2006 Season in Review
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Cardinal Makes 16th NCAA
on their home court. The Cardinal routed defending National Champion Washington in the NCAA semifinal, but fell 27-30, 30-26, 30-28, 30-27 to Nebraska in the championship match.
Final Four Appearance in 2006
Stanford had much to be proud of in 2006, however. Of the team’s 30 wins, 25 were by 3-0 margins. The Cardinal produced four All-Americans, matching the highest single-season total in program history, with Bryn Kehoe, Cynthia Barboza, Foluke Akinradewo and Kristin Richards all receiving the honor. Five players earned All-Conference recognition, and nine of the ten eligible team members earned Pac-10 All-Academic honors. It was a record year for Richards, as the senior outside hitter finished her career ranked in the top-10 in program history in nine career categories. The Orem, Utah native shattered the program dig record, notching 1,597 in her time on the Farm. She also graduated as one of the top five players in kills, service aces and total attacks and found herself in 10 places on the Stanford single-season charts. Akinradewo set a single-season hitting percentage record with a .431 clip and Kehoe continued her climb to fourth on the career assists chart. Barboza led the Cardinal in kills (463), service aces (48) and points (562.5).
After a one-year absence, the collegiate women’s volleyball program that has become a fixture of the NCAA Final Four was back in the spotlight. In 2006, the Stanford Cardinal made a 16th Final Four appearance and advanced to its 12th national title match, figures unparalleled by any program in the country. The Cardinal finished the season with a No. 2 national ranking, a 30-4 record and an unprecedented 10th Pac-10 title, all collected while playing 15 matches against ranked opponents and 22 matches against eventual NCAA Tournament participants. Stanford was nearly perfect in the preseason, going 9-1 with a small hiccup against BYU in the Cougars’ home tournament. With the exception of that match, the Cardinal entered the Pac-10 season having not lost a single game and was ready for the challenging conference season. Despite battling a conference schedule that included five top-10 teams, the Cardinal came out on top with a 16-2 Pac-10 record.
At the end of the run, Stanford said goodbye to four outstanding seniors:
Richards, Nji Nnamani, Lizzie Suiter and Michelle Mellard. The foursome finished their careers having helped Stanford to two Final Four appearances, a 111-23 record and the 2004 National Championship.
Stanford received an automatic bid to its 26th-straight NCAA Tournament, and eased past Sacramento State in the First Round in Maples Pavilion. In the Second Round, the squad won a thrilling five-game battle with Missouri to advance to the Regional in Austin, Texas. In Austin, Stanford swept Bay Area rival Cal, before knocking off the Texas Longhorns
