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AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE STAFFCommissioner .....................................................................................................Michael L. Aresco

Senior Associate Commissioner (Administration) ...........................................Donna DeMarco

Senior Associate Commissioner (Broadcasting & Digital Content) ....... Thomas R. Odjakjian

Associate Commissioner (Football) .................................................................... Scott A. Draper

Associate Commissioner (Governance & Compliance) .....................................Ellen M. Ferris

Associate Commissioner (Women’s Basketball) ..........................................Barbara M. Jacobs

Associate Commissioner (Men’s Basketball) .........................................................Dan Leibovitz

Chief Financial Offi cer ................................................................................................ Stacy Martin

Associate Commissioner (Communications) .....................................................Megan Morgan

Associate Commissioner (Olympic Sports) ...................................................James A. Siedliski

Assistant Commissioner (Digital Media) ......................................................... Mark A. Hodgkin

Assistant Commissioner (Communications) .......................................................Chuck Sullivan

Assistant Commissioner (Olympic Sports Administration) .................Robert A. Weygand, Jr.

Senior Director of Compliance...............................................................................Andrea Dahley

Director of Football & Video Administration .....................................................Michael A. Costa

Director of Business Affairs .................................................................................. Karen M. Giblin

Director of Communications ..................................................................Chevonne M. Mansfi eld

Assistant Director of Sport Administration & Championships ......................Patrick B. Colbert

Assistant Director of Broadcast Scheduling .................................................... Michael A. Coyne

Assistant to the Commissioner ..........................................................................Lisa S. Zanecchia

Executive Assistant for Administration .................................................................Lois A. DeBlois

Branding and Sport Administration Coordinator ..............................Catherine W. Carmignani

Digital Communications Coordinator ..................................................................Jamie L. Corun

Multimedia Coordinator and Reporter.................................................................... Hali Oughton

Administrative Assistant for Offi ciating ............................................................. Wanda L. Factor

Administrative Assistant ..........................................................................................Linda M. Yates

Receptionist .....................................................................................................Kathy M. Kirkpatrick

Administrative Fellow ................................................................................................... Kauri Black

Communications Assistant....................................................................................Kristina Ritacco

Communications Assistant.................................................................................... Gary Robinson

Compliance Assistant .................................................................................................Kevin Gomer

Digital Network Assistant ..........................................................................................Alex Cluxton

Coordinator of Football Offi ciating ........................................................................ Terry McAulay

Coordinator of Men’s Basketball Offi ciating ............................................................ Curtis Shaw

Coordinator of Women’s Basketball Offi ciating ............................................Debbie Williamson

CONTENTS About the American ................................4Commissioner Mike Aresco ...................52014 Review..........................................6-72014 Statistical Leaders ..........................82015 Composite Schedule .................9-10Preseason Awards ................................ 112015 NCAA Championship ...................12 Digital Media Services ..........................13

TEAMSUCF ...................................................14-17Cincinnati ..........................................18-21UConn ...............................................22-25East Carolina ....................................26-29Houston ............................................30-33Memphis ...........................................34-37USF ...................................................38-41SMU ..................................................42-45Temple ..............................................46-49Tulane ...............................................50-53Tulsa ..................................................54-57

RECORDSGame Records .......................................58Season Records ...............................59-60Career Records ......................................61

HISTORYAnnual Statistical Leaders ...................62All-Time Standings ...............................63All-Time All-Conference .......................64Conference Honors ...............................65AVCA Honors ........................................66NCAA Championship ...........................67

CREDITSThe 2015 American Athletic Conference Women’s Volleyball Media Guide was produced by Gary Robinson on Adobe InDesign CS6.

Editorial assistance from Chevonne Mansfi eld and Chuck Sullivan. Special thanks to American Athletic Conference Volleyball Sports Information Directors for their assistance.

Photo Credits: Ben Solomon and School Sports Information Offi ces.


In the course of its fi rst two seasons, the American Athletic Con-ference has taken a place at the forefront of intercollegiate athletics, earn-ing a collection of national team and individual championships and football postseason wins that place The American among the elite Division I confer-ences.

The American consists of 12 prestigious institutions: the University of Cen-tral Florida, the University of Cincinnati, East Carolina University, the Univer-sity of Connecticut, the University of Houston, the University of Memphis, the U.S. Naval Academy (in football only), the University of South Florida Southern Methodist University, Temple University, Tulane University and the University of Tulsa.

Under the leadership of commissioner Mike Aresco, the American Athletic Conference has written an impressive list of accomplishments, both in and out of the competitive arena.

The league has produced three NCAA championship teams – UConn men’s basketball in 2014 and UConn women’s basketball in 2014 and 2015 – and two individuals who have won NCAA titles, most recently SMU’s Bryson De-chambeau, who was the 2015 national champion in men’s golf. Additionally, American Athletic Conference teams have advanced to the College World Series, the semifi nal and fi nal rounds of the NIT and the match play round of the NCAA Men’s Golf Championship. Half of the conference’s baseball-play-ing members reached the NCAA Championship in 2015, while The American had the best men’s basketball postseason record of any conference in 2014, when conference teams were a combined 13-4. Teams from The American have registered top-10 national rankings in football, men’s basketball, wom-en’s basketball, baseball, men’s soccer and men’s golf.

The American is quickly making its mark in professional sports as well, be-ginning with the selection of UCF quarterback Blake Bortles by the Jack-sonville Jaguars with the No. 3 pick in the 2014 NFL Draft.

More recently, a number of American Athletic Conference athletes have been selected in the fi rst round of the professional entry drafts in football, basketball, baseball and soccer. UConn’s Cyle Larin was the No. 1 overall pick in the 2015 Major League Soccer SuperDraft as he was chosen by Or-lando City SC. UCF’s Romario Williams was taken by the Montreal Impact at No. 3, giving The American two of the top three picks in the draft. UConn’s Sergio Campbell went at No. 19 to the Columbus Crew as the third pick from the conference in the fi rst round.

In the 2015 NFL Draft, UCF’s Breshad Perriman and UConn’s Byron Jones were selected consecutively in the fi rst round – Perriman to the Baltimore Ravens at No. 26 overall and Jones to the Dallas Cowboys at No. 27. It was the second straight year in which The American had at least two fi rst-round selections.

UConn’s Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis was selected by the Seattle Storm with the No. 3 pick in the 2015 WNBA Draft, while UConn’s Kiah Stokes went 11th overall to the New York Liberty.

Cincinnati outfi elder Ian Happ, the 2015 American Athletic Conference Play-er of the Year, was chosen by the Chicago Cubs with the No. 9 overall pick in the 2015 Major League Baseball Draft. In football, two American Athletic Conference football teams were ranked in the top 15 of the fi nal 2013 Associated Press poll, while Memphis fi nished the season in the top 25 of the 2014 polls as Tigers tied UCF and Cincinnati for the conference title. Six of the 12 teams that compete in The American in 2015 played in bowl games to cap the 2014 season as Memphis, Houston and Navy earned postseason victories.

Teams in The American have enjoyed almost unprecedented success since the conference’s formation. Memphis fi nished with 10 wins in football for the fi rst time since 1938. SMU advanced to the NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship for the fi rst time since 1993. UCF and Houston have both achieved top-10 rankings in baseball in the past two years. USF fi nished the 2014-15 season at No. 8 in the fi nal men’s golf national ranking. The UCo-nn women’s basketball team won its NCAA-record ninth and 10th national championships as a member of The American.

The American Athletic Conference holds media rights partnerships with

ESPN and CBS Sports which give the conference outstanding national expo-sure on the two industry leaders in sports television. The football portion of the contract calls for nearly 90 percent of conference-controlled games on national broadcast or national cable platforms. The fi rst American Athletic Conference Football Championship, which will be played Dec. 5, 2015, will be carried on either ABC or ESPN on Championship Saturday.

In men’s basketball, the television deal calls for all conference-controlled games to be televised, with more than 63 percent slotted for national broadcast or national cable – a minimum of 107 games. The entire postseason tournament will be televised, including the championship game, which will be on ABC or ESPN. Sixty percent of the American’s women’s basketball games will be car-ried on national cable, regional sports networks or ESPN3, while the confer-ence has a multi-year agreement with CBS Sports Network for coverage of select baseball games.

American Athletic Conference teams have access to the pinnacle of college football’s postseason structure. An American representative would be chosen for the College Football Playoff semifi nals if it is among the top four teams in the CFP selection committee’s fi nal ranking. Otherwise, the league would place its champion in either the Vizio Fiesta Bowl or the Chick-fi l-A Peach Bowl if it is ranked higher than the champions of Conference USA, the Mid-American Conference, the Mountain West Conference and the Sun Belt Conference.

Additionally, The American holds primary or secondary partnerships with 12 bowls for the current six-year cycle, ensuring multiple annual matchups against the nation’s top conferences and providing desirable postseason des-tinations to member institutions and their fans.

The American Athletic Conference administers to its membership from a state-of-the-art offi ce located in Providence, R.I. The location 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 mem-ber schools.

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 adminis-trators’ meetings held on-site each year.

A B O U T T H E A M E R I C A N

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Mike Aresco has established himself as one of the leading fi gures in intercollegiate sports as commission-er of the American Athletic Conference.

Aresco, who was named to his current position Aug. 14, 2012, has overseen a strategic reinvention of the conference, which has quickly become one of the premier conferences in the nation.

The American’s inaugural year produced a remarkable string of accomplishments as UCF won the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl and fi nished the season ranked No. 10 in the Asso-ciated Press poll. UConn won NCAA titles in both men’s and women’s basketball as American Athletic Conference teams had the best postseason winning percentage of any conference in men’s basketball. The league sent four teams to the NCAA tournament and saw SMU advance to the championship 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 Final Four and the College World Series in 2013-14. Teams from the conference fi nished in the national top 10 in football, men’s basketball, women’s basketball, men’s soccer, baseball and men’s golf.

The conference’s momentum continued in 2014-15 as Memphis, UCF and Cincinnati won the league title in football, while Memphis fi nished the season ranked No. 25 in the fi nal national polls, giving The American at least one team in the fi nal top 25 for the second time in as many years. Teams from the conference faced opponents from the SEC and ACC, along with BYU, in the bowl season as The American earned wins in the Miami Beach Bowl and Armed Forces Bowl.

Among the milestones reached in Aresco’s tenure have been the announcement of a conference football cham-pionship game for the fi rst time in 2015 and the league’s successful staging of its own postseason bowl game, the Miami Beach Bowl, in 2014.

In the wake of the changes created by college sports re-alignment, Aresco moved quickly to solidify the conference, leading negotiations that resulted in the most favorable fi nancial terms for the conference’s football schools, after the withdrawal of the non-football-playing schools, as well as the 2013-14 launch of the renamed and rebranded conference.

He simultaneously led the negotiations that resulted in television contracts with ESPN and CBS Sports, which have given the conference unprecedented national exposure and branding with the two industry leaders in sports television. Aresco then quickly and successfully organized the pro-cess whereby the conference 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 popular graphic identity.

He has also successfully worked with the conference schools to arrive at an equitable distribution of existing revenue for the current and new conference institutions, bringing about a period of cohesiveness that is unprec-edented in the league’s history. He has restructured the conference offi ce staff to maximize effi ciency and better serve the needs of the membership.

Among his other signifi cant accomplishments on behalf of the American Athletic Conference were the spearheading of expansion 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 American Digital Network; successful site negotiations for the conference’s men’s and women’s basketball championships; 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 marketing, and oversaw the devel-opment 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 is owned and operated by the American Athletic Conference in a fi rst-of-its-kind venture.

Aresco’s fi rst months were marked by his successful ef-forts 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 instrumental 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 champions of fi ve conferences.

Aresco has played an active role in the formation of the College Football Playoff, serving on the College Football Playoff Management Committee and helping to select the 13 members of the CFP Selection Committee. Aresco also serves on the College Football Playoff Television and Site Selection committees.

In basketball, Aresco has secured the conference’s participation in The Men’s Basketball Offi ciating Con-sortium, L.L.C., partnering with the Big 12 Conference, Conference USA, the Ohio Valley Conference and the Southland Conference to ensure that the highest-qual-ity game offi cials are assigned to American Athletic Conference contests.

Aresco is a member of the Conference Commissioners Association enforcement working group and women’s basketball working group. He serves on the board of managers for both College Football Offi ciating, LLC, and Men’s College Basketball, LLC. He is also a member of the FBS commissioners’ media subcommittee. He is a charter member of the steering committee of the Co-lumbia University/New York City Chapter of the National Football Foundation and serves on the board of the National Sports Marketing Network.

Aresco has been a leader in the NCAA governance re-design efforts and a strong and articulate spokesman in various forums for the integrity of the collegiate model.

Aresco came to the conference from CBS Sports where he was Executive Vice President, Programming. He was responsible for all college 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 Cham-pionship, regular-season college basketball and football, conference basketball championship games, football bowl games and other programming. His responsibilities included game selection and scheduling, day-to-day operations, contract negotiations, identifi cation of future acquisitions, development of programming strategies and coordination of new media and marketing initiatives.

Aresco played an integral role in the landmark 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 agree-ment that provides expanded national broadcast and cable coverage of the NCAA basketball championship. Aresco also was instrumental in the CBS Television Network’s groundbreaking 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 Coverage 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 signifi cant contributor in the development of new media platforms for the NCAA Championship, including March Madness On Demand, a highly successful streaming platform.

In 2008, Aresco negotiated a historic 15-year agreement with the Southeastern Conference to televise the league’s football and basketball games. The agreement also provid-ed 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 producer of The Tony Barnhart Show and Courtside 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 Basketball Partnership, a select panel whose mission was to explore ways to improve and promote college basketball.

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 Ten, and Pac-10 college football, NCAA events, including early rounds of the NCAA basketball tournament, the College World Series and various professional sports events, in-cluding thoroughbred racing, Top Rank Boxing, CFL football, Australian Rules Football, rodeo and yachting. He was the architect of ESPN’s signature Thursday 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, Connecticut, for several years.

Aresco is a regular speaker and expert panelist at national symposiums and seminars on the topics of college athletics and sports television. He was awarded the 2013 Distin-guished Graduate Award by the UConn School of Law Alumni Association and was elected to the Middletown (Connecticut) Sports Hall of Fame in January of 2015.

Aresco and his wife, Sharon, have two adult sons, Matthew, an Emmy-nominated television producer who has his own production company in Connecticut, and Brett, an actor who lives in New York City.

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2014 FINAL STANDINGS

Standings Conference PCT. Overall PCT. Home Away Neutral Last 10 StreakUCF 18-2 .900 25-8 .758 13-2 9-4 3-2 7-3 L 1SMU 15-5 .750 26-6 .812 15-1 7-5 4-0 9-1 W 4Temple 15-5 .750 24-8 .750 12-1 8-5 4-2 8-2 W 2Tulsa 14-6 .700 22-9 .710 10-2 8-5 4-2 9-1 W 1Memphis 13-7 .650 23-11 .676 8-5 10-4 5-2 5-5 L 1USF 8-12 .400 14-18 .438 6-7 5-8 3-3 5-5 W 1Cincinnati 7-13 .350 15-17 .469 8-7 4-9 3-1 2-8 L 2East Carolina 6-14 .300 15-16 .484 9-7 4-8 2-1 4-6 L 3Houston 6-14 .300 14-18 .438 7-9 5-8 2-1 3-7 L 4UConn 5-15 .250 12-19 .387 7-9 3-9 2-1 3-7 W 2Tulane 3-17 .150 5-27 .156 4-9 0-14 1-4 0-10 L 13

THE AMERICAN IN THE FINAL NCAA RPI35. UCF ................................ 25-841. SMU .............................. 26-651. Tulsa.............................. 22-962. Temple .......................... 24-893. Memphis .................... 23-11154. USF .............................. 14-18159. Cincinnati ................... 15-17

161 Houston ...................... 14-18174 East Carolina ............. 15-16181 UConn ......................... 12-19222. Tulane ........................... 5-27

NCAA TOURNAMENT RESULTS

NCAA TOURNAMENT FIRST ROUNDFriday, December 5, 2014 Miami 3, UCF 2

In 2014, UCF captured the American Athletic Conference Championship and earned a bid into the

NCAA Tournament

THE AMERICAN 2014 ALL-CONFERENCE TEAMS

Player of the YearDeLaina Sarden, Sr., MB, UCF

Coach of the Year

Todd Dagenais, UCF

Freshman of the YearDara Peric, Fr., OH, Temple

Libero of the Year

Morgan Heise, So., L, SMU

Setter of the YearSandra Sydlik, Jr., S, Temple

First-Team All-ConferenceKia Bright ...........................So ..... OH ..................UCFKaye-Alese Green ............Sr. ..... MB .................UCFJale Hervey .......................So. .... OH ..................UCFDeLaina Sarden ................Sr. ..... MB ...............UCF*Kadi Kullerkann ................Sr. ..... OH/RS ...Houston*Lauren Wright ...................Sr. ..... MB/RS ..MemphisErin Fairs ............................Jr. ..... OH ..................USFAvery Acker ......................Jr. ..... S .................. SMUMorgan Heise ...................So. .... L ................... SMUCaroline Young ..................Sr. ..... OPP ..............SMUSandra Sydlik ....................Jr. ..... S .............. TempleErica Bohannon ................So. .... OH ............... Tulsa

Second-Team All-ConferenceEmma Roberson ...............Jr. ..... RS .......CincinnatiAleksandra Petronijevic ....Sr. ..... L ............MemphisJanelle Giordano ..............So. .... MB .............. SMUTyler Davis .........................So. .... OH ........... TempleJennifer Iacobini ..............Sr. ..... MB ...........TempleKirsten Overton.................So. .... MB .......... TempleDara Peric .........................Fr. ..... OH ............TempleValerie El Houssine ..........Sr. ..... OH ............... Tulsa

* denotes Unanimous selection

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THE AMERICAN IN TOP-25 NATIONAL STATISTICAL RANKINGS

TEAMAces per Set 18. Tulsa ...............................................................1.57Digs per Set 18. Memphis .....................................................17.30Hitting Percentage 5. UCF ..................................................................292Kills per Set 7. UCF ...............................................................14.40Match W-L Pctg. 19. SMU ................................................................813Opp Hitting Percentage 13. SMU ................................................................152Team Assists 13. UCF ................................................................1677 16. Memphis ......................................................1647Team Attacks Per Set 12. UConn ..........................................................38.40Team Digs 4. Memphis ......................................................2301Team Kills 16. UCF ................................................................1771 17. Memphis ......................................................1742Team Service Aces 19. Tulsa .......................................................................184Total Attacks 10. Memphis ......................................................4924 12. UConn ...........................................................4838 18. Houston ........................................................4749

INDIVIDUALAces per Set 4. Valerie El Houssine, Tulsa .............................52

OFFENSE

DATE NAME ............................. SCHOOL

9-1 Jale Hervey ........................... UCF

9-8 Caroline Young .................... SMU

9-15 Avery Acker......................... SMU

9-22 Kadi Kullerkan ............... Houston

9-29 Immanuella Anagu .......... UConn

10-6 Kia Bright ............................... UCF

10-20 DeLaina Sarden .................... UCF

10-27 Erin Fairs ................................ USF

Assiststs Per Set 4. Avery Acker, SMU .....................................11.68Attacks per Set 19. Erica Bohannon, Tulsa ..............................11.91 20. Kadi Kullerkann, Houston .........................11.90Digs per Set 13. Aleksandra Petronijevic, Memphis ..........5.39 25. Morgan Heise, SMU ...................................5.13Hitting Percentage 2. Delaina Sarden, UCF ....................................451 22. Kirsten Overton, Temple ..............................394Points Per Set 8. Kadi Kullerkann, Houston ...........................5.36

Service Aces 8. Valerie El Houssine, Tulsa .............................54 T-19. Caroline Young, SMU .....................................47 T-24. Bailey Clampitt, Tulsa .....................................46Total Assists 7. Avery Acker, SMU ......................................1413 8. Veronica Zimmerman, Memphis ..............1398Total Attacks 8. Kadi Kullerkann, Houston ..........................1523 22. Erica Bohannon, Tulsa ...............................1394Total Blocks 20. Janelle Giordano, SMU ...............................160Total Digs 4. Aleksandra Petronijevic, Memphis ...........717 15. Natalie Keck, Houston .................................654 20. Morgan Heise, SMU ....................................626Total Kills 3. Kadi Kullerkan, Houston ..............................644

PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

11-3 Caroline Young .................... SMU

11-10 Sandra Sydlik .................. Temple

11-17 Erica Bohannon ..................Tulsa

11-24 Avery Acker......................... SMU

DEFENSE

DATE NAME ............................. SCHOOL

9-1 Immanuella Anagu .......... UConn

9-8 Natalie Keck .................. Houston

9-15 Morgan Heise ..................... SMU

9-22 Brooke Berryhill .................Tulsa

9-29 Maya Muldrow .......... Cincinnati

10-6 Aleksandra Petronijevic ..Memphis

10-20 Aleksandra Petronijevic ...Memphis

10-27 Morgan Heise ..................... SMU

11-3 Morgan Heise ..................... SMU

11-10 Brooke Berryhill .................Tulsa

11-17 DeLaina Sarden .................... UCF

11-24 Janelle Giordano ................ SMU


2014 STATISTICAL LEADERS

TEAM Kills per Set S K K/S1. UCF 123 1771 14.402. SMU 122 1679 13.763. Temple 120 1644 13.704. Houston 129 1692 13.125. Memphis 133 1742 13.106. Cincinnati 124 1594 12.857. Tulsa 117 1495 12.788. UConn 126 1558 12.379. USF 127 1540 12.1310. East Carolina 118 1379 11.6911. Tulane 115 1273 11.07

Hitting Percentage S K E TA PCT1. UCF 123 1771 564 4140 .2922. Temple 120 1644 551 4512 .2423. SMU 122 1679 663 4582 .2224. Houston 129 1692 694 4749 .2105. Cincinnati 124 1594 672 4390 .2106. Memphis 133 1742 718 4921 .2087. Tulsa 117 1495 651 4259 .1988. USF 127 1540 686 4442 .1929. East Carolina 118 1379 617 4029 .18910. UConn 126 1558 758 4838 .16511. Tulane 115 1273 687 3964 .148

INDIVIDUAL

Service Aces per Set SP SA SA/S1. Tulsa 117 184 1.572. SMU 122 172 1.413. USF 127 169 1.334. Memphis 133 174 1.315. East Carolina 118 146 1.246. Temple 120 144 1.207. UConn 126 146 1.168. Houston 129 148 1.159. Tulane 115 105 0.9110. Cincinnati 124 113 0.9111. UCF 123 112 0.91

