2007 UMKC Volleyball Notes
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20072007 UMKCUMKC VVolleyballolleyball NotesNotes 2007 Schedule and Results UMKC Volleyball Notes - No. 13 - 10/11/07 (4-17, 1-5 Summit League) MATCH - 21-23 A24 !at Missouri State L, 0-3 (20-30, 24-30, 29-31) Oct. 12 - IPFW - 7 p.m. - Kansas City, Mo. (SRC) A24 !vs. Delaware State W, 3-2 (30-25, 30-26, 28-30, 25-30, 15-8) Oct. 13 - Oakland - 7 p.m. - Kansas City, Mo. (SRC) A25 !vs. Tulsa L, 0-3 (27-30, 24-30, 29-31) A25 !vs. Sacramento State L, 0-3 (14-30, 29-31, 21-30) A28 at Drake W, 3-2 (34-32, 17-30, 30-27, 21-30, 15-10) A31 #at North Texas W, 3-1 (30-25, 27-30, 30-24, 30-28) This Week - The UMKC volleyball team will return to the Swinney Recreation Center for a pair A31 #vs. Georgia State L, 0-3 (16-30,19-30, 23-30) of Summit League matches this weekend. The Kangaroos will face off against IPFW on Friday night before playing Oakland on Saturday. Both matches will begin at 7 p.m. S1 #vs. Texas State L, 0-3 (22-30, 25-30, 28-30) S4 at Kansas L, 0-3 (26-30, 17-30, 28-30) Listen To The ‘Roos Online - This season every UMKC volleyball match will be available to lis- S7 %vs. Murray State L, 1-3 (21-30, 30-28, 23-30, 17-30) ten to online at www.umkckangaroos.com. T.J. Jackson is in his second year as the “Voice of S8 %at Southern Illinois L, 1-3 (23-30, 28-30, 30-25, 21-30) the Kangaroos”. This season, he will be joined on the broadcast by junior Jacqui Wood, who is sidelined with a knee injury. S8 %vs. Cleveland State L, 2-3 (36-34, 22-30, 30-28, 25-30, 8-15) S12 at Missouri L, 0-3 (19-30, 18-30, 8-30) Think Pink, Think Cynthia - With October being the national breast cancer awareness month, S15 *IUPUI L, 1-3 (30-27, 24-30, 25-30, 32-34) the UMKC Athletics Department will hold a Think Pink, Think Cynthia event on Saturday prior to S18 at Wichita State L, 0-3 (10-30, 22-30, 16-30) the volleyball match. The event, which will be held from 5-7 p.m. in the UMKC Conservatory S22 *Western Illinois L, 2-3 (27-30, 19-30, 30-22, 30-25, 7-15) lobby, will celebrate the life of Cynthia Gabel. Donations will be accepted and all proceeds from the match will be donated to the Cynthia Gabel Scholarship Fund. S28 *at North Dakota State L, 0-3 (25-30, 20-30, 28-30) S29 *at South Dakota State L, 0-3 (21-30, 22-30, 27-30) Last Match - The Kangaroos dropped a road match at Central Arkansas on Wednesday night in O5 *Centenary W, 3-0 (30-17, 30-24, 30-16) three games. UMKC fell to the Sugar Bears by the scores of 25-30, 22-30 and 20-30. O6 *Oral Roberts L, 2-3 (22-30, 30-23, 22-30, 35-33, 11-15) Sophomore Kelly Gettinger posted her team-leading sixth double-double in the defeat for the team. O10 at Central Arkansas L, 0-3 (25-30, 22-30, 20-30) O12 *IPFW 7 p.m. Gettinger Tallies Second Straight Double-Double - Sophomore Kelly Gettinger tallied her sec- O13 *Oakland 7 p.m. ond straight double-double with 10 kills and 11 digs on Wednesday at Central Arkansas. The O19 *at Western Illinois 7 p.m. performance comes on the heel of a 13 kill and 12 dig performance against Oral Roberts last Saturday. Gettinger now has a team-high six double-doubles this season for the Kangaroos. O20 *at IPFW 6 p.m. On the year, Gettinger is second on the team in digs (234) and third on the squad in kills (180). O21 at Butler 12 p.m. The Overland Park, Kan., native has nine matches on the year with 10 or more kills and 13 O26 *at Oral Roberts 7 p.m. matches with 10 or more digs. O27 *at Centenary 5 p.m. N2 *South Dakota State 7 p.m. Something To Build On - By forcing a fifth game against Oral Roberts, the Kangaroos accom- plished something that hadn’t been done in 14 years. The last time that a UMKC team played N3 *North Dakota State (Senior Night) 7 p.m. a five-game match against the Golden Eagles came on Sept. 18, 1993, which happens to be the N9 *at Oakland 6 p.m. last victory for the Kangaroos in the all-time series. N10 *at IUPUI 6 p.m. N16-17 Summit League Championships TBA Career-Highs All Around - UMKC had three players establish career-highs against Oral Roberts last Saturday night. Senior Kylee Stephenson finished with a career-best 27 assists against the (Fort Wayne, Ind.) Golden Eagles, while fellow senior Sarah Johnson tied a career-high with six blocks (one solo, five assists). Freshman Holly Schmidt also tied