April 12, 2001

Spring Update #4

Columbia, Mo.--The University of Missouri volleyball team traveled to Springfield, Mo. last Saturday for their first of two spring tournaments. The Tigers went 3-1-1 on the day during the tournament that took place on the campus of Southwest Missouri State University. Mizzou continues to work the kinks out with new personnel but head coach Susan Kreklow said that she is pleased with the showing the team made this weekend and that everyone continues to work hard in practice to become better.

"We looked great at times on Saturday," Kreklow said. "I think this gives us a good spring board to leap off of for the rest of the spring and gives us a good idea of what we need to work on every day."

Mizzou also scrimmaged with St. Louis University yesterday afternoon in the Hearnes Center Fieldhouse. The Tigers showed flashes of excellent play working well with freshman Chrissy Elder. Sophomore Lisa Morris had a good afternoon, putting up a double-double in kills and digs while junior Krista Johnson had six block assists.

*Besides the good effort on the court this past week, the Tigers also received some good news from the classroom. Nine members of the 2000 team were named to the Big 12 Fall Semester Commissioners Honor Roll last Friday. Here is a list of the honorees:

Naaron Branson		Jr.	Textile and Apparel Mgt.	Ft. Smith, Arkansas
Chrissy Elder		Fr.	Undeclared			Kansas City, Mo.
Heather Gerber		Sr.	Human Development		Colo. Springs, Colo.
				Family Studies
Lisa Morris		So.	Mechanical Engineering		Overland Park, Kan.
Rachel Rieble		So.	Pre-Med, Biology		Glendale, Ariz.
Katy Sowers		Jr.	Secondary Education		St. Louis, Mo.
Rachael Taylor		Jr.	Food Science, Health 		Kirkwood, Mo.
				And Nutrition
*Katherine Wingert	So.	Journalism			Aurora, Colo.
	*indicates a 4.0 grade point average.

* The Tigers have one more spring tournament coming up on April 21 when they travel to Champaign, Illinois to the University of Illinois for a one day tourney. All Tiger matches will be played on Court 2. Schedule for the tournament is as follow:

8:00 a.m.	Northwestern vs. Missouri
10:00 a.m.	Missouri vs. UIC
1:00 p.m.	Illinois vs. Missouri
2:00 p.m.	SIU vs. Missouri
5:00 p.m.	Loyola vs. Missouri

For results of the weekends action, log on to www.mutigers.com on that Saturday night, April 21.

Following the Illinios tournament, the Tigers will continue to prepare for their trip to China. Besides the great cultural and life-time experience the players will have, Mizzou will also have valuable time to practice together as a team for the trip which runs from May 21-June 4.