Digs per Set S D D/S1. Memphis 133 2300 17.292. Temple 120 2039 16.993. SMU 122 2049 16.804. Tulsa 117 1962 16.775. UConn 126 2050 16.276. Cincinnati 124 1914 15.447. Houston 129 1982 15.368. UCF 123 1873 15.239. USF 127 1861 14.6510. Tulane 115 1658 14.4211. East Carolina 118 1691 14.33

Assists per Set S K K/S1. UCF 123 1677 13.632. SMU 122 1585 12.993. Temple 120 1540 12.834. Memphis 133 1647 12.385. Houston 129 1578 12.236. Tulsa 117 1410 12.057. Cincinnati 124 1480 11.948. USF 127 1458 11.489. UConn 126 1429 11.3410. East Carolina 118 1272 10.7811. Tulane 115 1197 10.41

Blocks per Set S BS BA BT B/S1. SMU 122 34 502 285.0 2.342. USF 127 51 475 288.5 2.273. Tulane 115 50 397 248.5 2.164. UCF 123 77 377 265.5 2.165. Memphis 133 57 453 283.5 2.136. Temple 120 31 433 247.5 2.067. Cincinnati 124 51 402 252.0 2.038. Tulsa 117 62 306 215.0 1.849. Houston 129 58 353 234.5 1.8210. East Carolina 118 48 333 214.5 1.8211. UConn 126 38 354 215.0 1.71

Hitting Percentage Cl. S K E TA PCT1. Delaina Sarden, UCF Sr. 123 334 74 577 .4512. Kaye-Alese Gree, UCF Sr. 123 220 47 404 .4283. Kirsten Overton, Temple So. 118 272 54 554 .3944. Ashley McRae, East Carolina So. 117 250 70 500 .3605. Lauren Wright, Memphis Sr. 93 272 81 556 .3446. Courtnee Bowser, Cincinnati Fr. 73 129 31 298 .3297. Alexis Wesley, Memphis Jr. 133 277 86 586 .3268. Immanuella Anagu, UConn Jr. 123 297 87 657 .3209. Jennifer Iacobini, Temple Sr. 100 185 51 421 .31810. Janelle Giordano, SMU So. 122 261 84 564 .314

Kills per Set Cl. S K K/S1. Kadi Kullerkan, Houston Sr. 128 644 5.032. Erica Bohannon, Tulsa So. 117 472 4.033. Erin Fairs, USF Jr. 126 489 3.884. Jale Hervey, UCF So. 123 427 3.475. Courtney Warren, Houston Sr. 122 412 3.386. Emma Robertson, Cincinnati Jr. 124 415 3.357. Caroline Grattan, Temple So. 61 203 3.338. Tea Juric, Tulane So. 105 343 3.279. Caroline Young, SMU Sr. 119 376 3.1610. Valerie El Houssine, Tulsa Sr. 104 327 3.14

Assists per Set Cl. S K K/S1. Avery Acker, SMU Jr. 121 1413 11.682. Sandra Sydlik, Temple Jr. 110 1203 10.943. Bailey Clampitt, Tulsa Sr. 117 1230 10.514. Veronica Zimmerman, Memphis Jr. 133 1397 10.505. Keandra McCardell, Houston Fr. 110 1095 9.956. Zarah Cecich, East Carolina Sr. 117 1018 8.707. Ally Frank, Tulane Sr. 94 803 8.548. Caitlin Ogletree, Cincinnati Jr. 86 614 7.149. Marie Reiterova, UCF Sr. 123 806 6.5510. Madi Lang, Cincinnati Sr. 101 605 5.99

Service Aces per Set Cl. S K K/S1. Valerie El Houssine, Tulsa Sr. 104 54 0.522. Caroline Young, SMU Sr. 119 47 0.393. Bailey Clampitt, Tulsa Sr. 117 46 0.394. Jennifer Iacobini, Temple Sr. 100 32 0.325. Ashton Mares, East Carolina Fr. 116 34 0.296. Devon Maugle, UConn Sr. 123 34 0.287. Abbey Bybel, SMU Jr. 122 33 0.278. Erin Fairs, USF Jr. 126 34 0.279. Erica Bohannon, Tulsa So. 117 31 0.2610. Sandra Sydlik, Temple Jr. 110 29 0.26

Blocks per Set Cl. S K E TA PCT1. Janelle Giordano, SMU So. 122 15 145 160.0 1.312. Jennica Mullins, USF Sr. 125 21 135 156.0 1.253. Alexis Wesley, Memphis Jr. 133 22 125 147.0 1.114. Sarah Strasner, Tulane So. 115 18 101 119.0 1.035. DeLaina Sarden, UCF Sr. 123 16 108 124.0 1.016. Natalie Montini, East Carolina Fr. 75 8 64 72.0 0.967. Anna Wruck, Tulane Sr. 115 19 90 109.0 0.958. Courtnee Bowser, Cincinnati Fr. 73 11 58 69.0 0.959. Jennifer Iacobini, Temple Sr. 100 9 84 93.0 0.9310. Me’Ashah, Nicholson, Cincinnati Sr. 121 16 96 112.0 0.93

Digs per Set Cl. S K K/S1. A Petronijevic, Memphis Sr. 133 717 5.392. Morgan Heise, SMU So. 122 626 5.133. Natalie Keck, Houston Sr. 129 654 5.074. Brooke Berryhill, Tulsa So. 117 557 4.765. Alyssa Drachslin, Temple Jr. 120 559 4.666. Jamie Netisingha, Cincinnati Sr. 124 555 4.487. Brianna Datti, UConn Sr. 126 539 4.288. Jade Hayes, UCF Sr. 123 482 3.929. Erin Fairs, USF Jr. 126 481 3.8210. Erika Figueroa, East Carolina Jr. 118 441 3.74

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015 COMPOSITE SCHEDULE200

AUGUSTDate Away Home Location Time8-28 Montana State University Tulane Huntsville, Texas 10 a.m. Northern Colorado UCF Orlando, Fla. Noon Northern Kentucky Cincinnati Cincinnati, Ohio Noon UTEP SMU Dallas, Texas Noon UConn Hartford West Hartford, Conn. 12:30 p.m. Louisiana-Lafayette Houston Lubbock, Texas 2:30 p.m. High Point Memphis Athens, Ga. 5 p.m. Rhode Island UConn West Hartford, Conn. 5 p.m. Alabama A&M University USF Miami, Fla. 5 p.m. Utah State Houston Lubbock, Texas 5:30 p.m. Oregon Temple Philadelphia, Pa. 6 p.m. Eastern Michigan Cincinnati Cincinnati, Ohio 7 p.m. Delaware UCF Orlando, Fla. 7 p.m. Tulane Sam Houston State Huntsville, Texas 8 p.m. Arizona SMU Dallas, Texas 8 p.m. Tulsa Nebraska Lincoln, NE 8 p.m.8-29 University of North Florida USF Miami, Fla. 10 a.m. Prairie View A&M Tulane Huntsville, Texas 10 a.m. Wofford Memphis Athens, Ga. 11 a.m. Pittsburgh Tulsa Lincoln, Neb. 11 a.m. Houston Texas Tech Lubbbock, Texas Noon Houston Texas Tech Lubbock, Texas Noon Navy Temple Philadelphia Pa. 1 p.m. Syracuse UConn Storrs, Conn. 3 p.m. UTSA Tulane Huntsville, Texas 5:30 p.m. Xavier Cincinnati Cincinnati, Ohio 6 p.m. USF Florida International Miami, Fla. 6 p.m. Grand Canyon Tulsa Lincoln, Neb. 6:30 p.m. St. John’s Temple Philadelphia, Pa. 7 p.m. Southern Illinois UCF Orlando, Fla. 7 p.m. Memphis Georgia Athens, Ga. 8 p.m. Texas State SMU Dallas, Texas 8 p.m.8-30 East Carolina Savannah State Savannah, Ga. 1 p.m.

SEPTEMBER9-1 East Carolina North Carolina Central Durham, N.C. 7 p.m.9-4 UTEP Memphis Nashville, Tenn. 11 a.m. Bryant UConn Storrs, Conn. 12:30 p.m. College of Charleston Tulsa Tuscaloosa, Ala. 3:30 p.m. Drake UCF Omaha, Neb. 4 p.m. South Alabama Memphis Nashville, Tenn. 4:30 p.m. Binghamton Cincinnati Cleveland, Ohio 4:30 p.m. Hofstra Temple South Orange, N.J. 4:30 p.m. Presbyterian College East Carolina Davidson, N.C. 4:30 p.m. Nicholls State Houston Lafayette, La. 6 p.m. Arkansas State University USF Tampa, Fla. 7 p.m. Cal-State Fullerton SMU Albuquerque, N.M. 7 p.m. UMBC UConn Storrs, Conn. 7:30 p.m. Tulsa University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, Ala. 8 p.m.9-5 Central Michigan Cincinnati Cleveland, Ohio 10 a.m. Hampton University East Carolina Davidson, N.C. 10 a.m. North Dakota UCF Omaha, Neb. 10:30 a.m. Jackson State Houston Lafayette, La. 11 a.m. Notre Dame Temple South Orange, N.J. Noon Santa Clara SMU Albuquerque, N.M. 12:30 p.m. Florida Gulf Coast USF Tampa, Fla. 1 p.m. James Madison UConn Storrs, Conn. 1 p.m. Memphis Belmont Nashville, Tenn. 3 p.m. Houston Louisiana-Lafayette Lafayette, La. 5 p.m. Southern Mississippi Tulsa Tuscaloosa, Ala. 6 p.m. East Carolina Davidson Davidson, N.C. 6 p.m. UCF Nebraska-Omaha Omaha, Neb. 6:30 p.m. Cincinnati Cleveland State Cleveland, Ohio 7 p.m.

University of Missouri USF Tampa, Fla. 7 p.m. Temple Seton Hall South Orange, N.J. 7:30 p.m. SMU New Mexico Albuquerque, N.M. 9:30 p.m.9-9 Incarnate Word Tulane New Orleans, La. 12:30 p.m.9-11 Stephen F. Austin Tulsa Tulsa, Okla. 11 a.m. Northern Iowa Cincinnati Indianapolis, Ind. 2 p.m. Arkansas-Pine Bluff Memphis Memphis, Tenn. 3 p.m. Georgia Tech USF Lincoln, Neb. 3:30 p.m. North Dakota State UCF Minneapolis, Minn. 4:30 p.m. Hampton East Carolina Greenville, N.C. 5 p.m. Abilene Christian Houston Denton ,Texas 5:30 p.m. Montana Temple Philadelphia, Pa. 6 p.m. Auburn Memphis Memphis, Tenn. 8 p.m.9-12 USF Nebraska Lincoln, Neb. 10 a.m. Illinois-Chicago Cincinnati Indianapolis, Ind. 11 a.m. UC Irvine UCF Minneapolis, Minn. Noon NC State Tulane New Orleans, La. 12:30 p.m. Western Carolina East Carolina Greenville, N.C. 12:30 p.m. Duquesne Temple Philadelphia, Pa. 1 p.m. Tennessee Tech Memphis Memphis, Tenn. 1 p.m. Boise State Houston Denton, Texas 2 p.m. San Diego SMU Santa Barbara, Calif. 2 p.m. Southern Illinois Tulsa Tulsa, Okla. 2 p.m. West Virginia UConn Hanover, N.H. 5 p.m. University of Calif. Davis USF Lincoln, Neb. 5:30 p.m. Cincinnati Butler Indianapolis, Ind. 6 p.m. UCF Minnesota Minneapolis, Minn. 7 p.m. William & Mary East Carolina Greenville, N.C. 7 p.m. Binghamton Temple Philadelphia, Pa. 7:30 p.m. Houston North Texas Denton, Texas 8 p.m. UALR Memphis Memphis, Tenn. 8 p.m. Texas Christian Tulane New Orleans, La. 8:30 p.m. UCLA SMU Santa Barbara, Calif. 10 p.m.9-13 UConn Dartmouth Hanover, N.H. 2 p.m.9-17 Seattle UCF Miami, Fla. 11 a.m. Louisville Cincinnati Cincinnati, Ohio 6 p.m. UCF FIU Miami, Fla. 7 p.m.9-18 Clemson SMU Dallas, Texas 2 p.m. La Salle Temple Philadelphia, Pa 4 p.m. Nicholls State Houston Houston, Texas 4 p.m. Jackson State Tulane Beaumont, Texas 5:30 p.m. UConn Harvard Cambridge, Mass. 6 p.m. UCF Miami (Fla.) Coral Gables, Fla. 7 p.m. Tulsa Oral Roberts Tulsa, Okla. 7 p.m. East Carolina South Carolina Columbia, S.C. 7 p.m. Austin Peay Memphis Memphis, Tenn. 8 p.m. Alabama A&M Houston Houston, Texas 8 p.m. Texas Christian SMU Dallas, Texas 8:30 p.m.9-19 Penn Temple Philadelphia, Pa. 10 a.m. Wofford East Carolina Columbia, S.C. 10 a.m. Boston College UConn Cambridge, Mass. 10:30 a.m. Auburn USF Tampa, Fla. 11 a.m. Houston Baptist Tulsa Tulsa, Okla. Noon SIUE Cincinnati Cincinnati, Ohio 1 p.m. Southeastern Louisiana Houston Houston, Texas 1:30 p.m. Southern Miss Memphis Memphis, Tenn. 3 p.m. Charleston Souther East Carolina Columbia, S.C. 4 p.m. UTSA SMU Dallas, Texas 4:30 p.m. Northeastern UConn Cambridge, Mass. 4:30 p.m. Tulane Lamar Beaumont, Texas 6:30 p.m. Villanova Temple Philadelphia, Pa. 7 p.m. Penn State University USF Tampa, Fla. 7 p.m. Mississippi State Memphis Memphis, Tenn. 8 p.m. North Texas Tulsa Tulsa, Okla. 8 p.m.9-20 Florida A&M University USF Tampa, Fla. 4 p.m.9-23 Memphis Cincinnati Cincinnati, Ohio 7 p.m.


2015 COMPOSITE SCHEDULE

Temple USF Tampa, Fla. 7 p.m. UConn UCF Orlando, Fla. 7 p.m. SMU Houston Houston, Texas 8 p.m. Tulsa Tulane New Orleans, La. 8 p.m.9-27 UConn USF Tampa, Fla. 1 p.m. SMU Tulane New Orleans, La. 1 p.m. Tulsa Houston Houston, Texas 2 p.m. East Carolina Memphis Memphis, Tenn. 2 p.m. Temple UCF Orlando, Fla. 2 p.m.9-29 New Orleans Tulane New Orleans, La. 8 p.m.9-30 Tulsa SMU Dallas, Texas 7 p.m.

OCTOBER10-2 Cincinnati UConn Storrs, Conn. 7 p.m. Memphis Temple Philadelphia, Pa. 7 p.m. Houston USF Tampa, Fla. 7 p.m. Tulane UCF Orlando, Fla. 7 p.m. East Carolina SMU Dallas, Texas 8 p.m.10-4 Tulane USF Tampa, Fla. 1 p.m. Cincinnati Temple Philadelphia, Pa. 1 p.m. Memphis UConn Storrs, Conn. 1 p.m. Houston UCF Orlando, Fla. 2 p.m. East Carolina Tulsa Tulsa, Okla. 2:30 p.m.10-7 Houston Tulane New Orleans, La. 8 p.m.10-9 Tulane East Carolina Greenville, N.C. 7 p.m. UCF Cincinnati Cincinnati, Ohio 7 p.m. USF Memphis Memphis, Tenn. 8 p.m. UConn Tulsa Tulsa, Okla. 8 p.m. Temple SMU Dallas, Texas 8 p.m.10-11 Houston East Carolina Greenville, N.C. 1 p.m. UCF Memphis Memphis, Tenn. 1 p.m. UConn SMU Dallas, Texas 1 p.m. USF Cincinnati Cincinnati, Ohio 1 p.m. Temple Tulsa Tulsa, Okla. 2:30 p.m.10-14 Temple UConn Storrs, Conn. 5 p.m.10-16 Cincinnati Tulane New Orleans, La. 2 p.m. SMU UCF Orlando, Fla. 7 p.m. East Carolina UConn Storrs, Conn. 7 p.m. Tulsa USF Tampa, Fla. 7 p.m. Memphis Houston Houston, Texas 8 p.m.10-18 SMU USF Tampa, Fla. 1 p.m. East Carolina Temple Philadelphia, Pa. 1 p.m. Memphis Tulane New Orleans, La. 2 p.m. Tulsa UCF Orlando, Fla. 2 p.m. Cincinnati Houston Houston, Texas 2 p.m.10-21 USF UCF Orlando, Fla. 7 p.m.10-23 Memphis Tulsa Tulsa, Okla. 4 p.m. Houston Temple Philadelphia, Pa. 7 p.m. Tulane UConn Storrs, Conn. 7 p.m. UCF East Carolina Greenville, N.C. 7 p.m. Cincinnati SMU Dallas, Texas 8 p.m.10-25 USF East Carolina Greenville, N.C. 1 p.m. Tulane Temple Philadelphia, Pa. 1 p.m. Houston UConn Storrs, Conn. 1 p.m. Memphis SMU Dallas, Texas 2 p.m. Cincinnati Tulsa Tulsa, Okla. 2:30 p.m.10-28 SMU Tulsa Tulsa, Okla. 7 p.m.10-30 Temple Cincinnati Cincinnati, Ohio 7 p.m. Tulsa East Carolina Greenville, N.C. 7 p.m. UConn Memphis Memphis, Tenn. 8 p.m. UCF Houston Houston, Texas 8 p.m. USF Tulane New Orleans, La. 8 p.m.

NOVEMBER11-1 UConn Cincinnati Cincinnati, Ohio Noon SMU East Carolina Greenville, N.C. Noon Temple Memphis Memphis, Tenn. 2 p.m. USF Houston Houston, Texas 2 p.m.

UCF Tulane New Orleans, La. 2 p.m.11-4 UCF USF Tampa.Fla. 7 p.m.11-6 Tulsa Cincinnati Cincinnati, Ohio 7 p.m. East Carolina USF Tampa, Fla. 7 p.m. SMU Memphis Memphis, Tenn. 8 p.m. Temple Tulane New Orleans, La. 8 p.m. UConn Houston Houston, Texas 8 p.m.11-8 SMU Cincinnati Cincinnati, Ohio 1 p.m. UConn Tulane New Orleans, La. 2 p.m. Tulsa Memphis Memphis, Tenn. 2 p.m. Temple Houston Houston, Texas 2 p.m. East Carolina UCF Orlando, Fla. 1 p.m.11-11 Cincinnati Memphis Memphis, Tenn. 8 p.m.11-13 Houston Tulsa Tulsa, Okla. 12:30 p.m. Memphis East Carolina Greenville, N.C. 5:30 p.m. USF UConn Storrs, Conn. 7 p.m. UCF Temple Philadelphia, Pa. 7 p.m. Tulane SMU Dallas, Texas 8 p.m.

11-15 UCF UConn Storrs, Conn. 1 p.m. Cincinnati East Carolina Greenville, N.C. 1 p.m. USF Temple Philadelphia, Pa. 1 p.m. SMU Houston Dallas, Texas 2 p.m. Tulane Tulsa Tulsa, Okla. 2:30 p.m.

11-18 UConn Temple Philadelphia, Pa. 5 p.m. Tulane Houston Houston, Texas 8 p.m.11-20 SMU UConn Storrs, Conn. 7 p.m. Cincinnati USF Tampa, Fla. 7 p.m. Tulsa Temple Philadelphia, Pa. 7 p.m. Memphis UCF Orlando, Fla. 8 p.m. East Carolina Houston Houston, Texas 8 p.m.11-22 SMU Temple Philadelphia, Pa. Noon Tulsa UConn Storrs, Conn. 1 p.m. East Carolina Tulane New Orleans, La. 1 p.m. Cincinnati UCF Orlando, Fla. 2 p.m. Memphis USF Tampa, Fla. 2 p.m.11-25 UConn East Carolina Greenville, N.C. 1 p.m. USF SMU Dallas, Texas 3 p.m. UCF Tulsa Tulsa, Okla. 5 p.m. Houston Cincinnati Cincinnati, Ohio 7 p.m. Tulane Memphis Memphis, Tenn. 8 p.m.

11-27 Temple East Carolina Greensville, N.C. 1 p.m. UCF SMU Dallas, Texas 2 p.m. Tulane Cincinnati Cincinnati, Ohio 2 p.m. Houston Memphis Memphis, Tenn 2 p.m. USF Tulsa Tulsa, Okla. 3 p.m.

Note: All times (Eastern) are subject to changeItalicized games will be on The American Digital Network

American Digital Network Games

11-20 Tulsa Temple Philadelphia, Pa. 7 p.m.11-22 Cincinnati UCF Orlando, Fla. 2 p.m.11-27 UCF SMU Dallas, Texas 2 p.m.

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P R E S E AS O N AWA R D S

2015 American Athletic Conference Preseason Coaches’ Poll

School (First Place Votes) Points

1. UCF (7) 94

2. SMU (3) 91

3. Temple (1) 84

4. Tulsa 75

5. Cincinnati 56

6. Memphis 51

7. USF 48

8. UConn 41

T-9 East Carolina 22

T-9 Tulane 22

11. Houston 21

2015 American Athletic Conference Preseason Award Winners

Preseason All-Conference Team

Kia Bright, UCF*

Jale Hervey, UCF*

Emma Roberson, Cincinnati*

Immanuella Anagu, UConn

Avery Acker, SMU

Janelle Giordano, SMU

Morgan Heise, SMU

Tyler Davis, Temple

Kirsten Overton, Temple

Dara Peric, Temple

Sandra Sydlik, Temple

Erica Bohannon, Tulsa*

*Unanimous selectionPreseason Player of the Year

Avery Acker, SMU


N C A A C H A M P I O N S H I P

2015 NCAA DIVISION I WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONSHIP

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 2015 NCAA Championship marks the 35th anniversary of the tournament. First and second round games are held on the campuses of participating institutions. Regionals will be hosted at Texas, Northern Iowa, Kentucky, and San Diego, and are held in single elimination format.

The national semifi nals and championship games will be held at CenturyLink Center in Omaha, Neb. on Dec. 17 & 19.

American Athletic Conference Schools’ NCAA Championship Appearances

School NCAA Appearances

Houston............................................................... 11

Cincinnati............................................................ 10

UCF ........................................................................ 8

USF ........................................................................ 7

Temple ................................................................... 4

Tulsa ...................................................................... 4

Tulane .................................................................... 2

Memphis ............................................................... 1

UConn.................................................................... 0

East Carolina ........................................................ 0

SMU....................................................................... 0

Total .....................................................47

2015 NCAA Women’s Division I Volleyball Championship Schedule

First and Second RoundsCampus Sites ..................................................................Dec. 4-6

RegionalsTexas, Northern Iowa, Kentucky, San Diego .........Dec. 11-12

Semifi nals (CenturyLink Center)Omaha, Neb. .................................................................... Dec. 17

Championship (CenturyLink Center)Omaha, Neb. .................................................................... Dec. 19

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ERICAN DIGITAL NETWORKAMEE

The most in-depth coverage of the American Athletic Conference can be found on The American Digital Network, the over-the-top streaming video platform of The American and its 12 member institutions.

