2010 SONOMA STATE VOLLEYBALL Weekly Release • September 7, 2010 SSU Sports Information Weekly Release Tyler Lobe, Sports Information Director lobe@sonoma.edu • (707) 664-2478 www.sonomaseawolves.com
2010 Schedule and Results (3-1 overall, 0-0 ccaa)
...ON THE COURT THIS WEEK...
Date Opponent Time/Result 9/3 DOMINICAN W, 3-0 9/3 BYU-HAWAII W, 3-1 9/4 GRAND CANYON W, 3-0 9/4 SEATTLE PACIFIC L, 0-3 9/10 at Cal State East Bay* 7:00 pm 9/11 at UC San Diego* 7:00 pm 9/17 at Cal State Stanislaus* 7:00 pm 9/18 at Chico State* 7:00 pm 9/23 CAL POLY POMONA* 7:00 pm 9/25 CSU SAN BERNARDINO* 7:00 pm 9/29 HUMBOLDT STATE* 7:00 pm 10/1 SAN FRANCISCO STATE* 7:00 pm 10/2 CAL STATE MONTEREY BAY* 7:00 pm 10/8 at CSU Dominguez Hills* 3:00 pm 10/9 at Cal State L.A.* 1:00 pm 10/15 UC SAN DIEGO* 7:00 pm 10/16 CAL STATE EAST BAY* 7:00 pm 10/22 CHICO STATE* 7:00 pm 10/23 CAL STATE STANISLAUS* 7:00 pm 10/29 at CSU San Bernardino* 7:00 pm 10/30 at Cal Poly Pomona* 1:00 pm 11/3 at Humboldt State* 7:00 pm 11/5 at Cal State Monterey Bay* 7:00 pm 11/6 at San Francisco State* 7:00 pm 11/11 CAL STATE L.A.* 7:00 pm 11/13 CSU DOMINGUEZ HILLS* 7:00 pm *CCAA match; home games in CAPS
CCAA Standings Cal State East Bay Cal State Monterey Bay #21 Cal State L.A. #3 Cal State San Bernardino Chico State SONOMA STATE #11 UC San Diego Cal Poly Pomona Cal State Stanislaus San Francisco State Humboldt State Cal State Dominguez Hills
W-L* 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
*CCAA record; ^Overall record
W-L^ 4-0 3-0 3-1 3-1 3-1 3-1 3-1 2-2 2-2 2-2 0-4 0-5
cal state east bay PIONEERS 4-0 overall, 0-0 ccaa
#11 uc san diego TRITONS 3-1 overall, 0-0 ccaa
Friday, Sept. 10 • 7:00 pm Pioneer Gymnasium at Hayward, Calif.
Saturday, Sept. 11 • 7:00 pm RIMAC Arena at La Jolla, Calif.
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Cal State East Bay finished off an undefeated weekend and brought home the Nanook Classic title this past weekend at Fairbanks, Alaska. Freshman outside hitter Katie Allen had an impressive debut for the Pioneers on opening weekend, totaling 58 kills, including 19 in a 3-1 victory over host Alaska on Saturday. CSUEB finished eighth in the CCAA last season at 8-14 (10-21 overall) and were picked by the coaches in the preseason poll to finish eighth again this season.
Led by the Molten/CCAA Player of the Week Roxanne Brunsting, UC San Diego heads into competition this week at 3-1 after taking part in the Phoenix Inn GNAC Conference Challenge at Monmouth, Ore. The only loss came at the hands of Western Washington, a 3-1 defeat on Saturday. Brunsting, an All-American last season, had a team-high 49 kills last weekend and three double-doubles. The No. 11 ranked Tritons are picked to finish second in the CCAA standings this season.
