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MINNESOTA Volleyball 2018 5 Final Four Appearances (2003, 2004, 2009, 2015, 2016) | 2004 National Runner-Up | 22 NCAA Tournament Appearances | 2002 & 2015 Big Ten Champions University of Minnesota Athletic Communications | 225 Bierman Field Athletic Building, 516 15th Avenue SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455 Volleyball Contact: Michelle Traversie ([email protected], 612-624-0522) | GOPHERSPORTS.com GOPHER FALL CLASSIC GOPHER FALL CLASSIC • The University of Minnesota is back at Maturi Pavilion when it hosts the Gopher Fall Classic, Sept. 13-15. Minnesota plays Green Bay on Thursday, Sept. 13 and Kansas State, Saturday, Minnesota Green Bay Kansas Sept. 15. 5-2 5-5 State • Minnesota is 1-0 all-time against Green Bay, with the one and only time coming in 2016 when 8-1 the Phoenix came to Minneapolis for the Diet Coke Classic. Minnesota is 15-3 all-time against Kansas State. Although facing the Wildcats in spring scrimmages the past few years, Minne- Date/Location: Sept. 13-15, Maturi Pavilion sota hasn’t faced Kansas State during the championship season since 2012. Streaming: BTN Plus Game Day Live: gophersports.com GOPHERS BACK AT HOME ABOUT KANSAS STATE The University of Minnesota is back at Kansas State plays on Tuesday night and Maturi Pavilion when it hosts the Gopher Fall enters the week with an 8-1 record. Its only 2018 SCHEDULE Classic, Sept. 13-15. Minnesota plays Green loss of the season came in a three-set decision Date Opponent Time Bay on Thursday, Sept. 13 and Kansas State, against Marquette the second week of the 8/24 Florida State # @ W, 3-0 Saturday, Sept. 15. Green Bay and Kansas season. Kylee Zumach is leading the team 8/25 North Carolina # ^ W, 3-1 State also play each other in a neutral match with 118 kills, averaging 4.07 kills per set and 8/31 north dakota state %@ W, 3-0 Friday at 7 p.m. The match against the is hitting .284. Gloria Mutiri follows Zumach 9/1 Georgia Southern %@ W, 3-0 Phoenix and Wildcats is free and open to the with 89 kills (2.87 per set) and is hitting .293. Arkansas %@ W, 3-0 public. The weekend marks the last of non- Macy Flowers has a team-high 31 blocks, 9/7 vs. Oregon & < L, 1-3 conference competition as the Gophers open averaging 1.55 per set. Sarah Dixon has put 9/9 at Stanford & < L, 1-3 Big Ten action on Sept. 19 vs. Penn State. up 351 assists (averaging 11.70 per set) and 9/13 vs. Green Bay + @ 7 p.m. FOLLOW THE GOPHERS Devan Fairfield leads the team with 106 9/15 vs. Kansas State +@ 7:30 p.m. digs (averaging 3.53 per set). As a team, the The Minnesota matches will be shown on 9/19 vs. penn state * ^ 8 p.m. Wildcats are hitting .266 and average 14.23 BTN Plus (paid subscription). Game Day Live 9/22 vs. Maryland *@ 6:30 or 7:30 kills per set. pages will also be located on gophersports. 9/26 vs. Wisconsin *^ 8 p.m. com. ABOUT GREEN BAY 9/29 at Indiana * 6 p.m. IT’S GOOD TO BE HOME Green Bay enters the weekend with a 5-5 10/3 at Northwestern * 7 p.m. record. The Phoenix went 2-1 last weekend The Gophers are in the midst of playing seven 10/6 at Nebraska * 7 p.m. at the Sycamore Invitational, when it swept 10/12 vs. Illinois *@ 7 p.m. non-conference matches in Minneapolis Central Michigan and Saint Louis, but fell to 10/13 vs. Northwestern *@ 7 p.m. this season, the most since 2002. Not only Indiana State in five. Taylor Wolf has a team 10/19 vs. Iowa *@ 7 p.m. will Minnesota play seven non-conference high 170 kills (4.86 per set), 14 blocks and 83 10/20 vs. Nebraska *@ 7 p.m. matches in Minneapolis, but opens the Big Ten digs so far this season. Alex Zakutney follows season at home next week as well. 10/26 at Michigan State * ^ 5 p.m. with 83 kills, averaging 2.68 per set. Maddie 10/27 at Michigan * 6 p.m. last weekend recap Yoss is averaging 10.57 assists per set with 10/31 at Wisconsin *^ 8 p.m. Minnesota faced two ranked opponents for 370 on the season and Vanessa Buman leads 11/3 vs. Michigan State * @ 7 p.m. the fi rst time this season and dropped both the defense with 155 digs. As a team, Green 11/9 vs. Indiana *@ 7 p.m. matches to No. 18 Oregon and No. 4 Stanford Bay is hitting .216 and averages 13.46 kills and 11/10 vs. Purdue *@ 7:30 p.m. as a part of the Pac-12/Big Ten Challenge in 15.69 digs per set. 11/16 at Maryland * 6 p.m. Palo Alto, Calif. The Golden Gophers fell to all-time series 11/17 at Ohio State * TBA the