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Eastfield volleyball coach Phil Nickel speaks with the team after practice in the gymnasium on September 6.

Phil Nickel announced as new volleyball coach

MOIRA MCINTEE, Managing Editor September 6, 2022

Phil Nickel was announced as Eastfield’s new head coach for women’s volleyball on Tuesday. He is stepping into the role after former head coach, Brandon Crisp, accepted a position with Lamar University...

Naomi Polnett attacks for Eastfield during the game against North Central Texas College on Aug. 31.

Women’s volleyball starts season without head coach

MOIRA MCINTEE, Managing Editor September 6, 2022

The Eastfield women’s volleyball team has started its season without a full-time head coach. The Harvester Bees lost their previous coach, Brandon Crisp, over the summer when he took a head coaching...

Kaylee Logan serves the ball in Fridays game against Brookhaven. Photo by Rory Moore/The Et Cetera

Harvesters fall to Brookhaven in Region V semifinals

ALEJANDRO CONTRERAS, Contributor October 30, 2021

Eastfield’s volleyball season ended Friday night with a 3-1 loss to Brookhaven in the semifinals of the Region V tournament. The three sets were all close, with the Bears edging the Harvesters 26-24,...

Allie Jones serves the ball against Cedar Valley on Sept. 30 where the Harvesters won 3-2. Photo by Rory Moore/The Et Cetera

Change in position brings hardships, rewards to Jones

ALEJANDRO CONTRERAS, Contributor October 12, 2021

Before her freshman season with the Harvesters, Allie Jones had spent her volleyball career as an offensive outside hitter. Then Eastfield coach Brandon Crisp told her it was time to focus on a defensive...

Volleyball misses nationals, first time in four years

Volleyball misses nationals, first time in four years

November 12, 2019

  By BRIANNA HARMON @ItsBHarmonETC After being up 2-0 in the Dallas Athletic Conference tournament championship game, the Eastfield volleyball team lost the final three sets to Brookhaven, preventing...

Following physical and emotional hardship, Courtanae Calhoun is looking to strike back

Following physical and emotional hardship, Courtanae Calhoun is looking to strike back

September 25, 2019

By Brianna Harmon @ItsBHarmonETC Blood poured down Courtanae Calhoun’s face as she hurried down the street to escape her abuser on her 20th birthday. Moments earlier, he had hurled a jewelry box at...

Team sets sight on nationals: ‘We are going back’

Team sets sight on nationals: ‘We are going back’

August 26, 2019

By BRIANNA HARMON @ItsBHarmonETC Eastfield volleyball captain Catherine Mudd surveyed the court as she walked down the net shaking hands with the players from Owens Community College. Her eyes were locked...

One grand slam: Harvester coaches eclipse 1,000 wins while cementing legacies

One grand slam: Harvester coaches eclipse 1,000 wins while cementing legacies

April 4, 2019

Eastfield coaches Michael Martin, Anthony Fletcher and Brandon Crisp hit a cumulative 1,000 wins in the 2018-2019 season. The wins come following volleyball’s second-place finish in the national tournament...

Micah Turner cries after the Harvesters’ loss to Owens Community College. Owens, which stepped down from Division II to Division III this year, beat Eastfield 15-13 in the fifth set to claim the national title. Turner’s reaction was not unique among the squad. Photo by James Hartley/The Et Cetera

‘They had such a hard team to fight’: Eastfield volleyball suffers defeat in five-set championship match

December 4, 2018

By JAMES HARTLEY @ByJamesHartley ROCHESTER, Minn. — It was the best game of volleyball Eastfield head coach Brandon Crisp said he’s ever seen. The Harvesters had come back from a two-set deficit in...

Sophomore libero Maura Munoz addresses the squad after their 3-2 loss in the national championship match. Eastfield placed second in the nation with that match. Photo by James Hartley/The Et Cetera

Volleyball claims second in nation after loss to Owens

November 11, 2018

By JAMES HARTLEY @ByJamesHartley The Harvesters’ fight for the NJCAA national volleyball title came to a dramatic end Saturday in a five-set match against first seeded Owens College, ending in a showdown...

The Harvesters bested Central Lakes College 3-0 in the semi-final match to earn their way to the championship game. They will play Owens at 6 p.m. Nov. 10. Photo by James Hartley/The Et Cetera

Harvesters head to volleyball championship match

November 10, 2018

By JAMES HARTLEY @ByJamesHartley Third seed Eastfield volleyball is headed to the National Junior College Athletics Association Division III championship match after a 3-0 victory over second seed Central...

Middle blocker Alex McPherson goes for a kill in Eastfields match against Lorain County Community College, the first match of the NJCAA volleyball national tournament. The Harvesters won the match 3-0. Photo by James Hartley/The Et Cetera

Eastfield volleyball wins first national tournament match

November 8, 2018

ROCHESTER, MN— Eastfield volleyball is ready to take on anyone in the National Junior CollegeAthletic Association Division III championship tournament, head coach Brandon Crisp said. It won't be an easy...

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