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2018 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 2018 Schedule Big Spike in Berkeley Overall Record: 8-1 Pac-12 Record: 0-0 Stanford also hosts Arizona on Sunday Date Opponent Location Result/ PT 8/26 American Washington, D.C. W, 3-0 8/27 Howard Washington, D.C. W, 3-0 THIS WEEK: No. 2 Stanford begins Pac-12 play this week on the road 8/31 #9 BYU Provo, Utah L, 3-2& at Bay Area rival California on Wednesday at 8 p.m. The Cardinal will 9/1 Wichita State Provo, Utah W, 3-0 also host Arizona on Sunday at noon for the lone meeting between the 9/1 West Virginia Provo, Utah W, 3-0 9/7 #5 Penn State Stanford, Calif. W, 3-0# teams this season. 9/9 #1 Minnesota Stanford, Calif. W, 3-1# 9/11 #3 Texas Stanford, Calif. W, 3-0# CATCH THE CARDINAL: Live stats for both matches will be available 9/14 #3 Texas Austin, Texas 6 p.m.$ 9/19 California* Berkeley, Calif. 8 p.m.# on the women’s volleyball schedule page on GoStanford.com. Wednes- 9/23 Arizona* Stanford, Calif. 12 p.m.# day's match will be televised on Pac-12 Network, while Sunday's will 9/26 UCLA* Stanford, Calif. 7 p.m.# air on Pac-12 Arizona and Pac-12 Bay Area. 9/28 USC* Stanford, Calif. 8 p.m.% 10/5 Utah* Salt Lake City, Utah 5 p.m.# 10/7 Colorado* Boulder, Colo. 11 a.m.# PROMOTIONS: Sunday's match is Scout Day. All boy scouts or girl 10/12 Washington State* Stanford, Calif. 8 p.m.# scouts can receive a discounted ticket and a free Stanford patch while 10/13 Washington* Stanford, Calif. 7:30 p.m.# 10/19 Oregon State* Corvallis, Ore. 7 p.m.# supplies last. Call 1-800-STANFORD for more information. The team 10/21 Oregon* Eugene, Ore. 11 a.m.% will also be signing postmatch autographs. 10/26 USC* Los Angeles, Calif. 7 p.m.# 10/28 UCLA* Los Angeles, Calif. 4 p.m.# 11/2 Colorado* Stanford, Calif. 7 p.m.# HOME SWEET HOME: Dating back to 2016, Stanford's 22-match home 11/4 Utah* Stanford, Calif. 2 p.m.# winning streak is the longest in the nation. The Cardinal went a perfect 11/8 Oregon* Stanford, Calif. 8 p.m.# 11-0 in its regular season home matches in 2017, and is 3-0 to start this 11/9 Oregon State* Stanford, Calif. 7 p.m. 11/16 Washington State* Pullman, Wash. 7 p.m. season. Over the past five-plus seasons, the Cardinal is 74-8 (.902) at 11/18 Washington* Seattle, Wash. 1 p.m.# home. 11/21 Arizona State* Tempe, Ariz. 4 p.m. 11/24 California* Stanford, Calif. TBD# 11/30-12/1 NCAA First and Second Rounds 2018 Stanford Volleyball Roster 12/7-8 NCAA Regionals No Name Pos Ht Yr Hometown (High School) 12/13-15 Final Four Minneapolis, Minn. 1 Jenna Gray S 6-1 JR Shawnee, Kan. (St. James Academy) 2 Kathryn Plummer OH 6-6 JR Aliso Viejo, Calif. (Aliso Niguel) 3 Holly Campbell MB 6-4 FR Austin, Texas (Westlake) *Pac-12 conference match • Bold indicates home match played at Maples Pavilion 4 Meghan McClure OH 6-0 SO Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif. (Santa Margarita) &BYUtv | #Pac-12 Networks | $Longhorn Network | %ESPN2 5 Blake Sharp OH 5-11 SO Orinda, Calif. (Miramonte) 6 Tami Alade MB 6-2 SR Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada (Old Scona Academic) 7 Mackenzie Fidelak OPP 6-1 FR Erie, Colo. (Niwot) STANFORD VOLLEYBALL 8 Michaela Keefe OH 6-2 RS SO Pacific Palisades, Calif. (Marymount) 9 Morgan Hentz L 5-9 JR Lakeside Park, Ky. (Notre Dame Academy) BY THE NUMBERS 10 Payton Chang S 5-10 SR Newport Beach, Calif. (Mater Dei) 11 Kate Formico DS 5-9 SO Saratoga, Calif. (Archbishop Mitty) NCAA Championships ............................................................7 12 Audriana Fitzmorris OPP 6-6 JR Overland Park, Kan. (St. James Academy) Final Four Appearances .......................................................21 19 Alexis Froistad MB 6-2 SR Aromas, Calif. (Salinas) National Championship Matches .......................................15 20 Caitlin Keefe DS 5-11 JR Pacific Palisades, Calif. (Marymount) NCAA Tournament Wins ....................................................119 21 Sidney Wilson DS 6-0 SO Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Havergal College) Consecutive Years in the NCAA Tournament ......................38 25 Courtney Bowen MB 6-4 SR Brooklyn, N.Y. (The Chapin School) Conference Championships ................................................20 30+ Win Seasons ..................................................................18 Head Coach: Kevin Hambly, 2nd season (Illinios ‘06) National Players of the Year ................................................18 Associate Head Coach: Denise Corlett, 30th season (UCLA ‘81) All-America Awards ..............................................................95 Assistant Coach: Erin Lindsey, 2nd season (North Carolina ‘00) Conference Players