Hartford Volleyball Gameday Program: September 21 by HartfordHawks

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camryn

LUGINBUHL

NUMBER POSITION HEIGHT YEAR MAJOR

15 OH 6-0 FRESHMAN UNDECIDED

HAWKS TIDBIT: Posting a careerhigh 23 kills against Quinnipiac, Camryn Luginbuhl is tops in the America East in the category with 163

2021

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8/27 8/28 8/28 9/3 9/3 9/4 9/10 9/11 9/11 9/16 9/17 9/18 9/21 9/26 10/1 10/3 10/8 10/10 10/17 10/22 10/29 10/31 11/5 11/12 11/14 11/19 11/21

TIME+/RESULT

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L, 0-3 L, 1-3 L, 0-3 L, 0-3 W, 3-2 L, 0-3 W, 3-0 L, 1-3 L, 0-3 L, 0-3 L, 1-3 L, 0-3 6 PM 1 PM 7 PM 1 PM 7 PM 1 PM 5 PM 7 PM 7 PM 1 PM 7 PM 6 PM 7 PM TBD TBD

RED - HOME GAMES (HARTFORD VOLLEYBALL GYM) + ALL TIMES EASTERN AND ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE * AMERICA EAST CONFERENCE OPPONENT | ^ PLAYED AT THE HIGHEST OVERALL SEED # BOSTON COLLEGE INVITATIONAL | $ YALE INVITATIONAL | % URI INVITATIONAL & HARTFORD HAWKS INVITATIONAL

MIDWEEK MATCH

The Hartford volleyball team continues its 2021 campaign on Tuesday, as it plays host to Bryant in the final nonconference tune-up before America East play begins on Sunday. First serve is set for 6 p.m. inside the Hartford Volleyball Gym.

LAST TIME OUT

defeating NJIT in straight sets at home this past Saturday. The Bulldogs return 13 players from last year’s team,including juniors Alysa Wright and Emma McGovern, a pair of NEC AllConference performers last season. McGovern leads the Bulldogs in points (140.5), points per set (2.90), kills (128) and kills per set (2.61).

The Hawks returned home for non-conference competition this past weekend for the first time since defeating Central Connecticut in four sets on Sept. 21, 2019. Hartford hosted CCSU, Dartmouth and Brown for the Hartford Hawks Invitational, falling against all three tough competitors.

SERIES HISTORY Hartford and Bryant will meet

SCOUTING BRYANT

LAST MEETING

The Bulldogs enter the match with a 6-8 record, going 1-5 in their last six contests. Bryant picked up a win in its last outing,

for the 23rd time on Tuesday. The Hawks are 9-13 all-time against the Bulldogs, but the series is tied at 9-9 in 18 Division I meetings. Hartford is 7-4 against Bryant in the past 11 contests, including a six-game win streak between 2011-2014. The last time the two sides met, the Hawks downed the Bulldogs on the road, 3-0, on Sept. 24, 2019. Abby Nash (‘21) led the

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way with 12 kills, while Jenna Bridges (’19) added 11 kills and four blocks.

INSTANT IMPACT

Hartford freshman outside hitter Camryn Luginbuhl has immediately made her presence felt on the court for the Hawks. A native of Tolland, Conn., she has been named the America East Rookie of the Week three times this season, becoming the first player in program history to begin her career by earning three straight weekly accolades from the league. Through 12 games, Luginbuhl leads the America East in points 178), points per set (4.34), kills (163) and kills per set (3.98).

GALLIGAN’S ISLAND

Sophomore setter Morgan Galligan has exploded onto the scene in 2021, leading the Hawks with 329 assists and

8.02 assists per set. She has registered 20 or more assists in nine matches this season, most recently posting 37 helpers in a loss against Dartmouth this past Saturday.

CAN YOU DIG IT?

Senior Alex Lucero was named to the Hartford Hawks Invitational All-Tournament Team after posting 55 digs in three matches. Through 12 matches, the setter leads the conference with 4.68 digs per set.

NEXT ON TAP

Hartford will be back in action will be back in action on Sunday, Sept. 26 when it opens its America East slate with a road date against New Hampshire. First serve is set for 1 p.m. inside Lundholm Gymnasium.

AMERICA EAST S T A ND INGS

OVERALL AE W-L PCT W-L PCT

New Hampshire

7-6 .538 0-0 .000

Stony Brook

6-8 .429 0-0 .000

UMBC

5-9 .357 0-0 .000

Binghamton

4-8 .333 0-0 .000

UAlbany

3-10 .231

0-0 .000

Hartford

2-10

0-0

NJIT

.167

.000

1-11 .083 0-0 .000

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(2-10 OVERALL, 0-0 AMERICA EAST)

# Name

Yr. Pos. Ht.

