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guelph Gryphons woMEN’S volleyball Quick Facts Director of Athletics: Scott McRoberts Nickname: Gryphons Colours: Red, Black & Gold Conference: OUA 2017-18 Season Record: 9-10
Contact Info 50 Stone Road E. Guelph, ON Canada, N1G 2W1 Heach Coach: Paul Funk 519.824.4120 Ext. 58464 / pfunk@uoguelph.ca
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2018-19 TEAM ROSTER
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jessica chung
Right Side 5-9 London, ON Yr 2 Human Kinetics
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ashley vang
Libero 5-4 Kitchener, ON Yr 2 Psychology
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noa pijl
Right Side 6-3 Amsterdam, NL Yr 1 International Development
2
miia bricker
Setter 5-6 London, ON Yr 2 Psychology
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McKenna deering Right Side 5-9 London, ON Yr 2 Marketing Mgmt.
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Sasha meshcherekova Middle Blocker 6-0 Vancouver, BC Yr 1 Biology
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Ally proulx
Left Side 5-11 Peterborough, ON Yr 2 Applied Human Nutrition
Gryphon Women’s Volleyball 2018-19
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hazel atkins
Left Side 5-8 Vancouver, BC Yr 2 Political Science
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claire standring Left Side 5-11 Calgary, AB Yr 2 Psychology
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IVY gibson
Left Side 6-1 Oakville, ON Yr 1 Child, Youth & Family
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lisa wedel
Middle Blocker 6-0 Guelph, ON Yr 2 Human Kinetics
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Max McCutcheon sophia herrera
Defence 6’5 Left Side 5-9 Avon, CO Yr 4 Etobicoke, ON Yr 3 Marketing Management Last Team: Windsor Lancers (U SPORTS) Neuroscience
10
Max McCutcheon alex curran
Defence 6’5 Setter 5-10 Avon, CO Yr 4 Aurora,Management ON Yr 3 Marketing Last Team: Windsor Lancers (U SPORTS) Psychology
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Max McCutcheon Cassidy collins
Defence 6’5 Middle Blocker 6-0 Avon, CO Yr 4 Fergus,Management ON Yr 1 Marketing Last Team: Windsor Biology Lancers (U SPORTS) Animal
Toddstephenson Winder jaymie
Right Wing 5’10 Middle Blocker 5-10 Uxbridge, ON Yr 2 Barrie, ON &YrFinance 1 Mgmnt, Economics LastChemical Team: Newmarket Hurricanes (OJHL) Physics
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Max McCutcheon michaela hellinga
Defence 6’5 Left Side 5-10 Avon, CO Yr 4 Guelph, ON Yr 3 Marketing Management Last Team: Windsor Lancers (U SPORTS) Bio-Medical Science
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Max McCutcheon laura duncan
Defence 6’5 Right Side 6-2 Avon, CO Yr 4 Whitby,Management ON Yr 4 Marketing
Biological Science
Last Team: Windsor Lancers (U SPORTS)
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Max Mtanasijevic cCutcheon Tara
Defence 6’5 Libero 5-6 Avon, CO Yr 4 Toronto, ON Yr 2 Marketing Management Last Team: Windsor Lancers (U SPORTS) Bio-Medical Science
coaching staff Paul funk HEAD COACH
Phone: 519-824-4120 x 58464 Email: pfunk@uoguelph.ca The 2018-19 season marks Paul Funk’s 14th season as head coach of the women’s volleyball program at the University of Guelph. Coach Funk led a young Gryphons squad to an incredible turnaround in the 2017-18 season as the team won eight of its final 10 games to qualify for the OUA postseason. Funk earned his second consecutive OUA West Coach of the Year award and third in the last five seasons. Outside of his work in the OUA, Coach Funk has spent the last 10 years involved as a head coach for the OVA’s High Performance Centre during the summer and served as the Team Ontario head coach in 2011. Prior to coming to Guelph, he coached Orebro Volley of the Swedish Elitserien, where he led the club to three consecutive Swedish championships (SM-Guld) and an overall record of 78-7 in his three seasons. While in Orebro, his club competed twice in the European Top Teams Cup and once in the CEV Cup, compiling an overall record of 4-5, including matches versus club teams from Russia, Latvia, Bosnia, Belgium, Romania, Denmark, the Netherlands, and Poland. In 2002, he was an instructor at the Swedish national sport school RIG Falkoping where he was involved with the Swedish Junior national team program that competed in Chateauroux, France. Coach Funk has also been involved with the Team Canada women’s national team programs at various levels since 1999, including the 1999 PanAm Games in Winnipeg, 2 NORCECA Championships (Bronze and Silver medals), 2 Olympic qualifying tournaments for Sydney 2000, 2 Montreux Volleymasters tournaments (Montreux, Switzerland), 1 FISU World University Games (Mallorca, Spain 1999), 1 Pan-American Cup tournament, and various tours of Japan, Germany, Switzerland, Spain, and Italy. He continues to be a regular guest coach at various National team selection camps. At the CIS/U SPORTS level, Coach Funk was an assistant coach at the University of Winnipeg from 2000-2001, and at UBC from 1994-1999 where the team competed in the CIS National Championships finishing 5th (once), 4th (once), as Bronze medalists (once) and Silver medalists (twice). As an assistant, he has also won a BCCAA Provincial Championship & a CCAA National Silver medal with Douglas College in 1995. Coach Funk started his coaching career in 1988 in his hometown of Surrey, B.C. where he coached his former high school team (Queen Elizabeth Senior Secondary) in 2 B.C. High School Boys Championship appearances finishing with one 7th place finish and one Bronze medal.
