LADY RAMS RACK UP RRAC HONORS
September 15, 2008

FORT WORTH, TX:  Texas Wesleyan University’s Kristen Venhuizen was named Red River Athletic Conference Volleyball Player of the Week for the period of September 8-14.  Her teammate Katlynn Romig was named Libero of the Week and Emily Millican earned Co-Setter of the Week honors.

Venhuizen, a sophomore outside hitter from Austin, TX, delivered a solid effort as the Lady Rams dropped four matches against top NAIA competition at the Hastings College (NE) Classic.  She compiled eight kills and 16 digs against 20th-ranked Hastings and totals of eight and 12 against #14 Dordt College (IA).  In all, Venhuizen had 21 kills and 51 digs.

Romig, a freshman from Mansfield, TX, registered 67 digs (6.70 per game) for the Lady Rams.  She had 20 digs against Hastings and 21 against Dordt for her best showings.  Romig only had three errors in 78 receiving attempts with a reception percentage of .962 for the week.

Millican, a freshman setter from Red Oak, TX, is recognized for the second consecutive week with 69 assists in the Lady Rams’ four matches or 5.75 per game.  Her best outings came with 25 assists against Hastings and 22 against Dordt. She also contributed 31 digs.

Millican shared her award with Eloisa Nava of Houston-Tillotson University (TX).

The Lady Rams will return to action in next weekend’s 2nd-annual Hughes-Wesleyan Volleyball Classic.  Due to continued renovations of the Sid Richardson Center, that tournament has been moved to Texas Advantage Volleyball’s Advantage Sports Complex in Fort Worth.

Texas Wesleyan will take on Faulkner University (12:00 p.m.) and Lubbock Christian Univeristy (4:00 p.m.) on Friday, Septebmer 19, and John Brown University (12:00 p.m.) and Oklahoma City University (4:00 p.m.) on Saturday, September 20.

Directions to the TAV facility (located at 4302 Buckingham Road) can be found by clicking here.

The complete match schedule for the tournament is as follows:

Friday, September 19:

North Court

10:00 a.m. – St. Thomas University-Houston vs. John Brown University

12:00 p.m. – Texas Wesleyan University vs. Faulkner University

2:00 p.m. – St. Thomas University-Houston vs. Oklahoma City University

4:00 p.m. – Texas Wesleyan University vs. Lubbock Christian University

South Court

10:00 a.m. – Missouri Valley College vs. Oklahoma City University

12:00 p.m. – Wiley College vs. Lubbock Christian University

2:00 p.m. – Missouri Valley College vs. John Brown University

4:00 p.m. – Wiley College vs. Faulkner University

Saturday, September 20:

North Court

10:00 a.m. – John Brown University vs. Wiley College

12:00 p.m. – Texas Wesleyan University vs. John Brown University

2:00 p.m. – St. Thomas University-Houston vs. Wiley College

4:00 p.m. – Texas Wesleyan University vs. Oklahoma City University

South Court

10:00 a.m. – St. Thomas University-Houston vs. Missouri Valley College

12:00 p.m. – Oklahoma City University vs. Falkner University

2:00 p.m. – Missouri Valley College vs. Lubbock Christian University

4:00 p.m. – Lubbock Christian University vs. Faulkner University