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2016 Stanford Women’s Volleyball Athletics Communications • Arrillaga Family Sports Center • 641 Campus Drive • Stanford, CA • 94305 • GoStanford.com Women’s Volleyball Contact • Regina Verlengiere • o. 650.723.0996 • c. 805.478.4198 • [email protected] Facebook.com/StanfordWVB • Twitter: @StanfordWVB • Instagram: @stanfordwvb 2016 Schedule Stanford Hosts USC, UCLA Overall Record: 16-6 Pac-12 Record: 10-4 Cardinal leads the nation with 3.35 blocks per set Date Opponent Location Result/ PT 8/26 San Diego Stanford, Calif. L, 3-2 THIS WEEK: The No. 9 Stanford women’s volleyball team (16-6, 10-4 8/28 #3 Minnesota Stanford, Calif. W, 3-1# Pac-12) returns to Maples Pavilion this week to host USC (16-9, 8-6 Pac- 9/3 #17 Illinois Boulder, Colo. W, 3-2 12) on Thursday, Nov. 10 at 7:30 p.m. and No. 13 UCLA (19-5, 10-4 Pac- 9/4 #13 Penn State Boulder, Colo. W, 3-0# 12) on Saturday, Nov. 12 at 7 p.m. 9/9 #20 Purdue Stanford, Calif. L, 3-2# 9/11 Cal Poly Stanford, Calif. W, 3-2 CATCH THE CARDINAL: Live stats for the matches can be found on 9/16 Saint Mary’s Moraga, Calif. W, 3-0 the women’s volleyball schedule page on GoStanford.com. Thursday’s 9/17 Pacific Stockton, Calif. W, 3-0 9/20 California* Berkeley, Calif. W, 3-1# match will be televised on ESPNU with Paul Sunderland and Karch Ki- 9/23 Oregon State* Corvallis, Ore. W, 3-0# raly on the call. Saturday’s match will be streamed live via pac-12.com 9/28 #7 Washington* Seattle, Wash. W, 3-2# and on the @StanfordWVB Twitter page. 9/30 #17 Washington St.* Pullman, Wash. L, 3-2# 10/7 #19 Colorado* Stanford, Calif. W, 3-1# SOCIAL MEDIA: 10/9 Utah* Stanford, Calif. L, 3-1 Facebook.com/StanfordWVB 10/14 Arizona* Stanford, Calif. L, 3-1# Twitter: @StanfordWVB 10/15 Arizona State* Stanford, Calif. W, 3-0 Instagram: @stanfordwvb 10/21 #15 UCLA* Los Angeles, Calif. L, 3-1# Snapchat: StanfordWVB 10/23 #25 USC* Los Angeles, Calif. W, 3-0$ 10/26 #7 Washington* Stanford, Calif. W, 3-0# Stanford increased its winning streak to five matches 10/28 #18 Washington St.* Stanford, Calif. W, 3-0# LAST TIME OUT: 11/4 Colorado* Boulder, Colo. W, 3-1# with wins at Colorado and No. 19 Utah last week. Freshman Kathryn 11/5 #19 Utah* Salt Lake City, Utah W, 3-0 Plummer had a career-high 20 kills against the Buffaloes and regis- 11/10 USC* Stanford, Calif. 7:30 p.m.$ tered her team-best sixth double-double of the year with 19 kills and 11/12 #13 UCLA* Stanford, Calif. 7 p.m. 10 digs versus the Utes. Freshman Audriana Fitzmorris added 2.43 kills, 11/18 Arizona State* Tempe, Ariz. 4:30 p.m.# 1.71 blocks and 3.36 points per set in the two matches, while freshman 11/20 Arizona* Tucson, Ariz. 11 a.m.# libero Morgan Hentz anchored the defense with 5.43 digs per set. 11/23 Oregon* Stanford, Calif. 7 p.m.# 11/25 California* Stanford, Calif. 5 p.m.# 12/2-3 NCAA First & Second Rounds 12/9-10 NCAA Regionals 12/15 & 12/17 NCAA Final Four 2016 Stanford Volleyball Roster No Name Pos Ht Yr Hometown (High School) *Pac-12 conference match 1 Jenna Gray S 6-1 FR Shawnee, Kan. (St. James Academy) Bold indicates home match played at Maples Pavilion 2 Kathryn Plummer OH/S 6-6 FR Aliso Viejo, Calif. (Aliso Niguel) #Pac-12 Networks | $ESPNU 3 Hayley Hodson OH 6-3 SO Newport Beach, Calif. (Laurel Springs School) 4 Kelsey Humphreys S 6-0 SR Newport Beach, Calif. (Corona del Mar) 6 Tami Alade MB 6-2 SO Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada (Old Scona