2016 Liberty 2016 Liberty Volleyball Notes - Matches 4-6 - Sept. 2-3 Volleyball Schedule Liberty Invitational
Kennesaw State Invitational Sept. 2, 2016 Aug. 26 vs. Pittsburgh L, 0-3 Aug. 27 at Kennesaw State L, 1-3 7 p.m. - vs. USC Upstate SPARTANS (0-4) Aug. 27 vs. Missouri L, 0-3
Liberty Invitational Sept. 3, 2016 Sept. 2 USC UPSTATE 7 p.m. Liberty Sept. 3 HAMPTON 12:30 p.m. 12:30 p.m. - vs. Hampton LADY PIRATES (0-2) Sept. 3 ETSU 7 p.m. LADY FLAMES (0-3)
Davidson Wildcat Classic 7 p.m. - vs. ETSU BUCCANEERS (3-0) Sept. 9 vs. USC Upstate 4:30 p.m. Sept. 10 vs. Furman 10 a.m. Sept. 10 at Davidson 6 p.m. Vines Center - Lynchburg, Va. VCU Invitational Sept. 16 vs. Morgan State 3 p.m. Sept. 17 vs. Middle Tenn. 10 a.m. Liberty hosts a home invitational for the third year in a row, as the Liberty Invitational Sept. 17 at VCU 5 p.m. will take place, Friday and Saturday at the Vines Center. The Lady Flames opened the Sept. 23 at High Point * 7 p.m. 2015 season with a perfect 3-0 record at the Liberty Invitational. This year, Liberty (0-3) will Sept. 27 at Radford * 7 p.m. Sept. 30 at UNC Asheville * 7 p.m. face USC Upstate (0-4) on Friday at 7 p.m., before facing Hampton (0-2) and ETSU (3-0) Oct. 7 GARDNER-WEBB * 7 p.m. on Saturday. Oct. 8 WINTHROP * 2 p.m. Liberty is 0-1 all-time against USC Upstate, 9-0 versus Hampton and 2-5 against Oct. 11 CAMPBELL * 7 p.m. Oct. 14 at Presbyterian * 7 p.m. ETSU. Oct. 15 at Charleston So. * 2 p.m. Oct. 21 at Winthrop * 7 p.m. Oct. 22 at Gardner-Webb * 4 p.m. How to Follow the Lady Flames Oct. 25 RADFORD * 7 p.m. Live stats and live video will be available for this weekend’s matches. Live stats will Oct. 29 UNC ASHEVILLE * 2 p.m. Nov. 1 at Campbell * 7 p.m. appear through StatBroadcast, courtesy of Liberty Athletics Communications. All three of Nov. 4 PRESBYTERIAN * 7 p.m. Liberty’s matches will be video streamed, free of charge, on the Big South Network and Nov. 5 HIGH POINT * 2 p.m. ESPN3.com. All Liberty matches will also appear on LFSN, with Ray Jones serving as Nov. 12 CHARLESTON So.*$ 1 p.m. play-by-play announcer and Erin Hagen providing analysis. 2016 Big South Volleyball Championship Nov. 18 QUARTERFINAL & TBD Starting Rotation Nov. 19 SEMIFINAL & TBD 1. Liberty posted an 0-3 record against a challenging field at the Kennesaw State Invita- Nov. 20 CHAMP. MATCH& 2 p.m. tional. The Lady Flames’ opponents last weekend went a combined 69-24 in 2015. Liberty 2016 NCAA Volleyball Championship held each of its opponents under its 2015 season hitting percentage. Dec. 2-4 First/Second Rounds TBA 2. Last Friday against Pitt, Liberty started three freshmen - Leah Clayton, Casey Good-
All times are Eastern Standard Time and win and Kainah Williams. It marked the first time since Sept. 1, 2000 against Texas Tech are subject to change that three or more true freshmen started the season opener. HOME MATCHES IN BOLD CAPS 3. Despite the tough competition, Liberty leads the Big South with 2.50 blocks per set, including 12 against Missouri on Saturday. Sirena Vorster paces the conference with 1.70 * - Big South Conference Match $ - at Liberty Christian Academy blocks per set, after posting a career-high nine blocks versus Missouri. & - at Lynchburg, Va. 4. Shane Pinder, in his 13th season as Liberty’s head coach, became the program’s all- time leader in career victories Oct. 3, 2014 at Gardner-Webb. At 222-166, Pinder needs Media Relations Contact two more wins to become second all-time in Big South career coaching victories. Joe Carmany 5. The Lady Flames were predicted to finish second in the Big South preseason coach- [email protected] (434) 592-4849 (office) es’ poll. Additionally, junior setter Anna Willey and sophomore libero Margaret Latchford (434) 534-4325 (cell) were voted to the Preseason All-Big South team. 6. This is the 16th home invitational that Liberty will host. The Lady Flames have gone On The Web 33-15 in regular-season home tournament play. LibertyFlames.com Facebook.com/libertyflames Starting Lineup from Last Match (Aug. 27 vs. Missouri) Facebook.com/ LibertyFlamesVolleyball No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. KPS DPS Other Stats On Twitter @libertyflames 2 Anna Gragg MB 6-3 Fr. 1.00 0.00 0.86 bps @LibertyVball 4 Casey Goodwin RS 6-1 Fr. 2.60 0.50 4 aces 8 Hannah Morris S 6-0 Fr. 0.50 2.88 9.25 aps 15 Leah Clayton OH 5-11 Fr. 3.00 3.60 0.30 bps 19 Margaret Latchford DS 5-2 So. 0.00 2.30 1 ace 20 Gabrielle Vess OH 6-0 Jr. 2.40 2.20 0.60 bps 21 Sirena Vorster MB 6-2 Jr. 1.50 0.30 1.70 bps 23 Michelle Melendez L 5-4 Sr. 0.00 3.80 6 assists 2016 Liberty Head Coach Shane Pinder Volleyball Record at Liberty: 222-166; 124-48 Big South (13th Year) Quick Facts Career Record: Same (Program record holder for coaching victories) * Set program record with 199th career victory, Oct. 3, 2014 at Gardner-Webb General Information NCAA Tournament Appearances: 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012 Name of School...... Liberty University Big South Tournament Championships: 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012 City/Zip...... Lynchburg, Va. 24515 Big South Regular-Season Championships: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 Founded...... 1971 Big South Tournament Finals Appearances: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 Enrollment...... 14,500 Nickname...... Lady Flames Big South Coach of the Year: 2007, 2010, 2012 (tied for conference record) School Colors...... Red, White & Blue VaSID State Coach of the Year: 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012 (state record) Home Arena...... Vines Center AVCA Team Academic Award: 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 Capacity...... 9,511 2 AVCA All-America Honorable Mention players (Kallie Corbin ‘08; Chelaine McCarty ‘09) Affiliation...... NCAA Division I 5 AVCA All-Region mentions (Scripko – 2007; Corbin – 2008; McCarty – 2008-09; Caro- Conference...... Big South Founder...... Dr. Jerry Falwell line Douglas - 2012) President...... Jerry Falwell 2 CoSIDA Academic All-Americans (Kristin Colson 2004; Becca Haraf 2013) Director of Athletics...... Jeff Barber 3 CoSIDA Academic All-District III players (Colson ‘04; Karyl Bacon ‘10; Becca Haraf ‘13) Athletics Dept. Phone...... (434) 582-2100 23 VaSID All-State team members (11 first-team, 12 second-team) 3 VaSID All-State Rookies of the Year (Corbin 2006; Douglas 2012; Weidner 2014) Volleyball Information Head Coach...... Shane Pinder 2 VaSID All-State Players of the Year (Kallie Corbin 2008; Caroline Douglas 2012) Alma Mater...... Luther Rice Seminary, ‘04 1 Big South Woman of the Year (Karyl Bacon 2010) Record at School...... 222-166 (13th Yr.) 2 Big South Players of the Year (Kallie Corbin 2008; Caroline Douglas 2012) Career Record...... Same 2 Big South Scholar Athletes of the Year (Kristin Colson 2004; Becca Haraf 2012) Assistant Coaches 4 Big South Tournament MVP honors (Corbin ‘07, ‘08; Loren Thomas ‘11; Craycraft ‘12) ...... Cassie Crumal (William & Mary, ‘11) ...... Macey Gardner (Arizona State, ‘16) 4 Big South Freshmen of the Year (Corbin ‘06, Scripko ‘07, Craycraft ‘10, Douglas ‘12) Certified Athletic Trainer 35 All-conference members (16 first team, 16 second team, 3 honorable mention) ...... Tuesday Hunt (Erskine, ‘06) 18 Big South All-Tournament team members
