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2006 Season in Review Back to the Top: Cardinal Makes 16th NCAA on their home court. The Cardinal routed defending National Champion Final Four Appearance in 2006 Washington in the NCAA semifinal, but fell 27-30, 30-26, 30-28, 30-27 to Nebraska in the championship match. Stanford had much to be proud of in 2006, however. Of the team’s 30 After a one-year absence, the collegiate women’s volleyball program that wins, 25 were by 3-0 margins. The Cardinal produced four All-Americans, has become a fixture of the NCAA Final Four was back in the spotlight. In matching the highest single-season total in program history, with Bryn 2006, the Stanford Cardinal made a 16th Final Four appearance and Kehoe, Cynthia Barboza, Foluke Akinradewo and Kristin Richards all advanced to its 12th national title match, figures unparalleled by any pro- receiving the honor. Five players earned All-Conference recognition, and gram in the country. The Cardinal finished the season with a No. 2 nation- nine of the ten eligible team members earned Pac-10 All-Academic honors. al ranking, a 30-4 record and an unprecedented 10th Pac-10 title, all col- It was a record year for Richards, as the senior outside hitter finished her lected while playing 15 matches against ranked opponents and 22 matches career ranked in the top-10 in program history in nine career categories. against eventual NCAA Tournament participants. The Orem, Utah native shattered the program dig record, notching 1,597 Stanford was nearly perfect in the preseason, going 9-1 with a small hic- in her time on the Farm. She also graduated as one of the top five players cup against BYU in the Cougars’ home tournament. With the exception of in kills, service aces and total attacks and found herself in 10 places on the that match, the Cardinal entered the Pac-10 season having not lost a single Stanford single-season charts. Akinradewo set a single-season hitting per- game and was ready for the challenging conference season. Despite battling centage record with a .431 clip and Kehoe continued her climb to fourth on a conference schedule that included five top-10 teams, the Cardinal came the career assists chart. Barboza led the Cardinal in kills (463), service aces out on top with a 16-2 Pac-10 record. (48) and points (562.5). Stanford received an automatic bid to its 26th-straight NCAA At the end of the run, Stanford said goodbye to four outstanding seniors: Tournament, and eased past Sacramento State in the First Round in Maples Richards, Nji Nnamani, Lizzie Suiter and Michelle Mellard. The foursome Pavilion. In the Second Round, the squad won a thrilling five-game battle finished their careers having helped Stanford to two Final Four appear- with Missouri to advance to the Regional in Austin, Texas. In Austin, ances, a 111-23 record and the 2004 National Championship. Stanford swept Bay Area rival Cal, before knocking off the Texas Longhorns 30 2007 Stanford Women’s Volleyball 2006 Statistics 2006 Overall Statistics OVERALL: 30-4 CONFERENCE: 16-2 HOME: 14-1 AWAY: 9-2 NEUTRAL: 7-1 [---------------Attack---------------] [-----Set-----] [----------Serve----------] [-----Dig-----] [------------------Blocking------------------] [--Points--] Player G MP/MS K K/Gm E TA Pct A A/Gm SA SE SA/Gm RE DIG Dig/G BS BA Total B/Gm BE BHE Pts P/Gm Barboza, Cynthia 110 34-33 463 4.21 141 1221 .264 31 0.28 48 0.44 57 29 329 2.99 27 49 76 0.69 5 0 562.5 5.11 Akinradewo, Foluke 98 31-30 382 3.90 63 740 .431 6 0.06 19 0.19 37 0 69 0.70 21 120 141 1.44 6 0 482.0 4.92 Richards, Kristin 105 32-31 397 3.78 177 972 .226 33 0.31 34 0.32 44 32 350 3.33 17 39 56 0.53 11 