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- W o m e n ’ s
- V o l l e y b a l l
2006 Statistics
2006 Overall Statistics
OVERALL: 30-4
[---------------Attack---------------] [-----Set-----] [----------Serve----------] [-----Dig-----] [------------------Blocking------------------] [--Points--]
K/Gm TA Pct A/Gm SA SE SA/Gm RE DIG Dig/G BS BA Total B/Gm BE BHE Pts P/Gm
110 34-33 463 4.21 141 1221 .264 31
63 740 .431
177 972 .226 33
.330 .266 30
- CONFERENCE: 16-2
- HOME: 14-1
- AWAY : 9-2
- NEUTRAL: 7-1
- Player
- G
- MP/MS
- K
- E
- A
Barboza, Cynthia Akinradewo, Foluke 98 31-30 382 3.90
0.28 0.06
0.31
0.06 0.34 0.25
0.04
48 0.44 19 0.19
34 0.32
11 0.11
57 37
44
25 11 0
1
26
131
14 17
0
- 29 329 2.99
- 27
21
17
13 9
- 49
- 76
- 0.69
1.44
0.53
0.89 0.57 0.56
0.96
0.78
0.93 0.30
0.00 0.00
0.00
56
00
1
070
1
562.5 5.11 482.0 4.92
467.5 4.45
273.5 2.66 210.5 2.39 41.0 1.28
- 6
- 0
- 69
- 0.70
3.33
0.41 0.90 0.19
0.57
120 141
Richards, Kristin
Girard, Franci Waller, Erin Okogbaa, Janet
Mellard, Michelle
Kehoe, Bryn
105 32-31 397 3.78
103 34-31 210 2.04 88 32
28
- 32 350
- 39
79 41 18
25
78
23 31
0
56
92 50 18
27
86
27 32
0
11
13 9
57 61 21
8
464 421 95
72
224
68 213
3
- 6
- 3
40
0
2
02
42 79 6
- 31-6 173 1.97
- 8
0
5
0.09 0.00
0.18
- 18-0 32
- 1.00
- .116
.278
8
1
- 0
- 3
- 17-3 28
- 1.00
- 16
- 2
- 5
- 47.5
- 1.70
- 110 34-34 105 0.95
- 23
634
00
0
- .366 1473 13.39
- 28 0.25
0.03
27 0.25
316 2.87
2
208
8
41
00
0
19
51
00
31 180.0 1.64
- Suiter, Lizzie
- 29
- 15-3 25
- 0.86
0.61
0.03 0.02
0.00
- .279
- 1
- 0.03
0.69
0.28 0.87
0.00
- 1
- 0.07
1.93
03
02
0
41.5 109.5 1.01
10.0 0.09 4.0
1.43
Nnamani, Nji
Fishburn, Jessica Evans, Joanna
Hernandez, Heather TEAM
- 108 33-31 66
- .150 74
1.000 31 .333 39
- 111 34-0
- 3
1
0
73
0
0.06 0.07
0.00
52 430 3.87
- 45
- 19-1
- 3
1
0
0
25
3
0.56
0.50
0
0
0
0
0.09
- 0.00
- 6
- 5-0
- .000
- 0
- 0
- 0.0
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STANFORD
OPPONENTS
111 34-34 1885 16.98
111 34-34 1514 13.64
591 4497
803 4524
.288 1733 15.61
.157 1425 12.84
191 1.72
133 1.20
264 133 1875 16.89 102
253 191 1701 15.32 40
503 353.5 3.18
445 262.5 2.36
77
65
45 2429.5 21.89
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
Richards, Kristin
Akinradewo, Foluke 49 16-15 175 3.57 Girard, Franci Waller, Erin Okogbaa, Janet Kehoe, Bryn
Suiter, Lizzie Mellard, Michelle Nnamani, Nji
Fishburn, Jessica Evans, Joanna
Hernandez, Heather TEAM
57 18-18 254 4.46
55 17-16 210 3.82
93
85
29 24 33 12 7
2317
00
679
524
343 267 227 55 123
49 35 77
31
1
.237 18
.239 20
0.32
0.36
0.06 0.11 0.33 0.06
23 0.40
21 0.38
12 0.24
36
27
12 20 7012
1013
313
0
- 18 172 3.02
- 12
9
11 6404
011
27
20
59 35 24 334
615 9
39
29
70 41 28 338
616 10
0
0.68
0.53
1.43 0.76 0.55 0.19 0.67
0.38 0.89 0.17
0.00 0.00
0.00
3
7
44636
531
00
0
0
0
006016
001
302.5 5.31
250.0 4.55
227.5 4.64 159.5 2.95 110.0 2.16 22.5 1.41 99.0 1.74
- 23 181
- 3.29
0.84 0.54 0.88 0.12
.426 .386
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03300
