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2019 GAME NOTES STANFORD WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL CONTACT: Regina Verlengiere • 805.478.4198 • [email protected] 2019 Schedule A Look Back on a Championship Overall Record: 30-4 Pac-12 Record: 18-2 Stanford won its ninth NCAA title in 2019 Date Opponent Location Result/ PT 8/30 College of Charleston Charleston, S.C. W, 3-0 It may have not been the path the preseason No. 1 Cardinal thought it 8/31 Duke Charleston, S.C. W, 3-0 9/4 #7 Florida Gainesville, Fla. W, 3-0& would take, but it ended exactly where it wanted – with the program’s 9/8 #3 Texas Stanford, Calif. W, 3-2# ninth NCAA title. Stanford was 30-4 overall, won its third straight Pac- 9/13 #4 Penn State State College, Pa. W, 3-1^ 12 championship and repeated as national champions for the first time 9/14 #8 Minnesota State College, Pa. L, 3-1 since 1996-97. The team featured six All-Americans, including Honda 9/18 #1 Nebraska Lincoln, Neb. W, 3-1^ 9/21 #12 BYU Stanford, Calif. L, 3-1# Award winner Jenna Gray and VolleyballMag.com Player of the Year 9/26 #21 California* Berkeley, Calif. W, 3-1# Kathryn Plummer. 9/29 #8 Washington* Stanford, Calif. L, 3-1# 10/4 #25 Oregon* Eugene, Ore. W, 3-1% Stanford advanced to its 23rd national semifinal with a sweep over Penn 10/5 Oregon State* Corvallis, Ore. W, 3-0 10/11 Arizona* Stanford, Calif. W, 3-0# State in the regional final at Maples Pavilion. The Cardinal continued its 10/13 Arizona State* Stanford, Calif. W, 3-0# dominance over the Big Ten, sweeping Minnesota and Wisconsin in the 10/18 Colorado* Stanford, Calif. W, 3-0# final four in Pittsburgh. Stanford’s senior class became the second in 10/20 #18 Utah* Stanford, Calif. W, 3-2# program history to win three national titles in four seasons. This year’s 10/25 UCLA* Los Angeles, Calif. L, 3-0@ 10/27 USC* Los Angeles, Calif. W, 3-2# class finished with a career record of 121-16, including a 22-1 mark in 11/1 Oregon State* Stanford, Calif. W, 3-0# the NCAA Tournament. 11/3 Oregon* Stanford, Calif. W, 3-0# 11/7 Arizona State* Tempe, Ariz. W, 3-0# Kevin Hambly became the seventh head coach in Division I women’s 11/9 Arizona* Tucson, Ariz. W, 3-0 volleyball to lead a school to back-to-back titles. Hambly is now 94-9 11/15 USC* Stanford, Calif. W, 3-1# 11/17 UCLA* Stanford, Calif. W, 3-0# (.913) in three seasons on The Farm, mentoring eight AVCA All-Ameri- 11/22 #16 Utah* Salt Lake City, Utah W, 3-1# cans to 16 awards and three Academic All-Americans. 11/24 Colorado* Boulder, Colo. W, 3-0# 11/26 #25 Washington St.* Pullman, Wash. W, 3-0# 11/29 California* Stanford, Calif. W, 3-1# 12/6 Denver Stanford, Calif. W, 3-0# 2019 Stanford Volleyball Roster 12/7 Cal Poly Stanford, Calif. W, 3-0 No Name Pos Ht Yr Hometown (Last School) 12/13 #17 Utah Stanford, Calif. W, 3-2@ 1 Jenna Gray S 6-1 SR Shawnee, Kan. (St. James Academy) 12/14 #8 Penn State Stanford, Calif. W, 3-0@ 2 Kathryn Plummer OH 6-6 SR Aliso Viejo, Calif. (Aliso Niguel) 12/19 #7 Minnesota Pittsburgh, Pa. W, 3-0$ 3 Holly Campbell MB 6-3 SO Austin, Texas (Westlake) 12/21 #5 Wisconsin Pittsburgh, Pa. W, 3-0+ 4 Meghan McClure OH 6-0 JR Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif. (Santa Margarita) 6 Selina Xu S 6-0 FR Belmont, Calif. (Menlo School) *Pac-12 conference match • Bold indicates home match played at Maples Pavilion 7 Mackenzie Fidelak OPP 6-1 SO Erie, Colo. (Niwot) &SEC Network | #Pac-12 Networks | ^BTN | %ESPN2 | @ESPNU | $ESPN | +ESPN2 8 Michaela Keefe OH 6-2 SR Pacific Palisades, Calif. (Marymount) 9 Morgan Hentz L 5-9 SR Lakeside Park, Ky. (Notre Dame Academy) STANFORD VOLLEYBALL 10 Kendall Kipp OH 6-5 FR Newport Beach, Calif. (Corona del Mar) BY THE NUMBERS 11 Kate Formico DS 5-9 JR Saratoga, Calif. (Archbishop Mitty) 12 Audriana Fitzmorris OPP 6-6 SR Overland Park, Kan. (St. James Academy) 14 McKenna Vicini MB 6-2 FR Lexington, Ky. (Lexington Catholic) NCAA Championships ............................................................9 15 Madeleine Gates MB 6-3 GR San Diego, Calif. (UCLA) Final Four Appearances .......................................................23 16 Natalie Berty OH 6-3 FR Corona del Mar, Calif. (Mater Dei) National Championship Matches ........................................17 20 Caitlin Keefe DS 5-11 SR Pacific Palisades, Calif. (Marymount) NCAA Tournament Wins ....................................................131 21 Sidney Wilson DS 6-0 JR Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Havergal College) Consecutive Years in the NCAA Tournament ......................39 22 Caitie Barid OH 6-3 FR Indianapolis, Ind. (Perry Meridian) Conference Championships ................................................22 30+ Win Seasons ..................................................................20 Head Coach: Kevin Hambly, 3rd season (Illinois ‘06) National