2021 WEEKLY NOTES August 27-28, 2021: Temple Invitational

TOURNAMENT INFORMATION THE FIELD Date...... August 27, 28 Location...... , Pa. Facility...... McGonigle Hall Teams...... Temple, Delaware, Rider, Stanford Live Stats...... temple.statbroadcast.com TV...... ESPN+ (Temple matches) TEMPLE RIDER DELAWARE STANFORD On the Call...... Ari Bluestein/Nicki Jones (Friday) OWLS BRONCS BLUE HENS CARDINAL ...... Kevin Copp/Jovana Radojevic (Saturday) 2020: 11-6, 4-4 AAC 2020: 7-5, 4-4 MAAC 2020: 4-6, 2-3 CAA 2-8, 2-8 Pac-12 AAC Tournament Runner Up MAAC Champs; NCAA 1st Rd 2021 SCHEDULE/RESULTS Date Opponent Time/Result HEAD COACH HEAD COACH HEAD COACH HEAD COACH Aug. 27 vs. Rider 11:00 AM Bakeer Ganesharatnam Jeff Rotondo Sara Matthews Kevin Hambly Aug. 28 vs. Delaware 7:00 PM (Queens ‘05) (BCCC ‘93) (Kansas ‘02) (Illinois ‘06) Aug. 28 vs. Stanford 6:00 PM 11th Year 8th Year, 3rd at Rider 5th Year 12th Year, 4th at Stanford Sept. 3 vs. Iona 10:30 AM Overall: 166-120 Overall: 112-92 Overall: 33-60 Overall: 274-103 Sept. 3 vs. Maryland 7:00 PM at School: Same at School: 22-21 at School: Same at School: 96-17 Sept. 4 vs. LIU 6:00 PM Sept. 10 vs. Norfolk State 4:00 PM Sept. 11 at Towson 10:00 AM PRESEASON ALL-CONF PRESEASON ALL-CONF PRESEASON ALL-CONF PRESEASON ALL-CONF Sept. 11 vs. Lehigh 6:30 PM Falanika Danielson, L Morgan Romano, OPP Savannah Seemans, OH Kendall Kipp, OPP Sept. 17 vs. Villanova 5:30 PM Gem Grimshaw, OH/RS (Preseason POTY) Sept. 18 vs. Penn 11:00 AM Anilee Sher, S Sept. 18 vs. Princeton 6:30 PM Sept. 24 at SMU 8:00 PM Sept. 26 at Memphis 2:00 PM QUICK SETS Oct. 1 vs. Tulane 7:00 PM • The Owls open the 2021 season by hosting the Temple Invitational. The event sees Temple welcome Rider, Oct. 3 vs. Houston 1:00 PM Delaware, and Stanford to McGonigle Hall. Oct. 8 at ECU 7:00 PM Oct. 10 at Cincinnati 1:00 PM • Temple finished the 2020-21 spring season as the American Athletic Conference runner-up, falling 3-1 to UCF in Oct. 15 vs. USF 7:00 PM the tournament final. Oct. 17 vs. UCF 1:00 PM • Temple returns all but one of its starters from last season, including first team All-Conference selections in Gem Oct. 22 vs. Tulsa 7:00 PM Grimshaw and Falanika Danielson, and second-team honoree, Miray Bolukbasi. Oct. 24 vs. Wichita State 12:00 PM Oct. 29 at Houston 8:00 PM • Danielson was named the 2020 AAC Libero of the Year, as well as an AVCA All-Region honorable mention selection. Oct. 31 at Tulane 1:00 PM • Rider was an NCAA Tournament team in the spring, finishing 7-5 overall, but winning the MAAC Championship. They Nov. 5 vs. Memphis 7:00 PM return several players from last season’s team, including MAAC Player of the Year, Morgan Romano. Nov. 7 vs. SMU 12:00 PM • Delaware is coming off a 4-6 campaign from the shortened 2020-21 season. The Blue Hens’ offense features Nov. 12 at Wichita State 8:00 PM preseason All-CAA pick Savannah Seemans. Nov. 14 at Tulsa 2:00 PM Nov. 19 at UCF 7:00 PM • Stanford’s 2020-21 season was cut short due to the Covid-19 pandemic, but the Cardinal have won 10 of the last Nov. 21 at USF 1:00 PM 15 Pac-12 Championships. Stanford was the also the 2019 NCAA Champion in the last full season of NCAA action. Nov. 26 vs. Cincinnati 1:00 PM • Temple owns the all-time series against against Rider (9-0) and Delaware (18-11), and will be meeting Stanford for Nov. 27 vs. ECU 1:00 PM the first time in program history. All times Eastern | Home meets in cherry • The Owls are led by head coach Bakeer Ganesharatnam who is in his 11th season on North Broad. The 2020 AVCA Regional Coach of the Year has compiled an overall record of 166-20. COMMUNICATIONS LAUREN FERRETT FOLLOW THE OWLS Director of Strategic Communications/Olympic Sports Digital Media [email protected] | 570-313-2338 @temple.vb @temple_vb @TempleVolleyball [ www.OwlSports.com • @TempleOwls ] 2021 ROSTER Name Year Pos Ht Hometown High School 1 Kayla Spells Jr. MB 6-1 Cary, N.C. North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics 2 Peyton Boyd R-Jr. RS 6-4 Dumfries, Va. Forest Park 3 Nikki Saito Jr. DS 5-3 Honolulu, Hawaii Maryknoll School 5 Gem Grimshaw Sr. OH/RS 6-2 Marco Island, Fla. Seacrest Country Day 6 Falanika Danielson So. L 5-5 Ewa Beach, Hawaii Mililani HS 7 Xeryah Salanoa Sr. OH/RS 6-0 Honolulu, Hawaii Punahou School 8 Nina-Symone Williams So. MB 6-1 Alpharetta, Ga. Alpharetta HS 9 Magdalena Rogalska Fr. S 5-11 Krakow, Poland II Liceum Ogolnoksztalcace w Krakowie 10 Nikki Shimao So. S/DS 5-5 Honolulu, Hawaii ‘Iolani School 11 Patrycja Zielinska Fr. S 5-10 Franciszków, Poland II Liceum Ogolnoksztalcace im. Hetmana Jana Zamoyskiego 12 Katerina Papazoglou Gr. OH 6-1 Thessaloniki, Greece Hellenic College 13 Chelci Banks Fr. MB 6-1 Marietta, Ga. Hillgrove 14 Taylor Davenport So. MB 6-1 Columbia, S.C. AC Flora HS 15 Leonie Freytag Fr. OH 5-11 Berlin, Germany SLZB 16 Miray Bolukbasi Gr. OH 6-0 Istanbul, Turkey Anabilim College 17 Jaaliyah Evans Fr. OH 6-1 Collingswood, N.J. Paul VI COACHING STAFF PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Head Coach: Bakeer Ganesharatnam (Queens ‘05) - 11th season #3 Nikki Saito: Sigh-TOE Assistant Coach: Ren Cefra (Hawai’i-West Oahu ‘13) - 6th season #5 Gem Grimshaw: Jem Volunteer Assistant Coach: Keisuke Tsukada (Kwansei Gakuin ‘12) - 3rd Season #7 Xeryah Salanoa: Zuh-RYE-uh Salla-NO-uh Graduate Manager: Kirsten Overton ‘17 - 1st Season #9 Magdalena Rogalska: Mag-duh-LEN-uh Ruh-GALL-ska #10 Nikki Shimao: SHIM-eye-oh SUPPORT STAFF #11 Patrycja Zielinska: Patty Juh-LEEN-ska Academic Advisor: Nick Plack #12 Katerina Papazoglou: Kah-TA-ree-nuh Paw-PAWS-uh-glue #13 Chelci Banks: Chel-SEE Athletic Trainer: Helen Gallagher #15 Leonie Freytag: Leo-NEE FRY-tag Strength & Conditioning Coach: Tim Teefy #16 Miray Bolukbasi: MEER-eye Bull-LICK-bosh-uh Sport Administrators: Jessica Reo #17 Jaaliyah Evans: JOLL-ee-uh Communications Contacts: Lauren Ferrett Bakeer Ganesharatnam: buh-KEER GAH-nez-SHA-rat-nam Ren Cefra: Ren SEF-ruh Keisuke Tsukada: Kess-KAY SOO-cotta ROSTER BREAKDOWN Freshmen (5): Banks, Evans, Freytag, Rogalska, Zielinska Florida (1): Grimshaw Sophomores (4): Danielson, Davenport, Shimao, Williams Georgia (2): Banks, Williams Juniors (2): Boyd, Saito, Spells Hawaii (4): Danielson, Saito, Salanoa, Shimao Seniors (3): Grimshaw, Salanoa New Jersey (1): Evans Grad Students (2): Bolukbasi, Papazoglou North Carolina (1): Lindgren South Carolina (1): Davenport Setters (3): Saito, Rogalska, Zielinska Virginia (1): Boyd Defensive Specialists (3): Danielson, Saito, Shimao International (5): Bolukbasi (Turkey), Freytag (Germany), Papazoglou (Greece), Right Sides (3): Boyd, Grimshaw, Salanoa Rogalska (Poland), Zielinska (Poland) Outsides (5): Bolukbasi, Evans, Freytag, Grimshaw, Papazoglou Middles (5): Banks, Davenport, Salanoa, Spells, Williams [ www.OwlSports.com • @TempleOwls ] NEWS AND NOTES AMERICAN PRESEASON POLL TEMPLE INVITATIONAL Team First-Place Votes Points Temple hosts Rider, Delaware, and Stanford in its opening week- 1. UCF 10 100 end at McGonigle Hall. Friday’s schedule opens with Temple and Rider at 11:00 a.m., while Delaware and Rider meet at 2:30 p.m. 2. Houston 1 80 The Owls are back in action on Friday night against Delaware at 3. SMU 66 7:00 p.m. Saturday’s lone match features Temple vs. Stanford at 4. Tulane 64 6:00 p.m. 5. Cincinnati 61 6. Temple 58 OWL ABOUT TEMPLE Temple finished the 2020-21 spring season as the American 7. South Florida 34 Athletic Conference runner-up, going 11-6 overall, including 4-4 8. Wichita State 33 in conference play. The Owls needed a late run to qualify for its first ever AAC Tournament, standing 9. Tulsa 24 at 2-4 heading into the final weekend of action. Temple then swept defending champion Cincinnati 10. East Carolina 18 to clinch the second spot out of the AAC East Division. In the tournament, Temple topped West champion Houston, 3-1, before falling 3-1 to UCF in the finals. Memphis 18 PRESEASON PICKS PROGRAM INFORMATION The Owls were picked to finish sixth in the American, as voted on by the league’s coaches. Return- ing first-team All-Conference selections Falanika Danielson and Gem Grimshaw were named to the ALL-TIME preseason All-Conference team. Overall record: 939-641 (1975-2020) NCAA Appearances: 4 (1997, 1998, 1999, 2002) FAMILIAR FACES COACHING STAFF Owls welcomes back all but one of its starters from last season. The final five games of Temple’s Head Coach: ...... Bakeer Ganesharatnam 2020 season saw just seven players on the court for the Owls, with six of them back for the 2021 ...... Phone: (215) 204-0476 season. A notable absence is setter Tyler Lindgren, a 2020 All-Tournament selection, who graduated ...... E-Mail: [email protected] a year early...... Career Record (Years): 166-120 (10 seasons) ...... Record at TU (Years): Same Temple will get a boost from the return of 2019 All-Conference right side, Peyton Boyd. Boyd missed Assistant Coach:...... Ren Cefra most of the 2020 season due to injury and is expected to return to the court in a few weeks...... Phone: (215) 204-6289 ...... E-Mail: [email protected] SETTING SITUATION Assistant Coach:...... TBA Temple will have to replace a three-year starting setter in Lindgren, but has a pair of newcomers ...... Phone: (814) 386-3661 who can fill the role. Magdalena Rogalska and Patrycja Zielinska, both out of Poland, will contend ...... E-Mail: for the starting job, while utility athlete, sophomore Nikki Shimao also got reps at the position Volunteer Assistant...... Keisuke Tsukada last season. Zielinska saw action with the Polish junior national team, while Rogalska played at a Graduate Manager...... Kirsten Overton strong club in Poland...... Phone: (215) 204-6289 ...... E-Mail: [email protected] PIN HITTERS Temple has a group of strong pin hitters with veteran experience. Senior Gem Grimshaw shifted to THE OWLS the right side in Boyd’s absence last season and shined, racking up 3.42 kills per set, while adding Letterwinners Returning/Lost:...... 11/3 to her six rotation play with 2.69 digs per frame. Graduate student Miray Bolukbasi led the Owls Starters Returning/Lost:...... 6/1 with 3.66 kills per set last season, while classmate Katerina Papazoglou has been a mainstay in Newcomers:...... 5 2020 Overall Record:...... 11-6 Temple lineups over the past four years. Senior Xeryah Salanoa provides veteran leadership at the 2020 American Record:...... 4-4 position, while newcomers Leonie Freytag and Jaaliyah Evans give Temple depth on the outside. 2020 American Finish:...... 2nd (East Div.) 2020 Postseason: ...... Runner-Up IN THE MIDDLE Temple’s middles are young but experienced, as the Owls return three who started matches in 2020. Sophomore Taylor Davenport led Temple with 1.09 blocks per set last season, while junior Location:...... Philadelphia, Pa. Kayla Spells and sophomore Nina-Symone Williams each tallied 0.64 blocks per frame. Freshman Founded:...... 1884 Chelci Banks could also break into the starting lineup, giving Temple four solid options in the Enrollment:...... 42,400 middle. President:...... Richard M. Englert Interim Director of Athletics:...... Fran Dunphy DEFENSIVELY Nickname:...... Owls Temple’s defensive core is an all-Hawaiian team, led by returning AAC Libero of the Year, Falanika Colors:...... Cherry (201c) and White Danielson. The sophomore led the Owls and the American with 5.27 digs per set in 2020, ranking in Home Court:...... McGonigle Hall (3,900) [ www.OwlSports.com • @TempleOwls ] NEWS AND NOTES the top-25 in the NCAA. Joining Danielson on the back line is junior Nikki Saito, while Shimao can also play the defensive specialist position.

