2014 American Athletic Conference Women's Volleyball Media Guide

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Q U I C K FA C T S AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE 15 Park Row West Providence, R.I. 02903

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AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE STAFF

Commissioner.......................................................................................................Michael L. Aresco Senior Associate Commissioner (Administration)............................................... Donna DeMarco Senior Associate Commissioner (Broadcasting & Digital Content)........... Thomas R. Odjakjian Associate Commissioner (Women’s Basketball)..............................................Barbara M. Jacobs Associate Commissioner (Football) ........................................................................... Scott Draper Associate Commissioner (Compliance & Governance) ..............................................Ellen Ferris Associate Commissioner (Men’s Basketball).............................................................Dan Leibovitz Associate Commissioner (Communications).........................................................Megan Morgan Associate Commissioner (Olympic Sports).......................................................James A. Siedliski Chief Financial Officer.................................................................................................. John Larson Assistant Commissioner (Digital Media) .................................................................Mark Hodgkin Assistant Commissioner (Olympic Sports Administration)..................... Robert A. Weygand, Jr. Senior Director of Compliance..........................................................................Kenneth A. Schank Director of Basketball Administration...................................................................... Kristen Brown Director of Football & Video Administration............................................................Michael Costa Director of Business Affairs......................................................................................... Karen Giblin Director of Communications...........................................................................Chevonne Mansfield Director of Communications.................................................................................... Chuck Sullivan Assistant Director of Broadcast Scheduling....................................................... Michael A. Coyne Assistant Director of Olympic Sport Administration.................................................... Pat Colbert Coordinator of Football Officiating........................................................................... Terry McAulay Coordinator of Men’s Basketball Officiating................................................................ Curtis Shaw Coordinator of Women’s Basketball Officiating................................................Debbie Williamson Branding & Event Coordinator.................................................................... Catherine Carmignani Digital Communications Coordinator.........................................................................Jamie Corun Assistant to the Commissioner................................................................................Lisa Zanecchia Executive Assistant for Administration........................................................................Lois DeBlois Administrative Assistant........................................................................................ Wanda L. Factor Administrative Assistant.................................................................................................Linda Yates Receptionist............................................................................................................ Kathy Kirkpatrick Administrative Fellow................................................................................................ Alvin Hines, II Communications Assistant..................................................................................Miles McQuiggan Communications Assistant................................................................................... Rebecca Viscomi Digital Network Assistant............................................................................................ Hali Oughton Compliance Assistant............................................................................................ Andrew Kappers

TABLE OF CONTENTS

The American Staff/Volleyball SIDs........2 Preseason Awards...................................3 American Athletic Conference................4 Commisioner Michael L. Aresco.............5 2014 Composite Schedule....................6-8 On the Web...............................................9 2014 NCAA Championship.................... 10 UCF.................................................... 11-12 Cincinnati...........................................13-14 Connecticut.......................................15-16 East Carolina..................................... 17-18 Houston............................................. 19-20 Memphis............................................21-22 USF....................................................23-24 SMU...................................................25-26 Temple............................................... 27-28 Tulane................................................29-30 Tulsa...................................................31-32 2013 Review...........................................33 Record Book......................................34-39

AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE VOLLEYBALL S P O R T S I N F O R MA T I O N C O N T A C T S School SID Contact The American Miles McQuiggan UCF Megan Herboth Cincinnati Alex Lange UConn Jeff Piascik East Carolina Lindy Zamora Houston Jessika McKernan Memphis Will Edwards USF Mark Heise SMU Travis Chamblee Temple TBA Tulane Richie Weaver Tulsa Kevin Quicker

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Email mmcquiggan@theamerican.org mherboth@athletics.ucf.edu langesa@ucmail.uc.edu jeffrey.piascik@uconn.edu zamorab@ecu.edu jmckernan@central.uh.edu rwdwards@memphis.edu mheise@usf.edu tchamblee@smu.edu TBA rweaver@tulane.edu kevin-quicker@utulsa.edu

Credits: The 2014 American Athletic Conference Women’s Volleyball Media Guide was produced by Miles McQuiggan on Adobe InDesign CS6. Editorial assistance from Chevonne Mansfield and Chuck Sullivan. Special thanks to American Athletic Conference Volleyball Sports Information Directors for their assistance. Photo Credits: Ben Solomon and School Sports Information Offices.

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P RE SEASON AWAR DS 2014 American Athletic Conference Preseason Coaches’ Poll School (First Place Votes) 1. SMU (9) 2. UCF (1) 3. Tulane (1) 4. Tulsa 5. USF 6. UConn 7. Houston 8. Memphis 9. Temple 10. Cincinnati 11. East Carolina

Points 99 87 79 73 69 45 44 40 34 23 12

2014 American Athletic Conference Preseason Award Winners Preseason Player of the Year Erin Fairs, USF

Preseason All-Conference Team Kaye-Alese Green, UCF DeLaina Sarden, UCF* Karson Ratliff, UConn Kadi Kullerkann, Houston Lauren Wright, Memphis Erin Fairs, USF* Avery Acker, SMU Cailin Bula, SMU Janelle Giordano, SMU Caroline Young, SMU* Tea Juric, Tulane* Annie Shurtz, Tulane Brooke Berryhill, Tulsa Erica Bohannon, Tulsa *Unanimous selection

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T H E A M ER IC A N The American Athletic Conference #AmericanRising

Not entirely unlike the nation that provides its namesake, the American Athletic Conference was born from an ideal in which members with ambitious goals are provided with the means to succeed in their quests for excellence.

With roots that extend to three conferences, the American Athletic Conference membership in 2014-15 consists of 11 institutions: the University of Central Florida, the University of Cincinnati, East Carolina University, the University of Connecticut, the University of Houston, the University of Memphis, the University of South Florida, Southern Methodist University, Temple University, Tulane University and the University of Tulsa. The 2015-16 season sees the U.S. Naval Academy join the ranks in football only.

Under the leadership of commissioner Mike Aresco, The American, which operated as the Big East Conference from 1979 to 2013, has immediately taken a place at the forefront of Division I athletics, with schools that have played in four Bowl Championship Series games, won four NCAA men’s basketball titles since 1999, and won nine NCAA women’s basketball championships since 1995.

Two American Athletic Conference football teams were ranked in the top 15 of the final 2013 Associated Press poll. Five were selected for bowl games, including UCF, which won the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl and finished the season ranked No. 10 nationally. The conference produced 14 players who received All-America recognition by a major outlet.

The American had four players chosen in the first round of the 2014 NFL Draft, trailing only the SEC and the ACC among FBS conferences. UCF quarterback Blake Bortles highlighted a group of 12 American Athletic Conference players chosen when he was taken No. 3 overall by the Jacksonville Jaguars.

The success of The American in Year 1 was not limited to the gridiron. UConn won NCAA titles in both men’s and women’s basketball. The conference had the best postseason winning percentage of any league in men’s basketball, while The American produced top-10 teams in baseball, men’s soccer and men’s golf and sent half of its participating teams to the NCAA Softball Championship.

The American Athletic Conference holds television partnerships with ESPN and CBS Sports which will give the conference unprecedented national exposure. The football portion of the contract, which begins in the 2014 season, calls for nearly 90 percent of conference-controlled games on national broadcast or national cable platforms. The first American Athletic Conference Football Championship, which will be played in 2015, will be carried either on ABC or ESPN on Championship Saturday.

In men’s basketball, the television deal calls for all conference-controlled games to be televised, with more than 63 percent slotted for national broadcast or national cable – a minimum of 107 games.

The entire postseason tournament will be televised, including the championship game, which will be either on ABC or ESPN. Sixty percent of the American’s women’s basketball games will be carried on either national cable, regional sports networks or ESPN3.

American Athletic Conference teams will have access to the pinnacle of college football’s postseason structure. An American representative would be chosen for the College Football Playoff semifinals if it is among the top four teams following the regular season. Otherwise, the league would place its champion in either the Cotton Bowl, Fiesta Bowl or Peach Bowl if it is ranked higher than the champions of Conference USA, the Mid-American Conference, the Mountain West Conference and the Sun Belt Conference.

Additionally, The American has announced primary or secondary partnerships with 12 bowls for the next six-year cycle, ensuring multiple annual matchups against the nation’s top conferences and providing desirable postseason destinations to member institutions and their fans.

The American Athletic Conference administers to its membership from a state-of-the-art office located in Providence, R.I. The location of the conference headquarters – just steps from the city’s Amtrak station and 10 minutes from T.F. Green International Airport – gives the conference easy access to its member schools.

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The conference headquarters is equipped with a complete video production studio, serving as the home of the American Digital Network, and small- and large-scale meeting rooms to accommodate the many coaches’ and administrators’ meetings held on-site each year.

Women’s Volleyball

The American enters the 2014 season with all 11 member institutions sponsoring women’s volleyball. East Carolina, Tulane and Tulsa join UCF, Cincinnati, UConn, Houston, Memphis, USF, SMU and Temple for the conference’s sophomore campaign, adding a recent history of success to the league.

The 2013 conference championship was won by Louisville, as the Cardinals posted an 18-0 mark in conference play en route to The American’s automatic bid by virtue of their regular season championship.

The new members for 2014 add clout to a conference that already features four members with seven or more NCAA tournament appearances. Tulsa has made the tournament in four of the last five years, and finished last year with an RPI of 37. Tulane posted a 28-4 mark in 2013, advancing to its conference championship, while recording an RPI of 54. East Carolina enters its second season under the direction of Julie Torbett, who enters the year with 351 career victories.

USF returns defending American Athletic Conference Player of the Year Erin Fairs for her junior year, with SMU again having Setter of the Year Avery Acker quarterbacking the attack. Memphis, who paced the conference in digs in 2013, returns The American’s leader from a year ago in Aleksandra Petronijevic. UCF reached 20 or more wins in 2013 for the second time in three years, posting a 6-3 mark in road matches in The American.

Temple returns 10 letterwinners to a team that won 18 or more matches for the second consecutive year. Cincinnati brings in nine newcomers for the 2014 campaign, including three transfers. UConn enters its first year with Kris Grunwald at the helm, while Houston looks to take the next step under the direction of 500-match winner Kaddie Platt.

Non-conference play will open the 2014 slate on Aug. 29, and the 11 teams will play a 20-match conference schedule that will begin on Sept. 24. Like 2013, the conference champion will be determined by the regular season, as all 11 teams will have the opportunity to play each other both at home and on the road, creating a true double round-robin format.

The regular season will conclude on the final weekend of November, with all 11 teams vieing for both The American’s automatic qualifier and at-large bids in the 2014 NCAA Tournament, culminating in the national semifinals and championship to be played in Oklahoma City, Okla. on Dec. 18 & 20.

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MI CH AEL L. AR E S C O

Mike Aresco has established himself as one of the foremost figures in intercollegiate sports as commissioner of the American Athletic Conference.

Aresco, who was named to his current position Aug. 14, 2012, has overseen a strategic reinvention of the conference, which has quickly become one of the premier conferences in the nation.

The American’s first year produced a remarkable string of accomplishments as UCF won the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl and UConn won NCAA titles in both men’s and women’s basketball. American Athletic Conference teams had the best postseason winning percentage of any conference in men’s basketball, as the league sent four teams to the NCAA tournament and saw SMU advance to the championship game of the NIT. The American was the only conference to have a Bowl Championship Series win and teams in the Men’s Final Four, the Women’s Final Four and the College World Series in 201314. Teams from the conference finished in the national top 10 in football, men’s basketball, women’s basketball, men’s soccer, baseball and men’s golf.

The American features 11 members in the 2014-15 academic year: UCF, Cincinnati, UConn, East Carolina, Houston, Memphis, USF, SMU, Temple Tulane and Tulsa. Navy joins in 2015-16 as a football-playing member. Among the milestones reached in Aresco’s tenure have been the launch of a football championship game for the first time in 2015 and the league’s staging of its own postseason bowl game.

Aresco’s first months were marked by his successful efforts to ensure the conference’s place within the College Football Playoff – the new system that will determine the national champion, beginning in 2014. Aresco was instrumental in securing the arrangement that will put the American Athletic Conference champion in a New Year’s Day system bowl if it is the highest-ranked team among the champions of five conferences.

Aresco has played an active role in the formation of the College Football Playoff, serving on the College Football Playoff Management Committee and helping to select the 13 members of the CFP Selection Committee. Aresco also serves on the College Football Playoff Television and Site Selection committees.

In the wake of the changes created by college sports realignment, Aresco moved quickly to solidify the conference, leading negotiations that resulted in the most favorable financial terms for the conference’s football schools, after the withdrawal of the non-football-playing schools, as well as the 2013-14 launch of the renamed and rebranded conference.

He simultaneously led the negotiations that resulted in television contracts with ESPN and CBS Sports, which have given the conference

unprecedented national exposure and branding with the two industry leaders in sports television. Aresco then quickly and successfully organized the process whereby the conference was renamed the American Athletic Conference – a name that was immediately accepted nationally – and he also oversaw the process that resulted in the conference’s popular graphic identity.

He has also successfully worked with the conference schools to arrive at an equitable distribution of existing revenue for the current and new conference institutions, bringing about a period of cohesiveness that is unprecedented in the league’s history. He has restructured the conference office staff to maximize efficiency and better serve the needs of the membership.

Among his other significant accomplishments on behalf of the American Athletic Conference were the spearheading of expansion efforts, which resulted in the addition of East Carolina, Tulane and Tulsa as of July 1, 2014, and Navy as a football member in 2015; launching the conference digital network; successful negotiations for the conference’s men’s and women’s basketball championships; and the launching of a brand marketing campaign.

Additionally, Aresco brokered a multi-year marketing rights agreement with IMG College, the industry leader in collegiate sports marketing, and oversaw the development of The American’s new football bowl lineup, which features numerous annual matchups against the nation’s other top conferences. Included in that lineup is the Miami Beach Bowl – a bowl game that will be owned and operated by the American Athletic Conference in a first-of-itskind venture.

In basketball, Aresco has secured the conference’s participation in The Men’s Basketball Officiating Consortium, L.L.C., partnering with the Big 12 Conference, Conference USA, the Ohio Valley Conference and the Southland Conference to ensure that the highest-quality game officials are assigned to American Athletic Conference contests.

Aresco is a member of the Conference Commissioners Association enforcement working group and women’s basketball working group. He serves on the management committee of the College Football Playoff and the board of managers for both the College Football Officiating, LLC, and Men’s College Basketball, LLC. Aresco has been a leader in the NCAA governance redesign efforts and a spokesman in various forums for the integrity of the collegiate model.

Aresco came to the conference from CBS Sports where he was Executive Vice President, Programming. He was responsible for all college sports programming for CBS Sports and CBS Sports Network. Aresco oversaw the acquisition and management of CBS Sports college properties, including the NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship, regular-season college basketball and football, conference basketball championship games, football bowl games and other programming. His responsibilities included game selection and scheduling, day-to-day operations, contract negotiations, identification of future acquisitions, development of programming strategies and coordination of new media and marketing initiatives.

Aresco played an integral role in the landmark deal that created the CBS Sports-Turner Broadcasting partnership, which resulted in the acquisition of the NCAA Men’s Division I

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Basketball Championship rights through 2024.

He managed the complex 14-year agreement that provides expanded national broadcast and cable coverage of the NCAA basketball championship. Aresco also was instrumental in the CBS Television Network’s groundbreaking bundled rights agreement with the NCAA, which granted CBS exclusive rights to the NCAA tournament from 2003 through 2010. The 2010 NCAA Championship won a Sports Emmy in the Outstanding Playoff Coverage category. Aresco also played a key role in negotiating NCAA marketing agreements and in creating a partnership with IMG and the NCAA to assist in acquiring new NCAA corporate sponsors. He also was a significant contributor in the development of new media platforms for the NCAA Championship, including March Madness On Demand, a highly successful streaming platform.

In 2008, Aresco negotiated a historic 15year agreement with the Southeastern Conference to televise the league’s football and basketball games. The agreement also provided multiple new media rights for CBS, CBS Sports Network and CBS Interactive.

He forged numerous basketball agreements with major conferences and negotiated 10year extensions of the Army-Navy and Notre Dame-Navy football rivalries.

Aresco was the creator and executive producer of The Tony Barnhart Show and Courtside with Seth Davis, both of which aired on the CBS Sports Network.

In 2004, he was appointed by the late NCAA President Myles Brand to the Basketball Partnership, a select panel whose mission was to explore ways to improve and promote college basketball. He is a charter member of the steering committee of the Columbia University/New York City Chapter of the National Football Foundation and serves on the board of the National Sports Marketing Network.

Aresco joined CBS Sports from ESPN where he was responsible for overseeing the acquisition, scheduling and development of long-term strategies for all ESPN college sports properties. Earlier in his tenure at ESPN, he was responsible for programming a wide variety of sports properties, including College Football Association, Big 10, and Pac-10 college football, NCAA events, including early rounds of the NCAA basketball tournament, the College World Series and various professional sports events, including thoroughbred racing, Top Rank Boxing, CFL football, Australian Rules Football, rodeo and yachting. He was the architect of ESPN’s signature Thursday night college football series and helped develop ESPN’s Bowl Week. He joined ESPN in 1984 as Counsel and was named Assistant General Counsel in 1988 before moving to the programming department.

Aresco is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Tufts University (B.A., magna cum laude, history), The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts (M.A., international relations), where he held a John Moors Cabot Scholarship, and the University of Connecticut School of Law (J.D.).

He practiced law privately in Hartford, Conn., for several years.

Aresco is a regular speaker and expert panelist at national symposiums and seminars on the topics of college athletics and sports television. He was awarded the 2013 Distinguished Graduate Award by the UConn School of Law Alumni Association.

Aresco and his wife, Sharon, have two adult sons, Matthew, an Emmy-nominated television producer who has his own production company in Connecticut, and Brett, an actor who lives in New York City.

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C OMPOSITE S C HE DU LE AUGUST 29 Mortar Board Premier (West Lafayette, Ind.)

USF at Purdue................................................................ 10 a.m.

LSU vs. USF.....................................................................5 p.m.

Texas A&M Invitational (College Station, Texas) Iowa vs. Tulane............................................................1:30 p.m.

Tulane at Texas A&M.......................................................6 p.m.

Radisson UCF Invitational (Orlando, Fla.) Eastern Kentucky at UCF.................................................3 p.m.

Western Carolina at UCF............................................7:30 p.m.

Houston Cougar Classic (Houston, Texas) Lamar at Houston............................................................5 p.m.

Husky Classic (Houston, Texas) Chattanooga vs. Tulsa.................................................5:30 p.m.

Queen City Invitational (Cincinnati, Ohio) Duquesne at Cincinnati...................................................7 p.m.

UConn Classic (Storrs, Conn.)

New Hampshire at UConn.........................................7:30 p.m.

San Francisco Invitational (San Francisco, Calif.)

SMU at San Francisco................................................9:30 p.m.

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Marcia E. Hamilton Classic (St. Louis, Mo.) SEMO vs. Memphis........................................................11 a.m.

Memphis at Saint Louis..................................................3 p.m.

Husky Classic (Houston, Texas) Tulsa at Houston Baptist................................................11 a.m.

Northern Arizona at Tulsa...........................................5:30 p.m.

Queen City Invitational (Cincinnati, Ohio) UC Irvine at Cincinnati.................................................. 12 p.m.

Cincinnati at Xavier.........................................................6 p.m.

Houston Cougar Classic (Houston, Texas) Texas State at Houston................................................. 12 p.m.

Wake Forest at Houston..................................................6 p.m.

UConn Classic (Storrs, Conn.)

Central Connecticut at UConn................................. 12:30 p.m.

Indiana at UConn........................................................7:30 p.m.

Radisson UCF Invitational (Orlando, Fla.) Northeastern at UCF........................................................1 p.m.

FIU at UCF........................................................................7 p.m.

Syracuse Invitational (Syracuse, N.Y.) Niagara vs. Temple.....................................................1:30 p.m.

Temple at Syracuse....................................................6:30 p.m.

Texas A&M Invitational (College Station, Texas) UTSA vs. Tulane..........................................................1:30 p.m.

Mortar Board Premier (West Lafayette, Ind.) San Diego vs. USF...........................................................4 p.m.

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Syracuse Invitational (Syracuse, N.Y.) Delaware State vs. Temple.............................................11 a.m.

San Francisco Invite (San Francisco, Calif.)

