2021 SPRING TOWSON VOLLEYBALL Match 1 | at Stony Brook | Pritchard Gymnasium | Stony Brook, N.Y. 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 (0-0 Overall) at Towson, MD 21252-0001 • TowsonTigers.com • Twitter: @Towson_VB • Instagram: @TowsonTigersVB Stony Brook (0-1 Overall) Saturday, Feb. 20 • 11 a.m. | Pritchard Gymnasium First Serve Scouting the Seawolves By the time first goes up Saturday morning, it Fresh into the 2021 season, Stony Brook has a will be 442 days between competitive points five-setter under its belt already, falling to rival Internet Video: AmericaEast.TV for the Towson University women’s volleyball St. John’s (25-21, 28-30, 25-22, 15-25, 11-15) in its Play-by-Play: Sasha Podzorov team. The Tigers were last seen in a four-set first match. Lauren Schmitz posted a double- Analyst: Ken Fermin battle in the second round of the 2019 NCAA double with 14 kills and 10 digs while Leoni Kunz Tournament at Penn State’s Rec Hall. tagged the Red Storm for another 14 kills. Julia 2021 SCHEDULE/RESULTS Kim ran the offense with 48 assists while Kiani Feb. 13 at Stony Brook.................................11 a.m. In The National Rankings Kerstetter covered the backline with 48 digs. Feb. 27 at Temple ...........................................1 p.m. Neither team is mentioned in this week’s poll. Stony Brook hit for .199 in the match, victim to March 5 at Delaware * ...................................6 p.m. 13 St. John’s blocks. The Seawolves notched 10 MARCH 7 DELAWARE * .......................... 1 P.M. Scouting the Tigers blocks as well, holding the Red Storm to a .287 FLOVOLLEYBALL Save a few returners, Saturday’s lineup for the hitting percentage. Saturday’s match is Stony March 12 at Hofstra * ......................................4 p.m. Towson women’s volleyball program will look Brook’s penultimate nonconference event; the March 13 at Hofstra * ......................................4 p.m. vastly different than it did over a year ago. Seawolves travel to Hofstra next weekend for a MARCH 20 NORTHEASTERN * ................. 2 P.M. Back are CAA Rookie of the Year Lydia Wiers Long Island clash. FLOVOLLEYBALL and All-CAA pick Emily Jarome, poised to lead MARCH 21 NORTHEASTERN * ................. 2 P.M. a young offense. Joining Wiers in the middle Towson-Stony Brook History FLOVOLLEYBALL will be redshirt junior Nikiya Mitchell and true A venn diagram of time Towson and Stony March 26 Delaware * ........................................7 p.m. freshman Aayinde Smith. On the outside with Brook spent together in the America East March 28 at Delaware * ....................................1 p.m. Jarome, hitters Marija Tomasevic, Morgan would be but a sliver. The two schools were March 30 at West Virginia ...............................3 p.m. Wilson, Nina Cajic with Sara Wasiakowska on league foes for one campaign, 2001-02, before April 2-3 CAA Championships !.........................TBA the opposite side. Towson’s deepest unit, the Towson joined the Colonial Athletic Assocation SECU Arena defensive specialists, return Asia Goins and (CAA) for the 2002-03 academic year. Towson Ally Townsend, who will be joined by transfers leads the all-time series 5-0, going 2-0 at * - CAA Match | ! - CAA Tournament at Towson Rachel Hess (La Salle), Angie Spirito (Bingham- home, 1-0 at Stony Brook with two neutral wins ton and Katie McLellan (Providence). Setting as well. The Tigers and Seawolves clash for the duties will fall to a the trio of Katie McCracken, first time since a 3-1 (28-26, 22-25, 25-19, 25-16) a sophomore, junior Kristin Spengler, and win for the Tigers in Charlottesville, Virginia. junior transfer Sarah Couch. Saturday