SAN FRANCISCO 2010 VOLLEYBALL
Portland @ USF Match 23 • Thurs., Nov. 4 • 7 p.m. War Memorial Gym San Francisco, Calif.
Dons aim to move up in the WCC standings
WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL CONTACT: Stacy Hicklin, Asst. Director, Media Relations smhicklin@usfca.edu (415) 422-6161 (office); (415) 422-2929 (fax)
San Francisco looks for redemption against Portland; USF shoots for two consecutive wins versus Gonzaga GAME NOTES
VOLLEYBALL 2010 SCHEDULE Record: 3-19 Home: 1-10 Road: 1-6 WCC: 1-8 Home: 0-4 Road: 1-4 DATE DAY OPPONENT AUGUST (0-3) Bluejay Invitational (Omaha, Neb.) 27 Fri. Creighton 28 Sat. Kansas 28 Sat. Lipscomb
Neutral: 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.
THIS WEEK: San Francisco is back in the friendly confines of War Memorial Gym this week, hosting Portland at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 4 and Gonzaga at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 6. After this twogame homestand, the Dons will have just one remaining home match.
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LOOKING AHEAD: The Dons travel to neighboring Saint Mary’s for a 7 p.m. first serve on Thursday, Nov. 11 and then fly down to San Diego for a 1 p.m. game on Saturday, Nov. 13.
L 1-3 L 0-3 L 1-3
LOOKING BACK: The Dons dropped a tough match dominated by runs to Loyola Marymount 22-25, 25-21, 23-25 and 18-25 on Thursday, Oct. 28 and then were swept by Pepperdine 25-14, 25-18 and 25-15 on Saturday, Oct. 30.
L 1-3 L 0-3 L 1-3 L 0-3 L 1-3 W 3-0 L 1-3 L 0-3
SEATTLE UNIVERSITY PEPPERDINE
W 3-0 L 3-0
OCTOBER (1-8) 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 L 3-1 L 3-0
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
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
Gonzaga @ USF Match 24 • Sat., Nov. 6 • 1 p.m. War Memorial Gym San Francisco, Calif.
LIVE STATS/VIDEO: Fans can visit: http://livestats.prestosports.com/usfdons to watch free live stats and can visit http://sports.yahoo.com/top/collegebroadcast/teams/saf to watch video of USF’s matches against Portland and Gonzaga. RECORD WATCH: Freshman Joan Caloiaro is hitting .263 after 79 sets so far this season. The best season hitting percentage from a freshman in USF history is .259, set by Teresa Russell in 1999. CRACKING THE TOP 10: Sophomore outside hitter Alycia Cox made her first appearance in a West Coast Conference top 10 statistical category. Cox is tied for ninth in service aces with 0.28 per set during conference matches. DOUBLE, DOUBLE TOIL AND TROUBLE: USF freshman Joan Caloiaro turned in her fourth consecutive double-double match against Loyola Marymount; beginning with 24 assists and 11 kills against Saint Mary’s, continuing with 58 assists and 19 digs against UC Davis, with 31 assists and 20 digs at Santa Clara and 29 assists and 13 digs at Loyola Marymount. The Saratoga native is now in doubledigits for double-double matches this season with 11 in addition to having put together two tripledouble matches as well. ACCURATE ATTACKING: The Dons had three hitters turn in attacking percentages of .400 or higher with a fourth, Joan Caloiaro, hitting .385 against UC Davis. Freshman Caiti Wenger led the way at .467 with sophomores Erin Kilroy and Alycia Cox hitting at a clip of .455 and .452, respectively.
2010 SAN FRANCISCO VOLLEYBALL ROSTER No. 1 3 4 5 6 8 9 11 12 13 14 15 16 18
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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: 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)