2014 american athletic conference women's volleyball media guide

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AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE VOLLEYBALL SPORTS INFORMATION CONTACTS

School SID Contact Office EmailThe American Miles McQuiggan (401) 453-0660 [email protected] Megan Herboth (407) 823-0994 [email protected] Alex Lange (513) 556-0667 [email protected] Jeff Piascik (860) 486-3531 [email protected] Carolina Lindy Zamora (252) 737-4520 [email protected] Jessika McKernan (713) 743-9404 [email protected] Will Edwards (901) 678-5223 [email protected] Mark Heise (813) 974-5755 [email protected] Travis Chamblee (214) 768-3735 [email protected] TBA TBA TBATulane Richie Weaver (504) 314-7232 [email protected] Kevin Quicker (918) 631-3720 [email protected]

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AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE STAFFCommissioner ......................................................................................................Michael L. ArescoSenior Associate Commissioner (Administration) ..............................................Donna DeMarcoSenior Associate Commissioner (Broadcasting & Digital Content) .......... Thomas R. OdjakjianAssociate Commissioner (Women’s Basketball) .............................................Barbara M. JacobsAssociate Commissioner (Football) .......................................................................... Scott DraperAssociate Commissioner (Compliance & Governance) .............................................Ellen FerrisAssociate Commissioner (Men’s Basketball) ............................................................Dan LeibovitzAssociate Commissioner (Communications) ........................................................Megan MorganAssociate Commissioner (Olympic Sports) ......................................................James A. SiedliskiChief Financial Officer ................................................................................................. John LarsonAssistant Commissioner (Digital Media) ................................................................Mark HodgkinAssistant Commissioner (Olympic Sports Administration) .................... Robert A. Weygand, Jr.Senior Director of Compliance .........................................................................Kenneth A. SchankDirector of Basketball Administration ..................................................................... Kristen BrownDirector of Football & Video Administration ...........................................................Michael CostaDirector of Business Affairs ........................................................................................ Karen GiblinDirector of Communications ..........................................................................Chevonne MansfieldDirector of Communications ................................................................................... Chuck SullivanAssistant Director of Broadcast Scheduling ...................................................... Michael A. CoyneAssistant Director of Olympic Sport Administration ...................................................Pat ColbertCoordinator of Football Officiating .......................................................................... Terry McAulayCoordinator of Men’s Basketball Officiating ............................................................... Curtis ShawCoordinator of Women’s Basketball Officiating ...............................................Debbie WilliamsonBranding & Event Coordinator ................................................................... Catherine CarmignaniDigital Communications Coordinator ........................................................................Jamie CorunAssistant to the Commissioner ...............................................................................Lisa ZanecchiaExecutive Assistant for Administration .......................................................................Lois DeBloisAdministrative Assistant ....................................................................................... Wanda L. FactorAdministrative Assistant ................................................................................................Linda YatesReceptionist ........................................................................................................... Kathy KirkpatrickAdministrative Fellow ............................................................................................... Alvin Hines, IICommunications Assistant .................................................................................Miles McQuigganCommunications Assistant .................................................................................. Rebecca ViscomiDigital Network Assistant ...........................................................................................Hali OughtonCompliance Assistant ........................................................................................... Andrew Kappers

Credits: The 2014 American Athletic Conference Women’s Volleyball Media Guide was produced by Miles McQuiggan on Adobe InDesign CS6. Editorial assistance from Chevonne Mansfield and Chuck Sullivan. Special thanks to American Athletic Conference Volleyball Sports Information Directors for their assistance. Photo Credits: Ben Solomon and School Sports Information Offices.

TABLE OF CONTENTS The American Staff/Volleyball SIDs .......2Preseason Awards ..................................3 American Athletic Conference ...............4Commisioner Michael L. Aresco ............52014 Composite Schedule ...................6-8On the Web ..............................................92014 NCAA Championship ................... 10 UCF ................................................... 11-12Cincinnati ..........................................13-14Connecticut ......................................15-16East Carolina .................................... 17-18Houston ............................................19-20Memphis ...........................................21-22USF ...................................................23-24SMU ..................................................25-26Temple ..............................................27-28Tulane ...............................................29-30Tulsa ..................................................31-322013 Review ..........................................33Record Book .....................................34-39

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2014 American Athletic Conference Preseason Coaches’ Poll

School (First Place Votes) Points1. SMU (9) 992. UCF (1) 873. Tulane (1) 794. Tulsa 735. USF 696. UConn 457. Houston 448. Memphis 409. Temple 3410. Cincinnati 2311. East Carolina 12

2014 American Athletic Conference Preseason Award Winners

Preseason All-Conference TeamKaye-Alese Green, UCFDeLaina Sarden, UCF*Karson Ratliff, UConnKadi Kullerkann, HoustonLauren Wright, MemphisErin Fairs, USF*Avery Acker, SMUCailin Bula, SMUJanelle Giordano, SMUCaroline Young, SMU*Tea Juric, Tulane*Annie Shurtz, TulaneBrooke Berryhill, TulsaErica Bohannon, Tulsa

*Unanimous selection

PRESEASON AWARDS

Preseason Player of the YearErin Fairs, USF


The American Athletic Conference#AmericanRising

Not entirely unlike the nation that provides its namesake, the American Athletic Conference was born from an ideal in which mem-bers with ambitious goals are provided with the means to succeed in their quests for excellence. With roots that extend to three conferences, the American Ath-letic Conference membership in 2014-15 consists of 11 institutions: the University of Central Florida, the University of Cincinnati, East Carolina University, the University of Connecticut, the University of Houston, the University of Memphis, the University of South Florida, Southern Meth-odist University, Temple University, Tulane University and the University of Tulsa. The 2015-16 season sees the U.S. Naval Academy join the ranks in football only. Under the leadership of commissioner Mike Aresco, The Amer-ican, which operated as the Big East Conference from 1979 to 2013, has immediately taken a place at the forefront of Division I athletics, with schools that have played in four Bowl Championship Series games, won four NCAA men’s basketball titles since 1999, and won nine NCAA wom-en’s basketball championships since 1995. Two American Athletic Conference football teams were ranked in the top 15 of the final 2013 Associated Press poll. Five were selected for bowl games, including UCF, which won the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl and finished the season ranked No. 10 nationally. The conference produced 14 players who received All-America recognition by a major outlet. The American had four players chosen in the first round of the 2014 NFL Draft, trailing only the SEC and the ACC among FBS confer-ences. UCF quarterback Blake Bortles highlighted a group of 12 Ameri-can Athletic Conference players chosen when he was taken No. 3 overall by the Jacksonville Jaguars. The success of The American in Year 1 was not limited to the gridiron. UConn won NCAA titles in both men’s and women’s basket-ball. The conference had the best postseason winning percentage of any league in men’s basketball, while The American produced top-10 teams in baseball, men’s soccer and men’s golf and sent half of its participating teams to the NCAA Softball Championship. The American Athletic Conference holds television partner-ships with ESPN and CBS Sports which will give the conference unprec-edented national exposure. The football portion of the contract, which begins in the 2014 season, calls for nearly 90 percent of conference-con-trolled games on national broadcast or national cable platforms. The first American Athletic Conference Football Championship, which will be played in 2015, will be carried either on ABC or ESPN on Champion-ship Saturday. In men’s basketball, the television deal calls for all confer-ence-controlled games to be televised, with more than 63 percent slot-ted for national broadcast or national cable – a minimum of 107 games. The entire postseason tournament will be televised, including the cham-pionship game, which will be either on ABC or ESPN. Sixty percent of the American’s women’s basketball games will be carried on either na-tional cable, regional sports networks or ESPN3. American Athletic Conference teams will have access to the pinnacle of college football’s postseason structure. An American repre-sentative would be chosen for the College Football Playoff semifinals if it is among the top four teams following the regular season. Otherwise, the league would place its champion in either the Cotton Bowl, Fiesta Bowl or Peach Bowl if it is ranked higher than the champions of Confer-ence USA, the Mid-American Conference, the Mountain West Confer-ence and the Sun Belt Conference. Additionally, The American has announced primary or second-ary partnerships with 12 bowls for the next six-year cycle, ensuring mul-tiple annual matchups against the nation’s top conferences and provid-ing desirable postseason destinations to member institutions and their fans. The American Athletic Conference administers to its member-ship from a state-of-the-art office located in Providence, R.I. The loca-tion of the conference headquarters – just steps from the city’s Amtrak station and 10 minutes from T.F. Green International Airport – gives the conference easy access to its member schools.

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The conference headquarters is equipped with a complete video production studio, serving as the home of the American Digital Network, and small- and large-scale meeting rooms to accommodate the many coaches’ and administrators’ meetings held on-site each year.

Women’s Volleyball

The American enters the 2014 season with all 11 member in-stitutions sponsoring women’s volleyball. East Carolina, Tulane and Tulsa join UCF, Cincinnati, UConn, Houston, Memphis, USF, SMU and Temple for the conference’s sophomore campaign, adding a recent history of success to the league. The 2013 conference championship was won by Louisville, as the Cardinals posted an 18-0 mark in conference play en route to The American’s automatic bid by virtue of their regular season championship. The new members for 2014 add clout to a conference that al-ready features four members with seven or more NCAA tournament ap-pearances. Tulsa has made the tournament in four of the last five years, and finished last year with an RPI of 37. Tulane posted a 28-4 mark in 2013, advancing to its conference championship, while recording an RPI of 54. East Carolina enters its second season under the direction of Julie Torbett, who enters the year with 351 career victories. USF returns defending American Athletic Conference Player of the Year Erin Fairs for her junior year, with SMU again having Setter of the Year Avery Acker quarterbacking the attack. Memphis, who paced the conference in digs in 2013, returns The American’s leader from a year ago in Aleksandra Petronijevic. UCF reached 20 or more wins in 2013 for the second time in three years, posting a 6-3 mark in road matches in The American. Temple returns 10 letterwinners to a team that won 18 or more matches for the second consecutive year. Cincinnati brings in nine new-comers for the 2014 campaign, including three transfers. UConn enters its first year with Kris Grunwald at the helm, while Houston looks to take the next step under the direction of 500-match winner Kaddie Platt. Non-conference play will open the 2014 slate on Aug. 29, and the 11 teams will play a 20-match conference schedule that will begin on Sept. 24. Like 2013, the conference champion will be determined by the regular season, as all 11 teams will have the opportunity to play each other both at home and on the road, creating a true double round-robin format. The regular season will conclude on the final weekend of No-vember, with all 11 teams vieing for both The American’s automatic qual-ifier and at-large bids in the 2014 NCAA Tournament, culminating in the national semifinals and championship to be played in Oklahoma City, Okla. on Dec. 18 & 20.


Mike Aresco has established himself as one of the foremost figures in intercollegiate sports as commissioner of the American Ath-letic Conference. Aresco, who was named to his current posi-tion Aug. 14, 2012, has overseen a strategic re-invention of the conference, which has quickly become one of the premier conferences in the nation. The American’s first year produced a re-markable string of accomplishments as UCF won the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl and UConn won NCAA titles in both men’s and women’s bas-ketball. American Athletic Conference teams had the best postseason winning percentage of any conference in men’s basketball, as the league sent four teams to the NCAA tourna-ment and saw SMU advance to the champion-ship game of the NIT. The American was the only conference to have a Bowl Championship Series win and teams in the Men’s Final Four, the Women’s Fi-nal Four and the College World Series in 2013-14. Teams from the conference finished in the national top 10 in football, men’s basketball, women’s basketball, men’s soccer, baseball and men’s golf. The American features 11 members in the 2014-15 academic year: UCF, Cincinnati, UCo-nn, East Carolina, Houston, Memphis, USF, SMU, Temple Tulane and Tulsa. Navy joins in 2015-16 as a football-playing member. Among the milestones reached in Aresco’s tenure have been the launch of a football champion-ship game for the first time in 2015 and the league’s staging of its own postseason bowl game. Aresco’s first months were marked by his successful efforts to ensure the conference’s place within the College Football Playoff – the new system that will determine the national champion, beginning in 2014. Aresco was in-strumental in securing the arrangement that will put the American Athletic Conference champion in a New Year’s Day system bowl if it is the highest-ranked team among the cham-pions of five conferences. Aresco has played an active role in the for-mation of the College Football Playoff, serving on the College Football Playoff Management Committee and helping to select the 13 mem-bers of the CFP Selection Committee. Aresco also serves on the College Football Playoff Television and Site Selection committees. In the wake of the changes created by college sports realignment, Aresco moved quickly to solidify the conference, leading ne-gotiations that resulted in the most favorable financial terms for the conference’s football schools, after the withdrawal of the non-foot-ball-playing schools, as well as the 2013-14 launch of the renamed and rebranded confer-ence.He simultaneously led the negotiations that resulted in television contracts with ESPN and CBS Sports, which have given the conference

unprecedented national exposure and brand-ing with the two industry leaders in sports television. Aresco then quickly and success-fully organized the process whereby the con-ference was renamed the American Athletic Conference – a name that was immediately accepted nationally – and he also oversaw the process that resulted in the conference’s pop-ular graphic identity. He has also successfully worked with the conference schools to arrive at an equitable distribution of existing revenue for the cur-rent and new conference institutions, bringing about a period of cohesiveness that is unprec-edented in the league’s history. He has re-structured the conference office staff to max-imize efficiency and better serve the needs of the membership. Among his other significant accomplish-ments on behalf of the American Athletic Conference were the spearheading of expan-sion efforts, which resulted in the addition of East Carolina, Tulane and Tulsa as of July 1, 2014, and Navy as a football member in 2015; launching the conference digital network; successful negotiations for the conference’s men’s and women’s basketball champion-ships; and the launching of a brand marketing campaign. Additionally, Aresco brokered a multi-year marketing rights agreement with IMG College, the industry leader in collegiate sports mar-keting, and oversaw the development of The American’s new football bowl lineup, which features numerous annual matchups against the nation’s other top conferences. Included in that lineup is the Miami Beach Bowl – a bowl game that will be owned and operated by the American Athletic Conference in a first-of-its-kind venture. In basketball, Aresco has secured the con-ference’s participation in The Men’s Basketball Officiating Consortium, L.L.C., partnering with the Big 12 Conference, Conference USA, the Ohio Valley Conference and the Southland Conference to ensure that the highest-quality game officials are assigned to American Ath-letic Conference contests. Aresco is a member of the Conference Commissioners Association enforcement working group and women’s basketball work-ing group. He serves on the management committee of the College Football Playoff and the board of managers for both the College Football Officiating, LLC, and Men’s College Basketball, LLC. Aresco has been a leader in the NCAA gov-ernance redesign efforts and a spokesman in various forums for the integrity of the colle-giate model. Aresco came to the conference from CBS Sports where he was Executive Vice President, Programming. He was responsible for all col-lege sports programming for CBS Sports and CBS Sports Network. Aresco oversaw the acquisition and management of CBS Sports college properties, including the NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship, regular-season col-lege basketball and football, conference bas-ketball championship games, football bowl games and other programming. His respon-sibilities included game selection and sched-uling, day-to-day operations, contract nego-tiations, identification of future acquisitions, development of programming strategies and coordination of new media and marketing ini-tiatives. Aresco played an integral role in the land-mark deal that created the CBS Sports-Turner Broadcasting partnership, which resulted in the acquisition of the NCAA Men’s Division I

Basketball Championship rights through 2024. He managed the complex 14-year agreement that provides expanded national broadcast and cable coverage of the NCAA basketball championship. Aresco also was instrumen-tal in the CBS Television Network’s ground-breaking bundled rights agreement with the NCAA, which granted CBS exclusive rights to the NCAA tournament from 2003 through 2010. The 2010 NCAA Championship won a Sports Emmy in the Outstanding Playoff Cov-erage category. Aresco also played a key role in negotiating NCAA marketing agreements and in creating a partnership with IMG and the NCAA to assist in acquiring new NCAA corporate sponsors. He also was a significant contributor in the development of new media platforms for the NCAA Championship, in-cluding March Madness On Demand, a highly successful streaming platform. In 2008, Aresco negotiated a historic 15-year agreement with the Southeastern Con-ference to televise the league’s football and basketball games. The agreement also pro-vided multiple new media rights for CBS, CBS Sports Network and CBS Interactive. He forged numerous basketball agreements with major conferences and negotiated 10-year extensions of the Army-Navy and Notre Dame-Navy football rivalries. Aresco was the creator and executive pro-ducer of The Tony Barnhart Show and Court-side with Seth Davis, both of which aired on the CBS Sports Network. In 2004, he was appointed by the late NCAA President Myles Brand to the Basket-ball Partnership, a select panel whose mission was to explore ways to improve and promote college basketball. He is a charter member of the steering committee of the Columbia Uni-versity/New York City Chapter of the National Football Foundation and serves on the board of the National Sports Marketing Network. Aresco joined CBS Sports from ESPN where he was responsible for overseeing the acquisition, scheduling and development of long-term strategies for all ESPN college sports properties. Earlier in his tenure at ESPN, he was responsible for programming a wide variety of sports properties, including College Football Association, Big 10, and Pac-10 col-lege football, NCAA events, including early rounds of the NCAA basketball tournament, the College World Series and various profes-sional sports events, including thoroughbred racing, Top Rank Boxing, CFL football, Austra-lian Rules Football, rodeo and yachting. He was the architect of ESPN’s signature Thurs-day night college football series and helped develop ESPN’s Bowl Week. He joined ESPN in 1984 as Counsel and was named Assistant General Counsel in 1988 before moving to the programming department. Aresco is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Tufts University (B.A., magna cum laude, history), The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts (M.A., international relations), where he held a John Moors Cabot Scholarship, and the University of Connecticut School of Law (J.D.). He practiced law privately in Hartford, Conn., for several years. Aresco is a regular speaker and expert pan-elist at national symposiums and seminars on the topics of college athletics and sports televi-sion. He was awarded the 2013 Distinguished Graduate Award by the UConn School of Law Alumni Association. Aresco and his wife, Sharon, have two adult sons, Matthew, an Emmy-nominated television producer who has his own produc-tion company in Connecticut, and Brett, an ac-tor who lives in New York City.

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AUGUST29 Mortar Board Premier (West Lafayette, Ind.) USF at Purdue ............................................................... 10 a.m. LSU vs. USF ....................................................................5 p.m.

Texas A&M Invitational (College Station, Texas) Iowa vs. Tulane ...........................................................1:30 p.m. Tulane at Texas A&M ......................................................6 p.m.

Radisson UCF Invitational (Orlando, Fla.) Eastern Kentucky at UCF ................................................3 p.m. Western Carolina at UCF ...........................................7:30 p.m.

Houston Cougar Classic (Houston, Texas) Lamar at Houston ...........................................................5 p.m.

Husky Classic (Houston, Texas) Chattanooga vs. Tulsa ................................................5:30 p.m.

Queen City Invitational (Cincinnati, Ohio) Duquesne at Cincinnati ..................................................7 p.m.

UConn Classic (Storrs, Conn.) New Hampshire at UConn ........................................7:30 p.m.

San Francisco Invitational (San Francisco, Calif.) SMU at San Francisco ...............................................9:30 p.m.

30 Marcia E. Hamilton Classic (St. Louis, Mo.) SEMO vs. Memphis .......................................................11 a.m. Memphis at Saint Louis .................................................3 p.m.

Husky Classic (Houston, Texas) Tulsa at Houston Baptist ...............................................11 a.m. Northern Arizona at Tulsa ..........................................5:30 p.m.

Queen City Invitational (Cincinnati, Ohio) UC Irvine at Cincinnati .................................................12 p.m. Cincinnati at Xavier ........................................................6 p.m.

Houston Cougar Classic (Houston, Texas) Texas State at Houston ................................................12 p.m. Wake Forest at Houston .................................................6 p.m.

