2004 Miracle Yearbook

Team Wins in Two Countries Cedarville University women'svolleyballbeganagainst theCostaRican NationalTeam in Central America, winning two games and becoming the only team in ten years to take the match to five games. The successes continued,including a strong 13-3finish intheAmerican Mideast Conference South Division and a trip to the AMC TournamentChampionship. RankednumbertwoinNAIA RegionIX,theteamacquired votes forthe NAIA top 25and finished 31-14overall. Walsh handed the LadyJacketstheirfinaltwolosses in the AMC Tournament Championship and in the semifinals of the NAIA Region IX Tournament. With Kelsey Jonesinjuredandonthesidelines, Christian Heritage defeated the LadyJackets,sendingthem home from the NCCAA National Tournament with a 1-4 record in the tournament. Jones returned to lead the team in 2003 with 1,820assistsandjoined the ranks ofthree other Cedarville players on the All-NCCAA Midwest Region team. Julia Bradley, Lauren Mable, and Paula Thompson were the other Cedarville members added to the team. Bradley led in blocks while Mable,the AMC South Division Freshman ofthe year in 2002,led theJackets with549kills and754 digs. "This year our team faced manyinjuriesandadversities,but eachtimeGodbroughtusthrough. Players, officials, coaches, and other teams saw our dependence on God many times from our team," said Mable. Anne Lohrenz ties up the ball high above the net. Just as the team's theme verse - Habbakuk 1:5-says,Godblessed their season by making it one ofthe bestin Cedarville'shistory. 144 Athletics