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The University of Utah Athletics
Utah Volleyball Travels to Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Tournament
9/6/2000 12:00 AM | Volleyball
Sept. 6, 2000
Salt Lake City - COMING UP: Utah travels to the Cal Poly Tournament on Sept. 8-9 in San Luis Obispo, Calif. Utah plays Nevada-Reno Fri., Sept. 8 at 5:00 p.m. (PST). The Utes will face San Diego on Sat., Sept. 9 at 11:30 a.m. (PST) and its host Cal Poly at 7:30 p.m. (PST).
A QUICK LOOK AT UTAH: The Utah women's volleyball team made a five-game comeback win over No. 1 ranked Stanford University in a 2 1/2-hour match at Crimson Court on Tues., Sept. 5. The Utes won 13-15, 12-15, 15-6, 15-10, 15-9. Utah is on a four-match win streak and undefeated going into this weekend's tournament (4-0 overall). Katrena Ellett, Jen Snow-Richards and Lucie Turkova all posted career-highs in the match-up with Stanford. Against the Cardinal, Utah set a school record for team assists (93) and tied a school record for team kills (97). The win against Stanford was the first-ever win over a top ranked opponent in Utah volleyball history. Last weekend, three Utah players were named to the New Hampshire Tournament all-tourney team. They were Jen Snow-Richards, Lucie Turkova and tournament MVP Katrena Ellett.
Possible starters for the Utes in the match-up against Nevada at Reno, San Diego and Cal Poly are: McKelle Stilson (Jr., MB), Jen Snow-Richards (Sr., OH), Lucie Turkov? (Sr., S), Katrena Ellett (So., MB), Alisa Geddes (Jr., OH), Brooke Barton (Sr., OH/DS), Kim Turner (Fr., MB) and Adrianne Bradley-Drake (Jr., OH/DS). The Utes return five starters, 12 letterwinners and add three true freshmen to this year's roster. Utah received 31 votes to rank 29th in the 1999 season end USA Today/AVCA Top 25 Poll. Utah's 1999 final RPI ranking, produced by the NCAA, was 22nd.
SCOUTING NEVADA AT RENO: The University of Nevada volleyball team is 1-2 overall, 0-0 in the Big West Conference. The Wolf Pack lost its opening match of the season to Cal in four games, 7-15, 15-10, 15-11, 15-8 at the Silver Legacy/Ray Wersching Invitational in Nevada's Old Gym, Fri., Sept. 1. In their next match, Nevada took Kent to five games and won the match, 15-7, 10-15, 10-15, 15-13, 16-14. The Wolf Pack lost to No. 10 Minnesota in three games, 15-9, 15-6, 15-9 on Sat., Sept. 2, taking third place in its own tournament.
Nevada's Suzanne Stonebarger finished the three-match invitational with 43 kills and 50 digs, and was selected to the all-tourney team. Stonebarger leads the Wolf Pack, averaging 3.58 kills per game and 4.17 digs. per game. Teammate Michelle More leads the team in blocks (1.17 bpg) and is second on the team in kills (3.83 kpg). Sophomore setter Jill Couwenhoven leads the team with 12.40 assists per game.
Head Coach Devin Scruggs enters his fourth year at Nevada-Reno, posting a 51-37 overall and career record.
SCOUTING San Diego: The No. 24 ranked San Diego volleyball team is 2-1 overall, 0-0 in the West Coast Conference. The Toreros won their opening match of the season against their host San Diego State in three games (15-6, 15-12, 15-7) on Fri., Sept. 1, at the Diggin' It 2000 Tournament. On Sat., Sept. 2, San Diego defeated UC Santa Barbara 3-1, (12-15, 15-13, 15-5, 15-11) and lost to No. 14 ranked Arizona in four games, (15-9, 5-15, 9-15, 9-15).
Sophomore Noel Frohman leads the team, averaging 4.82 kills per game for a .283 hitting percentage. Adrian Frediani leads the team in digs (2.82) and is second on the team in kills per game (4.18). Debra Robertson leads the team in blocks per game (1.73) and totals 3.36 kills per game and 2.64 digs per game. Junior Ali Martin posts 15.64 assists per game, while Lindsay Lampert averages 3.91 kills per game and 1.55 blocks per game. Jennifer Torns-Petrie enters her third year at the helm of the Torero volleyball program. She has accumulated a 23-6 overall and career record.
