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1
HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives are pleased to congratulate the University of
4Illinois Women's Volleyball team on its impressive season; and
 
5    WHEREAS, The team advanced to the NCAA national semifinals
6for the first time in 23 years and reached the NCAA National
7Championship Match for the first time in school history;
8Illinois finished the year with a 32-5 record and finished
9second in the Big Ten with a 16-4 mark; and
 
10    WHEREAS, In addition, Illinois earned the No. 3 seed for
11the NCAA Tournament and started its run to the Final Four with
12convincing straight set wins over Central Michigan and
13Marquette at Huff, bringing the Illini's all-time postseason
14home record to 22-3; and
 
15    WHEREAS, An ESPN2 audience witnessed one of the epic points
16in the history of the sport; it came at match point of the
17national semifinal between Illinois and USC; 55 touches, 18
18over the net volleys, and 68 seconds of electric play later,
19the Illini completed a 5-set win over the nation's top ranked
20team and earned a spot in the national championship match; and
 
21    WHEREAS, The Illini began the year 20-0, the second most

 

 

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1wins to start a season in school history; it resulted in the
2school's first number one ranking in the AVCA coaches poll; for
3the first time since 1992, Illinois played 2 home matches in
4front of near capacity crowds of 4,000-plus; and
 
5    WHEREAS, In Illinois' first weekend at number one, a
6sellout crowd of 4,261 saw a battle of the last 2 unbeaten
7teams in Illinois and Purdue; for the first time ever, Illinois
8swept the season series from the Nittany Lions winning matches
9at home and on the road; and
 
10    WHEREAS, The Illinois Volleyball Head Coach is Kevin
11Hambly, Assistant Coaches are Jen Oldenburg and David Kniffin,
12and the Volunteer Assistant Coach is Jen Fry; the team members
13are: Courtney Abrahamovich, Michelle Bartsch, Jennifer
14Beltran, Jocelynn Birks, Morganne Criswell, Hannah Deterding,
15Anna Dorn, Rachel Feldman, Jessica Jendryk, Erin Johnson, Annie
16Luhrsen, Liz McMahon, Tayler Onion, Jazmine Orozco, Ali Stark,
17Colleen Ward, and Jackie Wolfe; therefore, be it
 
18    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
19NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
20we congratulate the University of Illinois Women's Volleyball
21team on an impressive season and wish team members and coaches
22continued success in the future; and be it further
 

 

 

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1    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
2presented to the University of Illinois Women's Volleyball team
3as a symbol of our respect and esteem.