Vikings finish season winners of six of final nine; Doak named team MVP and lands in top five in program history with 2,403 career assists
 
The Augustana Vikings women's volleyball team ended the 2021 season on a high note, winning six of their final nine matches as they young squad concluded the year with an 11-21 record, 2-6 in the CCIW.
 
The season featured some outstanding individual performances. Senior setter Olivia Doak ended her 2021 campaign with a total of 631 assists and rounds out her career at Augie with 2,403, good for fifth most for a career in program history. She was voted the team MVP for the 2021 season, her second team MVP in a row, and placed eighth in the CCIW in assists per set and fifth in total assists. In addition to her on-the-court accomplishments, Doak was recently named to the CoSIDA Academic All-Region team and will be eligible for Academic All-American voting to take place in December.
 
Sophomore defensive specialist Grace Vranicar led the CCIW in digs per set throughout conference play with an average of 4.93. She played in all 32 matches for the Vikings this season and made an appearance in 116 of the team's 118 sets played. She finished the year with a receiving percentage of .944 and cracked triple-digits in assists with 101. Vranciar was also named to the all-tournament team in the early-season outing in California and ended 2021 with eight matches with 20-plus digs, including 33 in a come-from-behind 3-2 victory against Dubuque on October 15. She tallied double-digit digs in 30 of 32 contests played this year. The sophomore was named Second Team All-Conference this year for her efforts.

Sophomore Emily Schipper was the team leader in kills this season with a total of 342, ranking her fifth in the CCIW. Schipper also earned all-tournament honors in a non-conference home tournament earlier in the year at the Viking Classic, as well as the home Pumpkin Bash. She finished second on the team in blocks in 2021. Teammate Ja'Nya Davis led the Vikings with 62 total blocks and was eighth in the conference in blocks per set.

Four-year letter winner Lexis Miller finished fourth on the team in 2021 in sets played, second among hitters, and posted a career-high 13 kills against John Carroll on October 1. She ended her senior campaign fourth on the team in both kills and hitting percentage and closes the book on her Augie tenure with 79 matches played.

The Vikings played in a total of seven five-set matches this season, their most since the 2015 season. Five losses came in five sets this year, but perhaps their biggest win also came in five when they erased a 2-0 deficit to defeat Dubuque in mid-October. The victory over the Spartans was the first of their 6-3 record to close out the year.
 
2020 CCIW VOLLEYBALL STANDINGS

SCHOOL	CONF	CPCT.	OVERALL	PCT.	STREAK
Illinois Wesleyan	7-1	0.875	19-13	0.594	L1
Carthage	6-2	0.750	20-11	0.645	L1
Elmhurst	6-2	0.750	16-13	0.552	L2
Wheaton	5-3	0.625	13-17	0.433	L9
Millikin	5-3	0.625	21-11	0.656	L1
North Park	3-5	0.375	20-11	0.645	L1
Augustana	2-6	0.250	11-21	0.344	W2
North Central	2-6	0.250	7-10	0.412	L3
Carroll	0-8	0.000	7-20	0.259	W1

 
 
2021 AUGUSTANA VOLLEYBALL SUPERLATIVES
CCIW ALL-CONFERENCE SELECTIONS: Grace Vranicar (Second Team)
CCIW Player of the Week: No Players of the Week named
CCIW Academic All-Conference: Amelie Baehr-Ross, Katey Clark, Ally Curley, Olivia Doak, Jenny Dunder, Brook Fieldman, Rachel Galluzzo, Evey Gervase, Caroline Hurst, Jaden Julius, Sydney Krueger, Emmie Kulak, Rayven Repplinger, Ava Rogers, Emily Schipper, Sarah Sorrell, Katie Vilardi, Melanie Wiegmann, Emma Yager
NCAA TEAM TOP 25 – TEAM
Team total attacks: 4,275, 29th
NCAA STATISTICAL TOP 50 – INDIVIDUAL
Total attacks: 1,145, Emily Schipper, 27th
CCIW STATISTICAL LEADERS – TEAM
None
CCIW STATISTICAL TOP 5 – INDIVIDUAL
Kills per set: 2.52, Emily Schipper, 5th
Digs per set: 4.93, Grace Vranicar, 1st

INDIVIDUAL TOP TEN LISTS
CAREER
Assists: 2,403, Olivia Doak, 5th
Assists per set: 6.4, Olivia Doak, 8th
Aces: 138, Olivia Doak, 10th
Aces per set: 0.67, Olivia Doak, 6th
 
SINGLE SEASON
None
 
TEAM AWARDS
Captains: Lexis Miller, Olivia Doak
MVP: Olivia Doak
Offensive Player of the Year: Emily Schipper
Defensive Player of the Year: Grace Vranicar
Most Improved: Jenny Dunder, Sarah Sorrell
Augie Award: Sarah Sorrell
Manager of the Year: Haley Luebbers, Castra Pierre
JV MVP: Kylie Collachia
JV Most Improved: Emma Yager, Nicole Ellis
JV Augie Award: Katie Vilardi
JV Offensive Player of the Year: Molly Sullivan
JV Defensive Player of the Year: Ashley Awbrey