Contents INTRODUCTION OPPONENTS 46 Opponents 50 Series History vs. 2004 Opponents 52 Tournament Information THIS IS LSU SEASON REVIEW 54 Season Review 56 2003 Results/Statistics 57 2003 Match-by-Match Statistics - 58 2003 Season Superlatives/Honors 59 2003 SEC Review 60 2003 SEC Statistics PL A Regan Hood led the Tigers in kills and blocks in 2003. HISTORY YERS 62 SEC History INTRODUCTION 63 SEC Tournament History 64 NCAA Tournament History 2 Quick Facts 66 SEC Honors 3 Roster/Roster Breakdown 68 All-Americans/Honors CO 4 Season Preview 69 Letterwinners A 70 Maravich Center Records CHES THIS IS LSU 8 Fran Flory Volleyball RECORDS 10 Cox Communications Academic Center for Student-Athletes 72 Individual Match Records 12 Academic Success 74 Individual Season Records OPPONENT 13 Maravich Center 75 Individual Career Records 14 Locker Room 76 Team Match Records 15 Auxiliary Gym 77 Team Match/Season Records 16 Strength & Conditioning 78 Team Season/Miscellaneous Records 17 Athletic Training S 79 1,000-Kill Club 18 Campus Life 80 1,000-Dig Club 20 City of Baton Rouge 81 Yearly Leaders 21 State of Louisiana 82 Year-by-Year Results 22 President Dr. William Jenkins REVIEW 89 All-Time Series Records 23 Athletics Director Skip Bertman 90 All-Time Coaching Records 24 Southeastern Conference PLAYERS MEDIA INFORMATION 92 Media Guidelines 26 Melody Clark 93 Media List 27 Beth Cowley 94 SEC SID Directory HIST 28 Vanessa Freeman 95 LSUsports.net 29 Lacey Galliano 96 Radio/TV Roster OR 30 Regan Hood Y 31 Ivana Kuzmic 32 Lauren Leaumont CREDITS AND COVER 33 Kassi Mikulik 34 Rachel Pittman The 2004 LSU Volleyball Media Guide is a production of the LSU RECORDS 35 Daniela Romero Sports Information Department. On the front cover (from left to right): 36 Heather Fierce/Sarah Greco senior Beth Cowley, senior Rachel Pittman and senior Regan Hood . 37 Michelle Hensgens/Jelena Mijatovic 38 Mina Spasojevic/Kate Spytek EDITOR Melissa Reynaud COVERS Peter Hoang COACHES Krystal Bennett LAYOUT & DESIGN Krystal Bennett 40 Head Coach Fran Flory Melissa Reynaud 42 Assistant Coach Danijela Tomic MEDIA PHOTOGRAPHY Steve Franz 43 Assistant Coach Craig Bere PRINTING EBSCO Media 44 Support Staff 2004 LSU VOLLEYBALL MEDIA GUIDE 1 Quick Facts INTRODUCTION THIS IS LSU YERS A PL VOLLEYBALL INFORMATION UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATION CHES A HEAD COACH: Fran Flory PRESIDENT: Dr. William L. Jenkins CO ALMA MATER, YEAR: Texas, 1984 CHANCELLOR: Dr. William L. Jenkins (Interim) CAREER RECORD: 201-203 (13 years) FACULTY REPRESENTATIVE: Kenneth E. Carpenter RECORD AT LSU: 91-89 (Six years) ASSISTANT COACHES: Danijela Tomic (UALR, 1997) ATHLETICS DEPARTMENT Craig Bere (Morehead State, 1995) S ATHLETICS DIRECTOR: Stanley “Skip”Bertman TEAM INFORMATION SENIOR ASSOCIATE AD: Dan Radakovich ASSOCIATE AD/SWA: Judy Southard 2003 RECORD: 11-19 ASSOCIATE AD/OPERATIONS: Verge Ausberry 2003 SEC RECORD: 6-10 (Third-West) ASSOCIATE AD/INTERNAL RELATIONS: Bo Bahnsen 2003 POSTSEASON: ASSOCIATE AD/BUSINESS: OPPONENT SEC Tournament Mark Ewing STARTERS RETURNING/LOST: 5/1 ASSOCIATE AD/EXTERNAL AFFAIRS: Herb Vincent LETTERWINNERS RETURNING/LOST: 8/3 ASSISTANT AD/COMPLIANCE: Chris Howard NEWCOMERS: 8 SPORTS INFORMATION