2010 SONOMA STATE VOLLEYBALL Weekly Release • September 13, 2010 SSU Sports Information Weekly Release Tyler Lobe, Sports Information Director lobe@sonoma.edu • (707) 664-2478 www.sonomaseawolves.com
2010 Schedule and Results (3-3 overall, 0-2 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* L, 1-3 9/11 at #11 UC San Diego* L, 0-3 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 L.A. Cal State San Bernardino UC San Diego Cal State Monterey Bay Chico State Cal Poly Pomona Cal State Stanislaus SONOMA STATE San Francisco State Humboldt State Cal State Dominguez Hills
W-L* 2-0 2-0 2-0 2-0 1-1 1-1 1-1 1-1 0-2 0-2 0-2 0-2
*CCAA record; ^Overall record
W-L^ 7-0 5-1 5-1 5-1 4-1 5-2 3-3 3-3 3-3 3-4 0-6 0-7
at cal state stanislaus WARRIORS 3-3 overall, 1-1 ccaa
at chico state WILDCATS 5-2 overall, 1-1 ccaa
Friday, Sept. 17 • 7:00 pm Warrior Arena at Turlock, Calif.
Saturday, Sept. 18 • 7:00 pm Art Acker Gymnasium at Chico, Calif.
§
§
After going 2-2 at the Seawolf Spike two weekends ago, the Warriors opened up conference play with a hard-fought five-set victory over host Cal State Dominguez Hills last Friday, before falling in three sets to nationallyranked Cal State L.A. on Saturday. With 13 returners this season, Cal State Stanislaus is much improved from their 10-20 team last season. The Warriors are led by senior Lianne Vicchio, who earned all-tournament honors at the Seawolf Spike, with 3.22 kills per set and is second on the team in digs (65).
Chico State, who opened up its 2010 campaign at the Seawolf Spike on Sept. 3-4, entered conference play with a 4-1 record with the only loss coming from the Spike champions in Seattle Pacific. The Wildcats opened their CCAA schedule at Cal State L.A. on Friday, but fell in four sets before redeeming themselves in a three-set sweep of Cal State Dominguez Hills a night later. Despite losing their top two hitters from a season ago, Chico State is a conference title contender, led by Jessica Leek (3.22 k/s, .378 hitting %).
Seawolves Go Winless In Conference On CCAA Opening Weekend In the CCAA opener, sophomore Ally Sather had a team-high 12 kills and Hayley Ross handed out a season-high 35 assists, but Cal State East Bay had a huge night at the net, blocking 10 Sonoma State attacks, including eight solo rejections, en route to a 3-1 victory on Friday. A night later, No. 11 UC San Diego used a balanced attack to sweep the Seawolves in three-sets despite a team-high 12 kills by Sather and 11 kills by Keala Peterson. The Last Time... ...the Seawolves opened up conference play with back-to-back losses was back on Sept. 7-8, 2007 at Cal Poly Pomona and Cal State San Bernardino. Krenwinkel’s Diggin’ It As she did most of last season, junior Taylor Krenwinkel leads the CCAA in digs per set with 5.35. She has 107 this season, putting her at fourth on the all-time list for digs in a career with 1,169. She needs just 28 digs to move into third on the all-time list and 536 to top former SSU student-athlete Taylor Manton for the school record (1,704). 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 student-athlete to do so in program history. Peterson had an outstanding 2010 debut at the Seawolf Spike, recording a team-high 45 kills, including a 20-kill effort in a 3-1 win over BYU-Hawaii. Krenwinkel was the CCAA’s best defender last season and begins this season with 107 digs, 30 of which came against BYU-Hawaii on 9/3 (season-high). Krenwinkel was also named to the Seawolf Spike All-Tournament team. 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.
Sonoma State Volleyball Weekly Release Live Stats are available for all Sonoma State September volleyball 13,home 2010 matches at www.sonomaseawolves.com
2010 SONOMA STATE VOLLEYBALL Weekly Release • September 13, 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 3-3
Conf 10-12 10-12 9-9 9-13 7-13 9-9 15-5 15-7 0-2
Career Overall: 127-102 Career Conference: 84-82
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
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 a slow start to the 2010 season. 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. 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 Volleyball 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 13, 2010
Upcoming Schedule/Match Results
AVCA National Rankings 1. Tampa 2. Cal State San Bernardino 3. Washburn 4. Minnesota Duluth 5. Southwest Minnesota State 6. Concordia-St. Paul 7. Wayne State (Neb.) 8. Central Missouri 9. Indianapolis 10. Lewis 11. UC San Diego 12. Nebraska-Kearney 13. Emporia State 14. Minnesota State 15. Metro State 16. Truman 17. Cal State L.A. 18. Western Washington 19. Hillsdale 20. Seattle Pacific 21. Northern Michigan 22. Saint Leo 23. West Texas A&M 24. Cal State East Bay 25. Missouri-St. Louis 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* L at #11 UC San Diego* L 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 1-3 217 0-3 358 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 23-25, 17-25, 25-20, 19-25 14-25, 21-25, 22-25
This Week in the CCAA WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15 Chico State at Simpson, 7 p.m. William Jessup at Cal State Stanislaus, 7 p.m. Cal State East Bay at UC San Diego, 7 p.m.