Assistant Coaches: Steve Dow, Hayden Nichol, Ashley Nixon, Taylor Beedie, Emil Enriquez Team Managers: Logan Garrick
Trainers: Matea Andonova, Andrew Yim
2018-19 woMEN’S volleyball SCHEDULE
Home games in bold. All home games are played at the Guelph Gryphons Athletics Centre. Date
Opponent
Sat, Oct. 27
Waterloo Warriors
Time
OCTOBER 2018
12:00pm
NOVEMBER 2018
Fri, Nov. 2 Sat, Nov. 10 Sun, Nov. 11 Fri, Nov. 16 Sat, Nov. 17 Fri, Nov. 23 Sat, Nov. 24
York Lions Western Mustangs Windsor Lancers at Lakehead Thunderwolves at Lakehead Thunderwolves at Brock Badgers at McMaster Marauders
Sat, Jan. 12 Sun, Jan. 13 Fri, Jan. 18 Sat, Jan. 19 Sat, Jan. 26 Thurs, Jan. 31
Toronto Varsity Blues Trent Excalibur Queen’s Gaels RMC Paladins Nipissing Lakers Brock Badgers
6:00pm 1:00pm 1:00pm 7:00pm 7:00pm 6:00pm 6:00pm
JANUARY 2019
1:00pm 4:00pm 6:00pm 6:00pm 5:00pm 6:00pm
FEBRUARY 2019
Sat, Feb. 9 Sun, Feb. 10 Fri, Feb. 15 Fri, Feb. 22 Sat, Feb. 23
Ryerson Rams Waterloo Warriors McMaster Marauders Windsor Lancers Western Mustangs
Sat, Mar. 2 Sat, Mar. 8
OUA Quarter-Finals OUA Final Four
6:00pm 4:00pm 6:00pm 6:00pm 6:00pm
MARCH 2019
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SEASON OUTLOOK There were several lessons that the Guelph Gryphons
And a group of first-year players – Hazel Atkins,
women’s volleyball team took from the 2017/18
Jessica Chung and OUA West All-Rookie Team libero
season. In finishing the regular season on an 8-2
Tara Tanasijevic – got the chance to make significant
run, after a brutal start, the Gryphons gained an
contributions, which will only help as they prepare for
understanding of how resilience can get you out of a
their second season in the OUA.
hole. Guelph began to focus on details and the results
But head coach Paul Funk would rather not go that
“Last year was invaluable for quite a few members of our team in terms of learning on the job,” said Funk. “The challenge for those players will be if they can continue to develop knowing that they won’t be taken for granted by the opposition.”
route as the 2018/19 season approaches. There is far
Guelph welcomes in a great recruiting class in middle
spoke for themselves, transforming a potential disaster season into a playoff appearance and a near upset of the powerhouse Toronto Varsity Blues in a dramatic five-set OUA quarter-final.
less margin for error in a league that’s deeper and better than ever.
blockers Cassidy Collins and Sasha Meshcherekova and a trio of outside hitters with Ivy Gibson, Saint Mary’s
“We have the potential to be a pretty good team,” said
University transfer Claire Standring and Amsterdam,
Funk, who earned OUA West Coach of the Year honours
Netherlands native Noa Pijl. All will have the chance
for the second consecutive season after orchestrating
to contribute and Pijl, a towering 6-3 athlete, could be
the Gryphons’ memorable turnaround. “It’ll depend
a big part of the offence as the season wears on. Funk
on our learning curve. We’re not going to be able to start the year 1-8 and recover. We will have to have a much better start this year because of the parity in the league.
suggested that the rookie International Development
“The part that we want to replicate from last year is that we got better as the year went on.”
The Gryphons got plenty of opportunity to try different
There is lots to be excited about with the young and
for the Oct. 27 season opener against the Waterloo
talented Gryphons squad. Despite losing a pair of the program’s cornerstones in Jessica Gormley and Libby Donevan, Guelph has more depth and some promise
student is adapting to the quicker North American style of volleyball and while it was tough in her first few weeks, Pijl is learning quickly.
lineups in a few preseason tournaments as a tune up Warriors. The coach expects to run a fairly fast offence. With young players in the middle, the offence is going to have to be more outside-based and the Gryphons
as a solid recruiting class meshes with a strong core.
have been implementing new elements to diversify.
A pair of Gryphons entering their third years were relied
“We’re going to be competitive in terms of our core
on heavily last season. Left side Michaela Hellinga and setter Alex Curran made huge leaps and evolved into
lineup that we can put it out there,” said Funk. “The challenge for us is that almost every team in our half of
OUA West First Team All-stars. Hellinga provided the
the league has gotten better.
much-needed power that Funk was searching for,
“There’s going to be a lot more parity, especially in our half of the league. On a week by week basis, it’ll be a real dogfight.”
finishing sixth in the OUA in kills last season with 208, while Curran was masterful in running the offence, ranking second in the OUA with 9.01 assists per set.
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