SCOUTING RIDER Rider was an NCAA Tournament team in the spring season, finishing 7-5 overall and winning the MAAC Championship. They return several players from last season’s team, including MAAC Player of the Year, Morgan Romano, and MAAC Co-Setter of the Year, Anilee Sher. Romano averaged 3.94 kills per set last season, adding 2.21 digs per set. Sher dished out 525 total assists last season, averaging 11.17 per frame.

TEMPLE VS. RIDER Temple is 9-0 all-time against Rider, but the teams haven’t met since 2011.

SCOUTING DELAWARE Delaware is coming off a 4-6 campaign from the shortened 2020-21 season. The Blue Hens’ offense features preseason All-CAA pick Savannah Seemans at oppo- site. An All-Rookie selection last season, she led Delaware in kills (100) and finished second in kills per set (2.70) and digs per set (3.27) in 2020-21.

TEMPLE VS. DELAWARE Temple owns the all-time series against Delaware, 18-11. The teams last met in the spring with Temple winning a 3-2 thriller (25-23, 25-22, 23-25, 21-25, 15-8) at McGonigle Hall. Temple’s Katerina Papazoglou led the offense with a season-best 17 kills, adding 14 digs for a double-double. For Delaware, Michaela Putnicki tallied 19 kills and 15 digs, while Savannah Seemans had 15 kills with 24 digs.

SCOUTING STANFORD Stanford’s 2020-21 season was cut short due to the Covid-19 pandemic, allowing the team just a 2-8 record, but the Cardinal have won 10 of the last 15 Pac-12 Championships. Stanford was the also the 2019 NCAA Champion in the last full season of NCAA action. Preseason All-Pac-12 pick Kendall Kipp is back at opposite for Stanford, averaging 2.81 kills and 3.11 points per set in 28 career games. Caitie Baird and Elena Oglivie also return to the lineup after their All-Freshman selections last season.

TEMPLE VS. STANFORD This will be the first meeting between Temple and Stanford.

CONFERENCE CLASHES Temple opens conference play on September 24 at SMU. The Owls are 81-57 all-time in the American Athletic Conference since joining the league for the 2013 season. Temple is 3-5 all-time in American Conference openers.

OH CAPTAIN, MY CAPTAIN Serving a team captains for the Owls this season are graduate student Katerina Papazoglou, and seniors Gem Grimshaw and Xeryah Salanoa.