History 2016 Volleyball Team Roster First Season of Volleyball...... 1976 No. Name Cl. Pos. Ht. Hometown/High School (Prev. School) All-Time Record...... 746-621 1 Anna Willey Jr. S 6-1 Davenport, Iowa/Bettendorf HS NCAA Tournament Appearances...... 7 2 Anna Gragg Fr. MB 6-3 Missoula, Mont./Big Sky HS Last NCAA Appearance...... 2012 4 Casey Goodwin Fr. RS 6-1 Rougemont, N.C./Person HS Opponent...... Minnesota Result...... L/0-3 (First Round) 5 Hannah Weidner Jr. RS 6-1 Shorewood, Minn./Minnetonka HS Final/Highest Ranking...... N/A 7 Sydney Morris R-So. OH/MB 6-0 Altavista, Va./Altavista HS (James Madison) Final 2015 Record...... 14-14 8 Hannah Morris Fr. S 6-0 Lynchburg, Va./Liberty Christian Academy Conference Record/Finish...... 9-5/Third 10 Kainah Williams Fr. MB 6-2 Spring Branch, Texas/Smithson Valley HS Starters Returning/Lost...... 3+libero/3 15 Leah Clayton Fr. OH 5-11 Danville, Va./Westover Christian Academy Letterwinners Returning/Lost...... 7/6 19 Margaret Latchford So. DS/L 5-2 Virginia Beach, Va./Princess Anne HS Newcomers...... 7 20 Gabrielle Vess Jr. OH 6-0 Fredericksburg, Va./Fredericksburg Christian
Athletics Communications Info. 21 Sirena Vorster Jr. MB 6-2 Wellington, Fla./Wellington HS Assoc. AD - Communications 22 Meegan Williams Fr. MB 6-1 St. Louis, Mo./Westminster Christian Academy ...... Todd Wetmore 23 Michelle Melendez Sr. DS 5-4 Miami, Fla./Westminster Chr. (Palm Beach St.) SID Office Phone...... (434) 582-2292 24 Payton Carter Fr. OH 6-0 Fort Mill, S.C./Fort Mill HS Cell Phone...... (434) 841-8974 Email Address...... [email protected] Head Coach: Shane Pinder (13th Year, Luther Rice Seminary, ‘04) Assoc. Director...... Ryan Bomberger Assistant Coaches: Cassie Crumal (William & Mary, ‘11), Macey Gardner (Arizona St., ‘16) Cell Phone ...... (434) 221-5576 Tuesday Hunt (Erskine, ‘06) Email Address... [email protected] Certified Athletic Trainer: Assoc. Director...... Paul Carmany Cell Phone...... (434) 221-5575 Pronunciation Guide Email Address..... [email protected] Leah Clayton LEE-uh Clayton Asst. Director...... Eric Brown Cassie Crumal Cass-ee Crum-uhl Cell Phone...... (434) 221-8817 Anna Gragg Anna GRAGG Email Address...... [email protected] Margaret Latchford Margaret LATCH-ferd Asst. Director/VB contact... Joe Carmany Michelle Melendez Michelle Meh-LEN-dez Cell Phone ...... (434) 534-4325 Shane Pinder Shane PIN-der Email Address..... [email protected] Sirena Vorster Si-REN-uh VORE-ster Grad Asst...... Bill Smith Email Address...... [email protected] Hannah Weidner Hannah WIDE-ner Ath. Comm. Fax...... (434) 582-2076 Anna Willey Anna WILL-ee Website...... LibertyFlames.com Kainah Williams CANE-uh Williams Meegan Williams MEE-gin Williams Big South Conference Fresh Faces Update The Lady Flames have seven freshmen this season. Five newcomers have already Big South Standings started at least one match, including as many as four at a time. W L Pct. Last Friday against Pitt, Leah Clayton, Casey Goodwin and Kainah Williams all start- Liberty 0 0 .000 Campbell 0 0 .000 ed. It marked the first time since Sept. 1, 2000 that three or more Liberty true freshmen Charleston Southern 0 0 .000 started the season opener. In 2000, Erin McKeown, Theresa Passamani, Tatiana Tkachuk Gardner-Webb 0 0 .000 and Simone Turner all drew the start in a 3-1 setback to Texas Tech in Columbia, S.C. High Point 0 0 .000 Presbyterian 0 0 .000 The last time three freshmen started the first match of the season was Aug. 27, 2010, Radford 0 0 .000 when Jade Craycraft, Lillie Happel and redshirt freshman Kendle Rollins all started against UNC Asheville 0 0 .000 Winthrop 0 0 .000 Cleveland State.
Overall Standings Big D W L Pct. After the first week of play, Liberty leads the Big South with 2.50 blocks per set. The Radford 3 0 1.000 Lady Flames posted a season-high 12 blocks against Missouri. High Point 2 1 .667 Presbyterian 2 1 .667 Junior Sirena Vorster averages 1.70 blocks per set to pace the Big South and rank Gardner-Webb 2 2 .500 in the top 25 nationally after factoring in 17 out of 25 team blocks so far. Her career-high Campbell 1 2 .333 nine blocks against Missouri were the most by a Lady Flame since her older sister, Jade UNC Asheville 1 2 .333 Winthrop 1 2 .333 Vorster, posted nine blocks on Oct. 10, 2014 against Campbell. Charleston Southern 1 3 .250 Liberty 0 3 .000 Double-Double the Fun Big South Weekly Awards On Saturday against Kennesaw State, Leah Clayton (15 kills, 17 digs), Hannah Mor- Player of the Week ris (47 assists, 12 digs) and Gabrielle Vess (16 kills, 13 digs) all posted double-doubles. Maddie Palmer, Jr., OH, Radford Freshman Casey Goodwin added 10 kills. Defensive Player of the Week Molly Livingston, So., MB, High Point Clayton and Morris were the first Liberty freshman teammates since Jade Craycraft Freshman of the Week and Lillie Happel Nov. 19, 2010 at Winthrop to record double-doubles in the same match. Emma Milstead, L, Gardner-Webb That was also the last time two Liberty freshmen posted 10+ kills in the same contest.
Around the Big South Where each conference team is play- Dishing it Out ing this weekend (Sep. 1-3). Freshman Hannah Morris is ranked second in the Big South with 9.25 assists per set so far this season. She recorded 47 assists, four aces, 12 digs and four blocks against Campbell - San Francisco Invitational Charleston So. - Bash in the Boro Kennesaw State on Saturday. Gardner-Webb - vs. Limestone, Sept. 1 Junior Anna Willey returns after dishing out 1,096 assists last season, becoming the High Point - Tussle in the Triad Liberty - Liberty Invitational seventh Lady Flame in rally-scoring history with a 1,000-assist season. Presbyterian - Jacksonville Classic Willey led the conference with 11.29 assists per set during Big South matches. She Radford - UAB/Samford Tournament also posted a team-high 12 double-doubles, while adding 12 40-assist matches, seven UNC Asheville - Bye weekend Winthrop - Carolina Challenge 50-assist contests and one 60-assist match.
Preseason Poll Dig In 1. High Point (5) 76 2. Liberty (2) 68 Senior Michelle Melendez tied her career high with 22 digs on Saturday at Kennesaw 3. Radford (1) 58 State. Leah Clayton (17), Gabrielle Vess (13) and Hannah Morris (12) also entered dou- 4. Campbell 53 ble-digits for the Lady Flames, who collected 74 digs as a team. 5. Winthrop 48 6. UNC Asheville 41 Clayton and Melendez have posted two 10-dig matches each this season, while 2015 7. Charleston Southern (1) 27 VaSID All-State second team libero Margaret Latchford collected a season-high 10 digs 8. Gardner-Webb 21 on Saturday against Missouri. 9. Presbyterian 13
Preseason All-Big South 15’s Haley Barnes, High Point, Sr.* On Saturday against Kennesaw State, Gabrielle Vess scored 16 kills, while Leah Emma Weakland, Winthrop, Sr. Molly Livingston, High Point, Soph. Clayton added a career-high 15 kills. It marked the first time since Nov. 19, 2015 against Madison Vaughn, UNC Asheville, Sr. Radford that two Lady Flames recorded 15 kills in the same match. That night, Vess sent Maddie Palmer, Radford, Jr. down 18 kills and three-time all-conference selection Caroline Douglas scored the final 17 Anna Willey, Liberty, Jr. Margaret Latchford, Liberty, Soph. kills of her career.