Seawolves Fall In Seawolf Spike Finale, Finish Opening Weekend 3-1 It was the battle of the undefeated teams Saturday evening at The Wolves’ Den, but Seattle Pacific pulled a stunning 3-0 upset over No. 21 ranked Sonoma State to close out the two-day Seawolf Spike this past weekend. The Seawolves went into the match with three wins to start the season -- 3-0 victories over Dominican and Grand Canyon and a 3-1 win over BYU-Hawaii. Coaches Pick Sonoma State To Finish Fourth in CCAA The Sonoma State women’s volleyball team has been picked to finish fourth in the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) in 2010 after a preseason vote of the head coaches in the 12-team conference. The Seawolves finished fourth in the CCAA standings a year ago with a 15-7 record. National Spotlight on Sonoma State For the first time in school history, the Sonoma State volleyball team began the season ranked in the Top 25 of the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Division II poll, debuting at No. 21. However, the Seawolves have since dropped out of the Top 25 after going 3-1 last weekend, but are still receiving votes. SSU spent all but one week ranked in the Top 25 last season and got as high as No. 13 -- the highest ranking in school history. All-American Watch Juniors Keala Peterson and Taylor Krenwinkel topped off a fantastic 2009 season by being named to the All-American team, only the second and third volleyball studentathlete to do so in program history. Peterson had an outstanding 2010 debut this weekend, recording a team-high 45 kills, including a 20-kill effort in a 3-1 win over BYUHawaii. Krenwinkel was the CCAA’s best defender last season and begins this season with 73 digs, 30 of which came against BYU-Hawaii. Krenwinkel was also named to the Seawolf Spike All-Tournament team.
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2010 SONOMA STATE VOLLEYBALL Weekly Release • September 7, 2010
Head Coach Bear Grassl Head Coach Bear Grassl returns for his ninth year at the helm of the Sonoma State University volleyball program in 2010. The 2008 CCAA Coach of the Year, Grassl has led the Seawolves to two of the best seasons in school history in ‘08 and ‘09, putting forward a 46-15 record and back-to-back trips to the NCAA Tournament.
2010 Sonoma State Volleyball Roster
# Name 1 Hayley Ross 2 Kelsey Dall 3 Sammi Bentovoja 4 Taylor Krenwinkel 5 Kaitlyn Dunaway 6 Amanda Vanover 7 Nicole Gragnola 8 Keala Peterson The 2009 Seawolves got out to the best start in 9 Annelise Dohrer program history, winning their first 11 matches on their way to a 23-8 overall record and their 10 Lindsay Lytle highest national ranking ever. Led by a core group 11 Devynne Johnson of local players and a roster that featured a pair of All-Americans, the Seawolves advanced to the NCAA 12 Alex DaRosa Tournament for the second consecutive year, where 13 Ally Sather they were upset by Cal State L.A.. 14 Brooke Moore 15 Kendahl Batiste The Seawolves burst on to the scene in 2008 when they won 14 of their first 15 matches. As the season 17 Kelsey Hull went on, Sonoma State stayed close in the CCAA title race but went 9-5 the rest of the season and finished 20 Devin Shaver 21 Briana Hammonds tied for second in the conference (15-5). However, the Seawolves had a stellar home record, going 14-1 23 Ashley Robinson on the hardwood of the Seawolf Gym. Sonoma State also appeared in the NCAA Division II West Regional Tournament for the first time since 1993 but a firstround loss to conference-foe Chico State knocked the Seawolves out of national title contention.
Grassl took the reigns in 2002 and led the Seawolves to a 15-14 record. He repeated the feat in 2003 (1514) and then went 14-12 in ‘04. In 2005 and 2006, the Seawolves struggled in the win column playing in the tough California Collegiate Athletic Association with a young squad. In eight seasons at Sonoma State, Grassl has coached three All-Americans and countless All-Conference All-Region performers. He has also seen his players earn numerous Academic All-District honors in the past few seasons. A 1991 graduate of Sonoma State, Grassl was head coach at El Molino High School from 1992-2001. During that span, he guided the Lions to six Sonoma County League championships, seven North Coast Section titles, five Northern California championships and one California state championship, in 1999. His career coaching mark at El Molino was an impressive 267-78.