Hometown/Last School

Kaleigh Fitzgerald

So.

DS/L 5-9

Morgan Galligan

So.

5-10

Canonsburg, Pa./Canon-McMillan

Lika Nkenchor

Jr.

5-10

Ashburn, Va./Flinthill

4 Sophie Paspal

Fr.

6-3

Canton, Mich./Salem

Uzezi Ijoma

So.

5-10

McKenna Reiswig

So.

6-4

Forest Hill, Md./Bel Air

9 Robin Helms

Jr.

6-2

Merced, Calif./El Capitan

11 Valerie Diede

Sr.

6-2

Keizer, Ore./McNary

12 Maddie Lindsay

Jr.

6-3

Lehi, Utah/Lehi

13 Sara Gasparotto

Jr.

6-1

Mansue, Italy/Collegio Brandolini Rota

15 Camryn Luginbuhl

Fr.

6-0

Tolland, Conn./Tolland

19 Alex Lucero

Sr.

DS/L 5-7

Plano, Texas/Plano West

21 Greta De Gasper

Jr.

DS/L 5-10

Wales, Wis./Reading Memorial

Westfield, N.J./Westfield

Colle Umberto, Italy/Liceo Classico G. Marconi

HEAD COACH VINH NGUYEN - Fourth Season - Cal Poly Pomona ’00

ASSISTANT COACHES JAIME SNYDER - Third Season - Suny Brockport ’15 MEGAN ANDERSON - First Season - Hartford ’21

BRYANT BULLDOGS (6-8 OVERALL, 0-0 NEC)

# Name

Yr. Pos. Ht.

Maggie Ryan

Jr.

6-1

Bethesda, Md./Academy of the Holy Cross

Caroline Kennedy

Sr.

5-10

San Juan Capistrano, Calif./JSerra Catholic

Emma McGovern

Jr.

5-10

Long Beach, N.Y./Long Beach

4 Abby Rae

Jr..

L/DS 5-6

So.

6 Josie Deluga

So.

L/DS 5-4

Miranda Jantzen

Fr.

5-10

Gianna Grigaliunas

Fr.

5-7

River Edge, N.J./Immaculate Heart Academy

9 Carolina Camacho

Fr.

5-8

Guaynabo, Puerto Rico/Saint John’s School

10 Jenna Knight

Sr.

6-0

Scottsdale, Ariz./Pinnacle

11 Abby Snethen

Jr.

6-0

Portland, Ore./Lincoln

12 Morgan Smith

Fr.

6-1

13 Claudia Borri

So.

OPP 5-10

San Juan, Puerto Rico/Colegio Puertorriqueño de Niñas

14 Mia Cergol

Jr.

S/RS 5-10

East Northport, N.Y./Elwood-John H. Glenn

17 Alysa Wright

Jr.

6-2

Wayne, Pa./Bishop Shanahan

18 Aubrey Lapour

Fr.

5-11

Blue Springs, MO/Blue Springs South

19 Haley O’Brien

Sr.

6-1

20 Riley James

Jr.

5-10

Fabi Castro

Hometown/Last School

Walpole, Mass./Walpole

5-9 Pembroke Pines, Fla./Divine Savior Academy Osterville, Mass./Barnstable Louisville, KY./Assumption

Sturbridge, Mass./Tantasqua Regional

Milton, Mass./Milton Pocasset, Mass./Barnstable

HEAD COACH THERESA GARLACY - 26th Season - Providence ’88

ASSISTANT COACHES TED GARLACY- 28th Season - Roger Williams ’91 KEITH MARTINOUS - Ninth Season - Rhode Island College ’96 KIRSTYN SPERRY - FirstHARTFORD Season - Bryant ’19 // #FLYHIGH HAWKS

HARTFORD HAWKS

kaleigh

sophie

robin

FITZGERALD

SO | DEFENSIVE SPECIALIST

PASPAL

FR | RIGHT SIDE

HELMS

JR | MIDDLE BLOCKER

morgan

uzezi

valerie

GALLIGAN

SO | SETTER

IJOMA

SO | OUTSIDE HITTER

DIEDE

SR | MIDDLE BLOCKER

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lika

mckenna

maddie

NKENCHOR

JR | RIGHT SIDE/OUTSIDE HITTER

REISWIG

SO | RIGHT SIDE

LINDSAY

JR | OUTSIDE HITTER

HARTFORD HAWKS

sara

13 GASPAROTTO

JR | MIDDLE BLOCKER

camryn

15 LUGINBUHL

FR | OUTSIDE HITTER

VINH NGUYEN HEAD COACH Fourth Season

alex

19 LUCERO

SR | DEFENSIVE SPECIALIST/LIBERO

greta

De GASPER

JR | DEFENSIVE SPECIALIST/LIBERO

JAIME SNYDER ASSISTANT COACH Third Season

MEGAN ANDERSON VOLUNTEER ASSISTANT COACH First Season

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HARTFORD HAWKS 2021-22 Hartford Women's Volleyball Overall Team Statistics All games