001
41 29 45 2
- 54 18-16 127 2.35
- 9
30
0.17 0.06 0.00
51 16
18-4 91 9-0 21
1.78 1.31 1.14
1.00 1.00 0.43
0.05 0.00
0.00
.256 17
- .164
- 1
57 18-18 65
18 16
- .472 798 14.00
- 13 0.23
- 142 2.49
72
10-2 18 9-2 16
.327 .371
00
0.00 0.00 0.41
0.31 0.39
0.00
14
0.06 0.25
0.44 0.11 2.03
23.0 27.5 44.5
3.0
1.44 1.53 0.77
0.05 0.00
0.06
- 58 18-16 25
- .104 24
1.000 18 .000 13
- 14 0.24
- 118
58 33
3
18-0 14-1
3-0
30
0
02
0
0.00 0.06
0.00
- 29 216 3.72
- 0
0
0
00
0
00
0
0
0
2
12 4
0.67
0.36
0
0
0.0
- 0
- .000
- 0
- 2.0
STANFORD
Opponents
58 18-18 1005 17.33
58 18-18 797 13.74
305 2384 .294 918 15.83 102 1.76
401 2341 .169 754 13.00 81 1.40
144 81 969 16.71
123 102 881 15.19
48
19
232 164.0 2.83
242 140.0 2.41
42
36
23 1271.0 21.91
40 1018.0 17.55
- KEY:
- E – Errors
- SA – Service Aces
- DIG – Digs
- BE – Block Errors
G – Games Played K – Kills
TA – Total Attempts A – Assists
SE – Service Errors RE – Receiving Errors
BA – Block Assists BS – Block Solos
BHE – Ball Handling Errors
2006 Individual Match Highs
Hitting Percentage Kills Total Attempts Assists
.850 (17-0-20), Foluke Akinradewo at Arizona (10/28) 26, Foluke Akinradewo vs. Missouri (12/3) 69, Cynthia Barboza at UCLA (10/13) 67, Bryn Kehoe vs. Missouri (12/3)
Digs
26, Kristin Richards at UCLA (10/13)
Total Blocks Service Aces
9, Franci Girard vs. Santa Clara (9/14), Foluke Akinradewo vs. Oregon (10/20) 4, Cynthia Barboza at Hawaii (9/9), Foluke Akinradewo vs. Arizona (9/29), Kristin Richards vs. California (12/8), Cynthia Barboza at Texas (12/9), Bryn Kehoe at Washington (12/14)
2006 Team Highs/Lows
- Stanford
- Opponent
- Highs
- Lows
.150 at BYU (9/1)
Highs
Attack Percentage .364, Washington (9/22)
Lows
Attack Percentage .471 vs. Fairfield (9/8)
-.088, Oregon (10/20) 22, Fairfield (9/8)
Kills Total Attempts Assists Digs Blocks
84 vs. Missouri (12/3) 196 vs. Missouri (12/3) 78 vs. Missouri (12/3) 96 vs. Missouri (12/3) 18.5 at Texas (12/9) 12 at UCLA (10/13)
41 vs. Oregon (10/20) 95 at Washington State (9/21) 33 vs. Oregon (10/20) 34 vs. California (12/8) 3 at Washington (9/22) 0 vs. USC (11/10)
Kills
80, Texas (12/9)
Total Attempts Assists Digs Blocks Services Aces
210, Missouri (12/3) 77, UCLA (10/13) 85, UCLA (11/11) 17.5, UCLA (11/11) 9, Arizona State (9/30) 9, UCLA (10/13)
90, Washington State (9/21) Fairfield, 19 (9/8) 21, Washington State (9/21) 1, Oregon State (10/19) 1, Fairfield (9/8)
Service Aces
1, Hawaii, (9/9) 1, Georgetown (9/15)
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2006 Results/Postseason Honors
2006 Final Match Results
- Date
- Opponent
UC Santa Barbara at BYU
W/L W, 3-0 L, 1-3
- Game Scores
- Attend
1257 4050 263
- High Kills
- High Digs
Fishburn, 14 Kehoe, 15
High Blocks
Aug. 26 Sept. 1 Sept. 2 Sept. 2 Sept. 7 Sept. 8 Sept. 9 Sept. 14 Sept. 15 Sept. 16 Sept. 21 Sept. 22 Sept. 29 Sept. 30 Oct. 6 Oct. 12 Oct. 13 Oct. 19 Oct. 20 Oct. 27 Oct. 28 Nov. 3 Nov. 10 Nov. 11 Nov. 16 Nov. 17 Nov. 24 Nov. 25 Dec. 2 Dec. 3 Dec. 8 Dec. 9 Dec. 14 Dec. 16