Georgia vs. SMU........................................................1:30 p.m.

Fordham vs. SMU............................................................8 p.m.

Marcia E. Hamilton Classic (St. Louis, Mo.)

Alabama vs. Memphis....................................................3 p.m.

SEPTEMBER 5 K-State Invitational (Manhattan, Kan.)

Middle Tennessee vs. UCF.............................................11 a.m.

Arkansas vs. UCF.............................................................6 p.m.

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Active Ankle Challenge (Louisville, Ky.) Appalachian State vs. Cincinnati.................................. 12 p.m.

Cincinnati at Louisville...............................................7:30 p.m.

UND Classic (Grand Forks, N.D.) Tulane at North Dakota................................................. 12 p.m.

South Dakota vs. Tulane..................................................4 p.m.

East Carolina Invitational (Greenville, N.C.) Tennessee Tech at East Carolina.....................................1 p.m.

Norfolk State at East Carolina........................................7 p.m.

USF Tournament (Tampa, Fla.) Buffalo at USF..................................................................2 p.m.

FIU at USF........................................................................7 p.m.

NC State Courtyard Midtown Classic (Raleigh, N.C.) Toledo vs. UConn............................................................4 p.m.

Temple Invitational (Philadelphia, Pa.) Charlotte at Temple..........................................................6 p.m.

Memphis Intercollegiate (Memphis, Tenn.)

Ole Miss at Memphis......................................................8 p.m.

SMU Invite (Dallas, Texas) Georgia Tech at SMU.......................................................8 p.m.

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NC State Courtyard Midtown Classic (Raleigh, N.C.) Rice vs. UConn............................................................... 10 a.m.

UConn at North Carolina State.......................................7 p.m.

UCA/Sears Sugar Bear Classic (Conway, Ark.) Boise State vs. Tulsa.......................................................11 a.m.

Tulsa at Central Arkansas................................................8 p.m.

UND Classic (Grand Forks, N.D.) Tulane at North Dakota................................................. 12 p.m.

Active Ankle Challenge (Louisville, Ky.) Tennessee State vs. Louisville........................................1 p.m.

Memphis Intercollegiate (Memphis, Tenn.)

Tennessee-Martin at Memphis.......................................1 p.m.

Arkansas State at Memphis............................................8 p.m.

Big Daddy’s Invitational (Lake Charles, La.) Houston at McNeese State........................................ 2:15 p.m.

East Carolina Invitational (Greenville, N.C.) Morgan State at East Carolina........................................7 p.m.

K-State Invitational (Manhattan, Kan.) UCF at Kansas State........................................................8 p.m.

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USF Tournament (Tampa, Fla.) South Carolina State at USF..........................................11 a.m.

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North Carolina A&T at East Carolina.............................7 p.m.

Big Daddy’s Invitational (Lake Charles, La.) UT Arlington vs. Houston.......................................... 1:15 p.m.

Jackson State vs. Houston.........................................5:45 p.m.

UCA/Sears Sugar Bear Classic (Conway, Ark.) Louisiana-Monroe vs. Tulsa............................................6 p.m.

Temple Invitational (Philadelphia, Pa.) Princeton at Temple.........................................................1 p.m.

Holy Cross at Temple..................................................4:30 p.m.

SMU Invite (Dallas, Texas) Texas Southern at SMU.............................................1:30 p.m.

Oklahoma at SMU...........................................................8 p.m.

All times Eastern and subject to change

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Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate Classic (New Orleans, La.) Southeastern Louisiana at Tulane..................................8 p.m.

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Penn State Alumni Classic (State College, Pa.) Eastern Illinois vs. East Carolina.................................... 9 a.m.

UIC vs. East Carolina.......................................................1 p.m.

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Art Carmichael Invitational (Kingston, R.I.) Rutgers vs. Cincinnati...............................................11:30 a.m.

Cincinnati at Rhode Island..............................................7 p.m.

Maroon Classic (Starkville, Miss.)

Nicholls State vs. Memphis.......................................... 12 p.m.

Memphis at Mississippi State........................................8 p.m.

SMU Classic (Dallas, Texas) Houston Baptist at SMU............................................1:30 p.m.

College of Charleston at SMU........................................8 p.m.

Blackbird Invitational (Brooklyn, N.Y.) Boston College vs. Temple.........................................4:30 p.m.

Arizona Tournament (Tucson, Ariz.)

UMBC vs. Tulane.........................................................3:30 p.m.

Tulane at Arizona........................................................... 10 p.m.

Active Ankle Challenge (Auburn, Ala.) Winthrop vs. USF............................................................5 p.m.

Razorback Invitational (Fayetteville, Ark.) Stony Brook vs. SMU......................................................5 p.m.

Big 5 Tournament (Philadelphia, Pa.) La Salle vs. Temple..........................................................4 p.m.

Bucknell Tournament (Lewisburg, Pa.) Cornell vs. UConn............................................................5 p.m.

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UC Invitational (Cincinnati, Ohio) Charleston Southern at Cincinnati.................................7 p.m.

Flo Hyman Collegiate Cup (Houston, Texas) Oral Roberts at Houston..................................................7 p.m.

Pitt Panther Invitational (Pittsburgh, Pa.) USF at Pittsburgh............................................................7 p.m.

Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate Classic (New Orleans, La.) Howard at Tulane.............................................................8 p.m.

UConn Tournament (Storrs, Conn.)

Columbia at UConn....................................................7:30 p.m.

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Diet Coke Classic (Minneapolis, Minn.)

Tulsa at Minnesota..........................................................8 p.m.

Golden Hurricane Invitational (Tulsa, Okla.)

Oral Roberts at Tulsa........................................................8 p.m.

Active Ankle Challenge (Auburn, Ala.) Troy vs. USF.............................................................. 10:30 a.m.

USF at Auburn............................................................8:30 p.m.

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Big 5 Tournament (Philadelphia, Pa.) Villanova vs. Temple...................................................... 10 a.m.

Temple at Penn................................................................7 p.m.

Bucknell Tournament (Lewisburg, Pa.) UConn at Bucknell......................................................... 12 p.m.

Hofstra vs. UConn...........................................................3 p.m.

Pitt Panther Invitational (Pittsburgh, Pa.) Delaware vs. USF.......................................................... 10 a.m.

Sacred Heart vs. USF.................................................4:30 p.m.

Art Carmichael Invitational (Kingston, R.I.) NJIT vs. Cincinnati......................................................... 12 p.m.

Flo Hyman Collegiate Cup (Houston, Texas) Sam Houston State at Houston.................................... 12 p.m.

Louisiana-Lafayette at Houston......................................4 p.m.

Lady Vol Classic (Knoxville, Tenn.)

Montana State vs. Memphis......................................... 10 a.m.

Austin Peay vs. Memphis..........................................4:30 p.m.

UC Invitational (Cincinnati, Ohio) Central Michigan at Cincinnati.................................11:30 a.m.

Tennessee State at Cincinnati.........................................7 p.m.

Diet Coke Classic (Minneapolis, Minn.)

Iowa State vs. Tulsa.........................................................1 p.m.

UConn Tournament (Storrs, Conn.)

Bryant at UConn....................................................... 12:30 p.m.

Hofstra at UConn........................................................7:30 p.m.

Razorback Invitational (Fayetteville, Ark.) South Dakota vs. SMU....................................................2 p.m.

SMU at Arkansas.............................................................8 p.m.

Arizona Tournament (Tucson, Ariz.)

Coppin State vs. Tulane..............................................1:30 p.m.

Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate Classic (New Orleans, La.) Florida Atlantic at Tulane.................................................2 p.m.

Penn State Alumni Classic (State College, Pa.) DePaul vs. East Carolina.................................................2 p.m.

East Carolina at Penn State.......................................7:30 p.m.

Marquette at UCF............................................................3 p.m.

Maroon Classic (Starkville, Miss.)

Northwestern State vs. Memphis..................................2 p.m.

South Alabama vs. Memphis.........................................6 p.m.

26 West Longhorn Classic (Austin, Texas) UCF at Texas.....................................................................1 p.m.

Arizona vs. UCF..........................................................6:30 p.m.

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Houston at UTSA.............................................................6 p.m.

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Temple at UConn*...........................................................7 p.m.

Blackbird Invitational (Brooklyn, N.Y.) Northern Kentucky vs. Temple................................. 12:30 p.m.

Temple at LIU Brooklyn..............................................6:30 p.m.

Lady Vol Classic (Knoxville, Tenn.)

Mercer vs. Memphis................................................. 12:30 p.m.

Memphis at Tennessee....................................................7 p.m.

Islander Classic (Corpus Christi, Texas) UT-Pan American vs. Houston........................................4 p.m.

Houston at Texas A&M - Corpus Christi.........................8 p.m.

SMU Classic (Dallas, Texas) New Mexico at SMU..................................................3:30 p.m.

Golden Hurricane Invitational (Tulsa, Okla.)

McNeese State at Tulsa...................................................8 p.m.

UCF at Florida..................................................................3 p.m.

All times Eastern and subject to change

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UConn at East Carolina*.................................................7 p.m.

Cincinnati at Houston*....................................................8 p.m.

UCF at SMU*...................................................................8 p.m.

Memphis at Tulane*.........................................................8 p.m.

USF at Tulsa*....................................................................8 p.m.

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Temple at East Carolina*................................................1 p.m.

Memphis at Houston*.....................................................2 p.m.

USF at SMU*...................................................................2 p.m.

Cincinnati at Tulane*........................................................2 p.m.

UCF at Tulsa*...............................................................2:30 p.m.

30

North Carolina Central at East Carolina.........................7 p.m.

OCTOBER 1 Houston at Tulane*..........................................................8 p.m.

3

Temple at UCF*................................................................7 p.m.

SMU at Cincinnati*..........................................................7 p.m.

UConn at USF*...............................................................7 p.m.

Tulsa at Memphis*..........................................................8 p.m.

East Carolina at Tulane*..................................................8 p.m.

5

Temple at USF*.............................................................. 12 p.m.

Tulsa at Cincinnati*.........................................................1 p.m.

UConn at UCF*................................................................2 p.m.

East Carolina at Houston*..............................................2 p.m.

SMU at Memphis*...........................................................2 p.m.

8

UCF at USF*.....................................................................7 p.m.

10

Memphis at UConn*.......................................................7 p.m.

USF at East Carolina*......................................................7 p.m.

Cincinnati at Temple*......................................................7 p.m.

Houston at SMU*............................................................8 p.m.

Tulane at Tulsa*................................................................8 p.m.

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Cincinnati at UConn*......................................................1 p.m.

UCF at East Carolina*......................................................1 p.m.

Memphis at Temple*.......................................................1 p.m.

Tulane at SMU*...............................................................2 p.m.

Houston at Tulsa*........................................................2:30 p.m.

15

SMU at Tulsa*..................................................................8 p.m.

17

USF at Cincinnati*...........................................................7 p.m.

Temple at Houston*........................................................7 p.m.

UCF at Memphis*............................................................8 p.m.

UConn at Tulane*.............................................................8 p.m.

East Carolina at Tulsa*.....................................................8 p.m.

19

UCF at Cincinnati*...........................................................1 p.m.

UConn at Houston*.........................................................2 p.m.

USF at Memphis*............................................................2 p.m.

East Carolina at SMU*....................................................2 p.m.

Temple at Tulane*............................................................2 p.m.

22

Memphis at Cincinnati*..................................................7 p.m.

24

Houston at UCF*..............................................................7 p.m.

Tulsa at UConn*..............................................................7 p.m.

Cincinnati at East Carolina*............................................7 p.m.

SMU at Temple*...............................................................7 p.m.

Tulane at USF*.................................................................7 p.m.

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SMU at UConn*............................................................. 12 p.m.

Houston at USF*............................................................ 12 p.m.

Memphis at East Carolina*.............................................1 p.m.

Tulsa at Temple*...............................................................1 p.m.

Tulane at UCF*.................................................................2 p.m.

28

Maryland Eastern Shore at East Carolina......................1 p.m.

29

USF at UCF*.....................................................................7 p.m.

8

31 SMU at Tulane*................................................................2 p.m.

East Carolina at UCF*......................................................7 p.m.

UConn at Cincinnati*......................................................7 p.m.

Tulsa at Houston*............................................................8 p.m.

Temple at Memphis*.......................................................8 p.m.

NOVEMBER 2 East Carolina at USF*.................................................... 12 p.m.

Temple at Cincinnati*......................................................1 p.m.

SMU at Houston*............................................................2 p.m.

UConn at Memphis*.......................................................2 p.m.

Tulsa at Tulane*................................................................2 p.m.

5

Tulane at Houston*.........................................................8 p.m.

7

UCF at UConn*................................................................7 p.m.

Houston at East Carolina*..............................................7 p.m.

USF at Temple*................................................................7 p.m.

Memphis at SMU*...........................................................8 p.m.

Cincinnati at Tulsa*..........................................................8 p.m.

9

USF at UConn*................................................................1 p.m.

Tulane at East Carolina*.................................................1 p.m.

UCF at Temple*................................................................1 p.m.

Cincinnati at SMU*..........................................................2 p.m.

Memphis at Tulsa*...........................................................2 p.m.

11

East Carolina at Maryland Eastern Shore......................7 p.m.

12

UConn at Temple*............................................................7 p.m.

14

Tulsa at UCF*...................................................................3 p.m.

Tulane at Cincinnati*.......................................................4 p.m.

SMU at USF*...................................................................7 p.m.

East Carolina at Temple*.................................................7 p.m.

Houston at Memphis*.....................................................8 p.m.

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Tulsa at USF*................................................................. 12 p.m.

Houston at Cincinnati*....................................................1 p.m.

East Carolina at UConn*.................................................1 p.m.

Tulane at Memphis*........................................................1 p.m.

SMU at UCF*..............................................................1:30 p.m.

19

Cincinnati at Memphis*..................................................8 p.m.

21

USF at Houston*..............................................................8 p.m.

East Carolina at Memphis*.............................................8 p.m.

UConn at SMU*...............................................................8 p.m.

UCF at Tulane*.................................................................8 p.m.

Temple at Tulsa*...............................................................8 p.m.

23

East Carolina at Cincinnati*............................................1 p.m.

UConn at Tulsa*...............................................................1 p.m.

Temple at SMU*..............................................................2 p.m.

USF at Tulane*.................................................................2 p.m.

UCF at Houston*..............................................................3 p.m.

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Tulsa at SMU*..................................................................3 p.m.

Cincinnati at UCF*...........................................................7 p.m.

Houston at UConn*.........................................................7 p.m.

Memphis at USF*............................................................7 p.m.

Tulane at Temple*............................................................7 p.m.

28

Memphis at UCF*............................................................2 p.m.

SMU at East Carolina*....................................................2 p.m.

Cincinnati at USF*...........................................................2 p.m.

Tulane at UConn*............................................................7 p.m.

Houston at Temple*.........................................................7 p.m.

29

Tulsa at East Carolina*....................................................2 p.m.

All times Eastern and subject to change

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2014 NCA A DIVISIO N I WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONSHIP

The winner of the the American Athletic Conference regular season title will receive the league’s automatic bid to the 64-team NCAA Division I Women’s Volleyball Championship.

The 2014 NCAA Championship marks the 34rd anniversary of the tournament. First and second round games are held on the campuses of participating institutions. Regionals will be hosted at Iowa State, Louisville, Minnesota and Washington, and are held in single elimination format.

The national semifinals and championship games will be held at Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City, Okla. on Dec. 18 & 20.

American Athletic Conference Schools’ NCAA Championship Appearances School.............................................NCAA Appearances Houston......................................................................................11 Cincinnati................................................................................... 10 UCF.............................................................................................. 7 USF.............................................................................................. 7 Temple......................................................................................... 4 Tulsa............................................................................................. 4 Tulane.......................................................................................... 2 Memphis...................................................................................... 1 UConn.......................................................................................... 0 East Carolina............................................................................... 0 SMU............................................................................................. 0 Total........................................................................... 46 2014 NCAA Division I Women’s Volleyball Championship Schedule First and Second Rounds

Campus Sites

Regionals

Iowa State, Louisville, Minnesota, Washington

Semifinals Chesapeake Energy Arena

Championship Chesapeake Energy Arena

Oklahoma City, Okla.

Dec. 18

Oklahoma City, Okla.

Dec. 20

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Dec. 5-8 Dec. 12-13

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HEAD COACH TODD DAGENAIS

AUGUST

29 29 30 30

(Central Michigan ‘95) Career Record/Years 102-87/Six Years Record at UCF/Years 102-87/Six Years

Quick Facts

Location: Orlando, Fla. Founded: 1963 Enrollment: 59,770 Nickname: Knights Colors: Black & Gold President: Dr. John C. Hitt Director of Athletics: Todd Stansbury Senior Woman Administrator: Jessica Reo Volleyball Office Phone: (407) 823-6229 Assistant Coaches: Michelle Chatman, Mike Gee 2013 Overall Record: 21-10 2013 American Athletic Conference Record/Finish: 12-6/3rd Starters Returning/Lost: 6+Libero/0 Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 10/4 Newcomers: Five Volleyball Contact: Megan Herboth Phone: (407) 823-0994 E-mail: mherboth@athletics.usf.edu Fax: (407) 823-5293 Website: www.ucfknights.com Twitter: @UCF_Volleyball

SENIOR ASHLEY GIALENIOS

Name Lakia Bright Loren Cory Dana Faught Abbie Fleener Shelby Foyer Taylor Gallart Ashley Gialenios Kaye-Alese Green Jade Hayes Jale Hervey Nani Molina Marie Reiterova Ann Richards DeLaina Sarden Halle Scott Taylor Wickey

Pos. OH OPP S OPP DS OH OH MB L OH S S MB MB DS MB/OPP

3 p.m.

7:30 p.m.

1 p.m.

7 p.m.

SEPTEMBER

K-State Invitational (Manhattan, Kan.) 5 vs. Middle Tennessee 5 vs. Arkansas 6 at Kansas State

26 West Longhorn Classic (Austin, Texas) 12 vs. Florida A&M 13 at Texas 13 vs. Arizona

5 p.m.

1 p.m.

6:30 p.m.

20 21 26 28

Marquette at Florida at SMU* at Tulsa*

3 p.m.

3 p.m.

8 p.m.

2:30 p.m.

OCTOBER 3 5 8 12 17 19 24 26 29 31

Temple* UConn* at USF* at East Carolina* at Memphis* at Cincinnati* Houston* Tulane* USF* East Carolina*

NOVEMBER 7 9 14 16 21 23 26 28

at UConn* at Temple* Tulsa* SMU* at Tulane* at Houston* Cincinnati* Memphis*

11 a.m.

6 p.m.

8 p.m.

7 p.m.

2 p.m.

7 p.m.

1 p.m.

8 p.m.

1 p.m.

7 p.m.

2 p.m.

7 p.m.

7 p.m.

7 p.m.

1 p.m.

3 p.m.

1:30 p.m.

8 p.m.

3 p.m.

7 p.m.

2 p.m.

All times (Eastern) are subject to change; American Athletic Conference matches denoted with asterisk

SENIOR DeLAINA SARDEN

No. 5 18 8 15 11 10 3 7 9 1 4 13 19 17 2 12

Radisson UCF Invitational (Orlando, Fla.) Eastern Kentucky Western Carolina Northeastern FIU

2 0 14 R o s t e r

Cl. So. R-Sr. Jr. Jr. So. So. Sr. R-Sr. Sr. So. R-So. R-Sr. Fr. Sr. Jr. So.

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Ht. Hometown/Previous School 5-9 Jacksonville, Fla./Auburn 6-5 Queensland, Australia/Camosun College 5-8 Round Rock, Texas/Stony Point 6-2 Grand Rapids, Mich./DePaul 5-6 Carmel, Ind./Carmel 6-1 Germantown, Md./Acad. of the Holy Cross 6-0 Johns Creek, Ga./Northview 6-1 Jacksonville, Fla./Episcopal 6-0 Ozark, Mo./Missouri 5-11 Huntsville, Ala./Middle Tennessee 5-7 Bayamon, Puerto Rico/University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras 5-9 Luxembourg, Lux./Lycee Aline Mayrisch 6-3 Assiniboia, Canada/Assiniboia 6-1 Lawrenceville, Ga./Peachtree Ridge 5-9 Tallahassee, Fla./Maclay 6-4 Omaha, Neb./Omaha Concordia

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KNI GH TS K N I G HTS N OTE B OO K • The Knights look for their fourth-straight winning season, and to build on a 21-win campaign in 2013. The 21 victories last year were the most for UCF since 2003.

