Old Rivalries, Familiar Faces Headline Former Wisconsin Prep Players in NCAA Tournament
Hard not to be a volleyball fan in Wisconsin this weekend. With Green Bay, Marquette, and Wisconsin all in action with Green Bay taking on Wisconsin in the first round in Madison. Besides these three programs that are loaded with Wisconsin prep athletes, there are 12 other programs across the country that will be competing this weekend with a Wisconsin prep start on their team.
Some interesting matchups stick out that will bring back some old club and conference rivalries. Marquette will be hosting High Point University out of High Point, North Carolina where they have Molly Livingston, conference player of the year, but also a native of Sun Prairie and player her club ball at Capital. High Point played in Madison against Wisconsin earlier this season.
Dayton will be playing Louisville which will feature three players from Wisconsin Volleyball Academy and Capital Volleyball Academy . Carissa Beyer and Mikaylah Van Lanen from Appleton North are accustomed to seeing Louisville’s Emily Scott across the net when she played at Kimberly, both members of the FVA. Claire Chaussee, the Freshman outside hitter for the Cardinals played against Beyer and Van Lanen in some weekend tournaments between North and Sun Prairie as well as for Capital Volleyball Academy .
Here is a complete list of former Wisconsin prep volleyball players who will be in the NCAA Tournament.
Green Bay
Alexis Dorner – Luxemburg-Casco
Kristen Paulus – Random Lake
Emily Lautenschlager – Hortonville
Vanessa Buman – Fox Valley Lutheran
Katie Koerper – St. Croix Central
Maddie Yoss – DSHA
Marquette
Claire Mosher – Waterloo
Sandy Mohr – Muskego
Hope Werch – Neenah
Allie Barber – Cedarburg
Madeline Mosher – Waterloo
Katie Schoessow – Mukwonago
Jenna Rosenthal – Fond du Lac
Wisconsin
Mallory Dixon – Manitowoc Lincoln
Sarah Dodd – Kenosha Tremper
Mariah Whalen – Wausau Newman Catholic
Nicole Shanahan – Oconomowoc
M.E. Dodge – East Troy
Minnesota
Lauren Litzau – Greendale
Dayton
Mikaylah Van Lanen – Appleton North
Carissa Beyer – Appleton North
High Point
Molly Livingston – Sun Prairie
Kentucky
Anna Nyberg – Tomahawk
Kylie Schmaltz – Verona
Missouri
Annika Gereau – Winneconne
South Dakota
Anne Rasmussen – Wisconsin Lutheran
Samford
Corinne Meglic – Green Bay Notre Dame
Louisville
Emily Scott – Kimberly
Claire Chaussee – Sun Prairie
Illinois State
Marissa Stockman – River Falls
Tennessee
Brooke Schumacher – Hartford Union
Navy
Cami Herman – Brookfield Central
Stony Brook
Paige Jaeger – Oconomowoc