2012 STANFORD VOLLEYBALL Women’s Volleyball Contact: Regina Verlengiere Email: [email protected] • Office Phone: (650) 723-0996 • Cell Phone: (805) 478-4198 2012 Schedule Stanford Hosts Colorado, Travels to Cal Overall Record: 25-3 Pac-12 Record: 17-1 Stanford has already captured the 2012 Pac-12 title Date Opponent Location Result/ PST No. 2 Stanford (25-3/17-1 Pac-12) vs. Colorado (14-16/4-14 Pac-12) - 8 p.m. 8/24 Saint Mary’s Honolulu, HI W, 3-0 Nov. 21 - Maples Pavilion - Stanford, Calif. 8/25 Albany Honolulu, HI W, 3-0 No. 2 Stanford (25-3/17-1 Pac-12) at California (15-14/9-10 Pac-12) - 8 p.m. 8/26 #8 Hawaii Honolulu, HI L, 3-1 8/31 #4 Penn State State College, PA L, 3-2 Nov. 23 - Haas Pavilion - Berkeley, Calif. 9/1 #18 Florida State College, PA W, 3-1 9/7 Santa Clara Stanford, CA W, 3-0 THIS WEEK: The No. 2 Stanford women’s volleyball team wraps-up the 9/8 Loyola (Chi.) Stanford, CA W, 3-1 Pac-12 Conference season this week, playing host to Colorado and travel- 9/8 Pacific Stanford, CA W, 3-0 ling to Cal for the Big Spike. The Cardinal faces the Buffaloes on Wednes- 9/14 San Francisco Stanford, CA W, 3-0 day, Nov. 21 and the Golden Bears on Friday, Nov. 23. Both matches are 9/15 Saint Mary’s Moraga, CA W, 3-1 slated for 8 p.m. 9/19 California Stanford, CA W, 3-0 9/21 Utah Salt Lake City, UT W, 3-1 LOOKING AHEAD: The 64-team field for the 2012 NCAA Women’s Vol- 9/28 Arizona Tucson, AZ W, 3-1 leyball Championship will be announced on Sunday, Nov. 25 at 1 p.m. PT 9/30 Arizona State Tempe, AZ W, 3-1 on ESPNU. Stanford will head to the tournament for the 32nd consecu- 10/5 #2 Oregon Stanford, CA W, 3-2 tive year. The Cardinal and Penn State are the only two programs in the 10/7 Oregon State Stanford, CA W, 3-0 nation to appear in all 31 NCAA Championships. 10/10 #6 USC Stanford, CA W, 3-0 10/12 #7 UCLA Stanford, CA W, 3-2 CATCH THE CARDINAL: Both matches this week will be televised live 10/19 #5 Washington Seattle, WA W, 3-2 by the Pac-12 Networks. Fans can catch both matches on Gametracker 10/21 Washington State Pullman, WA W, 3-2 available via gostanford.com. KZSU radio will also be broadcasting both 10/24 Arizona Stanford, CA W, 3-0 matches at 90.1 FM or online at http://kzsu.stanford.edu/. 10/26 Arizona State Stanford, CA W, 3-1 11/2 Oregon State Corvallis, OR W, 3-0 11/4 #2 Oregon Eugene, OR W, 3-0 SOCIAL NETWORKING: Become a fan of the Cardinal on Facebook by 11/7 Washington State Stanford, CA W, 3-0 searching for the “Stanford Women’s Volleyball” page. Follow the Car- 11/8 #5 Washington Stanford, CA W, 3-1 dinal on Twitter @StanfordWVB to get updates on the team this season. 11/15 #8 USC Los Angeles, CA L, 3-1 Both sites will be updated live during matches this year and will feature 11/16 #5 UCLA Los Angeles, CA W, 3-1 unique content on the team. 11/21 Colorado Stanford, CA 8 p.m. 11/23 California Berkeley, CA 8 p.m. 2012 Stanford Volleyball Roster 11/30-12/1 NCAA First & Second Rounds 12/7-8 NCAA Regionals No Name Pos Ht Yr Hometown (High School) 12/13-15 NCAA Final Four 1 Lydia Bai OH 6-2 SO Irvine, CA (Arnold O. Beckman) 2 Carly Wopat MB 6-2 JR Santa Barbara, CA (Dos Pueblos) Bold indicates Pac-12 Networks match 3 Morgan Boukather OH 6-1 SO Newport Beach, CA (Corona del Mar) 4 Hannah Benjamin L/DS 5-10 SR San Diego, CA (Francis Parker) 6 Rachel Williams OH 6-0 JR Los Gatos, CA (Archbishop Mitty) StanFORD VOLLEYBALL 7 Jessica Walker MB 6-1 SR Houston, TX (Booker T. Washington) BY THE NUMBERS... 8 Megan McGehee MB 6-2 FR Lee’s Summit, MO (Lee’s Summit West) 10 Kyle Gilbert L/DS 5-7 SO Encinitas, CA (Santa Fe Christian) NCAA Championships ...................................................6 12 Inky Ajanaku MB 6-3 FR Tulsa, OK (Bishop Kelley) Final Four Appearances ..............................................18 15 Karissa Cook S 5-11 SR Santa Cruz, CA (Harbor) 16 Brittany Howard OH 6-3 FR Los Altos, CA (Mountain View) National Championship Matches ................................14 20 Mary Ellen Luck DS 5-10 JR Houston, TX (Stratford) NCAA Tournament Wins .............................................98 21 Hayley Spelman OH 6-6 SR Las Vegas, NV (Durango) Consecutive Years in the NCAA Tournament ..............31 22 Madi Bugg S 6-0 FR Apex, NC (Cardinal Gibbons) Conference Championships ........................................17 23 Jordan Burgess OH 6-1 FR Fort Myers, FL (Berkeley Preparatory) 30+ Win Seasons ........................................................14 Head Coach: John Dunning, 12th season (San Diego State ‘73) National Players of the Year ........................................15 Associate Head Coach: Denise Corlett, 24th season (UCLA ‘81) All-America Awards .....................................................68 Assistant Coach: Jason Mansfield, 11th season (Ashworth ‘07) Conference Players of the Year ..................................17 Volunteer