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2006 SEASON IN REVIEW
2006 STATISTICS & RESULTS
In a record-breaking year
where the Appalachian
Athletic Conference
coaches predicted that
Union would Þ nish sixth,
the Lady Bulldogs turned
some heads with a 12-6
conference record to
Þ nish fourth. The team set
a total of eight new school
records, four team season
records and four individual
season records.
Union, under secondyear
head coach David
Nicholson Þ nished 2006
with an overall record of
21-17 and it marked the
Þ rst time Union has posted
a 20-win season since 2003.
Part of the Lady
Bulldogs’ success has to be
linked to Amanda Bowling.
The senior setter from Louisville, Ky. became Union’s Þ rst NAIA All-American as she was named an
honorable mention. She played in 136 games and she Þ nished the season with 1,427 assist and 523
digs, both single-season school records. Also, she was named NAIA Setter of the Week twice to
go along with her six Region XII and seven AAC Setter of the Week awards in 2006. Bowling also
earned the Setter of the Year awards for the AAC and Region XII to complement her All-Region
XII and All-AAC Tournament team selections.
The Lady Bulldogs might have started 2006 with a 2-4 record in August, but Union reeled off
four wins in a row to begin September. Included in the winning streak were Union’s Þ rst three
conference matches of the year. The streak started against Bryan (Tenn.) College and then a win at
NCAA Division II foe BlueÞ eld State (W.Va.) College was followed by a pair of wins over BlueÞ eld
(Va.) College.
Union carried a seven-match winning streak from September into October. After the victory
over Milligan (Tenn.) College on October 10, the Lady Bulldogs were 14-11 and 9-3 in conference
play. Marlee Cooper earned AAC and Region XII Player of the Week for the Þ rst week of
October. She accounted for 40 kills, 16 digs, six total blocks, one assist and a 0.381 hitting percent
against Mountain State (W.Va.) University and Covenant (Ga.) College. After a two game skid against
conference foes King (Tenn.) College and Virginia Intermont College, the Lady Bulldogs won four of
their last Þ ve matches to end the month.
The conference season came to an end when Union dropped a 3-2 contest to Milligan on
November 2. A pair of wins over Region XII foes Mountain State (W.Va.) University and Asbury (Ky.)
College in Barbourville ended the regular season at 20-15 for the Lady Bulldogs.
A 3-0 win over Montreat in the Þ rst round of the AAC Tournament moved Union into a
semiÞ nal contest against King. Despite the Lady Bulldogs’ best efforts, they lost 3-0 to the eventual
Region XII champion. The loss set up an elimination match versus Bryan (Tenn.) College afterwards
and Union was unable to advance as Bryan won 3-1 to end the season for the Lady Bulldogs.
Cooper, an All-AAC Freshman team selection in 2005 did not fall into a sophomore slump
as she earned All-Region XII and All-AAC honors. The Bloomington, Ill. native Þ nished 2006 with
a team-high 527 kills and served 22 aces. Her .364 hitting percentage was tops in the conference
while she ranked Þ fth with one block per game. Autumn Combs made it two years in a row with
a Lady Bulldog on the AAC All-Freshman team. Combs, from Florence, Ky., led Union with 218
blocks which also ranked third nationally with 1.6 per game. She also recorded 110 kills in 136
games.
