LOUISVILLE 2018 Cardinal Volleyball

AUGUST This Week in ULVB Tech Record: 20-8, 13-4 ACC Record: .17-12 Cardinal Classic 23 GEORGIA TECH 5:00 Conf...... ACC 24 UT MARTIN W, 3-0 ACC...... 6-10 24 SIU W, 3-0 Live stats: http://www.side- 25 IUPUI W, 3-0 armstats.com/louisville/ Florida Tournament Coach Michelle Collier wvball/ 31 vs. UCF W, 3-0 VS. Cardinals Watch: ACC Extra Network Record: ...20-8 SEPTEMBER Conf...... ACC 1 at #4 Florida L, 1-3 ACC...... 13-4 2 vs. #7 USC L, 0-3 Purdue Tournament 7 vs. Lipscomb W, 3-1 Coach Dani Busboom 7 vs Xavier W, 3-0 Kelly 8 at #19 Purdue L, 2-3 2018 Roster 14 #20 KENTUCKY L, 0-3 No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown (High School) 15 CHATTANOOGA W, 3-0 1 Molly Sauer L 5-7 Sr. Louisville, KY (Assumption) ACC Matches 3 Anaya Martin S/DS 5-7 Fr. Tyrone, GA (Woodward) 21 at NC State W, 3-1 5 Piper Roe MB 6-2 R-So. Roanoke, VA (Cave Spring) 23 at UNC W, 3-2 7 Emily Scott MB 6-2 Fr. Appleton, WI (Kimberly) 28 at Ga.Tech W, 3-0 8 Alexis Hamilton L 5-7 So. Louisville, KY (Assumption) 30 at Clemson W, 3-2 9 Claire Chaussee OH 5-11 Fr. Sun Prairie, WI (Sun Prairie) 10 Melanie McHenry OH 6-2 Jr. Speedway, IN (Speedway) OCTOBER 11 Marijke Van Dyke OH 6-2 So. Munster, IN (Munster)(Illinois) 12 Wilma Rivera S 5-10 Sr. Carolina, Puerto Rico (St. Francis) 5 DUKE W, 3-0 14 Megan Sloan OH 6-1 Jr. Zionsville, IN (Cathedral) 7 WAKE FOREST W, 3-0 15 Aiko Jones OPP 6-1 Fr. Kingston, Jamaica (Wolmer) 10 NOTRE DAME W, 3-2 16 Akela Yuhl DS/L 5-6 So. Beach, CA (Mira Costa) 12 VIRGINIA TECH W, 3-0 17 Mia Stander DS 5-3 Fr. , GA (Marist) 19 at Virginia W, 3-2 18 Amanda Green OH 6-2 Sr. Skokie, IL (Niles North) 21 at Pittsburgh L, 1-3 20 Brianna Lester MB 5-11 Jr. Dallas, TX (Richardson) 26 BC W, 3-1 21 Natalie Palastro DS 5-7 So. Pittsburgh, PA (Oakland) 28 SYRACUSE L, 2-3 24 Kelly O’Neil DS 5-7 So. Louisville, KY (Mercy) NOVEMBER 25 Jasmine Bennett MB 6-3 Sr. Paducah, KY (McCracken Co.) 2 MIAMI W, 3-1 Head Coach: Dani Busboom Kelly (Nebraska ‘07) 4 FSU L, 1-3 Associate Head Coach: Dan Meske (Ohio State ‘07) 9 at BC W, 3-1 Assistant Coach: Todd Chamberlain (Ball State ‘09) 11 at Wake Forest W, 3-0 16 at Notre Dame L, 2-3 23 GEORGIA TECH 5:00 Social Media Info A Quick Peek at the Cards Like us on UofL is receiving votes in the AVCA Coaches Poll and have an Pronunciation Guide Facebook RPI of 36. Anaya: Uh-NIGH-yuh UofLVolleyball Chaussee: chaw-SAY UofL’s setter, Wilma Rivera, leads the ACC in assists/set. Marijke: Muh-RYE-kah Follow us on Aiko like Geico Twitter UofL is now 3-2 in ACC Opening matches since joining. Sauer: Sour @UofLVolleyball Akela: Uh-KAY-lah The Cards stand at 20-8 for the season. Yuhl: Yewl The Cardinals won the 2017 ACC with an 18-2 record. They Palastro: Puh-LAST-stroh Follow us on closed the season by winning 17 of their last 19 matches. Busboom: BUS-boom Twitter @UofLVolleyball Meske: MESS-key The Cards were picked 2nd in the Preseason ACC Poll. Media Contact Visit the Website SID: Nancy Worley  The Cardinals are 217-35 all time in Cardinal Arena. GoCards.com EMail: [email protected] Phone: 502-724-6933  UofL is now 16-2 in ACC Matches in Cardinal Arena.

 Cardinal Volleyball Match Notes 26 NCAA Appearances | 27 Conference Championships |4 Sweet Sixteens |Contact: Nancy Worley, SID 502-724-6933 2018 ACC Standings AVCA Top-25 Coaches Poll School ACC Pct. Overall Pct. Streak Week #14: Nov. 19, 2018 Rank School (First-Place Votes) Total Points Record Previous Week Pitt 16-1 0.941 28-1 0.966 W5 Syracuse 13-3 0.813 17-7 0.708 W5 1 BYU (49) 1580 27-0 1 Florida State 13-3 0.813 17-9 0.654 L1 2 Stanford (15) 1551 26-1 2 Louisville 13-4 0.765 20-8 0.714 L1 3 Minnesota 1477 24-2 3 Notre Dame 10-7 0.588 16-11 0.593 W1 4 Illinois 1398 26-3 4 Miami 9-8 0.529 13-11 0.542 L5 Duke 8-8 0.500 14-11 0.560 L3 5 Texas 1336 18-4 5 NC State 8-8 0.500 14-12 0.538 W4 6 Nebraska 1252 22-6 6 Georgia Tech 6-10 0.375 17-12 0.586 W1 7 Penn State 1163 22-6 T-7 Clemson 6-10 0.375 15-14 0.517 L1 8 Wisconsin 1150 20-6 T-7 Virginia Tech 5-12 0.294 14-15 0.483 L3 9 Creighton 1085 26-4 9 Wake Forest 5-12 0.294 10-19 0.345 W1 College 4-12 0.250 14-14 0.500 W1 10 Pittsburgh 1035 28-1 10 North Carolina 4-13 0.235 8-18 0.308 W1 11 Kentucky 1012 22-4 11 Virginia 4-13 0.235 8-19 0.296 L2 12 Purdue 839 22-7 12 13 Florida 827 23-5 13 UofL Volleyball by the Numbers 14 Cal Poly 752 25-2 15 942 ...... Program Wins 15 Southern 656 20-9 14 27 ...... Conference Regular Season/Tournament Championships 16 Marquette 648 25-5 17 26 ...... NCAA Appearances 17 Oregon 557 18-10 16 18 ...... Professional Alumnae 18 Michigan 497 20-9 19 18 ...... National Team Members 19 Washington 407 18-10 20 4 ...... UofL Athletic Hall of Famers 20 Washington State 378 19-9 18 4 ...... Sweet Sixteens 21 UCF 355 26-3 21 5 ...... 30+ win seasons 23 (994) ...... 2017 Attendance Ranking 22 316 23-5 22 23 Arizona 177 20-10 24 Busboom Kelly Named 2017 24 Missouri 131 22-7 23 25 Baylor 74 18-8 NR AVCA East Region Coach of the Year University of Louisville head coach Dani Busboom Kelly Others receiving votes and listed on two or more was named the AVCA East Region Coach of the Year. ballots: Colorado 51; UCLA 32; Northern Iowa 15; Florida State 12; Louisville 10; Utah 8; Denver 4 Picked eighth in the 2017 preseason poll with a fi rst-time coach at the helm, Busboom Kelly and the Cardinals bat- tled their way to an ACC Championships, posting a 24-7 record, going 18-2 in the league. The lightly regarded 2018 SEASON HIGHS team ended up winning two of the conference’s major Hitting %: ...... 778 by Jasmine Bennett vs. UTC postseason awards with junior setter Wilma Rivera be- Kills: ...... 23 by Amanda Green vs. FSU ing named as the 2017 ACC Setter of the Year with team- mate Molly Sauer picking up her second ACC Defensive Hitting Att.: ...... 59 by Melanie McHenry vs. ND Player of the Year award. Louisville outside hitter Melanie Digs: ...... 30 by Molly Sauer vs. #19 Purdue McHenry joins Wilma Rivera on the First Team All-ACC Blocks: ...... 10 by Emily Scott vs. Lipscomb winners, with Molly Sauer, Tess Clark, Maggie DeJong Aces: ...... 5 by Piper Roe vs ND and Jasmine Bennett earned Second Team All-ACC ku- Assists:...... 62 by Wilma Rivera vs. ND dos. Rivera was named as an AVCA honorable mention All American with Busboom Kelly taking the AVCA East Region Coach of the Year honor. McHenry and Rivera were both named to the AVCA All-East Region teams. The Cards caught the eye of USA Volleyball as Amanda Green and Molly Sauer both earned a berth on the US Collegiate National Team and toured Europe and China respectively and Busboom Kelly was named the head coach of the USCNT-Europe Tour where she led them to gold in the European Global Challenge. Her commitment to excellence in the classroom paid off as six Cardinals were named to the Academic All-ACC team. coordinator and coaches the setters and liberos. Cardinal Volleyball Match Notes 2626 NCAANCAA AppearancesAppearances | 2727 ConferenceConference ChampionshipsChampionships |4|4 SSweetweet SSixteensixteens |Contact:|Contact: NNancyancy WWorley,orley, SSIDID 5502-724-693302-724-6933 2018 University of Louisville Volleyball Media Roster

