2020-2120200-2-21 UCFUCUCF KNIGHTSKNKNIGIGHTH S VOLLEYBALLVVOLLLLEYE BALLLL 1 MEET THE 2020-21 KNIGHTS ‘19 SEASON RECAP The Knights’ were once again among the best in the nation in 2019, 1 | Morghan Chambers 2 | Chloe Scheer 3 | Amber Olson 4 | Arianna Arjomand 6 | Dresi Pass fi nishing the season with OH | 6’2 | So. L | 5’7 | Fr. S | 5’11 | Jr. L/DS | 5’7 | So. S | 5’9 | So. a 25-8 overall record, Dallas, Texas Murrieta, Calif. Cary, Ill. Orlando, Fla. Chaska, Minn. including going 14-2 in Cedar Hills Vista Murrieta Cary-Grove HS Wichita State Minnetonka conference play. The Knights went on to win the inaugural American Athletic Conference Championship tournament, securing a 7 | Nerissa Moravec 8 | Stella Gkiourda 11 | Faby Ribas 14 | Emily Lawrence 16 | Tali Marmen conference title for the MB | 6’1 | R-Sr. OH | 6’1 | Fr. DS | 5’5 | Sr. S | 6’0 | Fr. OH | 6’1 | Jr. second year in a row. Moschato Greece Lincoln, Neb. Orlando, Fla. Oviedo, Fla. Ariel, Israel The conference title Lincoln Southeast HS South Florida Hagerty High School Rutgers earned UCF an NCAA Championship postseason berth for the second straight year as well. UCF made it to the second round of the 17 | Mary Beth Headley 19 | MaKenzie Chambers 20 | McKenna Melville 21 | Kathryn Wesolich NCAA tournament for the OH | 5’11 | Fr. RS | 5’10 | So. OH | 6’0 | Jr. MB | 6’1 | Jr. Newnan, Ga. Dallas, Texas Eagan, Minn. Wildwood, Mo. fi rst time under Dagenais Newnan High School Cedar Hill Eagan HS Lafayette HS after defeating in-state rivals Florida State 3-2. The 2019 squad was led off ensively by McKenna Melville, Anne-Marie Watson and Kristina 23 | Megan Lively 31 | Brittiney Jones 32 | Anne-Marie Watson 47 | Amari Williams Fisher. Each received MB | 6’3 | So. MB| 6’3 | Fr. RS | 6’0 | Sr. MB | 6’2 | Sr. the honor of being Ankeny, Iowa Eustis, Fla. Oviedo, Fla. Suwanee, Ga. Ankeny Centennial Eustis High School Hagerty HS FSU named First Team All- Conference for their eff orts throughout the 2019 season. The award marked Melville’s and Fisher’s second as the duo was also named First Team after 2018’s historic Todd Dagenais Jenny Maurer Brian Doyon T.J. Read Head Coach Associate Head Coach Assistant Coach Director of Operations run. Watson earned the 13th Season 5th Season 4th Season 3rd Season recognition for the fi rst Central Michigan Washington St. Louis Syracuse Ohio State time in her career after she was named Second Team All-Conference in 2018. Both Melville and Watson return for UCF in 2020-21. 2 2020-21 UCF KNIGHTS VOLLEYBALL UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA RETURNERS Loca on Orlando, Fl. Name Pos. Ht. Cl. K/S D/S A/S B/S Enrollment 64,318 Morghan Chambers OH 6-2 So. 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Conference American Amber Olson S 6-0 Jr. 0.04 1.99 5.34 0.00 Nickname Knights Dresi Pass S 5-9 So. 0.00 0.95 2.82 0.00 Mascot Knightro Nerissa Moravec MB 6-2 R-Sr. 0.91 0.31 0.07 1.31 Colors Gold (R:182, G:162, B:105) and Black Faby Ribas DS 5-5 Sr. 0.00 0.19 0.00 0.00 President Alexander Cartwright MaKenzie Chambers OH 6-0 So. 1.60 0.35 0.02 0.73 VP & Director of Athle cs Dr. Daniel J. White (Notre Dame ‘02) McKenna Melville OH 6-1 Jr. 4.49 3.13 0.20 0.46 NCAA Faculty Representa ve Dr. Manoj Chopra Kathryn Wesolich MB 6-2 Jr. 0.61 0.39 0.09 0.81 VOLLEYBALL STAFF Megan Lively MB 6-5 So. 