2014 HAMPTON UNIVERSITY LADY PIRATES VOLLEYBALL MEDIA GUIDE 2014 HAMPTON UNIVERSITY LADY PIRATES VOLLEYBALL Quick Facts GENERAL TEAM INFORMATION Location Hampton, Va. 23668 2013 Overall Record 19-11 Founded 1868 2013 MEAC Record 10-2 Enrollment 5,402 2013 Conference Finish Northern Division champions Affiliation NCAA/Division I 2013 Postseason MEAC Tournament Champions Conference MEAC NCAA First Round President Dr. William R. Harvey (lost to Stanford, 0-3) Director of Athletics Eugene Marshall Jr. Starters Returning/Lost 4/3 (+libero) SWA Paula Jackson Letterwinners Returning/Lost 6/7 (+libero) Athletics Phone (757) 727-5641 Newcomers 7 Athletics Fax (757) 727-6995 Mascot Lady Pirates HISTORY Colors Royal Blue and White First year of volleyball 1977 Arena Holland Hall Last postseason appearance 2013 Capacity 2,870 All-time record 471-502 All-time CIAA Record 119-25 (12 years) COACHING STAFF All-time MEAC Record 104-111 (19 years) Head Coach Karen Weatherington MEAC titles (season/tournament) 1/1 Alma Mater New Mexico State, ‘88 MEAC Tournament Record 5-11 Record at Hampton 19-11 (2nd year) Career Record 82-67 (5 years) STARTERS LOST Assistant Coach Janay Yancey (2nd year) Bibiany Fonseca S 5-8 Uberlandia, Brazil Alma Mater Middle Tennessee State, ‘09 Sheileen Pagan L 5-5 Rio Grande, P.R. Assistant Coach Nicole Giancola (1st year) Petra Parros MB 6-0 Bloomfield, N.J. Alma Mater Florida Tech, ‘11 Director of Operations Petra Parros (1st year) RETURNERS Alma Mater Hampton, ‘14 Name Pos. Ht. Class Hometown Volleyball Phone (757) 728-6899 Krista Kraskura OH/DS 5-9 Sr. Kuldiga, Latvia Best Time to Reach Contact Volleyball SID Kennedy Kenney MB 6-2 r-Fr. Milpitas, Calif. Head Athletic Trainer Kevin Addison Marija Kocevska MB 6-2 Sr. Macedonia Assistant Athletic Trainers Faye Tayag Allysa Medina OH/DS 5-6 Jr. Menifee, Calif. Christian Johansson Vendula Strakova RH 6-0 Sr. Brno, Czech Republic Director of Athletic Performance Veronica Johnson Sonja Maksimovic OH 6-1 Sr. Belgrade, Serbia SPORTS INFORMATION NEWCOMERS Assistant SID/VB Contact Jeff Cunningham Name Pos. Ht. Class Hometown Office Phone (757) 727-5811 Mallory Beard S/DS 5-6 Fr. Chino Hills, Calif. Cell Phone (757) 637-5845 Summer Humes DS 5-7 Fr. Los Angeles, Calif. Fax (757) 727-5813 Kitija Megne S 5-10 Sr. Kuldiga, Latvia E-Mail [email protected] Erin Napoleon MB/OH 5-9 Fr. Fontana, Calif. SID Maurice Williams Raya O’Neal S 5-10 Fr. East Hampton, N.Y. SID Office Phone (757) 727-5757 Ravyn Richardson OH 6-0 Fr. Ellicott City, Md. Website www.hamptonpirates.com Tatyana Thomas MB 6-3 Fr. Suffolk, Va. Twitter @Hampton_VB @HUAthletics1868 Overnight Address Hampton University 2013 STATISTICAL LEADERS Sports Information Kills: Vendula Strakova (626, 5.59 kills/set) 194 Holland Hall Attacks: Vendula Strakova (1,368) Hampton, VA 23668 Hitting Percentage: Vendula Strakova (.311) Assists: Bibiany Fonseca (1,150, 10.27 assists/set) Service Aces: Vendula Strakova (65, 0.58 service aces/set) Digs: Vendula Strakova (293, 2.62 digs/set) Points: Vendula Strakova (729.5, 6.51 points/set) 