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MICHIGAN ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS Scott Kemps Assistant Director 201.248.0816 734.647.1188 fax 2020-21 MICHIGAN VOLLEYBALL [email protected] MGoBlue.com 48th SEASON 19 NCAA APPEARANCES 2012 FINAL FOUR 7 SWEET SIXTEEN APPEARANCES 2020-21 SCHEDULE/RESULTS WEEK 10: WOLVERINES HOST INDIANA Overall: 4-3 Big Ten: 3-3 Match #8/9 Home: 3-3 Home: 3-3 Away: 1-0 Away: 1-0 Friday, March 19 • 6 p.m., Big Ten Network+ Neutral: 0-0 Neutral: 0-0 Saturday, March 20 • 6 p.m., Big Ten Network+ Covelli Center (Columbus, Ohio) JANUARY (0-0) Live Stats: MGoBlue.com for all matches DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT 22 #9 Penn State* postponed 23 #9 Penn State* postponed 28 at Michigan State* postponed 30 Michigan State* postponed vs. FEBRUARY (2-3) MICHIGAN #XX OHIO STATE DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT WOLVERINES BUCKEYES 5 at Northwestern* postponed 4-3 (4-3 BIG TEN) 13-1 (13-1 BIG TEN) 6 at Northwestern* postponed 13 #11 Purdue* L, 1-3 TOP STORYLINES 14 #11 Purdue*# L, 1-3 » For her performance against Indiana over the weekend, sophomore May Pertofsky was named Big Ten Of- fensive Player of the Week for the first time in her career. 17 Michigan State W, 3-1 » Junior Paige Jones enters the weekend with 990 kills in his U-M career, 10 short of the 1,000 kill plateau. 19 Maryland* L, 2-3 » The Buckeyes boast a 13-1 record, and are No. 2 in the Big Ten standings entering the weekend. 20 Maryland* W, 3-2 26 at #5 Minnesota* postponed • The University of Michigan volleyball team (4-3, 4-3 B1G) hits the road to take on the No. 9 Ohio State 27 at #5 Minnesota* postponed Buckeyes (13-1, 13-1 B1G) on Friday-Saturday (March 19-20). Both matchups will be broadcast via Big Ten Network+, and will commence at 6 p.m. MARCH (2-0) DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT • Junior Paige Jones is coming off a weekend where she set the new U-M record for kills in a single match 5 at Rutgers* postponed with 37. Jones bested the previous mark of 34 set by Sarah Behnke on Dec. 4, 1999 at Pacific. She also broke 6 at Rutgers* postponed the record for kills in a match vs. a Big Ten opponent of 33 set by Karen Chase on Nov. 27, 1998 against Iowa. 12 Indiana* W, 3-2 13 Indiana* W, 3-1 • With 125 total kills on the season, Jones owns 990 kills in her U-M career. She trails Sarah Jackson (1994-97) 19 at Ohio State* 6:00 p.m. who sits in 13th-place in program history for kills in a career with 1,084. 20 at Ohio State* 6:00 p.m. 25 Nebraska* 8:00 p.m.& • As a team, Michigan ranks No. 7 in the nation and tops in the conference in kills per set with 14.65. U-M 26 Nebraska* 7:00 p.m.& is also No. 7 and tops in the league in assists per set (13.71), and checks in at No. 2 in the league in service aces per set (1.65). APRIL (0-0) • In terms of service aces, sophomore May Pertofsky leads the team and ranks No. 6 in the Big Ten in aces per DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT set (.39). Pertofsky was also recently named the Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week. The honor is the first 1 Wisconsin 6:00 p.m. CT* of her career. In the pair of victories, Pertofsky registered a total of 30 kills, highlighted by 17 on Saturday 2 Wisconsin 2:00 p.m. CT& (March 13). She hit .500 (30-5-50) in the weekend set and marked a total of seven service aces en route to 8 NCAA First Round TBA totaling 38 points. 10 NCAA Second Round TBA 15 NCAA Regionals TBA • A pair of Wolverine middle blockers rank in the top-25 nationally in hitting percentage, with junior Kayla 17 NCAA Regionals TBA Bair checking in at No. 18 nationally and No. 4 in the conference(.439), and sophomore Jess Robinson 22 NCAA Semifinals TBA 24 NCAA Championship TBA • With multiple student-athletes unavailable against Indiana, junior Abbey Malinowski stepped into the starting lineup versus Indiana for the first time in her career on Friday (March 12). She went on to lead the Home match (BOLD) at Cliff Keen Arena Wolverines in digs with ten in U-M's five-set with (3-2). Home match (BOLD and UNDERLINED) at Crisler Center * indicates Big Ten Conference match • The Wolverines boast a trio of student-athletes from the state of Ohio in Jones (New Bremen), freshman & Big Ten Network (Linear) Scottee Johnson (Centerville), and sophomore Amber Beals (Columbus). U-M