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Process Color 1C 281 Kent State VOLLEYBALL 2018 QUICK FACTS GENERAL INFORMATION 2018 SCHEDULE Name Kent State University AUGUST Location Kent, Ohio 44242 North Texas Invitational – Denton, Texas Founded 1910 24 Grambling State 11 a.m. Enrollment 42,000 (all campuses) 24 Nicholls 5 p.m. Nickname Golden Flashes 25 at North Texas 12 p.m. School Colors Navy Blue (PMS 281) and Gold (PMS 124) 28 YOUNGSTOWN STATE 7 p.m. President Dr. Beverly J. Warren Golden Flashes Classic – Kent, Ohio Director of Athletics Joel Nielsen Conference Mid-American (MAC), East Division 31 PURDUE FORT WAYNE 7 p.m. Affiliation NCAA Division I SEPTEMBER Home Court Memorial Athletic & Convocation (M.A.C.) Center Golden Flashes Classic – Kent, Ohio Capacity 6,327 1 MORGAN STATE 12 p.m. 1 NIAGARA 7 p.m. COACHING STAFF 4 at Robert Morris 7 p.m. Head Coach Don Gromala (Iowa State, `04), Seventh Season La Salle Tournament – Philadelphia, Pa. Record at Kent State 75-101 (6 years) 7 Rider TBD Career Record same 8 at La Salle 10:30 a.m. Assistant Coach Mike Passarelli (Kent State, `08) 8 NJIT TBD Assistant Coach Casey Riedel (Cal Poly Pomona, `08) Butler Tournament – Indianapolis, Ind. Volleyball Office Phone 330.672.8462 14 Santa Clara 4 p.m. 15 Cleveland State 1 p.m. TEAM INFORMATION 15 at Butler 7 p.m. 2017 Record 5-22 20 at Ohio* 7 p.m. 2017 MAC Record/Finish 3-13 / Fifth, East Letterwinners Returning/Lost 8/8 22 at Eastern Michigan* 5 p.m. Starters Returning/Lost 3 / 3+Libero 28 AKRON* 5 p.m. 29 BUFFALO* 6 p.m. TEAM HISTORY OCTOBER First Year of Volleyball 1975 5 at Bowling Green* 7 p.m. Years of Volleyball 44th Season 6 at Miami* 7 p.m. All-Time Record 561-724-5 (.437) 12 at Toledo* 7 p.m. All-Time MAC Record 207-360 (.365) 13 at Ball State* 7 p.m. Winning Seasons 13 19 NORTHERN ILLINOIS* 6 p.m. MAC Winning Seasons 7 20 WESTERN MICHIGAN* 7 p.m. 20+ Win Seasons 4 25 OHIO* 7 p.m. MAC East Division Championships 1 27 CENTRAL MICHIGAN* 5 p.m. MAC Regular Season Championships 0 NOVEMBER MAC Tournament Championships 0 2 at Buffalo* 7 p.m. ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS 3 at Akron* 7 p.m. 9 MIAMI* 6 p.m. Athletic Communications Assistant/Volleyball Contact Jay Fiorello Office Phone 330.672.8420 10 BOWLING GREEN* 5 p.m. Cell Phone 330.209.9333 Mid-American Conference Tournament – Oxford, Ohio Email [email protected] 15 First Round TBA Athletic Communications Office 106 M.A.C. Center 16 Quarterfinal TBA Mailing Address 1025 Risman Drive; Kent, OH 44242 17 Semifinal TBA Web Site www.kentstatesports.com 18 Championship TBA Twitter @KentStVball Instagram kentstvball Facebook Kent State Volleyball Home matches in BOLD CAPS All times Eastern unless otherwise noted www.kentstatesports.com 1 Kent State VOLLEYBALL 2018 ROSTER NO. NAME POS. HT. YR. HOMETOWN / LAST SCHOOL 1 Darby Connors OH 6-2 Sr. Hilliard, Ohio / Hilliard Bradley 2 Sam Jones DS/L 5-8 Sr. Horsham, Pa. / Hatboro-Horsham 