DIGITAL EXTRA: 2014 WOMEN’S COLLEGIATE CHAMPIONSHIPS Dominating performances
NCAA DIVISION II
BACK FOR SECONDS: The University of Tampa left no doubt about who was No. 1 in NCAA Division II Women’s Volleyball in 2014. The Spartans defeated Southwest Minnesota State 25-14, 25-20, 25-21 in the national championship match in Louisville in early December, capping off a year in which they compiled a 34-1 record and won 30 matches in a row to end the season. Their one early-season loss was to those same Southwest Minnesota State Mustangs, but the Spartans had no trouble aveng- ing that defeat in the title match, riding the potent hitting of AVCA Player of the Year Berkley Whaley and All-American Marissa Lisenbee. This is the second national title for the Tampa volleyball program - the fi rst came in 2006 - and marks the end of Con- cordia-St. Paul’s seven year streak of Divison II Women’s Volleyball championships.
NAIA
RAVE REVIEWS: Park University women’s volleyball coach Mike Talamantes garnered a lot of media attention in 2014. After leading the Pirates to their fi rst national championship, Tala- mantes was named AVCA NAIA National Coach of the Year in mid-December. Talamentes won the same award in 2012 as head coach of the Park men’s volley- ball program.
WALK IN THE PARK: At the 2014 NAIA Volleyball National Championships in Sioux City, Iowa, Park University overcame a slow start against defending champion Texas at Browns- ville and never looked back, winning its fi rst title by scores of 25-23, 25-19, 25-16 and putting an exclamation point on an undefeated 40-0 season.
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