This Week In Oregon State Volleyball: Matches 1-2 Beavers Open Season at the Oregon Classic vs. UC Irvine | Aug. 30 | 11:00 a.m. vs. Boston College | Aug. 30 | 5:00 p.m. Eugene, Ore. Matthew Knight Arena All Times Pacific 2019 Schedule OSU Opens at Oregon Classic • Oregon State opens the 2019 season this Oregon State At A Glance week when the Beavers travels to Eugene to Overall Record. .0-0 Date Opponent Time/Result Pac-12 Record ..........................0-0 participate in the Oregon Classic. 8/30 (1) vs. UC Irvine 11:00 a.m. Home Record ..........................0-0 8/30 (1) vs. Boston College 5:00 p.m. • The Beavers square off with UC Irvine on Fri- day at 11 a.m. to open the tournament. Road Record ...........................0-0 9/5 (2) vs. Oklahoma 2:00 p.m. Neutral Record .........................0-0 9/6 (2) at Indiana 7:00 a.m. • OSU returns to the court Friday evening for 9/6 (2) vs. Yale 2:00 p.m. its second, and final, match of opening week- Opponents At A Glance 9/13 (3) vs. New Mexico 2:00 p.m. end against Boston College at 5 p.m. UC Irvine ...............................0-0 9/14 (3) vs. Gonzaga 2:00 p.m. •For the second year in a row, Oregon State Boston College .........................0-0 9/14 (3) at Seattle 6:00 p.m. will be on the road for the first four weekends 9/19 (4) at Northern Colorado 6:00 p.m. to begin the season (11 matches). 9/20 (4) at Colorado State 6:00 p.m. Series Histories 9/21 (4) vs. Cal Poly 9:00 a.m. Follow the Action vs. UC Irvine ............................2-2 vs. Boston College ............ first meeting 9/26 Oregon * & 5:30 p.m. • Live stats will be available for both matches. 9/27 Colorado * & 6:00 p.m. •To access live stats, via your computer, 10/4 California * 6:00 p.m. smartphone, or tablet, visit osubeavers.com. Head Coach Mark Barnard 10/5 Stanford * 6:00 p.m. 4th Season at OSU ..................44-52 10/11 at Washington * & 7:00 p.m. Social Media 4th Season Overall ...................Same 10/13 at Washington State * 12:00 p.m. •Fans are encouraged to follow the Oregon 10/18 USC * & 7:00 p.m. State volleyball program via social media. 10/20 UCLA * & 2:00 p.m. There are several platforms to follow the team including : 10/25 at Arizona * & 7:00 p.m. • Twitter: @BeaverVBall 10/27 at Arizona State * & 12:00 p.m. • Instagram: @BeaverVBall 11/1 at Stanford * & 6:00 p.m. • Facebook: /BeaverVBall 11/3 at California * 7:00 p.m. 11/7 Washington State * 6:00 p.m. Tickets 11/10 Washington * & TBA • Season and single game tickets are available by visiting BeaverTickets.com/volleyball or by 11/15 Arizona State * 7:00 p.m. calling 1-800-GO-BEAVS. 11/17 Arizona * & TBA 11/21 at USC * 7:00 p.m. Against the Field 11/24 at UCLA * & TBA • Oregon State has an overall 2-2 all-time record against Friday’s opponents. The Beavers are 11/27 at Utah * 3:00 p.m. 2-2 against UC Irvine and will square off with Boston College for the first time in school history. 11/29 at Oregon * & TBA The Squad (1) Oregon Classic; Eugene, Ore. • Oregon State welcomes five newcomers to the 2019 squad. Four freshmen - SMary Kate Lo- (2) Hoosier Invite; Bloomington, Ind. pez, OH Cecilee Max-Brown, DS Taylor Quinn, MB Amya Small - and transfer OH Chloe Brown (3) Redhawk Invitational; Seattle, Wash. (Miami [FL]). Brown and Quinn arrived on campus in time to participate in spring practice. (4) Homewood Suites UNC/CSU Classic; • The team returns 11 returning letterwinners, including six seniors, as well as six returning start- Greeley, Colo. & Fort Collins, Colo. ers. All Times Pacific and subject to change Aces * indicates Pac-12 Conference Match • Amy Underdown posted 406 kills in 2018, the eighth-most by a junior in OSU history; Maddie Go- & indicates Pac-12 Network match ings posted 393 kills, the sixth-most by a sophomore in OSU history. Bold indicates home match • Grace Massey finished the 2018 season with 560 digs, the most in OSU history by a sophomore and third-most in a single season. Purchase tickets for home events at Gill Coli- • Massey enters her junior season on the verge of eclipsing the 1,000 career digs mark (993). seum by visiting BeaverTickets.com or calling • Maddie Sheehan recorded 973 assists in 2018, the fourth-most by a freshman in OSU history. 