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2021 T EA M S T A T I S T I CS

Game Records

OVERALL: Home 2-10-0

Overall

Conference

0-0 AMERICA EAST: 0-0

1 - 10

Team statistics

ATTACK Kills Errors Total Attacks Attack Pct Kills/Set SET Assists Attempts Assist Pct Assists/Set SERVE Aces Errors Attempts Serve Pct Aces/Set SERVE RECEPTIONS Errors Errors/Set Attempts Reception Pct DEFENSE Digs Digs/Set BLOCKING Block solo Block Assist Total Blocks Blocks/Set Block Errors Ball handling errors ATTENDANCE Total Dates/Avg Per Date Neutral Site #/Avg Current win streak Home win streak Match wins by #sets Team

Hartford Opponents

1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th TOTAL 0 0

0 0

0 7

0 3

1 0

1 10

•

0-3 HOME: 0-3

•

Points by set Team

Hartford Opponents

1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th TOTAL

191 186 222 51 15 273 276 267 100 13

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Away

665 929

Neutral

AWAY: 2-7 1 - 4

0-3

HART

OPP

355 253 1338 .076 9.3

474 177 1272 .233 12.5

327 1281 .255 8.6

433 1199 .361 11.4

31 81 632 .872 0.8

64 72 840 .914 1.7

64 1.7 780 .918

31 0.8 555 .999

531 14

619 16.3

28 92 74 1.9 15 30

29 160 109 2.9 8 16

435 3/145 5/28 0 0

323 3/108 -

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2021-22 Hartford Women's Volleyball Overall Individual Statistics All games Game Records Overall

Conference 0-0

Team Box Score

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Fitzgerald, Kaleigh Galligan, Morgan Nkenchor, Lika Paspal, Sophie Ijoma, Uzezi Reiswig, McKenna Helms, Robin Diede, Valerie Lindsay, Maddie Gasparotto, Sara Luginbuhl, Camryn Lucero, Alex De Gaspar, Greta

HARTFORD Opponents

## Player 1 2 3 4 7 8 9 11 12 13 15 19 21 -

HARTFORD Opponents

Away

Neutral

2021 I N D I VI DUAL S T A T I S T ICS

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## Player

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SP MP-MS

38 38 20 32 31 20 37 38 15 7 38 37 36

38 38

38 38 20 32 31 20 37 38 15 7 38 37 36 -

38 38

11-2 11-11 9-0 11-2 11-5 10-0 11-11 11-11 5-4 7-0 11-11 11-0 11-9

11-11 11-11

3 15 1 18 50 14 33 43 33 1 141 2 1

355 474

K/S

0.08 0.39 0.05 0.56 1.61 0.70 0.89 1.13 2.20 0.14 3.71 0.05 0.03

0-3

Attack E

9.34 12.47

Receptions RE TA PCT

5 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 26 16 5 7

64 31

176 3 0 0 25 0 11 1 23 1 215 264 54 -

780 555

.972 .667 .000 .000 .920 .000 1.000 1.000 .913 1.000 .879 .939 .907 -

.918 .944

5 8 0 14 42 13 28 28 20 1 92 0 2

253 177

32 64 2 71 217 45 139 185 126 8 436 5 8

1338 1272

PCT

-.063 .109 .500 .056 .037 .022 .036 .081 .103 .000 .112 .400 -.125 .076 .233

Dig DIG DIG/S

77 54 5 5 10 1 11 10 13 0 103 172 70 -

531 619

2.03 1.42 0.25 0.16 0.32 0.05 0.30 0.26 0.87 0.00 2.71 4.65 1.94 -

13.97 16.29

0-3

Set A/S

6 295 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 8 9 5

327 433

0 3 0 1 2 1 10 8 1 0 2 0 0 -

28 29

0.16 7.76 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.03 0.05 0.07 0.00 0.21 0.24 0.14