Year 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Career Record
Rec 15-14 15-14 14-12 11-16 10-14 13-14 23-7 23-8 3-1
Conf 10-12 10-12 9-9 9-13 7-13 9-9 15-5 15-7 0-0
Career Overall: 127-100 Career Conference: 84-80
Finish 8th t-7th 6th t-7th t-7th t-5th t-2nd 4th -
Pos S DS DS L DS DS OH OH OH S/OH MB/OH MB OH MB OH MB S Oh MB
Ht 5-10 5-8 5-7 5-7 5-8 5-10 5-7 6-0 5-10 6-0 6-0 6-2 6-0 6-0 5-11 5-10 5-11 6-0 6-1
Yr Fr. Jr. So. Jr. Fr. Sr. Fr. Jr. Fr. Jr. So. R-Fr. So. So. Sr. Fr. Fr. Jr. Fr.
Hometown Petaluma Mission Viejo El Dorado Hills San Diego Rohnert Park Brea Saratoga Sebastopol Berkeley Sebastopol San Diego Watsonville Santa Rosa Fresno Portland, Ore. Valley Springs Livermore Anaheim Ripon
Last School Petaluma HS Tesoro HS Oak Ridge HS Rancho Buena Vista HS Petaluma HS Brea Olinda HS Saratoga HS UC Davis Berkeley HS Rhode Island Grossmont HS Aptos HS Maria Carillo HS Clovis HS Grant HS Calaveras HS Granada HS Orange Lutheran HS Ripon HS
Head Coach: Edward “Bear” Grassl (Sonoma State, 1991; ninth year) Assistant Coaches: Jesse Ortiz, Michaela Ebben
2009 Year in Review Sonoma State got off to a huge start in 2009, winning the first 11 matches before falling to San Francisco State in five-sets on Sept. 18. The Seawolves went 12-7 the rest of the way and qualified for the NCAA Division II Volleybal Championship Tournament for the second consecutive season. However, SSU lost in the first round to CCAA-foe Cal State L.A. Follow The Action, LIVE! Can’t make it to The Wolves’ Den to catch the match? The Seawolf Sports Network is making its return to the internet again this season. The SSN is in its second season carrying the home matches of the Sonoma State volleyball team and an array of broadcasters, including Associate Athletic Director Brandon Bronzan, will call the game live on the internet at: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/sonoma-state-seawolves. Live stats will also be available by going to the official web site of Sonoma State Athletics at sonomaseawolves.com.
Live Stats are available for all Sonoma State volleyball home matches at www.sonomaseawolves.com
2010 SONOMA STATE VOLLEYBALL Weekly Release • September 7, 2010
Upcoming Schedule/Match Results
AVCA National Rankings 1. Concordia-St. Paul 2. Tampa 3. Cal State San Bernardino 4. Washburn 5. Minnesota Duluth 6. Saint Leo 7. Nebraska-Kearney 8. Indianapolis 9. Central Missouri 10. Southwest Minnesota State 11. UC San Diego 12. Metro State 13. Emporia State 14. Lewis 15. Truman 16. West Texas A&M 17. Minnesota State 18. Western Washington 19. Wayne State (Neb.) 20. Pittsburg State 21. Cal State L.A. 22. Flagler 23. Alaska-Anchorage 24. Hillsdale 25. West Florida NCAA West Regional Rankings
The official NCAA Division II West Region Poll will be released at a later date.
