2018-19 OCCAC Women's Volleyball News
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Many Making Transition From NJCAA to NCAA Competition
August 24, 2019A plethora of student-athletes which competed within the Ohio Community College Athletic Conference during the past two seasons have signed on to join NCAA-sponsored athletics programs in 2019-20. -
Sportsmanship of the Year Awards Presented
June 11, 2019Five student-athletes earned 2018-19 OCCAC Sportsmanship of the Year Award accolades, one from each of the conference’s sponsored sports. This represents the third year of the award’s existence.
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Owens Volleyball Wins National Title
November 10, 2018The final match of the 2018 NJCAA DIII Volleyball Championship did not disappoint. In a five-set thriller, No.1 seeded Owens (OH) defeated No. 3 seeded Eastfield (TX), the 2017 defending champions. Owens claimed the first two sets of the match, before winning the final set of the match 15-13 at UCR Regional Sports Center in Rochester, MN.
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Owens, Lorain County Ready for National Tournament
November 07, 2018Two of 12 teams still competing for the NJCAA D-III Volleyball Championship represent the Ohio Community College Athletic Conference (OCCAC) and Owens enters the final stage seeded No. 1 overall. Lorain County is in the top half as well, seeded sixth in the 12-team bracket set to begin Thursday, Nov. 8 in Rochester, Minn.
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OCCAC Hands Out Volleyball Hardware for Award Winners
November 02, 2018Amid postseason play for several OCCAC volleyball representatives, the conference office announced the 2018 All-OCCAC honors on Friday (Nov. 2).
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Regular Season Wraps with Final Player of the Week Recognition
October 29, 2018The 10th and final edition of 2018 OCCAC Volleyball Player of the Week awards go to Edison State Community College’s Reagan Morret (D-II) and Michaela Eisenhauer (D-III) of Owens Community College.
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Conference Rewards Top Weekly Volleyball Performances
October 22, 2018Elizabeth Sicking’s dominance of the OCCAC D-II Volleyball Player of the Week award continues while Summer Sweeting lifted Owens Community College to a clinching of the conference title to earn her first career D-III Player of the Week recognition.
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Owens Clinches Fourth Straight Volleyball Conference Crown
October 21, 2018With the final weekend of play in the 2018 regular season, the No. 3 ranked Owens Volleyball team hit the road for the weekend with conference championship aspirations. The Express, who entered weekend play undefeated in OCCAC play, needed to win at least one game to clinch a share of a conference championship or win both to clinch an outright conference championship. It was easier said than done.
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Sicking, Russell Honored by Conference Office
October 15, 2018Elizabeth Sicking (Sinclair) maintained her stronghold of the OCCAC D-II Volleyball Player of the Week honor, notching her fourth distinction of the season, while Columbus State’s Tiziana Russell became the fourth different Cougar to wrangle the D-III award through eight weeks.
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Diamond, Sicking Reclaim Player of the Week Distinction
October 08, 2018For the second time this season, Elizabeth Sicking (Sinclair) and Bobby Diamond (Columbus State) have been named the OCCAC Volleyball Players of the Week in the same week. This also marks the third weekly recognition for each honoree in 2018.
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OCCAC Presents Player of the Week Accolades to Volleyball's Elite
October 01, 2018A pair of new names captured OCCAC Volleyball Player of the Week honors for Week Six (Sept. 24-30) as Tionne El-Amin (Cuyahoga) and Georgia Payne (Columbus State) earned the D-II and D-III laurels, respectively.
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Smart, Eisenhauer Honored by OCCAC
September 24, 2018Lakeland Community College earned its first 2018 OCCAC Player of the Week accolade with Morgan Smart’s superb efforts in three conference clashes. In addition, Michaela Eisenhauer of Owens brought home her second D-III weekly honor of the season.
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Repeat Winners Earn Volleyball Player of the Week Accolades
September 17, 2018On Monday (Sept. 17), Elizabeth Sicking (Sinclair Community College) and Bobby Diamond (Columbus State Community College) each picked up their second OCCAC Player of the Week honor through the season’s first four weeks. This also marks Columbus State’s third consecutive D-III honor after Edan Jones received the recognition last week.
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Week 3's Top Players Picked by OCCAC
September 10, 2018Elizabeth Nicole Sicking and Edan Jones have been selected as the OCCAC Volleyball Players of the Week for Sept. 3-9, 2018. Sinclair’s Sicking brings home the D-II accolade while Jones of Columbus State becomes the second Cougar to corral D-III honors through three weeks this season.
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Pleiman, Diamond Named OCCAC Volleyball Players of the Week
September 04, 2018Following an extremely loaded volleyball schedule around the OCCAC, the conference office announced Whitney Pleiman (D-II, Edison State) and Bobby Diamond (D-III, Columbus State) as the Volleyball Players of the Week on Tuesday (Sept. 4).
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OCCAC Announces First Players of the Week of the 2018-19 Campaign
August 27, 2018The Ohio Community College Athletic Conference (OCCAC) has delivered its first two awards of the 2018-19 academic season, honoring Noel Ufferman (Edison State) and Michaela Eisenhauser (Owens) as the D-II and D-III Volleyball Players of the Week on Monday (Aug. 27).