2014 HAMPTON UNIVERSITY LADY PIRATES VOLLEYBALL Schedule Date Opponent Location Time DePaul Invitational Aug. 29 Bradley Chicago, Ill. 5:30 p.m. Aug. 30 Stony Brook Chicago, Ill. 11 a.m. DePaul Chicago, Ill. 8 p.m. Sept. 2 William & Mary Williamsburg, Va. 7 p.m. JMU Invitational Sept. 5 James Madison Harrisonburg, Va. 7:30 p.m. Sept. 6 George Washington Harrisonburg, Va. 10 a.m. Southeast Louisiana Harrisonburg, Va. 5 p.m. Sept. 9 Radford Radford, Va. 6 p.m. Tiny Laster Memorial Classic Sept. 12 Georgetown Hampton, Va. 6 p.m. Sept. 13 Presbyterian Hampton, Va. 6 p.m. Northern Colorado Tournament Sept. 19 Northern Colorado Greeley, Colo. 5 p.m. Sept. 20 Wyoming Greeley, Colo. 10 a.m. UC Davis Greeley, Colo. 6 p.m. Sept. 26 Norfolk State* Hampton, Va. 6 p.m. Sept. 28 Morgan State* Baltimore, Md. 3 p.m. Oct. 3 Coppin State* Baltimore, Md. 6 p.m. Oct. 5 Howard* Hampton, Va. 3 p.m. Oct. 12 Maryland Eastern Shore* Princess Anne, Md. 3 p.m. Oct. 14 VCU Hampton, Va. 7 p.m. Oct. 19 Norfolk State* Norfolk, Va. 3 p.m. Oct. 24 Coppin State* Hampton, Va. 6 p.m. Oct. 26 Morgan State* Hampton, Va. 3 p.m. Oct. 30 Manhattan Manhattan, N.Y. 7 p.m. Oct. 31 NJIT Newark, N.J. 7 p.m. Nov. 2 Howard* Washington, D.C. 3 p.m. Nov. 7 Delaware State* Hampton, Va. 6 p.m. Nov. 9 Maryland Eastern Shore* Hampton, Va. 3 p.m. Nov. 14 Delaware State* Dover, Del. 6 p.m. MEAC Tournament Nov. 21-23 MEAC Tournament Baltimore, Md. TBA Home matches in bold *denotes MEAC match Times are EST; dates and times are subject to change 2014 HAMPTON UNIVERSITY LADY PIRATES VOLLEYBALL Roster NUMERICAL No. Name Pos. Ht. Class Hometown/Previous School 1 Krista Kraskura OH/DS 5-9 Sr. Kuldiga, Latvia/Muranji Sports Gymnasium 2 Kennedy Kenney MB 6-2 r-Fr.. Milpitas, Calif./Milpitas HS 3 Marija Kocevska MB 6-2 Sr. SkopjeKarpos, Macedonia/Powell Valley (Va.) HS 4 Allysa Medina OH/DS 5-6 Jr. Menifee, Calif./Paloma Valley HS 5 Erin Napoleon MB/OH 5-9 Fr. Fontana, Calif./Etiwanda HS 6 Vendula Strakova RH 6-0 Sr. Brno, Czech Republic/Univ. of San Francisco 7 Sonja Maksimovic OH 6-1 Sr. Belgrade, Serbia/Mihailo Petrovic-Alas 8 Mallory Beard S/DS 5-6 Fr. Chino Hills, Calif./Chino Hills HS 9 Kitija Megne S 5-10 Sr. Kuldiga, Latvia/Virginia Tech 10 Raya O’Neal S 5-10 Fr. East Hampton, N.Y./East Hampton HS 11 Tatyana Thomas MB 6-3 Fr. Suffolk, Va./Nansemond River HS 13 Ravyn Richardson OH 6-0 Fr. Ellicott City, Md./Mount Hebron HS 14 Summer Humes DS 5-7 Fr. Los Angeles, Calif./New Roads School ALPHABETICAL No. Name Pos. Ht. Class Hometown/Previous School 8 Mallory Beard S/DS 5-6 Fr. Chino Hills, Calif./Chino Hills HS 13 Summer Humes DS 5-7 Fr. Los Angeles, Calif./New Roads School 2 Kennedy Kenney MB 6-2 r-Fr. Milpitas, Calif./Milpitas HS 3 Marija Kocevska MB 6-2 Sr. SkopjeKarpos, Macedonia/Powell Valley (Va.) HS 1 Krista Kraskura OH/DS 5-9 Sr. Kuldiga, Latvia/Muranji Sports Gymnasium 7 Sonja Maksimovic OH 6-1 Sr. Belgrade, Serbia/Mihailo Petrovic-Alas 4 Allysa Medina OH/DS 5-6 Jr. Menifee, Calif./Paloma Valley HS 9 Kitija Megne S 5-10 Sr. Kuldiga, Latvia/Virginia Tech 5 Erin Napoleon MB/OH 