No. Player GP K E TA Pct. A SA SE RE Dig BS BA BE
1 Sabrina Reid 1 0 0 1 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Amanda Bowling 136 283 63 712 .309 1427 58 62 4 523 29 40 68
5 Stephanie Pateman 137 445 181 1180 .224 13 54 89 47 256 32 24 31
6 Kim Wissinger 1 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Christina Prindle 137 7 5 48 .042 77 56 47 99 466 0 0 3
8 Elisabeth Howard 117 31 22 139 .065 7 16 39 88 282 2 0 9
9 Suzannah Behnken 93 6 7 30 -0.033 1 11 17 57 252 0 0 0
10 Marlee Cooper 137 527 125 1104 .364 25 22 40 89 344 74 69 86
12 Kara Draper 93 132 73 474 .124 2 3 18 63 190 4 9 30
15 Meg Donnelly 99 66 28 219 .174 5 37 38 55 358 3 2 6
20 Brooke Vinovich 137 286 286 60 742 .305 35 0 3 66 45 51 76
21 Sarah Alderson 72 4 0 7 .571 0 20 12 23 100 0 0 0
22 Autumn Combs 136 110 21 279 .319 4 0 0 1 8 121 97 57
Total 142 1897 585 4935 .266 1596 278 362 529 2845 310 292 366
Date Opponent Score Score-by-Game Record
Aug. 25 vs. Ohio Valley W 3-1 31-29, 27-30, 30-17, 30-19 1-0
Aug. 25 at Lincoln Memorial L 1-3 16-30, 26-30, 30-28, 19-30 1-1
Aug. 26 vs. Davis & Elkins W 3-0 30-28, 32-30, 30-13 2-1
Aug. 26 vs. Cumberlands L 0-3 27-30, 28-30, 27-30 2-2
Aug. 29 vs. Brescia L 1-3 25-30, 30-20, 14-30, 32-34 2-3
Aug. 29 at Lindsey Wilson L 0-3 32-34, 24-30, 20-30 2-4
Sep. 5 Bryan* W 3-2 30-25, 30-17, 28-30, 29-31, 15-13 3-4 (1-0)
Sep. 8 at BlueÞ eld State W 3-0 30-15, 30-19, 30-12 4-4
Sep. 9 at BlueÞ eld* W 3-0 30-19, 30-19, 30-12 5-4 (2-0)
Sep. 9 at BlueÞ eld* W 3-0 30-15, 30-27, 30-21 6-4 (3-0)
Sep. 12 at King* L 0-3 15-30, 21-30, 26-30 6-5 (3-1)
Sep. 14 Va. Intermont* L 1-3 23-30, 30-17, 23-30, 25-30 6-6 (3-2)
Sep. 15 vs. IU-Southeast L 1-3 25-30, 21-30, 31-29, 19-30 6-7
Sep. 15 vs. Cumberlands L 0-3 29-31, 25-30, 16-30 6-8
Sep. 15 vs. Brescia L 2-3 30-19, 27-30, 30-19, 24-30, 9-15 6-9
Sep. 16 vs. Trevecca Nazarene L 2-3 26-30, 30-27, 12-30, 30-28, 11-15 6-10
Sep. 19 Covenant* W 3-0 30-24, 30-21, 30-18 7-10 (4-2)
Sep. 21 at UVa-Wise* L 1-3 17-30, 30-27, 26-30, 21-30 7-11 (4-3)
Sep. 23 at Montreat* W 3-1 30-23, 30-26, 29-31, 30-25 8-11 (5-3)
Sep. 23 at Brevard W 3-0 30-14, 30-27, 31-29 9-11
Sep. 28 Tenn. Wesleyan* W 3-0 30-23, 30-23, 30-27 10-11 (6-3)
Sep. 30 Montreat* W 3-0 33-31, 30-22, 30-24 11-11 (7-3)
Oct. 2 at Mountain State W 3-1 30-27, 24-30, 30-19, 30-19 12-11
Oct. 5 at Covenant* W 3-1 30-22, 30-24, 30-32, 30-28 13-11 (8-3)
Oct. 10 at Milligan* W 3-0 30-27, 30-23, 30-22 14-11 (9-3)
Oct. 12 King* L 1-3 20-30, 30-24, 24-30, 17-30 14-12 (9-4)
Oct. 19 at Va. Intermont* L 0-3 21-30, 30-32, 23-30 14-13 (9-5)
Oct. 24 at Tenn. Wesleyan* W 3-0 30-23, 30-25, 30-18 15-13 (10-5)
Oct. 27 UVa-Wise* W 3-0 30-21, 30-20, 30-15 16-13 (11-5)
Oct. 28 Bethel W 3-0 30-24, 30-28, 30-28 17-13
Oct. 28 Lindsey Wilson L 2-3 13-30, 22-30, 30-27, 31-29, 10-15 17-14
Oct. 31 at Bryan* W 3-2 27-30, 30-26, 31-29, 26-30, 15-6 18-14 (12-5)
Nov. 2 Milligan* L 2-3 23-30, 30-24, 30-20, 29-31, 13-15 18-15 (12-6)
Nov. 7 Mountain State W 3-0 30-23, 30-21, 31-29 19-15
Nov. 7 Asbury W 3-0 30-20, 30-19, 30-21 20-15
Nov. 10 vs. Montreat^ W 3-0 30-11, 30-23, 30-23 21-15
Nov. 10 at King^ L 0-3 29-31, 28-30, 26-30 21-16
Nov. 11 vs. Bryan^ L 1-3 30-27, 29-31, 31-33, 27-30 21-17
* - AAC Match; ^ - AAC Tournament
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