Assistant Coach: Matt Hoffman, 3rd season (San Jose State ‘04) All-Conference Selections ...........................................93 Pronunciation Guide Honda Award Winners ..................................................7 Inky Ajanaku - uh - JOHN - a - koo Morgan Boukather - BOW - kather Carly Wopat - WHOA - pat Olympians .....................................................................9 Lydia Bai - BYE Megan McGehee - McGee --2012 Stanford Volleyball-- AVCA Coaches’ Poll SENIOR NIGHT: Stanford’s match on Wednesday is the final regular season (Nov. 19) match for Cardinal seniors Hannah Benjamin, Karissa Cook, Hayley Spelman and 1. Penn State Jessica Walker. The group, which has collected 97 wins thus far in their careers, 2. STANFORD will be honored prior to the match. 3. Texas 4. USC 5. Washington PAC-12 CHAMPS!: Stanford’s win last week at UCLA clinched the 2012 Pac-12 6. Oregon championship with one week left in the regular season. The Cardinal captured its 7. UCLA 8. Hawaii 18th conference championship overall, and the 15th in the Pac-12 Conference. It 9. Louisville marks the sixth time in the past seven seasons Stanford has won the title. 10. Nebraska 11. Minnesota 12. Florida State UNANIMOUS NO. 1: Stanford receivied all 60 first-place votes in the coaches’ 13. Dayton poll on Nov. 5 and Nov. 12 becoming the unanimous No. 1 team in the nation for 14. Ohio State two straight weeks. The Cardinal is the only squad to receive all 60 first-place votes 15. Florida 16. BYU in the poll this season. Stanford has been ranked No. 1 54 times in school history, 17. Western Kentucky the fourth-best mark in the nation behind Nebraska, Penn State and UCLA. 18. Iowa State 19. San Diego 20. Kansas 20-WIN SEASONS: Stanford has reached the 20-win plateau in each of head coach 21. Creighton John Dunning’s 12 seasons on The Farm. It is the longest such streak in program 22. Purdue history dating back to 1976. 23. Miami (FL) 24. North Carolina 25. Kansas State 22 IN A ROW: The Cardinal’s 22 match winning streak lasted from Sept. 1 to Nov. 8. It marked the longest winning streak since the 2001-2002 seasons. Stanford won STANFORD IN THE 2012 POLL 27 in a row over two seasons, including the 2001 NCAA title. This year’s 22-in-a- Date Rank Date Rank row is the longest in a single season under head coach John Dunning. The Cardinal Preseason 6 Oct. 8 4 Aug. 27 9 Oct. 15 2 defeated seven ranked opponenets during that streak and posted 10 sweeps. Sep. 3 8 Oct. 22 2 Sep. 10 7 Oct. 29 1 HOT START: Stanford is 17-1 overall in the Pac-12, its best start in confernce play Sep. 17 6 Nov. 5 1 Sep. 24 7 Nov. 12 1 dating back to the 1998 season under head coach Don Shaw. That year, the Car- Oct. 1 7 Nov. 19 2 dinal, playing in an 18-match conference season, won its first 17 Pac-10 matches Ranking Records... before falling at USC in the conference finale. • 408 all-time weeks in the top-10 (2nd) • 442 total weeks in the poll (T1st) • 54 weeks ranked No. 1 (4th) 2012 SEASON Facts THE LAST TIME STANFORD... Stanford’s Record When... Playing at home: 13-0 Won a match....................................................................................... at UCLA, 11/16/12 Playing on the road: 9-3 Playing at a neutral site: 3-0 Lost a match ......................................................................................... at USC, 11/15/12 Longest winning streak: 22 Won at home ............................................................................. vs. Washington, 11/8/12 Longest losing streak: 2 In three sets: 12-0 Lost at home ...................................................................................vs. Michigan, 12/3/11 In four sets: 9-2 Won on the road ................................................................................. at UCLA, 11/16/12 In five sets: 4-1 Lost on the road.................................................................................... at USC, 11/15/12 Stanford wins first set: 21-0 Opponent wins first set: 4-2 Won 3-0 ............................................................................ vs. Washington State, 11/7/12 Winning first two sets: 17-0 Lost 3-0..............................................................................................vs. UCLA, 10/29/11 Losing first two sets: 0-1 Splitting first two sets: 9-2 Won 3-0 at home .............................................................. vs. Washington State, 11/7/12 Hitting .250 or better: 20-0 Lost 3-0 at home................................................................................vs. UCLA, 10/29/11 Hitting below .250: 5-3 Won 3-0 on the road ...........................................................................at Oregon, 11/4/12 Outhit opponents: 22-0 Outhit by opponents: 3-3 Lost 3-0 on the road ..............................................................................