8.61 11.39

0 15 0 12 5 6 17 21 4 2 9 0 1 -

92 160

23 1080 2 4 7 4 13 11 6 1 32 73 25

1281 1199

PCT

.261 .273 .000 .000 .000 .000 .077 .182 .167 .000 .250 .123 .200

.255 .361

Blocking TOTAL

BLK/S

74.0 109.0

1.95 2.87

0 18 0 13 7 7 27 29 5 2 11 0 1 -

0.00 0.47 0.00 0.41 0.23 0.35 0.73 0.76 0.33 0.29 0.29 0.00 0.03 -

1-4

SA/S

31 64

0.82 1.68

6 5 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 8 2 5

BE 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 5 0 2 2 0 0 -

15 8

0.16 0.13 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.11 0.00 0.14 0.21 0.05 0.14

BHE 0 29 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -

30 16

Serve SE TA 14 8 11 0 1 0 0 4 3 1 11 10 18

81 72

114 97 45 1 7 0 0 55 10 3 95 94 111

632 840

PCT

.877 .918 .756 1.000 .857 .000 .000 .927 .700 .667 .884 .894 .838 .872 .914

Points PTS PTS/S

9.0 30.5 1.0 25.0 54.5 18.0 51.5 65.5 36.0 3.0 155.5 4.0 6.5 -

460.0 647.0

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0.24 0.80 0.05 0.78 1.76 0.90 1.39 1.72 2.40 0.43 4.09 0.11 0.18 -

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vinh

NGUYEN Entering his fourth season as head coach of the Hartford volleyball team in 2021, Vinh Nguyen has transformed the Hawks into a winning program. Under the brief tutelage of Nguyen — who became the 11th head coach in the 44-year history of the program in February 2018 — the Hawks have become a potent threat in the America East Conference. In just his second season at the helm, Nguyen and the Hawks were on the doorstep of claiming the program’s first-ever NCAA Tournament berth. Earning the program’s first victory in the 2019 America East Tournament with an upset win over No. 2 New Hampshire, Hartford, which posted the most wins since the 2014 campaign, fought top-seeded UAlbany down to the wire in the title match. However, the Hawks fell just short of earning the league’s coveted automatic berth to the NCAA Tournament in five sets. That postseason run was an historic one for Hartford for several reasons, as it also marked the first time in program history that the Hawks qualified for the America East Tournament in back-to-back seasons. In his debut season at Hartford in 2018, Nguyen led the Hawks back to the conference tournament for the first time since 1996, ending a 22-year postseason drought for the program. Hartford also made a five-win improvement that season, posting 11 victories in 2018. Nguyen has brought the Hartford volleyball program to new heights in just three seasons. One year after he piloted the program its first top-four finish in the America East since 1995, he led the Hawks to their best ranking — a third-place finish — in the league standings in 26 years in 2019. In addition, that squad, which went 6-4 in conference play, posted the highest winning percentage (.600) since 1993, a season that saw the Hawks claim both the North Atlantic Conference Regular-Season and Tournament Titles. The 2020-21 season, Nguyen’s third at the helm, was unconventional for the Hawks. In addition to the typical fall season getting moved to the spring of 2021, the campaign was shortened to just 10 matches due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Behind three America East All-Conference performers, Hartford dominated on its home court inside the Hartford Volleyball Gym, posting a perfect 4-0 mark. The winning ways and recent postseason appearances aren’t the only indicators of the success of the program since Nguyen’s arrival. The numbers are also proof of the continued upward trajectory of the Hartford volleyball program. In 2019, Nguyen propelled the Hawks to the top of the America East statistics in nearly every category, both on the offensive and defensive side of the net. Hartford closed the book on one of its best seasons in recent years by finishing as the league’s stat leader in a plethora of offensive categories, including hitting percentage, total kills, kills per set, total aces, aces per set and assists per set. Defensively, Nguyen and the Hawks led the way in solo blocks, digs and digs per set. To go along with all of the team’s successes, Hartford’s players have flourished under Nguyen in his three seasons.

Jenna Bridges, a 2020 graduate who led the league in hitting percentage, kills per set, blocks per set and points per set in 2019, made history that season when she became the first Hawk since 1992 to earn recognition from the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) by earning a spot on the East All-Region Team.

