SAN FRANCISCO 2010 VOLLEYBALL
USF @ No. 18 San Diego USF @ Saint Mary’s Match 25 • Thurs., Nov. 11 • 7 p.m. Match 26 • Sat., Nov. 13 • 1 p.m. Jenny Craig Pavilion McKeon Pavilion San Diego, Calif. Moraga, Calif.
Dons face top two West Coast Conference teams
WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL CONTACT: Stacy Hicklin, Asst. Director, Media Relations smhicklin@usfca.edu (415) 422-6161 (office); (415) 422-2929 (fax)
San Francisco travels locally to Saint Marys; USF plays at No.18 San Diego for the Toreros’ Senior Day GAME NOTES
VOLLEYBALL 2010 SCHEDULE Record: 4-20 Home: 2-11 Road: 1-6 WCC: 2-9 Home: 1-5 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.
SEATTLE UNIVERSITY PEPPERDINE
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*
NOVEMBER (1-1) 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: 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.
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LOOKING AHEAD: USF plays its final game of the season against rival Santa Clara on Friday, Nov. 19 at War Memorial Gym. Sarah Mandala and Alaina Sully will be honored as part of Senior Night before the match.
L 1-3 L 0-3 L 1-3
LOOKING BACK: San Francisco lost a five-set heartbreaker 21-25, 25-20, 23-25, 28-26 and 10-15 to Portland on Nov. 4 and beat Gonzaga in four sets on Nov. 6.
L 1-3 L 0-3 L 1-3 L 0-3 L 1-3 W 3-0 L 1-3 L 0-3 W 3-0 L 3-0 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
LIVE STATS/VIDEO AT SAINT MARY’S: Fans can visit: http://www.smcgaels.com/liveEvents/ liveEvents.dbml?DB_LANG=C&db_oem_id=21400 and http://www.smcgaels.com/liveStats/liveStats.dbml?DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=21400&LIST_SPORT_ID=W_VOLLEYBALL to watch free live video and stats for USF’s match against Saint Mary’s. LIVE STATS/VIDEO AT SAN DIEGO: To watch live stats and video for the Dons’ match against San Diego visit: http://usdtoreros.cstv.com/sports/w-volley/sched/usd-w-volley-sched.html RECORD WATCH: Freshman Joan Caloiaro is hitting .272 after playing in 88 sets so far this season. The best season hitting percentage from a freshman in school history is .259, set by Teresa Russell in 1999. GET OUT THE BROOM: The Dons completed their first season sweep of the season in beating Gonzaga twice this year. It was the Dons’ first sweep of the Bulldogs since 2005. The win also ended an eight-game losing streak for USF. PUTTING THE HAMMER DOWN: San Francisco recorded a season-high 71 kills against Gonzaga with four players finishing in double-digit kills: Sarah Mandala (10), Hadley Simmons (10), Joan Caloiaro (13) and Malina Terrell (26). The Dons also hit at a season-high clip of .305 — the first time USF finished a game hitting .300 or better all season.
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 7:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 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)