Hartford Volleyball Gameday Program: September 16-18, 2021 by HartfordHawks

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NUMBER 2 POSITION SETTER HEIGHT 5-10 YEAR SOPHOMORE MAJOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE HAWKS TIDBIT: Posting a career-high 51 assists against Quinnipiac, Morgan Galligan is third in the America East with 253 helpers

2021

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VS. NORTHEASTERN# AT BOSTON COLLEGE# VS. SACRED HEART# AT YALE$ VS. QUINNIPIAC$ VS. SYRACUSE$ VS. MERRIMACK% AT RHODE ISLAND% VS. RIDER% CENTRAL CONNECTICUT& DARTMOUTH& BROWN& BRYANT AT NEW HAMPSHIRE* NJIT* UMBC* AT UALBANY AT BINGHAMTON UALBANY STONY BROOK AT UMBC AT STONY BROOK BINGHAMTON AT NJIT NEW HAMPSHIRE AMERICA EAST SEMIFINAL^ AMERICA EAST CHAMPIONSHIP^

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 7 PM 6 PM 7 PM 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

WEEKEND MATCHES

tournament after picking up victories against St. Francis (Pa.) The Hartford volleyball team and Siena at the Siena Invitational continues its 2021 campaign this past weekend. Freshman this weekend, when it opens its Nyjha Marcelin has made an home slate with the Hartford Hawks Invitational at the Hartford immediate impact for CCSU, leading the team in points (90.0), Volleyball Gym. The Hawks kills (79) and kills per set (2.55). will face Central Connecticut (Thursday, 6 p.m.), Dartmouth SCOUTING DARTMOUTH (Friday, 6 p.m.) and Brown Dartmouth enters the tournament (Saturday, 7 p.m.) during the undefeated in six matches, three-day event. picking up four-set victories against New Hampshire, Holy LAST TIME OUT Cross and UConn this past Hartford went 1-2 this past weekend. Sophomore Ellie Blain weekend at the URI Invitational. leads the Big Green in points The Hawks swept NEC foe (102.0), points per set (4.64), Merrimack this past Friday, before falling in four sets against kills (94) and kills per set (4.27) through the team’s first six hosts URI and in three sets games. against Rider.

SCOUTING CCSU

The Blue Devils, who are 2-7 on the 2021 campaign, ride a two-game win streak into the

SCOUTING BROWN

Brown enters the Hartford Hawks Invitational with a 4-3 record through its first seven contests.

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The Bears went 1-2 this past weekend at the Rutgers Invitational, picking up a threeset victory over NJIT in between losses against North Carolina State and hosts Rutgers. Sophomore Kate Sheire has gotten off to a hot start in 2021, leading the team in points (73.5), points per set (3.20), kills (64) and kills per set (2.78).

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 nine

games, Luginbuhl leads the America East in points (143.5), points per set (4.63), kills (132) and kills per set (4.26).

GALLIGAN’S ISLAND

Sophomore setter Morgan Galligan has exploded onto the scene in 2021, leading the Hawks with 253 assists and 8.16 assists per set. She has registered 25 or more assists in five matches this season, including a career-high 51 in a five-set victory against Quinnipiac, which marked Hartford’s first win of the season (Sept. 3).

NEXT ON TAP

The Hawks will be back in action on Tuesday, Sept. 21 when they conclude non-conference play with a home date against Bryant. First serve is set for 6 p.m. inside the Hartford Volleyball Gym.

AMERICA EAST S T A ND INGS

OVERALL AE W-L PCT W-L PCT

New Hampshire

5-5 .500 0-0 .000

Stony Brook

4-6 .400 0-0 .000

Binghamton

3-6 .333 0-0 .000

UAlbany

3-7 .300 0-0 .000

UMBC

3-8 .273 0-0 .000

Hartford

2-7

NJIT

1-7 .125

.222

0-0

.000

0-0 .000

HARTFORD HAWKS // #FLYHIGH

(2-7 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

brown bears (4-3 OVERALL, 0-0 IVY LEAGUE)

# Name

Yr. Pos. Ht.

