1982 Volleyball Team

Committed to excellence, the 1982 volleyball team won the Prairie College Conference Championship, continuing Principia’s championship standing for a second year in a row. The team also won the Illinois State Championship, beating the #1 team in NCAA Division III. The team set a new best-season record (surpassing the 1981 team’s record-breaking season) of 28–6 and was ranked 6th in NCAA Division III.

Coach: Lenore “Lee” Suarez
Assistant Coaches: Steve Morgenthaler (US ’68, C ’72), Rich Eisenauer (C’83)

Team Members: Valerie (Briscoe) Dickinson (US’79, C’83), Bonnie Cameron (C’84), Janice Church (US’81, C’90), Christine (Cooper) Studer (C’86), Lisa (Elmes) Marunde (US’79, C’84), Nancy (Filiatrault) Kearns (US’80, C’84), Mary Ann (Green) Sprague-Denison (C’84), Lisa (Heilbrun) Beatty (US’78, C’82), Anne Hopkins (C’85), Jennifer (Lurton) Keller (US’80, C’84), Loy (Mehlenbacher) Neutz (C’85), Laurie (Mingola) Darnaby (C’84), Amanda (Price) Weitman (C’83), Janet (Rowley) Rountree (C’85)