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Midland Lutheran College’s volleyball season came to an end Wednesday with a 3-2 loss at the University of Sioux Falls in the first round of the Great Plains Athletic Conference tournament.

Eighth seeded USF won the match over the No. 9 seeded Lady Warriors 22-25, 30-28, 25-11, 19-25, 15-9.

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The Hastings College volleyball team defeated Midland Lutheran 27-25, 25-13, 25-20 in their conference opener in Fremont.

Kendra Schwein led the offense once again with 14 kills, while Kelsey Wells had 8, Allie Mohrman and Leah Dostal each had 7 kills to balance the attack. Haley Beardsley and Lindsey Sitorius shared the setting duties with 28 and 14 assists apiece. Liz Van Kirk and Christina Headrick each served 2 aces, while Melynne Kessler dug up 26 attacks. Mohrman and Dostal lead the defense at the net with 3 blocks apiece.

The 2010 Preseason GPAC Volleyball Coaches’ Poll was released Monday.

Northwestern College is the coaches’ pick to win the GPAC in 2010 following a 36-3 record and a trip to the NAIA National Tournament quarterfinals a year ago. The Red Raiders earned 121 points and secured 11 first place votes in the poll. Morningside College is second with 101 points, and Doane College rounds out the top three with 97 points. Dordt College is fourth with 96 points and the final first place vote.

The 2010 GPAC volleyball season will consist of 16 conference matches with 12 teams competing for the conference title.

1. Northwestern College – 121 Points (11 first place votes)

Midland Lutheran defeated the College of St. Mary 25-22, 25-18, 25-17 on Saturday.

Cara Fleischmann led the Flames (6-10) with eight kills. The Warriors (4-8) snapped a five-match skid.

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FREMONT – Patience and perseverance paid off for Midland Lutheran College.

Three months after posting the job opening and just five days before players report, the Lady Warriors found their volleyball coach.

Dana College swept the Midland Lutheran College volleyball team Thursday 3-0.

Dana won 25-18, 25-23-25-20 to improve to 10-5 on the season and 2-1 in the Great Plains Athletic Conference. Midland is now 3-8 overall and 0-3 in GPAC play.

Amanda Hunt led Midland with 12 kills while Halie Wewel added 11.

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FREMONT - Where does a new coach start? One that became the third head coach in as many years for a volleyball program that went a combined 15-42 over the last two seasons?

He starts by taking it one day at a time.

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FREMONT - Midland Lutheran College today hired Paul Giesselmann to take over as Head Volleyball Coach, effective June 1. Giesselmann will join the Midland Warriors from Creighton University where he has been coaching volleyball since 2003.

Midland’s Athletic Director, Keith Kramme, said, “We couldn’t be more excited to have Paul joining our staff at Midland. He brings with him a wealth of experience and success. His career-to-date coaching record of 227-80 speaks for itself. There is no question that his experience from his time at College of St. Mary and then at Creighton will be a tremendous addition to the Midland volleyball program and to the entire Midland community.”

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FREMONT - Head volleyball coach Terry Gamble has left the Midland Lutheran College volleyball program for the same position at NCAA Division I McNeese State in Louisiana.

Gamble served as head coach at Midland for nine months. He ended the 2009 season with an 8-18 overall record and 4-12 in the Great Plains Athletic Conference.

Midland Lutheran College volleyball players senior Britni Putnam and sophomore Halie Wewel were named honorable mention by the Great Plains Athletic Conference recently.

Randa Hulstein of Northwestern was the selected as the Hauff Mid-America Sports/ GPAC Player of the Year and Kyle Van Den Bosch from Northwestern was named the Hauff Mid-America Sports/GPAC Coach of the Year.

Northwestern, Doane and Morningside each had three on the 15-player first team.