• Senior DeLaina Sarden is a two-time AVCA All-America honorable mention honoree and was a unanimous American Athletic Conference First Team pick last year. Sarden led the team with 395 kills (3.41 kps) and a .409 attack percentage in 2013. She ranks second on the all-time leaderboard with a career attack percentage of .360 and is tied for fourth with 338 career blocks.

• UCF has five teams on the non-conference docket that made the 2013 NCAA tournament, including top-five national seeds Texas and Florida. The Knights will also square off with Arizona, Arkansas, and Marquette.

SENIOR KAYE-ALESE GREEN 2 0 13 R E SU LT S (21-10 Overall / 12-6 American)

AUGUST (3-1) Holiday Inn Select/UCF Invitational (Orlando, Fla.) 30 Valparaiso L, 2-3 30 North Florida W, 3-0 31 Alabama State W, 3-0 31 Arkansas-Pine Bluff W, 3-0 SEPTEMBER (7-3) Holiday Inn Select/UCF Classic (Orlando, Fla.) 6 Elon W, 3-0 6 George Washington W, 3-0 7 Stephen F. Austin W, 3-2

THE VENUE AT UCF CAPACITY - 2,000

Georgia State Invitational (Atlanta, Ga.) 13 vs. Clemson L, 2-3 13 at Georgia State W, 3-1 14 vs. Buffalo L, 0-3 14 vs. Davidson W, 3-1 18 20 27

Jacksonville at Florida Atlantic USF*

W, 3-1 L, 2-3 W, 3-0

OCTOBER (5-3) 4 UConn* 6 Rutgers* 10 at Cincinnati* 13 at Louisville* 18 at Houston* 20 at SMU* 25 Temple* 27 Memphis*

W, 3-2 W, 3-0 W, 3-0 L, 1-3 L, 0-3 L, 0-3 W, 3-0 W, 3-1

NOVEMBER (6-3) 1 at USF* 8 at Rutgers* 10 at UConn* 15 Louisville* 17 Cincinnati* 22 SMU* 24 Houston* 27 at Memphis* 29 at Temple*

W, 3-0 W, 3-0 W, 3-1 L, 0-3 W, 3-2 L, 1-3 L, 2-3 W, 3-2 W, 3-0

Conference matches denoted with asterisk

2 0 13 S t a t i s t i c a l L e a d e r s Player SP Kills K/S Err TA Pct. Ast A/S SA SE SA/S RE Digs D/S BS BA BT B/S BE BHE Points SARDEN, DeLaina 116 395 3.41 91 743 .409 3 0.03 23 29 0.20 0 82 0.71 30 92 122 1.05 22 1 494.0 CRUMP, Angelica 114 386 3.39 162 1081 .207 4 0.04 0 0 0.00 0 48 0.42 20 30 50 0.44 7 1 421.0 CORY, Loren 116 251 2.16 101 724 .207 2 0.02 0 1 0.00 4 53 0.46 5 79 84 0.72 2 1 295.5 GREEN, Kaye-Alese 116 181 1.56 54 376 .338 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 1 29 0.25 22 104 126 1.09 17 0 255.0 GALLART, Taylor 104 157 1.51 73 449 .187 7 0.07 16 22 0.15 33 171 1.64 2 9 11 0.11 3 4 179.5 GIALENIOS, Ashley 84 152 1.81 93 549 .107 6 0.07 5 14 0.06 11 87 1.04 8 25 33 0.39 4 0 177.5 REITEROVA, Marie 103 34 0.33 14 83 .241 1173 11.39 10 16 0.10 1 271 2.63 2 46 48 0.47 5 18 69.0 FAUGHT, Dana 28 3 0.11 1 7 .286 155 5.54 3 3 0.11 0 35 1.25 0 6 6 0.21 0 10 9.0 HAYES, Jade 115 1 0.01 3 21 -.095 102 0.89 17 19 0.15 27 530 4.61 0 0 0 0.00 0 6 18.0 MENDEZ, Roxy 110 1 0.01 1 2 .000 10 0.09 13 12 0.12 15 279 2.54 0 0 0 0.00 1 0 14.0 JENKINS, Dani 27 0 0.00 0 0 .000 1 0.04 2 3 0.07 1 14 0.52 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 2.0 NEMES, Sarah 5 0 0.00 0 0 .000 1 0.20 0 1 0.00 0 1 0.20 0 0 0 0.00 0 1 0.0 FOYER, Shelby 116 0 0.00 1 3 -.333 11 0.09 30 15 0.26 22 243 2.09 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 30.0 WICKEY, Taylor 7 0 0.00 0 1 .000 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 1 0.14 0 1 1 0.14 0 0 0.5 TEAM 4 UCF 116 1561 13.46 594 4039 .239 1475 12.72 119 135 1.03 119 1844 15.90 89 392 285.0 2.46 61 42 1965.0 Opponents 116 1417 12.22 673 4153 .179 1327 11.44 119 171 1.03 119 1611 13.89 57 422 268.0 2.31 60 43 1804.0

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C I N C I N N AT I ®

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H E AD C OA CH M O LLY ALVEY

AUGUST

29 30 30

(Centre College ‘01) Career Record/Years 77-80/Five Years

Queen City Classic (Cincinnati, Ohio) Duquesne UC Irvine at Xavier

SEPTEMBER

Active Ankle Challenge (Louisville, Ky.) 5 vs. Appalachian State 5 at Louisville 6 vs. Tennessee State

Art Carmichael Invitational (Kingston, R.I.) 12 vs. Rutgers 13 at Rhode Island 13 vs. NJIT

UC Invitational (Cincinnati, Ohio) 19 Charleston Southern 20 Central Michigan 20 Tennessee State

Record at Cincinnati/Years 15-49/Two Years

Quick Facts Location: Cincinnati, Ohio Founded: 1819 Enrollment: 42,421 Nickname: Bearcats Colors: Red & Black President: Dr. Santa Jeremy Ono Director of Athletics: Mike Bohn Senior Woman Administrator: Maggie McKinley Volleyball Office Phone: (513) 556-5191 Assistant Coaches: Phillip White, Kayla Jeter 2013 Overall Record: 3-29 2013 American Athletic Conference Record/Finish: 3-15/9th Starters Returning/Lost: 3/3+Libero Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 7/5 Newcomers: Nine Volleyball Contact: Alex Lange Phone: (513) 556-5145 E-mail: langesa@ucmail.uc.edu Fax: (513) 556-0619 Web site: www.GoBEARCATS.com Twitter: @CincinnatiVBall

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SENIOR JAMIE NETISINGHA

SENIOR ME’ASHAH NICHOLSON

at Houston* at Tulane*

7 p.m.

12 p.m.

6 p.m.

12 p.m.

7:30 p.m.

1 p.m.

11:30 a.m.

7 p.m.

12 p.m.

7 p.m.

11:30 a.m.

7 p.m.

8 p.m.

2 p.m.

OCTOBER 3 SMU* 5 Tulsa* 10 at Temple* 12 at UConn* 17 USF* 19 UCF* 22 Memphis* 24 at East Carolina* 31 UConn*

7 p.m.

1 p.m.

7 p.m.

1 p.m.

7 p.m.

1 p.m.

7 p.m.

7 p.m.

7 p.m.

NOVEMBER 2 Temple* 7 at Tulsa* 9 at SMU* 14 Tulane* 16 Houston* 19 at Memphis* 23 East Carolina* 26 at UCF* 28 at USF*

1 p.m.

8 p.m.

2 p.m.

4 p.m.

1 p.m.

8 p.m.

1 p.m.

7 p.m.

2 p.m.

All times (Eastern) are subject to change; American Athletic Conference matches denoted with asterisk

2014 R o s t e r No. 4 19 7 11 5 13 17 12 3 2 9 1 15 8 6 14

Name Morgan Allred Cortnee Bowser Christine Chandler Lindsey Dinkelacker Corie Flood Ciara Hill Alison Kimmel Madi Lang Maya Muldrow Jaime Netisingha Me’Ashah Nicholson Caitlin Ogletree Macie Pifer Emma Roberson Parker Shepherd Amelia Wegman

Pos. OH/DS MB MB OH DS OH MB S MB DS MB/OH S DS RS S 6-1

Cl. Jr. Fr. Fr. So. Fr. So. RS-So. Sr. Fr. Sr. Sr. RS-Jr. Fr. Jr. Fr. OH

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Ht. 5-8 6-4 5-9 5-11 5-6 5-10 6-2 6-2 6-1 5-4 6-1 5-8 5-7 6-1 5-10 Jr.

Hometown/Previous School Carrolton, Texas/Hebron Kent, Ohio/Theodore Roosevelt Milford, Ohio/Mount Notre Dame Cincinnati, Ohio/Saint Louis Villa Hills, Ky./Saint Henry Bolingbrook, Ill./Bolingbrook Plainfield, Ill./Plainfield North Commerce Township, Mich./Florida Atlantic Raleigh, N.C./Wakefield Westmont, Ill./Hinsdale Central Shiloh, Ill./Belleville Althoff Montgomery, Texas/Houston Euclid, Ohio/Beaumont School Brooks, Ky./Evansville McKinney, Texas/McKinney Boyd Aurora, Ill./Rosary

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B E A R C AT S ®

BE A RC ATS NOTE B OOK • The Bearcats will bring in a pack of new players for the 2014 season with six freshman and two transfers on the roster. UC also will finally have the services of redshirt junior Caitlin Ogletree who sat out the entire 2013 season due to transfer rules.

• Molly Alvey enters her third season at the helm for the Bearcats but has some new faces around her. Assistant coaches Phillip White and Kayla Jeter are both entering their first season as a member of the coaching staff.

• UC returns its leader in kills from a season ago in sophomore Ciara Hill who tallied 2.52 a game. Additionally, senior Madi Lang ranked second with 5.56 assists/set, senior Jamie Netiginsha ranked second with 2.40 digs/set and senior Me’Ashah Nicholson ranked second with 0.96 blocks/set.

SENIOR MADI LANG 2 0 1 3 R E S U LT S (3-29 Overall / 3-15 American)

FIFTH THIRD ARENA CAPACITY - 13,176

AUGUST (0-3) UC Invitational (Cincinnati, Ohio) 30 Butler 30 Tennessee 31 Morehead State

L, 0-3 L, 0-3 L, 1-3

SEPTEMBER (0-12) Ohio Invitational (Athens, Ohio) 6 at Ohio 6 vs. Dayton 7 vs. North Carolina

L, 0-3 L, 0-3 L, 0-3

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at Western Kentucky

L, 0-3

UC Invitational II (Cincinnati, Ohio) 13 Navy 13 Cleveland State 14 Northern Kentucky

L, 0-3 L, 0-3 L, 2-3

Auto-Owners Ins. Spartan Invitational (East Lansing, Mich.)

20 vs. Duquesne L, 1-3 21 vs. Eastern Michigan L, 0-3 21 at Michigan State L, 0-3

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Temple* Memphis*

L, 1-3 L, 2-3

OCTOBER (1-7) 4 at Houston* 6 at SMU* 10 UCF* 13 USF* 18 Louisville* 22 Xavier 25 at UConn* 27 at Rutgers*

L, 0-3 L, 0-3 L, 0-3 L, 2-3 L, 0-3 L, 1-3 L, 2-3 W, 3-2

NOVEMBER (2-7) 1 at Memphis* 3 at Temple* 8 SMU* 10 Houston* 15 at USF* 17 at UCF* 22 at Louisville* 27 Rutgers* 29 UConn*

L, 1-3 L, 1-3 L, 1-3 L, 0-3 W, 3-2 L, 2-3 L, 0-3 W, 3-2 L, 2-3

Conference matches denoted with asterisk

2 0 13 S t a t i s t i c a l L e a d e r s Player SP Kills K/S Err TA Pct. Ast A/S SA SE SA/S RE Digs D/S BS BA BT B/S BE BHE Points HILL, Ciara 98 247 2.52 166 820 .099 3 0.03 5 16 0.05 9 80 0.82 4 35 39 0.40 8 2 273.5 NICHOLSON, Me’Ashah 119 240 2.02 119 679 .178 5 0.04 21 34 0.18 0 81 0.68 16 98 114 0.96 7 1 326.0 ALLRED, Morgan 106 209 1.97 156 799 .066 17 0.16 15 28 0.14 30 217 2.05 7 31 38 0.36 13 3 246.5 BARKSDALE, Breanna 105 180 1.71 72 468 .231 3 0.03 0 0 0.00 2 28 0.27 13 91 104 0.99 21 0 238.5 WEGMAN, Amelia 86 153 1.78 90 537 .117 15 0.17 6 5 0.07 28 105 1.22 1 19 20 0.23 4 0 169.5 BLAUSER, Mallory 52 95 1.83 63 340 .094 8 0.15 1 3 0.02 7 78 1.50 2 16 18 0.35 2 1 106.0 SCHRENKER, Samantha 77 88 1.14 58 258 .116 7 0.09 5 27 0.06 0 97 1.26 4 43 47 0.61 8 1 118.5 LANG, Madi 91 55 0.60 22 156 .212 506 5.56 8 24 0.09 1 109 1.20 5 46 51 0.56 13 20 91.0 KIMMEL, Alison 23 30 1.30 15 78 .192 0 0.00 0 2 0.00 0 7 0.30 2 10 12 0.52 1 0 37.0 CONOR, Kristin 92 11 0.12 6 56 .089 537 5.84 6 3 0.07 0 125 1.36 1 9 10 0.11 5 30 22.5 GREEN, Shelby 121 2 0.02 3 21 -.048 70 0.58 30 25 0.25 33 407 3.36 0 0 0 0.00 0 3 32.0 NETISINGHA, Jamie 121 1 0.01 1 11 .000 52 0.43 4 21 0.03 28 291 2.40 0 0 0 0.00 0 1 5.0 TEAM 18 CINCINNATI 121 1311 10.83 771 4223 .128 1223 10.11 101 189 0.83 156 1625 13.43 55 398 254.0 2.10 83 62 1666.0 OPPONENTS 121 1621 13.40 622 4125 .242 1525 12.60 156 266 1.29 101 1850 15.29 56 469 290.5 2.40 58 29 2067.5 Bold indicates returning players

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(George Mason ‘91)

AUGUST

29 30 30

Career Record/Years 41-20/Two Years Record at UConn/Years 0-0/First Year

Location: Storrs, Conn.

Founded: 1881 Enrollment: 30,474 Nickname: Huskies, UConn Colors: National Flag Blue (Navy) & White President: Susan Herbst Director of Athletics: Warde Manuel Senior Woman Administrator: Debbie Corum Volleyball Office Phone: (860) 486-2612 Assistant Coaches: Sarah Cullen, Ellen Herman 2013 Overall Record: 14-19 2013 American Athletic Conference Record/Finish: 5-13/8th Starters Returning/Lost: 5+Libero/1 Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 11/4 Newcomers: 5 Volleyball Contact: Jeff Piascik Phone: (860) 486-4707 E-mail: jeffrey.piascik@uconn.edu Fax: (860) 486-5085 Web site: www.UConnHuskies.com Twitter: @UConnVB

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7 p.m.

7 p.m.

7 p.m.

2 p.m.

7 p.m.

1 p.m.

8 p.m.

2 p.m.

7 p.m.

12 p.m.

7 p.m.

NOVEMBER 2 at Memphis* 2 p.m.

7 UCF* 7 p.m.

9 USF* 1 p.m.

12 at Temple* 7 p.m.

16 East Carolina* 1 p.m.

21 at SMU* 8 p.m.

23 at Tulsa* 1 p.m.

26 Houston* 7 p.m.

28 Tulane* 7 p.m.

All times (Eastern) are subject to change; American Athletic Conference matches denoted with asterisk

SENIOR DEVON MAUGLE

Pos. MB MB OH DS MB DS L DS/S OH S OH OH S OH MB/RS OH

Temple* at East Carolina*

OCTOBER 3 at USF* 5 at UCF* 10 Memphis* 12 Cincinnati 17 at Tulane* 19 at Houston* 24 Tulsa* 26 SMU* 31 at Cincinnati*

SENIOR BRIANNA DATTI

Name Tosin Adeniyi Immanuella Anagu Kenya Cason Amy Christensen Hayley Cmajdalka Courtney Crosby Brianna Datti Sage Esposito Camille Evans Jessika Long Devon Maugle Karson Ratliff Rebecca Rivera Jade Strawberry Erika Thomas Katherine Towslee

7:30 p.m.

12:30 p.m.

7:30 p.m.

SEPTEMBER

NC State Courtyard Midtown Classic (Raleigh, N.C.) 5 vs. Toledo 4 p.m.

6 vs. Rice 10 a.m.

6 at North Carolina State 7 p.m.

Bucknell Tournament (Lewisburg, Pa.) 12 vs. Cornell 5 p.m.

13 at Bucknell 12 p.m.

13 vs. Hofstra 3 p.m.

UConn Tournament (Storrs, Conn.)

19 Columbia 7:30 p.m.

20 Bryant 12:30 p.m.

20 Hofstra 7:30 p.m.

Quick Facts

No. 13 8 7 10 14 2 15 4 9 12 5 1 16 3 11 6

UConn Classic (Storrs, Conn.)

New Hampshire Central Connecticut Indiana

2014 Roster Cl. Fr. Jr. Fr. Sr. So. So. Sr. Sr. So. So. Sr. Sr. So. So. Jr. Fr.

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Ht. 6-2 6-1 5-11 5-7 6-2 5-8 5-3 5-4 6-0 5-9 6-1 6-0 5-7 5-11 6-3 6-3

Hometown/Previous School Springfield, Ill./Chatham-Glenwood Culver City, Calif./Notre Dame Academy Columbus, Ohio/St. Francis DeSales Ashburn, Va./Stone Bridge College Station, Texas/A&M Consolidated Los Alamitos, Calif./Los Alamitos Durham, N.H./Oyster River Milford, Conn./Foran Chicago, Ill./St. Ignatius Sandy, Utah/Arizona Plymouth Meeting, Pa./Plymouth Whitemarsh Wake Forest, N.C./Wake Forest-Rolesville Mississauga, Ontario/Albany Tallahassee, Fla./Maclay School Ocoee, Fla./The First Academy Woodinville, Wash./Eastside Catholic

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H US K IES H u s ki e s N o t e b o o k • The Huskies enter their first year under the direction of Kris Grunwald, who has spent over 15 years as a Division I head coach and assistant coach. UConn returns 11 letterwinners for Grunwald’s first campaign in Storrs.

• UConn returns its top six players in kills per set from 2013, including second-team all-conference selection Karson Ratliff, who is one of five seniors on the 2014 UConn squad.

• Sophomore Jade Strawberry, the daughter of four-time World Series champion Darryl Strawberry, is one of six sophomores for the Huskies this year.

SENIOR DEVON MAUGLE 2 0 1 3 R E S U LT S (14-19 Overall / 5-13 American)

GAMPEL PAVILION CAPACITY - 10,241

AUGUST (1-2) IPFW Invitational (Fort Wayne, Ind.) 30 vs. Southern Illinois 31 vs. Duquesne 31 at IPFW

L, 2-3 W, 3-0 L, 1-3

SEPTEMBER (7-6) 3 Hartford

W, 3-0

UConn Classic (Storrs, Conn.)

