Niemeier suffers torn ACL in volleyball season opener

FROM NEWS SERVICE REPORTS

Although said to be almost impossible, it seems lightning has in fact struck twice on the Eastern Washington University volleyball team.

Two weeks before the 2012 season began, senior setter Laney Brown (Waterville, Wash.) suffered an injury to her big toe, which required surgery and has a projected 6-12 week recovery. Luckily, Eastern had two-year starter Lindsay Niemeier (Spokane, Wash.) ready to run offense for EWU.

But in the 2012 season-opener on Aug. 24 in Laramie, Wyo., the junior setter tore the anterior cruciate ligament in her left knee. A physician's assess...

 

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