* - Preseason Player of the Year Top of the List Liberty Head Coach Shane Pinder is in his 13th season and holds a 222-166 overall career record. On Oct. 3, 2014 at Gardner-Webb, he passed Chris Phillips (1992-97, 99-03) for first place on Liberty’s all-time volleyball wins list. With a 3-1 win at UNC Asheville on Oct. 4, he became the fourth volleyball coach in Big South history with 200 or more career wins. Pinder needs two more wins to pass former Coastal Carolina Head Coach Kristen Bauer (1999-2011) for second all-time in career wins among Big South volleyball coaches. Liberty in the Liberty vs. USC Upstate (USC Upstate leads, 1-0) Rankings Previous Meeting: USC Upstate 3, Liberty 0 (Sept. 6, 2014 - Lynchburg, Va.) (Big South/NCAA) As of 8/31/16 After posting a program Division I-record 15 wins last season, USC Upstate (0-4) Team Overall started off the 2016 season with three losses at a tournament hosted by ETSU. The Spar- BSC NCAA Attack Percentage (..073) 9th 295 tans then fell, 3-2, at Gardner-Webb on Tuesday. Opp. Attack Pct. (.185) 5th 129 Madison Haake, a 2015 Atlantic Sun All-Freshman Team member, is one of five re- Assists (10.60 aps) 6th 225 turning starters. Emily Koelling leads the Spartans with 2.06 kills per set, followed by Kills (11.10 kps) 9th 240 Blocks (2.50 bps) 1st 64 Haake, at 2.00 kills per set. Service Aces (1.20 aps) 8th 174 Digs (15.60 dps) 4th 93 Liberty vs. Hampton (Liberty leads, 9-0) Individual Overall Last Meeting: Liberty 3, Hampton 0 (Aug. 29, 2015 - Lynchburg, Va.)
Kills Hampton (0-2) earned back-to-back MEAC titles in 2013 and 2014, before struggling Leah Clayton (3.00 kps) 6th through a three-win campaign last season. Under new head coach Brandon Duvall, the
Assists Lady Pirates dropped a pair of matches at the Temple Invitational to start 2016. Hannah Morris (9.25 aps) 2nd 125 Hampton returns Reeana Richardson, who was named to the 2015 All-MEAC third team as a freshman. Richardson leads the Pirates with 3.00 kills per set, while Lena Service Aces Washington averages 2.17 kills per set. Hampton posts 3.00 blocks per set as a team. Hannah Morris (0.50 saps) 9th 118
Blocks Liberty vs. ETSU (ETSU Leads, 5-2) Sirena Vorster (1.70 bps) 1st 21 Last Meeting: ETSU 3, Liberty 0 (Sept. 6, 2013 - Lexington, Ky.) Hannah Morris (0.88 bps) 5th Last Liberty Win: Liberty 3, ETSU 0 (Sept. 4, 2009 - Lynchburg, Va.) Anna Gragg (0.86 bps) 6th
Digs ETSU posted three straight 3-0 sweeps over Austin Peay, Troy and USC Upstate, to Michelle Melendez (3.80 dps) 8th win its home tournament last weekend. The Buccaneers were picked to place fifth in the Leah Clayton (3.60 dps) 10th SoCon, after registering a 19-12 record last season. ETSU’s Rylee Milhorn, a 2015 All-SoCon first team selection, was named SoCon Of- fensive Player of the Week on Monday after leading the team with 3.56 kills per set. Fellow 2015 first team all-conference choice Briana Allmon averages 2.89 kills per set
Liberty Invitational History This weekend’s tournament will be the 16th time Liberty has hosted an in-season invitational. The Lady Flames are 33-15 (.688) all-time at home invitationals. The Lady Flames posted a perfect 3-0 record over UNCG, Hampton and Howard to win the 2015 Liberty Invitational. Jade Vorster was named tournament MVP, and was joined on the all-tournament team by Caroline Douglas and Anna Willey. Pinder’s first collegiate coaching win came Sept. 17, 2004, in his first home match as head coach at Liberty, a 3-0 win over Davidson, the first match of the Liberty Invitational.
Defending the Home Court Liberty has been dominant at the Vines Center, going 19-6 in its last 25 home match- es. Beginning in 2011, the Lady Flames are 41-9 (.820) in their last 50 home contests. Since 2007, Liberty is 80-16 (.833) at the Vines Center. The Lady Flames are 10-2 in home openers under Coach Pinder, and 20-7 in the ini- tial home match of the season since 1989. Liberty has won its home opener seven straight years. Liberty USCLiberty Upstate - Ind. Statistical Comparison HamptonGU-Ind. ETSUGU 0-35-3 0-4 Record 0-2 3-04-2 0-0 0-0 Conf. Record 0-0 0-0 11.1013.13 Weidner9.11 - 3.67 Kills Per Set Saar7.50 - 3.58 13.4412.21 12.1012.77 11.72 Opponent Kills Per Set 13.00 13.009.56 .073.243 McQuitery.100 - .311 Attack Percentage White.047 - .317 .272.224 .185.188 .186 Opponent Attack Percentage .292 .060.166 10.6012.33 Stapleton8.89 - 10.08 Assists Per Set Brauneis7.17 - 9.58 12.3311.16 1.200.83 Stapleton1.44 - 0.35 Service Aces Per Set White/Johnson0.67 - 0.26 1.781.05 15.6014.83 Shipe15.56 - 4.20 Digs Per Set Simpson10.83 - 5.26 18.7414.11 2.501.78 J. Vorster1.28 - 1.03 Blocks Per Set White3.00 - 1.16 2.331.89 2016 Team Match Highs Preseason Postings Liberty was predicted to finish second in the Big South, according to the preseason Attack Pct...... 149 (55-32-154), coaches’ poll. The Lady Flames went 14-14 a year ago, finishing third in the Big South with ...... at Kennesaw State (8/27) Kills...... 55 at Kennesaw State (8/27) a 9-5 conference record. Kills (3 S)...... 32 vs. Missouri (8/27) Additionally, junior setter Anna Willey and sophomore libero Margaret Latchford were Kills (4 S)....55 at Kennesaw State (8/27) both named to the 2016 Big South Preseason All-Conference team. Last year, Willey was Kills (5 S)...... Attempts...154 at Kennesaw State (8/27) voted Big South All-Conference honorable mention, while Latchford picked up VaSID All- Att. (3 S)...... 106 vs. Missouri (8/27) State second team libero honors. Att. (4 S)...154 at Kennesaw State (8/27) Att. (5 S)...... Assists...... 53 at Kennesaw State (8/27) Half and Half Assists (3 S)...... 30 vs. Missouri (8/27) Exactly half of this year’s 14-member roster is made up of freshmen. Liberty’s seven- Assists (4 S)...... 53 at KSU (8/27) Assists (5 S)...... player freshman class is its largest since 2012, when seven freshmen helped the Lady Digs...... 74 at Kennesaw State (8/27) Flames capture their seventh, and most recent, Big South Volleyball Championship title. Digs (3 S)...... 