6 Northeastern 7 Albany 7 Pittsburgh

L, 2-3 W, 3-0 L, 2-3

Courtyard Classic (Atlanta, Ga.) 13 vs. Troy 14 vs. St. John’s 14 at Georgia Tech

W, 3-2 W, 3-0 L, 0-3

Dartmouth Duel (Hanover, N.H.) 20 vs. New Hampshire 20 at Dartmouth 21 vs. Minnesota 21 vs. Rhode Island

W, 3-1 W, 3-0 L, 1-3 W, 3-2

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SMU* Houston*

L, 0-3 L, 2-3

OCTOBER (3-5) 4 at UCF* 6 at USF* 8 Sacred Heart 11 Rutgers* 18 at Temple* 20 at Memphis* 25 Cincinnati* 27 Louisville*

L, 2-3 L, 0-3 W, 3-2 W, 3-1 L, 0-3 L, 2-3 W, 3-2 L, 0-3

NOVEMBER (3-6) 1 at Houston* 3 at SMU* 8 USF* 10 UCF* 15 at Rutgers* 22 Memphis* 24 Temple* 27 at Louisville* 29 at Cincinnati*

L, 0-3 L, 0-3 L, 0-3 L, 3-1 W, 3-0 W, 3-0 L, 0-3 L, 1-3 W, 3-2

Conference matches denoted with asterisk

2 0 13 S t a t i s t i c a l L e a d e r s Player RATLIFF, Karson ANAGU, Immanuella THOMAS, Erika MAUGLE, Devon STRAWBERRY, Jade EVANS, Camille KUPPE, Madeline CMAJDALKA, Hayley PRINZBACH, Marissa WATTLES, Jackie ESPOSITO, Sage MAR, Sophia DATTI, Brianna CROSBY, Courtney CHRISTENSEN, Amy

SP Kills K/S Err TA Pct. Ast A/S SA SE SA/S RE Digs D/S BS BA BT B/S BE BHE Points 122 365 2.99 140 1048 .215 4 0.03 11 5 0.09 3 79 0.65 3 53 56 0.46 6 0 405.5 123 255 2.07 116 684 .203 3 0.02 1 14 0.01 0 33 0.27 21 106 127 1.03 17 0 330.0 125 244 1.95 99 564 .257 4 0.03 17 41 0.14 0 46 0.37 22 116 138 1.10 3 0 341.0 95 181 1.91 83 625 .157 23 0.24 21 28 0.22 21 248 2.61 1 15 16 0.17 3 0 210.5 93 161 1.73 75 559 .154 8 0.09 15 24 0.16 20 179 1.92 3 50 53 0.57 1 0 204.0 70 115 1.64 65 413 .121 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 14 0.20 0 22 22 0.31 0 0 126.0 39 62 1.59 30 274 .117 0 0.00 1 2 0.03 9 22 0.56 2 11 13 0.33 3 0 70.5 50 53 1.06 30 162 .142 1 0.02 0 6 0.00 0 7 0.14 1 47 48 0.96 2 0 77.5 126 48 0.38 11 173 .214 1221 9.69 22 43 0.17 2 261 2.07 0 58 58 0.46 5 10 99.0 18 19 1.06 6 33 .394 0 0.00 0 2 0.00 0 1 0.06 0 7 7 0.39 2 0 22.5 122 3 0.02 1 21 .095 23 0.19 21 29 0.17 31 283 2.32 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 24.0 54 2 0.04 2 13 .000 43 0.80 5 11 0.09 7 89 1.65 0 1 1 0.02 0 0 7.5 127 1 0.01 1 14 .000 70 0.55 29 40 0.23 29 532 4.19 0 0 0 0.00 0 1 30.0 37 0 0.00 1 2 -.500 0 0.00 6 11 0.16 0 15 0.41 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 6.0 81 0 0.00 0 4 .000 4 0.05 11 16 0.14 14 121 1.49 0 1 1 0.01 0 0 11.5

UCONN 127 1509 11.88 660 4589 .185 1404 11.06 160 272 1.26 153 1930 15.20 53 487 296.5 2.33 42 11 1965.5 OPPONENTS 127 1607 12.65 712 4544 .197 1537 12.10 153 229 1.20 160 2076 16.35 53 526 316.0 2.49 45 43 2076.0 Bold indicates returning players

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EAST

C ARO LI N A HEAD COACH J U L I E T O R B E TT

2 0 14 S c h e d u l e SEPTEMBER

East Carolina Invitational (Greenville, N.C.) 5 Tennessee Tech 5 Norfolk State 6 Morgan State

(Penn State ‘90) Career Record/Years 351-304/20 Years Record at East Carolina/Years 13-19/1 Year

Quick Facts Location: Greenville, N.C. Founded: 1907 Enrollment: 27,000 Nickname: Pirates Colors: Purple and Gold Chancellor: Dr. Steve Ballard Director of Athletics: Jeff Compher Senior Woman Administrator: Rosie Thompson Volleyball Office Phone: (252) 737-1425 Assistant Coaches: Cindi Miller, Eli Sharping 2013 Overall Record: 13-19 2013 Conference USA Record/Finish: 3-11/13th in Conference USA Starters Returning/Lost: 3/3+Libero Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 9/5 Newcomers: Seven Volleyball Contact: Lindy Zamora Phone: (252) 737-4520 E-mail: zamorab@ecu.edu Fax: (252) 737-4528 Web site: www.ecupirates.com Twitter: @ECUVBall SENIOR ZARAH CECICH

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19 19 20 20

26 28 30

North Carolina A&T Penn State Alumni Classic (State College, Pa.) vs. Eastern Illinois vs. UIC vs. DePaul at Penn State UConn* Temple* North Carolina Central

1 p.m.

7 p.m.

7 p.m.

7 p.m.

9 a.m.

1 p.m.

2 p.m.

7:30 p.m.

7 p.m.

1 p.m.

7 p.m.

OCTOBER 3 at Tulane* 5 at Houston* 10 USF* 12 UCF* 17 at Tulsa* 19 at SMU* 24 Cincinnati* 26 Memphis* 28 Maryland Eastern Shore 31 at UCF*

8 p.m.

2 p.m.

7 p.m.

1 p.m.

8 p.m.

2 p.m.

7 p.m.

1 p.m.

1 p.m.

7 p.m.

NOVEMBER 2 at USF* 7 Houston* 9 Tulane* 11 at Maryland Eastern Shore 14 at Temple* 16 at UConn* 21 at Memphis* 23 at Cincinnati* 28 SMU* 29 Tulsa*

7 p.m.

7 p.m.

1 p.m.

7 p.m.

7 p.m.

1 p.m.

8 p.m.

1 p.m.

2 p.m.

2 p.m.

All times (Eastern) are subject to change; American Athletic Conference matches in CAPS

JUNIOR KIERRA LEE-DUNSON

No. Name 17 Lauren Bewick 18 Torre Blake 3 Bella Borgiotti 16 Zarah Cecich 4 Sydney Darden 2 Erika Figueroa 5 Aileen Hnatiuk 1 Alex Jessett 11 Alex Johnson 13 Dayna Kramer 15 Kierra Lee-Dunson 10 Sierra Lee-Dunson 9 Ashton Mares 12 Ashley McRae 7 Natalie Montini 8 Halee Wright

Pos. DS OH S S OH DS/L OH L RS OPP MH OPP OH MH MB DS/L

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Cl. Jr. Jr. So. Sr. So. Jr. Fr. Fr. Jr. So. Jr. R-So. Fr. So. Fr. So.

Ht. Hometown/Previous School 5-7 Winterville, N.C. / Campbell) 5-8 Austin, Texas / Stephen F. Austin HS 5-10 Vienna, Va. / George C. Marshall HS 5-11 Crown Point, Ind. / Crown Point HS 5-8 Virginia Beach, Va. / UNC Greensboro 5-5 Orlando, Fla. / Dr. Phillips HS 5-11 Weeki Wachee, Fla. / Bishop McLaughlin Catholic HS 5-6 Katy, Texas / Seven Lakes HS 6-4 Las Vegas, Nev. / College of Southern Idaho 6-1 San Antonio, Texas / Ronald Reagan HS 6-0 Atlanta, Ga. / Lakeside HS 6-0 Atlanta, Ga. / Lakeside HS 6-0 Fort Collins, Colo. / Rocky Mountain HS 5-9 Silver Spring, Md. / Bethesda Chevy Chase HS 6-0 Fletcher, N.C. / Reynolds HS 5-5 Fletcher, N.C. / Reynolds HS

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P I R AT E S P I R ATES N OTE B OO K • East Carolina enters its second season under the direction of veteran head coach Julie Torbett, who enters the year at 351 career victories. In her first campaign at the helm, Torbett led the 2013 Pirates to an 11-win improvement from the previous year.

• The Pirates return setters Zarah Cecich and Bella Borgiotti, who accounted for 89.7% of ECU’s assists in 2013. Cecich is seventh alltime in assists for East Carolina.

• The Sept. 5 opener is the latest of any team in The American, while the Pirates’ regular-season finale vs. Tulsa on Nov. 29 is the lone match slated for the final day of the season.

SENIOR ZARAH CECICH 2 0 1 3 R E S U LT S (13-19 Overall / 3-11 Conference USA) AUGUST (0-3) Wake Forest Deacon Invitational (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 30 at Wake Forest L, 0-3 31 vs. UNC Greensboro L, 0-3 31 vs. ETSU L,0-3 SEPTEMBER (7-7) East Carolina Classic (Greenville, N.C.) 6 The Citadel W, 3-0 7 Morgan State W, 3-0 7 Loyola Chicago L, 0-3 10

MINGES COLISEUM CAPACITY - 8,000

at Campbell

L, 1-3

Elon Phoenix Classic (Elon, N.C.) 13 vs. North Carolina Central 14 vs. Gardner-Webb 14 at Elon

W, 3-0 W, 3-0 W, 3-0

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W, 3-0

at North Carolina Central

Appalachian State Invitational (Boone, N.C.) 20 at Appalachian State W, 3-2 21 vs. Denver L, 2-3 21 vs. UT Arlington L., 1-3

24 27 29

at Howard at North Texas* at Rice*

L, 1-3 L, 0-3 L, 0-3

OCTOBER (4-5) 4 UAB* 5 Savannah State 8 at Charleston Southern 11 Louisiana Tech* 13 Tulane* 18 at Marshall* 20 at Tulsa* 25 FIU* 28 Florida Atlantic*

L, 1-3 W, 3-0 W, 3-0 W, 3-2 L, 1-3 L, 0-3 L, 1-3 W, 3-1 L, 2-3

NOVEMBER (2-4) 1 at Southern Miss* 3 Middle Tennessee* 5 North Carolina A&T 10 Charlotte* 15 at UTSA* 17 at UTEP*

L, 0-3 W, 3-2 W, 3-0 L, 2-3 L, 1-3 L, 0-3

Conference matches denoted with asterisk

2 0 13 S t a t i s t i c a l L e a d e r s Player SP Kills K/S Err TA Pct. Ast A/S SA SE SA/S RE WILLIS, Nicole 116 424 3.66 227 1260 . 156 28 0.24 18 38 0.16 32 2 CAMPBELL, Whitney 101 237 2.35 112 784 . 159 15 0.15 13 11 0.13 28 BLAKE, Torre 105 197 1.88 97 632 . 158 13 0.12 16 23 0.15 5 LEE-DUNSON, Kierra 113 181 1.60 63 416 . 284 2 0.02 0 0 0.00 4 FITCH, Virginia 79 95 1.20 45 295 . 169 2 0.03 9 14 0.11 1 CECICH, Zarah 108 78 0.72 22 213 . 263 839 7.77 14 22 0.13 1 McRAE, Ashley 56 58 1.04 25 172 . 192 2 0.04 0 0 0.00 1 BORGIOTTI, Bella 49 27 0.55 28 113 -. 009 276 5.63 4 14 0.08 1 SHEPHERD, Teynia 28 23 0.82 20 83 . 036 4 0.14 4 6 0.14 2 LEE-DUNSON, Sierra 5 3 0.60 1 9 . 222 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 BEASLEY, Shelby 116 2 0.02 4 54 -.037 39 0.34 19 18 0.16 35 FIGUEROA, Erika 98 2 0.02 5 34 -. 088 16 0.16 9 11 0.09 21 QUECK, Andrea 97 0 0.00 8 26 -.308 6 0.06 10 11 0.10 12 WRIGHT, Halee 29 0 0.00 1 3 -.333 1 0.03 2 7 0.07 1 TEAM 21

Digs 83 290 72 23 13 181 4 88 36 0 471 203 56 23

D/S BS BA 2.44 11 51 2.87 8 38 0.69 5 45 0.20 10 93 0.16 7 60 1.68 2 41 0.07 1 43 1.80 1 21 1.29 0 3 0.00 1 0 4.06 0 0 2.07 0 0 0.58 0 0 0.79 0 0

BT 62 46 50 103 67 43 44 22 3 1 0 0 0 0

B/S 0.53 0.46 0.48 0.91 0.85 0.40 0.79 0.45 0.11 0.20 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

BE BHE Points 5 4 478.5 4 1 277.0 3 4 240.5 3 3 237.5 9 2 141.0 0 10 114.5 2 0 80.5 4 9 42.5 1 0 28.5 0 0 4.0 0 0 21.0 1 0 11.0 0 1 10.0 0 0 2.0

EAST CAROLINA 116 1327 11.44 658 4094 . 163 1243 10.72 118 175 1.02 165 1743 15.03 46 395 243.5 2.10 32 34 1688.5 Opponents 116 1473 12.70 712 4241 .179 1397 12.04 165 188 1.42 117 1825 15.73 51 323 212.5 1.83 25 38 1850.5 Bold indicates returning players

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HOU STO N HEAD COACH K A D D I E P L ATT

2 0 14 S c h e d u l e AUGUST

Houston Cougar Classic (Houston, Texas) 29 Lamar 5 p.m.

30 Texas State 12 p.m.

30 Wake Forest 6 p.m.

(Houston Baptist ‘94) Career Record/Years 526-191/19 Years

SEPTEMBER

Big Daddy’s Invitational (Lake Charles, La.) 5 vs. UT Arlington 5 vs. Jackson State 6 at McNeese State

Record at Houston/Years 27-34/Two Years

Quick Facts Location: Houston, Texas Founded: 1927 Enrollment: 40,750 Nickname: Cougars Colors: Scarlet and White President: Dr. Renu Khator Director of Athletics: Mack Rhoades Senior Woman Administrator: DeJuena Chizer Volleyball Office Phone: (713) 743-9872 Assistant Coaches: Jenny Andrew, Jason Allen 2013 Overall Record: 18-15 2013 American Athletic Conference Record/Finish: 10-8/5th Starters Returning/Lost: 4+Libero/2 Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 10/5 Newcomers: Six Volleyball Contact: Jessika McKernan Phone: (713) 743-9404 E-mail: jmckernan@central.uh.edu Fax: (713) 743-9411 Web site: www.uhcougars.com Twitter: @UHCougarVB

Name Sarah Afflerbaugh Marisa Guzman Keandra McCardell Natalie Keck Madison Kucera Kadi Kullerkann Bryanna Lawrence Olivia O’Dell Sophie Paine Destiny Patterson Courtney Smith Chyla Thomas Chenelle Walker Cortney Warren Kaiti Waters Hunter Wise

Pos. OH/RS DS/L S L/DS OH/RS OH/RS OH/RS L/DS S S/DS MB MB/RS MB/RS OH/RS MB MB/RS

Flo Hyman Collegiate Cup (Houston, Texas) Oral Roberts 7 p.m.

Sam Houston State 12 p.m.

Louisiana-Lafayette 4 p.m.

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19 19

at UTSA Islanders Classic (Corpus Christi, Texas) vs. UT-Pan American at Texas A&M - Corpus Christi

7 p.m. .

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Cincinnati* Memphis*

8 p.m.

2 p.m.

NOVEMBER 2 SMU* 5 Tulane* 7 at East Carolina* 14 at Memphis* 16 at Cincinnati* 21 USF* 23 UCF* 26 at UConn* 28 at Temple*

JUNIOR KADI KULLERKANN No. 15 7 5 12 20 19 1 9 3 18 10 8 6 13 17 4

12 13 13

OCTOBER 1 at Tulane* 5 East Carolina* 10 at SMU* 12 at Tulsa* 17 Temple* 19 UConn* 24 at UCF* 26 at USF* 31 Tulsa*

SENIOR NATALIE KECK

1:15 p.m.

5:45 p.m.

2:15 p.m.

4 p.m.

8 p.m.

8 p.m.

2 p.m.

8 p.m.

2:30 p.m.

7 p.m.

2 p.m.

7 p.m.

12 p.m.

8 p.m.

2 p.m.

8 p.m.

7 p.m.

8 p.m.

1 p.m.

8 p.m.

2 p.m.

7 p.m.

7 p.m.

All times (Eastern) are subject to change; American Athletic Conference matches denoted with asterisk

2 0 14 R o s t e r

Cl. Fr. So. Fr. Sr. Fr. Jr. Fr. Jr. Jr. Jr. Jr. Jr. Fr. Sr. Sr. So.

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Ht. 5-11 5-7 5-8 5-5 6-1 6-4 5-8 5-5 5-10 5-6 5-11 6-3 6-1 6-0 6-0 6-3

Hometown/Previous School Austin, Texas/Westwood HS Cypress, Texas/Cy-Woods HS Missouri City, Texas/Ridge Point HS Louisville, Ky./Mercy Academy Edna, Texas/Edna HS Keila, Estonia/Audentes Arlington, Texas/Mansfield Timberview HS Rowlett, Texas/Rowlett HS Melbourne, Victoria, Australia/Eltham HS Houston, Texas/North Shore HS Houston, Texas/Cypress Falls Atlanta, Ga./San Jacinto College Fort Myers, Fla./Riverdale HS Houston, Texas/Alabama Richmond, Texas/Houston Baptist Fairmount, Ind./Madison-Grant HS

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COUGA RS COU G A R S N OTE B OO K • The Cougars doubled their previous year win total in 2013, and return 10 letterwinners for Kaddie Platt’s third year on the sideline at Houston. Platt boasts a .734 career winning percentage as she begins her 20th season as a head coach.

• Three seniors and six juniors anchor the Cougar roster in 2014, as eight of the 10 returners played in at least 80 sets a year ago.

• Houston tallied a conference-best 1.41 aces per set in 2013, while allowing just 0.88 per frame, good for second in The American.

• The Cougars will face two conference champions in their nonconference schedule, hosting Texas State (Sun Belt) on Aug. 30 and squaring off with UTSA (C-USA) on Sept. 18.

JUNIOR KADI KULLERKANN 2 0 1 3 R E S U LT S (18-15 Overall / 10-8 American)

AUGUST (2-1) Delta Zeta Classic (San Marcos, Texas) 30 vs. Quinnipiac W, 3-0 30 vs. Lamar W, 3-1 31 at Texas State L, 0-3 SEPTEMBER (7-6) 3 Texas Southern

W, 3-2

Sawyer Camillo Memorial Classic (Lafayette, La.) 6 vs. Alcorn State W, 3-0 7 vs. Nicholls State W, 3-0 7 at Louisiana-Lafayette W, 3-1

ATHLETICS / ALUMNI CENTER CAPACITY - 1,000

TCU Nike Invitational (Fort Worth, Texas) 13 vs. Grambling State W, 3-0 13 at TCU L, 1-3 14 vs. Ole Miss L, 0-3 14 vs. Stephen F. Austin L, 2-3 Flo Hyman Collegiate Cup (Houston, Texas) 20 North Texas L, 0-3 21 LSU L, 1-3 21 Baylor L, 2-3

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at Rutgers* at UConn*

W, 3-0 W, 3-2

OCTOBER (4-4) 4 Cincinnati* 6 Louisville* 11 at Temple* 13 at Memphis* 15 at Prairie View A&M 18 UCF* 20 USF* 25 at SMU*

W, 3-0 L, 0-3 L, 1-3 W, 3-2 W, 3-1 W, 3-0 L, 1-3 L, 1-3

NOVEMBER (5-4) 1 UConn* 3 Rutgers* 8 at Louisville* 10 at Cincinnati* 15 Memphis* 17 Temple* 22 at USF* 24 at UCF* 27 SMU*

W, 3-0 W, 3-1 L, 2-3 W, 3-0 L, 0-3 W, 3-1 L, 1-3 W, 3-2 L, 0-3

Conference matches denoted with asterisk

2 0 13 S t a t i s t i c a l L e a d e r s Player MIKALS,Sarita WARREN,Cortney KULLERKANN,Kadi HOWARD,Emily WATERS,Kaiti SMITH,Courtney WHILEYMAN,Taylor DAXBOECK,Stephanie WISE,Hunter PAINE,Sophie O’DELL,Olivia KECK,Natalie FRANTZ,Avalon PATTERSON,Destiny CLARKE,Maddy GUZMAN,Marisa WARE,Meredith

SP Kills K/S Err TA Pct. Ast A/S SA SE SA/S RE Digs D/S BS BA BT B/S BE BHE Points 122 393 3.22 179 1190 .180 17 0.14 27 23 0.22 28 312 2.56 6 57 63 0.52 11 1 454.5 114 331 2.90 152 935 .191 1 0.01 0 0 0.00 0 50 0.44 8 57 65 0.57 6 1 367.5 117 309 2.64 141 789 .213 2 0.02 3 2 0.03 4 36 0.31 6 78 84 0.72 6 1 357.0 85 152 1.79 72 367 .218 5 0.06 0 0 0.00 0 11 0.13 6 44 50 0.59 12 3 180.0 82 96 1.17 33 233 .270 1 0.01 17 25 0.21 1 23 0.28 8 95 103 1.26 16 0 168.5 85 58 0.68 33 175 .143 0 0.00 14 21 0.16 0 12 0.14 5 70 75 0.88 7 0 112.0 48 54 1.12 42 161 .075 1 0.02 4 5 0.08 5 50 1.04 1 9 10 0.21 4 0 63.5 40 38 0.95 33 157 .032 3 0.08 2 1 0.05 2 25 0.62 0 9 9 0.22 4 0 44.5 43 35 0.81 20 103 .146 1 0.02 4 7 0.09 0 8 0.19 3 29 32 0.74 7 0 56.5 123 26 0.21 22 87 .046 1027 8.35 30 56 0.24 2 156 1.27 1 29 30 0.24 19 45 71.5 123 6 0.05 3 24 .125 30 0.24 24 49 0.20 11 285 2.32 0 0 0 0.00 0 3 30.0 124 1 0.01 3 25 -.080 40 0.32 20 29 0.16 30 549 4.43 0 0 0 0.00 1 2 21.0 27 1 0.04 2 8 -.125 98 3.63 7 3 0.26 0 27 1.00 1 0 1 0.04 1 7 9.0 106 1 0.01 5 13 -.308 146 1.38 22 33 0.21 12 221 2.08 0 0 0 0.00 1 18 23.0 3 0 0.00 1 5 -.200 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 1 0.33 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.0 18 0 0.00 0 3 .000 0 0.00 1 1 0.06 3 7 0.39 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 1.0 18 0 0.00 0 0 .000 1 0.06 0 5 0.00 2 11 0.61 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.0

HOUSTON OPPONENTS

124 1501 12.10 742 4276 .178 1373 11.07 175 260 1.41 109 1784 14.39 45 477 283.5 2.29 95 81 1959.5 124 1435 11.57 662 4165 .186 1331 10.73 109 224 0.88 174 1769 14.27 49 484 291.0 2.35 75 60 1835.0

Bold indicates returning players

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ME MP H I S HEAD COACH APRIL JAUREGUI

2 0 14 S c h e d u l e AUGUST

Marcia E. Hamilton Classic (St. Louis, Mo.) 30 vs. SEMO 11 a.m.

