SAN FRANCISCO 2010 VOLLEYBALL
USF @ Pepperdine USF @ Loyola Marymount Match 21 • Thurs., Oct. 28 • 7 p.m. Match 22 • Sat., Oct. 30 • 1 p.m. Firestone Fieldhouse Albert Gersten Pavilion Malibu, Calif. Los Angeles, Calif.
Dons begin second half of WCC season
WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL CONTACT: Stacy Hicklin, Asst. Director, Media Relations smhicklin@usfca.edu (415) 422-6161 (office); (415) 422-2929 (fax)
San Francisco faces off against upstart Loyola Marymount team; USF aims to upset Pepperdine on the road two years in a row GAME NOTES
VOLLEYBALL 2010 SCHEDULE Record: 3-17 Home: 1-10 Road: 1-4 WCC: 1-6 Home: 0-4 Road: 1-2 DATE DAY OPPONENT AUGUST (0-3) Bluejay Invitational (Omaha, Neb.) 27 Fri. Creighton 28 Sat. Kansas 28 Sat. Lipscomb
Neutral: 1-3 TIME L 1-3 L 0-3 L 1-3
SEPTEMBER (2-8) USF POWERADE/ASICS CHALLENGE (WAR MEMORIAL GYM) 3 FRI. SANTA BARBARA 4 FRI TULSA 4 SAT WASHINGTON STATE Miami Hurricane Invitational (Miami, Fla.) 10 Fri. Miami 11 Sat. FIU 11 Sat. Bethune Cookman PAC-10/WCC CHALLENGE (WAR MEMORIAL GYM) 17 Fri. No. 10 CALIFORNIA 18 Sat. No. 1 STANFORD 25 30
SAT THURS.
SEATTLE UNIVERSITY PEPPERDINE
L 1-3 L 0-3 L 1-3 L 0-3 L 1-3 W 3-0 L 1-3 L 0-3
LOOKING AHEAD: San Francisco is back in the friendly confines of War Memorial Gym next week, hosting Portland at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 4 and Gonzaga at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 6. After that two-game homestand, the Dons will have just one remaining home match. LOOKING BACK: USF lost a five-set heartbreaker to UC Davis in a non-conference match 19-25, 2522, 25-20, 19-25 and 13-15, followed by a four-set loss to rival Santa Clara 11-25, 222-25, 27-25 and 17-25. PEPPERDINE LIVE STATS/VIDEO: Fans can visit: http://www.pepperdinesports.com/allaccess/index.html?media=185889 for live video and http://www.pepperdinesports.com/to watch free live stats. LOYOLA MARYMOUNT LIVE STATS/VIDEO: Fans can visit http://www.lmulions.com/sports/w-volley/loyo-w-volley-body.html for live stats and video. THE HOT HAND: Freshman Joan Caloiaro’s 58-assist effort against UC Davis was the most assists in a match for the Dons in more than two years since Darcy Carroll’s 59 assists on Oct. 13, 2007 against Pepperdine. It was a career-high for Caloiaro and it was just the eighth match of 50 or more assists for the Dons in the past three seasons.
W 3-0 L 3-0
ACCURATE ATTACKING: The Dons had three hitters turn in attacking percentages of .400 or higher with a fourth, Joan Caloiaro, hitting .385. Freshman Caiti Wenger led the way at .467 with sophomores Erin Kilroy and Alycia Cox hitting at a clip of .455 and .452, respectively. COX CRUSHES CAREER-HIGH: USF sophomore outside hitter Alycia Cox set a new career-high against UC Davis with 20 kills, besting her previous high by eight kills. The San Antonio native made just one attacking error in 42 attacks, hitting .452 for the night along with eight digs.
OCTOBER (1-6) 2 SAT. 7 Thurs. 9 Sat. 14 THURS. 16 SAT. 19 Tues. 22 Fri. 28 Thurs. 30 Sat.
LOYOLA MARYMOUNT* Gonzaga* Portland* No. 23 SAN DIEGO* SAINT MARY’S*! UC DAVIS Santa Clara* Loyola Marymount* Pepperdine*
L 3-1 W 3-0 L 3-2 L 3-0 L 3-0 L 3-2 L 3-1 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
THIS WEEK: USF heads to Southern California this week to play a pair of West Coast Conference matches. The Dons take on Loyola Marymount at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 28 and Pepperdine at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 30.
2010 SAN FRANCISCO VOLLEYBALL ROSTER No. 1 3 4 5 6 8 9 11 12 13 14 15 16 18
TBA
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: Ken Ko, First Year (UC Davis, 1993) ASSISTANT COACH: Melissa Walbridge, Second Year (Penn State, 2008) VOLUNTEER ASSISTANT COACH: Todd Thompson, First Year (UC San Diego, 2006)