UConn Classic (Storrs, Conn.) Central Connecticut at UConn ................................12:30 p.m. Indiana at UConn .......................................................7:30 p.m.

Radisson UCF Invitational (Orlando, Fla.) Northeastern at UCF .......................................................1 p.m. FIU at UCF .......................................................................7 p.m. San Francisco Invite (San Francisco, Calif.) Georgia vs. SMU .......................................................1:30 p.m. Fordham vs. SMU ...........................................................8 p.m.

Syracuse Invitational (Syracuse, N.Y.) Niagara vs. Temple.....................................................1:30 p.m. Temple at Syracuse ...................................................6:30 p.m.

Texas A&M Invitational (College Station, Texas) UTSA vs. Tulane .........................................................1:30 p.m.

Mortar Board Premier (West Lafayette, Ind.) San Diego vs. USF ..........................................................4 p.m.

31 Syracuse Invitational (Syracuse, N.Y.) Delaware State vs. Temple ............................................11 a.m.

Marcia E. Hamilton Classic (St. Louis, Mo.) Alabama vs. Memphis ...................................................3 p.m. SEPTEMBER5 K-State Invitational (Manhattan, Kan.) Middle Tennessee vs. UCF ............................................11 a.m. Arkansas vs. UCF ............................................................6 p.m.

Active Ankle Challenge (Louisville, Ky.) Appalachian State vs. Cincinnati .................................12 p.m. Cincinnati at Louisville ..............................................7:30 p.m.

UND Classic (Grand Forks, N.D.) Tulane at North Dakota ................................................12 p.m. South Dakota vs. Tulane .................................................4 p.m.

East Carolina Invitational (Greenville, N.C.) Tennessee Tech at East Carolina ....................................1 p.m. Norfolk State at East Carolina .......................................7 p.m. Big Daddy’s Invitational (Lake Charles, La.) UT Arlington vs. Houston .........................................1:15 p.m. Jackson State vs. Houston ........................................5:45 p.m.

USF Tournament (Tampa, Fla.) Buffalo at USF .................................................................2 p.m. FIU at USF .......................................................................7 p.m.

NC State Courtyard Midtown Classic (Raleigh, N.C.) Toledo vs. UConn ...........................................................4 p.m. UCA/Sears Sugar Bear Classic (Conway, Ark.) Louisiana-Monroe vs. Tulsa ...........................................6 p.m.

Temple Invitational (Philadelphia, Pa.) Charlotte at Temple .........................................................6 p.m.

Memphis Intercollegiate (Memphis, Tenn.) Ole Miss at Memphis .....................................................8 p.m.

SMU Invite (Dallas, Texas) Georgia Tech at SMU ......................................................8 p.m.

6 NC State Courtyard Midtown Classic (Raleigh, N.C.) Rice vs. UConn .............................................................. 10 a.m. UConn at North Carolina State ......................................7 p.m.

UCA/Sears Sugar Bear Classic (Conway, Ark.) Boise State vs. Tulsa ......................................................11 a.m. Tulsa at Central Arkansas ...............................................8 p.m.

UND Classic (Grand Forks, N.D.) Tulane at North Dakota ................................................12 p.m.

Active Ankle Challenge (Louisville, Ky.) Tennessee State vs. Louisville .......................................1 p.m. Temple Invitational (Philadelphia, Pa.) Princeton at Temple ........................................................1 p.m. Holy Cross at Temple .................................................4:30 p.m.

Memphis Intercollegiate (Memphis, Tenn.) Tennessee-Martin at Memphis ......................................1 p.m. Arkansas State at Memphis ...........................................8 p.m. SMU Invite (Dallas, Texas) Texas Southern at SMU ............................................1:30 p.m. Oklahoma at SMU ..........................................................8 p.m.

Big Daddy’s Invitational (Lake Charles, La.) Houston at McNeese State .......................................2:15 p.m.

East Carolina Invitational (Greenville, N.C.) Morgan State at East Carolina .......................................7 p.m.

K-State Invitational (Manhattan, Kan.) UCF at Kansas State .......................................................8 p.m.

7 USF Tournament (Tampa, Fla.) South Carolina State at USF .........................................11 a.m.

9 North Carolina A&T at East Carolina ............................7 p.m.

All times Eastern and subject to change

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11 Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate Classic (New Orleans, La.) Southeastern Louisiana at Tulane .................................8 p.m.

12 Art Carmichael Invitational (Kingston, R.I.) Rutgers vs. Cincinnati ..............................................11:30 a.m. Cincinnati at Rhode Island .............................................7 p.m.

Maroon Classic (Starkville, Miss.) Nicholls State vs. Memphis .........................................12 p.m. Memphis at Mississippi State .......................................8 p.m.

Blackbird Invitational (Brooklyn, N.Y.) Boston College vs. Temple ........................................4:30 p.m.

Active Ankle Challenge (Auburn, Ala.) Winthrop vs. USF ...........................................................5 p.m.

Razorback Invitational (Fayetteville, Ark.) Stony Brook vs. SMU .....................................................5 p.m.

Bucknell Tournament (Lewisburg, Pa.) Cornell vs. UConn ...........................................................5 p.m.

26 West Longhorn Classic (Austin, Texas) Florida A&M vs. UCF ......................................................5 p.m.

Flo Hyman Collegiate Cup (Houston, Texas) Oral Roberts at Houston .................................................7 p.m.

Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate Classic (New Orleans, La.) Howard at Tulane ............................................................8 p.m.

Diet Coke Classic (Minneapolis, Minn.) Tulsa at Minnesota .........................................................8 p.m. 13 Active Ankle Challenge (Auburn, Ala.) Troy vs. USF ............................................................. 10:30 a.m. USF at Auburn ...........................................................8:30 p.m.

Bucknell Tournament (Lewisburg, Pa.) UConn at Bucknell ........................................................12 p.m. Hofstra vs. UConn ..........................................................3 p.m.

Art Carmichael Invitational (Kingston, R.I.) NJIT vs. Cincinnati ........................................................12 p.m.

Flo Hyman Collegiate Cup (Houston, Texas) Sam Houston State at Houston ...................................12 p.m. Louisiana-Lafayette at Houston .....................................4 p.m. Blackbird Invitational (Brooklyn, N.Y.) Northern Kentucky vs. Temple ................................12:30 p.m. Temple at LIU Brooklyn .............................................6:30 p.m.

Diet Coke Classic (Minneapolis, Minn.) Iowa State vs. Tulsa ........................................................1 p.m.

Razorback Invitational (Fayetteville, Ark.) South Dakota vs. SMU ...................................................2 p.m. SMU at Arkansas ............................................................8 p.m.

Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate Classic (New Orleans, La.) Florida Atlantic at Tulane ................................................2 p.m.

Maroon Classic (Starkville, Miss.) Northwestern State vs. Memphis .................................2 p.m. South Alabama vs. Memphis ........................................6 p.m.

26 West Longhorn Classic (Austin, Texas) UCF at Texas ....................................................................1 p.m. Arizona vs. UCF .........................................................6:30 p.m.

18 Houston at UTSA ............................................................6 p.m.

19 Penn State Alumni Classic (State College, Pa.) Eastern Illinois vs. East Carolina ................................... 9 a.m. UIC vs. East Carolina ......................................................1 p.m. Lady Vol Classic (Knoxville, Tenn.) Mercer vs. Memphis ................................................12:30 p.m. Memphis at Tennessee ...................................................7 p.m.

SMU Classic (Dallas, Texas) Houston Baptist at SMU ...........................................1:30 p.m. College of Charleston at SMU .......................................8 p.m.

Arizona Tournament (Tucson, Ariz.) UMBC vs. Tulane ........................................................3:30 p.m. Tulane at Arizona .......................................................... 10 p.m.

Big 5 Tournament (Philadelphia, Pa.) La Salle vs. Temple..........................................................4 p.m. Islander Classic (Corpus Christi, Texas) UT-Pan American vs. Houston .......................................4 p.m. Houston at Texas A&M - Corpus Christi ........................8 p.m.

UC Invitational (Cincinnati, Ohio) Charleston Southern at Cincinnati ................................7 p.m.

Pitt Panther Invitational (Pittsburgh, Pa.) USF at Pittsburgh ...........................................................7 p.m.

UConn Tournament (Storrs, Conn.) Columbia at UConn ...................................................7:30 p.m.

Golden Hurricane Invitational (Tulsa, Okla.) Oral Roberts at Tulsa .......................................................8 p.m.

20 Big 5 Tournament (Philadelphia, Pa.) Villanova vs. Temple ..................................................... 10 a.m. Temple at Penn ...............................................................7 p.m.

Pitt Panther Invitational (Pittsburgh, Pa.) Delaware vs. USF ......................................................... 10 a.m. Sacred Heart vs. USF.................................................4:30 p.m.

Lady Vol Classic (Knoxville, Tenn.) Montana State vs. Memphis ........................................ 10 a.m. Austin Peay vs. Memphis .........................................4:30 p.m.

UC Invitational (Cincinnati, Ohio) Central Michigan at Cincinnati ................................11:30 a.m. Tennessee State at Cincinnati ........................................7 p.m.

UConn Tournament (Storrs, Conn.) Bryant at UConn ......................................................12:30 p.m. Hofstra at UConn .......................................................7:30 p.m.

Arizona Tournament (Tucson, Ariz.) Coppin State vs. Tulane .............................................1:30 p.m.

Penn State Alumni Classic (State College, Pa.) DePaul vs. East Carolina ................................................2 p.m. East Carolina at Penn State ......................................7:30 p.m.

Marquette at UCF ...........................................................3 p.m. SMU Classic (Dallas, Texas) New Mexico at SMU .................................................3:30 p.m. Golden Hurricane Invitational (Tulsa, Okla.) McNeese State at Tulsa ..................................................8 p.m. 21 UCF at Florida .................................................................3 p.m.

24 Temple at UConn* ..........................................................7 p.m.



COMPOSITE SCHEDULE

26 UConn at East Carolina* ................................................7 p.m. Cincinnati at Houston* ...................................................8 p.m. UCF at SMU* ..................................................................8 p.m. Memphis at Tulane* ........................................................8 p.m. USF at Tulsa* ...................................................................8 p.m.

28 Temple at East Carolina* ...............................................1 p.m. Memphis at Houston* ....................................................2 p.m. USF at SMU* ..................................................................2 p.m. Cincinnati at Tulane* .......................................................2 p.m. UCF at Tulsa* ..............................................................2:30 p.m.

30 North Carolina Central at East Carolina ........................7 p.m.

OCTOBER1 Houston at Tulane* .........................................................8 p.m.

3 Temple at UCF* ...............................................................7 p.m. SMU at Cincinnati* .........................................................7 p.m. UConn at USF* ..............................................................7 p.m. Tulsa at Memphis* .........................................................8 p.m. East Carolina at Tulane* .................................................8 p.m.

5 Temple at USF* .............................................................12 p.m. Tulsa at Cincinnati* ........................................................1 p.m. UConn at UCF* ...............................................................2 p.m. East Carolina at Houston* .............................................2 p.m. SMU at Memphis* ..........................................................2 p.m.

8 UCF at USF* ....................................................................7 p.m.

10 Memphis at UConn* ......................................................7 p.m. USF at East Carolina* .....................................................7 p.m. Cincinnati at Temple* .....................................................7 p.m. Houston at SMU* ...........................................................8 p.m. Tulane at Tulsa* ...............................................................8 p.m.

12 Cincinnati at UConn* .....................................................1 p.m. UCF at East Carolina* .....................................................1 p.m. Memphis at Temple* ......................................................1 p.m. Tulane at SMU* ..............................................................2 p.m. Houston at Tulsa* .......................................................2:30 p.m.

15 SMU at Tulsa* .................................................................8 p.m.

17 USF at Cincinnati* ..........................................................7 p.m. Temple at Houston* .......................................................7 p.m. UCF at Memphis* ...........................................................8 p.m. UConn at Tulane* ............................................................8 p.m. East Carolina at Tulsa* ....................................................8 p.m.

19 UCF at Cincinnati* ..........................................................1 p.m. UConn at Houston* ........................................................2 p.m. USF at Memphis* ...........................................................2 p.m. East Carolina at SMU* ...................................................2 p.m. Temple at Tulane* ...........................................................2 p.m.

22 Memphis at Cincinnati* .................................................7 p.m.

24 Houston at UCF* .............................................................7 p.m. Tulsa at UConn*..............................................................7 p.m. Cincinnati at East Carolina* ...........................................7 p.m. SMU at Temple* ..............................................................7 p.m. Tulane at USF* ................................................................7 p.m.

26 SMU at UConn* ............................................................12 p.m. Houston at USF* ...........................................................12 p.m. Memphis at East Carolina* ............................................1 p.m. Tulsa at Temple* ..............................................................1 p.m. Tulane at UCF* ................................................................2 p.m.

28 Maryland Eastern Shore at East Carolina .....................1 p.m.

29 USF at UCF* ....................................................................7 p.m.

31 SMU at Tulane* ...............................................................2 p.m. East Carolina at UCF* .....................................................7 p.m. UConn at Cincinnati* .....................................................7 p.m. Tulsa at Houston* ...........................................................8 p.m. Temple at Memphis* ......................................................8 p.m. NOVEMBER2 East Carolina at USF* ...................................................12 p.m. Temple at Cincinnati* .....................................................1 p.m. SMU at Houston* ...........................................................2 p.m. UConn at Memphis* ......................................................2 p.m. Tulsa at Tulane* ...............................................................2 p.m.

5 Tulane at Houston*.........................................................8 p.m.

7 UCF at UConn* ...............................................................7 p.m. Houston at East Carolina* .............................................7 p.m. USF at Temple* ...............................................................7 p.m. Memphis at SMU* ..........................................................8 p.m. Cincinnati at Tulsa* .........................................................8 p.m.

9 USF at UConn* ...............................................................1 p.m. Tulane at East Carolina*.................................................1 p.m. UCF at Temple* ...............................................................1 p.m. Cincinnati at SMU* .........................................................2 p.m. Memphis at Tulsa* ..........................................................2 p.m.

11 East Carolina at Maryland Eastern Shore .....................7 p.m.

12 UConn at Temple* ...........................................................7 p.m.

14 Tulsa at UCF* ..................................................................3 p.m. Tulane at Cincinnati* ......................................................4 p.m. SMU at USF* ..................................................................7 p.m. East Carolina at Temple* ................................................7 p.m. Houston at Memphis* ....................................................8 p.m.

16 Tulsa at USF* ................................................................12 p.m. Houston at Cincinnati* ...................................................1 p.m. East Carolina at UConn* ................................................1 p.m. Tulane at Memphis* .......................................................1 p.m. SMU at UCF* .............................................................1:30 p.m.

19 Cincinnati at Memphis* .................................................8 p.m.

21 USF at Houston* .............................................................8 p.m. East Carolina at Memphis* ............................................8 p.m. UConn at SMU* ..............................................................8 p.m. UCF at Tulane* ................................................................8 p.m. Temple at Tulsa* ..............................................................8 p.m.

23 East Carolina at Cincinnati* ...........................................1 p.m. UConn at Tulsa* ..............................................................1 p.m. Temple at SMU* .............................................................2 p.m. USF at Tulane* ................................................................2 p.m. UCF at Houston* .............................................................3 p.m.

26 Tulsa at SMU* .................................................................3 p.m. Cincinnati at UCF* ..........................................................7 p.m. Houston at UConn* ........................................................7 p.m. Memphis at USF* ...........................................................7 p.m. Tulane at Temple* ...........................................................7 p.m.

28 Memphis at UCF* ...........................................................2 p.m. SMU at East Carolina* ...................................................2 p.m. Cincinnati at USF* ..........................................................2 p.m. Tulane at UConn* ...........................................................7 p.m. Houston at Temple* ........................................................7 p.m.

29 Tulsa at East Carolina* ...................................................2 p.m.



ON THE WEB


The winner of the the American Athletic Conference regular season title will receive the league’s automatic bid to the 64-team NCAA Division I Women’s Volleyball Championship.

The 2014 NCAA Championship marks the 34rd anniversary of the tournament. First and second round games are held on the campuses of participating institutions. Regionals will be hosted at Iowa State, Louisville, Minnesota and Washington, and are held in single elimination format.

The national semifinals and championship games will be held at Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City, Okla. on Dec. 18 & 20.

2014 NCAA DIVISION I WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONSHIP

2014 NCAA Division I Women’s Volleyball Championship Schedule

First and Second Rounds Campus Sites Dec. 5-8

Regionals Iowa State, Louisville, Minnesota, Washington Dec. 12-13

Semifinals Chesapeake Energy Arena Oklahoma City, Okla. Dec. 18 Championship Chesapeake Energy Arena Oklahoma City, Okla. Dec. 20

American Athletic Conference Schools’ NCAA Championship Appearances

School ............................................NCAA AppearancesHouston .....................................................................................11Cincinnati .................................................................................. 10UCF ............................................................................................. 7USF ............................................................................................. 7Temple ........................................................................................ 4Tulsa ............................................................................................ 4Tulane ......................................................................................... 2Memphis ..................................................................................... 1UConn ......................................................................................... 0East Carolina .............................................................................. 0SMU ............................................................................................ 0Total ..........................................................................46

2014 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP


No. Name Pos. Cl. Ht. Hometown/Previous School5 Lakia Bright OH So. 5-9 Jacksonville, Fla./Auburn18 Loren Cory OPP R-Sr. 6-5 Queensland, Australia/Camosun College8 Dana Faught S Jr. 5-8 Round Rock, Texas/Stony Point15 Abbie Fleener OPP Jr. 6-2 Grand Rapids, Mich./DePaul11 Shelby Foyer DS So. 5-6 Carmel, Ind./Carmel10 Taylor Gallart OH So. 6-1 Germantown, Md./Acad. of the Holy Cross3 Ashley Gialenios OH Sr. 6-0 Johns Creek, Ga./Northview7 Kaye-Alese Green MB R-Sr. 6-1 Jacksonville, Fla./Episcopal9 Jade Hayes L Sr. 6-0 Ozark, Mo./Missouri1 Jale Hervey OH So. 5-11 Huntsville, Ala./Middle Tennessee4 Nani Molina S R-So. 5-7 Bayamon, Puerto Rico/University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras13 Marie Reiterova S R-Sr. 5-9 Luxembourg, Lux./Lycee Aline Mayrisch19 Ann Richards MB Fr. 6-3 Assiniboia, Canada/Assiniboia17 DeLaina Sarden MB Sr. 6-1 Lawrenceville, Ga./Peachtree Ridge2 Halle Scott DS Jr. 5-9 Tallahassee, Fla./Maclay12 Taylor Wickey MB/OPP So. 6-4 Omaha, Neb./Omaha Concordia

2014 R o s t e R

AUGUST Radisson UCF Invitational (Orlando, Fla.)29 Eastern Kentucky 3 p.m.29 Western Carolina 7:30 p.m.30 Northeastern 1 p.m.30 FIU 7 p.m.

SEPTEMBER K-State Invitational (Manhattan, Kan.)5 vs. Middle Tennessee 11 a.m.5 vs. Arkansas 6 p.m.6 at Kansas State 8 p.m. 26 West Longhorn Classic (Austin, Texas)12 vs. Florida A&M 5 p.m.13 at Texas 1 p.m.13 vs. Arizona 6:30 p.m. 20 Marquette 3 p.m.21 at Florida 3 p.m.26 at SMU* 8 p.m.28 at Tulsa* 2:30 p.m.

OCTOBER3 Temple* 7 p.m.5 UConn* 2 p.m.8 at USF* 7 p.m.12 at East Carolina* 1 p.m.17 at Memphis* 8 p.m.19 at Cincinnati* 1 p.m.24 Houston* 7 p.m.26 Tulane* 2 p.m.29 USF* 7 p.m.31 East Carolina* 7 p.m.

