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2018 Stanford Women’s Volleyball Athletics Communications • Arrillaga Family Sports Center • 641 Campus Drive • Stanford, CA • 94305 • GoStanford.com Women’s Volleyball Contact • Regina Verlengiere • c. 805.478.4198 • [email protected] Facebook.com/StanfordWVB • Twitter: @StanfordWVB • Instagram: @stanfordwvb 2018 Schedule BYU Nike Invitational Overall Record: 2-0 Pac-12 Record: 0-0 Cardinal takes on No. 9 BYU, Wichita State and West Virginia Date Opponent Location Result/ PT 8/26 American Washington, D.C. W, 3-0 8/27 Howard Washington, D.C. W, 3-0 THIS WEEK: Stanford clashes with No. 9 BYU at Smith Fieldhouse on 8/31 #9 BYU Provo, Utah 6 p.m.& August 31 before taking on Wichita State and West Virginia on Sept. 1 9/1 Wichita State Provo, Utah 9 a.m. as a part of the BYU Nike Invitational. 9/1 West Virginia Provo, Utah 4 p.m. 9/7 Penn State Stanford, Calif. 8 p.m.# 9/9 Minnesota Stanford, Calif. 12 p.m.# CATCH THE CARDINAL: Friday’s match at BYU will be televised at 6 p.m. 9/11 Texas Stanford, Calif. 7 p.m.# PT on BYUtv. Both of Saturday’s matches will be streamed on the West 9/14 Texas Austin, Texas 5 p.m.$ 9/19 California* Berkeley, Calif. 8 p.m.# Coast Conference’s TheW.tv. Live stats for the matches can be found on 9/23 Arizona* Stanford, Calif. 12 p.m.# the women’s volleyball schedule page on gostanford.com. 9/26 UCLA* Stanford, Calif. 7 p.m.# 9/28 USC* Stanford, Calif. 8 p.m.% 10/5 Utah* Salt Lake City, Utah 5 p.m.# LAST WEEK: The Cardinal opened the season in the nation’s capital, 10/7 Colorado* Boulder, Colo. 11 a.m.# sweeping both American and Howard. Reigning national player of the 10/12 Washington State* Stanford, Calif. 8 p.m.# year Kathryn Plummer averaged 3.50 kills and 2.83 digs per set, while 10/13 Washington* Stanford, Calif. 7:30 p.m.# 10/19 Oregon State* Corvallis, Ore. 7 p.m.# junior libero Morgan Hentz collected 15 digs in both matches. Junior 10/21 Oregon* Eugene, Ore. 11 a.m.% Audriana Fitzmorris, who has moved from middle to opposite this sea- 10/26 USC* Los Angeles, Calif. 7 p.m.# son, is hitting .636 and collecting 1.33 blocks per set. 10/28 UCLA* Los Angeles, Calif. 4 p.m.# 11/2 Colorado* Stanford, Calif. 7 p.m.# 11/4 Utah* Stanford, Calif. 2 p.m.# PRESEASON ALL-PAC-12: Stanford led the conference with four Pre- 11/8 Oregon* Stanford, Calif. TBD# season All-Pac-12 selections - Audriana Fitzmorris, Jenna Gray, Morgan 11/9 Oregon State* Stanford, Calif. 7 p.m. 11/16 Washington State* Pullman, Wash. 7 p.m. Hentz and Kathryn Plummer. Fitzmorris, Hentz and Plummer are re- 11/18 Washington* Seattle, Wash. TBD# peat honorees, while Gray earns the nod for the first time. 11/21 Arizona State* Tempe, Ariz. 4 p.m. 11/24 California* Stanford, Calif. TBD# 11/30-12/1 NCAA First and Second Rounds 2018 Stanford Volleyball Roster 12/7-8 NCAA Regionals No Name Pos Ht Yr Hometown (High School) 12/13-15 Final Four Minneapolis, Minn. 1 Jenna Gray S 6-1 JR Shawnee, Kan. (St. James Academy) 2 Kathryn Plummer OH 6-6 JR Aliso Viejo, Calif. (Aliso Niguel) 3 Holly Campbell MB 6-4 FR Austin, Texas (Westlake) *Pac-12 conference match • Bold indicates home match played at Maples Pavilion 4 Meghan McClure OH 6-0 SO Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif. (Santa Margarita) &BYUtv | #Pac-12 Networks | $Longhorn Network | %ESPN2 5 Blake Sharp OH 5-11 SO Orinda, Calif. (Miramonte) 6 Tami Alade MB 6-2 SR Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada (Old Scona Academic) 7 Mackenzie Fidelak OH/OPP 6-1 FR Erie, Colo. (Niwot) STANFORD VOLLEYBALL 8 Michaela Keefe OH 6-2 RS SO Pacific Palisades, Calif. (Marymount) 9 Morgan Hentz L 5-9 JR Lakeside Park, Ky. (Notre Dame Academy) BY THE NUMBERS 10 Payton Chang S/DS 5-10 SR Newport Beach, Calif. (Mater Dei) 11 Kate Formico DS 5-9 SO Saratoga, Calif. (Archbishop Mitty) NCAA Championships ............................................................7 12 Audriana Fitzmorris OH/OPP 6-6 JR Overland Park, Kan. (St. James Academy) Final Four Appearances .......................................................21 19 Alexis Froistad MB 6-2 SR Aromas, Calif. (Salinas) National Championship Matches .......................................15 20 Caitlin Keefe DS 5-11 JR Pacific Palisades, Calif. (Marymount) NCAA Tournament Wins ....................................................119 21 Sidney Wilson OH 6-0 SO Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Havergal College) Consecutive Years in the NCAA Tournament ......................38 25 Courtney Bowen MB 6-4 SR Brooklyn, N.Y. (The Chapin School) Conference Championships ................................................20 30+ Win Seasons ..................................................................18 Head Coach: Kevin Hambly, 2nd season (Illinios ‘06) National Players of the Year ................................................18 