WOMEN’S MEDIA GUIDE 2020

ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY SPORT CHAMPIONS GO TIGERS!

# Name Position Ht Elig. Course Yr Hometown 1 Kristen Bartmann Libero 5’7 5 MA Planning 2 Uxbridge, ON 2 Kathleen Fougere Outside 5’9 1 Science 1 , AB 3 Victoria Haworth Middle 6’1 5 Medical Sciences/Engin. 5 Waverley, NS 4 Victoria Turcot Outside 6’2 3 Science 3 Halifax, NS 6 Vienna Harwood Outside 5’10 1 Commerce 2 Halifax, NS 7 Julie Moore Outside 5’11 3 Commerce 3 Halifax, NS 8 Hannah Aldcorn Middle 6’1 4 Commerce 4 Calgary, AB 9 Catherine Callaghan Libero 5’6 2 Electrical Engineering 3 Halifax, NS 10 Courtney Baker Setter 5’11 5 Kinesiology 5 Bridgewater, NS 11 Micaela Sabean Libero 5’11 5 Medicine 1 Bridgewater, NS 12 Myriam Arseneau Middle 6’2 1 Political Science 1 Dieppe, NB 13 Sophia King Outside 6’0 2 Science 2 Brandon, MB 14 Grace Calnan Middle 6’3 1 Science 1 Dartmouth, NS 16 Cassandra Bagnell Middle 6’2 4 Psychology 4 , BC 17 Anika Gaile Almero Setter 5’10 1 Science 1 Brampton, ON 18 Sarah Dawe Outside 5’10 4 MSc. Occupational Therapy 1 Mount Pearl, NL RS Charlotte Arsenault Outside 5’10 1 Engineering 1 , ON

Head Coach: Rick Scott (12th year) Assistant Coaches: Tessa Bulmer, Matt Losier, Brittany Nickerson Strength & Conditioning: Brett Armstrong Head Trainer: Dean Rayner Trainer: Hannah Gibbons Communications: Angela Barrett-Jewers

RICK SCOTT, HEAD COACH

This is Rick’s 12th season as head Hailing from , he has expe- the Year (2006), Elite Coach of the coach of the Tigers. He has done rienced tremendous success coaching Year in 2007 and was inducted into an outstanding job developing his women’s volleyball at the high the Manitoba Volleyball Association’s players and the program, winning school, club and provincial levels over Honour Society (2011). seven consecutive AUS championships the past 20 years. Most recently, Rick and recorded his 200th led Team to a bronze Since arriving in Halifax, Rick has career win last season. He brings medal finish at the 2017 Volleyball been very active in the Nova Scotia great passion and energy to the team Canada U18 championship. He also volleyball community, serving as and an impressive history of success. has four Manitoba AAAA High School the head coach of many of Volley- A three-time AUS coach of the year championships, two National Club ball Nova Scotia’s provincial teams (2016-17, 2014-15 & 2012-13), Rick Open championships, a U17 National including the 2013 head coach of the earned U SPORTS coach of the year Team Challenge Cup championship, . In 2009, he founded honours at the end of the 2016- U16 Western Canadian champion- the Tigers Girls Volleyball Club. 17 season. He is also a four-time ship, a Canada Games silver medal Under Rick’s leadership as director, coach of the and Western Canada Games silver the club has captured thirteen pro- year (2018-19, 2016-17, 2013-14 medal on his coaching resume. Prior vincial championships in ten years. & 2012-13). This past summer Rick to coming to Dalhousie, Rick received Rick served as an assistant coach for had the honour of representing Team numerous coaching accolades from the Canadian Junior National Team Canada as an assistant coach of the the Manitoba Volleyball Association, at the NORCECA Championship in women’s volleyball team at the FISU including recognition as the High Tijuana, Mexico. Games in Naples, Italy. School Coach of the Year twice (1999, 2004), the Developmental Coach of Led by three-time AUS MVP Courtney Bake, the Tigers were a force to be reckoned with in the AUS conference all season long.