1 Molly Sauer3 Anaya Martin 5 Piper Roe 7 Emily Scott

8 Alexis Hamilton9 Claire Chaussee 10 Melanie McHenry 11 Marijke Van Dyke 12 Wilma Rivera

14 Megan Sloan 15 Aiko Jones 15 Akela Yuhl 17 Mia Stander 18 Amanda Green

20 Brianna Lester 21 Natalie Palastro 24 Kelly O’Neil 25 Jasmine Bennett Dani Busboom Kelly Head Coach Cardinal Volleyball Match Notes 26 NCAA Appearances | 27 Conference Championships |4 Sweet Sixteens |Contact: Nancy Worley, SID 502-724-6933

2018 Louisville Quick Facts Scouting This Week’s Opponents Location: Louisville, Ky. The University of Louisville Volleyball team will return Founded: 1798 home on this Thanksgiving weekend for a rematch Enrollment: 21,016 with Georgia Tech. The Cards and Yellow Jackets will President: Dr. Neeli Bendapudi square off at 5:00 pm this Friday inside Cardinal Are- VP/Director of Athletics: Vince Tyra na. SWA/VB Administrator: Christine Herring Nickname: Cardinals UofL enters the game with an overall mark of 20-8 and Colors: Red & Black an ACC conference record of 13-4. Entering the week, Affi liation: NCAA Division I UofL is coming off a tough 3-2 (25-27, 25-22, 25-19, 16- Conference: Atlantic Coast Conference 25, 11-15) loss at Notre Dame last Friday. Facility: Cardinal Arena, 1,200 On off ense, the Cards got a big boost when junior Coaching Staff Melanie McHenry, who leads the team with 331 kills, re- Head Coach: Dani Busboom Kelly (Nebraska ‘07) turned to the lineup last week. Senior Jasmine Bennett Record at UofL: 44-15 is the Cards’ leader in hitting percentage, hitting it at a Associate Head Coach: Dan Meske (Ohio State ‘07) .376 clip. Defensively, the Cards are led by senior Molly Asst. Coach: Todd Chamberlain (Ball State ‘09) Sauer, who has accumulated 455 digs on the year, and Director of Volleyball Operations: Sarah Drury by their leader in total blocks, freshman Emily Scott, Petkovic (Louisville 2002) who has 79. Volunteer Coach: Nolan Mattingly Graduate Manager: Brooke Betts Louisville and Georgia Tech’s fi rst meeting this season Overall 2017 Record: 24-7 came in Atlanta back on September 28. Led by junior ACC Record/Finish: 18-2/First Megan Sloan’s 12 kills and Sauer’s 15 digs, the Cards Starters Ret./Lost: 4+L/2 swept the Yellow Jackets, 3-0 (25-16, 25-21, 25-17). Letterwinners Ret./Lost: 9/5 Top Returners: Name (Yr., Pos, Ht, Postseason Hon- Georgia Tech ors) Molly Sauer, (Sr. L, ACC Defensive Player of the The Yellow Jackets enter the week with an overall Year, All ACC 2nd Team); Melanie McHenry (So., OH, mark of 17-12 and an ACC mark of 6-10. Last Friday, the 6-2, AVCA All-East Region, ACC, First Team All-ACC); Jackets went on the road and won a 3-1 (25-17, 19-25, Amanda Green (R-Jr., OH, 6-1, US Collegiate Nation- 25-20, 27-25) contest over Virginia. Georgia Tech is led al Team European Global Champion Gold Medalist), off ensively by freshman Mariana Brambilla, who has Wilma Rivera (Sr., S, 5-10, ACC Setter of the Year, 380 kills on the year, and by senior Lauren Frekring, All-ACC First Team, AVCA All-East Region, AVCA HM who leads the team in hitting percentage at .394. On All- American); Jasmine Bennett (6-2, MB, Sr.) defense, Brambilla also leads the team in digs with Top Players Lost: Name (Pos., Honors) Tess Clark 328, while junior Kodie Comby leads the Jackets with (6-3, OH, All-ACC 2nd Team), Maggie DeJong (6-2, 107 total blocks. MB, All-ACC 2nd Team) Series Record with Georgia Tech Support Staff Georgia Tech and Louisville will meet for the 27th time Academic Advisor: Kristia Worthy ever on Friday with the Yellowjackets holding a 6-21 Sports Performance: Sean Smith advantage in the all-time series. However, Georgia Sports Medicine: Allegra Lucia Tech has not beaten the Cards since they joined the Marketing: Allison Cook ACC in 2014. Tickets: Samantha Keeton Assoc. SID/VB Contact: Nancy Worley Stat Crew Supervisor: Jason Bond Cards In the Rankings Phone Numbers The Cards are 13-4 in ACC play and 20-8 overall and (Area Code 502) are receiving votes this week. They have been ranked Volleyball Offi ce: 852-7137 as high as No. 21. Athletic Dept.: 852-5732 Ticket Offi ce: 852-5151 Chaussee Named ACC Freshman of the Sports Info.: 852-6581 Week Sports Info. Fax: 852-7401 Louisville’s Claire Chaussee was named ACC Volleyball Sarah Petkovic: 852-3227 Freshman of the Week Chaussee starredfor Louisville Nancy Worley: 852-0113 over the weekend in matches against Miami and Flor- Cardinal Volleyball Match Notes 26 NCAA Appearances | 27 Conference Championships |4 Sweet Sixteens |Contact: Nancy Worley, SID 502-724-6933 ida State. The rookie outside hitter from Sun Prairie, match at North Carolina. She made her fi rst appear- Wisconsin, tallied 31 kills on a .296 hitting percentage, ance in the match with Pitt, where she had six kills eight digs and six total blocks on the weekend. In a and fi ve blocks. She had 16 kills against Syracuse and 3-1 win over Miami, her fi rst action since October 19, hit .571 against BC. Chaussee recorded 16 kills on a .393 hitting percent- age. Sloan and McHenry Earn All-Purdue Stacey Scott Named ACC Freshman of the Week Clark Classic Honors University of Louisville’s middle blocker Emily Scott Megan Sloan and Jasmine Bennett earned all-tour- was selected as the ACC Freshman of the Week. nament honors at Purdue. Sloan had 10 kills versus Scott was key in the No. 25 Cardinals’ sweeps of Lipscomb and 14 versus No. 19 Purdue, hitting .321 Duke and Wake Forest. The rookie middle blocker against the Boilers. McHenry had 49 kills in three from Appleton, Wisconsin, averaged 2.50 kills per set matches including a 17 kill, 18 dig eff ort against Pur- while posting a hitting percentage of .357 and aver- due. aged 0.833 blocks per set. In her fi rst year as a Card, she earned a starting spot in the middle and has Bennett Earns All-Florida Bubly Tourna- amassed 127 kills, hitting .333 and leads the Cardinals ment Honors in blocking with a total of 79, including seven solos. Jasmine Bennett hit .538 with three straight double digit kill tallies (10 vs. UC, 13 vs. #4 Florida and 10 vs. #7 USC) while adding 13 total blocks in those three RPI Released matches to earn the all-tournament nod. The Cardinals’ RPI is 38, the fourth best in the ACC behind Pitt (7), Florida State (26) and Syracuse (27). Cards picked second in Preseason ACC Poll RPI stands for Ratings Percentage Index and the The 2017 ACC co-champions Pitt and Louisville have index comprises a team’s winning percentage (25%), been chosen as the top two 2018 Atlantic Coast its opponents’ winning percentage (50%), and the Conference volleyball preseason favorites in a vote of winning percentage of those opponents’ opponents the league’s 15 head coaches. (25%). The opponents’ winning percentage and the winning percentage of those opponents’ opponents The reigning ACC Co-Champion Panthers received all both comprise the strength of schedule (SOS). Thus, 14 possible fi rst-place votes and 196 points, as coach- the SOS accounts for 75% of the RPI calculation and es were not allowed to vote for their own teams. is 2/3 its opponents’ winning percentage and 1/3 its opponents’ opponents’ winning percentages. Pitt returns all fi ve All-ACC honorees from last year’s squad, and head coach Dan Fisher was the 2017 pick 13-4 in the ACC for ACC Coach of the Year. The Panthers fi nished last The Cardinals started out 8-0 in the ACC this year season 26-7 overall with a 18-2 mark in conference. but dropped matches to No. 5 Pitt and Syracuse. Louisville, also a reigning ACC Co-Champion, re- Last year, UofL ended up the slate winning the fi nal 11 ceived one fi rst-place vote and 180 points. Florida matches of the ACC season and staying unbeaten at State (171 points), Notre Dame (137 points) and Duke home against its conference opponents. The last time (134 points) were slated third, fourth and fi fth, re- the Cards ran the table in conference was 2015 in the spectively. North Carolina was picked sixth with 121 American Athletic Conference (AAC) when they were points, followed by Miami and NC State (117 points 18-0. In the Cards’ two ACC Championships (2015, each), Syracuse (110 points) and Georgia Tech in 10th 2017), they were 18-2. with 68 points. Virginia Tech (55 points), Clemson (54 McHenry Joins 1,000 kill Club points), Wake Forest (51 points), Virginia (37 points) For the second straight season, UofL has a player and Boston College (27 points) rounded out the vot- amassing 1,000 career kills. Junior Melanie McHen- ing. ry, who has been a starter for the last three seasons enters the week with 1,089. Tess Clark was the last UofL has 4 Named to All-Preseason List player to join the club in 2017. Louisville led all conference teams with four represen- tatives on the preseason all-conference team, high- Bennett is BACK! lighted by 2017 Setter of the Year Wilma Rivera and Senior Jasmine Bennett missed three weeks of play 2017 Defensive Player of the Year Molly Sauer. Senior after suff ering an abdominal muscle injury in the middle blocker Jasmine Bennett and junior outside hitter Melanie McHenry joined their teammates in receiving preseason all-conference nods. Cardinal Volleyball Match Notes

