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AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE TABLE OF CONTENTS 15 park Row West The American Staff/Volleyball SIDs ...... 2 providence, R.I. 02903 preseason Awards ...... 3 American Athletic Conference ...... 4 TheAmerican.org Commisioner Michael L. Aresco ...... 5 (401) 453-0660 • Communications (401) 244-3278 • Switchboard The American ...... 6 (401) 751-8540 • Fax 2013-14 Sponsored Sports ...... 7 2012 Composite Schedule ...... 8-10 AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE STAFF On the Web ...... 11 Commissioner ...... Michael L. Aresco 2013 NCAA Championship ...... 12 Senior Associate Commissioner (Football & Marketing) ...... Nicholas V. Carparelli, Jr. UCF ...... 13-14 Senior Associate Commissioner (Administration) ...... Donna DeMarco Cincinnati ...... 15-16 Senior Associate Commissioner (Broadcasting & Digital Content) ...... Thomas R. Odjakjian Connecticut ...... 17-18 Associate Commissioner (Men’s Basketball) ...... paul Brazeau Houston ...... 19-20 Associate Commissioner (Women’s Basketball) ...... Danielle Donehew Louisville ...... 21-22 Associate Commissioner (Olympic Sports) ...... James A. Siedliski Associate Commissioner (Compliance) ...... Jennifer M. Condaras Memphis ...... 23-24 Assistant Commissioner (Women’s Basketball Officiating) ...... Barbara M. Jacobs Rutgers ...... 25-26 Chief Financial Officer ...... John Larson SMU ...... 27-28 Senior Director of Digital Media ...... Mark Hodgkin USF ...... 29-30 Director of Business Affairs ...... Susan S. Eaton Temple ...... 31-32 Director of Communications ...... Sara Naggar 2012 Results ...... 33-35 Director of Communications ...... Chuck Sullivan 2012 Team Capsules ...... 36 Director of Football & Video Administration ...... Michael Costa 2012 Review ...... 37 Director of Men’s Basketball Operations ...... Shawn p. Murphy Director of Sport Administration ...... Robert A. Weygand, Jr. Director of Sport Administration ...... Kristen Brown Director of Compliance ...... Kenneth A. Schank Assistant Director of Broadcast Scheduling ...... Michael A. Coyne Assistant Director of Sport Administration ...... pat Colbert Coordinator of Football Officiating ...... Terry McAulay Branding & Event Coordinator ...... Catherine Carmignani Digital Communications Coordinator ...... Jamie Corun Assistant to the Commissioner ...... Lisa Zanecchia Executive Assistant for Administration ...... Lois DeBlois Administrative Assistant ...... Wanda L. Factor Administrative Assistant ...... Linda Yates Receptionist ...... Kathy Kirkpatrick Communications Assistant ...... Megan Erbes Communications Assistant ...... Jordan Ozer Digital Network Intern ...... Allison White

AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE VOLLEYBALL SpORTS INFORMATION CONTACTS

School SID Contact Office Email The American Jordan Ozer 401-633-3136 [email protected] UCF Andrew Jennette 407-823-0994 [email protected] Cincinnati Alex Lange 513-556-0667 [email protected] UConn Bobby Mullen 860-486-3531 [email protected] Houston Jessika Bailey 713-743-9404 [email protected] Louisville Nancy Worley 502-852-0113 [email protected] Memphis Trevor Kuss 901-678-2337 [email protected] Rutgers Lily Rodriguez 732-445-4200 [email protected] USF Mark Heise 813-974-5755 [email protected] SMU Travis Chamblee 214-768-3735 [email protected] Temple Karen Auerbach 215-204-3850 [email protected]

Credits: The 2013 American Athletic Conference Women’s Volleyball Media Guide was produced by Jordan Ozer on Adobe InDesign CS6. Editorial assistance from Sara Naggar, Chuck Sullivan and Megan Erbes. Special thanks to American Athletic Conference Volleyball Sports Information Directors for their assistance. photo Credits: Ben Solomon and School Sports Information Offices.

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2013 American Athletic Conference Preseason Coaches’ Poll Brooke BrookeMattingly Mattingly School (First Place Votes) Points 1. Louisville (7) 79 2. UCF (2) 69 3. UConn (1) 59 4. Cincinnati 53 5. USF 49 6. SMU 41 7. Temple 36 8. Houston 26 9. Rutgers 21 10. Memphis 17

2013 American Athletic Conference Preseason Award Winners

Preseason Co-Players of the Year Preseason All-Conference Team Brooke Mattingly, Louisville, Sr., MB Angelica Crump, UCF, Sr., OH Emily Juhl, Louisville, Sr., OH * Erin Fairs, USF. So., OH Emily Howard, Houston, So., MB * Emily Juhl, Louisville, Sr., OH Hannah Kvittle, Louisville, Sr., S Maddie Lozano, SMU, Sr., MB Emmi MacIntyre, Cincinnati, Sr., DS Gabriella Matautia, Temple, Sr., RS Emily * Brooke Mattingly, Louisville, Sr., MB Juhl * DeLaina Sarden, UCF, Jr., MB * Caitlin Welch, Louisville, Sr., DS/L * Caroline Young, SMU, Jr., OH

*unanimous selection

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AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL

Not entirely unlike the nation that provides its name- As The American embarks on its first year, there is sake, the American Athletic Conference was born a new era that begins. But the new branding will from an ideal in which members with ambitious be able to draw on the rich tradition that already goals are provided with the means to succeed in exists among the 10 women’ volleyball programs their quests for excellence. competing this year.

With roots that extend to three conferences, the Louisville highlights the group of schools coming American Athletic Conference membership in 2013 off a strong season, advancing to the second round – its debut season – consists of 10 institutions: the of the NCAA tournament. The Cardinals were University of Central Florida, the University of Cin- ranked as high as No. 9 in the nation and won the cinnati, the University of Connecticut, the Universi- BIG EAST regular season and the conference tour- ty of Houston, the University of Louisville, the Uni- nament. Six schools had winning records, while versity of Memphis, Rutgers University, Southern two programs finished in the top 100 in the RpI. Methodist University, the University of South Flori- da and Temple University. All 10 institutions will field The conference’s regular season champion will be women’s volleyball teams in the initial year of the rewarded with an automatic berth into the NCAA conference. championship.The 2013 regular season will be high- ly competitive, and provide schools with the oppor- In 2014-15, East Carolina University, Tulane Univer- tunity to make their mark in the debut year of the sity and the University of Tulsa come aboard. The American Athletic Conference. 2015-16 season sees the U.S. Naval Academy join 2013 Preseason AVCA Coaches Poll the ranks in football only. School Rank 1 Texas 55 The American, which operated as the Big East Con- 2 penn State (3) ference from 1979 to 2013, will immediately take 3 Stanford (2) a place at the forefront of Division I athletics, with 4 Southern California schools that have played in a combined five Bowl 5 Washington Championship Series games, won four NCAA men’s 6 Minnesota basketball titles since 1999, and won eight NCAA 7 Michigan women’s basketball championships since 1995. 8 Oregon 9 Florida The 2013 season will mark the final year of a six-year 10 Nebraska arrangement with ESpN that gives The American 11 Hawaii national exposure on ABC television and the ESpN 12 UCLA family of networks. ESpN, ESpN2 or ABC will carry a 13 BYU minimum of 19 American home football games each 14 Michigan State season. Championship Week in December includes 15 Iowa State three American games on either ABC, ESpN or 16 purdue ESpN2. At least four American games are featured 17 Kentucky on ESpN’s Thursday-night pac kage. 18 Florida State 19 Louisville In addition, ESpN Regional Television will continue 20 Kansas to produce and distribute its Game of the Week pack- 21 Western Kentucky age to a nationally syndicated audience, reaching 22 Dayton more than 30 million homes. Most of these games 23 Ohio State also will be available as part of the ESpN Game- 24 Wichita State plan subscription service. Finally, a minimum of five 25 Creighton home games will be carried on ESpNU. () - First place Votes

4 2013 American Athletic Conference miCHAEL L. ARESCO

rent and new conference institutions, bring- basketball games. The agreement also pro- ing about a period of cohesiveness that is vided multiple new media rights for CBS, unprecedented in the league’s history. He CBS Sports Network and CBS Interactive. has restructured the conference office staff He forged numerous basketball agreements to maximize efficiency and better serve the with major conferences, including the Big needs of the membership. East, ACC, Big Ten, pac-12 and Big 12. Ares- Among his other significant accomplish- co recently negotiated 10-year extensions ments on behalf of the American Athletic of the Army-Navy and Notre Dame-Navy Conference was the spearheading of ex- football rivalries. pansion efforts, which resulted in the addi- Aresco was the creator and executive tion of Tulane University and the University producer of The Tony Barnhart Show, the of Tulsa and the transition to membership critically- acclaimed college football show, in all sports for East Carolina University, as well as Courtside with Seth Davis, a Mike Aresco, one of the most influential which was originally admitted to the league highly-regarded weekly show devoted to leaders in sports television and collegiate for football only; the planning for a confer- college basketball, both of which air on the sports, was named Commissioner of the ence digital network; successful negotia- CBS Sports Network. Big East Conference on August 14, 2012, tions for the 2014 men’s and women’s bas- In 2004, he was appointed by the late and has overseen the successful rebrand- ketball championships at FedEx Forum in NCAA president Myles Brand to the Basket- ing of the league as the American Athletic Memphis, Tenn., and Mohegan Sun Arena ball partnership, a select panel whose mis- Conference. in Uncasville, Conn., respectively; and the sion was to explore ways to improve and In his first year as commissioner, Ares- launching of a brand marketing campaign. promote college basketball. He is a charter co has overseen a strategic reinvention of He is currently working on the conference’s member of the steering committee of the the Conference which will keep The Amer- future bowl lineup. Columbia University/New York City Chap- ican at the forefront of Division I college Aresco came to the conference from CBS ter of the National Football Foundation and athletics. By the 2015-16 academic year, the Sports where he was Executive Vice pres- serves on the board of the National Sports American Athletic Conference will include ident, programming. He was responsible Marketing Network. 11 all-sports members and Navy as a foot- for all college sports programming for CBS Aresco joined CBS Sports from ESpN ball-playing member. The Conference will Sports and CBS Sports Network. Aresco where he was responsible for overseeing launch a football championship game for oversaw the acquisition and management the acquisition, scheduling and develop- the first time in 2015 and is the first league of CBS Sports college properties, including ment of long-term strategies for all ESpN to explore staging its own postseason bowl the NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship, college sports properties. Earlier in his ten- game. regular-season college basketball and foot- ure at ESpN, he was responsible for pro- Aresco’s first months were marked by ball, conference basketball championship gramming a wide variety of sports proper- his successful efforts to ensure the Con- games, football bowl games and other pro- ties, including College Football Association, ference’s place within the College Football gramming. His responsibilities included Big 10, and pac-10 college football, NCAA playoff – the new system that will deter- game selection and scheduling, day-to-day events, including early rounds of the NCAA mine the national champion, beginning in operations, contract negotiations, identifi- basketball tournament, the College World 2014. Aresco was instrumental in securing cation of future acquisitions, development Series and various professional sports the arrangement that will put the American of programming strategies and coordina- events, including thoroughbred racing, Athletic Conference champion in a New tion of new media and marketing initiatives. Top Rank Boxing, CFL football, Australian Year’s Day system bowl if it is the high- Aresco played an integral role in the land- Rules Football, rodeo and yachting. He was est-ranked team among the champions of mark deal that created the CBS Sports-Turn- the architect of ESpN’s signature Thursday five conferences. er Broadcasting partnership, which result- night college football series and helped de- In the wake of the changes created by ed in the acquisition of the NCAA Men’s velop ESpN’s Bowl Week. He joined ESpN college sports realignment, Aresco moved Division I Basketball Championship rights in 1984 as Counsel and was named Assis- quickly to solidify the conference, leading through 2024. He managed the complex tant General Counsel in 1988 before moving negotiations that resulted in the most fa- 14-year agreement that provides expanded to the programming department. vorable financial terms for the conference’s national broadcast and cable coverage of Aresco is a phi Beta Kappa graduate of football schools, after the withdrawal of the the NCAA basketball championship. Aresco Tufts University (B.A., magna cum laude, non-football-playing schools, who were re- also was instrumental in the CBS Television history), the Fletcher School of Law and ferred to unofficially as the Catholic 7. Network’s groundbreaking bundled rights Diplomacy at Tufts (M.A., international rela- He simultaneously led the negotiations agreement with the NCAA which granted tions), where he held a John Moors Cabot that resulted in television contracts with CBS exclusive rights to the NCAA Tourna- Scholarship, and the University of Con- ESpN and CBS Sports, which will give the ment from 2003 through 2010. The 2010 necticut Law School (J.D.). He practiced American Athletic Conference unprece- NCAA Championship won a Sports Emmy law privately in Hartford, Conn., for several dented national exposure with the two in- in the Outstanding playoff Coverage cate- years. dustry leaders in sports television. gory. Aresco also played a key role in ne- Aresco and his wife, Sharon, have two Aresco then quickly and successfully gotiating NCAA marketing agreements and adult sons, Matthew, an Emmy-nominated organized the process whereby the confer- in creating a partnership with IMG and the television producer who owns a production ence was renamed the American Athletic NCAA to assist in acquiring new NCAA cor- company in Connecticut, and Brett, an as- Conference – a name that was immediately porate sponsors. He also was a significant piring actor who lives in New York City. accepted in the college landscape – and he contributor in the development of new me- also oversaw the process that resulted in dia platforms for the NCAA Championship, the new conference’s popular graphic iden- including March Madness on Demand, a tity. highly successful streaming platform. He has also successfully worked with the In 2008, Aresco negotiated a historic 15- conference schools to arrive at an equitable year agreement with the Southeastern Con- distribution of existing revenue for the cur- ference to televise the league’s football and www.theamerican.org 5 The aMerican

Future Membership By the 2015-16 academic year, the American Athletic Conference will consist of 12 institutions spanning 10 states.

University of University of UniversityUniversity of of Central Florida Cincinnati ConnecticutConnecticut Orlando, Fla. Cincinnati, Ohio Storrs,Orlando, Conn. Fla.

East Carolina University of UniversityUniversity of of University Houston MemphisMemphis Greenville, N.C. Houston, Texas Memphis,Memphis, Tenn. Tenn.

United States University of South SouthernSouthern MethodistMethodist Naval Academy Florida UniversityUniversity Annapolis, Md. Tampa, Fla. Dallas,Dallas, Texas Texas

Temple University Tulane University UniversityUniversity ofof Philadelphia, Pa. New Orleans, La. TulsaTulsa Tulsa,Tulsa, Okla. Okla.