Hometown/Last School

Victoria Vo

Fr. L/DS 5-7

Wylie, Texas/Wylie

Kaitlyn Wong

Jr.

L/DS 5-5

Los Altos, Calif./Los Altos

4 Cierra Jenkins

So. S

5-8 Orlando, Fla./Lake Highland Preparatory School

Ashley Oelrich

Sr.

L/DS 5-5

Jilienne Widener

So.

6-0

Westminster, Md./Westminster

Paris Winkler

Sr.

L/DS 5-8

Rancho Santa Fe, Calif./The Bishop’s School

10 Kate Sheire

So.

6-0

11 Kate Danaher

So.

5-9 Hinsdale, Ill./St. Ignatius College Preparatory

12 Kristin Sellers

Sr.

5-10

13 Kayla Griebl

Fr.

6-0

Katy, Texas/Cinco Ranch

14 Elise Curtin

Jr.

6-4

Tampa, Fla./Sickles

15 Sophia Miller

Jr.

6-0

Dallas, Texas/Lake Highlands

16 Gabby Derrick

Fr.

5-11 Springfield, Va./Lake Braddock Secondary School

17 Beau Vanderlaan

Fr.

6-1

18 Zoe Ubamadu

So.

6-0

Chattanooga, Tenn./Baylor School

19 Audra Curtin

Jr.

6-3

Tampa, Fla./Sickles

20 Ada Agolli

So.

6-2

Atlanta, Ga./Pace Academy

21 Catherine Mihm

Sr.

6-2

Rolling Hills, Calif./Chadwick School

Newberry, Fla./Newberry

Arlington, Va./Washington-Liberty

Menlo Park, Calif./Menlo School

Oak Park, Ill./Fenwick

HEAD COACH AHEN KIM - Third Season - Franklin and Marshall ’07

ASSISTANT COACHES ROB CHILCOAT - Second Season - Loyola Chicago ’15 TAYLOR VIRTUE - First Season - Northwest Nazarene ’15 GABRIELLA ARDILA - First Season - Stonehill HARTFORD HAWKS’19// #FLYHIGH

CCSU BLUE DEVILS (2-7 OVERALL, 0-0 NORTHEAST CONFERENCE)

# Name

Yr. Pos. Ht.

Tori Boulay

R-Fr. S

5-6

Kingston, N.Y./Kingston

Kaylin Hadley

Fr.

6-2

Hebron, Conn./RHAM

Mia Lombardo

R-Fr. RS

6-0

Lemont, Ill./Hinsdale South

Hometown/Last School

4 Samantha McCreath Sr.

5-10

Ripon, Calif./Ripon

5-10

Prairie Village, Ks/Shawnee Mission East

Emma Henderson

Sr.

6 Rachel Picha

R-Fr. OH

5-11

Franklin, Tenn./Independence

Ashlyn Eisenga

Sr.

L/DS 5-6

Ripon, Calif./Ripon

Isabella Bratzke

Fr.

9 Isabelle Roufs

So.

OPP 6-2

10 Nyjha Marcelin

R-Fr. MB

5-7

Glendale, AZ/Centennial

11 Margaret Nolan

R-Fr. L/DS 5-8

Fairfield, Conn./Fairfield Ludlowe

12 Alexis Neider

Fr. OH

5-10

13 Michelle Jung

Fr.

6-1

Scottsdale, AZ/Sunnyslope

14 Nicole Kramer

Sr.

6-3

Bellevue, WA/Interlake

15 Natalie Novak

Jr.

5-10

Johnson City, N.Y./Binghamton

18 Lauren Milani

Fr.

