2014 Stanford Women’s Volleyball Athletics Communications • Arrillaga Family Sports Center • 641 Campus Drive • Stanford, CA • 94305 • GoStanford.com Women’s Volleyball Contact • Regina Verlengiere • o. 650.723.0996 • c. 805.478.4198 • [email protected] Facebook: Stanford Women’s Volleyball • Twitter: @StanfordWVB • Instagram: @stanfordwvb 2014 Schedule Pac-12/Big Ten Challenge Overall Record: 2-0 Pac-12 Record: 0-0 No. 1 Penn State vs. No. 2 Stanford in the Cardinal’s home opener Date Opponent Location Result/ PT 8/29 Iowa State Ames, IA W, 3-0# 8/31 #7 Nebraska Lincoln, NE W, 3-0% THIS WEEK: The Stanford women’s volleyball team (2-0) plays host to 9/5 #1 Penn State Stanford, CA 6 p.m.# the Pac-12/Big Ten Challenge, featuring the second-ranked Cardinal, 9/7 #9 Illinois Stanford, CA 11 a.m.# 9/12 Duke Stanford, CA 7 p.m. top-ranked Penn State (3-0), No. 9 Illinois (3-0) and UCLA (2-1). 9/13 Penn Stanford, CA 11 a.m. 9/13 Santa Clara Stanford, CA 7 p.m. 9/18 San Diego San Diego, CA 7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 5 9/19 Eastern Washington San Diego, CA 5 p.m. 6 p.m. - No. 1 Penn State vs. No. 2 Stanford (Pac-12 Networks) 9/20 Cal State Northridge San Diego, CA 11 a.m. 8 p.m. - No. 9 Illinois vs. UCLA (Pac-12 Networks) 9/23 California* Stanford, CA 6 p.m.# 9/26 Washington State* Stanford, CA 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 6 10/3 Oregon* Stanford, CA 7 p.m.$ 5 p.m. - UCLA vs. No. 1 Penn State 10/4 Oregon State* Stanford, CA 7 p.m. 10/10 Arizona* Tucson, AZ 8 p.m.# 10/12 Arizona State* Tempe, AZ 11 a.m.# Sunday, Sept. 7 10/17 Colorado* Boulder, CO 6 p.m.# 11 a.m. - No. 9 Illinois vs. No. 2 Stanford (Pac-12 Networks) 10/19 Utah* Salt Lake City, UT 1 p.m.# 10/24 UCLA* Stanford, CA 6 p.m.# 10/26 USC* Stanford, CA 5 p.m.# CATCH THE CARDINAL: Live stats for the match can be found on the 10/31 Oregon State* Corvallis, OR 6 p.m.# 11/2 Oregon* Eugene, OR 11 a.m.# women’s volleyball schedule page on GoStanford.com. Both Stan- 11/5 Arizona State* Stanford, CA TBA# ford matches, along with the Illinois-UCLA match will be televised 11/7 Arizona* Stanford, CA 7:30 p.m.# onthe Pac-12 Networks. KZSU radio will be broadcasting both Cardinal 11/12 USC* Los Angeles, CA 7:30 p.m.# 11/13 UCLA* Los Angeles, CA 7 p.m.# matches at 90.1 FM or online at http://kzsu.stanford.edu/. 11/21 Utah* Stanford, CA TBA# 11/22 Colorado* Stanford, CA 7 p.m. 11/26 Washington* Seattle, WA TBA# SOCIAL MEDIA: 11/28 California* Berkeley, CA TBA# Facebook.com/StanfordWVB 12/5-6 NCAA First & Second Rounds Twitter (@StanfordWVB) 12/12-13 NCAA Regionals 12/18&20 NCAA Final Four Oklahoma City, OK Instagram (@stanfordwvb) *Pac-12 conference match 2014 Stanford Volleyball Roster Bold indicates home match played at Maples Pavilion No Name Pos Ht Yr Hometown (High School) #Pac-12 Networks | %Big Ten Network | $ESPNU 2 Sarah Benjamin DS 5-8 FR San Diego, Calif. (Francis Parker) 3 Morgan Boukather OPP 6-1 SR Newport Beach, Calif. (Corona del Mar) 4 Kelsey Humphreys S 6-0 SO Newport Beach, Calif. (Corona del Mar) 7 Ivana Vanjak OH 6-4 RS FR Bad Soden, Germany (Albert-Einstein-Schule) 8 Megan McGehee MB 6-2 JR Lee’s Summit, Mo. (Lee’s Summit West) STANFORD VOLLEYBALL 10 Kyle Gilbert L 5-7 SR Encinitas, Calif. (Santa Fe Christian) BY THE NUMBERS 11 Sidney Brown OH 6-0 FR Tampa, Fla. (Berkeley Preparatory) 12 Inky Ajanaku MB 6-3 JR Tulsa, Okla. (Bishop Kelley) 16 Brittany Howard OH 6-3 JR Los Altos, Calif. (Mountain View) NCAA Championships ............................................................6 17 Merete Lutz MB 6-8 RS FR Houston, Texas (Mirabeau B. Lamar) Final Four Appearances .......................................................18 18 Grace Kennedy OH 6-3 SO Newport Beach, Calif. (Corona del Mar) National Championship Matches .......................................14 22 Madi Bugg S 6-0 JR Apex, N.C. (Cardinal Gibbons) NCAA Tournament Wins ....................................................104 23 Jordan Burgess OH 6-1 JR Fort Myers, Fla. (Berkeley Preparatory Consecutive Years in the NCAA Tournament ......................33 Conference Championships ................................................18 30+ Win Seasons ..................................................................16 Head Coach: John Dunning, 14th season (San Diego State ‘73) National Players of the Year ................................................15 Associate Head Coach: Denise Corlett, 26th season (UCLA ‘81) All-America Awards ..............................................................75 Assistant Coach: Jason Mansfield, 13th season (Ashworth ‘07) Volunteer Assistant Coach: Kasey Crider, 2nd season (Pepperdine ‘11) Conference Players of the Year ...........................................17 All-Conference Selections .................................................104 Pronunciation