2015 Lincoln Volleyball Match Notes
2015 Lincoln Volleyball Match Notes Lincoln Athletics Communications 1570 Baltimore Pike, P.O. Box 179, Lincoln University, PA 19352-0999 LULIONS.COM - Volleyball SID: Jason Pompey - (O) 484-365-7384 - (F) 484-365-8120 - [email protected]
2015 CIAA Volleyball Championships First Round (vs. #1S Winston-Salem State) Fayetteville, N.C. (Felton J. Capel Arena) November 20, 2015 Weekend Schedule Friday, November 20, 2015 Noon Game 1: #4 South: LC vs. #1 North: CU 2:00 p.m. Game 2: #4 North: TLU vs. #1 South: WSSU 4:00 p.m. Game 3: #3 North: VUU vs. #2 South: SU 6:00 p.m. Game 4: #3 South: FSU vs. #2 North: VSU Saturday, November 21, 2015 3:00 p.m. Game 5: 4S/#1N Winner vs. #3N/#2S Winner 5:00 p.m. Game 6: #4N/#1S Winner vs. #3S/#2N Winner Sunday, November 22, 2015 1:00 p.m. Game 7: Championship Match
Series History Versus Winston-Salem State (0-6 / 0-6 CIAA) Date Site Result Score 9.12.10 A L 14-15, 18-25, 25-20, 20-25 9.17.11 N L 18-25, 12-25, 10-25 9.29.12 A L 13-25, 9-25, 24-26 9.14.13 H L 16-25, 17-25, 9-25 9.13.14 N L 5-25, 14-25, 20-25 9.19.15 A L 11-25, 18-25, 22-25
2015 Schedule (6-13, 5-11 CIAA) SEPTEMBER Date Day 16 Wed.
19 19 20
Sat. Sat. Sun.
21 24 27 28 30
Mon. Thurs. Sun. Mon. Wed.
Opponent at Cheyney CIAA VOLLEYBALL ROUND-UP AT WSSU at Winston-Salem St.* vs. Johnson C. Smith* vs. Livingstone* at Felician vs. Virginia Union* at Elizabeth City State* at Chowan* vs. Cheyney
OCTOBER Date Day Opponent 8 Thurs. vs. Bowie State* 12 Mon. vs. Virginia State* 18 Sun. vs. Elizabeth City State* 19 Mon. vs. Chowan* 26 Mon. at Virginia Union*
31 31 1
Sat. Sat. Sun.
NOVEMBER Date Day 3 Tues. 13 Fri.
CIAA VOLLEYBALL ROUND-UP AT LUPA vs. Shaw* vs. St. Augustine’s* vs. Fayetteville State*
Opponent at Virginia State* at Bowie State*
Home Matches in Bold * - CIAA Match All Times Eastern
Result L, 2-3
L, 0-3 L, 2-3 W, 3-1 L, 1-3 L, 0-3 W, 3-0 L, 0-3 W, 3-0
Result W, 3-0 L, 0-3 W, 3-0 L, 0-3 L, 0-3
L, 1-3 L, 1-3 L, 1-3
Result L, 0-3 W, 3-1
Head Coach Amber Sneed
LINCOLN UNIVERSITY Location Founded Conference Enrollment Home Arena (cap.) Colors Nickname Affiliation President Director of Athletics Athletic Dept. Phone Ticket Office Phone
Lincoln University, Pa. 1854 CIAA 2,650 Manuel Rivero Hall (2,000) Orange and Blue Lady Lions NCAA Division II Dr. Richard Green Dr. Darryl A. Pope (484)365-7391 (484)365-7632
LADY LIONS VOLLEYBALL Head Coach Amber Sneed (Fourth Season at LUPA) Student Assistants Kemoi Charles (Second Season at LUPA) Ronald Lashley (First Season at LUPA) Athletic Trainer Shaw Hanlon Christina Carroll Athletics Communications Jason Pompey Returnees (‘14 Honors / Stats): 10 Returning Sydney Cook 73 matches played; 282 D, 143 A, 21K, 14 SA Jillian Lee 73 matches played; 164 K, 42 BLK, 26 D Soyini Hugget 73 matches played; 107 D, 13 K, 8 SA, 8 A Tiffany Mitchell 2 matches played; Keldesha Spencer 65 matches played; 40 K, 19 BLK, 22 D Kyra Orton 73 matches played; 323 D, 37 A, 32 SA Simfoni Nibbs 2 matches played Mariah Russell 15 matches played; 15 D, 7 K Shanna King 72 matches played in; 281 A, 37 K, 19 BLK Toni Smith 73 matches played; 94 K, 22 BLK, 18 D Departures: 3 Letterwinners Lost Amber Smith 4 matches played Tarayja Brooks 73 matches played; 168 D, 17 SA Ashanti Price 2014 All-CIAA Rookie Team Member Newcomers: 0 Total