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2013-14 Sports Sponsored by the American Athletic Conference

UCF Cincinnati UConn Houston Louisville Memphis Rutgers USF SMU Temple Baseball X X X XXXXXX

Men’s Basketball X X X X X X X X XX

Women’s Basketball X X X X X X X X XX

Men’s Cross Country X X XXXXXX

Women’s Cross Country X X X X X X X X XX

Men’s Indoor Track & Field X X X X X X X X XX

Men’s Indoor Track & Field X X XXXXXX

Women’s Outdoor Track & Field X X X X X X X X XX

Football X X X X X X X X XX

Men’s Golf X X X X X X X X XX

Women’s Golf X X Ind. XXXXX

Women’s Rowing X X X X XX

Men’s Soccer X X X X X X X XX

Women’s Soccer X X X X X X X X XX

Softball X X XXXXXX

Men’s Swimming & Diving X X X X

Women’s Swimming & Diving X X XX X X

Men’s Tennis X X XX X XX

Women’s Tennis X X X X X X X X XX

Women’s Volleyball X X X X X X X X XX

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AUGUST Sawyer Camillo Memorial Classic (Lafayette, La.) 30 Buffalo Invite (Buffalo, N.Y.) Houston vs. Alcorn State 5:00 p.m. Temple at Buffalo 7:00 p.m. Patriot Tournament (Fairfax, Va.) Bearcats Invitational (Cincinnati, Ohio) Temple vs. Radford 5:00 p.m. Butler at Cincinnati 11:30 a.m. Fargo Doublewood Inn Classic (Fargo, N.D.) Tennessee at Cincinnati 7:00 p.m. Louisville at North Dakota State 7:00 p.m. Holiday Inn Select / UCF Invitational (Orlando, Fla.) Candlewood Suites Invitational (Syracuse, N.Y.) Valparaiso at UCF 12:00 p.m. Rutgers vs. Oakland 11:00 a.m. North Florida at UCF 7:30 p.m. Rutgers at Syracuse 7:30 p.m. USF Tournament (Tampa, Fla.) UConn Classic (Storrs, Conn.) Miami at USF 2:00 p.m. Northeastern at UConn 7:30 p.m. The Citadel at USF 7:00 p.m. 7 SMU Invite (Dallas, Texas) Penn State Invitational (University Park, Pa.) Sam Houston State at SMU 3:30 p.m. Louisville vs. Syracuse 4:30 p.m. Candlewood Suites Invitational (Syracuse, N.Y.) Indiana Invitational (Bloomington, Ind.) Rutgers vs. Colorado 8:30 a.m. Rutgers vs. Kent State 5:00 p.m. Rutgers vs. Stony Brook 2:30 p.m. IPFW Invitational (Fort Wayne, Ind.) Fargo Doublewood Inn Classic (Fargo, N.D.) UConn vs. Southern Illinois 5:00 p.m. Louisville vs. Northern Iowa 10:30 a.m. Delta Zeta Classic (San Marcos, Texas) Sawyer Camillo Memorial Classic (Lafayette, La.) Houston vs. Quinnipiac 10:30 a.m. Houston vs. Nicholls State 11:00 a.m. SMU vs. Quinnipiac 2:30 p.m. Houston at Louisiana-Lafayette 7:00 p.m. Houston vs. Lamar 5:00 p.m. Nebraska Tournament (Omaha, Neb.) SMU at Texas State 7:30 p.m. USF vs. Creighton 12:00 p.m. Belmont Tournament (Nashville, Tenn.) UConn Classic (Storrs, Conn.) Memphis at Belmont 7:30 p.m. Albany at UConn 12:30 p.m. 31 Delta Zeta Classic (San Marcos, Texas) pittsburgh at UConn 7:30 p.m. SMU vs. Lamar 11:00 a.m. Ohio Tournament (Athens, Ohio) Houston at Texas State 7:30 p.m. Cincinnati vs. North Carolina 1:00 p.m. IPFW Invitational (Fort Wayne, Ind.) Memphis Invitational (Memphis, Tenn.) UConn vs. Duquesne 11:00 a.m. Southeastern Louisiana at Memphis 1:00 p.m. Belmont Tournament (Nashville, Tenn.) Patriot Invitational (Fairfax, Va.) Memphis vs. Miami (Ohio) 11:00 a.m. Temple vs. Coppin State 3:00 p.m. Memphis vs. Gardner Webb 4:30 p.m. Temple at George Mason 7:00 p.m. Indiana Invitational (Bloomington, Ind.) Fargo Doublewood Inn Classic (Fargo, N.D.) Rutgers at Indiana 11:30 a.m. Louisville vs. Wisconsin 4:30 p.m. Rutgers vs. Robert Morris 2:30 p.m. Nebraska Tournament (Omaha, Neb.) Bearcats Invitational (Cincinnati, Ohio) USF vs. Northern Colorado 5:30 p.m. Morehead State at Cincinnati 2:00 p.m. Holiday Inn Select/UCF Classic (Orlando, Fla.) USF Tournament (Tampa, Fla.) Stephen F. Austin at UCF 6:00 p.m. Austin peay at USF 2:00 p.m. 10 Cincinnati at Western Kentucky 7:00 p.m. Ball State at USF 7:00 p.m. Bluegrass Battle (Lexington, Ky.) Holiday Inn Select / UCF Invitational (Orlando, Fla.) Louisville at Kentucky 7:00 p.m. Alabama State at UCF 3:30 p.m. USF at Florida Gulf Coast 7:00 p.m. Arkansas-pine Bluff at UCF 7:30 p.m. 11 Seton Hall at Rutgers 7:00 p.m. Buffalo Invite (Buffalo, N.Y.) Temple at NJIT 7:00 p.m. Temple vs. Niagara 3:00 p.m. 13 Aztec Invitational (San Diego, Calif.) IPFW Invitational (Fort Wayne, Ind.) SMU vs. Harvard 1:00 p.m. UConn at IpFW 7:00 p.m. SMU vs. San Francisco 1:30 p.m. Penn State Invitational (University Park, Pa.) Cincinnati Volleyball Tournament (Cincinnati, Ohio) Louisville at penn State 7:30 p.m. Navy at Cincinnati 11:30 a.m. SEPTEMBER Cleveland State at Cincinnati 7:00 p.m. 3 SMU at Baylor 7:00 p.m. Georgia State Tournament (Atlanta, Ga.) Hartford at UConn 7:00 p.m. UCF vs. Clemson 12:00 p.m. Houston at Texas Southern 8:00 p.m. UCF at Georgia State 7 p.m. 6 SMU Invite (Dallas, Texas) TCU Nike Invitational (Fort Worth, Texas) Grambling State at SMU 1:30 p.m. Houston vs. Grambling State 3 p.m. Davidson at SMU 8:00 p.m. Houston at TCU 8:30 p.m. Ohio Tournament (Athens, Ohio) Georgia Tech Courtyard Classic (Atlanta, Ga.) Cincinnati at Ohio 12:00 p.m. UConn vs. Troy 4:30 p.m. Cincinnati vs. Dayton 5:00 p.m. Bluegrass Battle (Lexington, Ky.) Holiday Inn Select / UCF Classic (Orlando, Fla.) Louisville vs. Minnesota 5:00 p.m. Elon at UCF 1:00 p.m. Evansville Tournament (Evansville, Ind.) George Washington at UCF 8:00 p.m. Memphis vs. Valparaiso 6:00 p.m. Memphis Invitational (Memphis, Tenn.) USF Invitational (Tampa, Fla.) Alabama A&M at Memphis 2:00 p.m. pittsburgh at USF 7:00 p.m. Western Carolina at Memphis 8:00 p.m. Delaware Tournament (Newark, Del.) Nebraska Tournament (Omaha, Neb.) Rutgers at Delaware 7:00 p.m. USF vs. California 3:30 p.m.

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14 Northern Kentucky at Cincinnati 2:00 p.m. Flo Hyman Collegiate Cup (Houston, Texas) Delaware Tournament (Newark, Del.) LSU at Houston 12:00 p.m. Rutgers vs. Furman 11:00 a.m. Baylor at Houston 8:00 p.m. TCU Nike Invitational (Fort Worth, Texas) CofC Classic (Charleston, S.C.) Houston vs. Mississippi 11:00 a.m. SMU vs. Ball State 12:00 p.m. Houston vs. Stephen F. Austin 6:00 p.m. SMU vs. Alabama A&M 5:00 p.m. Georgia Tech Courtyard Classic (Atlanta, Ga.) Temple Invitational (Philadelphia, Pa.) UConn vs. St. John’s 12:00 p.m. Brown at Temple 1:00 p.m. UConn at Georgia Tech 7:00 p.m. Hofstra at Temple 7:00 p.m. Georgia State Tournament (Atlanta, Ga.) Memphis Invitational (Memphis, Tenn.) UCF vs. Buffalo 12:00 p.m. Austin peay at Memphis 1:00 p.m. Evansville Tournament (Evansville, Ind.) 27 TEMpLE at CINCINNATI 7:00 p.m. Memphis at Evansville 1:30 p.m. SMU at UCONN 7:00 p.m. Memphis vs. SIU-Edwardsville 4:30 p.m. MEMpHIS at LOUISVILLE 7:00 p.m. USF Tournament (Tampa, Fla.) HOUSTON at RUTGERS 7:00 p.m. Florida Atlantic at USF 2:00 p.m. USF at UCF 7:00 p.m. purdue at USF 7:00 p.m. 29 MEMpHIS at CINCINNATI 1:00 p.m. Aztec Invitational (San Diego, Calif.) TEMpLE at LOUISVILLE 2:00 p.m. SMU vs. Harvard 1:00 p.m. HOUSTON at UCONN 2:00 p.m. SMU vs. Northeastern 8:30 p.m. SMU at RUTGERS 1:00 p.m. Bluegrass Battle (Lexington, Ky.) OCTOBER Louisville vs. pepperdine 5:00 p.m. 4 RUTGERS at USF 7:00 p.m. Delaware Tournament (Newark, Del.) UCONN at UCF 7:00 p.m. Rutgers vs. Sacred Heart 4:30 p.m. MEMpHIS at TEMpLE 7:00 p.m. Georgia State Tournament (Atlanta, Ga.) LOUISVILLE at SMU 8:00 p.m. UCF vs. Davidson 5:30 p.m. CINCINNATI at HOUSTON 8:00 p.m. Penn Invitational (Philadelphia, Pa.) 6 UCONN at USF 12:00 p.m. Temple vs. Weber State 6:00 p.m. CINCINNATI at SMU 2:00 p.m. 15 Temple vs. LaSalle 10:00 a.m. LOUISVILLE at HOUSTON 2:00 p.m. Temple at penn 2:00 p.m. RUTGERS at UCF 2:00 p.m. 17 Arkansas State at Memphis 7:00 p.m. 8 Sacred Heart at UConn 7:00 p.m. 18 Jacksonville at UCF 7:00 p.m. 11 UCF at CINCINNATI 7:00 p.m. 20 Dartmouth Duel (Hanover, N.H.) USF at LOUISVILLE 7:00 p.m. UConn vs. Rhode Island 10:00 a.m. HOUSTON at TEMpLE 7:00 p.m. UConn at Dartmouth 7:00 p.m. SMU at MEMpHIS 7:00 p.m. Northwestern Tournament (Chicago, Ill.) RUTGERS at UCONN 7:00 p.m. USF vs. Northwestern 12:00 p.m. 13 USF at CINCINNATI 1:00 p.m. USF vs. IUpUI 5:00 p.m. SMU at TEMpLE 1:00 p.m. Pittsburgh Tournament (Pittsburgh, Pa.) HOUSTON at MEMpHIS 2:00 p.m. Rutgers vs. Morehead State 1:00 p.m. UCF at LOUISVILLE 2:00 p.m. Rutgers at pittsburgh 7:00 p.m. 15 Tennessee State at Memphis 7:00 p.m. Memphis Invitational (Memphis, Tenn.) Wichita State at Louisville 7:00 p.m. LaSalle at Memphis 2:00 p.m. Houston at prairie View A&M 8:00 p.m. Arkansas-Little Rock at Memphis 8:00 p.m. 18 LOUISVILLE at CINCINNATI 7:00 p.m. Michigan State Tournament (East Lansing, Mich.) UCONN at TEMpLE 7:00 p.m. Cincinnati vs. Duquesne 4:30 p.m. USF at SMU 8:00 p.m. Active Ankle Challenge (Louisville, Ken.) UCF at HOUSTON 7:00 p.m. Rice at Louisville 12:00 p.m. RUTGERS at MEMpHIS 8:00 p.m. Temple Invitational (Philadelphia, Pa.) 20 UCF at SMU 2:00 p.m. Delaware State at Temple 7:00 p.m. RUTGERS at TEMpLE 1:00 p.m. UCF at Florida Atlantic 7:00 p.m. USF at HOUSTON 2:00 p.m. CofC Classic (Charleston, S.C.) UCONN at MEMpHIS 2:00 p.m. SMU at College of Charleston 7:00 p.m. 22 Louisville at Middle Tennessee 7:00 p.m. Flo Hyman Collegiate Cup (Houston, Texas) 23 Xavier at Cincinnati 7:00 p.m. North Texas at Houston 8:00 p.m. 25 CINCINNATI at UCONN 7:00 p.m. 21 Michigan State Tournament (East Lansing, Mich.) TEMpLE at UCF 7:00 p.m. Cincinnati vs. Eastern Michigan 10:00 a.m. MEMpHIS at USF 7:00 p.m. Cincinnati at Michigan State 7:30 p.m. LOUISVILLE at RUTGERS 7:00 p.m. Pittsburgh Tournament (Pittsburgh, Pa.) HOUSTON at SMU 8:00 p.m. Rutgers vs. Cornell 10:00 a.m. 27 TEMpLE at USF 12:00 p.m. Active Ankle Challenge (Louisville, Ky.) CINCINNATI at RUTGERS 1:00 p.m. Virginia Tech at Louisville 7:30 p.m. LOUISVILLE at UCONN 2:00 p.m. Northwestern Tournament (Chicago, Ill.) MEMpHIS at UCF 2:00 p.m. USF vs. Miami (Ohio) 8:00 p.m. Dartmouth Duel (Hanover, N.H.) UConn vs. Minnesota 12:00 p.m. UConn vs. New Hampshire 5:00 p.m.

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NOVEMBER 1 UCF at USF 7:00 p.m. LOUISVILLE at TEMpLE 7:00 p.m. RUTGERS at SMU 7:00 p.m. CINCINNATI at MEMpHIS 8:00 p.m. UCONN at HOUSTON 8:00 p.m. 3 CINCINNATI at TEMpLE 1:00 p.m. RUTGERS at HOUSTON 2:00 p.m. UCONN at SMU 2:00 p.m. LOUISVILLE at MEMpHIS 2:00 p.m. 8 SMU at CINCINNATI 7:00 p.m. USF at UCONN 7:00 p.m. UCF at RUTGERS 7:00 p.m. HOUSTON at LOUISVILLE 7:00 p.m. TEMpLE at MEMpHIS 8:00 p.m. 10 HOUSTON at CINCINNATI 1:00 p.m. SMU at LOUISVILLE 1:00 p.m. UCF at UCONN 2:00 p.m. USF at RUTGERS 2:00 p.m. 15 CINCINNATI at USF 7:00 p.m. LOUISVILLE at UCF 7:00 p.m. UCONN at RUTGERS 7:00 p.m. TEMpLE at SMU 8:00 p.m. MEMpHIS at HOUSTON 8:00 p.m. 17 LOUISVILLE at USF 12:00 p.m. TEMpLE at HOUSTON 2:00 p.m. MEMpHIS at SMU 2:00 p.m. CINCINNATI at UCF 2:00 p.m. 22 CINCINNATI at LOUISVILLE 7:00 p.m. MEMpHIS at UCONN 7:00 p.m. HOUSTON at USF 7:00 p.m. TEMpLE at RUTGERS 7:00 p.m. SMU at UCF 7:00 p.m. 24 SMU at USF 1:00 p.m. TEMpLE at UCONN 2:00 p.m. HOUSTON at UCF 2:00 p.m. MEMpHIS at RUTGERS 2:00 p.m. 27 RUTGERS at CINCINNATI 7:00 p.m. USF at TEMpLE 7:00 p.m. UCONN at LOUISVILLE 7:00 p.m. UCF at MEMpHIS 8:00 p.m. SMU at HOUSTON 8:00 p.m. 29 UCONN at CINCINNATI 1:00 p.m. RUTGERS at LOUISVILLE 7:00 p.m. UCF at TEMpLE 7:00 p.m. USF at MEMpHIS 8:00 p.m

DECEMBER 5-7 NCAA Championship First and Second Rounds 13-14 NCAA Championship Regionals 19 NCAA Championship Semifinals 21 NCAA Championship Finals

Conference games in CApS All times are Eastern and subject to change

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2013 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 2013 NCAA Championship marks the 33rd anniversary of the tournament. First and second round games are held on the campuses of participating institutions. Regionals will be hosted at Southern California, Kentucky, Illinois, and Nebraska, and are held in single elimination format.

The national semifinals and championship games will be hosted by the University of Washington and the Seattle Sports Commission. The games will be held at Key Arena in Seattle, Wash., on Dec. 19-21.