Guide: Inky Ajanaku (uh-JOHN-uh-koo) Kasey Crider (CRY-der) CoSIDA Academic All-America Awards ...............................16 Morgan Boukather (BOW-kather) Kyle Gilbert (Kyle-the boy’s name) Honda Award Winners ...........................................................7 Merete Lutz (muh-RET-uh LUT-z) Megan McGehee (McGee) Ivana Vanjak (ee-VON-uh VON-yack) Olympians ..............................................................................9 --2014 Stanford Volleyball-- AVCA Coaches’ Poll (Sept. 1) STARTING FIVE: Stanford’s first five matches of the year are against opponents who appeared in last year’s NCAA Tournament, including 2013 champion Penn 1. Penn State 2. STANFORD State at home on Friday, Sept. 5. Four of the five are ranked in the top 25 of the 3. Texas 4. Wisconsin AVCA poll (No. 1 Penn State, then-No. 7 Nebraska, No. 9 Illinois and No. 19 Duke), 5. Washington while Iowa State is receiving votes. 6. USC 7. Purdue 8. Florida State ALL-AMERICANS: Stanford returns four of its five All-Americans from last season, 9. Illinois 10. BYU including AVCA first-team selection Inky Ajanaku (Jr., MB, human biology) and 11. Florida AVCA second-team pick Madi Bugg (Jr., S, political science). Additionally, Kyle Gil- 12. Nebraska 13. Colorado State bert (Sr., L, management science & engineering) and Jordan Burgess (Jr., OH, hu- 14. Michigan State man biology) were tabbed honorable mention by the AVCA. 15. San Diego 16. Kentucky 17. Arizona State MILESTONE FOR AJANAKU: Stanford junior Inky Ajanaku is four kills away from 18. Minnesota 19. Duke 600 for her career. She will join classmates Jordan Burgess (671) and Brittany How- t20. Hawaii ard (605), who have already reached the plateau. t20. North Carolina 22. Oregon 23. Arizona t24. Louisville BY THE NUMBERS: The Stanford women’s volleyball program has won more NCAA t24. Oklahoma Tournament matches (104), made more Final Four appearances (18) and been in the national championship match (14) more times than any other program in the STANFORD IN THE 2014 POLL Date Rank Date Rank nation. The Cardinal has captured 18 conference championships and produced 30 Preseason 3 or more wins on 16 occasions. Stanford, along with Penn State, has won the most Sept. 1 2 NCAA titles (6) and appeared in all 33 NCAA Tournaments, having won all 33 of its first-round matches. Ranking Records... • 427 all-time weeks in the top-10 • 461 total weeks in the poll • 54 weeks ranked No. 1 2014 SEASON FACTS THE LAST TIME STANFORD... Stanford’s Record When... Playing at home: 0-0 Won a match ................................................................................................. at Nebraska, 8/31/14 Playing on the road: 2-0 Playing at a neutral site: 0-0 Lost a match ............................................................................................vs. Penn State, 12/14/13 Longest winning streak: 2 Won at home ............................................................................................. vs. Oklahoma, 12/6/13 Longest losing streak: -- In three sets: 2-0 Lost at home .......................................................................................................vs. USC, 10/30/13 In four sets: 0-0 Won on the road ........................................................................................... at Nebraska, 8/31/14 In five sets: 0-0 Lost on the road...................................................................................... at Washington, 10/20/13 Stanford wins first set: 2-0 Opponent wins first set: 0-0 Won 3-0 ........................................................................................................ at Nebraska, 8/31/14 Winning first two sets: 2-0 Lost 3-0 .................................................................................................................at USC, 10/4/13 Losing first two sets: 0-0 Splitting first two sets: 0-0 Won 3-0 at home ....................................................................................... vs. Oklahoma, 12/6/13 Hitting .250 or better: 2-0 Lost 3-0 at home ...............................................................................................vs. UCLA, 10/29/11 Hitting below .250: 0-0 Won 3-0 on the road ..................................................................................... at Nebraska, 8/31/14 Outhit opponents: 2-0 Outhit by opponents: 0-0 Lost 3-0 on the road ..............................................................................................at USC, 10/4/13 Vs. ranked opponents: 1-0 Won in four sets .........................................................................................vs. California, 11/29/13 Vs. unranked opponents: 1-0 In the Pac-12: 0-0 Lost in four sets .....................................................................................................at