2013 STANFORD VOLLEYBALL Women’S Volleyball Contact: Regina Verlengiere Email: [email protected] • Office Phone: (650) 723-0996 • Cell Phone: (805) 478-4198
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2013 STANFORD VOLLEYBALL Women’s Volleyball Contact: Regina Verlengiere Email: [email protected] • Office Phone: (650) 723-0996 • Cell Phone: (805) 478-4198 2013 Schedule Cardinal Hosts Cal Poly, Saint Mary’s Overall Record: 5-2 Pac-12 Record: 0-0 Stanford to play its final non-conference matches in Maples Pavilion Date Opponent Location Result/ PT 8/30 UC Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA W, 3-0 No. 8 Stanford (5-2) vs. Cal Poly (4-5) - 7 p.m. PT 9/4 Pacific Stanford, CA W, 3-0 Sept. 18 - Maples Pavilion - Stanford, Calif. 9/7 #8 Florida Austin, TX L, 3-1# No. 8 Stanford (5-2) vs. Saint Mary’s (4-3) - 7 p.m. PT 9/8 #6 Texas Austin, TX L, 3-1# Sept. 20 - Maples Pavilion - Stanford, Calif. 9/12 Air Force Washington, D.C. W, 3-0 9/13 Yale Washington, D.C. W, 3-0 9/13 Army Washington, D.C. W, 3-0 THIS WEEK: The eighth-ranked Stanford women’s volleyball team (5-2) plays 9/18 Cal Poly Stanford, CA 7 p.m. host to Cal Poly on Wednesday, Sept. 18 and Saint Mary’s on Friday, Sept. 20. It 9/20 Saint Mary’s Stanford, CA 7 p.m. will be Stanford’s final tune-up before Pac-12 Conference action begins on Sept. 9/25 California* Berkeley, CA 7:30 p.m. 25. 9/27 Arizona State* Stanford, CA 6 p.m. LOOKING AHEAD: Stanford opens the Pac-12 portion of its schedule on 10/2 UCLA* Los Angeles, CA 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 25 at Bay Area rival California. The Cardinal will also host No. 10/4 USC* Los Angeles, CA 8 p.m. 18 Arizona State on Friday, Sept. 27 at Maples Pavilion. 10/11 Utah* Stanford, CA 6 p.m. 10/12 Colorado* Stanford, CA 7 p.m. CATCH THE CARDINAL: Fans can catch Friday’s match live on the Pac-12 10/18 Washington State* Pullman, WA 6 p.m. Network. KZSU radio will be broadcasting both matches at 90.1 FM or online at 10/20 Washington* Seattle, WA 4:30 p.m. http://kzsu.stanford.edu/. Live stats for the matches will be accessible on GoStan- 10/23 Oregon* Stanford, CA 7:30 p.m. ford.com. 10/25 Oregon State* Stanford, CA 7 p.m. 10/30 USC* Stanford, CA 7:30 p.m. SOCIAL NETWORKING: Fans will have access to unique behind-the-scenes 11/1 UCLA* Stanford, CA 8 p.m. content on the team this season by liking Stanford Women’s Volleyball on Face- 11/8 Colorado* Boulder, CO 6 p.m. book or following the team on Twitter and Instagram (@StanfordWVB). Insta- 11/10 Utah* Salt Lake City, UT 11 a.m. gram will house the Cardinal’s off the court photos and videos all season long. 11/14 Oregon* Eugene, OR 6 p.m. 11/16 Oregon State* Corvallis, OR 7 p.m. LAST WEEK: Stanford went 3-0 last week playing in the Service Academy Chal- 11/20 Washington* Stanford, CA 7:30 p.m. lenge inside the Pentagon. Senior Carly Wopat led the team with a .568 attack per- 11/22 Washington State* Stanford, CA 6 p.m. centage (24-3-37) to go with 12 blocks (1.50 bps). Senior Rachel Williams added 11/27 Arizona* Tucson, AZ 5 p.m. 29 kills and eight blocks, while sophomore Brittany Howard finished with 27 kills 11/29 California* Stanford, CA 6 p.m. and 20 digs. 12/5-6 NCAA First & Second Rounds 12/13-14 NCAA Regionals 12/19-21 NCAA Final Four *Pac-12 Conference match Bold indicates Pac-12 Networks match 2013 Stanford Volleyball Roster #Broadcast on the Longhorn Network No Name Pos Ht Yr Hometown (High School) 1 Lydia Bai OH 6-2 JR Irvine, Calif. (Arnold O. Beckman) STANFORD VOLLEYBALL 2 Carly Wopat MB 6-2 SR Santa Barbara, Calif. (Dos Pueblos) 3 Morgan Boukather OH 6-1 JR Newport Beach, Calif. (Corona del Mar) BY THE NUMBERS... 4 Kelsey Humphreys S 6-0 FR Newport Beach, Calif. (Corona del Mar) 6 Rachel Williams OH 6-0 SR Los Gatos, Calif. (Archbishop Mitty) NCAA Championships ...................................................6 7 Ivana Vanjak OH 6-4 FR Bad Soden, Germany (Albert-Einstein-Schule) Final Four Appearances ..............................................18 8 Megan McGehee MB 6-2 SO Lee’s Summit, Mo. (Lee’s Summit West) National Championship Matches ................................14 10 Kyle Gilbert L 5-7 JR Encinitas, Calif. (Santa Fe Christian) 12 Inky Ajanaku MB 6-3 SO Tulsa, Okla. (Bishop Kelley) NCAA Tournament Wins ...........................................101 16 Brittany Howard OH 6-3 SO Los Altos, Calif. (Mountain View) Consecutive Years in the NCAA Tournament ..............32 17 Merete Lutz MB 6-8 FR Houston, Texas (Mirabeau B. Lamar) Conference Championships ........................................18 18 Grace Kennedy OH 6-3 FR Newport Beach, Calif. (Corona del Mar) 30+ Win Seasons ........................................................16 20 Mary Ellen Luck DS 5-10 SR Houston, Texas (Stratford) National Players of the Year ........................................15 22 Madi Bugg S 6-0 SO Apex, N.C. (Cardinal Gibbons) 23 Jordan Burgess OH 6-1 SO Fort