notre dame volleyball 20 consecutive winning seasons • 17 ncaa tournament appearances • 9 big east conference tournament titles notre dame fighting irish 2010 schedule / results 9-5 overall / 2-0 big east • live stats: und.com [und.com • bigeast.org] * video for usf match overall: 9-5 usf bulls available at gousfbulls.com at purcell pavilion: 4-4 6-7 overall / 2-0 big east • nd volleyball twitter: @ndvolleyball on the road: 1-1 [gousfbulls.com• bigeast.org] neutral sites: 4-0 friday, oct. 1 • 7:00 p.m. (et) • nd athletics twitter: @und_com big east: 2-0 streak: won 2 georgetown hoyas • irish alerts: und.com longest winning streak: 3 (9.10-9.12) 11-7 overall / 1-1 big east * there will be no live chat available longest losing streak: 3 (9.17-9.19) [guhoyas.com • bigeast.org] last five matches: 2-3 sunday, oct. 3 • 2:00 p.m. (et) for georgetown match shamrock invitational – notre dame, ind. 8.27 marshall w, 3-1 8.28 cal poly w, 3-2 bump, set, spike 8.29 no. 18 arizona l, 0-3 • notre dame will play the 1,000th match in program history when it takes the court against usf (oct. 1) … now in their 31st season of varsity competition, the irish have an all-time record of 638-361 (.639). nevada invitational – reno, nev. • with wins over west virginia (sept. 24) and pittsburgh (sept. 26), notre dame went 2-0 on the opening weekend of big 9.3 vs. belmont w, 3-2 east conference play for the third straight year and 15th time in 16 tries since joining the league in 1995 … the irish 9.4 vs. weber state w, 3-0 are 15-1 in big east openers, with the lone loss coming at pittsburgh in 2007 … in that epic 3-1 (33-31, 32-30, 30-23, 9.4 at nevada l, 2-3 42-40) loss, the two teams combined to score 82 points in the fourth set ... the combined score of 256 is the highest of any four-set match in ncaa history. pioneer classic – denver, colo. • after being named big east freshman of the week on sept. 27, andrea mchugh is now the sixth player in irish history to 9.10 vs. gonzaga w, 3-0 win the award at least twice … kellie sciacca is the only player earn the honor three times, doing so during her 2007 9.11 vs. jacksonville state w, 3-1 rookie campaign. 9.12 at denver w, 3-0 notre dame invitational – notre dame, ind. series notes 9.17 delaware l, 2-3 9.18 santa clara l, 0-3 usf [series history: notre dame leads, 5-0 (5-0 big east)] 9.19 no. 20 dayton l, 0-3 series streak: notre dame, w5 first meeting: oct. 21, 2005 – notre dame, 3-0 / last meeting: nov. 15, 2009 – notre dame, 3-1 9.24 west virginia* w, 3-0 notes: notre dame finished the 2009 regular season with a 3-1 win over usf to become the second team in league 9.26 pittsburgh* w, 3-0 history to win each of its 14 regular-season conference contests (st. john’s accomplished the feat in 2006, the first 10.1 at usf* 7:00 p.m. season in which the big east extended the league slate to 14 games) … notre dame last went unscathed in big east 10.3 at georgetown* 2:00 p.m. play in 2001 (12-0) … the victory also earned the program its 18th 20-win season in 30 years of varsity competi- 10.9 at louisville* 10:00 a.m. tion … kellie sciacca sliced usf for 20 kills on 28 attempts for a .643 average during notre dame’s 3-1 victory on the 10.10 at cincinnati* (espnu) 5:00 p.m. bulls’ home court in 2008 ... she was errorless on her first 16 swings ... sciacca also had 10 kills on 18 swings with an 10.15 depaul* 7:30 p.m. error for a .500 mark in the 2008 matchup … justine stremick killed 15 shots against usf in 2006 and her .750 hitting 10.19 at western michigan 7:00 p.m. percentage was the highest mark for notre dame on the season and the highest for an irish player that averaged at 10.23 syracuse* 2:00 p.m. least four attacks per set since 2001. 10.24 marquette* 2:00 p.m. 10.30 st. john’s* 10:00 a.m. georgetown [series history: notre dame leads, 19-1 (15-0 big east)] 10.31 connecticut* 2:00 p.m. series streak: notre dame, w11 11.5 at villanova* 7:00 p.m. first meeting: oct. 20, 1986 – notre dame, 3-1 / last meeting: nov. 13, 2009 – notre dame, 3-0 11.7 northern iowa 2:00 p.m. notes: one week after securing the no. 1 seed for the 2009 big east conference championship, notre dame powered 11.13 at rutgers* 10:00 a.m. past georgetown, 3-0, to clinch the league’s regular-season title for the 11th time in program history … it was the 11.14 at seton hall* 2:00 p.m. first outright title for the irish since 2004 after tying for first in 2005 … the win improved the irish to 13-0 against big 11.19-21 big east tournament -- east opponents on the season and extended the nation’s fifth-longest