The American has extended its partnership with L2 Productions to pro-vide video production services for more than 65 events annually on The American Digital Network through the 2018-19 academic year.

The American and L2 Productions have collaborated on live video production of regular-season and championship events for the past two years. The American Digital Network produced 65 live events in 2014-15 and plans to showcase at least 80 for the 2015-16 season. All events are carried by professional-grade, multiple-camera productions which include accomplished play-by-play announcers and expert analysts.

As a result of the partnership, The American Digital Network will pro-vide complete live video coverage of The American’s postseason cham-pionships in cross country, swimming and diving, indoor track and field, outdoor track and field, and rowing. The ADN will also provide coverage of any games of the conference’s women’s soccer, men’s soccer, softball and baseball championships that are not carried by one of the confer-ence’s television partners.

Additionally, The American Digital Network will provide coverage of

25 regular-season women’s basketball games as well as select regular-season contests in soccer, volleyball, softball and baseball. The ADN will have full wraparound coverage of The American’s post-season championships in football and men’s and women’s basketball.

In addition to its coverage of regular-season and championship events, The American Digital Network is the home for on-demand previews and game highlights as well as “The Rise,” a weekly look at the conference that includes scores, highlights and feature stories.

The American Digital Network is also the primary source for coverage of the conference’s football and basketball media days. Coverage in 2015 will include live segments from the podium, including roundtable discus-sions with The American’s head coaches and the opening remarks by commissioner Mike Aresco.

All of The American Digital Network productions are available on desk-top, tablet, mobile and Roku devices at no charge. The ADN will include DVR functionality and immediate access to archived replays beginning in the 2015-16 season.

TheAmerican.org/DN


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SCHEDULEAUGUST Holiday Inn (Orlando, Fla.) 28 North Colorado Noon Delaware 7 p.m.29 Southern Illinois 7 p.m.

SEPTEMBER University of Nebraska-Omaha Inv. (Omaha, Neb.)4 vs. Drake 4 p.m.5 vs. North Dakota 10:30 a.m. at Nebraska-Omaha 6:30 p.m.

Minnesota Diet Coke Tournament (Minneapolis, Minn.)11 vs. North Dakota State 4:30 p.m.12 vs. UC Irvine Noon at Minnesota 7 p.m.

FIU/Miami Challenge (Miami, Fla.)17 vs. Seattle 11 a.m. vs. FIU 7 p.m.18 at Miami 7 p.m. 25 UConn* 7 p.m.27 Temple* 2 p.m.

OCTOBER 2 Tulane* 7 p.m.4 Houston* 2 p.m.9 at Cincinnati* 7 p.m.11 at Memphis* 2 p.m.16 SMU* 7 p.m.18 Tulsa 2 p.m.21 USF* 7 p.m.23 at East Carolina* 7 p.m.30 at Houston* 8 p.m.

NOVEMBER 1 at Tulane* 2 p.m.4 at USF* 7 p.m.8 East Carolina* 1 p.m.13 at Temple* 7 p.m.15 at UConn* 1 p.m.20 Memphis* 7 p.m.22 Cincinnati* 2 p.m.25 at Tulsa* 6 p.m.27 at SMU* 2 p.m.

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

No. Name Pos. Cl. Ht. Hometown/Previous School 5 Kia Bright OH Jr. 5-11 Jacksonville, Fla./Auburn

8 Dana Faught S Sr. 5-8 Round Rock, Texas/Stony Point HS

15 Abbie Fleener OPP Sr. 6-2 Grand Rapids, Mich./DePaul

11 Shelby Foyer DS Jr. 5-6 Carmel, Ind./Carmel HS

10 Taylor Gallart OH Jr. 6-1 Germantown, Md./Academy of the Holy Cross

7 Maddie Haggerty OH RS-Fr. 6-2 Glen Ellyn, Ill./Nebraska

1 Jale Hervey OH Jr. 5-11 Huntsville, Ala./Middle Tennessee

13 Brooke Imirie RS Fr. 6-1 Austin, Texas/Westwood HS

6 Rebecca Johnson OH/DS Fr. 5-2 Naples, Fla./Naples

18 Michelle McLaughlin OH/DS Jr. 5-10 Bartlett, Ill./UT Martin

4 Jordan Pingel L Fr. 5-7 Colorado Springs, Colo./Air Academy HS

34 Elyssa Purcell S Fr. 5-10 Alvin, Texas/Alvin HS

19 Ann Richards MB So. 6-3 Assiniboia, Canada/Assiniboia

20 Sheila Rojas DS Fr. DS Miami, Fla./Southwest Miami2 Halle Scott DS So. 5-9 Tallahassee, Fla./Tallahassee HS 17 Whitney Turner MB/RS Fr. 6-2 Troutdale, Ore./Central Catholic HS 3 Miranda Watkins S Fr. 5-9 Tallahassee, Fla./Tallahassee HS 12 Taylor Wickey MB/OPP Jr. 6-4 Omaha, Neb./Omaha Concordia HS

HEAD COACH: Todd DagenaisASSISTANT HEAD COACH: Michelle ChatmanASSISTANT COACH: Mike Gee

2015 ROSTER

JaleJaleHERVEYHERVEY

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Location .............................................................. Orlando, Fla.Founded ............................................................................ 1963Enrollment ......................................................................61,810Nickname .................................................................... KnightsColors ................................................................. Black & GoldPresident ........................................................ Dr. John C. HittDirector of Athletics....................................George O’LearySenior Woman Administrator ..........................Jessica ReoVolleyball Offi ce Phone .................................(407) 823-4177Assistant Coaches ...............Michelle Chatman, Mike Gee

2014 Overall Record ........................................................ 25-82014 Conference Record/Finish ........................... 18-2/FirstStarters Returning/Lost........................................ 4/3+LiberoLetterwinners Returning/Lost...........................................5/6Newcomers ..................................................................... NineVolleyball Contact .......................................Megan HerbothPhone ................................................................(407) 823-0994E-mail ...................................... [email protected] ...............................................www.ucfknights.com Twitter ..........................................................@UCF_Volleyball

QUICK FACTS, STAFF & SPORTS INFO

NEWS & NOTES

GEORGE O’LEARYInterim Director of Athletics

Todd DagenaisHead Coach

Megan HerbothSports Information Director

• UCF looks for its fi fth-straight winning season and its fourth 20-win campaign in the last fi ve seasons. Last year’s 25 victories were the most single-season wins since 2003.

• Junior outside hitter Kia Bright earned AVCA All-America honorable mention and AVCA All-Region First team ac-colades in her fi rst season with the Knights. Bright averaged 3.02 kills per set and 2.68 digs per set and led the team with 11 double-double matches. She and junior outside hitter Jale Hervey were American Athletic Conference First Team selections on Todd Dagenais’ fi rst conference championship team. Seniors setter Dana Faught and right side Abbie

Fleener also add starting experience among the returners.

• UCF ranked fi fth in the nation in 2014 with 13.63 assists per set. The Knights also had the fi fth-best hitting percent-age in the country, turning in a .292 clip. UCF’s 14.40 kills per set ranked seventh in the country.

• The Knights add nine new faces to the roster this season, including seven true freshmen and two transfers.

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DAGENAIS’ YEAR-BY-YEAR HISTORYYEAR SCHOOL OVERALL CONFERENCE RECORD NCAA POSTSEASON CONFERENCE2008 UCF 15-17 6-10 C-USA

2009 UCF 12-18 3-13 C-USA

2010 UCF 16-16 9-11 C-USA

2011 UCF 20-11 12-8 C-USA

2012 UCF 18-15 11-5 C-USA

2013 UCF 21-10 12-6 The American

2014 UCF 25-8 18-2 0-1 The American

CAREER (7 Years) 127-78 71-55 0-1 (.572) (.563) (.000)

Career Record (7 years) .......... 127-95 (.572)

UCF Record (7 years) ............... 127-95 (.572)

Conference Record.................... 71-55 (.563)

NCAA Appearances (2014) ........... 0-1 (.000)

The American (Overall) ............ 46-18 (.718)

The American (Conference Only) ... 30-8 (.789)

Education - B.A. in Sports Medicine, Central Mich-igan (1995)

Coaching File - Assistant head coach, University of Southern California (2005-07); Associate head coach, Michigan State University (1998-03); Assistant coach, Northern Michigan (1998)

TODD DAGENAIS8th Year at UCF

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STATISTICSPlayer SP Kills K/S Err TA Pct. Ast A/S SA SA/S SE RE Digs D/S BS BA BT B/S BE BHE Points

HERVEY, Jale 123 427 3.47 140 1044 .275 8 0.07 11 0.09 10 17 141 1.15 22 33 55 0.45 8 0 476.5

BRIGHT, Kia 123 371 3.02 138 990 .235 9 0.07 23 0.19 44 40 329 2.67 19 45 64 0.52 11 1 435.5

SARDEN, DeLaina 123 334 2.72 74 577 .451 12 0.10 20 0.16 26 1 98 0.80 16 108 124 1.01 15 4 424.0

GREEN, Kaye-Alese 123 220 1.79 47 404 .428 6 0.05 0 0.00 0 2 38 0.31 17 79 96 0.78 15 2 276.5

FLEENER, Abbie 102 192 1.88 57 432 .312 4 0.04 0 0.00 0 1 29 0.28 1 36 37 0.36 5 3 211.0

CORY, Loren 112 164 1.46 65 453 .219 6 0.05 0 0.00 0 2 54 0.48 2 57 59 0.53 3 0 194.5

GIALENIOS, Ashley 65 42 0.65 23 142 .134 3 0.05 0 0.00 1 4 40 0.62 0 19 19 0.29 0 1 51.5

REITEROVA, Marie 123 7 0.06 5 28 .071 806 6.55 10 0.08 11 0 288 2.34 0 0 0 0.00 3 14 17.0

HAYES, Jade 123 5 0.04 3 31 .065 140 1.14 19 0.15 14 1 5 0.28 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 5.0

GALLART, Taylor 18 5 0.28 8 22 -.136 1 0.06 0 0.00 0 28 482 3.92 0 0 0 0.00 0 1 24.0

FAUGHT, Dana 123 2 0.02 4 10 -.200 667 5.42 10 0.08 45 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 2.0

RICHARDS, Ann 6 2 0.33 0 2 1.000 0 0.00 0 0.00 1 0 213 1.73 0 0 0 0.00 0 19 12.0

FOYER, Shelby 109 0 0.00 0 5 .000 13 0.12 19 0.17 10 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.0

SCOTT, Halle 3 0 0.00 0 0 .000 1 0.33 0 0.00 0 9 156 1.43 0 0 0 0.00 0 1 19.0

MOLINA, Nahely 1 0 0.00 0 0 .000 1 1.00 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.0

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UCF................. 123 1771 14.40 564 4140 .292 1677 13.63 112 0.91 162 123 1873 15.23 77 377 265.5 2.16 60 46 2148.5

Opponents........... 123 1520 12.36 686 4331 .193 1422 11.56 124 1.01 194 111 1538 12.50 36 368 220.0 1.79 61 40 1864.0

THE VENUE AT UCFCAPACITY - 2,000

2 0 1 4 R E S U L T S(25-8 Overall / 18-2 American)

AUGUST (4-0)Radisson UCF Invitational (Orlando, Fla.)29 Eastern Kentucky W, 3-0

29 Western Carolina W, 3-0

30 Northeastern W, 3-0

30 FIU W, 3-0

SEPTEMBER (5-5)K-State Invitational (Manhattan, Kan.)5 vs. Middle Tennessee State W, 3-1

5 vs. Arkansas W, 3-0

6 at Kansas State L, 3-0

Texas Invitational (Austin, Texas)12 vs. Florida A&M W, 3-0

13 at Texas L, 3-0

13 vs. Arizona L, 3-1

20 Marquette L, 3-2

21 at Florida L, 3-1

26 at SMU* W, 3-2

28 at Tulsa* W, 3-1

OCTOBER (9-1)3 Temple* W, 3-0

5 UConn* W, 3-0

8 at USF* W, 3-1

12 at East Carolina* W, 3-0

17 at Memphis* W, 3-2

19 at Cincinnati* L, 0-3

24 Houston* W, 3-0

26 Tulane* W, 3-0

29 USF* W, 3-2

31 East Carolina* W, 3-0

NOVEMBER (6-2)7 at UConn* W, 3-1

9 at Temple* L, 3-1

14 Tulsa* L, 3-2

16 SMU* W, 3-2

21 at Tulane* W, 3-1

23 at Houston* W, 3-1

26 Cincinnati* W, 3-0

28 Memphis* W, 3-1

DECEMBER (0-1) NCAA First Round5 vs. Miami L, 3-2

All times (Eastern) are subject to change;

Conference matches denoted

with asterisk *

K N I G H T S


C I N C I N N A T I

Cortnee Cortnee BOWSERBOWSER

SCHEDULEAUGUST Queen City Classic (Cincinnati, Ohio)28 Eastern Michigan 7 p.m.29 Northern Kentucky Noon Xavier 6 p.m.

SEPTEMBER Cleveland State Classic4 vs. Binghamton 4:30 p.m.5 vs. Central Michigan 10 a.m. at Cleveland State 7 p.m. Butler Tournament (Indianapolis, Ind.)11 vs. Northern Iowa 2 p.m.12 vs. UIC 11 a.m. at Butler 6 p.m.

17 Louisville 6 p.m.19 SIUE 1 p.m.23 Memphis* 7 p.m.25 East Carolina* 7 p.m.

OCTOBER 2 at UConn* 7 p.m.4 at Temple* 1 p.m.9 UCF* 7 p.m.11 USF* 1 p.m. 16 at Tulane* 2 p.m. 18 at Houston* 2 p.m.23 at SMU* 8 p.m.25 at Tulsa* 2:30 p.m. 30 Temple* 7 p.m.

NOVEMBER 1 UConn* Noon6 Tulsa* 7 p.m.8 SMU* 1 p.m.11 at Memphis* 8 p.m.15 at East Carolina* 1 p.m.20 at USF* 7 p.m.22 at UCF* 2 p.m.25 Houston* 7 p.m.27 Tulane* 2 p.m.


No. Name Pos. Cl. Ht. Hometown/Previous School 21 Lise Alaiwan MB Jr. 6-2 Villeneuve Loubet, France/Kedge Business School4 Morgan Allred OH Sr. 5-8 Carrolton, Texas/Hebron5 Taylor Balen OH Fr. 6-1 Manhattan Beach, Calif./Mira Costa19 Cortnee Bowser MB So. 6-4 Kent, Ohio/Theodore Roosevelt11 Lindsey Dinklelacker OH Jr. 5-11 Cincinnati, Ohio/St. Louis University7 Victoria Harris OH Jr. 6-1 Spring, Texas/Oak Ridge 13 Ciara Hill OH Jr. 5-10 Bolingbrook, Ill./Bolingbrook 17 Alison Kimmel MB RS-Jr. 6-2 Plainfi eld, Ill./Plainfi eld North3 Maya Muldrow MB So. 6-1 Raleigh, N.C./Wakefi eld12 Carly Nolan OH Fr. 6-0 Crystal Lake, Ill./Crystal Lake South8 Emma Roberson RS Sr. 6-1 Brooks, Ky./University of Evansville6 Parker Shepherd S So. 5-10 McKinney, Texas/McKinney Boyd23 Jordan Thompson RS/OH Fr. 6-4 Edina, Minn./Edina 9 Jade Tingelhoff S Fr. 6-0 Lakeville, Minn./Lakeville South 14 Amelia Wegman OH Sr. 6-1 Aurora, Ill./Rosary2 Abby Williams DS Fr. 5-9 Loveland, Ohio/Ursuline Academy

HEAD COACH: Molly AlveyASSISTANT COACH: Phillip White ASSISTANT COACH: Kayla Jeter

2015 ROSTER

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B E A R C A T S


MIKE BOHNDirector of Athletics

MOLLY ALVEYHead Coach

ALEX LANGESports Information Director

Location .........................................................Cincinnati, OhioFounded ............................................................................ 1819Enrollment .....................................................................43, 691Nickname ................................................................. BearcatsColors ...................................................................Red & BlackPresident ..................................................Santa Jeremy OnoDirector of Athletics............................................ Mike BohnSenior Woman Administrator ................ Maggie McKinleyVolleyball Offi ce Phone .................................(513) 556-2877Assistant Coaches ......................Phillip White, Kayla Jeter

2014 Overall Record ...................................................... 15-172014 Conference Record/Finish ..............................7-13/7thStarters Returning/Lost........................................ 4/2+LiberoLetterwinners Returning/Lost...........................................7/6Volleyball Contact ...............................................Alex LangePhone ................................................................(513) 556-5145E-mail .......................................................alex.lange@uc.eduWebsite .................................................. GoBEARCATS.comTwitter ...................................................... @GoBEARCATSVB

NEWS & NOTES• The seven-player incoming class was

ranked 26th in the nation by Prep Vol-leyball, including Jordan Thompson and Jade Tingelhoff, ranked Nos. 44 and 96, respectively. It is the fi rst UC recruiting class recognized by Prep Volleyball since the 2010 class was named to the honorable mention list.

• Senior Emma Roberson (Brooks, Ky./Evansville) is back after leading the team with 415 kills and 3.35 kills/set in 2014. She was named Second Team All-American Athletic Conference and was the Art Carmichael Invitational MVP last season.

• Sophomore Cortnee Bowser (Kent, Ohio/

Theodore Roosevelt) recorded a .329 hitting percentage in 2014 to lead the Bearcats. The mark also was tops in the conference among freshmen.

• The Bearcats have the ultimate home-court advantage inside Fifth Third Arena. Since it began hosting volleyball match-es in 1989, Cincinnati is 221-92 in the arena for a .706 winning percentage.


C I N C I N N A T I

Molly Alvey4th Year at Cincinnati

Career Record (6 years) ............ 92-97 (.486)

Cincinnati Record (3 years) ..... 30-66 (.312)


NCAA Appearances ...................... 0-0 (.000)


The American (Conference Only) ...10-28 (.263)

Education - B.A. in Economics, Centre College (2001)

Coaching File - Head coach, University of Hous-ton (2010-11); Associate head coach, University of Mississippi (2008-09); Assistant coach, University of Mississippi (2005--07); Head coach, University of Southern Indiana (2004); Graduate assistant coach, Temple University (2001-03)

ALVEYS’ YEAR-BY-YEAR HISTORYYEAR SCHOOL OVERALL CONFERENCE RECORD NCAA POSTSEASON CONFERENCE2004 Southern Indiana 24-7 15-1 GLVC

2010 Houston 19-13 13-7 C-USA

2011 Houston 19-11 12-8 C-USA

2012 Cincinnati 12-20 9-6 Big East

2013 Cincinnati 3-29 3-15 The American

2014 Cincinnati 15-17 7-13 The American

CAREER (6 Years) 92-97 59-50 0-0 (.486) (.541) (.000)

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Player SP Kills K/S Err TA Pct. Ast A/S SA SA/S SE RE Digs D/S BS BA BT B/S BE BHE Points

ROBERSON, Emma 124 415 3.35 138 1046 .265 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 1 62 0.50 3 54 57 0.46 16 1 445.0

NICHOLSON, Me’Ashah 121 280 2.31 84 662 .296 10 0.08 20 0.17 19 1 94 0.78 16 96 112 0.93 7 3 364.0

HILL, Ciara 110 266 2.42 145 753 .161 15 0.14 8 0.07 38 19 142 1.29 4 55 59 0.54 8 5 305.5

ALLRED, Morgan 108 255 2.36 130 832 .150 15 0.14 8 0.07 12 19 172 1.59 4 30 34 0.31 9 0 282.0

BOWSER, Cortnee 73 129 1.77 31 298 .329 4 0.05 0 0.00 5 0 16 0.22 11 58 69 0.95 6 0 169.0

LANG, Madi 101 60 0.59 25 173 .202 605 5.99 7 0.07 24 0 181 1.79 0 40 40 0.40 4 24 87.0

WEGMAN, Amelia 34 45 1.32 34 171 .064 2 0.06 5 0.15 1 11 41 1.21 1 8 9 0.26 0 0 55.0

CHANDLER, Christine 45 43 0.96 27 122 .131 6 0.13 3 0.07 5 2 54 1.20 1 4 5 0.11 0 0 49.0

DINKELACKER, Lindsey 111 40 0.36 24 153 .105 11 0.10 15 0.14 24 19 195 1.76 0 5 5 0.05 2 1 57.5

KIMMEL, Alison 25 24 0.96 15 62 .145 1 0.04 3 0.12 7 0 3 0.52 3 11 14 0.56 4 0 35.5

OGLETREE, Caitlin 86 23 0.27 10 69 .188 614 7.14 21 0.24 26 0 161 1.87 1 10 11 0.13 5 21 50.0

MULDROW, Maya 37 10 0.27 8 36 .056 1 0.03 0 0.00 0 1 4 0.11 7 31 38 1.03 10 0 32.5

NETISINGHA, Jamie 124 4 0.03 1 11 .273 150 1.21 14 0.11 25 50 555 4.48 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 18.0

SHEPHERD, Parker 17 0 0.00 0 0 .000 22 1.29 1 0.06 2 14 217 2.07 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 8.0

FLOOD, Corie 1 0 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.00 0 0.00 1 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.0

PIFER, Macie 105 0 0.00 0 2 .000 24 0.23 8 0.08 28 0 7 0.41 0 0 0 0.00 0 2 1.0

TEAM 15

CINCINNATI.......... 124 1594 12.85 672 4390 .210 1480 11.94 113 0.91 219 152 1914 15.44 51 402 252.0 2.03 71 57 1959.0

Opponents........... 124 1577 12.72 661 4454 .206 1460 11.77 152 1.23 269 113 1810 14.60 52 410 257.0 2.07 52 37 1986.0

AUGUST (2-1)Queen City Classic (Cincinnati, Ohio)29 Duquesne W, 3-130 UC Irvine W, 3-030 at Xavier L, 3-0

SEPTEMBER (8-3)Active Ankle Challenge (Louisville, Ky.)5 vs. Appalachian State L, 3-15 at No. 24 Lousiville L, 3-06 vs. Tennessee State W, 3-1

Art Carmichael Invitational (Kingston, R.I.)12 vs. Rutgers W, 3-112 at Rhode Island W, 3-113 vs. NJIT W, 3-0

UC Invitational (Cincinnati, Ohio)19 Charleston Southern W, 3-120 Central Michigan L, 3-120 Tennessee State W, 3-1

26 at Houston* W, 3-228 at Tulane* W, 3-1

OCTOBER (3-6)3 SMU* L, 3-15 Tulsa* W, 3-010 at Temple* L, 3-012 at UConn* W, 3-117 USF* W, 3-219 UCF* L, 3-022 Memphis* L, 3-124 at East Carolina* L, 3-231 UConn* L, 3-2 NOVEMBER (2-7)2 Temple* L, 3-17 at Tulsa* L, 3-29 at SMU* L, 3-114 Tulane* W, 3-116 Houston* L, 3-019 at Memphis* L, 3-123 East Carolina* W, 3-026 at UCF* L, 3-028 at USF* L, 3-2

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

2 0 1 4 R E S U L T S( 1 5 -1 7 O v e r a l l / 7 -1 3 A m e r i c a n )

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UFIFTH THIRD ARENACAPACITY - 13,176

STATISTICS


U C O N N

ImmanuellaImmanuellaANAGUANAGU

No. Name Pos. Cl. Ht. Hometown/Previous School 13 Tosin Adeniyi MB So. 6-2 Springifl ed, Ill./Chatham-Glenwood8 Immanuella Anagu MB Sr. 6-1 Culver City, Calif./Notre Dame Academy18 Kennedy Arundel DS Fr. 5-6 Chicago, Ill./Mother McAuley2 Danielle Cabel OH So. 6-2 Bettendorf, Iowa/Iowa7 Kenya Cason OH So. 5-11 Columbus, Ohio/St. Francis DeSales14 Hayley Cmajdalka MB Jr. 6-2 College Station, Texas/A&M Consolidated9 Camille Evans OH Jr. 6-0 Chicago, Ill./St. Ignatius1 Elizabeth Kline L/DS Fr. 5-6 Glenshaw, Pa./Shaler Area12 Jessika Long S RS-Jr. 5-9 Sandy, Utah/Arizona15 Iman McGary OH Fr. 5-11 Rockford, Ill./Keith School16 Rebecca Rivera S Jr. 5-7 Mississauga, Ontario/Albany3 Jade Strawberry OH Jr. 5-11 Tallahassee, Fla./Maclay School11 Erika Thomas MB/RSH Sr. 6-3 Ocoee, Fla./The First Academy4 Emma Turner S Fr. 5-10 Winter Park, Fla./Lake Highland Prep6 Kayla Williams OH Fr. 5-9 Staten Island, N.Y./Seward Park10 Phoebe Wong DS Fr. 5-4 East Greenwich, R.I./East Greenwich

HEAD COACH: Kris GrunwaldASSISTANT COACH: Ellen Herman ASSISTANT COACH: Ed Tolentino

2015 ROSTER

SCHEDULEAUGUST UConn Invitational (Hartford/Storrs, Conn.)28 at Hartford 12:30 p.m. vs. Rhode Island 5 p.m.29 Syracuse 3 p.m.

