In their final match of the seaon the Purdue North Central Panthers defeated Indiana University Northwest 30-8, 30-10, 30-15. The Panthers finished at 5-12 overall.

PNC was led by Ashley Morford with 10 kills and four aces, Sam Svetic with seven kills and eight aces, Daisy Lee with six kills, Felicia Fisher with four kills. and Angie Edwards with 28 assists, two aces and two kills. Amanda Martin added three digs, Sunshine Johns contributed two kills and two digs and Dana Barkas chipped in with a kill, two aces and two digs.

The Panthers started this year as a club program. Next year PNC will make the jump to a NAIA intercollegiate sport for the 2007-08 academic year, competing as an independent. In 2008-09 PNC will complete their transition by competing as a member of the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference.

Purdue North Central finished 0-3 at the Purdue Club Volleyball Tournament on Saturday, Oct. 15th in West Lafayette, IN.

The Panthers lost in the opening round to Eastern Illinois University 25-18, 25-10, 25-22, then fell to the University of Illinois 25-9, 25-16, 25-12. In the Championship round PNC lost to Illinois again 25-16, 15-25, 15-8.

Tournament totals for PNC included Sam Svetic (Michigan City) with 25 kills, six block kills, Sunshine Johns (Michigan City) with 13 kills three aces and 14 digs, Ashley Morford (Michigan City) with 12 kills and eight digs and Daisy Lee (Grays Lake, IL) with six kills and 10 digs. Angie Edwards (Kouts) added 10 digs, four block kills and 51 assists, Dana Barkas (Valparaiso) contributed two aces and 16 digs and Amanda Martin (Westville) chipped in with 12 digs.

PNC is now 4-12 overall and finish their first year with a home match vs. IUN Wed at 7 p.m. at the Scholl Center in Michigan City.

In a battle of first-year program verses first-year coach, Coach Carrie Pagose led the Robert Morris College Eagles to a 30-17, 30-32, 30-17, 30-28, 15-7 victory over PNC. The Eagles moved to 14-11 overall and the Panthers dropped to 4-9.

PNC stat leaders were Angela Edwards (Kouts) with 35 assists, Sam Svetic (Michigan City) with 14 kills and six blocks, Sunshine Johns (Michigan City) with 12 killsand nine digs and Ashley Morford (Michigan City) with five kills and 10 digs.

The Panthers play again on October 14th when they travel to the Purdue Volleyball Club Tournament in West Lafayette, IN.

The Purdue North Central club volleyball team lost to Robert Morris College 30-21, 30-20, 30-19 in Chicago Saturday afternoon. PNC dropped to 4-8 for the year while RMC improved to 11-6.

Sam Svetic (Michigan City) had 10 kills, Sunshine Johns (Michigan City) added six kills, Dana Barkas (Valparaiso) had 17 digs, Ashley Morford (Michigan City) contributed six digs and Angela Edwards (Kouts) had 23 assists to lead the Panthers.

The Purdue North Central club volleyball team defeated Prairie State Community College 30-28, 30-25, 30-10 Scholl Center in Michigan City in the first home match in PNC history. The Panthers have now won three straight matches and stand at 4-7 overall after starting 1-7. Prairie State fell to 2-6.

PNC was led by Sam Svetic (Michigan City, IN) with 21 kills and three errors in 27 attempts for a team record .666 hitter rating. It was her seventh .500 plus rating in 11 matches. Dana Barkas (Valparaiso, IN) led the Panthers with 18 digs while Ashley Morford (Michigan City, IN) added nine kills, three aces and four digs.

Sunshine Johns (Michigan City, IN) contributed six kills and six digs for the Panthers and Angela Edwards (Kouts, IN) had 37 assists and five aces. Daisy Lee (Grays Lake, IL) also chipped in with five digs, two kills and three aces. Othes who contributed for PNC were Amanda Martin (Westville, IN) with four digs and Cassie Yaros (Wheatfield, IN) with one kill

The Purdue University North Central women's volleyball team defeated host Indiana University Northwest 30-3, 30-24, 30-12 in Gary, IN Tuesday night.

For PNC Sam Svetic (Michigan City, IN) had 12 aces and 12 kills while hitting .471. Sunshine Johns (Michigan City, IN) had 4 digs, 9 kills and hit .300 and Ashley Morford (Michigan City, IN) added six kills and hit .545. Angela Edwards (Kouts, IN) contributed 4 aces, 34 assists and two dump kills.

The PNC volleyball team traveled to Glen Ellyn, IL Saturday morning to participate in the College of DuPage Invitational.

