2017 Match Notes No. 4 Portland State (20-8, 11-5) vs. MATCH No. 5 Northern Arizona (13-14, 9-7) Thursday, Nov. 16 • 4:30 p.m. PT 29 Sacramento, CA • The Nest 2017 SCHEDULE VIKINGS OPEN BIG SKY TOURNEY WITH ‘JACKS Portland State begins its bid for the 2017 Big Sky Volleyball Tournament championship Thursday, Nov. August Time/Result 16 in Sacramento, Calif. The fourth-seeded Vikings open against the fifth-seeded Northern Arizona Lum- 25 vs. CSUN1 W, 3-1 berjacks beginning at 4:30 p.m. PT. 26 at San Diego State1 L, 0-3 The winner of the Vikings’ quarterfinal match with the ‘Jacks will face either No. 1 Sacramento State 26 vs. Eastern Kentucky1 W, 3-0 or No. 8 Northern Colorado in the semifinals on Friday, Nov. 17 at 7:05 p.m. The championship match is set for 8:05 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 18. September 1 vs. Nevada2 W, 3-1 2 LIVE VIDEO: Every match of the 2017 Big Sky Volleyball Championship can be watched on Pluto.tv. For 2 vs. Arizona State W, 3-1 the first time ever, the semifinals and championship matches will air on Eleven Sports. For international 2 2 at Gonzaga W, 3-0 fans, tune in at WatchBigSky.com. 8 at UC Davis3 W, 3-1 3 8 vs. Santa Clara L, 0-3 LIVE STATS: Every match of the 2017 Big Sky Volleyball Championship can be followed live online via 3 9 vs. Boise State L, 0-3 StatBroadcast.com. Links can be found on the Volleyball schedule page on GoViks.com. 13 at Portland4 W, 3-0 4 15 vs. CSUN W, 3-0 FOLLOW THE VIKINGS: Fans can follow the Vikings on Twitter and Instagram. Follow @ViksVB for 4 16 vs. UTEP W, 3-0 all the latest news, notes, and behind the scenes photos. Follow @PSU_Vikings for the latest on all 15 21 Idaho State* W, 3-0 Portland State Athletics programs. 23 Weber State* W, 3-0 28 at Montana State* W, 3-0 STORY LINES 30 Sacramento State* L, 0-3 • Portland State enters the Big Sky Tournament 20-8 overall this season for its ninth 20-win season in October the last 13 years and seventh under 11th-year Head Coach Michael Seemann. 5 Northern Colorado* W, 3-1 • Portland State is 9-12 overall at the Big Sky Tournament and is looking for its first tournament win 7 North Dakota* W, 3-1 since defeating Montana in straight sets in 2013. 12 Northern Arizona* L, 1-3 • Portland State 19-26 all-time against Northern Arizona and 0-1 at the Big Sky Tournament after the 14 Southern Utah* W, 3-0 Lumberjacks defeated the Vikings in straight sets in last year’s tourney. 19 at Eastern Washington* W, 3-0 • Northern Arizona defeated the Vikings twice during the regular season, both in four sets. 21 at Idaho* W, 3-0 26 at Southern Utah* W, 3-1 SCOUTING NORTHERN ARIZONA 28 at Northern Arizona* L, 1-3 • Northern Arizona is 13-14 overall and went 9-7 in Big Sky play. The Lumberjacks are 7-3 in their last 10 heading into the tournament. November • Northern Arizona is hitting .224 overall, while opponents are hitting .219. 2 Montana* W, 3-1 • Northern Arizona is sixth in the Big Sky with 12.73 kills per set but leads the conference with 1.45 4 at Sacramento State* L, 1-3 service aces per set. 9 at Weber State* L, 1-3 • JR OH Kaylie Jorgenson leads the Lumberjacks with 3.84 kills per set on the year. She has tallied 11 at Idaho State* W, 3-0 double-digit kills 25 times on the year with a trio of 20-kill matches. Jorgenson is also third on the 16 vs. #5 Northern Arizona 4:30 p.m. team with 3.57 digs per set on the year. 17 Big Sky Semifinals 7:05 p.m. 18 Big Sky Championship 8:05 p.m. 1 - Aztec Invitational (San Diego, CA) PROBABLE STARTERS 2 - Gonzaga Invitational (Spokane, WA) 3 - UC Davis Invitational (Davis, CA) 4 - Nike Invitational (Portland, OR) * Indicates Big Sky Conference match All Times Pacific and subject to change Bold Indicates home match at Concordia (Ore.) Caitlin Sarah Haley Mikaelyn Katy Erin Tasha Bettenay Brennan Glass Sych Wilson Clark Bojanic /PSUVikings 5-11 • OH • SO 6-3 • OH • SR 5-7 • DS • JR 5-11 • MB • JR 5-10 • MB • JR 5-7 • S • SR 5-7 • L • SR Kills 369 Kills 117 Digs 261 K/S 1.90 K/S 2.26 Asst. 1,106 Digs 445 /ViksVB & /PSU_Vikings K/S 3.88 K/S 2.34 D/S 2.81 Hit % .383 Hit % .374 A/S 11.40 D/S 4.94 D/S 2.48 BLK 26 Aces 25 BLK 117 BLK 84 D/S 2.63 Aces 18 /ViksVB & /PSU_Vikings Aces 22 B/S 0.52 Asst. 28 B/S 1.21 B/S 0.87 Aces 18 Asst. 86 #GoViks 1 2017 PORTLAND STATE VOLLEYBALL Week 12 Match Notes