Starting off the season in their typical fashion, the Tigers went 8-0 to start the first half of the regular season, drop- ping just two sets in the run.

The momentum continued through January and February, with the Tigers going on a 10-0 run, losing their only game to the Acadia Axewomen in the second last match of the regular season.

A fantastic 19-1 regular season record gave the Tigers the number one seed and a #5 ranking in the U SPORTS Top 10 going into the conference championship best two-of-three semifinal series against UNB. They swept UNB 2-0 in straight sets to move on to face Saint Mary’s in the 3-0 in the AUS championship best two-of-three final series. The Tigers also swept that series 2-0 to earn their eighth-consecutive championship title.

TEAM STATS Head Coach: Rick Scott (12th season) Regular season record: 19-1 Regular season standing: 1st Playoff record: 4-0 Playoff finish: AUS champions (8th-straight) Overall record vs. U SPORTS teams: 25-4

U SPORTS Championship appearances (including 2020): 25 U SPORTS Championship top result: Champions (1981-82) U SPORTS Championship medals: 2 (1 gold, 1 silver) U SPORTS Championship last appearance: 2019 (4th place) U SPORTS Championship sequence: 8th straight appearance

Top 10 final ranking: 3rd Top 10 best ranking: No. 1 (1 week) Top 10 number of weeks ranked: 15

NATIONAL RANKINGS Digs/set: 2nd (18.37) Aces/set: 2nd (2.70) Blocks/set: 7th (2.36) Kills/set: 12th (11.60)

INDIVIDUAL STATS Conference award winners: Courtney Baker (MVP) Conference 1st Team All-Stars: Courtney Baker (S), Victoria Haworth (M), Julie Moore (OH) Conference 2nd Team All-Stars: Catherine Callaghan (L) Conference All-Rookie Team: Myriam Arseneau (M) REGULAR SEASON STATISTICS

Matches Kills per set Hitting % Assists per set Blocks per set Service Aces per set Digs per set 20 11.17 .189 10.88 2.36 2.70 18.49

Schedule Summary Statistics category Overall Conf Overall (Pct.) 19-1 (.950) Matches 21 21 Conference (Pct.) 19-1 (.950) Sets 70 70 Streak Won 1 Kills 812 812 Home 11-0 Kills per set 11.60 11.60 Away 8-1 Errors 355 355 Neutral 0-0 Total Attacks 2475 2475 Hitting Percentage .185 .185 Recent Games Assists 756 756 Jan 25 Memorial W, 3-0 Assists per set 10.80 10.80 Jan 31 at W, 3-1 Service Aces 189 189 Feb 1 at Moncton W, 3-1 Service Errors 165 165 Feb 7 Saint Mary’s W, 3-0 Service Aces per set 2.70 2.70 Feb 9 at Acadia L, 3-0 Reception Errors 113 113 Feb 15 Acadia W, 3-1 Digs 1286 1286 Digs per set 18.37 18.37 Block Solo 75 75 Block Assist 180 180 Block Total 165 165 Blocks per set 2.36 2.36 Block Errors 21 21 Ball Handling Errors 10 10 Points 1166.0 1166.0 Points per set 16.7 16.7 Home Attendance 2066 2066 Home Attendance average 172 172

