November 15, 2007 - A wonderful 2007 season came to an end Thursday afternoon for the Hillsdale College volleyball team, as the Chargers lost a 3-1 decision to the University of Indianapolis. Hillsdale finishes the season at 26-8, losing in the first round of the NCAA Division II Regional Tournament at Grand Valley State University.

The Chargers opened the match playing well, winning game one 30-24. But the Greyhounds played with energy and executed soundly in winning games two and three by identical scores of 30-24. Hillsdale matched Indy's energy through game four, and battled toe to toe before falling 32-30.

Although the current season came to an end Thursday, the Chargers have to be encouraged by the strong play in the match of some of its younger players, particularly freshmen Amanda Bigney and Amanda Geelhoed.

Bigney set a new career-high with 24 kills and hit .409 for the match. She became Hillsdale's primary offensive weapon throughout the match and was too powerful for Indy to block in most of her attacks.

Geelhoed had five kills and thre block assists and played well along the front row during her time in the match.

Junior Stephanie Booms played a brilliant match, recording her second career triple double. She finished with 14 kills, 50 assists and 12 digs. Her first triple double came way back on Sept. 13, 2005, her first career GLIAC match, at Wayne State.

Hillsdale and Indy hit neary identical percentages in the match (.291-.293), but the Greyhounds took advantage of 10 Charger service errors and had six more kills in the match.

Senior Melissa Bartlett, playing her final collegiate match, had 13 kills, 17 digs and five block assists. Fellow senior Megan Howard wrapped up a record-breaking career with a team-high 18 digs.

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