NOVEMBER7 at UConn* 7 p.m.9 at Temple* 1 p.m.14 Tulsa* 3 p.m.16 SMU* 1:30 p.m.21 at Tulane* 8 p.m.23 at Houston* 3 p.m.26 Cincinnati* 7 p.m.28 Memphis* 2 p.m.

All times (Eastern) are subject to change; American Athletic Conference matches denoted with asterisk

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SENIORASHLEYGIALENIOS

Q u I c k F A c t S

(Central Michigan ‘95)

Career Record/Years102-87/Six Years

Record at UCF/Years102-87/Six Years

HEAD cOAcH tODD DAGENAIS

SENIORDELAINASARDEN

Location: Orlando, Fla.Founded: 1963Enrollment: 59,770Nickname: KnightsColors: Black & GoldPresident: Dr. John C. HittDirector of Athletics: Todd StansburySenior Woman Administrator: Jessica ReoVolleyball Office Phone: (407) 823-6229Assistant Coaches: Michelle Chatman, Mike Gee2013 Overall Record: 21-102013 American Athletic Conference Record/Finish: 12-6/3rdStarters Returning/Lost: 6+Libero/0Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 10/4Newcomers: FiveVolleyball Contact: Megan HerbothPhone: (407) 823-0994E-mail: [email protected]: (407) 823-5293Website: www.ucfknights.com Twitter: @UCF_Volleyball

U C F


KNIGhts NoteBooK• The Knights look for their fourth-straight winning season, and to build on a 21-win campaign in 2013. The 21 victories last year were the most for UCF since 2003.

• Senior DeLaina Sarden is a two-time AVCA All-America honorable mention honoree and was a unanimous American Athletic Conference First Team pick last year. Sarden led the team with 395 kills (3.41 kps) and a .409 attack percentage in 2013. She ranks second on the all-time leaderboard with a career attack percentage of .360 and is tied for fourth with 338 career blocks.

• UCF has five teams on the non-conference docket that made the 2013 NCAA tournament, including top-five national seeds Texas and Florida. The Knights will also square off with Arizona, Arkansas, and Marquette. SENIOR kAYE-ALESE GREEN

2013 St a t i S t i c a l le a d e r S

tHE VENuE At ucF cAPAcItY - 2,000

Player SP Kills K/S Err TA Pct. Ast A/S SA SE SA/S RE Digs D/S BS BA BT B/S BE BHE Points SARDEN, DeLaina 116 395 3.41 91 743 .409 3 0.03 23 29 0.20 0 82 0.71 30 92 122 1.05 22 1 494.0CRUMP, Angelica 114 386 3.39 162 1081 .207 4 0.04 0 0 0.00 0 48 0.42 20 30 50 0.44 7 1 421.0CORY, Loren 116 251 2.16 101 724 .207 2 0.02 0 1 0.00 4 53 0.46 5 79 84 0.72 2 1 295.5GREEN, Kaye-Alese 116 181 1.56 54 376 .338 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 1 29 0.25 22 104 126 1.09 17 0 255.0GALLART, Taylor 104 157 1.51 73 449 .187 7 0.07 16 22 0.15 33 171 1.64 2 9 11 0.11 3 4 179.5GIALENIOS, Ashley 84 152 1.81 93 549 .107 6 0.07 5 14 0.06 11 87 1.04 8 25 33 0.39 4 0 177.5REITEROVA, Marie 103 34 0.33 14 83 .241 1173 11.39 10 16 0.10 1 271 2.63 2 46 48 0.47 5 18 69.0FAUGHT, Dana 28 3 0.11 1 7 .286 155 5.54 3 3 0.11 0 35 1.25 0 6 6 0.21 0 10 9.0HAYES, Jade 115 1 0.01 3 21 -.095 102 0.89 17 19 0.15 27 530 4.61 0 0 0 0.00 0 6 18.0MENDEZ, Roxy 110 1 0.01 1 2 .000 10 0.09 13 12 0.12 15 279 2.54 0 0 0 0.00 1 0 14.0JENKINS, Dani 27 0 0.00 0 0 .000 1 0.04 2 3 0.07 1 14 0.52 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 2.0NEMES, Sarah 5 0 0.00 0 0 .000 1 0.20 0 1 0.00 0 1 0.20 0 0 0 0.00 0 1 0.0FOYER, Shelby 116 0 0.00 1 3 -.333 11 0.09 30 15 0.26 22 243 2.09 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 30.0WICKEY, Taylor 7 0 0.00 0 1 .000 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 1 0.14 0 1 1 0.14 0 0 0.5TEAM 4 UCF 116 1561 13.46 594 4039 .239 1475 12.72 119 135 1.03 119 1844 15.90 89 392 285.0 2.46 61 42 1965.0Opponents 116 1417 12.22 673 4153 .179 1327 11.44 119 171 1.03 119 1611 13.89 57 422 268.0 2.31 60 43 1804.0

K N I G H T S

AUGUST (3-1)Holiday Inn Select/UCF Invitational (Orlando, Fla.)30 Valparaiso L, 2-330 North Florida W, 3-031 Alabama State W, 3-031 Arkansas-Pine Bluff W, 3-0

SEPTEMBER (7-3)Holiday Inn Select/UCF Classic (Orlando, Fla.)6 Elon W, 3-06 George Washington W, 3-07 Stephen F. Austin W, 3-2

Georgia State Invitational (Atlanta, Ga.)13 vs. Clemson L, 2-313 at Georgia State W, 3-114 vs. Buffalo L, 0-314 vs. Davidson W, 3-1

18 Jacksonville W, 3-120 at Florida Atlantic L, 2-327 USF* W, 3-0

OCTOBER (5-3)4 UConn* W, 3-26 Rutgers* W, 3-010 at Cincinnati* W, 3-013 at Louisville* L, 1-318 at Houston* L, 0-320 at SMU* L, 0-325 Temple* W, 3-027 Memphis* W, 3-1

NOVEMBER (6-3)1 at USF* W, 3-08 at Rutgers* W, 3-010 at UConn* W, 3-115 Louisville* L, 0-317 Cincinnati* W, 3-222 SMU* L, 1-324 Houston* L, 2-327 at Memphis* W, 3-229 at Temple* W, 3-0

Conference matches denoted with asterisk

2 0 1 3 R E S U L T S(21-10 Overall / 12-6 American)


No. Name Pos. Cl. Ht. Hometown/Previous School4 Morgan Allred OH/DS Jr. 5-8 Carrolton, Texas/Hebron19 Cortnee Bowser MB Fr. 6-4 Kent, Ohio/Theodore Roosevelt7 Christine Chandler MB Fr. 5-9 Milford, Ohio/Mount Notre Dame11 Lindsey Dinkelacker OH So. 5-11 Cincinnati, Ohio/Saint Louis5 Corie Flood DS Fr. 5-6 Villa Hills, Ky./Saint Henry13 Ciara Hill OH So. 5-10 Bolingbrook, Ill./Bolingbrook17 Alison Kimmel MB RS-So. 6-2 Plainfield, Ill./Plainfield North12 Madi Lang S Sr. 6-2 Commerce Township, Mich./Florida Atlantic3 Maya Muldrow MB Fr. 6-1 Raleigh, N.C./Wakefield2 Jaime Netisingha DS Sr. 5-4 Westmont, Ill./Hinsdale Central9 Me’Ashah Nicholson MB/OH Sr. 6-1 Shiloh, Ill./Belleville Althoff1 Caitlin Ogletree S RS-Jr. 5-8 Montgomery, Texas/Houston15 Macie Pifer DS Fr. 5-7 Euclid, Ohio/Beaumont School8 Emma Roberson RS Jr. 6-1 Brooks, Ky./Evansville6 Parker Shepherd S Fr. 5-10 McKinney, Texas/McKinney Boyd14 Amelia Wegman 6-1 OH Jr. Aurora, Ill./Rosary

2014 R o s t e R

AUGUST Queen City Classic (Cincinnati, Ohio)29 Duquesne 7 p.m.30 UC Irvine 12 p.m.30 at Xavier 6 p.m.

SEPTEMBER Active Ankle Challenge (Louisville, Ky.)5 vs. Appalachian State 12 p.m.5 at Louisville 7:30 p.m.6 vs. Tennessee State 1 p.m. Art Carmichael Invitational (Kingston, R.I.)12 vs. Rutgers 11:30 a.m.13 at Rhode Island 7 p.m.13 vs. NJIT 12 p.m. UC Invitational (Cincinnati, Ohio)19 Charleston Southern 7 p.m.20 Central Michigan 11:30 a.m.20 Tennessee State 7 p.m.

26 at Houston* 8 p.m.28 at Tulane* 2 p.m.

OCTOBER3 SMU* 7 p.m.5 Tulsa* 1 p.m.10 at Temple* 7 p.m.12 at UConn* 1 p.m.17 USF* 7 p.m.19 UCF* 1 p.m.22 Memphis* 7 p.m.24 at East Carolina* 7 p.m.31 UConn* 7 p.m.

NOVEMBER 2 Temple* 1 p.m.7 at Tulsa* 8 p.m.9 at SMU* 2 p.m.14 Tulane* 4 p.m.16 Houston* 1 p.m.19 at Memphis* 8 p.m.23 East Carolina* 1 p.m.26 at UCF* 7 p.m.28 at USF* 2 p.m.


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SENIORJAMIENEtISINGHA

Q u I c k F A c t S

(Centre College ‘01)

Career Record/Years77-80/Five Years

Record at Cincinnati/Years15-49/Two Years

HEAD cOAcH MOLLY ALVEY

SENIOR ME’ASHAH

NIcHOLSON

Location: Cincinnati, OhioFounded: 1819Enrollment: 42,421Nickname: BearcatsColors: Red & BlackPresident: Dr. Santa Jeremy OnoDirector of Athletics: Mike BohnSenior Woman Administrator: Maggie McKinleyVolleyball Office Phone: (513) 556-5191Assistant Coaches: Phillip White, Kayla Jeter2013 Overall Record: 3-292013 American Athletic Conference Record/Finish: 3-15/9thStarters Returning/Lost: 3/3+LiberoLetterwinners Returning/Lost: 7/5Newcomers: NineVolleyball Contact: Alex LangePhone: (513) 556-5145E-mail: [email protected]: (513) 556-0619Web site: www.GoBEARCATS.comTwitter: @CincinnatiVBall

C I N C I N N A T I®


BeARcAts NoteBooK• The Bearcats will bring in a pack of new players for the 2014 season with six freshman and two transfers on the roster. UC also will finally have the services of redshirt junior Caitlin Ogletree who sat out the entire 2013 season due to transfer rules. • Molly Alvey enters her third season at the helm for the Bearcats but has some new faces around her. Assistant coaches Phillip White and Kayla Jeter are both entering their first season as a member of the coaching staff.

• UC returns its leader in kills from a season ago in sophomore Ciara Hill who tallied 2.52 a game. Additionally, senior Madi Lang ranked second with 5.56 assists/set, senior Jamie Netiginsha ranked second with 2.40 digs/set and senior Me’Ashah Nicholson ranked second with 0.96 blocks/set. SENIOR MADI LANG


Player SP Kills K/S Err TA Pct. Ast A/S SA SE SA/S RE Digs D/S BS BA BT B/S BE BHE Points HILL, Ciara 98 247 2.52 166 820 .099 3 0.03 5 16 0.05 9 80 0.82 4 35 39 0.40 8 2 273.5NICHOLSON, Me’Ashah 119 240 2.02 119 679 .178 5 0.04 21 34 0.18 0 81 0.68 16 98 114 0.96 7 1 326.0ALLRED, Morgan 106 209 1.97 156 799 .066 17 0.16 15 28 0.14 30 217 2.05 7 31 38 0.36 13 3 246.5BARKSDALE, Breanna 105 180 1.71 72 468 .231 3 0.03 0 0 0.00 2 28 0.27 13 91 104 0.99 21 0 238.5WEGMAN, Amelia 86 153 1.78 90 537 .117 15 0.17 6 5 0.07 28 105 1.22 1 19 20 0.23 4 0 169.5BLAUSER, Mallory 52 95 1.83 63 340 .094 8 0.15 1 3 0.02 7 78 1.50 2 16 18 0.35 2 1 106.0SCHRENKER, Samantha 77 88 1.14 58 258 .116 7 0.09 5 27 0.06 0 97 1.26 4 43 47 0.61 8 1 118.5LANG, Madi 91 55 0.60 22 156 .212 506 5.56 8 24 0.09 1 109 1.20 5 46 51 0.56 13 20 91.0KIMMEL, Alison 23 30 1.30 15 78 .192 0 0.00 0 2 0.00 0 7 0.30 2 10 12 0.52 1 0 37.0CONOR, Kristin 92 11 0.12 6 56 .089 537 5.84 6 3 0.07 0 125 1.36 1 9 10 0.11 5 30 22.5GREEN, Shelby 121 2 0.02 3 21 -.048 70 0.58 30 25 0.25 33 407 3.36 0 0 0 0.00 0 3 32.0NETISINGHA, Jamie 121 1 0.01 1 11 .000 52 0.43 4 21 0.03 28 291 2.40 0 0 0 0.00 0 1 5.0TEAM 18

CINCINNATI 121 1311 10.83 771 4223 .128 1223 10.11 101 189 0.83 156 1625 13.43 55 398 254.0 2.10 83 62 1666.0OPPONENTS 121 1621 13.40 622 4125 .242 1525 12.60 156 266 1.29 101 1850 15.29 56 469 290.5 2.40 58 29 2067.5Bold indicates returning players

FIFtH tHIRD ARENAcAPAcItY - 13,176

B E A R C A T S

AUGUST (0-3)UC Invitational (Cincinnati, Ohio)30 Butler L, 0-330 Tennessee L, 0-331 Morehead State L, 1-3

SEPTEMBER (0-12)Ohio Invitational (Athens, Ohio)6 at Ohio L, 0-36 vs. Dayton L, 0-37 vs. North Carolina L, 0-3

10 at Western Kentucky L, 0-3

UC Invitational II (Cincinnati, Ohio)13 Navy L, 0-313 Cleveland State L, 0-314 Northern Kentucky L, 2-3

Auto-Owners Ins. Spartan Invitational (East Lansing, Mich.)20 vs. Duquesne L, 1-321 vs. Eastern Michigan L, 0-321 at Michigan State L, 0-3

27 Temple* L, 1-329 Memphis* L, 2-3

OCTOBER (1-7)4 at Houston* L, 0-36 at SMU* L, 0-310 UCF* L, 0-313 USF* L, 2-318 Louisville* L, 0-322 Xavier L, 1-325 at UConn* L, 2-327 at Rutgers* W, 3-2

NOVEMBER (2-7)1 at Memphis* L, 1-33 at Temple* L, 1-38 SMU* L, 1-310 Houston* L, 0-315 at USF* W, 3-217 at UCF* L, 2-322 at Louisville* L, 0-327 Rutgers* W, 3-229 UConn* L, 2-3


2 0 1 3 R E S U LT S(3-29 Overall / 3-15 American)

®


No. Name Pos. Cl. Ht. Hometown/Previous School13 Tosin Adeniyi MB Fr. 6-2 Springfield, Ill./Chatham-Glenwood8 Immanuella Anagu MB Jr. 6-1 Culver City, Calif./Notre Dame Academy7 Kenya Cason OH Fr. 5-11 Columbus, Ohio/St. Francis DeSales10 Amy Christensen DS Sr. 5-7 Ashburn, Va./Stone Bridge14 Hayley Cmajdalka MB So. 6-2 College Station, Texas/A&M Consolidated2 Courtney Crosby DS So. 5-8 Los Alamitos, Calif./Los Alamitos15 Brianna Datti L Sr. 5-3 Durham, N.H./Oyster River4 Sage Esposito DS/S Sr. 5-4 Milford, Conn./Foran9 Camille Evans OH So. 6-0 Chicago, Ill./St. Ignatius12 Jessika Long S So. 5-9 Sandy, Utah/Arizona5 Devon Maugle OH Sr. 6-1 Plymouth Meeting, Pa./Plymouth Whitemarsh1 Karson Ratliff OH Sr. 6-0 Wake Forest, N.C./Wake Forest-Rolesville16 Rebecca Rivera S So. 5-7 Mississauga, Ontario/Albany3 Jade Strawberry OH So. 5-11 Tallahassee, Fla./Maclay School11 Erika Thomas MB/RS Jr. 6-3 Ocoee, Fla./The First Academy6 Katherine Towslee OH Fr. 6-3 Woodinville, Wash./Eastside Catholic

2014 R o s t e R

AUGUST UConn Classic (Storrs, Conn.)29 New Hampshire 7:30 p.m.30 Central Connecticut 12:30 p.m.30 Indiana 7:30 p.m.

SEPTEMBER NC State Courtyard Midtown Classic (Raleigh, N.C.)5 vs. Toledo 4 p.m.6 vs. Rice 10 a.m.6 at North Carolina State 7 p.m. Bucknell Tournament (Lewisburg, Pa.)12 vs. Cornell 5 p.m.13 at Bucknell 12 p.m.13 vs. Hofstra 3 p.m. UConn Tournament (Storrs, Conn.)19 Columbia 7:30 p.m.20 Bryant 12:30 p.m.20 Hofstra 7:30 p.m.

24 Temple* 7 p.m.26 at East Carolina* 7 p.m.

OCTOBER3 at USF* 7 p.m.5 at UCF* 2 p.m.10 Memphis* 7 p.m.12 Cincinnati 1 p.m.17 at Tulane* 8 p.m.19 at Houston* 2 p.m.24 Tulsa* 7 p.m.26 SMU* 12 p.m.31 at Cincinnati* 7 p.m.

NOVEMBER2 at Memphis* 2 p.m.7 UCF* 7 p.m.9 USF* 1 p.m.12 at Temple* 7 p.m.16 East Carolina* 1 p.m.21 at SMU* 8 p.m.23 at Tulsa* 1 p.m.26 Houston* 7 p.m.28 Tulane* 7 p.m.All times (Eastern) are subject to change; American Athletic Conference matches denoted with asterisk

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SENIORBRIANNADAttI

Q u I c k F A c t S

(George Mason ‘91)

Career Record/Years41-20/Two Years Record at UConn/Years0-0/First Year

HEAD cOAcH kRIS GRuNWALD

SENIORDEVON

MAuGLE

Location: Storrs, Conn.Founded: 1881Enrollment: 30,474Nickname: Huskies, UConnColors: National Flag Blue (Navy) & WhitePresident: Susan HerbstDirector of Athletics: Warde ManuelSenior Woman Administrator: Debbie CorumVolleyball Office Phone: (860) 486-2612Assistant Coaches: Sarah Cullen, Ellen Herman2013 Overall Record: 14-192013 American Athletic Conference Record/Finish: 5-13/8thStarters Returning/Lost: 5+Libero/1Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 11/4Newcomers: 5Volleyball Contact: Jeff PiascikPhone: (860) 486-4707E-mail: [email protected]: (860) 486-5085Web site: www.UConnHuskies.comTwitter: @UConnVB

U C O N N


h u s K I e s N o t e B o o K

• The Huskies enter their first year under the direction of Kris Grunwald, who has spent over 15 years as a Division I head coach and assistant coach. UConn returns 11 letterwinners for Grunwald’s first campaign in Storrs.

• UConn returns its top six players in kills per set from 2013, including second-team all-conference selection Karson Ratliff, who is one of five seniors on the 2014 UConn squad.

• Sophomore Jade Strawberry, the daughter of four-time World Series champion Darryl Strawberry, is one of six sophomores for the Huskies this year.