50 vs. Missouri (8/27) Digs (4 S)...74 at Kennesaw State (8/27) Digs (5 S)...... Career Milestones in Reach Aces...... 6 vs. Pitt (8/26) Hannah Weidner - 600 kills (currently at 506 - reached 500 at Gardner-Webb, 11/14/15) Blocks...... 12 vs. Missouri (8/27) Anna Willey - 1,500 career assists (currently at 1,352 - reached 1,000 at WU, 10/24/15) 2016 Individual Match Highs Attack Pct. (Min. 12 K)...... 136 (15-9-44), Margaret Latchford - 600 career digs (currently at 525 - reached 500 vs. Radford, 11/19/15) ..Leah Clayton at Kennesaw State (8/27) Kills...... 16, 10+-Club (Kills) .Gabrielle Vess at Kennesaw State (8/27) Kills (3 S)...... 11, Five current Lady Flames have posted at least one career 10-kill match during their ...... Casey Goodwin vs. Missouri (8/27) collegiate career. Hannah Weidner is the only current Lady Flame to score 20 kills in a Kills (4 S)...... 16, .Gabrielle Vess at Kennesaw State (8/27) match, sending down 20 kills on Oct. 18, 2014 at Coastal Carolina. Kills (5 S)...... Other current Liberty players’ career highs in kills: Gabrielle Vess (19), Leah Clayton Total Attempts...... 50, .Gabrielle Vess at Kennesaw State (8/27) (15), Sirena Vorster (14) and Casey Goodwin (11). Total Attempts (3 S)...... 36, ...... Leah Clayton vs. Missouri (8/27) 10+-Club (Digs) Total Attempts (4 S)...... 50, .Gabrielle Vess at Kennesaw State (8/27) Six current Lady Flames have recorded at least one career 10-dig match while at Lib- Total Attempts (5 S)...... erty, led by Margaret Latchford’s program rally-scoring-record 38 digs at Campbell, Oct. Assists...... 47, .Hannah Morris at Kennesaw State (8/27) 9, 2015. Assists (3 S)...... 19, Additional Lady Flames with their current career highs in digs: Michelle Melendez ...... Hannah Morris vs. Missouri (8/27) Assists (4 S)...... 47, (22), Anna Willey (19), Leah Clayton (17), Gabrielle Vess (14) and Hannah Morris (12). .Hannah Morris at Kennesaw State (8/27) Assists (5 S)...... For the (Freshman) Record Digs...... 22, ...... Michelle Melendez at KSU (8/27) Margaret Latchford collected a program freshman-record 502 digs last season, the Digs (3 S)...... 11, ninth most in a single season in program history, and sixth most in Liberty’s rally-scoring .... Michelle Melendez vs. Missouri (8/27) records. She finished the season ranked fifth in the Big South with 4.67 digs per set. Digs (4 S)...... 22, ...... Michelle Melendez at KSU (8/27) As a freshman in 2014, Hannah Weidner tied a program record with 19 straight 10+- Digs (5 S)...... kill matches, reaching double figures in kills in 24 out of her first 25 career matches. Wei- Aces...... 4, .Hannah Morris at Kennesaw State (8/27) dner was the 2014 VaSID University Division Volleyball All-State Rookie of the Year. Blocks...... 9 (1s, 8a), ...... Sirena Vorster vs. Missouri (8/27) No Relation Last year, the Lady Flames had a pair of sisters, in Jade and Sirena Vorster. The Vor- Career Double-Doubles ster sisters finished first and second on the team in blocks during 2015. In fact, each of ‘14 ‘15 ‘16 C the last 10 times a Lady Flame has posted seven or more blocks in a single match, it has Anna Willey 2 12 -- 14 Gabrielle Vess -- 2 1 3 been either Jade or Sirena Vorster. Leah Clayton X X 1 1 This season, Liberty has Hannah and Sydney Morris, both from Virginia, but the two Hannah Morris X X 1 1 are not related. Hannah’s older sister, Rachel, was a backup setter at Liberty in 2015. Freshmen Kainah Williams (Spring Branch, Texas) and Meegan Williams (St. Louis, Mo.) are not related, either.
Lady Flames Earn Postseason Honors Last season, redshirt seniors Caroline Douglas and Jade Vorster were named to the Big South All-Conference first team, while sophomore Anna Willey received all-confer- ence honorable mention and Margaret Latchford was voted to the All-Freshman team. Douglas is the second player in program history to be named first team all-conference three times, joining only Anthonia Akpama (four times, 1996-99). Vorster has been voted all-conference all four years of her career (twice All-Big West, twice All-Big South). Jade Vorster was named to the VaSID All-State University Division Volleyball first team, while Douglas and Latchford were voted to the second team. Current Lady Flames on LIBERTY VOLLEYBALL INDIVIDUAL RECORDS Program Career Lists Kills Assists Match: 41 by Theresa Bream vs. James Madison, 9/11/90 1) Michelle Howland (98-01)...4,873 Match (Rally-Scoring): 40 by Rachel Harnack at Coastal Carolina, 11/10/01 2) Ashley Fletcher (94-97)...... 4,840 Season: 719 by Nicole Nice, 1992 (Big South Record) 3) Kallie Corbin (06-09)...... 4,528 4) Kristin Colson (01-04)...... 4,349 Season (Rally-Scoring): 507 by Jennifer Belk, 2004 5) Jade Craycraft (10-13)...... 4,162 Career: 2,024 by Anthonia Akpama, 1996-99 6) Laura Miller (90-92)...... 3,822 7) Michelle Marsh (86-87)...... 3,254 Attack Percentage 8) Jule Sitler (85-88)...... 2,064 Match: .875 (14K-0E-16TA) by Ashley Webber at Winthrop, 10/17/08 9) Theresa Bream (87-90)...... 1,904 .518 by Michelle Marsh, 1988 10) Lara Bartolomeo (04-07)...1,467 Season: -- Anna Willey (14-P)...... 1,352 Season (Rally-Scoring): .356 by Chelaine McCarty, 2009
Liberty Coaching Records Assists Overall Coaching Wins Match: 86 by Michelle Howland vs. NC State, 9/10/99 1) Shane Pinder (2004-P)...... 222 Match (Rally-Scoring): 84 by Michelle Howland at Coastal Carolina, 11/10/01 2) Chris Phillips (‘92-97, 99-03)...198 Season: 2,156 by Michelle Marsh, 1988 3) Beth Dalton (1981-84, 91)...... 110 1,630 by Kristin Colson, 2002 4) Sue Kelly (1986-90)...... 103 Season (Rally-Scoring): Career: 4,873 by Michelle Howland, 1998-01 Coaching Wins (Big South Only) 1) Shane Pinder (2004-P)...... 124 Blocks 2) Chris Phillips (‘92-97, 99-03)....83 Match: 18 by Kari LeBlanc vs. Virginia Tech, 9/5/89 Match (Rally-Scoring): 13 by Loren Thomas at Winthrop, 10/21/11 Big South Career Records Season: 294 by Kim Lawson, 1992 Overall Coaching Wins Season (Rally-Scoring): 155 by Loren Thomas, 2011 1) Julie Torbett (UNCA/WU)...... 337 Career: 532 by Kim Lawson, 1990-92 2) Kristen Bauer (Coastal)...... 223 3) Shane Pinder (Liberty)...... 222 4) Chris Phillips (Liberty/G-W)....220 Aces Match: 11 by Kim Thomas vs. Western Carolina, 9/29/90 Coaching Wins (Big South Only) Match (Rally-Scoring): 9 by Kallie Corbin vs. Navy, 9/15/06 1) Julie Torbett (UNCA/WU)...... 145 Season: 93 by Becky Shannon, 1988 2) Shane Pinder (Liberty)...... 124 52 by Kallie Corbin, 2006 3) Kristen Bauer (Coastal)...... 110 Season (Rally-Scoring): Career: 213 by Nikki Keznor, 1991-94