PNC lost to Elgin Community College 30-26, 31-29 in the opening match and fell to Oakton Community College 30-20, 30-26 in their second match. But the Panthers rebounded to finish 1-2 overall by defeating Black Hawk East Community College 31-29, 30-24.

Samantha Svetic (Michigan City, IN) led Purdue with 25 kills, Ashley Morford (Michigan City, IN) had 20 kills and Sunshine Johns (Michigan city, IN) added six solo blocks and 20 digs. Dana Barkas (Valparaiso, IN) contributed 34 digs for the Panthers.

PNC's record now stands at 2-7 overall. The Panthers play again Tuesday at Indiana University Northwest at 7 p.m. in Gary, IN.

The Purdue North Central volleyball club team defeated Prairie State Community College 30-24, 25-30, 30-24, 24-30, 15-9 in Chicago Heights, IL for their first-ever win in their inaugral year of volleyball.

The Panthers will start this year as a club program before making the jump to a NAIA intercollegiate sport for the 2007-08 academic year, competing as an independent. In 2008-09 PNC will complete their transition by competing as a member of the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference.

Dana Barkas (Valparaiso, IN) led the Panthers with 14 digs and two aces while Sam Svetic (Michigan City, IN) led all players with 15 kills and three errors in 24 attempts for a very high .500 hitter rating. It was her third .500 or .500 plus rating in six matches. She also had six solo block kills.

Ashley Morford (Michigan City, IN) had 12 kills, Sunshine Johns (Michigan City, IN) contributed nine digs and Melissa McCaughey (Westville, IN) added five kills for the Panthers.

The PNC Volleyball program took its first step towards becoming an intercollegiate program by competing as a club team verses intercollegiate competition at the Concordia Invitational (MI) in Ann Arbor, MI this past weekend (September 1st and 2nd).

The Panthers will start this year as a club program before making the jump to a NAIA intercollegiate sport for the 2007-08 academic year, competing as an independent. In 2008-09 PNC will complete their transition by competing as a member of the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference.

The Panther volleyball club team, with no scholarships or recruited players, was competitive at the tournament against long established varsity teams.

In Friday's round-robin play PNC lost to eventual champion, Concordia (IL) 30-19, 30-10, 30-21. In their second match the inexperienced Panthers put up a great fight against a tall and strong Concordia (WI) team but fell 30-26, 30-18, 30-25. The Panthers also lost to the host Cardinals in four games 30-28, 29-31, 30-15, 30-25.

PNC opened Saturday against Concordia (WI), the team that blitzed through the field on day one of the tournament and lost 30-14,30-16, 30-15. However, In the third place match, PNC rebounded for a competitive match to Concordia (MI) before falling 30-24, 11-30, 30-28, 30-24.

Game two was a thing of beauty for PNC. With the Cardinals having a 2-1 lead, PNC exploded for 12-straight points and had a surprising 13-2 lead considering how equal the two squads were. The Cardinals pulled within eight at 15-7, but the Panthers put the game away with a seven-point surge to take a commanding 22-7 lead en route to the 30-11 win.

With the rookie PNC feeling good about their chances and Concordia reeling, game three couldn't have been more pivotal - and as time would tell - it was the most exciting of the four games. The Cardinals appeared to be on cruise control midway through the contest when they sat with a seemingly comfortable 19-11 margin.  PNC fought their way back several times, pulling within one at 27-26 and 29-28 but the Cardinals were able to pick up the final point to take a 2-1 lead after winning game three 30-28.

Trailing 19-14 in the fourth game, Concordia found another level and were able to generate an eight-point streak to wrestle control of the game and match away from the Panthers and finish third overall in the tournament.

Freshman Angela Edwards (Kouts, IN) was the lone Panther to earn All-Tournament honors for PNC. PNC stat leaders for the tournament were: Edwards with 120 assists and 96% setting efficiency. Sam Svetic (Michigan City) had 60 kills while Ashley Morford (Michigan City, IN) and Sunshine Johns (Michigan City, IN) had 25 kills each. Dana Barkas (Valparaiso, IN) had 85 digs and 8 aces while Daisy Lee (Grays Lake, IL) added 8 aces.

Other Panther volleyball players competing in the first-ever club match for PNC included Melissa McCaughey (Westville, IN), Amanda Martin (Westville, IN), Cassie Yaros (Wheatfield, IN), and Felecia Fisher (Chesterton, IN).

The Panthers will play Prairie State Community College on September 5th at 6 p.m. in Chicago Heights, IL.