winning streak to 13 matches … notre dame received 12 kills from kellie sciacca and overcame deficits in each of the three periods to sweep the hoyas for the 11.26 at long beach state 7:00 p.m. eighth consecutive time … the irish have won 57 of 68 sets with georgetown, including each of the last 26 ... this sea- son’s meeting will be the 21st overall between the two squads and the 16th in as many seasons, with the irish riding 12.3-18 ncaa tournament -- an 11-match winning streak over the hoyas ... the teams have twice played five-set matches, with the irish prevailing in both (1999 and 2001 big east tournament semifinals) ... the lone victory for georgetown was a 3-0 (15-11, 15-10, all times local to site • schedule subject to change 15-8) triumph in the title match of the 1999 big east championship in pittsburgh, which made the hoyas the first team *big east conference contest to defeat notre dame in the conference tournament. a day in the life of notre dame volleyball tuesday, sept. 28 wednesday, sept. 29 friday, oct. 1 sunday, oct. 3 monday, sept. 27 practice - rolfs center practice - rolfs center thursday, sept. 30 saturday, oct. 2 (2:30-5:00 p.m.) (3:15-5:45 p.m.) game - at usf game - at georgetown off travel day travel day lift - gug lift - gug (7:00 p.m.) (2:00 p.m.) (5:00-5:30 p.m.) (5:45-6:15 p.m.) tuesday, oct. 5 thursday, oct. 7 saturday, oct. 9 sunday, oct. 10 monday, oct. 4 practice - rolfs center wednesday, oct. 6 practice - rolfs center friday, oct. 8 (2:30-5:00 p.m.) practice - rolfs center (2:30-5:00 p.m.) game - at louisville game - at georgetown off travel day lift - gug (3:15-5:45 p.m.) lift - gug (10:00 a.m.) (5:00 p.m.) (5:00-5:30 p.m.) (5:00-5:30 p.m,) notre dame media relations alan george • [email protected] • o. 574.631.3397 • c. 574.340.3977 • und.com • twitter: @und_com / @ndvolleyball quick facts looking behind location .............................................notre dame, ind. 46556 notre dame sweeps big east opening weekend - sept. 26 founded ..............................................................................1842 • notre dame started the weekend with a 3-0 win over west virginia and replicated the feat at purcell enrollment............8,352 (undergraduate) / 11,603 (total) pavilion against pittsburgh, defeating the visiting panthers by respective scores of 25-19, 25-19 and nickname ..............................................................fighting irish 25-14 ... it is the third straight year notre dame has swept the opening weekend of big east play ... colors ................................................................. gold and blue sophomore hilary eppink led all players on the day with 12 kills and four blocks ... freshman andrea school fight song .......................notre dame victory march mchugh posted nine kills and seven digs with junior kristen dealy bringing home eight kills and a match- conference ................................................................... big east high 15 digs ... notre dame hit .239 as six different players recorded at least one kill ... freshman sammie facility ............purcell pavilion at the joyce center (9,149) president .......................................... rev. john i. jenkins, c.s.c brown dished out 31 assists and had two aces, two kills, two blocks and seven digs ... freshman sam provost ..........................................................thomas g. burish brown put down four kills on seven errorless swings and added four blocks ... amy towns had 11 kills executive vice president .......................john affleck-graves and kiesha leggs added 10 for pittsburgh, who hit .139 for the match ... the final stalemate of the first ncaa faculty representative .........................don pope-davis set came at 7-7, followed by a 3-0 notre dame run punctuated by brown’s first ace ... eppink had two director of athletics .......................................jack swarbrick late kills to seal the deal and was joined in the stat column by dealy and mchugh with four converted deputy director of athletics / volleyball ...... missy conboy strikes apiece ... eppink posted five kills in the second period on 13 errorless swings as the irish fell behind, 10-7 ... the pittsburgh rally quickly ended with a 5-0 irish run ... two kills by sciacca midway head coach .....................debbie brown (arizona state ’82) through the set came before a couple more eppink kills at the end of the frame to mirror the results assistant coach .......................matt botsford (tri-state ’98) of set one ..