BIRMINGHAM — The Trevecca Nazarene University volleyball team is picked sixth of 11 teams in the 2024 Gulf South Conference (GSC) Preseason Coaches' Poll. Additionally, Emma Titus is on the 2024 GSC Preseason All-Conference team.

 

This is the first season for Trevecca athletics in the GSC, after spending their first 11 years in NCAA Division II athletics, as a charter member of the then new Great Midwest Athletic Conference.

 

This is the fifth season for Emily Moore at the helm of the volleyball program at Trevecca. Moore spent one season as the associate head coach for Jayme Crowley prior to taking on the lead role in 2019.

 

West Florida is tabbed as the favorite in the 2024 Gulf South Conference Volleyball Preseason Coaches Poll.

 

The poll and preseason team are voted by GSC volleyball head coaches, who are not allowed to vote for their own team or student-athletes.

 

The West Florida Argonauts collected 99 total points and nine of the 11 first-place votes as they topped the GSC Preseason Poll for the 13th time in the last 15 years.

 

Alabama Huntsville, last season's tournament runner-up, is second with 90 points and one first-place vote. Valdosta State is third with 69 points. One-point back is Mississippi College, in fourth. The Choctaw's claimed the other first-place vote. Montevallo is fifth with 66 points, one spot ahead of the Trojans who gained 57 points. 

 

GSC PRESEASON ALL-CONFERENCE
The 2024 GSC Preseason All-Conference Team features nine student-athletes from six schools, with seven who made last season's All-GSC postseason team. 

Emma Titus is the first Trojan to make a GSC Preseason All-conference team following her breakthrough junior season. Titus, a Station Camp High School product, made the Great Midwest All-conference First Team last year. Titus led the Great Midwest in Kills Per Set (3.72) and Points Per Set (4.25). She also set a Trevecca single match record with 31 points and 27 kills. She had 11 double-doubles and eight matches with 20+ kills. Her season high for digs was 17, a mark she hit twice. Earned 478.0 points with 419 kills (.180%, added 291 digs, 62 blocks, 29 aces on the season.

West Florida led all teams with three preseason selections. Meanwhile, the 2024 Newcomer Watchlist features 20 names from eight schools.

 

The 2024 campaign marks the 43rd season of GSC volleyball and the debut of the Trevecca Trojans in the Gulf South Conference. Teams play a double-round robin conference schedule comprise of 20 matches over eight weeks.

 

HOW TO WATCH
For the second consecutive season, GSC volleyball is being streamed exclusively on FloVolleyball. Fans who subscribe here can lock in a special GSC price, and those who use an .edu email from a GSC member school can save even more on monthly or annual subscriptions.

 

SEASON OPENER
The Trevecca volleyball season begins Sept. 6-7 with the Ray Thrasher Classic in Trojan Fieldhouse on the Trevecca campus at 7:00 PM.  

 

GSC OPENER
Trevecca opens GSC play at longtime rival Union University on Tuesday, September 24 in Jackson, TN. The first home GSC match is on Friday, September 27 when the Falcons of the University of Montevallo visit Trojan Fieldhouse at 6:00 PM.

 

VOLLEYBALL RETURNS TO HOMECOMING
Mark your calendar now for the final two GSC matches of the year on the Hill, they come during Trevecca's Homecoming weekend. Mississippi College visits Friday, Nov. 1 at 6:00 PM and West Alabama battles the Trojans on Saturday, Nov. 2 at 1:00 PM.

 

2024 GSC Volleyball Championships are Nov. 19-24

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GSC VOLLEYBALL COACHES PRESASON POLL 

 

#	SCHOOL / TEAM	NICKNAME	1ST PLACE	VOTES
1	Univ. of West Florida	Argonauts	(9)	99
2	Univ. of Alabama in Huntsville	Chargers	(1)	90
3	Valdosta State Univ.	Blazers		69
4	Mississippi College	Choctaws	(1)	68
5	Univ. of Montevallo	Falcons		66
6	Trevecca Nazarene Univ.	Trojans		57
7	Auburn Univ. at Montgomery	Warhawks		51
8	Lee Univ.	Flames		43
9	Union Univ.	Bulldogs		30
10	Univ. of West Alabama	Tigers		21
11	Christian Brothers University	Buccaneers		11

*First-place votes in parenthesis ( )

 

GSC VOLLEYBALL PRESEASON ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM

 

Autumn Mayes, OH, Sr., Alabama Huntsville*

Savannah Rutledge, S, Sr., Alabama Huntsville^

Lydia Paulette, OH, Sr., Mississippi College*     

Emma Titus, OH/RS, Sr., Trevecca Nazarene

Jordan Moore, MH, Sr., Union^

Christina Pettigrew, MB, Sr., Valdosta State*

Meg Brackhan, DS/L, Sr., West Florida^

Gabi Moulton, S, So., West Florida

Jenna Zydlo, MH, Sr., West Florida^

Players listed alphabetically by school

* 2023 First Team All-GSC

^ 2023 Second Team All-GSC

 

GSC VOLLEYBALL NEWCOMER WATCHLIST

 

Ashleigh Murr – Alabama Huntsville, S, Gr., 5-7 – Dallas, Texas/Lipscomb
Emily Redman – Alabama Huntsville, OH, Fr., 5-10 – Chattanooga, Tenn./Signal Mountain HS
Haley Strawser – Alabama Huntsville, DS, Fr., 5-8 – Wesley Chapel, Fla./Wiregrass Ranch HS
Sofia Cerbuch – Auburn Montgomery, MB, Jr., 6-2 – Trieste, Italy/Iowa Western CC
Carly Cooper – Auburn Montgomery, DS/L, Jr., 5-8 – Fort Walton Beach, Fla./Pensacola State College
Payton Danley – Lee, MH/OPP, Fr., 6-0 – Buford, Ga./Buford HS
Izzy Denton – Lee, DS/L, Jr., 5-3 – Panama City, Fla./Gulf Coast State College (Fla.)
Berra Soyler – Lee, S, So., 5-11 – Bursa, Turkey/Nicholls State
Ava Antonaros – Mississippi College, OH, Fr., 5-10 – Madison, Miss./Jackson Academy
Samarin Kipple – Mississippi College, DS/L, So., 5-7 – Pilot Mountain, N.C./Birmingham-Southern College
Reese Regner – Mississippi College, S/RS, Fr., 5-8 – Collierville, Tenn./St. George's Independent School
Nikol Antova – Montevallo, OH, Fr., 6-0 – Vidin, Bulgaria/North Cobb HS
Blakely Robbins – Montevallo, S/OPP, Fr., 5-11 – Daphne, Ala./Bayside Academy
Ava Wind – Montevallo, DS/L, Fr., 5-6 – Leander, Texas/Glenn HS
Addison Cunnagin – Trevecca, OH/RS, Fr., 6-1 – Somerset, Ky./Somerset Christian HS
Lily Vanbebber – Trevecca, DS/L, Fr., 5-7 – Lake Winnebago, Mo./St. Michael the Archangel HS
Carleigh Charles – Union, OH, Fr., 6-0 – Nolensville, Tenn./Independence HS
Hannah Hamill – Union, OPP/MB, So., 5-11 – Sunshine Coast, Australia/St. Johns River State College (Fla.)
Sarah-Kate Savage – Union, DS/L, Fr., 5-6 – Murfreesboro, Tenn./Rockvale HS
Avery Mullins – Valdosta State, S, R-Fr., 5-8 – Cary, N.C./West Virginia State

*Players listed alphabetically by school; submitted by head coach

 

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