will be Towson’s first trip to Stony Brook since a Nov. 10, 2001 sweep. Head coach Don Metil is back for his eighth season at the helm of the program. The 2019 Towson-Stony Brook By the Numbers CAA Coach of the Year and the AVCA East All-Time Series Record ........................Towson 5-0 at Towson ........................................Towson 2-0 Region Coach of the Year led the Tigers to the at Stony Brook .................................Towson 1-0 first-ever 16-0 season in CAA history en route at Neutral Sites ...............................Towson 2-0 to the CAA Championship. He is joined by as- at Unknown Sites .......................................... n/a sistant coach Terry Hutchinson on the sidelines First Meeting ........Oct. 6, 2001 (Towson 3, SBU 1) for the spring of 2021. Hutchinson is in his Last Meeting .......................................Sept. 18, 2010 ...................................Towson 3, Stony Brook 1 fourth season with the program. Assistant Streak ...........................................................Towson +1 coach Megan Shifflett Bachmann will be on maternity leave this spring. 2019 Statistics Leading Returners 2021 Spring Statistics Leaders Kills Emily Jarome 349 Kills Leoni Kunz, Lauren Schmitz 14 Assists Emily Jarome 22 Assists Julia Kim 48 Service Aces Emily Jarome 25 Service Aces Enitan Omolewa 4 Digs Emily Jarome 257 Digs Kiani Kerstetter 21 Blocks Lydia Wiers 121 Blocks Enitan Omolewa 6.0 1 2021 SPRING TOWSON VOLLEYBALL Match 1 | at Stony Brook | Pritchard Gymnasium | Stony Brook, N.Y. 2021 Towson University Women’s Spring Volleyball Roster No.Player Cl. Pos. Ht. Hometown/H.S. (Previous School) 1 Marija Tomaševic Jr. OH 5-11 Užice, Serbia/Užicka Gimnazija Pronounced: Mar-E-uh Toe-mah-sah-vich 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 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: 6 (Bakodimou, Couch, Jarome, McLellan, Spengler, Tomasevic) 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: 5 (Bakodimou, Cajic, Jarome, Tomasevic, Wilson) Middle Blocker: 3 (Mitchell, Smith, Wiers) International Defensive Specialist/Libero: 5 (Goins, Hess, McLellan, Spirito, Townsend) Greece: 1 (Bakodimou) Poland: 1 (Wasiakowska) Serbia: 2 (Cajic, Tomasevic) 2 2021 SPRING TOWSON VOLLEYBALL Match 1 | at Stony Brook | Pritchard Gymnasium | Stony Brook, N.Y. How to Say It: TOWSON TOWSON is pronounced TOW like towel + Son. 2021 CAA Spring Standings (as of Feb. 17) 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 Delaware 0-0 1-0 W1 We are Towson University, no longer Towson State University (and haven’t been Hofstra 0-0 0-0 --- since Towson 0-0 0-0 --- July 1, 1997). Northeastern 0-0 0-0 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) Elon 0-0 0-0 --- pushed for the name change from the “Towson College Knights”. UNCW 0-0 0-0 --- William & Mary 0-0 0-0 --- Last Time Out vs. Stony Brook | Sept. 18, 2010 James Madison 0-0 0-1 L1 Charlottesville, Va. | Bender Arena The Week’s CAA Slate Towson’s Britney Loomis posted a double-double over Stony Brook as the Tigers Friday, Feb. 19 picked up a 3-1 (28-26, 22-25, 25-19, 25-16) win over the Seawolves at the Cavalier Delaware vs. James Madison | 5 p.m. Classic/American University Tournament. Loomis dropped a 12-kill, 11-dig double, with Susan Gansor going for four kills and three blocks. Ashley Headen led Stony Saturday, Feb. 20 Brook with 14 kills while Hailee Herc added 19 digs. Towson at Stony Brook | 11 a.m. Hofstra vs. NJIT | 11 a.m. With a Win on Saturday, Towson Would... UNCW at Clemson | 11 a.m. & 5 p.m. - Extend its regular season winning streak to 21-straight matches, dating back to Northeastern at Boston College | 7 p.m.