SCOUTING CAL POLY SAN LUIS OBISPO: The Cal Poly volleyball team is 1-2 overall, 0-0 in the Big West Conference. The Mustangs lost their opening match of the season to Loyola Marymount in five games, (15-8, 13-15, 11-15, 15-11, 15-12 on Fri., Sept. 1 at the Phoenix Airport Hilton/Sun Devil Challenge in Tempe, Ariz. In their next match, Cal Poly took its host Arizona State to five games, then lost the match, 15-5, 9-15, 10-15, 16-14, 15-11. The Mustangs won their last match of the tournament with a 3-0 (15-4, 15-12, 15-7) win over San Jose State.
Senior Melanie Hathaway leads the Mustangs in kills (4.23 kpg) and is second on the team in digs (3.00 dpg). Teammate Kristen O'Halloran leads the team, averaging 3.69 digs per game and is second on the team, averaging 3.23 kills per game. Carly O'Halloran posts 10.69 assists per game and sophomore Worthy Lien leads the team in blocks (1.77 bpg). Ginger Bailey totals 1.62 blocks per game for the Mustangs.
Head Coach Steve Schlick enters his fifth year at Cal Poly, posting a 70-45 overall and career record.
SERIES SHORTS: Utah leads the all-time series with Nevada-Reno, 1-0. On Sept.. 30, 1977 Utah defeated the Wolf Pack , 2-0 in Provo, Utah. Utah is 0-0 at home, 0-0 away and 1-0 at a neutral site vs. Nevada-Reno. San Diego leads the all-time series with Utah, 3-2. In their last meeting on Oct. 12, 1991, the Toreros defeated the Utes in three games in San Diego, Calif. Utah is 0-0 at home, 1-2 away and 1-1 at a neutral site vs. San Diego. Cal-Poly leads the all-time series with the Utes, 11-0. In their last meeting on Sept. 11, 1998, Utah lost to Cal Poly, 3-0 in Ogden, Utah. Utah is 0-7 at home, 0-2 away and 0-2 at a neutral site vs. Cal Poly.
QUOTING LAUNIERE: On the upcoming Cal Poly Tournament-"The biggest challenge for us is to get refocused for this weekend. This weekend's tournament is very important for us in terms of our goal of getting to the NCAAs. Nevada is a solid program and San Diego and Cal Poly are programs that are very similar to ours. San Diego just beat Santa Barbara and is now ranked in the Top 25 and Cal Poly just lost two tough five game matches. All the teams are evenly matched in this tournament and there will be a lot of regional ramifications after this tournament. Getting refocused after our big win over Stanford is a main priority right now and playing with the intensity that we had against Stanford will help us this weekend, but we're going to have to regroup and focus on these three teams."
NEXT WEEK: Utah is back in action at home on Fri., Sept. 15 vs. Temple University at 7:00 p.m. (MST). On Sat., Sept. 16, the Utes take on the No. 14 ranked Arizona Wildcats at Crimson Court at 4:00 p.m. (MST). Utah opens its conference schedule with San Diego State at home on Fri., Sept. 22 at 7:00 p.m. (MST) and UNLV on Sat., Sept. 23 at home at 7:00 p.m. (MST).
STANFORD RECAP: The University of Utah women's volleyball team came back from an 0-2 deficit, taking the next three games (13-15, 12-15, 15-6, 15-10, 15-9) to upset the No. 1 ranked Stanford Cardinal at Crimson Court on Tues., Sept. 5. Stanford dropped to 3-1 on the season, 0-0 in Pac 10 play.
Three Utah players posted career-highs, one school record was broken and one was tied. Sophomore Katrena Ellett led the team with a career-high 24 kills for a .250 hitting percentage and totaled nine digs. McKelle Stilson racked up 23 kills for a .366 hitting percentage and six total blocks. Senior Jen Snow-Richards posted a career-high 30 digs, four blocks and nine kills in the match. Setter Lucie Turkova had a career-high 81 assists and 13 digs. Teammate Adrianne Bradley-Drake posted 12 kills and 13 digs, while teammate Alisa Geddes totaled 22 digs. Twelve Utes saw time in the match, and as a team Utah posted a .202 hitting percentage. Utah set a school record for team assists (93) in tonight's match-up and tied a school record for team kills (97).
