The American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) announced the 2017 All-American teams on Wednesday. Michigan State placed four players on the teams: Autumn Bailey (Burlington, Ontario) and Alyssa Garvelink (Holland, Mich.) were Second Team All-America selections, while Rachel Minarick (Naperville, Ill.) and Holly Toliver (Berrien Springs, Mich.) were Honorable Mention picks.
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Holly Toliver Helps Spartans to Sweep of Auburn
MSU picked up its second win of the 2017 season on Saturday afternoon, downing Auburn 3-0 (25-16, 25-19, 25-20). The 17th-ranked Spartans are now 2-0, and Auburn falls to 1-1. The two teams put on a display of powerful, physical volleyball, with both teams taking big swings. MSU held the edge in kills (32-27), blocks (10-3), aces (10-4) and digs (49-43), and held the Tigers to a .049 hitting percentage.
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Toliver, Kranda Enjoy Summer Volleyball Experiences
Rising seniors Brooke Kranda (Westfield, Ill.) and Holly Toliver (Berrien Springs, Mich.) had some fantastic volleyball opportunities this summer that have them excited for the 2017 season to begin.
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Holly Toliver Selected for U.S. Collegiate National Team
Rising senior Holly Toliver (Berrien Springs, Mich.) has been selected as part of USA Volleyball’s U.S. Collegiate National Team-Minneapolis (CNT-Minneapolis) program.
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Five Spartans Headed to USA Volleyball Tryouts
Michigan State is sending five student-athletes to the annual U.S. Women’s National Team Open Tryouts this weekend (March 3-5), which will take place at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Heading to the tryout will be rising seniors Alyssa Garvelink (Holland, Mich.), Holly Toliver (Berrien Springs, Mich.), and Brooke Kranda (Westfield, Ind.), redshirt freshman Lauren Swartz (Pittsburgh, Pa.), and freshman Jamye Cox (Oregon, Ohio).