2008-2009 Varsity Volleyball
Destiny Tolliver has been named Second Team All-County by the Oakland Press while teammate Katie Bloomgren, Lindsay Kander, Dalton Tolliver and Catherine Wieczorek were Honorable Mention selections. (December 19, 2008)
After reaching the quarterfinals for the 5th time in school history, the top players on this year's volleyball team have picked up post-season awards from the Volleyball Coaches Association. Hannah Ziegler (Academic All-State), Destiny Tolliver (2nd team All-State, All-Region), Dalton Tolliver (All-Region), Lindsay Kander (All-Region), Catherine Wieczorek (HM All-State, All-Region), Lauryn Hammond (All-Region) and Katie Bloomgren (All-Region) were all recognized.
2008 CHSL Honor Teams (December 8, 2008)
MHSAA Class-B Tournament Bracket
Defending champs ousted (Oakland Press, November 19, 2008)
Usual Suspects in Quarterfinals (Oakland Press, November 18, 2008)
Vikings season ends against NDP (Times Herald, November 14, 2008)
Irish continue to keep Vikings down (Oakland Press, November 14, 2008)
Notre Dame Prep advances to regional final— At Pontiac, Lauryn Hammond went 14-for-14 serving with 13 points and one ace and she was also 28-for-28 setting with 12 assists for Pontiac Notre Dame Prep, which defeated Hamtramck 25-6, 25-6, 25-7 in a volleyball regional semifinal Tuesday.
Kate Bloomgren went 15-for-16 serving with 13 points and four aces and Christine Ruggeri was 34-for-34 setting with 14 assists for the Irish.
Notre Dame Prep will host Marysville in a regional final on Thursday at 7 p.m. (Oakland Press, November 12, 2008)
Pontiac Notre Dame Prep 25-25-25, Warren Regina 21-16-7 — At Pontiac, Kate Bloomgren was 21-for-22 serving, with two aces, 13 points and seven digs, Destiny Tolliver went 11-for-12 serving with one ace and nine points, and was 19-for-21 attacking with 11 kills and two blocks. Dalton Tolliver was 20-for-23 attacking with eight kills and two blocks, and Lindsay Kander went 24-for-28 attacking with 10 kills and two blocks for Prep (45-13-3) in a Class B district fi nal. (November 7, 2008)
Notre Dame Prep 25-25-25, Madison Heights Lamphere 11-8-3 - at Pontiac, Lauryn Hammond went 17-for-17 serving with 14 points and one ace as well as 85-for-85 setting with 35 assists for the Irish (44-12-3). Lindsay Kander went 6-for-6 serving with four aces and four points. She also went 21-for-22 attacking with 15 kills and three blocks for NDP. Destiny Tolliver went 15-for-15 serving with three aces and four points. She also went 23-for-25 attacking with 14 kills and three blocks. Notre Dame Prep will play Warren Regina in the district final on Friday at 6pm. (Oakland Press, November 6, 2008)
Quest for Battle Creek begins (Oakland Press, November 3, 2008)
Marian ends Irish hopes (Oakland Press, October 24, 2008)
Notre Dame Prep finished second at the Oxford Invite on October 18, 2008. The Irish fell to Birmingham Marian 25-14, 25-13 in the championship game.
