2002 UCLA WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL Nov. 29-30 • at Albuturkey Tournament • Albuquerque, NM The Bruins finished Pac-10 play with a 9-9 record and a tie for fifth place in the conference stand- BRUIN QUICK FACTS ings. UCLA has three matches remaining in its Record: 16-13 regular season, which will take place this week- Pac-10 Record: 9-9 (tie 5th) end at the Albuturkey Tournament in Albuquer- Current Ranking: No. 21, AVCA/USA Today que, NM. UCLA will face Rice and Butler on Head Coach: Andy Banachowski Friday, with a match against host New Mexico Career Record: 935-234 (36th season) on Saturday evening. The Bruins will return to Volleyball SID: Amy Symons Westwood on Sunday, and will learn their SID Office Phone: 310/206-8123 2002 SCHEDULE postseason fate that evening, as the NCAA Website: www.uclabruins.com selection show will be broadcast on ESPNEWS. RECORD: 16-13, 9-9 PAC-10 BRUINS SPLIT WITH ARIZONAS TO FINISH PAC-10 PLAY AT .500 DATE OPPONENT TIME at Hawaiian Airlines Classic (Honolulu, HI) With a five-game win over Arizona State on Thursday and a four-game loss to Arizona on Friday, the 21st-ranked UCLA women’s volleyball team completed Pac-10 play in a tie for fifth (with A30 vs. Colorado~ (#21/20) __ W, 3-1 Washington) and a 9-9 conference record in 2002. Friday’s match provided many dramatics, S 1 vs. Ohio State~ (#9/10) __W, 3-0 highlighted by UCLA overcoming a 13-10 deficit in game five to win 15-13. Three Bruins had S 2 at Hawai’i~ (#4/2) _______ L, 1-3 double-figure kills in the match, led by Brittany Ringel with 17, Lauren Fendrick with 16 and Brynn at Diet Coke Classic (Minneapolis, MN) Murphy with 10. Four Bruins had double-figure digs with Krystal McFarland and Chrissie S 6 at Minnesota (#20/NR) __ L, 0-3 Zartman posting 17 apiece, Ringel with 15 and Fendrick with 11. S 7 vs. Northern Iowa (#9/8) _ L, 0-3 The Bruins came out strong on senior night against Arizona, and all three seniors started the S 7 vs. Rhode Island _______W, 3-0 match. UCLA won the first game 34-32, but lost the following three games 30-21, 30-21, 30-28. S 11 at San Francisco _______ W, 3-1 Four Bruins had double-figure kills, led by Ringel with 16, while Zartman contributed 26 digs. at Nike Portland Invitational (Portland, OR) CHRISSIE ZARTMAN NAMED FIRST-TEAM ALL-PAC-10 S 13 at Portland ____________W, 3-0 Sophomore libero Chrissie Zartman was named First-Team All-Pac-10 on Tuesday, and was the S 14 vs. Cal State Fullerton ___W, 3-0 only libero on the conference first team. Senior Lauren Fendrick earned Hon. Mention All-Pac-10 S 14 vs. Toledo _____________W, 3-0 honors, while setter Haley Jorgensborg was named to the Hon. Mention All-Freshman team. S 18 OLYMP PRAHA (EXH)@~ L, 1-3 UCLA VS. RICE S 20 at Arizona*^~ __________ L, 1-3 Friday will mark the first meeting between UCLA and Rice on the volleyball floor. The Owls are lead S 21 at Arizona State* ________ L, 1-3 by Rebeca Pazo (4.83 kpg, 3.33 dpg, 550 points) and Rebecca Kainz (1.26 bpg). S 27 WASHINGTON*~ _____ W, 3-0 S28 WASHINGTON ST.*~ (#18/20) W, 3-2 VS UTLER UCLA . B O 4 at California* __________ W, 3-1 Friday will also mark the first meeting between UCLA and Butler. The Bulldogs are led by Kali Carter O 5 at Stanford*~ (#4/4)______ L, 1-3 (3.12 kpg), Megan Knightly (2.97 dpg) and Kealy Norris (0.93 bpg). O 10 OREGON STATE*~ ____ W, 3-0 UCLA VS. NEW MEXICO O 11 OREGON*~ __________ W, 3-0 The Bruins lead the all-time series with the Lobos by a 5-0 margin, including a 1-0 record when O 18 at USC*~ (#1/1) _________ L, 0-3 playing in Albuquerque. The last meeting between these two teams was on Sept. 2, 1993. The O25 at Washington State*^(#20/17) L, 2-3 Bruins won 15-8, 15-3, 15-6 in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. The Lobos are led by O 26 at Washington* ________ L, 0-3 Anna Reines (3.82 kpg), Blaire Burns (3.30 dpg) and Chelsea Sondrup (1.18 bpg). N 1 STANFORD*~ (#6) ______ L, 0-3 HEAD COACH ANDY BANACHOWSKI N 2 CALIFORNIA*~________ W, 3-0 In his 36th season on the Bruin bench, UCLA head coach Andy Banachowski remains one of the N 8 at Oregon State* _______W, 3-0 top coaches in his profession. On Sept. 1, 2001, in Hawaii, he became the first collegiate women’s N 9 at Oregon* ____________ W, 3-1 volleyball coach