Central ARKANSAS SUGAR Bears (16-14, 10-6) SoUThLANd CoNference ToURNAment Nov. 18-20 • Farris Center • Conway, Ark. CENTRAL ARKANSAS SUGAR BEARS COACHING STAFF No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown (Previous School) Head Coach: David McFatrich (Arkansas, 1986) 1 Nicole Okeke MB 5-9 Fr. DeSoto, Texas (DeSoto) Record at School (Yrs): 16-14 (1st) 2 Karlie Giesler RS/OH 6-0 So. St. Charles, Ill. (St. Charles North) Career Record (Yrs): 16-14 (1st) 3 Marissa Collins S 5-10 So. Pearland, Texas (Pearland) Assistant Coach: Todd Hay (Hawaii, 1992) 4 Shelbee Berringer DS/L 5-5 Fr. Dickinson, Texas (Dickinson) Assistant Coach: Robyn Smith (Central Arkansas, 2010) 5 Megan Elmquist DS/OH 5-10 So. Little Rock, Ark. (Home School) QUICK FACTS 6 Beth Rogers DS 5-7 So. Stilwell, Kan. (Blue Valley) Location: Conway, Ark. 7 Jessica Nagy MB 6-2 So. Carleton, Mich. (Airport) Founded: 1907 8 Cristin Curl L 5-9 Sr. Amarillo, Texas (Tascosa) Enrollment: 11,444 Colors: Purple and Gray 9 Jessica Hays RS/OH 5-10 Sr. Friendswood, Texas (Friendswood) Affiliation: NCAA I 10 Kyle Hartman OH/MB 6-0 So. Phoenix, Ariz. (Desert Vista) Conference: Southland 11 Lindsey Barron OH 5-11 Jr. Mandeville, La. (Fontainbleau) Home Arena: Prince Center (300) President: Tom Courtway (Interim) 12 Taylor Hammonds MB 6-0 Jr. Tomball, Texas (Tomball) Athletic Director: Dr. Brad Teague 13 Lauren Dear S 5-8 Sr. Conway, Ark. (Conway) Sports Information Volleyball Contact: Aaron Jones 14 Taylor Whileyman RS 6-0 Fr. Richmond, Texas (Foster) Web Site: UCASports.com 15 Alicia Dittrich MB/OH 6-0 Fr. Houston, Texas (Clear Brook) 16 Scout Brooks OH 5-10 Fr. Brenham, Texas (Brenham) 2011 Sugar Bear Scoreboard SUGAR BEARS NOTES... Date Opponent Location Time/Result • This week, the University of Central Arkansas volleyball team will serve as hosts to this year’s Aug. 26 Xavier Houston, Texas L, 0-3 Aug. 27 Lipscomb Houston, Texas W, 3-2 Southland Conference Volleyball Tournament. The Sugar Bears have earned a No. 4 seed Aug. 27 Houston Houston, Texas L, 1-3 and will face off with No. 5 seed Lamar in first round action Friday night at 6:30 inside the Sept. 2 UNLV Lubbock, Texas L, 0-3 Sept. 2 Texas Tech Lubbock, Texas L, 0-3 Farris Center. Sept. 3 Morehead St. Lubbock, Texas L, 0-3 • In two meetings with Lamar this season, The Sugar Bears are 1-1. UCA defeated Lamar Sept. 9 Northwestern Oxford, Miss. W, 3-2 Sept. 9 Arkansas-Little Rock Oxford, Miss. W, 3-2 3-1 at the Prince Center on Oct. 15 but lost to Lamar 3-1 in Beaumont, Texas on Oct. 15. In Sept. 10 Ole Miss Oxford, Miss. L, 0-3 the two matches with Lamar this year, freshman Scout Brooks and sophomore Jessica Nagy Sept. 15 *Northwestern St. Natchitoches, La. W, 3-2 Sept. 16 Arkansas St. Natchitoches, La. L, 0-3 have had the hot hands. Brooks has earned 29 kills (.303 hitting pct.) and Nagy has ac- Sept. 17 Alcorn St. Natchitoches, La. W, 3-0 counted for 27 kills (.397 hitting pct.) Sept. 22 *Sam Houston St. Huntsville, Texas L, 2-3 • In last season’s Southland Conference tournament, the Sugar Bears advanced all the way Sept. 24 *Stephen F. Austin Nacogdoches, Texas W, 3-1 Sept. 29 *Nicholls Thibodaux, La. W, 3-0 to the finals where they fell 3-2 to UTSA. The Sugar Bears swept through the first two rounds Sept. 30 *Southeastern La. Hammond, La. W, 3-0 with 3-0 victories over Nicholls and UT Arlington. UTSA, however, defeated UCA 25-17, 25- Oct. 4 Arkansas-Pine Bluff Conway, Ark. W, 3-0 Oct. 5 *Northwestern St. Conway, Ark. L, 1-3 22, 19-25, 21-25, 15-13) to go on to win the title. If the two were to meet again in this year’s Oct. 8 *UT Arlington Conway, Ark. W, 3-1 tournament, it would again have to be in the finals. UTSA enters as the No. 2 seed and sits Oct. 13 *McNeese St. Conway, Ark. W, 3-2 Oct. 15 *Lamar Conway, Ark. W, 3-1 on the opposite side of the bracket. The Roadrunners square off with Stephen F. Austin in the Oct. 17 Missouri Columbia, Mo. L, 0-3 first round on Friday at 11 a.m. Oct. 19 Arkansas-Pine Bluff Pine Bluff, Ark. W, 3-0 • The Sugar Bears prepared for this weekend’s SLC Tournament by playing two regular sea- Oct. 22 *Texas St. San Marcos, Texas L, 1-3 Oct. 27 *Texas A&M CC Conway, Ark. W, 3-2 son matches across the street from their normal