26 NCAA Appearances | 27 Conference Championships | 4 Sweet Sixteens | Contact: Nancy Worley, SID 502-724-6933

Something Old, Something New, Some- pacity percentage (78.36). Ranked fi rst in the confer- thing Borrowed, Nothing Blue ence in capacity percentage. Old: Senior Jasmine Bennett is hitting .377 from the middle and has 68 blocks; New: Freshman Claire Cards Earn AVCA Academic Award Chaussee earned a starting nod and had 37 kills and The University of Louisville volleyball team was one six blocks in the last three matches Borrowed: Trans- of 146 Division I schools to be named to the Amer- fer Wilma Rivera is hitting .291 and averaging 11.09 ican Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Team assists/set for a total of 1,176. Blue: Nope. It’s kind of Academic Award for the 2016-2017 season. In all, 822 a Cardinal thing. ;) teams have earned the this honor across all divisions and the number breaks the previous year’s total of Seniors Digging It 764 to set an all-time high. UofL seniors Jasmine Bennett, Wilma Rivera, Amanda Green, and Molly Sauer account for 865 of Louisville’s Fresh Faces 1472 digs (.588 of the team digs.) For 16 of the past 17 years, the Cardinals have had a freshman in their starting line-up. Below is a look at Juniors Pulling their Weight Cardinals who have started as a freshman during this Two juniors (Melanie McHenry and Megan Sloan) ac- stretch. count for 606 of UofL’s 1481 kills, which is .410 of the scoring. 2018 - Emily Scott /Claire Chaussee 2017 - Alexis Hamilton Volleyball is a Weird Sport 2016 - Melanie McHenry Volleyball is one of the few sports where a team can 2015 - Molly Sauer, Aniah Philo score more points than their opponent and actually 2014 - Tess Clark, Maggie DeJong 2013 - Maya McClendon lose. In the fi ve-setter with Purdue, UofL scored 109 2012 - Haley Pouliezos total points and Purdue scored 98. UofL fell 23-25, 2011 - No freshmen on roster 25-17, 26-28, 25-13, 10-15. 2010- Emily Juhl 2009 - Lola Arslanbekova Twenty Win Seasons 2008 - Gwen Rucker and Renee Tomko With the win at Wake Forest, the Cards notched their 2007 - Lindsey Mango 29th 20+ win season. 2017 was the Cardinals’ last 20+ 2006 - Samantha Dabbs and Justine Landi win season. UofL has had fi ve 30-win seasons. The 2005 - Nicole Bateman and Kristie Wetterer 1982 season mark of 39-14 is the school record. 2004 - Elena Pilnikova 2003 - Ana Yartseva Hamilton Suff ers Season Ending Injury 2002 - Jennifer Craven and Lena Ustymenko Defensive specialist Alexis Hamilton suff ered a sea- son-ending knee injury She hurt her right knee in 2018 Double-Doubles for the Cards practice Aug. 22. Melanie McHenry 9 (10 K, 13 D vs SIU; 12 K, 10 D vs. UCF; 17 K, 18 D vs. Home Sweet Home Purdue; 19 K, 14 D vs. UNC; 19 K, 19 D vs, ND; 14K, 17 D vs UVA; 15 K, 14 D The Cards are 10-3 in 2018 in Cardinal Arena overall vs Pitt; 13 K, 14 D vs. BC; 20 K, 15 D vs ND) Molly Sauer 3 and 6-2 in ACC play at home. (5-2 in Cardinal Arena (10 A, 30 D vs Purdue; 10 A, 20 D vs, UNC, 11 A, 17 D vs. and 1-0 at Sacred Heart Academy where the Notre WFU) Amanda Green 6 Dame match was relocated after a power outage (14 K, 10 D vs. UTC; 13 K, 14 D vs. NCSU; 17K, 10 D vs Clemson; 13 K, 13 D vs. ND; 16 K, 10 D vs Miami; 23 K, 15 D vs. FSU) aff ected Cardinal Arena.) The Cards were 10-0 in the Wilma Rivera 4 ACC at home in newly refurbished Cardinal Arena (45 A, 11 D vs. UNC; 62 A, 10 D vs. ND; 43 A, 12 D vs. in 2017. UofL was the only undefeated ACC team at BC; 50 A, 15 D vs ND)) home season in 2017. Stat Watch for Career Record In Digs Conference Openers 1. Caitlin Welch (‘10-’13) 2,128 UofL is 3-2 in ACC Opening matches. 2. Molly Sauer (‘15-pres.) 1,985 UofL was 1-0 in AAC Opening matches. 3. Shannon Misek (’89-’92) 1,482 UofL was 8-0 in Big East Opening matches. 4. Lindsey Mango (’07-’10) 1,435 UofL was 9-1 in Conference USA Opening matches. 5. Kelly McClain (’97-’00) 1,366 Since 1995, UofL is 19-3 in conference openers. 6. Sarah Drury (‘99-’03) 1,205 Cards Attendance is Ranked in 2017 7. Emily Roberson (’98-‘01) 1,194 UofL was ranked No. 51 in attendance in NCAA with 8. Beth Kuhnell (’93-‘96) 1,174 an average of 952. The Cards are ranked 17th in ca- 9. Annie Filley (‘94-’97) 1,145 10. Theresa Macklin (’85-‘88) 1,096 Cardinal Volleyball Match Notes

