Two NMU Wildcats Named to All-Tournament Team

MARQUETTE, Mich. – NMU volleyball players Abby Lovell and Emma Wolfe were selected to the all-tournament team this weekend at the GLVC/GLIAC Crossover.

Sophomore setter Abby Lovell recorded 130 assists in NMU’s three matches. Lovell has 616 assists on the season for a 10.27 assists per set average. She also has 15 service aces. Lovell is from Leonard, Michigan.

Junior Emma Wolfe is an outside hitter from Madison Wisconsin. Wolfe recorded 41 kills on the weekend. She had 18 against Missouri-St. Louis and 15 against Rockhurst. Wolfe is third on the team in kills with 183. She averages 2.65 kills per set while hitting a .271 attack percentage.

NMU finished 2-1 on the weekend, defeating Rockhurst and Missouri-St. Louis on Friday and losing to Indianapolis on Saturday.

The Great Lakes Valley Conference captured the Mizuno GLVC/GLIAC Crossover Volleyball Tournament title for the first time on Sunday, taking the league challenge 23-22. The GLVC corrals the honor for the first time since the event was established in 2008.

2010 Mizuno GLVC/GLIAC Crossover Volleyball All-Tournament Team

GLVC
Kayla Hellebusch Sr. OH Drury
Danielle LaGrange Jr. MB Southern Ind.
Weslie Gaff Jr. MH UMSL
Maggie McGovern Jr. OH Rockhurst
Carolyn Holstein Sr. Lib. UMSL
Cheneta Morrison Sr. S UIndy

GLIAC
Lisa Tobiczyk Jr. Lib. Ferris State
Abby Lovell So. S Northern Michigan
Rebeccah Rapin Sr. MH Grand Valley State
Clara Leutheuser Jr. MH Hillsdale
Emma Wolfe Jr. OH Northern Michigan
Annie Buxton Jr. OH Saginaw Valley State

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