KILLS

No. Name m s k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa sa/s digs d/s bs ba tot b/s pts pts/s 7 Julie Moore 21 70 232 3.31 105 721 .176 18 0.26 26 0.37 254 3.63 10 17 27 0.39 276.5 4.0 3 Victoria Haworth 21 70 136 1.94 40 321 .299 6 0.09 41 0.59 91 1.30 27 45 72 1.03 226.5 3.2 4 Victoria Turcot 21 69 134 1.94 53 396 .205 4 0.06 19 0.28 99 1.43 5 32 37 0.54 174.0 2.5 18 Sarah Dawe 20 63 118 1.87 66 408 .127 6 0.10 33 0.52 136 2.16 4 9 13 0.21 159.5 2.5 12 Myriam Arseneau 20 60 69 1.15 31 180 .211 9 0.15 4 0.07 34 0.57 11 34 45 0.75 101.0 1.7 10 Courtney Baker 21 68 54 0.79 8 124 .371 607 8.93 36 0.53 178 2.62 6 27 33 0.49 109.5 1.6 13 Sophia King 13 27 19 0.70 9 80 .125 3 0.11 5 0.19 17 0.63 4 2 6 0.22 29.0 1.1 11 Micaela Sabean 21 63 29 0.46 11 108 .167 6 0.10 15 0.24 105 1.67 0 3 3 0.05 45.5 0.7 8 Hannah Aldcorn 13 20 9 0.45 5 24 .167 1 0.05 1 0.05 13 0.65 4 7 11 0.55 17.5 0.9 2 Kathleen Fougere 4 6 2 0.33 6 15 -.267 1 0.17 0 0.00 6 1.00 0 0 0 0.00 2.0 0.3 6 Vienna Harwood 9 20 5 0.25 6 21 -.048 0 0.00 7 0.35 7 0.35 0 0 0 0.00 12.0 0.6 14 Grace Calnan 9 10 2 0.20 5 15 -.200 0 0.00 1 0.10 2 0.20 1 3 4 0.40 5.5 0.6 16 Cassandra Bagnell 7 9 1 0.11 4 8 -.375 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 3 1 4 0.44 4.5 0.5 17 Anika Almero 10 16 1 0.06 2 5 -.200 24 1.50 0 0.00 9 0.56 0 0 0 0.00 1.0 0.1 9 Catherine Callaghan 21 65 1 0.02 3 38 -.053 58 0.89 0 0.00 258 3.97 0 0 0 0.00 1.0 0.0 1 Kristen Bartmann 17 36 0 0.00 1 11 -.091 13 0.36 1 0.03 77 2.14 0 0 0 0.00 1.0 0.0 Totals 20 67 784 11.70 335 2380 .189 729 10.88 181 2.70 1239 18.49 72 172 158 2.36 1123.0 16.8 Opponent 20 67 613 9.15 474 2479 .056 588 8.78 108 1.61 1146 17.10 51 120 111 1.66 832.0 12.4 BLOCKS

No. Name m s k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa sa/s digs d/s bs ba tot b/s pts pts/s 3 Victoria Haworth 21 70 136 1.94 40 321 .299 6 0.09 41 0.59 91 1.30 27 45 72 1.03 226.5 3.2 12 Myriam Arseneau 20 60 69 1.15 31 180 .211 9 0.15 4 0.07 34 0.57 11 34 45 0.75 101.0 1.7 8 Hannah Aldcorn 13 20 9 0.45 5 24 .167 1 0.05 1 0.05 13 0.65 4 7 11 0.55 17.5 0.9 4 Victoria Turcot 21 69 134 1.94 53 396 .205 4 0.06 19 0.28 99 1.43 5 32 37 0.54 174.0 2.5 10 Courtney Baker 21 68 54 0.79 8 124 .371 607 8.93 36 0.53 178 2.62 6 27 33 0.49 109.5 1.6 16 Cassandra Bagnell 7 9 1 0.11 4 8 -.375 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 3 1 4 0.44 4.5 0.5 14 Grace Calnan 9 10 2 0.20 5 15 -.200 0 0.00 1 0.10 2 0.20 1 3 4 0.40 5.5 0.6 7 Julie Moore 21 70 232 3.31 105 721 .176 18 0.26 26 0.37 254 3.63 10 17 27 0.39 276.5 4.0 13 Sophia King 13 27 19 0.70 9 80 .125 3 0.11 5 0.19 17 0.63 4 2 6 0.22 29.0 1.1 18 Sarah Dawe 20 63 118 1.87 66 408 .127 6 0.10 33 0.52 136 2.16 4 9 13 0.21 159.5 2.5 11 Micaela Sabean 21 63 29 0.46 11 108 .167 6 0.10 15 0.24 105 1.67 0 3 3 0.05 45.5 0.7 17 Anika Almero 10 16 1 0.06 2 5 -.200 24 1.50 0 0.00 9 0.56 0 0 0 0.00 1.0 0.1 1 Kristen Bartmann 17 36 0 0.00 1 11 -.091 13 0.36 1 0.03 77 2.14 0 0 0 0.00 1.0 0.0 9 Catherine Callaghan 21 65 1 0.02 3 38 -.053 58 0.89 0 0.00 258 3.97 0 0 0 0.00 1.0 0.0 2 Kathleen Fougere 4 6 2 0.33 6 15 -.267 1 0.17 0 0.00 6 1.00 0 0 0 0.00 2.0 0.3 6 Vienna Harwood 9 20 5 0.25 6 21 -.048 0 0.00 7 0.35 7 0.35 0 0 0 0.00 12.0 0.6 Totals 20 67 784 11.70 335 2380 .189 729 10.88 181 2.70 1239 18.49 72 172 158 2.36 1123.0 16.8 Opponent 20 67 613 9.15 474 2479 .056 588 8.78 108 1.61 1146 17.10 51 120 111 1.66 832.0 12.4

