SAN FRANCISCO
2010 VOLLEYBALL
Powerade/Asics Challenge UC Santa Barbara • Tulsa • Washington State Matches 4-6 • Fri., Sept. 3-Sat., Sept. 4 War Memorial Gym • San Francisco, Calif.
USF hosts Powerade/Asics Challenge
WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL CONTACT: Stacy Hicklin, Asst. Director, Media Relations smhicklin@usfca.edu (415) 422-6161 (office); (415) 422-2929 (fax)
Dons set to host lone tournament of season San Francisco welcomes UC Santa Barbara, Tulsa, Washington State GAME NOTES
VOLLEYBALL 2010 SCHEDULE Record: 0-3 Home: 0-0 Road: 0-1 WCC: 0-0 Home: 0-0 Road: 0-0 DATE DAY OPPONENT AUGUST (0-0) Bluejay Invitational (Omaha, Neb.) 27 Fri. Creighton 28 Sat. Kansas 28 Sat. Lipscomb
Neutral: 0-2 TIME L 1-3 L 0-3 L 1-3
SEPTEMBER (0-0) USF POWERADE/ASICS CHALLENGE (WAR MEMORIAL GYM) 3 FRI. SANTA BARBARA 7 p.m. 4 FRI TULSA Noon 4 SAT WASHINGTON STATE 7 p.m. Miami Hurricane Invitational (Miami, Fla.) 10 Fri. Miami 3:00 p.m. 11 Sat. FIU 9:30 a.m. 11 Sat. Bethune Cookman 2:00p.m. 17 Fri. CALIFORNIA 7:00 p.m. 18 Sat. STANFORD 7:00 p.m. 25 SAT SEATTLE UNIVERSITY 5:00 p.m. 30 THURS. PEPPERDINE 7:00 p.m. OCTOBER (0-0) 2 SAT. 7 Thurs. 9 Sat. 14 THURS. 16 SAT. 19 Tues. 22 Fri. 28 Thurs. 30 Sat.
LOYOLA MARYMOUNT* Gonzaga* Portland* SAN DIEGO* SAINT MARY’S*! UC DAVIS Santa Clara* Loyola Marymount* Pepperdine*
1:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 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: San Francisco hosts its lone home tournament of the season this weekend in War Memorial Gym. The Dons welcome UC Santa Barbara, Tulsa and Washington State to the Hilltop for the 2010 Powerade/Asics Challenge. Tournament play begins Friday afternoon with Washington State and Tulsa facing off at 4:30 p.m., followed by USF against UC Santa Barbara at 7 p.m. Washington State and UC Santa Barbara get tournament play started again at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday morning with USF taking on Tulsa at noon. The night session features Tulsa versus UC Santa Barbara at 5 p.m. and USF against Washington State at 7 p.m. to wrap-up the tournament. UC Santa Barbara and Washington State were both NCAA Tournament qualifers last year. The Dons have won event in four of the six years the tournament has been played. Rice won the tournament last year. LOOKING AHEAD: Next week, USF travels to South Florida to compete in the Miami Hurricane Invitational. The Dons face host Miami at 3 p.m. (PST) on Friday, Sept. 10. USF takes on FIU and BethuneCookman at 9:30 a.m. and 2 p.m., respectively, on Saturday, Sept. 11. LOOKING BACK: Last week, the Dons opened the 2010 season in Omaha, Neb. at the Bluejay Invitational. USF lost in four sets to tournament host Creighton (25-19, 25-20, 24-26, 25-23) on Friday night. The Dons began Saturday with a 3-0 loss to Kansas (25-17, 25-19, 25-18) and finished the day with a four-set defeat to Lipscomb (25-20, 25-11, 24-26, 25-21). FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH: USF started three true freshmen in its first game of the season against Creighton: Caiti Wenger, Malina Terrell and Joan Caloiaro. Redshirt freshman Jordan Irish joined Wenger and Caloiaro in starting in games two and three, while true freshman Whitney Swain started at libero in game three against Lipscomb.
2010 POWERADE/ASICS CHALLENGE SCHEDULE Friday 4:30 p.m. Tulsas vs. Washington State 7:00 p.m. USF vs. UC Santa Barbara
Saturday 9:30 a.m. WashingtonState vs. UCSB Noon USF vs. Tulsa 5:00 p.m Tulsa vs. UCSB 7:00 p.m. USF vs. Washington State.
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: TBA ASSISTANT COACH: Melissa Walbridge, Second Year (Penn State, 2008)