SAN FRANCISCO 2010 VOLLEYBALL Santa Clara @ USF Match 27 • Fri., Nov. 19 • 7 p.m. War Memorial Gym San Francisco, Calif.
Dons to play final match of 2010 season
WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL CONTACT: Stacy Hicklin, Asst. Director, Media Relations smhicklin@usfca.edu (415) 422-6161 (office); (415) 422-2929 (fax)
San Francisco hosts rival Santa Clara on Senior Night USF will honor Alaina Sully and Sarah Mandala prior to the match GAME NOTES
VOLLEYBALL 2010 SCHEDULE Record: 4-22 Home: 2-11 Road: 1-8 WCC: 2-11 Home: 1-5 Road: 1-6 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.
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 (1-3) 4 THURS. 6 SAT. 11 Thurs. 13 Sat. 19 FRI. 28 Sun.
PORTLAND* GONZAGA* Saint Mary’s* No. 18 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
THIS WEEK: USF plays its final game of the season against rival Santa Clara at 7 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 19 at War Memorial Gym. Sarah Mandala and Alaina Sully will be honored as part of Senior Night before the match. LOOKING BACK: The Dons faced a tough week of competition traveling to face the first-and-second place teams in the West Coast Conference. USF fell to neighboring Saint Mary’s 13-25, 22-25 and 16-25 on Thursday, Nov. 11, followed by a straight-set loss to then No. 18 San Diego (a team that has already clinched at least a share of the WCC title) 21-25, 12-25 and 19-25 on Saturday, Nov. 13. LIVE STATS/VIDEO: Fans can visit: http://livestats.prestosports.com/usfdons to watch free live stats from USF’s match against Santa Clara and can visit http://sports.yahoo.com/top/collegebroadcast/ teams/saf to watch live video. SULLY’S SWAN SONG: Senior defensive specialist and setter Alaina Sully will play in her final match for the green and gold on Friday. She played all four years for the Dons, competing in 105 career matches. The Irvine, Calif. native is currently eighth in USF volleyball history in assists with 1,455. Sully has totaled 63 double-digit assist matches and set a career-high in assists with 55. As a sophomore, her 376 assists helped the Dons to their second NCAA Tournament appearance in 2008. MANDALA’S MAGICAL RIDE: Sarah Mandala spent her time at USF re-writing the record books so it’s only fitting that in her final match she will continue to do just that. The senior outside hitter is currently 10th in total sets played with 388 and will likely move into ninth place on that list by the end of the match. Mandala is fourth on the Dons’ all-time kills list with 1,426 kills in addition to being fourth in kills per set with an average of 3.74. The San Dimas, Calif. native was the quickest player in school history to reach 1,000 kills and holds the record for most kills in a junior season with 508 kills. That season of 508 kills was the third best single-season in terms of kills in program history. Mandala has been named to six all-tournament teams, along with earning four West Coast Conference Player of the Week honors and one Player of the Month honor. She has been selected First Team All-WCC twice and honorable mention once.
2010 SAN FRANCISCO VOLLEYBALL ROSTER No. 1 3 4 5 6 8 9 11 12 13 14 15 16 18
L 3-2 W 3-1 L 3-0 L 3-0 7:00 p.m. TBA 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)