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Volleyball

Quick Facts

Head Coach: Heidi Luehmann Jaynes, tenth season
Phone: (507) 222-4447 Fax: (507)222-7925
Email: hjaynes@carleton.edu
Alma Mater/Year:
University of Oklahoma, 1996

Record at School: 139-98/nine seasons
Career Record: Same

Assistant Coaches
Amy Tenute
Shelly Caron
Joe Swiggum

Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 10/5
Starters Returning/Lost:
3 + libero/3

2007 record: 19-6 overall, 7-5 MIAC (T-3rd)

Captains:
Sarah Kunelius, Megan LaChapelle, Katie Stanchak

Top Returners:
Heather LaChapelle, Sr., S, (Eagan, Minn./Eagan HS)
Samantha Hendricks, Sr., MH/OH, (Watertown, Minn./Watertown-Mayer HS)
Annie Eckhoff, So., MH, (Northfield, Minn./Northfield HS)
Sarah Kunelius, Jr., MH, (Eagan, Minn./Eagan HS)
Laura Barsness, So., L/DS, (Lakeville, Minn./Lakeville North HS)
Megan LaChapelle, Jr., OH, (Eagan, Minn./Eagan HS)

Top Newcomers:
Kelly Lovett, Fy., MH/OH, (Portland, Ore./Lincoln HS), All-Conference, All-State, Conference Player of the Year
Beth Jarrett, Fy., S, (Mounds View, Minn./Irondale HS)
Kyla Walter, Fy., MH, (Aspen, Colo./Aspen HS), All-Conference
Maddy Lenhard, Fy., DS/S, (Eden Prairie, Minn./Eden Prairie HS)

Key Losses
Dani Hargreaves, Graduated, OH, (Brandon, Manitoba/Vincent Massey HS)

History/Notes
Knights won 2004 MIAC regular-season title, first in program history… 22 victories in 2004 and 2005 marked the most since 1988... In 2004 Knights .880 winning percentage set a new school record, as did its .909 conference winning percentage… Carleton also had its first All-Americans in program history in 2004, middle blocker Beth Freeman '05 (third team) and outside hitter Katie Freeman '05 (honorable mention)… The Knights won a school-record 13 consecutive matches and 27 consecutive individual games in 2004… Team has notched seven consecutive winning seasons from 2001-2007 for the first time in school history… Twenty victories in 2003 were the most since 1988… Regular season MIAC championship in 2004 was the first in school history… Jaynes was MIAC's Coach of the Year in 2003 and 2004 and AVCA regional coach of the year in 2004 and currently ranks second on Carleton's all-time win list with 139 victories…Starting with the 2001 season,Knights are 127-52 overall, 49-29 in MIAC play… The Knights, under Jaynes' directions, have posted seven consecutive winning seasons...Team has earned the AVCA Team Academic Award in 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2005… First year of volleyball 1973… In 2005 the Knights qualified for the NCAA for the first time since 1985, beat Concordia-Moorhead in the first round before falling to Washington Universtiy… Overall record of 459-568-13, 119-181 in MIAC play.