4 Myla King MB 6-1 Jr. Statesville, N.C. / South Iredell 5 Amy Kober OPP 6-1 Sr. Grand Haven, Mich. / Grand Haven 6 Alex Haffner S 5-10 R-Fr. Lee’s Summit, Mo./ Kansas State 7 Natalie Tagala S 5-11 So. Bloomington, Ill. / Tri-Valley 8 Jacqlyn Caspers MB 6-4 Fr. Swaledale, Iowa / West Fork 9 Lexi Mantas OH 5-11 Sr. Palos Park, Ill. / Stagg 11 Melissa Kolurbasi OPP 6-1 Fr. Istanbul, Turkey / Anabilim Anatolian 12 Ezri Edwards MB 6-1 So. Bloomington, Ill. / Bradley 13 Erin Gardner DS/L 5-5 Fr. Avon, Ohio / Avon 14 Kathryn Ellison OH 6-0 Fr. Novi, Mich. / Novi 16 Ashley Makruski OH 5-10 Jr. Amherst, Ohio / Amherst Steele 17 Danie Tyson MB 6-0 Fr. South Holland, Ill. / Chicago Christian 18 Kaeleigh Stang DS/L 5-8 So. Norwalk, Ohio / St. Paul COACHING STAFF Head Coach: Don Gromala (Iowa State, ‘04) - Seventh Season Assistant Coach: Mike Passarelli (Kent State, ‘08) - Fourth Season Assistant Coach: Casey Riedel (Cal Poly Pomona, ‘08) - Second Season ROSTER BREAKDOWN FLASHES BY CLASS FLASHES BY STATE/COUNTRY FLASHES BY POSITION Seniors 4 Illinois 4 Middle Blockers 4 Juniors 2 Ohio 4 Outside Hitters 4 Sophomores 3 Michigan 2 Def. Specialist/Liberos 3 Freshmen 6 Iowa 1 Opposites 2 Missouri 1 Setters 2 North Carolina 1 Pennsylvania 1 Turkey 1 2 www.kentstatesports.com Process Color 1C 281 Kent State VOLLEYBALL 2017 STATISTICS 2017 Kent State Volleyball Kent State Combined Team Statistics (as of Nov 11, 2017) All matches Overall record: 5-22 Conf: 3-13 Home: 2-8 Away: 1-9 Neutral: 2-5 Attack Set Serve Dig Blocking ## Player sp k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa se sa/s re dig dig/s bs ba total blk/s be bhe points 17 BITTINGER, Kelsey 94 365 3.88 124 1094 .2 2 0 28 0.30 11 16 0.12 23 317 3.37 7 15 22 0.23 7 1 390.5 9 MANTAS, Lexi 63 133 2.11 81 540 .0 9 6 10 0.16 11 35 0.17 14 156 2.48 2 20 22 0.35 2 2 156.0 6 YOUNKIN, Heather 88 184 2.09 112 598 .1 2 0 4 0.05 0 1 0.00 0 46 0.52 9 39 48 0.55 4 0 212.5 4 KING, Myla 80 128 1.60 68 368 .1 6 3 3 0.04 3 10 0.04 0 20 0.25 10 50 60 0.75 7 1 166.0 16 MAKRUSKI, Ashley 31 45 1.45 36 177 .0 5 1 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 1 15 0.48 0 3 3 0.10 2 1 46.5 1 CONNORS, Darby 23 33 1.43 29 136 .0 2 9 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 2 7 0.30 1 5 6 0.26 0 1 36.5 12 OBERG, Naomi 31 39 1.26 23 134 .1 1 9 3 0.10 0 0 0.00 0 4 0.13 0 11 11 0.35 1 0 44.5 15 GERDEMAN, Amber 57 63 1.11 42 242 .0 8 7 3 0.05 3 14 0.05 1 18 0.32 11 29 40 0.70 5 0 91.5 5 KOBER, Amy 22 20 0.91 13 81 .0 8 6 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 5 0.23 0 4 4 0.18 0 0 22.0 8 ENNESSER, Annie 35 31 0.89 27 112 .0 3 6 0 0.00 0 2 0.00 0 12 0.34 3 15 18 0.51 4 0 41.5 7 TAGALA, Natalie 82 53 0.65 17 147 .2 4 5 718 8.76 10 16 0.12 0 199 2.43 1 17 18 0.22 2 20 72.5 14 JAKSCHT, Brittney 38 16 0.42 2 34 .4 1 2 179 4.71 3 9 0.08 1 50 1.32 1 4 5 0.13 1 33 22.0 3 GERAGHTY, Challen 94 2 0.02 0 6 .3 3 3 79 0.84 11 25 0.12 21 561 5.97 