SAN FRANCISCO 2010 VOLLEYBALL
Saint Mary’s @ USF No. 23 San Diego @ USF Match 17 • Thurs., Oct. 14 • 7 p.m. Match 18 • Sat., Oct. 16 • 7 p.m. War Memorial Gym War Memorial Gym San Francisco, Calif. San Francisco, Calif.
Dons Host Big Week on the Hilltop
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 No. 23 San Diego on Thursday night; USF to put on Dig Pink Rally, Art & Wine Show on Saturday night GAME NOTES
VOLLEYBALL 2010 SCHEDULE Record: 2-14 Home: 1-7 Road: 1-3 WCC: 1-3 Home: 0-2 Road: 1-1 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 W 3-0 L 3-0
OCTOBER (1-2) 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 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
THIS WEEK: USF returns to the friendly confines of War Memorial Gym for two games this week. The Dons host nationally ranked San Diego for a 7 p.m. match on Thursday, Oct. 14. Two days later, USF hosts its annual Dig Pink Match with an Arts & Wine show preceding the 7 p.m. match on Saturday, Oct. 16 against Saint Mary’s. LOOKING AHEAD: San Francisco hosts a non-conference game against UC Davis at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 19. Later that week, the Dons travel to rival Santa Clara for a 6 p.m. match on Friday, Oct. 22. LOOKING BACK: The Dons won at Gonzaga for the first time in three years with a three-game sweep 25-17, 25-19 and 25-22. USF then lost in a five-game thriller at Portland 25-21, 23-25, 19-25, 25-16 and 11-15. 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 San Diego and Saint Mary’s. DONS TO FIGHT BREAST CANCER, HOST DIG PINK: The Dons will participate this year in the annual Dig Pink National Breast Cancer Rally, to help bring awareness to the fight against breast cancer. USF will host Dig Pink night at 7 p.m. on Saturday, October 16 against Saint Mary’s with the Dons also hosting a special Art & Wine show before the match starting at 5 p.m. Tickets to the show are $25. San Francisco encourages fans to wear pink in support of the cause. USF is also helping to raise money toward breast cancer awareness. Visit http://www.side-out.org/application/teams/ team_page/1212 to donate to the cause. THE QUIET STORM HITS: Freshman Malina Terrell turned in her best two matches of the season in the Dons’ trip to the Pacific Northwest. The outside hitter committed just one attacking error against Gonzaga, hitting .600 and tying her career high in kills with 13 in just three sets. Terrell then smashed a new career-high against Portland, totaling 21 kills for a weekend average of 4.25 kills per set. RAISING THE BAR: The Dons set new season highs against Portland in kills (65), total attacks (185), assists (58) and service aces (8). It was USF’s first five-set match of the season.
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)