Samford Volleyball Players Begin Spring Workouts

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Samford Volleyball Players Begin Spring Workouts

--- Bulldogs to play in four tournaments this spring ---

 

 

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. ---- The Samford University volleyball team has begun spring workouts and now looks forward to seeing some action beginning in late March.

 

The Bulldogs will compete in springs tournaments at Alabama (March 27), at the Ohio Valley Volleyball Center (April 10) and at Ole Miss (April 24). The tournaments will be all-day events. Samford head coach Derek Schroeder hopes to add a fourth date at home but that has not been determined yet.

 

“All three of these tournaments will afford us ample opportunities to compete,” Samford head coach Derek Schroeder. “I am glad that after two years of training and recruiting, we have gotten to a place with this team where I am looking to play and compete in as many spring matches as possible.”

 

Samford will have 13 of its 15-player roster on campus this spring while adding two this spring to its already talented squad. The first is Lauren Hutchinson, a transfer from the University of Georgia who enrolled in January and is ready to begin workouts with the Bulldogs in the spring. The second is Lyndsey Holt, who redshirted in the fall due to an Achilles injury. She has worked hard throughout the season to get in shape, and is ready to finally get back on the court.

 

Schroeder hopes that with the amount of action his team will see this spring, the duo will get comfortable on the court with the team so they can add to the success that Samford has had in the last three years.

 

“This schedule will help Lauren get acclimated to our blocking schemes and transition speed,” Schroeder said. “It will also help Lyndsey get back into volleyball gradually and not have to risk further problems. I am excited to add both these kids into the solid foundation we already have.”

 

The Samford Bulldogs two-time North Division Volleyball Champions in the Southern Conference after just two years in the league. In the past two years, under the direction of Schroeder, the Bulldogs have posted a .703 winning percentage. Samford also put together a string of 21 straight wins since the opening of Pete Hanna Center before having that streak snapped by the College of Charleston on Oct. 17.

 

 

 

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