Falcon volleyball Coach Patti Ford earned her 400 th career win when the Falcons defeated Macalester, three games to two, on Tuesday night (Oct. 16) at the Karges Center.

Ford, in her 16 th year with the Falcons, has a 400-193 record. She is second among active WIAC coaches in wins and is fifth of all WIAC coaches in career victories. She has led the Falcons to six NCAA Div. III national playoff berths. She has led UWRF to four (1996, 1999, 2002, 2003) WIAC regular season titles and one (1996) tournament playoff championship. The 1999 Falcon team finished the WIAC season with a perfect 8-0 record.

Ford has coached seven AVCA All-Americans, 15 AVCA All-Region players, two WIAC Players of the Year, four WIAC Scholar-Athletes and 23 All-WIAC players.

In 2003 Ford led the Falcons to 35 wins and to the NCAA Sweet 16.   In 1995 the Falcons set a record for season wins with 38. She has been named the WIAC Coach of the Year in 1996, 2000 and 2003.

The Falcons host UW-Oshkosh on Friday at 7 p.m., and UW-Whitewater on Saturday at noon at the Karges Center.

Patti Ford