Notre Dame Prep 25-25-25, Bishop Foley 15-9-12 - At Pontiac, Cristina Ruggeri and Lindsay Kander were each 16 of 16 serving and had 13 points apiece for the Irish. Destiny Tolliver added four blocks and nine kills for Notre Dame Prep (29-9-2, 6-2 CHSL) (Oakland Press, October 17, 2008)
Dearborn Divine Child 25-20-25-25, Notre Dame Prep 23-25-22-23 - At Dearborn, Catherine Wieczorek had 11 kills and four blocks to lead the Irish (28-9-2, 6-2 CHSL). Dalton Tolliver added six kills and six blocks. (Oakland Press, October 13, 2008)
Andover Tournament — At Bloomfield Hills, Clarkston went 7-0 on the day, defeating Pontiac Notre Dame Prep in the finals, 25-9 and 25-11. Notre Dame went 5-1-1 on the day, led by Lindsay Kander, who went 72-for-80 attacking with 24 kills and nine blocks, a perfect 47-for-47 serving with four aces and 29 points. Cathy Wieczorek had 30 kills and eight blocks, with 19 aces and 35 points, Hannah Zeigler had 21 kills and Kate Bloomgren was 66-for-68 serving with two aces, 37 points and 44 digs for the Fighting Irish (28-8-2). (Oakland Press, October 12, 2008)
Pontiac Notre Dame Prep 25-25-25, Riverview Gabriel Richard 18-13-10
— At Pontiac, Lindsay Kander led Notre Dame Prep (22-7-1, 4-1 CHSL) with 11-for-12 serving, nine points, three aces, 10-for-14 attacking, four kills and two blocks. Destiny Tolliver was 18-for-21 attacking with nine kills and six blocks and Cathy Wieczorek was 13-for-14 attacking with six kills and two blocks and was 15-for-16 serving with 11 points and four aces. (Oakland Press, October 8, 2008)
Pontiac Notre Dame Prep 25-25-25, Madison Heights Bishop Foley 5-14-10 — At Madison Heights, Mary Kate Zinn went 8-for-8 serving with six aces and went 15-for-16 attacking with six kills and four blocks, Cathy Wieczorek went 23-for-23 serving with 19 points and went 15-for-15 attacking with seven kills and five blocks, and Katie Bloomgren went 18-for-19 serving with 15 points and seven digs for Notre Dame Prep (21-7-1, 3-1 CHSL AA). (Oakland Press, October 1, 2008)
The Goodrich Tournament — At Goodrich,Pontiac Notre Dame Prep advanced to the semifinals before falling to Bloomfield Hills Lahser. (Oakland Press, September 28, 2008)
Pontiac Notre Dame Prep 25-25-22-25, Riverview Gabriel Richard 17-11-25-19 — At Riverview, Catherine Wieczorek was 25-for-25 serving for 18 points, including four aces and Hannah Ziegler added four kills and three blocks in a winning effort for Notre Dame Prep. (Oakland Press, September 19, 2008)
Dearborn Divine Child 25-25-24-22-15, Pontiac Notre Dame Prep 17-23-26-25-8 — At Pontiac, Lindsey Kander had 16 kills, Destiny Tollibier had 15 kills and four blocks, and Dalton Tollibier had five kills, and six blocks for Notre Dame Prep (8-2, 0-1). (Oakland Press, September 8, 2008)
Destiny Tolliver among Top Ten in County (Oakland Press, September 2, 2008)
Irish ranked 7th in County (Oakland Press, September 2, 2008)
Destiny Tolliver Top Ten area player (Detroit News, August 27, 2008)
Notre Dame Prep is ranked #8 (Detroit News, August 27, 2008)
Pontiac Notre Dame Prep 22-25-25-25, Rochester 25-22-19-20; Pontiac Notre Dame Prep 25-25-25, Romeo 17-8-16; Pontiac Notre Dame Prep 25-25-25, Lake Orion 20-16-12 — At Lake Orion, Pontiac Notre Dame Prep dropped its first game to Rochester, then went on to defeat the Falcons in the next three games and sweep both Romeo and host Lake Orion. Lindsey Kander scored 21 points for the Fighting Irish (7-1) and Destiny Tolliver had 41 kills and 21 blocks. (Oakland Press, August 26, 2008)
Farmington defeated ND Prep 25-22, 26-24 in finals of the West Bloomfield Invitational on August 23, 2008.
2007 NDP Schedule (Oakland Press, August 17, 2008)
2007 NDP Roster (Oakland Press, August 17, 2008)
Team of Destiny, NDP Volleyball 8th Best All-Time (Oakland Press, August 17, 2008)
Let the Fall Games Begin (Oakland Press, August 11, 2008)