Volleyball Team Ranked # 1 in the Country!

The NJCAA Division III Volleyball Poll was released this afternoon and our Edison Chargers were ranked #1! This is a first for any Charger team to be placed this high in a poll. A committee of six people which includes coaches and athletic directors decide based on strength of schedule where a team will be placed on the poll.

Edison’s schedule includes all Division II teams which are scholarship programs. In addition several of the schools that we have and will compete against are nationally ranked at the Division II level. The Lady Chargers will not compete against any Division III teams until postseason play.

These polls are certainly subjective and there is a lot of volleyball to play before the season ends, but this certainly a great honor for the program and institution as I have mentioned in previous emails. The volleyball team certainly will continue to work and hope to be playing its best “ball” in November when tournament play begins.

Division III Volleyball Poll
2007 national runner-up Edison Community College (Piqua, Ohio) takes the top spot in the first regular-season NJCAA Division III Volleyball poll. The Chargers are followed by defending national champins Ridgewater College (Willmar, Minn.) in second and third-place finisher Central Lakes College (Brainerd, Minn.) in third.

* Brookhaven, the 2004 and 2005 national champions, opened the season with 15 matches against Division I opponents and one match against a Division II opponent, defeating Division I Western Texas and Ranger.

Edison Earns First Conference Win-Defeats Columbus State

The Lady Chargers traveled to Columbus State to get their first conference win of the season by defeating the Cougars in four 19-30, 30-27, 33-31, 30-28. The win improves the Chargers record to 10-3 overall and 1-0 in the conference.

Edison’s next match will be at Clark State on Saturday morning with the first serve beginning at 11:00am. Go Chargers!

---Chip Hare

Volleyball Team Receives National Recognition

Just recently the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) just released their first Division III volleyball pre-season poll and our Edison Chargers were ranked # 5 in the country. The first poll is based on returning players, results from the previous season, and strength of schedule for the upcoming season.

The Lady Chargers return 3 players from last year’s national runner-up team. They include Laura Deaton, Jessica Girod, and Natasha Selle . All of which will be considered top regional players for this upcoming season. Girod will seriously be considered as a pre-season All-American for Division III.

The volleyball team has gotten off to a strong start thus far earning a 10-3 record. Some of their biggest wins of the season to this point have been winning the Central Ohio Invitational Tournament and upsetting nationally ranked Division II Macomb Community College. All of the Chargers defeats came to Division II teams and two of which were nationally ranked.

While there is a lot of volleyball to be played this season, it is a nice honor for the team as well as our college. The next poll will be released on September 12.

---Chip Hare

Lady Chargers Have Strong Outing at the Owens Weekend Volleyball Classic

Coach Snider-Dearth took her Lady Chargers to compete in the Owens C.C. Invitational this past weekend. The competition was outstanding where there were five ranked NJCAA Division II(scholarship) teams participating. Edison was the only Division III(non-scholarship) team competing.

The volleyball team finished 4-2 including earning a huge win over Division II nationally ranked Macomb Community College. The Lady Chargers entered this weekend's play hoping to finish in the top half of the invitational and they did just that. Their only two losses came to nationally ranked teams in Vincennes University and Kalamazoo Valley C.C..

Edison's overall record is now 9-3. The Lady Chargers will open conference play on Wednesday when they travel to Columbus State C.C.. The match begins at 6:00pm. Go Chargers!

---Chip Hare

Volleyball Team Gets First Road Victory of the Year

September 3, 2007
Edison secured its first road win of the year by defeating a very pesky Urbana team in five games last Wednesday night. The Lady Chargers were led in all statistical categories by the three returning sophomores of Laura Deaton, Jessica Girod, and Natasha Selle. Their leadership helped their team prevail in a very challenging environment. Edison's record improved to 5-1.

---Chip Hare