Date
9/3 9/3 9/4 9/4 9/10 9/11 9/17 9/18 9/23 9/25 9/29 10/1 10/2 10/8 10/9 10/15 10/16 10/22 10/23 10/29 10/30 11/3 11/5 11/6 11/11 11/13 11/18 11/19 11/20 12/2 12/3 12/4
Opponent
W L
DOMINICAN W BYU-HAWAII W GRAND CANYON W SEATTLE PACIFIC L at Cal State East Bay* at UC San Diego* at Cal State Stanislaus* at Chico State* CAL POLY POMONA* CAL STATE SAN BERNARDINO* HUMBOLDT STATE* SAN FRANCISCO STATE* CAL STATE MONTEREY BAY* at Cal State Dominguez Hills* at Cal State L.A.* UC SAN DIEGO* CAL STATE EAST BAY* CHICO STATE* CAL STATE STANISLAUS* at Cal State San Bernardino* at Cal Poly Pomona* at Humboldt State* at Cal State Monterey Bay* at San Francisco State* CAL STATE L.A.* CAL STATE DOMINGUEZ HILLS* NCAA West Region Quarterfinal NCAA West Region Semifinal NCAA West Region Final NCAA Championship Quarterfinal NCAA Championship Semifinal NCAA Championship Final
Result Att.
3-0 65 3-1 167 3-0 87 0-3 143 7:00 pm 7:00 pm 7:00 pm 7:00 pm 7:00 pm 7:00 pm 7:00 pm 7:00 pm 7:00 pm 3:00 pm 1:00 pm 7:00 pm 7:00 pm 7:00 pm 7:00 pm 7:00 pm 1:00 pm 7:00 pm 7:00 pm 7:00 pm 7:00 pm 7:00 pm TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA
Set Scores
25-17, 25-11, 25-17 25-21, 25-23, 24-26, 27-25 25-22, 25-23, 25-13 22-25, 23-25, 19-25
This Week in the CCAA TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7 William Jessup at Chico State, 7 p.m. Alaska-Anchorage at San Francisco State, 7 p.m.
CCAA Player of the Week Wk1-Roxanne Brunsting (UCSD)
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10 Cal State Monterey Bay at Cal State San Bernardino, 7 p.m. Humboldt State at UC San Diego, 7 p.m. Chico State at Cal State L.A., 7 p.m. San Francisco State at Cal Poly Pomona, 7 p.m. Cal State Stanislaus at Cal State Dominguez Hills, 7 p.m. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 11 Cal State Stanislaus at Cal State L.A., 7 p.m. Humboldt State at Cal State East Bay, 7 p.m. Cal State Monterey Bay at Cal Poly Pomona, 7 p.m. Chico State at Cal State Dominguez Hills, 7 p.m. San Francisco State at Cal State San Bernardino, 7 p.m.
Live Stats are available for all Sonoma State volleyball home matches at www.sonomaseawolves.com
2010 Sonoma State Volleyball Sonoma State Combined Team Statistics (as of Sep 07, 2010) All matches RECORD: ALL GAMES CONFERENCE NON-CONFERENCE
OVERALL 3-1 0-0 3-1
HOME 3-1 0-0 3-1
AWAY 0-0 0-0 0-0
NEUTRAL 0-0 0-0 0-0
2010 SONOMA STATE VOLLEYBALL Weekly Release • September 7, 2010
Individual Match Highs
QUICK KILLS Sunday_ ___________________0-0 Monday____________________0-0 Tuesday____________________0-0 Wednesday_________________0-0 Thursday___________________0-0 Friday_ ____________________2-0 Saturday_ __________________1-1 August_____________________0-0 September_ ________________3-1 October____________________0-0 November__________________0-0 Home_ ____________________3-1 Road_ _____________________0-0 Neutral_ ___________________0-0 Record in Set 1_ _____________3-1 Record in Set 2_ _____________3-1 Record in Set 3_ _____________2-2 Record in Set 4_ _____________1-0 Record in Set 5_ _____________0-0 Record in... 3-Set Matches_______________2-1 4-Set Matches_______________1-0 5-Set Matches_______________0-0
ALL-TIME RECORDS (since 1991) vs. 2010 OPPONENTS Dominican_ ________________6-1 BYU-Hawaii_________________2-2 Grand Canyon______________7-16 Seattle Pacific_______________5-3 Cal State East Bay___________16-3 UC San Diego______________4-17 Cal State Stanislaus__________32-8 Chico State_______________24-16 Cal Poly Pomona___________13-20 Cal State San Bernardino_____5-25 Humboldt State_ ___________20-6 San Francisco State__________28-3 Cal State Monterey Bay_ ______9-3 Cal State Dominguez Hills____25-5 Cal State L.A._______________6-28
KILLS
Keala Peterson Ally Sather Keala Peterson Lindsay Lytle
BYU-Hawaii BYU-Hawaii Dominican Grand Canyon
Opponent
Date
HITTING % (20 att.)
