DWU volleyball to host summer camps

Eric Viney from DWU.

MITCHELL, S.D. – Head coach Eric Viney and the Dakota Wesleyan University volleyball team are hosting a trio of camps for a variety of age groups this summer. The Tigers are hosting a youth camp, an individual high school skills camp and a team camp. The youth camp is open to athletes entering grades three [...]

Tiger volleyball signs two

Sarah Kruse for DWU.

MITCHELL, S.D. – Head coach Eric Viney brought the Dakota Wesleyan University volleyball team’s 2012 recruiting class up to 10 members Tuesday afternoon when he announced the signing of two more athletes for next fall. Sarah Kruse and Jessalyn Anne Wienk will both join the Tigers as freshman in August. Kruse comes to DWU from [...]

Tiger volleyball adds three names to roster

Eric Viney

MITCHELL, S.D. – The Dakota Wesleyan University volleyball team added three more names to its 2012 roster this week, including a junior college transfer, head coach Eric Viney announced Friday afternoon. Viney, who enters his fifth year with the Tiger volleyball program this fall, has signed defensive specialists Morgan Cahoy and Mackenzie Stevens and middle [...]

Two local standouts sign with Tiger volleyball

Local standouts Jaymie Barrett (top) and Ashley Robinson (bottom) signed recently to play college volleyball at Dakota Wesleyan University.

MITCHELL, S.D. – Of Dakota Wesleyan University volleyball coach Eric Viney’s first three signees for the 2012 season, two have been local players from within South Dakota’s borders. Tuesday afternoon, Viney added two more local standouts to the Tiger volleyball program. Hanson High School standout Ashley Robinson and Scotland High School’s Jaymie Barrett both signed [...]

Four Tigers earn scholar-athlete honors

MITCHELL, S.D. – The fall sports seasons are all officially done at Dakota Wesleyan University, but the honors keep coming for several Tiger athletes. Friday afternoon, four DWU athletes were honored for their work in the classroom. Eric Christianson, Sam Massey, Brooke Warne and Kacie Sanderson all earned Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athlete status, it was announced by [...]

Bird ends solid freshman season with All-GPAC honors

DWU freshman Dani Bird earned All-GPAC Honorable Mention honors in her first season with the Tigers. (Photo by Melissa Wintemute)

MITCHELL, S.D. – Dakota Wesleyan University volleyball coach Eric Viney knew when he recruited freshman Danielle Bird she would be a talented player who could be a difference maker on the court. Turns out, he was right. Bird, an Omaha, Neb., native, led the Tigers in kills and finished in the top five in the [...]

DWU volleyball ends season with loss to Hastings

MITCHELL, S.D. – The Dakota Wesleyan University volleyball team ended the 2011 season with a 3-1 loss to Hastings College Saturday night at the Fosness Arena in the Christen Family Recreation/Wellness Center on the DWU campus. The Tigers had a lead in all four sets, and hung with the Broncos (18-14, 9-7 Great Plains Athletic [...]

Tiger volleyball picks up first GPAC win of the year

MITCHELL, S.D. – The Dakota Wesleyan University volleyball team snapped a 22-match losing streak and picked up its first Great Plains Athletic Conference win of the season Thursday night when it defeated Mount Marty College 3-1 at the Christen Family Recreation/Wellness Center on the DWU campus. Mount Marty won the first set, but Dakota Wesleyan [...]

Tiger volleyball falls to Briar Cliff

SIOUX CITY, Iowa – The Dakota Wesleyan University volleyball team won a marathon first set against Briar Cliff University Tuesday night, but the Chargers edged the Tigers in the final three sets to come away with a 3-1 Great Plains Athletic Conference victory in Sioux City, Iowa. The Tigers won the first set 33-31, but [...]

Tiger volleyball drops two on Nebraska road trip

MITCHELL, S.D. – The Dakota Wesleyan University volleyball dropped a pair of Great Plains Athletic Conference games on a Nebraska road trip over the weekend. Friday afternoon, the Tigers took Concordia University to five sets but fell 3-2, and Saturday afternoon DWU lost 3-0 to Doane College. Friday in Seward, Neb., Dakota Wesleyan (7-24, 0-13) [...]