26 NCAA Appearances | 27 Conference Championships | 4 Sweet Sixteens | Contact: Nancy Worley, SID 502-724-6933 It’s In their Genes Illinois joined the Cards. Green transferred to Louis- The athletic gene runs strong in the Cardinal family, ville from Marquette in 2017. Her freshman season’s past and present. Of the current Cardinals: Megan highlights included notching nine kills in the match Sloan’s dad, Brian, played basketball at Indiana Uni- against Cincinnati and nine kills in the match against versity and won an NCAA national championship. She Milwaukee. She had six kills and three digs in the is also the granddaughter of Jerry Sloan, who both match versus Providence. Last year she started, had played for and coached the Chicago Bulls. Jasmine 273 kills, nine aces 121 digs and 58blocks. She was Bennett’s dad, Winston, played basketball at Kentucky named to the US Collegiate National Team and won where he scored 1,399 career points. For the Former a gold medal in the European Global Challenge. Cardinals: Ashley Pettibone’s brother, Jonathan Pet- Wilma Rivera, a 5-10 setter from Penn State and tibone, is a pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies. Em- member of the Puerto Rican National Team, moved ily Juhl’s great grandfather, Eddie Eagan, is the only the Ville in 2017. The native of Carolina, Puerto Rico American to win Olympic medals in both the summer spent two seasons with the Nittany Lions. As a soph- and winter games in diff erent sports (boxing and bob- omore, she saw action in 19 sets and had two assists, sledding). All-AAC middle blocker, Randi Ewing, is the four aces and 16 digs. She served up two aces and daughter of NBA All-Star Patrick Ewing and the sister three digs in the season opener against West Virginia of Patrick Ewing, Jr., the Big East Conference Sixth Man and logged eight digs against No. 19 North Carolina. of the Year for Georgetown in 2008. Laura Blab is the Last year, with the Cards, she was named ACC Set- daughter of Indiana Hoosier hoops great Ewe Blab. ter of the Year, AVCA All-East Region and AVCA HM Five Set Matches All-American. In 2018, the Cards are 4-3 in fi ve set matches. The Where the Cards Stack Up NCAA Ranking Cards are 4-3 in fi ve setters and 5-3 in four settters Rank Category and 11-2 in three-set matches in 2018. UofL won six 162 Emily Scott Blocks per set (1.05) fi ve-set matches in the 2017 ACC season (Notre 112 Emily Scott Hitting Percentage (.333) Dame 2x, Pitt, Duke, UNC and Syracuse and lost one 29 Jasmine Bennett Hitting Percentage (.376) 3-2 to UNC (9/24). The Cards twice came back from 74 Molly Sauer Aces/Set (.37) 0-2 set defi cit (Duke and Syracuse). 67 Molly Sauer Total Aces (39) 27 Wilma Rivera Asst./set (11.09) Cards Bolster Roster With Transfers 33 Wilma Rivera Total Assts. (1176) Marijke Van Dyke, Where Louisville Stacks Up in NCAA as a team Marijke Van Dyke, a 6-2 outside hitter from Munster, Rank Category Indiana, transferred to The Ville after a season at 29 Hitting Percentage .257 23 Assists/Set 13.13 the University of Illinois. Van Dyke spent one year in 65 Blocks/Set 2.38 Champaign, Illinois, and is a sophomore with three 28 Kills/Set 13.97 years left to play. Van Dyke who signed with Illi- 112 Service Aces/Set 1.37 nois as a highly touted prospect, was ranked as the 64 Total Kills (1419) No.66-ranked recruit in the country by PrepVolleyball 86 Total Blocks (239.5) after a star turn at Munster High School. 64 Team Assists (1,330) ------Kelly O’Neil Where the Cards Rank In the ACC Team Statistics Kelly O’Neil comes home to Louisville after transfer- Rank Category ring from Arizona where she appeared in six matches 3 Hitting Percentage (.257) (14 sets) over the fi nal month of the season after not 2 Assists (13.13) seeing action prior, notching 15 digs (1.07/set) and 7 Blocks (2.38) three aces (0.21/set) on the season. She had her best 3 Opponent Hitting Pct. (.183) 2 Kills (13.97) career match (10 digs, 2 aces) in UA’s fi ve-set victory 4 Aces (1.37) over No. 16 Oregon (11/12). A four-year letterwinner at 7 Digs (13.89) Mercy Academy under head coach Matt Thomerson, Kelly helped lead Mercy to a national and state cham- ACC Rankings in Individual Stats/set pionships in 2014. An all-state performer as a senior, 3 Jasmine Bennett (Hitting percentage) .376 she was selected to the all-region team as a junior 10 Emily Scott (Hitting percentage) . 333 and a senior. She competed for Union club team in 1 Wilma Rivera (Assists/Set) 11.09 Kentucky. 4 Molly Sauer (Digs/Set) 4.29 10 Melanie McHenry (Points/Set) 3.84 Amanda Green, a 6-1 outside hitter from Skokie, 2 Molly Sauer (Aces/Set) .37 Cardinal Volleyball Match Notes

26 NCAA Appearances | 27 Conference Championships | 4 Sweet Sixteens | Contact: Nancy Worley, SID 502-724-6933

11.) Beth Kuhnell 1,242 Sauer Ranked in Career Active Leaders 12.) Liz Egger 1,238 Molly Sauer is ranked 15th and has been as high as 13.) Jackie Byrne 1,203 14.) Janet Craddock 1,171 12th in career digs among active players. The 2015 15.) Janelle Jenkins 1,152 and 2017 ACC Defensive Player of the Year has 1,985 16.) Nastya Zaitseva 1,149 digs to date. 17.) Tess Clark 1,122 18.) Melanie McHenry 1,089 McHenry Ranked in Career Active Leaders 19.) Emily Juhl 1,079 Melanie McHenry ranks 103rd in career kills NCAA 20.) Susan Elpers 1,034 Division I Volleyball players with 1089 career kills. 21.) Marina Sinichenko 1,029 ------22.) Ana Yartseva 982 Rivera and Sauer Earned Major ACC 23.) Svetlana Dukule 979 Awards/Louisville lands six on All-ACC lists 24) Justine Landi 975 25.) Annie Filley 942 Louisville junior setter Wilma Rivera has been select- 26.) Tina Haist 928 ed as the 2017 ACC Setter of the Year with teammate 27.) Theresa Macklin 907 Molly Sauer picking up her second ACC Defensive 28.) Tatiana Kolesnikova 878 Player of the Year award. The awards were decided 29.) Maya McClendon 877 based on a vote of the league’s 15 head coaches, who 30. )Jana Matiasovska 832 could not vote for their own student-athletes. 31.) Tammy Purse 813 32.) Lecia Brown 796 ACC Co-Champion Louisville took home two major 33.) Monica Ottens 783 awards and 14 diff erent schools are represented on 34.) Gwen Rucker 780 the All-ACC Team, led by Louisville with six selec- 35.) Becky Verst 741 tions. 36.) Jennifer Hoff man 727 37.) Erika Moore 714 Sauer claimed her second Defensive Player of the Year award, having fi rst earned the honor as a true Louisville in the NCAA First Round freshman in 2015. The Louisville, Kentucky, native tal- The Cardinals have won 12 fi rst round matches in lied 456 digs on the year, averaging 4.11 per set. their 25 years in NCAA play with four Sweet Sixteen appearances. They have an overall mark of 16-25 Rivera is the second Cardinal in the last three years including one stretch of 16 straight appearances from to be named Setter of the Year, after Katie George 1998-2013. The Cards fell to Northern Iowa in Minne- received the honor in 2015. The Carolina, Puerto apolis in 2017 as their last appearance. Rico, native recorded 1,183 assists on the year, which ranked third in the league, and averaged 10.60 assists per set. Louisville outside hitter Melanie McHenry joins Wilma Rivera on the First Team All-ACC winners, with Molly Sauer, Tess Clark, Maggie DeJong and Jasmine Ben- nett earning Second Team All-ACC kudos. It is Clark’s fourth appearance on the honors list and DeJong’s second time being named. The 1000 Kill Club Melanie McHenry reached her 1000th career kill against Virginia Tech and joined an elite group of Cardinals. 1.) Lola Arslanbekova 2,145 2.) Lena Ustymenko 1,861 3.) Sonja Percan 1,850 4.) Laurie Maxwell 1,545 5.) Shannon Misek 1, 543 6.) Bing Sun 1,501 7.) Kelly McClain 1,461 8.) Tina Naehr 1,455 9.) Kim Blackstone 1, 295 10.) Sonya Gubaidulina 1,253 Cardinal Volleyball Match Notes

