Billingsley Wins 500th Career Victory

Here at College Sports, we want to celebrate milestones. Many student-athletes have reached various milestones and so have coaches. Saint Ambrose University Volleyball Coach Bruce Billingsley won his 500th career victory as he guided SAU to a 3 games to 0 shutout over Midland Lutheran at the SAU Early Bird Tournament a couple of weeks ago.

The win give Billingsley 303 wins at Saint Ambrose, an NAIA school in Davenport, IA. He began his stint at Saint Ambrose back in 1997. Since then, Billingsley has won 268 matches as the Women's Head Coach as well as 35 wins as Head of the Men's VB program giving him a total of 303 while at SAU. He began hsi college coaching career at Marycrest University, where he won nearly 200 matches while coaching both the Men's and Women's teams.

The score of the Midland Lutheran match was 25-18, 25-21, 25-23 giving him the milestone win. The Queen Bees defeated Robert Morris (ILL.) and Trinity Christian (ILL.) before losing their final match against Upper Iowa. The Queen Bees have actually won four out of their last six matches since Billingsley's milestone victory, giving the Saint Ambrose Coach a lifetime total of 504 wins. SAU takes on Mount Mercy College in Cedar Rapids, IA on Tues, Sept. 15. More information can be obtained by going to www.sau.edu.volleyball.