FAMILIAR FACE ON THE SIDELINES The Temple volleyball team will have a familiar face on the sidelines this season, as former Owl standout, Kirsten Overton ‘17, has joined the staff as a graduate manager for operations. A four-year member of the Owls, Overton was a three time American All-Conference selection, including a first team nod in 2015. She racked up 823 career kills and 371 total blocks, while hitting a massive .362 for her career. Additionally, her 318 block assists ranks her second all-time in Temple program history.

TOURNAMENT HIATUS The American Athletic Conference Tournament is on hiatus for the next few seasons, and the league is back to the conference champion and NCAA automatic qualifier being determined by the final regular-season standings. The AAC contested a tournament in both 2019 and 2020 (played in 2021), but has returned to a full regular season scheduled with all teams playing against each other both home and away.

IT’S A PLUS Last season, Temple and the American Athletic Conference secured a 12-year media rights extension with ESPN. Under the agreement of the extension, hundreds of additional American Athletic Conference sports events annually will be distributed on the ESPN+ digital platform. The deal means that most of the Owls’ home matches will appear on ESPN+, a subscription service available nationwide.

NIKE X TEMPLE VOLLEYBALL The Temple Athletics Department made the switch to Nike, beginning with the 2020-21 seasons. The three-year agreement makes Nike the exclusive athletic footwear, apparel and accessories provider for each of the Owls’ 19 varsity sports.

[ www.OwlSports.com • @TempleOwls ] SEASON AND CAREER HIGHS #1 KAYLA SPELLS #7 XERYAH SALANOA 2021 Season Career 2021 Season Career Kills: 13, vs. Delaware (2/26/21) Kills: 3, vs. Towson (2/27/21) Assists: 1, vs. Towson (2/27/21) Assists: 3, at UConn (11/8/19) Digs: 4, vs. ECU (10/11/19) Digs: 17, vs. Delaware (2/26/21) Blocks: 7, at Tulane (11/10/19) Blocks: 4, vs. Delaware (2/26/21) Aces: 1, vs. ECU (10/11/19) Aces: 2, at UConn (11/8/19) Double-Doubles: - Double-Doubles: -

#2 PEYTON BOYD #8 NINA-SYMONE WILLIAMS 2021 Season Career 2021 Season Career Kills: 16, vs. ECU (10/11/19) Kills: 4, vs. St. John’s (2/6/21) Assists: 3, at UConn (11/8/19) Assists: - Digs: 22, at Tulane (11/10/19) Digs: 1, vs. Towson (2/27/21) Blocks: 5, vs. USF (11/16/19) Blocks: 5, vs. Morgan St. (1/23/21) Aces: 2, vs. Tulsa (10/25/19) Aces: - Double-Doubles: 2 Double-Doubles: -

#3 NIKKI SAITO #9 MAGDALENA ROGALSKA 2021 Season Career 2021 Season/Career Kills: 1, vs. Morgan St. (1/23/21) Kills: - Assists: 5, vs. Morgan St. (1/23/21) Assists: - Digs: 17, vs. Morgan St. (1/23/21) Digs: - Blocks: - Blocks: - Aces: 3, vs. Houston (10/6/19) Aces: - Double-Doubles: - Double-Doubles: -

#5 GEM GRIMSHAW #10 NIKKI SHIMAO 2021 Season Career 2021 Season Career Kills: 20, vs. Ohio (9/6/19) Kills: 10, vs. Morgan St. (1/23/21) Assists: 2, vs. Towson (2/27/21) Assists: 2, vs. Morgan St. (1/23/21) Digs: 16, vs. Radford (9/13/19) Digs: 8, vs. Morgan St. (1/23/21) Blocks: 7, vs. Cincinnati (3/27/21) Blocks: 1, vs. UConn (1/30/21) Aces: 3, at UCF (9/29/2019) Aces: 1, vs. Morgan St. (1/23/21) Double-Doubles: 13 Double-Doubles: -

#6 FALANIKA DANIELSON #11 PATRYCJA ZIELINSKA 2021 Season Career 2021 Season/Career Kills: - Kills: - Assists: 9, vs. Coppin St. (2/5/21) Assists: - Digs: 32, vs. Delaware (2/26/21) Digs: - Blocks: - Blocks: - Aces: 3, vs. Cincinnati (3/27/21) Aces: - Double-Doubles: - Double-Doubles: -

[ www.OwlSports.com • @TempleOwls ] SEASON AND CAREER HIGHS #12 KATERINA PAPAZOGLOU #17 JAALIYAH EVANS 2021 Season Career 2021 Season/Career Kills: 22, vs. UConn (10/4/19) Kills: - Assists: 3, vs. ECU (10/11/19) Assists: - Digs: 27, vs. Indiana (9/1/18) Digs: - Blocks: 4, vs. Delaware (2/26/21) Blocks: - Aces: 5, at USF, (2/12/21) Aces: - Double-Doubles: 24 Double-Doubles: -

#13 CHELCI BANKS 2021 Season/Career Kills: - Assists: - Digs: - Blocks: - Aces: - Double-Doubles: - 2021 AWARDS AAC Preseason All-Conference Gem Grimshaw #14 TAYLOR DAVENPORT Falanika Danielson 2021 Season Career Kills: 12, vs. Cincinnati (3/27/21) Assists: 1, vs. Coppin St. (2/5/21) 2020 AWARDS Digs: 5, vs. Cincinnati (3/27/21) AVCA All-Region AAC Offensive Player of the Week Blocks: 9, vs. Cincinnati (3/27/21) Falanika Danielson, HM Tyler Lindgren, 2/8/21 Aces: 5, vs. Morgan St. (1/23/21) Double-Doubles: - AVCA Regional Coach of the Year AAC Defensive Player of the Week Bakeer Ganesharatnam Taylor Davenport, 3/29/21