5-10

Cranston, RI/Cranston East

20 Eline van Heijningen Sr.

6-0

Deventer, Netherlands/Centre for Sports Education

21 Madison Massaro-Cook Fr.

5-8

Newington, Conn./Newington

5-10

Kenosha, Wis./Indian Trail High School and Academy

Winsted, Minn. /Howard Lake Waverly Winsted

Mildford, Conn./Jonathan Law

HEAD COACH LINDA SAGNELLI - 22nd Season - C.W. Post

ASSISTANT COACHES GREG SHELL - 18th Season - CCSU ’03 MATTHEW LASANCE GALA GALABOVA HARTFORD HAWKS // #FLYHIGH

DARTMOUTH BIG GREEN (6-0 (2-3-0 OVERALL, OVERALL, 0-00-0-0 IVY LEAGUE) MAAC)

# Name

Yr. Pos. Ht.

0 1

Tasman Angela Fini Mullins

So. Fr.

GK S/RS 5-6 6-1

Manhattan Monroe, Beach, N.Y./Monroe-Woodbury Calif./Mira Costa

00 Leslie Hedley Adams 2 Bella 1 Brooke Boermeester

Sr. Sr.

GK DS/L 5-7 5-9

R-So. GK

5-9

Rebecca Rolland

So.

5-5

Pa./Perkiomen Valley LosCollegeville, Angeles, Calif./Harvard-Westlake Dracut, Mass./Dracut Winter Garden, Fla./Montverde Academy Penfield, N.Y./Penfield

4 Meldrum 4 Francesca Emily McNelis*

Sr. Sr.

MB M

6-2 5-6

New York, N.Y./Marymount School of New York Northport, N.Y./Northport

5 5

Ashleigh Sarafin Piper Stevens

Sr. Fr.

F OH

5-7 5-11

Landing, N.J./Roxbury Manhattan Beach, Calif./Mira Costa

Morgan Camarda

Sr.

5-4

Massapequa, N.Y./Massapequa

Grace George

So.

5-2

Wernersville, Pa./Conrad Weiser

7 9

Karen Marina Murphy Poljak

So. B S So.

5-9 5-9

Nampa, Idaho /Skyview Brewster, N.Y./Brewster

10 Ellie 8 Katrina Blain Kurtz

Jr. So.

F/M RS

5-8 6-2

Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. Katonah, /The Benjamin N.Y./Somers School

11 9

Sr. Jr.

M/B OH

5-4 6-0

London, England/St. Dominic’s Winnetka, Ill./New Trier

12 Danielle Borrino

Jr.

5-5

13 Carrie Krohn

Sr.

F/M

5-1

12 Wiczek 14 Grace Cora Keohane

Jr. Fr.

OH F

6-2 5-5

Park City, Utah/Park City Brewerton, N.Y./Paul V. Moore

15 Melina Ortiz 13 Nicole Liddle 16 Annie Bagnall

So. Sr.

B OH

5-4 5-11

Waverly, N.Y./Waverly Los Gatos, Calif./Archbishop Mitty

So.

5-7

17 Gabby DeAngelis

So.

5-9

15 18 Emma Brianna Moffet Montinard

Sr. Sr.

MB B

6-1 5-6

/Los Angeles, N.J./Bishop Calif./Marymount Hainesport, Eustace

19 Amelia 16 Lexi Canavally Gibbs

Sr. So.

F MB

5-5 6-2

Schenectady, Palo Alto, Calif./Palo N.Y./Mohonasen Alto

20 Julianna Kissane 22 Bomi Ogunlari

Sr. So.

F/M MB

5-5 5-10

Wantagh, N.Y./Wantagh Rockwall, Texas/Rockwall

21 Francesca Gerbasi

Fr.

5-4

22 Caitlin Wania

Jr.

F/M

5-6

27 Grover 23 Natalie Lexi Bartlow

So. Jr.

OH B

6-1 5-2

Menlo Park, Calif./Menlo Atherton Binghamton, N.Y./Chenango Forks

24 Emma JayannaSinclair Monds 32

Gr. Fr.

F OH

5-7 6-1

25 Grace Dimkopoulos

So.