SENIOR DEVON MAuGLE


GAMPEL PAVILIONcAPAcItY - 10,241

Player SP Kills K/S Err TA Pct. Ast A/S SA SE SA/S RE Digs D/S BS BA BT B/S BE BHE PointsRATLIFF, Karson 122 365 2.99 140 1048 .215 4 0.03 11 5 0.09 3 79 0.65 3 53 56 0.46 6 0 405.5ANAGU, Immanuella 123 255 2.07 116 684 .203 3 0.02 1 14 0.01 0 33 0.27 21 106 127 1.03 17 0 330.0THOMAS, Erika 125 244 1.95 99 564 .257 4 0.03 17 41 0.14 0 46 0.37 22 116 138 1.10 3 0 341.0MAUGLE, Devon 95 181 1.91 83 625 .157 23 0.24 21 28 0.22 21 248 2.61 1 15 16 0.17 3 0 210.5STRAWBERRY, Jade 93 161 1.73 75 559 .154 8 0.09 15 24 0.16 20 179 1.92 3 50 53 0.57 1 0 204.0EVANS, Camille 70 115 1.64 65 413 .121 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 14 0.20 0 22 22 0.31 0 0 126.0KUPPE, Madeline 39 62 1.59 30 274 .117 0 0.00 1 2 0.03 9 22 0.56 2 11 13 0.33 3 0 70.5CMAJDALKA, Hayley 50 53 1.06 30 162 .142 1 0.02 0 6 0.00 0 7 0.14 1 47 48 0.96 2 0 77.5PRINZBACH, Marissa 126 48 0.38 11 173 .214 1221 9.69 22 43 0.17 2 261 2.07 0 58 58 0.46 5 10 99.0WATTLES, Jackie 18 19 1.06 6 33 .394 0 0.00 0 2 0.00 0 1 0.06 0 7 7 0.39 2 0 22.5ESPOSITO, Sage 122 3 0.02 1 21 .095 23 0.19 21 29 0.17 31 283 2.32 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 24.0MAR, Sophia 54 2 0.04 2 13 .000 43 0.80 5 11 0.09 7 89 1.65 0 1 1 0.02 0 0 7.5DATTI, Brianna 127 1 0.01 1 14 .000 70 0.55 29 40 0.23 29 532 4.19 0 0 0 0.00 0 1 30.0CROSBY, Courtney 37 0 0.00 1 2 -.500 0 0.00 6 11 0.16 0 15 0.41 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 6.0CHRISTENSEN, Amy 81 0 0.00 0 4 .000 4 0.05 11 16 0.14 14 121 1.49 0 1 1 0.01 0 0 11.5

UCONN 127 1509 11.88 660 4589 .185 1404 11.06 160 272 1.26 153 1930 15.20 53 487 296.5 2.33 42 11 1965.5OPPONENTS 127 1607 12.65 712 4544 .197 1537 12.10 153 229 1.20 160 2076 16.35 53 526 316.0 2.49 45 43 2076.0Bold indicates returning players

H U S K I E S

AUGUST (1-2)IPFW Invitational (Fort Wayne, Ind.)30 vs. Southern Illinois L, 2-331 vs. Duquesne W, 3-031 at IPFW L, 1-3

SEPTEMBER (7-6)3 Hartford W, 3-0

UConn Classic (Storrs, Conn.)6 Northeastern L, 2-37 Albany W, 3-07 Pittsburgh L, 2-3

Courtyard Classic (Atlanta, Ga.)13 vs. Troy W, 3-214 vs. St. John’s W, 3-014 at Georgia Tech L, 0-3

Dartmouth Duel (Hanover, N.H.)20 vs. New Hampshire W, 3-120 at Dartmouth W, 3-021 vs. Minnesota L, 1-321 vs. Rhode Island W, 3-2

27 SMU* L, 0-329 Houston* L, 2-3

OCTOBER (3-5)4 at UCF* L, 2-36 at USF* L, 0-38 Sacred Heart W, 3-211 Rutgers* W, 3-118 at Temple* L, 0-320 at Memphis* L, 2-325 Cincinnati* W, 3-227 Louisville* L, 0-3

NOVEMBER (3-6)1 at Houston* L, 0-33 at SMU* L, 0-38 USF* L, 0-310 UCF* L, 3-115 at Rutgers* W, 3-022 Memphis* W, 3-024 Temple* L, 0-327 at Louisville* L, 1-329 at Cincinnati* W, 3-2




No. Name Pos. Cl. Ht. Hometown/Previous School17 Lauren Bewick DS Jr. 5-7 Winterville, N.C. / Campbell)18 Torre Blake OH Jr. 5-8 Austin, Texas / Stephen F. Austin HS3 Bella Borgiotti S So. 5-10 Vienna, Va. / George C. Marshall HS16 Zarah Cecich S Sr. 5-11 Crown Point, Ind. / Crown Point HS4 Sydney Darden OH So. 5-8 Virginia Beach, Va. / UNC Greensboro2 Erika Figueroa DS/L Jr. 5-5 Orlando, Fla. / Dr. Phillips HS5 Aileen Hnatiuk OH Fr. 5-11 Weeki Wachee, Fla. / Bishop McLaughlin Catholic HS1 Alex Jessett L Fr. 5-6 Katy, Texas / Seven Lakes HS11 Alex Johnson RS Jr. 6-4 Las Vegas, Nev. / College of Southern Idaho13 Dayna Kramer OPP So. 6-1 San Antonio, Texas / Ronald Reagan HS15 Kierra Lee-Dunson MH Jr. 6-0 Atlanta, Ga. / Lakeside HS10 Sierra Lee-Dunson OPP R-So. 6-0 Atlanta, Ga. / Lakeside HS9 Ashton Mares OH Fr. 6-0 Fort Collins, Colo. / Rocky Mountain HS12 Ashley McRae MH So. 5-9 Silver Spring, Md. / Bethesda Chevy Chase HS7 Natalie Montini MB Fr. 6-0 Fletcher, N.C. / Reynolds HS8 Halee Wright DS/L So. 5-5 Fletcher, N.C. / Reynolds HS

2014 R o s t e R

SEPTEMBER East Carolina Invitational (Greenville, N.C.)5 Tennessee Tech 1 p.m.5 Norfolk State 7 p.m.6 Morgan State 7 p.m.

9 North Carolina A&T 7 p.m. Penn State Alumni Classic (State College, Pa.)19 vs. Eastern Illinois 9 a.m.19 vs. UIC 1 p.m.20 vs. DePaul 2 p.m.20 at Penn State 7:30 p.m. 26 UConn* 7 p.m.28 Temple* 1 p.m.30 North Carolina Central 7 p.m.

OCTOBER3 at Tulane* 8 p.m.5 at Houston* 2 p.m.10 USF* 7 p.m.12 UCF* 1 p.m.17 at Tulsa* 8 p.m.19 at SMU* 2 p.m.24 Cincinnati* 7 p.m.26 Memphis* 1 p.m.28 Maryland Eastern Shore 1 p.m.31 at UCF* 7 p.m.

NOVEMBER2 at USF* 7 p.m.7 Houston* 7 p.m.9 Tulane* 1 p.m.11 at Maryland Eastern Shore 7 p.m.14 at Temple* 7 p.m.16 at UConn* 1 p.m.21 at Memphis* 8 p.m.23 at Cincinnati* 1 p.m.28 SMU* 2 p.m.29 Tulsa* 2 p.m.

All times (Eastern) are subject to change; American Athletic Conference matches in CAPS

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SENIORZARAHcEcIcH

Q u I c k F A c t S

(Penn State ‘90)

Career Record/Years351-304/20 Years

Record at East Carolina/Years13-19/1 Year

HEAD cOAcH JuLIE tORBEtt

JuNIORkIERRA

LEE-DuNSON

Location: Greenville, N.C.Founded: 1907Enrollment: 27,000Nickname: PiratesColors: Purple and GoldChancellor: Dr. Steve BallardDirector of Athletics: Jeff CompherSenior Woman Administrator: Rosie ThompsonVolleyball Office Phone: (252) 737-1425Assistant Coaches: Cindi Miller, Eli Sharping2013 Overall Record: 13-192013 Conference USA Record/Finish: 3-11/13th in Conference USAStarters Returning/Lost: 3/3+LiberoLetterwinners Returning/Lost: 9/5Newcomers: SevenVolleyball Contact: Lindy ZamoraPhone: (252) 737-4520E-mail: [email protected]: (252) 737-4528Web site: www.ecupirates.comTwitter: @ECUVBall

E A S T C A R O L I N A


PIRAtes NoteBooK

SENIOR ZARAH cEcIcH


• East Carolina enters its second season under the direction of veteran head coach Julie Torbett, who enters the year at 351 career victories. In her first campaign at the helm, Torbett led the 2013 Pirates to an 11-win improvement from the previous year.

• The Pirates return setters Zarah Cecich and Bella Borgiotti, who accounted for 89.7% of ECU’s assists in 2013. Cecich is seventh all-time in assists for East Carolina.

• The Sept. 5 opener is the latest of any team in The American, while the Pirates’ regular-season finale vs. Tulsa on Nov. 29 is the lone match slated for the final day of the season.

Player SP Kills K/S Err TA Pct. Ast A/S SA SE SA/S RE Digs D/S BS BA BT B/S BE BHE PointsWILLIS, Nicole 116 424 3.66 227 1260 . 156 28 0.24 18 38 0.16 32 2 83 2.44 11 51 62 0.53 5 4 478.5CAMPBELL, Whitney 101 237 2.35 112 784 . 159 15 0.15 13 11 0.13 28 290 2.87 8 38 46 0.46 4 1 277.0BLAKE, Torre 105 197 1.88 97 632 . 158 13 0.12 16 23 0.15 5 72 0.69 5 45 50 0.48 3 4 240.5LEE-DUNSON, Kierra 113 181 1.60 63 416 . 284 2 0.02 0 0 0.00 4 23 0.20 10 93 103 0.91 3 3 237.5FITCH, Virginia 79 95 1.20 45 295 . 169 2 0.03 9 14 0.11 1 13 0.16 7 60 67 0.85 9 2 141.0CECICH, Zarah 108 78 0.72 22 213 . 263 839 7.77 14 22 0.13 1 181 1.68 2 41 43 0.40 0 10 114.5McRAE, Ashley 56 58 1.04 25 172 . 192 2 0.04 0 0 0.00 1 4 0.07 1 43 44 0.79 2 0 80.5BORGIOTTI, Bella 49 27 0.55 28 113 -. 009 276 5.63 4 14 0.08 1 88 1.80 1 21 22 0.45 4 9 42.5SHEPHERD, Teynia 28 23 0.82 20 83 . 036 4 0.14 4 6 0.14 2 36 1.29 0 3 3 0.11 1 0 28.5LEE-DUNSON, Sierra 5 3 0.60 1 9 . 222 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0.20 0 0 4.0BEASLEY, Shelby 116 2 0.02 4 54 -.037 39 0.34 19 18 0.16 35 471 4.06 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 21.0FIGUEROA, Erika 98 2 0.02 5 34 -. 088 16 0.16 9 11 0.09 21 203 2.07 0 0 0 0.00 1 0 11.0QUECK, Andrea 97 0 0.00 8 26 -.308 6 0.06 10 11 0.10 12 56 0.58 0 0 0 0.00 0 1 10.0WRIGHT, Halee 29 0 0.00 1 3 -.333 1 0.03 2 7 0.07 1 23 0.79 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 2.0TEAM 21

EAST CAROLINA 116 1327 11.44 658 4094 . 163 1243 10.72 118 175 1.02 165 1743 15.03 46 395 243.5 2.10 32 34 1688.5Opponents 116 1473 12.70 712 4241 .179 1397 12.04 165 188 1.42 117 1825 15.73 51 323 212.5 1.83 25 38 1850.5Bold indicates returning players

P I R A T E S

AUGUST (0-3)Wake Forest Deacon Invitational (Winston-Salem, N.C.)30 at Wake Forest L, 0-331 vs. UNC Greensboro L, 0-331 vs. ETSU L,0-3

SEPTEMBER (7-7)East Carolina Classic (Greenville, N.C.)6 The Citadel W, 3-07 Morgan State W, 3-07 Loyola Chicago L, 0-3

10 at Campbell L, 1-3

Elon Phoenix Classic (Elon, N.C.)13 vs. North Carolina Central W, 3-014 vs. Gardner-Webb W, 3-014 at Elon W, 3-0

17 at North Carolina Central W, 3-0

Appalachian State Invitational (Boone, N.C.)20 at Appalachian State W, 3-221 vs. Denver L, 2-321 vs. UT Arlington L., 1-3

24 at Howard L, 1-327 at North Texas* L, 0-329 at Rice* L, 0-3

OCTOBER (4-5)4 UAB* L, 1-35 Savannah State W, 3-08 at Charleston Southern W, 3-011 Louisiana Tech* W, 3-213 Tulane* L, 1-318 at Marshall* L, 0-320 at Tulsa* L, 1-325 FIU* W, 3-128 Florida Atlantic* L, 2-3

NOVEMBER (2-4)1 at Southern Miss* L, 0-33 Middle Tennessee* W, 3-25 North Carolina A&T W, 3-010 Charlotte* L, 2-315 at UTSA* L, 1-317 at UTEP* L, 0-3


2 0 1 3 R E S U LT S(13-19 Overall / 3-11 Conference USA)

MINGES cOLISEuM cAPAcItY - 8,000


No. Name Pos. Cl. Ht. Hometown/Previous School15 Sarah Afflerbaugh OH/RS Fr. 5-11 Austin, Texas/Westwood HS7 Marisa Guzman DS/L So. 5-7 Cypress, Texas/Cy-Woods HS5 Keandra McCardell S Fr. 5-8 Missouri City, Texas/Ridge Point HS12 Natalie Keck L/DS Sr. 5-5 Louisville, Ky./Mercy Academy20 Madison Kucera OH/RS Fr. 6-1 Edna, Texas/Edna HS19 Kadi Kullerkann OH/RS Jr. 6-4 Keila, Estonia/Audentes1 Bryanna Lawrence OH/RS Fr. 5-8 Arlington, Texas/Mansfield Timberview HS9 Olivia O’Dell L/DS Jr. 5-5 Rowlett, Texas/Rowlett HS3 Sophie Paine S Jr. 5-10 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia/Eltham HS18 Destiny Patterson S/DS Jr. 5-6 Houston, Texas/North Shore HS10 Courtney Smith MB Jr. 5-11 Houston, Texas/Cypress Falls8 Chyla Thomas MB/RS Jr. 6-3 Atlanta, Ga./San Jacinto College6 Chenelle Walker MB/RS Fr. 6-1 Fort Myers, Fla./Riverdale HS13 Cortney Warren OH/RS Sr. 6-0 Houston, Texas/Alabama17 Kaiti Waters MB Sr. 6-0 Richmond, Texas/Houston Baptist4 Hunter Wise MB/RS So. 6-3 Fairmount, Ind./Madison-Grant HS

2014 R o s t e R

AUGUST Houston Cougar Classic (Houston, Texas)29 Lamar 5 p.m.30 Texas State 12 p.m.30 Wake Forest 6 p.m.

SEPTEMBER Big Daddy’s Invitational (Lake Charles, La.) 5 vs. UT Arlington 1:15 p.m.5 vs. Jackson State 5:45 p.m.6 at McNeese State 2:15 p.m.

Flo Hyman Collegiate Cup (Houston, Texas) 12 Oral Roberts 7 p.m.13 Sam Houston State 12 p.m.13 Louisiana-Lafayette 4 p.m.

18 at UTSA 7 p.m. . Islanders Classic (Corpus Christi, Texas)19 vs. UT-Pan American 4 p.m.19 at Texas A&M - Corpus Christi 8 p.m.

26 Cincinnati* 8 p.m.28 Memphis* 2 p.m.

OCTOBER1 at Tulane* 8 p.m.5 East Carolina* 2 p.m.10 at SMU* 8 p.m.12 at Tulsa* 2:30 p.m.17 Temple* 7 p.m.19 UConn* 2 p.m.24 at UCF* 7 p.m.26 at USF* 12 p.m.31 Tulsa* 8 p.m.

NOVEMBER 2 SMU* 2 p.m.5 Tulane* 8 p.m.7 at East Carolina* 7 p.m.14 at Memphis* 8 p.m.16 at Cincinnati* 1 p.m.21 USF* 8 p.m.23 UCF* 2 p.m.26 at UConn* 7 p.m.28 at Temple* 7 p.m.


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SENIORNAtALIEkEck

Q u I c k F A c t S

(Houston Baptist ‘94)


Record at Houston/Years27-34/Two Years

HEAD cOAcH kADDIE PLAtt

JuNIORkADI

kuLLERkANN

Location: Houston, TexasFounded: 1927Enrollment: 40,750Nickname: CougarsColors: Scarlet and WhitePresident: Dr. Renu KhatorDirector of Athletics: Mack RhoadesSenior Woman Administrator: DeJuena ChizerVolleyball Office Phone: (713) 743-9872Assistant Coaches: Jenny Andrew, Jason Allen2013 Overall Record: 18-152013 American Athletic Conference Record/Finish: 10-8/5thStarters Returning/Lost: 4+Libero/2Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 10/5Newcomers: SixVolleyball Contact: Jessika McKernanPhone: (713) 743-9404E-mail: [email protected]: (713) 743-9411Web site: www.uhcougars.comTwitter: @UHCougarVB

H O U S T O N


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JuNIOR kADI kuLLERkANN

2 0 13 S t a t i S t i c a l l e a d e r S

AtHLEtIcS / ALuMNI cENtER cAPAcItY - 1,000

• The Cougars doubled their previous year win total in 2013, and return 10 letterwinners for Kaddie Platt’s third year on the sideline at Houston. Platt boasts a .734 career winning percentage as she begins her 20th season as a head coach.

• Three seniors and six juniors anchor the Cougar roster in 2014, as eight of the 10 returners played in at least 80 sets a year ago.

• Houston tallied a conference-best 1.41 aces per set in 2013, while allowing just 0.88 per frame, good for second in The American.

• The Cougars will face two conference champions in their non-conference schedule, hosting Texas State (Sun Belt) on Aug. 30 and squaring off with UTSA (C-USA) on Sept. 18.