American Athletic Conference Schools’ NCAA Championship Appearances

School ...... NCAA Appearances UCF ...... 7 Cincinnati ...... 10 UConn ...... 0 Houston ...... 11 Louisville ...... 23 Memphis ...... 1 Rutgers ...... 1 SMU ...... 0 USF ...... 7 Temple ...... 4 Total ...... 64

2013 NCAA Division I Women’s Volleyball Championship Schedule

First and Second Rounds Campus Sites Thurs., Fri., or Sat., Dec. 5-7

Regionals USC, Kentucky, Illinois, Nebraska Fri., or Sat., Dec. 12-13

Semifinals Key Arena Seattle, Wash. Thurs., Dec. 19

Championship Key Arena Seattle, Wash. Sat., Dec. 21

12 2013 American Athletic Conference UCF

heAd cOAch 2013 S chedule tOdd dAGeNAIS AUGUST (Central Michigan ‘95) Holiday Inn Select/UCF Invitational (Orlando, Fla.) 30 Valparaiso 12:00 p.m. Career Record/Years 30 North Florida 7:30 p.m. 81-77/Five Years 31 Alabama State 3:30 p.m. 31 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 7:30 p.m. Record at UCF/Years SEPTEMBER 81-77/Five Years Holiday Inn Select/UCF Classic (Orlando, Fla.) 6 Elon 1:00 p.m. u I ck A ctS 6 George Washington 8:00 p.m. Q F 7 Stephen F. Austin 7:00 p.m. Location: Orlando, Fla. Georgia State Invitational (Atlanta, Ga.) Founded: 1963 13 vs. Clemson 12:00 p.m. Enrollment: 60,751 13 at Georgia State 7:00 p.m. Nickname: Knights 14 vs. Buffalo 12:00 p.m. Colors: Black & Gold 14 vs. Davidson 5:30 p.m. President: Dr. John C. Hitt Director of Athletics: Todd Stansbury 18 Jacksonville 7:00 p.m. 20 at Florida Atlantic 7:00 p.m. Volleyball Office Phone: (407) 823-6229 27 USF 8:00 p.m. Assistant Coaches: Michelle Chatman, Nicki Holmes OCTOBER 2012 Overall Record: 18-15 4 CONNECTICUT 7:00 p.m. 2012 Conference USA Record/Finish: 11-5/T-3rd 6 RUTGERS 2:00 p.m. Starters Returning/Lost: 4/2+Libero 10 at CINCINNATI 7:00 p.m. Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 9/6 13 at LOUISVILLE 2:00 p.m. Newcomers: Six 18 at HOUSTON 8:00 p.m. Volleyball Contact: Andrew Jennette 20 at SMU 2:00 p.m. Phone: (407) 823-0994 25 TEMPLE 7:00 p.m. E-mail: [email protected] 27 MEMPHIS 2:00 p.m. NOVEMBER Fax: (407) 823-5293 1 at USF 7:00 p.m. Web site: www.ucfathletics.com 8 at RUTGERS 7:00 p.m. Twitter: @UCF_Volleyball 10 at CONNECTICUT 2:00 p.m. 15 LOUISVILLE 7:00 p.m. 17 CINCINNATI 2:00 p.m. 22 SMU 7:00 p.m. R-SeNIOR 24 HOUSTON 2:00 p.m. ANGelIcA 27 at MEMPHIS 8:00 p.m. cRuMP 29 at TEMPLE 7:00 p.m.

All times (Eastern) are subject to change; American Athletic Conference matches in CAPS R-JuNIOR MARIe ReIteROVA

2013 R osteR No. Name Pos. Cl. Ht. Hometown/Previous School 18 Loren Cory OPP R-Jr. 6-5 Queensland, Australia/Camosun College 14 Angelica Crump OH R-Sr. 6-3 Atlanta, Ga./Chamblee 8 Dana Faught S So. 5-8 Round Rock, Texas/Stony Point 11 Shelby Foyer L Fr. 5-6 Carmel, Ind./Carmel 10 Taylor Gallart OH Fr. 6-1 Germantown, Md./Academy of the Holy Cross 3 Ashley Gialenios OH Jr. 6-1 Johns Creek, Ga./Northview 7 Kaye-Alese Green MB R-Jr. 6-1 Jacksonville, Fla./Episcopal 9 Jade Hayes L Jr. 6-0 Ozark, Mo./Missouri 4 Dani Jenkins L So. 5-8 Valrico, Fla./Bloomingdale 5 Natalie Melcher OH Fr. 6-1 Rishon LeZion, Israel/Hof HaSharon 15 Roxy Mendez L Sr. 5-7 Caguas, Puerto Rico/Timber Creek 6 Sarah Nemes S Fr. 5-8 Orlando, Fla./Lake Nona 13 Marie Reiterova S R-Jr. 5-9 Luxembourg, Luxembourg/Lycee Aline Mayrisch 17 DeLaina Sarden MB Jr. 6-1 Lawrenceville, Ga./Peachtree Ridge 12 Taylor Wickey MB/OPP Fr. 6-4 Omaha, Neb./Omaha Concordia www.theamerican.org 13 KNIGHTS

KNIGHts NoteBooK • Junior DeLaina Sarden is coming off a tremendous two-way season that saw her record 269 kills and 127 combined blocks. That effort allowed her to be an AVCA All-America Honorable mention and Conference USA First Team player. Sarden was the only Knight to start every match and play in every set in 2012.

• Senior Angelica Crump has 1,094 career kills which ranks her seventh all-time in school history and third all-time in the rally- scoring era. Crump needs 403 kills to become the school’s all-time leader in kills for the rally-scoring era.

• The Knights are looking to reach the NCAA tournament for the first time since the 2003 season. Under head coach Todd Dagenais, the Knights have improved tremendously. In the two years before Dagenais took over, UCF went a combined 1-31 in conference play. The Knights have recorded three-consecutive winning seasons.

JuNIOR delAINA SARdeN the VeNue At ucF cAPAcIty- 2,000

2012 S tatiS tical l eaderS Player SP Kills K/S Err TA Pct. Ast A/S SA SE SA/S RE Digs D/S BS BA BT B/S BE BHE Points CRUMP, Angelica 117 366 3.13 191 1084 .161 2 0.02 1 0 0.01 2 45 0.38 26 29 55 0.47 15 0 407.5 VILDE, Evija 116 320 2.76 125 1003 .194 5 0.04 22 22 0.19 7 80 0.69 4 44 48 0.41 6 1 368.0 SARDEN, DeLaina 116 269 2.32 67 574 .352 8 0.07 16 26 0.14 2 86 0.74 21 106 127 1.09 26 6 359.0 GIALENIOS, Ashley 103 258 2.50 125 770 .173 9 0.09 5 13 0.05 22 126 1.22 20 26 46 0.45 6 1 296.0 MCCUTCHEON, Tory 98 136 1.39 43 301 .309 2 0.02 0 5 0.00 1 24 0.24 12 53 65 0.66 8 0 174.5 KELLER, Kayla 87 64 0.74 54 283 .035 7 0.08 5 20 0.06 17 183 2.10 0 6 6 0.07 1 0 72.0 CORY, Loren 56 52 0.93 25 161 .168 1 0.02 0 0 0.00 2 12 0.21 1 16 17 0.30 4 0 51.0 GREEN, Kaye-Alese 39 43 1.10 15 93 .301 0 0.00 0 1 0.00 0 3 0.08 3 15 18 0.46 4 0 53.5 REITEROVA, Marie 114 34 0.30 12 81 .272 1035 9.08 14 22 0.12 0 298 2.61 1 49 50 0.44 5 21 73.5 FAUGHT, Dana 61 4 0.07 1 8 .375 270 4.43 5 15 0.08 1 90 1.48 0 5 5 0.08 2 6 11.5 HARRISON, Dani 117 1 0.01 0 2 .500 10 0.09 30 34 0.26 17 265 2.26 0 0 0 0.00 0 1 31.0 MURPHY, Meredith 117 0 0.00 0 3 .000 94 0.80 25 16 0.21 13 504 4.31 0 0 0 0.00 0 1 25.0 MENDEZ, Roxy 83 0 0.00 0 8 .000 13 0.16 4 4 0.05 12 140 1.69 0 1 1 0.01 0 0 4.5 THOMPSON, Kaci 18 0 0.00 0 0 .000 1 0.06 0 2 0.00 1 12 0.67 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.0 JENKINS, Dani 4 0 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.0

UCF 118 1547 13.11 659 4372 .230 1457 12.35 127 180 1.08 107 1868 15.83 88 350 263.0 2.23 77 37 1937.0 Opponents 118 1486 12.59 671 4289 .190 1383 11.72 106 230 0.90 127 1837 15.57 45 465 277.5 2.35 75 37 1869.5 Bold indicates returning players

14 2013 American Athletic Conference cincinnati

heAd cOAch 2013 S chedule MOlly AlVey AUGUST (Centre College ‘01) Bearcats Invitational (Cincinnati, Ohio) 30 vs. Butler 12:30 p.m. Career Record/Years 30 vs. Tennessee 7:00 p.m. 12-20/One Year 31 vs. Morehead State 4:30 p.m. SEPTEMBER Record at Cincinnati/Years Ohio Tournament (Athens, Ohio) 12-20/One Year 6 at Ohio 12:00 p.m. 6 vs. Dayton 5:00 p.m. Q u I ck F A ctS 7 vs. North Carolina 12:30 p.m. Location: Cincinnati, Ohio 10 at Western Kentucky 7:00 p.m. Founded: 1819 UC Invitational (Cincinnati, Ohio) Enrollment: 42,421 13 vs. Navy 11:30 a.m. Nickname: Bearcats 13 vs. Cleveland State 7:00 p.m. Colors: Red & Black 14 vs. Northern Kentucky 2:00 p.m. President: Dr. Santa Jeremy Ono Michigan State Tournament (East Lansing, Mich.) Director of Athletics: Whit Babcock 20 vs. Duquesne 4:30 p.m. Volleyball Office Phone: (513) 556-5191 21 vs. Eastern Michigan 10:00 a.m. Assistant Coaches: Nicole Miller, Steve Vencl 21 at Michigan State 7:30 p.m. 2012 Overall Record: 12-20 27 TEMPLE 7:00 p.m. 2012 BIG EAST Record/Finish: 9-6/5th 29 MEMPHIS 1:00 p.m. OCTOBER Starters Returning/Lost: 1+Libero/5 4 at HOUSTON 8:00 p.m. Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 6/6 6 at SMU 2:00 p.m. Newcomers: 6 10 UCF 7:00 p.m. Volleyball Contact: Alex Lange 13 USF 1:00 p.m. Phone: 513-556-5145 18 LOUISVILLE 7:00 p.m. E-mail: [email protected] 22 vs. Xavier 7:00 p.m. Fax: (513) 556-0619 25 at CONNECTICUT 7:00 p.m. Web site: www.GoBEARCATS.com 27 at RUTGERS 1:00 p.m. Twitter: @CincinnatiVBall NOVEMBER 1 at MEMPHIS 7:00 p.m. 3 at TEMPLE 1:00 p.m. 8 SMU 4:00 p.m. JuNIOR 10 HOUSTON 1:00 p.m. MAdI 15 at USF 7:00 p.m. lANG 17 at UCF 2:00 p.m. 22 at LOUISVILLE 7:00 p.m. 27 RUTGERS 7:00 p.m. JuNIOR 29 CONNECTICUT 1:00 p.m. Me’AShAh All times (Eastern) are subject to change; American Athletic Conference matches in CAPS NIchOlSON

2013 R osteR

No. Name Pos. Cl. Ht. Hometown/Previous School 4 Morgan Allred OH/DS So. 5-8 Carrolton, Texas/Hebron 7 Breanna Barksdale MB Fr. 6-1 Chula Vista, Calif./Eastlake 11 Mallory Blauser OH Fr. 6-1 Round Rock, Texas/Round Rock Christian 3 Kristin Conor S Fr. 5-8 Lone Tree, Colo./Highlands Ranch 5 Shelby Green DS Fr. 5-7 Dripping Springs, Texas/Dripping Springs 16 Ciara Hill OH Fr. 5-10 Bolingbrook, Ill./Bolingbrook 17 Alison Kimmel MB So. 6-2 Naperville, Ill./Plainfield North 12 Madi Lang S Jr. 6-2 Commerce Township, Mich./Barrington/Florida Atlantic 15 Emmi MacIntyre DS Sr. 5-5 Muncie, Ind./Yorktown 2 Jamie Netisingha DS Jr. 5-4 Westmont, Ill./Hinsdale Central 9 Me’Ashah Nicholson MB/OH Jr. 6-1 Shiloh, Ill./Belleville Althoff 1 Caitlin Ogletree S Jr. 5-8 Montgomery, Texas/Montgomery/Houston 13 Amber Rizzio MB Fr. 6-0 Loves Park, Ill./Harlem 14 Amelia Wegman OH So. 6-0 Aurora, Ill./Rosary

www.theamerican.org 15 bearcats

BeARCAts NoteBooK • Head Coach Molley Alvey is entering her second year at Cincinnati. The team finished her debut season in 2012 with a record of 12-20, 9-6 BIG EAST.

• The Bearcats will be a very young team after losing five starters and one key reserve to graduation in 2012. The team will consist of one senior, four juniors, two sophomores and six freshmen.

• Senior libero Emmi MacIntyre is positioned to break several records in 2013. She currently ranks third in the UC record book with 1,607 career digs and second with 4.24 career digs per set. MacIntyre finished 2012 ranked second on the all-time list with 614 digs in a season and second with 5.12 digs per set in a season.

• The Bearcats qualified for the BIG EAST Championship in every year since becoming a member of the league in 2005. They advanced to the semifinals of the tournament in 2012 for the fourth consecutive season. SeNIOR eMMI MAcINtyRe

FIFth thIRd AReNA cAPAcIty - 13,176

2012 S tatiS tical l eaderS Player SP Kills K/S Err TA Pct. Ast A/S SA SE SA/S RE Digs D/S BS BA BT B/S BE BHE Points SCOTT, Jordanne 116 512 4.41 227 138 .206 10 0.09 10 51 0.09 16 228 1.97 14 51 65 0.56 13 0 561.5 HAYDEN, Emily 120 280 2.33 90 611 .311 7 0.06 3 20 0.03 1 27 0.22 8 62 70 0.58 8 0 322.0 REFENES, Becca 118 265 2.25 87 799 .223 26 0.22 26 34 0.22 20 165 1.40 17 60 77 0.65 10 3 338.0 TURNER, Megan 87 201 2.31 92 517 . 211 4 0.05 10 22 0.11 8 46 0.53 4 14 18 0.21 9 1 222.0 NICHOLSON, Me’Asha 120 178 1.48 76 455 .224 3 0.03 14 23 0.12 0 49 0.41 8 82 90 0.75 11 0 241.0 WEGMAN, Amelia 56 83 1.48 50 254 .130 3 0.05 3 3 0.03 13 33 0.59 2 8 10 0.18 3 1 92.0 ROHLFS, Rachel 109 26 0.24 12 79 .177 110 10.1 14 27 0.13 1 151 1.39 3 17 20 0.18 6 14 51.5 LANG, Madison 46 11 0.24 8 37 .081 222 4.83 2 6 0.04 0 34 0.74 1 12 13 0.28 5 11 20.0 ALLRED, MORGAN 47 4 0.09 2 15 .133 1 0.02 6 17 0.13 3 14 0.30 0 2 2 0.04 0 2 11.0 MACINTYRE, Emily 120 3 0.03 0 11 .273 56 0.47 10 15 0.08 23 614 5.12 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 13.0 CREMA, Mary 100 1 0.01 1 5 .000 12 0.12 15 18 0.15 18 126 1.26 0 0 0 0.00 0 1 16.0 NETISINGHA, Jamie 51 0 0.00 0 0 .000 18 0.17 8 19 0.08 16 171 1.66 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 18.0 TEAM 28

CINCINNATI 120 156 13.0 645 416 .220 147 12.2 122 271 1.02 157 173 14.4 57 308 211 1.76 65 33 1897 Opponents 120 155 12.9 541 408 .247 144 12.0 158 282 1.32 122 167 13.9 72 389 266 2.22 51 23 1974 Bold indicates returning players

16 2013 American Athletic Conference connecticut

heAd cOAch 2013 S chedule hOlly StRAuSS - AUGUST O’BRIeN IPFW Invitational (Fort Wayne, Ind.) (North Carolina ‘03) 30 vs. Southern Illinois 5:00 p.m. 31 vs. Duquesne 11:00 a.m. Career Record/Years 31 at IPFW 7:00 p.m. 126-109/Eight Years SEPTEMBER 3 vs. Hartford 7:00 p.m. Record at Connecticut/Years UConn Classic (Storrs, Conn.) 126-109/Eight Years 6 vs. Northeastern 7:30 p.m. Q u I ck F A ctS 7 vs. Albany 12:30 p.m. Location: Storrs, Conn. vs. Pittsburgh 7:30 p.m. Courtyard Classic (Atlantic, Ga.) Founded: 1881 13 vs. Troy 4:30 p.m. Enrollment: 30,525 14 vs. St. John’s 12:00 p.m. Nickname: Huskies, UConn 14 at Georgia Tech 7:00 p.m. Colors: National Flag Blue (Navy) & White Dartmouth Duel (Hanover, N.H.) President: Susan Herbst 20 vs. Rhode Island 10:00 a.m. Director of Athletics: Warde Manuel 20 at Dartmouth 7:30 p.m. Volleyball Office Phone: (860) 486-2612 21 vs. Minnesota 12:30 p.m. Assistant Coaches: Kristin Kenney, Steve Yates 21 vs. New Hampshire 5:00 p.m. 2012 Overall Record: 19-12 27 vs. SMU 7:00 p.m. 2012 BIG EAST Record/Finish: 10-5/4th 29 vs. HOUSTON 2:00 p.m. OCTOBER Starters Returning/Lost: 6/1 4 vs. UCF 7:00 p.m. Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 10/3 6 vs. USF 2:00 p.m. Newcomers: 5 8 vs. Sacred Heart 7:00 p.m. Volleyball Contact: Bobby Mullen 11 vs. RUTGERS 7:00 p.m. Phone: (860) 486-3531 18 at TEMPLE 7:00 p.m. E-mail: [email protected] 20 at MEMPHIS 1:00 p.m. Fax: (860) 486-5085 25 vs. CINCINNATI 7:00 p.m. Web site: www.UConnHuskies.com 27 vs. LOUISVILLE 2:00 p.m. Twitter: @UConnVB NOVEMBER 1 at HOUSTON 7:00 p.m. 3 at SMU 2:00 p.m. 8 vs. USF 7:00 p.m. SOPhOMORe 10 vs. UCF 2:00 p.m. IMMANuellA 15 at RUTGERS 7:00 p.m. ANAGu 22 vs. MEMPHIS 7:00 p.m. 24 vs. TEMPLE 2:00 p.m. 27 at LOUISVILLE 7:00 p.m. 29 at CINCINNATI 1:00 p.m.

