Knights Weekly Report

Sports Information Director - Cody Harrod Warner Pacific College 503-517-1064 | [email protected] KNIGHTS WEEKLY REPORT SEPTEMBER 18, 2013 2013 Schedule/REsults VOLLEYBALL: Knights get first CCC win in thriller over Date Opponent Time/Result Corban, tough road trip ahead this weekend. 8/22 MSU – Northern% L 1-3 8/22 Carroll% L 0-3 8/23 Rocky Mountain% L 1-3 COMING UP: at Oregon Tech, Friday, 7:00 pm; at Southern Oregon, Saturday, 7:00 pm 8/23 Great Falls% L 0-3 8/24 Montana-Western% L 0-3 LAST WEEK: vs. Northwest Christian (L, 2-3), vs. Corban (W, 3-2), vs. Saint Martin’s (L, 1-3) 8/24 Montana Tech% L 0-3 8/26 Simpson W 3-0 8/30 Mills W 3-0 LIVE STATS/VIDEO: All home volleyball matches will feature live stats and video thanks to our 9/6 @Northwest* L 0-3 partnership with Stretch Internet. Live stats and video are available online at 9/7 @Evergreen * L 1-3 www.wpcknights.com/live. There is a fee for the video portion, and season passes are 9/13 Northwest Christian* L 2-3 available. Many of the Knights’ away games, including this weekend, can be seen at www. 9/14 Corban* W 3-2 cccwebtv.com. 9/17 Saint Martin’s L 1-3 9/20 @Oregon Tech* 7:00 pm 9/21 @Southern Oregon* 7:00 pm WEEKEND PREVIEW - OIT: The Knights face a much improved Oregon Tech squad on Friday. The 9/24 New Hope Christian 6:00 pm Owls are 8-9 on the season and 1-2 in CCC play. Kelsey Sampson (3.1 k/s) and Marlee Smith 9/27 Concordia* 7:00 pm (2.76 k/s) are the top hitters, while Kayleigh Welchel (4.71 a/s) is the primary setter. WP 10/4 Eastern Oregon* 7:00 pm defeated Oregon Tech in both meetings last season. 10/5 College of Idaho* 7:00 pm 10/11 @Corban* 7:00 pm 10/12 @Northwest Christian* 7:00 pm WEEKEND PREVIEW - SOU: Perennial power Southern Oregon awaits WP on Saturday. The Raid- 10/18 Evergreen * 7:00 pm ers struggled to an 0-4 start this year versus tough competiton, but have rebounded to even 10/19 Northwest* 7:00 pm their record at 5-5. Liz Madden leads the team with 2.67 kills per set, and SOU has several 10/26 @College of Idaho* 7:00 pm other powerful attackers on the squad. The Knights swept SOU 3-0 in Ashland last season, 10/27 @Eastern Oregon* 7:00 pm 11/1 @Concordia* 7:00 pm the fist win for WP over the Raiders since 1988. 11/8 Southern Oregon* 7:00 pm 11/9 Oregon Tech* 7:00 pm RECAP - NCU 3, WP 2: Northwest Christian remained undefeated in Cascade Conference play by holding off Warner Pacific 3-2 (25-13, 23-25, 22-25, 25-18, 15-12). The match marked the third time in a row that the two teams have gone to five sets to decide the outcome. This Cascade Conference contest eventually belonged to the visiting Beacons (8-2, 3-0 CCC) thanks in part to a .230 School Conf. Overall hitting percentage, compared to just .086 for WPC (2-8, 0-3 CCC). NCU breezed to an easy Concordia 4-0 10-2 win in set one behind the serving of Alyssa Dorr who served the Beacons to eight straight points, pushing their lead from 16-12 out to 24-12. The host Knights were determined to Eastern Oregon 3-0 13-2 make it a competitive match and claimed set two as both Rachel Warick and Julia Toscano Northwest Christian 3-1 9-3 had four kills without and error in the frame. WPC took set three as well after hitting for Southern Oregon 2-1 5-5 a .235 percentage and getting three service aces from Nicole Lisoski. The Beacons fought College of Idaho 2-1 2-6 back in set four due to five kills without an error from Chelsea McGowan, while forcing WP Oregon Tech 1-2 8-9 in to eight attack errors. Warner Pacific spotted the Beacons a 3-0 lead in the final set which proved to be decisive. The Knights rebounded to draw within 9-8, but two more WP errors Northwest 1-3 5-8 along with a kill from Maren Mansfield put NCU back in control. WP’s Julia Toscano led Evergreen 1-3 2-7 all players with 16 kills. Mikaela Lisoski added 11 kills and 11 digs, while Marchelle Bostic Warner Pacific 1-3 3-10 touched up 44 assists. Northwest Christian was paced by Maren Mansfield’s 15 kills, while Corban 0-4 2-11 Janel Fetters and Chelsea McGowan added 12 kills each. Dana McGowan had a match high www.cascadeconference.org 21 digs. RECAP - WP 3, CORBAN 2: Warner Pacific fought back from a seven point deficit in the deciding *Cascade Collegiate Conference game set to stun Corban University in Cascade Conference volleyball action tonight at C.C. Perry % CCC/Frontier Challenge Gym. The visiting Warriors (2-10, 0-4 CCC) built a 10-3 advantage in the final frame, but All times are Pacific and subject to change Home games in BOLD and played at CC Perry Gym could not close out a determined WPC squad. The Knights (3-9, 1-3 CCC) scored 12 of the next 15 points to complete the comeback and earn their first CCC win of 2013.

