1998 Miracle Yearbook

by Mark Womack Jackets Reach for Victoty The women's volleyball team rolled to a 30- 12 overall record for their third straight 30-win season. TheLady Jacket volleyball team rolled to a 30-12overall recordfortheirthirdstraight30- win season. The spikers fin- ishedthirdintheMid-OhioCon- ferenceat11-5,wontwoinvita- tional tournaments,and again qualifiedfortheMOCTourna- mentunder second-year head coachTeresaClark. JuniorhitterJulieOpperman becameonlythefourthplayerin schoolhistorytosurpass1,000 career kills as she raised her totalto1,386.SheledtheMOC inattackpercentage(.371)and rankedsecondinkillspergame (4.11).Oppermanwasvotedto the All-MOC First Team and the All-NCCAA MidwestRe- gion squad. Classmate Julie BarkhausjoinedOppermanon bothofthoseall-starteamswith herall-aroundperformance.She rated firstfor Cedarvillein as- sistsandwassecondinkillsand digs.SuzanneLehman,another junior, was voted to#20 the All- MOCSecondTeam afterlead- ing the squad in digs. Setter Lori Bunger earned a spot on theAll-MOCFreshmenTeam. Senior all-around performer Lisa Wood racked up numer- ousacademichonorsandgradu- ated with a4.0 grade point average. She wasrecognized for NAIA and NCCAA All- AmericaScholar-Athlete ac- coladesforthesecondstraight year. Additionally,she was namedtotheGTEAcademic All-AmericaThirdTeam.On thecourt,shecommittedjust eightserviceerrorsin823at- tempts for a .990 accuracy and finished second on Cedarville'sall-timeserveper- centagelist.TheLady#20 Jackets notched tournamentcham- pionshipsatOlivetandIndi- anaWesleyan. They placed second in the 10th Annual CedarvilleInvitational. Huck Women'sVolleyballTeam:Row 1:(1-r)SuzanneLehman,Bethany Comer,RachelTilton,Julie Barkhaus.Row 2: Student-Trainer Alissa Williams,Lori Bunger,Karen Eccleston,HeatherScheffel,AmandaJohns,Team Chaplain Cheryl Fawcett.Row 3: Assistant Coach Jim Clark,Lisa Wood,Leah Ziegenfuss,Julie Opperman,Miranda Woller, Head Coach Teresa Clark. 236 athletic events