Beth EllingerHead Coach

Former two-time first-team All-Old

Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC)

honoreeBethEllingercompletedherfourth

season as the head volleyball coach at

LynchburgCollegein2009.

TheHornets finishedher first seasonwith a 17-13 record andwon

eight matches in a row before the conference tournament. LC had two

student-athletesnamedtotheAll-ODACsecond-team.Lynchburgimproved

inEllinger’ssecondseasononthebench,winning20gamesandadvancing

intotheODACTournamentsecondroundforthefirsttimein10years.

In2008,theHornetsfinishedwitha16-16overallrecordandmade

theschool’sfirsteverappearanceintheODACChampionshipmatchasthe

seventhseed.The2009versionoftheHornetsboasteda20-8recordand

hadan8-2recordtoplacethirdintheODAC.Theeightwinsinconference

playisthemostsincetheHornetswent8-2during1999and2000.

Ellinger,namedtotheAll-ODACfirst-teamsin2000and2001,wasa

first-teamAll-Stateselectionin2001aswell.Sheholdstheschoolrecords

forkillsinamatch(29),season(478in2001)andforacareer(1,240from

1998-2001).Ellingeralsosettheconferencerecordforkillsinaseasonin

2001.

Ellingerreturnedtotheprogramin2004andassistedheadcoachDr.

MarieLewisfortwoseasonsuntilLewis’retirement.Shehadalsoassisted

atHeritageHighSchoolfrom2002-04andwasthejuniorvarsitycoach.

EllingerisIMPACTcertifiedandalsocurrentlyservesastheDirector

ofCoachingeducationandRecruitingfortheclubteamTCAVirginia.She

graduatedin2002fromLynchburgwithaB.A.inhumandevelopmentand

learningandearnedherMastersinEducationalLeadershipdegree.

2009 Season Review The2009LynchburgCollegevolleyball

teamfinishedtheseasonwitha20-8overall

recordalongwitha8-2markintheOldDo-

minionAthleticConference(ODAC).Forthe

secondtimeinthreeyearstheteamboasted

a20-wincampaignandmadeanappearance

intheODACtournament.

TheHornetsstartedouttheseason

strongrecord-

ingsixstraight

wins.Two

ofthesewins

camefromexcitingfive-setmatchesatthe

EasternMennoniteUniversityInvitational.

Thesquadmanagedtorallyforthewinover

NorthCarolinaWesleyanCollege25-20,

17-25,23-25,25-21,15-10intheday’sfirst

match.AgainstCatholicUniversity,theHor-

net’srelentlessoffenseanddefenseproved

unstoppableastheydefeatedtheCardinals

25-15,27-25,27-29,24-26,

15-10.

EventheloneODACteam

tomakeittotheNCAADivision

IIINationalChampionship,

Randolph-MaconCollege,was

notabletogetpastLC.The

HornetsdefeatedtheYellow

Jacketsinfivegames,andasa

resultwereabletoclaimthepossessionoffirstplaceintheODACfora

shorttime.

Afteraheartbreakingfive-setregular

seasonODACmatchagainstVirginiaWes-

leyanCollegelateintheseasondidnotgo

Lynchburg’sway,theteamshowedanever

giveupattitudeandcamebacktodefeat

VWCinfoursetsinthequarterfinalsofthe

ODACtournament.

Variousteammemberswerehonored

withaspotontheAll-ODACsquadasa

resultofLC’stremendouseffortsthisseason.

WithfourLynchburgplayersnamedtothe

honor,theHornetstiedRandolph-Macon

Collegeforthemostawardwinnersonthe

firstandsecondteams.SeniorliberoSavan-

nahTinsley,junioroutsideandmiddlehitter

MichelleBoucher,sophomoreoutisdehitter

ElenaKritterandfreshmanmiddlehitter

RebeccaLoftiscomprisedfouroftheseven

membersofthesecondteam.

Tinsley,agraduatingsenior,willbe

greatlymissednextyearassheleadthe

conferencewith499digsandwassecondin

digspergame,5.04.Sheadded38service

acesandwasone

ofthreeHornets

toplayinall99games.

Twovaluablesettersreturntothefold

nextseasoninfreshmenBrookeMoughonand

RachelTurk.Moughonhadateam-high544

assistswhileTurkalsohandedout424.The

duocombinedtoaverage4.63assistsperset.

Bothgraduatingseniorswillleavebig

shoestofill.However,the13returningplay-

erslooktomakeupayoung,yetexperienced

squadlookingtoclaimanODACtitleinthe

2010season.

Elena Kritter

Michelle Boucher Rebecca Loftis

Savannah Tinsley

Brooke Moughon

Jasmine Murphy

2009 RosterNo. Name Pos. Yr. Ht. Hometown1/11 SavannahTinsley DS/LIB Sr. 5-3 Lynchburg,VA10 KaraMatthews DS So. 5-8 Richmond,VA12 AlexisFoster S/DS Fr. 5-6 Franklin,VA13 BrookeMoughon S Fr. 5-6 Mathews,VA14 ChelseaJones RS Sr. 5-10 Richmond,VA15 ElenaKritter OH So. 5-9 Culpeper,VA16 MichelleBoucher OH/MH Jr. 5-10 Chesapeake,VA17 MollyDeacon DS/LIB Fr. 5-2 Roanoke,VA18 AshleyStokes MH/RS Jr. 5-11 Lynchburg,VA19 RachelTurk S Fr. 5-6 Salem,VA20 RachelHuffman MH Fr. 6-0 VirginiaBeach,VA22 JasmineMurphy OH/DS Jr. 5-6 Shipman,VA23 MalloryStewart MH/RS Fr. 6-0 Collinsville,VA24 RebeccaLoftis MH Fr. 6-0 Coventry,CT25 MarionLozano OH/MH Fr. 6-0 Manassas,VA