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2013 R osteR No. Name Pos. Cl. Ht. Hometown/Previous School 8 Immanuella Anagu MB So. 6-1 Culver City, Calif./Notre Dame Academy 10 Amy Christensen DS Jr. 5-7 Ashburn, Va./Stone Bridge 14 Hayley Cmajdalka MB Fr. 6-2 College Station, Texas/A&M Consolidated 2 Courtney Crosby L Fr. 5-8 Los Alamitos, Calif./Los Alamitos 15 Brianna Datti DS Jr. 5-3 Durham, N.H./Oyster River 4 Sage Esposito DS/S Jr. 5-4 Milford, Conn./Joseph A. Foran 9 Camille Evans OH Fr. 6-0 Chicago, Ill./St. Ignatius 7 Madeline Kuppe OH So. 6-2 Palo Alto, Calif./Palo Alto 19 Sophia Mar S Fr. 5-7 Oakland, Calif/Bishop O’Dowd 5 Devon Maugle OH Jr. 6-1 Plymouth Meetings, Pa./Plymouth Whitemarsh 6 Marissa Prinzbach S So. 5-11 Cincinnati, Ohio/Mother of Mercy 1 Karson Ratliff OH Jr. 6-0 Wake Forest, N.C./Wake Forest-Rolesville 3 Jade Strawberry OH Fr. 5-11 Tallahassee, Fla./Maclay School 11 Erika Thomas MB So. 6-3 Ocoee, Fla/The First Academy 12 Jackie Wattles MB Sr. 6-2 Liberty Hill, Texas/Liberty Hill

www.theamerican.org 17 huskies

H usKIes N oteB ooK • The Huskies return 10 letterwinners from last year’s 19-12 team, but middle blocker Jackie Wattles represents the lone senior on the squad. UConn’s 2013 roster features six players that recorded at least 100 kills in 2012, and each of them recorded at least one double-digit kill contest during the season.

• Junior Devon Maugle is the top returning attacker after posting 302 kills last year, good for 3.05 per set. Sophomore Immanuella Anagu was UConn’s most efficient offensive weapon a year ago, leading the way with her .286 hitting percentage spread out over 142 kills (1.61 k/s).

• Sophomore Marissa Prinzbach finished last season with 874 assists, and her 9.93 assists per set put her 12th among all freshmen in the country. Junior Brianna Datti is UConn’s returning leader in digs after tallying 247 in 2012.

JuNIOR deVON MAuGle

GAMPel PAVIlION cAPAcIty - 10,167

2012 S tatiS tical l eaderS Player SP Kills K/S Err TA Pct. Ast A/S SA SE SA/S RE Digs D/S BS BA BT B/S BE BHE Points QUAYLE, Mattison 114 372 3.26 157 118 .182 9 0.08 17 20 0.15 30 269 2.36 7 69 76 0.67 6 0 430.5 MAUGLE, Devon 99 302 3.05 137 959 .172 23 0.23 21 28 0.21 31 225 2.27 6 30 36 0.36 11 1 344.0 THOMAS, Erika 96 154 1.60 59 407 .233 2 0.02 0 1 0.00 0 14 0.15 18 86 104 1.08 3 0 215.0 RATLIFF, Karson 74 145 1.96 52 448 .208 3 0.04 0 0 0.00 0 27 0.36 4 29 33 0.45 1 2 163.5 ANAGU, Immanuell 88 142 1.61 55 304 .286 4 0.05 2 5 0.02 1 22 0.25 20 64 84 0.95 16 2 196.0 KUPPE, Madeline 76 131 .172 75 482 .116 1 0.01 0 0 0.00 5 41 0.54 3 19 22 0.29 2 0 143.5 WATTLES, Jackie 73 102 1.40 48 276 .196 2 0.03 9 15 0.12 2 19 0.26 4 44 48 0.66 0 0 137.0 PRINZBACH, Marissa 88 43 0.49 9 139 .245 874 9.93 18 18 0.20 1 206 2.34 3 36 39 0.44 3 8 82.0 ROIDT, Angela 38 16 0.42 4 43 .279 281 7.39 3 10 0.08 0 52 1.37 0 12 12 0.32 0 3 25.0 DATTI, Brianna 114 2 0.02 1 10 .100 20 0.18 21 21 0.18 29 247 2.17 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 23.0 MAVING, Kelsey 114 0 0.00 1 4 -.25 90 0.79 19 42 0.17 28 602 5.28 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 19.0 ROBINSON, Katie 3 0 0.00 0 0 .000 3 1.00 0 0 0.00 0 1 0.33 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.0 CHRISTENSEN, Amy 90 0 0.00 0 1 .000 2 0.02 15 14 0.17 0 43 0.48 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 15.0 ESPOSITO, Sage 67 0 0.00 1 2 -.50 7 0.10 12 19 0.18 7 70 1.04 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 12.0 TEAM 7

CONNECTICUT 114 140 12.3 599 425 .190 132 11.5 137 193 1.20 141 183 16.1 65 389 259 2.28 42 16 1805 Opponents 114 148 13.0 622 420 .204 142 12.4 142 233 1.25 136 195 17.1 52 415 259 2.28 27 42 1883 Bold indicates returning players

18 2013 American Athletic Conference HOUSTON

heAd cOAch 2013 S chedule kAdIe PlAtt AUGUST (Houston Baptist ‘94) Delta Zeta Classic (San Marcos, Texas) 30 vs. Quinnipiac 10:30 a.m. Career Record/Years 30 vs. Lamar 5:00 p.m. 508-176/18 Years 31 at Texas State 7:30 p.m. SEPTEMBER Record at Houston/Years 3 at Texas Southern 8:00 p.m. 9-19/One Year Sawyer Camillo Memorial Classic (Lafayette, La.) 6 vs. Alcorn State 5:00 p.m. u I ck A ctS 7 vs. Nicholls State 11:00 a.m. Q F 7 at Louisiana-Lafayette 7:00 p.m. Location: Houston, Texas TCU Nike Invitational (Fort Worth, Texas) Founded: 1927 13 vs. Grambling State 3:00 p.m. Enrollment: 40,750 13 at TCU 8:30 p.m. Nickname: Cougars 14 vs. Ole Miss 1:00 p.m. Colors: Scarlet and White 14 vs. Stephen F. Austin 6:00 p.m. President: Dr. Renu Khator Flo Hyman Collegiate Cup (Houston, Texas) Director of Athletics: Mack Rhoades 20 vs. North Texas 8:00 p.m. Violleyball Office Phone: (713) 743-9460 21 vs. LSU 12:00 p.m. 21 vs. Baylor 8:00 p.m. Assistant Coaches: Jenny Andrew, David Hyte 27 at RUTGERS 7:00 p.m. 2012 Overall Record: 9-19 28 at UCONN 2:00 p.m. 2012 Conference USA Record/Finish: 7-9/T-7th OCTOBER Starters Returning/Lost: 3/4 4 vs. CINCINNATI 8:00 p.m. Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 8/7 6 vs. LOUISVILLE 2:00 p.m. Newcomers: Eight 11 at TEMPLE 7:00 p.m. Volleyball Contact: Jessika Bailey 13 at MEMPHIS 2:00 p.m. Phone: 713-743-9404 15 at Prairie View A&M 8:00 p.m. E-mail: [email protected] 18 vs. UCF 8:00 p.m. Fax: (713) 325-7623 20 vs. USF 2:00 p.m. Web site: www.uhcougars.com 25 at SMU 8:00 p.m. NOVEMBER Twitter: @UHCougarVB 1 vs. UCONN 8:00 p.m. 3 vs. RUTGERS 2:00 p.m. 8 at Louisville 7:00 p.m. 10 at Cincinnati 2:00 p.m. JuNIOR 15 vs. MEMPHIS 8:00 p.m. NAtAlIe 17 vs. TEMPLE 2:00 p.m. keck 22 at USF 7:00 p.m. 24 at UCF 2:00 p.m. 27 vs. SMU 8:00 p.m.

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2013 R osteR No. Name Pos. Cl. Ht. Hometown/Previous School 6 Maddy Clarke OH So. 6-0 The Gap, Queensland, Australia/Univ. of Queensland 7 Stephanie Daxboeck OH So. 6-0 Innsbruck, Tyrol, Austria/Univ. of Innsbruck 11 Avalon Frantz S Fr. 5-8 Boulder City, Nev./Boulder City 2 Marisa Guzman DS/L Fr. 5-7 Cypress, Texas/Cy-Woods 15 Emily Howard MB So. 6-1 Georgetown, Texas/Georgetown 12 Natalie Keck DS Jr. 5-5 Louisville, Ky./Mercy Academy 19 Kadi Kullerkann RS/OH RSo. 6-4 Tallinn, Estonia/Audentes 8 Sarita Mikals OH/RS Fr. 6-1 Colleyville, Texas/Colleyville Heritage 9 Olivia O’Dell L/DS So. 5-5 Rowlett, Texas/Rowlett 3 Sophie Paine S So. 5-10 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia/Eltham 18 Destiny Patterson OH So. 5-6 Houston, Texas/North Shore 10 Courtney Smith MB So. 5-11 Houston, Texas/Cypress Falls 16 Meredith Ware DS Sr. 5-11 Los Angeles, Calif./Campbell 13 Cortney Warren RS RJr. 6-0 Houston, Texas/University of Alabama 5 Kaiti Waters MB Jr. 6-0 Richmond, Texas/Houston Baptist University 14 Taylor Whileyman RS Jr. 6-0 Richmond, Texas/Central Arkansas 4 Hunter Wise MB Fr. 6-3 Fairmount, Ind./Madison-Grant www.theamerican.org 19 COUGARS

CouGARs NoteBooK • Head Coach Kaddie Platt will begin her second year at the helm of the Houston program and will welcome eight newcomers and eight returning letterwinners, as well as three starters from the 2012 squad. Meredith Ware is the only returning senior.

• Top returners for the Cougars include: sophomore MB Emily Howard, junior Natalie Keck (DS), sophomore Olivia O’Dell (DS/L), and redshirt sophomore Kadi Kullerkann (MB).

• Houston will host the Flo Hyman Collegiate Cup Sept. 20-21 with strong regional competition in participants North Texas, Baylor and LSU.

• Coach Platt earned her 500th career coaching win with her first win at the helm of the Houston program after spending the 17 previous seasons as head coach at Houston Baptist. SOPhOMORe eMIly hOWARd

AthletIcS / AluMNI ceNteR cAPAcIty - 1,000

2012 S tatiS tical l eaderS

Player SP Kills K/S Err TA Pct. Ast A/S SA SE SA/S RE Digs D/S BS BA BT B/S BE BHE Points NORRIS, Katie 104 405 3.89 175 1361 .169 18 0.17 15 24 0.14 35 257 2.47 5 60 65 0.62 7 1 455.0 TRYON, Chandace 102 270 2.65 70 641 .312 3 0.03 15 32 0.15 0 77 0.75 20 93 113 1.11 10 1 351.5 NWACHUKWU, Stephanie 100 206 2.06 105 552 .183 5 0.05 2 8 0.02 2 41 0.41 2 58 60 0.60 10 1 239.0 HOWARD, Emily 99 144 1.45 56 365 .241 4 0.04 0 1 0.00 1 19 0.19 11 77 88 0.89 11 0 193.5 VANCE, Shelby 85 90 1.06 89 382 .003 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 3 25 0.29 0 24 24 0.28 6 0 102.0 WATERS, Kaiti 52 51 0.98 28 172 .134 1 0.02 3 5 0.06 3 21 0.40 5 8 13 0.25 3 0 63.0 SIMMONS, ABBY 104 35 0.34 15 116 .172 962 9.25 20 26 0.19 0 222 2.13 0 35 35 0.34 5 25 72.5 WHILEYMAN, Taylor 20 15 0.75 10 56 .089 0 0.00 0 4 0.00 0 7 0.35 0 3 3 0.15 3 0 16.5 SMITH, Courtney 19 11 0.58 3 25 .320 2 0.11 0 1 0.00 0 1 0.05 1 11 12 0.63 2 0 17.5 KYLE, Katey 16 7 0.44 10 30 -.100 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 2 1 0.06 0 2 2 0.12 1 0 8.0 PATTERSON, Destiny 16 1 0.06 2 3 -.333 0 0.00 1 1 0.06 2 16 1.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 2.0 KULLERKANN, Kadi 1 1 1.00 1 2 .000 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 1.0 WARE, Meredith 80 1 0.01 0 9 .111 13 0.16 6 26 0.08 15 176 2.20 0 1 1 0.01 0 0 7.5 KECK, Natalie 98 1 0.01 3 15 -.133 39 0.40 18 21 0.18 27 404 4.12 0 0 0 0.00 0 3 19.0 O’DELL, Olivia 103 1 0.01 2 18 -0.56 29 0.28 16 42 0.16 18 267 2.59 0 0 0 0.00 0 1 17.0 OGLETREE, Caitlin 43 1 0.02 2 4 -.250 85 1.98 3 12 0.07 6 64 1.49 0 0 0 0.00 0 1 4.0

HOUSTON 104 1240 11.92 571 3751 .178 1161 11.16 99 203 0.95 130 1598 15.37 44 372 230.0 2.21 59 33 1569.0 Opponents 104 1397 13.43 576 386 .215 1306 12.56 131 174 1.26 99 1717 16.51 50 250 175.0 1.68 47 19 1703.0 Bold indicates returning players

20 2013 American Athletic Conference louisville

heAd cOAch 2013 S chedule ANNe kORdeS (Louisville ‘98) AUGUST Penn State Invitational (University Park, Pa.) Career Record/Years 30 vs. Syracuse 4:30 p.m. 200-88/Nine Years 31 at Penn State 7:30 p.m. SEPTEMBER Record at Louisville/Years Fargo Doublewood Inn Classic (Fargo, N.D.) 54-13/Two Years 6 at North Dakota State 7:00 p.m. 7 vs. Northern Iowa 11:30 a.m. 7 vs. Wisconsin 5:30 p.m. Q u I ck F A ctS Bluegrass Battle (Lexington, Ky.) Location: Louisville, Ky. 10 at Kentucky 7:00 p.m. Founded: 1798 13 vs. Minnesota 5:00 p.m. Enrollment: 21,016 14 vs. Pepperdine 5:00 p.m. Nickname: Cardinals Active Ankle Challenge (Louisville, Ky.) Colors: Red & Black 20 vs. Rice 12:00 p.m. President: Dr. James Ramsey 21 vs. Virginia Tech 7:30 p.m. 27 vs. MEMPHIS 7:00 p.m. Director of Athletics: Tom Jurich 29 vs. TEMPLE 2:00 p.m. Volleyball Office Phone: (502) 852-7137 OCTOBER Assistant Coaches: Lee Maes, Alex Wilharm 4 at SMU 7:00 p.m. 2012 Overall Record: 30-4 6 at HOUSTON 2:00 p.m. 2012 BIG EAST Record/Finish: 13-1/First 11 vs. USF 7:00 p.m. Starters Returning/Lost: 2/4 13 vs. UCF 2:00 p.m. Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 9/6 15 at Wichita State 2:00 p.m. Newcomers: 4 18 at CINCINNATI 7:00 p.m. Volleyball Contact: Nancy Worley 22 at Middle Tennessee State 7:00 p.m. Phone: (502) 852-0113 25 at RUTGERS 7:00 p.m. 27 at CONNECTICUT 2:00 p.m. E-mail: [email protected] NOVEMBER Fax: (502) 852-7401 1 at TEMPLE 7:00 p.m. Web site: www.UofLSports.com 3 at MEMPHIS 2:00 p.m. Twitter: @UofLVolleyball 8 vs. HOUSTON 7:00 p.m. 10 vs. SMU 2:00 p.m. 15 at UCF 7:00 p.m. 17 at USF 12:00 p.m. SeNIOR 22 vs. CINCINNATI 7:00 p.m. 27 vs. CONNECTICUT 7:00 p.m. hANNAh 29 vs. RUTGERS 7:00 p.m. kVItle All times (Eastern) are subject to change; American Athletic Conference matches in CAPS