Player SP Kills K/S Err TA Pct. Ast A/S SA SE SA/S RE Digs D/S BS BA BT B/S BE BHE PointsMIKALS,Sarita 122 393 3.22 179 1190 .180 17 0.14 27 23 0.22 28 312 2.56 6 57 63 0.52 11 1 454.5WARREN,Cortney 114 331 2.90 152 935 .191 1 0.01 0 0 0.00 0 50 0.44 8 57 65 0.57 6 1 367.5KULLERKANN,Kadi 117 309 2.64 141 789 .213 2 0.02 3 2 0.03 4 36 0.31 6 78 84 0.72 6 1 357.0HOWARD,Emily 85 152 1.79 72 367 .218 5 0.06 0 0 0.00 0 11 0.13 6 44 50 0.59 12 3 180.0WATERS,Kaiti 82 96 1.17 33 233 .270 1 0.01 17 25 0.21 1 23 0.28 8 95 103 1.26 16 0 168.5SMITH,Courtney 85 58 0.68 33 175 .143 0 0.00 14 21 0.16 0 12 0.14 5 70 75 0.88 7 0 112.0WHILEYMAN,Taylor 48 54 1.12 42 161 .075 1 0.02 4 5 0.08 5 50 1.04 1 9 10 0.21 4 0 63.5DAXBOECK,Stephanie 40 38 0.95 33 157 .032 3 0.08 2 1 0.05 2 25 0.62 0 9 9 0.22 4 0 44.5WISE,Hunter 43 35 0.81 20 103 .146 1 0.02 4 7 0.09 0 8 0.19 3 29 32 0.74 7 0 56.5PAINE,Sophie 123 26 0.21 22 87 .046 1027 8.35 30 56 0.24 2 156 1.27 1 29 30 0.24 19 45 71.5O’DELL,Olivia 123 6 0.05 3 24 .125 30 0.24 24 49 0.20 11 285 2.32 0 0 0 0.00 0 3 30.0KECK,Natalie 124 1 0.01 3 25 -.080 40 0.32 20 29 0.16 30 549 4.43 0 0 0 0.00 1 2 21.0FRANTZ,Avalon 27 1 0.04 2 8 -.125 98 3.63 7 3 0.26 0 27 1.00 1 0 1 0.04 1 7 9.0PATTERSON,Destiny 106 1 0.01 5 13 -.308 146 1.38 22 33 0.21 12 221 2.08 0 0 0 0.00 1 18 23.0CLARKE,Maddy 3 0 0.00 1 5 -.200 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 1 0.33 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.0GUZMAN,Marisa 18 0 0.00 0 3 .000 0 0.00 1 1 0.06 3 7 0.39 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 1.0WARE,Meredith 18 0 0.00 0 0 .000 1 0.06 0 5 0.00 2 11 0.61 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.0

HOUSTON 124 1501 12.10 742 4276 .178 1373 11.07 175 260 1.41 109 1784 14.39 45 477 283.5 2.29 95 81 1959.5OPPONENTS 124 1435 11.57 662 4165 .186 1331 10.73 109 224 0.88 174 1769 14.27 49 484 291.0 2.35 75 60 1835.0

Bold indicates returning players

C O U G A R S

AUGUST (2-1)Delta Zeta Classic (San Marcos, Texas)30 vs. Quinnipiac W, 3-030 vs. Lamar W, 3-131 at Texas State L, 0-3

SEPTEMBER (7-6)3 Texas Southern W, 3-2

Sawyer Camillo Memorial Classic (Lafayette, La.)6 vs. Alcorn State W, 3-07 vs. Nicholls State W, 3-07 at Louisiana-Lafayette W, 3-1

TCU Nike Invitational (Fort Worth, Texas)13 vs. Grambling State W, 3-013 at TCU L, 1-314 vs. Ole Miss L, 0-314 vs. Stephen F. Austin L, 2-3

Flo Hyman Collegiate Cup (Houston, Texas)20 North Texas L, 0-321 LSU L, 1-321 Baylor L, 2-3

27 at Rutgers* W, 3-029 at UConn* W, 3-2

OCTOBER (4-4)4 Cincinnati* W, 3-06 Louisville* L, 0-311 at Temple* L, 1-313 at Memphis* W, 3-215 at Prairie View A&M W, 3-118 UCF* W, 3-020 USF* L, 1-325 at SMU* L, 1-3

NOVEMBER (5-4)1 UConn* W, 3-03 Rutgers* W, 3-18 at Louisville* L, 2-310 at Cincinnati* W, 3-015 Memphis* L, 0-317 Temple* W, 3-122 at USF* L, 1-324 at UCF* W, 3-227 SMU* L, 0-3




No. Name Pos. Cl. Ht. Hometown/Previous School10 Oluchi Agomuo OH Fr. 6-1 Houston, Texas/Wunsche HS12 Torika Baleilekutu MB/RS Jr. 5-11 Palo Alto, Calif./Missouri State-West Plains13 Regan Comperry S Fr. 5-11 Clarksville, Tenn./Rossview HS2 Kate Gibson OH Fr. 6-0 Sedalia, Colo./Valor Christian1 McKenzie Hayes RS So. 6-1 Tell City, Ind./Tell City HS3 Catlin Lilly OH/RS So. 6-1 New Albany, Ind./New Albany HS6 Michaella Moss OH/RS So. 6-1 Monument, Colo./Lewis-Palmer HS8 Faith Myers S Fr. 5-10 Elizabethtown, Ind./Columbia East HS16 Aleksandra Petronijevic L R-Sr. 5-4 Belgrade, Serbia/Prva Beogradska Gimnazua5 Lindsey Purvis L R-Jr. 5-3 Germantown, Tenn./Middle Tennessee4 Kendall Seering DS Fr. 5-6 Millington, Tenn./Tipton-Rosemark Academy22 Charlotte Wellens MB Fr. 6-3 Vosselaar, Belgium/Katholiek Onderwijs Vilvoorde College7 Alexis Wesley MB R-Jr. 6-1 Silverdale, Wash./Central Kitsap HS 11 Lauren Wright MB/RS Sr. 6-2 Rowlett, Texas/Rowlett HS9 Veronica Zimmerman S R-Jr. 5-10 Toledo, Ohio/St. Ursula Academy

2014 R o s t e R

AUGUST Marcia E. Hamilton Classic (St. Louis, Mo.)30 vs. SEMO 11 a.m.30 at Saint Louis 3 p.m.31 vs. Alabama 3 p.m.

SEPTEMBER Memphis Intercollegiate (Memphis, Tenn.) 5 Ole Miss 8 p.m.6 Tennessee-Martin 1 p.m.6 Arkansas State 8 p.m. Maroon Classic (Starkville, Miss.) 12 vs. Nicholls State 12 p.m.12 at Mississippi State 8 p.m.13 vs. Northwestern State 2 p.m.13 vs. South Alabama 6 p.m. Lady Vol Classic (Knoxville, Tenn.) 19 vs. Mercer 12:30 p.m.19 at Tennessee 7 p.m.20 vs. Montana State 10 a.m.20 vs. Austin Peay 4:30 p.m.

26 at Tulane* 8 p.m.28 at Houston* 2 p.m.

OCTOBER3 Tulsa* 8 p.m.5 SMU* 2 p.m.10 at UConn* 7 p.m.12 at Temple* 1 p.m.17 UCF* 8 p.m.19 USF 2 p.m.22 at Cincinnati* 7 p.m.26 at East Carolina* 1 p.m.31 Temple* 8 p.m.

NOVEMBER2 UConn* 2 p.m.7 at SMU* 8 p.m.9 at Tulsa* 2 p.m.14 Houston* 8 p.m.16 Tulane* 1 p.m.19 Cincinnati* 8 p.m.21 East Carolina* 8 p.m.26 at USF* 7 p.m.28 at UCF* 2 p.m.All times (Eastern) are subject to change; American Athletic Conference matches denoted with asterisk

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R-SENIOR ALEkSANDRAPEtRONIJEVIc

Q u I c k F A c t S

(Memphis ‘01)

Career Record/Years87-103/Six Years

Record at Memphis/Years87-103/Six Years

HEAD cOAcHAPRIL JAuREGuI

SENIORLAuRENWRIGHt

Location: Memphis, Tenn.Founded: 1912Enrollment: 22,139Nickname: TigersColors: Blue & GrayPresident: David RuddAthletic Director: Tom BowenSenior Woman Administrator: Maria RothVolleyball Office Phone: (901) 678-2312Assistant Coaches: James Onikeku, Kallie Noble2013 Overall Record: 15-172013 American Athletic Conference Record/Finish: 7-11/7thLetterwinners Returning/Lost: 8/4Starters Returning/Lost: 5+Libero/1Newcomers: SevenVolleyball Contact: Will EdwardsPhone: (901) 678-5223E-mail: [email protected]: (901) 678-4134Web site: www.GoTigersGo.comTwitter: @MemphisVolley

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ELMA ROANE FIELDHOuSEcAPAcItY - 2,565

Player SP Kills K/S Err TA Pct. Ast A/S SA SE SA/S RE Digs D/S BS BA BT B/S BE BHE PointsHAWKINS, Lauren 104 307 2.95 127 682 .264 7 0.07 22 39 0.21 2 52 0.50 18 78 96 0.92 19 0 386.0LILLY, Catlin 87 274 3.15 131 832 .172 5 0.06 6 10 0.07 14 160 1.84 3 32 35 0.40 2 1 299.0TEIVANE, Viktorija 113 239 2.12 106 813 .164 29 0.26 21 15 0.19 28 361 3.19 1 19 20 0.18 0 1 270.5WESLEY, Alexis 116 238 2.05 97 596 .237 6 0.05 0 0 0.00 1 28 0.24 18 90 108 0.93 11 0 301.0HAYES, McKenzie 93 177 1.90 89 547 .161 8 0.09 0 0 0.00 1 42 0.45 1 55 56 0.60 10 3 205.5ETHEREDGE, Sydni 57 130 2.28 83 390 .121 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 2 29 0.51 1 19 20 0.35 4 0 140.5MOSS, Michaella 119 93 0.78 61 409 .078 57 0.48 17 46 0.14 16 285 2.39 1 17 18 0.15 0 4 119.5ZIMMERMAN, Veronica 116 78 0.67 22 202 .277 1229 10.59 15 22 0.13 2 287 2.47 3 40 43 0.37 12 27 116.0MEYER, Katie 27 17 0.63 16 63 .016 2 0.07 0 0 0.00 1 6 0.22 4 20 24 0.89 1 0 31.0PETRONIJEVIC, Aleksandra 120 1 0.01 3 6 -.333 106 0.88 30 63 0.25 28 618 5.15 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 31.0WOODS, Nicole 6 1 0.17 4 23 -.130 1 0.17 1 1 0.17 0 3 0.50 0 2 2 0.33 0 0 3.0PENA, Adriana 1 0 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.0PULIDO, Megan 57 0 0.00 0 3 .000 3 0.05 7 11 0.12 0 36 0.63 0 0 0 0.00 0 1 7.0PURVIS, Lindsey 85 0 0.00 1 6 -.167 12 0.14 21 17 0.25 12 181 2.13 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 21.0

MEMPHIS 120 1555 12.96 740 4573 .178 1465 12.21 140 224 1.17 116 2088 17.40 50 372 236.0 1.97 59 37 1931.0OPPONENTS 120 1430 11.92 642 4401 .179 1336 11.13 116 223 0.97 140 1963 16.36 51 498 300.0 2.50 63 37 1846.0Bold indicates returning players

T I G E R S

AUGUST (2-1)Belmont Invitational (Nashville, Tenn.)30 at Belmont W, 3-231 vs. Miami (Ohio) L, 1-331 vs. Gardner-Webb W, 3-0

SEPTEMBER (7-5)Memphis Invitational (Memphis, Tenn.)6 Alabama A&M W, 3-06 Western Carolina L, 2-37 Southeastern Louisiana W, 3-0 University of Evansville Tournament (Evans-ville, Ind.)13 vs. Valparaiso W, 3-014 at Evansville L, 2-314 vs. SIUE W, 3-1

17 Arkansas State L, 1-3

Tiger Invitational (Memphis, Tenn.)20 La Salle W, 3-020 UALR L, 0-321 Austin Peay W, 3-1

27 at Louisville* L, 1-329 at Cincinnati* W, 3-2

OCTOBER (2-6)4 at Temple* L, 0-311 SMU* L, 1-313 Houston* L, 2-315 Tennessee State L, 2-318 Rutgers* W, 3-120 UConn* W, 3-225 at USF* L, 1-327 at UCF* L, 1-3

NOVEMBER (4-5)1 Cincinnati* W, 3-13 Louisville* L, 0-38 Temple* L, 1-315 at Houston* W, 3-017 at SMU* L, 0-322 at UConn* L, 0-324 at Rutgers* W, 3-127 UCF* L, 3-229 USF* W, 3-2



• The Tigers return four of their top five players in kills per set from a year ago, led by senior Lauren Wright. Wright and Alexis Wesley are both coming off second-team all-conference selections in 2013.

• Other returners for Memphis include setter Veronica Zimmerman, who was third in The American in assists per set last year, and Aleksandra Petronijevic, who led the conference in digs per set.

• Memphis set single-match highs in The American in 2013 with 81 kills and 78 assists in a five-set triumph over Cincinnati on Sept. 29.

• The Tigers were best in The American and 17th in the nation with 17.21 digs per set in 2013.


2014 R o s t e R

2014 s c h e d u l eAUGUST Mortar Board Premier (West Lafayette, Ind.)29 at Purdue 10 a.m.29 vs. LSU 5 p.m.30 vs. San Diego 4 p.m.

SEPTEMBER USF Tournament (Tampa, Fla.)5 Buffalo 2 p.m.5 FIU 7 p.m.7 South Carolina State 11 a.m. Active Ankle Challenge (Auburn, Ala.)12 vs. Winthrop 5 p.m.13 vs. Troy 10:30 a.m.13 at Auburn 8:30 p.m. Pitt Panther Invitational (Pittsburgh, Pa.)19 at Pittsburgh 7 p.m.20 vs. Delaware 10 a.m.20 vs. Sacred Heart 4:30 p.m.

26 at Tulsa* 8 p.m.28 at SMU* 2 p.m.

OCTOBER3 UConn* 7 p.m.5 Temple* 12 p.m.8 UCF* 7 p.m.10 at East Carolina* 7 p.m.17 at Cincinnati* 7 p.m.19 at Memphis* 2 p.m.24 Tulane* 7 p.m.26 Houston* 12 p.m.29 at UCF* 7 p.m.

NOVEMBER2 East Carolina* 12 p.m.7 at Temple* 7 p.m.9 at UConn* 1 p.m.14 SMU* 7 p.m.16 Tulsa* 12 p.m.21 at Houston* 8 p.m.23 at Tulane* 2 p.m.26 Memphis* 7 p.m.28 Cincinnati* 2 p.m.


No. Name Pos. Cl. Ht. Hometown/Previous School10 Payton Brown DS/L Fr. 5-6 Houston, Texas/Cypress Creek HS8 Wylie Devlin DS/L Jr. 5-7 Winter Park, Fla./Winter Park HS20 Jaime Dickinson RS/OH So. 6-0 Gurnee, Ill./Warren Township HS23 Priscilla Ehieze RS/OH Fr. 5-10 Houston, Texas/Cinco Ranch HS7 Erin Fairs RS/OH Jr. 5-11 Richmond, Texas/Foster HS5 Adyson Goodnight OH Fr. 5-11 Papillion, Neb./Papillion La Vista South HS11 Dakota Hampton OH So. 6-0 Orland Park, Ill./Carl Sandburg HS16 Alexus Heidelberg RS/OH So. 5-9 Winter Garden, Fla./West Orange HS6 Joli Holland MB Fr. 5-11 Dublin, Calif./Dublin HS13 Brittany Kelly MB Fr. 6-0 Winter Park, Fla./Winter Park HS19 Alex Mendoz S Fr. 5-11 Minneola, Fla./Lake Minneola HS18 Olha “Olga” Morekhodova S Jr. 5-9 Key West, Fla./Indian River State College12 Jennica Mullins MB Sr. 6-1 Seminole, Fla./Northside Christian HS22 Bree Scarbrough MB/RS Sr. 6-1 Sarasota, Fla./American17 Natalia Soares S Jr. 5-7 Porto Alegre, Brazil/Colegia Farroupilha4 Amy Van Sant DS/L So. 5-7 Atlanta, Ga./Lakeside HS

JuNIORERINFAIRS

Q u I c k F A c t S

(Florida State ‘00)


Record at USF/Years34-30/Two Years

HEAD cOAcH cOuRtNEY DRAPER

SENIOR JENNIcA MuLLINS

Location: Tampa, Fla.Founded: 1956Enrollment: 46,167Nickname: BullsColors: Green & GoldPresident: Dr. Judy GenshaftDirector of Athletics: Mark HarlanSenior Woman Administrator: Jocelyn FisherPhone: (813) 974-5740Assistant Coaches: Kelly Surrency, Travers Green2013 Overall Record: 17-152013 American Athletic Conference Record/Finish: 11-7/4thStarters Returning/Lost: 4+Libero/2Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 8/6Newcomers: SevenVolleyball Contact: Mark HeisePhone: (813) 974-7099 E-mail: [email protected]: (813) 974-5328Web site: www.GoUSFBulls.comTwitter: @usfvolleyball

U S F


Bulls NoteBooK

JuNIOR ERIN FAIRS


THE CORRALCAPACITY- 1,000

B U L L S

Player SP Kills K/S Err TA Pct. Ast A/S SA SE SA/S RE Digs D/S BS BA BT B/S BE BHE PointsFAIRS, Erin 115 429 3.73 178 1093 .230 12 0.10 24 45 0.21 52 507 4.41 8 61 69 0.60 12 0 491.5BIVINS, Kayla 110 222 2.02 96 642 .196 1 0.01 0 0 0.00 2 33 0.30 1 70 71 0.65 15 0 258.0RODRIGUEZ GOMEZ, Andrea 119 222 1.87 66 529 .295 16 0.13 36 29 0.30 2 96 0.81 30 152 182 1.53 14 3 364.0BROWN, Ciara 98 190 1.94 78 599 .187 6 0.06 1 6 0.01 2 55 0.56 0 40 40 0.41 1 0 211.0HAMPTON, Dakota 119 168 1.41 71 713 .136 7 0.06 17 10 0.14 41 349 2.93 0 46 46 0.39 5 0 208.0MULLINS, Jennica 116 161 1.39 65 397 .242 3 0.03 0 0 0.00 1 13 0.11 25 98 123 1.06 6 0 235.0WHALEN, Carissa 63 99 1.57 46 309 .172 3 0.05 0 0 0.00 1 11 0.17 1 39 40 0.63 4 0 119.5HEIDELBERG, Alexus 35 22 0.63 16 90 .067 1 0.03 4 1 0.11 8 33 0.94 1 7 8 0.23 1 2 30.5THOMSEN, Rachyl 10 2 0.20 3 12 -.083 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 4 4 0.40 0 0 4.0DICKINSON, Jaime 10 1 0.10 0 3 .333 0 0.00 0 2 0.00 1 2 0.20 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 1.0SOARES, Natalia 120 1 0.01 4 13 -.231 726 6.05 23 26 0.19 1 217 1.81 0 2 2 0.02 2 22 25.0DEVLIN, Wylie 120 1 0.01 13 19 -.632 569 4.74 8 21 0.07 0 238 1.98 0 0 0 0.00 1 16 9.0VAN SANT, Amy 117 0 0.00 1 2 -.500 97 0.83 15 24 0.13 30 466 3.98 0 0 0 0.00 0 2 15.0BROOKS, Hailey 2 0 0.00 0 1 .000 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 1 0 0.0Team 14

USF 120 1518 12.65 637 4422 .199 1441 12.01 128 164 1.07 155 2020 16.83 66 519 325.5 2.71 62 45 1971.5OPPONENTS 120 1562 13.02 705 4587 .187 1436 11.97 155 221 1.29 128 1982 16.52 55 383 246.5 2.05 49 33 1963.5Bold indicates returning players

• The Bulls return reigning American Athletic Conference Player of the Year Erin Fairs for her junior campaign in Tampa. Fairs paced The American with 3.73 kills per set in 2013, and raised her play in confer-ence matches, recording a conference-best 3.94 per set. Fairs was voted Preseason Player of the Year prior to the season.

• Courtney Draper has posted a pair of 17-win seasons in her first two years in Tampa, and looks to lead the Bulls to their first NCAA tournament appearance since 2002. Draper brought Division II Eck-erd College to five NCAA tournament appearances in six years be-tween 2006-11.

• USF led The American in blocking by a wide margin in 2013. The Bulls tallied 2.71 blocks per set, while the next-closest team had 2.46. The Bulls were 24th in the nation in blocks per set, and 23rd in digs per set.