#15 LEONIE FREYTAG AAC Libero of the Year American Weekly Honor Roll 2021 Season/Career Falanika Danielson Tyler Lindgren, 3/29/21 Kills: - Tyler Lindgren, 3/8/21 Assists: - AAC Co-Coach of the Year Falanika Danielson, 2/29/21 Digs: - Bakeer Ganesharatnam Falanika Danielson, 2/22/21 Blocks: - Gem Grimshaw, 2/15/21 Aces: - AAC All-Conference Miray Bolukbasi, 2/1/21 Double-Doubles: - Gem Grimshaw, 1st Miray Bolukbasi, 1/25/21 Falanika Danielson, 1st Miray Bolukbasi, 2nd Owlsports.com Athlete of the Week #16 MIRAY BOLUKBASI Miray Bolukbasi, 2/1/21 2021 Season Career AAC All-Tournament Team Kills: 23, vs. UConn (1/30/21) 23, vs. UConn (1/30/21) Gem Grimshaw Assists: 2, vs. Morgan St. (1/23/21) 2, vs. Morgan St. (1/23/21) Tyler Lindgren Digs: 13, at ECU (3/13/21) 15, vs. USF (11/16/19) Blocks: 3, vs. Cincinnati (3/27/21) 4, vs. USF (11/16/19) AAC Preseason All-Conference Aces: 1, vs. Coppin St. (2/5/21) 3, vs. LMU (8/25/18) Peyton Boyd Double-Doubles: 3 5

[ www.OwlSports.com • @TempleOwls ] 2020 FINAL STATISTICS

2020-21 Temple Women's Volleyball FINAL 2020 STATS Overall Individual Statistics (Season played spring 2021 All games

Game Records Overall Conference Home Away Neutral 11 - 6 4 - 4 8 - 3 2 - 2 1 - 1

Team Box Score

Attack Set Serve ## Player SP MP-MS K K/S E TA PCT A A/S TA PCT SA SA/S SE TA PCT 1 Spells, Kayla 44 13-11 84 1.91 23 205 .298 3 0.07 15 .200 0 0.00 0 6 1.000 2 Boyd, Peyton 14 4-3 35 2.50 11 67 .358 0 0.00 4 .000 1 0.07 0 4 1.000 3 Saito, Nikki 5 1-0 1 0.20 0 1 1.000 5 1.00 18 .278 1 0.20 0 19 1.000 4 Dincer, Ilayda 19 7-2 32 1.68 13 91 .209 3 0.16 12 .250 1 0.05 5 37 .865 5 Grimshaw, Gem 65 17-15 222 3.42 83 597 .233 9 0.14 66 .136 20 0.31 17 230 .926 6 Danielson, Falanika 62 16-0 0 0.00 0 3 .000 73 1.18 216 .338 21 0.34 5 284 .982 7 Salanoa, Xeryah 26 9-4 9 0.35 8 49 .020 4 0.15 20 .200 3 0.12 2 81 .975 8 Williams, Nina-Symone 28 9-6 21 0.75 12 71 .127 0 0.00 2 .000 0 0.00 0 0 .000 10 Shimao, Nikki 7 5-0 0 0.00 0 0 .000 6 0.86 18 .333 0 0.00 0 9 1.000 11 Lindgren, Tyler 67 17-17 36 0.54 6 114 .263 696 10.39 1993 .349 6 0.09 6 218 .972 12 Papazoglou, Katerina 47 13-11 123 2.62 39 391 .215 11 0.23 52 .212 14 0.30 13 198 .934 14 Davenport, Taylor 65 17-17 102 1.57 48 284 .190 2 0.03 19 .105 11 0.17 23 194 .881 15 Jean-Philippe, Baleigh 1 1-0 0 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.00 0 .000 0 0.00 0 0 .000 16 Bolukbasi, Miray 61 17-16 223 3.66 105 610 .193 11 0.18 62 .177 8 0.13 15 213 .930 TEMPLE 67 17-17 888 13.25 348 2483 .217 823 12.28 2497 .330 86 1.28 86 1493 .942 Opponents 67 17-17 914 13.64 372 2532 .214 860 12.84 2563 .336 91 1.36 115 1476 .922

Receptions Dig Blocking Points ## Player SP RE TA PCT DIG DIG/S BS BA TOTAL BLK/S BE BHE PTS PTS/S 1 Spells, Kayla 44 0 6 1.000 14 0.32 5 23 28 0.64 1 0 100.5 2.28 2 Boyd, Peyton 14 0 0 .000 6 0.43 1 9 10 0.71 0 0 41.5 2.96 3 Saito, Nikki 5 2 23 .913 17 3.40 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 2.0 0.40 4 Dincer, Ilayda 19 3 50 .940 30 1.58 1 4 5 0.26 0 0 36.0 1.89 5 Grimshaw, Gem 65 24 401 .940 175 2.69 6 37 43 0.66 2 0 266.5 4.10 6 Danielson, Falanika 62 17 365 .953 327 5.27 0 0 0 0.00 0 1 21.0 0.34 7 Salanoa, Xeryah 26 1 2 .500 57 2.19 0 6 6 0.23 0 0 15.0 0.58 8 Williams, Nina-Symone 28 0 2 1.000 3 0.11 2 16 18 0.64 3 2 31.0 1.11 10 Shimao, Nikki 7 1 1 .000 6 0.86 0 0 0 0.00 0 1 0.0 0.00 11 Lindgren, Tyler 67 0 5 1.000 169 2.52 2 17 19 0.28 1 5 52.5 0.78 12 Papazoglou, Katerina 47 10 257 .961 128 2.72 1 14 15 0.32 1 0 145.0 3.09 14 Davenport, Taylor 65 0 2 1.000 31 0.48 7 64 71 1.09 8 1 152.0 2.34 15 Jean-Philippe, Baleigh 1 0 0 .000 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.0 0.00 16 Bolukbasi, Miray 61 17 229 .926 123 2.02 1 20 21 0.34 1 0 242.0 3.97 - TEAM - 16 ------TEMPLE 67 91 1360 .933 1086 16.21 26 210 131.0 1.96 17 10 1105.0 16.49 Opponents 67 86 1407 .939 1071 15.99 28 237 146.5 2.19 24 17 1151.5 17.19