SEPTEMBER Dog Pound Challenge (Storrs, Conn.)4 Bryant University 12:30 p.m. UMBC 7:30 p.m. 5 James Madison 1 p.m. Dartmouth Tournament (Hanover, N.H.) 12 vs. West Virginia 5 p.m.13 at Dartmouth 2 p.m.New England Challenge (Cambirdge, Mass.)18 at Harvard 6 p.m.19 vs. Boston College 10:30 a.m. vs. Northeastern 4:30 p.m.

25 at UCF* 7 p.m.27 at USF* 1 p.m.

OCTOBER 2 Cincinnnati* 7 p.m.4 Memphis* 1 p.m.9 at Tulsa* 8 p.m.11 at SMU* 1 p.m.14 Temple* 5 p.m.16 East Carolina* 2 p.m.23 Tulane* 7 p.m.25 Houston* 1 p.m. 30 at Memphis* 8 p.m.

NOVEMBER 1 at Cincinnati* Noon5 at Houston* 8 p.m.8 at Tulane* 2 p.m.13 USF* 7 p.m.15 UCF* 1 p.m.18 at Temple* 5 p.m.20 SMU* 7 p.m. 22 Tulsa* 1 p.m. 25 at East Carolina* 1 p.m. All times (Eastern) are subject to change; American Athletic Conference matches denoted with asterisk

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H U S K I E S


CANDACE JOHNSONSports Information Director

KRIS GRUNWALDHead Coach

WARDE MANUELDirector of Athletics

Location ..............................................................Storrs, Conn.Founded ............................................................................ 1881Enrollment ......................................................................31,119Nickname ....................................................................HuskiesColors ................................. Navy Flag Blue (Navy) & WhitePresident ...........................................................Susan HerbstDirector of Athletics.....................................Warde ManuelSenior Woman Administrator ...................... Debbie CorumVolleyball Offi ce Phone ................................ (860) 486-2612Assistant Coaches ...................Ed Tolentino, Ellen Herman

2014 Overall Record ...................................................... 12-192014 Conference Record/Finish ............................5-15/10thStarters Returning/Lost........................................ 4/1+LiberoLetterwinners Returning/Lost...........................................9/5Newcomers ...................................................................SevenVolleyball Contact .................................. Candace Johnson Phone ................................................................(860) 486-1498E-mail ................................... [email protected] ....................................... www.UConnHuskies.com Twitter ................................................................... @UConnVB

• Kris Grunwald enters his second season at the helm for the Huskies. He will have the help of second year assistant coach Ellen Herman. Assistant coach Ed Tolen-tino is entering his fi rst season as mem-ber of the coaching staff.

• The Huskies’ 2015 roster features two of UConn’s most dominate blockers. Senior Immanuella Anagu led the team in solo blocks (14), block assists (92) and total blocks (106) in 2014. She ranks seventh among career leaders in school history with 317 blocks. Classmate Erika Thom-as stands sixth with 325 blocks in UCo-nn’s history books

• UConn’s nine returning letterwinners will be bolstered by Grunwald’s strong in-

coming six-member freshman class and sophomore transfer. Overall, seven of UConn’s 16 players will be upperclass-men during the 2015 season.

NEWS & NOTES


U C O N N

Kris Grunwald2nd Year at UConn

Career Record (3 years) ............ 53-39 (.576)

UConn Record (1 years) ............ 12-19 (.387)


NCAA Appearances ...................... 0-0 (.000)


The American (Conference Only) . 5-15 (.300)

Education - M.S. in Mathematics, Flordia State (1993), B.A. in Mathematics, George Mason University (1991)

Coaching File - Assistant coach, Auburn (2012-13); Assistant head coach, Arkansas (2008-11); Associate head coach, Moorehead State (2006-2007); Assistant coach, Mississippi (2002-05); Head coach, Auburn (1998-99); Assistant coach, Auburn (1994-97); Assistant coach, Florida State (1991-93)

GRUNWALDS’ YEAR-BY-YEAR HISTORYYEAR SCHOOL OVERALL CONFERENCE RECORD NCAA POSTSEASON CONFERENCE1998 Auburn 22-9 9-6 SEC

1999 Auburn 19-11 8-7 SEC

2014 UConn 12-19 5-15 The American

CAREER (3 Years) 53-39 22-28 0-0 (.576) (.440) (.000)

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MAUGLE, Devon 123 331 2.69 162 1154 .146 18 0.15 34 0.28 68 23 354 2.88 3 22 25 0.20 8 0 379.0

ANAGU, Immanuella 123 297 2.41 87 657 .320 1 0.01 1 0.01 4 0 39 0.32 14 92 106 0.86 15 3 358.0

THOMAS, Erika 121 249 2.06 113 748 .182 2 0.02 2 0.02 11 1 56 0.46 3 80 83 0.69 7 0 294.0

CASON, Kenya 78 207 2.65 103 679 .153 8 0.10 11 0.14 14 23 178 2.28 3 13 16 0.21 7 0 227.5

STRAWBERRY, Jade 85 146 1.72 117 552 .053 8 0.09 13 0.15 32 17 185 2.18 3 12 15 0.18 4 1 168.0

ADENIYI, Tosin 126 140 1.11 72 400 .170 3 0.02 0 0.00 0 0 34 0.27 11 77 88 0.70 7 2 189.5

CMAJDALKA, Hayley 64 91 1.42 38 280 .189 1 0.02 3 0.05 7 0 27 0.42 1 27 28 0.44 5 2 108.5

TOWSLEE, Katherine 39 42 1.08 33 138 .065 1 0.03 0 0.00 0 0 11 0.28 0 10 10 0.26 2 0 47.0

EVANS, Camille 40 40 1.00 27 158 .082 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 20 0.50 0 20 20 0.50 0 0 50.0

RIVERA, Rebecca 119 7 0.06 1 24 .250 663 5.57 14 0.12 34 0 211 1.77 0 0 0 0.00 2 19 21.0

DATTI, Brianna 126 3 0.02 1 16 .125 117 0.93 30 0.24 27 37 539 4.28 0 0 0 0.00 0 3 33.0

ESPOSITO, Sage 120 3 0.03 4 24 -.042 560 4.67 26 0.22 25 0 222 1.85 0 0 0 0.00 0 11 29.0

CHRISTENSEN, Amy 100 2 0.02 0 8 .250 15 0.15 12 0.12 13 17 158 1.58 0 1 1 0.01 0 0 14.5

RATLIFF, Karson 2 0 0.00 0 0 .000 1 0.50 0 0.00 0 0 14 1.75 0 0 0 0.00 0 1 0.0

CROSBY, Courtney 1 0 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 2 2.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.0

LONG, Jessika 8 0 0.00 0 0 .000 31 3.88 0 0.00 2 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.0

TEAM 34

UCONN............... 126 1558 12.37 758 4838 .165 1429 11.34 146 1.16 237 152 2050 16.27 38 354 215.0 1.71 57 42 1919.0

Opponents........... 126 1556 12.35 648 4513 .201 1464 11.62 152 1.21 237 146 2171 17.23 50 520 310.0 2.46 45 51 2018.0

2 0 1 4 R E S U LT S(12-19 Overall / 5-15 American)

AUGUST (2-1)UConn Classic (Storrs, Conn.)29 New Hampshire W, 3-030 Central Connecticut W, 3-230 Indiana L, 3-2

SEPTEMBER (7-3)NC State Tournament (Raleigh, N.C.)5 vs. Toledo W, 3-06 vs. Rice L, 3-26 at North Carolina State L, 3-1

Bucknell Tournament (Lewisburg, Pa.)12 Cornell W, 3-013 at Bucknell W, 3-1

Home Tournament (Storrs, Conn.)19 Columbia W, 3-220 Bryant W, 3-120 Hofstra L, 3-1

24 Temple* W, 3-026 at East Carolina* W, 3-1

OCTOBTER (1-8)3 at USF* L, 3-15 at UCF* L, 3-010 Memphis* L, 3-112 Cincinnati* L, 3-117 at Tulane* L, 3-219 at Houston* L, 3-224 Tulsa* L, 3-026 SMU* L, 3-131 at Cincinnati* W, 3-2

NOVEMBER (2-7)2 at Memphis* L, 3-17 UCF* L, 3-19 USF* L, 3-112 at Temple* L, 3-216 East Carolina* L, 3-221 at SMU* L, 3-123 at Tulsa* L, 3-026 Houston* W, 3-228 Tulane* W, 3-0



with asterisk *

GAMPEL PAVILIONCAPACITY - 10,241

STATISTICS


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

No. Name Pos. Cl. Ht. Hometown/Previous School 17 Lauren Bewick DS Sr. 5-7 Winterville, N.C./Campbell6 Haley Bidgood S/RS Fr. 6-1 Cary, N.C./Green Hope18 Torre Blake OH Sr. 5-8 Austin, Texas/Stephen F. Austin14 Kaitlyn Branam DS Fr. 5-3 Youngsville, N.C./Franklinton4 Sydney Darden OH Jr. 5-8 Virginia Beach, Va./UNC Greensboro2 Erika Figueroa DS/L Sr. 5-5 Orlando, Fla./Dr. Phillips3 Sabrina Gonzalez S Jr. 5-9 Elizabeth City, N.C./UNC Pembroke1 Alex Jesett L So. 5-6 Katy, Texas/Seven Lakes11 Alex Johnson O Sr. 6-4 Las Vegas, Nev./College of Southern Idaho13 Dayna Kramer O RS-So. 6-1 San Antonio, Texas/Ronald Reagan HS15 Kierra Lee-Dunson MH Sr. 6-0 Atlanta, Ga./Lakeside10 Sierra Lee-Dunson OP Sr. 6-0 Atlanta, Ga./Lakeside9 Ashton Mares OH So. 6-0 Fort Collins, Colo./Rocky Mountain12 Ashley McRae MH Jr. 5-9 Silver Spring, Md./Bethesda Chevy Chase7 Natalie Montini MB So. 6-0 Fletcher, N.C./Reynolds19 Jessica Nwabuko MH Fr. 6-1 Dallas, Texas/Rockwall Heath20 Kori West MH Fr. 6-3 Shelby, N.C./Shelby8 Megan Williams DS/L So. 5-1 Durham, N.C./Durham School of the Arts

HEAD COACH: Julie TorbettASSISTANT COACH: Cindi Miller ASSISTANT COACH: Chris Rose

2015 ROSTER

SCHEDULEAUGUST 30 at Savannah State 1 p.m.

SEPTEMBER 1 at North Carolina Central 7 p.m. Davidson Tournament (Davidson, N.C.)4 vs. Presbyterian 4:30 p.m.5 vs. Hampton University 10 a.m. at Davidson 6 p.m.East Carolina Invitational (Greenville, N.C.) 11 Hampton University 5 p.m.12 Western Carolina 12:30 p.m. William & Mary 7 p.m.South Carolina Invitational (Columbia, S.C.)18 at South Carolina 7 p.m.19 vs. Wofford 10 a.m. vs. Charleston Southern 4 p.m.

25 at Cincinnati* 7 p.m.27 at Memphis* 2 p.m.

OCTOBER 2 at SMU* 8 p.m.4 at Tulsa* 2:30 p.m.9 Tulane* 7 p.m.11 Houston* 1 p.m.16 at UConn* 2 p.m.18 at Temple* 1 p.m.23 UCF* 7 p.m.25 USF* 1 p.m.30 Tulsa* 7 p.m.

NOVEMBER 1 SMU* Noon6 at USF* 7 p.m.8 at UCF* 1 p.m.13 Memphis* 5:30 p.m.15 Cincinnati* 1 p.m.20 at Houston* 8 p.m.22 at Tulane* 1 p.m.25 UConn* 1 p.m.27 Temple* 1 p.m.


Sydney Sydney DARDENDARDEN

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P I R A T E S

• Head Coach Julie Torbett is entering her 3rd season at the helm of the ECU Vol-leyball program and has posted a 28-35 record with the Pirates.

• ECU fi nished the 2014 season with a 15-16 overall record and a 6-14 ledger in American Athletic Conference action. The Pirates collected 15 wins in a sin-gle-season and six conference victories for the fi rst time since 2007.

• For the fi rst time in six years, the 2014 squad put together a fi ve-match winning streak to start the season

• ECU opens the 2015 season on the road on August 30 at Savannah State. The Pirates open the season at home on

September 11 when they host the ECU Invitational.

• Senior middle hitter Kierra Lee-Dunson is 105 total blocks away from jumping into the ECU career record book.

• Senior defensive specialist/libero Erika Figueroa is 228 digs away from moving into the ECU career annals

NEWS & NOTES

QUICK FACTS, STAFF & SPORTS INFOLocation ......................................................... Greenville, N.C.Founded ............................................................................ 1907Enrollment ......................................................................27,000Nickname ..................................................................... PiratesColors ................................................................Purple & GoldChancellor.........................................................Steve BallardDirector of Athletics........................................Jeff CompherSenior Woman Administrator ................... Shelley BinegarVolleyball Offi ce Phone .................................(252) 737-1425Assistant Coaches ......................... Cinid Miller, Chris Rose

2014 Overall Record ...................................................... 15-162014 Conference Record/Finish ......................... 6-14/NinthLetterwinners Returning/Lost.........................................12/3Newcomers .......................................................................FiveVolleyball Contact ...........................................Lindy ZamoraPhone ................................................................(252) 737-4520E-mail ....................................................... [email protected] ............................................. www.ECUPirates.com Twitter .................................................................. @ ECUVBall

LINDY ZAMORASports Information Director

JULIE TORBETTHead Coach

JEFF COMPHERDirector of Athletics


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

Julie Torbett3rd Year at East Carolina

Career Record (21 years) ..........366-320 (.533)

East Carolina Record (2 years) ....28-25 (.528)

Conference Record....................153-130 (.540)

NCAA Appearances ..........................0-0 (.000)

The American (Overall) ................15-16 (.483)

The American (Conference Only) ....6-14 (.300)

Education - B.S. in Exercise and Sport Science, Penn State (1990)

Coaching File - Head coach, Winthrop (2011-2012); Head coach, UNC Asheville (1994-10)

TORBETTS’ YEAR-BY-YEAR HISTORYYEAR SCHOOL OVERALL CONFERENCE RECORD NCAA POSTSEASON CONFERENCE1994 UNC Asheville 12-23 3-5 Big South

1995 UNC Asheville 24-11 4-3 Big South







2002 UNC Asheville 26-8 12-2 (1st) Big South







2009 UNC Asheville 25-10 13-3 (1st) Big South


2011 Winthrop 20-8 12-2 (1st) Big South

2012 Winthrop 14-16 8-6 Big South

2013 East Carolina 13-9 3-11 C-USA

2014 East Carolina 15-16 6-14 The American

CAREER (21 Years) 366-320 153-130 0-0 (.533) (.540) (.000)

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DARDEN, Sydney 114 312 2.74 204 1156 .093 41 0.36 29 0.25 60 32 305 2.68 7 36 43 0.38 9 1 366.0

MARES, Ashton 116 293 2.53 137 950 .164 28 0.24 34 0.29 53 40 275 2.37 5 25 30 0.26 6 1 344.5

McRAE, Ashley 117 250 2.14 70 500 .360 4 0.03 0 0.00 0 1 14 0.12 8 76 84 0.72 10 1 296.0

CECICH, Zarah 117 133 1.14 32 297 .340 1018 8.70 26 0.22 21 2 229 1.96 5 46 51 0.44 4 10 187.0

LEE-DUNSON, Kierra 62 121 1.95 41 278 .288 2 0.03 0 0.00 3 2 19 0.31 6 33 39 0.63 6 0 143.5

BLAKE, Torre 100 113 1.13 56 388 .147 1 0.01 14 0.14 22 2 56 0.56 2 30 32 0.32 7 0 144.0

MONTINI, Natalie 75 112 1.49 49 286 .220 4 0.05 0 0.00 1 1 6 0.21 8 64 72 0.96 5 0 152.0

BORGIOTTI, Bella 51 25 0.49 11 75 .187 61 1.20 1 0.02 2 0 10 0.20 6 12 18 0.35 2 0 38.0

HNATIUK, Aileen 6 10 1.67 3 26 .269 0 0.00 0 0.00 1 0 4 0.67 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 10.0

LEE-DUNSON, Sierra 13 4 0.31 5 24 -.042 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 1 0.12 0 3 3 0.38 1 2 5.5

JOHNSON, Alex 8 4 0.50 6 23 -.087 1 0.12 0 0.00 0 0 3 0.23 1 8 9 0.69 3 0 9.0

FIGUEROA, Erika 118 2 0.02 0 12 .167 68 0.58 22 0.19 33 28 441 3.74 0 0 0 0.00 0 1 24.0

WILLIAMS, Megan 48 0 0.00 1 1 -1.000 1 0.02 4 0.08 13 20 94 1.13 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 3.0

BEWICK, Lauren 109 0 0.00 1 10 -.100 20 0.18 13 0.12 17 19 203 1.86 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 13.0

JESSETT, Alex 83 0 0.00 1 3 -.333 23 0.28 3 0.04 8 1 21 0.44 0 0 0 0.00 0 1 4.0

TEAM 4

EAST CAROLINA....... 118 1379 11.69 617 4029 .189 1272 10.78 146 1.24 234 162 1691 14.33 48 333 214.5 1.82 53 17 1739.5

Opponents........... 118 1488 12.61 602 4059 .218 1386 11.75 163 1.38 224 146 1784 15.12 47 251 172.5 1.46 36 53 1823.5


SEPTEMBER (7-4)East Carolina Invitational (Greenville, N.C.)5 Tennessee Tech W, 3-05 Norfolk State W, 3-06 Morgan State W, 3-2

9 North Carolina A&T W, 3-0

Penn State Invitational (State College, Pa.)19 vs. Eastern Illinois W, 3-219 vs. UIC L, 3-220 vs. DePaul W, 3-120 at Penn State L, 3-0

26 UConn* L, 3-128 Temple* L, 3-030 at NCCU W, 3-0 OCTOBER (4-6)3 at Tulane* L, 3-15 at Houston* W, 3-210 USF* W, 3-112 UCF* L, 3-017 at Tulsa* L, 3-019 at SMU* L, 3-0

24 Cincinnati* W, 3-226 Memphis* L, 3-228 Maryland Eastern Shore W, 3-031 at UCF* L, 3-0

NOVEMBER (4-6)2 at USF* L, 3-17 Houston* L, 3-29 Tulane* W, 3-011 Maryland Eastern Shore W, 3-114 at Temple* L, 3-116 at UConn* W, 3-221 at Memphis* W, 3-223 at Cincinnati* L, 3-028 SMU* L, 3-029 Tulsa* L, 3-0



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H O U S T O N

No. Name Pos. Cl. Ht. Hometown/Previous School 15 Sarah Affl erbaugh OH/RS So. 5-11 Austin, Texas/Westwood HS7 Marisa Guzman DS/L Jr. 5-7 Cypress, Texas/Cy-Woods HS14 Shelby Harper MB/RS So. 6-2 Corpus Christi, Texas/University of Arkansas 11 Katie Krebs S Fr. 5-8 Flower Mound, Texas/Flower Mound HS 1 Bryanna Lawrence OH/RS So. 5-8 Arlington, Texas/Mansfi eld Timberview HS5 Keandra McCardell S So. 5-8 Missouri City, Texas/Ridge Point HS12 Kendall Montgomery DS/L Fr. 5-5 Round Rock, Texas/Cedar Ridge HS9 Olivia O’Dell L/DS Sr. 5-5 Rowlett, Texas/Rowlett HS3 Sophie Paine S Sr. 5-10 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia/Eltham HS16 Brookah Palmer OH Fr. 6-2 Carrollton, Texas/Hebron HS18 Destiny Patterson S/DS Sr. 5-6 Houston, Texas/North Shore HS2 Darby Shaw DS/L Fr. 5-1 Deer Park, Texas/Deer Park HS10 Courtney Smith MBB Sr. 5-11 Houston, Texas/Cy-Falls HS6 Chenell Walker MB/RS RS-Fr. 6-1 Fort Myers, Fla./Riverdale HS 4 Hunter Wise MB/RS Jr. 6-3 Fairmount, Ind./Madison-Grant HS

HEAD COACH: Kaddie Platt ASSISTANT COACH: Jason Allen ASSISTANT COACH: Ron Arenz

2015 ROSTER

SCHEDULEAUGUST Texas Tech Invitational (Lubbock, Texas)28 vs. Louisiana-Lafayette 2:30 p.m. vs. Utah State 5:30 p.m. 29 at Texas Tech Noon

SEPTEMBER Sawyer Camillo Memorial (Lafayette, La.)4 vs. Nicholls State 6 p.m.5 vs. Jackson State 11 a.m. at Louisiana-Lafayette 5 p.m. North Texas Invitational (Denton, Texas) 11 vs. Abilene Christian 5:30 p.m.12 vs. Boise State 2 p.m. at North Texas 8 p.m. Flo Hyman Collegiate Cup (Houston, Texas)18 Nicholls State 4 p.m. Alabama A&M 8:30 p.m.19 Southeastern Louisiana 1:30 p.m.

