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Transylvania Gets Nod in 2022 HCAC Volleyball Preseason Poll

In a vote amongst league coaches, the Transylvania University volleyball team was picked to finish first in the 2022 Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC) volleyball season.

 

The Pioneers are on top of the poll after claiming the 2021 Conference Tournament title, garnering five first-place votes in route to 77 points. Just narrowly finishing behind in second place was Mount St. Joseph University, who posted 75 points and grabbed the other five available first-place nods. The defending 2021 regular season champions Earlham College finished in third with 66 points. Hanover College (55) and Anderson University (42) finished out the top-half of the poll, finishing in fourth and fifth respectively.

 

Listed below is the 2022 HCAC Volleyball Preseason Poll and the 2022 HCAC Athletes to Watch.  For more information on HCAC Volleyball, visit the websites of any of the participating schools, or go to the HCAC's home on the Internet at www.heartlandconf.org.  Be sure to stay up to date on all of your Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference news by following @HCACDIII on Twitter and by liking the "HCAC DIII" Facebook page.

 

2022 HCAC VOLLEYBALL PRESEASON POLL

(#) Denotes First Place Votes

1.	Transylvania University (5)	77
2.	Mount St. Joseph University (5)	75
3.	Earlham College	66
4.	Hanover College	55
5.	Anderson University	42
6.	Franklin College	36
7.	Bluffton University	29
7.	Manchester University	29
9.	Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology	24
10.	Defiance College	17

2022 HCAC Volleyball Athletes to Watch:

Anderson

Name	Class	Hometown	Position
Jimena Montano	SR	Algoquin, Ill.	RS
Shaylen Perry	JR	Eaton, Ohio	MH
Olivia Ricica	SO	Bryan, Ohio	MH/OH
Kate Todd	JR	Festus, Mo.	S

 

Bluffton

Name	Class	Hometown	Position
Kaylie Campbell	SR	Camden, Ohio	MH/OPP
Courtney Weekley	SR	Butler, Ohio	DS
Maddie White	SR	Ashland, Ohio	S/OPP

 

Defiance

Name	Class	Hometown	Position
Kendra Kline	SO	North Manchester, Ind.	S
Jamia Murray	SO	Livonia, Mich.	OH
Mackenzie Umbaugh	SR	Plymouth, Ind.	MH
Kaylynn Wellman	SO	Defiance, Ohio	RS
Hope Yost	JR	Perrysburg, Ohio	DS

 

Earlham

Name	Class	Hometown	Position
Sydney Fuller	SR	Shoreline, Wash.	MH
Liv Kyrk	JR	Cardington, Ohio	MH
Jen Shamel	SR	Columbiaville, Mich.	DS
Erin Wagner	SR	Amarillo, Texas	S
Maria Young	JR	Bedford, Va.	OPP

 

Franklin

Name	Class	Hometown	Position
Kamzi Gross	FY	Seymour, Ind.	DS
Billie Jarrett	SR	Speedway, Ind	S
Kaitlyn Lavy	FY	Avon, Ind.	OH
Hope Moring	FY	Butler, Ind.	S
Miranda Wilson	SO	Indianapolis, Ind.	OH
Alyssa Zemlyak	JR	Ellettsville, Ind.	MB

 

Hanover

Name	Class	Hometown	Position
Meredith Deckard	SR	Bedford, Ind.	DS
Casey Dunn	JR	Fort Thomas, Ky.	L
Emma Harmon	SR	Carmel, Ind.	OH
Adrianne Vance	SR	Indianapolis, Ind.	OH

 

Manchester

Name	Class	Hometown	Position
Carley Camp	SO	Logansport, Ind.	MB
Erika Kramer	JR	Greensburg, Ind.	MB
Joy Maze	JR	Greenwood, Ind.	OH
Halle Planck	JR	Gas City, Ind.	OH
Carly Ripberger	SO	Tipton, Ind.	S
Helaina Wlaters	JR	Marion, Ind.	L

 

Mount St. Joseph University

Name	Class	Hometown	Position
Emily Abshire	JR	Cincinnati, Ohio	RS
Erin Androne	JR	Reading, Ohio	L/DS
Brooke Aselage	SR	Tipp City, Ohio	OH
Grace Young	JR	Harrison, Ohio	MH

 

Rose-Hulman

Name	Class	Hometown	Position
Liz Canon	SR	Moraga, Calif.	OH
Allie Fults	JR	Centralia, Ill.	MH
Sophia Koop	JR	Lawrenceville, Ga.	OH

 

Transylvania

Name	Class	Hometown	Position
Karrington Jackson	SR	Louisville, Ky.	MB
Suzanne Klosterman	SR	Cincinnati, Ohio	RS
Sylvie Miller	SR	Louisville, Ky.	L
Cate Scheper	SO	Park Hills, Ky.	OH
Madison Sweeney	JR	Eminence, Ky.	RS
Grace Ward	SO	Park Hills, Ky.	S

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