SeNIOR cAItlIN Welch

2013 R osteR No. Name Pos. Cl. Ht. Hometown/Previous School 12 Brooke Betts OH/Opp Fr. 6-1 Pickerington, Ohio/Bishop Hartley 11 Sydney Cooper MB Fr. 6-0 Atlanta, Ga./Woodward Academy 33 Randi Ewing MB Sr. 6-0 Englewood, N.J./Dwight Englewood 7 Javoni Faucette OH Fr. 6-1 St. Louis, Mo./Francis Howell 5 Katie George S So. 5-10 Louisville, Ky./Assumption 23 Janelle Jenkins OH/MB RFr. 5-11 Southlake, Texas/Carroll 4 Emily Juhl OH Sr. 5-10 Louisville, Ky./Sacred Heart 3 Hannah Kvitle S Sr. 5-11 Quincy, Ill./Saint Louis 2 Brooke Mattingly MB Sr. 6-3 St. Henry, Ohio/St. Henry 20 Jaden McBride DS So. 5-8 Farmington, Mo./Farmington 13 Maya McClendon OH Fr. 5-9 Louisville, Ky./Manual 10 Haley Pouliezos DS So. 5-7 Imperial, Mo./Windsor 21 Courtney Robison DS Jr. 5-10 Shepherdsville, Ky./Assumption 22 Carly Sahagian OH Sr. 6-1 Bartlett, Ill./Tennessee 1 Caitlin Welch DS Sr. 5-6 Louisville, Ky./Mercy www.theamerican.org 21 cardinals

CARDINALs NoteBooK • The Cardinals are coming off a historic 2012 season in which they won the BIG EAST regular season and tournament crowns, a first in school history. The Cards also posted a school record high RPI of 4 and set new season and single match attendance records. • Louisville returns three members of the USA Volleyball A2 National Team, one of just two schools that sent three players, as Brooke Mattingly and Hannah Kvitle won the gold in Dallas. Caitlin Welch, the 2012 Honorable Mention All-America libero, was on the only team to beat the gold medal team. • The Cardinals’ 2013 schedule boasts some of the toughest teams in the nation with matches against Penn State, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Pepperdine, Northern Iowa, Wichita State, and Bowling Green as nonconference opponents. • The Cardinals are back in the KFC YUM! Center for the fall coming off a 30-4 record in 2012, the fifth 30 + win season in program history. SeNIOR BROOke MAttINGly kFc yuM! ceNteR cAPAcIty - 22,000

2012 S tatiS tical l eaderS

Player SP Kills K/S Err TA Pct. Ast A/S SA SE SA/S RE Digs D/S BS BA BT B/S BE BHE Points ARSLANBEKOVA, Lola 121 596 4.93 221 152 .246 19 0.16 20 47 0.17 15 385 3.18 12 36 48 0.40 6 2 646.0 RUCKER, GWEN 106 282 2.66 57 555 .405 6 0.06 17 41 0.16 0 65 0.61 21 120 141 1.33 16 2 380.0 JAMES, Kaitlynn 115 220 1.91 48 763 .225 6 0.05 16 26 0.14 9 186 1.62 20 27 47 0.41 7 2 269.5 MATTINGLY, Brooke 121 209 1.73 62 439 .335 1 0.01 0 0 0.00 2 25 0.21 9 76 85 0.70 23 1 256.0 JUHL, Emily 114 159 1.39 65 462 .203 9 0.08 2 11 0.02 2 55 0.48 5 62 67 0.59 11 1 197.0 LUKYANEKO, Tanya 112 155 1.38 29 406 .310 6 0.06 0 5 0.00 0 53 0.47 7 87 94 0.84 5 0 205.5 SAHAGIAN, CARLY 47 53 1.13 25 157 .178 1 0.02 1 14 0.02 1 21 0.45 0 17 17 0.36 2 0 62.5 GEORGE, Katie 114 32 0.28 6 66 .394 721 6.32 18 26 0.16 1 217 1.90 0 2 2 0.02 2 9 51.0 KVITTLE, Hannah 121 11 0.09 4 38 .184 691 5.71 32 23 0.26 1 209 1.73 2 9 11 0.09 0 10 49.5 HOLMES, Davionna 15 9 0.60 2 20 .350 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 1 5 6 0.40 0 0 12.5 POULIEZOS, Haley 116 2 0.02 1 5 .200 19 0.16 3 4 0.03 20 175 1.51 0 0 0 0.00 0 1 5.0 WELCH, Caitlin 121 2 0.02 2 14 .000 138 1.14 21 36 0.17 23 628 5.19 0 0 0 0.00 0 1 23.0 MILLER, Allie 14 0 0.00 0 0 .000 2 0.14 1 2 0.07 0 9 0.64 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 1.0 MCBRIDE, Jaden 4 0 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 4 1.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.0 ROBISON, Courtney 21 0 0.00 0 0 .000 1 0.05 1 7 0.05 2 7 0.33 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 1.0

LOUISVILLE 121 173 14.3 522 445 .271 162 13.3 132 243 1.09 80 203 16.8 77 441 297 2.46 72 29 2159 Opponents 121 148 12.2 721 456 .166 141 11.6 80 237 0.66 132 195 16.1 42 334 209 1.73 56 34 1769 Bold indicates returning players

22 2013 American Athletic Conference MEMPHIS

heAd cOAch 2013 S chedule APRIl JAuReGuI AUGUST (Memphis ‘01) Belmont Tournament (Nashville, Tenn.) 30 at Belmont 7:30 p.m. Career Record/Years 31 vs. Miami (Ohio) 11:00 a.m. 72-86/Five Years 31 vs. Gardner-Webb 4:30 p.m. SEPTEMBER Record at Memphis/Years Memphis Invitational (Memphis, Tenn.) 72-86/Five Years 6 vs. Alabama A&M 2:00 p.m. 6 vs. Western Carolina 8:00 p.m. 7 vs. Southeastern Louisiana 1:00 p.m. u I ck A ctS University of Evansville Tournament (Evansville, Ind.) Q F 13 vs. Valparaiso 6:00 p.m. Location: Memphis, Tenn. 14 at Evansville 1:30 p.m. Founded: 1912 14 vs. SIUE 4:30 p.m. Enrollment: 22,139 Nickname: Tigers 17 Arkansas State 7:00 p.m. Colors: Blue & Gray Tiger Invitational (Memphis, Tenn.) Interim President: R. Brad Martin 20 vs. La Salle 2:00 p.m. Athletic Director: Tom Bowen 20 vs. Arkansas - Little Rock 8:00 p.m. Volleyball Office Phone: (901) 678-2312 21 vs. Austin Peay 1:00 p.m. Assistant Coaches: James Onikeku, Erica Lear 2012 Overall Record: 12-19 27 at LOUSIVILLE 7:00 p.m. 29 at CINCINNATI 1:00 p.m. 2012 Conference USA Record/Finish: 7-9/T-7th OCTOBER Starters Returning/Lost: 2/4 4 at TEMPLE 7:00 p.m. Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 8/5 11 vs. SMU 8:00 p.m. Newcomers: Six 13 vs. HOUSTON 2:00 p.m. Volleyball Contact: Trevor Kuss 15 vs. Tennessee State 7:00 p.m. Phone: (901) 678-5182 18 vs. RUTGERS 8:00 p.m. E-mail: [email protected] 20 vs. CONNECTICUT 2:00 p.m. Fax: (901) 678-4134 25 at USF 7:00 p.m. Web site: www.GoTigersGo.com 27 at UCF 2:00 p.m. Twitter: @MemphisVolley NOVEMBER 1 vs. CINCINNATI 8:00 p.m. SeNIOR 3 vs. LOUISVILLE 2:00 p.m. kAtIe 8 vs. TEMPLE 8:00 p.m. MeyeR 15 at HOUSTON 8:00 p.m. 17 at SMU 8:00 p.m. 22 at CONNECTICUT 7:00 p.m. 24 at RUTGERS 1:00 p.m. 27 UCF 8:00 p.m. R-SOPhOMORe 29 USF 8:00 p.m. VeRONIcA All times (Eastern) are subject to change; American Athletic Conference matches ZIMMeRMAN in CAPS

2013 R osteR

No. Name Pos. Cl. Ht. Hometown/Previous School 8 Sydni Etheredge OH/RS So. 5-11 Atlanta, Ga./Riverwood International Charter School 11 Lauren Hawkins MB/RS Jr. 6-2 Rowlett, Texas/Rowlett HS 1 McKenzie Hayes RS Fr. 6-1 Tell City, Ind./Tell City HS 3 Catlin Lilly OH/RS Fr. 6-1 New Albany, Ind./New Albany HS 22 Katie Meyer MB Sr. 6-3 Dalton, Ohio/Walsh Jesuit HS 6 Michaella Moss OH/RS Fr. 6-1 Place Monument, Colo./Lewis-Palmer HS 2 Adriana Pena DS Fr. 5-4 Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico/Cabo Rojo Christian Academy 16 Aleksandra Petronijevic L R-Jr. 5-4 Belgrade, Serbia/Prva Beogradska Gimnazua 4 Megan Pulido DS Sr. 5-8 Cordova, Tenn./St. Benedict Academy 5 Lindsey Purvis L R-So. 5-3 Germantown, Tenn./Middle Tennessee 12 Viktorija Teivane OH Sr. 5-10 Daugavpils, Latvia/Western Wyoming CC 7 Alexis Wesley MB R-So. 6-1 Silverdale, Wash./Central Kitsap HS 13 Nicole Woods OH Fr. 6-2 St. Charles, Ill./St. Charles East HS 9 Veronica Zimmerman S R-So. 5-10 Toledo, Ohio/St. Ursula Academy

www.theamerican.org 23 TIGERS

tIGeRs NoteBooK • With just two starters returning from the 2012 squad, Memphis will rely heavily on youth from a roster that includes just five upperclassmen.

• The Tigers graduated three of their top four hitters from last season, two of whom went down in the top 10 in the school record books for career kills – Altrese Hawkins (1,806, 1st) and Mariya Jovanovic (1,285, 10th).

• Several returning Tigers placed themselves among the top in Conference USA in 2012. Libero Aleksandra Petronijevic finished the season third in the league in digs with 543 and eighth in service aces with 31. Petronijevic also posted two of the top four single-game dig marks in school history with 36 digs against UAB and 33 versus Marshall. Middle blocker Katie Meyer finished ninth in C-USA in total blocks with 97 in 2012. Middle blocker and right side hitter Lauren Hawkins returns as the team’s leader in hitting percentage from a season ago with a .248.

JuNIOR lAuReN hAWkINS elMA ROANe FIeldhOuSe cAPAcIty - 2,565

2012 S tatiS tical l eaderS

Player SP Kills K/S Err TA Pct. Ast A/S SA SE SA/S RE Digs D/S BS BA BT B/S BE BHE Points HAWKINS, Altrese 121 456 3.77 201 1210 .211 7 0.06 25 44 0.21 26 289 2.39 8 43 51 0.42 5 3 510.5 JOVANOVIC, Marija 121 353 2.92 169 951 .193 5 0.04 9 16 0.07 18 79 0.65 3 67 70 0.58 7 1 398.5 HAWKINS, Lauren 121 226 1.87 93 536 .248 13 0.11 17 42 0.14 1 55 0.45 16 64 80 0.66 12 2 291.0 KOSTIC, Maja 115 180 1.57 103 664 .116 32 0.28 38 70 0.33 33 235 2.04 3 20 23 0.20 6 1 231.0 MEYER, Katie 102 97 0.95 47 243 .206 7 0.07 0 0 0.00 1 23 0.23 6 91 97 0.95 8 1 148.5 TEIVANE, Viktorija 113 97 0.86 49 342 .140 29 0.26 12 23 0.11 18 278 2.46 0 7 7 0.06 2 1 112.5 LOUIE, Jaden 76 44 0.58 16 97 .289 679 8.93 10 10 0.13 0 156 2.05 2 28 30 0.39 0 22 70.0 ZIMMERMAN, Veronica 59 30 0.51 7 69 .333 531 9.00 7 12 0.12 0 110 1.86 0 14 14 0.24 3 11 44.0 ETHEREDGE, Sydni 12 10 0.83 5 28 .179 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 1 0.08 1 14 15 1.25 3 1 18.0 WESLEY, Alexis 6 4 0.67 3 10 .100 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 1 0.17 0 8 8 1.33 1 1 8.0 PETRONIJEVIC, Aleksandra 121 1 0.01 2 5 -.200 96 0.79 31 53 0.26 49 543 4.49 0 0 0 0.00 0 5 32.0 DAVID, Jerae 4 0 0.00 0 1 .000 0 0.00 0 1 0.00 1 6 1.50 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.0 PULIDO, Megan 5 0 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 6 1.20 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.0 TEAM 19

MEMPHIS 121 1498 12.38 695 4156 .193 1399 11.56 149 272 1.23 166 1783 14.74 39 356 217.0 1.79 47 49 1864.0 Opponents 121 1477 12.21 599 4132 .212 1348 11.14 166 221 1.37 149 1680 13.88 61 417 269.5 2.23 47 52 1912.5 Bold indicates returning players

24 2013 American Athletic Conference rutgers

heAd cOAch 2013 S chedule JeFF “cJ” WeRNeke AUGUST Indiana Invitational (Bloomington, Ind.) (Samford ‘96) 30 vs. Kent State 5:00 p.m. 31 at Indiana 11:30 a.m. Career Record/Years 31 vs. Robert Morris 2:30 p.m. 162-177/11 Years SEPTEMBER Candlewood Suites Invitational (Syracuse, N.Y.) Record at Rutgers/Years 6 vs. Oakland 11:00 a.m. 51-91/Five Years 6 at Syracuse 7:30 p.m. 7 vs. Colorado 8:30 a.m. Q u I ck F A ctS 7 vs. Stony Brook 2:30 p.m. Location: New Brunswick, N.J. Founded: 1766 11 vs. Seton Hall 7:00 p.m. Delaware Tournament (Newark, Del.) Enrollment: 65,000 13 at Delaware 7:00 p.m. Nickname: Scarlet Knights 14 vs. Furman 11:00 a.m. Colors: Scarlet Red and Black 14 vs. Sacred Heart 4:30 p.m. President: Robert L. Barchi Pittsburgh Tournament (Pittsburgh, Pa.) Director of Athletics: Julie Hermann 20 vs. Morehead State 1:00 p.m. Volleyball Office Phone: (732) 932-6501 20 at Pitt 7:00 p.m. Assistant Coaches: Lindsey Lee, Rachel Refenes 21 vs. Cornell 10:00 a.m. 2012 Overall Record: 18-12 27 vs. HOUSTON 7:00 p.m. 2012 BIG EAST Record/Finish: 4-11/T-12 29 vs. SMU 1:00 p.m. Starters Returning/Lost: 2+Libero/4 OCTOBER Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 11/6 4 at USF 7:00 p.m. 6 at UCF 2:00 p.m. Newcomers: 6 11 at UCONN 7:00 p.m. Volleyball Contact: Trey Miller 18 at MEMPHIS 7:00 p.m. Phone: (732) 445-7886 20 at TEMPLE 1:00 p.m. E-mail: [email protected] 25 vs. LOUISVILLE 7:00 p.m. Fax: (732) 445-3063 27 vs. CINCINNATI 1:00 p.m. Web site: www.scarletknights.com NOVEMBER Twitter: @RUvball 1 at SMU 8:00 p.m. 3 at HOUSTON 2:00 p.m. SOPhOMORe 8 vs. UCF 7:00 p.m. AlI 10 vs. USF 2:00 p.m. SchROeteR 15 vs. UCONN 7:00 p.m. 22 vs. TEMPLE 7:00 p.m. 24 vs. MEMPHIS 2:00 p.m. 27 at CINCINNATI 7:00 p.m. SeNIOR 29 at LOUISVILLE 7:00 p.m.