25 SMU* 8 p.m.27 Tulsa* 2 p.m.

OCTOBER 2 at USF* 7 p.m.4 at UCF* 2 p.m.7 at Tulane* 8 p.m.11 at East Carolina* 1 p.m.16 Memphis* 8 p.m.18 Cincinnati* 2 p.m.23 at Temple* 7 p.m.25 at UConn* 1 p.m.30 UCF* 8 p.m. NOVEMBER 1 USF* 2 p.m.6 UConn* 8 p.m.8 Temple* 2 p.m.13 at Tulsa* 2 p.m.15 at SMU* 2 p.m.18 Tulane* 8 p.m.20 East Carolina* 8 p.m.25 at Cincinnati* 7 p.m.27 at Memphis* 2 p.m.

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

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• Houston Volleyball returns nine letter-winners including four starters from last season. The top returners include senior Olivia O’Dell who will replace Natalie Keck at the Libero position.

• The Cougars add fi ve newcomers to the 2015 roster including Division I transfer sophomore middle/hitter Shelby Harper. The 6-2 junior adds height to the front line of defense and can also lay down a ball when needed.

• For the incoming freshmen, Head Coach Kaddie Platt added two defensive spe-cialists (Darby Shaw & Kendall Mont-gomery) a setter (Katie Krebs) and an huge outside hitter (Brookah Palmer).

• With the loss of Kadi Kullerkann, Palmer will add height to the front line and help with the Cougars offense.

• There will be a battle for the starting position at the setter spot as Keandra McCardell and Sophie Paine both return for the Cougars.

NEWS & NOTES


JESSIKA MCKERNANSports Information Director

KADDIE PLATTHead Coach

HUNTER YURACHEKVice President for

Intercollegiate Athletics

Location ......................................................... Houston, TexasEnrollment ......................................................................40,914Founded .............................................................................1927Nickname ...................................................................CougarsColors ........................................................Scarlet and WhitePresident .......................................................Dr. Renu KhatorV. P. for Intercollegiate Athletics .......... Hunter YurachekSenior Woman Administrator ................... DeJuena ChizerVolleyball Offi ce Phone .................................(407) 823-6229Assistant Coaches ......................... Jason Allen, Ron Arenz

2014 Overall Record ...................................................... 14-182014 Conference Record/Finish ..............................6-14/8thStarters Returning/Lost......................................... 3/3+liberoLetterwinners Returning/Lost.........................................10/4Newcomers .......................................................................FiveVolleyball Contact ................................. Jessika McKernanPhone ................................................................(361) 549-6297E-mail ...........................................jmckerna@central.uh.eduWebsite .............................................. www.uhcougars.com Twitter .............................................................@UHCougarVB


H O U S T O N

Kaddie Platt4th year at Houston


Houston Record (3 years) .............41-52 (.440)

Conference Record......................181-50 (.783)



The American (Conference Only) ..16-22 (.421)

Education - M. Ed; B. Ed in History, Houston Baptist (1994)

Coaching File - Head coach, Houston Baptist (1995-2011); Assistant coach, Howard Payne (1994-95)

PLATTS’ YEAR-BY-YEAR HISTORYYEAR SCHOOL OVERALL CONFERENCE RECORD NCAA POSTSEASON CONFERENCE1995 Houston Baptist 34-13 10-0 Big State1996 Houston Baptist 27-11 -- Independent1997 Houston Baptist 14-19 -- Independent1998 Houston Baptist 33-6 14-0 Red River 1999 Houston Baptist 27-8 13-0 Red River2000 Houston Baptist 32-10 13-0 Red River2001 Houston Baptist 29-7 13-0 Red River2002 Houston Baptist 47-3 15-0 Red River2003 Houston Baptist 37-7 22-0 Red River2004 Houston Baptist 41-8 16-0 Red River2005 Houston Baptist 39-6 14-2 Red River2006 Houston Baptist 37-7 11-0 Red River2007 Houston Baptist 26-3 -- Independent2008 Houston Baptist 24-7 -- Independent2009 Houston Baptist 13-20 3-9 Great West2010 Houston Baptist 17-13 7-5 Great West2011 Houston Baptist 22-9 7-3 Great West2012 Houston 9-19 7-9 C-USA2013 Houston 18-15 10-8 The American2014 Houston 14-18 6-14 The AmericanCAREER (20 Years) 540-209 181-50 0-0 (.720) (.783) (.000)

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KULLERKANN, Kadi 128 644 5.03 227 1523 .274 5 0.04 8 0.06 8 9 62 0.48 11 47 58 0.45 3 2 686.5

WARREN, Cortney 122 412 3.38 152 1118 .233 5 0.04 0 0.00 7 1 69 0.57 10 52 62 0.51 19 0 448.0

WISE, Hunter 89 147 1.65 50 373 .260 4 0.04 5 0.06 11 0 23 0.26 12 39 51 0.57 11 0 183.5

LAWRENCE, Bryanna 68 125 1.84 85 430 .093 5 0.07 3 0.04 13 8 89 1.31 0 8 8 0.12 10 2 132.0

WATERS, Kaiti 113 124 1.10 47 329 .234 2 0.02 22 0.19 39 2 45 0.40 10 83 93 0.82 16 1 197.5

AFFLERBAUGH, Sarah 72 116 1.61 58 505 .115 10 0.14 9 0.12 22 17 137 1.90 3 18 21 0.29 3 1 137.0

MCCARDELL, Keandra 110 50 0.45 18 164 .195 1095 9.95 15 0.14 14 0 231 2.10 1 34 35 0.32 7 42 83.0

SMITH, Courtney 95 42 0.44 16 108 .241 2 0.02 7 0.07 21 1 12 0.13 9 56 65 0.68 12 0 86.0

KUCERA, Madison 16 11 0.69 11 47 .000 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 7 0.44 0 1 1 0.06 1 0 11.5

PATTERSON, Destiny 125 7 0.06 13 56 -.107 177 1.42 23 0.18 25 26 210 1.68 0 2 2 0.02 2 11 31.0

THOMAS, Chyla 14 5 0.36 6 18 -.056 1 0.07 0 0.00 0 0 3 0.21 2 11 13 0.93 1 0 12.5

KECK, Natalie 129 4 0.03 3 31 .032 54 0.42 26 0.20 27 22 654 5.07 0 0 0 0.00 1 4 30.0

GUZMAN, Marisa 73 3 0.04 2 16 .062 16 0.22 6 0.08 18 18 9 1.36 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 9.0

O’DELL, Olivia 129 1 0.01 3 22 -.091 37 0.29 22 0.17 32 0 27 0.84 0 2 2 0.06 0 7 4.0

PAINE, Sophie 32 1 0.03 3 9 -.222 165 5.16 2 0.06 7 19 314 2.43 0 0 0 0.00 0 1 23.0

TEAM 15

HOUSTON............. 129 1692 13.12 694 4749 .210 1578 12.23 148 1.15 244 138 1982 15.36 58 353 234.5 1.82 86 71 2074.5

Opponents........... 129 1674 12.98 657 4592 .221 1568 12.16 138 1.07 239 148 2071 16.05 28 418 237.0 1.84 63 46 2049.0


AUGUST (2-1)Houston Cougar Classic (Houston, Texas)29 Lamar W, 3-030 Texas State L, 3-130 Wake Forest W, 3-2

SEPTEMBER (7-4)Big Daddy’s Invitational (Lake Charles, La.)5 vs. UT Arlington L, 3-06 vs. Jackson State W, 3-06 at McNeese State W, 3-1

Flo Hyman Collegiate Cup (Houston, Texas)12 Oral Roberts W, 3-113 Sam Houston State W, 3-213 Louisiana-Lafayette L, 3-0

18 at UTSA L, 3-1

Islander’s Classic (Corpus Christi, Texas)19 UT-Pan American W, 3-019 at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi W, 3-2

26 Cincinnati* L, 3-228 Memphis* W, 3-1

OCTOBER (2-7)1 at Tulane* L, 3-15 East Carolina* L, 3-210 at SMU* L, 3-112 at Tulsa* L, 3-217 Temple L, 3-119 UConn* W, 3-224 at UCF* L, 3-026 at USF* W, 3-131 Tulsa* L, 3-1

NOVEMBER (3-6)2 SMU* L, 3-05 Tulane* W, 3-27 at East Carolina* W, 3-214 at Memphis* L, 3-016 at Cincinnati* W, 3-021 USF* L, 3-123 UCF* L, 3-126 at UConn* L, 3-228 at Temple* L, 3-1



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M E M P H I S

No. Name Pos. Cl. Ht. Hometown/Previous School 10 Oluchi Agomuo OH So. 6-1 Houston, Texas/Wunsche 12 Torika Baleilekutu MB Sr. 5-11 Palo Alto, Calif./Missouri State-West Plains13 Regan Comperry S So. 6-0 Clarksville, Tenn./Rossview HS 16 Jaelin Gant RS Fr. 5-9 Adamsville, Ala./Minor HS1 McKenzie Hayes RS Jr. 6-1 Tell City, Ind./Tell City HS3 Catlin Lilly OH Jr. 6-1 New Albany, Ind./New Albany15 Sarah Marlatt MB Fr. 6-3 Mason, Ohio/Loveland HS7 Summer Morgan MB Jr. 6-1 Springdale, Ark./University of Arkansas6 Michaella Moss OH Jr. 6-1 Monument, Colo./Lewis-Palmer HS8 Faith Myers S So. 5-10 Elizabethtown, Ind./Columbus East HS5 Lindsey Purvis L RS-Sr. 5-3 Germandtown, Tenn./Middle Tennnessee14 Mady Ruhlman L Fr. 5-5 North Branch, Mich./North Branch HS4 Kendall Seering DS So. 5-6 Millington, Tenn./Tipton-Rosemark Academy11 Kelsey Walter MB Fr. 5-11 Dalllas, Texas/Southlake Carroll HS9 Veronica Zimmerman S RS-Sr. 5-10 Toledo, Ohio./St. Ursula Academy

HEAD COACH: April JaureguiASSOCIATE HEAD COACH: James OnikekuASSISTANT COACH: Kallie NobleVOLUNTEER ASSISTANT COACH: Karlis Dunens

2015 ROSTER

SCHEDULEAUGUST University of Georgia Tournament (Athens, Ga.)28 vs. High Point 5 p.m.29 vs. Wofford 11 a.m. at Georgia 8 p.m.

SEPTEMBER Belmont Tournament (Nashville, Tenn.)4 vs. UTEP 11 a.m. vs. South Alabama 4:30 p.m.5 at Belmont 3 p.m. Memphis Invitational (Memphis, Tenn.) 11 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 3 p.m. Auburn 8 p.m.12 Tennessee Tech 1 p.m. Arkansas-Little Rock 8 p.m.Tiger Invitational (Memphis, Tenn.)18 Austin Peay 8 p.m. 19 Southern Miss 3 p.m. Mississippi State 8 p.m. 23 at Cincinnati* 7 p.m.27 East Carolina* 2 p.m.

OCTOBER 2 at Temple* 7 p.m.4 at UConn* 1 p.m.9 USF* 8 p.m.11 UCF* 2 p.m.16 at Houston* 8 p.m.18 at Tulane* 2 p.m.23 at Tulsa* 4 p.m.25 at SMU* 2 p.m.30 UConn* 8 p.m.

NOVEMBER 1 Temple* 2 p.m.6 SMU* 8 p.m.8 Tulsa* 2 p.m.11 Cincinnati* 8 p.m.13 at East Carolina* 5:30 p.m.20 at UCF* 7 p.m.22 at USF* 1 p.m.25 Tulane* 8 p.m.27 Houston 2 p.m. All times (Eastern) are subject to change; American Athletic Conference matches denoted with asterisk

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• Memphis returns 10 letterwinners from last season’s 23-11 squad that, with a conference mark of 13-7, is won more games in conference play than any oth-er Tigers team in school history.

• Memphis lost four starters – two-time all-conference honoree Lauren Wright, all-conference honoree Aleksandra Petronijevic, Alexis Wesley, one of the program’s best blockers, and transfer Kate Gibson. Petronijevic left Memphis as the program’s all-time career digs leader (2,335) and who will step in to her role in the Tigers’ serve-receive game is a key question heading in to 2015.

• Redshirt senior Veronica Zimmerman

NEWS & NOTESreturns for her fi nal collegiate season. The senior setter comes in to the year with 3,225 career assists, which current-ly ranks fourth in the Memphis career record book. Last season, Zimmerman dished out 1,397 assists (10.5/set). She’ll have some new targets this season with two starters at middle hitter and a new outside hitter to replace the 1,186 swings taken last year by Kate Gibson.

• Oluchi Agomuo is poised to build on a big freshman campaign. Agomuo ranked second on the team with 2.58 kills per game last year, hitting .190 while playing in 130 of 133 games during the season. Catlin Lilly will also look to lead from the outside. The junior was coming back

TAMMY DEGROFFSports Information Director

APRIL JAUREGUIHead Coach

TOM BOWENDirector of Athletics

QUICK FACTS, STAFF & SPORTS INFOLocation .........................................................Memphis, Tenn.Founded ............................................................................ 1912Enrollment ......................................................................21,480Nickname .......................................................................TigersColors ................................................................... Blue & Gray President ...................................................Dr. M. David RuggDirector of Athletics...........................................Tom BowenSenior Woman Administrator .................. Courtney VinsonVolleyball Offi ce Phone .................................(901) 678-3570Associate Head Coach ............................... James OnikekuAssistant Coache ............................................... Kallie Noble

2014 Overall Record ...................................................... 23-112014 Conference Record/Finish ..............................13-7/5thStarters Returning/Lost......................................................3/3Letterwinners Returning/Lost.........................................10/5Newcomers .......................................................................FiveVolleyball Contact ....................................... Tammy DeGroffPhone ................................................................(901) 678-5787E-mail ............................................... [email protected] .............................................. www.gotigersgo.com Twitter ............................................................... @Memphisvb


M E M P H I S

April Jauregui8th year at Memphis

Career Record (7 years) ............110-114 (.491)

Memphis Record (7 years) .......110-114 (.491)

Conference Record........................54-72 (.428)




Education - M.S. in Organizational Communica-tion, Ohio University (2002) ; B.A. in Communica-tion/Political Science, Memphis (2001)

Coaching File - Assistant coach, Memphis (2005-07); Assistant coach, Lamar (2003-04); Assistant coach, Ohio University (2002); Volun-teer coach, Ohio University (2001)

JAUREGUIS’ YEAR-BY-YEAR HISTORYYEAR SCHOOL OVERALL CONFERENCE RECORD NCAA POSTSEASON CONFERENCE2008 Memphis 17-14 8-8 C-USA

2009 Memphis 7-24 3-13 C-USA

2010 Memphis 16-16 7-13 C-USA

2011 Memphis 20-13 9-11 C-USA

2012 Memphis 12-19 7-9 C-USA

2013 Memphis 15-17 7-11 The American

2014 Memphis 23-11 13-7 The American

CAREER (7 Years) 110-114 54-72 0-0 (.491) (.428) (.000)

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GIBSON,Kate 131 380 2.90 170 1187 .177 20 0.15 31 0.24 57 18 358 2.73 5 71 76 0.58 10 0 451.5

AGOMUO,Oluchi 130 335 2.58 133 1060 .191 13 0.10 11 0.08 16 18 301 2.32 6 49 55 0.42 13 4 376.5

WESLEY,Alexis 133 277 2.08 86 586 .326 5 0.04 1 0.01 0 0 39 0.29 22 125 147 1.11 13 2 362.5

WRIGHT,Lauren 93 272 2.92 81 556 .344 3 0.03 4 0.04 15 0 28 0.30 10 67 77 0.83 4 0 319.5

LILLY,Catlin 123 259 2.11 158 916 .110 23 0.19 30 0.24 37 33 278 2.26 4 38 42 0.34 3 3 312.0

ZIMMERMAN,Veronica 133 97 0.73 23 228 .325 1397 10.50 25 0.19 43 0 360 2.71 6 51 57 0.43 7 24 153.5

HAYES,McKenzie 46 72 1.57 40 201 .159 1 0.02 1 0.02 0 1 14 0.30 1 17 18 0.39 3 2 82.5

BALEILEKUTU,Torika 40 34 0.85 11 88 .261 3 0.08 0 0.00 2 0 14 0.35 2 26 28 0.70 1 0 49.0

MOSS,Michaella 62 9 0.15 9 64 .000 10 0.16 10 0.16 18 6 88 1.42 0 3 3 0.05 0 0 20.5

PETRONIJEVIC,A 133 3 0.02 4 19 -.053 126 0.95 33 0.25 78 0 11 1.00 0 1 1 0.09 0 1 4.5

MYERS,Faith 11 3 0.27 1 5 .400 26 2.36 1 0.09 0 31 717 5.39 0 0 0 0.00 0 3 36.0

WELLENS,Charlotte 6 1 0.17 1 8 .000 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 1 5 6 1.00 0 0 4.5

SEERING,Kendall 8 0 0.00 0 0 .000 1 0.12 2 0.25 0 0 1 0.12 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 2.0

PURVIS,Lindsey 121 0 0.00 1 1 -1.000 10 0.08 25 0.21 29 0 85 0.70 0 0 0 0.00 0 2 25.0

COMPERRY,Regan 5 0 0.00 0 2 .000 9 1.80 0 0.00 0 0 5 1.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 1 0.0

TEAM 16

MEMPHIS............. 133 1742 13.10 718 4921 .208 1647 12.38 174 1.31 295 123 2300 17.29 57 453 283.5 2.13 54 42 2199.5

Opponents........... 133 1554 11.68 763 4925 .161 1456 10.95 123 0.92 241 173 2140 16.09 57 448 281.0 2.11 72 46 1958.0


AUGUST (1-2)Marcia E. Hamilton Classic (St. Louis, Mo.)29 vs. SEMO L, 3-129 at Saint Louis University W, 3-130 vs. Alabama L, 2-3

SEPTEMBER (10-3)Memphis Intercollegiate (Memphis, Tenn.)5 Ole Miss L, 3-26 Tennessee-Martin W, 3-06 Arkansas State L, 2-3 Bulldog Invitational (Starkville, Miss.)12 vs. Nicholls State W, 3-012 at Mississippi State W, 3-213 vs. Northwestern State W, 3-013 vs. South Alabame W, 3-0Lady Vol Classic (Knoxville, Tenn.)19 vs. Mercer W, 3-119 at Tennessee W, 3-120 vs. Montana State W, 3-020 vs. Austin Peay W, 3-1

26 at Tulane* W, 3-028 at Houston L, 3-1

OCTOBER (7-2)3 Tulsa* W, 3-25 SMU* W, 3-010 at UConn* W, 3-112 at Temple* W, 3-117 UCF* L, 3-219 USF* W, 3-022 at Cincinnati* W, 3-126 at East Carolina* W, 3-231 Temple* L, 3-0

NOVEMBER (5-4)2 UConn* W, 3-17 at SMU* L, 3-19 at Tulsa* L, 3-014 Houston* W, 3-016 Tulane* W, 3-019 Cincinnati* W, 3-121 East Carolina* L, 3-226 at USF* W, 3-228 at UCF* L, 3-1


ELMA ROANE FIELDHOUSECAPACITY - 2,565


U S F

No. Name Pos. Cl. Ht. Hometown/Previous School 3 Denise Belcher OH Jr. 5-11 Apopka, Fla./Florida2 Payton Brown DS/L So. 5-6 Houston, Texas/Cypress Creek7 Molly Burkhardt S Fr. 6-0 St. Augustine, Fla./Bishop Kenny8 Wylie Devlin DS/L Sr. 5-7 Winter Park, Fla./Winter Park23 Priscilla Ehieze RS/OH So. 5-10 Houston, Texas/Cinco Ranch5 Adyson Goodnight OH So. 5-11 Papillion, Neb./Papillion La Vista South11 Dakota Hampton OH Jr. 6-0 Orlando Park, Ill./Carl Sandburg16 Alexus Heidelberg RS/OH Jr. 5-9 Winter Garden, Fla./West Orange6 Joli Holland MB So. 5-11 Dublin, Calif./Dublin33 Nikki Koval DS/L Fr. 5-5 Louisville, Ky./Mercy Academy17 Bridgette Lococo MB Fr. 6-0 Fort Collins, Colo./Fossil Ridge19 Alex Mendoza S So. 5-11 Mineola, Fla./Lake Minneola18 Olga Morekhodova S Sr. 5-9 Key West, Fla./Indian River State College15 Elyse Panick RS Jr. 6-2 Chicago, Ill./Marshall1 Clara Payne MB R-Fr. 6-2 Osteen, Fla./Virginia Tech 13 Natalie Soares S Jr. 5-7 Porto Alegre, Brazil/Colegio Farroupilha4 Amy Van Sant DS/L Jr. 5-7 Atlanta, Ga./Lakeside

HEAD COACH: Courtney DraperASSISTANT COACH: Travers GreenASSISTANT COACH: Kelly Surrency

2015 ROSTER

SCHEDULEAUGUST Panther Challenge (Miami, Fla.)28 vs. Alabama A&M 5 p.m.29 vs. North Florida 10 a.m. at Florida International 6 p.m.

SEPTEMBER USF Classic (Tampa, Fla.)4 Arkansas State 7 p.m.5 Florida Gulf Coast University 1 p.m. Missouri 7 p.m. Ameritas Players Challenge (Lincoln, Neb.) 11 vs. Georgia Tech 3:30 p.m.12 at Nebraska 10 a.m. vs. University of California-Davis 5:30 p.m. USF Tournament (Tampa, Fla.)19 Auburn 11 a.m. Penn State 7 p.m.20 Florida A&M 4 p.m.

25 Temple* 7 p.m. 27 UConn* 1 p.m.

OCTOBER 2 Houston* 7 p.m. 4 Tulane* 1 p.m. 9 at Memphis* 8 p.m. 11 at Cincinnati* 1 p.m. 16 Tulsa* 7 p.m. 18 SMU* 1 p.m. 21 at UCF* 7 p.m. 25 at East Carolina* 1 p.m. 30 at Tulane* 8 p.m.

