Knights Weekly Report

Sports Information Director - Cody Harrod Warner Pacific College 503-517-1064 | [email protected] KNIGHTS WEEKLY REPORT OCTOBER 17, 2013 2013 Schedule/REsults VOLLEYBALL: Knights start second round of CCC play at Date Opponent Time/Result Corban, NCU 8/22 MSU – Northern% L 1-3 8/22 Carroll% L 0-3 COMING UP: vs. Evergreen, Friday, 7:00 pm, C.C. Perry Gym 8/23 Rocky Mountain% L 1-3 Earlier this year: ESC win 3-1 | All-time*: WP 18 wins, ESC 6 wins 8/23 Great Falls% L 0-3 8/24 Montana-Western% L 0-3 COMING UP: vs. Northwest, Saturday, 7:00 pm, C.C. Perry Gym 8/24 Montana Tech% L 0-3 8/26 Simpson W 3-0 Earlier this year: NU win 3-0 | All-time*: WP 6 wins, NU 19 wins 8/30 Mills W 3-0 9/6 @Northwest* L 0-3 LAST WEEK: at Corban (L 0-3), at Northwest Christian (L 2-3) 9/7 @Evergreen * L 1-3 9/13 Northwest Christian* L 2-3 LIVE STATS/VIDEO: All home volleyball matches will feature live stats and video thanks to our 9/14 Corban* W 3-2 partnership with Stretch Internet. Live stats and video are available online at 9/17 Saint Martin’s L 1-3 www.wpcknights.com/live. There is a fee for the video portion, and season passes are avail- 9/20 @Oregon Tech* L 1-3 able. 9/21 @Southern Oregon* L 1-3 9/24 New Hope Christian W 3-0 9/27 Concordia* L 0-3 WEEKEND PREVIEW - EVERGREEN: The Knights have a rematch with the Geoducks on Friday, 10/4 Eastern Oregon* L 1-3 who snapped their 39 CCC match losing streak in Olympia vs the Knights earlier in the year. 10/5 College of Idaho* L 0-3 Evergreen is a dramtically improved squad under first year coach Anglea Spoja. A handful at 10/11 @Corban* L 0-3 the net is Victoria Love who leads the CCC in kills per set at 3.80. Kelsey Delagrange is a qual- 10/12 @Northwest Christian* L 2-3 ity setter (8.0 apg), while Liza Domingo anchors the back line at 4.80 digs per set. 10/18 Evergreen * 7:00 pm 10/19 Northwest* 7:00 pm WEEKEND PREVIEW - NORTHWEST: Northwest comes to Portland with a four match losing 10/26 @College of Idaho* 7:00 pm streak, but has played very competitive volleyball all year. Rae Ann Hastings (2.62 kpg) and 10/27 @Eastern Oregon* 7:00 pm Sarah Stoker (2.12 kpg) are solid attacking options, while Christina Gleb has taken over set- 11/1 @Concordia* 7:00 pm 11/8 Southern Oregon* 7:00 pm ting duties (3.04 apg). Stoker is also a threat on defense, with 84 total blocks at the net. NU 11/9 Oregon Tech* 7:00 pm swept the Knights in Kirkland earlier this season. RECAP - WP 0, CORBAN 3: Corban University exacted revenge for a previous loss to Warner Cascade Conference Pacific with a 3-0 win (25-19, 25-18, 25-22), in a Cascade Collegiate Conference match inside the C.E. Jeffers Sports Center. Corban got a match-high 11 kills from Bailey and a double- School Conf. Overall double from Shropshire with 10 kills and 17 digs, while libero Katherine Salness anchored Eastern Oregon 11-0 21-2 the Warriors’ defense with a match-high 21 digs. Miah Smith and Jenny Harman provided nine and five kills, respectively, while the setting duo of Payton Wilcox and Haley Meili Concordia 9-2 15-4 handed out a combined 31 assists. At the net, Harman registered a match-high five blocks College of Idaho 9-2 9-8 to go along with a match-high two service aces by Kelsey Wright. Warner Pacific was led Southern Oregon 7-3 10-7 offensively by Julia Toscano with nine kills, while Kristina Naff and Brittany Bevens added Northwest Christian 7-4 14-6 seven and six kills, respectively. Marchelle Bostic handed out a match-high 30 assists for the Knights, while Brandy Velasquez provided the defense with a team-high 16 digs for Warner Oregon Tech 4-6 11-13 Pacific. On the night, Corban hit .192 (41-17-125) versus Warner Pacific’s .095 (33-21-126). Northwest 2-8 6-14 Throughout the three sets, the host Warriors never dropped into negative hitting numbers Corban 2-9 5-15 with Warner Pacific dipping into more errors than kills during the second set. Evergreen 1-9 2-13 -more- Warner Pacific 1-10 4-17 www.cascadeconference.org