[ www.OwlSports.com • @TempleOwls ] 2020 FINAL STATISTICS - CONFERENCE ONLY

2020-21 Temple Women's Volleyball Overall Individual Statistics AAC GAMES ONLY

Game Records Overall Conference Home Away Neutral 4 - 4 4 - 4 2 - 2 2 - 2 0 - 0

Team Box Score

Attack Set Serve ## Player SP MP-MS K K/S E TA PCT A A/S TA PCT SA SA/S SE TA PCT 1 Spells, Kayla 22 7-6 33 1.50 11 85 .259 1 0.05 4 .250 0 0.00 0 0 .000 4 Dincer, Ilayda 7 3-0 6 0.86 6 28 .000 1 0.14 5 .200 0 0.00 2 12 .833 5 Grimshaw, Gem 31 8-8 110 3.55 42 299 .227 3 0.10 33 .091 11 0.35 5 113 .956 6 Danielson, Falanika 31 8-0 0 0.00 0 0 .000 36 1.16 103 .350 13 0.42 1 143 .993 7 Salanoa, Xeryah 2 2-1 0 0.00 0 5 .000 1 0.50 3 .333 0 0.00 0 2 1.000 8 Williams, Nina-Symone 10 3-2 7 0.70 4 23 .130 0 0.00 1 .000 0 0.00 0 0 .000 10 Shimao, Nikki 2 2-0 0 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.00 1 .000 0 0.00 0 6 1.000 11 Lindgren, Tyler 31 8-8 12 0.39 2 47 .213 313 10.10 951 .329 2 0.06 2 106 .981 12 Papazoglou, Katerina 27 8-7 68 2.52 24 212 .208 6 0.22 31 .194 8 0.30 6 112 .946 14 Davenport, Taylor 31 8-8 46 1.48 22 140 .171 0 0.00 4 .000 4 0.13 9 91 .901 16 Bolukbasi, Miray 31 8-8 106 3.42 63 313 .137 4 0.13 29 .138 2 0.06 8 107 .925 TEMPLE 31 8-8 388 12.52 174 1152 .186 365 11.77 1165 .313 40 1.29 33 692 .952 Opponents 31 8-8 431 13.90 198 1222 .191 408 13.16 1234 .331 41 1.32 53 691 .923

Receptions Dig Blocking Points ## Player SP RE TA PCT DIG DIG/S BS BA TOTAL BLK/S BE BHE PTS PTS/S 1 Spells, Kayla 22 0 1 1.000 5 0.23 1 14 15 0.68 0 0 41.0 1.86 4 Dincer, Ilayda 7 2 19 .895 13 1.86 1 2 3 0.43 0 0 8.0 1.14 5 Grimshaw, Gem 31 9 183 .951 93 3.00 3 27 30 0.97 1 0 137.5 4.44 6 Danielson, Falanika 31 8 195 .959 174 5.61 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 13.0 0.42 7 Salanoa, Xeryah 2 0 0 .000 3 1.50 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.0 0.00 8 Williams, Nina-Symone 10 0 0 .000 2 0.20 0 7 7 0.70 0 1 10.5 1.05 10 Shimao, Nikki 2 1 1 .000 4 2.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.0 0.00 11 Lindgren, Tyler 31 0 3 1.000 73 2.35 1 11 12 0.39 0 1 20.5 0.66 12 Papazoglou, Katerina 27 3 131 .977 72 2.67 1 8 9 0.33 0 0 81.0 3.00 14 Davenport, Taylor 31 0 0 .000 14 0.45 6 37 43 1.39 4 0 74.5 2.40 16 Bolukbasi, Miray 31 7 92 .924 63 2.03 0 12 12 0.39 0 0 114.0 3.68 - TEAM - 11 ------TEMPLE 31 41 637 .936 516 16.65 13 118 72.0 2.32 5 2 500.0 16.13 Opponents 31 40 658 .939 520 16.77 15 112 71.0 2.29 9 6 543.0 17.52

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2020-21 Temple Women's Volleyball Overall Individual Statistics 2020 AAC TOURNAMENT (Played Spring 2021)

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Team Box Score

Attack Set Serve ## Player SP MP-MS K K/S E TA PCT A A/S TA PCT SA SA/S SE TA PCT 1 Spells, Kayla 8 2-2 15 1.88 2 40 .325 1 0.13 4 .250 0 0.00 0 0 .000 5 Grimshaw, Gem 8 2-2 37 4.63 9 97 .289 1 0.13 7 .143 3 0.38 2 26 .923 6 Danielson, Falanika 8 2-0 0 0.00 0 0 .000 11 1.38 28 .393 5 0.63 0 35 1.000 11 Lindgren, Tyler 8 2-2 5 0.63 1 11 .364 96 12.00 263 .365 1 0.13 0 27 1.000 12 Papazoglou, Katerina 8 2-2 19 2.38 7 65 .185 0 0.00 3 .000 4 0.50 4 34 .882 14 Davenport, Taylor 8 2-2 12 1.50 6 35 .171 0 0.00 1 .000 1 0.13 3 23 .870 16 Bolukbasi, Miray 8 2-2 25 3.13 9 68 .235 1 0.13 5 .200 1 0.13 1 27 .963 TEMPLE 8 2-2 113 14.13 34 316 .250 110 13.75 311 .354 15 1.88 10 172 .942 Opponents 8 2-2 125 15.63 30 300 .317 120 15.00 302 .397 9 1.13 10 179 .944