of the Year ...........................................18 Volunteer Assistant Coach: Russell Corbelli, 1st season (Texas A&M ‘16) All-Conference Selections .................................................135 CoSIDA Academic All-America Awards ...............................18 Pronunciation Guide: Tami Alade (uh-LAD-aye) Courtney Bowen (BOW-in) Honda Award Winners ...........................................................8 Mackenzie Fidelak (fi-DELL-ick) Audriana Fitzmorris (audri-ON-uh) Kate Formico (FORM-ick-o) Olympians ..............................................................................9 Alexis Froistad (FROY-stad) Michaela Keefe (mi-KAY-luh) --2018 Stanford Volleyball-- Stanford won a pair of matches against No. 3 Texas, sweeping the AVCA Coaches’ Poll LAST WEEK: (Sept. 17) Longhorns at home on Tuesday before earning a four-set victory in Austin on Friday. Junior outside hitter Kathryn Plummer led the squad with 4.43 kills and 1. BYU (58) 2. STANFORD (6) 2.86 digs per set, while junior opposite Audriana Fitzmorris added 3.00 kills per 3. Nebraska set on .312 hitting. Junior libero Morgan Hentz averaged 5.43 digs per set while 4. Penn State 5. Texas breaking into the top 10 at Stanford in career digs. Plummer and Hentz were 6. Wisconsin 7. Minnesota repeat selections for Pac-12 Offensive and Defensive Players of the Week, re- 8. Illinois spectively. 9. Pittsburgh 10. Creighton 11. Florida SCOUTING CALIFORNIA: Cal went 8-3 during the nonconference portion of its 12. Oregon 13. Washington schedule. The Golden Bears are hitting .245 as a team and rank fourth in the 14. USC Pac-12 with a .170 opponent hitting percentage and sixth with 1.39 aces per set. 15. Cal Poly 16. Purdue Sophomore outside hitter Mima Mirkovic leads the team with 3.20 kills, 3.85 digs 17. UCLA and 0.34 aces per set. Sophomore middle blocker Preslie Anderson is second in 18. Michigan 19. Baylor the conference with a .404 attack percentage. 20. Kentucky 21. Marquette 22. Washington State THE SERIES WITH THE GOLDEN BEARS: Stanford holds a 73-11 lead in the all- 23. Utah time series against Cal. The Cardinal has won 12 in a row against the Golden 24. San Diego 25. Alabama Bears. Cal's most recent win was a four-set victory on Nov. 25, 2011. STANFORD IN THE 2018 POLL Date Rank Date Rank SCOUTING ARIZONA: The Wildcats are 11-1 to start the season with their only Preseason 1 setback coming in five sets at New Mexico State. Arizona leads the Pac-12 with Aug. 27 1 Sept. 3 4 14.98 kills per set and rank second in opponent hitting percentage (.155). The Sept. 10 2 Sept. 17 2 Wildcats are led by senior outside hitter Kendra Dahlke, who paces the confer- ence with 5.40 kills and 5.66 points per set. Junior setter Julia Patterson controls Ranking Records... the offense with 11.47 assists per set, while junior libero Makenna Martin is ninth • 482 all-time weeks in the top-10 in the league with 3.92 digs per set. • 527 total weeks in the poll • 71 weeks ranked No. 1 2018 SEASON FACTS THE LAST TIME STANFORD... Stanford’s Record When... Playing at home: 3-0 Playing on the road: 3-1 Won a match ........................................................................................................at Texas, 9/14/18 Playing at a neutral site: 2-0 Lost a match .......................................................................................................... at BYU, 8/31/18 Longest winning streak: 6 Won at home ......................................................................................................vs. Texas, 9/11/18 Longest losing streak: 1 In three sets: 6-0 Lost at home .....................................................................................................vs. UCLA, 11/12/16 In four sets: 2-0 Won on the road ..................................................................................................at Texas, 9/14/18 In five sets: 0-1 Stanford wins first set: 8-0 Lost on the road..................................................................................................... at BYU, 8/31/18 Opponent wins first set: 0-1 Won 3-0 ..............................................................................................................vs. Texas, 9/11/18 Winning first two sets: 7-0 Lost 3-0 ....................................................................................... vs. Loyola Marymount, 12/4/15 Losing first two sets: 0-1 Splitting first two sets: 1-0 Won 3-0 at home ................................................................................................vs. Texas, 9/11/18 Hitting .250 or better: 7-0 Lost 3-0 at home .......................................................................... vs. Loyola Marymount, 12/4/15 Hitting