Digs Match: Theresa Bream 45 vs. Maryland, 11/9/90 Match (Rally-Scoring): 38 by Margaret Latchford at Campbell, 10/9/15 Season: 686 by Theresa Bream, 1990 Season (Rally-Scoring): 653 by Kelly Haseman, 2010 Career: 1,989 by Kelly Haseman, 2008-11
TEAM SINGLE-MATCH RECORDS
Overall Rally-Scoring (2001-Present) Kills - Kills - 100 vs. Coastal Carolina, 10/23/99 96 at Coastal Carolina, 11/10/01
Attack Percentage - Attack Percentage - .484 (50K-5E-93TA) vs. The Citadel, 9/17/11 .484 (50K-5E-93TA) vs. The Citadel, 9/17/11
Assists - Assists - 94 vs. Coastal Carolina, 10/23/99 92 at Coastal Carolina, 11/10/01
Blocks - Blocks - 39 vs. Virginia Tech, 9/5/89 20.5 at Radford, 9/23/11
Aces - Aces - 23 vs. Rutgers, 9/15/90 21 vs. Delaware State, 9/13/02
Digs - Digs - 156 vs. Maryland, 11/9/90 121 at Coastal Carolina, 11/10/01 Current Lady Flames’ 2016 Lady Flames’ Individual Honors Program Single-Season All-Time Honors Preseason All-Big South Leaders (All-Time) Jr. S Anna Willey Digs 1 Anna Willey So. L Margaret Latchford 1) Theresa Bream (1990)...... 686 2016 Preseason All-Big South 2) Kelly Haseman (2010)...... 653 2015 Big South Honorable Mention Kennesaw State All-Tournament Team (Aug. 27) 3) Kelly Haseman (2009)...... 560 Jr. MB Sirena Vorster 4) Nicole Nice (1992)...... 545 5 Hannah Weidner 5) Gabrielle Shipe (2014)...... 542 2014 VaSID State Rookie of the Year 6) Jessica Nelson (2007)...... 524 2014 Big South Second Team 2015 Lady Flames’ Individual Honors 7) Gabrielle Shipe (2012)...... 510 2014 Big South All-Freshman Team VaSID All-State Univeristy Division Volleyball Team 3-Time Big South Freshman of the Week 8) Nikki Keznor (1993)...... 509 (9/8/14; 9/15/14; 10/13/14) R-Sr. MB Jade Vorster (First team) 9) Margaret Latchford (2015)...502 R-Sr. OH Caroline Douglas (Second team) 10) Lara Bartolomeo (2007)...... 495 19 Margaret Latchford Fr. Libero Margaret Latchford (Second team 2016 Preseason All-Big South Assists 2015 VaSID All-State Second Team 1) Michelle Marsh (1988)...... 2,156 2015 Big South All-Freshman Team Preseason All-Big South 2) Kristin Colson (2002)...... 1,630 Big South Defensive Player of the Week R-Sr. OH Caroline Douglas 3) Kalle Corbin (2007)...... 1,625 (10/5/15; 11/16/15) Sr. MB Jade Vorster 4) Laura Miller (1992)...... 1,570 21 Sirena Vorster 5) Michelle Howland (1999).....1,530 2014 Big South All-Freshman Team Big South All-Conference Team 6) Michelle Howland (2001).....1,512 Big South Freshman of the Week R-Sr. MB Jade Vorster (First team) 7) Laura Miller (1990)...... 1,350 (10/28/14) R-Sr. OH Caroline Douglas (First team) 8) Kristin Colson (2004)...... 1,334 9) Jade Craycraft (2010)...... 1,284 23 Michelle Melendez So. S Anna Willey (Honorable mention) (at Palm Beach State CC) 10) Kristin Colson (2003)...... 1,270 2014 Southern Conference Second Team Big South All-Freshman Team -- Anna Willey (2015)...... 1,096 2013, 2014 FCSAA All-Academic team L Margaret Latchford Head Coach Shane Pinder Program Single-Season Winningest Coach in Program History Big South All-Academic Team Leaders (Rally-Scoring) (Both overall and conference wins) R-Sr. MB Jade Vorster 3-Time Big South Coach of the Year Digs (2007, 2010, 2012) 1) Kelly Haseman (2010)...... 653 4-Time VaSID State Coach of the Year Preseason All-Big South 2) Kelly Haseman (2009)...... 560 (2007, 2008, 2011, 2012) R-Sr. OH Caroline Douglas 3) Gabrielle Shipe (2014)...... 542 R-Sr. MB Jade Vorster 4) Jessica Nelson (2007)...... 524 5) Gabrielle Shipe (2012)...... 510 Big South Player of the Week 6) Margaret Latchford (2015)...502 R-Sr. OH Caroline Douglas - Oct. 27 7) Lara Bartolomeo (2007)...... 495 8) Lara Bartolomeo (2006)...... 494 Big South Defensive Player of the Week 9) Kelly Haseman (2011)...... 469 Fr. Libero Margaret Latchford - Oct. 5 10) Jennifer Belk (2002)...... 442 Fr. Libero Margaret Latchford - Nov. 16 Assists 1) Kristin Colson (2002)...... 1,630 Liberty’s All-Time 20-win seasons 2) Kallie Corbin (2007)...... 1,625 34-23: 1983 3) Michelle Howland (2001).....1,512 30-16: 1984 4) Kristin Colson (2004)...... 1,334 27-9: 2007 (NCAA Division I program record) 5) Jade Craycraft (2010)...... 1,284 26-9: 1997 6) Kristin Colson (2003)...... 1,270 26-11: 1979 7) Lara Bartolomeo (2005)...... 1,258 8) Jade Craycraft (2012)...... 1,152 25-8: 2012 9) Kallie Corbin (2008)...... 1,144 25-9: 2008 10) Caila Stapleton (2014)...... 1,126 25-9: 2010 -- Anna Willey (2015)...... 1,096 24-8: 1988 24-10: 1996 23-10: 2014 23-11: 2003 23-21: 1986 22-8: 1987 22-10: 1999 22-18: 1980 21-11: 2001 21-14: 1998 21-19: 1992 20-13: 2011 20-14: 2009 Liberty Individual 2016 Season/Career Highs (while at Liberty)
1 - Anna Willey 2 - Anna Gragg 4 - Casey Goodwin Kills 1 vs. Pittsburgh (8/26) Kills 6 at Kennesaw State (8/27) Kills 11 vs. Missouri (8/27) Career 8 at Appalachian State (9/12/15) Career Same Career Same Aces -- Digs -- Aces 2 vs. PIttsburgh (8/26) Career 2, 3 times (mr at G-W, 11/14/15) Career -- Career Same Assists 11 vs. Pittsburgh (8/26) Solo Blocks 1 vs. Missouri (8/27) Assists -- Career 63 at Gardner-Webb (11/14/15) Career Same Career -- Digs 4 vs. Missouri (8/27) Block Assists 3 at Kennesaw State (8/27) Digs 2, 2 times (mr at Kennesaw St., 8/27) Career 19, 2 times (mr vs. Campbell, 11/7/15) Career Same Career Same Blocks 1 vs. Pittsburgh (8/26) Blocks 3 at Kennesaw State (8/27) Blocks 2, 2 times (mr vs. Missouri, 8/27) Career 6, 2 times (mr at Campbell, 11/8/14) Career Same Career Same 5 - Hannah Weidner 7 - Sydney Morris 8 - Hannah Morris Kills 11 at UNC Asheville (11/13) Kills 2 vs. Missouri (8/27) Kills 2, 2 times (mr vs. Missouri, 8/27) Career 20 at Coastal Carolina (10/18/14) Career 7, 2 times (mr vs. Chatt., 9/18/15) Career Same Digs 5 at Campbell (10/9) Aces -- Aces 4 at Kennesaw State (8/27) Career 5, 3 times (mr at Campbell, 10/9/15) Career 1, 4 times (mr vs. Radford, 10/30/15) Career Same Solo Blocks 1 at High Point (10/10) Assists 1 vs. Missouri (8/27) Assists 47 at Kennesaw State (8/27) Career 1, 4 times (mr at High Point, 10/10/15) Career 1, 2 times (mr vs. Missouri, 8/27/16) Career Same Block Assists 5 at Winthrop (10/24) Digs 1 vs. Missouri (8/27) Digs 12 at Kennesaw State (8/27) Career 5, 5 times (mr at Winthrop, 10/24/15) Career 3, 2 times (mr vs. Radford, 10/30/15) Career Same Blocks 5 at Winthrop (10/24) Blocks 2 vs. Missouri (8/27) Blocks 4 at Kennesaw State (8/27) Career 5, 6 times (mr at Winthrop, 10/24/15) Career 3, 3 times (mr vs. Radford, 10/30/15) Career Same 10 - Kainah Williams 15 - Leah Clayton 19 - Margaret Latchford Kills 1 vs. Pitt (8/26) Kills 15 at Kennesaw State (8/27) Kills -- Career Same Career Same Career 1, 3 times (mr at PC, 10/23/15) Digs -- Aces 1 vs. Pitt (8/26) Aces 1 vs. Pitt (8/26) Career -- Career Same Career 3 vs. Radford (11/19/15) Solo Blocks -- Assists 2 vs. Pitt (8/26) Assists 4, 4 times (mr at UNCA, 11/13) Career -- Career Same Career 4, 4 times (mr at UNCA, 11/13/15) Block Assists 1 vs. Pitt (8/26) Digs 17 at Kennesaw State (8/27) Digs 10 vs. Missouri (8/27) Career Same Career Same Career 38 at Campbell (10/10/15) Blocks 1 vs. Pitt (8/26) Blocks 2 vs. Missouri (8/27) Blocks -- Career Same Career Same Career -- 20 - Gabrielle Vess 21 - Sirena Vorster 22 - Meegan Williams Kills 16 at Kennesaw State (8/27) Kills 8 at Kennesaw State (8/27) Kills -- Career 19 vs. FDU (8/29/15) Career 14 vs. Presbyterian (10/24/14) Career -- Aces -- Aces 2 vs. Pitt (8/26) Aces -- Career 4 at High Point (11/7/14) Career 3, 2 times (mr at UNCA, 10/4/14) Career -- Assists 1, 6 times (mr at Campbell, 10/9) Assists 1 at Kennesaw State (8/27) Assists -- Career 2 vs. Radford (9/26/14) Career 2 vs. Houston Baptist (9/5/15) Career -- Digs 13 at Kennesaw State (8/27) Digs 2 vs. Pitt (8/26) Digs -- Career 14 vs. Radford (11/19/15) Career 9 vs. UNC Asheville (10/3/15) Career -- Blocks 3 vs. Missouri (8/27) Blocks 9 vs. Missouri (8/27) Blocks -- Career 4, 3 times (mr vs. Radford, 11/19/15) Career 9 vs. Missouri (8/27/16) Career -- 23 - Michelle Melendez 24 - Payton Carter Kills -- Kills -- Career 1 at Virginia Tech (9/19/15) Career -- Aces -- Aces -- Career 2, 2 times (mr at UNCA, 11/13/15) Career -- Assists 4 at Kennesaw State (8/27) Assists -- Career 4 at Kennesaw State (8/27/16) Career -- Digs 22 at Kennesaw State (8/27) Digs -- Career 22, 2 times (mr at KSU, 8/27/16) Career -- Blocks -- Blocks -- Career -- Career -- IndividualCareer Career Stats History
CLAYTON, Leah
Season sp-mp k k/s e ta pct a a/s ta ast% sa sa/s se ta srv% 2016 10-3 30 3.00 22 105 . 0 7 6 3 0.30 13 . 2 3 1 1 0.10 6 30 . 8 0 0 TOTAL 10-3 30 3.00 22 105 . 0 7 6 3 0.30 13 . 2 3 1 1 0.10 6 30 . 8 0 0
Season dig d/s re ta rec% bs ba tb b/s be bhe points pts/s 2016 36 3.60 3 70 . 9 5 7 0 3 3 0.30 0 0 32.5 3.20 TOTAL 36 3.60 3 70 . 9 5 7 0 3 3 0.30 0 0 32.5 3.20
GOODWIN, Casey
Season sp-mp k k/s e ta pct a a/s ta ast% sa sa/s se ta srv% 2016 10-3 26 2.60 16 67 . 1 4 9 0 0.00 5 . 0 0 0 4 0.40 8 29 . 7 2 4 TOTAL 10-3 26 2.60 16 67 . 1 4 9 0 0.00 5 . 0 0 0 4 0.40 8 29 . 7 2 4
Season dig d/s re ta rec% bs ba tb b/s be bhe points pts/s 2016 5 0.50 0 3 1.000 0 4 4 0.40 0 0 32.0 3.20 TOTAL 5 0.50 0 3 1.000 0 4 4 0.40 0 0 32.0 3.20
GRAGG, Anna
Season sp-mp k k/s e ta pct a a/s ta ast% sa sa/s se ta srv% 2016 7-2 7 1.00 5 22 . 0 9 1 0 0.00 1 . 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 . 0 0 0 TOTAL 7-2 7 1.00 5 22 . 0 9 1 0 0.00 1 . 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 . 0 0 0
Season dig d/s re ta rec% bs ba tb b/s be bhe points pts/s 2016 0 0.00 0 1 1.000 1 5 6 0.86 0 0 10.5 1.43 TOTAL 0 0.00 0 1 1.000 1 5 6 0.86 0 0 10.5 1.43
LATCHFORD, Margaret
Season sp-mp k k/s e ta pct a a/s ta ast% sa sa/s se ta srv% 2015 107-28 3 0.03 1 9 . 2 2 2 54 0.50 270 . 2 0 0 18 0.17 19 385 . 9 5 1 2016 10-3 0 0.00 0 0 . 0 0 0 4 0.40 12 . 3 3 3 1 0.10 1 12 . 9 1 7 TOTAL 117-31 3 0.03 1 9 . 2 2 2 58 0.50 282 . 2 0 6 19 0.16 20 397 . 9 5 0
Season dig d/s re ta rec% bs ba tb b/s be bhe points pts/s 2015 502 4.69 28 419 . 9 3 3 0 0 0 0.00 0 1 21.0 0.20 2016 23 2.30 3 50 . 9 4 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 1.0 0.10 TOTAL 525 4.49 31 469 . 9 3 4 0 0 0 0.00 0 1 22.0 0.19
MELENDEZ, Michelle
Season sp-mp k k/s e ta pct a a/s ta ast% sa sa/s se ta srv% 2015 91-27 1 0.01 0 3 . 3 3 3 26 0.29 85 . 3 0 6 9 0.10 15 261 . 9 4 3 2016 10-3 0 0.00 0 0 . 0 0 0 6 0.60 23 . 2 6 1 0 0.00 2 27 . 9 2 6 TOTAL 101-30 1 0.01 0 3 . 3 3 3 32 0.32 108 . 2 9 6 9 0.09 17 288 . 9 4 1
Season dig d/s re ta rec% bs ba tb b/s be bhe points pts/s 2015 194 2.13 23 282 . 9 1 8 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 10.0 0.11 2016 38 3.80 1 41 . 9 7 6 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.0 0.00 TOTAL 232 2.30 24 323 . 9 2 6 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 10.0 0.10 IndividualCareer Career Stats History
MORRIS, Hannah
Season sp-mp k k/s e ta pct a a/s ta ast% sa sa/s se ta srv% 2016 8-3 4 0.50 2 11 . 1 8 2 74 9.25 238 . 3 1 1 4 0.50 3 37 . 9 1 9 TOTAL 8-3 4 0.50 2 11 . 1 8 2 74 9.25 238 . 3 1 1 4 0.50 3 37 . 9 1 9
Season dig d/s re ta rec% bs ba tb b/s be bhe points pts/s 2016 23 2.88 0 1 1.000 1 6 7 0.88 0 3 12.0 1.50 TOTAL 23 2.88 0 1 1.000 1 6 7 0.88 0 3 12.0 1.50
MORRIS, Sydney
Season sp-mp k k/s e ta pct a a/s ta ast% sa sa/s se ta srv% 2015 43-18 60 1.40 36 175 . 1 3 7 1 0.02 11 . 0 9 1 4 0.09 10 56 . 8 2 1 2016 4-2 3 0.75 5 16 - . 1 2 5 1 0.25 1 1.000 0 0.00 1 9 . 8 8 9 TOTAL 47-20 63 1.34 41 191 . 1 1 5 2 0.04 12 . 1 6 7 4 0.09 11 65 . 8 3 1
Season dig d/s re ta rec% bs ba tb b/s be bhe points pts/s 2015 14 0.33 3 16 . 8 1 2 0 16 16 0.37 6 0 72.0 1.67 2016 1 0.25 1 14 . 9 2 9 0 2 2 0.50 0 0 4.0 1.00 TOTAL 15 0.32 4 30 . 8 6 7 0 18 18 0.38 6 0 76.0 1.62