PROGRAM HISTORY First Year of Volleyball 2003 All-Time Program Record 52-186 (.218) All-Time Conference Record 21-91 (.187) Conference Regular Season Titles 0 Winning Seasons 0 All-CIAA Volleyball First Team 0 All-CIAA Volleyball Second Team 1 (last: Sydney Cook - ‘13) All-CIAA Rookie Team 2 (last Ashanti Price - ‘14)
Fourth Season at Lincoln University of Massachusetts (Amherst) ‘03 (16-64, Overall Record at Lincoln)
Amber Sneed is entering her fourth year as a the Head Volleyball Coach at Lincoln University. Under Coach Sneed's direction, the volleyball program has seen great improvement. Lincoln earned their first trip to the CIAA Volleyball Championships in 2015. Her squad went 5-11 in CIAA play leading the conference in digs per set (16.10), ranked sixth in solo blocks (42), and seventh in digs (1079). The Lady Lions' volleyball program went from 1-27 in 2011 to 4-17 in Sneed's first season back in 2012. In 2013, Sydney Cook was named to the All-CIAA Volleyball Second Team after leading the CIAA in average digs per set with 4.43 and ranked eighth in total digs with 248 as the Lions starting libero. Cook became the first volleyball player at Lincoln University to earn a spot on the All-CIAA Volleyball Rookie Team in 2012. She played in 63 games for the Lady Lions recording a team-best 222 digs, averaging 3.52 digs per game. Prior to coming to Lincoln, Sneed, a native of Cincinnati, Ohio was an assistant varsity basketball coach at Winton Woods High School and worked with girls and boys, with basketball skill training for the last four years. A four-year letterman at the University of Massachusetts (Amherst), Sneed received a Bachelor of Science degree in Sports Marketing and Sales. After college, she went on the play professional basketball overseas in Viernheim, Germany 2003-2004, and semi-professional basketball for the Ohio Legends 2005. Before entering her third professional season, Sneed had career-ending injury. After suffering the injury, she helped with the development program for girls and boys in the Tristate Cincinnati Area with School tutoring and mentoring, public speaking to athletes, life skills off the court and basketball skill improvement on the court. Sneed graduated from Princeton High School, where she was a four-year letterman in volleyball and basketball. She was noted as a top-10 post player in Ohio and was named First-Team All-Ohio for both volleyball and basketball.
Amber Sneed Through the Years Year 2015 2014 2013 2012
School Lincoln Lincoln Lincoln Lincoln
Overall 6-13 3-18 3-16 4-17
Conference 5-11 (4th) 1-12 (6th) 3-13 (5th) 1-15 (6th)