Ducks on Friday night, 3-1, and also fell to 11/23 at Penn State * 6 p.m. Minnesota is 1-0 all-time against Green Bay, the Cardinal, 3-1, on Sunday. Alexis Hart had 11/24 at Rutgers * 6 p.m. with the one and only time coming in 2016 a team-best 27 kills over the two matches, when the Phoenix came to Minneapolis for the followed by Stephanie Samedy with 26 and Diet Coke Classic. Minnesota is 15-3 all-time Adanna Rollins with 23. against Kansas State. Although facing the DEEP ROSTER Wildcats in spring scrimmages the past few home matches in bold at Maturi Pavilion or Target Minnesota has had 15 of its 18 individuals years, Minnesota hasn’t faced Kansas State Center see action already this season, including four during the championship season since 2012. All Times Central that have seen action in all 24 sets. Stephanie GLAD TO HAVE YOU BACK * Big Ten matches Samedy leads the Gophers with 80 kills, # ACC/Big Ten Challenge while Regan Pittman and Taylor Morgan Minnesota returns 12 letterwinners to the 2018 % Diet Coke Classic squad, including fi ve starters. Of the fi ve, two & Pac 12/Big Ten Challenge (Stanford) follow with 64 and 47, respectively. In the + Gopher Fall Classic Diet Coke Classic alone, the Gophers had 14 are upperclassmen in Samantha Seliger-Sw- ^ Big Ten Network match individuals play, including Lauren Litzau and enson (senior) and Alexis Hart (junior). The < Pac 12 Network Alice Zeimann, who both made their collegiate Gophers return all three of their 2017 All-Amer- @ BTN Plus debut. icans in Samantha Seliger-Swenson, Stepha- GOLDEN GOPHER VOLLEYBALL 2018 Big Ten Standings 2018 Golden Gopher volleyball Big Ten Overall No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown (HIGH SCHOOL) School Record Pct. Record Pct 1 Jasmyn Martin OH 6-3 So. Brooklyn Park, Minn. (Hopkins) Michigan 0-0 .000 9-0 1.000 2 Lauren Barnes DS 5-6 So. Naperville, Ill. (Benet Academy) Illinois 0-0 .000 8-0 1.000 3 Sara Nielsen S 5-11 So. Glen Ellyn, Ill. (Benet Academy) Purdue 0-0 .000 8-0 1.000 Michigan State 0-0 .000 9-1 .900 4 Claire Sheehan OH 6-1 So. Isanti, Minn. (Cambridge Isanti/Iowa) Ohio State 0-0 .000 8-1 .889 7 CC McGraw L/DS 5-9 Fr. Prior Lake, Minn. (Prior Lake) Nebraska 0-0 .000 6-1 .857 8 Alice Zeimann OH 6-0 So. Christchurch, New Zealand (Burnside) Penn State 0-0 .000 6-1 .857 9 Sophie Beckley DS/L 5-6 Sr. Seattle, Wash. (Bishop Blanchet) Wisconsin 0-0 .000 5-1 .833 Maryland 0-0 .000 7-2 .778 10 Stephanie Samedy RS 6-2 So. Clermont, Fla. (East Ridge) Northwestern 0-0 .000 7-2 .778 12 Taylor Morgan MB 6-0 R-Jr. Blaine, Minn. (Blaine) Indiana 0-0 .000 6-2 .750 13 Samantha Seliger-Swenson S 5-11 Sr. Minnetonka, Minn. (Hopkins) Minnesota 0-0 .000 5-2 .714 15 Lauren Litzau DS/L 5-8 Jr. Greendale, Wis. (Greendale) Iowa 0-0 .000 5-3 .625 Rutgers 0-0 .000 5-5 .500 16 Kayla Buford MB 6-2 Sr. Canton, Mich. (Canton) 17 Bayley McMenimen S 5-9 Fr. Niceville, Fla. (Niceville) 18 Paulina Swider MB 6-1 Fr. Lublin, Poland (KS Palac Bydgoszcz) 19 Alexis Hart OH 6-0 Jr. Kansas City, Mo. (Truman) 20 Adanna Rollins OH 6-0 Fr. Carrollton, Texas (Hebron) 21 Regan Pittman MB 6-5 R-So. Spring Hill, Kan. (St Thomas Aquinas) 23 Becca Rendahl MB 6-1 Fr. San Marcos, Calif. (Murrieta Valley) AVCA Poll (Sept. 10) Head Coach: Hugh McCutcheon (Brigham Young, 1993) RankTeam (1st votes) Pts 2018 Record Last Week Assistant Coaches: Matt Houk (Milwaukee, 2002) and Laura Kasey (Bradley, 2002), 1 BYU (54) 1590 8-0 3 volunteer Adam Kessenich (St. Ambrose, 2016) 2 Stanford (10) 1543 6-1 4 3 Texas 1410 5-1 6 4 Nebraska 1369 6-1 7 Alphabetical Roster and Pronunciation Guide 5 Penn State 1345 6-1 5 6 Wisconsin 1247 5-1 2 2 Lauren Barnes 23 Rebecca Rendahl 7 Minnesota 1229 5-2 1 9 Sophie Beckley 20 Adanna Rollins (ah-DON-ah) 8 Illinois 1169 8-0 11 16 Kayla Buford 10 Stephanie Samedy 9 Pittsburgh 1058 9-0 13 19 Alexis Hart (SAM-ah-dee) 10 Creighton 867 6-3 14 15 Lauren Litzau (LIT-zow) 13 Samanth Seliger-Swenson 11 Florida 826 5-3 8 12 Oregon 817 5-3 18 1 Jasmyn Martin (Jaz-min) (SELL-eh-ger) 13 Washington 762 5-2 12 7 CC McGraw 4 Claire Sheehan (SHE-han) 14 Cal Poly 697 7-1 22 17 Baylee McMenimen 18 Paulina Swider (sch-WHY-der) 15 Purdue 667 8-0 19 (mic-MEN-ah-men) 8 Alice Zeimann (ZEE-man) T-16 Southern California 641 6-3 10 12 Taylor Morgan T-16 UCLA 641 4-2 9 3 Sara Nielsen 18 Baylor 592 6-3 15 21 Regan Pittman 19 Michigan 539 9-0 20 20 Kentucky 455 4-4 16 nie Samedy and Alexis Hart.