ALL-TIME RECORD: 697-420 (.624, 30 years) ASSISTANT AD/SPORTS INFORMATION: ALL-TIME SEC RECORD: Michael Bonnette 139-108 (.563, 21 years) SR. ASSOCIATE SID: SEC TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES: Kent Lowe 25 ASSOCIATE SID: ALL-TIME SEC TOURNAMENT RECORD: Laurie Cannon REVIEW 27-25 (.519) ASSOCIATE SID: Bill Franques SEC TOURNAMENT TITLES: 4 (1986, 1989, 1990, 1991) ASSOCIATE SID: Brian Miller NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES: 6 ASSOCIATE SID (VOLLEYBALL): Melissa Reynaud NCAA TOURNAMENT RECORD: 10-6 (.625) PUBLICATIONS DIRECTOR: Jason Feirman FINAL FOUR APPEARANCES: 2 (1990, 1991) GRAPHIC DESIGN COORDINATOR: David Hurd GRAPHIC DESIGN COORDINATOR Annie Martin Y MEDIA INFORMATION PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS Krystal Bennett, Peter Hoang OR VOLLEYBALL SID: Melissa Reynaud PHOTOGRAPHY COORDINATOR: T Steve Franz SID OFFICE PHONE: (225) 578-8226 ADMINISTRATIVE SECRETARY: Pat Fredericks HIS REYNAUD’S OFFICE PHONE: (225) 578-1869 SID FAX: (225) 578-1861 ELECTRONIC MEDIA REYNAUD’S HOME PHONE: (225) 344-2072 ASSISTANT AD/TELEVISION: Kevin Wagner REYNAUD’S CELL PHONE: (225) 241-4365 ASST. COORD. OF TELEVISION: John Schiebe REYNAUD’S E-MAIL ADDRESS: [email protected] TELEVISION PRODUCER: Paul Danna LSU WEBSITE: www.LSUsports.net UNIVERSITY INFORMATION SPORTS INFORMATION MAILING ADDRESS LSU Sports Information LOCATION: Baton Rouge, La. RECORDS P.O. Box 25095 FOUNDED: 1860 Baton Rouge, LA 70894 ENROLLMENT: 31,582 NICKNAME: Tigers or Fighting Tigers SPORTS INFORMATION OVERNIGHT ADDRESS COLORS: Purple & Gold MASCOT: Mike V (live Bengal tiger) LSU Sports Information HOME FACILITY: Maravich Center Fifth Floor, Athletics Administration Building CAPACITY: 14,164 Nicholson Drive at North Stadium Drive CONFERENCE: Southeastern Baton Rouge, LA 70803 MEDIA 2 2004 LSU VOLLEYBALL MEDIA GUIDE Roster/Roster Breakdown INTRODUCTION NUMERICAL ROSTER BREAKDOWN NO. NAME POS. HT. CL./EXP. HOMETOWN (HIGH SCHOOL) BY COUNTRY 1 Lauren Leaumont OH 5-9 So./1L New Orleans, La./Mount Carmel Academy CROATIA (1): 2 Vanessa Freeman OH 6-1 Fr./RS Granger, Texas/Granger HS Ivana Kuzmic 3 Jelena Mijatovic OH 6-1 Jr./TR Belgrade, Serbia/Northwood University THIS IS LSU SERBIA (2): 4 Sarah Greco LIB 5-6 Fr./HS Metairie, La./St. Mary’s Dominican HS Jelena Mijatovic 5 Heather Fierce S 5-8 Fr./HS Muncie, Ind./Muncie Central HS Mina Spasojevic 6 Ivana Kuzmic MB 6-4 Jr./TR Split, Croatia/Arkansas-Little Rock UNITED STATES (13): 9 Kate Spytek OH/RS 6-0 Fr./HS Pewaukee, Wisc./Catholic Memorial HS Beth Cowley 11 Regan Hood OH/MB 6-2 Sr./3L Carrollton, Texas/Bishop Lynch HS Melody Clark 12 Beth Cowley S/LIB 5-9 Sr./3L Louisville, Ky./Assumption HS Heather Fierce 13 Michelle Hensgens LIB 5-3 Fr./HS Morgan City, La./Central Catholic HS Vanessa Freeman Lacey Galliano 14 Mina Spasojevic MB/RS 6-0 Fr./HS Belgrade, Serbia/Saint Sava School PL Sarah Greco 15 Rachel Pittman LIB 5-9 Sr./3L Slidell, La./Slidell HS A 16 Melody Clark MB/RS 6-1 So./1L Colorado Springs, Colo./Colo. Springs Christian HS Michelle Hensgens YERS Regan Hood 23 Lacey Galliano RS 6-1 So./1L Baton Rouge, La./The Dunham School Lauren Leaumont 24 Kassi Mikulik OH 5-10 So./1L Flatonia, Texas/Flatonia HS