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 13.0 2 JONES, Sam 62 1 0.02 0 1 1.000 9 0.15 9 11 0.15 6 77 1.24 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 10.0 10 TULISIAK, Claire 94 0 0.00 3 9 - .3 3 3 21 0.22 14 15 0.15 25 233 2.48 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 14.0 18 STANG, Kaeleigh 63 0 0.00 1 2 - .5 0 0 3 0.05 7 8 0.11 2 39 0.62 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 7.0 KENT STATE 94 1113 11.84 578 3681 .1 4 5 1060 11.28 82 162 0.87 111 1759 18.71 45 212 151.0 1.61 35 59 1346.0 Opponents 94 1293 13.76 497 3792 .2 1 0 1198 12.74 111 198 1.18 82 1719 18.29 75 338 244.0 2.60 65 25 1648.0 Team Statistics KENTST OPP Date Opponent Score Score by set Att. ATTACK Aug 25 at Iowa State L 0-3 19-25,23-25,18-25 2030 K i l ls 1113 1293 Aug 26 vs New Mexico L 0-3 23-25,18-25,22-25 0 E r r o r s 578 497 Aug 26 vs Omaha W 3-0 25-18,25-23,25-21 0 Total Attacks 3681 3792 Sep 01 vs Illinois L 0-3 22-25,13-25,16-25 0 Attack Pct .1 4 5 .2 1 0 Sep 02 at Louisville L 0-3 14-25,17-25,19-25 814 K i l ls / S e t 11.8 13.8 Sep 02 vs #24 WKU L 0-3 19-25,15-25,15-25 0 SET Sep 08 BUTLER L 0-3 20-25,20-25,14-25 537 A s s is t s 1060 1198 Sep 10 COL. OF CHARLESTON L 0-3 17-25,7-25,17-25 382 A t te m p ts 3636 3574 Sep 15 at Oakland L 0-3 21-25,17-25,10-25 294 Assist Pct .2 9 2 .3 3 5 Sep 16 vs Towson L 0-3 10-25,24-26,20-25 54 A s s is t s / S e t 11.3 12.7 Sep 16 vs Fort Wayne W 3-2 27-25,25-19,23-25,22-25,15-13 112 SERVE *Sep 22 at Akron L 1-3 27-25,15-25,18-25,23-25 498 A c e s 82 111 *Sep 23 at Buffalo L 0-3 22-25,16-25,23-25 151 E r r o r s 162 198 *Sep 29 BOWLING GREEN L 1-3 20-25,25-21,16-25,13-25 572 A t te m p ts 1968 2196 *Sep 30 MIAMI L 2-3 19-25,25-21,30-32,25-21,6-15 549 Serve Pct .9 1 8 .9 1 0 *Oct 05 OHIO W 3-2 25-18,25-12,17-25,27-29,15-12 607 A c e s / S e t 0.9 1.2 *Oct 07 at Central Michigan W 3-0 27-25,25-15,25-16 300 SERVE RECEPTIONS *Oct 13 BALL STATE L 1-3 19-25,25-17,19-25,25-27 539 E r r o r s 111 82 *Oct 14 TOLEDO L 0-3 23-25,22-25,15-25 412 E r r o r s /S e t 1.2 0.9 *Oct 20 at Western Michigan L 1-3 25-23,17-25,22-25,22-25 475 A t te m p ts 1983 1795 *Oct 21 at Northern Illinois L 0-3 41-43,22-25,20-25 412 Reception Pct .9 4 4 .9 5 4 *Oct 27 BUFFALO L 0-3 23-25,26-28,25-27 415 DEFENSE *Oct 28 AKRON W 3-0 25-16,27-25,25-22 353 D ig s 1759 1719 *Nov 03 vs Miami L 0-3 24-26,23-25,16-25 356 D ig s /S e t 18.7 18.3 *Nov 04 at Bowling Green L 2-3 18-25,25-20,19-25,25-14,9-15 678 BLOCKING *Nov 09 at Ohio L 0-3 23-25,23-25,20-25 430 Block Solo 45 75 *Nov 11 EASTERN MICHIGAN L 1-3 22-25,25-16,15-25,17-25 537 Block Assist 212 338 Total Blocks 151.0 244.0 Record in 3-set matches:3-15 • Record in 4-set matches:0-5 • Record in 5-set matches:2-2 B lo c k s / S e t 1.6 2.6 Block Errors 35 65 Ball handling errors 59 25 ATTENDANCE T o t a l 4903 6082 Dates/Avg Per Date 10/490 10/608 Neutral site #/Avg 7/75 Current win streak 0 - Home win streak 0 - www.kentstatesports.com 3.