1-800-GO-BEAVS • Lindsey Schell registered 98 total blocks as a freshman in 2018, the eighth-most by an OSU fresh- man. Contact: Jason Amberg | [email protected] | 541-737-7469 2019 Oregon State Volleyball Notes 2019 Oregon State Numerical Volleyball Roster No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Exp. Hometown (Last Schools) 1 Small, Amya MB 5-10 Fr. HS Riverside, Calif. (Upland HS) 2 Schell, Lindsey MB 6-2 So. 1V Temecula, Calif. (Temecula Valley HS) 3 Buckner, Nya RS 5-11 RFr. RS Chandler, Ariz. (Hamilton HS) 4 Bennett, Haylie OH/RS 6-1 Jr. 2V Philomath, Ore. (Philomath HS) 5 Gubrud, Montanna S 5-7 Sr. 1V McMinnville, Ore. (McMinnville HS/Linn-Benton CC) 7 Massey, Grace DS/L 5-5 Jr. 2V Beaverton, Ore. (Jesuit HS) 8 Lopez, Mary Kate S 6-1 Fr. HS Mount Prospect, Ill. (Loyola Academy) 9 Browne, Makenna DS/L 5-5 Sr. 3V Conifer, Colo. (Conifer HS) 10 Goings, Maddie OH/OPP 5-9 Jr. 2V Aledo, Texas (Aledo HS) 11 Brown, Chloe OH 5-10 So. TR Beaverton, Ore. (Southridge HS/Miami [FL]) 13 Sheehan, Maddie S 5-9 So. 1V Leander, Texas (Rouse HS) 14 Cheshire, Kory MB 6-1 RSr. 3V Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada (Chinook HS) 16 Max-Brown, Cecilee OH 6-0 Fr. HS White Rock, B.C., Canada (Earl Marriot Secondary) 18 Underdown, Amy OH 6-1 Sr. 1V Temecula, Calif. (Great Oak HS/Northeastern) 23 Clarke, Shekinah OH 5-10 RSr. 2V Waianae, Hawai’i (Kapolei HS/Oklahoma City U.) 24 Bruin, Serena MB 6-2 Sr. 3V Commerce City, Colo. (Prairie View HS) 28 Quinn, Taylor DS/L 5-5 Fr. HS Corvallis, Ore. (Corvallis HS) 2019 Oregon State Alphabetical Volleyball Roster No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Exp. Hometown (Last Schools) 4 Bennett, Haylie OH/RS 6-1 Jr. 2V Philomath, Ore. (Philomath HS) 11 Brown, Chloe OH 5-10 So. TR Beaverton, Ore. (Southridge HS/Miami [FL]) 9 Browne, Makenna DS/L 5-5 Sr. 3V Conifer, Colo. (Conifer HS) 24 Bruin, Serena MB 6-2 Sr. 3V Commerce City, Colo. (Prairie View HS) 3 Buckner, Nya RS 5-11 RFr. RS Chandler, Ariz. (Hamilton HS) 14 Cheshire, Kory MB 6-1 RSr. 3V Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada (Chinook HS) 23 Clarke, Shekinah OH 5-10 RSr. 2V Waianae, Hawai’i (Kapolei HS/Oklahoma City U.) 10 Goings, Maddie OH/OPP 5-9 Jr. 2V Aledo, Texas (Aledo HS) 5 Gubrud, Montanna S 5-7 Sr. 1V McMinnville, Ore. (McMinnville HS/Linn-Benton CC) 8 Lopez, Mary Kate S 6-1 Fr. HS Mount Prospect, Ill. (Loyola Academy) 7 Massey, Grace DS/L 5-5 Jr. 2V Beaverton, Ore. (Jesuit HS) 16 Max-Brown, Cecilee OH 6-0 Fr. HS White Rock, B.C., Canada (Earl Marriot Secondary) 28 Quinn, Taylor DS/L 5-5 Fr. HS Corvallis, Ore. (Corvallis HS) 2 Schell, Lindsey MB 6-2 So. 1V Temecula, Calif. (Temecula Valley HS) 13 Sheehan, Maddie S 5-9 So. 1V Leander, Texas (Rouse HS) 1 Small, Amya MB 5-10 Fr. HS Riverside, Calif. (Upland HS) 18 Underdown, Amy OH 6-1 Sr. 1V Temecula, Calif. (Great Oak HS/Northeastern) Head Coach: Mark Barnard (4th Season / University of Sydney ‘91) Associate Head Coach: Ron Zwerver (4th Season / MEAO ‘86) Assistant Coach: Jessica Quinn (3rd Season / Memphis ‘00) Director of Operations: Alyssa Whitney (3rd Season / Oregon State ‘14) Graduate Student Assistant: Arica Nassar (2nd Season / Oregon State ‘15) PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Shekinah Clarke Sheh-KY-nuh Montanna Gubrud goo-brood Cecilee Max-Brown Cess-ihl-lee Amya Small Uh-my-uh Ron Zwerver Zwur-vur 2019 Oregon State Volleyball Notes Oregon State Superlatives Mark Category Home Road Neutral Overall Barnard Record 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 Pac-12 record 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 Head Coach Non-Conference record 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 4th Season (15th Season Overall) Versus Top 25 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 Versus Top 10 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 University of Sydney, ‘91 On Television 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 August 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 Mark Barnard enters his fourth season as the head volleyball coach at Oregon State in 2019. September 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 Barnard was elevated to the position on June 27, 2016, after 11 seasons as an assistant coach and October 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 associate head coach with the Beavers. November 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 Year two of the Barnard era included a nine-win improvement from 2016 to 2017, the fourth NCAA Tournament berth in program history and the first five-match conference win streak since Sunday 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1990 – and the Beavers did it twice. In addition, OSU notched the first weekend sweeps of the Monday 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 Washington and Arizona schools since 1990 and 1996 respectively and we on to complete the Tuesday 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 season sweeps of those schools for the first time since 1984 and 1990.