VINH NGUYEN’S CAREER HIGHLIGHTS AE TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES 2018, 2019 AE TOURNAMENT FINALIST 2019 2 AE PLAYER OF THE YEAR AWARDS Jenna Bridges (2018, 2019) 1 AE ROOKIE OF THE YEAR AWARD Maddie Lindsay (2019) 1 AVCA ALL-AMERICAN Jenna Bridges (2019) 9 AE ALL-CONFERENCE HONOREES Megan Anderson (2x) Jenna Bridges (2x) Abbie Nash (2x) Maddie Lindsay (3x)

In addition, Bridges became the third player in program history — and the first since 1993 — to win America East Player of the Year honors, when she took home the distinction as a junior in 2018. She continued to make history in her final season, as she began Hartford’s first-ever repeat America East Player of the Year honoree after leading the league in five different statistical categories. Garnering an America East and program-record nine America East Player of the Week awards during her four-year career, Bridges went on to graduate as the program’s all-time leader in block assists. Nguyen and his Hawks made program history in several ways in 2019. Maddie Lindsay, a current junior, joined Bridges in earning a major award from the America East. A seven-time Rookie of the Week recipient, she became just the second Hartford player to earn Rookie of the Year honors, joining Stephanie Volkers, who took home the award in 2001. Nguyen has continued to demand excellence in the classroom from his student-athletes. For the ninth straight season, the Hawks took home an AVCA Team Academic Award. Most impressively, Hartford earned AVCA Team Academic Honor Roll distinction for the fourth time in as many seasons in 2020-21, as the squad’s 3.79 GPA was one of the top 46 marks among all Division I volleyball teams. Of the 15 members on the volleyball team last year, 14 student-athletes posted at least a 3.0 GPA during the academic year, with 11 of those Hawks achieving at least a 3.75 GPA. Since Nguyen’s arrival, the Hawks have combined for six America East All-Academic Team members, as 2021 graduate Megan Anderson, a three-time recipient of the award, joins Bridges, Abby Nash (’21) and Lindsay in earning the honor in 2019. Anderson also made program history in Nguyen’s first season by becoming Hartford’s first CoSIDA Academic All-American since 1992. Nguyen arrived at Hartford by way of North Texas, where he spent four seasons as an assistant coach, including three as the women’s volleyball team’s Associate Head Coach from 2015-17. He played an integral role in all aspects of Mean Green volleyball, specializing in the training of the middle and pin hitters, arm swing development and offensive/defensive blocking systems. Nguyen was hired full-time for the Mean Green in 2015 after spending the second half of the 2014 season as a volunteer assistant, helping lead the team into the Conference USA Tournament. The Mean Green had an outstanding year with Nguyen’s guidance in 2017. North Texas captured the CUSA Championship and finished the season with the best record in program history, a 29-3

mark. Nguyen’s expertise translated to individual success as well, as he coached three Mean Green student-athletes to First Team All-CUSA honors and one to Freshman of the Year accolades in 2017. In addition, he guided Carnae Dillard to two CUSA Player of the Year honors and a pair of All-America nods in 2014 and 2015. Nguyen brought 18-plus years of coaching at the collegiate level to North Texas, logging six season as a member of Cal State Fullerton’s coaching staff and 12 as an assistant at Cal Poly Pomona. At Cal State Fullerton, Nguyen reinvigorated the Titans’ offensive attack, as two hitters earned Big West Player of the Year awards and three received AVCA All-American honors. In addition, the squad led the Big West Conference in kills per set (14.45) in 2010 while calculating a school-record .246 team hitting percentage. That season, Nguyen helped propel the Titans to a BWC Championship and the program’s first-ever NCAA Tournament appearance. Nguyen also enjoyed a great deal of success at Cal Poly Pomona, leading the Broncos to 18plus wins in six seasons, including a 24-3 mark in 2005. That year, he also helped Pomona win its first California Collegiate Athletic Association Championship since 1990. Prior to his work at Cal Poly Pomona, Nguyen coached at five high schools in Southern California. He also worked with the San Gabriel, Magnum and Power Volleyball Clubs. Nguyen brings a wealth of experience outside of collegiate coaching to Hartford. In the summer of 2009, he was named the administrator to the Southern California High Performance teams that participated at the USA Championships in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., where he oversaw the four SCVA HP teams. As a result, the SCVA Select Red Team earned a gold medal at the HP Championships. In 2007, Nguyen was hired by the USA Men’s National Team as a staff member to help them prepare for their run at World League, Pan-Am Cup, America’s Cup and Norceca Cup championships, which resulted in two gold medals, one silver and one bronze medal. He has also been involved with the USA High Performance Pipeline since 2003, and he has coached several development A2 camps throughout Michigan, Colorado, Montana and California. Nguyen played volleyball at Mt. San Antonio College and Long Beach City College before transferring to Long Beach State. He finished his schooling and graduated from Cal Poly Pomona in 2000 with a degree in kinesiology.

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