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2017 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 2017 Schedule Season in Review Overall Record: 30-4 Pac-12 Record: 19-1 Cardinal reached 21st Final Four, won Pac-12 title Date Opponent Location Result/ PT 8/25 Long Beach State Long Beach, Calif. W, 3-0 8/26 Iowa Long Beach, Calif. W, 3-0 A LOOK BACK: Stanford’s 2017 NCAA run ended in the national semifi- 8/26 Wright State Long Beach, Calif. W, 3-0 nals with a 3-2 loss to No. 2 seed Florida. The No. 3 overall seed, Stan- 9/1 #5 Penn State College Station, Texas L, 3-1 ford (30-4, 19-1 Pac-12) hit .357 in the postseason and recorded 3.14 9/3 Texas A&M College Station, Texas W, 3-0 9/8 Illinois Champaign, Ill. W, 3-0 blocks and 1.28 aces per set. AVCA National Player of the Year Kathryn 9/9 #3 Penn State Champaign, Ill. L, 3-2 Plummer led the team with 4.44 kills on .357 hitting and 0.94 blocks per 9/15 Pacific Stanford, Calif. W, 3-0# set in the tournament. Sophomore setter Jenna Gray (12.04 aps) and 9/16 Saint Mary’s Moraga, Calif. W, 3-0 9/20 California* Stanford, Calif. W, 3-0# sophomore libero Morgan Hentz (4.08 dps) joined Plummer as AVCA 9/24 #25 Colorado* Boulder, Colo. W, 3-2# First Team All-Americans. 9/27 Arizona State* Stanford, Calif. W, 3-0# 9/29 Arizona* Stanford, Calif. W, 3-0# 10/6 #16 Oregon* Eugene, Ore. W, 3-0$ NATIONAL SEMIFINALS: The Cardinal advanced to its 21st national 10/8 Oregon State* Corvallis, Ore. W, 3-0# semifinal in program history in 2017 - the most in the nation. Stanford 10/13 #12 UCLA* Los Angeles, Calif. W, 3-1# made its third appearance in the past four seasons, and made back- 10/15 #19 USC* Los Angeles, Calif. W, 3-1# 10/19 #14 Washington* Stanford, Calif. W, 3-2$ to-back trips for the first time since going to three straight in 2006-08. 10/21 Washington State* Stanford, Calif. W, 3-0 10/27 Arizona State* Tempe, Ariz. W, 3-1# 10/29 Arizona* Tucson, Ariz. W, 3-0# 11/3 Oregon State* Stanford, Calif. W, 3-0 11/5 #16 Oregon* Stanford, Calif. W, 3-0# 11/8 #13 Washington* Seattle, Wash. L, 3-1# 11/11 Washington State* Pullman, Wash. W, 3-1# 11/15 #14 USC* Stanford, Calif. W, 3-0# 11/16 #18 UCLA* Stanford, Calif. W, 3-2# 11/22 #15 Utah* Stanford, Calif. W, 3-0# 11/25 California* Berkeley, Calif. W, 3-0# 12/1 CSU Bakersfield Stanford, Calif. W, 3-0# 2017 Stanford Volleyball Roster 12/2 #23 Colorado State Stanford, Calif. W, 3-0# No Name Pos Ht Yr Hometown (High School) 12/8 #11 Wisconsin Stanford, Calif. W, 3-1$ 1 Jenna Gray S 6-1 SO Shawnee, Kan. (St. James Academy) 12/9 #2 Texas Stanford, Calif. W, 3-0$ 2 Kathryn Plummer OH 6-6 SO Aliso Viejo, Calif. (Aliso Niguel) 12/14 #3 Florida Kansas City, Mo. L, 3-2% 4 Meghan McClure OH 6-0 FR Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif. (Santa Margarita) *Pac-12 conference match • Bold indicates home match played at Maples Pavilion 5 Blake Sharp OH 5-11 FR Orinda, Calif. (Miramonte) #Pac-12 Networks | $ESPNU | %ESPN 6 Tami Alade MB 6-2 JR Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada (Old Scona Academic) 8 Michaela Keefe OH 6-2 RS FR Pacific Palisades, Calif. (Marymount) 9 Morgan Hentz L 5-9 SO Lakeside Park, Ky. (Notre Dame Academy) STANFORD VOLLEYBALL 10 Payton Chang S/DS 5-10 JR Newport Beach, Calif. (Mater Dei) 11 Kate Formico DS 5-9 FR Saratoga, Calif. (Archbishop Mitty) BY THE NUMBERS 12 Audriana Fitzmorris MB 6-6 SO Overland Park, Kan. (St. James Academy) 17 Merete Lutz OPP 6-8 RS SR Houston, Texas (Mirabeau B. Lamar) NCAA Championships ............................................................7 19 Alexis Froistad MB 6-2 JR Aromas, Calif. (Salinas) Final Four Appearances .......................................................21 20 Caitlin Keefe DS 5-11 SO Pacific Palisades, Calif. (Marymount) National Championship Matches .......................................15 21 Sidney Wilson OH 6-0 FR Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Havergal College) NCAA Tournament Wins ....................................................119 25 Courtney Bowen MB 6-4 RS SO Brooklyn, N.Y. (The Chapin School) Consecutive Years in the NCAA Tournament ......................38 Conference Championships ................................................20 Head Coach: Kevin Hambly, 1st season (Illinios ‘06) 30+ Win Seasons ..................................................................18 Associate Head Coach: Denise Corlett, 29th season (UCLA ‘81) National Players of the Year ................................................18 Assistant Coach: Erin Lindsey, 1st season (North Carolina ‘00) All-America Awards ..............................................................95 Volunteer Assistant Coach: Taylor Formico, 1st season (UCLA ‘16) Conference Players of the Year ...........................................18 All-Conference Selections .................................................135 Pronunciation Guide: CoSIDA Academic All-America Awards ...............................18 Tami Alade (uh-LAD-aye) Courtney Bowen (BOW-in) Audriana Fitzmorris (audri-ON-uh) Honda Award Winners ...........................................................8 Kate Formico (for-mi-KOH) Alexis Froistad (FROY-stad) Michaela Keefe (mi-KAY-luh) Olympians ..............................................................................9 Merete Lutz (muh-RET-uh LUT-z) --2017 Stanford Volleyball-- The 2017 season marked Stanford’s 38th consecutive NCAA AVCA Coaches’ Poll BY THE NUMBERS: (Final) postseason appearance. The Cardinal is one of only two programs in the nation to have appeared in every NCAA Tournament since the NCAA Championship be- 1. Nebraska (64) 2. Florida gan in 1981 (Penn State is the other). Stanford has won more NCAA Tournament 3. Penn State matches (119), made more Final Four appearances (21) and been in the national 4. STANFORD 5. Texas championship match (15) more times than any other program in the nation. Its 6. Kentucky 7. USC seventh NCAA title also tied Penn State for the most by a Division I team. 8. Michigan State 9. BYU 10. Minnesota STANFORD REGIONAL: Stanford defeated 11th-ranked Wisconsin in the re- 11. Utah gional semifinals, 3-1, before sweeping No. 6 seed Texas in the finals at home at 12. Wisconsin 13. San Diego Maples Pavilion. Kathryn Plummer was named the Stanford Regional Most Out- 14. UCLA standing Player and was joined on the all-tournament team by Jenna Gray and 15. Washington 16. Creighton Morgan Hentz. Plummer hit .360 and tallied 5.86 kills, 2.00 digs and 1.00 blocks 17. Illinois per set in the two matches. Gray dished out 13.14 assists per set as the Cardinal 18. Purdue 19. Colorado hit .368 as a team, while Hentz collected 4.71 digs per set. 20. Missouri 21. Baylor 22. Cal Poly AVCA PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Kathryn Plummer became the first player in AVCA 23. Wichita State Division I history to earn Player of the Year honors after being named the Na- 24. Colorado State 25. Iowa State tional Freshman of the Year the previous season. She is the first Cardinal player to bring home the honor since 2007 (Foluke Akinradewo) and the ninth overall. STANFORD IN THE 2017 POLL Date Rank Date Rank Preseason 2 Oct. 16 2 Aug. 28 1 Oct. 23 2 Sept. 4 4 Oct. 30 2 Sept. 11 4 Nov. 6 2 Sept. 18 4 Nov. 13 4 Sept. 25 2 Nov. 20 4 Oct. 2 2 Nov. 27 4 Oct. 9 3 Final 4 Ranking Records... • 477 all-time weeks in the top-10 • 522 total weeks in the poll • 69 weeks ranked No. 1 2017 SEASON FACTS THE LAST TIME STANFORD... Stanford’s Record When... Playing at home: 15-0 Playing on the road: 13-1 Won a match .......................................................................................................vs. Texas, 12/9/17 Playing at a neutral site: 2-3 Lost a match ..................................................................................................vs. Florida, 12/14/17 Longest winning streak: 16 Won at home ......................................................................................................vs. Texas, 12/9/17 Longest losing streak: 1 In three sets: 22-0 Lost at home .....................................................................................................vs. UCLA, 11/12/16 In four sets: 5-2 Won on the road .........................................................................................at California, 11/25/17 In five sets: 3-2 Stanford wins first set: 27-1 Lost on the road........................................................................................ at Washington, 11/8/17 Opponent wins first set: 3-3 Won 3-0 ..............................................................................................................vs. Texas, 12/9/17 Winning first two sets: 23-0 Lost 3-0 ....................................................................................... vs. Loyola Marymount, 12/4/15 Losing first two sets: 0-2 Splitting first two sets: 7-2 Won 3-0 at home ................................................................................................vs. Texas, 12/9/17 Hitting .250 or better: 26-2 Lost 3-0 at home .......................................................................... vs. Loyola Marymount, 12/4/15 Hitting below .250: 4-2 Outhit opponents: 30-2 Won 3-0 on the road ...................................................................................at California, 11/25/17 Outhit by opponents: 0-2 Lost 3-0 on the road ............................................................................ at North Carolina, 9/10/15 Vs. ranked opponents: