1999 Miracle Yearbook

The Cedarville College women's volleyball team took theirgame to a new level in 1998. ThA1408#415 claimed ashare of the American Mideast Conference champi- onship,won the NCCAA Midwest Region title,played in the NCCAA Nation- als, and qualified for the NAIA Great Lakes Regional. The spikers rolled to their third straight 30- win season at 32-12 overall. They tied Mount Vernon Nazarene and Walsh for the AMC crown at 14-2 and even hosted the conference tournament where they finishedsecond.Third-yearmentorTeresa Clark was voted the AMC and NCCAA Midwest Region Coach ofthe Year. To say the least it was a record-setting season. The main reason for the success belongstotheseniortrioofJulie McIntyre, Julie Opperman, and Suzanne Lehman, who were each voted to the All-AMCand All-NCCAA Midwest Region First Teams. Specifically, their leadership guided the Lady Jackets to what wastheir first NCCAA region title, their first con- ferencechampionship since winning their only otherleaguetrophyin 1989in the old Western Buckeye Collegiate Conference, their first NAIA GreatLakes showing,and their third NCCAA Nationals appearance. all McIntyre was voted the team's MVP and was selected to the NCCAA All- America First Team.She completed her season with three-year career totals of933 kills, 2,285 assists, and 1,336 digs. Opperman is Cedarville's all-time leader in kills(1,898)and attack percent- age (.328). She was named an NCCAA Second Team All-American. Lehman becamejust the fifth player to reach 1,000 career kills and finished with 1,124. She was named to the NCCAA All-Tournament Team and her .987 ca- reer serving accuracy is the school's best. Several younger players helped the Lady Jackets as well. Six-foot hitter Heather van der Aa,who paced the team with 554kills,was voted the AMCFresh- manofthe Yearand wasnamedtothe All- AMC Second Team. Sophomore setter Lori Bunger was first on the team in assists with 1,096. stawkivomack I rcity team,:(frontl-r)Pam,Has;Robyn,Pitmiuv, CkerytMeyer. Chrasie,Fred; Lori.Bugger.(middle)Student TrainerJerietkuv qoodbar, HeatherSmith',Surauute, Lek4n,JLdü McIntyre, Reemts-mal StudentAssistantJulien,Johnson,. (back)AssistantCoackJim,Clark, Aosty Martik,LeakZiegenfuss, Heather mut,der,4a1Jul&Oppermuv, Head Coach Teresa,Clark, 0 ATHLETICS Sangerfraises littera)/and hopesfrr art,ace.as ate prepares to serve,