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PEPPERDINE MEN’S VOLLEYBALL Game Notes | Week 1: UC Irvine & UC San Diego PepperdineSports.com | @PepperdineMVB | #RollWaves Athletic Communications | Contact: Dena Meiste | [email protected] | 310-506-4160 2014 SCHEDULE/RESULTS WAVES OPEN 2014 SEASON ON FRIDAY VS. UC IRVINE Overall: 0-0 • MPSF: 0-0 AVCA Rank: 6 Pep Date Rank Opponent (Rank) Time/Result THIS WEEK AT PEPPERDINE Exhibi on Season 12/29 Bri sh Columbia L, 3-0 Friday, Jan. 10: #3 UC Irvine @ #6 Pepperdine | Firestone Fieldhouse | 7 p.m. 12/31 Bri sh Columbia W, 3-1 Live Stats: GameTracker | Live Video: WaveCasts (PepperdineSports.com) 1/3 Alberta W, 3-1 Saturday, Jan. 11: UC San Diego @ #6 Pepperdine | Firestone Fieldhouse | 7 p.m. 1/5 Alberta L, 3-0 Live Stats: GameTracker | Live Video: WaveCasts (PepperdineSports.com) Regular Season 1/10 #6 UC Irvine (#3) 7 p.m. MALIBU, Calif. - With four exhibi on dress rehearsals under its belt, the Pepperdine men’s volleyball team offi cially 1/11 #6 UC San Diego (RV) 7 p.m. gets the season underway this Friday, Jan. 10 when the Waves host two- me defending NCAA champions UC Irvine 1/16 at USC 7 p.m. at 7 p.m. Opening weekend con nues on Saturday, Jan. 11 with a 7 p.m. contest versus UC San Diego. 1/22 at Cal State Northridge 7 p.m. TICKETS - Admission is $8 for adults and $5 for alumni, children, seniors and students. Admission to regular-season 1/24 at Long Beach State 7 p.m. home events is free for Pepperdine students, faculty and staff with a valid Pepperdine ID. The Pepperdine All-Sports 1/31 BYU 7 p.m. Pass includes admission to all 2013-2014 regular-season home athle cs events at excluding all men’s basketball compe ons. 2/5 UCLA 7 p.m. 2/8 UC Santa Barbara 7 p.m. NEXT BEST THING - Can’t make it out to the match? No problem! PepperdineSports.com off ers a wide variety of 2/14 at UC Irvine 7 p.m. FREE op ons to follow along with all your favorite teams. WaveCasts broadcasts most home matches for free on 2/15 at UC San Diego 7 p.m. your computer or for a monthly subscrip on on mobile devices. Links to any available live stats, video and audio can 2/22 Cal Bap st 7 p.m. always be found by clicking on a par cular event on the schedule page. The Pepperdine mobile app is also available 2/27 at Cal Bap st 7 p.m. for iPhone, Android and iPad users. Download the free app today! #PURPOSE - Pepperdine Athle cs offi cially launched its “Compe ng with Purpose” campaign during Waves 3/1 at BYU (BYUtv) 7 p.m. (MT) Weekend. The campaign highlights the commitment to our core values that student-athletes, coaches and staff 3/7 Stanford 7 p.m. dedicate themselves to daily. Compe ng with Purpose provides the founda on on which champions are built. 3/8 Pacifi c 7 p.m. 3/11 at UCLA (Pac-12 Net) 7 p.m. SOCIAL CIRCLE - In addi on to team informa on on PepperdineSports.com, fans can also keep up with the latest 3/14 at UC Santa Barbara 7 p.m. surrounding the men’s volleyball team by following the squad on Twi er (@PepperdineMVB) or liking Pepperdine 3/20 Long Beach State 7 p.m. men’s vollyeball on Facebook. Pepperdine Athle cs is also on Instagram (PepperdineWaves). 3/22 Cal State Northridge 7 p.m. 3/28 at Stanford (Pac-12 Net) 5 p.m. SEASON OUTLOOK - Another highly an cipated season of Pepperdine men’s volleyball is about to begin, with the Waves opening the 2014 campaign on Friday against UC Irvine. Expecta ons are high as fi ve starters, plus libero, all 3/29 at Pacifi c 7 p.m. return from 2013. 4/5 USC 7 p.m. Numerical Roster 4/11 Hawaii 7 p.m. No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Exp. Hometown (High School/Last School) 4/12 Hawaii 7 p.m. 1 Ma West S 6-5 Jr. 2V Sea le, Wash. (Shorewood HS) 2 Mitchell Penning MB 6-7 Fr. HS Peoria, Ill. (Westminster Chris an Academy) MPSF Tournament 3 Nikola Antonijevic MB 6-7 Jr. 2V Buff alo Grove, Ill. (Stevenson HS) 4/19 Quarterfi nals 4 J.J. Mosolf MB/RS 6-6 RS-So. 1V Saugus, Calif. (Hart HS/Hawaii) 5 Ma Taran no MB/RS 6-8 RS-So. 1V Van Nuys, Calif. (Bishop Alemany HS) 4/24 Semifi nals 6 Kyle Gerrans OH 6-1 Sr. 3V Los Gatos, Calif. (Valley Chris an HS) 4/26 Finals 7 Kyle Suppes MB 6-7 So. 1V Union City, Calif. (Bellarmine College Preparatory) 8 Soren Dion-Kindem S 6-2 Fr. HS Agoura, Calif. (Agoura HS) NCAA Championship 10 Sco Rhein OH 6-4 Jr. 2V Pleasant View, Tenn. (Aaron Academy) 5/1 Semifi nals 11 James Gehrels OH 6-4 Fr. HS Tucson, Ariz. (Salpointe Catholic HS) 5/3 Finals 12 Chad McCallister LIB 6-0 Fr. HS Hun ngton Beach, Calif. (Marina HS) 13 Parker Kalmbach RS/MB 6-7 RS-Jr. 2V Coto de Caza, Calif. (Tesoro HS) Home matches in bold | All mes Pacifi c unless 14 Josh Taylor OH 6-7 Jr. 2V Honolulu, Hawaii (Punahou