5-8

Syracuse, N.Y./Westhill Rockford, Ill. /Keith Country Day School Fayetteville, N.Y./Jamesville-DeWitt

27 Darby D’Angelo

Gr.

5-4

Deansboro, N.Y./Clinton

Jojo Brown

6 Makenzie Arent

SineadRyan Carroll Taite

11 Teani De Fries

14 Emma Engstrom

23 Ali Silva

Jr.

So. DS

Fr.

Jr.

5-9

5-10

L/DS 5-9

DS/L 5-10

Hometown/Last School

Spring, Texas/Oak Ridge

Atlantic Highlands, N.J./Red Bank Catholic Waimanalo, Hawaii/Kamehameha Schools Schoharie, N.Y./Schoharie Central

West Wyoming, Pa./Holy Redeemer

Danville, Calif./San Ramon Valley Bedford, N.H./Bedford

Yorktown Heights, N.Y.

Walnut Creek, Calif./Northgate Ballston Spa, N.Y./Ballston Spa

HEAD COACH STEVEDORON GILAD KARBOWSKI - Sixth -Season 23rd Season - Temple - Siena ’00 ’93

ASSISTANT COACHES BRANDON LAUREN MACKAY CHAN - -Third FirstSeason Season--Arizona Southern ’15New Hampshire ’07 DAN LINDEMANN - Third Season - Southern New Hampshire ’01 ALESHA WILSON - First Season - North Carolina State ’14 TODD BRADSHAW - Fifth Season HARTFORD HAWKS // #FLYHIGH

SACRED HEART PIONEERS (5-4 OVERALL, 0-0 NORTHEAST CONFERENCE)

# Name

Yr. Pos. Ht.

Bridget Jordan

So.

5-6

Hometown/Last School

Sarah Ciszek

Sr.

5-10

Alix Polk

Sr.

6-1

Orlando, Fla. / Olympia

Kate Anderson

So.

6-5

Weston, Conn. Weston

Lilian Vargo

Jr.

5-7

Ashburn, Va. / Middleburg Academy

Emma Smallcomb

Sr.

5-8

Westborough, Mass. / Westborough

Caitlyn Hart

So.

DS/S 5-5

Meriden, Conn. / Orville H. Platt

Roula Tzepos

Fy.

OH/DS 5-9

Oxford, Conn. / Oxford

10 Cristina Montez

Fy.

6-3

East Stroudsburg, Pa. / East Stroudsburg North

12 Chloe Yagy

So.

5-9

Long Island, Ny / St. Anthony’s

13 Mackenzie Eford

Gr.

6-0

Glendale, Wis. / Nicolet / Arkansas Tech

14 Jasmine Rogers

Jr.

5-10

15 Michaela Devlin

Jr.

MB/OP 6-3

16 Reghan Palanchi

Jr.

6-2

Succasunna, NJ. / Roxbury

18 Hunter Riedel

So.

OPP

6-1

Dana Point, Calif. / Dana Hill

20 Dominique Felix

So.

6-1

Pittsburgh, Pa. / North Catholic

22 Olivia Fairchild

Gr.

OPP

6-1

Phoenix, Ariz / Fordham

23 Caroline Russo

Jr.

5-8

Ridgewood, NJ / Ridgewood’

24 Alana Felix

Jr.

5-10

27 Jessica Foss

So.