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Anne-Marie Watson RS 6-0 Sr. 2.57 0.26 0.02 1.32 Head Coach Todd Dagenais (Central Michigan ‘95) 13th Season Record at UCF 237-148, .616 All-Time Record 237-148, .616 Associate Head Coach Jenny Mauer (Washington ‘99) 5th Season TRANSFERS Assistant Coach Brian Doyon (Syracuse ‘95) 4th Season Name Pos. Ht. Cl. Hometown Director of Opera ons TJ Read (Ohio State ‘15) 3rd Season Arianna Arjomand L/DS 5-8 So. Orlando, Fla. Volunteer Coach Cameron Stevens (Finley ‘11) 2nd Season Tali Marmen OH 6-2 Jr. Ariel, Israel Amari Williams MB 6-2 Sr. Suwanee, Ga. FACILITY INFORMATION NEWCOMERS Home Court (Capacity) The Venue, 2,500 Name Pos. Ht. Cl. Hometown UCF’s All-Time Record at The Venue 294-105 (.737) Styliani Gkiourda OH Fr. Moschato, Greece Home Record Under Dagenais 117-51 (.696) Chloe Sheer L Fr. Murrie a, Calif. All-Time Home Record* 353-142 (.713) Incomplete records prior to 1987. Emily Lawrence S Fr. Ovideo, Fla. Mary Beth Headley OH Fr. Newnan, Ga. VOLLEYBALL HISTORY Bri ney Jones MB Fr. Eus s, Fla. First Year of Volleyball 1975 All-Time Overall Record 1036-627 (.623) All-Time American Record 96-36 (.727) RETURNING STATISTICAL LEADERS American Conference Championships 3 (‘14, ‘18, 19) Matches Played 33, Melville, Watson A-SUN Conference Championships 7 (‘94, ‘95, ‘96, ‘97, ‘01, ‘02, ‘03) Sets Played 122 Melville, Watson NCAA Tournament Apps 9 (‘95, ‘96, ‘97, ‘01, ‘02, ‘03, ‘14, ‘18, ‘19) Points 612.5, Melville AIAW Championships 1 (‘78) Points Per Set 5.02, Melville 2019 REVIEW & 2020-21 PREVIEW Kills Per Set 4.49, Melville 2019 Record 25-8 A ack Errors (min. 250 a acks) 151, Melville 2019 American Record (Finish) 14-2 (2nd) Total A acks 1,536, Melville Final RPI Ranking 24th A ack Percentage .328, Moravec Starters Returning/Lost 3/4 Assists 513, Olson Newcomers 8 Assists Per Set 5.34, Olson Freshmen/Transfers 5/3 Service Aces 30, Melville Service Aces Per Set .25, Melville MEDIA CONTACT Service Errors 54, Melville Digs 382, Melville Assistant Director for Communica ons Sean Asher Digs Per Set 3.97, Melville & Volleyball Contact Return Errors (min. 100 digs) 38, Melville Senior Associate A.D. for Communica ons John Heisler Return Errors Per Set (min. 100 digs) 0.32, Melville Offi ce Phone (689) 208-9282 Solo Blocks 12, Melville E-mail sasher@athle cs.ucf.edu Assisted Blocks 154, Watson Blocks 161, Watson Blocks Per Set 1.32, Watson STAY SOCIAL Block Errors (min. 25 blocks) 18, Moravec Offi cial UCF Knights Website UCFKnights.com Ball Handling Errors 8, Pass Offi cial UCF Knights Volleyball Twi er @UCF_Volleyball Offi cial UCF Knights Volleyball Facebook /UCF.Volleyball Offi cial UCF Knights Volleyball Instagram @UCF.Volleyball Todd Dagenias Twi er @UCFVBtodd 2020-21 UCF KNIGHTS VOLLEYBALL 3 2020-21 UCF VOLLEYBALL ROSTER No. Name Pos. Ht. Cl. Hometown / Previous School / High School 1 Chambers, Morghan OH 6-2 So. Dallas, Texas / Cedar Hills 2 Scheer, Chloe L 5-7 Fr. Murrieta, Calif. / Vista Murrieta 3 Olson, Amber S 5-11 Jr. Cary, Ill. / Cary-Grove 4 Arjomand, Arianna L/DS 5-7 So. Orlando, Fla. / Wichita State / Bishop Moore Catholic 6 Pass, Dresden S 5-9 So. Chaska, Minn. / Minnetonka High School 7 Moravec, Nerissa MB 6-1 R-Sr. Lincoln, Neb. / Lincoln