Ashley Ivy totaled a career-high 20 kills and 19 digs to lead the Cardinal. Sara Sandrik posted 19 kills and 13 digs, while teammate Lindsay Kagawa racked up 64 assists and 19 digs. Stanford managed a .148 hitting percentage as a team for the match.
"It was a classic, unbelievable win," said Head Coach Beth Launiere. "I felt we could play with them and have a good match against them. I can't say enough about this team, they came back from two games down and won the match. I thought we served really well and it was our serving and passing that took them out of their game."
"They played hard and came out in game three and took over the match," said Interim Head Coach Denise Cortlett. "They out-hit us and out-blocked us. They put a lot of pressure on us and I'm not sure we held up against it. I give all the credit to Utah. We're a young team and hopefully we'll get better."
NEW HAMPSHIRE RECAP: Utah shut-down its host New Hampshire in three games, 15-12, 15-4, 15-4, to win the New Hampshire Tournament held in Durham, N. H., on Sat., Sept. 2. UNH dropped to 1-2 overall, 0-0 in the America East Conference.
For the Utes, junior McKelle Stilson led the team with 14 kills for a .545 hitting percentage and four total blocks. Katrena Ellett and Lenka Urbanova racked up nine kills each, with Ellett leading the Utes with eight digs. Freshman Kim Turner added eight kills and senior setter Lucie Turkova posted 35 assists. All 12 Utes saw time in the match, and as a team Utah posted an impressive .394 hitting percentage.
Jillian Ross led the Wildcats with nine kills and teammate Katie Jentes added six kills. Stacy Barnett posted 20 assists and teammate Alyson Coler led the team with 10 digs. UMass managed a .190 hitting percentage as a team in the match.
"I felt we've been serving really well and that took them out of their game," said Launiere. "We were able to take away some of their strengths from our serving and we had a lot of things click for us. I think the name of the game is serving and passing, and we did that very well. It allowed us to run our offense and take control of the game."
UMASS RECAP: The Utes defeated the UMass Minutewomen in three games, 15-8, 15-10, 15-2, at the New Hampshire Tournament on Sat., Sept. 2. UMass fell to 1-1 overall, 0-0 in the Atlantic 10 Conference.
For the Utes, senior Jen Snow-Richards led the team with 13 kills for a career-high .722 hitting percentage and six digs. Freshman middle blocker Kim Turner racked up 11 kills and Katrena Ellett totaled 10 kills and led the Utes with 11 digs. McKelle Stilson added nine kills and three blocks. Senior setter Lucie Turkova had five kills for a .625 hitting percentage and 49 assists. All 12 Utes saw time in the match, and as a team Utah posted an impressive .339 hitting percentage.
Jennifer Davis led the Minutewomen with nine kills and teammate Lymarie Llovet added seven kills. Jennifer Drennan posted 21 assists and teammate Rebecca Hasson led the team with 10 digs. UMass managed a .131 hitting percentage as a team in the match.
"It was a really good team effort in a three game match where we had three players score double-figures in kills," said Launiere. "What I liked about the match was that we started off pretty rattled and it looked like the second match of the season, but once again we got a lot better as the match went on. We started figuring them out and exploiting their weaknesses and at the same time taking their strengths away and that allowed us to play a more controlled match."
EASTERN MICHIGAN RECAP: The University of Utah women's volleyball team opened its season on the road in Durham, N.H. with a 3-0 win (15-7, 15-2, 15-1) against Eastern Michigan in the New Hampshire Tournament on Fri., Sept. 1. Eastern Michigan dropped to 0-1 overall.