associate head coach Leisa # ESPNU (Linear) Rosen also has strong ties to Ohio State, as she is a former standout for the program and a member of the All start times local to match site (Ann Arbor is Eastern time) Ohio State Athletics Hall of Fame. PROJECTED STARTERS (BASED ON LAST MATCH/SUBJECT TO CHANGE) # POS YR PLAYER K/S PCT D/S WORTH NOTING 1 OH Jr. Paige Jones 4.03 .177 2.35 2020 AVCA Third Team All-American 4 S Fr. Scottee Johnson 212 *8.15 2.35 5 OH Fr. Jess Mruzik 3.62 .158 1.62 9 L RFr. Hannah Grant 0.00 -.200 4.03 13 MB Jr. Kayla Bair 1.84 .439 .042 14 MB Fr. Jess Robinson 2.10 .416 0.06 2020 Big Ten All-Freshman Team 18 MB So. May Pertofsky 2.65 .339 0.45 2020 Big Ten All-Freshman Team *Assists per set ^Blocks per set on facebook ... on instagram ... on Twitter ... “MICHIGAN @umichvball @umichvball volleyball” PAGE 1 48th SEASON 19 NCAA APPEARANCES 2012 FINAL FOUR 7 SWEET SIXTEEN APPEARANCES 48th SEASON 19 NCAA APPEARANCES 2012 FINAL FOUR 7 SWEET SIXTEEN APPEARANCES Paige Jones Lizzie Sadilek Brooke Humphrey Scottee Johnson Jess Mruzik Maddie Dowd Jr./Jr. Jr./Jr. Fr./Fr. Fr./Fr. Fr./Fr. So./So. 1 OH 2 OPP 3 DS/L 4 OH 5 OH 6 S Abbey Malinowski Hannah Grant Amber Beals Grace Persson Jenni Liu Kayla Bair Jr./Jr. So./Fr. So./So. Jr./So. So./So. Jr./Jr. 7 OH 9 S 10 DS/L 11 OH 12 OH 13 MB Jess Robinson Kiara Shannon May Pertofsky Kendall Murray So./So. Sr./Sr. So./So. Fr./Fr. 14 MB 17 MB 18 MB/OH 27 MB/OH 2020-21 MICHIGAN WOLVERINES 2020-21 COACHING STAFF NO WOLVERINE POS HT YR./ELIG. HOMETOWN (HIGH SCHOOL) 1 Paige Jones OH 6-1 Jr./Jr. New Bremen, Ohio (New Bremen) Mark Rosen Leisa Rosen 2 Lizzie Sadilek OPP 6-3 Jr./Jr. Manhattan Beach, Calif. (Vistamar) 3 Brooke Humphrey DS/L 5-10 Fr./Fr. Lafayette, Ind. (McCutcheon) 4 Scottee Johnson S 6-0 Fr./Fr. Dayton, Ohio (Centerville) 5 Jess Mruzik OH 6-1 Fr./Fr. Livonia, Mich. (Mercy) 6 Maddie Dowd S 5-9 Fr./Fr. Clarkston, Mich. (Marian) 7 Abbey Malinowski OH 6-1 Jr./Jr. Clarkston, Mich. (Clarkston) 9 Hannah Grant DS/L 5-8 So./Fr. Northville, Mich. (Northville) 10 Amber Beals DS/L 5-2 So./So. Columbis, Ohio (Worthington Kilbourne) HEAD COACH ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH 11 Grace Persson OH 6-2 Jr./So. Eden Prairie, Minn. (Eden Prairie) 21st Season 21st Season 12 Jenni Liu S 5-10 So./So. Berlin, Germany (Leistungssportzentrum) 13 Kayla Bair MB 6-2 Jr./Jr. Prior Lake, Minn. (Prior Lake) Jerome Fraisse Ashlie Reasor 14 Jess Robinson MB 6-2 So./So. Troy, Mich. (Troy) 17 Kiara Shannon* MB 6-2 Sr./Sr. Oshawa, Ontario (Maxwell Heights) 18 May Pertofsky MB/OH 6-1 So./So. Los Angeles, Calif. (Sierra Canyon) 27 Kendall Murray MB/OH 6-2 Fr./Fr. Ann Arbor, Mich. (Skyline) *opted out Head Coach: Mark Rosen (22nd season) Associate Head Coach: Leisa Rosen (22nd season) Assistant Coach: Jerome Fraisse (3rd season) Volunteer Asst. Coach: Ashlie Reasor (1st season) ASSISTANT COACH VOL. ASSISTANT COACH Dir. of Volleyball Operations: Janet Hinz (3rd season) 2nd Season 1st Season Video Coordinator: Tony Glessner (2nd season) PAGE 2 48th SEASON 19 NCAA APPEARANCES 2012 FINAL FOUR 7 SWEET SIXTEEN APPEARANCES 48th SEASON 19 NCAA APPEARANCES 2012 FINAL FOUR 7 SWEET SIXTEEN APPEARANCES OPPONENT PREVIEW six days a week in the winter/spring. MICHIGAN & THE POLL Ohio State Week Ranking Total All-time series against the Buckeyes: Michigan preseason 24 174 trails 53-27 Week 1 21 259 No. 9 Ohio State enters the weekend with an Week 2 23 223 overall mark of 13-1 and are coming off a series Week 3 24 176 split at No. 4 Nebraska over the weekend. OSU Week 4 RV 99 dropped the first matchup versus the Cornhuskers Week 5 NR NR 3-2 on Friday (March 12) before securing a win in Week 9 RV RV the second matchup of the set by a 3-2 count on Week 10 NR NR Saturday (March 13). The Buckeyes are lead the AVCA TOP 25 Big Ten in numerous categories, highlighted by No. Team Total Record Prev. team assists (747), digs (836), kills (822) and attacks 1 Wisconsin (53) 1492 10-0 1 (2,032). They are second in the league in hitting 2 Texas (6) 1442 19-0 2 percentage (.264), and total blocks (137). Emily 3 Kentucky (1) 1379 18-0 3 Londot leads the league in total points (258.5) and 4 Minnesota 1309 11-1 5 in total kills (227), while Kylie Murr (digs, 228) and 5 Nebraska 1248 10-2 4 6 Baylor 1183 16-4 6 Mac Podraza (assists, 623) also lead the league in 7 Florida 1111 16-2 7 each respective category.