Receptions Dig Blocking Points ## Player SP RE TA PCT DIG DIG/S BS BA TOTAL BLK/S BE BHE PTS PTS/S 1 Spells, Kayla 8 0 3 1.000 2 0.25 2 5 7 0.88 0 0 19.5 2.44 5 Grimshaw, Gem 8 3 51 .941 20 2.50 0 6 6 0.75 0 0 43.0 5.38 6 Danielson, Falanika 8 0 36 1.000 30 3.75 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 5.0 0.63 11 Lindgren, Tyler 8 0 0 .000 25 3.13 0 1 1 0.13 1 1 6.5 0.81 12 Papazoglou, Katerina 8 6 68 .912 29 3.63 0 1 1 0.13 0 0 23.5 2.94 14 Davenport, Taylor 8 0 0 .000 5 0.63 1 5 6 0.75 3 0 16.5 2.06 16 Bolukbasi, Miray 8 0 11 1.000 17 2.13 1 2 3 0.38 1 0 28.0 3.50 - TEAM - 0 ------TEMPLE 8 9 169 .947 128 16.00 4 20 14.0 1.75 5 1 142.0 17.75 Opponents 8 15 162 .907 141 17.63 7 23 18.5 2.31 3 2 152.5 19.06

[ www.OwlSports.com • @TempleOwls ] HEAD COACH BAKEER 10th Season Queens ‘05 GANESHARATNAM Bakeer Ganesharatnam has turned Temple volleyball into a high-level program at the top of the American Athletic Conference, since his arrival on North Broad Street in 2011. Over Ganesharatnam’s tenure, Temple has continually surpassed expectations and has now proven itself as a top team in a strong conference. In nine seasons, he’s compiled an overall record of 156-114, including a conference mark of 86-57. Most recently, he led his 2019 squad to the best start in program history, as the Owls rattled off nine wins to open the season. Ganesharatnam’s 2017 squad made history as the first Temple team to qualify to post-season play in 15 years. The Owls finished 20-10, advancing to the second round of the National Invitational Volleyball Championship. Temple finished second in The American, going 15-5 in conference play. Individually, the Owls placed four on the All-Conference team, including Temple’s first ever unanimous first-team American player, Izzy Rapacz. Senior Kyra Coundourides, junior Iva Deak, and redshirt freshman Dana Westfield also appeared on the American Athletic Conference teams. Temple racked up a program-record 11 American Weekly Honor Roll selections, while junior Mia Heirakuji was named Defensive Player of the Week, and Rapacz earned both Offensive and Defensive POTW nods during the season. In 2016, Ganesharatnam led his team to their third-straight 20-win season, including the 100th win of his career. The 2016 Owls finished 22-8 overall with a 15-5 record in American Athletic Conference play. For the third-straight season, Ganesharatnam’s team defeated every opponent in The American, at least once during the year, including road wins over SMU and Cincinnati. The Owls also captured the 2016 title. Individually, the 2016 Temple team had three All-Conference selections in senior Kirsten Overton and juniors Izzy Rapacz and Irem Asci. During the season, seven Owls combined to win 11 weekly awards from the conference, including American Offensive Player of the Week (Izzy Rapacz), and American Defensive Player of the Week (Mia Heirakuji). Ganesharatnam’s 2015 squad recorded a 24-8 overall record, including a 15-5 mark in the American Athletic Conference. The Owls finished alone in second in the conference, having defeated each conference opponent at least once during the season, while also recording seven-straight wins to close the season. The 2015 squad tied the 2014 team for wins, the program’s best record since 2002. Ganesharatnam’s stellar 2015 campaign was built off of success the team had during a record-setting 2014 season. The Owls finished 24-8 overall, tying for second place in the American Athletic Conference, and compiling the program’s best record in 12 years. The Owls had a number of big wins in 2014, including knocking off conference champion and NCAA team, UCF. As far as individual accolades, Temple earned a conference and program record five All-Conference sections in 2014. Sydlik was named to the first team, while sophomore Tyler Davis, senior Jennifer Iacobini, Overton, and freshman Dara Peric earned second-team honors. Temple also boasted the American Athletic Conference Setter of the Year in Sydlik and the American Athletic Conference Freshman of the Year in Peric. Sydlik later went on to earn the program’s first All-Region mention since 2002. In 2013, Temple finished at 18-12 overall to mark its second-straight season with a winning percentage of .600 or better. After being picked to finish seventh in the newly-created American Athletic Conference, the Owls bettered that by one and placed sixth with a record of 9-9. Ganesharatnam’s senior right side hitter, Gabriella Matautia, was a standout all season long and earned American Athletic Conference First Team honors. The Owls had a seven-match win streak early in the 2013 season, and later won five straight matches early in the conference season to establish themselves in the league. Temple won the George Mason Patriot Invitational in early September, and finished the non-conference season at 9-3. Ganesharatnam’s 2012 squad finished at 19-11 overall and advanced to the semifinals of the Atlantic 10 Tournament after not earning a spot in the tournament since 2009. The improvement from an 8-20 season in 2011 to a 19-11 season in 2012 ranked as the seventh-best differential among all NCAA Division I volleyball teams. Perhaps most impressive was the similarity in personnel between the teams of 2011 and 2012, as five of seven starters returned. Chelsea Tupuola was named the A-10 Libero of the Year, while Matautia earned A-10 First Team honors. The team was largely underestimated prior to the season, getting picked to finish 11th of 12 teams in the conference. The Owls proved that placement to be undeserved, as they went on to finish fifth in the league. Among other highlights in a strong season, the Owls recorded 17.90 digs per set to rank 15th among all NCAA Division I teams, and Temple won its first-ever Big 5 Tournament in the event’s four-year history, defeating Penn and La Salle and taking Villanova to five sets. The success of 2012 followed a more moderate but important step in Ganesharatnam’s first season. The 2011 Owls finished at 8-20 overall, a marked improvement over the season before his arrival. The team served up 78 aces in A-10 matches to lead all teams, and then-sophomore Elyse Burkert led all players individually with 18 aces. As a team, Temple ranked third in the league for conference matches in digs with 15.76 digs per set. Then-freshman setter Tiffany Connatser was named to the A-10 All-Rookie Team after her debut season under Ganesharatnam. Proving that he is as committed to his student-athletes’ success in the classroom as he is to their success on the court, the team’s grade-point-average has improved significantly since Ganesharatnam’s arrival. In the fall of 2010, the semester GPA for the team was 3.02. Ganesharatnam took over the reins in the spring of 2011, and by the end of his first fall semester, the team posted a GPA of 3.14. During the second season of competition under Ganes, the Owls posted a GPA of 3.32, and in the spring of 2013 it jumped all the way up to 3.45, showing more than a four-tenths’ improvement in two years. In 2014, the Owls had the highest GPA of any American Athletic Conference squad. Prior to his arrival at Temple in January, 2011, Ganesharatnam spent five years as an assistant coach at West Virginia University. He served for three seasons as a full-time assistant with the Mountaineers after two prior years as a graduate assistant coach. As an assistant, Ganesharatnam served as the recruiting coordinator and worked with the players on skill development, as well as dealt with scheduling responsibilities. One year after Ganesharatnam’s transition to full-time assistant, the 2009 Mountaineers finished with their best overall record in five years, 17-13, and won six Big East games which ranked as the most since 1998. In 2010 the team finished 15-15 and took the title at its own WVU Classic early in the season with a perfect 4-0 record. Before his stint at WVU, Ganesharatnam served as an assistant coach at Cedar Valley College in Grand Prairie, Texas, for one season. He helped the Suns reach their co-conference championship in the 2005-06 season. His duties included assisting the head coach with all aspects of the program, including recruiting, practice and competition preparation, summer camps and travel arrangements, as well as alumni outreach and fundraising. In addition to his duties as an assistant coach at CVC, Ganesharatnam also served as the head coach of the 17’s ACE Elite Team at Arlington Courts in Dallas, Texas. He completed his bachelor’s degree in political science with minors in economics and German from Queens College in 2005. He played four years of volleyball there while pursuing his degree. While having a standout career at Queens, he was also a four-year letterwinner and helped the Knights to two conference championships. Ganesharatnam was born in Sri Lanka, but moved to Germany when he was five. He has been playing volleyball since he was nine. In Germany, he competed on a very successful club team from 1990 to 2000, VFL Sindelfingen, winning the regional championship and the state championship many times. Ganesharatnam and his team also made numerous appearances at the national championship. Ganesharatnam received his master’s degree in athletic coaching education in 2007 from WVU. Ganesharatnam, his wife Jennifer, and their two children, reside in the Fairmount neighborhood of Philadelphia. [ www.OwlSports.com • @TempleOwls ] TV ROSTER

