2012 ARIZONA STATE VOLLEYBALL Corinne Calabro, ASU Media Relations O: 480-965-1237 | [email protected] ASU hosts California | Friday 6 p.m. | Pac-12 Network Stanford | Sunday 6 p.m. | Pac-12 Network National 12-3, 1-1 Pac-12 7-5, 1-1 Pac-12 10-2, 2-0 Pac-12 ASU hosts California | Sept. 28, 6 p.m. PT ASU hosts Stanford | Sept. 30, 6 p.m. PT TV: Pac-12 Network TV: Pac-12 Network National Radio: Blaze Radio Radio: Blaze Radio Off to a 12-3 start, the Sun Devils enter About the Stanford Series Along with compiling an 11-2 record the weekend 1-1 in conference play. Stanford leads this series 59-5. during non-conference play, the Sun Macey Gardner is tops on kills with Currently ranked seventh nationally, Devils garnered individual awards as 281, with Erica Wilson close behind Stanford took both games in 2011 with well. with 250 of her own. a 3-1 win over ASU on Oct. 22 and a sweep on Sept. 30. The last time ASU UTEP All-Tournament: Macey Gardner, Alexis Pinson has made herself a main- beat the Cardinal was Sept. 30, 2000 Stephanie Preach, MVP Erica Wilson stay in the lineup, start all 58 sets thus with a 3-1 win. UCI/LMU All-Tournament: Macey Gard- far en route to recorded 103 kills and a ner, Stephanie Preach team-best 67 blocks for an average of Gardner Named Pac-12 Frosh OTW Kansas All-Tournament: Macey Gardner, 1.16 blocks per set. Macey Gardner of the Arizona State Erica Wilson volleyball team was named the Pac-12 ASU All-Tournament: Alexis Pinson, Freshman Allison Palmer has 688 as- Volleyball Freshman of the Week for the Stephanie Preach, MVP Macey Gardner sists for 11.86 assists per set, which week of Sept. 10-16. This is the 17th ranks eighth nationally and second in all-time weekly selection for the Sun Three Take Honors At Sheraton the Pac-12. Devils and just the second time ASU Invite has had a Freshman of the Week, the Macey Gardner was named the Most About the Cal Series last being Nora Tuioti-Mariner on Nov. Valuable Player of the Sheraton Invita- The Golden Bears lead the series 27-28 14, 2011. tional, making it her fourth tournament dating back to 1980. In 2011, the Sun honor of the year. Alexis Pinson and Devils were swept by then ranked No. Tournament Recaps: Stephanie Preach were also named to 2 Cal on Oct. 21, after falling 3-1 to the ASU won three tournaments in the the All-Tournament Team to round out fourth-ranked Golden Bears on Oct. 1. non-conference portion of the season: ASU’s 4-0 weekend. The last time ASU has beaten Cal was UTEP’s El Paso Sports Commission Nov. 24, 2011 when the Sun Devils Invitational, UCI/LMU Dual Classic and More All-Tournament Honors for won 3-2 in Berkeley. the ASU Sheraton Invitational. the Devils Macey Gardner and Erica Wilson picked up additional tournament ac- at UTEP 2001. colades as the duo were named to the Macey Gardner and Stephanie Preach Jayhawk Invitational All-Tournament were named to the All-Tournament Team. The award is Gardner’s third of team and senior Erica Wilson garnered the year and second for Wilson. After Tournament Most Valuable Player. Lead- the weekend, Gardner leads the Pac-12 ers over the weekend in kills were Erica in kills (4.83 per set) and Wilson is tops Wilson (55) and Macey Gardner (44). in the conference in aces (0.50 per set). Wilson posted an impressive 11 service aces during the tournament while Gard- Preach and Gardner UCI/LMU All- ner posted a double-double against Tournament Idaho State in the season opener. Stephanie Preach and Macey Gardner were named to their second consecu- ASU Opens with Program-Best tive All-Tournament Team, this time to Start Since 2006 the UCI/LMU Dual Classic. Gardner led The Sun Devils posted a 3-0 record the squad with 68 kills for 5.67 per set. en route to winning the El Paso Sports Preach had 64 digs over the weekend Commission Invitational. The opening and is third in the Pac-12 with 4.92 digs weekend marked a program-best start on the season. since 