School) otherwise noted | Opponent’s ranking at me of 15 Evan Dean RS/MB 6-3 Jr. 2V Corona del Mar, Calif. (Corona del Mar HS) match listed | *Non-MPSF Match 16 Max States OH 6-1 Fr. HS Honolulu, Hawaii (Solimar Academy) 17 Leonardo Granato MB 6-9 RS-Jr. 1V Reseda, Calif. (Grover Cleveland HS/Pierce College) 18 Brennan Anderson LIB 6-2 Jr. TR Newport Beach, Calif. (Corona del Mar HS/Ohio State) 20 Ryan Plueger LIB 5-11 Sr. 3V Los Angeles, Calif. (Harvard-Westlake School) Pepperdine Athletics & Coaching Staff Pepperdine Men’s Volleyball Head Coach: Marv Dunphy, 31st season, Pepperdine ‘74 Assistant Coach: David Hunt 7th season, UCLA ‘08, Jonathan Winder, 1st season, Pepperdine ‘08 @PepperdineWaves & Director of Volleyball Opera ons: Jordan Cheng, 1st season, Chapman ‘13 Volunteer Assistant: Rich Barraza Manager: Jorge Bojorkex Trainer: Ka e Sniff en @PepperdineMVB #rollwaves Pronuncia on Guide Players - Nikola Antonijevic :: ni-COH-la (or Nick) an-toe-NEE-eh-jich :: Soren Dion-Kindem :: DEE-on :: James Gehrels :: GAIR-ells :: Kyle Gerrans :: GAIR-ens Parker Kalmbach : CALM-bak :: J.J. Mosolf :: MOE-zoff :: Ryan Plueger :: PLOO-ger :: Sco Rhein :: RINE :: Kyle Sup- Pepperdine Waves pes :: SOO-pez : Jonathan Winder :: WIND-er Ci es - Peoria, Ill. :: pee-OH-ree-uh :: Van Nuys, Calif. :: van-EYES Wisdom and experience should help Pepperdine, picked to fi nish sixth in the MPSF Preseason Coaches Poll, with QUICK FACTS mostly juniors and seniors expected to begin the season in the star ng rota on. General Returning starters from last season include seniors Kyle Gerrans (Los Gatos, Calif./Valley Chris an) and Ryan School ................................ Pepperdine University Plueger (Los Angeles, Calif./Harvard-Westlake), redshirt juniors Parker Kalmbach (Coto de Caza, Calif./Tesoro HS) Loca on .................................Malibu, Calif. 90263 and Leonardo Granato (Reseda, Calif./Grover Cleveland HS/Pierce College) and juniors Ma West (Sea le, Wash./ Founded ...............1937 (Malibu Campus in 1972) Shorewood HS) and Josh Taylor (Honolulu, Hawaii/Punahou School). Junior Nikola Antonijevic (Buff alo Grove, Ill./ Enrollment ........8,000 total/3,000 undergraduate Stevenson HS) is also back with a fair amount of star ng experience from 2012 and 2013. Colors ............................. Blue, Orange and White Affi lia on ......................................NCAA Division I When asked what he felt the team’s strengths were this year, veteran coach Marv Dunphy chose to remain coy, Conference .......................West Coast Conference op ng to let the Waves’ impending match play speak for itself. President ..................................Andrew K. Benton Athle c Director .............................Dr. Steve Po s “Our strengths are ‘to be determined,’ said Dunphy, now in his 31st season at the helm. Athle c Department Phone.......... (310) 506-4150 Ticket Offi ce Phone .......................(866) WAVE-TIX “We know what the set standards are to be successful. Standards in serving, blocking, passing and so on. Every day Home Arena ........................ Firestone Fieldhouse we evaluate ourselves based on that standard. We believe it’s a championship standard. We’re not mee ng a lot of Capacity ...............................................3,104 those standards right now, nor should we be at this point. Opened .................................................1973 “As always, we want to play good volleyball and focus on the process,” con nued Dunphy, assisted this season by David Hunt and Jonathan Winder. “Every team forms its unique iden ty. Everyone’s role develops and evolves Coaching Staff throughout the course of the year.” Head Coach .............. Marv Dunphy (31st Season) e-mail [email protected] Dunphy did go on to say that if he had to choose a strength for his 2014 squad, it would be depth. Pepperdine’s Career Record .........546-241* (30+ seasons) roster currently includes two se ers, fi ve outside hi ers, six middle blockers, two opposites and three liberos. Assistant Coach .............. David Hunt (5th season) Several members of the team are capable of playing outside of their primary posi on. phone ...................................(310) 506-7431 e-mail [email protected] Here’s a closer look at the team, broken down by posi on. Assistant Coach ..... Jonathan Winder (1st season) phone ...................................(310) 506-4528 SETTERS e-mail [email protected] Ma West returns as the most decorated player in the Waves’ lineup. He was awarded AVCA All-American fi rst team Director of Opera ons .....................Jordan Cheng status a er leading the NCAA with 11.25 assists per set in 2013.