2024 Lakeland Women's Volleyball Recap

Head Coach: Ryan Schopf (11th year)
Assistant Coaches: Jenna Berens (3rd year), Allie Byrne (4th year), Allison Errthum (5th year)
Record: 10-19, 8-5 in Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference
NACC Finish: tie-5th of 14 teams
Home Record: 4-3
Road Record: 5-8
Neutral Record: 1-8
Long Winning Streak: 2 matches (twice)
Long Losing Streak: 7 matches
Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference Tournament Finish: 0-1- Lost to #4 seed Aurora in first round
Record vs. nationally ranked teams: 0-2
All-NACC Team: Susana Stevens (1st Team); Isabella Westerholm (2nd Team); Rylee Esquibel (Hon. Mention); Briuna Harper (Hon. Mention)
NACC All-Academic Team: TBA this summer
CSC Academic All-District Team: Katelyn Kitsembel, Caitlyn Pernsteiner
UW-Stevens Point Pointer Invitational All-Tournament Team: Susana Stevens
Leader in kills: Susana Stevens (390)
Leader in assists: Sydney Gay (480)
Leader in service aces: Rylee Esquibel (39)
Leader in digs: Ryan Figi (372)
Leader in blocks: Briuna Harper (49)
Leader in sets played: Susana Stevens (104) 

Single-match highs:
Kills: Susana Stevens, 25 at MSOE, Oct. 10
Hitting Percentage: Susana Stevens, .567 (19 kills, 2 errors in 30 total attacks) vs Concordia-Moorhead, Sept. 21
Assists: Sydney Gay, 42 (twice) vs Benedictine, Sept. 17, and at MSOE, Oct. 10
Service Aces: Rylee Esquibel, 6 vs Concordia Wisconsin, Sept. 26
Digs: Ryan Figi, 29 at MSOE, Sept. 10
Blocks: Caitlyn Pernsteiner, 6 at Marian, Oct. 17 

Season Highlights:

• Qualified for the NACC Tournament for the 13th time in last 14 years
• Finished at least .500 in conference play for 13th time in 14 years
• Muskies defeated Concordia Wisconsin for the first time in 12 years in a five-set thriller
• Stevens became the ninth player in program history to record 1,000 kills and finished her career 5th all-time in kills with 1,171. Her 390 kills this season also are the ninth-most in a season in Muskies history.
• Stevens posted 25 kills against MSOE to tie a 28-year old school record, tying Pam Adleman's record set in 1996 for individual single-match record for kills
• Westerholm finished her career with the fourth-best hitting percentage (.278) in program history
• Eight players (Stevens, Roseily Carrasquillo, Rylee Esquibel, Ryan Figi, Briuna Harper, Katelyn Kitsembel, Caitlyn Pernsteiner and Isabella Westerholm) played in all 29 matches
• Five players (Esquibel, Harper, Pernsteiner, Stevens and Westerholm) finished with at least 100 kills
• Three players (Carrasquillo, Sydney Gay and Kaitlyn Ramirez) finished with at least 100 assists
• Three players (Esquibel, Figi and Pernsteiner) finished with at least 200 digs
• Two players (Harper and Westerholm) finished with at least 30 blocks
• Stevens finished 2nd in the NACC in total kills (390) and 3rd in kills per set (3.75)
• Stevens also finished 33rd in NCAA Division III in total kills and 48th nationally in kills/set
• Westerholm finished 7th in the NACC in hitting percentage (.275)
• Figi finished 8th in the NACC in total digs (372)