home, the Prince Center, in the Farris Center. Oct. 29 *UTSA Conway, Ark. L, 0-3 The Oct. 27 match against Texas A&M Corpus Christi and the Nov. 12 match against South- Nov. 3 *McNeese St. Lake Charles, La. L, 1-3 Nov. 5 *Lamar Beaumont, Texas L, 1-3 eastern Louisiana were the two matches played in the Farris Center. Both of those games Nov. 10 *Nicholls Conway, Ark. W, 3-0 were 3-2 victories by UCA. Nov. 12 *Southeastern La. Conway, Ark. W, 3-2 Nov. 18 $Lamar Conway, Ark. 6:30 p.m • UCA may not prefer to play five-set matches, but they certainly haven’t seem to mind it Nov. 19 $TBA Conway, Ark. 7:30 p.m. this year. The Sugar Bears sport a 7-1 overall record this year when the match is extended to Nov. 20 $TBA Conway, Ark. 2 p.m. *- Southland Conference match five games. The only loss was a 3-2 set back at No. 3 seed Sam Houston State on Sept. 22. $-Southland Conference Tournament, Nov. 18-20 • The All-Southland Conference volleyball teams were released this week and sophomore setter Marissa Collins was the only Sugar Bear represented on the first or second team. Col- 2011 Southland Conference Standings lins earned second team honors in a year in which she led the league in conference games East Division only with 11.64 a/s. Last season, Collins was named the Freshman of the Year and Setter Central Arkansas 10-6 .625 16-14 .533 of the Year in 2010 and earned first team honors. Cristin Curl and Taylor Hammonds were Lamar 9-7 .562 11-20 .355 named honorable mention. Northwestern State 6-10 .375 10-19 .345 • Marissa Collins is the first player in league history to earn Southland Freshman of the Year Nicholls State 5-11 .312 18-14 .562 and Setter of the Year awards in the same season. Collins ranked 15th in the nation and McNeese State 5-11 .312 10-20 .333 led the Southland with 11.54 assists per set in 2010. Collins has moved into fourth all-time on Southeastern La. 1-15 .062 5-28 .152 UCA’s career assists list with 2,467. Her 1,419 assists in 2010 were the second most assists in a West Division SLC Pct. Overall Pct. single season for UCA. This season, Collins is averaging 10.3 assists per set. In two consecutive Texas State 15-1 .938 24-7 .774 matches this season, Collins set a career highs in assists. Collins earned a career-high 60 as- UTSA 14-2 .875 20-10 .667 sists in a 3-1 win over UT Arlington on Oct. 8. The 60 assists came in just four sets for a 15.0 a/s Sam Houston State 11-5 .688 17-12 .586 average. She followed that up with 61 assists in a 3-2 victory over McNeese State on Oct. 13. UT Arlington 8-8 .500 12-18 .400 • Collins was UCA’s fourth Southland Freshman of the Year in five years. She joined Robyn Stephen F. Austin 7-9 .438 14-17 .452 Smith (2006), Chloe Smith (2007) and Jessica Hays (2009). Collins is also the third consecutive A&M Corpus Christi 5-11 .312 13-20 .394 Setter of the Year for the Sugar Bears, with Robyn Smith winning it the previous two seasons. Southland Conference Schedule • Senior libero Cristin Curl was named to the All-Southland Conference Second Team in 2010 and was a preseason All-SLC First Team selection in 2011. The Amarillo, Texas native ranked Date Match Time fifth in league play with 4.65 digs per set in 2010. Curl, 2009’s SLC Libero of the Year, is fourth Nov. 18 No. 2 UTSA vs. No. 7 SFA 11 a.m. on UCA’s career digs list with 1,768. Curl has been named the Southland’s Defensive Player Nov. 18 No. 3 Sam Houston St. vs. No. 6 UTA 1:30 p.m. of the Week two different times this season. She was given the honor on Oct. 3 and again Nov. 18 No. 1 Texas St. vs. No. 8 Northwestern St. 4 p.m. this past week on Nov. 14. It marked the fourth time in her career she has received such Nov. 18 No. 4 UCA vs. No. 5 Lamar 6:30 p.m. honors. Nov. 19 Semifinal (Match 5) 5 p.m. • UCA had five total players named to the 2011 preseason All-Southland Conference Volley- Nov. 19 Semifinal (Match 6) 7:30 p.m. ball teams. Senior outside hitter Jessica Hays, sophomore setter Marissa Collins, senior libero Nov. 20 Championship Game 2 p.m. Cristin Curl and junior middle blocker Taylor Hammonds. 2011 central Arkansas Volleyball • Page 2 Individual Highs Opponent Individual Highs Kills ...................................................................23, Scout Brooks vs.