VESS, Gabrielle
Season sp-mp k k/s e ta pct a a/s ta ast% sa sa/s se ta srv% 2014 66-20 101 1.53 78 350 . 0 6 6 4 0.06 22 . 1 8 2 5 0.08 7 35 . 8 0 0 2015 64-24 162 2.53 96 519 . 1 2 7 6 0.09 29 . 2 0 7 4 0.06 18 94 . 8 0 9 2016 10-3 24 2.40 23 93 . 0 1 1 0 0.00 7 . 0 0 0 0 0.00 5 25 . 8 0 0 TOTAL 140-47 287 2.05 197 962 . 0 9 4 10 0.07 58 . 1 7 2 9 0.06 30 154 . 8 0 5
Season dig d/s re ta rec% bs ba tb b/s be bhe points pts/s 2014 44 0.67 11 150 . 9 2 7 2 17 19 0.29 5 0 116.5 1.76 2015 114 1.78 16 327 . 9 5 1 3 27 30 0.47 5 0 182.5 2.84 2016 22 2.20 2 41 . 9 5 1 0 6 6 0.60 0 0 27.0 2.70 TOTAL 180 1.29 29 518 . 9 4 4 5 50 55 0.39 10 0 326.0 2.33
VORSTER, Sirena
Season sp-mp k k/s e ta pct a a/s ta ast% sa sa/s se ta srv% 2014 76-25 133 1.75 55 325 . 2 4 0 3 0.04 22 . 1 3 6 19 0.25 24 257 . 9 0 7 2015 95-27 176 1.85 67 426 . 2 5 6 8 0.08 50 . 1 6 0 13 0.14 8 282 . 9 7 2 2016 10-3 15 1.50 8 37 . 1 8 9 1 0.10 4 . 2 5 0 2 0.20 2 31 . 9 3 5 TOTAL 181-55 324 1.79 130 788 . 2 4 6 12 0.07 76 . 1 5 8 34 0.19 34 570 . 9 4 0
Season dig d/s re ta rec% bs ba tb b/s be bhe points pts/s 2014 36 0.47 0 15 1.000 4 49 53 0.70 6 0 180.5 2.37 2015 68 0.72 1 17 . 9 4 1 10 61 71 0.75 6 0 229.5 2.41 2016 3 0.30 0 2 1.000 1 16 17 1.70 0 0 26.0 2.60 TOTAL 107 0.59 1 34 . 9 7 1 15 126 141 0.78 12 0 436.0 2.41 IndividualCareer Career Stats History
WEIDNER, Hannah
Season sp-mp k k/s e ta pct a a/s ta ast% sa sa/s se ta srv% 2014 110-29 366 3.33 121 891 . 2 7 5 7 0.06 47 . 1 4 9 6 0.05 7 132 . 9 4 7 2015 91-27 140 1.54 46 406 . 2 3 2 5 0.05 26 . 1 9 2 0 0.00 0 1 1.000 2016 0-0 0 0.00 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 . 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 . 0 0 0 TOTAL 201-56 506 2.52 167 1297 . 2 6 1 12 0.06 73 . 1 6 4 6 0.03 7 133 . 9 4 7
Season dig d/s re ta rec% bs ba tb b/s be bhe points pts/s 2014 62 0.56 1 9 . 8 8 9 3 59 62 0.56 2 2 404.5 3.67 2015 45 0.49 0 2 1.000 1 33 34 0.37 8 2 157.5 1.73 2016 0 0.00 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.0 0.00 TOTAL 107 0.53 1 11 . 9 0 9 4 92 96 0.48 10 4 562.0 2.80
WILLEY, Anna
Season sp-mp k k/s e ta pct a a/s ta ast% sa sa/s se ta srv% 2014 28-13 15 0.54 5 40 . 2 5 0 239 8.54 663 . 3 6 0 4 0.14 4 84 . 9 5 2 2015 107-28 71 0.66 14 169 . 3 3 7 1096 10.24 2873 . 3 8 1 5 0.05 24 371 . 9 3 5 2016 5-2 1 0.20 1 3 . 0 0 0 17 3.40 65 . 2 6 2 0 0.00 0 5 1.000 TOTAL 140-43 87 0.62 20 212 . 3 1 6 1352 9.66 3601 . 3 7 5 9 0.06 28 460 . 9 3 9
Season dig d/s re ta rec% bs ba tb b/s be bhe points pts/s 2014 49 1.75 0 1 1.000 1 21 22 0.79 4 3 30.5 1.07 2015 260 2.43 1 1 . 0 0 0 7 45 52 0.49 10 18 105.5 0.98 2016 5 1.00 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.20 0 1 1.5 0.20 TOTAL 314 2.24 1 2 . 5 0 0 8 67 75 0.54 14 22 137.5 0.98
WILLIAMS, Kainah
Season sp-mp k k/s e ta pct a a/s ta ast% sa sa/s se ta srv% 2016 5-2 1 0.20 3 4 - . 5 0 0 0 0.00 2 . 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 1 1.000 TOTAL 5-2 1 0.20 3 4 - . 5 0 0 0 0.00 2 . 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 1 1.000
Season dig d/s re ta rec% bs ba tb b/s be bhe points pts/s 2016 0 0.00 0 1 1.000 0 1 1 0.20 0 0 1.5 0.20 TOTAL 0 0.00 0 1 1.000 0 1 1 0.20 0 0 1.5 0.20 Miscellaneous Stats Liberty. . . Won a match after losing first set: at Gardner-Webb 11/14/15 (24-26, 25-11, 25-23, 25-20) Team Kill Leaders (includes ties) Won a match after trailing 2-0: vs. High Point 10/11/14 (20-25, 18-25, 25-23, 25-22, 15-12) Player 2016...Career Leah Clayton 1...... 1 Came back from 2-1 deficit to win: at Winthrop 10/24/15 (22-25, 25-22, 20-25, 25-16, 15-12) Casey Goodwin 1...... 1 Swept an opponent: at Presbyterian 10/23/15 (25-18, 25-23, 25-19) Gabrielle Vess 1...... 6 Lost a match after winning opening set: at Kennesaw St. 8/27/16 (25-21, 24-26, 20-25, 18-25) Sirena Vorster 0...... 5 Sydney Morris 0...... 1 Led 2-0 before losing the match: vs. Radford 11/19/15 (25-23, 25-17, 21-25, 20-25, 15-17) Hannah Weidnerr 0...... 8 Led 2-1 in a loss: vs. Radford, 11/19/15 (25-23, 25-17, 21-25, 20-25, 15-17) Was swept: vs. Missouri 8/27/16 (25-27, 18-25, 17-25) 10-Kill Matches 2016...Career Casey Goodwin 2...... 2 Played in a 5-set match: L, 2-3 vs. Radford 11/19/15 (25-23, 25-17, 21-25, 20-25, 15-17) Gabrielle Vess 1...... 9 Won a 5-set match: W, 3-2 at Winthrop 10/24/15 (22-25, 25-22, 20-25, 25-16, 15-12) Leah Clayton 1...... 1 Lost a 5-set match: L, 2-3 vs. Radford 11/19/15 (25-23, 25-17, 21-25, 20-25, 15-17) Hannah Weidner 0...... 25 Sirena Vorster 0...... 12 Posted a 5-match winning streak: Won 5 in a row, 9/25/15-10/9/15 Posted a 10-match winning streak: Won 13 in a row, 9/20/14-10/25/14 20-Kill Matches 2016...Career Hannah Weidner 0...... 1 Kills Liberty had 70+ kills in a match: 71 at Gardner-Webb, 11/14/15 Team Dig Leaders (includes ties) Liberty had 80+ kills in a match: 82 at Presbyterian College, 11/2/07 Michelle Melendez 2...... 3 Leah Clayton 1...... 1 Liberty had four players with 10+ kills: vs. Wright State, 9/20/14 Margaret Latchford 0...... 25 Caroline Douglas 17; Hannah Weidner 15; Jade Vorster 11; Sirena Vorster 11 Gabrielle Vess 0...... 2 Liberty had two players with 15+ kills: at KSU, 8/27/16; Gabrielle Vess 16, Leah Clayton 15 Anna Willey 0...... 2 Liberty had three players with 15+ kills: vs. G-W, 11/14/15; Douglas 23; J. Vorster 16; Vess 15 10-Dig Matches 2016...Career Liberty had two players with 20+ kills: at Coastal Caro. 10/18/14; Douglas 22; Weidner 20 Michelle Melendez 2...... 7 A Liberty player had 20 or more kills: at G-W, 11/14/15; Caroline Douglas - 23 Leah Clayton 2...... 2 Margaret Latchford 1...... 25 A Liberty player had 25 or more kills: vs. Virginia, 9/23/14; Caroline Douglas - 27 Gabrielle Vess 1...... 3 A Liberty player had 30 or more kills: at Coastal Carolina, 11/10/01; Rachel Harnack - 40 Hannah Morris 1...... 1 Anna Willey 0...... 13 Attack Percentage: 20-Dig Matches 2016...Career Liberty hit over .400 as a team: .438 (35-7-64) at N.C. Central, 8/24/12 Michelle Melendez 1...... 2 Margaret Latchford 0...... 11 A Liberty player hit .500+ (Min. 12K): vs. G-W, 10/2/15; Jade Vorster - .571 (19-3-28) A Liberty player hit .600+ (Min. 12K): vs. PC, 10/24/14; Sirena Vorster - .650 (14-1-20) 30-Dig Matches 2016...Career A Liberty player hit .700+ (Min. 12K): at Georgetown, 9/18/12; Loren Thomas - .700 (15-1-20) Margaret Latchford 0...... 3
