DURHAM, N.H.— The University of New Hampshire volleyball team will be the host of its annual Blue/White Scrimmage this Saturday, Aug. 9. The action is set to begin at 8:30 p.m. at Lundholm Gymnasium.

The game will feature all the returning players as well as the incoming freshman class. Originally started to reward volleyball campers at the conclusion of camp, the event has been opened to the public and greater Durham community. The scrimmage will be a single game to 25 points and will include music and public address like UNH regular-season matches.

BIG RAPIDS, Mich. -- Head Coach Jill Hirschinger of the University of New Hampshire volleyball team is being enshrined into the Ferris State University Bulldog Athletics Hall of Fame Class of 2008, which will be inducted this fall. The six-member group was announced July 10 by Ferris State. Hirschinger is being honored for her impressive 12-year coaching tenure with the Bulldogs from 1984-95. Earlier this year, Hirschinger was inducted into the Utah State Hall of Fame along with the rest of the 1978 National Championship volleyball team.

TORONTO -- Junior middle blocker Kirsten Bates (Calgary, Alberta) of the University of New Hampshire volleyball team finished second at the Volleyball Canada U-21 National Championships last week in Toronto, Ontario. Bates and her partner Katelyn Archer, from Grant MacEwan College in Edmonton, Alberta, will serve as alternates for Canada at the 2008 World Championship in England.

DURHAM, N.H. – The University of New Hampshire women’s volleyball team played host to another successful “Volley 4 Holly” event on Wednesday, May 14. The fourth annual “Volley 4 Holly” tournament raised over $1,500 for the Holly Young Fund, while close to 30 teams competed including representatives from all 20-varsity programs in the athletic department.
 
The event was created to raise money for Wildcat volleyball player Holly Young, who passed away on Jan. 24 of this year after a courageous three-year battle with Ewing's Sarcoma, a rare form of bone cancer. The funds raised at the event will go to Holly Young Fund.

DURHAM, N.H. – Head Coach Jill Hirschinger of the University of New Hampshire volleyball team has announced the seven-member class of 2008. Pauline Acres (Manhattan Beach, Calif.), Jessy Dick (Lethbridge, Alberta), Christie Dorch (Friendswood, Texas), Taylor Dressing (Gillette, N.J.), Amy Keding (Northbrook, Ill.), Lauren Laquerre (Concord, N.H.) and Starsha Tunstall (Providence, R.I.) have all committed to UNH and will join the Wildcats in the fall of 2008.

DURHAM, N.H.  — The University of New Hampshire volleyball team went an impressive 9-1 in competition at the UNH tournament last weekend at Lundholm Gymnasium. The Wildcats opened the day with six-straight games won and closed out the day with a three-game winning streak.
 
The Wildcats opened the day with sweep against a UNH alumni team (25-20, 25-12) and followed that up with a two-game sweeps of Boston College (25-19, 25-19) and Rhode Island (25-12, 25-18). UNH dropped game one to Maine, 21-25, but rallied with a decisive victory in game two, 25-12). The Wildcats closed out the day with a sweep of Dartmouth (25-20, 25-18).

DURHAM, N.H. – Senior tri-captain Jessica Compton (Woodridge, Ill.) of the University of New Hampshire volleyball team was named the Holly Young Most Valuable Player at the 2007 team awards banquet at Holloway Commons on the UNH campus on Saturday night. The banquet served as a fitting conclusion to a day full of activities that highlighted the accomplishments of the Wildcat volleyball program.

Earlier in the day the program took time to honor and celebrate the memory of Holly Young. Young, a three-year member of the Wildcat volleyball program, passed away on Jan. 24 of this year after a courageous three-year battle with Ewing's Sarcoma, a rare form of bone cancer. UNH volleyball honored Young’s memory by planting a tree in the Memory Walk, retiring Young’s jersey (#4) and participating in the Relay 4 Life on campus. In addition, the Most Valuable Player award has been named in Young’s honor.