# KAYLA # PEYTON # NIKKI # GEM # FALANIKA 1 SPELLS 2 BOYD 3 SAITO 5 GRIMSHAW 6 DANIELSON JR | MB | 6-0 RS-JR | RS | 6-3 JR | DS/L | 5-3 SR | OH | 6-1 SO | DS/L | 5-5 CARY, N.C. DUMFRIES, VA. HONOLULU, HAWAII MARCO ISLAND, FLA. EWA BEACH, HAWAII

# XERYAH # NINA-SYMONE # MAGDALENA # NIKKI # PATRYCJA 7 SALANOA 8 WILLIAMS 9 ROGALSKA 10 SHIMAO 11 ZIELINSKA SR | RS/MB | 6-0 SO | MB | 6-1 FR | S | 5-11 SO | DS/L | 5-5 FR | S | 5-10 HONOLULU, HAWAII ALPHARETTA, GA. KRAKOW, POLAND HONOLULU, HAWAII FRANCISZKÓW, POLAND

# KATERINA # CHELCI # TAYLOR # LEONIE # MIRAY 12 PAPAZOGLOU 13 BANKS 14 DAVENPORT 15 FREYTAG 16 BOLUKBASI GR | OH | 6-1 FR | MB | 6-1 SO | MB | 6-1 FR | OH | 5-11 GR | OH | 6-1 THESSALONIKI, GREECE MARIETTA, GA. COLUMBIA, S.C. BERLIN, GERMANY ISTANBUL, TURKEY

# JAALIYAH 17 EVANS BAKEER GANESHARATNAM REN CEFRA KEISUKE TSUKADA KIRSTEN OVERTON ‘17 HEAD COACH ASSISTANT COACH VOLUNTEER ASSISTANT GRADUATE MANAGER FR | OH | 6-1 COLLINGSWOOD, N.J. [ www.OwlSports.com • @TempleOwls ]