Postseason ---------
2015 Lincoln Volleyball Roster Numerical No. 2. 5. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 13. 14. 15.
Name Sydney Cook Jillian Lee Soyini Hugget Tiffany Mitchell Keldesha Spencer Kyra Orton Simfoni-Marie Nibbs
Mariah Russell Shanna King Toni Smith
Cl. SR SR SR SO JR JR SR So Jr SR
Pos. L OH/MB OPP/OH DS OH/MB DS/OPP S/OPP OH/OPP S/OH OPP/OH
Ht. 5-4 5-11 5- 8 5-5 6-0 5-6 5-5 5-6 5-8 5-8
Hometown/Last School Portland, OR/Cleveland HS Baltimore, MD/Baltimore Polytechnic Institute Bear, DE/Del Castle HS Roselle, NJ/Abraham Clark HS Nassau, Bahamas/Kingsway Academy Park Detroit, MI/Renaissance HS St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands/Charlotte Amalie HS St. Louis, MO/Maplewood Richmond Heights HS Newark, NJ/Thurgood Marshall Law Academy New Castle, DE/William Penn HS
Cl. SR SR Jr SR SO SR JR So SR JR
Pos. L OPP/OH S/OH OH/MB DS S/OPP DS/OPP OH/OPP OPP/OH OH/MB
Ht. 5-4 5- 8 5-8 5-11 5-5 5-5 5-6 5-6 5-8 6-0
Hometown/Last School Portland, OR/Cleveland HS Bear, DE/Del Castle HS Newark, NJ/Thurgood Marshall Law Academy Baltimore, MD/Baltimore Polytechnic Institute Roselle, NJ/Abraham Clark HS St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands/Charlotte Amalie HS Detroit, MI/Renaissance HS St. Louis, MO/Maplewood Richmond Heights HS New Castle, DE/William Penn HS Nassau, Bahamas/Kingsway Academy Park
Alphabetical No. 2. 7. 14. 5. 8. 11. 10. 13. 15. 9.
Name Sydney Cook Soyini Hugget Shanna King Jillian Lee Tiffany Mitchell Simfoni-Marie Nibbs
Kyra Orton Mariah Russell Toni Smith Keldesha Spencer
Coaching Staff Amber Sneed - Head Coach (Fourth Season at Lincoln)
Headshot Roster
SYDNEY COOK
JILLIAN LEE
SOYINI HUGGET
TIFFANY MITCHELL
L - 5-4 - SR Portland, OR Cleveland HS
MB - 5-11 - SR Baltimore, MD Baltimore Polytechnic
OPP - 5-8 - SR Bear, DE Del Castle HS
DS - 5-5 - SO Roselle, NJ Abraham Clark HS
KELDESHA SPENCER
KYRA ORTON
SIMFONI NIBBS
MARIAH RUSELL
MB - 6-0 - JR Nassau Bahamas Kingsway Academy
DS - 5-6 - JR Detroit, MI Renaissance HS
S - 5-5 - SR St. Thomas, US Virgin
OH - 5-6 - SO St. Louis, MO Maplewood Richmond
Charlotte Amalie HS
SHANNA KING
TONI SMITH
AMBER SNEED
S - 5-8 - JR Newark, NJ Thurgood Marshall HS
OPP - 5-8 - SR New Castle, DE William Penn HS
Head Coach
2015 CIAA Volleyball Championships First Round (vs. #1S Winston-Salem State) Fayetteville, N.C. (Felton J. Capel Arena) November 20, 2015 Weekend Schedule Friday, November 20, 2015 Noon Game 1: #4 South: LC vs. #1 North: CU 2:00 p.m. Game 2: #4 North: TLU vs. #1 South: WSSU 4:00 p.m. Game 3: #3 North: VUU vs. #2 South: SU 6:00 p.m. Game 4: #3 South: FSU vs. #2 North: VSU Saturday, November 21, 2015 3:00 p.m. Game 5: 4S/#1N Winner vs. #3N/#2S Winner 5:00 p.m. Game 6: #4N/#1S Winner vs. #3S/#2N Winner Sunday, November 22, 2015 1:00 p.m. Game 7: Championship Match
Series History Versus Winston-Salem State (0-6 / 0-6 CIAA) Date Site Result Score 9.12.10 A L 14-15, 18-25, 25-20, 20-25 9.17.11 N L 18-25, 12-25, 10-25 9.29.12 A L 13-25, 9-25, 24-26 9.14.13 H L 16-25, 17-25, 9-25 9.13.14 N L 5-25, 14-25, 20-25 9.19.15 A L 11-25, 18-25, 22-25
2015 Schedule (6-13, 5-11 CIAA) SEPTEMBER Date Day 16 Wed.
19 19 20
Sat. Sat. Sun.
21 24 27 28 30
Mon. Thurs. Sun. Mon. Wed.
Opponent at Cheyney CIAA VOLLEYBALL ROUND-UP AT WSSU at Winston-Salem St.* vs. Johnson C. Smith* vs. Livingstone* at Felician vs. Virginia Union* at Elizabeth City State* at Chowan* vs. Cheyney
OCTOBER Date Day Opponent 8 Thurs. vs. Bowie State* 12 Mon. vs. Virginia State* 18 Sun. vs. Elizabeth City State* 19 Mon. vs. Chowan* 26 Mon. at Virginia Union*
31 31 1
Sat. Sat. Sun.
