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2004 LMU VOLLEYBALL MEDIA GUIDE 2004 2004 LMU VOLLEYBALL quick facts the university Location: ....................................Los Angeles, CA Founded: ....................................................1911 Enrollment:................................................8,300 Nickname: ..................................................Lions Colors: ............................Crimson and Navy Blue National Affiliation: ....................NCAA Division I Conference: ........................................West Coast Home Court (capacity):Gersten Pavilion (4,156) President: ..................Rev. Robert B. Lawton, S.J. Athletic Director:....................Dr. William Husak volleyball staff Head Coach: ....................................................................................Steve Stratos Stratos’ Office: ..........................................................................(310) 338-2765 Stratos’ E-Mail: ......................................................................sstratos@lmu.edu Alma Mater: ..........................................................................San Diego State ‘75 Record at LMU: ................................................................288-130 (14 seasons) Collegiate Career Record: ................................................288-130 (14 seasons) Assistant Coach: ........................................................Larry Smoot (15th season) Alma Mater: ..............................................................................Long Beach State departments Assistant Coach: ................................................Heather Collins (eighth season) Alma Mater: ......................................................................UC Santa Barbara ‘96 Trainer: ........................................................................................ Joe Gonzalez 2 inside LMU volleyball volleyball facts Table of Contents . 1 All-Time Record:....................................................................................426-270 Quick Facts. 1 2003 Record: ..............................................................................................26-7 2004 Season Preview . 2 2003 WCC Record:..................................................................10-4 (third place) Gersten Pavilion . 6 2003 Postseason ......................................................................NCAA 2nd Round Directions/Maps . 6 2003 Final Ranking ........................................................................................17 Strength & Training . 7 Letterwinners Returning / Lost: ................................................................11/5 Program Highlights . 8 Starters Returning / Lost: ..............................................................................5/2 Newcomers: ......................................................................................................3 media relations 19 the 2004 LMU Lions Assistant Athletic Director of Media Services: ................................John Shaffer Steve Stratos, Head Coach . 20 Office Phone: ............................................................................(310) 338-7643 Larry Smoot, Assistant Coach . 22 Cell Phone: ................................................................................(310) 864-2626 E-Mail: ....................................................................................jshaffer@lmu.edu Heather Collins, Assistant Coach. 22 Assistant Media Relations Director (volleyball contact): ....................Alissa Zito 2004 Roster . 23 Office Phone: ............................................................................(310) 338-7638 Returning Players . 24 Cell Phone: ................................................................................(310) 345-6997 Newcomers . 39 E-Mail: ........................................................................................azito@lmu.edu Assistant Media Relations Director: ............................................Carolyn French Office Phone: ............................................................................(310) 338-5798 Cell Phone:................................................................................(310)-261-8470 E-Mail: ....................................................................................cfrench@lmu.edu 41 LMU volleyball pride SID Office Fax: ..........................................................................(310) 338-2703 2003 Results. 42 Hotline / Tickets: ......................................................................(310) 338-LION 2003 Statistics . 43 Website:................................................................................www.LMULions.com 2003 Match-by-Match Results. 44 Mailing Address: ................................................Athletic Media Relations Office 2003 WCC Results. 45 ..............................................................................Loyola Marymount University All-Time Information . 47 ..................................................................................................Gersten Pavilion Year-by-Year Results. 49 ....................................................................................................One LMU Drive Program Records . 55 ..............................................................................Los Angeles, CA 90045-8235 57 opponents & info 2004 Opponent Information . 58 Athletic Administration . 62 credits Speed Chart. 64 The 2004 Loyola Marymount Volleyball Media Guide is a product of the LMU Athletic Media Relations Office... Photography provided by Glenn Cratty, Jeff Golden, Dave Hill and Dirk Dewachter... The Hollywood Sign TM & © 2001 Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, licensed by Global Icons LLC all reights reserved... Film by Adage Graphics of Westchester... Printing by West Coast Reproductions of Marina del Rey... Inside cover photos cour- tesy of the Los Angeles Convention and Visitors Bureau... Additional copies of this guide are available through the Athletic Media Relations Office for $10.00 each. 2004 VOLLEYBALL 1 2004 SEASON OUTLOOK BACK FOR MORE A 2003 NCAA second round appearance has the 2004 squad hungry to go even deeper into postseason play. GO LIONS: Leonard, Krone, Nerison and Look had a lot to cheer about in 2003 with the Lions’ 7th NCAA appearance. After the 2003 campaign saw Loyola Marymount 1 in the first round, before meeting up with defend- centage. Posting 142 career conference victories, volleyball make its best run in the NCAA Tournament ing national champion USC. Despite Dina Stratos ranks second among current WCC coaches. since 1999, the Lions return in 2004 wanting even DeBernardi’s nine kills, LMU fell 30-16, 30-22, 30- With the graduation and departure of 2003 seniors more. For the returners, 2003 marked their first NCAA 16, ending the season 26-7 and 10-4 in WCC play. Elizabeth Samson, Roxanne Orsini, Tiana Newsome, postseason appearance. With that taste of first and USC (31-0) went on to take another national title. and Kealani Kimball, the Lions will have some big second round play in recent memory, this year’s Head Coach Steve Stratos completed his 14th shoes- and roles- to fill. Most noteably, the Lions will squad longs to post another successful season in the campaign at the helm of the program with a 14th be without the blocking of 2002 first-team All-WCC highly competitive West Coast Conference and go straight winning season. In his time at LMU, Stratos middle blocker Newsome and the all-around game of even deeper into postseason play. has led the Lions to nine 20-win seasons and nine three-time All-WCC first-team selection Kimball. For the 2003 Lions, an at-large invitation to the postseason appearances, including four consecutive The Lions will look to co-captains Nicole NCAA Tournament served as proof that LMU was wor- appearances from 1997-2000. Stratos has posted a Oehlman and DeBernardi and 2003 AVCA honor- thy of the top-20 national ranking that it held for the career total of 288-130, for a .689 winning percent- able mention All-American Kelli Nerison to con- majority of the season. Placed in an extremely tough age, the highest in LMU volleyball history and second tinue the legacy of 14 straight winning campaigns part of the tournament bracket that featured several among current WCC coaches. In league action, he continued on page 4 local foes, the Lions defeated Cal State Northridge 3- owns a record of 142-54, good for a .724 winning per- 2 LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY ON TOP: Senior Kelli Nerison led the WCC in hitting percentage and blocks in 2003. SENIOR LEADER that Newsome and Kimball left behind. Oehlman, an AVCA Pacific All-Region selection her freshman season and three-time All-WCC honoree, will run the offense as the team’s starting setter. DeBernardi, who was among the team leaders in virtually every category, will move back to the middle to make room for some of the Lions’ newcomers. Nerison, in a story of personal tri- umph last season, went from averaging six appearances a season to leading the WCC in hitting percentage and blocking. With the return of five starters and newcomers Keri Anglin, Heather Hughes, and Audrey Francis, Stratos believes the “future of LMU volleyball is very bright.” Anglin was a four-year starter and letterwinner at Winters High School in Winters, Calif. A varsity two-sport athlete, the freshman was selected as the Northern California CIF Female Athlete of the Year, earning the honor over student-athletes from all sports and divisions. In 2002, she racked up All-Northern Section and Butte

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