2626 NCAANCAA AppearancesAppearances | 2727 ConferenceConference ChampionshipsChampionships | 4 SSweetweet SSixteensixteens | Contact:Contact: NNancyancy WWorley,orley, SSIDID 5502-724-693302-724-6933 Dani Busboom Kelly At a Glance Playing Career: Nebraska 2004-2007 A four-year starter, she concluded her career as one of only two players ranked among the top-10 in NU history in both digs and assists, fi nishing second on the digs chart with 1,281 Head Coach and third in career assists with 2,925. The Cortland, Neb., na- tive guided the Huskers to a 124-10 record, the best four-year Dani mark in school history, three Big 12 titles, two NCAA fi nals appearances and a national title in 2006. Busboom Kelly Nebraska 2007 USA National Training Team 2008

Dani Busboom Kelly, the 2017 AVCA East Region Coach of the Coaching Career Year, begins her second season as the Cardinals’ head volleyball 2009-2010: Asst. Coach University of Tennessee coach. 2011: Asst. Coach, University of Louisville 2012-16: Asst. Coach, University of Nebraska Picked eighth in the 2017 preseason poll with a fi rst-time coach at the helm, Busboom Kelly and the Cardinals battled their way to an ACC Championships, posting a 24-7 record, going 18-2 in the Awards: league. The lightly regarded team ended up winning two of the 2016 AVCA Assistant Coach of the Year conference’s major postseason awards with junior setter Wilma 2017 East Region Coach of the Year Rivera being named as the 2017 ACC Setter of the Year with team- mate Molly Sauer picking up her second ACC Defensive Player of the Year award. Louisville outside hitter Melanie McHenry joins fi rst time, as well as the Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year. The Wilma Rivera on the First Team All-ACC winners, with Molly Sauer, Huskers’ 2015 recruiting class was ranked fi fth in the nation by Tess Clark, Maggie DeJong and Jasmine Bennett earned Second PrepVolleyball.com. Setter Kelly Hunter and outside hitter Mikaela Team All-ACC kudos. Rivera was named as an AVCA honorable Foecke earned All-American honorable mention, and Foecke was mention All American with Busboom Kelly taking the AVCA East the NCAA National Championship most outstanding player, just Region Coach of the Year honor. McHenry and Rivera were both the third freshman in NCAA Division I Volleyball history to earn the named to the AVCA All-East Region teams. The Cards caught the honor. In 2015, Nebraska setter Kelly Hunter was third in the nation eye of USA Volleyball as Amanda Green and Molly Sauer both in assists while Justine Wong-Orantes was second in the Big Ten in earned a berth on the US Collegiate National Team and toured digs per set and moved to No. 4 in school history in career digs. Europe and China respectively and Busboom Kelly was named the head coach of the USCNT-Europe Tour where she led them to gold Busboom Kelly has also helped oversee implementation of the in the European Global Challenge. Her commitment to excellence Huskers’ beach volleyball program. After starting the program in in the classroom paid off as six Cardinals were named to the Aca- 2013, the Huskers turned a 7-7 dual record through the fi rst two demic All-ACC team. seasons into a 6-2 record in 2015. Both losses in 2015 came to the nation’s top-two teams. She came to Louisville after a stint on the staff of her alma mater. After being named assistant coach at Nebraska in 2012, for fi ve In 2014 on the court, the Huskers reached their third straight seasons the Huskers have achieved a combined 134-30 record. regional fi nal with the youngest team in school history and while The Huskers reached four NCAA Regional fi nals and won the 2015 playing the second-toughest schedule in the nation. With only one NCAA National Championship at the CenturyLink Center in Oma- senior, NU fi nished 23-10, upsetting No. 3 Washington in Seattle to ha, the same facility where she won the national title as a player for advance to the regional fi nal. Senior setter Mary Pollmiller fi nished the Huskers in 2006. her Husker career with AVCA honorable-mention All-America and All-North Region honors, and she was an All-Big Ten hon- The 2016 Nebraska team fi nished the regular season with a 27-2 orable-mention pick. Sophomore libero Justine Wong-Orantes overall record, won the Big Ten Conference Championship and was recorded a team-high 464 digs on the season and averaged 3.85 the nation’s No. 1-ranked team. digs per set, seventh in the Big Ten. She became the fi rst Husker in school history to lead the team in digs as both a freshman and Prior to her stint at Nebraska, she spent one season as an assistant sophomore. at Louisville in 2011, Busboom Kelly helped the Cardinals to a 24-9 record including a trip to the semifi nals of the Big East Conference In 2013, Busboom Kelly helped guide a young Husker squad to a Tournament with the Cardinals advancing to the second round of 26-7 record, second-place fi nish in the Big Ten Conference and a the NCAA. Prior to her time at Louisville, Busboom Kelly was an berth in the NCAA Lincoln Regional fi nal. Nebraska opened in a assistant coach at Tennessee from 2009 to 2011. While working rotation featuring all fi rst-or second-year Huskers in 29 of its 33 with the Volunteers, she guided the team’s setters, coordinated mmatches in 2013. She helped train the Husker defensive spe- travel and equipment needs and ran the school’s volleyball camps. cialists and liberos, a group that included three true freshmen, to one of Nebraska’s most successful recent passing and defensive Busboom Kelly (pronounced Bus-boom) joined head coach John campaigns. Wong-Orantes led the Huskers defensively and tied Cook’s staff in July of 2012 and where she assisted with Nebraska’s the single-season school record for digs by a freshman. Busboom setters, liberos and outside hitters, as well as recruiting. Kelly also helped train Pollmiller as Nebraska’s setter in 2013, as Pollmiller guided the Huskers to a successful off ensive campaign in In a storied program at Nebraska, Busboom Kelly has coached her fi rst season as NU’s setter. two AVCA All-Americans and two honorable-mention selections in 2015. Kadie Rolfzen was a fi rst-team AVCA All-American, while Busboom Kelly helped the Huskers to a berth in the NCAA regional libero Justine Wong-Orantes was a third-team selection for the Cardinal Volleyball Match Notes

26NCAA Appearances | 27 Conference Championships | 4 Sweet Sixteens | Contact: Nancy Worley, SID 502-724-6933 fi nals and a second-place fi nish in the Big Ten Conference in 2012. An outstanding student, Busboom Kelly was a 2006 second-team The Huskers posted a 26-7 mark while earning their 31st straight academic All-District VII selection, while earning six Big 12 Com- trip to the NCAA Tournament. In addition, Lauren Cook, Gina Man- missioner’s Honor Roll accolades and becoming a three-time fi rst- cuso and Hannah Werth all earned AVCA All-America honors. The team academic All-Big 12 honoree. She earned a bachelor’s degree Huskers also posted four All-Big Ten picks and seven academic in communication studies from Nebraska in 2007. All-Big Ten accolades. Following her graduation, Busboom Kelly spent time with the As an athlete, Busboom Kelly was a captain at Nebraska and U.S. Women’s National Training Team before working as a sales moved from setter to libero in 2006 to help Nebraska’s defense representative for an Omaha insurance company. She coached the and fi nished her career as one of only two players to rank among Team USA A2 Select team and was a member of the 2007 USA NU’s all-time leaders in both digs (1,281, second) and assists (2,873, Training Roster, where she played with former UofL standout Sarah eighth). She was a four-year starter for Cook, guiding NU to a 124- Drury Petkovic. She has worked as a sideline reporter for radio 10 record, the best four-year mark in school history, three Big 12 broadcasts of Nebraska volleyball matches on the Husker Sports titles, two NCAA fi nals appearances and a national title in 2006. Network and also as an assistant coach with USA Volleyball’s Se- lect A2 Program. Busboom Kelly was considered the Big 12’s best libero in 2006, as she helped NU limit opponents to a Big 12-low .144 hitting percent- Dani and her husband, former Nebraska football player Lane Kelly age. She set Nebraska’s single-season digs record (580) in her fi rst were married in the summer of 2010. year as a libero, breaking the previous mark of 480 by Amanda McCormick in 2004. As a senior she reached double fi gures in digs in 32 of 34 matches, including 21 straight matches with at least 10 digs. She notched her best defensive performance at the NCAA semifi nals against UCLA, totaling a career-high 29 digs, which still ranks as the second-best postseason performance in school history.