Players of the Year ................................................20 Associate Head Coach: Denise Corlett, 31st season (UCLA ‘81) All-America Awards ............................................................105 Assistant Coach: Alisha Glass Childress, 1st season (Penn State ‘10) Conference Players of the Year............................................19 Volunteer Assistant Coach: Russell Corbelli, 2nd season (Texas A&M ‘16) All-Conference Selections .................................................147 CoSIDA Academic All-America Awards ...............................21 Pronunciation Guide: Denise Corlett (CORE -let) Mackenzie Fidelak (fi-DELL-ick) Honda Award Winners .........................................................10 Audriana Fitzmorris (audri-ON-uh) Kate Formico (FORM-ick-o) Madeleine Gates (mad -uh-LYNN) Olympians ..............................................................................9 Michaela Keefe (mi-KAY-luh) McKenna Vicini (vi - CHEEN - ee) Selina Xu (Shoe) --2019 Stanford Volleyball-- STANFORD IN THE 2019 AVCA POLL BY THE NUMBERS: The 2019 season marked Stanford’s 39th consecutive NCAA Date Rank Date Rank postseason appearance. The Cardinal is one of only two programs in the na- Preseason 1 Oct. 21 2 tion to have appeared in every NCAA Tournament since the NCAA Championship Sept. 2 1 Oct. 28 5 Sept. 9 1 Nov. 4 5 began in 1981 (Penn State is the other). Stanford has won more NCAA titles (9), Sept. 16 2 Nov. 11 4 more NCAA Tournament matches (131), made more Final Four appearances (23) Sept. 23 1 Nov. 18 4 Sept. 30 3 Nov. 25 3 and been in the national championship match (17) more times than any other Oct. 7 2 Dec. 2 3 program in the nation. Oct. 14 2 Dec. 23 1 Ranking Records... CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS: The Cardinal captured its third straight Pac-12 title • 509 all-time weeks in the top-10 and 19th overall with a sweep at Washington State (Nov. 26). It was the program’s • 554 total weeks in the poll • 78 weeks ranked No. 1 22nd conference championship overall. It marked the 31st top-2 standing in Pac- 10/12 play in the past 34 seasons. Stanford has claimed 10 of the past 14 Pac-12 2019 SEASON FACTS titles. Stanford’s Record When... Playing at home: 14-2 ALL-AMERICANS: For the seventh straight season, at least four Cardinal were Playing on the road: 13-1 named AVCA All-Americans. Jenna Gray and Morgan Hentz were the 10th and Playing at a neutral site: 3-1 11th Cardinal to be three-time first-team selections, respectively. Audriana Longest winning streak: 17 Fitzmorris, now a three-time All-American, and Madeleine Gates were both third Longest losing streak: 1 team. In three sets: 19-1 In four sets: 7-3 SENIOR CLASS AWARD: Outside hitter Kathryn Plummer was the 2019 winner of In five sets: 4-0 the Senior CLASS Award, presented to a student-athlete who excels in four areas Stanford wins first set: 22-1 of excellence: classroom, community, character and competition. Opponent wins first set: 8-3 Winning first two sets: 20-0 ELITE HONOR: Junior Meghan McClure was the recipient of the NCAA Elite 90 Losing first two sets: 1-2 Splitting first two sets: 9-2 award, given to the student-athlete with the highest cumulative GPA at the Hitting .250 or better: 30-0 championship site. A science, technology and society major, McClure carries a Hitting below .250: 0-4 3.965 GPA on a 4.0 scale and was the second straight Cardinal to win the award. Outhit opponents: 30-1 Outhit by opponents: 0-3 ALL-REGION RECOGNITION: Five Cardinal players secured AVCA All-Pacific Vs. ranked opponents: 13-3 North Region accolades. Seniors Audriana Fitzmorris, Madeleine Gates, Jenna Vs. unranked opponents: 17-1 Gray and Morgan Hentz are all multiple-time selections. Junior Meghan McClure In the Pac-12: 18-2 landed on the honorable mention list. Outside the conference: 12-2 Last five matches: 5-0 ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICANS: Junior Meghan McClure (first team) and senior Au- Last 10 matches: 10-0 driana Fitzmorris (second team) were named CoSIDA Academic All-Americans, bringing Stanford's total award count to 21. Head coach Kevin Hambly has men- THE LAST TIME STANFORD... tored three Academic All-Americans at Stanford. Won a match: vs. Wisconsin, 12/21/19 Lost a match: at UCLA, 10/25/19 SETTER OF THE YEAR: Jenna Gray was the second Stanford player to earn three Won at home: vs. Penn State, 12/14/19 straight Pac-12 Setter of the Year honors since the award began in 2011, joining Lost at home: vs. Washington, 9/29/19 Madi Bugg (2013-15). The Shawnee, Kansas, native paced the league and was Won on the road: at WSU, 11/26/19 seventh nationally with 11.62 assists per set. She was the NCAA's active leader Lost on the road: at UCLA, 10/25/19 in career assists, and guided the the Cardinal to a Pac-12-best .302 team hitting Won 3-0: vs.