NOVEMBER 1 at Houston* 2 p.m.4 UCF* 7 p.m.6 East Carolina* 7 p.m.13 at UConn* 7 p.m.15 at Temple* 1 p.m.20 Cincinnati* 7 p.m. 22 Memphis* 1 p.m.25 at SMU* 3 p.m.27 at Tulsa* 3 p.m. All times (Eastern) are subject to change; American Athletic Conference matches denoted with asterisk

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• An infl ux of talent over the last two offseasons gives the Bulls 12 players with one year’s experience or less in a Bulls’ jersey. After bringing in a very talented recruiting class of six in 2014, head coach Courtney Draper added six more this season, including three big-name transfers who are immediately eligible.It’s just Draper’s third recruiting class at USF, but it may be her best, with six potential immediate-impact players spanning fi ve different positions.

• The last time Elyse Panick and Dakota Hampton were on the same team, they were hoisting a National Championship trophy for their volleyball club. Now ju-niors in college, the two are reunited as

NEWS & NOTESPanick transfers from Marshall (where she led the offense) to USF to provide a big left arm on the right side for USF

• Panick and Hampton aren’t the only group rejoining from their club days... Alex Mendoza, Alexus Heidelberg and Clara Payne all played for the same club team, and while Denise Belcher didn’t play WITH Heidelberg, the two have certainly squared off against each other plenty of times during their club play-ing days. Two of the best arms on their respective teams in college, Heidelberg and Belcher will join forces for the fi rst time this season at USF.


MARK HARLANDirector of Athletics

COURTNEY DRAPERHead Coach

MARK HEISESports Information Director

Location .................................................................Tampa, Fla.Founded ............................................................................ 1956Enrollment ......................................................................47,122Nickname .........................................................................BullsColors .............................................................Green and GoldPresident ...................................................Dr. Judy GenshaftDirector of Athletics......................................... Mark HarlanSenior Woman Administrator ......................Jocelyn FisherVolleyball Offi ce Phone .................................(813) 974-5740Assistant Coaches ............. Travers Green, Kelly Surrency

2014 Overall Record ...................................................... 14-182014 Conference Record/Finish ..............................8-12/6thStarters Returning ................................................... 5+LiberoLetterwinners Returning/Lost.........................................12/5Volleyball Contact .............................................. Mark HeisePhone ................................................................(813) 974-5755E-mail ........................................................... [email protected] ............................................ www.GoUSFBulls.com Twitter ..............................................................@usfvolleyball


U S F

Courtney Draper4th year at USF


USF Record (3 years) .....................48-48 (.500)





Education - M.S. in Sports Administration, Florida State (2001); B.S. in Sports Management, Florida State (2000)

Coaching File - Head coach, Eckerd College (2004-11); Head coach, Jacksonville (2003); Assis-tant coach, Duke (2002); Assistant coach, Florida State (2000-01)

DRAPERS’ YEAR-BY-YEAR HISTORYYEAR SCHOOL OVERALL CONFERENCE RECORD NCAA POSTSEASON CONFERENCE2003 Jacksonville 15-14 8-2 Atlantic Sun

2004 Eckerd 13-13 7-9 Sunshine State








2012 USF 17-15 7-8 Big East

2013 USF 17-15 11-7 The American

2014 USF 14-18 8-12 The American

CAREER (12 Years) 208-166 93-96 0-0 (.556) (.492) (.000)

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FAIRS, Erin 126 489 3.88 208 1267 .222 20 0.16 34 0.27 59 45 481 3.82 6 55 61 0.48 20 2 556.5

HAMPTON, Dakota 112 226 2.02 82 891 .162 9 0.08 25 0.22 20 30 285 2.54 1 26 27 0.24 7 1 265.0

SCARBROUGH, Bree 105 178 1.70 71 496 .216 1 0.01 0 0.00 0 0 43 0.41 10 71 81 0.77 13 1 223.5

MULLINS, Jennica 125 174 1.39 65 439 .248 7 0.06 0 0.00 1 3 14 0.11 21 135 156 1.25 4 2 262.5

HOLLAND, Joli 97 120 1.24 52 293 .232 9 0.09 15 0.15 34 2 38 0.39 6 68 74 0.76 19 4 175.0

EHIEZE, Priscilla 63 99 1.57 60 266 .147 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 12 0.19 1 18 19 0.30 5 1 109.0

HEIDELBERG, Alexus 72 97 1.35 55 334 .126 6 0.08 6 0.08 7 3 77 1.07 1 27 28 0.39 4 1 117.5

GOODNIGHT, Adyson 60 74 1.23 39 225 .156 3 0.05 2 0.03 1 3 11 0.18 0 29 29 0.48 3 0 90.5

KELLY, Brittany 48 56 1.17 30 135 .193 3 0.06 8 0.17 13 0 24 0.50 5 38 43 0.90 6 1 88.0

MENDOZA, Alex 107 16 0.15 11 45 .111 609 5.69 26 0.24 36 1 158 1.48 0 6 6 0.06 0 18 45.0

SOARES, Natalia 104 7 0.07 5 35 .057 559 5.38 23 0.22 27 2 161 1.55 0 2 2 0.02 0 19 31.0

DEVLIN, Wylie 78 1 0.01 2 3 -.333 47 0.60 6 0.08 12 23 256 2.56 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 18.0

VAN SANT, Amy 100 1 0.01 0 1 1.000 62 0.62 17 0.17 9 0 7 0.18 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 6.0

MOREKHODOVA, Olga 35 1 0.03 6 9 -.556 121 3.46 2 0.06 8 15 239 3.06 0 0 0 0.00 1 1 7.0

DICKINSON, Jaime 39 1 0.03 0 3 .333 2 0.05 5 0.13 8 0 51 1.46 0 0 0 0.00 0 5 3.0

BROWN, Payton 7 0 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.00 0 0.00 2 1 4 0.57 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.0

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USF................. 127 1540 12.13 686 4442 .192 1458 11.48 169 1.33 238 147 1861 14.65 51 475 288.5 2.27 82 56 1997.5

Opponents........... 127 1622 12.77 725 4486 .200 1500 11.81 148 1.17 241 169 1937 15.25 64 374 251.0 1.98 58 43 2021.0

STATISTICS


AUGUST (0-3)Mortar Board Premier (West Lafayette, Ind.)29 at Purdue L, 3-029 vs. LSU L, 3-130 vs. San Diego L, 3-0

SEPTEMBER (7-4)USF Invitational (Tampa, Fla.)5 Buffalo W, 3-25 FIU L, 3-17 South Carolina State W, 3-0

Active Ankle Challenge (Aubburn, Ala.)12 vs. Winthrop L, 3-213 vs. Troy University W, 3-113 at Auburn W, 3-2

Pitt Panther Invitational (Pittsburgh, Pa.)19 at Pittsburgh L, 3-120 vs. Delaware W, 3-220 vs. Sacred Heart W, 3-0

26 at Tulsa* W, 3-128 at SMU* L, 3-0

OCTOBER (2-7)3 UConn* W, 3-15 Temple* L, 3-08 UCF* L, 3-110 at East Carolina* L, 3-117 at Cincinnati* L, 3-219 at Memphis* L, 3-024 Tulane* W, 3-026 Houston L, 3-129 at UCF* L, 3-2

NOVEMBER (5-4)2 East Carolina* W, 3-17 at Temple* L, 3-09 at UConn* W, 3-114 SMU* L, 3-116 Tulsa* L, 3-021 at Houston* W, 3-123 at Tulane* W, 3-226 Memphis* L, 3-228 Cincinnati* W, 3-2


THE CORRALCAPACITY- 1,000


S M U

No. Name Pos. Cl. Ht. Hometown/Previous School 11 Avery Acker S Sr. 5-9 Poth, Texas/Poth24 Brittany Adams OH Fr. 5-10 Austin, texas/St.Stephen’s Episcopal School13 Nastassja Bowman S Fr. 5-10 Sacramento, Calif./Christian Brothers8 Kelly Brunstein MB Fr. 6-1 Highlands Ranch, Colo./Highlands Ranch7 Cailin Bula OH Sr. 6-2 Austin, Texas/Westlake1 Abbey Bybel OH Sr. 6-1 White Oak, Texas/White Oak10 Janelle Giordano MB Jr. 6-2 Keller, Texas/Keller12 Katie Hegarty OH Rs-So. 6-2 Aztec, N.M./Piedra Vista30 Morgan Heise L Jr. 5-6 Hempstead, Texas/Waller3 Aubry Hinners DS Fr. 5-7 Austin, Texas/Westlake6 Taylor Lockett MB Rs-Jr. 6-0 Golden Valley, Minn./Duquesne9 Lauren Mills OH So. 6-0 Keller, Texas/Timber Creek4 Kristen Stehling MB Jr. 6-0 Spring, Texas/Klen Collins

HEAD COACH: Lisa SeifertASSOCIATE HEAD COACH: Cristine DixonASSISTANT COACH: Jason TanakaGRADUATE ASSISTANT: Caroline Young

2015 ROSTER

SCHEDULEAUGUST SMU Doubletree Classic (Dallas, Texas)28 UTEP Noon Arizona 8 p.m.29 Texas State 8 p.m.

SEPTEMBER New Mexico Invitational (Albuquerque, N.M.)4 vs. Cal State Fullerton 7 p.m.5 vs. Santa Clara 12:30 p.m. at New Mexico 9:30 p.m.UC Santa Barbara Invitational (Santa Barbara, Calif.)11 at UC Santa Barbara 10 p.m.12 vs. San Diego 2 p.m. vs. UCLA 10 p.m. SMU Doubletree Invitational (Dallas, Texas)18 Clemson 2 p.m. TCU 8:30 p.m.19 UTSA 4:30 p.m.

25 at Houston* 8 p.m.27 at Tulane* 1 p.m.30 Tulsa* 7 p.m.

OCTOBER 2 East Carolina* 8 p.m. 9 Temple* 8 p.m.11 UConn* 1 p.m.16 at UCF* 7 p.m.18 at USF* 1 p.m.23 Cincinnati* 8 p.m.25 Memphis* 2 p.m.28 at Tulsa* 7 p.m. NOVEMBER 1 at East Carolina* Noon6 at Memphis* 8 p.m.8 at Cincinnati* 1 p.m.13 Tulane* 8 p.m.15 Houston* 2 p.m.20 at UConn* 7 p.m.22 at Temple* Noon25 USF* 3 p.m.27 UCF* 2 p.m.


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• Morgan Heise was named 2014 Amer-ican Athletic Conference Libero of the Year after setting an SMU single-season record with 626 digs as a sophomore. She has a season-high 38 digs in a fi ve-set win at Arkansas, and also fi nished with 36 in four-sets at Connecticut.

• Avery Acker earned her second straight All-America honorable mention after leading The American with 1,413 as-sists, a league record and third all-time in a season at SMU. She recorded 902 in conference matches. Acker tallied a season-high 62 assists against New Mexico, and eclipsed 50 six times.

• The Mustangs won a program-best 26

NEWS & NOTESmatches, including a record 15 at home. An SMU-record 11-match win streak highlighted the season. A 3-2 victory over then-No. 24 Oklahoma, the pro-grams fi rst over an AVCA Top-25 team, propelled the Mustangs into the AVCA poll for the fi rst time in school history, receiving votes for three weeks.

• SMU returns three of its four All-Con-ference selections from 2014, including Libero of the Year Morgan Heise. Setter Avery Acker joined Heise on the fi rst team, and middle blocker Janelle Gior-dano was named to the second team. Caroline Young, a fi rst-team selection, concluded her senior year with a sec-ond All-America honorable mention.

QUICK FACTS, STAFF & SPORTS INFOLocation ............................................................. Dallas, TexasFounded ............................................................................ 1911Enrollment ......................................................................10,981Nickname ................................................................MustangsColors .................................................................Red and BluePresident ......................................................R. Gerald TurnerDirector of Athletics............................................... Rick HartSenior Woman Administrator ................. Monique HollandVolleyball Offi ce Phone .................................(214) 768-4227Associate Head Coach ..................................Cristine DixonAssistant Coach ..............................................Jason Tanaka

2014 Overall Record ........................................................ 26-62014 Conference Record/Finish .............................15-5/2ndStarters Returning/Lost........................................ 5+Libero/1Letterwinners Returning/Lost...........................................8/5Volleyball Contact ..................................... Travis ChambleePhone ................................................................(214) 768-3735E-mail ................................................... [email protected] .......................................www.SMUMustangs.comTwitter ..........................................................@SMUVolleyball

LISA SEIFERTHead Coach

TRAVIS CHAMBLEESports Information Director

RICK HARTDirector of Athletics


S M U

Lisa Seifert20th year at SMU


SMU Record (19 years) .............311-274 (.531)

Conference Record....................156-143 (.521)




Education - M.S. in Physical Education, Wisconsin-LaCrosse (1987); B.S. in Physical Education, Winona State (1983)

Coaching File - Assistant coach, Texas Tech (1990-95)

SEIFERTS’ YEAR-BY-YEAR HISTORYYEAR SCHOOL OVERALL CONFERENCE RECORD NCAA POSTSEASON CONFERENCE1996 SMU 7-24 3-13 WAC

1997 SMU 15-19 5-9 WAC

1998 SMU 14-17 5-9 WAC

1999 SMU 20-13 9-5 WAC

2000 SMU 14-17 4-12 WAC

2001 SMU 14-13 8-5 WAC

2002 SMU 12-17 6-7 WAC

2003 SMU 23-7 11-2 WAC

2004 SMU 14-14 5-8 WAC

2005 SMU 13-16 8-7 C-USA

2006 SMU 17-15 7-9 C-USA

2007 SMU 16-15 6-10 C-USA

2008 SMU 14-17 6-10 C-USA

2009 SMU 19-12 9-7 C-USA

2010 SMU 25-6 17-3 C-USA

2011 SMU 15-17 11-9 C-USA

2012 SMU 11-20 7-9 C-USA

2013 SMU 22-9 14-4 The American

2014 SMU 26-6 15-5 The American

CAREER (19 Years) 311-274 156-143 0-0 (.531) (.521) (.000)

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YOUNG, Caroline 119 376 3.16 130 1010 .244 11 0.09 47 0.39 68 1 245 2.06 1 71 72 0.61 2 2 459.5

BYBEL, Abbey 122 355 2.91 145 1105 .190 17 0.14 33 0.27 36 25 326 2.67 1 35 36 0.30 7 5 406.5

BULA, Cailin 113 302 2.67 125 875 .202 3 0.03 13 0.12 44 6 130 1.15 2 51 53 0.47 2 1 342.5

GIORDANO, Janelle 122 261 2.14 84 564 .314 9 0.07 0 0.00 0 1 48 0.39 15 145 160 1.31 11 0 348.5

STEHLING, Kristen 122 249 2.04 111 565 .244 5 0.04 29 0.24 71 2 53 0.43 6 105 111 0.91 10 2 336.5

ACKER, Avery 121 64 0.53 20 201 .219 1413 11.68 24 0.20 16 0 403 3.33 7 65 72 0.60 7 10 127.5

MILLS, Lauren 28 34 1.21 22 110 .109 0 0.00 3 0.11 7 4 11 0.39 1 10 11 0.39 2 0 43.0

HEGARTY, Katie 20 29 1.45 12 83 .205 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 9 0.45 1 18 19 0.95 1 2 39.0

ARMSTRONG, Carla 73 4 0.05 12 35 -.229 8 0.11 0 0.00 0 11 80 1.10 0 1 1 0.01 0 1 4.5

HEISE, Morgan 122 3 0.02 1 12 .167 101 0.83 22 0.18 19 13 626 5.13 0 0 0 0.00 0 3 25.0

SCHEIDLER, Julianne 69 2 0.03 1 22 .045 6 0.09 1 0.01 1 8 117 1.70 0 1 1 0.01 0 0 3.5

SOTELO, Isabella 1 0 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 1 0.25 0 0 0 0.00 0 3 0.0

SHEA, McKenzie 4 0 0.00 0 0 .000 12 3.00 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.0

TEAM 11

SMU................. 122 1679 13.76 663 4582 .222 1585 12.99 172 1.41 262 82 2049 16.80 34 502 285.0 2.34 42 29 2136.0

Opponents........... 122 1369 11.22 696 4417 .152 1298 10.64 82 0.67 200 172 1959 16.06 66 404 268.0 2.20 77 41 1719.0


AUGUST (2-1)San Francisco Invitational (San Francisco, Calif.)29 at San Francisco L, 3-030 vs. Georgia W, 3-130 vs. Fordham W, 3-0

SEPTEMBER (10-1)SMU Invitational (Dallas, Texas)5 Georgia Tech W, 3-06 Texas Southern W, 3-16 Oklahoma W, 3-2

University of Arkansas Invitational (Fayetteville, Ark.)12 vs. Stony Brook W, 3-013 vs. South Dakota W, 3-013 at Arkansas W, 3-2

SMU Classic (Dallas, Texas)19 Houston Baptist W, 3-019 College of Charleston W, 3-020 New Mexico W, 3-2

26 UCF* L, 3-228 USF* W, 3-0

OCTOBER (6-3)3 at Cincinnati* W, 3-15 at Memphis* L, 3-010 Houston* W, 3-112 Tulane* W, 3-215 at Tulsa* L, 3-119 East Carolina W, 3-024 at Temple* L, 3-226 at UConn* W, 3-131 at Tulane* W, 3-0

NOVEMBER (8-1)2 at Houston* W, 3-07 Memphis* W, 3-19 Cincinnati* W, 3-114 at USF* W, 3-116 at UCF* L, 3-221 UConn* W, 3-123 Temple* W, 3-126 Tulsa* W, 3-128 at East Carolina* W, 3-0


MOODY COLISEUMCAPACITY - 7,000


T E M P L E

No. Name Pos. Cl. Ht. Hometown/Previous School 1 Irem Asci OH So. 5-11 Ankara, Turkey/UNC Charlotte13 Geena Bevenour S/DS So. 5-5 Wayen, Pa./Pope John Paul II15 Tyler Davis OH Jr. 6-0 Palm Desert, Calif./Xavier College Prep7 Alyssa Drachslin DS/L Sr. 5-6 Riverside, Calif./Riverside Poly12 Caroline Grattan OH/RS Jr. 6-1 Pittsburgh, Pa./Mt. Lebanon8 Carla Guennewig MB Fr. 6-2 Muenster, Germany/Pascal Gymnasium Muenster3 Mia Heirakuji DS/L Fr. 5-5 Kailua, Hawaii/Kamehameha14 Halle McCullough MB/RS Sr. 6-3 Colorado Springs, Colo./Gonzaga University11 Kirsten Overton MB Jr. 6-1 Royersford, Pa./Spring-Ford 5 Dara Peric OH So. 6-0 Belgrade, Serbia/HS of Tourism 16 Izzy Rapacz OH/RS So. 6-2 Glenview, Ill./Blenbrook South 2 Janine Simmons MB So. 6-1 Centreville, Va./Centreville 9 Malia Smith DS/L So. 5-7 Gardena, Calif./Notre Dame Academy 4 Sandra Sydlik S Sr. 5-10 Berlin Germany/Schadow Gymnasium 10 Hannah Vandegrift S Fr. 6-0 Leesburg, Va./Loudon County6 Kayla Yingling DS/L Sr. 5-0 Spring Grove, Pa./University of Buffalo

HEAD COACH: BakeerGanesharatnamASSISTANT HEAD COACH: Akiko HatakeyamaASSISTANT COACH: Ren Cefra

2015 ROSTER

SCHEDULEAUGUST Crowne Plaza Philadelphia West Temple Invitational (Philadelphia, Penn.)28 Oregon 4 p.m.29 Navy 1 p.m. St. John’s 7:30 p.m.

SEPTEMBER Seton Hall Invitational (South Orange, N.J.)4 vs. Hofstra 4:30 p.m.5 vs. Notre Dame Noon at Seton Hall 7:30 p.m. Cherry & White Challenge (Philadelphia, Penn.)11 Montana 6 p.m.12 Duquesne 1 p.m. Binghamton 7:30 p.m.Big 5 Tournament (Philadelphia, Penn.)18 vs. La Salle 4 p.m.19 Penn 10 a.m. Villanova 7 p.m.

25 at USF* 7 p.m.27 at UCF* 2 p.m.

OCTOBER 2 Memphis* 7 p.m. 4 Cincinnati* 1 p.m. 9 at SMU* 8 p.m. 11 at Tulsa* 2:30 p.m. 14 at UConn* 5 p.m. 18 East Carolina* 1 p.m. 23 Houston* 7 p.m. 25 Tulane* 1 p.m. 30 at Cincinnati* 7 p.m. NOVEMBER 1 at Memphis* 2 p.m.6 at Tulane* 8 p.m.8 at Houston* 2 p.m.13 UCF* 7 p.m.15 USF* 1 p.m.18 UConn* 5 p.m.20 Tulsa* 7 p.m.22 SMU* Noon27 at East Carolina* 1 p.m.


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BAKEER GANESHARATNAMHead Coach

LAUREN FERRETTSports Information Director

PATRICK KRAFTDirector of Athletics

• Temple volleyball is coming off its best season in over 10 years. The 2014 squad exceeded expectations, posting a 24-8 overall record with a 15-5 mark in the American Athletic Conference. After being picked to fi nish ninth in the 2014 preseason poll, the Owls tied for second place in the conference.

• The cherry and white return a veteran squad, losing only one starter to gradua-tion. Senior setter Sandra Sydlik returns after a breakout season that saw the Germany-native earn AVCA All-Region honors, as well as American Athletic Conference Setter of the Year and First-Team All-Conference honors. The Owls also return three players who earned

NEWS & NOTESAll-Conference honors last season, junior middle blocker, Kirsten Overton, junior outside hitter Tyler Davis, and sophomore outside hitter Dara Peric. Peric is the returning American Athletic Conference Freshman of the Year.

• Temple will face perhaps its toughest schedule in 2015 with a competitive non-conference slate that includes match-ups with three NCAA tournament teams from a year ago (Oregon, Seton Hall, Hofsta). Following the non-confer-ence matches, the Owls start their third season in the competitive American Athletic Conference, which returns fi ve teams that fi nished with RPI of 100 or lower in 2014.