Academic) STANFORD VOLLEYBALL 7 Ivana Vanjak OH 6-4 RS JR Bad Soden, Germany (Albert-Einstein-Schule) 8 Michaela Keefe OH 6-2 FR Pacific Palisades, Calif. (Marymount) BY THE NUMBERS 9 Morgan Hentz L/DS 5-9 FR Lakeside Park, Ky. (Notre Dame Academy) 10 Payton Chang S/DS 5-10 SO Newport Beach, Calif. (Mater Dei) NCAA Championships ............................................................6 12 Inky Ajanaku MB 6-3 RS SR Tulsa, Okla. (Bishop Kelley) 14 Halland McKenna DS 5-7 SO Laguna Beach, Calif. (Sage Hill School) Final Four Appearances .......................................................19 17 Merete Lutz OPP 6-8 RS JR Houston, Texas (Mirabeau B. Lamar) National Championship Matches .......................................14 19 Alexis Froistad MB 6-2 SO Aromas, Calif. (Salinas) NCAA Tournament Wins ....................................................109 20 Caitlin Keefe DS 5-11 FR Pacific Palisades, Calif. (Marymount) Consecutive Years in the NCAA Tournament ......................35 24 Audriana Fitzmorris MB 6-6 FR Overland Park, Kan. (St. James Academy) Conference Championships ................................................19 25 Courtney Bowen MB 6-4 RS FR Brooklyn, N.Y. (The Chapin School) 30+ Win Seasons ..................................................................17 Head Coach: John Dunning, 16th season (San Diego State ‘73) National Players of the Year ................................................15 Associate Head Coach: Denise Corlett, 28th season (UCLA ‘81) All-America Awards ..............................................................85 Assistant Coach: Cassidy Lichtman, 1st season (Stanford ‘11) Conference Players of the Year ...........................................17 Volunteer Assistant Coach: Tyler Taylor, 2nd season (Arizona ‘10) All-Conference Selections .................................................115 Pronunciation Guide: Inky Ajanaku (uh-JOHN-uh-koo) Tami Alade (uh-LAD-aye) CoSIDA Academic All-America Awards ...............................18 Courtney Bowen (BOW-in) Audriana Fitzmorris (audri-ON-uh) Alexis Froistad (FROY-stad) Honda Award Winners ...........................................................7 Hayley Hodson (HOD-son... rhymes with Rod) Michaela Keefe (mi-KAY-luh) Olympians ..............................................................................9 Cassidy Lichtman (LICKT-man) Merete Lutz (muh-RET-uh LUT-z) Halland McKenna (HOLL-und) Ivana Vanjak (ee-VON-uh VON-yack) --2016 Stanford Volleyball-- Stanford moved up four spots again this week to come in at AVCA Coaches’ Poll NATIONAL POLL: (Nov. 7) No. 9 in the AVCA top 25. The top 5 was unchanged as No. 1 Nebraska received all 64 first-place votes for the second straight week followed by No. 2 Minnesota, 1. Nebraska (64) 2. Minnesota No. 3 Wisconsin, No. 4 Kansas and No. 5 Texas. The Cardinal is now the highest- 3. Wisconsin ranked Pac-12 squad, while No. 11 Washington, No. 13 UCLA, No. 16 Oregon, No. 4. Kansas 5. Texas 19 Utah and No. 25 Arizona. 6. Florida 7. San Diego 8. North Carolina IN THE NATION: Stanford continues to lead the country with 3.35 blocks per set, 9. STANFORD 10. Penn State thanks in large part to its middle blockers Inky Ajanaku and Audriana Fitzmorris. 11. Washington Ajanaku (1.52 bps) is second in the Pac-12 and sixth in the nation, while Fitzmor- 12. BYU 13. UCLA ris (1.47) is fourth in the conference and 13th in the country. 