Associate Head Coach: Denise Corlett, 30th season (UCLA ‘81) All-America Awards ..............................................................95 Assistant Coach: Erin Lindsey, 2nd season (North Carolina ‘00) Conference Players of the Year ...........................................18 Volunteer Assistant Coach: Russell Corbelli, 1st season (Texas A&M ‘16) All-Conference Selections .................................................135 CoSIDA Academic All-America Awards ...............................18 Pronunciation Guide: Tami Alade (uh-LAD-aye) Courtney Bowen (BOW-in) Honda Award Winners ...........................................................8 Mackenzie Fidelak (fi-DELL-ick) Audriana Fitzmorris (audri-ON-uh) Kate Formico (for-mi-KOH) Olympians ..............................................................................9 Alexis Froistad (FROY-stad) Michaela Keefe (mi-KAY-luh) --2018 Stanford Volleyball-- AVCA Coaches’ Poll (Aug. 27) BY THE NUMBERS: The 2017 season marked Stanford’s 37th consecutive NCAA postseason appearance. The Cardinal is one of only two programs in the nation 1. STANFORD (57) 2. Texas (7) to have appeared in every NCAA Tournament since the NCAA Championship be- 3. Minnesota gan in 1981 (Penn State is the other). Stanford has won more NCAA Tournament 4. Florida 5. Nebraska matches (119), made more Final Four appearances (21) and been in the national 6. Penn State 7. USC championship match (15) more times than any other program in the nation. Its 8. Wisconsin seven NCAA titles also ties Penn State for the most by a Division I team. 9. BYU 10. UCLA 11. Illinois NATIONAL POLL: Stanford remained No. 1 in the AVCA Coaches Poll with 57 first- 12. Baylor 13. Washington place votes. The Cardinal began the season at No. 1 for the first time since 2002. 14. Pittsburgh Overall, it is the 71st week Stanford has held the No. 1 spot in the poll. Seven 15. Creighton 16. Kentucky Pac-12 squads are ranked, including No. 7 USC, No. 10 UCLA, No. 13 Washington, 17. Northern Iowa No. 18 Oregon, No. 21 Colorado and No. 22 Utah. 18. Oregon 19. San Diego 20. Purdue SCOUTING BYU: Ranked ninth nationally, BYU opened the season with a pair 21. Colorado 22. Utah of wins at Duke last week. The Cougars are hitting .266 on the year and posting 23. Michigan 2.00 blocks per set. Junior outside hitter McKenna Miller led the team with 3.86 24. Cal Poly 25. Colorado State kills per set on .317 hitting. Setter Lyndie Haddock-Eppich controlled the offense with 12.00 assits per set, while junior libero Mary Lake racked up 6.14 digs per STANFORD IN THE 2018 POLL Date Rank Date Rank set. Preseason 1 Aug. 27 1 THE SERIES WITH THE COUGARS: Stanford holds an 8-4 lead in the all-time series with BYU. The most recent meeting was a 3-1 win by Stanford in Maples Pavilion in 2007. The Cougars last defeated the Cardinal in 2006 in Provo. Ranking Records... • 479 all-time weeks in the top-10 • 524 total weeks in the poll • 71 weeks ranked No. 1 2018 SEASON FACTS THE LAST TIME STANFORD... Stanford’s Record When... Playing at home: 0-0 Playing on the road: 2-0 Won a match ....................................................................................................at Howard, 8/27/18 Playing at a neutral site: 0-0 Lost a match ..................................................................................................vs. Florida, 12/14/17 Longest winning streak: 2 Won at home ......................................................................................................vs. Texas, 12/9/17 Longest losing streak: - In three sets: 2-0 Lost at home .....................................................................................................vs. UCLA, 11/12/16 In four sets: 0-0 Won on the road ..............................................................................................at Howard, 8/27/18 In five sets: 0-0 Stanford wins first set: 2-0 Lost on the road........................................................................................ at Washington, 11/8/17 Opponent wins first set: 0-0 Won 3-0 ...........................................................................................................at Howard, 8/27/18 Winning first two sets: 2-0 Lost 3-0 ....................................................................................... vs. Loyola Marymount, 12/4/15 Losing first two sets: 0-0 Splitting first two sets: 0-0 Won 3-0 at home ................................................................................................vs. Texas, 12/9/17 Hitting .250 or better: 1-0 Lost 3-0 at home .......................................................................... vs. Loyola Marymount, 12/4/15 Hitting below .250: 1-0 Outhit opponents: 2-0 Won 3-0 on the road ........................................................................................at