HeadCoach:BethEllingerAssistantCoaches:DaraSandifer,CorriPfister

2009 Lynchburg College Volleyball

2009 Second-Team All-ODACPerformer Elena Kritter Helped

Lead LC to another 20 Win Season

Lynchburg CollegeVolleyball

2009 Schedule and ResultsSeptember

4-5(Fri-Sat) HamptonInn/SleepInnRoyalsInvite

MaryBaldwin W,3-0:25-19,25-14,25-19

HowardPayne W,3-0:25-15,25-20,25-20

NCWesleyan W,3-2:25-20,15-25,23-25,25-21,15-10

Catholic W,3-2:25-15,27-25,27-29,24-26,15-10

12 (SAT.) LYNCHBURG COLLEGE QUAD MATCH

PEACE W, 3-0: 25-18,25-22,25-18

NC WESLEYAN W, 3-0: 25-21,25-14,27-25

ST. MARY’S L, 2-3: 25-20, 26-24, 23-25, 21-25, 4-15

15(Tues.) Emory&HenryCollege* W,3-0:25-19,25-18,25-20

19 (SAT.) LYNCHBURG TRI-MATCH

ROANOKE* W, 3-0: 25-20,25-18,25-19

GALLAUDET W, 3-0: 25-21,25-18,25-11

23 (WED.) GUILFORD* W, 3-0: 25-16,25-13,25-18

25-26(Fri-Sat) EmoryUniversityTournament

25(Fri.) ThomasMore L,0-3:22-25,21-25,10-25

ShorterCollege L,0-3:17-25,19-25,25-27

26(Sat.) EmoryUniversity L,1-3:17-25,25-19,15-25,19-25

Washington&Lee L,1-3:25-27,23-25,25-22,24-26

30(Wed.) atBridgewater* W,3-2:19-25,18-25,25-17,25-22,16-14

October

3 (SAT.) RAND.-MACON* W,3-2: 25-20,18-25,20-25,25-17,15-13

7(Wed.) atWash.&Lee* L,2-3:25-21,21-25,25-27,25-23,10-15

9 (FRI.) MOUNTAIN STATE W, 3-0: 25-19,25-15,25-19

10 (SAT.) MARY BALDWIN W, 3-0: 25-15,25-22,25-20

12(Mon.) atRandolphCollege* W,3-1:25-15,23-25,25-19,25-19

14 (WED.) EAST. MENNONITE* W, 3-1: 25-12, 25-18, 25-27, 25-15

21(Wed.) atVAWesleyan* L,2-3:23-25,26-28,25-23,25-18,10-15

24 (SAT.) MARY WASH. W, 3-2: 25-21,25-23,23-25,22-25,16-14

27(Tues.) atSweetBriarCollege* W,3-0:25-11,25-12,25-18

29 (THUR.) FERRUM COLLEGE W, 3-1: 25-14,20-25,25-19,25-23

November

6-8(Fri.-Sat.) ODACTournament@HollinsUniversity

6(Fri.) VirginiaWesleyanCollege W,3-1:25-22,25-13,10-25,27-25

7(Sat.) RoanokeCollege L,1-3:21-25,25-22,23-25,12-25

*OldDominionAthleticConference(ODAC)game

HOME MATCH PLAYED AT TURNER GYM ON THE LYNCHBURG

COLLEGE CAMPUS

BethEllingerHeadVolleyballCoachLynchburgCollege1501LakesideD

riveLynchburg,VA24501-3199carter.e@

lynchburg.edu434-544-8288

Michelle BoucherOutside Hitter/Middle Hitter

2009 Second-Team All-ODAC

2009:Hadagreatseasonasajunior,leadingtheHornetsinkills...verysmartatthenet,knowingwhenandwheretoplaceherhits...finishedwith256kills,whichplacedher10thintheleague...eighthintheODACinhittingpercentage,postinga.264hittingclip...had26totalblocksontheseason...had12double-digitkills,includinga19-killout-

burstinawinoverFerrumCollege...alsoposted18killsatWashington&Lee.

Players to Watch

Elena KritterOutside Hitter/Rightside Hitter

2008, 2009 Second-Team All-ODAC2008 ODAC All-Tournament Team

InthediscussionforthebestoverallplayerintheODAC...cankillstheballinmanydifferentways...secondontheteaminkillswith2.38percon-test...secondontheteamandfourthintheODACwitha.289hittingpercentage...secondonthesquadwith351digs...posted11double-double

games...hadahugematchagainstVirginiaWesleyan,posting18killswith22digs...namedHornetoftheWeekforhereffortsintheweekofOct.5

Rachel HuffmanMiddle Hitter

Camebackfrominjurythisseason,andprovedtobeoneofthebesthittersontheteam...whenhealthyisoneofthemostexplosivemiddlehittersintheconference...capableoftakingoveragame...finishedfourthontheteamwith168kills,butwasthirdontheteamandsixthintheODACwitha.280hittingper-centage...finishedwith47blocks,whichwassecondonthesquad...secondontheteam

with16solorejections...fourdouble-digitkillgames.

Rebecca LoftisMiddle Hitter

2009 Second-Team All-ODAC

Amongthebestmiddlehittersintheconferenceasafreshman...playedinall28matches,get-tingintoallbutonegame...her218killswasthirdbestontheteam....394hittingpercent-agewasbestintheODACandseventhnation-ally...hadthebesthittingpercentageofanyfreshmaninthenation...ledtheHornetswith

87blocks,whichwastiedforsixthintheleague...season-high15killsinawinoverNCWesleyan...ninedouble-digitkillconteststhisyear.