Kassi Mikulik 31 Daniela Romero S 5-8 So./1L Arlington, Texas/James Martin HS Rachel Pittman ALPHABETICAL Daniela Romero Kate Spytek CO NO. NAME POS. HT. CL./EXP. HOMETOWN (HIGH SCHOOL) A 12 Beth Cowley S/LIB 5-9 Sr./3L Louisville, Ky./Assumption HS BY STATE CHES 16 Melody Clark MB/RS 6-1 So./1L Colorado Springs, Colo./Colo. Springs Christian HS COLORADO (1): 5 Heather Fierce S 5-8 Fr./HS Muncie, Ind./Muncie Central HS Melody Clark 2 Vanessa Freeman OH 6-1 Fr./RS Granger, Texas/Granger HS INDIANA (1): 23 Lacey Galliano RS 6-1 So./1L Baton Rouge, La./The Dunham School Heather Fierce KENTUCKY (1): 4 Sarah Greco LIB 5-6 Fr./HS Metairie, La./St. Mary’s Dominican HS OPPONENT Beth Cowley 13 Michelle Hensgens LIB 5-3 Fr./HS Morgan City, La./Central Catholic HS WISCONSIN (1): 11 Regan Hood OH/MB 6-2 Sr./3L Carrollton, Texas/Bishop Lynch HS Kate Spytek 6 Ivana Kuzmic MB 6-4 Jr./TR Split, Croatia/Arkansas-Little Rock LOUISIANA (5): 1 Lauren Leaumont OH 5-9 So./1L New Orleans, La./Mount Carmel Academy Lacey Galliano S 24 Kassi Mikulik OH 5-10 So./1L Flatonia, Texas/Flatonia HS Sarah Greco 3 Jelena Mijatovic OH 6-1 Jr./TR Belgrade, Serbia/Northwood University Michelle Hensgens 15 Rachel Pittman LIB 5-9 Sr./3L Slidell, La./Slidell HS Lauren Leaumont 31 Daniela Romero S 5-8 So./1L Arlington, Texas/James Martin HS Rachel Pittman TEXAS (4): REVIEW 14 Mina Spasojevic MB/RS 6-0 Fr./HS Belgrade, Serbia/Saint Sava School 9 Kate Spytek OH/RS 6-0 Fr./HS Pewaukee, Wisc./Catholic Memorial HS Vanessa Freeman Regan Hood Kassi Mikulik HEAD COACH Fran Flory (Texas, 1984) Daniela Romero Record at LSU 91-89/Six seasons Overall Record 201-203/13 seasons BY CLASS SENIORS (3): HIST ASSISTANT COACHES Beth Cowley Danijela Tomic (Arkansas-Little Rock, 1997) Regan Hood OR Craig Bere (Morehead State, 1995) Rachel Pittman JUNIORS (2): Y PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Ivana Kuzmic Jelena Mijatovic LACEY GALLIANO LAY-cee gal-ee-AHN-o SOPHOMORES (5): MICHELLE HENSGENS HENS-gins Melody Clark RECORDS REGAN HOOD REE-gan Lacey Galliano IVANA KUZMIC KOOZ-mitch Lauren Leaumont LAUREN LEAUMONT la-mont Kassi Mikulik KASSI MIKULIK CASS-see MICK-a-lick Daniela Romero FRESHMEN (6): JELENA MIJATOVIC yell-E-na Me-a-TOE-vich Heather Fierce DANIELA ROMERO Dan-YELL-a Ro-MER-o Vanessa Freeman MINA SPASOJEVIC MEE-na spaz-O-yea-vich Sarah Greco KATE SPYTEK MEDIA spy-tech Michelle Hensgens DANIJELA TOMIC Dan-YELL-a TOE-mitch Mina Spasojevic CRAIG BERE Berry Kate Spytek 2004 LSU VOLLEYBALL MEDIA GUIDE 3 2004 Season Preview seasons. She is the only player to record more than 100 blocks in either of the past two seasons, and has accomplished the feat both years. Hood is also a well-rounded player that is capable of seeing INTRODUCTION playing time at the outside hitter position after leading LSU in kills a year ago. Kuzmic joins the team after leading the nation in blocks as a freshman in 2002, recording 216 total blocks for a 2.08 blocks per game average. In addition, she led the Sun Belt in blocks per game last season, averaging 1.31 blocks per game while breaking the THIS IS LSU UALR single-season record for solo blocks. "Potentially our middles could be two of the most dominant middles in the conference," said Flory.