Team Assist Leaders 2016...Career Assists Hannah Morris 2...... 2 A Liberty player had 50+ assists: at Gardner-Webb, 11/14/15; Anna Willey - 63 Anna Willey 1...... 34 A Liberty player had 60+ assists: at Gardner-Webb, 11/14/15; Anna Willey - 63 40-Assist Matches 2016...Career A Liberty player had 70+ assists: at Charleston Southern, 11/5/04; Kristin Colson - 72 Hannah Morris 1...... 1 Anna Willey 0...... 17 Digs 50-Assist Matches 2016...Career Liberty had 80+ digs: 80 vs. Radford, 11/19/15 Anna Willey 0...... 7 Liberty had 90+ digs: 114 vs. Campbell, 11/7/15 60-Assist Matches 2016...Career Liberty had 100+ digs: 114 vs. Campbell, 11/7/15 Anna Willey 0...... 1 A Liberty player recorded 25+ digs: vs. Radford, 11/19/15; Margaret Latchford - 26
Team Block Leaders (incl. ties) A Liberty player recorded 30+ digs: vs. CSU, 10/16/15; Margaret Latchford - 31 Sirena Vorster 3...... 21 A Liberty player recorded 35+ digs: at Campbell, 10/9/15; Margaret Latchford - 38* Hannah Morris 1...... 1 (* - Latchford’s 38 digs at Campbell are program rally-scoring record) Anna Willey 0...... 5 Hannah Weidner 0...... 2 Blocks Sydney Morris 0...... 1 Liberty had 10+ blocks: 12.0 vs. Missouri, 8/27/16 Liberty had 15+ blocks: 16.5 vs. Virginia, 9/23/14 5-Block Matches 2016...Career Sirena Vorster 2...... 12 Liberty had 20+ blocks: 20.5 at Radford, 9/23/11 Anna Willey 0...... 4 A Liberty player had 7+ blocks: vs. Missouri, 8/27/16; Sirena Vorster - 9 (1 s, 8 a) Hannah Weidner 0...... 6 A Liberty player had 10 or more blocks: vs. High Point, 11/8/13; Kendle Rollins - 11 (0 s, 11 a)
Aces Liberty had 10+ service aces: 10 at Hampton, 8/29/15 Liberty had 15+ service aces: 18 vs. Gardner-Webb, 10/23/10 A Liberty player had 5+ aces: vs. Jacksonville, 8/31/12; Kendle Rollins - 5
Double-Doubles Liberty had 3 players with double-doubles: at Kennesaw State, 8/27/16; Gabrielle Vess (16 k, 13 d); Leah Clayton (15 k, 17 d); Hannah Morris (47 a, 12 d) Liberty had 4 players with double-doubles: at Gardner-Webb, 11/1/08; Karyl Bacon (13 k, 19 d); Kallie Corbin (45 a, 17 d); Chelaine McCarty (14 k, 11 b); Jessica Nelson (12 k, 14 d) 2016 Liberty University Volleyball Liberty Combined Team Statistics (as of Aug 28, 2016) All matches
RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES 0-3 0-0 0-1 0-2 CONFERENCE 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 NON-CONFERENCE 0-3 0-0 0-1 0-2
Attack Set Serve Dig Blocking ## Player sp k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa se sa/s re dig dig/s bs ba total blk/s be bhe points 15 CLAYTON, Leah 10 30 3.00 22 105 . 0 7 6 3 0.30 1 6 0.10 3 36 3.60 0 3 3 0.30 0 0 32.5 4 GOODWIN, Casey 10 26 2.60 16 67 . 1 4 9 0 0.00 4 8 0.40 0 5 0.50 0 4 4 0.40 0 0 32.0 20 VESS, Gabrielle 10 24 2.40 23 93 . 0 1 1 0 0.00 0 5 0.00 2 22 2.20 0 6 6 0.60 0 0 27.0 21 VORSTER, Sirena 10 15 1.50 8 37 . 1 8 9 1 0.10 2 2 0.20 0 3 0.30 1 16 17 1.70 0 0 26.0 2 GRAGG, Anna 7 7 1.00 5 22 . 0 9 1 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 1 5 6 0.86 0 0 10.5 7 MORRIS, Sydney 4 3 0.75 5 16 - . 1 2 5 1 0.25 0 1 0.00 1 1 0.25 0 2 2 0.50 0 0 4.0 8 MORRIS, Hannah 8 4 0.50 2 11 . 1 8 2 74 9.25 4 3 0.50 0 23 2.88 1 6 7 0.88 0 3 12.0 10 WILLIAMS, Kainah 5 1 0.20 3 4 - . 5 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 1 1 0.20 0 0 1.5 1 WILLEY, Anna 5 1 0.20 1 3 . 0 0 0 17 3.40 0 0 0.00 0 5 1.00 0 1 1 0.20 0 1 1.5 19 LATCHFORD, Margaret 10 0 0.00 0 0 . 0 0 0 4 0.40 1 1 0.10 3 23 2.30 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 1.0 23 MELENDEZ, Michelle 10 0 0.00 0 0 . 0 0 0 6 0.60 0 2 0.00 1 38 3.80 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.0 TEAM ------1 ------LIBERTY 10 111 11.10 85 358 . 0 7 3 106 10.60 12 28 1.20 11 156 15.60 3 44 25.0 2.50 0 4 148.0 Opponents 10 121 12.10 53 368 . 1 8 5 111 11.10 11 23 1.10 12 142 14.20 4 48 28.0 2.80 6 2 160.0
Team Statistics LIBERTY OPP Date Opponent Score Score by set Att. ATTACK !Aug 26 vs Pittsburgh L 0-3 15-25,15-25,26-28 0 K i l l s 111 121 !Aug 27 at Kennesaw State L 1-3 25-21,24-26,20-25,18-25 538 E r r o r s 8 5 5 3 !Aug 27 vs Missouri L 0-3 25-27,18-25,17-25 0 Total Attacks 358 368 Attack Pct . 0 7 3 . 1 8 5 ! - Kennesaw State Invitational (Kennesaw, Ga.) K i l l s / S e t 11.1 12.1 SET Record in 3-set matches: 0-2 A s s i s t s 106 111 Record in 4-set matches: 0-1 A t t e m p t s 3 7 1 3 6 1 Record in 5-set matches: 0-0 Assist Pct . 2 8 6 . 3 0 7 A s s i s t s / S e t 10.6 11.1 SERVE A c e s 12 11 E r r o r s 28 23 A t t e m p t s 2 0 6 2 4 9 Serve Pct . 8 6 4 . 9 0 8 A c e s / S e t 1.2 1.1 SERVE RECEPTIONS E r r o r s 1 1 1 2 E r r o r s / S e t 1.1 1.2 A t t e m p t s 2 2 6 1 7 8 Reception Pct . 9 5 1 . 9 3 3 DEFENSE D i g s 156 142 D i g s / S e t 15.6 14.2 BLOCKING Block Solo 3 4 Block Assist 44 48 Total Blocks 25.0 28.0 B l o c k s / S e t 2.5 2.8 Block Errors 0 6 Ball handling errors 4 2 ATTENDANCE T o t a l 0 538 Dates/Avg Per Date 0/0 1/538 Neutral site #/Avg 2/0 Current win streak 0 - Home win streak 0 - 2016 LIBERTY VOLLEYBALL SPOTTER CHART
1 - Anna Willey 2 - Anna Gragg 4 - Casey Goodwin 5 - Hannah Weidner 7 - Sydney Morris Jr. - Bettendorf, Iowa Fr. - Missoula, Mont. Fr. - Rougemont, N.C. Jr. - Shorewood, Minn. R-So. - Altavista, Va.
8 - Hannah Morris 10 - Kainah Williams 15 - Leah Clayton 19 - Margaret Latchford 20 - Gabrielle Vess Fr. - Lynchburg, Va. Fr. - Spring Branch, Texas Fr. - Danville, Va. So. - Virginia Beach, Va. Jr. - Fredericksburg, Va.
21 - Sirena Vorster 22 - Meegan Williams 23 - Michelle Melendez 24 - Payton Carter So. - Wellington, Fla. Fr. - St. Louis, Mo. Sr. - Miami, Fla. Sr. - Fort Mill, S.C.
Assistant Coach Head Coach Assistant Coach Cassie Crumal (2nd yr.) Shane Pinder (13th yr.) Macey Gardner (1st yr.)