Cardinal Arena: New Digs for the Ultimate Home Court Advantage The University of Louisville has the rare privilege of having a Volleyball-only facility in Cardinal Arena. The on-campus arena was refurbished in 2017 and increased the seating, added end zone seating, installed a Terafl ex fl oor, new lobby, refurbished lockerrooms, training room, players lounge and common areas. Top Cardinal Arena Crowds 1,253 vs. Texas (NCAA 11/30/94) 1,201 vs. Duke (12/1/93) All Time Record in Cardinal Arena 1,150 vs. Central Fla. (11/29/95) The Cardinals are 217-35 all-time in Cardinal Arena. 1,046 vs. Kentucky (11/17/92) 1,046 vs. South Florida (11/16/03) First ever win in Cardinal Arena was 8/31/91, a 3-1 win 1,085 vs. FSU (11/4/18) over Morehead State. 1,083 vs. Kentucky (9/14/18) 1,082 vs. Belmont (12/4/15) The Cardinals played in the KFC Yum! Center from 1,077 vs. UNC (11/19/2017) 2011-16. Top Volleyball Home Crowds 5,862 vs. Kentucky 9/9/14 at KFC Yum! Largest Volleyball Crowd Away Match 5,007 vs. Kentucky 8/29/12 at KFC Yum! 14,438 vs. Florida (12/9/05) 4,312 vs. #3 Penn State 8/25/12 at KFC Yum! Qwest Center, Omaha, Nebraska 4,187 vs. #1 Nebraska 12/13/96 at KICC 4,163 vs #9 Texas 10/8/12 at KFC Yum! 3,800 vs. #1 Nebraska 12/10/05 at KICC 3,412 vs. Michigan 3,219 vs. Cincinnati 11/22/12 at KFC Yum! 2,955 vs. WKU 12/2/05 at the Gardens 2,810 vs. Notre Dame 9/23/12 at KFC Yum! 2,783 vs. Belmont 11/29/12 at KFC Yum! 2,703 vs. Illinois 9/1//96 at Knights Hall Cardinal Volleyball Match Notes

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The Cards Record When Louisville has more blocks: ...... 15-2 When playing at home: ...... 11-3 When Opponent has more blocks: ...... 5-6 When playing on road: ...... 7-4 When blocks are even: ...... 0-0 When playing at neutral sites: ...... 3-1 The Last Time Louisville recorded 50-59 kills ...... 55 vs BC 11/9/18) When match goes three-sets: ...... 11-2 Louisville recorded 60+ kills ...... 61 vs FSU (11/4/18) When match goes four-sets: ...... 5-3 Louisville hit .300-.399 ...... 305 vs. VT (10/12/18) When match goes fi ve-sets: ...... 4-3 Louisville hit .400+ ...... 419 vs. Wake Forest (10/7/18) When winning fi rst set:...... 16-2 Louisville dished out 50+ assists ...... 62 vs ND (11/16/18) When opponent wins fi rst set: ...... 4-6 Louisville recorded 8-9 aces ...... 8 vs. Miami (11/2/18) When winning second set: ...... 16-3 Louisville recorded 10+ aces ...... 10 vs. UTM (8/24/18) When opponent wins second set ...... 4-5 When winning third set: ...... 18-4 Louisville recorded 50-59 digs ...... 57 vs. Miami (11/2/18) When opponent wins third set: ...... 2-4 Louisville recorded 60+ digs ...... 63 vs BC 11/9/18) When winning fourth set: ...... 7-1 Louisville recorded 5-9 solo blocks ...... 5 vs. Miami (11/2/18) When opponent wins fourth set:...... 2-5 Louisville recorded 10-14 total blocks ...... 14 vs ND (11/16/18) When winning fi fth set: ...... 4-0 Louisville recorded 15+ blocks ...... 16 vs Pitt (10/21/18) When opponent wins fi fth set: ...... 0-3 A Cardinal recorded 15-19 kills ... 15 by Claire Chaussee vs BC 11/9/18) When Louisville records more kills: ...... 19-5 A Cardinal recorded 20+ kills .20 by Mel McHenry vs ND (11/16/18) When Opponent records more kills: ...... 0-3 A Cardinal recorded 30+ kills ...... 30 by Lola Arslanbekova at Illinois When kills are even: ...... 1-0 (9/17/11); 30 by Mel McHenry vs. UNC (11/19/17) A Cardinal dished out 50+ assists 50 by Wilma Rivera vs ND (11/16/18) When UofL has higher hitting %: ...... 19-2 When Opp. has higher hitting %: ...... 1-6 A Cardinal recorded 4-6 aces ...... 5 by Sauer vs. Lipscomb (9/7/18) When hitting percentage is tied: ...... 0-0 A Cardinal recorded 7+ aces ...... 7 by Emily Juhl at WVU (11/7/10) A Cardinal recorded 20+ digs ... 23 by Molly Sauer vs ND (11/16/18) When Louisville has more aces ...... 17-3 When Opponent has more aces: ...... 3-3 A Cardinal recorded 3+ solo blocks 4 by Amanda Green vs. Miami When aces are even: ...... 1-1 (11/2/18) A Cardinal recorded 5-9 block assists 10 by Piper Roe vs ND (11/16/18) When Louisville has more digs: ...... 14-5 When Opponent has more digs: ...... 4-3 When digs are even: ...... 2-0

Cards in the NCAA 2000 2010 The ACC in the NCAA Year Michigan def. UofL 3-1 UofL def. Middle Tenn. 3-0 School (Appearances) 2001 (22/RV) Purdue def. UofL 3-1 Louisville (26) 1983 UofL def. Ga. Tech 3-2 2011 Duke (19) UCLA def. UofL 3-0 Pacifi c def. UofL 3-1 UofL def. Ball State 3-0 UNC (18) 1990 2002 (22/RV) Purdue def. UofL 3-1 FSU (19) LSU def. UofL 3-0 UofL def. Ball State 3-0 2012 Notre Dame (19) 1991 Ohio State def. UofL 3-0 UofL def. Belmont 3-1 Pitt (13) Florida def. UofL 3-0 2003 (16/22) Michigan def. UofL 3-1 Georgia Tech (9) 1992 UofL def. Notre Dame, 3-0 2013 Miami (9) Pacifi c def. UofL 3-0 Illinois def. Uof L 3-0 Marquette def. Louisville 3-0 Clemson (7) 1993 2004 (15/16) 2015 Virginia (3) Duke def. UofL 3-0 UofL def. Illinois 3-1 Louisville def. Belmont 3-1 NC State (2) 1994 UofL def. Missouri 3-1 Illinois def. Louisville 3-1 Virginia Tech (0) Texas def. UofL 3-0 Nebraska def. UofL 3-0 2017 Boston College (0) 1995 (25/25) 2005 (6/11) Northern Iowa def. Louisville Wake Forest (0) UofL def. UCF 3-1 UofL def. WKU 3-1 3-0 Syracuse (0) Hawaii def. UofL 3-0 UofL def. Maryland 3-0 1996 (15/16) Florida def. UofL 3-0 UofL def. Brown 3-0 2006 (12/RV) UofL def. Maryland 3-1 Middle Tenn. def. UofL 3-2 Nebraska def. UofL 3-0 2007 (17/RV) 1998 (20/21) Middle Tenn. def. UofL 3-2 UofL def. American 3-0 2008 (17/RV) UofL def. No. Ill. 3-1 Purdue def. UofL 3-2 Penn State def. UofL 3-0 2009 1999 Minnesota def. UofL 3-1 Kansas State def. UofL 3-0 Cardinal Volleyball Match Notes