1 467.5 4.45 Girard, Franci 103 34-31 210 2.04 57 464 .330 6 0.06 11 0.11 25 3 42 0.41 13 79 92 0.89 13 0 273.5 2.66 Waller, Erin 88 31-6 173 1.97 61 421 .266 30 0.34 8 0.09 11 4 79 0.90 9 41 50 0.57 9 7 210.5 2.39 Okogbaa, Janet 32 18-0 32 1.00 21 95 .116 8 0.25 0 0.00 0 0 6 0.19 0 18 18 0.56 3 0 41.0 1.28 Mellard, Michelle 28 17-3 28 1.00 8 72 .278 1 0.04 5 0.18 1 0 16 0.57 2 25 27 0.96 5 1 47.5 1.70 Kehoe, Bryn 110 34-34 105 0.95 23 224 .366 1473 13.39 28 0.25 26 2 316 2.87 8 78 86 0.78 19 31 180.0 1.64 Suiter, Lizzie 29 15-3 25 0.86 6 68 .279 1 0.03 1 0.03 1 0 2 0.07 4 23 27 0.93 5 0 41.5 1.43 Nnamani, Nji 108 33-31 66 0.61 34 213 .150 74 0.69 27 0.25 31 2 208 1.93 1 31 32 0.30 1 3 109.5 1.01 Fishburn, Jessica 111 34-0 3 0.03 0 3 1.000 31 0.28 7 0.06 14 52 430 3.87 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 10.0 0.09 Evans, Joanna 45 19-1 1 0.02 0 3 .333 39 0.87 3 0.07 17 0 25 0.56 0 0 0 0.00 0 2 4.0 0.09 Hernandez, Heather 6 5-0 0 0.00 0 1 .000 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 3 0.50 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.0 0.00 TEAM 9 STANFORD 111 34-34 1885 16.98 591 4497 .288 1733 15.61 191 1.72 264 133 1875 16.89 102 503 353.5 3.18 77 45 2429.5 21.89 OPPONENTS 111 34-34 1514 13.64 803 4524 .157 1425 12.84 133 1.20 253 191 1701 15.32 40 445 262.5 2.36 65 66 1909.5 17.20 2006 Pac-10 Statistics OVERALL: 16-2 HOME: 8-1 AWAY: 8-1 NEUTRAL: 0-0 [---------------Attack---------------] [-----Set-----] [----------Serve----------] [-----Dig-----] [------------------Blocking------------------] [--Points--] Player G MP/MS K K/Gm E TA Pct A A/Gm SA SE SA/Gm RE DIG Dig/G BS BA Total B/Gm BE BHE Pts P/Gm Barboza, Cynthia 57 18-18 254 4.46 93 679 .237 18 0.32 23 0.40 36 18 172 3.02 12 27 39 0.68 3 0 302.5 5.31 Richards, Kristin 55 17-16 210 3.82 85 524 .239 20 0.36 21 0.38 27 23 181 3.29 9 20 29 0.53 7 0 250.0 4.55 Akinradewo, Foluke 49 16-15 175 3.57 29 343 .426 3 0.06 12 0.24 12 0 41 0.84 11 59 70 1.43 4 0 227.5 4.64 Girard, Franci 54 18-16 127 2.35 24 267 .386 6 0.11 9 0.17 20 3 29 0.54 6 35 41 0.76 4 0 159.5 2.95 Waller, Erin 51 18-4 91 1.78 33 227 .256 17 0.33 3 0.06 7 3 45 0.88 4 24 28 0.55 6 6 110.0 2.16 Okogbaa, Janet 16 9-0 21 1.31 12 55 .164 1 0.06 0 0.00 0 0 2 0.12 0 3 3 0.19 3 0 22.5 1.41 Kehoe, Bryn 57 18-18 65 1.14 7 123 .472 798 14.00 13 0.23 12 0 142 2.49 4 34 38 0.67 6 16 99.0 1.74 Suiter, Lizzie 18 10-2 18 1.00 2 49 .327 0 0.00 1 0.06 1 0 7 0.44 0 6 6 0.38 5 0 23.0 1.44 Mellard, Michelle 16 9-2 16 1.00 3 35 .371 0 0.00 4 0.25 0 0 2 0.11 1 15 16 0.89 3 0 27.5 1.53 Nnamani, Nji 58 18-16 25 0.43 17 77 .104 24 0.41 14 0.24 13 1 118 2.03 1 9 10 0.17 1 1 44.5 0.77 Fishburn, Jessica 58 18-0 3 0.05 0 3 1.000 18 0.31 0 0.00 3 29 216 3.72 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 3.0 0.05 Evans, Joanna 33 14-1 0 0.00 0 1 .000 13 0.39 2 0.06 13 0 2 0.67 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.0 0.00 Hernandez, Heather 3 3-0 0 0.00 0 1 .000 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 12 0.36 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 2.0 0.06 TEAM 4 STANFORD 58 18-18 1005 17.33 305 2384 .294 918 15.83 102 1.76 144 81 969 16.71 48 232 164.0 2.83 42 23 1271.0 21.91 Opponents 58 18-18 797 13.74 401 2341 .169 754 13.00 81 1.40 123 102 881 15.19 19 242 140.0 2.41 36 40 1018.0 17.55 KEY: E – Errors SA – Service Aces DIG – Digs BE – Block Errors G – Games Played TA – Total Attempts SE – Service Errors BA – Block Assists BHE – Ball Handling Errors K – Kills A – Assists RE – Receiving Errors BS – Block Solos 2006 Individual Match Highs Hitting Percentage .850 (17-0-20), Foluke Akinradewo at Arizona (10/28) Kills 26, Foluke Akinradewo vs.