30 at Saint Louis 3 p.m.

31 vs. Alabama 3 p.m.

(Memphis ‘01) Career Record/Years 87-103/Six Years

SEPTEMBER

Memphis Intercollegiate (Memphis, Tenn.)

5 Ole Miss 8 p.m.

6 Tennessee-Martin 1 p.m.

6 Arkansas State 8 p.m.

Maroon Classic (Starkville, Miss.)

12 vs. Nicholls State 12 p.m.

12 at Mississippi State 8 p.m.

13 vs. Northwestern State 2 p.m.

13 vs. South Alabama 6 p.m.

Lady Vol Classic (Knoxville, Tenn.)

19 vs. Mercer 12:30 p.m.

19 at Tennessee 7 p.m.

20 vs. Montana State 10 a.m.

20 vs. Austin Peay 4:30 p.m.

Record at Memphis/Years 87-103/Six Years

Quick Facts Location: Memphis, Tenn.

Founded: 1912 Enrollment: 22,139 Nickname: Tigers Colors: Blue & Gray President: David Rudd Athletic Director: Tom Bowen Senior Woman Administrator: Maria Roth Volleyball Office Phone: (901) 678-2312 Assistant Coaches: James Onikeku, Kallie Noble 2013 Overall Record: 15-17 2013 American Athletic Conference Record/Finish: 7-11/7th Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 8/4 Starters Returning/Lost: 5+Libero/1 Newcomers: Seven Volleyball Contact: Will Edwards Phone: (901) 678-5223 E-mail: rwdwards@memphis.edu Fax: (901) 678-4134 Web site: www.GoTigersGo.com Twitter: @MemphisVolley

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SENIOR LAUREN WRIGHT

Name Oluchi Agomuo Torika Baleilekutu Regan Comperry Kate Gibson McKenzie Hayes Catlin Lilly Michaella Moss Faith Myers Aleksandra Petronijevic Lindsey Purvis Kendall Seering Charlotte Wellens Alexis Wesley Lauren Wright Veronica Zimmerman

Pos. OH MB/RS S OH RS OH/RS OH/RS S L L DS MB MB MB/RS S

8 p.m.

2 p.m.

OCTOBER 3 Tulsa* 5 SMU* 10 at UConn* 12 at Temple* 17 UCF* 19 USF 22 at Cincinnati* 26 at East Carolina* 31 Temple*

8 p.m.

2 p.m.

7 p.m.

1 p.m.

8 p.m.

2 p.m.

7 p.m.

1 p.m.

8 p.m.

NOVEMBER 2 UConn* 2 p.m.

7 at SMU* 8 p.m.

9 at Tulsa* 2 p.m.

14 Houston* 8 p.m.

16 Tulane* 1 p.m.

19 Cincinnati* 8 p.m.

21 East Carolina* 8 p.m.

26 at USF* 7 p.m.

28 at UCF* 2 p.m.

All times (Eastern) are subject to change; American Athletic Conference matches denoted with asterisk

R-SENIOR ALEKSANDRA PETRONIJEVIC

No. 10 12 13 2 1 3 6 8 16 5 4 22 7 11 9

at Tulane* at Houston*

2 0 14 R o s t e r

Cl. Fr. Jr. Fr. Fr. So. So. So. Fr. R-Sr. R-Jr. Fr. Fr. R-Jr. Sr. R-Jr.

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Ht. Hometown/Previous School 6-1 Houston, Texas/Wunsche HS 5-11 Palo Alto, Calif./Missouri State-West Plains 5-11 Clarksville, Tenn./Rossview HS 6-0 Sedalia, Colo./Valor Christian 6-1 Tell City, Ind./Tell City HS 6-1 New Albany, Ind./New Albany HS 6-1 Monument, Colo./Lewis-Palmer HS 5-10 Elizabethtown, Ind./Columbia East HS 5-4 Belgrade, Serbia/Prva Beogradska Gimnazua 5-3 Germantown, Tenn./Middle Tennessee 5-6 Millington, Tenn./Tipton-Rosemark Academy 6-3 Vosselaar, Belgium/Katholiek Onderwijs Vilvoorde College 6-1 Silverdale, Wash./Central Kitsap HS 6-2 Rowlett, Texas/Rowlett HS 5-10 Toledo, Ohio/St. Ursula Academy

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TIGERS T I G E R S N OTE B OO K

• The Tigers return four of their top five players in kills per set from a year ago, led by senior Lauren Wright. Wright and Alexis Wesley are both coming off second-team all-conference selections in 2013.

• Other returners for Memphis include setter Veronica Zimmerman, who was third in The American in assists per set last year, and Aleksandra Petronijevic, who led the conference in digs per set.

• Memphis set single-match highs in The American in 2013 with 81 kills and 78 assists in a five-set triumph over Cincinnati on Sept. 29.

• The Tigers were best in The American and 17th in the nation with 17.21 digs per set in 2013.

SENIOR LAUREN WRIGHT 2 0 1 3 R E S U LT S (15-17 Overall / 7-11 American)

AUGUST (2-1) Belmont Invitational (Nashville, Tenn.)

30 at Belmont W, 3-2 31 vs. Miami (Ohio) L, 1-3 31 vs. Gardner-Webb W, 3-0 SEPTEMBER (7-5) Memphis Invitational (Memphis, Tenn.)

6 Alabama A&M W, 3-0 6 Western Carolina L, 2-3 7 Southeastern Louisiana W, 3-0

ELMA ROANE FIELDHOUSE CAPACITY - 2,565

University of Evansville Tournament (Evansville, Ind.) 13 vs. Valparaiso W, 3-0 14 at Evansville L, 2-3 14 vs. SIUE W, 3-1 17

Arkansas State

Tiger Invitational (Memphis, Tenn.)

20 La Salle 20 UALR 21 Austin Peay

L, 1-3 W, 3-0 L, 0-3 W, 3-1

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at Louisville* at Cincinnati*

L, 1-3 W, 3-2

OCTOBER (2-6) 4 at Temple* 11 SMU* 13 Houston* 15 Tennessee State 18 Rutgers* 20 UConn* 25 at USF* 27 at UCF*

L, 0-3 L, 1-3 L, 2-3 L, 2-3 W, 3-1 W, 3-2 L, 1-3 L, 1-3

NOVEMBER (4-5) 1 Cincinnati* 3 Louisville* 8 Temple* 15 at Houston* 17 at SMU* 22 at UConn* 24 at Rutgers* 27 UCF* 29 USF*

W, 3-1 L, 0-3 L, 1-3 W, 3-0 L, 0-3 L, 0-3 W, 3-1 L, 3-2 W, 3-2

Conference matches denoted with asterisk

2 0 13 S t a t i s t i c a l L e a d e r s Player SP Kills K/S Err TA Pct. Ast A/S SA SE SA/S RE Digs D/S BS BA BT B/S BE BHE Points HAWKINS, Lauren 104 307 2.95 127 682 .264 7 0.07 22 39 0.21 2 52 0.50 18 78 96 0.92 19 0 386.0 LILLY, Catlin 87 274 3.15 131 832 .172 5 0.06 6 10 0.07 14 160 1.84 3 32 35 0.40 2 1 299.0 TEIVANE, Viktorija 113 239 2.12 106 813 .164 29 0.26 21 15 0.19 28 361 3.19 1 19 20 0.18 0 1 270.5 WESLEY, Alexis 116 238 2.05 97 596 .237 6 0.05 0 0 0.00 1 28 0.24 18 90 108 0.93 11 0 301.0 HAYES, McKenzie 93 177 1.90 89 547 .161 8 0.09 0 0 0.00 1 42 0.45 1 55 56 0.60 10 3 205.5 ETHEREDGE, Sydni 57 130 2.28 83 390 .121 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 2 29 0.51 1 19 20 0.35 4 0 140.5 MOSS, Michaella 119 93 0.78 61 409 .078 57 0.48 17 46 0.14 16 285 2.39 1 17 18 0.15 0 4 119.5 ZIMMERMAN, Veronica 116 78 0.67 22 202 .277 1229 10.59 15 22 0.13 2 287 2.47 3 40 43 0.37 12 27 116.0 MEYER, Katie 27 17 0.63 16 63 .016 2 0.07 0 0 0.00 1 6 0.22 4 20 24 0.89 1 0 31.0 PETRONIJEVIC, Aleksandra 120 1 0.01 3 6 -.333 106 0.88 30 63 0.25 28 618 5.15 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 31.0 WOODS, Nicole 6 1 0.17 4 23 -.130 1 0.17 1 1 0.17 0 3 0.50 0 2 2 0.33 0 0 3.0 PENA, Adriana 1 0 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.0 PULIDO, Megan 57 0 0.00 0 3 .000 3 0.05 7 11 0.12 0 36 0.63 0 0 0 0.00 0 1 7.0 PURVIS, Lindsey 85 0 0.00 1 6 -.167 12 0.14 21 17 0.25 12 181 2.13 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 21.0 MEMPHIS 120 1555 12.96 740 4573 .178 1465 12.21 140 224 1.17 116 2088 17.40 50 372 236.0 1.97 59 37 1931.0 OPPONENTS 120 1430 11.92 642 4401 .179 1336 11.13 116 223 0.97 140 1963 16.36 51 498 300.0 2.50 63 37 1846.0 Bold indicates returning players

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US F HEAD COACH COURTNEY DRAPER

2014 Schedule AUGUST

Mortar Board Premier (West Lafayette, Ind.) 29 at Purdue 29 vs. LSU 30 vs. San Diego

(Florida State ‘00) Career Record/Years 194-148/11 Years

SEPTEMBER

USF Tournament (Tampa, Fla.) 5 Buffalo 5 FIU 7 South Carolina State

Active Ankle Challenge (Auburn, Ala.) 12 vs. Winthrop 13 vs. Troy 13 at Auburn

Pitt Panther Invitational (Pittsburgh, Pa.) 19 at Pittsburgh 20 vs. Delaware 20 vs. Sacred Heart

Record at USF/Years 34-30/Two Years

Quick Facts Location: Tampa, Fla. Founded: 1956 Enrollment: 46,167 Nickname: Bulls Colors: Green & Gold President: Dr. Judy Genshaft Director of Athletics: Mark Harlan Senior Woman Administrator: Jocelyn Fisher Phone: (813) 974-5740 Assistant Coaches: Kelly Surrency, Travers Green 2013 Overall Record: 17-15 2013 American Athletic Conference Record/Finish: 11-7/4th Starters Returning/Lost: 4+Libero/2 Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 8/6 Newcomers: Seven Volleyball Contact: Mark Heise Phone: (813) 974-7099 E-mail: mheise@usf.edu Fax: (813) 974-5328 Web site: www.GoUSFBulls.com Twitter: @usfvolleyball JUNIOR ERIN FAIRS

No. 10 8 20 23 7 5 11 16 6 13 19 18 12 22 17 4

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SENIOR JENNICA MULLINS

Name Payton Brown Wylie Devlin Jaime Dickinson Priscilla Ehieze Erin Fairs Adyson Goodnight Dakota Hampton Alexus Heidelberg Joli Holland Brittany Kelly Alex Mendoz Olha “Olga” Morekhodova Jennica Mullins Bree Scarbrough Natalia Soares Amy Van Sant

Pos. DS/L DS/L RS/OH RS/OH RS/OH OH OH RS/OH MB MB S S MB MB/RS S DS/L

at Tulsa* at SMU*

10 a.m.

5 p.m.

4 p.m.

2 p.m.

7 p.m.

11 a.m.

5 p.m.

10:30 a.m.

8:30 p.m.

7 p.m.

10 a.m.

4:30 p.m.

8 p.m.

2 p.m.

OCTOBER 3 UConn* 5 Temple* 8 UCF* 10 at East Carolina* 17 at Cincinnati* 19 at Memphis* 24 Tulane* 26 Houston* 29 at UCF*

7 p.m.

12 p.m.

7 p.m.

7 p.m.

7 p.m.

2 p.m.

7 p.m.

12 p.m.

7 p.m.

NOVEMBER 2 East Carolina* 7 at Temple* 9 at UConn* 14 SMU* 16 Tulsa* 21 at Houston* 23 at Tulane* 26 Memphis* 28 Cincinnati*

12 p.m.

7 p.m.

1 p.m.

7 p.m.

12 p.m.

8 p.m.

2 p.m.

7 p.m.

2 p.m.

All times (Eastern) are subject to change; American Athletic Conference matches denoted with asterisk

2 0 14 R o s t e r

Cl. Fr. Jr. So. Fr. Jr. Fr. So. So. Fr. Fr. Fr. Jr. Sr. Sr. Jr. So.

w w w.t h e a m e r i c a n . o r g

Ht. 5-6 5-7 6-0 5-10 5-11 5-11 6-0 5-9 5-11 6-0 5-11 5-9 6-1 6-1 5-7 5-7

Hometown/Previous School Houston, Texas/Cypress Creek HS Winter Park, Fla./Winter Park HS Gurnee, Ill./Warren Township HS Houston, Texas/Cinco Ranch HS Richmond, Texas/Foster HS Papillion, Neb./Papillion La Vista South HS Orland Park, Ill./Carl Sandburg HS Winter Garden, Fla./West Orange HS Dublin, Calif./Dublin HS Winter Park, Fla./Winter Park HS Minneola, Fla./Lake Minneola HS Key West, Fla./Indian River State College Seminole, Fla./Northside Christian HS Sarasota, Fla./American Porto Alegre, Brazil/Colegia Farroupilha Atlanta, Ga./Lakeside HS

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BULLS B ULLS N OTE B OO K • The Bulls return reigning American Athletic Conference Player of the Year Erin Fairs for her junior campaign in Tampa. Fairs paced The American with 3.73 kills per set in 2013, and raised her play in conference matches, recording a conference-best 3.94 per set. Fairs was voted Preseason Player of the Year prior to the season.

• Courtney Draper has posted a pair of 17-win seasons in her first two years in Tampa, and looks to lead the Bulls to their first NCAA tournament appearance since 2002. Draper brought Division II Eckerd College to five NCAA tournament appearances in six years between 2006-11.

• USF led The American in blocking by a wide margin in 2013. The Bulls tallied 2.71 blocks per set, while the next-closest team had 2.46.

The Bulls were 24th in the nation in blocks per set, and 23rd in digs per set.

JUNIOR ERIN FAIRS 2 0 1 3 R E S U LT S (17-15 Overall / 11-7 American)

AUGUST (3-1) USF Tournament (Tampa, Fla.) 30 Miami (Fla.) 30 The Citadel 31 Austin Peay 31 Ball State SEPTEMBER (3-8) Bluejay Invitational (Omaha, Neb.) 6 vs. California 7 at Creighton 7 vs. Northern Colorado

THE CORRAL CAPACITY- 1,000

10 at Florida Gulf Coast

USF Invitational (Tampa, Fla.) 13 Pittsburgh 14 Florida Atlantic 14 Purdue Wildcat Classic (Evanston, Ill.) 20 at Northwestern 20 vs. IUPUI 21 vs. Miami (Ohio)

27 at UCF* L, 1-3 W, 3-0 W, 3-1 W, 3-2

L, 0-3 L, 0-3 L, 1-3 W, 3-1 L, 2-3 W, 3-0 L, 0-3 L, 2-3 L, 0-3 W, 3-1

L, 0-3

OCTOBER (7-1) 4 Rutgers* 6 UConn* 11 at Louisville* 13 at Cincinnati* 18 at SMU* 20 at Houston* 25 Memphis* 27 Temple*

W, 3-0 W, 3-0 L, 0-3 W, 3-2 W, 3-2 W, 3-1 W, 3-1 W, 3-0

NOVEMBER (4-5) 1 UCF* 8 at UConn* 10 at Rutgers* 15 Cincinnati* 17 Louisville* 22 Houston* 24 SMU* 27 at Temple* 29 at Memphis*

L, 0-3 W, 3-0 W, 3-1 L, 2-3 L, 0-3 W, 3-1 L, 0-3 W, 3-1 L, 2-3

Conference matches denoted with asterisk

2 0 13 S t a t i s t i c a l L e a d e r s Player SP Kills K/S Err TA Pct. Ast A/S SA SE SA/S RE Digs D/S BS BA BT B/S BE BHE Points FAIRS, Erin 115 429 3.73 178 1093 .230 12 0.10 24 45 0.21 52 507 4.41 8 61 69 0.60 12 0 491.5 BIVINS, Kayla 110 222 2.02 96 642 .196 1 0.01 0 0 0.00 2 33 0.30 1 70 71 0.65 15 0 258.0 RODRIGUEZ GOMEZ, Andrea 119 222 1.87 66 529 .295 16 0.13 36 29 0.30 2 96 0.81 30 152 182 1.53 14 3 364.0 BROWN, Ciara 98 190 1.94 78 599 .187 6 0.06 1 6 0.01 2 55 0.56 0 40 40 0.41 1 0 211.0 HAMPTON, Dakota 119 168 1.41 71 713 .136 7 0.06 17 10 0.14 41 349 2.93 0 46 46 0.39 5 0 208.0 MULLINS, Jennica 116 161 1.39 65 397 .242 3 0.03 0 0 0.00 1 13 0.11 25 98 123 1.06 6 0 235.0 WHALEN, Carissa 63 99 1.57 46 309 .172 3 0.05 0 0 0.00 1 11 0.17 1 39 40 0.63 4 0 119.5 HEIDELBERG, Alexus 35 22 0.63 16 90 .067 1 0.03 4 1 0.11 8 33 0.94 1 7 8 0.23 1 2 30.5 THOMSEN, Rachyl 10 2 0.20 3 12 -.083 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 4 4 0.40 0 0 4.0 DICKINSON, Jaime 10 1 0.10 0 3 .333 0 0.00 0 2 0.00 1 2 0.20 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 1.0 SOARES, Natalia 120 1 0.01 4 13 -.231 726 6.05 23 26 0.19 1 217 1.81 0 2 2 0.02 2 22 25.0 DEVLIN, Wylie 120 1 0.01 13 19 -.632 569 4.74 8 21 0.07 0 238 1.98 0 0 0 0.00 1 16 9.0 VAN SANT, Amy 117 0 0.00 1 2 -.500 97 0.83 15 24 0.13 30 466 3.98 0 0 0 0.00 0 2 15.0 BROOKS, Hailey 2 0 0.00 0 1 .000 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 1 0 0.0 Team 14 USF 120 1518 12.65 637 4422 .199 1441 12.01 128 164 1.07 155 2020 16.83 66 519 325.5 2.71 62 45 1971.5 OPPONENTS 120 1562 13.02 705 4587 .187 1436 11.97 155 221 1.29 128 1982 16.52 55 383 246.5 2.05 49 33 1963.5 Bold indicates returning players

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SMU HEAD COACH LISA SEIFERT

2 0 14 S c h e d u l e AUGUST

San Francisco Invite (San Francisco, Calif.)