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Louisville Lands Five ment and was named to the PrepVolleyball Dream Teams Libero Alexa Hendricks, rightside hitter Nena Mbonu, setter and the Flo Volleyball Watch List. She also was named High Shannon Shields, outside hitter Amber Stivrins, and middle Honorable Mention - All American List 2016 by PrepVol- blocker Amaya Tillman will continue their volleyball careers leyball, which also named her as a sophomore of the year at the University of Louisville, according to Head Coach fi nalist. That year playing club, she helped her team to a Dani Busboom Kelly. fi fth place fi nish in the USA Nationals (16 Open) and made the USA Nationals All-tournament team (16 Open) She “When I took the job at Louisville, I knew the 2019 class had also played on the State Champions XCP Beach Volley- to not only to be talented on the court, but also individuals ball team. As a junior, she led her team to the Arizona 6A that could help build a culture and have high expectations State Championship and was named to the both the fi rst for the program,” said Busboom Kelly. “These fi ve individu- team all-conference and all-region teams. Her performance als chose Louisville because they want to win big. It’s been earned her All-American honors from PrepVolleyball, which a couple years waiting for the day they sign on the dotted also placed her on their Junior of the Year and Player of line and we could not be more excited to offi cially welcome the Year Watchlist. For her club, she placed tenth at the them into our program!” USA Nationals Open Division. As a senior, she was one of Alexa Hendricks, a 5-7 libero from Louisville, played for six athletes selected for Nike TOC Video and Cover of Nike Assumption HS and KIVA will stay and play in her home- program AVCA Under Armour All American 2nd Team. town. In 2016, she helped her team to an 11th place fi nish “Shannon knows how to run an off ense, and more impor- at the 2016 AAU National Championships. In 2017, her team tantly knows how to win,” says Busboom Kelly. “Every team was the Bluegrass Tournament Champions and the Cen- Shannon has been on wins at a high level, largely due to tral Zone Champions before placing third at the 2017 JVA her competitiveness and leadership. Despite her size, she World Challenge. That year, at SPVB Junior Nationals, KIVA is very aggressive at the net and plays with a chip on her fi nished in fi rst place and ninth at the 2017 AAU Nation- shoulder. She will be an exciting player to watch over the als. At Assumption, she helped lead her team to the 2017 next four years and we expect great things from her.” & 2018 Durango Fall Classic Championships, 2017 KHSAA State Championship as well as the 2018 KHSAA State Amber Stivrins, an outside hitter from Chandler, Arizona, Champions. Assumption was named as the 2018 National signed with Louisville from the Arizona Storm Club. She Champions with a perfect 43-0 record. played varsity as freshman and her 15s Club GJNC were champions in the Open, earning her MVP honors at the 15 “Alexa will make an immediate impact in our back court Open in both Colorado and the Salt Lake Triple Crown. Her passing and defending,” said Busboom Kelly. “She is a great team was the Southern California Qualifi er winner in Open athlete that has a wealth of experience in big matches and and won the MLK tourney in Arizona. She was on the 16s knows what it takes to win. There’s nothing better than USA A1 Red team and the 17s USA A1 team. She is a two having hometown athletes decide to stay home, and we are time All-City team member in and has served as co-captain excited Alexa chose to be a part of the future of Louisville for her high school team the last three years. Chaparral volleyball.” named her team MVP for both her sophomore and senior Nena Mbonu, a 6-0 outside/rightside hitter from Spring, years. During her career she amassed 1,495 kills, hitting .243 Texas, signed after playing her high school ball at Klein with 1,008 digs. High School where she was the 2016 District Newcomer of “Amber has an extremely high volleyball IQ and is one of the Year and the 2017 District MVP. Mbonu amassed 1,014 the best well-rounded players in country,” said Busboom kills, hit .328 with 412 aces and 172 blocks during her prep Kelly. “She not only is a force in the front row, but a great career. She played club for TAV Houston, where she made backcourt defender, passer, and server. Amber is one of the nationals all-tournament team and was ranked No. 55 in those players that stands out in practices and matches as the Class of 2019 by PrepVolleyball. She was a Vype Maga- a natural leader. She’s a hard worker, great teammate, and zine Fab 50 Player in 2016, 2017 and 2018. wants the ball in big moments.” “Nena is the most versatile player for us in the 2019 class,” Amaya Tillman, a middle blocker from Topeka’s Shawnee said Busboom Kelly. “She has experience playing right side, Heights High School and MAVS Volleyball Club, signed with middle, and outside hitter. She is a dynamic athlete already the Cards after Prepvolleyball.com ranked her as No. 30 jump touching around 10’6 and should expect to compete on the Top 100 Senior Aces List. She led her high school at any position.” varsity team in blocks during her freshman and sophomore Shannon Shields, a 5-10 setter from Chandler, Ariz., is the year. She was an integral part of Shawnee Heights’ 2016 Cardinals’ next signee. She played high school volleyball State Championship and she was named to the 2016 GJNC for Xavier Prep and club ball for Arizona Storm. As a All-Tournament Team. In 2018, she was named to the United freshman, she helped her team to a second place fi nish in Kansas Conference First Team. the Arizona State 6A Finals. That year, she was named to “The fi rst thing Card Nation will notice about Amaya is the AVCA Phenom List and was on the Triple Crown and her passion for the game. She only knows one speed and PrepVolleyballs Dream Teams. Her team won the USA Na- that’s as fast as she can possibly go. Amaya is a worker tional Championships (15s) and she First-Team All-Tourna- and has an internal drive to be the best. She is also ex- ment Team for 15 Open. As a sophomore at Xavier, she was tremely versatile and can play any position at a high level. I named to the First team all-conference and All-6A Region have an idea she will be a fan favorite.” and took her team to a fi fth place fi nish in the state tourna- Cardinal Volleyball Match Notes

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New Faces for 2018 Maggie Mullen, a 5-3 libero/defensive specialist from Oma- The University of Louisville volleyball team added six play- ha, Neb., will also be joining the Cardinals. Mullen played for ers to its roster on signing day today, Claire Chausee, Aiko Marian High School and Coach Amy McLeay and club ball Jones, Emily Scott, Anaya Martin, Maggie Mullen and Mia for Nebraska Elite and Coach Tony Carrow. Nebraska Elite will join the Cardinals next season. qualifi ed for 17 Open USA Nationals and were fourth at the Philadelphia Qualifi er. She was named to the 2016 Mizuno Claire Chausee, a 5-11 outside hitter from Sun Prairie, Wis- SPVB National Junior Classic All-Tournament team. In high consin, has signed a National Letter of Intent to continue school, her school was a State Class A Semi-fi nalist last her career at UofL. She plays club at Capital Volleyball year and she is ranked the top libero by Nebraska PrepDigs Academy 18 adidas, where she is coached by Mark Rush- survey of club and high school coaches and ranked 11th ton. She plays high school ball at Sun Prairie High School overall of all volleyball players in the state. for Coach T.J. Rantala. At Sun Prairie, she was a four-time fi rst team all-conference performer and was named the Mia Stander, a 5-3 defensive specialist from Atlanta, Ga. 2016 and 2017 Big 8 Player of the Year. She earned hon- also will be joining the Cardinals. Stander played for Marist orable mention All-State honors as a freshman and third High School for Coach Karen Arndt and club ball for A5 team All-State as a sophomore before earning First Team under Coach John Haroun. Her A5 Club team won the 2016 All-State kudos as both a junior and senior. She reached National Championship and she was named to the National 1,000 career kills in 2016 and in 2017, reached the all-time All-Tournament Team. They were also 2016 AAU National kill mark in Sun Prairie School history. She helped lead her Champions and the AAU 2017 National RunnersUp in 2017. squad to the Regional Championships four consecutive As a senior at Marist, she helped her team to a State Cham- years and to a Sectional Championship in 2016. pionship as the varsity team captain. She has earned All- State honors as a junior and honorable mention All-State as Aiko Jones, a 6-1 right side hitter from Kingston, Jamaica, a senior. She was also all-area as both a junior and senior. signed a National Letter of Intent to continue her career as a Cardinal. At the age of 17, she is a member of the Jamaica National Senior Team. She played as a starting setter/right Nebraska Connections: side in the Caribbean Volleyball Championships in July of When Dani Busboom Kelly helped the Huskers cap- 2017 in Jamaica. She played as a starting right side hitter ture the 2015 NCAA National Championship at the and setter in the third round of the World Championships CenturyLink Center in Omaha, it was the same place Qualifi er this month in the Dominican Republic. Her high Busboom Kelly won the national title as a player for school is the Wolmer’s School, where she is coached by O’Neil Ebanks. Wolmer’s has won 22 national titles in the the Huskers in 2006. last 27 years and she has served as captain for the last three. She was the National MVP in 2014, 2015, 2017 and Dani Busboom Kelly is married to Nebraska football was named the National Best Server in 2017. Strong at the player Lane Kelly. net, she was Jamaica’s National Best Attacker in 2015 and 2016 and the National Best Blocker in 2014 and 2015. She Associate head coach Dan Meske was a fellow earned the 2016 Rising Star Award for the University of the assistant coach with the Huskers with Coach Dani West Indies Mona Volleyball Club with Coach O’Neil Ebanks Busboom Kelly. and Ricardo Chong.