Location .......................................................Philadelphia, Pa.Founded ............................................................................ 1884Enrollment ......................................................................39,000Nickname .........................................................................OwlsColors ............................................................. Cherry & WhitePresident ..................................................... Neil D. TheobaldDirector of Athletics................................... Dr. Patrick KraftSenior Woman Administrator ...................... Mary McElroyVolleyball Offi ce Phone .................................(215) 204-0476Assistant Head Coach........................... Akiko HatakeyamaAssistant Coach ..................................................... Ren Cefra

2014 Overall Record ........................................................ 26-62014 Conference Record/Finish .............................15-5/2ndStarters Returning/Lost........................................ 5+Libero/1Letterwinners Returning/Lost...........................................9/4Volleyball Contact ..................................... Travis ChambleePhone ................................................................(214) 768-3735E-mail ................................................... [email protected] .......................................www.SMUMustangs.comTwitter ..........................................................@SMUVolleyball


T E M P L E

Bakeer Ganesharatnam5th year at Temple

Career Record (4 years) ................69-51 (.575)

Temple Record (4 years) ...............69-51 (.575)





GANESHARATNAMS’ YEAR-BY-YEAR HISTORY

Education - M.S. in Athletic Coaching Edu-cation, West Virginia (2007); B.A. in Political Science, Queens College (2006)

Coaching File - Assistant coach, West Virginia (2008-10); Graduate assistant, West Virginia (2006-07); Assistant coach, Cedar Valley (2005)

YEAR SCHOOL OVERALL CONFERENCE RECORD NCAA POSTSEASON CONFERENCE2011 Temple 8-20 4-11 A-10

2012 Temple 19-11 8-6 A-10

2013 Temple 18-12 9-9 The American

2014 Temple 24-8 15-5 The American

CAREER (4 Years) 69-51 36-31 0-0 (.575) (.537) (.000)

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DAVIS, Tyler 104 318 3.06 132 1041 .179 12 0.12 11 0.11 20 16 215 2.07 1 44 45 0.43 1 4 352.0

PERIC, Dara 118 309 2.62 101 1013 .205 27 0.23 25 0.21 17 18 375 3.18 0 26 26 0.22 1 0 347.0

OVERTON, Kirsten 118 272 2.31 54 554 .394 5 0.04 0 0.00 0 0 11 0.09 15 93 108 0.92 14 1 333.5

GRATTAN, Caroline 61 203 3.33 90 535 .211 11 0.18 10 0.16 20 19 117 1.92 0 14 14 0.23 4 2 220.0

IACOBINI, Jennifer 100 185 1.85 51 421 .318 12 0.12 32 0.32 44 1 65 0.65 9 84 93 0.93 7 1 268.0

MCCULLOUGH, Halle 71 147 2.07 66 415 .195 3 0.04 0 0.00 0 2 21 0.30 1 55 56 0.79 7 0 175.5

SYDLIK, Sandra 110 83 0.75 12 208 .341 1203 10.94 29 0.26 21 0 326 2.96 2 54 56 0.51 11 12 141.0

RAPACZ, Izzy 39 66 1.69 34 191 .168 1 0.03 0 0.00 2 1 13 0.33 1 23 24 0.62 0 0 78.5

SCHMITT, Alex 27 47 1.74 4 96 .448 1 0.04 2 0.07 3 1 7 0.26 2 28 30 1.11 3 0 65.0

CONNATSER, Tiffany 18 6 0.33 3 15 .200 160 8.89 2 0.11 3 0 34 1.89 0 4 4 0.22 0 2 10.0

DRACHSLIN, Alyssa 120 4 0.03 1 8 .375 67 0.56 15 0.12 18 17 559 4.66 0 0 0 0.00 0 1 19.0

YINGLING, Kayla 98 2 0.02 0 2 1.000 30 0.31 15 0.15 19 27 264 2.69 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 17.0

NICHOLSON, Emily 5 1 0.20 2 6 -.167 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 2 0.33 0 8 8 1.33 1 0 5.0

SIMMONS, Janine 6 1 0.17 1 7 .000 1 0.17 0 0.00 0 0 1 0.20 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 1.0

SMITH, Malia 23 0 0.00 0 0 .000 7 0.30 3 0.13 4 2 29 1.26 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 3.0

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TEMPLE.............. 120 1644 13.70 551 4512 .242 1540 12.83 144 1.20 171 130 2039 16.99 31 433 247.5 2.06 49 23 2035.5

Opponents........... 120 1517 12.64 683 4601 .181 1425 11.88 130 1.08 218 144 1988 16.57 49 316 207.0 1.73 48 50 1854.0


AUGUST (3-0)Syracuse Invitational (Syracuse, N.Y.)30 vs. Niagara W, 3-030 at Syracuse W, 3-231 vs. Delaware State W 3-0

SEPTEMBER (7-4)Crowne Plaza Philadelphia West Temple Invitational (Philadelphia, Pa.)5 Charlotte W, 3-16 Princeton W, 3-26 Holy Cross W, 3-0 LIU Brooklyn Invitational (Brooklyn, N.Y.)12 vs. Boston College L, 3-213 vs. Northern Kentucky L, 3-113 at LIU Brooklyn L, 3-2

Big 5 Tournament (Philadelphia, Pa.)19 vs. La Salle W, 3-020 vs. Villanova W, 3-020 at Penn W, 3-0

24 at UConn* L, 3-028 at East Carolina* W, 3-0

OCTOBER (7-2)3 at UCF* L, 3-05 at USF* W, 3-010 Cincinnati* W, 3-012 Memphis* L, 3-117 at Houston* W, 3-119 at Tulane* W, 3-024 SMU* W, 3-226 Tulsa* W, 3-131 at Memphis* W, 3-0

NOVEMBER (7-2)2 at Cincinnati* W, 3-17 USF* W, 3-09 UCF* W, 3-112 UConn* W, 3-214 East Carloina* W, 3-121 at Tulsa* L, 3-223 at SMU* L, 3-126 Tulane* W, 3-028 Houston* W, 3-1


MCGONIGLE HALLCAPACITY - 3,900


T U L A N E

No. Name Pos. Cl. Ht. Hometown/Previous School 3 Miah Diirell OH/L Jr. 5-9 Everett, Wash./Jackson9 Lauren Etta S Jr. 5-10 Cold Spring, New York/Haldane15 Aubrey Folk RS Fr. 6-3 Aztec, New Mexico/Aztec7 Ally Frank S Jr. 6-1 Saskatchewan, Canada/Marion Graham Collegiate Institute

13 Makenzie Frieden DS/L Jr. 5-6 Friendswood, Texas/Friendwood 20 Liz Hurring S Fr. 6-1 Ocean Springs, Mississippi/Ocean Springs11 Tea Juric OH Jr. 6-2 Kastel Stari, Croatia/Secondary School of Health Care

12 Dayna Kern MB Fr. 6-3 Vancouver, British Columbia/York House Secondary

1 Amy Lanski OH RS-Sr. 5-10 Ventura, Calif./Ventura 6 Lisa Mordell DS/L Fr. 5-7 Wheaton, Ill./St. Francis22 Sarah Ray RS So. 6-2 Nashville, Tenn./Humme-Fogg23 Bianca Ryals S So. 5-11 San Juan, Puerto Rico/Saint John’s School5 Annie Shurtz OH Jr. 6-1 Moraga, Calif./Campolindo4 Maggie Singleton MB So. 6-2 Vacaville, Calif./Will C. Wood24 Sarah Strasner MB Jr. 6-2 Houston, Texas/Clear Lake

HEAD COACH: Sinisa MomicASSISTANT COACH: Wayne HollyASSISTANT COACH: Amanda Murphy

2015 ROSTER

SCHEDULEAUGUST Sam Houston Invitational (Huntsville, Texas)28 vs. Montana State 10 a.m. at Sam Houston State 8 p.m.29 vs. Prairie View A&M 10 a.m. vs. UTSA 5:30 p.m.

SEPTEMBER Allstate Sugar Bowl Collegiate Classic (New Orleans, Louisiana)11 Incarte Word 12:30 p.m. Nicholls State 8 p.m.12 North Carolina State 12:30 p.m. TCU 8:30 p.m.Cardinal Classic (Beaumont, Texas) 18 vs. Jackson State 5:30 p.m.19 vs. Texas-Rio Grande 1:30 p.m. at Lamar 6:30 p.m. 25 Tulsa* 8 p.m. 27 SMU* 1 p.m. 29 New Orleans 8 p.m. OCTOBER 2 at UCF* 7 p.m. 4 at USF* 1 p.m. 7 Houston* 8 p.m. 9 at East Carolina* 7 p.m. 16 Cincinnati* 2 p.m. 18 Memphis* 2 p.m. 23 at UConn* 7 p.m. 25 at Temple* 1 p.m. 30 USF* 8 p.m. NOVEMBER 1 UCF* 2 p.m. 6 Temple* 8 p.m. 8 UConn* 2 p.m. 13 at SMU* 8 p.m. 15 at Tulsa* 2:30 p.m. 18 at Houston* 8 p.m. 22 East Carolina* 1 p.m. 25 at Memphis* 8 p.m. 27 at Cincinnati* 2 p.m. All times (Eastern) are subject to change; American Athletic Conference matches denoted with asterik

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RICHIE WEAVERSports Information Director

SINISA MOMICHead Coach

RICK DICKSONDirector of Athletics

Location ...................................................... New Orleans, La.Founded ............................................................................ 1834Enrollment .....................................................................13, 531Nickname ............................................................Green WaveColors ............................................... Olive Green & Sky BluePresident .......................................................Michael A. FittsDirector of Athletics.........................................Rick DicksonSenior Woman Administrator ............................Sue BowerVolleyball Offi ce Phone .................................(504) 314-7660Assistant Coaches ............ Wayne Holly, Amanda Murphy

2014 Overall Record ........................................................ 5-272014 Conference Record/Finish ............................3-17/11thStarters Returning/Lost........................................ 5/2+LiberoLetterwinners Returning/Lost.........................................10/3Newcomers ......................................................................FourVolleyball Contact .........................................Richie WeaverPhone ................................................................(504) 314-7232E-mail ................................................... [email protected] ................................ www.TulaneGreenWave.com Twitter ..........................................................@GreenWaveVB

• Tulane went 5-27 in its fi rst season as a member of the American Athletic Con-ference.

• The Green Wave return 10 letterwinners, including fi ve starters in 2015

• Sarah Strasner ranked fourth in The American in blocks per set (1.03) and posted three-plus blocks 20 times with a career-high 10 stuffs to go with 10 kills to complete a double-double vs UConn (10/17)

• In 27 matches Ally Frank tallied 20-plus assist matches on 21 occasions with 13 of 30-plus, seven of 40-plus and three of 50-plus, including a career-high 54 vs USF (11/23)

NEWS & NOTES• Tea Juric concluded the year eighth in

the conference in kills per set (3.27) and posted 19 double-digit kills outings with 20-plus kills three times


T U L A N E

Sinisa Momic7th year at Tulane

Career Record (6 years) ..............81-103 (.440)

Tulane Record (6 years) ..............81-103 (.440)



The American (Overall) ..................5-27 (.156)


MOMICS’ YEAR-BY-YEAR HISTORY

Education - B.S., University of Kinesiology-Za-greb (2000)

Coaching File - Assistant coach, Tulane (2004-08); Volunteer assistant coach, Tulane (2002-03)

YEAR SCHOOL OVERALL CONFERENCE RECORD NCAA POSTSEASON CONFERENCE2009 Tulane 18-10 12-4 0-1 C-USA

2010 Tulane 16-19 10-10 C-USA

2011 Tulane 9-22 4-16 C-USA

2012 Tulane 6-21 4-12 C-USA

2013 Tulane 28-4 12-2 C-USA

2014 Tulane 5-27 3-17 The American

CAREER (6 Years) 81-103 45-61 0-1 (.440) (.424) (.000)

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RAY, Sarah 115 344 2.99 219 1088 .115 13 0.11 25 0.22 69 21 290 2.52 2 63 65 0.57 7 3 402.5

JURIC, Tea 105 343 3.27 184 981 .162 21 0.20 12 0.11 18 26 303 2.89 5 46 51 0.49 4 0 383.0

STRASNER, Sarah 115 188 1.63 57 463 .283 6 0.05 4 0.03 19 1 35 0.30 18 101 119 1.03 6 0 260.5

WRUCK, Anna 115 187 1.63 86 580 .174 11 0.10 8 0.07 12 0 57 0.50 19 90 109 0.95 12 1 259.0

SHURTZ, Annie 86 130 1.51 84 497 .093 7 0.08 1 0.01 5 8 67 0.78 3 32 35 0.41 4 0 150.0

FRANK, Ally 94 22 0.23 11 77 .143 803 8.54 17 0.18 32 0 119 1.27 0 35 35 0.37 6 35 56.5

LANSKI, Amy 39 22 0.56 27 119 -.042 3 0.08 3 0.08 8 8 55 1.41 1 2 3 0.08 0 0 27.0

UTT, Olivia 9 12 1.33 5 42 .167 0 0.00 1 0.11 0 0 10 1.11 0 6 6 0.67 1 0 16.0

ETTA, Lauren 38 11 0.29 6 34 .147 267 7.03 2 0.05 9 0 64 1.68 0 7 7 0.18 2 11 16.5

SINGLETON, Maggie 20 7 0.35 3 31 .129 1 0.05 0 0.00 0 0 3 0.15 2 15 17 0.85 0 0 16.5

WEAVER, Grace 113 5 0.04 3 42 .048 29 0.26 23 0.20 21 25 261 2.31 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 28.0

FRIEDEN, Makenzie 48 1 0.02 0 2 .500 18 0.38 6 0.12 8 25 230 4.04 0 0 0 0.00 0 5 4.0

DIIRELL, Miah 57 1 0.02 2 8 -.125 18 0.32 3 0.05 19 15 163 3.40 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 7.0

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TULANE.............. 115 1273 11.07 687 3964 .148 1197 10.41 105 0.91 220 154 1658 14.42 50 397 248.5 2.16 42 55 1626.5

Opponents........... 115 1488 12.94 570 3979 .231 1392 12.10 154 1.34 212 105 1789 15.56 47 445 269.5 2.34 80 26 1911.5


AUGUST (0-3)Texas A&M Invitational (College Station, Texas)29 vs. UTSA L, 3-129 at Texas A&M L, 3-030 vs. Iowa L, 3-0

SEPTEMBER (2-9)UND Classic (Grand Forks, N.D.)5 at North Dakota L, 3-05 vs. South Dakota L, 3-06 at North Dakota L, 3-0

Allstate Sugar Bowl Classic (New Orleans, La.)11 Southeastern Louisiana W, 3-012 Howard L, 3-213 FAU L, 3-0

Wildcat Classic (Tucson, Ariz.)19 vs. UMBC L, 3-219 at Arizona L, 3-020 vs. Coppin State W, 3-0

26 Memphis* L, 3-028 Cincinnati* L, 3-1

OCTOBER (3-6)1 Houston* W, 3-13 East Carolina* W, 3-110 at Tulsa* L, 3-112 at SMU* L, 3-217 UConn* W, 3-219 Temple* L, 3-024 at USF* L, 3-026 at UCF* L, 3-031 SMU* L, 3-0

NOVEMBER (0-9)2 Tulsa* L, 3-05 at Houston* L, 3-29 at East Carolina* L, 3-014 at Cincinnati* L, 3-116 at Memphis* L, 3-021 UCF* L, 3-123 USF* L, 3-226 at Temple* L, 3-028 at UConn* L, 3-0


DEVLIN FIELDHOUSECAPACITY - 3,600


T U L S A

No. Name Pos. Cl. Ht. Hometown/Previous School 21 Trinity Alualu OH Jr. 5-11 Honolulu, Hawaii/Farrington15 Ashton Anderson S/DS So. 5-6 Kansas City, Mo./Park Hill South6 Alissa Apecechea S Jr. 5-7 San Mateo, Calif./St. Francis HS10 Brooke Berryhill DS/L Jr. 5-6 Haslet, Texas/Northwest8 Sophie Bethke S So. 6-0 Wimberley, Texas/Wimberley5 Erica Bohannon OH Jr. 6-1 Coppell, Texas/Coppell13 Abigail Cachero DS/L So. 5-4 Broken Arrow, Okla./Broken Arrow20 Ebony Carter MB So. 5-11 Rowlett, Texas/Sachse3 Ashley Hooper MB Sr. 5-11 Allen, Texas/Allen4 Alyssa LaMont L Jr. 5-2 Houston, Texas/Cypress-Ridge18 Rachel Moore OH/MB Fr. 6-0 Oklahoma City, Okla./Heritage Hall17 Nicole Newton MB Sr. 5-11 Wylie, Texas/Lovejoy16 Paige Panfi l OH Sr. 6-0 Fort Worth, Texas/North Crowley HS9 Kelsey Parks DS Sr. 5-9 Bentonville, Ark./Bentonville12 Jaime Rahilly MB So. 6-2 Tulsa, Okla./Cascia Hall19 Rebecca Reeve OH Jr. 6-0 Adelaide, Australia/Brighton Secondary 2 Emily Thorson OH Fr. 6-2 The Woodlands, Texas/College Park

HEAD COACH: Ryan WillsASSISTANT COACH: Megan PendergastASSISTANT COACH: Eli Sharping

2015 ROSTER

SCHEDULEAUGUST Nebraska Invitational (Lincoln, Neb.)28 at Nebraska 8 p.m.29 vs. Pittsburgh 11 a.m. vs. Grand Canyon 6:30 p.m.

SEPTEMBER Bama Bash (Tuscaloosa, Ala.)4 vs. College of Charleston 3:30 p.m. at Alabama 8 p.m.5 vs. Southern Mississippi 6 p.m.Tulsa Tournament (Tulsa, Okla.) 11 Stephen F. Austin 11 a.m. Arkansas State 8 p.m.12 Southern Illinois 2 p.m. Tulsa Tournament (Tulsa, Okla.)18 at Oral Roberts 7 p.m.19 Houston Baptist Noon North Texas 8 p.m. 25 at Tulane* 8 p.m.27 at Houston* 2 p.m.30 at SMU* 7 p.m.

OCTOBER 4 East Carolina* 2:30 p.m.9 UConn* 8 p.m.11 Temple* 2:30 p.m.16 at USF* 7 p.m.18 at UCF* 2 p.m.23 Memphis* 4 p.m.25 Cincinnati* 2:30 p.m.28 SMU* 7 p.m.30 at East Carolina* 7 p.m.

NOVEMBER 6 at Cincinnati* 7 p.m. 8 at Memphis* 2 p.m.13 Houston 2 p.m.15 Tulane* 2:30 p.m.20 at Temple* 7 p.m.22 at UConn* 1 p.m.25 UCF* 6 p.m.27 USF* 3 p.m.

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

EricaEricaBOHANNONBOHANNON

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• In the second season for head coach Ryan Wills, Tulsa volleyball returns 11 letterwinners and four starters, while six newcomers join the Hurricane roster for 2015.

• Tulsa is led by 2014 fi rst-team all-con-ference performer Erica Bohannon at the outside hitter position. Bohannon averaged a team-best 4.05 kills to go along with 1.62 digs per set a year ago, while middle blocker Ashley Hooper had the best kills percentage of .296. Libero Brooke Berryhill had a team-best 557 digs for a 4.76 average per set.

• The Hurricane team will get an infl ux of new talent, led by three transfers from the National Junior College Champions,

NEWS & NOTESBlinn Junior College. Rebecca Reeve, Trinity Alualu and Alyssa Lamont led Blinn to back-to-back NJCAA Cham-pionships. Reeve was a fi rst-team NJ-CAA All-American in 2014, while Alualu earned second team NJCAA honors. LaMont was named to the 2014 NJCAA Championship all-tournament team.

• Tulsa kicks off the season against three-time National Champion Nebraska, while also travels to face 2014 NCAA partici-pant Alabama early in the year.