NOVEMBER Date Day 3 Tues. 13 Fri.
CIAA VOLLEYBALL ROUND-UP AT LUPA vs. Shaw* vs. St. Augustine’s* vs. Fayetteville State*
Opponent at Virginia State* at Bowie State*
Home Matches in Bold * - CIAA Match All Times Eastern
Result L, 2-3
L, 0-3 L, 2-3 W, 3-1 L, 1-3 L, 0-3 W, 3-0 L, 0-3 W, 3-0
Result W, 3-0 L, 0-3 W, 3-0 L, 0-3 L, 0-3
L, 1-3 L, 1-3 L, 1-3
Result L, 0-3 W, 3-1
Head Coach Amber Sneed
LINCOLN UNIVERSITY Location Founded Conference Enrollment Home Arena (cap.) Colors Nickname Affiliation President Director of Athletics Athletic Dept. Phone Ticket Office Phone
Lincoln University, Pa. 1854 CIAA 2,650 Manuel Rivero Hall (2,000) Orange and Blue Lady Lions NCAA Division II Dr. Richard Green Dr. Darryl A. Pope (484)365-7391 (484)365-7632
LADY LIONS VOLLEYBALL Head Coach Amber Sneed (Fourth Season at LUPA) Student Assistants Kemoi Charles (Second Season at LUPA) Ronald Lashley (First Season at LUPA) Athletic Trainer Shaw Hanlon Christina Carroll Athletics Communications Jason Pompey Returnees (‘14 Honors / Stats): 10 Returning Sydney Cook 73 matches played; 282 D, 143 A, 21K, 14 SA Jillian Lee 73 matches played; 164 K, 42 BLK, 26 D Soyini Hugget 73 matches played; 107 D, 13 K, 8 SA, 8 A Tiffany Mitchell 2 matches played; Keldesha Spencer 65 matches played; 40 K, 19 BLK, 22 D Kyra Orton 73 matches played; 323 D, 37 A, 32 SA Simfoni Nibbs 2 matches played Mariah Russell 15 matches played; 15 D, 7 K Shanna King 72 matches played in; 281 A, 37 K, 19 BLK Toni Smith 73 matches played; 94 K, 22 BLK, 18 D Departures: 3 Letterwinners Lost Amber Smith 4 matches played Tarayja Brooks 73 matches played; 168 D, 17 SA Ashanti Price 2014 All-CIAA Rookie Team Member Newcomers: 0 Total
PROGRAM HISTORY First Year of Volleyball 2003 All-Time Program Record 52-186 (.218) All-Time Conference Record 21-91 (.187) Conference Regular Season Titles 0 Winning Seasons 0 All-CIAA Volleyball First Team 0 All-CIAA Volleyball Second Team 1 (last: Sydney Cook - ‘13) All-CIAA Rookie Team 2 (last Ashanti Price - ‘14)
Fourth Season at Lincoln University of Massachusetts (Amherst) ‘03 (16-64, Overall Record at Lincoln)
Amber Sneed is entering her fourth year as a the Head Volleyball Coach at Lincoln University. Under Coach Sneed's direction, the volleyball program has seen great improvement. Lincoln earned their first trip to the CIAA Volleyball Championships in 2015. Her squad went 5-11 in CIAA play leading the conference in digs per set (16.10), ranked sixth in solo blocks (42), and seventh in digs (1079). The Lady Lions' volleyball program went from 1-27 in 2011 to 4-17 in Sneed's first season back in 2012. In 2013, Sydney Cook was named to the All-CIAA Volleyball Second Team after leading the CIAA in average digs per set with 4.43 and ranked eighth in total digs with 248 as the Lions starting libero. Cook became the first volleyball player at Lincoln University to earn a spot on the All-CIAA Volleyball Rookie Team in 2012. She played in 63 games for the Lady Lions recording a team-best 222 digs, averaging 3.52 digs per game. Prior to coming to Lincoln, Sneed, a native of Cincinnati, Ohio was an assistant varsity basketball coach at Winton Woods High School and worked with girls and boys, with basketball skill training for the last four years. A four-year letterman at the University of Massachusetts (Amherst), Sneed received a Bachelor of Science degree in Sports Marketing and Sales. After college, she went on the play professional basketball overseas in Viernheim, Germany 2003-2004, and semi-professional basketball for the Ohio Legends 2005. Before entering her third professional season, Sneed had career-ending injury. After suffering the injury, she helped with the development program for girls and boys in the Tristate Cincinnati Area with School tutoring and mentoring, public speaking to athletes, life skills off the court and basketball skill improvement on the court. Sneed graduated from Princeton High School, where she was a four-year letterman in volleyball and basketball. She was noted as a top-10 post player in Ohio and was named First-Team All-Ohio for both volleyball and basketball.
