emory (3-2); Eastern Nazarene (3-0); Eastern (3-1); Ithaca (3-0).
Losses: Ithaca (3-1); Case Western Reserve (3-0); Emory (3-1); Northwestern (3-0).
All-Conference (UAA): Junior L Lindsey Hirano (1st); senior OH Haley Holz (2nd); freshman OH Grace Nelson (2nd, Rookie of the Year); senior MB Elise Curtin (HM).
All-Region (IV): Senior OH Haley Holz (Player of the Year); junior L Lindsey Hirano (1st); freshman OH Grace Nelson (1st, Freshman of the Year); sophomore S Ava Launsbach (1st); senior RS Camille Nazor (1st); HC Andrew Brown (Coach of the Year).
All-America: Senior OH Haley Holz (1st); junior L Lindsey Hirano (1st); freshman OH Grace Nelson (2nd, Freshman of the Year); sophomore S Ava Launsbach (HM); senior RS Camille Nazor (HM).

Team Leaders
Kills: Haley Holz 406; Grace Nelson 352; Camille Nazor 224; Ella Weider 216
Assists: Ava Launsbach 700; Dominique Drust 478; Lindsey Hirano 194; C. Nazor 30
Aces: G. Nelson 63; D. Drust 57; A. Launsbach 56; L. Hirano 40
Digs: L. Hirano 636; A. Launsbach 264; D. Drust 237; G. Nelson 218
Blocks: Elise Curtin 136; Leela Anvekar 99; E. Weider 79; C. Nazor 75

Team Stats (national rank)
Kills: 12.77 (29)
Hitting Percentage: .253 (10)
Digs: 14.86 (284)
Blocks: 2.67 (2)
Aces: 2.56 (55)

No. 4 Seed Hope College 30-2 (No. 1 Region VII, No. 2 AVCA)
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Location: Holland, Mich.
Nickname: Flying Dutch
Enrollment: 3,132
Founded: 1866
Famous Attendee: Robert Schuller, pastor
Key wins: St. Olaf (3-1); Otterbein (3-2); Washington-St. Louis (3-1); Wittenberg (3-0); Ohio Wesleyan (3-0); Albion (3-1); Calvin (3-1)(3-2)(3-0); UW-Whitewater (3-0); Bethany (3-0); UW-Stevens Point (3-2); Transylvania (3-2).
Losses: UW-Oshkosh (3-1); North Park (3-1).
All-Conference (MIAA): Junior OH Addie VanderWeide (Player of the Year); sophomore S Lauren Lee (1st); junior MB Alison DeWeerd (1st); freshman MH Kamryn Burbridge (2nd).
All-Region (VII): Junior OH Addie VanderWeide (Player of the Year); sophomore S Lauren Lee (1st); junior MB Alison DeWeerd (1st); HC Becky Schmidt (Coach of the Year).
All-America: Junior OH Addie VanderWeide (1st); sophomore S Lauren Lee (2nd); junior MB Alison DeWeerd (HM).

Team Leaders
Kills: Addie VanderWeide 482; Alison DeWeerd 271; Liz VanderSlice 196; Brooke Fox 195
Assists: Lauren Lee 1,288; Olivia Fiebing 80; Samantha Seib 35; A. DeWeerd 20
Aces: O. Fiebing 38; S. Seib 35; L. Lee 32; A. VanderWeide 30
Digs: O. Fiebing 505; S. Seib 347; A. VanderWeide 298; L. Lee 253
Blocks: Kamryn Burbridge 99; A. DeWeerd 89; L. VanderSlice 60; A. VanderWeide 53

Team Stats (national rank)
Kills: 13.83 (7)
Hitting Percentage: .252 (9)
Digs: 17.59 (79)
Blocks: 2.00 (39)
Aces: 1.88 (258)