14. Hawai’i 15. Michigan State 16. Oregon CLIMBING THE CHARTS: Redshirt senior Inky Ajanaku began her final season 17. Michigan on The Farm ranked ninth in program history in total blocks (435). She is cur- 18. Florida State 19. Utah rently in fifth place with 558, passing Jennifer Detmer (1997-00), Jenn Harvey 20. Western Kentucky (2000-03), Laura Olesen (1985-89) and Kerri Walsh (1996-99). Ajanaku’s 1.30 ca- 21. Missouri 22. Creighton reer average is tied for the sixth-best mark in school history with Foluke Akin- 23. Dayton radewo (2005-09). 24. Kentucky 25. Arizona THREE-TIME FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK: Middle blocker Audriana Fitzmorris STANFORD IN THE 2016 POLL Date Rank Date Rank racked up five weekly honors after playing just four collegiate matches. The Preseason 11 Oct. 10 12 Overland Park, Kansas native picked up her third Pac-12 Freshman of the Week Aug. 29 9 Oct. 17 14 Sept. 5 9 Oct. 24 17 honors on Nov. 7 after helping lead the Cardinal to road wins at Colorado and Sept. 12 12 Oct. 31 13 Sept. 19 11 Nov. 7 9 No. 19 Utah. Fitzmorris has also earned Pac-12 Offensive and Defensive honors Sept. 26 9 as well as an AVCA National Player of the Week recognition. Oct. 3 7 Ranking Records... • 460 all-time weeks in the top-10 • 503 total weeks in the poll • 67 weeks ranked No. 1 2016 SEASON FACTS THE LAST TIME STANFORD... Stanford’s Record When... Playing at home: 6-4 Playing on the road: 8-2 Won a match .........................................................................................................at Utah, 11/5/16 Playing at a neutral site: 2-0 Lost a match ......................................................................................................at UCLA, 10/21/16 Longest winning streak: 6 Won at home ............................................................................... vs. Washington State, 10/28/16 Longest losing streak: 2 In three sets: 9-0 Lost at home ..................................................................................................vs.Arizona, 10/14/16 In four sets: 4-3 Won on the road ...................................................................................................at Utah, 11/5/16 In five sets: 3-3 Stanford wins first set: 14-3 Lost on the road.................................................................................................at UCLA, 10/21/16 Opponent wins first set: 2-3 Won 3-0 ................................................................................................................at Utah, 11/5/16 Winning first two sets: 11-2 Lost 3-0 ....................................................................................... vs. Loyola Marymount, 12/4/15 Losing first two sets: 0-1 Splitting first two sets: 5-3 Won 3-0 at home ......................................................................... vs. Washington State, 10/28/16 Hitting .250 or better: 11-2 Lost 3-0 at home .......................................................................... vs. Loyola Marymount, 12/4/15 Hitting below .250: 5-4 Outhit opponents: 16-2 Won 3-0 on the road .............................................................................................at Utah, 11/5/16 Outhit by opponents: 0-4 Lost 3-0 on the road ............................................................................ at North Carolina, 9/10/15 Vs. ranked opponents: 8-2 Won in four sets .............................................................................................at Colorado, 11/4/16 Vs.