29 at San Francisco 30 vs. Georgia 30 vs. Fordham

(Winona State ‘83) Career Record/Years 285-268/18 Years

SEPTEMBER

SMU Invite (Dallas, Texas) 5 Georgia Tech 6 Texas Southern 6 Oklahoma

Razorback Invitational (Fayetteville, Ark.) 12 vs. Stony Brook 13 vs. South Dakota 13 at Arkansas

SMU Classic (Dallas, Texas) 19 Houston Baptist 19 College of Charleston 20 New Mexico

Record at SMU/Years 285-268/18 Years

Quick Facts Location: Dallas, Texas Founded: 1911 Enrollment: 10,981 Nickname: Mustangs Colors: Red & Blue President: R. Gerald Turner Director of Athletics: Rick Hart Senior Woman Administrator: Monique Holland Volleyball Office Phone: (214) 768-2827 Assistant Coaches: Cristine Dixon, Sean Kiracofe 2013 Overall Record: 22-9 2013 American Athletic Conference Record: 14-4/2nd Starters Returning/Lost: 4/2+Libero Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 9/4 Newcomers: 3 Volleyball Contact: Travis Chamblee Phone: (214) 768-3735 E-mail: tchamblee@smu.edu Web site: www.smumustangs.com Twitter: @SMUVolleyball

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UCF* USF*

OCTOBER 3 at Cincinnati* 5 at Memphis 10 Houston* 12 Tulane* 15 at Tulsa* 19 East Carolina* 24 at Temple* 26 at UConn* 31 at Tulane* NOVEMBER 2 at Houston* 7 Memphis* 9 Cincinnati* 14 at USF* 16 at UCF* 21 UConn* 23 Temple* 26 Tulsa* 28 at East Carolina*

JUNIOR AVERY ACKER

9:30 p.m.

12:30 p.m.

8 p.m.

8 p.m.

1:30 p.m.

8 p.m.

5 p.m.

2 p.m.

8 p.m.

1:30 p.m.

8 p.m.

3:30 p.m.

8 p.m.

2 p.m.

7 p.m.

3 p.m.

8 p.m.

2 p.m.

8 p.m.

2 p.m.

7 p.m.

12 p.m.

2 p.m.

2 p.m.

8 p.m.

2 p.m.

7 p.m.

1:30 p.m.

8 p.m.

2 p.m.

3 p.m.

2 p.m.

All times (Eastern) are subject to change; American Athletic Conference matches denoted with asterisk

SENIOR CAROLINE YOUNG

2014 Roster No. 11 13 7 1 10 15 12 30 6 99 14 9 83 5 4 8

Name Avery Acker Carla Armstrong Cailin Bula Abbey Bybel Janelle Giordano Rachel Greiner Katie Hegarty Morgan Heise Taylor Lockett Lauren Mills Sara Myers Julianne Scheidler McKenzie Shea Isabella Sotelo Kristen Stehling Caroline Young

Pos. S OH OH OH MB OH OH L MB OH OH L S L MB OH

Cl. Jr. Sr. Jr. Jr. So. Fr. R-Fr. So. Jr. Fr. Jr. Sr. Fr. Fr. So. Sr.

w w w.t h e a m e r i c a n . o r g

Ht. 5-9 5-10 6-2 6-0 6-2 6-1 6-2 5-6 6-0 6-0 6-0 5-8 5-10 5-9 6-0 5-11

Hometown/Previous School Poth, Texas/Poth Houston, Texas/Cypress Woods Austin, Texas/Westlake White Oak, Texas/White Oak Keller, Texas/Keller Boise, Idaho/Bishop Kelly Aztec, N.M./Piedra Vista Hempstead, Texas/Waller Golden Valley, Minn./Hopkins Keller, Texas/Timber Creek Dallas, Texas/Brookhaven College Carlsbad, Calif./La Costa Canyon Parker, Texas/Plano East Austin, Texas/St. Michael’s Academy Spring, Texas/Klein Collins Brenham, Texas/Brenham

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M U STA N G S M USTA N G S N OTE B OO K • The Mustangs were voted preseason favorites, returning nine letterwinners to a team that won 22 matches a year ago. One of them, The American’s 2013 Setter of the Year Avery Acker, tallied 11.21 assists per set during her sophomore campaign in Dallas.

• SMU also has Caroline Young back for her senior year, after Young led the Mustangs and was third in The American in kills per set a year ago at 3.42. Young, a first-team all-conference selection in 2013, is also joined by second-team honorees Cailin Bula and Abbey Bybel. Young, Bula and Bybel all had at least 2.7 kills per set in 2013.

• The Mustangs will look to build upon a strong finish to the 2013 campaign. SMU won 10 of its last 11 to close out last season.

JUNIOR AVERY ACKER 2 0 1 3 R E S U LT S (22-9 Overall / 14-4 American) AUGUST (2-1) Delta Zeta Classic (San Marcos, Texas) 30 vs. Quinnipiac W, 3-0 30 at Texas State L, 1-3 31 vs. Lamar W, 3-0 SEPTEMBER (8-4) 3 at Baylor SMU Invite (Dallas, Texas) 6 Grambling State 6 Davidson 7 Sam Houston State

The Mustangs played the 2013 season in the Dedman Center while renovations were being made to Moody Coliseum. The 7,000-seat venue will re-open for the 2014 campaign.

L, 0-3 W, 3-0 W, 3-1 W, 3-0

Aztec Invitational (San Diego, Calif.)

13 vs. San Francisco L, 2-3 14 vs. Harvard L, 2-3 14 vs. Northeastern W, 3-2 College of Charleston Classic (Charleston, S.C.) 20 at College of Charleston W, 3-1 21 vs. Ball State L, 1-3 21 vs. Alabama A&M W, 3-0

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at UConn* at Rutgers*

W, 3-0 W, 3-1

OCTOBER (4-3) 4 Louisville* 6 Cincinnati* 11 at Memphis* 13 at Temple* 18 USF* 20 UCF* 25 Houston*

L, 0-3 W, 3-0 W, 3-1 L, 1-3 L, 2-3 W, 3-0 W, 3-1

NOVEMBER (8-1) 1 Rutgers* 3 UConn* 8 at Cincinnati* 10 at Louisville* 15 Temple* 17 Memphis* 22 at UCF* 24 at USF* 27 at Houston*

W, 3-0 W, 3-0 W, 3-1 L, 1-3 W, 3-0 W, 3-0 W, 3-1 W, 3-0 W, 3-0

Conference matches denoted with asterisk

2 0 13 S t a t i s t i c a l L e a d e r s Player SP Kills K/S Err TA Pct. Ast A/S SA SE SA/S RE Digs D/S BS BA BT B/S BE BHE Points YOUNG, Caroline 112 383 3.42 129 878 .289 9 0.08 34 92 0.30 1 167 1.49 1 72 73 0.65 2 1 454.0 BYBEL, Abbey 105 268 2.55 102 787 .211 12 0.11 11 18 0.10 19 212 2.02 3 34 37 0.35 6 3 299.0 BULA, Cailin 85 232 2.73 94 602 .229 5 0.06 29 36 0.34 6 74 0.87 6 36 42 0.49 3 0 285.0 LOZANO, Maddie 106 229 2.16 120 490 .222 12 0.11 24 31 0.23 0 87 0.82 14 107 121 1.14 19 1 320.5 GIORDANO, Janelle 111 219 1.97 74 471 .308 4 0.04 0 1 0.00 1 16 0.14 14 99 113 1.02 5 0 282.5 STEHLING, Kristen 61 104 1.70 47 275 .207 1 0.02 12 17 0.20 6 47 0.77 1 17 18 0.30 3 0 125.5 ACKER, Avery 107 54 0.50 12 141 .298 1199 11.21 10 13 0.09 0 264 2.47 3 62 65 0.61 4 13 98.0 ARMSTRONG, Carla 75 14 0.19 19 56 -.089 5 0.07 2 1 0.03 21 97 1.29 0 3 3 0.04 0 1 17.5 DALY, Caroline 16 12 0.75 7 42 .119 1 0.06 0 2 0.00 0 3 0.19 4 14 18 1.12 2 0 23.0 HEISE, Morgan 112 6 0.05 1 17 .294 111 0.99 18 12 0.16 16 406 3.62 0 1 1 0.01 0 3 24.5 EDWARDS, Dana 11 3 0.27 2 7 .143 50 4.55 0 0 0.00 0 15 1.36 0 3 3 0.27 0 2 4.5 SCHEIDLER, Julianne 89 2 0.02 2 14 .000 6 0.07 0 3 0.00 15 118 1.33 0 0 0 0.00 0 1 2.0 TEAM 12 SMU OPPONENTS

112 1526 13.62 609 3780 .243 1415 12.63 140 226 1.25 97 1506 13.45 46 448 270.0 2.41 44 25 1936.0 112 1250 11.16 632 3660 .169 1189 10.62 97 209 0.87 140 1396 12.46 47 461 277.5 2.48 58 41 1624.5

Returning players in bold

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TE MP LE 2014 Schedule

HEAD COACH BAKEER GANES

AUGUST

Syracuse Invitational (Syracuse, N.Y.) 30 vs. Niagara 1:30 p.m.

30 at Syracuse 6:30 p.m.

31 vs. Delaware State 11 a.m.

(Queens College ‘05) Career Record/Years: 45-43/Three Years Record at Temple/Years: 45-43/Three Years

SEPTEMBER

Temple Invitational (Philadelphia, Pa.) 5 Charlotte 6 Princeton 6 Holy Cross

Blackbird Invitational (Brooklyn, N.Y.) 12 vs. Boston College 13 vs. Northern Kentucky 13 at LIU Brooklyn

Big 5 Tournament (Philadelphia, Pa.) 19 vs. La Salle 20 vs. Villanova 20 at Penn

Quick Facts Location: Philadelphia, Pa. Founded: 1884 Enrollment: 39,000 Nickname: Owls Colors: Cherry & White President: Neil D. Theobald Director of Athletics: Kevin Clark Senior Woman Administrator: Kristen Foley Volleyball Office Phone: (215) 204-6289 Associate Head Coach: Akiko Hatakeyama Graduate Extern: Sara Scheirman 2013 Overall Record: 18-12 2013 American Athletic Conference Record/Finish: 9-9/6th Starters Returning/Lost: 4/2+Libero Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 10/3 Newcomers: Six Volleyball Contact: TBA Phone: TBA E-mail: TBA Fax: (215) 204-7499 Web site: www.OwlSports.com Twitter: @VolleyballTU SENIOR JENNIFER IACOBINI

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JUNIOR SANDRA SYDLIK

No. 13 1 15 7 12 3 14 10 11 5 16 8 2 9 4 6

Name Geena Bevenour Tiffany Connatser Tyler Davis Alyssa Drachslin Caroline Grattan Jennifer Iacobini Halle McCullough Emily Nicholson Kirsten Overton Dara Peric Izabella Rapacz Alex Schmitt Janine Simmons Malia Smith Sandra Sydlik Kayla Yingling

Pos. Fr. Sr. So. Jr. So. Sr. Jr. Fr. So. Fr. Fr. Sr. Fr. Fr. Jr. Jr.

at UConn* at East Carolina*

6 p.m.

1 p.m.

4:30 p.m.

4:30 p.m.

12:30 p.m.

6:30 p.m.

4 p.m.

10 a.m.

7 p.m.

7 p.m.

1 p.m.

OCTOBER 3 at UCF* 5 at USF* 10 Cincinnati* 12 Memphis* 17 at Houston* 19 at Tulane* 24 SMU* 26 Tulsa* 31 at Memphis*

7 p.m.

12 p.m.

7 p.m.

1 p.m.

7 p.m.

2 p.m.

7 p.m.

1 p.m.

8 p.m.

NOVEMBER 2 at Cincinnati* 7 USF* 9 UCF* 12 UConn* 14 East Carolina* 21 at Tulsa* 23 at SMU* 26 Tulane* 28 Houston*

1 p.m.

7 p.m.

1 p.m.

7 p.m.

7 p.m.

8 p.m.

2 p.m.

7 p.m.

7 p.m.

All times (Eastern) are subject to change; American Athletic Conference matches denoted with asterisk

2 0 14 R o s t e r

Cl. S/DS S OH DS/L OH MB MB/ RS MB/RS MB OH OH/RS MB MB DS/L S DS/L

w w w.t h e a m e r i c a n . o r g

Ht. 5-5 5-10 6-0 5-6 6-1 6-1 6-3 6-4 6-1 6-0 6-2 6-2 6-1 5-7 5-10 5-0

Hometown/Previous School Wayne, Pa./Pope John Paul II Fairfax, Va./Robinson Palm Desert, Calif./Xavier College Prep Riverside, Calif./Riverside Poly Pittsburgh, Pa./Mt. Lebanon Palm Springs, Calif./Palm Springs Colorado Springs, Colo./Gonzaga Denver, Colo./Denver East Royersford, Pa./Spring-Ford Belgrade, Serbia/HS of Tourism Glenview, Ill./Glenbrook South Pittsburgh, Pa./Shaler Area Centreville, Va./Centreville Gardena, Calif./Notre Dame Academy Berlin, Germany/Flatow Spring Grove, Pa./Buffalo

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OW LS OWLS NOTEBOOK • Temple opened the 2013 campaign 15-4, including a 6-1 mark in The American, while playing of 11 of its first 19 matches in Philadelphia.

The Owls finished the year 8-4 at home, with a 6-3 record in home conference matches.

• The Owls return 10 letterwinners from a year ago, including Jennifer Iacobini, who was fifth in The American in hitting percentage in 2013, and Alyssa Drachslin, who ranked fifth in digs per set. Temple also brings back two of its top three players in kills per set, returning Caroline Grattan and Tyler Davis.

• Temple will play six of its final eight matches in The American at home in 2014, after having played five of its last seven on the road in 2013.

SENIOR TIFFANY CONNATSER 2 0 1 3 R E S U LT S (18-12 Overall / 9-9 American)

AUGUST (1-1) University at Buffalo Invite (Buffalo, N.Y.) 30 at Buffalo L, 0-3 31 vs. Niagara W, 3-2

MCGONIGLE HALL CAPACITY - 3,900

SEPTEMBER (9-3) Patriot Invitational (Fairfax, Va.) 6 vs. Radford 7 vs. Coppin State 7 at George Mason

W, 3-1 W, 3-1 W, 3-1

11 at NJIT

W, 3-2

Penn Invitational (Philadelphia, Pa.) 14 vs. Weber State W, 3-1 15 vs. La Salle W, 3-1 15 at Penn L, 2-3 Temple Invitational (Philadelphia, Pa.) 20 Delaware State W, 3-0 21 Brown W, 3-0 21 Hofstra L, 1-3

27 at Cincinnati* 29 at Louisville*

W, 3-1 L, 1-3

OCTOBER (5-2) 4 Memphis* 11 Houston* 13 SMU* 18 UConn* 20 Rutgers* 25 at UCF* 27 at USF*

W, 3-0 W, 3-1 W, 3-1 W, 3-0 W, 3-0 L, 0-3 L, 0-3

NOVEMBER (3-6) 1 Louisville* L, 0-3 3 Cincinnati* W, 3-1 8 at Memphis* W, 3-1 15 at SMU* L, 0-3 17 at Houston* L, 1-3 22 at Rutgers* L, 1-3 24 at UConn* W, 3-0 27 USF* L, 1-3 29 UCF* L, 0-3 Conference matches denoted with asterisk

2 0 13 S t a t i s t i c a l L e a d e r s Player MATAUTIA, Gabriella GRATTAN, Caroline BURKERT, Elyse IACOBINI, Jennifer DAVIS, Tyler CARLIN, Emily OVERTON, Kirsten SYDLIK, Sandra SCHMITT, Alex MCCULLOUGH, Halle CONNATSER, Tiffany DRACHSLIN, Alyssa WENNBERG, Alicia YINGLING, Kayla TUOHY, Mary Claire

SP Kills K/S Err TA Pct. Ast A/S SA SE SA/S RE Digs D/S BS BA BT B/S BE BHE Points 110 376 3.42 164 1098 .193 25 0.23 26 32 0.24 1 304 2.76 3 59 62 0.56 1 1 434.5 83 202 2.43 116 617 .139 15 0.18 12 26 0.14 22 143 1.72 0 19 19 0.23 6 3 223.5 87 185 2.13 86 651 .152 11 0.13 18 14 0.21 31 231 2.66 1 10 11 0.13 2 0 209.0 107 158 1.48 42 366 .317 14 0.13 29 28 0.27 0 60 0.56 15 76 91 0.85 11 3 240.0 59 131 2.22 75 458 .122 9 0.15 3 6 0.05 7 75 1.27 1 19 20 0.34 2 0 144.5 41 122 2.98 66 335 .167 7 0.17 7 20 0.17 8 88 2.15 1 5 6 0.15 7 0 132.5 64 81 1.27 40 214 .192 0 0.00 0 4 0.00 2 6 0.09 8 37 45 0.70 8 0 107.5 91 65 0.71 16 161 .304 862 9.47 30 22 0.33 1 253 2.78 2 45 47 0.52 13 20 119.5 43 46 1.07 18 126 .222 1 0.02 0 0 0.00 0 12 0.28 0 20 20 0.47 0 0 56.0 24 28 1.17 13 82 .183 1 0.04 0 0 0.00 1 3 0.12 4 28 32 1.33 1 0 46.0 31 7 0.23 9 23 -.087 281 9.06 7 14 0.23 0 52 1.68 1 12 13 0.42 6 5 21.0 102 4 0.04 2 14 .143 87 0.85 11 8 0.11 25 451 4.42 0 0 0 0.00 0 1 15.0 2 1 0.50 3 10 -.200 1 0.50 0 1 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 1 0 1.0 49 1 0.02 0 5 .200 13 0.27 2 3 0.04 11 96 1.96 0 0 0 0.00 0 1 3.0 5 1 0.20 0 1 1.000 1 0.20 0 0 0.00 0 3 0.60 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 1.0

TEMPLE 111 1408 12.68 650 4161 .182 1328 11.96 145 178 1.31 125 1777 16.01 36 330 201.0 1.81 58 34 1754.0 OPPONENTS 111 1398 12.59 648 4101 .183 1301 11.72 125 200 1.13 145 1817 16.37 65 455 292.5 2.64 63 49 1815.5 Bold indicates returning players

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TU L A NE HEAD COACH SINISA MOMIC

2 0 14 S c h e d u l e

AUGUST

Texas A&M Invitational (College Station, Texas) 29 vs. Iowa 1:30 p.m.

29 at Texas A&M 6 p.m.

30 vs. UTSA 1:30 p.m.

(Kinesiology-Zagreb ‘00) Career Record/Years: 74-76/Five Years

SEPTEMBER

UND Classic (Grand Forks, N.D.) 5 at North Dakota 12 p.m.

5 vs. South Dakota 4 p.m.

6 at North Dakota 12 p.m.

Allstate Sugar Bowl Collegiate Classic (New Orleans, La.) 11 Southeastern Louisiana 8 p.m.

12 Howard 8 p.m.

13 Florida Atlantic 2 p.m.

Arizona Tournament (Tucson, Ariz.)

19 vs. UMBC 3:30 p.m.

19 at Arizona 10 p.m.

20 vs. Coppin State 1:30 p.m.