AUGUST (3-1)USF Tournament (Tampa, Fla.)30 Miami (Fla.) L, 1-330 The Citadel W, 3-031 Austin Peay W, 3-131 Ball State W, 3-2

SEPTEMBER (3-8)Bluejay Invitational (Omaha, Neb.)6 vs. California L, 0-37 at Creighton L, 0-37 vs. Northern Colorado L, 1-3

10 at Florida Gulf Coast W, 3-1 USF Invitational (Tampa, Fla.)13 Pittsburgh L, 2-314 Florida Atlantic W, 3-014 Purdue L, 0-3

Wildcat Classic (Evanston, Ill.)20 at Northwestern L, 2-320 vs. IUPUI L, 0-321 vs. Miami (Ohio) W, 3-1

27 at UCF* L, 0-3

OCTOBER (7-1)4 Rutgers* W, 3-06 UConn* W, 3-011 at Louisville* L, 0-313 at Cincinnati* W, 3-218 at SMU* W, 3-220 at Houston* W, 3-125 Memphis* W, 3-127 Temple* W, 3-0

NOVEMBER (4-5)1 UCF* L, 0-38 at UConn* W, 3-010 at Rutgers* W, 3-115 Cincinnati* L, 2-317 Louisville* L, 0-322 Houston* W, 3-124 SMU* L, 0-327 at Temple* W, 3-129 at Memphis* L, 2-3




No. Name Pos. Cl. Ht. Hometown/Previous School11 Avery Acker S Jr. 5-9 Poth, Texas/Poth13 Carla Armstrong OH Sr. 5-10 Houston, Texas/Cypress Woods7 Cailin Bula OH Jr. 6-2 Austin, Texas/Westlake1 Abbey Bybel OH Jr. 6-0 White Oak, Texas/White Oak10 Janelle Giordano MB So. 6-2 Keller, Texas/Keller15 Rachel Greiner OH Fr. 6-1 Boise, Idaho/Bishop Kelly12 Katie Hegarty OH R-Fr. 6-2 Aztec, N.M./Piedra Vista30 Morgan Heise L So. 5-6 Hempstead, Texas/Waller6 Taylor Lockett MB Jr. 6-0 Golden Valley, Minn./Hopkins99 Lauren Mills OH Fr. 6-0 Keller, Texas/Timber Creek14 Sara Myers OH Jr. 6-0 Dallas, Texas/Brookhaven College9 Julianne Scheidler L Sr. 5-8 Carlsbad, Calif./La Costa Canyon83 McKenzie Shea S Fr. 5-10 Parker, Texas/Plano East5 Isabella Sotelo L Fr. 5-9 Austin, Texas/St. Michael’s Academy4 Kristen Stehling MB So. 6-0 Spring, Texas/Klein Collins8 Caroline Young OH Sr. 5-11 Brenham, Texas/Brenham

2014 R o s t e R

AUGUST San Francisco Invite (San Francisco, Calif.)29 at San Francisco 9:30 p.m.30 vs. Georgia 12:30 p.m.30 vs. Fordham 8 p.m.

SEPTEMBER SMU Invite (Dallas, Texas)5 Georgia Tech 8 p.m.6 Texas Southern 1:30 p.m.6 Oklahoma 8 p.m. Razorback Invitational (Fayetteville, Ark.)12 vs. Stony Brook 5 p.m.13 vs. South Dakota 2 p.m.13 at Arkansas 8 p.m. SMU Classic (Dallas, Texas)19 Houston Baptist 1:30 p.m.19 College of Charleston 8 p.m.20 New Mexico 3:30 p.m.

26 UCF* 8 p.m.28 USF* 2 p.m.

OCTOBER3 at Cincinnati* 7 p.m.5 at Memphis 3 p.m.10 Houston* 8 p.m.12 Tulane* 2 p.m.15 at Tulsa* 8 p.m.19 East Carolina* 2 p.m.24 at Temple* 7 p.m.26 at UConn* 12 p.m.31 at Tulane* 2 p.m.

NOVEMBER2 at Houston* 2 p.m.7 Memphis* 8 p.m.9 Cincinnati* 2 p.m.14 at USF* 7 p.m.16 at UCF* 1:30 p.m.21 UConn* 8 p.m.23 Temple* 2 p.m.26 Tulsa* 3 p.m.28 at East Carolina* 2 p.m.


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JuNIORAVERYAckER

Q u I c k F A c t S

(Winona State ‘83)


Record at SMU/Years285-268/18 Years

HEAD cOAcHLISA SEIFERt

SENIORcAROLINE

YOuNG

Location: Dallas, TexasFounded: 1911Enrollment: 10,981Nickname: MustangsColors: Red & BluePresident: R. Gerald TurnerDirector of Athletics: Rick HartSenior Woman Administrator: Monique HollandVolleyball Office Phone: (214) 768-2827Assistant Coaches: Cristine Dixon, Sean Kiracofe2013 Overall Record: 22-92013 American Athletic Conference Record: 14-4/2ndStarters Returning/Lost: 4/2+LiberoLetterwinners Returning/Lost: 9/4Newcomers: 3Volleyball Contact: Travis ChambleePhone: (214) 768-3735E-mail: [email protected] site: www.smumustangs.comTwitter: @SMUVolleyball

S M U


MustANGs NoteBooK

JuNIOR AVERY AckER


The Mustangs played the 2013 season in the Dedman Center while renovations were being

made to Moody Coliseum. The 7,000-seat venue will re-open for the 2014 campaign.

M U S T A N G S

Player SP Kills K/S Err TA Pct. Ast A/S SA SE SA/S RE Digs D/S BS BA BT B/S BE BHE PointsYOUNG, Caroline 112 383 3.42 129 878 .289 9 0.08 34 92 0.30 1 167 1.49 1 72 73 0.65 2 1 454.0BYBEL, Abbey 105 268 2.55 102 787 .211 12 0.11 11 18 0.10 19 212 2.02 3 34 37 0.35 6 3 299.0BULA, Cailin 85 232 2.73 94 602 .229 5 0.06 29 36 0.34 6 74 0.87 6 36 42 0.49 3 0 285.0LOZANO, Maddie 106 229 2.16 120 490 .222 12 0.11 24 31 0.23 0 87 0.82 14 107 121 1.14 19 1 320.5GIORDANO, Janelle 111 219 1.97 74 471 .308 4 0.04 0 1 0.00 1 16 0.14 14 99 113 1.02 5 0 282.5STEHLING, Kristen 61 104 1.70 47 275 .207 1 0.02 12 17 0.20 6 47 0.77 1 17 18 0.30 3 0 125.5ACKER, Avery 107 54 0.50 12 141 .298 1199 11.21 10 13 0.09 0 264 2.47 3 62 65 0.61 4 13 98.0ARMSTRONG, Carla 75 14 0.19 19 56 -.089 5 0.07 2 1 0.03 21 97 1.29 0 3 3 0.04 0 1 17.5DALY, Caroline 16 12 0.75 7 42 .119 1 0.06 0 2 0.00 0 3 0.19 4 14 18 1.12 2 0 23.0HEISE, Morgan 112 6 0.05 1 17 .294 111 0.99 18 12 0.16 16 406 3.62 0 1 1 0.01 0 3 24.5EDWARDS, Dana 11 3 0.27 2 7 .143 50 4.55 0 0 0.00 0 15 1.36 0 3 3 0.27 0 2 4.5SCHEIDLER, Julianne 89 2 0.02 2 14 .000 6 0.07 0 3 0.00 15 118 1.33 0 0 0 0.00 0 1 2.0TEAM 12

SMU 112 1526 13.62 609 3780 .243 1415 12.63 140 226 1.25 97 1506 13.45 46 448 270.0 2.41 44 25 1936.0OPPONENTS 112 1250 11.16 632 3660 .169 1189 10.62 97 209 0.87 140 1396 12.46 47 461 277.5 2.48 58 41 1624.5

Returning players in bold

• The Mustangs were voted preseason favorites, returning nine letterwinners to a team that won 22 matches a year ago. One of them, The American’s 2013 Setter of the Year Avery Acker, tallied 11.21 assists per set during her sophomore campaign in Dallas.

• SMU also has Caroline Young back for her senior year, after Young led the Mustangs and was third in The American in kills per set a year ago at 3.42. Young, a first-team all-conference selection in 2013, is also joined by second-team honorees Cailin Bula and Abbey Bybel. Young, Bula and Bybel all had at least 2.7 kills per set in 2013.

• The Mustangs will look to build upon a strong finish to the 2013 campaign. SMU won 10 of its last 11 to close out last season.

AUGUST (2-1)Delta Zeta Classic (San Marcos, Texas)30 vs. Quinnipiac W, 3-030 at Texas State L, 1-331 vs. Lamar W, 3-0

SEPTEMBER (8-4)3 at Baylor L, 0-3

SMU Invite (Dallas, Texas)6 Grambling State W, 3-06 Davidson W, 3-17 Sam Houston State W, 3-0

Aztec Invitational (San Diego, Calif.)13 vs. San Francisco L, 2-314 vs. Harvard L, 2-314 vs. Northeastern W, 3-2

College of Charleston Classic (Charleston, S.C.)20 at College of Charleston W, 3-121 vs. Ball State L, 1-321 vs. Alabama A&M W, 3-0

27 at UConn* W, 3-029 at Rutgers* W, 3-1

OCTOBER (4-3)4 Louisville* L, 0-36 Cincinnati* W, 3-011 at Memphis* W, 3-113 at Temple* L, 1-318 USF* L, 2-320 UCF* W, 3-025 Houston* W, 3-1

NOVEMBER (8-1)1 Rutgers* W, 3-03 UConn* W, 3-08 at Cincinnati* W, 3-110 at Louisville* L, 1-315 Temple* W, 3-017 Memphis* W, 3-022 at UCF* W, 3-124 at USF* W, 3-027 at Houston* W, 3-0




No. Name Pos. Cl. Ht. Hometown/Previous School13 Geena Bevenour Fr. S/DS 5-5 Wayne, Pa./Pope John Paul II1 Tiffany Connatser Sr. S 5-10 Fairfax, Va./Robinson15 Tyler Davis So. OH 6-0 Palm Desert, Calif./Xavier College Prep7 Alyssa Drachslin Jr. DS/L 5-6 Riverside, Calif./Riverside Poly12 Caroline Grattan So. OH 6-1 Pittsburgh, Pa./Mt. Lebanon3 Jennifer Iacobini Sr. MB 6-1 Palm Springs, Calif./Palm Springs14 Halle McCullough Jr. MB/ RS 6-3 Colorado Springs, Colo./Gonzaga10 Emily Nicholson Fr. MB/RS 6-4 Denver, Colo./Denver East11 Kirsten Overton So. MB 6-1 Royersford, Pa./Spring-Ford5 Dara Peric Fr. OH 6-0 Belgrade, Serbia/HS of Tourism16 Izabella Rapacz Fr. OH/RS 6-2 Glenview, Ill./Glenbrook South8 Alex Schmitt Sr. MB 6-2 Pittsburgh, Pa./Shaler Area2 Janine Simmons Fr. MB 6-1 Centreville, Va./Centreville9 Malia Smith Fr. DS/L 5-7 Gardena, Calif./Notre Dame Academy4 Sandra Sydlik Jr. S 5-10 Berlin, Germany/Flatow6 Kayla Yingling Jr. DS/L 5-0 Spring Grove, Pa./Buffalo

2014 R o s t e R

AUGUST Syracuse Invitational (Syracuse, N.Y.) 30 vs. Niagara 1:30 p.m.30 at Syracuse 6:30 p.m.31 vs. Delaware State 11 a.m.

SEPTEMBER Temple Invitational (Philadelphia, Pa.) 5 Charlotte 6 p.m.6 Princeton 1 p.m.6 Holy Cross 4:30 p.m. Blackbird Invitational (Brooklyn, N.Y.)12 vs. Boston College 4:30 p.m.13 vs. Northern Kentucky 12:30 p.m.13 at LIU Brooklyn 6:30 p.m. Big 5 Tournament (Philadelphia, Pa.)19 vs. La Salle 4 p.m.20 vs. Villanova 10 a.m.20 at Penn 7 p.m.

24 at UConn* 7 p.m.28 at East Carolina* 1 p.m.

OCTOBER3 at UCF* 7 p.m.5 at USF* 12 p.m.10 Cincinnati* 7 p.m.12 Memphis* 1 p.m.17 at Houston* 7 p.m.19 at Tulane* 2 p.m.24 SMU* 7 p.m.26 Tulsa* 1 p.m.31 at Memphis* 8 p.m.

NOVEMBER 2 at Cincinnati* 1 p.m.7 USF* 7 p.m.9 UCF* 1 p.m.12 UConn* 7 p.m.14 East Carolina* 7 p.m.21 at Tulsa* 8 p.m.23 at SMU* 2 p.m.26 Tulane* 7 p.m.28 Houston* 7 p.m.


2014 s c h e d u l e

SENIORJENNIFERIAcOBINI

Q u I c k F A c t S

(Queens College ‘05)

Career Record/Years:45-43/Three Years

Record at Temple/Years:45-43/Three Years

HEAD cOAcH BAkEER GANES

JuNIORSANDRA

SYDLIk

Location: Philadelphia, Pa.Founded: 1884Enrollment: 39,000Nickname: OwlsColors: Cherry & WhitePresident: Neil D. TheobaldDirector of Athletics: Kevin ClarkSenior Woman Administrator: Kristen FoleyVolleyball Office Phone: (215) 204-6289 Associate Head Coach: Akiko HatakeyamaGraduate Extern: Sara Scheirman2013 Overall Record: 18-122013 American Athletic Conference Record/Finish: 9-9/6thStarters Returning/Lost: 4/2+LiberoLetterwinners Returning/Lost: 10/3Newcomers: SixVolleyball Contact: TBAPhone: TBAE-mail: TBAFax: (215) 204-7499Web site: www.OwlSports.comTwitter: @VolleyballTU

T E M P L E


OWLS NOtEBOOk• Temple opened the 2013 campaign 15-4, including a 6-1 mark in The American, while playing of 11 of its first 19 matches in Philadelphia. The Owls finished the year 8-4 at home, with a 6-3 record in home conference matches.

• The Owls return 10 letterwinners from a year ago, including Jennifer Iacobini, who was fifth in The American in hitting percentage in 2013, and Alyssa Drachslin, who ranked fifth in digs per set. Temple also brings back two of its top three players in kills per set, returning Caroline Grattan and Tyler Davis.

• Temple will play six of its final eight matches in The American at home in 2014, after having played five of its last seven on the road in 2013. SENIOR tIFFANY cONNAtSER


McGONIGLE HALL cAPAcItY - 3,900

O W L S

Player SP Kills K/S Err TA Pct. Ast A/S SA SE SA/S RE Digs D/S BS BA BT B/S BE BHE PointsMATAUTIA, Gabriella 110 376 3.42 164 1098 .193 25 0.23 26 32 0.24 1 304 2.76 3 59 62 0.56 1 1 434.5GRATTAN, Caroline 83 202 2.43 116 617 .139 15 0.18 12 26 0.14 22 143 1.72 0 19 19 0.23 6 3 223.5BURKERT, Elyse 87 185 2.13 86 651 .152 11 0.13 18 14 0.21 31 231 2.66 1 10 11 0.13 2 0 209.0IACOBINI, Jennifer 107 158 1.48 42 366 .317 14 0.13 29 28 0.27 0 60 0.56 15 76 91 0.85 11 3 240.0DAVIS, Tyler 59 131 2.22 75 458 .122 9 0.15 3 6 0.05 7 75 1.27 1 19 20 0.34 2 0 144.5CARLIN, Emily 41 122 2.98 66 335 .167 7 0.17 7 20 0.17 8 88 2.15 1 5 6 0.15 7 0 132.5OVERTON, Kirsten 64 81 1.27 40 214 .192 0 0.00 0 4 0.00 2 6 0.09 8 37 45 0.70 8 0 107.5SYDLIK, Sandra 91 65 0.71 16 161 .304 862 9.47 30 22 0.33 1 253 2.78 2 45 47 0.52 13 20 119.5SCHMITT, Alex 43 46 1.07 18 126 .222 1 0.02 0 0 0.00 0 12 0.28 0 20 20 0.47 0 0 56.0MCCULLOUGH, Halle 24 28 1.17 13 82 .183 1 0.04 0 0 0.00 1 3 0.12 4 28 32 1.33 1 0 46.0CONNATSER, Tiffany 31 7 0.23 9 23 -.087 281 9.06 7 14 0.23 0 52 1.68 1 12 13 0.42 6 5 21.0DRACHSLIN, Alyssa 102 4 0.04 2 14 .143 87 0.85 11 8 0.11 25 451 4.42 0 0 0 0.00 0 1 15.0WENNBERG, Alicia 2 1 0.50 3 10 -.200 1 0.50 0 1 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 1 0 1.0YINGLING, Kayla 49 1 0.02 0 5 .200 13 0.27 2 3 0.04 11 96 1.96 0 0 0 0.00 0 1 3.0TUOHY, Mary Claire 5 1 0.20 0 1 1.000 1 0.20 0 0 0.00 0 3 0.60 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 1.0

TEMPLE 111 1408 12.68 650 4161 .182 1328 11.96 145 178 1.31 125 1777 16.01 36 330 201.0 1.81 58 34 1754.0OPPONENTS 111 1398 12.59 648 4101 .183 1301 11.72 125 200 1.13 145 1817 16.37 65 455 292.5 2.64 63 49 1815.5Bold indicates returning players

AUGUST (1-1)University at Buffalo Invite (Buffalo, N.Y.)30 at Buffalo L, 0-331 vs. Niagara W, 3-2

SEPTEMBER (9-3)Patriot Invitational (Fairfax, Va.)6 vs. Radford W, 3-17 vs. Coppin State W, 3-17 at George Mason W, 3-1

11 at NJIT W, 3-2

Penn Invitational (Philadelphia, Pa.)14 vs. Weber State W, 3-115 vs. La Salle W, 3-115 at Penn L, 2-3

Temple Invitational (Philadelphia, Pa.)20 Delaware State W, 3-021 Brown W, 3-021 Hofstra L, 1-3

27 at Cincinnati* W, 3-129 at Louisville* L, 1-3

OCTOBER (5-2)4 Memphis* W, 3-011 Houston* W, 3-113 SMU* W, 3-118 UConn* W, 3-020 Rutgers* W, 3-025 at UCF* L, 0-327 at USF* L, 0-3

NOVEMBER (3-6)1 Louisville* L, 0-33 Cincinnati* W, 3-18 at Memphis* W, 3-115 at SMU* L, 0-317 at Houston* L, 1-322 at Rutgers* L, 1-324 at UConn* W, 3-027 USF* L, 1-329 UCF* L, 0-3Conference matches denoted with asterisk



No. Name Pos. Cl. Ht. Hometown/Previous School3 Miah Diirell OH/L SO 5-10 Everett, Wash./Jackson17 Lauren Etta S So. 5-10 Cold Spring, N.Y./Haldane7 Ally Frank S So. 6-1 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan/Marion Graham Collegiate Institute13 Makenzie Frieden DS/L So. 5-6 Friendswood, Texas/Friendswood11 Tea Juric OH So. 6-2 Republic of Croatia/Secondary1 Amy Lanski OH R-Jr. 5-10 Ventura, Calif./Ventura22 Sarah Ray RS Fr. 6-2 Nashville, Tenn./Hume-Fogg23 Bianca Ryals S Fr. 5-11 Puerto Rico5 Annie Shurtz OH So. 6-1 Moraga, Calif./Campolindo4 Maggie Singleton MB Fr. 6-2 Vacaville, Calif./Will C. Wood24 Sarah Strasner MB So. 6-2 Houston, Texas/Clear Lake 15 Olivia Utt RS/MB Sr. 6-1 Atlanta, Ga./Lovett6 Grace Weaver OH/L Sr. 5-11 Belton, Texas/Belton12 Anna Wruck MB Sr. 6-2 Monmouth, Ore./Santiam Christian

2014 R o s t e R

AUGUST Texas A&M Invitational (College Station, Texas)29 vs. Iowa 1:30 p.m.29 at Texas A&M 6 p.m.30 vs. UTSA 1:30 p.m.