2006, when ASU went 4-0 under then head coach Brad Saindon. This is Can’t Get Past Pinson the best opening weekend for Watson. Alexis Pinson recorded a team-best 12 block assists at the UCI/LMU tourna- 50-win Benchmark ment, including 10 at LMU to help the Head coach Jason Watson earned his Sun Devils rally back to win, 3-1. On the 50th win as a Sun Devil, on Aug. 25 in year she leads the club with 30 total a 3-0 win against Fresno State. Watson blocks for 1.25 per set. As of 9/4 she started the season with 48 victories, ranks eighth in the Pac-12 for blocks. tallying his 49th on opening day against Her 10 blocks at UCI is second in the Idaho State (W, 3-2) and capped the conference for single-match high of weekend with 51 wins after topping blocks (behind Utah’s Erin Redd’s 13). UTEP 3-1. He joined the maroon and gold in 2008. Gardner Ties Frosh Kill Record Macey Gardner tied ASU’s freshman Who To Watch For single-match kill record, with 28 at ASU returns five starters from the 2011 UC Irvine, tying Sarah Reaves who season in Erica Wilson (Sr., MB), Nora posted the same in 2007. The 28 kills Tuioti-Mariner (So., OH), Shannan Mc- also ranks 17th all-time in single match Cready (So., S), Alexis Pinson (Jr., MB) records. and Stephanie Preach at Libero (Jr.). Wilson’s Slammin’ Season Start Look out for the freshman class to Erica Wilson started her senior season make an immediate break on the with tournament MVP honors in El Paso. starting lineup. Mercedes Binns (MB) She earned the award after posting offers strength on the front line with career-high marks in kills (24 against her 6-2 frame. Both Whitney Follette UTEP), beating her previous high of 15; (OH) and Macey Gardner (OH) bring points (26 against UTEP) her previous junior national team experience that will being 20; service aces (hit five against help them vye for spots early on in the Fresno State and Idaho State). season. Freshmen Get the Nod Heading into the weekend the setter Three freshmen got their first career spot is a close race between McCready starts in the season-opener against and freshman Allison Palmer. Idaho State on Aug. 24. Whitney Follette, Macey Gardner and Allison New Face on the Bench Palmer made the starting rotation and Jason Watson announced the addition finished the match with 7 and 16 kills, of assistant coach Mike Wall over the respectively. Palmer (50 assists, 13 summer. The name might ring a bell as digs) and Gardner (16 kills, 11 digs) Wall previously coached with the Sun posted double-doubles, the first for Devils from 2006-2008. No stranger to ASU this season. Watson’s leadership, Wall also played collegiately at BYU - winning two Three Earn All-Tournament Honors National Championships in 1999 and 2012 Arizona State Volleyball Arizona State Overall/Conference Stats (as of Sep 24, 2012) All matches Overall record: 12-3 Conf: 1-1 Home: 5-0 Away: 3-2 Neutral: 4-1 OVERALL CONFERENCE Attack Set Attack Set ## Player gp k k/s e ta pct a a/s pts/s gp k k/s e ta pct a a/s pts/s 6 Preach, Stephanie 58 2 0.03 0 4 . 5 0 0 49 0.84 0 . 1 6 8 0 0.00 0 0 . 0 0 0 3 0.38 0 . 1 2 24 Binns, Mercedes 19 28 1.47 9 55 . 3 4 5 0 0.00 2 . 0 0 2 0 0.00 4 4 -1.000 0 0.00 0 . 0 0 5 Pinson, Alexis 58 103 1.78 28 234 . 3 2 1 5 0.09 2 . 4 5 8 6 0.75 6 24 . 0 0 0 0 0.00 1 . 0 0 23 Palmer, Allison 58 8 0.14 0 25 . 3 2 0 688 11.86 0 . 5 3 8 0 0.00 0 0 . 0 0 0 92 11.50 0 . 5 0 12 Gardner, Macey 58 281 4.84 103 734 . 2 4 3 11 0.19 5 . 1 9 8 40 5.00 17 115 . 2 0 0 1 0.12 5 . 2 5 8 Follette, Whitney 41 57 1.39 26 146 . 2 1 2 5 0.12 2 . 0 7 7 9 1.29 5 23 . 1 7 4 1 0.14 1 . 8 6 10 Wilson, Erica 58 250 4.31 120 630 . 2 0 6 3 0.05 5 . 1 0 8 37 4.62 17 90 . 2 2 2 0 0.00 5 . 1 2 1 Tuioti-Mariner, Nora 58 102 1.76 41 301 . 2 0 3 6 0.10 2 . 4 0 8 13 1.62 8 43 . 1 1 6 1 0.12 2 . 0 0 17 Jorgensen, Bethany 28 0 0.00 0 0 . 0 0 0 2 0.07 0 . 1 4 8 0 0.00 0 0 . 0 0 0 2 0.25 0 . 1 2 4 Teslevich, Jenny 54 0 0.00 0 0 . 0 0 0 5 0.09 0 .