Ace Hunt
GoSycamores.com
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. -- On what promises to be a day full of activity for Sycamore Athletics, the volleyball team begins the festivities with the annual Blue/White Scrimmage on Saturday afternoon at 1 p.m. (ET). After the scrimmage is complete inside the ISU Arena, the second annual Sycamore Athletics Kickoff Party is set for 3-5 p.m. (ET) at the ISU Annex, which is the indoor training facility on First Street adjacent to the Gibson Track & Field Complex.
Admission to both the scrimmage and the kickoff party are free and open to the public.
The Sycamore volleyball team welcomes back three starters, plus the libero, from a Sycamore squad which has posted back-to-back winning seasons for the just the second time in program history (1981 & 1982) as it collected 17 wins one year ago.
The Indiana State attack will be powered by three hitters that amassed over 250 kills each in 2015. Senior Kynedi Nalls earned Second Team All-MVC honors and led the Sycamores with 340 kills and 89 blocks last season. Senior outside hitter Bree Spangler (272 kills, 294 digs, 34 aces) and senior middle blocker Melody Burdette (270 kills, 40 blocks) will also add to the offensive power at the net this fall.
Junior defensive specialist Stephanie Bindernagel returns for the Sycamores after tallying a team-high 483 digs with 20 service aces a year ago.