*Cascade Collegiate Conference game *Since 2000 % CCC/Frontier Challenge All times are Pacific and subject to change Home games in BOLD and played at CC Perry Gym RECAP - WP 2, NCU 3: For the fourth straight match, Northwest Christian and Warner Pacific went to five sets on Saturday afternoon and for the third consecutive meeting it was NCU on the winning end, 25-22, 15-25, 27-29, 25-17, 15-13. The win helped NCU remain in fifth place, keeping pace just behind the idle Southern Oregon in fourth. Warner Pacific once again came to play against the Beacons, using nine aces and an 11-4 advantage in blocks to keep the match close throughout the afternoon. Julia Toscano did the bulk of the heavy lifting, collecting 18 kills and 15 digs. Marchelle Bostic also registered a double-double as she posted a match-high 50 assists along with 14 digs and a match-high 3 service aces. She was also one of three Knights to finish the night with five blocks along with Kristina Naff and Mikaela Lisoski. Lisoski also put down 13 kills. Brandy Velasquez collected 27 digs and Kelsey Merritt added 14. For NCU, Fetters finished with a team-high 15 kills, adding 13 digs and two aces. Chandler Gabrio added 14 kills and two blocks as she hit .357 to lead all attackers. Alyssa Dorr ran an effective offense in picking up the victory, distributing at least 28 sets to five different players before posting a career-best 49 assists.

KNIGHTS AMONG CCC LEADERS: Julia Toscano - 6th in kills per set (3.07). Marchelle Bostic - 5th in assists per set (8.87), 2nd in aces per set (.45). Brandy Velasquez - 10th in digs per set 3.76).

RECORD BOOK: Several current Knights are in WPC’s career top-10 record book. Kristina Naff ranks #4 in total blocks (141), Devan Belshe ranks #8 in kills (328), and Marchelle Bostic is now #3 in assists (1262) and will surpass Tara Andrews (1276) at #2 before the season is finished. Bostic also climbed into the top 10 in service aces. She has moved to the #6 spot with 68.

INJURY REPORT: Devan Belshe received word of extensive damage to her knee and is now out for the season. Allahna Hartwick is 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.

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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 76 38 0.50 44 165 -.036 674 8.87 1747 .386 34 0.45 20 286 .930 0 1 1.000 137 1.80 1 24 25 0.33 4 14 4 HENRY, Kendra 57 8 0.14 7 47 .021 5 0.09 44 .114 22 0.39 12 176 .932 11 85 .871 57 1.00 1 2 3 0.05 0 2 5 WARICK, Rachel 58 109 1.88 84 321 .078 6 0.10 25 .240 2 0.03 3 10 .700 1 37 .973 22 0.38 1 7 8 0.14 3 2 7 BEVENS, Brittany 42 53 1.26 47 196 .031 3 0.07 13 .231 1 0.02 1 10 .900 1 13 .923 18 0.43 0 7 7 0.17 3 1 8 HERNANDEZ, Loren 36 5 0.14 8 33 -.091 4 0.11 30 .133 0 0.00 0 4 1.000 14 159 .912 27 0.75 0 1 1 0.03 0 0 9 NAFF, Kristina 68 78 1.15 40 226 .168 1 0.01 22 .045 0 0.00 0 3 1.000 2 4 .500 31 0.46 11 29 40 0.59 7 1 10 TOSCANO, Julia 74 227 3.07 114 676 .167 9 0.12 90 .100 12 0.16 29 242 .880 11 116 .905 147 1.99 1 11 12 0.16 4 0 11 MERRITT, Kelsey 68 3 0.04 9 26 -.231 16 0.24 109 .147 7 0.10 7 107 .935 10 252 .960 188 2.76 0 2 2 0.03 0 4 12 LISOSKI, Nicole 75 112 1.49 61 301 .169 3 0.04 20 .150 25 0.33 31 241 .871 1 15 .933 39 0.52 6 20 26 0.35 12 2 13 LISOSKI, Mikaela 73 146 2.00 85 501 .122 9 0.12 138 .065 12 0.16 19 179 .894 24 314 .924 142 1.95 0 15 15 0.21 0 0 14 VELASQUEZ, Brandy 75 0 0.00 13 45 -.289 16 0.21 189 .085 10 0.13 23 210 .890 33 338 .902 282 3.76 0 0 0 0.00 0 2 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...... 76 793 10.43 524 2597 .104 752 9.89 2448 .307 128 1.68 148 1484 .900 130 1551 .916 1104 14.53 21 126 84.0 1.11 33 28 Opponents...... 76 850 11.18 338 2429 .211 778 10.24 2298 .339 130 1.71 130 1709 .924 127 1318 .904 1120 14.74 36 239 155.5 2.05 27 37 24 31 23 30 23 30