Myers, Fla. (Berkeley Preparatory) All-America Awards .....................................................70 Conference Players of the Year ..................................17 Head Coach: John Dunning, 13th season (San Diego State ‘73) All-Conference Selections ...........................................98 Associate Head Coach: Denise Corlett, 25th season (UCLA ‘81) Honda Award Winners ..................................................7 Assistant Coach: Jason Mansfield, 12th season (Ashworth ‘07) Olympians .....................................................................9 Volunteer Assistant Coach: Kasey Crider, 1st season (Pepperdine ‘11) --2013 Stanford Volleyball-- RETURNING ALL-AMERICANS: Stanford returns a pair of All-America middle block- AVCA Coaches’ Poll ers in 2013. Senior Carly Wopat was a first team selection by the AVCA and Volleyball (Sept. 16) Magazine, while sophomore Inky Ajanaku was an honorable mention pick by the AVCA in 2012. This season, the pair one-two in the conference in hitting percentage (Wopat- .479; 1. Penn State Ajanaku-.460), while Wopat’s 1.36 blocks per set are fourth in the Pac-12. 2. San Diego 3. Washington 4. Florida NATIONAL POLL: Stanford remained at No. 8 this week in the AVCA top 25. Penn State 5. USC reclaimed the top spot in this week’s poll, while San Diego, Washington, Florida and USC 6. Texas round out the top 5. Six Pac-12 squads are ranked in the Top 25, while California is receiv- 7. Hawai’i ing votes. 8. STANFORD 9. Minnesota SPREAD OFFENSE: Stanford setter Madi Bugg has controlled the offense this season, rank- 10. Michigan ing second in the Pac-12 and ninth in the nation with 11.65 assists per set, spreading the 11. UCLA love among her teammates in the process. Four Cardinal players are averaging at least 2.00 12. Nebraska kills per set - Rachel Williams (3.43), Brittany Howard (3.30), Carly Wopat (3.00) and Inky 13. Ohio State 14. Michigan State Ajanaku (2.17). 15. North Carolina 16. Illinois CLIMBING THE CHARTS: Senior Carly Wopat already ranks among the top 10 in school 17. Florida State history with 488 career blocks. She needs just 15 blocks to pass Kerri Walsh (‘00) for fifth 18. Arizona State all-time at Stanford. Her 1.36 career blocks per set average is tied for third in school history 19. Kentucky with Kim Oden (‘85). 20. Oregon 21. Purdue SENIOR STATEMENT: Senior outside hitter Rachel Williams is leading the Cardinal this 22. Colorado State season with 3.43 kills per set, ranking ninth in the conference. She posted double-doubles 23. Creighton in three consecutive matches (vs. Pacific, Florida & Texas). Her 21 kills against then-No. 8 24. Ohio Florida are a season-high and tied for the fourth-most kills by a Pac-12 player in a four-set 25. Iowa State match this season. STANFORD IN THE 2013 POLL DOMINANT DEFENSE: Junior libero Kyle Gilbert has led the defensive side of the ball for Date Rank Date Rank the Cardinal this season and ranks second on the Pac-12 charts with 4.95 digs per set. She Preseason 3 Sept. 2 2 collected a season-high 24 digs in the loss at then-No. 6 Texas, leading all players. Gilbert is Sept. 9 8 averaging 3.75 digs per set for her career, ranking second in program history. Sept. 16 8 BY THE NUMBERS: The Stanford women’s volleyball program has won more NCAA titles (6), won more NCAA Tournament matches (101), made more Final Four appearances (18), and been in the national championship match (14) more times than any other program in Ranking Records... the nation. The Cardinal has captured 18 conference championships and produced 30 or • 413 all-time weeks in the top-10 • 447 total weeks in the poll more wins on 16 occasions. It is one of just two programs in the country to have appeared in • 54 weeks ranked No. 1 all 32 NCAA Tournaments, having won all 32 of its first-round matches. 2013 SEASON FACTS THE LAST TIME STANFORD... Stanford’s Record When... Playing at home: 1-0 Won a match...............................................................................................Army, 9/13/13 Playing on the road: 1-1 Playing at a neutral site: 3-1 Lost a match ........................................................................................... at Texas, 9/8/13 Longest winning streak: 3 Won at home ........................................................................................vs. Pacific, 9/4/13 Longest losing streak: 2 In three sets: 5-0 Lost at home ...................................................................................vs. Michigan, 12/3/11 In four sets: 0-2 Won on the road ............................................................... at UC Santa Barbara, 8/30/13 In five sets: 0-0 Lost on the road...................................................................................... at Texas, 9/8/13 Stanford wins first set: 5-0 Opponent wins first set: 0-2 Won 3-0 ...............................................................................................