No. 5 Seed Johns Hopkins University 28-4 (No. 2 Region V, No. 9 AVCA)
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Location: Baltimore, Md.
Nickname: Blue Jays
Enrollment: 5,318
Founded: 1876
Famous Attendee: Madeleine Albright, politician
Key wins: Wittenberg (3-2); Colorado College (3-1); Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (3-1); Ithaca (3-0); Marymount (3-0); Gettysburg (3-1)(3-0); Stevenson (3-2); Virginia Wesleyan (3-1); Franklin & Marshall (3-1); Swarthmore (3-0); Lasell (3-0); Middlebury (3-1); Wesleyan-CT (3-0).
Losses: Juniata (3-1); Washington-St. Louis (3-1); Mount Union (3-1); Swarthmore (3-1).
All-Conference (Centennial): Junior OH Simrin Carlsen (Player of the Year); sophomore S Helena Swaak (1st); sophomore OH Simone Adam (2nd); junior MB Chidinma Onukwugha (HM).
All-Region (V): Junior OH Simrin Carlsen (1st); sophomore S Helena Swaak (1st); junior MB Chidinma Onukwugha (HM).
All-America: Junior OH Simrin Carlsen (1st); sophomore S Helena Swaak (3rd).

Team Leaders
Kills: Simrin Carlsen 447; Simone Adam 253; Chidinma Onukwugha 229; Pamela Chiakpo 197
Assists: Helena Swaak 1,168; Lida King 107; Grace Reininga 99; Evelyn Batista 25
Aces: E. Batista 48; H. Swaak 40; S. Carlsen 37; Roxy Karrer 33
Digs: G. Reininga 334; S. Carlsen 307; R. Karrer 252; H. Swaak 251
Blocks: Alice Yu 98; C. Onukwugha 91; P. Chiakpo 55; S. Carlsen 48

Team Stats (national rank)
Kills: 13.96 (3)
Hitting Percentage: .268 (5)
Digs: 15.10 (265)
Blocks: 2.12 (19)
Aces: 2.22 (126)

No. 6 Seed University of Northwestern, St. Paul 32-4 (No. 1 Region IX, No. 5 AVCA)
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Location: St. Paul, Minn.
Nickname: Eagles
Enrollment: 3,427
Founded: 1902
Famous Attendee: Dallas Jenkins, TV/film producer
Key wins: Coe (3-1); UW-Whitewater (3-1)(3-2); Transylvania (3-0); Gustavus Adolphus (3-2); NYU (3-0); North Park (3-1); Saint Benedict (3-1); Edgewood (3-0); Cornell (3-2).
Losses: Cornell (3-2); UW-Oshkosh (3-2); St. Olaf (3-2); St. Catherine (3-2).
All-Conference (UMAC): Junior OH Abby Glanzer (Player of the Year); senior L Marylyn Schroyer (1st, Co-Defensive Player of the Year); junior RS Ari Schmidt (1st); junior S Grace Strickfaden (2nd); sophomore MB Marley Aune (2nd); senior MB Kiera Brown (HM); HC Beth Wilmeth (Coach of the Year).
All-Region (IX): Junior OH Abby Glanzer (Player of the Year); senior L Marylyn Schroyer (1st); junior RS Ari Schmidt (1st); sophomore MB Marley Aune (1st); HC Beth Wilmeth (Coach of the Year).
All-America: Junior OH Abby Glanzer (1st); senior L Marylyn Schroyer (2nd); junior RS Ari Schmidt (2nd); sophomore MB Marley Aune (3rd).

Team Leaders
Kills: Abby Glanzer 530; Ari Schmidt 355; Marley Aune 276; Kiera Brown 207
Assists: Grace Strickfaden 835; Hannah Gadient 543; Marylyn Schroyer 104; Felicia Luther 27
Aces: Mikayla Wilber 53; A. Glanzer 48; M. Schroyer 38; Hannah Rich 31
Digs: M. Schroyer 627; H. Rich 323; A. Glanzer 321; M. Wilber 313
Blocks: M. Aune 129; K. Brown 112; A. Glanzer 74; A. Schmidt 67

Team Stats (national rank)
Kills: 13.74 (6)
Hitting Percentage: .284 (3)
Digs: 17.47 (70)
Blocks: 2.19 (13)
Aces: 1.90 (263)

No. 7 Seed Trinity University 31-4 (No. 2 Region X, No. 11 AVCA)
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Location: San Antonio, Texas
Nickname: Tigers
Enrollment: 2,582
Founded: 1869
Famous Attendee: Jaclyn Smith, actor
Key wins: Franklin & Marshall (3-1); Pomona-Pitzer (3-0); Whittier (3-0); MIT (3-1); Texas Lutheran (3-1)(3-0); Colorado College (3-2)(3-0); Wittenberg (3-1); Berry (3-2); Emory (3-1).
Losses: UW-Oshkosh (3-0); Tufts (3-2); Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (3-2); Colorado College (3-0).
All-Conference (SCAC): Senior OH Mackenzie Logan (Player of the Year); senior S Marisa Amarino (1st, Setter of the Year); senior MB Maddie Fate (1st); senior MB Brette Thornton (1st); senior L Nadia Kern (2nd); HC Julie Jenkins (Coaching Staff of the Year).
All-Region (X): Senior OH Mackenzie Logan (1st); senior S Marisa Amarino (1st); senior MB Maddie Fate (1st); senior MB Brette Thornton (1st); HC Julie Jenkins (Coach of the Year).
All-America: Senior OH Mackenzie Logan (2nd); senior MB Maddie Fate (2nd); senior S Marisa Amarino (HM); senior MB Brette Thornton (HM).

Team Leaders
Kills: Mackenzie Logan 358; Brette Thornton 261; Maddie Fate 235; Reagan Whatley 234
Assists: Marisa Amarino 706; Jozie Dhayer 502; Kendall DeRivel 131; Nadia Kern 121
Aces: N. Kern 54; Jenna Rodriguez 39; J. Dhayer & M. Amarino 30
Digs: N. Kern 491; J. Rodriguez 383; R. Whatley 343; J. Dhayer 242
Blocks: M. Fate 138; B. Thornton 120; Courtney Pope 84; Connelley McWilliams 48

Team Stats (national rank)
Kills: 13.24 (18)
Hitting Percentage: .243 (16)
Digs: 17.27 (82)
Blocks: 2.22 (12)
Aces: 2.02 (213)

No. 8 Seed Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges 25-5 (No. 1 Region X, No. 8 AVCA)
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Location: Claremont, Calif.
Nickname: Athenas
Enrollment: 3,322 (total)
Founded: 1946 (Claremont McKenna); 1955 (Harvey Mudd); 1926 (Scripps)
Famous Attendee: Robin Williams, actor (Claremont McKenna)
Key wins: Trinity-TX (3-1); Pomona-Pitzer (3-0)(3-0); La Verne (3-0)(3-0); Whittier (3-0)(3-0); UMass Dartmouth (3-0); Salisbury (3-0); MIT (3-0).
Losses: Washington-St. Louis (3-2); Johns Hopkins (3-1); Juniata (3-0); La Verne (3-1); Whittier (3-0).
All-Conference (SCIAC): Senior S Georgia McGovern (1st); senior OH Jenna Holmes (1st); junior L Dede Carranza (1st, Defensive Player of the Year); junior MB Audrey Sawyer (1st); junior RS Brenna Bell (2nd).
All-Region (X): Senior S Georgia McGovern (Player of the Year); senior OH Jenna Holmes (1st); junior L Dede Carranza (1st); junior MB Audrey Sawyer (1st); junior RS Brenna Bell (HM).
All-America: Senior S Georgia McGovern (1st); senior OH Jenna Holmes (1st); junior MB Audrey Sawyer (3rd); junior L Dede Carranza (HM).

Team Leaders
Kills: Jenna Holmes 392; Brenna Bell 227; Brooke McKee 193; Audrey Sawyer 183
Assists: Georgia McGovern 1,105; Dede Carranza 121; J. Holmes 33; Izzy Sakoda 32
Aces: D. Carranza 50; G. McGovern 46; J. Holmes 44; I. Sakoda 24
Digs: D. Carranza 497; J. Holmes 294; G. McGovern 265; I. Sakoda 229
Blocks: A. Sawyer 70; B. Bell 68; Dani Beder 52; G. McGovern 39

Team Stats (national rank)
Kills: 14.71 (1)
Hitting Percentage: .284 (2)
Digs: 16.93 (113)
Blocks: 1.83 (68)
Aces: 2.21 (132)

-Ricky Nelson