2021 SPRING TOWSON VOLLEYBALL Match 2 | at Temple | McGonigle Hall | Philadelphia, Pa. Game Information John C. Stark (O) 410-704-6258 • (C) 570-809-1946 • [email protected] Athletics Media Relations • 8000 York Road, Towson Center Room 353 Towson (1-0 Overall) at Towson, MD 21252-0001 • TowsonTigers.com • Twitter: @Towson_VB • Instagram: @TowsonTigersVB Temple (5-3 Overall) Saturday, Feb. 27 • 1 p.m. | McGonigle Hall First Serve Scouting the Owls The Tigers are on the road again, albeit a little Temple continues a run of home matches this closer to home as Towson opens the unique weekend. The Owls host Towson’s CAA rival Dela- Internet Video: ESPN+ spring season with three-straight away from ware Friday afternoon (1 p.m.) before the Tigers Play-by-Play: Jon Mozes home. The Tigers take on Temple Saturday come to town on Saturday. Temple is 5-3 on the Analyst: Nicki Jones afternoon in the cheesesteak capital, Philadel- spring after dropping a pair of 3-0 decisions at phia at the Owls’ McGonigle Hall. UCF last week. The Owls are 4-2 at McGonigle 2021 SCHEDULE/RESULTS Hall this season. Miray Bolukbasi paces Temple Feb. 13 at Stony Brook.................................W, 3-0 In The National Rankings with 3.90 kills per set, hitting a .194 this season. Feb. 27 at Temple ...........................................1 p.m. Neither team is mentioned in this week’s poll. Tyler Lindgren runs the offense with 295 assists, March 5 at Delaware * ...................................6 p.m. averaging 9.83 per frame. On the backend, Taylor MARCH 7 DELAWARE * .......................... 1 P.M. Scouting the Tigers Davenport averages 1.03 blocks per set, with 31 FLOVOLLEYBALL The Tigers picked up their winning ways total stops to her ledger. Nina-Symone Williams March 12 at Hofstra * ......................................4 p.m. right where they left them in 2019, sweeping and Peyton Boyd average 0.71 per set as well. March 13 at Hofstra * ......................................4 p.m. Stony Brook (25-18, 25-15, 25-22) last weekend Falanika Danielson is the digs leader with 145 MARCH 20 NORTHEASTERN * ................. 2 P.M. on Long Island. Towson was led by a trio of credited this season, averaging 5.80 per set. FLOVOLLEYBALL double-doubles, including a 13-kill, 10-dig effort Davenport and Gem Grimshaw drop in roughly MARCH 21 NORTHEASTERN * ................. 2 P.M. from Emily Jarome. Kristin Spengler posted one service ace per match. FLOVOLLEYBALL her first career double, pushing up 34 assists March 26 Delaware * ........................................7 p.m. alongside 11 digs while rookie Nina Cajic scored Towson-Temple History March 28 at Delaware * ....................................1 p.m. 12 kills in her collegiate debut. Newly-minted While just 90 minutes separate Towson and March 30 at West Virginia ...............................3 p.m. libero Asia Goins recorded a dozen digs with Temple, the two sides have met just six times. April 2-3 CAA Championships !.........................TBA four assists and a pair of service aces to her Temple leads the all-time series 5-1, with the SECU Arena credit. Additionally, two rookies, Aayinde Smith most recent match on Aug. 27, 2005 going the and Sara Wasiakowska got their first taste of Owls’ way with a 3-1 final. Towson is looking * - CAA Match | ! - CAA Tournament at Towson college volleyball. Towson hit for .283 in the for its first win over Temple since a Nov. 14, win over Stony Brook, paced by a nine-kill, 1996 win in Philadelphia, a four-set match. 13-swing, two-error day by Lydia Wiers. The CAA Saturday’s showdown will be the third-straight Rookie of the Year is ranked third in Division I meeting between the programs in Philadelphia; in hitting percentage at .538. Fay Bakodimou Temple has never traveled to Towson for a batted down nine kills, one shy of a double with match against Towson. her 10 digs, hitting at a .400 percent rate. De- fensively, Towson limited Stony Brook to a .136 Towson-Temple By the Numbers hitting percentage, including a 7.9 percent in All-Time Series Record ..........................Temple 5-1 at Towson ....................................................... n/a the deciding set. This is the 22nd time since the at Temple .................................................Even 1-1 start of the 2019 season that Towson has held at Neutral Sites ...............................Temple 4-0 an opponent below a .150 hitting percentage at Unknown Sites .......................................... n/a for an entire match. The Tigers finished with six First Meeting ............. 1980 (Temple 2, Towson 0) total blocks, with Bakodimou aided three with Last Meeting .......................................Aug. 27, 2005 ............................................ Temple 3, Towson 1 one solo stuff. Wiers added two block assists Streak ........................................................... Towson -1 with one solo effort as well. 2021 Spring Statistics Leading Returners 2021 Spring Statistics Leaders Kills Emily Jarome 13 Kills Miray Bolukbaski 117 Assists Kristin Spengler 34 Assists Tyler Lindgren 295 Service Aces Nina Cajic 2 Service Aces Taylor Davenport 9 Digs Asia Goins 12 Digs Falanika Danielson 145 Blocks Fay Bakodimou 4 Blocks Taylor Davenport 31 1 2021 SPRING TOWSON VOLLEYBALL Match 2 | at Temple | McGonigle Hall | Philadelphia, Pa. 2021 Towson University Women’s Spring Volleyball Roster No.Player Cl. Pos. Ht. Hometown/H.S. (Previous School) 2 Aayinde Smith Fr. MB 5-11 Garland, Texas/Cherry Hill (N.J.) 3 Katie McCracken So. S 5-8 Smithsburg, Md./Smithsburg 4 Ally Townsend So. DS 5-4 Hummelstown, Pa./Lower Dauphin 6 Lydia Wiers So. MB 6-2 Willard, Ohio/Willard Pronounced: Wee-urrs 7 Rachel Hess So. DS 5-8 Breingsville, Pa./Allentown Central Catholc (La Salle) 10 Asia Goins So. DS 5-0 Zionsville, Ind./Avon Pronounced: Go Inns 11 Nina Cajic Fr. OH 6-0 Subotica, Serbia/Politehnicka skola Subotica Pronounced: Chai Eetch Pronounced: Soo boh teek uh 12 Angie Spirito Fr. DS 5-4 Sparks, Md./Jamestown (Va.) (Binghamton) 13 Fay Bakodimou Jr. OH 5-11 Athens, Greece/3rd Senior High School Pronounced: Bah-kuh-thee-moo 15 Kristin Spengler Jr. S 6-0 Whitehall, Pa./Whitehall 16 Emily Jarome Jr. OH 5-11 Wilmington, Del./Padua Academy 17 Morgan Wilson So. OH 5-11 South Riding, Va./Freedom 18 Katie McLellan Jr. DS 5-5 Huntersville, N.C./Hough (Providence) 19 Sarah Couch Jr. S 5-8 Pasadena, Md./Archbishop Spalding (Wilmington (Del.)) 20 Sara Wasiakowska Fr. Opp. 6-1 Kleszczewo, Poland / XVIII Secondary School of General Education Pronounced: Zar uh Vash uh kov shska Pronounced: Klesh Chow 21 Nikiya Mitchell R-Jr. MB 5-10 Bryans Road, Md./Henry E. Lackey (UMBC) Pronounced: Nuh-ki-uh Head Coach: Don Metil (California (Pa.)) – 8th season at Towson (19th Overall as a Head Coach) (Pronounced: Metal) Assistant Coach: Terry Hutchinson (East Stroudsburg, ’96) – 4th Season Assistant Coach: Megan Shifflett Bachmann (Penn State ’11) – 3rd Season (Pronounced: MEE gan) Athletic Trainer: Briana Galeazzi (Quinnipiac ‘12) - 1st Season (Pronounced: Bree On Uh Guh Lee Zee) Strength & Conditioning Coach: Courtney Steele (Towson ‘19) - 2nd Season Student Assistant Coach: Danielle Gravina Roster Breakdown Roster Breakdown (Continued) By Class By State Redshirt Junior: 1 (Mitchell) Delaware: 1 (Jarome) Junior: 5 (Bakodimou, Couch, Jarome, McLellan, Spengler) Indiana: 1 (Goins) Sophomore: 6 (Goins, Hess, McCracken, Townsend, Wiers, Wilson) Maryland: 4 (Couch, McCracken, Mitchell, Spirito) Freshmen: 4 (Cajic, Smith, Spirito, Wasiakowska) North Carolina: 1 (McLellan) Ohio: 1 (Wiers) By Position Pennsylvania: 3 (Hess, Spengler, Townsend) Setter: 3 (Couch, McCracken, Spengler) Texas: 1 (Smith) Opposite: 1 (Wasiakowska) Virginia: 1 (Wilson) Outside Hitter: 4 (Bakodimou, Cajic, Jarome, Wilson) Middle Blocker: 3 (Mitchell, Smith, Wiers) International Defensive Specialist/Libero: 5 (Goins, Hess, McLellan, Spirito, Townsend) Greece: 1 (Bakodimou) Poland: 1 (Wasiakowska) Serbia: 1 (Cajic) 2 2021 SPRING TOWSON VOLLEYBALL Match 2 | at Temple | McGonigle Hall | Philadelphia, Pa. How to Say It: TOWSON TOWSON is pronounced TOW like towel + Son. 2021 CAA Spring Standings (as of Feb. 25) CAA Overall Overall IT IS NOT: TOE-son, Townson, Towsond, Townsend (except freshman Ally Townsend), Team W-L W-L Streak Townsen, Towzen. One N, no Z. North Hofstra 0-0 2-0 W2 We are Towson University, no longer Towson State University (and haven’t been Towson 0-0 1-0 W1 since Northeastern 0-0 2-1 W2 July 1, 1997). Delaware 0-0 1-1 L1 Our mascot is Doc The Tiger, named after Donald “Doc” Minnegan, long-time soccer South coach and athletics department administrator. Towson became the “Tigers” in Charleston 0-0 1-1 L1 1962 after John Schuerholz (yes, the Atlanta Braves Hall of Fame General Manager) James Madison 0-0 1-1 W1 pushed for the name change from the “Towson College Knights”. William & Mary 0-0 0-0 --- Elon 0-0 0-1 L1 Last Time Out vs. Temple | Aug. 27, 2005 | Philadelphia | McGonigle Hall UNCW 0-0 0-2 L2 Despite a falling 3-1 on the road at Temple in the first weekend of compeition in 2005, the Tigers played Temple as tight as it could be. The sides split the first two The Week’s CAA Slate sets, Temple taking the first 30-27 before Towson won the second 30-26. The Owls Saturday, Feb. 27 won the third and fourth 30-28 and 30-26. Towson had three players in double-digit Towson at Temple | 1 p.m. kills, led by Maddie Haseltine (12) and Lindsey Hardin (12). Christina Grempler batted James Madison at UNCW | 1 p.m. down 10 as well. Kimberly Snider put up 50 assists in the four sets along with 11 digs. Elon at William & Mary | 7 p.m. Alison Esink led the back line with 17 digs. Temple was led by a two-headed attack from Zhen Jia Liu (27 kills) and Yue Liu (21 kills). Maria Mogollon notched a match- best 56 assists.