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2018 Stanford Women’s Volleyball Athletics Communications • Arrillaga Family Sports Center • 641 Campus Drive • Stanford, CA • 94305 • GoStanford.com Women’s Volleyball Contact • Regina Verlengiere • c. 805.478.4198 • [email protected] Facebook.com/StanfordWVB • Twitter: @StanfordWVB • Instagram: @stanfordwvb 2018 Schedule Big Ten/Pac-12 Challenge in Maples Overall Record: 4-1 Pac-12 Record: 0-0 No. 1 Minnesota, No. 5 Penn State and No. 18 Oregon to play on The Farm Date Opponent Location Result/ PT 8/26 American Washington, D.C. W, 3-0 8/27 Howard Washington, D.C. W, 3-0 THIS WEEK: No. 4 Stanford plays host to the Big Ten/Pac-12 Challenge 8/31 #9 BYU Provo, Utah L, 3-2& at Maples Pavilion, featuring No. 1 Minnesota, No. 5 Penn State and No. 9/1 Wichita State Provo, Utah W, 3-0 18 Oregon. 9/1 West Virginia Provo, Utah W, 3-0 9/7 #5 Penn State Stanford, Calif. 8 p.m.# 9/9 #1 Minnesota Stanford, Calif. 12 p.m.# Friday, Sept. 7 9/11 Texas Stanford, Calif. 7 p.m.# 5 p.m. - No. 1 Minnesota vs. No. 18 Oregon 9/14 Texas Austin, Texas 5 p.m.$ 9/19 California* Berkeley, Calif. 8 p.m.# 8 p.m. - No. 4 Stanford vs. No. 5 Penn State 9/23 Arizona* Stanford, Calif. 12 p.m.# 9/26 UCLA* Stanford, Calif. 7 p.m.# Saturday, Sept. 8 9/28 USC* Stanford, Calif. 8 p.m.% 10/5 Utah* Salt Lake City, Utah 5 p.m.# 2 p.m. - No. 5 Penn State vs. No. 18 Oregon (Free admission) 10/7 Colorado* Boulder, Colo. 11 a.m.# 10/12 Washington State* Stanford, Calif. 8 p.m.# Sunday, Sept. 9 10/13 Washington* Stanford, Calif. 7:30 p.m.# 10/19 Oregon State* Corvallis, Ore. 7 p.m.# 12 p.m. - No. 4 Stanford vs. No. 1 Minnesota 10/21 Oregon* Eugene, Ore. 11 a.m.% 10/26 USC* Los Angeles, Calif. 7 p.m.# CATCH THE CARDINAL: Both of Friday’s matches and Sunday’s match 10/28 UCLA* Los Angeles, Calif. 4 p.m.# 11/2 Colorado* Stanford, Calif. 7 p.m.# will be televised on Pac-12 Networks. Saturday’s match will be live 11/4 Utah* Stanford, Calif. 2 p.m.# streamed for free on pac12.com. Live stats for all four matches can be 11/8 Oregon* Stanford, Calif. TBD# found on the women’s volleyball schedule page on gostanford.com. 11/9 Oregon State* Stanford, Calif. 7 p.m. 11/16 Washington State* Pullman, Wash. 7 p.m. 11/18 Washington* Seattle, Wash. TBD# 11/21 Arizona State* Tempe, Ariz. 4 p.m. 11/24 California* Stanford, Calif. TBD# 11/30-12/1 NCAA First and Second Rounds 2018 Stanford Volleyball Roster 12/7-8 NCAA Regionals No Name Pos Ht Yr Hometown (High School) 12/13-15 Final Four Minneapolis, Minn. 1 Jenna Gray S 6-1 JR Shawnee, Kan. (St. James Academy) 2 Kathryn Plummer OH 6-6 JR Aliso Viejo, Calif. (Aliso Niguel) 3 Holly Campbell MB 6-4 FR Austin, Texas (Westlake) *Pac-12 conference match • Bold indicates home match played at Maples Pavilion 4 Meghan McClure OH 6-0 SO Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif. (Santa Margarita) &BYUtv | #Pac-12 Networks | $Longhorn Network | %ESPN2 5 Blake Sharp OH 5-11 SO Orinda, Calif. (Miramonte) 6 Tami Alade MB 6-2 SR Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada (Old Scona Academic) 7 Mackenzie Fidelak OH/OPP 6-1 FR Erie, Colo. (Niwot) STANFORD VOLLEYBALL 8 Michaela Keefe OH 6-2 RS SO Pacific Palisades, Calif. (Marymount) 9 Morgan Hentz L 5-9 JR Lakeside Park, Ky. (Notre Dame Academy) BY THE NUMBERS 10 Payton Chang S/DS 5-10 SR Newport Beach, Calif. (Mater Dei) 11 Kate Formico DS 5-9 SO Saratoga, Calif. (Archbishop Mitty) NCAA Championships ............................................................7 12 Audriana Fitzmorris OH/OPP 6-6 JR Overland Park, Kan. (St. James Academy) Final Four Appearances .......................................................21 19 Alexis Froistad MB 6-2 SR Aromas, Calif. (Salinas) National Championship Matches .......................................15 20 Caitlin Keefe DS 5-11 JR Pacific Palisades, Calif. (Marymount) NCAA Tournament Wins ....................................................119 21 Sidney Wilson DS 6-0 SO Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Havergal College) Consecutive Years in the NCAA Tournament ......................38 25 Courtney Bowen MB 6-4 SR Brooklyn, N.Y. (The Chapin School) Conference Championships ................................................20 30+ Win Seasons ..................................................................18 Head Coach: Kevin Hambly, 2nd season (Illinios ‘06) National Players of the Year ................................................18 Associate Head Coach: Denise Corlett, 30th season (UCLA ‘81) All-America Awards ..............................................................95 Assistant Coach: Erin Lindsey, 2nd season (North Carolina ‘00) Conference Players of the Year ...........................................18 Volunteer Assistant Coach: Russell Corbelli, 1st season (Texas A&M ‘16) All-Conference Selections .................................................135 CoSIDA Academic All-America Awards ...............................18 Pronunciation Guide: Tami Alade (uh-LAD-aye) Courtney Bowen (BOW-in) Honda Award Winners ...........................................................8 Mackenzie Fidelak (fi-DELL-ick) Audriana Fitzmorris (audri-ON-uh) Kate Formico (FORM-ick-o) Olympians ..............................................................................9 Alexis Froistad (FROY-stad) Michaela Keefe (mi-KAY-luh) --2018 Stanford Volleyball-- Prior to Friday’s Stanford match, head coach Kevin Hambly will AVCA Coaches’ Poll PROMOTIONS: (Sept. 3) host a chalk talk open to all fans at 7:30 p.m. in Kissick Auditorium. Fans will also be able to pick up 2018 collateral and have access to a poster-making station. 1. Minnesota (35) 2. Wisconsin (6) Sunday’s match is Cardinal Kids Day. Fans can receive up to two free youth tick- 3. BYU (7) ets with the purchase of one paid adult ticket. Both matches will feature post- 4. STANFORD (8) 5. Penn State (4) match autographs with the team. 6. Texas 7. Nebraska (3) 8. Florida LAST WEEK: Stanford wrapped-up a nine-day road trip with a 2-1 record at 9. UCLA 10. USC (1) the BYU Nike Invitational. Playing three matches within 24 hours, the Cardinal 11. Illinois dropped a five-set thriller at then-No. 9 BYU in front of a sold-out crowd before 12. Washington 13. Pittsburgh sweeping Wichita State and West Virginia the next day. Audriana Fitzmorris 14. Creighton (.425, 2.64 kps, 1.00 bps) and Jenna Gray (11.79 aps, 1.07 bps) were named to 15. Baylor t16. Kentucky the all-tournament team. t16. San Diego 18. Oregon 19. Purdue DEFENSIVE-MINDED: Stanford held West Virginia to just 30 total points, defeat- 20. Michigan ing the Mountaineers 25-9, 25-9, 25-12 on Sept. 1 in Provo, Utah. It was the low- 21. Utah 22. Cal Poly est combined point total by a Cardinal opponent in the rally-scoring era to 25 23. Washington State (since 2008). 24. Colorado 25. Marquette PRESEASON ALL-PAC-12: Stanford led the conference with four Preseason All- STANFORD IN THE 2018 POLL Date Rank Date Rank Pac-12 selections - Audriana Fitzmorris, Jenna Gray, Morgan Hentz and Kathryn Preseason 1 Plummer. Fitzmorris, Hentz and Plummer are repeat honorees, while Gray earns Aug. 27 1 Sept. 3 4 the nod for the first time. Ranking Records... • 480 all-time weeks in the top-10 • 525 total weeks in the poll • 71 weeks ranked No. 1 2018 SEASON FACTS THE LAST TIME STANFORD... Stanford’s Record When... Playing at home: 0-0 Playing on the road: 2-1 Won a match ............................................................................................ vs. West Virginia, 9/1/18 Playing at a neutral site: 2-0 Lost a match .......................................................................................................... at BYU, 8/31/18 Longest winning streak: 2 Won at home ......................................................................................................vs. Texas, 12/9/17 Longest losing streak: 1 In three sets: 4-0 Lost at home .....................................................................................................vs. UCLA, 11/12/16 In four sets: 0-0 Won on the road ..............................................................................................at Howard, 8/27/18 In five sets: 0-1 Stanford wins first set: 4-0 Lost on the road..................................................................................................... at BYU, 8/31/18 Opponent wins first set: 0-1 Won 3-0 ................................................................................................... vs. West Virginia, 9/1/18 Winning first two sets: 4-0 Lost 3-0 ....................................................................................... vs. Loyola Marymount, 12/4/15 Losing first two sets: 0-1 Splitting first two sets: 0-0 Won 3-0 at home ................................................................................................vs. Texas, 12/9/17 Hitting .250 or better: 3-0 Lost 3-0 at home .......................................................................... vs. Loyola Marymount, 12/4/15 Hitting below .250: 1-1 Outhit opponents: 4-0 Won 3-0 on the road ........................................................................................at Howard, 8/27/18 Outhit by opponents: 0-1 Lost 3-0 on the road ............................................................................ at North Carolina, 9/10/15 Vs. ranked opponents: 0-1 Won in four sets ..........................................................................................vs. Wisconsin, 12/8/17 Vs. unranked opponents: 4-0 In the Pac-12: 0-0 Lost in four sets ........................................................................................ at Washington, 11/8/17 Outside the conference: 4-1 Won in five