-more- The host Knights looked to make it a short night after winning the first two sets. WP held Corban to a negative hitting percentage and seemed to have momentum for the expected sweep. Nicole and Mikaela Lisoski were very effective on the attack in the early going for WP. Corban had other plans and bounced back to take sets three and four. Warrior attackers began to find holes in the Knight defense, and Cor- ban’s height at the net paid dividends. Alex Matulewicz finished out set four with a trio of kills, sending the match to a deciding frame. The final set began with Corban taking a quick 4-1 lead, which turned into a 10-3 lead after Katherine Salness served the Warriors to five straight points. Warner Pacific answered with a barrage of kills from four different players, and were helped by several Corban miscues. A pair of winners from Julia Toscano and a final kill from Nicole Lisoski completed the comeback and sent the Knights to the hard fought win. Claire Bailey recovered from a rough start to lead Corban with 11 kills on the night. Jenny Harman, Payton Wilcox, and Alex Matulewicz each con- tributed seven kills. Brittany Sweet fired over a match high six aces. Toscano again led Warner Pacific with a match high 16 kills. Nicole Lisoski finished with 13 kills, while Brandy Velasquez added a season high 30 digs.

RECAP - SAINT MARTIN’S 3, WP 1: Saint Martin’s used their size advantage at the net to earn a 3-1 win over Warner Pacific in a non-conference matchup at C.C. Perry Gym. The visiting Saints (2-8) put up 15 team blocks for the match compared to just one for WPC. The host Knights (3- 10) swung for 39 kills on the night, but also committed 31 errors thanks to the wall of hands at the net from Saint Martin’s. The Knights took set one despite hitting for just eight kills, as WP fired over five service aces in the frame – four by Marchelle Bostic. SMU did not help their own cause by committing five service errors. The Saints’ front line took over from there, led by Kyra Davidson who pounded out 17 kills versus just two errors, and seven block assists. Kristin Ross added 12 kills, helping Saint Martin’s to 51 team kills for the match. Warner Pacific was led by Julia Toscano with 13 kills. Mikaela Lisoski added nine kills, while Bostic finished with a match high 30 assists.

RECORD BOOK: Several current Knights are in WPC’s career top-10 record book. Kristina Naff ranks #4 in total blocks (116), Devan Belshe ranks #8 in kills (328), and Marchelle Bostic is now #3 in assists (1002).

