Notre Dame Volleyball 18 Consecutive Winning Seasons • 16 Ncaa Tournament Appearances • 9 Big East Conference Tournament Titles
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notre dame volleyball 18 consecutive winning seasons • 16 ncaa tournament appearances • 9 big east conference tournament titles notre dame fighting irish 2009 schedule / results 2-1 overall / 0-0 big east [und.com • bigeast.org] shamrock invitational - notre dame, ind. 8.28 denver w, 3-0 xavier musketeers 8.29 no. 5 stanford w, 3-0 1-2 overall / 0-0 atlantic 10 8.30 lsu l, 0-3 [goxavier.com • atlantic10.com] xavier invitational xavier invitational - cincinnati, ohio cintas center • cincinnati, ohio tennessee lady vols 9.4 at xavier 7:00 p.m. friday-sunday, sept. 4-6 3-0 overall / 0-0 southeastern 9.5 vs. tennessee 2:30 p.m. [utladyvols.com • secsports.com] 9.6 vs. no. 7 michigan 12:00 p.m. live stats: und.com live video: und.com (vs. xavier only) no. 7 michigan wolverines adidas invitational - notre dame, ind. text alerts: register at und.com 2-0 overall / 0-0 big 10 9.11 wisconsin 7:00 p.m. twitter: twitter.com/und_com [mgoblue.com • bigten.org] tickets: 513.745.3389 / goxavier.com 9.13 new mexico state 2:00 p.m. seminole tri-tournament - tallahassee, fla. series notes 9.19 vs. miami 2:00 p.m. xavier 9.20 at florida state 1:00 p.m. - series: notre dame leads, 10-1 - first meeting: 9.30.83 – at xavier – notre dame, 3-2 - last meeting: 11.28.08 – at notre dame – notre dame, 3-0 9.25 at connecticut* 7:00 p.m. - the irish finished the 2008 season with a home win against xavier … in fact, the 3-0 sweep started a 9.27 at st. john’s* 2:00 p.m. streak of nine-straight sets won for notre dame which extended through the first two matches of the 2009 campaign … the irish have not dropped a single set to the musketeers since 1991 (16 consecutive 10.4 villanova* 2:00 p.m. set wins) … notre dame and xavier first met in 1983 (notre dame won the match, 3-2) … xavier’s lone 10.10 cincinnati* 2:00 p.m. win in the series came on a neutral floor in chicago during the 1984 north star conference championship 10.11 louisville* (espnu) 5:00 p.m. … the irish have won each of the last eight meetings between the two teams … notre dame and xavier squared off on at least one occasion in each of the seasons from 1990-1994 (twice in 1993) … they 10.17 at pittsburgh* 2:00 p.m. enjoyed a healthy rivalry as members of the north star and midwestern conferences from 1983-1994 … 10.18 at west virginia* 2:00 p.m. xavier was picked to finish third in the atlantic 10 behind dayton and defending conference champion st. louis … the musketeers opened the season last week at the middle tennessee invitational and defeated 10.23 at depaul* 7:00 p.m. murray state in first-round action before falling to kansas and the host blue raiders … senior outside 10.31 seton hall* 2:00 p.m. hitter hillary otte leads the offense with 3.50 kills/set. 11.1 rutgers* 1:00 p.m. tennessee 11.6 at marquette* 7:00 p.m. - series: tied, 1-1 11.8 at syracuse* 2:00 p.m. - first meeting: 11.26.05 – at notre dame – tennessee, 3-2 11.13 georgetown* 7:00 p.m. - last meeting: 11.23.07 – at tennessee – notre dame, 3-1 - in 2007, notre dame made its first-ever trip to the volunteer state and came back with a 3-1 win over 11.15 usf* 2:00 p.m. the lady vols … that came two years after the first meeting when no. 7 notre dame dropped a five-set match to tennessee during the irish thanksgiving invitational … irish volunteer assistant coach adrianna stasiuk was a senior on the 2007 team that defeated the lady vols, which was also the last match of the 11.20 - 22 big east championship -- all-american’s career … with a sweep of lipscomb last saturday, tennessee laid claim to the comcast lady vol classic title for the fifth time in six seasons … junior nikki fowler was tabbed as the tournament mvp 11.27 at florida 7:00 p.m. while senior farren powe and freshman leslie cikra also earned mentioned on the all-tournament team … tennessee tallied a 22-10 record in 2008, finished third in the southeastern conference and advanced to the ncaa tournament for the fourth time in six years … the lady vols also recorded the third-largest 12.3 - 19 ncaa tournament -- turnaround in ncaa division i, doubling their win total from 2007 … they were picked to finished third in the sec-east in 2009. all times local to site • schedule subject to change michigan *big east conference contest - series: notre dame leads, 8-4 - first meeting: 9.11.82 – at michigan – michigan, 2-0 - last meeting: 8.27.05 – at notre dame – notre dame, 3-0 - this will be the first time notre dame and michigan will meet on a neutral floor ... the two teams have split the last four meetings since 2000 … the irish rattled off six consecutive wins over the wolverines xavier invite from 1987-1996 … for the seventh time in the series, one of the two teams will be