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Historic Moments and Notable Performances
Updated through the 2008 season
- Volleyball has been an intercollegiate sport at Hope since 1972.
- The Flying Dutch began playing their home matches at the DeVos Fieldhouse
in 2006, posting a 9-2 record. The 2007 team was undefeated at DeVos (11-0).
The three-year record of the Flying Dutch is 29-4. An NCAA Division III record
crowd (2,307) was treated to a classic Hope/Calvin volleyball match
at DeVos
Fieldhouse. In a showdown of nationally ranked volleyball teams, the visiting
Knights prevailed in five games, 25-20, 23-25, 13-25, 25-18, 15-13. The match was moved from
the the DeVos Fieldhouse volleyball court to the main arena in order to accomodate
the large turnout of fans.
- In seven seasons as head coach (1997-2003), Maureen Dunn guided the Flying
Dutch to four MIAA titles and three appearances in the NCAA Division III
championships. She is the winningest coach in Hope volleyball history, posting
a 168-79 overall
record and 77-15 mark against MIAA opponents.
- Current coach Becky Schmidt had an outstanding Hope playing career and is
now coaching the Flying Dutch. Voted the MIAA's most valuable player as a
junior and
senior, she became Hope's first Division III All-American in 1998. In five
seasons she has guided the Flying Dutch to two MIAA championships and two
appearances in the NCAA tournament.
- Holly Vandenberg '90 is one of two Hope players to achieve All-MIAA volleyball
honors for four consecutive years. An all-around athlete, she was All-MIAA
twice in basketball and once in softball.
- Three of Hope's MIAA championship teams -- 1987 (12-0), 1997 (12-0) and 2005 (16-0) -- were undefeated.
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