SAN FRANCISCO No. 10 Cal @ USF Match 10 • Fri., Sept. 17 • 7 p.m. War Memorial Gym San Francisco, Calif.
No. 1 Stanford @ USF Match 11 • Sat., Sept. 18 • 7 p.m. War Memorial Gym San Francisco, Calif.
Dons to host undefeated teams Cal, Stanford
WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL CONTACT: Stacy Hicklin, Asst. Director, Media Relations smhicklin@usfca.edu (415) 422-6161 (office); (415) 422-2929 (fax)
No. 10 Cal hasn’t dropped a set all season No. 1 Stanford ended Penn State’s 109-match win streak last weekend GAME NOTES
VOLLEYBALL 2010 SCHEDULE Record: 1-8 Home: 0-3 Road: 0-2 WCC: 0-0 Home: 0-0 Road: 0-0 DATE DAY OPPONENT AUGUST (0-3) Bluejay Invitational (Omaha, Neb.) 27 Fri. Creighton 28 Sat. Kansas 28 Sat. Lipscomb
2010 VOLLEYBALL
Neutral: 1-3
THIS WEEK: San Francisco hosts two highly ranked opponents in Bay Area rivals Cal and Stanford this weekend. USF hosts No. 10 Cal at 7 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 17 and welcomes No. 1 Stanford at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 18.
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LOOKING AHEAD: After playing 11 matches in four weeks, the Dons get a bit of a break with just one game next week. Seattle University travels to the Hilltop for a 5 p.m. match on Saturday, Sept. 25.
L 1-3 L 0-3 L 1-3
LOOKING BACK: USF notched its first win of the season against Bethune-Cookman last weekend at the Miami Invitational. The Dons also dropped a four-set match to FIU and lost in straight sets to Miami earlier in the tournament.
SEPTEMBER (1-5) USF POWERADE/ASICS CHALLENGE (WAR MEMORIAL GYM) 3 FRI. SANTA BARBARA L 1-3 4 FRI TULSA L 0-3 4 SAT WASHINGTON STATE L 1-3 Miami Hurricane Invitational (Miami, Fla.) 10 Fri. Miami L 0-3 11 Sat. FIU L 1-3 11 Sat. Bethune Cookman W 3-0 PAC-10/WCC CHALLENGE (WAR MEMORIAL GYM) 17 Fri. CALIFORNIA 7:00 p.m. 18 Sat. STANFORD 7:00 p.m.
LIVE STATS: Fans can visit http://livestats.prestosports.com/usfdons/ to watch live stats for San Francisco’s matches against Cal and Stanford this weekend.
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SAT THURS.
SEATTLE UNIVERSITY PEPPERDINE
5:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m.
OCTOBER (0-0) 2 SAT. 7 Thurs. 9 Sat. 14 THURS. 16 SAT. 19 Tues. 22 Fri. 28 Thurs. 30 Sat.
LOYOLA MARYMOUNT* Gonzaga* Portland* SAN DIEGO* SAINT MARY’S*! UC DAVIS Santa Clara* Loyola Marymount* Pepperdine*
1:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m.
NOVEMBER (0-0) 4 THURS. 6 SAT. 11 Thurs. 13 Sat. 19 FRI. 28 Sun.
PORTLAND* GONZAGA* Saint Mary’s* San Diego* SANTA CLARA* NCAA Selection Show
7:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. TBA
DECEMBER 3 Fri.
NCAA 1st Round
HOME MATCHES IN BOLD CAPS All home games played at War Memorial Gym All times Pacific and subject to change * - West Coast Conference ! - DiG PiNK Breast Cancer Awarness Match
WELCOME BACK: USF welcomes two of its Bay Area rivals back to Hilltop. Stanford returns to War Memorial Gym for the first time in more than two decades after last playing at USF in 1989. The Bears make their way to the Hilltop for the first time since the 2001 season. HEAD OF THE CLASS: Libero Whitney Swain is the only freshman ranked in the top 10 in digs in the West Coast Conference. The Elk Grove native is third with 4.13 digs/set for a total of 128 digs. Swain has led the Dons in digs in five of its nine matches. LAYING DOWN A CHALLENGE: The Dons’ games against Cal and Stanford are part of a four-team Pac-10/WCC Challenge. Also included in the challenge is Saint Mary’s, which is hosting Stanford on Friday and Cal on Saturday. This is the second-consecutive season the four teams have faced off in this challenge format. HITTING HER STRIDE: Sophomore Hadley Simmons made her presence known at the Miami Invitational this past weekend, garnering All-Tournament honors for the first time in her collegiate career. The middle blocker set a new career-high in kills with 14 against FIU, while totaling 24 kills during the three-match tournament.
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Name Pos. Naeleen Nguyen DS Caiti Wenger MB Jordan Irish MB Alycia Cox OH Alaina Sully S Sarah Mandala OH Hadley Simmons MB Leanna Ludes S Joan Caloiaro S Whitney Swain LIB Erin Kilroy OPP Malina Terrell OH/OPP Rebecca Kopilovitch OH Mackenzie Murtagh S/OH
Ht. 5-4 6-2 6-3 6-0 5-8 5-10 6-2 5-10 5-11 5-7 6-0 5-10 5-8 6-0
Yr. So. Fr. RS-Fr. So. Sr. Sr. So. So. Fr. Fr. RS-So. Fr. Fr. Fr.
Exp. HS HS SQ HS 3V 3V 1V 1V HS HS 1V HS HS HS
Hometown/Previous School(s) Ventura, Calif./Villanoca Prep HS Plano, Tx./Plano Senior HS Edmonds, Wash./Kings HS San Antonio, Texas/Churchill HS Irvine, Calif./Woodbridge HS San Dimas, Calif./St. Lucy’s Priory HS Santa Barbara, Calif./Santa Barbara HS Vancouver, Wash./Skyview HS Saratoga, Calif./Archbishop Mitty HS Elk Grove, Calif./Christian Brothers HS Portland, Ore./Jesuit HS Richmond, Calif./Salesian HS Israel/Wingate Institution San Francisco, Calif./Sacred Heart Cathedral
HEAD COACH: Gilad Doron, Third Year (Temple, 2000) ASSISTANT COACH: Melissa Walbridge, Second Year (Penn State, 2008) VOLUNTEER ASSISTANT COACH: Ken Ko, First Year (UC Davis, 1993) VOLUNTEER ASSISTANT COACH: Todd Thompson, First Year (UC San Diego, 2006)