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

2013 R osteR No. Name Pos. Cl. Ht. Hometown/Previous School 19 Micaela Anderson OH Fr. 6-1 La Cañada, Calif./La Cañada 11 Rachel Andreassian MB/RS Jr. 6-2 Fredericksburg, Texas/Fredericksburg/UNA 20 Nicole Bayer S Jr. 5-10 Concord, Ohio/Riverside/Niagara 3 Brittany Bozzini RS/OH Sr. 6-0 Saratoga, Calif./Arch Bishop Mitty 17 Lauren Cloyd MB Fr. 6-3 Champaign, Ill./Centennial 10 Sofi Cucuz RS/OH Jr. 6-0 Crown Point, Ind./Crown Point 9 Dulce Duran MB/RS Fr. 6-0 Austin, Texas/Stephen F. Austin 1 Alyssa Ensminger DS Fr. 5-5 Aurora, Ill./Metea Valley 22 Ronnie Komisarek DS So. 5-6 San Mateo, Calif./St. Francis 16 Alex Lassa OH So. 6-1 Eagle, Colo./Eagle Valley 23 Mikaela Matthews MB/RS So. 6-1 San Diego, Calif./Mt. Carmel 6 Alyssa Monka DS Jr. 5-6 Rancho Cucamonga, Calif./Los Osos 5 Kelli Mullane RS/MB So. 6-1 Fullerton, Calif./Fullerton Union 4 Taylor Nelson S Jr. 5-9 Great Falls, Va./Flint Hill School 12 Sarah Richardson MB/OH Jr. 6-0 Germantown, Tenn./Houston 15 Ali Schroeter DS So. 5-5 Bakersfield, Calif./Bakersfield 21 Megan Stephenson OH So. 5-11 Burbank, Calif./John Burroughs 7 Anna Sudbury S So. 5-10 Tomahawk, Wisc./Tomahawk 8 Cole Trimble OH/RS Fr. 6-0 Orlando, Fla./Lake Highland Prep 13 Tracy Wright DS Sr. 5-6 Fair Lawn, N.J./Fair Lawn/Quinnipia)

www.theamerican.org 25 Scarlet knightS

sCARLet KNIGHts NoteBooK • Rutgers will look to continue its success after having one of its best seasons in recent history in 2012. The Scarlet Knights won 18 matches, their most since the 2000 squad recorded 23, and notched their first winning season (18-12) since the 2004 team went 16-10.

• The Scarlet Knights return plenty of experience, bringing back 11 letterwinners. Rutgers also added depth, welcoming six newcomers.

• Senior Tracy Wright returns after posting a team-high 356 digs in an injury-shortened 2012 season, ranking seventh on Rutgers’ single-season digs list. Offensively, the Scarlet Knights bring back sophomore Alex Lassa, who led the team with 3.43 kills per set in 2012.

SOPhOMORe AleX lASSA

cOlleGe AVeNue GyMNASIuM cAPAcIty- 2,500

2012 S tatiS tical l eaderS Player SP Kills K/S Err TA Pct. Ast A/S SA SE SA/S RE Digs D/S BS BA BT B/S BE BHE Points SCHMID, Sarah 119 379 3.18 93 806 .355 9 0.08 25 21 0.21 1 78 0.66 7 82 89 0.75 3 0 452.0 JONES, Alex 119 316 2.66 111 787 .260 14 0.12 11 23 0.09 2 45 0.38 7 76 83 0.70 4 4 372.0 LASSA, Alex 91 312 3.43 124 979 .192 14 0.15 27 43 0.30 27 233 2.56 4 23 27 0.30 1 0 354.5 ORR, Kylie 98 295 3.01 172 941 .131 4 0.04 14 25 0.14 9 100 1.02 1 22 23 0.23 2 1 321.0 STEPHENSON, Megan 48 128 2.67 72 387 .145 1 0.02 1 2 0.02 3 18 0.38 1 12 13 0.27 2 1 136.0 ANDREASSIAN, Rachel 119 83 0.70 30 269 .197 4 0.03 0 0 0.00 0 41 0.34 2 52 53 0.45 3 1 111.0 ZIELINSKI, Stephanie 119 51 0.43 12 175 .223 134 11.2 21 40 0.18 1 351 2.95 3 57 60 0.50 4 16 103.5 BOZZINI, Brittany 23 29 1.26 24 116 .043 5 0.22 6 4 0.26 5 60 2.61 0 2 2 0.09 2 0 36.0 WRIGHT, Tracy 80 2 0.03 4 13 -.15 41 0.51 6 14 0.08 18 356 4.45 0 0 0 0.00 1 0 8.0 SCHROETER, Ali 81 1 0.01 1 5 .000 20 0.25 1 0 0.01 26 233 2.88 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 2.0 MONKA, Alyssa 33 0 0.00 0 1 .000 3 0.09 4 5 0.12 4 50 1.52 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 4.0 ROSS, Kelsey 21 0 0.00 0 1 .000 1 0.05 2 5 0.0 0 15 0.71 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 2.0 BAYER, Nicole 9 0 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.00 2 2 0.22 0 3 0.33 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 2.0 KOMISAREK, Ronnie 100 0 0.00 2 12 -.16 24 0.24 27 45 0.27 17 261 2.61 0 1 1 0.01 0 5 27.5 MCLAMB, Adriana 85 0 0.00 2 8 -.25 12 0.14 8 8 0.09 11 144 1.69 0 0 0 0.00 0 1 8.0

RUTGERS 119 159 13.4 647 450 .211 149 12.5 155 237 1.30 140 198 16.7 24 327 188 1.58 22 29 1939 Opponents 119 147 12.4 597 436 .201 138 11.6 140 192 1.18 154 194 16.3 51 367 234 1.97 59 61 1850 Bold indicates returning players

26 2013 American Athletic Conference SMU

heAd cOAch 2013 S chedule lISA SeIFeRt AUGUST Texas State Classic (San Marco, Texas) (Winona State ‘83) 30 vs. Quinnipac 2:30 p.m. 30 at Texas State 7:30 p.m. Career Record/Years 31 vs. Lamar 11:00 a.m. 263-259/17 Years SEPTEMBER 3 at Baylor 7:00 p.m. Record at SMU/Years 263-259/17 Years SMU Invite (Dallas, Texas) 6 vs. Grambling State 2:30 p.m. 6 vs. Davidson 8:00 p.m. u I ck A ctS Q F 7 vs. Sam Houston State 3:30 p.m. Location: Dallas, Texas Aztec Invitational (San Diego, Calif.) Founded: 1911 13 vs. San Francisco 6:00 p.m. Enrollment: 10,981 14 vs. Harvard 1:00 p.m. Nickname: Mustangs 14 vs. Northeastern 8:30 p.m. Colors: Red & Blue College of Charleston Classic (Charleston, S.C.) President: R. Gerald Turner 20 at College of Charleston 7:00 p.m. Director of Athletics: Rick Hart 21 vs. Ball State 12:00 p.m. Volleyball Office Phone: (214) 768-2827 21 vs. Alabama A&M 5:00 p.m. 27 at CONNECTICUT 7:00 p.m. Assistant Coaches: Cristine Dixon, Sean Kiracofe 29 at RUTGERS 1:00 p.m. 2012 Overall Record: 11-20 OCTOBER 2012 Conference USA Record: 7-9/8th 4 vs. LOUISVILLE 8:00 p.m. Starters Returning/Lost: 4/2+Libero 6 vs. CINCINNATI 2:00 p.m. Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 9/4 11 at MEMPHIS 8:00 p.m. Newcomers: 3 13 at TEMPLE 1:00 p.m. Volleyball Contact: Travis Chamblee 18 vs. USF 8:00 p.m. Phone: 214-768-3735 20 vs. UCF 2:00 p.m. E-mail: [email protected] 25 vs. HOUSTON 8:00 p.m. Web site: www.smumustangs.com NOVEMBER Twitter: @SMUVolleyball 1 vs. RUTGERS 8:00 p.m. 3 vs. CONNECTICUT 2:00 p.m. 8 at CINCINNATI 4:00 p.m. SOPhOMORe 10 at LOUISVILLE 2:00 p.m. ABBey 15 at TEMPLE 8:00 p.m. ByBel 17 at MEMPHIS 2:00 p.m. 22 at UCF 7:00 p.m. 24 at USF 1:00 p.m. 27 at HOUSTON 8:00 p.m.

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

2013 R osteR No. Name Pos. Cl. Ht. Hometown/Previous School 11 Avery Acker S So. 5-9 Poth, Texas/Poth 13 Carla Armstrong OH Jr. 5-10 Houston, Texas/Cypress Woods 7 Cailin Bula OH So. 6-2 Austin, Texas/Westlake 1 Abbey Bybel MB So. 6-0 White Oak, Texas/White Oak 24 Caroline Daly MB Sr. 6-1 Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif./Palos 2 Dana Edwards S Jr. 5-5 Upland, Calif./Rice 10 Janelle Giordano MB Fr. 6-2 Keller, Texas/Keller 12 Katie Hegarty MB Fr. 6-2 Aztec, N.M./Piedra Vista 30 Morgan Heise L Fr. 5-6 Hempstead, Texas/Waller 21 Maddie Lozano MB Sr. 6-1 Roseville, Calif./Arizona 3 Savannah Myklebust OH Jr. 5-11 Sugarland, Texas/Austin 9 Julianne Scheidler L Jr. 5-8 Carlsbad, Calif./La Costa Canyon 4 Kristen Stehling MB Fr. 6-0 Spring, Texas/Klein Collins 8 Caroline Young OH Jr. 5-11 Brenham, Texas/Brenham

www.theamerican.org 27 MUSTANGS

MustANGs NoteBooK • Caroline Young was named to the All-Conference USA First Team and to the AVCA All-Midwest Region First Team after leading the team and finishing ninth in Conference USA with 3.39 kills per set. The sophomore also finished the season 12th in the NCAA and led the league in aces.

• Head coach Lisa Seifert is starting her 18th season at SMU and is the only head coach in program history.

• The Mustangs return five players with at least 10 matches start- ed and 85 sets played who were freshmen and sophomores last season.

• Senior Maddie Lozano led the team with 132 total blocks, third in C-USA, during her first season at SMU.

JuNIOR cAROlINe yOuNG

dedMAN ceNteR cAPAcIty - 600

2012 S tatiS tical l eaderS Player SP Kills K/S Err TA Pct. Ast A/S SA SE SA/S RE Digs D/S BS BA BT B/S BE BHE Points YOUNG, Caroline 117 397 3.39 152 1037 .236 8 0.07 51 59 0.44 0 125 1.07 4 59 63 0.54 6 1 481.5 LOZANO, Maddie 116 238 2.05 118 562 .214 12 0.10 20 27 0.17 0 66 0.57 19 113 132 1.14 12 0 333.5 MANNING, Courtney 115 228 1.98 76 507 .300 8 0.07 5 13 0.04 0 43 0.37 19 85 104 0.90 9 0 294.5 BYBEL, Abbey 86 191 2.22 89 593 .172 6 0.07 5 7 0.06 16 104 1.21 0 24 24 0.28 3 2 208.0 BULA, Cailin 86 162 1.88 83 509 .155 10 0.12 10 15 0.12 9 88 1.02 1 32 33 0.38 5 0 189.0 BAILEY, Olivia 103 68 0.66 19 221 .222 980 9.51 19 47 0.18 0 240 2.33 1 45 46 0.45 1 6 110.5 MYKLEBUST, Savanna 49 51 1.04 30 205 .102 2 0.04 4 5 0.08 13 51 1.04 1 10 11 0.22 0 0 61.0 ACKER, AVERY 97 27 0.28 15 107 .112 227 2.34 5 8 0.05 16 170 1.75 1 11 12 0.12 0 3 38.5 DALY, Caroline 24 16 0.67 5 42 .262 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 1 0.04 0 7 7 0.29 1 0 19.5 ARMSTRONG, Carla 98 10 1.07 88 385 .044 12 0.12 10 18 0.10 14 142 1.45 3 23 26 0.27 2 6 129.5 SCHEIDLER, Julianne 108 3 0.03 1 24 .083 22 0.20 2 15 0.02 23 195 1.81 0 0 0 0.00 0 3 5.0 LEWIS, Susan 117 2 0.02 4 35 -.057 87 0.74 21 34 0.18 22 411 3.51 0 0 0 0.00 0 3 23.0 HOGAN, Katie 37 0 0.00 1 3 -.033 4 0.11 4 5 0.11 3 17 0.46 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 4.0 TEAM 21

SMU 117 1489 12.73 681 4231 .191 1378 11.78 156 253 1.33 137 1653 14.13 49 409 253.5 2.17 39 24 1898.5 Opponents 117 1501 12.83 581 4057 .227 1411 12.06 137 220 1.17 156 1748 14.94 49 475 286.5 2.45 45 19 1924.5

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heAd cOAch 2013 S chedule AUGUST cOuRtNey dRAPeR USF Tournament (Tampa, Fla.) (Florida State ‘00) 30 vs. Miami 2:00 p.m. 30 vs. The Citadel 7:00 p.m. Career Record/Years 31 vs. Austin Peay 2:00 p.m. 179-133/Ten Years 31 vs. Ball State 7:00 p.m. SEPTEMBER Record at USF/Years Nebraska Tournament (Omaha, Neb.) 17 - 15/One Year 6 at California 3:30 p.m. u I ck A ctS 7 at Creighton 12:00 p.m. Q F 7 at Northern Colorado 5:30 p.m. Location: Tampa, Fla. Founded: 1956 10 at FGCU 7:00 p.m. Enrollment: 47,122 USF Invitational (Tampa, Fla.) Nickname: Bulls 13 vs. Pittsburgh 7:00 p.m. Colors: Green & Gold 14 vs. FAU 2:00 p.m. President: Dr. Judy Genshaft 14 vs. Purdue 7:00 p.m. Director of Athletics: Doug Woolard Northwestern Tournament (Chicago, Ill.) Phone: (813) 974-5740 20 at Northwestern 12:00 p.m. Assistant Coaches: Kelly Morrisroe, Brian Imperiale 20 vs. IUPUI 5:00 p.m. 2012 Overall Record: 17-15 21 vs. Miami (Ohio) 8:00 p.m. 27 at UCF 8:00 p.m. 2012 BIG EAST Record/Finish: 7-8/T-Sixth OCTOBER Starters Returning/Lost: 5/2 4 vs. RUTGERS 7:00 p.m. Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 6/9 6 vs. CONNECTICUT 12:00 p.m. Newcomers: Seven 11 at LOUSIVILLE 7:00 p.m. Volleyball Contact: Mark Heise 13 at CINCINNATI 1:00 p.m. Phone: (813) 974-7099 18 at SMU 7:00 p.m. E-mail: [email protected] 20 at HOUSTON 1:00 p.m. Fax: (813) 974-5328 25 vs. MEMPHIS 8:00 p.m. Web site: www.GoUSFBulls.com 27 vs. TEMPLE 1:00 p.m. Twitter: @usfvolleyball NOVEMBER 1 vs. UCF 7:00 p.m. SeNIOR 8 at CONNECTICUT 7:00 p.m. ANdReA 10 at RUTGERS 2:00 p.m. ROdRIGueZ 15 vs. CINCINNATI 7:00 p.m. GOMeZ 17 vs. LOUISVILLE 12:00 p.m. 22 vs. HOUSTON 7:00 p.m. 24 vs. SMU 12:00 p.m. JuNIOR 27 at TEMPLE 7:00 p.m. 29 at MEMPHIS 7:00 p.m. JeNNIcA All times (Eastern) are subject to change; American Athletic Conference matches in MullINS CAPS

2013 R osteR No. Name Pos. Cl. Ht. Hometown/Previous School 5 Kayla Bivins MB R-Fr. 5-11 Gainesville, Fla./Gainesville 3 Hailey Brooks S Fr. 5-9 Mechanicsville, Va./Atlee 23 Ciara Brown RS/OH So. 6-0 Aurora, Colo./Overland 8 Wylie Devlin DS/L So. 5-7 Winter Park, Fla./Winter Park 20 Jaime Dickinson RS/OH Fr. 6-0 Gurnee, Ill./Warren Township 7 Erin Fairs OH So. 5-11 Richmond, Texas/Foster 11 Dakota Hampton OH Fr. 6-0 Orland Park, Ill./Carl Sandburg 16 Alexus Heidelberg RS/OH Fr. 5-9 Winter Garden, Fla./West Orange 12 Jennica Mullins MB Jr. 6-1 Seminole, Fla./Northside Christian 1 Andrea Rodriguez Gomez MB Sr. 6-0 Caracas, Venezuela/Landstown 17 Natalia Soares S So. 5-7 Porto Alegre, Brazil/Colegio Farroupilha 15 Rachyl Thomsen RS/MB Fr. 6-2 Gilbert, Ariz./Williams Field 4 Amy Van Sant DS/L Fr. 5-7 Atlanta, Ga./Lakeside 2 Carissa Whalen MB/RS RJr. 6-0 Wausau, Wis./North Dakota State/Wausau West

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BuLLs NoteBooK • Head Coach Courtney Draper enters her second season at the helm. In her first season, she guided the Bulls to a 17-15 record.