5-6

Coventry, Conn. / Coventry San Juan Capistrano, Calif. / Santa Margarita Catholic

Ridgewood, NJ / Ridgewood West Chester, Pa. / Bishop Shanahan

Cranberry Township, Pa. / North Catholic Shelton, Conn. / Shelton

HEAD COACH ROB MACHAN - 15th Season - Southern California

ASSISTANT COACHES KIM ROLEDER - Ninth Season - Southern California ’11

10 HARTFORD HAWKS // #FLYHIGH

HARTFORD HAWKS // #FLYHIGH

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

12 HARTFORD HAWKS // #FLYHIGH

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

HARTFORD HAWKS // #FLYHIGH

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 2-7-0

Overall

Conference

1-7 -0 AMERICA EAST:00-0-0

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 5

0 2

1 0

1 7

•

0-0 HOME: 2-0-0

Points by set Team

Hartford Opponents

1st 2nd

141 198

146 201

3rd 4th 5th TOTAL

159 194

39 75

15 13

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500 681

Away

•

0-3

Neutral

1-4 AWAY: 2-7-0

HART

OPP

265 181 995 .084 9.5

341 138 932 .218 12.2

242 925 .262 8.6

312 862 .362 11.1

22 70 462 .848 0.8

47 57 597 .905 1.7

47 1.7 552 .915

22 0.8 396 .998

390 13.9

468 16.7

26 60 56 2 11 20

26 112 82 2.9 5 8

0 0/0 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

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

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

Home

Away

Neutral

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

1-7

## Player

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SP MP-MS

28 28 19 22 25 17 27 28 5 4 28 27 26

28 28

28 28 19 22 25 17 27 28 5 4 28 27 26 -

28 28

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

8-8 8-8

3 12 1 15 43 13 27 33 5 0 110 2 1

265 341

0-0

Attack K/S E

0.11 0.43 0.05 0.68 1.72 0.76 1.00 1.18 1.00 0.00 3.93 0.07 0.04

9.46 12.18

Receptions RE TA PCT

5 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 16 12 4 7

47 22

137 3 0 0 25 0 8 1 12 1 163 157 38 -

552 396

.964 .667 .000 .000 .920 .000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 .902 .924 .895 .915 .944

5 7 0 8 33 13 18 22 7 0 66 0 2

181 138

32 47 2 53 187 44 110 148 33 5 322 5 7

995 932

PCT

-.063 .106 .500 .132 .053 .000 .082 .074 -.061 .000 .137 .400 -.143

.084 .218

Dig DIG DIG/S

54 41 5 4 10 1 8 9 7 0 87 117 47 -

390 468

1.93 1.46 0.26 0.18 0.40 0.06 0.30 0.32 1.40 0.00 3.11 4.33 1.81 -

13.93 16.71

0-3

Set A/S

6 219 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 6 5 4

242 312

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

26 26

0.21 7.82 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.04 0.00 0.20 0.00 0.21 0.19 0.15

8.64 11.14

0 8 0 10 4 5 11 15 0 1 6 0 0 -

60 112

17 776 2 2 6 3 11 5 4 0 29 52 18

925 862

PCT

SA/S

Serve SE

.262 .362

22 47

0.79 1.68

70 57

.353 .282 .000 .000 .000 .000 .091 .000 .250 .000 .207 .096 .222

Blocking TOTAL BLK/S 0 11 0 11 5 6 21 23 0 1 8 0 0 -

56.0 82.0

1-4

0.00 0.39 0.00 0.50 0.20 0.35 0.78 0.82 0.00 0.25 0.29 0.00 0.00 -

2.00 2.93

4 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 6 1 5

BE 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 4 0 1 2 0 0 -

11 5

0.14 0.11 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.11 0.00 0.00 0.21 0.04 0.19

BHE 0 19 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -

20 8

12 8 10 0 1 0 0 3 3 0 9 8 16

82 73 43 1 6 0 0 30 10 1 68 66 82

462 597

PCT

.854 .890 .767 1.000 .833 .000 .000 .900 .700 1.000 .868 .879 .805

.848 .905

Points PTS PTS/S

7.0 22.0 1.0 21.0 46.0 16.5 42.5 51.5 5.0 0.5 121.0 3.0 6.0 -

343.0 470.0

HARTFORD HAWKS // #FLYHIGH

0.25 0.79 0.05 0.95 1.84 0.97 1.57 1.84 1.00 0.13 4.32 0.11 0.23 -

12.25 16.79

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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