SEPTEMBER UND Classic (Grand Forks, N.D.) 5 at North Dakota 12 p.m.5 vs. South Dakota 4 p.m.6 at North Dakota 12 p.m. Allstate Sugar Bowl Collegiate Classic (New Orleans, La.)11 Southeastern Louisiana 8 p.m.12 Howard 8 p.m.13 Florida Atlantic 2 p.m. Arizona Tournament (Tucson, Ariz.) 19 vs. UMBC 3:30 p.m.19 at Arizona 10 p.m.20 vs. Coppin State 1:30 p.m.

26 Memphis* 8 p.m.28 Cincinnati* 2 p.m.

OCTOBER1 Houston* 8 p.m.3 East Carolina* 8 p.m.10 at Tulsa* 8 p.m.12 at SMU* 2 p.m.17 UConn* 8 p.m.19 Temple* 2 p.m.24 at USF* 7 p.m.26 at UCF* 2 p.m.31 SMU* 2 p.m.

NOVEMBER2 Tulsa* 2 p.m.5 at Houston* 8 p.m.9 at East Carolina* 2 p.m.14 at Cincinnati* 4 p.m.16 at Memphis* 1 p.m.21 UCF* 8 p.m.23 USF* 2 p.m.26 at Temple* 3 p.m.28 at UConn* 7 p.m.


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SOPHOMOREtEAJuRIc

Q u I c k F A c t S

(Kinesiology-Zagreb ‘00)

Career Record/Years:74-76/Five Years

Record at Tulane/Years:74-76/Five Years

HEAD cOAcH SINISA MOMIc

SOPHOMORE ANNIE

SHuRtZ

Location: New Orleans, La.Founded: 1834Enrollment: 13,359Nickname: Green WaveColors: Olive Green and Sky BluePresident: Michael FittsDirector of Athletics: Rick DicksonSenior Woman Administrator: Sue BowerVolleyball Office Phone: (504) 314-7660 Assistant Coaches: Wayne Holly, Jaye Lloyd2013 Overall Record: 28-42013 Conference USA Record/Finish: 12-2/2ndStarters Returning/Lost: 3+Libero/3Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 7/2Newcomers: ThreeVolleyball Contact: Richie WeaverPhone: (504) 314-7232E-mail: [email protected] site: www.tulanegreenwave.comTwitter: @GreenWaveVB

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GREEN WAVE NOtEBOOk• Tulane posted a 28-4 mark in 2013, falling in the Conference USA Championship final to UTSA. The Green Wave finished the season with an RPI of 54, losing to just three different teams over the course of the season: C-USA champion UTSA twice, along with North Texas and North Dakota once each. The loss to North Texas was the Green Wave’s only defeat in a true road match during the 2013 campaign.

• Sinisa Momic led the Green Wave to the nation’s biggest turnaround in win-loss record in 2013, drastically improving upon a 6-21 showing in 2012.

• Tea Juric returns for her sophomore year in New Orleans after garnering C-USA Freshman of the Year and first-team all-conference accolades in 2013. SOPHOMORE tEA JuRIc


DEVLIN FIELDHOuSE cAPAcItY - 3,600

G R E E N W A V E

Player SP Kills K/S Err TA Pct. Ast A/S SA SE SA/S RE Digs D/S BS BA BT B/S BE BHE PointsJURIC, Tea 112 446 3.98 168 1002 .277 18 0.16 24 25 0.21 24 285 2.54 2 34 36 0.32 6 0 489.0MARTONE, Cori 103 388 3.77 148 887 .271 31 0.30 17 30 0.17 20 265 2.57 6 67 73 0.71 12 0 444.5SHURTZ, Annie 115 351 3.05 148 1010 .201 22 0.19 16 35 0.14 24 261 2.27 5 40 45 0.39 6 1 392.0STRASNER, Sarah 114 221 1.94 47 458 .380 5 0.04 10 18 0.09 0 38 0.33 20 86 106 0.93 13 0 294.0WRUCK, Anna 99 172 1.74 49 360 .342 3 0.03 0 0 0.00 0 17 0.17 11 80 91 0.92 12 1 223.0MANDELBAUM, Mel 113 69 0.61 30 164 .238 1332 11.79 23 19 0.20 1 274 2.42 1 29 30 0.27 9 11 107.5UTT, Olivia 65 53 0.82 20 154 .214 9 0.14 4 9 0.06 0 24 0.37 0 28 28 0.43 6 0 71.0BADAWI, Azarri 13 7 0.54 7 23 .000 3 0.23 1 4 0.08 3 10 0.77 0 3 3 0.23 0 1 9.5WEAVER, Grace 114 4 0.04 3 8 .125 104 0.91 30 33 0.26 30 515 4.52 0 0 0 0.00 0 5 34.0JACKSON, Elysa 18 1 0.06 1 3 .000 44 2.44 0 1 0.00 0 25 1.39 0 0 0 0.00 0 2 1.0LANSKI, Amy 1 1 1.00 0 2 .500 0 0.00 1 0 1.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 2.0FRANK, Ally 8 0 0.00 1 3 -.333 17 2.12 0 1 0.00 0 1 0.12 0 0 0 0.00 0 1 0.0FRIEDEN, Makenzie 53 0 0.00 0 1 .000 8 0.15 2 12 0.04 2 55 1.04 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 2.0ETTA, Lauren 1 0 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.0DIIRELL, Miah 3 0 0.00 1 3 -.333 1 0.33 0 1 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.0

TULANE 115 1713 14.90 624 4079 .267 1597 13.89 128 189 1.11 117 1770 15.39 45 367 228.5 1.99 64 22 2069.5OPPONENTS 115 1319 11.47 639 4078 .167 1206 10.49 117 191 1.02 129 1452 12.63 54 402 255.0 2.22 69 37 1691.0 Bold indicates returning players

AUGUST (3-0)Kathy Trosclair Memorial (New Orleans, La.)30 Mississippi Valley State W, 3-031 Rider W, 3-031 Nicholls State W, 3-2

SEPTEMBER (10-2)YSU Invitational (Youngstown, Ohio)6 vs. Toledo W, 3-16 at Youngstown State W, 3-17 vs. Saint Francis U W, 3-0

11 at New Orleans W, 3-0

Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate (New Orleans, La.)13 Texas Southern W, 3-013 Florida A&M W, 3-014 North Dakota L, 1-3

Radford Highlander Classic (Radford, Va.)20 at Radford W, 3-121 vs. Savannah State W, 3-021 at Radford W, 3-1

27 UTSA* L, 1-329 UTEP* W, 3-1

OCTOBER (7-0)1 Lamar W, 3-04 at Marshall* W, 3-06 at Charlotte* W, 3-013 at East Carolina* W, 3-118 Southern Miss* W, 3-120 FIU* W, 3-025 Florida Atlantic* W, 3-0

NOVEMBER (7-2)1 at UAB* W, 3-13 at North Texas* L, 1-38 at Tulsa* W, 3-010 at Rice* W, 1-315 Louisiana Tech* W, 3-017 Middle Tennessee* W, 3-1

C-USA Championship (Murfreesboro, Tenn.)22 vs. UAB W, 3-123 vs. Tulsa W, 3-124 vs. UTSA L, 1-3Conference matches denoted with asterisk



No. Name Pos. Cl. Ht. Hometown/Previous School 15 Ashton Anderson S Fr. 5-6 Kansas City, Mo./Park Hill South HS 6 Alissa Apecechea S R-So. 5-7 San Mateo, Calif./UC Riverside 10 Brooke Berryhill DS/L So. 5-6 Haslet, Texas/Northwest HS 8 Carly Boatwright MB Sr. 6-2 Parker, Colo./Ponderosa HS 5 Erica Bohannon OH So. 6-1 Coppell, Texas/Coppell HS 13 Abigail Cachero DS/L R-Fr. 5-4 Broken Arrow, Okla./Broken Arrow HS 20 Ebony Carter MB Fr. 5-11 Rowlett, Texas/Sachse HS 2 Bailey Clampitt S Sr. 5-8 Plano, Texas/Canyon Creek Christian Academy 19 Wesley Crowdus S Fr. 5-9 Wichita, Kan./Kapaun Mt. Carmel HS 18 Valerie El Houssine OH Sr. 5-11 Longchamps, Belgium/USF 4 Audrey Grant OH Fr. 6-0 Wichita, Kan./Kapaun Mt. Carmel HS 3 Ashley Hooper MB Jr. 5-11 Allen, Texas/Allen HS 11 Alexis Mitchell MB Jr. 6-0 Blue Eye, Mo./Blue Eye HS 17 Nicole Newton MB Jr. 5-11 Wylie, Texas/Lovejoy HS 16 Paige Panfil OH Jr. 6-0 Fort Worth, Texas/North Crowley HS 9 Kelsey Parks DS Jr. 5-9 Bentonville, Ark./Bentonville HS 12 Jaime Rahilly MB R-Fr. 6-2 Tulsa, Okla./Cascia Hall HS

2014 R o s t e R

AUGUST Husky Classic (Houston, Texas)29 vs. Chattanooga 5:30 p.m.30 at Houston Baptist 11 a.m.30 vs. Northern Arizona 5:30 p.m.

SEPTEMBER UCA/Sears Sugar Bear Classic (Conway, Ark.)5 vs. Louisiana-Monroe 6 p.m.6 vs. Boise State 11 a.m.6 at Central Arkansas 8 p.m. Diet Coke Classic (Minneapolis, Minn.)12 at Minnesota 8 p.m.13 vs. Iowa State 1 p.m. Golden Hurricane Invitational (Tulsa, Okla.)19 Oral Roberts 8 p.m.20 McNeese State 8 p.m.

26 USF* 8 p.m.28 UCF* 2:30 p.m.

OCTOBER3 at Memphis 8 p.m.5 at Cincinnati* 1 p.m.10 Tulane* 8 p.m.12 Houston* 2:30 p.m.15 SMU* 8 p.m.17 East Carolina* 8 p.m.24 at UConn* 7 p.m.26 at Temple* 12 p.m.31 at Houston 8 p.m.

NOVEMBER2 at Tulane* 2:30 p.m.7 Cincinnati* 8 p.m.9 Memphis* 2 p.m.14 at UCF* 3 p.m.16 at USF* 12 p.m.21 Temple* 8 p.m.23 UConn* 1 p.m.26 at SMU* 3 p.m.29 at East Carolina* 2 p.m.


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Location: Tulsa, Okla.Founded: 1894Enrollment: 4,597Nickname: Golden HurricaneColors: Old Gold, Royal Blue, CrimsonPresident: Dr. Steadman UphamDirector of Athletics: Dr. Derrick GraggSenior Woman Administrator: Crista TroesterVolleyball Office Phone: (918) 631-2128 Asssitant Coaches: Dave Nichols, Megan Pendergast2013 Overall Record: 24-72013 Conference USA Record/Finish: 12-2/3rdStarters Returning/Lost: 4+Libero/2Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 12/3Newcomers: FiveVolleyball Contact: Kevin QuickerPhone: (918) 631-3720E-mail: [email protected]: (918) 631-3913Web site: www.TulsaHurricane.comTwitter: @TulsaVolleyball

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GOLDEN HuRRIcANE NOtEBOOk• Tulsa joins The American after posting a 24-7 mark in its final campaign in Conference USA. The Golden Hurricane went 12-2 in conference play, advancing to the conference tournament semifinals. Tulsa returns 12 letterwinners to a team that finished the year 37th in RPI.

• Ryan Wills will begin his first year at the helm in Tulsa after spending the past three seasons at Alabama. In 2013, Wills helped guide the Crimson Tide to a school-record 24 victories and an NCAA tournament berth. Wills, a 2008 Tulsa grad, served on the staff for the Golden Hurricane as a student assistant from 2006-07 and again as an assistant coach in 2010.

• The Golden Hurricane led the nation in digs per set in 2013, averaging 18.33. Tulsa returns two of its top three players in digs, and four of its top five in kills per set. SENIOR VALERIE EL HOuSSINE


DONALD W. REYNOLDS cENtERcAPAcItY - 8,355

G O L D E N H U R R I C A N E

Player SP Kills K/S Err TA Pct. Ast A/S SA SE SA/S RE Digs D/S BS BA BT B/S BE BHE PointsCULBERTSON, Kellie 121 432 3.57 193 1385 . 173 34 0.28 61 78 0.50 12 477 3.94 14 40 54 0.45 4 1 527.0EL HOUSSINE, Valerie 110 270 2.45 159 1005 .110 14 0.13 13 27 0.12 24 400 3.64 8 26 34 0.31 1 2 304.0BOHANNON, Erica 120 288 2.40 123 749 .220 10 0.08 15 9 0.12 0 85 0.71 1 38 39 0.32 5 3 323.0HOOPER, Ashley 106 184 1.74 87 450 .216 2 0.02 0 0 0.00 0 35 0.33 2 51 53 0.50 6 2 211.5BOATWRIGHT, Carly 88 141 1.60 44 374 .259 12 0.14 3 5 0.03 0 49 0.56 21 53 74 0.84 10 1 191.5GOBBO, Miriele 103 152 1.48 36 381 .304 12 0.12 3 4 0.03 3 47 0.46 6 62 68 0.66 11 1 192.0NEWTON, Nicole 70 95 1.36 41 249 .217 5 0.07 4 4 0.06 2 34 0.49 4 42 46 0.66 5 0 124.0MCGIVERN, Maura 39 40 1.03 26 141 .099 1 0.03 2 2 0.05 2 35 0.90 0 8 8 0.21 1 0 46.0VIERA, Genesis 108 22 0.20 2 40 .500 510 4.72 5 7 0.05 0 180 1.67 0 1 1 0.01 0 5 27.5PANFIL, Paige 26 2 0.08 3 13 -.077 1 0.04 0 0 0.00 0 32 1.23 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 2.0CLAMPITT, Bailey 121 9 0.07 1 42 .190 849 7.02 17 8 0.14 0 275 2.27 0 2 2 0.02 2 2 27.0BERRYHILL, Brooke 121 2 0.02 2 13 .000 82 0.68 14 19 0.12 19 565 4.67 0 0 0 0.00 0 3 16.0PARKS, Kelsey 2 0 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.00 0 2 0.00 0 3 1.50 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.0MITCHELL, Alexis 1 0 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 1 1.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.0TEAM 32

TULSA 121 1638 13.54 723 4852 .189 1532 12.66 137 165 1.13 94 2218 18.33 56 323 217.5 1.80 47 20 1992.5Opponents 121 1495 12.36 726 4752 .162 1419 11.73 94 207 0.78 137 2180 18.02 38 511 293.5 2.43 69 58 1882.5 Bold indicates returning players

AUGUST (2-1)Dayton Invitational (Dayton, Ohio)30 at Dayton L, 1-331 vs. Missouri State W, 3-031 vs. Northeastern W, 3-2

SEPTEMBER (10-3)3 Oral Roberts W, 3-2

Baylor Classic (Waco, Texas)6 at Baylor W, 3-07 vs. Mississippi State W, 3-27 vs. UT Arlington W, 3-0

10 at Kansas State L, 1-3

Golden Hurricane Classic (Tulsa, Okla.)13 Arkansas L, 1-314 Texas State W, 3-114 Northern Colorado W, 3-1

17 at Oklahoma L, 2-3

Nike Invitational (Norman, Okla.)20 vs. LIU Brooklyn W, 3-221 vs. Miami (Fla.) W, 3-021 vs. Nebraska-Omaha W, 3-0

29 at UAB* W, 3-2

OCTOBER (8-0)4 Rice* W, 3-06 North Texas* W, 3-111 at Florida Atlantic* W, 3-013 at FIU* W, 3-018 at Charlotte* W, 3-120 East Carolina* W, 3-125 Louisiana Tech* W, 3-027 Southern Miss* W, 3-1

NOVEMBER (4-3)1 at Middle Tennessee* W, 3-18 Tulane* L, 0-310 Marshall* W, 3-115 at UTEP* W, 3-217 at UTSA* L, 0-3

C-USA Championship (Murfreesboro, Tenn.)22 vs. FIU W, 3-223 vs. Tulane L, 1-3Conference matches denoted with asterisk



THE AMERICAN RPI

Rank School40. Louisville88. SMU107. UCF135. USF183. Temple196. Houston204. UConn225. Memphis270. Cincinnati285. Rutgers

THE AMERICAN AMONG 2013 NCAA LEADERS

Team Leaders Assists Per Set S Assts. Per/S44. Louisville 105 1358 12.95 Blocks Per Set S Blks. Per/S24. USF 120 325.5 2.71

Digs Per Set S Digs Per/S17. Memphis 120 2088 17.2123 USF 120 2020 16.83

Hitting Percentage Kls. Er. TA Pct.28. Louisville 1460 508 3661 .259

Kills Per Set S Kls. Per/S41. Louisville 13.90 1460 13.92

Individual LeadersAssists Per Set S Assts. Per/S18. Marie Reiterova, UCF 103 1173 11.3926. Avery Acker, SMU 107 1199 11.21

Blocks Per Set S BS BA Per/S7. Andrea Rodriguez Gomez, USF 119 30 152 1.53

Digs Per Set S Digs Per/S28. Aleksandra Petronijevic, Memphis 120 618 5.1247. Caitlin Welch, Louisville 105 517 4.85

Hitting Percentage Kls. Er. TA Pct.16. DeLaina Sarden, UCF 395 91 743 .409

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2013 STANDINGS

Conference Overall W L Pct. W L Pct.Louisville 18 0 1.000 23 8 .742SMU 14 4 .778 22 9 .710UCF 12 6 .667 21 10 .677USF 11 7 .611 17 15 .531Houston 10 8 .556 18 15 .545Temple 9 9 .500 18 12 .600Memphis 7 11 .389 15 17 .469UConn 5 13 .278 14 19 .424Cincinnati 3 15 .167 3 29 .094Rutgers 1 17 .056 5 27 .156

THE AMERICAN 2013 ALL-CONFERENCE TEAMS

Player of the YearErin Fairs, USF

Libero of the YearCaitlin Welch, Louisville

Setter of the YearAvery Acker, SMU

Freshman of the YearMaya McClendon*, Louisville

Coach of the YearAnne Kordes, Louisville

First Team All-ConferenceErin Fairs*, OH, USF

Emily Juhl*, OH, LouisvilleCaroline Young*, OH, SMUDeLaina Sarden*, MB, UCF

Maya McClendon*, OH, LouisvilleAvery Acker*, S, SMU

Caitlin Welch, DS/L, LouisvilleBrooke Mattingly, MB, Louisville

Katie George, S, LouisvilleGabriella Matautia, RS, Temple

Andrea Rodriguez Gomez, MB, USFJanelle Giordano, MB, SMU

Second Team All-ConferenceLauren Hawkins, MB, Memphis

Abbey Bybel, MB, SMURandi Ewing, MB, Louisville

Sarita Mikals, OH/RS, HoustonAngelica Crump, OH, UCF

Cailin Bula, OH, SMUMarie Reiterova, S, UCF

Kadi Kullerkann, OH, HoustonKaye-Alese Green, MB, UCFAlexis Wesley, MB, Memphis

Karson Ratliff, OH, UConnJade Hayes, L, UCF


WEEKLY AWARD WINNERS2013Sept. 2Player: DeLaina Sarden, UCF, Jr., MBFreshman: Catlin Lily, Memphis, Fr., OH/RS Sept. 9Player: Gabriella Matautia, Temple, Sr., RSFreshman: Sarita Mikals, Houston, Fr., OH/RS Sept. 16Player: Angelica Crump, UCF, Sr., OHFreshman: McKenzie Hayes, Temple, Fr., RS Sept. 23Player: Caroline Young, SMU, Jr., OHFreshman: Maya McClendon, Louisville, Fr., OH Sept. 30Player: Caroline Young, SMU, Jr., OHFreshman: Maya McClendon, Louisville, Fr., OH Oct. 7Player: DeLaina Sarden, UCF, Jr., MBFreshman: Dakota Hampton, USF, Fr., OH Oct. 14Player: Erin Fairs, So., USF, OHFreshman: Maya McClendon, Louisville, Fr., OH Oct. 21Player: Erin Fairs, So., USF, OHFreshman: Sarita Mikals, Houston, Fr., OH/RS Oct. 28Player: Erin Fairs, So., USF, OHFreshman: Maya McClendon, Louisville, Fr., OH Nov. 4Player: Caroline Young, SMU, Jr., OHFreshman: Sarita Mikals, Houston, Fr., OH/RS Nov. 11Player: Andrea Rodriguez Gomez, USF, Sr., MBFreshman: Maya McClendon, Louisville, Fr., OH Nov. 18 Player: Emily Juhl, Louisville, Sr., OHFreshman: Maya McClendon, Louisville, Fr., OH Nov. 25 Player: Caroline Young, SMU, Jr., OHFreshman: Micaela Anderson, Rutgers, Fr., OH Dec. 2 Player: DeLaina Sarden, UCF, Jr., MBFreshman: Maya McClendon, Louisville, Fr., OH