• Five of six returners saw extensive court time in 2012 - Wylie Devlin, Erin Fairs, Natalia Soares, Ciara Brown, and Andrea Rodriguez Gomez.

• The Bulls return the 2012 BIG EAST Freshman of the Year Erin Fairs. Last season, Fairs lead the Bulls with 2.71 kills per set and also had 2.66 digs per set.

• Andrea Rodriguez Gomez, the only senior on the team, enters the season sixth in USF history books in career blocks (353 total blocks)

SOPhOMORe eRIN FAIRS

the cORRAl cAPAcIty- 1,000

2012 S tatiS tical l eaderS Player SP Kills K/S Err TA Pct. Ast A/S SA SE SA/S RE Digs D/S BS BA BT B/S BE BHE Points FAIRS, Erin 116 316 2.72 148 846 .199 7 0.06 26 36 0.22 37 313 2.70 5 44 49 0.42 20 3 369.0 WALTON, Kayla 124 314 2.53 94 760 .289 8 0.06 0 0 0.00 0 35 0.28 1 30 31 0.31 6 0 360.5 EL HOUSSINE, Valerie 99 241 2.43 114 677 .199 14 0.14 31 44 0.31 31 295 2.98 1 30 31 0.31 10 0 288.0 BROWN, Ciara 121 239 1.98 78 668 .241 2 0.02 0 0 0.00 0 56 0.46 5 61 66 0.55 7 0 274.5 RODRIGUEZ GOMEZ, Andrea 124 238 1.90 88 587 .256 18 0.14 22 26 0.18 2 69 0.55 11 123 134 1.07 15 1 332.5 DAVIS, J’Beria 77 169 2.19 84 467 .182 5 0.06 9 21 0.12 14 106 1.38 6 35 41 0.53 11 1 201.5 BREEN, Caitlyn 102 122 1.20 54 301 .226 2 0.02 0 1 0.00 2 28 0.27 18 92 110 1.08 11 0 186.0 BLEKE, Shelbey 37 36 0.97 13 93 .247 3 0.08 0 0 0.00 1 4 0.11 1 25 26 0.70 3 0 49.5 CABRERA, Claudia 124 6 0.05 5 26 .038 102 0.82 16 11 0.13 36 547 4.41 0 0 0 0.00 0 5 22.0 BURGHART, Jessica 26 6 0.23 0 14 .429 17 0.65 4 4 0.15 1 22 0.85 0 1 1 0.04 0 0 10.5 DEVLIN, Wylie 126 3 0.02 5 18 -.11 740 5.87 21 15 0.17 1 224 1.78 0 1 1 0.01 2 25 24.5 SOARES, Natalia 122 3 0.02 3 11 .000 688 5.64 20 20 0.16 3 189 1.55 0 0 0 0.00 0 19 23.0 HARRISON, Midori 6 1 0.17 1 18 .000 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 3 4 0.67 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 1.0 ALBANO, Casey 51 0 0.00 0 0 .000 7 0.14 0 3 0.00 9 60 1.18 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.0

USF 126 169 13.4 687 448 .224 161 12.8 149 181 1.18 153 195 15.4 55 489 299 2.38 85 54 2142 Opponents 126 159 12.6 690 457 .198 147 11.6 153 230 1.21 149 183 14.5 40 395 237 1.88 70 23 1984

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heAd cOAch 2013 s CHe D u L e BAkeeR GANeS AUGUST (Queens College ‘05) University at Buffalo Invite (Buffalo, N.Y.) 30 at Buffalo 7:00 pm Career Record/Years: 31 vs. Niagara 3:00 p.m. 27-31/Two Years SEPTEMBER Patriot Invitational (Fairfax, Va.) Record at Temple/Years: 6 vs. Radford 5:00 pm 27-31/Two Years 7 vs. Coppin State 3:00 pm 7 at George Mason 7:00 pm u I ck A ctS Q F 11 at NJIT 7:00 pm Location: Philadelphia, Pa. Penn Invitational (Philadelphia, Pa.) Founded: 1884 14 vs. Weber State 6:00 pm Enrollment: 39,000 15 vs. La Salle 10:00 am Nickname: Owls 15 at Penn 2:00 pm Colors: Cherry & White Temple Invitational (Philadelphia, Pa.) President: Neil D. Theobald 20 vs. Delware State 7:00 pm 21 vs. Brown 1:00 pm Director of Athletics: Kevin Clark 21 vs. Hofstra 7:00 pm Volleyball Office Phone: (215) 204-6289 27 at CINCINNATI 7:00 pm Associate Head Coach: Akiko Hatakeyama 29 at LOUISVILLE 2:00 pm Graduate Extern: Sara Scheirman OCTOBER Volunteer Head Coach: Kelly Martin 4 vs. MEMPHIS 7:00 pm 2012 Overall Record: 19-11 11 vs. HOUSTON 7:00 pm 2012 Atlantic 10 Record/Finish: 8-6/5th 13 vs. SMU 1:00 pm Starters Returning/Lost: 4/2+Libero 18 vs. CONNECTICUT 7:00 pm Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 6/4 20 vs. RUTGERS 1:00 pm Newcomers: Four 25 at UCF 7:00 pm Volleyball Contact: Karen Auerbach 27 at USF 1:00 pm NOVEMBER Phone: (215) 204-3850 1 vs. LOUISVILLE 7:00 pm E-mail: [email protected] 3 vs. CINCINNATI 1:00 pm Fax: 215-204-7499 8 at MEMPHIS 8:00 pm Web site: www.OwlSports.com 15 at SMU 8:00 pm Twitter: @VolleyballTU 17 at HOUSTON 2:00 pm 22 at RUTGERS 7:00 pm SeNIOR 24 at CONNECTICUT 2:00 pm elySe 27 USF 7:00 pm BuRkeRt 29 UCF 7:00 pm All times (Eastern) are subject to change; American Athletic Conference matches in CAPS JuNIOR tIFFANy cONNAtSeR

2013 R osteR No. Name Pos. Cl. Ht. Hometown/Previous School 5 Elyse Burkert OH Sr. 5-10 Richardson, Texas/Pearce 2 Emily Carlin OH Sr. 6-0 Downingtown, Pa./Bishop Shanahan/Radford 1 Tiffany Connatser S Jr. 5-10 Fairfax, Va./Robinson 15 Tyler Davis OH Fr. 6-0 Palm Desert, Calif./Xavier College Prep 7 Alyssa Drachslin DS/L So. 5-6 Riverside, Calif./Riverside Poly 10 Caroline Grattan OH/RS Fr. 6-1 Pittsburgh, Pa./Mt. Lebanon 3 Jennifer Iacobini MB Jr. 6-1 Palm Springs, Calif./Palm Springs 16 Gabriella Matautia RS Sr. 5-11 Ewa Beach, Hawaii/Moanalua 14 Halle McCullough RS/MB RFr. 6-2 Colorado Springs, Colo./Pine Creek/Gonzaga 11 Kirsten Overton MB Fr. 6-1 Royersford, Pa./Spring-Ford 8 Alex Schmitt MB Jr. 6-2 Pittsburgh, Pa./Shaler Area 4 Sandra Sydlik S So. 5-10 Berlin, Germany/Flatow 9 Mary Claire Tuohy DS/L Fr. 5-7 Glendale, Ariz./Mountain Ridge 12 Alicia Wennberg OH/RS So. 5-10 Stavanger, Norway/Sauda Vidaregaande 6 Kayla Yingling DS/L So. 5-0 Spring Grove, Pa./Spring Grove/Buffalo

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OWlS NOteBOOk • Four starters return from a Temple team that finished 19-11 overall in 2012 and placed fifth in the Atlantic 10 Conference after having been picked to finish 11th. Leading the way for the Owls are senior right side hitter Gabriella Matautia, an Atlantic 10 First Team pick last year, and outside hitter Elyse Burkert. Matautia led the team with 437 kills (4.05 kps) while Burkert was second with 426 kills (3.91 kps). • Head Coach Bakeer Ganes is in his third year at the helm of the program with an overall record of 27-31. Ganes took over a team that had gone 4-25 the year before his arrival and led them to double the wins his first year (8-20 in 2011), then more than doubled that amount in his second season (19-11 in 2012). • Temple will play in four nonconference tournaments before playing in its first American game.The Owls will host their own tournament Sept. 20-21, featuring Delaware State, Brown and 2012 NCAA Championship team Hofstra. SeNIOR GABRIellA MAtAutIA

McGONIGle hAll cAPAcIty - 3,900

2012 S tatiS tical l eaderS Player SP Kills K/S Err TA Pct. Ast A/S SA SE SA/S RE Digs D/S BS BA BT B/S BE BHE Points MATAUTIA, Gabriella 108 437 4.05 193 1290 .189 11 0.10 41 49 0.38 0 334 3.09 4 50 54 0.50 5 2 507.0 BURKET, ELYSE 109 426 3.91 188 1340 .178 21 0.19 16 10 0.15 35 334 3.06 1 21 22 0.20 7 2 453.5 ZHANG, Jingyu 103 144 2.13 85 652 .176 16 0.16 7 9 0.07 44 250 2.43 3 18 21 0.20 3 2 219.0 IACOBINI, Jennifer 103 144 1.40 54 384 .234 4 0.14 32 25 0.31 0 75 0.73 14 64 78 0.76 15 2 222.0 BOEHM, Annemarie 98 78 0.80 27 196 .260 3 0.03 0 5 0.00 0 35 0.36 7 58 65 0.66 6 1 114.0 CONNATSER, Tiffany 109 50 0.46 16 155 .219 1186 10.88 22 33 0.20 0 305 2.80 6 44 50 0.46 13 7 100.0 WENNBERG, Alicia 19 22 1.16 9 76 .171 1 0.05 3 6 0.16 4 16 0.84 0 4 4 0.21 0 1 27.0 MCMILLEN, Caitlin 22 8 0.36 7 24 .042 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 3 5 0.23 1 6 7 0.32 2 0 12.0 TUPUOLA, Chelsea 109 5 0.05 7 37 -.054 46 0.42 27 27 0.25 19 579 5.31 0 0 0 0.00 0 3 32.0 DRACHSLIN, Alyssa 37 0 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.00 4 6 0.11 1 18 0.49 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 4.0 TEAM 18

TEMPLE 109 1370 12.57 586 4154 .189 1298 11.91 152 170 1.39 124 1951 17.90 36 265 301 1.55 51 20 1690.5 Opponents 109 1393 12.78 573 4171 .197 1307 11.99 125 201 1.15 152 1902 17.45 46 469 515 2.57 63 31 1798.5

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UCF KNIGHTS CINCINNATI BEARCATS (18-15 Overall / 11-5 Conference USA) (12-20 Overall / 9-6 BIG EAST) August August USF Invitational (Tampa, Fla.) Univ. of Tennessee Tournament (Knoxville, Tenn.) 24 vs. Creighton L, 1-3 24 vs. No. 10 Iowa St. L, 0-3 25 vs. Wisconsin L, 0-3 25 at No. 15 Tennessee L, 1-3 26 at USF L, 2-3 25 vs. No. 12 Florida State L, 0-3 Holiday Inn Select / UCF Classic (Orlando, Fla.) New Mexico State Tournament (Las Cruces, N.M.) 31 vs. Columbia W, 3-0 31 at New Mexico State L, 1-3 31 vs. Jacksonville W, 3-0 September September 1 vs. Northwestern L, 1-3 01 vs. Liberty L, 2-3 1 vs. Drake W, 3-0 SHU Hampton Inn Shelton Invitational (Fairfield, Conn.) 4 Western Kentucky L, 1-3 07 at Sacred Heart W, 3-0 BIG EAST/Big Ten Challenge (Cincinnati, Ohio) 08 vs. Fairfield L, 2-3 7 No. 20 Illinois L, 1-3 08 vs. Dartmouth L, 0-3 8 No. 11 Purdue L, 1-3 Time Warner Cable Texas Invitational (Austin, Texas) University of Texas Tournament (Austin, Texas) 14 vs. Cincinnati L, 0-3 14 vs. UCF W, 3-0 15 vs. No. 23 Illinois L, 0-3 15 at No. 6 Texas L, 0-3 15 at No. 6 Texas L, 0-3 15 vs. No. 23 Illinois L, 1-3 21 UTEP L, 0-3 22 NOTRE DAME L, 2-3 23 at TULANE W, 3-1 23 DE PAUL W, 3-1 28 at MARSHALL L, 2-3 28 at PITTSBURGH W, 3-0 30 at EAST CAROLINA W, 3-0 30 at USF L, 2-3 October October 05 SMU L, 1-3 3 at Xavier L, 2-3 07 TULSA W, 3-1 5 RUTGERS W, 3-0 12 at MEMPHIS W, 3-0 7 SETON HALL W, 3-2 14 at UAB L, 2-3 12 at CONNECTICUT W, 3-2 19 SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI W, 3-1 14 at ST. JOHN’S W, 3-1 21 at SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI W, 3-0 19 at MARQUETTE L, 0-3 26 EAST CAROLINA W, 3-0 21 at SYRACUSE W, 3-0 28 MARSHALL W, 3-1 27 No. 13 LOUISVILLE L, 0-3 November 31 at No. 14 Dayton L, 0-3 02 at HOUSTON W, 3-1 November 04 at RICE L, 0-3 2 GEORGETOWN W, 3-0 09 UAB W, 3-1 4 VILLANOVA W, 3-0 11 MEMPHIS W, 3-0 9 at NOTRE DAME L, 2-3 16-18 CONFERENCE USA CHAMPIONSHIP (Tulsa, Okla.) 11 at No. 11 LOUISVILLE L, 0-3 16 MARSHALL W, 3-1 16-18 BIG EAST CHAMPIONSHIP (Milwaukee, Wis.) 17 HOUSTON W, 3-0 16 CONNECTICUT W, 3-2 17 at TULSA L, 0-3 17 NO. 10 LOUISVILLE L, 0-3 23 vs. Central Michigan W, 3-0 24 at Miami (OH) L, 1-3 24 vs. Florida International W, 3-0 Conference matches in CAPS Conference matches in CAPS CONNECTICUT HUSKIES HOUSTON COUGARS (19-12 Overall / 10-5 BIG EAST) (9-19 Overall / 7-9 CONFERENCE USA) August August LMU Invitational (Los Angeles, Calif.) Sports Imports Classic (Columbus, Ohio) 24 at Loyola Marymount L, 0-3 24 vs. Toledo L, 2-3 25 vs. UCSB W, 3-0 24 at No. 24 Ohio State L, 0-3 25 vs. Iona L, 1-3 25 vs. No. 20 Oregon L, 0-3 UConn Classic (Storrs, Conn.) Lipscomb Invitational (Nashville, Tenn.) 31 Dartmouth W, 3-0 31 vs. Missouri L, 0-3 September 31 vs. Appalachian State L, 2-3 1 Fairfield W, 3-0 September 1 Michigan State L, 0-3 01 at Lipscomb W, 3-1 4 at Hartford W, 3-1 07 UTSA L, 1-3 Dr. Mary Jo Wynn Invitational (Springfield, Mo.) 7 vs. New Orleans W, 3-0 Flo Hyman Collegiate Cup (Houston, Texas) 7 at Missouri State L, 0-3 14 vs. No. 11 FLORIDA STATE L, 0-3 8 vs. Nebraska-Omaha W, 3-2 15 vs. No. 18 PEPPERDINE L, 0-3 8 vs. Northern Illinois L, 1-3 15 vs. No. 21 OHIO STATE L, 1-3 New England Challenge (Storrs, Conn.) 18 at Rice L, 0-3 14 Harvard W, 3-0 21 at UAB L, 2-3 New England Challenge (Boston, Mass.) 23 at Memphis W, 3-1 15 vs. Boston College W, 3-0 28 TULSA L, 2-3 15 at Northeastern L, 0-3 30 SMU W, 3-0 19 at Sacred Heart W, 3-0 October 21 VILLANOVA W, 3-1 05 TULANE W, 3-1 23 GEORGETOWN W, 3-1 07 UTEP L, 0-3 29 at ST. JOHN’S L, 0-3 12 at EAST CAROLINA W, 3-0 October 14 MARSHALL W, 3-1 6 at NOTRE DAME L, 0-3 19 at UTEP L, 0-3 7 at DE PAUL W, 3-1 21 at TULANE L, 1-3 12 CINCINNATI L, 2-3 26 RICE W, 3-1 14 No. 15 LOUISVILLE L, 1-3 November 19 at USF W, 3-2 02 UCF L, 1-3 21 at PITTSBURGH W, 3-1 04 SOUTHERN MISS W, 3-0 27 RUTGERS W, 3-0 09 at SMU L, 1-3 28 SETON HALL W, 3-2 11 at TULSA L, 0-3 November 16-18 CONFERENCE USA CHAMPIONSHIP (Tulsa, Okla.) 2 at MARQUETTE L, 1-3 16 vs RICE W, 3-2 4 at SYRACUSE W, 3-0 17 vs UCF L, 0-3 7 at GEORGETOWN W, 3-1 9 USF W, 3-1 16-18 BIG EAST CHAMPIONSHIP (Milwaukee, Wis.) Conference matches in CAPS 16 CINCINNATI L, 2-3 Conference matches in CAPS www.theamerican.org 33 2012 results