DERRICK GRAGGDirector of Athletics

DRAKE ALLENSports Information Director

RYAN WILLSHead Coach

Location ................................................................ Tulsa, Okla.Founded ............................................................................ 1894Enrollment ........................................................................4,682Nickname .................................................. Golden HurricaneColors ....................................Old Gold, Royal Blue, CrimsonPresident .............................................Dr. Steadman UphamDirector of Athletics.................................Dr. Derrick GraggSenior Woman Administrator ......................Crista TroesterVolleyball Offi ce Phone .................................(918) 631-2128Assistant Coaches .........Megan Pendergast, Eli Sharping

2014 Overall Record ........................................................ 22-92014 Conference Record/Finish ..............................14-6/4thStarters Returning/Lost......................................................4/2Letterwinners Returning/Lost.........................................11/3Newcomers ........................................................................ SixVolleyball Contact ..............................................Drake AllenPhone ................................................................(918) 631-3720E-mail .............................................. [email protected] ....................................... www.tulsahurricane.comTwitter ..........................................................@TulsaVolleyball


T U L S A

Ryan Wills2nd year at Tulsa

Career Record (1 year) ....................22-9 (.709)

Tulsa Record (1 year) ......................22-9 (.709)

Conference Record..........................14-6 (.700)


The American (Overall) ..................22-9 (.709)


Education - B.A. in Business Administration, Tulsa (2008)

Coaching File - Assistant coach, Alabama (2011-13); Assistant coach, Tulsa (2010); Volunteer assistant coach, UCLA (2008-09); Student assistant coach, Tulsa (2006-07)

WILLS’ YEAR-BY-YEAR HISTORY

YEAR SCHOOL OVERALL CONFERENCE RECORD NCAA POSTSEASON CONFERENCE2014 Tulsa 22-9 14-6 The American

CAREER (1 Year) 22-9 14-6 0-0 (.709) (.700) (.000)

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BOHANNON, Erica 117 472 4.03 207 1394 .190 4 0.03 31 0.26 35 21 190 1.62 16 37 53 0.45 3 2 537.5

EL HOUSSINE, Valerie 104 327 3.14 170 1070 .147 10 0.10 54 0.52 65 35 374 3.60 11 24 35 0.34 3 1 404.0

HOOPER, Ashley 117 256 2.19 88 568 .296 2 0.02 9 0.08 28 0 74 0.63 13 76 89 0.76 21 1 316.0

PANFIL, Paige 106 192 1.81 87 560 .188 1 0.01 0 0.00 0 1 38 0.36 6 39 45 0.42 0 0 217.5

NEWTON, Nicole 117 180 1.54 60 417 .288 7 0.06 8 0.07 7 1 66 0.56 13 75 88 0.75 4 1 238.5

GRANT, Audrey 25 36 1.44 14 114 .193 1 0.04 0 0.00 0 0 15 0.60 1 13 14 0.56 1 0 43.5

CLAMPITT, Bailey 117 18 0.15 13 68 .074 1230 10.51 46 0.39 27 0 286 2.44 2 33 35 0.30 3 11 82.5

RAHILLY, Jaime 37 3 0.08 1 10 .200 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 4 0.11 0 4 4 0.11 3 0 5.0

CARTER, Ebony 17 3 0.18 3 7 .000 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 1 4.76 0 0 0 0.00 0 6 24.0

BERRYHILL, Brooke 117 3 0.03 3 18 .000 82 0.70 21 0.18 39 31 557 4.76 0 0 0 0.00 0 6 24.0

BOATWRIGHT, Carly 10 3 0.30 2 17 .059 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 3 0.30 0 2 2 0.20 0 0 4.0

ANDERSON, Ashton 106 1 0.01 0 11 .091 19 0.18 11 0.10 14 0 19 1.46 0 0 0 0.00 0 1 2.0

APECECHEA, Alissa 13 1 0.08 1 2 .000 51 3.92 1 0.08 3 9 226 2.13 0 0 0 0.00 0 1 12.0

PARKS, Kelsey 75 0 0.00 1 2 -.500 3 0.04 0 0.00 0 3 40 1.29 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 3.0

CACHERO, Abigail 31 0 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.00 3 0.10 6 8 69 0.92 0 0 0 0.00 0 1 0.0

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TULSA............... 117 1495 12.78 651 4259 .198 1410 12.05 184 1.57 224 126 1962 16.77 62 306 215.0 1.84 39 25 1894.0

Opponents........... 117 1440 12.31 660 4337 .180 1325 11.32 126 1.08 226 1183 1824 15.59 32 486 275.0 2.35 54 66 1841.0


AUGUST (2-1)Husky Classic (Houston, Texas)29 vs. Chattanooga W, 3-130 at Houston Baptist W, 3-030 vs. Northern Arizona L, 3-1

SEPTEMBER (6-4)Sugar Bear Classic (Conway, Ark.)5 vs. Boise State W, 3-25 vs. Louisiana-Monroe W, 3-06 at Central Arkansas W, 3-0

Diet Coke Classic (Minneapolis, Minn.)12 at Minnesota L, 3-113 vs. Iowa State L, 3-113 vs. Milwaukee W, 3-0

Golden Hurricane Invitational (Tulsa, Okla.)19 Oral Roberts W, 3-120 McNeese State W, 3-0

26 USF* L, 3-128 UCF L, 3-1

OCTOBER (6-3)3 at Memphis* L, 3-25 at Cincinnati* L, 3-010 Tulane* W, 3-112 Houston* W, 3-215 SMU* W, 3-117 East Carolina* W, 3-024 at UConn* W, 3-026 at Temple* L, 3-131 at Houston* W, 3-1

NOVEMBER (8-1)2 at Tulane* W, 3-07 Cincinnati* W, 3-29 Memphis* W, 3-014 at UCF* W, 3-216 at USF* W, 3-021 Temple* W, 3-223 UConn* W, 3-026 at SMU* L, 3-129 at East Carolina* W, 3-0


DONALD W. REYNOLDS CENTERCAPACITY - 8,355


M A T C H R E C O R D S

TEAM - ALL MATCHESHitting Percentage.474^^ UCF vs. Elon, 9/6/13.471^^ SMU vs. Quinnipiac, 8/30/13.471^^ Temple at Tulane, 10/19/14 .456^^ UCF vs. Arkansas Pine-Bluff, 8/31/13.444^^ UCF vs. Houston, 10/24/14.444^^ UCF at East Carolina, 10/12/14

Assists78 Memphis at Cincinnati, 9/29/1373 UCF vs. Tulsa, 11/14/1471 Temple vs. Princeton, 9/6/1470 5 times, most recently Houston vs. Cincinnati, 9/26/14

Kills81 Memphis at Cincinnati, 9/29/1377 Houston at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, 9/19/1476 Houston vs. Cincinnati, 9/26/1476 UCF vs. Tulsa, 11/14/1475 Temple vs. Princeton, 9/6/14

Blocks21 Rutgers at Sacred Heart, 9/14/1320 Tulane vs. UConn, 10/17/1419^ Temple at SMU, 11/23/1419^ SMU vs. UConn, 11/21/1418 UConn vs. Central Connecticut, 8/30/1418^ USF vs. Memphis, 10/25/13

Service Aces12^^ Tulsa at East Carolina, 11/29/1412^ USF at Tulsa, 9/26/1412^ SMU at Georgia, 8/30/1412^^ SMU vs. Grambling State, 9/6/1312^^ UCF vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff, 8/31/1312^^ Houston vs. Quinnipiac, 8/30/13

Digs117 Memphis vs. Tennessee State, 10/15/13111 SMU at Temple, 10/24/14107 UConn at Temple, 11/12/14106 Temple vs. SMU, 10/24/14106 Memphis vs. Western Carolina, 9/6/13

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

INDIVIDUAL - ALL MATCHESHitting Percentage (min. 12 kills).818 DeLaina Sarden, UCF vs. North Florida, 8/30/13.800 Ashley Hooper, Tulsa at Tulane, 11/2/14.800 DeLaina Sarden, UCF vs. Temple, 11/29/13.789 DeLaina Sarden, UCF at Cincinnati, 10/19/14.700 Kirsten Overton, Temple vs. Boston College, 9/12/14

Assists66 Destiny Patterson, Houston vs. Cincinnati, 9/26/1465 Veronica Zimmerman, Memphis vs. USF, 11/29/1363 Marie Reiterova, UCF vs. Stephen F. Austin, 9/7/1362 Avery Acker, SMU vs. New Mexico, 9/20/1462^ Marie Reiterova, UCF at Davidson, 9/14/13

Kills37 Kadi Kullerkann, Houston at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, 9/19/1432 Kadi Kullerkann, Houston at UConn, 11/26/1431 Kadi Kullerkann, Houston vs. Sam Houston State, 9/13/1430 Caroline Grattan, Temple vs. Princeton, 9/6/1428 Kadi Kullerkann, Houston vs. Cincinnati, 9/26/14

Blocks13^ Jennifer Iacobini, Temple at SMU, 11/23/1413^ Janelle Giordano, SMU vs. UConn, 11/21/1413^ Kaiti Waters, Houston at SMU, 10/25/1312 Rachel Andreassian, Rutgers at Sacred Heart, 9/14/1312 Erika Thomas, UConn vs. Cincinnati, 10/25/13

Service Aces7^^ Bailey Clampitt, Tulsa at East Carolina, 11/29/146^ Caroline Young, SMU at Georgia, 8/30/146^ Emily Juhl, Louisville vs. SMU, 11/10/136 Shelby Green, Cincinnati at USF, 11/15/136^ Brianna Datti, UConn vs. New Hampshire, 9/20/13

Digs40^ Caitlin Welch, Louisville vs. UCF, 10/13/1339 Natalie Keck, Houston at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, 9/19/1438 Morgan Heise, SMU at Arkansas, 9/13/1438 Aleksandra Petronijevic, Memphis vs. UCF, 11/27/1338 Tracy Wright, Rutgers at Cincinnati, 11/27/13

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

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TEAM - ALL MATCHES

Hitting Percentage.292 UCF ....................................................................... 2014.259 Louisville ............................................................. 2013.243 SMU ..................................................................... 2013.242 Temple ................................................................. 2014.239 UCF ....................................................................... 2013

Opponent Hitting Percentage.152 SMU ..................................................................... 2014.161 Memphis ............................................................. 2014.166 Louisville ............................................................. 2013.169 SMU ..................................................................... 2013.179 UCF ....................................................................... 2013

Assists1677 UCF ....................................................................... 20141647 Memphis ............................................................. 20141585 SMU ..................................................................... 20141578 Houston ............................................................... 20141540 Temple ................................................................. 2014

Assists Per Set13.63 UCF ....................................................................... 201412.99 SMU ..................................................................... 201412.95 Louisville ............................................................. 201312.83 Temple ................................................................. 201412.72 UCF ....................................................................... 2013

Kills1771 UCF ....................................................................... 20141742 Memphis ............................................................. 20141692 Houston ............................................................... 20141679 SMU ..................................................................... 20141644 Temple ................................................................. 2014

Kills Per Set14.40 UCF ....................................................................... 201413.92 Louisville ............................................................. 201313.76 SMU ..................................................................... 201413.70 Temple ................................................................. 2014 13.62 SMU ..................................................................... 2013

Blocks325 USF ....................................................................... 2013 296.5 UConn .................................................................. 2013291.5 Rutgers ................................................................ 2013288.5 USF ....................................................................... 2014285 UCF ....................................................................... 2013285 SMU ..................................................................... 2014

Blocks Per Set2.71 USF ....................................................................... 20132.46 UCF ....................................................................... 20132.41 SMU ..................................................................... 20132.34 SMU ..................................................................... 20142.33 UConn .................................................................. 2013 Rutgers ................................................................ 2013

Service Aces184 Tulsa .................................................................... 2014175 Houston ............................................................... 2013174 Memphis ............................................................. 2014172 SMU ..................................................................... 2014169 USF ....................................................................... 2014

Service Aces Per Set1.57 Tulsa .................................................................... 20141.41 SMU ..................................................................... 20141.41 Houston ............................................................... 20131.33 USF ....................................................................... 20141.31 Memphis ............................................................. 20141.31 Temple ................................................................. 2013

Digs2300 Memphis ............................................................. 20142168 Memphis ............................................................. 20132050 UConn .................................................................. 20142049 SMU ..................................................................... 20142039 Temple ................................................................. 2014

Digs Per Set17.29 Memphis ............................................................. 201417.21 Memphis ............................................................. 201316.99 Temple ................................................................. 201416.83 USF ....................................................................... 201316.80 SMU ..................................................................... 2014

INDIVIDUAL - ALL MATCHES

Hitting Percentage.451 DeLaina Sarden ...................... UCF .................. 2014.428 Kaye-Alese Green .................. UCF .................. 2014.409 DeLaina Sarden ...................... UCF .................. 2013.401 Randi Ewing ............................. Louisville ........ 2013.394 Kirsten Overton ....................... Temple ............. 2014

Assists1413 Avery Acker ............................. SMU ................ 20141397 Veronica Zimmerman............. Memphis ........ 20141298 Veronica Zimmerman............. Memphis ......... 20131230 Bailey Clampitt ........................ Tulsa ................ 20141221 Marissa Prinzbach ................. UConn ............. 2013


S E A S O N R E C O R D S

Assists Per Set11.68 Avery Acker ............................. SMU ................. 201411.39 Marie Reiterova ...................... UCF .................. 201311.21 Avery Acker ............................. SMU ................. 201310.94 Sandra Sydlik .......................... Temple ............. 201410.64 Veronica Zimmerman............. Memphis ......... 2013

Kills644 Kadi Kullerkann ....................... Houston ........... 2014489 Erin Fairs .................................. USF .................. 2014472 Erica Bohannon ...................... Tulsa ................ 2014429 Erin Fairs .................................. USF .................. 2013427 Jale Hervey ............................. UCF .................. 2014

Kills Per Set5.03 Kadi Kullerkann ....................... Houston ........... 20144.03 Erica Bohannon ...................... Tulsa ................ 20143.88 Erin Fairs .................................. USF .................. 20143.73 Erin Fairs .................................. USF .................. 20133.47 Jale Hervey ............................. UCF .................. 2014

Blocks182 Andrea Rodriguez Gomez ..... USF .................. 2013160 Janelle Giordano .................... SMU ................. 2014156 Jennica Mullins ...................... USF .................. 2014147 Alexis Wesley ......................... Memphis ......... 2014138 Erika Thomas ........................... UConn .............. 2013

Blocks Per Set1.53 Andrea Rodriguez Gomez ..... USF .................. 20131.31 Janelle Giordano .................... SMU ................. 20141.26 Kaiti Water ............................... Houston ........... 20131.25 Jennica Mullins ...................... USF .................. 20141.23 Mikaela Matthews ................. Rutgers ............ 2013

Service Aces54 Valerie El Houssine ................ Tulsa ................ 201447 Caroline Young ........................ SMU ................. 201446 Bailey Clampitt ........................ Tulsa ................ 201438 Tracy Wright ............................ Rutgers ............ 201336 Andrea Rodriguez Gomez ..... USF .................. 2013

Service Aces Per Set0.52 Valerie El Houssine ................ Tulsa ................ 20140.39 Caroline Young ........................ SMU ................. 20140.39 Bailey Clampitt ........................ Tulsa ................ 20140.34 Cailin Bula ................................ SMU ................. 20130.32 Jennifer Iacobini .................... Temple ............. 2014

Digs717 Aleksandra Petronijevic ........ Memphis ......... 2014654 Natalie Keck ............................ Houston ........... 2014645 Aleksandra Petronijevic ........ Memphis ......... 2013

Kadi Kullerkan - Houston

626 Morgan Heise ......................... SMU ................. 2014559 Alyssa Drachslin ..................... Temple ............. 2014

Digs Per Set5.39 Aleksandra Petronijevic ........ Memphis ......... 20145.13 Morgan Heise ......................... SMU ................. 20145.12 Aleksandra Petronijevic ....... Memphis ......... 20135.07 Natalie Keck ............................ Houston ........... 20144.85 Caitlin Welch ........................... Louisville ......... 2013

Points686.5 Kadi Kullerkann ....................... Houston ........... 2014556.5 Erin Fairs .................................. USF .................. 2014537.5 Erica Bohannon ...................... Tulsa ................ 2014494.0 DeLaina Sarden ...................... UCF .................. 2013491.5 Erin Fairs .................................. USF .................. 2013

Points Per Set5.36 Kadi Kullerkann ....................... Houston ........... 20144.59 Erica Bohannon ...................... Tulsa ................ 20144.42 Erin Fairs .................................. USF .................. 20144.27 Erin Fairs .................................. USF .................. 20134.26 DeLaina Sarden ...................... UCF .................. 2013

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Hitting Percentage (min. 750 attempts).427 DeLaina Sarden ...................... UCF .......... 2013-14.385 Kaye-Alese Green .................. UCF .......... 2013-14.337 Kirsten Overton ....................... Temple ..... 2013-14.318 Jennifer Iacobini .................... Temple ..... 2013-14.311 Janelle Giordano .................... SMU ......... 2013-14

Assists2695 Veronica Zimmerman............. Memphis . 2013-142612 Avery Acker ............................. SMU ......... 2013-142065 Sandra Sydlik .......................... Temple ..... 2013-141979 Marie Reiterova ...................... UCF .......... 2013-141285 Natalia Soares ........................ USF .......... 2013-14

Assists/Set (min. 1000 assists)11.46 Avery Acker ............................. SMU ......... 2013-1410.57 Veronica Zimmerman............. Memphis . 2013-1410.51 Bailey Clampitt ........................ Tulsa ..............201410.27 Sandra Sydlik .......................... Temple ..... 2013-149.95 Keandra McCardel ................. Houston .........2014

Kills953 Kadi Kullerkann ....................... Houston ... 2013-14918 Erin Fairs .................................. USF .......... 2013-14759 Caroline Young ........................ SMU ......... 2013-14743 Cortney Warren ...................... Houston ... 2013-14729 DeLaina Sarden ...................... UCF .......... 2013-14

Kills/Set (min. 500 kills)3.89 Kadi Kullerkann ....................... Houston ... 2013-143.81 Erin Fairs .................................. USF .......... 2013-143.29 Caroline Young ........................ SMU ......... 2013-143.15 Cortney Warren ...................... Houston ... 2013-143.05 DeLaina Sarden ...................... UCF .......... 2013-14

Total Blocks279 Jennica Mullins ...................... USF .......... 2013-14273 Janelle Giordano .................... SMU ......... 2013-14259 Alexis Wesley ......................... Memphis 2013-14246 DeLaina Sarden ...................... UCF .......... 2013-14233 Immanuella Anagu ................. UConn ...... 2013-14

Blocks/Set (min. 200 blocks)1.17 Janelle Giordano .................... SMU ......... 2013-141.16 Jennica Mullins ...................... USF .......... 2013-141.03 DeLaina Sarden ...................... UCF .......... 2013-141.02 Alexis Wesley ......................... Memphis . 2013-140.95 Immanuella Anagu ................. UConn ...... 2013-14

Digs1361 Aleksandra Petronijevic ........ Memphis . 2013-141203 Natalie Keck ............................ Houston .. 2013-141071 Brianna Datti ........................... UConn ...... 2013-14

1032 Morgan Heise ......................... SMU ......... 2013-141012 Jade Hayes .............................. UCF .......... 2013-14

Digs/Set (min. 1000 digs)5.25 Aleksandra Petronijevic ........ Memphis . 2013-144.75 Natalie Keck ............................ Houston ... 2013-144.55 Alyssa Drachslin ..................... Temple ..... 2013-144.41 Morgan Heise ......................... SMU ......... 2013-144.25 Jade Hayes .............................. UCF .......... 2013-14

Service Aces81 Caroline Young ........................ SMU ......... 2013-1463 Aleksandra Petronijevic ........ Memphis . 2013-1461 Jennifer Iacobini .................... Temple ..... 2013-1459 Brianna Datti ........................... UConn ...... 2013-14 Sandra Sydlik .......................... Temple ..... 2013-14

Service Aces/Set (min. 50 aces)0.52 Valerie El Houssine ................ Tulsa ..............20140.35 Caroline Young ........................ SMU ......... 2013-140.29 Jennifer Iacobini ................... Temple ..... 2013-14 Sandra Sydlik .......................... Temple ..... 2013-140.25 Devon Maugle ......................... UConn ...... 2013-14

Valerie El Houssine - Tulsa


A N N U A L L E A D E R S

Individual

Hitting Percentage2014 DeLaina Sarden, UCF ............ .4512013 DeLaina Sarden, UCF ............ .409

Kills per Set2014 Kadi Kullerkann, Houston ......5.032013 Erin Fairs, USF .........................3.73

Assists per Set2014 Avery Acker, SMU............11.682013 Marie Reiterova, UCF ......11.39

Service Aces per Set2014 V. El Houssine, Tulsa ............ 0.522013 Cailin Bula, SMU .................. 0.34

Blocks per Set2014 Janelle Giordano, SMU ..........1.312013 A. Gomez Rodriguez, USF .....1.53

Digs per Set2014 A. Petronijevic, Memphis . 5.392013 A. Petronijevic, Memphis . 5.11

Team

Hitting Percentage2014 UCF ............................................ .2922013 Louisville ................................. . .166

Kills per Set2014 UCF ........................................... 14.402013 SMU ......................................... 11.16

Assists per Set2014 UCF ........................................... 13.632013 SMU ......................................... 10.62

Service Aces per Set2014 Tulsa..................................... 1.572013 SMU .................................... 0.87

Blocks per Set2014 SMU .....................................2.342013 Louisville ..............................1.94

Digs per Set2014 Memphis ............................17.292013 SMU ...................................12.46

Last season, Memphis paced the American Athletic Conference in digs with 17.29 per set

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Year-by-Year2013

Team Conference PCT. Overall PCT.Louisville 18-0 1.000 23-7 .767SMU 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 .469 UConn 5-13 .278 14-19 .424Cincinnati 3-15 .167 3-29 .094Rutgers 1-17 .056 .156 .156

BOLD - denotes The American Champion

2014Team Conference PCT. Overall PCT.UCF 18-2 .900 25-8 .758SMU 15-5 .750 26-6 .813Temple 15-5 .750 24-8 .750Tulsa 14-6 .700 22-9 .710Memphis 13-7 .650 23-11 .676USF 8-12 .400 14-18 .438Cincinnati 7-13 .350 15-17 .469Houston 6-14 .300 14-18 .438East Carolina 6-14 .300 15-16 .484UConn 5-152 .250 12-19 .387 Tulane 3-17 .150 5-27 .156

Emily Juhl helped Lousiville seize the conference crown in the American Athletic Conference’s

inaugural season


ALL-TIME ALL-CONFERENCE

2013Player of the Year

Erin 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

* - denotes Unanimous Selection

2014Player of the Year

DeLaina Sarden, Sr., MB, UCF

Libero of the YearMorgan Heise, So., L, SMU

Setter of the YearSandra Sydlik, Jr., S, Temple

Freshman of the YearDara Peric, Fr., OH, Temple

Coach of the YearTodd Dagenais, UCF

First-Team All-Conference

Kia Bright, So., OH, UCFKaye-Alese Green, Sr., MB, UCF

Jale Hervey, So., OH, UCFDeLaina Sarden, Sr., MB, UCF*

Kadi Kullerkann, Sr., OH/RS, Houston *Lauren Wright, Sr., MB/RS, Memphis

Erin Fairs, Jr., OH, USFAvery Acker, Jr., S, SMU

Morgan Heise, So., L, SMUCaroline Young, Sr., OPP, SMUSandra Sydlik, Jr., S, Temple

Erica Bohannon, So., OH, Tulsa

Second-Team All-ConferenceEmma Roberson, Jr., RS, Cincinnati

Aleksandra Petronijevic, Sr., L, MemphisJanelle Giordano, So., MB, SMU

Tyler Davis, So., OH, TempleJennifer Iacobini, Sr., MB, TempleKirsten Overton, So., MB, Temple

Dara Peric, Fr., OH, TempleValerie El Houssine, Sr., OH, Tulsa

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SCHOLAR-ATHLETE SPORT EXCELLENCE AWARD2014 Name School Cl. Pos. Avery Acker .............SMU ............Jr.. ................ S 2013 Name School Cl. Pos. Emily Juhl .................Louisville .....Sr............... OH

TEAM ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AWARDYear School2014......................................................................Temple2013.................................................................. Louisville

Temple earned the 2014 American Athletic Conference Team Academic Excellence Award.


AVC A H O N O R S

ALL-AMERICA TEAMS2014Honorable Mention

Name School Pos. Cl. Avery Acker SMU S Jr. Kaye Alese Green ...UCF ..............MB ...... RS-Sr. Kia Bright ..................UCF ..............OH .............So. Kadi Kullerkan .........Houston ......OH/RS .RS-Jr. DeLaina Sarden .......UCF ..............MB .............Sr. Caroline Young ........SMU ............OH ..............Sr.

2013Honorable Mention

Name School Pos. Cl. Avery Acker .............SMU ............S ................So. DeLaina Sarden .......UCF ..............MB ............. Jr.

TEAM ACADEMIC AWARD2014 UCF Cincinnati Memphis SMU Temple

2013 UCF Louisville Memphis Rutgers SMU Temple

ALL-TIME ACADEMIC AWARDSSchool TotalUCF .................................................................................2Memphis ........................................................................2SMU................................................................................2Temple ............................................................................2Cincinnati.......................................................................1Louisville ........................................................................1Rutgers...........................................................................1

DeLaina Sarden - UCF

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NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS2014UCF vs. Miami (Fla.) - Gainesville, Fla. L, 2-3 (22-25, 25-18, 10-25, 25-23, 10-15)

2013Louisville vs. Marquette - Champaign, Ill. L, 0-3 (23-25, 22-25, 19-25)

ANNUAL NCAA RESULTSSchool Appearances Record YearsUCF 1 0-1 2014Louisville 1 0-1 2013

APPEARANCES BY SCHOOLSchool Appearances Louisville ........................................................................1UCF .................................................................................1

In 2014, UCF qualifi ed for the NCAA Championship for the fi rst time as a member of the American Athletic Conference

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