Opponent
Date
Opponent
Date
Total
Opponent
Date
Total
Opponent
Date 9/4 9/3 9/3 9/3
7 (2s-5a) 4 (1s-3a) 4 (1s-3a) 4 (0s-4a)
Opponent
Date
Total
Lindsay Lytle Grand Canyon 9/4 Keala Peterson BYU-Hawaii 9/3
ASSISTS
Hayley Ross Hayley Ross Hayley Ross Hayley Ross
Grand Canyon BYU-Hawaii Seattle Pacific Dominican
DIGS
Taylor Krenwinkel Taylor Krenwinkel Taylor Krenwinkel Keala Peterson
BYU-Hawaii Seattle Pacific Grand Canyon BYU-Hawaii
BLOCKS
Brooke Moore Lindsay Lytle Brooke Moore Kendahl Batiste
Grand Canyon Dominican Dominican BYU-Hawaii
ACES
Taylor Krenwinkel Hayley Ross Amanda Vanover Lindsay Lytle
BYU-Hawaii Dominican Dominican Dominican
Total
9/3 9/3 9/3 9/4
20 14 10 9
9/4 9/3 9/4 9/3 9/3 9/4 9/4 9/3
9/3 9/3 9/3 9/3
3-SET MATCH HIGHS
KILLS: Keala Peterson (10), vs Dominican, 9/3 HITTING%: Lindsay Lytle (.429), vs Grand Canyon, 9/4 ASSISTS: Hayley Ross (30), vs Grand Canyon, 9/4 DIGS: Taylor Krenwinkel (19), vs Seattle Pacific, 9/4 BLOCKS: Brooke Moore (7), vs Grand Canyon, 9/4 ACES: Three times (3), vs Dominican, 9/3
4-SET MATCH HIGHS
KILLS: Keala Peterson (20), vs BYU-Hawaii, 9/3 HITTING%: Keala Peterson (.312), vs BYU-Hawaii, 9/3 ASSISTS: Hayley Ross (25), vs BYU-Hawaii, 9/3 DIGS: Taylor Krenwinkel (30), vs BYU-Hawaii, 9/3 BLOCKS: Kendahl Batiste (4), vs BYU-Hawaii, 9/3 ACES: Taylor Krenwinkel (5), vs BYU-Hawaii, 9/3 KILLS: HITTING%: ASSISTS: DIGS: BLOCKS: ACES:
Total
.429 (9k-0e-21a) .312 (20k-5e-48a)
5-SET MATCH HIGHS
Live Stats are available for all Sonoma State volleyball home matches at www.sonomaseawolves.com
30 25 25 18 30 19 17 14
Total
5 3 3 3
2010 SONOMA STATE VOLLEYBALL Weekly Release • September 7, 2010
STATISTICAL LEADERS (through Sunday) #1 Hayley Ross S • Fr. Petaluma, CA
#2 Kelsey Dall DS • Jr. Mission Viejo, CA
#3 Sammi Bentovoja DS • So. El Dorado Hills, CA
#4 Taylor Krenwinkel L • Jr. San Diego, CA
#5 Kaitlyn Dunaway DS • Fr. Rohnert Park, CA
HITTING PERCENTAGE (min 3.0 att/set) Samantha Middleborn (CSUSB)_______ .679 Melanie Lashbrook (CSUMB)_________ .472 Sarah Lewis (SFSU)_________________ .376 Jessica Leek (CSUC)_ _______________ .364 Lindsay Poulos (CPP)_ ______________ .352 KILLS (per set) Lauren Walsh (SFSU)________________ 4.53 Jane Chafeh (CSUSB)_ ______________ 4.31 Katie Allen (CSUEB)_________________ 4.14 Denise Devine (CSUDH)_____________ 4.14 Alex Shurtz (CSUC)_________________ 3.60
#6 Amanda Vanover DS • Sr. Brea, CA
#11 Devynne Johnson MB/OH • So. San Diego, CA
