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 Texas for Two Overall Record: 6-1 Pac-12 Record: 0-0 Card hosts No. 3 Longhorns Tuesday, plays in Austin on Friday 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 plays a home-and-home against No. 3 Tex- 8/31 #9 BYU Provo, Utah L, 3-2& as, beginning Tuesday at 7 p.m. in Maples Pavilion. The Cardinal will 9/1 Wichita State Provo, Utah W, 3-0 then travel to Austin to face the Longhorns on Friday at 6 p.m. PT in 9/1 West Virginia Provo, Utah W, 3-0 9/7 #5 Penn State Stanford, Calif. W, 3-0# Gregory Gymnasium. 9/9 #1 Minnesota Stanford, Calif. W, 3-1# 9/11 #3 Texas Stanford, Calif. 7 p.m.# CATCH THE CARDINAL: Live stats for both matches will be available on 9/14 #3 Texas Austin, Texas 6 p.m.$ 9/19 California* Berkeley, Calif. 8 p.m.# the women’s volleyball schedule page on GoStanford.com. Tuesday’s 9/23 Arizona* Stanford, Calif. 12 p.m.# match will be televised on Pac-12 Network, while Friday’s match can be 9/26 UCLA* Stanford, Calif. 7 p.m.# seen on the Longhorn Network. 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: Free tickets are available at the Maples Pavilion ticket 10/12 Washington State* Stanford, Calif. 8 p.m.# office for Tuesday’s match for all first responders as a part of our Home- 10/13 Washington* Stanford, Calif. 7:30 p.m.# 10/19 Oregon State* Corvallis, Ore. 7 p.m.# town Heroes Night. Fans can also stick around for postmatch selfies 10/21 Oregon* Eugene, Ore. 11 a.m.% with the team. 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: Stanford went a perfect 11-0 in its regular season 11/4 Utah* Stanford, Calif. 2 p.m.# home matches in 2017, and is 2-0 to start this season. Dating back to 11/8 Oregon* Stanford, Calif. TBD# 2016, Stanford has now won 21 consecutive matches at Maples Pavil- 11/9 Oregon State* Stanford, Calif. 7 p.m. 11/16 Washington State* Pullman, Wash. 7 p.m. ion. Over the past five-plus seasons, the Cardinal is 73-8 (.901) at home. 11/18 Washington* Seattle, Wash. TBD# 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 OH/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/DS 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 OH/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 picked up two big wins in the Big Ten/Pac-12 Challenge AVCA Coaches’ Poll LAST WEEK: (Sept. 10) at Maples Pavilion, sweeping No. 5 Penn State and defeating No. 1 Minnesota in four sets. Junior Kathryn Plummer averaged 5.71 kills and 6.60 points per set 1. BYU (54) 2. STANFORD (10) while hitting .415 in the two matches. She was named the Pac-12 Offensive Play- 3. Texas er of the Week for her efforts. Junior libero Morgan Hentz, the Pac-12 Defensive 4. Nebraska 5. Penn State Player of the Week, collected 5.43 digs per set and had zero reception errors on 6. Wisconsin 7. Minnesota 28 attempts. Setter Jenna Gray (14.29 aps) guided the offense to a .329 attack 8. Illinois percentage in the two matches. 9. Pittsburgh 10. Creighton 11. Florida SCOUTING TEXAS: Texas moved up to No. 3 in the AVCA poll this week and is 12. Oregon 13. Washington 5-1 overall to start the season. The Longhorns’ only miscue came at then-No. 14. Cal Poly 8 Wisconsin on Sept. 1. Junior outside hitter Micaya White leads the team with 15. Purdue t16. UCLA 3.65 kills and 2.61 digs per set. Sophomore setter Ashley Shook controls the of- t16. USC fense with 11.00 assists per set. As a team, Texas is hitting .304 and averaging 18. Baylor 19. Michigan 2.87 blocks per set. 20. Kentucky 21. Marquette 22. Washington State THE SERIES WITH THE LONGHORNS: Stanford is 18-7 all-time against Texas. 23. San Diego The Cardinal swept the Longhorns in last year’s Stanford Regional final at Ma- 24. Utah 25. Alabama ples Pavilion after topping Texas in the 2016 national title match in Columbus, Ohio. The most recent Longhorn victory came in the Nike Volleyball Big Four STANFORD IN THE 2018 POLL Date Rank Date Rank Classic in Austin, Texas, in 2013. Preseason 1 Aug. 27 1 Sept. 3 4 NATIONAL POLL: Stanford moved up to No. 2 in the AVCA Coaches Poll this Sept. 10 2 week, garnering 10 first-place votes. The Cardinal began the season at No. 1 for the first time since 2002. BYU took over the top spot, while the Cardinal is fol- Ranking Records... lowed by Texas, Nebraska and Penn State in the top 5. Seven Pac-12 squads are • 481 all-time weeks in the top-10 ranked, the most by any conference. • 526 total weeks in the poll • 71 weeks ranked No. 1 2018 SEASON FACTS THE LAST TIME STANFORD... Stanford’s Record When... Playing at home: 2-0 Playing on the road: 2-1 Won a match ................................................................................................ vs. Minnesota, 9/9/18 Playing at a neutral site: 2-0 Lost a match .......................................................................................................... at BYU, 8/31/18 Longest winning streak: 4 Won at home ............................................................................................... vs. Minnesota, 9/9/18 Longest losing streak: 1 In three sets: 5-0 Lost at home .....................................................................................................vs. UCLA, 11/12/16 In four sets: 1-0 Won on the road ..............................................................................................at Howard, 8/27/18 In five sets: 0-1 Stanford wins first set: 6-0 Lost on the road..................................................................................................... at BYU, 8/31/18 Opponent wins first set: 0-1 Won 3-0 .......................................................................................................vs. Penn State, 9/7/18 Winning first two sets: 5-0 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. Penn State, 9/7/18 Hitting .250 or better: 5-0 Lost 3-0 at home .......................................................................... vs. Loyola Marymount, 12/4/15 Hitting below .250: 1-1 Outhit opponents: 6-0 Won 3-0 on the road ........................................................................................at