30-20, 30-26, 30-25 30-17, 25-30, 25-30, 16-30 30-28, 30-17, 30-16 30-12, 30-15, 30-20 30-27, 30-27, 30-17 30-13, 30-16, 30-14 30-10, 30-22, 30-24 30-28, 30-14, 30-23 30-20, 30-23, 30-25 30-27, 30-23, 30-19 30-17, 30-16, 30-23 21-30, 28-30, 25-30 35-33, 30-20, 30-15 30-27, 30-21, 30-25 30-20, 30-22, 30-21 30-20, 30-26, 30-28 30-27, 27-30, 25-30, 30-25, 15-10 30-19, 30-17, 30-20 30-20, 30-18, 30-18 30-24, 30-22, 30-24 30-17, 30-19, 30-19 30-26, 30-21, 28-30, 30-28 18-30, 24-30, 31-33 17-30, 30-25, 30-26, 30-27 30-26, 36-34, 30-22 30-16, 30-16, 30-24 30-27, 30-15, 31-29 30-27, 30-23, 30-18 30-18, 30-18, 30-26 30-20, 27-30, 30-24, 25-30, 15-9 31-29, 30-25, 31-29 30-28, 34-32, 31-33, 30-24 30-12, 30-25, 30-15 30-27, 26-30, 28-30, 27-30
RIchards, 14 Girard/Richards, 14 Barboza, 15
Akinradewo, 6 Akinradewo/Girard, 5 Nnamani, 4 Akinradewo, 6 Akinradewo, 6 Akinradewo, 4 Akinradewo, 6 Girard, 9
- vs VCU
- W, 3-0
W, 3-0 W, 3-0 W, 3-0 W, 3-0 W, 3-0 W, 3-0 W, 3-0 W, 3-0 L, 0-3 W, 3-0 W, 3-0 W, 3-0 W, 3-0 W, 3-2 W, 3-0 W, 3-0 W, 3-0 W, 3-0 W, 3-1 L, 0-3 W, 3-1 W, 3-0 W, 3-0 W, 3-0 W, 3-0 W, 3-0 W, 3-2 W, 3-0 W, 3-1 W, 3-0 L, 1-3
Fishburn, 15 Fishburn, 14 Barboza/Fishburn, 16 Richards, 11 Fishburn, 13 Nnamani, 11 Kehoe, 13 Fishburn, 17 Barboza/Fishburn, 8 Fishburn, 25 Fishburn, 9 Fishburn, 11 Kehoe, 12 Barboza, 14 Richards, 26 Barboza, 14 Fishburn, 12 Fishburn,13 Richards, 20 Nnamani/Richards, 13 Fishburn, 21 Barboza, 20 Fishburn, 11 Barboza, 11 Barboza, 18 vs Texas A&M-CC vs Northwestern vs Fairfield at Hawaii Santa Clara Georgetown Saint Mary’s at Washington State at Washington Arizona Arizona State California at USC at UCLA Oregon State Oregon at Arizona State at Arizona at California USC UCLA at Oregon at Oregon State Washington Washington State Sacramento State Missouri vs California vs Texas vs Washington vs Nebraska
- 263
- Richards, 11
6311 6430 8213 1353 1027 1190 721
Barboza, 19 Akinradewo, 17 Barboza, 15 Richards, 16
- Barboza, 18
- Mellard, 7
Akinradewo, 15 Richards, 15
Akinradewo/Barboza/Kehoe, 3 Akinradewo, 8 Akinradewo, 2 Akinradewo, 4 Girard, 6 Akinradewo, 7 Girard, 5 Akinradewo, 7 Barboza, 2 Akinradewo, 9 Akinradewo, 3 Waller, 3 Akinradewo, 5 Akinradewo/Barboza, 2 Suiter/Waller, 6 Akinradewo, 8 Girard/Waller, 3 Kehoe, 8
4128 1637 1377 3213 5000 2320 1257 1778 842
Barboza, 25 Barboza, 19 Barboza, 17 Barboza/Richards, 13 Barboza, 18 Barboza/Richards, 21 Barboza, 20 Akinradewo, 10 Akinradewo, 15 Akinradewo, 17 Barboza, 17 Akinradewo, 15 Barboza, 15 Richards, 15
747 2689 3997 3824 1203
- 829
- Barboza, 12
3256 1623 2922 2038 3013 3191 17013 17209
Richards, 13 Richards, 21 Akinradewo/Barboza, 14 Fishburn, 20 Akinradewo, 26 Barboza, 12 Barboza, 18 Akinradewo, 15 Waller, 18
- Barboza, 13
- Richards, 3
Akinradewo/Suiter, 4 Akinradewo/Kehoe, 5 Akinradewo, 4 Barboza, 7 Girard, 6 Akinradewo, 8
Kehoe, 21 Fishburn, 10 Richards, 23 Fishburn, 14 Fishburn, 20