Amber Sneed Through the Years Year 2015 2014 2013 2012
School Lincoln Lincoln Lincoln Lincoln
Overall 6-13 3-18 3-16 4-17
Conference 5-11 (4th) 1-12 (6th) 3-13 (5th) 1-15 (6th)
Postseason ---------
2015 Lincoln Volleyball Roster Numerical No. 2. 5. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 13. 14. 15.
Name Sydney Cook Jillian Lee Soyini Hugget Tiffany Mitchell Keldesha Spencer Kyra Orton Simfoni-Marie Nibbs
Mariah Russell Shanna King Toni Smith
Cl. SR SR SR SO JR JR SR So Jr SR
Pos. L OH/MB OPP/OH DS OH/MB DS/OPP S/OPP OH/OPP S/OH OPP/OH
Ht. 5-4 5-11 5- 8 5-5 6-0 5-6 5-5 5-6 5-8 5-8
Hometown/Last School Portland, OR/Cleveland HS Baltimore, MD/Baltimore Polytechnic Institute Bear, DE/Del Castle HS Roselle, NJ/Abraham Clark HS Nassau, Bahamas/Kingsway Academy Park Detroit, MI/Renaissance HS St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands/Charlotte Amalie HS St. Louis, MO/Maplewood Richmond Heights HS Newark, NJ/Thurgood Marshall Law Academy New Castle, DE/William Penn HS
Cl. SR SR Jr SR SO SR JR So SR JR
Pos. L OPP/OH S/OH OH/MB DS S/OPP DS/OPP OH/OPP OPP/OH OH/MB
Ht. 5-4 5- 8 5-8 5-11 5-5 5-5 5-6 5-6 5-8 6-0
Hometown/Last School Portland, OR/Cleveland HS Bear, DE/Del Castle HS Newark, NJ/Thurgood Marshall Law Academy Baltimore, MD/Baltimore Polytechnic Institute Roselle, NJ/Abraham Clark HS St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands/Charlotte Amalie HS Detroit, MI/Renaissance HS St. Louis, MO/Maplewood Richmond Heights HS New Castle, DE/William Penn HS Nassau, Bahamas/Kingsway Academy Park
Alphabetical No. 2. 7. 14. 5. 8. 11. 10. 13. 15. 9.
Name Sydney Cook Soyini Hugget Shanna King Jillian Lee Tiffany Mitchell Simfoni-Marie Nibbs
Kyra Orton Mariah Russell Toni Smith Keldesha Spencer
Coaching Staff Amber Sneed - Head Coach (Fourth Season at Lincoln)
Headshot Roster
SYDNEY COOK
JILLIAN LEE
SOYINI HUGGET
TIFFANY MITCHELL
L - 5-4 - SR Portland, OR Cleveland HS
MB - 5-11 - SR Baltimore, MD Baltimore Polytechnic
OPP - 5-8 - SR Bear, DE Del Castle HS
DS - 5-5 - SO Roselle, NJ Abraham Clark HS
KELDESHA SPENCER
KYRA ORTON
SIMFONI NIBBS
MARIAH RUSELL
MB - 6-0 - JR Nassau Bahamas Kingsway Academy
DS - 5-6 - JR Detroit, MI Renaissance HS
S - 5-5 - SR St. Thomas, US Virgin
OH - 5-6 - SO St. Louis, MO Maplewood Richmond
Charlotte Amalie HS
SHANNA KING
TONI SMITH
AMBER SNEED
S - 5-8 - JR Newark, NJ Thurgood Marshall HS
OPP - 5-8 - SR New Castle, DE William Penn HS
Head Coach