DIGS

No. Name m s k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa sa/s digs d/s bs ba tot b/s pts pts/s 9 Catherine Callaghan 21 65 1 0.02 3 38 -.053 58 0.89 0 0.00 258 3.97 0 0 0 0.00 1.0 0.0 7 Julie Moore 21 70 232 3.31 105 721 .176 18 0.26 26 0.37 254 3.63 10 17 27 0.39 276.5 4.0 10 Courtney Baker 21 68 54 0.79 8 124 .371 607 8.93 36 0.53 178 2.62 6 27 33 0.49 109.5 1.6 18 Sarah Dawe 20 63 118 1.87 66 408 .127 6 0.10 33 0.52 136 2.16 4 9 13 0.21 159.5 2.5 1 Kristen Bartmann 17 36 0 0.00 1 11 -.091 13 0.36 1 0.03 77 2.14 0 0 0 0.00 1.0 0.0 11 Micaela Sabean 21 63 29 0.46 11 108 .167 6 0.10 15 0.24 105 1.67 0 3 3 0.05 45.5 0.7 4 Victoria Turcot 21 69 134 1.94 53 396 .205 4 0.06 19 0.28 99 1.43 5 32 37 0.54 174.0 2.5 3 Victoria Haworth 21 70 136 1.94 40 321 .299 6 0.09 41 0.59 91 1.30 27 45 72 1.03 226.5 3.2 2 Kathleen Fougere 4 6 2 0.33 6 15 -.267 1 0.17 0 0.00 6 1.00 0 0 0 0.00 2.0 0.3 8 Hannah Aldcorn 13 20 9 0.45 5 24 .167 1 0.05 1 0.05 13 0.65 4 7 11 0.55 17.5 0.9 13 Sophia King 13 27 19 0.70 9 80 .125 3 0.11 5 0.19 17 0.63 4 2 6 0.22 29.0 1.1 12 Myriam Arseneau 20 60 69 1.15 31 180 .211 9 0.15 4 0.07 34 0.57 11 34 45 0.75 101.0 1.7 17 Anika Almero 10 16 1 0.06 2 5 -.200 24 1.50 0 0.00 9 0.56 0 0 0 0.00 1.0 0.1 6 Vienna Harwood 9 20 5 0.25 6 21 -.048 0 0.00 7 0.35 7 0.35 0 0 0 0.00 12.0 0.6 14 Grace Calnan 9 10 2 0.20 5 15 -.200 0 0.00 1 0.10 2 0.20 1 3 4 0.40 5.5 0.6 16 Cassandra Bagnell 7 9 1 0.11 4 8 -.375 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 3 1 4 0.44 4.5 0.5 Totals 20 67 784 11.70 335 2380 .189 729 10.88 181 2.70 1239 18.49 72 172 158 2.36 1123.0 16.8 Opponent 20 67 613 9.15 474 2479 .056 588 8.78 108 1.61 1146 17.10 51 120 111 1.66 832.0 12.4