in history to record 900 career wins, and is just the second collegiate volleyball N 12 PEPPERDINE~ (#9) _____ L, 0-3 coach for either gender to reach that milestone. UCLA men’s coach Al Scates, for whom N 15 USC*^~ (#2) __________ L, 0-3 Banachowski was a setter during his collegiate career, posted his 1,000th career win in February, N 21 ARIZONA STATE*~ (RV) W, 3-2 2000. The first women’s volleyball coach to be inducted into the National Volleyball Hall of Fame N 22 ARIZONA*~ (#16) ______ L, 1-3 in Holyoke, MA, Banachowski currently has a career record of 935-234 (.800), and has coached at Albuturkey Tourn. (Albuquerque, NM) the Bruins to six national championships, including three NCAA titles. N29 vs. Rice ____________ 10:00 am NEXT WEEK FOR THE BRUINS N29 vs. Butler____________ 4:30 pm UCLA’s schedule for next week will be determined on Sunday, December 1 at 6 pm Pacific Time, N30 at New Mexico ______ 7:00 pm when the NCAA Tournament bracket will be announced on ESPNEWS. Information will be updated D 5-8 NCAA First/Second Round~ TBA on www.uclabruins.com and on the UCLA FanPhone at 310-825-8575 as soon as possible. D 12-15NCAA Regionals~ ________ TBA D 19,21 NCAA Finals (New Orleans) TBA THIS WEEK IN BRUIN VOLLEYBALL • ALBUTURKEY TOURNAMENT Home matches in BOLD at Pauley Pavilion unless noted; ALL TIMES LOCAL TO MATCH SITE and subject to Fri. Nov. 29 vs. Rice ________________________ Albuquerque, NM 10:00 am MT change; * Pac-10 Conference Match; ^Televised on FOX Sat. Nov. 30 vs. Butler _______________________ Albuquerque, NM 4:30 pm MT Sports Net;~Audio broadcast on the web Sat. Nov. 30 at New Mexico __________________ Albuquerque, NM 7:00 pm MT (uclabruins.com); @-match played at the Wooden Sun. Dec. 1 NCAA Selection Show ____________________ ESPNEWS 6:00 pm PT Center; Rankings are AVCA/Volleyball Magazine USA TODAY/AVCA POLL FENDRICK NAMED HONORABLE MENTION ALL-PAC-10 POLL #13/NOVEMBER 25 The only senior in uniform for the Bruins at the conclusion of this season, outside hitter Lauren # School (First-Place Votes) Points Record Last Fendrick was named to her third career Honorable Mention All-Pac-10 team on Nov. 26. Fendrick 1 *USC (59) 1613 24-1 1 recorded her 1,000th carer kill earlier this season on Sat., Sept. 7 in Minneapolis and went on to 2 *Hawai’i (3) 1511 28-1 2 notch her 1,000th career dig on Nov. 1 in Pauley Pavilion. Currently, Fendrick ranks ninth in Bruin 3 Florida (1) 1471 29-1 3 history with 117 career service aces, 10th with 1,090 digs and 15th with 1,301 career kills. Fendrick, 4 *Stanford 1458 26-4 4 who was named to the All-Tournament Team at the Hawaiian Airlines Classic, leads the Bruins 5 Nebraska (2) 1417 26-1 5 with 3.62 kills per game, and is one of just two players (with Chrissie Zartman) to have played in 6 UC Santa Barbara 1276 28-1 7 every game of every match this season. 7 *Pepperdine 1211 23-6 8 MURPHY FINDS SUCCESS ON THE OUTSIDE 8 *Northern Iowa 1126 30-2 9 9 *Minnesota 1109 29-4 6 Sophomore Brynn Murphy played last season as a middle blocker for the Bruins, but has made 10 Long Beach State 1076 26-3 10 a successful transition to outside hitter for the 2002 season. Murphy is one of five Bruins averaging 11 *Washington State 956 21-7 13 more than 2.5 kills per game, and is the only Bruin to earn two All-Tournament team honors this 12 *Arizona 782 16-10 16 season. She was chosen for the Hawaiian Airlines Classic and Nike Portland Invitational All- 13 Santa Clara 774 24-5 11 Tournament Teams. Murphy is averaging 2.59 kills per game with 256 total kills, and ranks third 14 North Carolina 732 29-3 12 on the team in blocks, averaging 0.89 blocks per game. 15 Wisconsin 656 21-8 14 RINGEL CONTINUES TO LEAD BRUINS OFFENSIVELY 16 Penn State 628 22-7 17 Brittany Ringel opened Pac-10 play with a bang at Arizona on Sept. 20, downing a career-high 22 17 Georgia Tech 557 31-5 20 kills with a .391 attack percentage. Ringel had kills on five of her first six swings on in the match, and 18 Eastern Washington 470 29-2 15 led the Bruins both with 22 kills and 12 points on the evening. She has continued her solid play since 19 Missouri 349 24-6 22 that point, posting team-high kills in 13 matches, including 10 in Pac-10 play and 12 of the Bruins 20 *Ohio State 329 17-10 25 20 matches.