ALL-AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE TEAMS2013First Team All-ConferenceErin Fairs*, OH, USFEmily Juhl*, OH, LouisvilleCaroline Young*, OH, SMUDeLaina Sarden*, MB, UCFMaya McClendon*, OH, LouisvilleAvery Acker*, S, SMUCaitlin Welch, DS/L, LouisvilleBrooke Mattingly, MB, LouisvilleKatie George, S, LouisvilleGabriella Matautia, RS, TempleAndrea Rodriguez Gomez, MB, USFJanelle Giordano, MB, SMU

Second Team All-ConferenceLauren Hawkins, MB, MemphisAbbey Bybel, MB, SMURandi Ewing, MB, LouisvilleSarita Mikals, OH/RS, HoustonAngelica Crump, OH, UCFCailin Bula, OH, SMUMarie Reiterova, S, UCFKadi Kullerkann, OH, HoustonKaye-Alese Green, MB, UCFAlexis Wesley, MB, MemphisKarson Ratliff, OH, UConnJade Hayes, L, UCF

* = Unanimous Selection

PRESEASON COACHES’ POLLS20131. Louisville (7) 792. UCF (2) 693. UConn (1) 594. Cincinnati 535. USF 496. SMU 417. Temple 368. Houston 269. Rutgers 2110. Memphis 17


PRESEASON ALL-CONFERENCE TEAMS2013Preseason Co-Players of the YearBrooke Mattingly, Louisville, Sr., MBEmily Juhl, Louisville, Sr., OH

Preseason TeamAngelica Crump, UCF, Sr., OH* Erin Fairs, USF. So., OHEmily Howard, Houston, So., MB* Emily Juhl, Louisville, Sr., OHHannah Kvittle, Louisville, Sr., SMaddie Lozano, SMU, Sr., MBEmmi MacIntyre, Cincinnati, Sr., DSGabriella Matautia, Temple, Sr., RS* Brooke Mattingly, Louisville, Sr., MB* DeLaina Sarden, UCF, Jr., MB* Caitlin Welch, Louisville, Sr., DS/L* Caroline Young, SMU, Jr., OH *unanimous selection

ANNUAL STATISTICAL LEADERSINDIVIDUAL - ALL MATCHES

Hitting Percentage Kills Errors Att. Pct.2013 DeLaina Sarden, UCF, Jr. 395 91 743 .409

Kills Sets Kills Avg/S 2013 Erin Fairs, USF, So. 115 429 3.73

Assists Sets Ast. Avg/S2013 Marie Reiterova, UCF, Jr. 103 1173 11.39

Service Aces Sets Aces Avg/S2013 Cailin Bula, SMU, So. 84 29 0.34

Blocks Blocks Avg/S2013 Andrea Rodriguez Gomez, USF, Sr. 182 1.53

Digs Digs Avg/S2013 Aleksandra Petronijevic, Memphis, Jr. 645 5.12

Points Points Avg/S2013 Erin Fairs, USF, So. 491.5 4.27

INDIVIDUAL - CONFERENCE MATCHES

Hitting Percentage Kills Errors Att. Pct.2013 Randi Ewing, Louisville, Sr. 114 26 201 .438

Kills Sets Kills Avg/S 2013 Erin Fairs, USF, So. 62 246 3.97

Assists Sets Ast. Avg/S2013 Avery Acker, SMU, So. 63 728 11.56

Service Aces Sets Aces Avg/S2013 Cailin Bula, SMU, So. 57 21 0.37

Blocks Blocks Avg/S2013 Andrea Rodriguez Gomez, USF, Sr. 117 1.75

Digs Digs Avg/S2013 Caitlin Welch, Louisville, Sr. 338 5.45

Points Points Avg/S2013 Erin Fairs, USF, So. 281.5 4.54

TEAM - ALL MATCHES

Hitting Percentage Kills Errors Att. Pct.2013 Louisville 1503 524 3781 .259

Opponent Hitting Percentage Kills Errors Att. Pct.2013 Louisville 1217 598 3736 .166

Kills Sets Kills Avg/S 2013 Louisville 108 1503 13.92

Assists Sets Ast. Avg/S2013 Louisville 108 1399 12.95

Service Aces Sets Aces Avg/S2013 Houston 124 175 1.41

Blocks Blocks Avg/S2013 USF 325 2.71

Digs Digs Avg/S2013 Memphis 2168 17.21

TEAM - CONFERENCE MATCHES

Hitting Percentage Kills Errors Att. Pct.2013 Louisville 913 273 2216 .289

Opponent Hitting Percentage Kills Errors Att. Pct.2013 Louisville 1217 598 3736 .166

Kills Sets Kills Avg/S 2013 Louisville 62 913 14.73

Assists Sets Ast. Avg/S2013 Louisville 62 849 13.69

Service Aces Sets Aces Avg/S2013 Houston 68 90 1.32

Blocks Blocks Avg/S2013 USF 193 2.89

Digs Digs Avg/S2013 Louisville 1080 17.42

SEASON RECORDSTEAM - ALL MATCHES

Hitting Percentage.259 Louisville, 2013.243 SMU, 2013.239 UCF, 2013.199 USF, 2013.185 UConn, 2013

Opponent Hitting Percentage.166 Louisville, 2013.169 SMU, 2013.179 UCF, 2013.183 Temple, 2013.186 Houston, 2013


Assists1538 Memphis, 20131475 UCF, 20131441 USF, 20131415 SMU, 20131404 UConn, 2013

Assists Per Set12.95 Louisville, 201312.72 UCF, 201312.63 SMU, 201312.21 Memphis, 201312.01 USF, 2013

Kills1631 Memphis, 20131561 UCF, 20131526 SMU, 20131518 USF, 20131509 UConn, 2013

Kills Per Set13.92 Louisville, 2013 13.62 SMU, 201313.46 UCF, 201312.94 Memphis, 201312.68 Temple, 2013

Blocks325 USF, 2013 296.5 UConn, 2013291.5 Rutgers, 2013285 UCF, 2013283.5 Houston, 2013

Blocks Per Set2.71 USF, 20132.46 UCF, 20132.41 SMU, 20132.33 UConn, 20132.33 Rutgers, 2013

Service Aces175 Houston, 2013160 UConn, 2013151 Rutgers, 2013145 Temple, 2013143 Memphis, 2013

Service Aces Per Set1.41 Houston, 20131.31 Temple, 20131.26 UConn, 20131.25 SMU, 20131.21 2 Tied - Most Recently Louisville/Rutgers, 2013

Digs2168 Memphis, 20132020 USF, 20131930 UConn, 20131924 Rutgers, 20131844 UCF, 2013

Digs Per Set17.21 Memphis, 201316.83 USF, 201316.01 Temple, 201315.90 UCF, 201315.62 Louisville, 2013

INDIVIDUAL - ALL MATCHES

Hitting Percentage.409 DeLaina Sarden, UCF, 2013.401 Randi Ewing, Louisville, 2013.354 Brooke Mattingly, Louisville, 2013.338 Kaye-Elese Green, UCF, 2013.317 Jennifer Iacobini, Temple, 2013

Assists1298 Veronica Zimmerman, Memphis, 20131221 Marissa Prinzbach, UConn, 20131199 Avery Acker, SMU, 20131173 Marie Reiterova, UCF, 20131027 Sophie Paine, Houston, 2013

Assists Per Set11.39 Marie Reiterova, UCF, 201311.21 Avery Acker, SMU, 201310.64 Veronica Zimmerman, Memphis, 20139.69 Marissa Prinzbach, UConn, 20139.47 Sandra Sydlik, Temple, 2013

Kills429 Erin Fairs, USF, 2013395 DeLaina Sarden, UCF, 2013393 Sarita Mikals, Houston, 2013386 Angelica Crump, UCF, 2013383 Caroline Young, SMU, 2013383 Alex Lassa, Rutgers, 2013

Kills Per Set3.73 Erin Fairs, USF, 20133.43 Gabriella Matautia, Temple, 20133.42 Caroline Young, SMU, 20133.41 DeLaina Sarden, UCF, 20133.39 Angelica Crump, UCF, 2013

Blocks182 Andrea Rodriguez Gomez, USF, 2013138 Erika Thomas, UConn, 2013127 Immanuella Anagui, UConn, 2013126 Kaye-Elese Green, UCF, 2013123 Jennica Mullins, USF, 2013

Blocks Per Set1.53 Andrea Rodriguez Gomez, USF, 20131.26 Kaiti Water, Houston, 20131.23 Mikaela Matthews, Rutgers, 20131.14 Maddie Lozano, SMU, 20131.10 Erika Thomas, UConn, 2013

Service Aces38 Tracy Wright, Rutgers, 201336 Andrea Rodriguez Gomez, USF, 201334 Caroline Young, SMU, 201331 Katie George, Louisville, 201330 5 Tied

Service Aces Per Set0.34 Cailin Bula, SMU, 20130.33 Sandra Sydlik, Temple, 20130.30 Tracy Wright, Rutgers, 20130.30 Caroline Young, SMU, 20130.30 Andrea Rodriguez Gomez, USF, 2013


Digs645 Aleksandra Petronijevic, Memphis, 2013549 Natalie Keck, Houston, 2013544 Ali Schroeter, Rutgers, 2013532 Brianna Datti, UConn, 2013530 Jade Hayes, UCF, 2013

Digs Per Set5.12 Aleksandra Petronijevic, Memphis, 20134.85 Caitlin Welch, Louisville, 20134.61 Jade Hayes, UCF, 20134.43 Natalie Keck, Houston, 20134.42 Alyssa Drachslin, Temple, 2013

Points494.0 DeLaina Sarden, UCF, 2013491.5 Erin Fairs, USF, 2013454.5 Sarita Mikals, Houston, 2013454.0 Caroline Young, SMU, 2013439.5 Alex Lassa, Rutgers, 2013

Points Per Set4.27 Erin Fairs, USF, 20134.26 DeLaina Sarden, UCF, 20134.05 Caroline Young, SMU, 20133.96 Gabriella Matautia, Temple, 20133.73 Sarita Mikals, Houston, 2013

TEAM - ALL MATCHES

Hitting Percentage.474^^ UCF vs. Elon, 9/6/13.471^^ SMU vs. Quinnipiac, 8/30/13.456^^ UCF vs. Arkansas Pine-Bluff, 8/31/13.443^^ Memphis vs. La Salle, 9/20/13.418^^ SMU vs. Memphis, 11/17/13

Assists78 Memphis at Cincinnati, 9/29/1370 Memphis at Evansville, 9/14/1370 UCF vs. Stephen F. Austin, 9/7/1369 Memphis vs. USF, 11/29/1368 Cincinnati vs. UConn, 11/29/13

Kills81 Memphis at Cincinnati, 9/29/1374 Memphis at Evansville, 9/14/1372 Memphis vs. USF, 11/29/1372 UCF vs. Stephen F. Austin, 9/7/1371 3 times, most recently Memphis vs. UCF, 11/27/13

Blocks21 Rutgers at Sacred Heart, 9/14/1318^ USF vs. Memphis, 10/25/1317 Memphis vs. Tennessee State, 10/15/1317^ Houston at SMU, 10/25/1317 UConn vs. Houston, 9/29/13

Service Aces12^^ Houston vs. Quinnipiac, 8/30/1312^^ SMU vs. Grambling State, 9/6/1312^^ UCF vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff, 8/31/1311 Memphis vs. Alabama A&M, 9/6/1310^^ Memphis vs. Saint Louis, 9/7/13

SINGLE-MATCH RECORDS

Digs117 Memphis vs. Tennessee State, 10/15/13106 Memphis vs. Western Carolina, 9/6/13101 Memphis vs. USF, 11/29/1394 Rutgers vs. Stony Brook, 9/7/1394 USF vs. Memphis, 11/29/13

INDIVIDUAL - ALL MATCHES

Hitting Percentage (min. 10 kills).909 Randi Ewing, Louisville at Houston, 10/6/13.818 DeLaina Sarden, UCF vs. North Florida, 8/30/13.800 DeLaina Sarden, UCF vs. Temple, 11/29/13.750 Randi Ewing, Louisville at Temple, 11/1/13.750 Randi Ewing, Louisville vs. SMU, 11/10/13

Assists65 Veronica Zimmerman, Memphis vs. USF, 11/29/1363 Marie Reiterova, UCF vs. Stephen F. Austin, 9/7/1362^ Marie Reiterova, UCF at Davidson, 9/14/1361 Katie George, Louisville vs. Virginia Tech, 9/21/1361 Veronica Zimmerman, Memphis at Cincinnati, 9/29/13

Kills26 Erin Fairs, USF at Cincinnati, 10/13/1326 Alex Lassa, Rutgers at Stony Brook, 9/7/1325^ Angelica Crump, UCF at Davidson, 9/14/1324 Caitlin Lilly, Memphis at Cincinnati, 9/29/1324 Alex Lassa, Rutgers at Delaware, 9/13/1324^ Viktorija Teivane, Memphis at SIUE, 9/14/1324 Angelica Crump, UCF at Florida Atlantic, 9/20/135

Blocks13^ Kaiti Waters, Houston at SMU, 10/25/1312 Rachel Andreassian, Rutgers at Sacred Heart, 9/14/1312 Erika Thomas, UConn vs. Cincinnati, 10/25/1311^ Andrea Rodriguez Gomez, USF at Rutgers, 11/10/1311 Anna Sudbury, Rutgers at Sacred Heart, 9/14/1311 Andrea Rodriguez Gomez, USF vs. Pittsburgh, 9/13/13

Service Aces6^ Emily Juhl, Louisville vs. SMU, 11/10/136 Shelby Green, Cincinnati at USF, 11/15/136^ Brianna Datti, UConn vs. New Hampshire, 9/20/135 Erin Fairs, USF vs. Cincinnati, 11/15/135 Karson Ratliff, UConn vs. Sacred Heart, 10/8/13

Digs40^ Caitlin Welch, Louisville vs. UCF, 10/13/1338 Aleksandra Petronijevic, Memphis vs. UCF, 11/27/1338 Tracy Wright, Rutgers at Cincinnati, 11/27/1334 Brianna Datti, UConn at UCF, 10/4/1333 Aleksandra Petronijevic, Memphis at Evansville, 9/14/13

^ - Four-set match^^ - Three-set match


THE AMERICAN VS. OTHER CONFERENCES(Recorded by conference affiliation at time of match)Conference Wins Losses Pct.ACC 2 8 .200America East 3 0 1.000Atlantic Sun 4 1 .800Atlantic 10 6 2 .750Big East 1 5 .167Big Sky 1 1 .500Big South 2 0 1.000Big Ten 0 7 .000Big 12 0 3 .000Big West 0 0 ---Colonial 2 3 .400Conference USA 2 3 .400Horizon 1 3 .250Independents 1 0 1.000Ivy 3 2 .600MAAC 3 0 1.000MAC 2 6 .250MEAC 2 0 1.000Missouri Valley 0 4 .000Northeast 2 1 .667Ohio Valley 5 2 .714Mountain West 1 0 1.000Pac-12 0 2 .000Patriot 0 1 .000SEC 0 3 .000Southern 4 2 .667Southland 5 1 .833Summit 1 2 .333Sun Belt 3 5 .375SWAC 9 0 1.000WAC 0 0 ---West Coast 0 2 .000

THE AMERICAN VS. NON-CONFERENCE OPPONENTSOpponent Wins LossesAlabama A&M 2 0Alabama State 1 0Albany 1 0Alcorn State 1 0UALR 0 1Arkansas-Pine Bluff 1 0Arkansas State 0 1Austin Peay 2 0Ball State 0 1Baylor 0 2Belmont 1 0Boise State 1 0Brown 1 0Buffalo 0 2Butler 0 1California 0 1The Citadel 1 0Cleveland State 0 1Clemson 0 1College of Charleston 1 0Colorado 0 1Coppin State 1 0Cornell 1 0Creighton 0 1Dartmouth 1 0Davidson 2 0Dayton 0 1Delaware 0 1Delaware State 1 0Duquesne 1 1Eastern Michigan 0 1Elon 1 0Evansville 0 1Florida Atlantic 1 1FGCU 1 0Furman 0 1

NON-CONFERENCE COMPETITION Gardner-Webb 1 0George Mason 1 0George Washington 1 0Georgia State 1 0Georgia Tech 0 1Grambling State 2 0Hartford 1 0Harvard 0 1Hofstra 0 1Indiana 0 1IPFW 0 1IUPUI 0 1Jacksonville 1 0Kent State 1 0Kentucky 0 1La Salle 2 0Lamar 2 0Louisiana-Lafayette 1 0Marquette 0 1Miami (Fla.) 0 1Miami (Ohio) 1 1Michigan State 0 1Middle Tennessee 1 0Minnesota 0 2Morehead State 0 2Navy 0 1NJIT 1 0Niagara 1 0Nicholls State 1 0North Carolina 0 1North Dakota State 1 0North Florida 1 0North Texas 0 2Northern Iowa 0 1Northern Kentucky 0 1Northeastern 1 1Northwestern 0 1Oakland 0 1Ohio 0 1Ole Miss 0 1Penn 0 1Penn State 0 1Pepperdine 0 1Pittsburgh 0 3Prairie View A&M 1 0Purdue 0 1Quinnipiac 2 0Radford 1 0Rhode Island 1 0Robert Morris 1 0Sacred Heart 1 1St. John’s 1 0Saint Louis 1 0Sam Houston State 1 0San Francisco 0 1Seton Hall 0 1Southern Illinois 0 1SIUE 1 0Stephen F. Austin 1 1Stony Brook 1 0Syracuse 1 1Tennessee 0 1Tennessee State 1 0TCU 0 1Texas Southern 1 0Texas State 0 2Troy 1 0Valparaiso 1 1Virginia Tech 1 0Weber State 1 0Western Carolina 0 1Western Kentucky 0 1Wichita State 0 1Wisconsin 0 1Xavier 0 1


NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS2013

Louisville Lost to Marquette 3-0 (25-23, 25-22, 25-19)

ANNUAL NCAA RESULTS

Year Teams W-L 2013 1 0-1

ANNUAL NCAA RESULTSSchool Appearances Record YearsLouisville 1 0-1 2013

2014 american athletic conference women's volleyball media guide

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