2014 WISCONSIN VOLLEYBALL RECORD BOOK 2014 Wisconsin Badgers LAUREN CARLINI ROMANA KRISKOVA COURTNEY THOMAS KELLI BATES TAYLOR FRICANO 1 6-2 • So. • S 2 6-3 • Jr. • OH 3 6-0 • Sr. • OH 4 5-11 • Fr. • OH 5 6-3 • RS Fr. • OH Aurora, Ill. Bratislava, Slovakia DeKalb, Ill. Bradley, Ill. Palatine, Ill. TAYLOR MOREY DEME MORALES TORI BLAKE KT KVAS JULIE MIKAELSEN 6 5-5 • Jr. • L/DS 7 5-7 • Sr. • DS/OH 10 6-3 • So. • MB 11 5-9 • Sr. • L/DS 12 6-3 • Sr. • OH Muncie, Ind. Amherst, Ohio Midland, Mich. Eagan, Minn. Askim, Norway HALEIGH NELSON DOMINIQUE CAROLINE ERIN JULEY ELLEN CHAPMAN 13 6-3 • So. • MB 14 THOMPSON 16 WORKMAN 19 5-10 • RS Jr. • S 20 6-4 • Sr. • OH Cary, N.C. 5-11 • RS Sr. • MB 5-5 • Sr. • L/DS La Grange, Ill. Glenview, Ill. Plymouth, Minn. Los Angeles, Calif. KELLY SHEFFIELD BRITTANY DILDINE GARY WHITE MATT GIROUARD ANNEMARIE HICKEY JESSICA YANZ UW Record: 28-10 (1 yr.) Assistant Coach (2nd year) Assistant Coach (2nd year) Volunteer Assistant Coach Student Assistant Coach Director of Operations Career Record: 301-122 (1st year) (1st year) (2nd year) (13 yrs.) 2014 Wisconsin Volleyball QUICK FACTS Location: Madison, Wis. Population: 233,209 Founded: 1848 Enrollment: 43,275 (29,504 undergrad) Nickname: Badgers Colors: Cardinal (PMS 200) and White Arena: Wisconsin Field House (6,012) Affiliation: NCAA I Conference: Big Ten Chancellor: Rebecca Blank Athletic Director: Barry Alvarez Senior Women’s Admin./Volleyball: Terry Gawlik Athletic Dept. Phone: (608) 262-1866 Ticket Office Phone: 1-800-G0 BADGERS or (608) 262-1440 Website: UWBadgers.com HISTORY First year of volleyball: 1974–75 All-Time Record/Yrs: 861-504-12/40 years NCAA Tournament Record: 34-17/17 years Table of Contents Last NCAA Tournament: 2013/NCAA Runners Up—def. Milwaukee, 3-0; def. California 3-0; def. 2014 Roster .................................................................................2 Florida State 3-1; def. Purdue 3-1; def. Texas 3-1, Media Information .......................................................................3 lost to Penn State 1-3 Head Coach Kelly Sheffield ..........................................................4 Big Ten Champions: 1990, 1997(co), 2000, 2001 Assistant Coaches ........................................................................7 Support Staff ...............................................................................9 2013 INFORMATION Meet the Badgers .......................................................................11 Record: 28-10 Award Winners ..........................................................................26 Big Ten Record/Finish: 12-8/T4th Academic Award Winners ..........................................................28 Final AVCA Rank: 2nd Badgers in the Pros ...................................................................29 NCAA Tournament: NCAA Runners Up—def. 1,000 Kill Badgers .....................................................................31 Milwaukee, 3-0; def. California 3-0; def. Florida Match Records ...........................................................................41 State 3-1; def. Purdue 3-1; def. Texas 3-1, lost to Season Records ......................................................................... 51 Penn State 1-3 Starters Returning/Lost: 6/libero Career Records ..........................................................................66 Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 11/4 Field House Records ..................................................................68 Newcomers: 3 Attendance Records ...................................................................69 Coaching Records ......................................................................71 Letterwinners ............................................................................. 72 VOLLEYBALL STAFF Head Coach Kelly Sheffield (Ball State, 2001) All-Time Individual Stats ...........................................................75 UW Record/Years: 28-10/1 year All-Time Big Ten Results ............................................................ 77 Career Record/Years: 301-122/13 years Big Ten Attendance Records ......................................................80 Assistant Coach Brittany Dildine (Purdue, 2007) 2014 Big Ten Opponents ...........................................................81 Assistant Coach Gary White (Penn State, 2007) 2014 Nonconference Opponents ................................................90 Vol. Assistant Coach Matt Girouard (Dayton 2013) Record vs. Opponents ................................................................94 Student Assistant Coach Annemarie Hickey Year-by-year Results .................................................................. 