CCAA Player of the Week
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17
Wk1-Roxanne Brunsting (UCSD) Wk2-Roxanne Neely (CSUEB)
Humboldt State at Chico State, 7 p.m. Cal State San Bernardino at Cal State L.A., 7 p.m. Cal State East Bay at San Francisco State, 7 p.m. Cal Poly Pomona at Cal State Dominguez Hills, 7 p.m. UC San Diego at Cal State Monterey Bay, 7 p.m.
@Sonoma State Seawolves
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 18 Cal State San Bernardino at Cal State Dominguez Hills, 7 p.m. Cal State East Bay at Cal State Monterey Bay, 7 p.m. UC San Diego at San Francisco State, 7 p.m. Cal Poly Pomona at Cal State L.A., 7 p.m. Humboldt State at Cal State Stanislaus, 7 p.m.
@sonomaseawolves
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 13, 2010) All matches RECORD: ALL GAMES CONFERENCE NON-CONFERENCE
OVERALL 3-3 0-2 3-1
HOME 3-1 0-0 3-1
AWAY 0-2 0-2 0-0
NEUTRAL 0-0 0-0 0-0
2010 SONOMA STATE VOLLEYBALL Weekly Release • September 13, 2010
Individual Match Highs
QUICK KILLS Sunday_ ___________________0-0 Monday____________________0-0 Tuesday____________________0-0 Wednesday_________________0-0 Thursday___________________0-0 Friday_ ____________________2-1 Saturday_ __________________1-2 August_____________________0-0 September_ ________________3-3 October____________________0-0 November__________________0-0 Home_ ____________________3-1 Road_ _____________________0-2 Neutral_ ___________________0-0 Record in Set 1_ _____________3-3 Record in Set 2_ _____________3-3 Record in Set 3_ _____________3-3 Record in Set 4_ _____________1-1 Record in Set 5_ _____________0-0 Record in... 3-Set Matches_______________2-2 4-Set Matches_______________1-1 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___________16-4 UC San Diego______________4-18 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 Ally Sather Ally Sather
BYU-Hawaii BYU-Hawaii at #11 UC San Diego at Cal State East Bay
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 Ally Sather at #11 UC San Diego 9/11 Keala Peterson BYU-Hawaii 9/3
ASSISTS
Hayley Ross Hayley Ross Hayley Ross Hayley Ross
at Cal State East Bay Grand Canyon BYU-Hawaii Seattle Pacific
DIGS
Taylor Krenwinkel Taylor Krenwinkel Taylor Krenwinkel Taylor Krenwinkel
BYU-Hawaii at Cal State East Bay Seattle Pacific Grand Canyon
BLOCKS
Brooke Moore Lindsay Lytle Brooke Moore Kendahl Batiste
Grand Canyon Dominican Dominican BYU-Hawaii
ACES
Taylor Krenwinkel Hayley Ross Hayley Ross Amanda Vanover
BYU-Hawaii at Cal State East Bay Dominican Dominican
Total
9/3 9/3 9/11 9/10
20 14 12 12
9/10 9/4 9/3 9/4 9/3 9/10 9/4 9/4
9/3 9/10 9/3 9/3
3-SET MATCH HIGHS
KILLS: Ally Sather (12), at UC San Diego, 9/11 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 (35), at Cal State East Bay, 9/10 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) .348 (12-4e-23a) .312 (20k-5e-48a)
5-SET MATCH HIGHS
Live Stats are available for all Sonoma State volleyball home matches at www.sonomaseawolves.com
35 30 25 25 30 20 19 17
Total
5 3 3 3
2010 SONOMA STATE VOLLEYBALL Weekly Release • September 13, 2010
STATISTICAL LEADERS (through Sunday, 9/12) #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)_______ .598 Melanie Lashbrook (CSUMB)_________ .442 Crystal Trifeletti (CSUC)_ ____________ .402 Jessica Leek (CSUC)_ _______________ .378 Lindsay Poulos (CPP)_ ______________ .378 KILLS (per set) Jane Chafey (CSUSB))_______________ 4.37 Denise Devine (CSUDH)_____________ 3.95 Lauren Walsh (SFSU)________________ 3.74 Katie Allen (CSUEB)_________________ 3.52 Rheann Fall (CSUMB)_ ______________ 3.41
#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)_____________ 10.94 Thalia McCANN (UCSD)_ ___________ 10.67 Amrita Tuladhar (CSULA)___________ 10.32 Katie Colin (CPP)__________________ 10.23 Iris Tolenada (SFSU)_ ______________ 10.04 SERVICE ACES (per set) Amrita Tuladhar (CSULA)____________ 0.77 Zuzana Cizova (CSULA)_ ____________ 0.59 Diana Lake (CPP)___________________ 0.59 Megan Britton (CSUS)_______________ 0.57 Makenzie Fahnestock (CSUC)_________ 0.56 BLOCKS (per set) Marquis Mora (CSULA)______________ 1.05 Melanie Lashbrook (CSUMB)_________ 1.00 Taylr Kreutziger (CPP)_______________ 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) TAYLOR KRENWINKEL (SSU)_ _______5.35 Lauren Massa (CSUEB)_ _____________ 5.16 Megan Britton (CSUS)_______________ 5.04 Janessa Werhane (UCSD)____________ 4.62 Sarah Kurfess (SFSU)________________ 4.41
Live Stats are available for all Sonoma State volleyball home matches at www.sonomaseawolves.com