#7 Nicole Gragnola OH • Fr. Saratoga, CA
#12 Alex DaRosa MB • R-Fr. Watsonville, CA
#8 Keala Peterson OH • Jr. Sebastopol, CA
#13 Ally Sather OH • So. Santa Rosa, CA
#9 Annelise Dohrer OH • Fr. Berkeley, CA
#14 Brooke Moore MB • So. Fresno, CA
#10 Lindsay Lytle S/OH • Jr. Sebastopol, CA
#15 Kendahl Batiste OH • Sr. Portland, OR
ASSISTS (per set) Camille Smith (CSUSB)_____________ 10.67 Thalia McCANN (UCSD)_ ___________ 10.60 Iris Tolenada (SFSU)_ ______________ 10.53 Katie Colin (CPP)___________________ 9.94 Amrita Tuladhar (CSULA)____________ 9.73 SERVICE ACES (per set) Monique Sena (CSUMB)_____________ 0.83 Zuzana Cizova (CSULA)_ ____________ 0.73 Amrita Tuladhar (CSULA)____________ 0.73 Kristin McNeese (CPP)_ _____________ 0.69 Diana Lake (CPP)___________________ 0.69 BLOCKS (per set) Marquis Mora (CSULA)______________ 1.27 Tiffaney Riggs (CSUMB)_ ____________ 1.20 BROOKE MOORE (SSU)_____________1.15 Melissa Bishop (CSUS)_ _____________ 1.00 ____________________________________
#17 Kelsey Hull MB • Fr. Valley Springs, CA
#20 Devin Shaver S • Fr. Livermore, CA
#21 Briana Hammonds OH • Jr. Anaheim, CA
#23 Ashley Robinson MB • Fr. Ripon, CA
SSU QUICK FACTS
DEPARTMENT STAFF DIRECTORY
School Name Sonoma State University Founded 1960 Enrollment 7,050 Colors Navy (PMS 286), Columbia Blue (PMS 278), White Nickname Seawolves Mascot Lobo the Seawolf Affiliation NCAA Division II Conference California Collegiate Athletic Association President Dr. Ruben Armiñana Director of Athletics Bill Fusco Home Court The Wolves’ Den Playing Surface/Capacity Hardwood/2,000
Director of Athletics Bill Fusco Associate Athletic Director - Comm. & Mktg. Brandon Bronzan Associate Athletic Director - S-A Services/SWA Yvonne Burbank Associate Athletic Director - Business Operations Michael Ogg Assistant Athletic Director - Event Mgmt. Megan Christensen Administrative Analyst Nancy Crosat Sports Information Director Tyler Lobe Compliance Coordinator Michael Balasek Equipment Manager Willie Lee Administrative Assistant Erin Rock Head Athletic Trainer Bo Owens Assistant Athletic Trainers Julie Miller, Andrew Simpkins
DIGS (per set) Megan Britton (CSUS)_______________ 5.93 TAYLOR KRENWINKEL (SSU)_ _______5.62 Sarah Kurfess (SFSU)________________ 5.47 Lauren Massa (CSUEB)_ _____________ 5.21 Janessa Werhane (UCSD)____________ 4.87
Live Stats are available for all Sonoma State volleyball home matches at www.sonomaseawolves.com