Record at Tulane/Years: 74-76/Five Years

Quick Facts Location: New Orleans, La. Founded: 1834 Enrollment: 13,359 Nickname: Green Wave Colors: Olive Green and Sky Blue President: Michael Fitts Director of Athletics: Rick Dickson Senior Woman Administrator: Sue Bower Volleyball Office Phone: (504) 314-7660 Assistant Coaches: Wayne Holly, Jaye Lloyd 2013 Overall Record: 28-4 2013 Conference USA Record/Finish: 12-2/2nd Starters Returning/Lost: 3+Libero/3 Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 7/2 Newcomers: Three Volleyball Contact: Richie Weaver Phone: (504) 314-7232 E-mail: rweaver@tulane.edu Web site: www.tulanegreenwave.com Twitter: @GreenWaveVB

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SOPHOMORE TEA JURIC SOPHOMORE ANNIE SHURTZ

No. 3 17 7 13 11 1 22 23 5 4 24 15 6 12

Name Miah Diirell Lauren Etta Ally Frank Makenzie Frieden Tea Juric Amy Lanski Sarah Ray Bianca Ryals Annie Shurtz Maggie Singleton Sarah Strasner Olivia Utt Grace Weaver Anna Wruck

Pos. OH/L S S DS/L OH OH RS S OH MB MB RS/MB OH/L MB

Memphis* Cincinnati*

8 p.m.

2 p.m.

OCTOBER 1 Houston* 3 East Carolina* 10 at Tulsa* 12 at SMU* 17 UConn* 19 Temple* 24 at USF* 26 at UCF* 31 SMU*

8 p.m.

8 p.m.

8 p.m.

2 p.m.

8 p.m.

2 p.m.

7 p.m.

2 p.m.

2 p.m.

NOVEMBER 2 Tulsa* 5 at Houston* 9 at East Carolina* 14 at Cincinnati* 16 at Memphis* 21 UCF* 23 USF* 26 at Temple* 28 at UConn*

2 p.m.

8 p.m.

2 p.m.

4 p.m.

1 p.m.

8 p.m.

2 p.m.

3 p.m.

7 p.m.

All times (Eastern) are subject to change; American Athletic Conference matches denoted with asterisk

2014 Roster

Cl. SO So. So. So. So. R-Jr. Fr. Fr. So. Fr. So. Sr. Sr. Sr.

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Ht. Hometown/Previous School 5-10 Everett, Wash./Jackson 5-10 Cold Spring, N.Y./Haldane 6-1 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan/Marion Graham Collegiate Institute 5-6 Friendswood, Texas/Friendswood 6-2 Republic of Croatia/Secondary 5-10 Ventura, Calif./Ventura 6-2 Nashville, Tenn./Hume-Fogg 5-11 Puerto Rico 6-1 Moraga, Calif./Campolindo 6-2 Vacaville, Calif./Will C. Wood 6-2 Houston, Texas/Clear Lake 6-1 Atlanta, Ga./Lovett 5-11 Belton, Texas/Belton 6-2 Monmouth, Ore./Santiam Christian

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G R E E N WAV E G R E E N WAV E N O T E B O O K • Tulane posted a 28-4 mark in 2013, falling in the Conference USA Championship final to UTSA. The Green Wave finished the season with an RPI of 54, losing to just three different teams over the course of the season: C-USA champion UTSA twice, along with North Texas and North Dakota once each. The loss to North Texas was the Green Wave’s only defeat in a true road match during the 2013 campaign.

• Sinisa Momic led the Green Wave to the nation’s biggest turnaround in win-loss record in 2013, drastically improving upon a 6-21 showing in 2012.

• Tea Juric returns for her sophomore year in New Orleans after garnering C-USA Freshman of the Year and first-team all-conference accolades in 2013.

SOPHOMORE TEA JURIC 2 0 1 3 R E S U LT S (28-4 Overall / 12-2 Conference USA)

AUGUST (3-0) Kathy Trosclair Memorial (New Orleans, La.) 30 Mississippi Valley State W, 3-0 31 Rider W, 3-0 31 Nicholls State W, 3-2 SEPTEMBER (10-2) YSU Invitational (Youngstown, Ohio) 6 vs. Toledo W, 3-1 6 at Youngstown State W, 3-1 7 vs. Saint Francis U W, 3-0 11 at New Orleans

W, 3-0

Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate (New Orleans, La.) 13 Texas Southern W, 3-0 13 Florida A&M W, 3-0 14 North Dakota L, 1-3

DEVLIN FIELDHOUSE CAPACITY - 3,600

Radford Highlander Classic (Radford, Va.) 20 at Radford W, 3-1 21 vs. Savannah State W, 3-0 21 at Radford W, 3-1 27 UTSA* 29 UTEP*

OCTOBER (7-0) 1 Lamar 4 at Marshall* 6 at Charlotte* 13 at East Carolina* 18 Southern Miss* 20 FIU* 25 Florida Atlantic*

W, 3-0 W, 3-0 W, 3-0 W, 3-1 W, 3-1 W, 3-0 W, 3-0

NOVEMBER (7-2) 1 at UAB* 3 at North Texas* 8 at Tulsa* 10 at Rice* 15 Louisiana Tech* 17 Middle Tennessee*

W, 3-1 L, 1-3 W, 3-0 W, 1-3 W, 3-0 W, 3-1

C-USA Championship (Murfreesboro, Tenn.)

22 vs. UAB W, 3-1 23 vs. Tulsa W, 3-1 24 vs. UTSA L, 1-3 Conference matches denoted with asterisk

L, 1-3 W, 3-1

2 0 13 S t a t i s t i c a l L e a d e r s Player JURIC, Tea MARTONE, Cori SHURTZ, Annie STRASNER, Sarah WRUCK, Anna MANDELBAUM, Mel UTT, Olivia BADAWI, Azarri WEAVER, Grace JACKSON, Elysa LANSKI, Amy FRANK, Ally FRIEDEN, Makenzie ETTA, Lauren DIIRELL, Miah

SP 112 103 115 114 99 113 65 13 114 18 1 8 53 1 3

Kills 446 388 351 221 172 69 53 7 4 1 1 0 0 0 0

K/S 3.98 3.77 3.05 1.94 1.74 0.61 0.82 0.54 0.04 0.06 1.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Err 168 148 148 47 49 30 20 7 3 1 0 1 0 0 1

TA 1002 887 1010 458 360 164 154 23 8 3 2 3 1 0 3

Pct. Ast A/S .277 18 0.16 .271 31 0.30 .201 22 0.19 .380 5 0.04 .342 3 0.03 .238 1332 11.79 .214 9 0.14 .000 3 0.23 .125 104 0.91 .000 44 2.44 .500 0 0.00 -.333 17 2.12 .000 8 0.15 .000 0 0.00 -.333 1 0.33

SA SE SA/S RE 24 25 0.21 24 17 30 0.17 20 16 35 0.14 24 10 18 0.09 0 0 0 0.00 0 23 19 0.20 1 4 9 0.06 0 1 4 0.08 3 30 33 0.26 30 0 1 0.00 0 1 0 1.00 0 0 1 0.00 0 2 12 0.04 2 0 0 0.00 0 0 1 0.00 0

Digs 285 265 261 38 17 274 24 10 515 25 0 1 55 0 0

D/S BS BA 2.54 2 34 2.57 6 67 2.27 5 40 0.33 20 86 0.17 11 80 2.42 1 29 0.37 0 28 0.77 0 3 4.52 0 0 1.39 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.12 0 0 1.04 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0

BT 36 73 45 106 91 30 28 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

B/S 0.32 0.71 0.39 0.93 0.92 0.27 0.43 0.23 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

BE BHE Points 6 0 489.0 12 0 444.5 6 1 392.0 13 0 294.0 12 1 223.0 9 11 107.5 6 0 71.0 0 1 9.5 0 5 34.0 0 2 1.0 0 0 2.0 0 1 0.0 0 0 2.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0

TULANE 115 1713 14.90 624 4079 .267 1597 13.89 128 189 1.11 117 1770 15.39 45 367 228.5 1.99 64 22 2069.5 OPPONENTS 115 1319 11.47 639 4078 .167 1206 10.49 117 191 1.02 129 1452 12.63 54 402 255.0 2.22 69 37 1691.0 Bold indicates returning players

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TU L S A 2 0 14 Schedule

HEAD COACH R YA N W I L L S

AUGUST

Husky Classic (Houston, Texas) 29 vs. Chattanooga 30 at Houston Baptist 30 vs. Northern Arizona

(Tulsa ‘08) Career Record/Years: 0-0/First Year Record at Tulsa/Years: 0-0/First Year

SEPTEMBER

UCA/Sears Sugar Bear Classic (Conway, Ark.) 5 vs. Louisiana-Monroe 6 vs. Boise State 6 at Central Arkansas

Diet Coke Classic (Minneapolis, Minn.)

12 at Minnesota 13 vs. Iowa State

Golden Hurricane Invitational (Tulsa, Okla.)

19 Oral Roberts 20 McNeese State

Quick Facts Location: Tulsa, Okla.

Founded: 1894 Enrollment: 4,597 Nickname: Golden Hurricane Colors: Old Gold, Royal Blue, Crimson President: Dr. Steadman Upham Director of Athletics: Dr. Derrick Gragg Senior Woman Administrator: Crista Troester Volleyball Office Phone: (918) 631-2128 Asssitant Coaches: Dave Nichols, Megan Pendergast 2013 Overall Record: 24-7 2013 Conference USA Record/Finish: 12-2/3rd Starters Returning/Lost: 4+Libero/2 Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 12/3 Newcomers: Five Volleyball Contact: Kevin Quicker Phone: (918) 631-3720 E-mail: kevin-quicker@utulsa.edu Fax: (918) 631-3913 Web site: www.TulsaHurricane.com Twitter: @TulsaVolleyball

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SENIOR CARLY BOATWRIGHT

Name Ashton Anderson Alissa Apecechea Brooke Berryhill Carly Boatwright Erica Bohannon Abigail Cachero Ebony Carter Bailey Clampitt Wesley Crowdus Valerie El Houssine Audrey Grant Ashley Hooper Alexis Mitchell Nicole Newton Paige Panfil Kelsey Parks Jaime Rahilly

Pos. S S DS/L MB OH DS/L MB S S OH OH MB MB MB OH DS MB

6 p.m.

11 a.m.

8 p.m.

8 p.m.

1 p.m.

8 p.m.

8 p.m.

8 p.m.

2:30 p.m.

OCTOBER 3 at Memphis 5 at Cincinnati* 10 Tulane* 12 Houston* 15 SMU* 17 East Carolina* 24 at UConn* 26 at Temple* 31 at Houston

8 p.m.

1 p.m.

8 p.m.

2:30 p.m.

8 p.m.

8 p.m.

7 p.m.

12 p.m.

8 p.m.

NOVEMBER 2 at Tulane* 7 Cincinnati* 9 Memphis* 14 at UCF* 16 at USF* 21 Temple* 23 UConn* 26 at SMU* 29 at East Carolina*

2:30 p.m.

8 p.m.

2 p.m.

3 p.m.

12 p.m.

8 p.m.

1 p.m.

3 p.m.

2 p.m.

All times (Eastern) are subject to change; American Athletic Conference matches denoted with asterisk

SENIOR BAILEY CLAMPITT

No. 15 6 10 8 5 13 20 2 19 18 4 3 11 17 16 9 12

USF* UCF*

5:30 p.m.

11 a.m.

5:30 p.m.

2 0 14 R o s t e r

Cl. Fr. R-So. So. Sr. So. R-Fr. Fr. Sr. Fr. Sr. Fr. Jr. Jr. Jr. Jr. Jr. R-Fr.

w w w.t h e a m e r i c a n . o r g

Ht. 5-6 5-7 5-6 6-2 6-1 5-4 5-11 5-8 5-9 5-11 6-0 5-11 6-0 5-11 6-0 5-9 6-2

Hometown/Previous School Kansas City, Mo./Park Hill South HS San Mateo, Calif./UC Riverside Haslet, Texas/Northwest HS Parker, Colo./Ponderosa HS Coppell, Texas/Coppell HS Broken Arrow, Okla./Broken Arrow HS Rowlett, Texas/Sachse HS Plano, Texas/Canyon Creek Christian Academy Wichita, Kan./Kapaun Mt. Carmel HS Longchamps, Belgium/USF Wichita, Kan./Kapaun Mt. Carmel HS Allen, Texas/Allen HS Blue Eye, Mo./Blue Eye HS Wylie, Texas/Lovejoy HS Fort Worth, Texas/North Crowley HS Bentonville, Ark./Bentonville HS Tulsa, Okla./Cascia Hall HS

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GOLDEN HURRICANE GOLDEN HURRICANE NOTEBOOK • Tulsa joins The American after posting a 24-7 mark in its final campaign in Conference USA. The Golden Hurricane went 12-2 in conference play, advancing to the conference tournament semifinals. Tulsa returns 12 letterwinners to a team that finished the year 37th in RPI. • Ryan Wills will begin his first year at the helm in Tulsa after spending the past three seasons at Alabama. In 2013, Wills helped guide the Crimson Tide to a school-record 24 victories and an NCAA tournament berth. Wills, a 2008 Tulsa grad, served on the staff for the Golden Hurricane as a student assistant from 2006-07 and again as an assistant coach in 2010.

• The Golden Hurricane led the nation in digs per set in 2013, averaging 18.33. Tulsa returns two of its top three players in digs, and four of its top five in kills per set.

SENIOR VALERIE EL HOUSSINE 2 0 1 3 R E S U LT S (24-7 Overall / 12-2 Conference USA)

AUGUST (2-1) Dayton Invitational (Dayton, Ohio) 30 at Dayton 31 vs. Missouri State 31 vs. Northeastern

L, 1-3 W, 3-0 W, 3-2

SEPTEMBER (10-3) 3 Oral Roberts

W, 3-2

Baylor Classic (Waco, Texas) 6 at Baylor 7 vs. Mississippi State 7 vs. UT Arlington

W, 3-0 W, 3-2 W, 3-0

10 at Kansas State

DONALD W. REYNOLDS CENTER CAPACITY - 8,355

L, 1-3

Golden Hurricane Classic (Tulsa, Okla.)

13 Arkansas L, 1-3 14 Texas State W, 3-1 14 Northern Colorado W, 3-1 17 at Oklahoma

L, 2-3

Nike Invitational (Norman, Okla.)

20 vs. LIU Brooklyn 21 vs. Miami (Fla.) 21 vs. Nebraska-Omaha

29 at UAB*

W, 3-2

OCTOBER (8-0) 4 Rice* 6 North Texas* 11 at Florida Atlantic* 13 at FIU* 18 at Charlotte* 20 East Carolina* 25 Louisiana Tech* 27 Southern Miss*

W, 3-0 W, 3-1 W, 3-0 W, 3-0 W, 3-1 W, 3-1 W, 3-0 W, 3-1

NOVEMBER (4-3) 1 at Middle Tennessee* 8 Tulane* 10 Marshall* 15 at UTEP* 17 at UTSA*

W, 3-1 L, 0-3 W, 3-1 W, 3-2 L, 0-3

C-USA Championship (Murfreesboro, Tenn.)

22 vs. FIU W, 3-2 23 vs. Tulane L, 1-3 Conference matches denoted with asterisk

W, 3-2 W, 3-0 W, 3-0

2 0 13 S t a t i s t i c a l L e a d e r s Player SP Kills K/S Err TA Pct. Ast A/S SA SE SA/S RE CULBERTSON, Kellie 121 432 3.57 193 1385 . 173 34 0.28 61 78 0.50 12 EL HOUSSINE, Valerie 110 270 2.45 159 1005 .110 14 0.13 13 27 0.12 24 BOHANNON, Erica 120 288 2.40 123 749 .220 10 0.08 15 9 0.12 0 HOOPER, Ashley 106 184 1.74 87 450 .216 2 0.02 0 0 0.00 0 BOATWRIGHT, Carly 88 141 1.60 44 374 .259 12 0.14 3 5 0.03 0 GOBBO, Miriele 103 152 1.48 36 381 .304 12 0.12 3 4 0.03 3 NEWTON, Nicole 70 95 1.36 41 249 .217 5 0.07 4 4 0.06 2 MCGIVERN, Maura 39 40 1.03 26 141 .099 1 0.03 2 2 0.05 2 VIERA, Genesis 108 22 0.20 2 40 .500 510 4.72 5 7 0.05 0 PANFIL, Paige 26 2 0.08 3 13 -.077 1 0.04 0 0 0.00 0 CLAMPITT, Bailey 121 9 0.07 1 42 .190 849 7.02 17 8 0.14 0 BERRYHILL, Brooke 121 2 0.02 2 13 .000 82 0.68 14 19 0.12 19 PARKS, Kelsey 2 0 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.00 0 2 0.00 0 MITCHELL, Alexis 1 0 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 TEAM 32

Digs 477 400 85 35 49 47 34 35 180 32 275 565 3 1

D/S BS BA 3.94 14 40 3.64 8 26 0.71 1 38 0.33 2 51 0.56 21 53 0.46 6 62 0.49 4 42 0.90 0 8 1.67 0 1 1.23 0 0 2.27 0 2 4.67 0 0 1.50 0 0 1.00 0 0

BT 54 34 39 53 74 68 46 8 1 0 2 0 0 0

B/S 0.45 0.31 0.32 0.50 0.84 0.66 0.66 0.21 0.01 0.00 0.02 0.00 0.00 0.00

BE BHE Points 4 1 527.0 1 2 304.0 5 3 323.0 6 2 211.5 10 1 191.5 11 1 192.0 5 0 124.0 1 0 46.0 0 5 27.5 0 0 2.0 2 2 27.0 0 3 16.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0

TULSA 121 1638 13.54 723 4852 .189 1532 12.66 137 165 1.13 94 2218 18.33 56 323 217.5 1.80 47 20 1992.5 Opponents 121 1495 12.36 726 4752 .162 1419 11.73 94 207 0.78 137 2180 18.02 38 511 293.5 2.43 69 58 1882.5

Bold indicates returning players

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2013 REVIEW 201 3 STANDINGS

T HE AME R I C AN RP I

Conference Overall

W L Pct. W L Pct. Louisville 18 0 1.000 23 8 .742 SMU 14 4 .778 22 9 .710 UCF 12 6 .667 21 10 .677 USF 11 7 .611 17 15 .531 Houston 10 8 .556 18 15 .545 Temple 9 9 .500 18 12 .600 Memphis 7 11 .389 15 17 .469 UConn 5 13 .278 14 19 .424 Cincinnati 3 15 .167 3 29 .094 Rutgers 1 17 .056 5 27 .156

THE AMERICAN AMONG 2013 NCAA LEADERS Team Leaders Assists Per Set 44. Louisville

Blocks Per Set 24. USF

Rank School 40. Louisville 88. SMU 107. UCF 135. USF 183. Temple 196. Houston 204. UConn 225. Memphis 270. Cincinnati 285. Rutgers

T HE AME R I C AN 2 01 3 AL L-C O N F E R E N C E TE A M S

S 105

Assts. Per/S 1358 12.95

Player of the Year Erin Fairs, USF

S 120

Blks. Per/S 325.5 2.71

Libero of the Year Caitlin Welch, Louisville

Digs Per Set 17. Memphis 23 USF

S 120 120

Digs Per/S 2088 17.21 2020 16.83

Setter of the Year Avery Acker, SMU

Hitting Percentage 28. Louisville

Kls. Er. 1460 508

Kills Per Set 41. Louisville

S Kls. Per/S 13.90 1460 13.92

Individual Leaders Assists Per Set 18. Marie Reiterova, UCF 26. Avery Acker, SMU

S 103 107

TA Pct. 3661 .259

Assts. Per/S 1173 11.39 1199 11.21

Blocks Per Set S 7. Andrea Rodriguez Gomez, USF 119

BS 30

BA 152

Digs Per Set S 28. Aleksandra Petronijevic, Memphis 120 47. Caitlin Welch, Louisville 105

Digs 618 517

Per/S 5.12 4.85

Hitting Percentage 16. DeLaina Sarden, UCF

Er. 91

TA 743

Kls. 395

Per/S 1.53

Pct. .409

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Freshman of the Year Maya McClendon*, Louisville Coach of the Year Anne Kordes, Louisville First Team All-Conference Erin Fairs*, OH, USF Emily Juhl*, OH, Louisville Caroline Young*, OH, SMU DeLaina Sarden*, MB, UCF Maya McClendon*, OH, Louisville Avery Acker*, S, SMU Caitlin Welch, DS/L, Louisville Brooke Mattingly, MB, Louisville Katie George, S, Louisville Gabriella Matautia, RS, Temple Andrea Rodriguez Gomez, MB, USF Janelle Giordano, MB, SMU Second Team All-Conference Lauren Hawkins, MB, Memphis Abbey Bybel, MB, SMU Randi Ewing, MB, Louisville Sarita Mikals, OH/RS, Houston Angelica Crump, OH, UCF Cailin Bula, OH, SMU Marie Reiterova, S, UCF Kadi Kullerkann, OH, Houston Kaye-Alese Green, MB, UCF Alexis Wesley, MB, Memphis Karson Ratliff, OH, UConn Jade Hayes, L, UCF