LOUISVILLE CARDINALS MEMPHIS TIGERS (30-4 Overall / 14-1 BIG EAST) (12-19 Overall / 7-9 CONFERENCE USA) August Active Ankle Challenge (Louisville, Ky.) August 24 Western Kentucky W, 3-1 Memphis Invitational (Memphis, Tenn.) 25 Morehead State W, 3-1 24 vs. Austin Peay L, 2-3 25 No. 3 Penn State L, 0-3 24 vs. Southern Illinois L, 0-3 29 No. 10 Kentucky W, 3-1 25 vs. UALR L, 0-3 Cardinal Classic (Louisville, Ky.) 25 vs. Eastern Michigan L, 0-3 31 Duke W, 3-0 28 at Arkansas State L, 0-3 31 Marshall W, 3-0 September September 1 Samford W, 3-0 College of Charleston Tournament (Charleston, S.C.) BIG EAST/Big Ten Challenge (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1 vs. North Florida W, 3-0 7 vs. No. 11 Purdue W, 3-0 1 at College of Charleston L, 1-3 8 vs. No. 20 Illinois W, 3-2 Toledo Preseason Tournament (Toledo, Ohio) Louisville Invitational (Louisville, Ky.) 7 at Toledo L, 1-3 14 Middle Tennessee State W, 3-0 8 vs. Florida Gulf Coast W, 3-0 14 UNLV W, 3-1 8 vs. Illinois State L, 0-3 15 Miami (Fla.) W, 3-1 Tiger Invitational (Memphis, Tenn.) 21 DE PAUL W, 3-0 14 vs. UIC W, 3-2 23 NOTRE DAME L, 2-3 14 vs. Belmont W, 3-1 28 at SOUTH FLORIDA W, 3-1 15 vs. ALABAMA A&M W, 3-0 30 at PITTSBURGH W, 3-0 15 vs. Louisiana - Lafayette L, 1-3 October 21 RICE L, 0-3 6 SETON HALL W, 3-0 23 HOUSTON L, 1-3 7 RUTGERS W, 3-0 28 at TULANE W, 3-1 8 No. 9 Texas L, 2-3 30 at UTEP L, 1-3 12 at ST. JOHN’S W, 3-2 October 14 at CONNECTICUT W, 3-1 5 UAB L, 2-3 19 at SYRACUSE W, 3-0 7 at UAB L, 1-3 21 at MARQUETTE W, 3-1 12 UCF L, 0-3 27 at CINCINNATI W, 3-0 13 SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI W, 3-2 November 16 at Tennessee State L, 2-3 2 VILLANOVA W, 3-0 4 GEORGETOWN W, 3-0 19 at East Carolina W, 3-1 9 MARQUETTE W, 3-0 21 at MARSHALL W, 3-2 11 CINCINNATI W, 3-0 25 TULSA L, 0-3 16-18 BIG EAST CHAMPIONSHIP (Milwaukee, Wis.) 28 at SMU L, 2-3 16 ST. JOHN’S W, 3-0 November 17 CINCINNATI W, 3-0 2 MARSHALL W, 3-2 18 MARQUETTE W, 3-0 4 EAST CAROLINA W, 3-1 23 vs. Belmont W, 3-0 9 at SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI W, 3-2 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP (Louisville, Ky.) 11 at UCF L, 0-3 29 Belmont W, 3-0 30 Michigan L, 1-3 Conference matches in CAPS Conference matches in CAPS

RUTGERS SCARLET KNIGHTS SMU MUSTANGS (18-12 Overall / 4-11 BIG EAST) (11-20 Overall / 7-9 CONFERENCE USA) August August Miami Tournament (Coral Gables, Fla.) Georgia Tech Classic (Atlanta, Ga.) 24 vs. Wofford W, 3-2 24 vs. Charleston Southern W, 3-0 24 vs. Samford W, 3-2 25 vs. Cal State Fullerton L, 0-3 25 at Miami (Fl.) L, 0-3 25 at Georgia Tech L, 2-3 29 at Fordham W, 3-2 TCU Tournament (Fort Worth, Texas) Rutgers Invitational (New Brunswick, N.J.) 31 at TCU L, 0-3 31 Iona W, 3-0 September 31 UNH W, 3-0 1 vs. Army L, 1-3 September 1 vs. Texas A&M - Corpus Christi W, 3-0 1 URI W, 3-1 SMU Doubletree Invitational (Dallas, Texas) 4 Lafayette W, 3-0 6 vs. Wichita State L, 2-3 Spartan Classic (Norfolk, Va.) 7 vs. Texas State L, 0-3 7 vs. UNC-Wilmington W, 3-0 8 vs. Auburn L, 0-3 8 vs. Stetson W, 3-0 Oklahoma Invitational (Norman, Okla.) 8 at Norfolk State W, 3-0 14 at Oklahoma L, 0-3 11 at Lehigh W, 3-2 15 vs. New Mexico L, 0-3 Penn Invitatonal (Philadelphia, Pa.) 15 vs. Arkansas - Little Rock W, 3-2 14 vs. Radford W, 3-0 19 at TULSA L, 1-3 15 vs. George Mason W, 3-2 21 ECU W, 3-0 15 at Penn W, 3-1 23 MARSHALL L, 2-3 22 USF L, 1-3 28 at RICE L, 2-3 23 PITTSBURGH L, 2-3 30 at HOUSTON L, 0-3 30 at GEORGETOWN W, 3-1 October October 5 at UCF W, 3-1 5 at CINCINNATI L, 0-3 7 at SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI W, 3-0 7 at No. 17 LOUISVILLE L, 0-3 12 TULANE W, 3-2 12 SYRACUSE W, 3-1 14 UTEP W, 3-1 14 MARQUETTE L, 2-3 19 TULSA L, 0-3 19 at SETON HALL L, 2-3 25 at UAB L, 2-3 27 at CONNECTICUT L, 0-3 28 MEMPHIS W, 3-2 28 at ST. JOHN’S W, 3-2 November November 2 at UTEP L, 1-3 3 DE PAUL W, 3-2 4 at Tulane L, 0-3 4 NOTRE DAME L, 1-3 9 HOUSTON W, 3-1 7 ST. JOHN’S L, 1-3 11 RICE L, 1-3 11 at DE PAUL L, 1-3 16-18 CONFERENCE USA CHAMPIONSHIP (Tulsa, Okla.) 16 at TULSA L, 0-3 Conference matches in CAPS 21 North Texas L, 0-3 24 Baylor W, 3-1

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USF BULLS TEMPLE OWLS (17-15 Overall / 7-8 BIG EAST) (19-11 Overall / 8-6 Atlantic 10) August August USF Invitational (Tampa, Fla.) South Carolina Gamecock Invitational (Columbia, S.C.) 24 Wisconsin L, 0-3 24 at South Carolina L, 0-3 25 Creighton L, 0-3 24 vs. East Tennessee State L, 0-3 26 UCF W, 3-2 25 vs. Akron W, 3-0 NC State Invitational (Raleigh, N.C.) Big 5 Tournament (Philadelphia, Pa.) 31 at NC State L, 1-3 31 at Penn W, 3-1 September September 1 vs. VCU W, 3-0 1 vs. Villanova L, 2-3 vs. Kent State L, 2-3 1 vs. La Salle W, 3-0 St. Louis Tournament (St. Louis, Mo.) Miami of Ohio Invitational (Oxford, Ohio) 7 vs. Southeast Missouri State L, 2-3 7 vs. Chicago State W, 3-0 8 vs. Evansville W, 3-1 8 vs. Indiana State W, 3-1 at Saint Louis W, 3-0 8 at Miami (Ohio) L, 1-3 USF Tournament (Tampa, Fla.) 12 vs. NJIT W, 3-0 14 James Madison W, 3-1 Temple Invitational (Philadelphia, Pa.) 15 Bethune Cookman W, 3-0 14 vs. Central Connecticut W, 3-1 16 Florida International W, 3-0 14 vs. Navy W, 3-0 18 Florida Gulf Coast W, 3-1 15 vs. Cornell W, 3-0 22 at RUTGERS W, 3-1 21 RHODE ISLAND W, 3-0 23 at SETON HALL L, 1-3 22 FORDHAM W, 3-0 28 No. 17 LOUISVILLE L, 1-3 28 XAVIER W, 3-2 30 CINCINNATI W, 3-2 29 DAYTON L, 0-3 October October 5 at SYRACUSE L, 2-3 5 at LA SALLE W, 3-0 7 at MARQUETTE L, 2-3 12 at DUQUESNE L, 0-3 12 VILLANOVA W, 3-0 14 at GEORGE WASHINGTON L 2-3 14 GEORGETOWN W, 3-2 19 at FORDHAM W, 3-2 19 CONNECTICUT L, 2-3 21 at RHODE ISLAND L, 2-3 21 ST. JOHN’S W, 3-1 26 VCU L, 0-3 26 at DE PAUL L, 1-3 27 CHARLOTTE W, 3-0 28 at NOTRE DAME L, 0-3 November November 2 SAINT LOUIS W, 3-2 3 at PITTSBURGH W, 3-2 6 Florida A&M W, 3-0 4 at BUTLER L, 1-3 9 at CONNECTICUT L, 1-3 9 LA SALLE W, 3-0 11 GEORGETOWN W, 3-0 Atlantic 10 Tournament (Philadelphia, N.Y.) 16-18 BIG EAST CHAMPIONSHIP (Milwaukee, Wis.) 16 Duquesne W, 3-2 16 NOTRE DAME W, 3-1 17 vs. Dayton L, 0-3 17 MARQUETTE L, 1-3 24 Central Michigan L, 0-3 Conference matches in CAPS Conference matches in CAPS 2012 TEAM CAPSULES

AWARDS - DeLaina Sarden Conference USA First Team, AVCA Midwest All-Region Team, AVCA Honorable Mention All-America. Angelica Crump Conference USA Second Team. LEADERS - Kills: Angelica Crump (366) Assists: Marie Reiterova (1035) Digs: Marie Reiterova (298) Blocks: DeLaina Sarden (127)

AWARDS - Jordanne Scott BIG EAST First Team, AVCA Northeast All-Region Team. LEADERS - Kills: Jordanne Scott (512) Assists: Rachel Rohlfs (1106) Digs: Emmi MacIntyre (614) Blocks: Me’Ashah Nicholson (90)

AWARDS - Mattison Quayle BIG EAST First Team. Holly Strauss - O’Brien BIG EAST Co-Coach of the Year. LEADERS - Kills: Mattison Quayle (372) Assists: Marissa Prinzbach (874) Digs: Kelsey Maving (602) Blocks: Erika Thomas (104)

AWARDS - Kate Norris named to Conference USA First Team, Emily Howard named to Conference USA All-Freshman Team. LEADERS - Kills: Katie Norris (405) Assists: Abby Simmons (962) Digs: Natalie Keck (404) Blocks: Chandace Tryon (113)

AWARDS - Lola Arlanbekova BIG EAST PLAYER of the Year, BIG EAST First Team, AVCA All-America Second Team. Gwen Rucker BIG EAST First Team, AVCA All-America Third Team. Caitlin Welch BIG EAST Second Team, AVCA Honorable Mention. Brooke Mattingly BIG EAST Second Team. LEADERS - Kills: Lola Arlanbekova (596) Assists: Katie George (721) Digs: Caitlin Welch (628) Blocks: Gwen Rucker (120)

AWARDS - Altrese Hawkins Conference USA First Team. LEADERS - Kills: Altrese Hawkins (456) Assists: Jaden Louie (679) Digs: Aleksandra Petronijevic (543) Blocks: Katie Meyer (91)

NOTABLE - Most wins since 2000, best start in program history (14-1), 12 game winning streak longest since 1983. LEADERS - Kills: Sarah Schmid (379) Assists: Stephanie Zielinski (1342) Digs: Tracy Wright (356) Blocks: Sarah Schmid (82)

AWARDS - Caroline Young Conference USA First Team, AVCA Midwest All-Region Team, Courtney Manning Conference USA Second Team. LEADERS - Kills: Caroline Young (397) Assists: Olivia Bailey (980) Digs: Susan Lewis (411) Blocks: Maddie Lozano (113)

AWARDS - Erin Fairs BIG EAST Freshman of the Year, BIG East Second Team. Kayla Walton BIG EAST First Team. LEADERS - Kills:Erin Fairs (316) Assists: Erin Fairs (846) Digs: Claudia Cabrera (547) Blocks: Andrea Rodriguez Gomez (134)

AWARDS - Chelsea Tupuola Atlantic 10 Libero of the Year, Gabriella Matautia Atlantic 10 First Team. LEADERS - Kills: Gabriella Matautia (437) Assists: Tiffany Connatser (1186) Digs: Chelsea Tupuola (579) Blocks: Jennifer Iacobini (78)

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2012 Final AVCA Coaches Poll 2012 Final RPI THE AMERICAN in the 2012 RPI School Rank School Rank Rank School 1 Texas (60) 1 Stanford 7. Louisville 2 Oregon 2 Texas 95. Cincinnati 3 Penn State 3 Penn State 121. UConn 4 Stanford 4 Oregon 126. USF 5 Michigan 5 Nebraska 130. Rutgers 6 Southern California 6 Minnesota 159. Temple 7 Nebraska 7 Louisville 168. UCF 8 Minnesota 8 UCLA 206. SMU 9 Washington 9 Kansas 217. Houston 10 Florida 10 Florida 237. Memphis 11 Hawaii 11 Southern California 12 BYU 12 Florida State 13 UCLA 13 BYU 14 Iowa State 14 Washington 15 Purdue 15 Iowa State 16 Michigan State 16 Michigan 17 Louisville 17 Texas A&M 18 Florida State 18 North Carolina 19 Dayton 19 Dayton 20 Kentucky 20 Kentucky 21 Western Kentucky 21 Hawaii 22 Ohio State 22 Purdue 23 Wichita State 23 Ohio State 24 Creighton 24 Creighton 25 Kansas 25 Kansas State () - First Place Votes

THE AMERICAN AMONG 2012 NCAA LEADERS Team Leaders Assists Per Set S Assts. Per/S 19. Louisville 121 1620 13.39

Hitting Percentage Kls. Er. TA Pct. 16. Louisville 1730 522 4451 .271 Kills Per Set S Kls. Per/S 23. Louisville 121 1730 14.30 Individual Leaders Aces Per Set S A Per/S 14. Caroline Young, SMU 117 51 0.44 38. Gabriella Matautia, TU 108 41 0.38 Assists Per Set S Assts. Per/S 25. Stephanie Zielinski, RU 119 1342 11.28 44. Tiffany Connatser, TU 109 1186 10.88 Blocks Per Set S BS BA Per/S 31. Gwen Rucker, LOU 106 21 120 1.33 Digs Per Set S Digs Per/S 33. Chelsea Tupuola, TU 109 579 5.31 43. Caitlin Welch, LOU 121 628 5.19 Hitting Percentage Kls. Er. TA Pct. 8. Gwen Rucker, LOU 282 57 555 .405 Kills Per Set S Kls. Per/S 4. Lola Arslanbekova, Lou 121 596 4.93 16. Jordanne Scott, CIN 116 512 4.41

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