Southeast High 8 Gkiourda, Styliani OH 6-1 Fr. Moschato, Greece 11 Ribas, Faby DS 5-5 Sr. Orlando, Fla / Dr. Phillips / South Florida 14 Lawrence, Emily S 6-0 Fr. Oviedo, Fla. / Hagerty High School 16 Marmen, Tali OH 6-1 Jr. Ariel, Israel / Rutgers / Hof Hasharon 17 Headley, Mary Beth OH 5-11 Fr. Newnan, Ga. / Newnan High School 19 Chambers, MaKenzie RS 5-10 So. Dallas, Texas / Cedar Hills 20 Melville, McKenna OH 6-0 Jr. Eagan, Minn. / Eagan 21 Wesolich, Kathryn MB 6-1 Jr. Wildwood, Mo. / Lafayette 23 Lively, Megan MB 6-5 So. Ankeny, Iowa / Ankeny Centennial 31 Brittiney Jones MB 6-3 Fr. Eustis, Fla. / Eustis High School 32 Anne-Marie Watson RS 6-0 Sr. Oviedo, Fla. / Hagerty High School 47 Amari Williams MB 6-2 Sr. Suwanee, Ga. / Peachtree Ridge / FSU COACHING STAFF Head Coach – Todd Dagenais (13th Season, Central Michigan ’95) Associate Head Coach – Jenny Maurer (5th Season, Washington St. Louis ’99) Associate Head Coach - Brian Doyon (4th Season, Syracuse ‘95) By Eligibility Freshmen Sophomores Juniors Seniors Styliani Gkiourda Morghan Chambers Amber Olson Nerissa Moravec (RS) Chloe Sheer Arianna Arjomand Tali Marmen Faby Ribas Emily Lawrence Dresi Pass McKenna Melville Anne-Marie Watson Mary Beth Headley MaKenzie Chambers Kathryn Wesolich Amari Williams Brittiney Jones Megan Lively By State/Country Florida (5) California Nebraska Greece Arianna Arjomand Chloe Sheer Nerissa Moravec Styliani Gkiourda Faby Ribas Emily Lawrence Brittiney Jones Missouri Georgia Illinois Anne-Marie Watson Kathryn Wesolich Mary Beth Headley Amber Olson Amari Williams Texas (2) Minnesota (2) Iowa Israel Morghan Chambers McKenna Melville Megan Lively Tali Marmen MaKenzie Chambers Dresden Pass PRONUNCIATIONS Kathryn Wesolich – Wes-lich (take out the o) Arianna Arjomand - Arr-ee-ah-nuh Arr-joh-mahn Nerissa Moravec – Mo-rah-veck Faby Ribas - Fah-bee Ree-bahs Stella Gkiourda - Gear-duh Tali Marmen - Tah-lee Marr-men UCF KNIGHTS, PLEASE Please only refer to the University of Central Florida by its full name or by UCF (NOT Central Florida). Also, the team moniker is the Knights (NOT Golden Knights). 4 2020-21 UCF KNIGHTS VOLLEYBALL 2020-21 UCF VOLLEYBALL SCHEDULE Date Opponent Location Time January 22 FAU (Exhibition) The Venue, FL 4:00 pm January 23 FAU The Venue, FL 4:00 pm January 28 Stetson The Venue, FL 7:00 pm January 30 UNF The Venue, FL 7:00 pm January 31 UNF The Venue, FL 5:00 pm February 5 Tulane The Venue, FL 2:00 pm February 6 Tulane The Venue, FL 2:00 pm February 18 Temple* Philadelphia, PA 5:00 pm February 19 Temple* Philadelphia, PA 3:00 pm February 26 Miami-FL The Venue, FL 3:00 pm February 28 Miami-FL Coral Gables, FL 3:00 pm March 5 ECU* The Venue, FL 6:00 pm March 6 ECU* The Venue, FL 2:00 pm March 12 Cincinnati* Cincinnati, OH 1:00 pm March 13 Cincinnati* Cincinnati, OH 1:00 pm March 26 USF *^ The Venue, FL 7:00 pm March 27 USF *^ The Venue, FL 7:00 pm April 2 AAC Semifi nals* Cincinnati, OH TBD April 3 AAC Championship* Cincinnati, OH TBD All times are Eastern BOLD DENOTES HOME MATCH * Denotes American Athletic Conference Match ^ Denotes War on I-4 THE VENUE One of the elite, volleyball-only facilities in the nation, The Venue at UCF seats upward of 2,000 fans and is located on the north side of campus, right by the UCF Soccer and Track Complex and Burger U.