a career-best with five blocks against ORU. ! Dr. Mary Jo Wynn/TJ Sales Invitational (Springfield, Mo.) In the team’s next match at Central Arkansas, Simone Smith tied a career-best with two kills # Mean Green Classic (Denton, Texas) to go along with a career-high four digs. Junior Danni Sperry, meanwhile, had a career-best eight % SIU Saluki Invitational (Carbondale, Ill.) assists in the match. * Summit League Match UMKC Posts Team-Bests - The Kangaroos posted season team-highs in kills and hitting per- centage last weekend in matches against Centenary and Oral Roberts. UMKC Sports Information UMKC posted its highest hitting percentage of the year (.326) against the Ladies. A day later, the team had its second best hitting clip on the season, when it finished with a .235 clip against ORU. The Kangaroos also had a season-high 67 kills against the Golden Eagles on Saturday Sports Information Director . .James Allan night. Office Phone . .(816) 235-1034 Block-You-Very-Much - UMKC finished with 11 blocks against Oral Roberts on Saturday night. Cell Phone . .(319) 621-7893 It was the third match this season that the Kangaroos have had 10 or more blocks in a single Email . [email protected] match. The team’s season-high came against Drake, when it finished with 13 in the fifth match Website . .www.umkckangaroos.com of the season. Mailing Address . .201 Swinney Recreation Center Aces Wild - The Kangaroos finished with 10 aces in back-to-back matches last weekend against . .5100 Rockhill Road, Kansas City, MO 64110 Centenary and Oral Roberts. The team has now finished with 10 or more service aces in a total Shipping Address . .5030 Holmes, Kansas City, MO 64110 of five matches on the year. All interviews MUST go through the UMKC Sports Information Stephenson Is Getting Her Set On - Senior Kylee Stephenson posted a career-high 27 assists Office. against Oral Roberts on Oct. 6. Since moving into the setter’s role on Sept. 18, Stephenson has led or tied for the team lead in assists in five of the team’s six matches. On the year, the Overland Park, Kan., native is second on the team with 130 assists. Sophomore Caitlin Koenig is pacing the squad with 596 assists this season. Listen to every UMKC volleyball match via an online broadcast on www.umkckangaroos.com. Fans can follow the team online to get the latest results and information on the Kangaroos. 2007 UMKC VOLLEYBALL • PAGE ONE 2007 Kangaroo Volleyball 2007 NUMERICAL ROSTER No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown/Last School 1 Kelly Gettinger OH/MH 5-11 So. Overland Park, Kan./Sh. Mission S. 2 Sam Leggett DS/L 5-7 Fr. Kansas City, Mo./Park Hill 3 Simone Smith MH 5-9 Fr. Las Vegas, Nev./Bishop Gorman 5 Mandy Tipton L/DS 5-9 #Jr. Blue Springs, Mo./Blue Springs 6 Kylee Stephenson DS 5-7 Sr. Overland Park, Kan./Blue Valley W. 7 Danni Sperry OH/RS 5-9 Jr. Fairway, Kan./Bishop Miege 9 Lauren Starks OH/RS 5-11 Sr. Olathe, Kan./Bishop Miege 10 Liz Pollock RS 6-1 #Jr. Pleasant Hill, Iowa/Southeast Polk 11 Holly Schmidt MH/OH 6-4 Fr. Alma, Mo./Santa Fe PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 12 Jacqui Wood MH 6-0 Jr. Santa Ana, Calif./Foothills 14 Caitlin Koenig S 5-11 #So. Cary, Ill./Cary Grove Kelly Gettinger . .Gett-ing-er 15 Christina McCarthy MH/RS 6-2 Fr. Tulsa, Okla./Bishop Kelley Caitlin Koenig . .K-nig 23 Sarah Johnson MH/RS 5-11 Sr. Sioux Falls, S.D./Lincoln Jacqui Wood . .Jackie 88 Jamie Hagerman OH 6-0 So. New Virginia, Iowa/Iowa State Univ. UMKC QUICK FACTS HEAD COACH GENO FRUGOLI Location . .Kansas City, Missouri Geno Frugoli was and they advanced to the first MCAC con- Founded . .1933 named the head coach ference final appearance in school history. Nickname . .Kangaroos of the UMKC volleyball During his year on the sidelines, Frugoli Colors . .Blue and Gold program on Jan. 4, coached one honorable mention all- Enrollment . .14,221 2007. Frugoli spent the America selection, four all-conference Affiliation . .NCAA Division I past three seasons as selections and three Academic all- Conference . .The Summit League the top assistant and Americans. Home Court (Capacity) . .Swinney recruiting coordinator at . .Recreation Center (1,500) Baylor University. From 2000-03, Frugoli served as the head Chancellor . .Guy Bailey coach at Dakota Wesleyan University in Director of Athletics .