5-9 Fr. Fontana, Calif./Etiwanda HS 10 Raya O’Neal S 5-10 Fr. East Hampton, N.Y./East Hampton HS 13 Ravyn Richardson OH 6-0 Fr. Ellicott City, Md./Mount Hebron HS 6 Vendula Strakova RH 6-0 Sr. Brno, Czech Republic/Univ. of San Francisco 11 Tatyana Thomas MB 6-3 Fr. Suffolk, Va./Nansemond River HS Head Coach: Karen Weatherington (2nd season, New Mexico State ’88) Assistant Coaches: Janay Yancey (2nd season, Middle Tennessee State ’09), Nicole Giancola (1st season, Florida Tech ‘11) Director of Operations: Petra Parros (1st season, Hampton ‘14) PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Krista Kraskura – Krass-KOOR-uh Marija Kocevska – Ma-ree-ah Ko-CHEF-ska Allysa Medina – Uh-LIS-uh Meh-DEE-nuh Vendula Strakova – VEN-doo-luh STRAH-ko-vuh (Vendi) Sonja Maksimovic – SON-Yuh Max-EE-mo-vich Kitija Megne – Ki-TEE-yuh Meh-JUH-nay Raya O’Neal – RAY-uh Ravyn Richardson — RAY-vin #6 Vendula Strakova Tatyana Thomas – Tah-TEE-yah-nuh 2014 MEAC Preseason Player of the Year 2013 MEAC Player of the Year Janay Yancey – Juh-NAY 2013 MEAC Tournament MOP Nicole Giancola — GIN-co-lah AVCA All-America Honorable Mention AVCA All-East Region Petra Parros — PET-rah PEAR-os VaSID Player of the Year 2014 HAMPTON UNIVERSITY LADY PIRATES VOLLEYBALL Head Coach Karen Weatherington Karen Weatherington is entering her Atlantic Sun, and made its second straight A-Sun Conference Tourna- second season as the head volley- ment appearance. The Owls' performance led to Weatherington being ball coach at Hampton University, named the A-Sun Coach of the Year. taking over a program that had won 32 matches over the past two sea- The year was highlighted by an eight-match winning streak, including sons prior to her arrival and elevating seven straight in conference play. Sabrita Gulley became KSU’s first to the next level. She guides a pro- player to be named First Team All-Atlantic Sun. Alyssa Lang earned gram that won its first-ever MEAC Second Team All-Conference recognition, while Metroka and Camille Tournament crown last season, and Pedraza were named to the A-Sun Conference All-Freshman Team. she looks to continue building the program toward the future. The 2009 campaign marked a series of firsts for the Owls, as Asjia Stokes became the first Owl to earn A-Sun Conference Player of the In Weatherington’s first season, the Week honors. Gulley became KSU's first player to earn all-conference Lady Pirates matched a program Div. honors when she was selected to the second team. I record for wins in a season with 19, going 10-2 in conference play to win their first-ever MEAC Northern Kennesaw State also registered its first winning season in program his- Division regular-season title. Hampton, which also went undefeated at tory after posting a 17-12 record. The Owls also recorded a school- home for the first time in program history, also took its first-ever MEAC record 11 conference wins and made their debut in the A-Sun Confer- Tournament crown, beating Coppin State in five sets for the title and the ence Tournament during their first year of eligibility.