ranked heading into the match (notre dame has been ranked five times – most recently 21st in 2000 – while michigan was sept. 4 – 4:00 p.m. – michigan vs. tennessee tabbed 23rd in 1999) … michigan began the season ranked 16th, but on the heels of a 2-0 weekend at sept. 4 – 7:00 p.m. – xavier vs. notre dame the runza/avca showcase (aug. 28-29) with a sweep of no. 3 nebraska and a four-set win over no. 22- ranked kansas state, the wolverines jumped nine spots to no. 7 in the avca poll, the highest ranking in sept. 5 – 2:30 p.m. – notre dame vs. tennessee program history … the wolverines have twice before cracked the top 10, most recently in the sept. 17, 2007, poll at no. 10 … the win over nebraska was the first for michigan over a top-five team and the sept. 5 – 5:30 p.m. – xavier vs. michigan 22nd time under head coach mark rosen that michigan defeated a top-25 program … juliana paz, lex zimmerman and alex hunt were all named to the avca showcase all-tournament team … michigan is 2-0 sept. 6 – 12:00 p.m. – michigan vs. notre dame for the 18th time in program history. sept. 6 – 3:00 p.m. – xavier vs. tennessee next week: notre dame returns to the joyce center fieldhouse to host the notre dame / adidas invi- *live stats for each irish match available at und.com tational (sept. 11-13) … wisconsin and new mexico make up the opposing squads in the round-robin *all matches will be played in cintas center (cincinnati) tri-tournament. quick facts in the polls university facts location ......................................................notre dame, ind. 46556 avca top 25 poll richkern.com poll founded .......................................................................................1842 (aug. 31) (aug. 31) enrollment.....................8,371 (undergraduate) / 11,733 (total) nickname ...................................................................... fighting irish colors .......................................................................... gold and blue rank school rank school school fight song ............................... notre dame victory march 1 penn state (53) 1 penn state conference ............................................................................big east facility ......................................... joyce center fieldhouse (1,600) 2 texas (6) 2 texas president ...................................................rev. john i. jenkins, c.s.c 3 washington (2) 3 washington provost ...................................................................thomas g. burish 4 hawaii 4 florida executive vice president ................................john affleck-graves ncaa faculty representative ..................................don pope-davis 5 florida 5 hawaii 6 nebraska 6 nebraska athletics department 7 michigan 7 illinois director of athletics ............................................... jack swarbrick deputy director of athletics / volleyball ...............missy conboy 8 illinois 8 michigan e-mail ........................................melissa.l.conboy.1@nd.edu 9 ucla 9 california phone ................................................................ 574.631.6107 10 california 10 minnesota fax .......................................................................574.631.8231 11 stanford 11 ucla coaching staff 12 iowa state 12 iowa state head coach ..............................debbie brown (arizona state ’82) 13 minnesota 13 stanford record at notre dame .........426-164 (.722) / 19th season overall career record .........543-247 (.687) / 25th season 14 oregon 14 oregon assistant coach ............................... matt botsford (tri-state ’98) 15 san diego 15 san diego assistant coach .................... robin davis (northern arizona ’79) 16 usc 16 usc volunteer assistant coach ..adrianna stasiuk (notre dame ’08) volleyball operations intern.......................................alisha ewing 17 utah 17 utah office ..................................................................574.631.3378 18 kentucky 18 saint louis e-mail ..............................................alisha.ewing.14@nd.edu 19 saint louis 19 kentucky sports information 20 michigan state 20 pepperdine address ..................................................................112 joyce center 21 pepperdine 21 uc irvine notre dame, ind. 46556-5678 22 uc irvine 22 michigan state phone ..........................................................................574.631.7516 senior associate ad / media relations ......................john heisler 23 kansas state 22 wichita state senior administrative assistant ......................... susan mcgonigal 24 purdue 24 arizona e-mail ...............................................................sreed@nd.edu 25 wichita state 25 long beach state phone .................................................................574.631.6453 sports information director .......................