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WEEKLY AWARD WINNERS

ALL-AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE TEAMS

2013 Sept. 2 Player: Freshman:

DeLaina Sarden, UCF, Jr., MB Catlin Lily, Memphis, Fr., OH/RS

Sept. 9 Player: Freshman:

Gabriella Matautia, Temple, Sr., RS Sarita Mikals, Houston, Fr., OH/RS

Sept. 16 Player: Freshman:

Angelica Crump, UCF, Sr., OH McKenzie Hayes, Temple, Fr., RS

Sept. 23 Player: Freshman:

Caroline Young, SMU, Jr., OH Maya McClendon, Louisville, Fr., OH

2013 First Team All-Conference Erin Fairs*, OH, USF Emily Juhl*, OH, Louisville Caroline Young*, OH, SMU DeLaina Sarden*, MB, UCF Maya McClendon*, OH, Louisville Avery Acker*, S, SMU Caitlin Welch, DS/L, Louisville Brooke Mattingly, MB, Louisville Katie George, S, Louisville Gabriella Matautia, RS, Temple Andrea Rodriguez Gomez, MB, USF Janelle Giordano, MB, SMU

Sept. 30 Player: Freshman:

Caroline Young, SMU, Jr., OH Maya McClendon, Louisville, Fr., OH

Oct. 7 Player: Freshman:

DeLaina Sarden, UCF, Jr., MB Dakota Hampton, USF, Fr., OH

Oct. 14 Player: Freshman:

Erin Fairs, So., USF, OH Maya McClendon, Louisville, Fr., OH

Oct. 21 Player: Freshman:

Erin Fairs, So., USF, OH Sarita Mikals, Houston, Fr., OH/RS

Oct. 28 Player: Freshman:

Erin Fairs, So., USF, OH Maya McClendon, Louisville, Fr., OH

Nov. 4 Player: Freshman:

Caroline Young, SMU, Jr., OH Sarita Mikals, Houston, Fr., OH/RS

Nov. 11 Player: Freshman:

Andrea Rodriguez Gomez, USF, Sr., MB Maya McClendon, Louisville, Fr., OH

* = Unanimous Selection

PRESEASON COACHES’ POLLS

Nov. 18 Player: Freshman:

Emily Juhl, Louisville, Sr., OH Maya McClendon, Louisville, Fr., OH

Nov. 25 Player: Freshman:

Caroline Young, SMU, Jr., OH Micaela Anderson, Rutgers, Fr., OH

Dec. 2 Player: Freshman:

DeLaina Sarden, UCF, Jr., MB Maya McClendon, Louisville, Fr., OH

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Second Team All-Conference Lauren Hawkins, MB, Memphis Abbey Bybel, MB, SMU Randi Ewing, MB, Louisville Sarita Mikals, OH/RS, Houston Angelica Crump, OH, UCF Cailin Bula, OH, SMU Marie Reiterova, S, UCF Kadi Kullerkann, OH, Houston Kaye-Alese Green, MB, UCF Alexis Wesley, MB, Memphis Karson Ratliff, OH, UConn Jade Hayes, L, UCF

2013 1. Louisville (7) 2. UCF (2) 3. UConn (1) 4. Cincinnati 5. USF 6. SMU 7. Temple 8. Houston 9. Rutgers 10. Memphis

79 69 59 53 49 41 36 26 21 17

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PRESEASON ALL-CONFERENCE TEAMS

Digs

Digs Avg/S

2013 Preseason Co-Players of the Year Brooke Mattingly, Louisville, Sr., MB Emily Juhl, Louisville, Sr., OH

Points

Points Avg/S

2013 2013

Caitlin Welch, Louisville, Sr.

Erin Fairs, USF, So.

Preseason Team Angelica Crump, UCF, Sr., OH * Erin Fairs, USF. So., OH Emily Howard, Houston, So., MB * Emily Juhl, Louisville, Sr., OH Hannah Kvittle, Louisville, Sr., S Maddie Lozano, SMU, Sr., MB Emmi MacIntyre, Cincinnati, Sr., DS Gabriella Matautia, Temple, Sr., RS * Brooke Mattingly, Louisville, Sr., MB * DeLaina Sarden, UCF, Jr., MB * Caitlin Welch, Louisville, Sr., DS/L * Caroline Young, SMU, Jr., OH

TEAM - ALL MATCHES

*unanimous selection

Hitting Percentage

Kills Errors

Opponent Hitting Percentage

Kills Errors

2013 2013

Louisville Louisville

1503

1217

524 598

Service Aces

Sets

Aces

Avg/S

108 1399 12.95 124 175 1.41

Kills Errors 395

91

Att. 743

Pct.

.409

Hitting Percentage 2013

Louisville

429

3.73

Assists

Sets

1173

Avg/S

Kills

103

Ast.

Service Aces

Sets

Aces

Avg/S

Assists

Erin Fairs, USF, So. Marie Reiterova, UCF, Jr. Cailin Bula, SMU, So.

84

Blocks Andrea Rodriguez Gomez, USF, Sr.

29

11.39 0.34

Blocks Avg/S 182

1.53

Digs

Digs Avg/S

Points

Points Avg/S

Aleksandra Petronijevic, Memphis, Jr.

Erin Fairs, USF, So.

645

491.5

5.12

4.27

2013

Kills Errors

Randi Ewing, Louisville, Sr. 114

2013 2013 2013

Louisville Louisville Louisville

Service Aces

2013 Houston

2013

Louisville

26

Att. 201

Pct.

.438 3.97

Assists

Sets

Ast.

Avg/S

.243 .239 .199 .185

Service Aces

Sets

Aces

Avg/S

Opponent Hitting Percentage

2013

Cailin Bula, SMU, So.

63 57

Blocks 2013

Digs Avg/S

Kills Errors 1217

598

Att.

Pct.

Att.

Pct.

2216 3736

.289 .166

Sets Kills Avg/S 62

913

14.73

Sets

Ast.

Avg/S

Sets

Aces

Avg/S

62

849

13.69

68 90 1.32

Blocks Avg/S 193 2.89

Digs Avg/S 1080

17.42

TEAM - ALL MATCHES

246

Avery Acker, SMU, So.

273

Digs

62

2013

913

2013 USF

Hitting Percentage Louisville, 2013 Sets Kills Avg/S .259

Erin Fairs, USF, So.

Kills Errors

Blocks

Kills 2013

325 2.71

SEASON RECORDS

INDIVIDUAL - CONFERENCE MATCHES Hitting Percentage

Blocks Avg/S

TEAM - CONFERENCE MATCHES

115

2013

.166

Avg/S

Sets Kills Avg/S Opponent Hitting Percentage

2013

Pct.

Ast.

Kills

2013

Att.

3736

.259

2013 Memphis 2168 17.21

INDIVIDUAL - ALL MATCHES

2013

Pct.

Sets

2013 Louisville

ANNUAL STATISTICAL LEADERS

2013

Att.

3781

Assists

Digs

2013

4.54

108 1503 13.92

2013 USF

DeLaina Sarden, UCF, Jr.

281.5

Sets Kills Avg/S

2013 Louisville

Blocks

2013

5.45

Kills

2013 Houston

Hitting Percentage

338

Andrea Rodriguez Gomez, USF, Sr.

728 21

11.56 0.37

Blocks Avg/S 117

1.75

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SMU, 2013 UCF, 2013 USF, 2013 UConn, 2013

Louisville, 2013 SMU, 2013 UCF, 2013 Temple, 2013 Houston, 2013

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Assists 1538 1475 1441 1415 1404

INDIVIDUAL - ALL MATCHES

Memphis, 2013 UCF, 2013 USF, 2013 SMU, 2013 UConn, 2013

Hitting Percentage .409 .401 .354 .338 .317

Assists Per Set 12.95 12.72 12.63 12.21 12.01

Kills 1631 1561 1526 1518 1509

Louisville, 2013 UCF, 2013 SMU, 2013 Memphis, 2013 USF, 2013

Assists 1298 1221 1199 1173 1027

Memphis, 2013 UCF, 2013 SMU, 2013 USF, 2013 UConn, 2013

Blocks 325 296.5 291.5 285 283.5

11.39 11.21 10.64 9.69 9.47

Louisville, 2013 SMU, 2013 UCF, 2013 Memphis, 2013 Temple, 2013

Kills 429 395 393 386 383 383

USF, 2013 UConn, 2013 Rutgers, 2013 UCF, 2013 Houston, 2013

3.73 3.43 3.42 3.41 3.39

USF, 2013 UCF, 2013 SMU, 2013 UConn, 2013 Rutgers, 2013

Blocks 182 138 127 126 123

Service Aces 175 160 151 145 143

Houston, 2013 UConn, 2013 Rutgers, 2013 Temple, 2013 Memphis, 2013

Service Aces Per Set 1.41 1.31 1.26 1.25 1.21

Digs 2168 2020 1930 1924 1844

Digs Per Set 17.21 16.83 16.01 15.90 15.62

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Erin Fairs, USF, 2013 DeLaina Sarden, UCF, 2013 Sarita Mikals, Houston, 2013 Angelica Crump, UCF, 2013 Caroline Young, SMU, 2013 Alex Lassa, Rutgers, 2013 Erin Fairs, USF, 2013 Gabriella Matautia, Temple, 2013 Caroline Young, SMU, 2013 DeLaina Sarden, UCF, 2013 Angelica Crump, UCF, 2013 Andrea Rodriguez Gomez, USF, 2013 Erika Thomas, UConn, 2013 Immanuella Anagui, UConn, 2013 Kaye-Elese Green, UCF, 2013 Jennica Mullins, USF, 2013

Blocks Per Set

Houston, 2013 Temple, 2013 UConn, 2013 SMU, 2013 2 Tied - Most Recently Louisville/Rutgers, 2013 Memphis, 2013 USF, 2013 UConn, 2013 Rutgers, 2013 UCF, 2013

Marie Reiterova, UCF, 2013 Avery Acker, SMU, 2013 Veronica Zimmerman, Memphis, 2013 Marissa Prinzbach, UConn, 2013 Sandra Sydlik, Temple, 2013

Kills Per Set

Blocks Per Set 2.71 2.46 2.41 2.33 2.33

Veronica Zimmerman, Memphis, 2013 Marissa Prinzbach, UConn, 2013 Avery Acker, SMU, 2013 Marie Reiterova, UCF, 2013 Sophie Paine, Houston, 2013

Assists Per Set

Kills Per Set 13.92 13.62 13.46 12.94 12.68

DeLaina Sarden, UCF, 2013 Randi Ewing, Louisville, 2013 Brooke Mattingly, Louisville, 2013 Kaye-Elese Green, UCF, 2013 Jennifer Iacobini, Temple, 2013

1.53 1.26 1.23 1.14 1.10

Andrea Rodriguez Gomez, USF, 2013 Kaiti Water, Houston, 2013 Mikaela Matthews, Rutgers, 2013 Maddie Lozano, SMU, 2013 Erika Thomas, UConn, 2013

Service Aces 38 36 34 31 30

Tracy Wright, Rutgers, 2013 Andrea Rodriguez Gomez, USF, 2013 Caroline Young, SMU, 2013 Katie George, Louisville, 2013 5 Tied

Service Aces Per Set 0.34 0.33 0.30 0.30 0.30

Cailin Bula, SMU, 2013 Sandra Sydlik, Temple, 2013 Tracy Wright, Rutgers, 2013 Caroline Young, SMU, 2013 Andrea Rodriguez Gomez, USF, 2013

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Digs 645 549 544 532 530

Aleksandra Petronijevic, Memphis, 2013 Natalie Keck, Houston, 2013 Ali Schroeter, Rutgers, 2013 Brianna Datti, UConn, 2013 Jade Hayes, UCF, 2013

Digs Per Set 5.12 4.85 4.61 4.43 4.42

Points 494.0 491.5 454.5 454.0 439.5

Aleksandra Petronijevic, Memphis, 2013 Caitlin Welch, Louisville, 2013 Jade Hayes, UCF, 2013 Natalie Keck, Houston, 2013 Alyssa Drachslin, Temple, 2013 DeLaina Sarden, UCF, 2013 Erin Fairs, USF, 2013 Sarita Mikals, Houston, 2013 Caroline Young, SMU, 2013 Alex Lassa, Rutgers, 2013

Points Per Set 4.27 4.26 4.05 3.96 3.73

Erin Fairs, USF, 2013 DeLaina Sarden, UCF, 2013 Caroline Young, SMU, 2013 Gabriella Matautia, Temple, 2013 Sarita Mikals, Houston, 2013

SINGLE-MATCH RECORDS TEAM - ALL MATCHES Hitting Percentage .474^^ .471^^ .456^^ .443^^ .418^^

Assists 78 70 70 69 68

Kills 81 74 72 72 71

Blocks 21 18^ 17 17^ 17

UCF vs. Elon, 9/6/13 SMU vs. Quinnipiac, 8/30/13 UCF vs. Arkansas Pine-Bluff, 8/31/13 Memphis vs. La Salle, 9/20/13 SMU vs. Memphis, 11/17/13 Memphis at Cincinnati, 9/29/13 Memphis at Evansville, 9/14/13 UCF vs. Stephen F. Austin, 9/7/13 Memphis vs. USF, 11/29/13 Cincinnati vs. UConn, 11/29/13 Memphis at Cincinnati, 9/29/13 Memphis at Evansville, 9/14/13 Memphis vs. USF, 11/29/13 UCF vs. Stephen F. Austin, 9/7/13 3 times, most recently Memphis vs. UCF, 11/27/13

Rutgers at Sacred Heart, 9/14/13 USF vs. Memphis, 10/25/13 Memphis vs. Tennessee State, 10/15/13 Houston at SMU, 10/25/13 UConn vs. Houston, 9/29/13

Digs 117 106 101 94 94

Memphis vs. Tennessee State, 10/15/13 Memphis vs. Western Carolina, 9/6/13 Memphis vs. USF, 11/29/13 Rutgers vs. Stony Brook, 9/7/13 USF vs. Memphis, 11/29/13

INDIVIDUAL - ALL MATCHES Hitting Percentage (min. 10 kills) .909 .818 .800 .750 .750

Assists 65 63 62^ 61 61

Kills 26 26 25^ 24 24 24^ 24

Blocks 13^ 12 12 11^ 11 11

Randi Ewing, Louisville at Houston, 10/6/13 DeLaina Sarden, UCF vs. North Florida, 8/30/13 DeLaina Sarden, UCF vs. Temple, 11/29/13 Randi Ewing, Louisville at Temple, 11/1/13 Randi Ewing, Louisville vs. SMU, 11/10/13 Veronica Zimmerman, Memphis vs. USF, 11/29/13 Marie Reiterova, UCF vs. Stephen F. Austin, 9/7/13 Marie Reiterova, UCF at Davidson, 9/14/13 Katie George, Louisville vs. Virginia Tech, 9/21/13 Veronica Zimmerman, Memphis at Cincinnati, 9/29/13 Erin Fairs, USF at Cincinnati, 10/13/13 Alex Lassa, Rutgers at Stony Brook, 9/7/13 Angelica Crump, UCF at Davidson, 9/14/13 Caitlin Lilly, Memphis at Cincinnati, 9/29/13 Alex Lassa, Rutgers at Delaware, 9/13/13 Viktorija Teivane, Memphis at SIUE, 9/14/13 Angelica Crump, UCF at Florida Atlantic, 9/20/135

Kaiti Waters, Houston at SMU, 10/25/13 Rachel Andreassian, Rutgers at Sacred Heart, 9/14/13 Erika Thomas, UConn vs. Cincinnati, 10/25/13 Andrea Rodriguez Gomez, USF at Rutgers, 11/10/13 Anna Sudbury, Rutgers at Sacred Heart, 9/14/13 Andrea Rodriguez Gomez, USF vs. Pittsburgh, 9/13/13

Service Aces 6^ 6 6^ 5 5

Digs 40^ 38 38 34 33

Emily Juhl, Louisville vs. SMU, 11/10/13 Shelby Green, Cincinnati at USF, 11/15/13 Brianna Datti, UConn vs. New Hampshire, 9/20/13 Erin Fairs, USF vs. Cincinnati, 11/15/13 Karson Ratliff, UConn vs. Sacred Heart, 10/8/13 Caitlin Welch, Louisville vs. UCF, 10/13/13 Aleksandra Petronijevic, Memphis vs. UCF, 11/27/13 Tracy Wright, Rutgers at Cincinnati, 11/27/13 Brianna Datti, UConn at UCF, 10/4/13 Aleksandra Petronijevic, Memphis at Evansville, 9/14/13

^ - Four-set match ^^ - Three-set match

Service Aces 12^^ 12^^ 12^^ 11 10^^

Houston vs. Quinnipiac, 8/30/13 SMU vs. Grambling State, 9/6/13 UCF vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff, 8/31/13 Memphis vs. Alabama A&M, 9/6/13 Memphis vs. Saint Louis, 9/7/13

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NON-CONFERENCE COMPETITION THE AMERICAN VS. OTHER CONFERENCES

(Recorded by conference affiliation at time of match) Conference Wins Losses Pct. ACC 2 8 .200 America East 3 0 1.000 Atlantic Sun 4 1 .800 Atlantic 10 6 2 .750 Big East 1 5 .167 Big Sky 1 1 .500 Big South 2 0 1.000 Big Ten 0 7 .000 Big 12 0 3 .000 Big West 0 0 --Colonial 2 3 .400 Conference USA 2 3 .400 Horizon 1 3 .250 Independents 1 0 1.000 Ivy 3 2 .600 MAAC 3 0 1.000 MAC 2 6 .250 MEAC 2 0 1.000 Missouri Valley 0 4 .000 Northeast 2 1 .667 Ohio Valley 5 2 .714 Mountain West 1 0 1.000 Pac-12 0 2 .000 Patriot 0 1 .000 SEC 0 3 .000 Southern 4 2 .667 Southland 5 1 .833 Summit 1 2 .333 Sun Belt 3 5 .375 SWAC 9 0 1.000 WAC 0 0 --West Coast 0 2 .000

THE AMERICAN VS. NON-CONFERENCE OPPONENTS Opponent Alabama A&M Alabama State Albany Alcorn State UALR Arkansas-Pine Bluff Arkansas State Austin Peay Ball State Baylor Belmont Boise State Brown Buffalo Butler California The Citadel Cleveland State Clemson College of Charleston Colorado Coppin State Cornell Creighton Dartmouth Davidson Dayton Delaware Delaware State Duquesne Eastern Michigan Elon Evansville Florida Atlantic FGCU Furman

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Wins Losses 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1

Gardner-Webb George Mason George Washington Georgia State Georgia Tech Grambling State Hartford Harvard Hofstra Indiana IPFW IUPUI Jacksonville Kent State Kentucky La Salle Lamar Louisiana-Lafayette Marquette Miami (Fla.) Miami (Ohio) Michigan State Middle Tennessee Minnesota Morehead State Navy NJIT Niagara Nicholls State North Carolina North Dakota State North Florida North Texas Northern Iowa Northern Kentucky Northeastern Northwestern Oakland Ohio Ole Miss Penn Penn State Pepperdine Pittsburgh Prairie View A&M Purdue Quinnipiac Radford Rhode Island Robert Morris Sacred Heart St. John’s Saint Louis Sam Houston State San Francisco Seton Hall Southern Illinois SIUE Stephen F. Austin Stony Brook Syracuse Tennessee Tennessee State TCU Texas Southern Texas State Troy Valparaiso Virginia Tech Weber State Western Carolina Western Kentucky Wichita State Wisconsin Xavier

1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1

2 0 1 4 A m e r i c a n At h l e t i c C o n f e r e n c e

NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS 2013 Louisville

Lost to Marquette 3-0 (25-23, 25-22, 25-19)

ANNUAL NCAA RESULTS Year Teams 2013

1

W-L 0-1

ANNUAL NCAA RESULTS School Appearances Record Years Louisville

1

0-1 2013

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