INJURY REPORT: Devan Belshe remains sidelined with a knee injury, and Allahna Hartwick is likely out for the season after breaking her leg in the match vs. Saint Martin’s.

ABOUT THE COACH: Nels Norquist will begin his second as head coach of the Knights in 2013. In his first season at the helm, the program experienced a complete turnaround in competitiveness. After a 3-16 season in 2011, WPC surged to a 15-12 record in 2012 and 9-9 mark in Cascade Conference play during the 2012 campaign. Prior to Warner Pacific, Norquist was at Corban University, where he was the head coach for three seasons. His overall record was 34 wins and 39 losses with the Warriors, including a 24-30 record in Cascade Conference play. He also spent one year as head coach at former CCC member Cascade College in 2008. He also has coached at Clackamas Community College, and continues to coach club volleyball with Adrenaline Volleyball Club.

2013 Knight Stats ATTACK SET SERVE RECEPT DIG BLOCKING ## Player SP K K/Set E TA Pct A A/Set TA Pct SA SA/S SE TA Pct RE TA Pct Dig D/S BS BA Total Blk/Set BE BHE 2 BOSTIC, Marchelle 47 25 0.53 29 91 -.044 414 8.81 1028 .403 26 0.55 12 187 .936 0 1 1.000 92 1.96 0 15 15 0.32 3 10 4 HENRY, Kendra 40 5 0.12 6 39 -.026 4 0.10 41 .098 13 0.32 8 117 .932 10 78 .872 47 1.17 1 0 1 0.03 0 2 5 WARICK, Rachel 35 60 1.71 50 185 .054 3 0.09 18 .167 2 0.06 3 10 .700 1 16 .938 13 0.37 1 5 6 0.17 2 2 7 BEVENS, Brittany 24 35 1.46 30 112 .045 2 0.08 10 .200 1 0.04 1 10 .900 0 6 1.000 9 0.38 0 5 5 0.21 1 1 8 HERNANDEZ, Loren 14 0 0.00 2 8 -.250 0 0.00 5 .000 0 0.00 0 4 1.000 4 67 .940 13 0.93 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 9 NAFF, Kristina 39 38 0.97 23 120 .125 1 0.03 11 .091 0 0.00 0 3 1.000 1 2 .500 15 0.38 6 9 15 0.38 4 0 10 TOSCANO, Julia 47 148 3.15 71 414 .186 7 0.15 61 .115 6 0.13 19 147 .871 9 83 .892 90 1.91 0 7 7 0.15 3 0 11 MERRITT, Kelsey 40 3 0.08 5 15 -.133 13 0.32 64 .203 4 0.10 6 63 .905 7 140 .950 115 2.88 0 1 1 0.03 0 3 12 LISOSKI, Nicole 46 76 1.65 41 199 .176 2 0.04 12 .167 16 0.35 20 149 .866 1 12 .917 26 0.57 5 11 16 0.35 11 2 13 LISOSKI, Mikaela 44 90 2.05 50 307 .130 4 0.09 69 .058 7 0.16 10 102 .902 15 189 .921 88 2.00 0 3 3 0.07 0 0 14 VELASQUEZ, Brandy 46 0 0.00 6 22 -.273 10 0.22 85 .118 7 0.15 15 122 .877 17 138 .877 163 3.54 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 18 HARTWICK, Allahna 19 14 0.74 12 60 .033 6 0.32 20 .300 3 0.16 3 16 .812 2 10 .800 14 0.74 0 8 8 0.42 0 0 WARNER PACIFIC...... 47 494 10.51 325 1572 .108 466 9.91 1424 .327 85 1.81 97 930 .896 81 943 .914 685 14.57 13 64 45.0 0.96 24 20 Opponents...... 47 513 10.91 201 1483 .210 465 9.89 1358 .342 81 1.72 86 1057 .919 84 816 .897 664 14.13 26 153 102.5 2.18 21 26