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 Morningside College is ranked 13th nationally in the NAIA pre-season volleyball poll released on Aug. 19.
The Mustangs are coming off one of their greatest seasons in school history following a banner 2007 campaign where they posted a 33-4 record and won Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) regular season and post-season tournament championships.
Morningside will open the season against No. 23 Olivet Nazarene University this Friday at the University of Texas-Brownsville Tournament. Texas-Brownsville, who the Mustangs will face on Saturday, is ranked 19th in the NAIA pre-season poll.
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 Morningside is tabbed for a second place finish in the GPAC Volleyball Coaches' Pre-Season Poll.
The Mustangs were the GPAC regular season and post-season tournament champions last season en route to a 33-4 record.
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Addi Radke, a 6-1 outside hitter from Corvallis, Ore., will join the Morningside volleyball team this fall with junior eligibility as a transfer from NCAA Division I Kansas State University announced Mustang head coach Rick Pruett.
Radke enrolled at Kansas State at the 2007-08 semester break and was a starter for the Wildcats during their 2008 spring competitions. She went to Kansas State as a transfer from Northeastern Junior College in Sterling, Colo., where she was a second-team National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Division I All-American during the 2007 season.
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Former University of Missouri standout Jessica Vander Kooi will be an assistant coach for the Morningside volleyball team during the 2008 season announced Mustangs’ head coach Rick Pruett.
Vander Kooi was a four-year starter at Missouri, where she amassed 1,510 kills and 1,306 digs during her career for the second highest kill total and third highest dig total in Missouri history.
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Jamie Vander Kooi, a 5-8 outside hitter/defensive specialist from Hinton, Iowa, will transfer to Morningside College and join the Mustangs’ volleyball team for the 2008 season announced Morningside head volleyball coach Rick Pruett.
Vander Kooi will join the Mustangs with junior eligibility as a transfer from NCAA Division II University of South Dakota, where she was a two-year starter.
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 Morningside head coach Rick Pruett has announced the addition of 13 recruits who will join the Mustangs for the 2008 season.
The recruits will join a Morningside volleyball team that joined the ranks of the NAIA national powers during the 2007 season when the Mustangs posted a 33-4 record and were ranked 15th nationally in the final NAIA poll. The Mustangs set a school record for winning percentage at .892 and opened the campaign with 15 straight victories for the most consecutive wins in school history. Morningside was the Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) regular season champion with a 14-2 league mark as well as the GPAC’s post-season tournament champion.
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