Emily Scott, a 6-2 middle blocker from Appleton, Wis- Louisville played in the 2005 NCAA Sweet Sixteen consin signed a National Letter of Intent for the Cardinals. in Omaha, Nebraska in the (then) Qwest Center. She plays for Kimberly High School for Jeff Nieuwenhuis and plays club ball for the Wisconsin Volleyball Academy Louisville outside hitter Kaitlynn James played two for B.J. Bryant. At Kimberly, she was team captain for her seasons at Nebraska before transferring back to her team that qualifi ed for State after winning regional and sec- hometown and UofL, playing in 2011 and 2012. tional championships. She earned fi rst team all-conference honors and was named to the All-State honorable mention list.

Anaya Martin, a 5-7 setter from Tyrone, Ga., will be joining the Cardinal roster. She played high school ball for Wood- ward Academy and Coach Tad Sahara and club ball with Tsunami Volleyball and Coach Joe Goodson. In club, she was named the KPVA Elites MVP in 2015. At Woodward, she was the First Team All-Region in 2016 and 2017. She helped Woodward to the 2016 4A State Runnerup slot and was a member of the Positive Athlete Georgia in 2017. A 2017 Senior All-Star, she was named to the First Team All- State team and helped Woodward to a State 4A Semi-Fi- nalist run. 2018 University of Louisville Volleyball Louisville Combined Team Statistics (as of Nov 19, 2018) All matches

Overall record: 20-8 Conf: 13-4 Home: 10-3 Away: 7-4 Neutral: 3-1

Attack Set Serve Dig Blocking ## Player sp k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa se sa/s re dig dig/s bs ba total blk/s be bhe points 10 Melanie McHenry 97 331 3.41 143 811 . 2 3 2 18 0.19 19 54 0.20 21 226 2.33 10 25 35 0.36 1 0 372.5 18 Amanda Green 103 288 2.80 139 772 . 1 9 3 19 0.18 16 38 0.16 23 178 1.73 12 42 54 0.52 9 1 337.0 14 Megan Sloan 85 225 2.65 72 553 . 2 7 7 4 0.05 0 1 0.00 1 29 0.34 1 56 57 0.67 3 0 254.0 25 Jasmine Bennett 76 192 2.53 49 379 . 3 7 7 1 0.01 0 1 0.00 0 20 0.26 5 63 68 0.89 7 0 228.5 7 Emily Scott 75 127 1.69 31 288 . 3 3 3 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 1 13 0.17 12 67 79 1.05 5 0 172.5 5 Piper Roe 76 108 1.42 31 239 . 3 2 2 0 0.00 0 1 0.00 1 4 0.05 4 62 66 0.87 11 1 143.0 9 Claire Chaussee 40 89 2.22 43 230 . 2 0 0 1 0.03 5 20 0.12 1 27 0.68 2 3 5 0.12 3 0 97.5 12 Wilma Rivera 106 69 0.65 19 172 . 2 9 1 1176 11.09 28 51 0.26 1 212 2.00 10 44 54 0.51 5 9 129.0 11 Marijke Van Dyke 41 46 1.12 27 136 . 1 4 0 1 0.02 2 11 0.05 3 10 0.24 3 22 25 0.61 3 0 62.0 1 Molly Sauer 106 3 0.03 1 8 . 2 5 0 135 1.27 39 41 0.37 11 455 4.29 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 42.0 20 Brianna Lester 5 2 0.40 3 6 - . 1 6 7 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 3 0.60 1 1 2 0.40 0 0 3.5 17 Mia Stander 89 1 0.01 0 1 1.000 20 0.22 10 14 0.11 11 172 1.93 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 11.0 16 Akela Yuhl 73 0 0.00 0 0 . 0 0 0 5 0.07 11 18 0.15 6 46 0.63 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 11.0 21 Natalie Palastro 39 0 0.00 0 0 . 0 0 0 1 0.03 7 15 0.18 0 6 0.15 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 7.0 3 Anaya Martin 16 0 0.00 0 1 . 0 0 0 4 0.25 3 7 0.19 0 2 0.12 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 3.0 8 Alexis Hamilton 1 0 0.00 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.0 24 Kelly O'Neil 37 0 0.00 0 1 . 0 0 0 7 0.19 5 8 0.14 5 69 1.86 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 5.0 LOUISVILLE 106 1481 13.97 558 3598 . 2 5 7 1392 13.13 145 280 1.37 93 1472 13.89 60 385 252.5 2.38 47 11 1878.5 Opponents 106 1188 11.21 556 3452 . 1 8 3 1117 10.54 93 190 0.88 145 1330 12.55 49 314 206.0 1.94 54 38 1487.0

Team Statistics LOU OPP Date Opponent Score Score by set Att. ATTACK Aug 24 UTM W 3-0 25-7,25-17,25-12 566 K i l l s 1481 1188 Aug 24 SIU W 3-0 25-10,25-19,25-13 733 E r r o r s 558 556 Aug 25 IUPUI W 3-0 25-14,25-12,25-23 748 Total Attacks 3598 3452 Aug 31 vs UCF W 3-0 25-18,25-22,25-18 0 Attack Pct . 2 5 7 . 1 8 3 Sep 01 at #4 UF L 1-3 20-25,25-23,18-25,22-25 4801 K i l l s / S e t 14.0 11.2 Sep 02 vs #7 USC L 0-3 19-25,22-25,19-25 0 SET Sep 07 vs Lipscomb W 3-1 25-20,25-14,28-30,25-23 1582 A s s i s t s 1392 1117 Sep 07 vs Xavier W 3-0 25-18,25-15,25-14 0 A t t e m p t s 3535 3438 Sep 08 at #19 Purdue L 2-3 23-25,25-17,26-28,25-13,10-15 2415 Assist Pct . 3 9 4 . 3 2 5 Sep 14 #20 UK L 0-3 18-25,13-25,14-25 1083 A s s i s t s / S e t 13.1 10.5 Sep 15 UTC W 3-0 25-17,25-18,25-14 758 SERVE *Sep 21 at NC State W 3-1 25-19,28-26,20-25,25-18 1618 A c e s 145 93 *Sep 23 at North Carolina W 3-2 25-20,22-25,25-20,25-27,15-13 1460 E r r o r s 280 190 *Sep 28 at Georgia Tech W 3-0 25-16,25-21,25-17 907 A t t e m p t s 2412 2155 *Sep 30 at Clemson W 3-2 25-21,21-25,25-18,23-25,16-14 1347 Serve Pct . 8 8 4 . 9 1 2 *Oct 05 DUKE W 3-0 25-15,25-16,25-21 832 A c e s / S e t 1.4 0.9 *Oct 07 WAKE FOREST W 3-0 25-15,25-17,25-22 878 SERVE RECEPTIONS *Oct 10 ND W 3-2 27-29,20-25,25-17,25-20,15-12 513 E r r o r s 93 145 *Oct 12 VT W 3-0 25-17,25-18,25-20 968 E r r o r s / S e t 0.9 1.4 *Oct 19 at Virginia W 3-2 18-25,25-22,25-19,18-25,15-2 1084 A t t e m p t s 1963 2131 *10/21/18 at #6 Pitt L 1-3 22-25,24-26,28-26,20-25 2152 Reception Pct . 9 5 3 . 9 3 2 *Oct 26 BC W 3-1 18-25,25-20,25-17,25-23 926 DEFENSE *Oct 28 SU L 2-3 25-21,18-25,25-17,18-25,13-15 808 D i g s 1472 1330 *Nov 02 MIAMI W 3-1 21-25,25-20,25-19,25-22 1027 D i g s / S e t 13.9 12.5 *Nov 04 FS L 1-3 25-27,16-25,25-21,23-25 1085 BLOCKING *Nov 9 at BC W 3-1 25-15,23-25,25-20,25-20 309 Block Solo 60 49 *Nov 11 at Wake Forest W 3-0 25-16,25-18,25-20 471 Block Assist 385 314 *Nov 16 at ND L 2-3 25-27,25-22,25-19,16-25,11-15 1265 Total Blocks 252.5 206.0 B l o c k s / S e t 2.4 1.9 Record in 3-set matches:11-2 • Record in 4-set matches:5-3 • Record in 5-set matches:4-3 Block Errors 47 54 Ball handling errors 11 38 ATTENDANCE T o t a l 10925 17829 Dates/Avg Per Date 13/840 11/1621 Neutral site #/Avg 4/396 Current win streak 0 - Home win streak 0 -