95 (Wisconsin 2014) Wisconsin Invitational History .................................................108 Director of Operations Jessica Yanz (Nebraska, Wisconsin in the Polls .............................................................. 109 2010 ) NCAA Tournament History ......................................................111 Volleyball Office Phone: (608) 263–5670 Record vs. Ranked Teams ........................................................ 112 Volleyball Fax: (608) 265–2524 Dates in Badger History ........................................................... 115 MAILING ADDRESS Wisconsin Field House ............................................................. 116 Wisconsin Volleyball 2013 Statistics ......................................................................... 118 Kellner Hall, 3rd Floor 2013 Results ............................................................................ 120 1440 Monroe Street 2014 Big Ten Schedule ............................................................121 Madison, WI 53711 Steve Lowe Memorial Scholarship ............................................ 124 1 2014 Wisconsin Roster No. Player Ht. Pos. Yr./Elig. Hometown/High School/Club-Previous 1 Lauren Carlini 6-2 S So. Aurora, Ill./West Aurora/Sports Performance 2 Romana Kriskova 6-3 OH Jr. Bratislava, Slovakia/Sportove Gym/VCU 3 Courtney Thomas 6-0 OH Sr. DeKalb, Ill./DeKalb/Sports Performance 4 Kelli Bates 5-11 OH Fr. Bradley, Ill./Glenbrook South/Sky High 5 Taylor Fricano 6-3 OH RS Fr. Palatine, Ill./Palatine/Sky High 6 Taylor Morey 5-5 L/DS Jr. Muncie, Ind./Burris/Munciana-Notre Dame 7 Deme Morales 5-7 OH/DS Sr. Amherst, Ohio/Steele/Maverick 10 Tori Blake 6-3 MB So. Midland, Mich./Midland/Michigan Volleyball Academy 11 Kathryn (Kt) Kvas 5-7 L/DS Sr. Eagan, Minn./Eagan/M1 12 Julie Mikaelsen 6-3 OH Sr. Askim, Norway/Sand Vidaregåande School/Topp Volley Norway 13 Haleigh Nelson 6-3 MB So. Cary, N.C./Cardinal Gibbons/Triangle 14 Dominique Thompson 5-11 MB RS Sr. Plymouth, Minn./Robbinsdale Armstrong/M1 16 Caroline Workman 5-5 L/DS Sr. Los Angeles, Calif./Marymount/Sunshine 19 Erin Juley 5-10 S RS Jr. La Grange, Ill./Lyons/Long Beach State 20 Ellen Chapman 6-4 OH Sr. Glenview, Ill./Glenbrook South/Sky High Staff Head Coach: Kelly Sheffield Assistant Coaches: Brittany Dildine, Gary White Volunteer Assistant Coach: Matt Girouard Student Assistant Coach: Annemarie Hickey Director of Volleyball Operations: Jessica Yanz Athletic Trainer: Kristy Walker Athletic Communications: Diane Nordstrom Key By Class Pronunciation Guide OH—Outside Hitter/Rightside Hitter Senior—7 2—ro MON a KRIS ko va S—Setter Junior—3 5—Taylor fri CON o MB—Middle Blocker Sophomore—3 6—Taylor MORE ee L/DS—Libero/Defensive Specialist Freshman—2 7—DEM ee mo RAL es By Position By Height 11—Kt k VAS OH—7 6-4—Chapman 12—YOU le aye mi KULL sen MB—3 6-3—Mikaelsen, Blake, Nelson, 13—HAY lee Nelson S—2 Fricano, Kriskova 19—ERIN JOO lee DS/L—4 6-2—Carlini Coach Brittany DILL dine 6-0—Thomas Coach Matt gi RARD 5-11—Thompson, Bates 5-10—Juley 5-7—Morales, Kvas 5-5—Workman, Morey 2 Media Information Interview Requests UW Athletic Communications Office Coach Kelly Sheffield will be avail- Kellner Hall • 1440 Monroe Street • Madison, WI 53711 able at the UW’s weekly news confer- Phone: (608) 262-1811 • Fax: (608) 262-8184 ence prior to each home stand. News conferences are held in the UW Field Director Assistants House Media Room on Mondays at Brian Lucas AJ Harrison 12:30 p.m. Cell: (608) 513-3987 Cell: (608) 279-8641 All Badger practices, held in the Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] UW Field House, 1450 Monroe St., Associate Director– Brandon Harrison are open to the media. Interviews may Volleyball Contact Cell: (608) 279-8653 be conducted Tuesday or Wednesday Diane Nordstrom Email: [email protected] after practice (approximately 5:30 Office: (608) 262-9024 Kelli Grashel–Volleyball p.m.) in the Field House. Cell: (608) 658-3644 Assistant Schedule interviews with staff Email: [email protected] members or players by contacting Cell: (608) 445-4086 Diane Nordstrom of the Wisconsin Assistant Director Email: [email protected] Diane Nordstrom Paul Capobianco Athletic Communications Office. Julia Hujet Cell: (608) 219-6278 Cell: (608) 259-6582 Email: [email protected] Credential Guidelines Email: [email protected] Assistant Director Director of Web Site Requests for credentials to cover Patrick Herb Services Wisconsin volleyball should be Cell: (608) 957-2085 Tamara Flarup emailed to Diane Nordstrom. Requests Email: [email protected] should be received at least five days in Cell: (608) 444-6588 advance of the match. Assistant Director Email: [email protected] Brian Mason Credentials will be left with the Program Assistant Cell: (608) 279-8659 parking attendant (white vehicle) at Sandy Stoecker Email: [email protected]