Winter 2011/2012 - Tiffin University

allowed just 15 goals during the season.A total of 10 men’s soccer players were named to theGLIAC All-Academic squad. Nick Kutch was the lone Dragonsplayer earning Academic Excellence citation, while nine otherplayers were All-Academic picks.VolleyballWomen’s SoccerThe 2011 Tiffin University women’s soccer seasoncan be described in one word - roller coaster. The Dragons(9-8-3, 7-5-2 GLIAC) placed third in the GLIAC South Divisionand advanced to the GLIAC Championship Semifinals for thesecond straight season.Senior Shelly Rogers was named to the All-GLIAC firstteam. This is the second straight year that Rogers has earnedall-league honors. She was a second team selection in 2010.Rogers becomes the second Dragon to earn first team honors.Rogers led the team in scoring with six goals and 15assists for 27 points while starting all 19 games. Her 15 assistsled the GLIAC. In NCAA Division II, she is second in totalassists and tied for third in average (0.79). For her career,Rogers is tied for third with 36 assists and among the top 10with 88 career points.Junior Ashley Davis earned second team honors for thesecond time in her career. She had four goals and two assistsfor 10 points while starting all 19 games.Offensively, sophomore Lauren Bowyer led the team withnine goals and was tied for second with 20 points. Junior AlexandraSevastakis was second with eight goals and 20 points.Senior Lauren Turkington finished second with five assists.In the net, junior Lindsey Gallagher went 7-7-2 with a 2.11G.A.A. in 1491 minutes and 33 seconds. Her 110 saves ranks thirdbest in single-season school history. Coppola finished 2-1 with30 saves and surrendered just two goals in 388 minutes and 27seconds of action. That gives her a 0.46 G.A.A. on the season.Sophomore Danielle McQuade led the Dragons in hittingagain, earning Second Team All-GLIAC honors.Youth was served during the 2011 Tiffin Universityvolleyball season. Six freshmen were among the eightnew players on the squad this season.Senior Lindsay Heller and sophomore Danielle McQuadewere named to the volleyball All-GLIAC team. Both playerswere honored for the second time each.McQuade, who earned second team honors last year,averaged 3.56 kills and 2.89 digs per set while hitting .269.She was fifth in the GLIAC in kills and total points per set. Mc-Quade had 20 matches in double-figure kills and 14 doubledoubles,including seven in a row.Heller, who earned honorable mention honors last year,led the team and was among the top 10 in the GLIAC withfour digs per set. She had 10+ digs in all but two matches thisseason and hit the mark in her last 18 matches. Heller finishedwith 1604 career digs (8th all-time), the first player in schoolNCAA Division II history to reach that mark.Tiffin excelled in the classroom as seven players earnedacademic honors from the GLIAC. Juniors Ashley Begemanand Maureen Kurtz were named to the Academic Excellenceteam. The team honors student-athletes with a G.P.A. of 3.50or higher. Earning All-Academic honors (G.P.A. of 3.00 to 3.49)were junior Maggie Betz, Heller, sophomore Jordan Jenkins,McQuade and sophomore McKenzie Wright.56 | WINTER 2011 / 12 | CHALLENGEForward Michelle Rogers finished her Dragons careeras a First Team All-GLIAC selection, finishing amongstnational leaders in assists.