QUICK FACTS STATISTICAL COMPARISON TEAM STATISTICS PSU OPP NAU OPP SAC OPP NC OPP School ...............Portland State University ATTACK Location ...................... Portland, OR Founded ...............1946 (4-year in 1955) Kills 1371 1256 1273 1378 1778 1732 1361 1221 Enrollment .........................29,057 Errors 491 515 432 540 636 669 588 551 Nickname ..........................Vikings Total Attacks 3634 3662 3753 3829 5096 4986 3783 3645 Colors .................................. Attack Pct .242 .202 .224 .219 .224 .213 .204 .184 . Green (PMS 3435 C), White, Silver (PMS 429 C) Kills/Set 14.0 12.8 12.7 13.8 13.7 13.3 13.2 11.9 Affiliation ...................NCAA Division I SET Conference .........................Big Sky Assists 1306 1195 1190 1270 1673 1624 1262 1142 President............... Dr. Rahmat Shoureshi Assists/Set 13.3 12.2 11.9 12.7 12.9 12.5 12.3 11.1 Director of Athletics .............Valerie Cleary SERVE All-Time Record............ 1,131-520-5 (.684) All-Time Big Sky Record .........179-171 (.511) Aces 127 111 145 108 174 139 125 99 Big Sky Regular Season Championships ....... 5 Errors 136 159 230 149 195 229 229 178 .......... (2007, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013) Aces/Set 1.3 1.1 1.5 1.1 1.3 1.1 1.2 1.0 Big Sky Tournament Appearances ........... 12 SERVE RECEPTIONS ...............(2002-03, 2005-13, 2016) Errors 111 127 108 144 139 174 99 124 Big Sky Tournament Championships .......... 2 Errors/Set 1.1 1.3 1.1 1.4 1.1 1.3 1.0 1.2 .........................(2008, 2010) DEFENSE NCAA DI Tourney Appearances .............. 2 Digs 1568 1539 1660 1765 2226 2342 1604 1552 .........................(2008, 2010) Digs/Set 16.0 15.7 16.6 17.6 17.1 18.0 15.6 15.1 NCAA DII Tourney Appearances ............ 14 ..........................(1982-1995) BLOCKING NCAA DII National Championships........... 4 Block Solo 48 45 36 36 65 55 81 55 ............... (1984, 1985, 1988, 1992) Block Assist 340 342 350 298 446 488 246 292 Total Blocks 218.0 216.0 211.0 185.0 288.0 299.0 204.0 201.0 MEDIA RELATIONS Blocks/Set 2.2 2.2 2.1 1.9 2.2 2.3 2.0 2.0 Ryan McCall - Volleyball Contact Block Errors 41 44 56 67 46 88 52 47 Office:503-725-5744 Email: [email protected] Ball handling errors 19 35 33 30 19 32 54 27 GOVIKS.COM: Portland State will have live stats available for all home games on its athletics web- 2017 PORTLAND STATE ROSTER site, GoViks.com. In addition, news, information, NO NAME POS HT YR EXP HOMETOWN (LAST SCHOOL) schedules, scores and much more about Portland 1 Hadley Heck DS 5-5 JR 2V Corvallis, OR (Crescent Valley HS) State Athletics can be found at GoViks.com. 2 Caitlin Bettenay OH 5-11 SO 1V Queensland, Australia (Mountain Creek State HS) LIVE VIDEO STREAM: Select Big Sky Conference 3 Brooke Imirie OH 6-2 SO* TR Lago Vista, TX (Central Florida) volleyball matches are available via live streaming 4 Jenna Mullen OH 6-1 JR 2V Puyallup, WA (Emerald Ridge HS) video on the Internet. Select Viking home games 6 Haley Glass DS 5-7 JR 1V Walnut Creek, CA (Grand Canyon) and conference road games can be accessed at 10 Katy Wilson MB 5-10 JR 2V Highlands Ranch, CO (Douglas County HS) WatchBigSky.com. All live video streaming is 11 Tasha Bojanic DS 5-7 SR 3V Belgrade, Serbia (Zemun Gymnasium) provided FREE. 12 Ally Benedict DS 5-6 FR HS Albany, OR (West Albany HS) VIKINGS ON SOCIAL NETWORKS: Other ways 13 Maddy Reeb S 5-10 FR HS Idaho Falls, ID (Idaho Falls HS) to follow Viking Athletics include signing up on 14 Erin Clark S 5-7 SR 3V Chino Hills, CA (Ruben S. Ayala HS) Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube. Those 15 Parker Webb OH 6-1 FR HS Yakima, WA (West Valley HS) addresses are located on the front page of these 17 Sarah Brennan OH 6-3 JR 2V Kirkland, WA (Juanita HS) notes. 19 Delaney Smith MB 6-3 FR HS Salem, OR (West Salem HS) LIVE STATS: Available for media who have a 22 Toni McDougald OH 5-11 SO TR Denver, CO (Texas Tech) laptop computer. Go to ViksLive.com. The live stats 23 Mikaelyn Sych MB 5-10 JR 2V Airdrie, Alberta, Canada (George McDougall HS) are completely interactive. 24/9 Whitney Turner MB 6-2 SO* TR Troutdale, OR (Central Florida) INTERVIEW POLICY 30 Kylie Copple OH/S 6-0 SR 2V Aurora, CO (Central Michigan) COACH SEEMANN: Head Coach Michael See- mann is available daily by appointment.