2006 Volleyball Roster
Roster
Orshi Kriegel
- Position:
- OH
- Height:
- 6-0
- Class:
- Senior
- High School/Previous School:
- Eotvos Lorand University
- Hometown:
- Jaszbereny, Hungary
Highly-skilled outside hitter and lone senior on the 2006 MSU squad...A starter in 57 matches with experience in 195 games...Enters the season with a team-leading 577 career kills, a .192 hitting percentage, 463 digs and 63 aces ...Has the distinction of being the first European to play volleyball at Mississippi State...Teamed with outside hitter/setter Eva Kriegel to form MSU volleyball's first sister tandem last fall.
2005 (JUNIOR):
Started 26 of MSU's 27 matches and played in 98 of 99 games in her second season with the Bulldogs...Ranked second on the team with 313 kills (3.19 KPG), leading the team in kills in eight matches...Compiled a .191 hitting percentage...Reached double figures in kills 16 times (eight times against SECtimes), including a career-high 24 kills against Arkansas-Little Rock (9/17) in the MSU/Microtel Classic...Also reached the 20-kill mark in three other matches with 23 against UW-Milwaukee (9/2), 22 against Florida (9/23) and 20 against Indiana State (9/9)...Became the fourth Bulldog all-time to record a triple-double with 20 kills, 11 digs and 12 assists against Indiana State (9/19)...Finished the year with 13 double-doubles (5 vs. SEC foes)...Hit a season-best .538 in home win against Louisiana State (11/6)...Ranked third on the club with 242 digs with double-figure digs totals in 15 matches (eight vs. SECfoes)...Established a career-high with 18 digs against UW-Milwaukee (9/2)...Finished third on the team with 54 assists, including a career-high 13 against Indiana State (9/9) in the Marriott Flyer Invitational...Served up 29 aces, four each at Virginia Tech (9/3) and against Arkansas (11/4)...Earned all-tournament team honors at the Marriott Flyer Invitational in Dayton, Ohio and all-tournament and was the tabbed the MVP at the Hokie Fall Invitational at Blacksburg, Va...Among five MSU players named to the 2005 SEC Volleyball Academic Honor Roll...Also a nominee for ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America Team honors.
2004 (SOPHOMORE):
One of five Bulldogs and three MSU newcomers to compete in all 30 matches...Drew 21 starts and played in 93 of MSU's 111 games...Finished second on the team with 264 kills (2.84 digs per game) and fifth with 221 digs...Also contributed 34 service aces, third-most on the team...Made her MSU debut with six kills, five digs and a team-leading two blocks in State's season-opening win over Northwestern State (9/3) in the Hibernia Bank Classic in Lafayette, La...Reached double-digit totals in kills 15 times, including four of her last five matches...Reached double digits for the first time with a team-high 17 kills against Idaho (9/10) in Columbia, Mo...Turned in perhaps the season's top performance by a Bulldog at Tennessee (10/8) with a season-high 18 kills, no errors and a .783 hitting percentage...Led MSU in kills in eight matches...Also posted double digits in digs six times, including a season-high 17 against Louisiana Tech (9/18) and 17 at Auburn (11/5)...Led MSU with two blocks in her MSU debut against Northwestern State (9/3) and matched that total in three more times...Drew her first career start in the next match against Creighton (9/11)...Played in all 16 SEC matches, 15 as a starter...Averaged 3.24 kills and 2.46 digs against SEC competition...Ranked third on the team with five double-doubles, her first a 13-kill, 17-dig performance in a 3-2 MSU/Microtel Classic win over Louisiana Tech (9/18).
PRE-MSU:
Attended Lehel Vezer Gimnazium in Jaszbereny, Hungary...Veteran of 10 seasons of club volleyball competition...Competed the last three years for the Vasas SCclub team coached by Karoly Ratimorszki...Helped lead her team to a silver medal in the 2004 Hungarian Women's Championships in Budapest...Attended Eotvos Lorand University, Hungary's largest university (30,000 students) in 2002 and 2003.
PERSONAL:
Born Orsolya Klara Kriegel on March 1, 1981 in Jaszbereny, Hungary...Daughter of Eva Kosa and Jozsef Kriegel of Jaszbereny, Hungary...Majoring in interdisciplinary studies...Older sister of MSU teammate Eva Kriegel.