For the Utes, sophomore Katrena Ellett led the team with nine kills for a .438 hitting percentage and totaled a career high 14 digs. Lenka Urbanova and teammate Kim Turner racked up eight kills each. Turner posted a .500 hitting percentage and totaled four blocks in the match. Adrianne Bradley-Drake totaled seven kills and Jen Snow-Richards added six kills, seven digs and four blocks. Senior setter Lucie Turkova posted 35 assists and five kills for an impressive .714 hitting percentage. All 12 Utes saw time in the match, and as a team Utah posted a .317 hitting percentage.
Kristie Price and Sara Schaub led the Eagles with six kills each. Danielle Black posted 18 assists and teammate Courtney Huffman led the team with 11 digs. Eastern Michigan was a -.037 as a team for the match.
"The best thing about this match was that we got better as it went on and I think that is very important for our first match," said Launiere. "I also thought we were executing at a pretty high level and we played all 12 players and nothing dropped off from our game. Individually we had some outstanding performances and I'm pleased with the way we came out and played in our opening match."
HEAD COACH BETH LAUNIERE: In her 11th season, Beth Launiere has not only resurrected the Ute volleyball program and turned it into a consistent winner, she has also guided Utah to unprecedented success on the national level.
Under Launiere's leadership, Utah made its second consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance in 1999, and for a second year advanced to the second round. It is the crowning achievement of Launiere's ten-year tenure at Utah, in which she has posted a 184-138 (.571) career record.
The winningest coach in school history, Launiere has overseen a significant transformation since her arrival in 1990. In the last six years alone, Launiere has guided the Utes to five 20-win seasons and Utah's third-place finish in the MWC in 1999 marked its seventh consecutive upper division finish in conference play.
Launiere worked hard in 1999 to maintain the level of play and expectations of the previous season. With a 22-10 overall record, Utah posted its fourth consecutive, and fifth overall, 20-win season. The Utes' .688 overall winning percentage equaled the third-best in school history. Utah also equaled the third-best conference winning percentage in school history last season (10-4, .714).
Utah received 31 votes to rank 29th in the final USA Today/AVCA Top 25 Poll. Utah's final RPI ranking, produced by the NCAA, was 22nd.
Practice Schedule: The Utes practice from 1:00-6:00 p.m. Mon.-Fri. in East 101 at the HPER building on the University of Utah campus. All practice times and dates are tentative and subject to change. For regular scheduled practice times, please contact Julie Lapomarda. Utah Women's Volleyball practices are closed to the media. To set up interviews before or after practice with Head Coach Beth Launiere or Ute players, please contact Julie Lapomarda women's volleyball SID at: (801) 581-3771 (office), or at (801) 468-0571 (home).
Post-match services/Interviews: Head Coach Beth Launiere and Utah players will be available for interviews outside the Utah lockerroom following a 10 minute cooling off period. A member of the Utah sports information staff will gather interview requests immediately following the match. Box scores will be provided and faxed upon request.
Weekly Interviews: Members of the media who wish to interview Head Coach Beth Launiere should contact her at her office (801-581-6843) between 12:30 to 2:00 p.m. weekdays. Interviews with the athletes should be arranged through Julie Lapomarda (801-581-3771).
THE MOUNTAIN WEST CONFERENCE: The newest conference in the nation has quickly emerged as one of the best. The Mountain West Conference, which officially commenced operation on July 1, 1999, sent three volleyball teams to NCAA post-season play in its first year. League champion BYU made it to the NCAA Sweet 16, Colorado State made it to the NCAA Regional semifinals and Utah advanced to the NCAA second round.
Mountain West Conference Media Information: Ron Christian, Assistant Director of Communications, handles all information requests related to volleyball at the Mountain West Conference office. The MWC address is P.O. Box 35760, Colorado Springs, CO 80935-3567. The MWC telephone number is (719) 533-9500. The fax number is (719) 533-9512.
MWC PRE-SEASON POLL: In a survey of the Mountain West Conference coaches before the season, Utah, which received votes in the preseason national poll, was picked to finish third. Brigham Young and Colorado State each received four first-place votes to headline the 2000 Mountain West Conference Women's Volleyball Preseason Coaches Poll.
AVCA PRE-SEASON POLL: Utah was one of three Mountain West Conference schools that appeared in the USA Today/AVCA (American Volleyball Coaches' Association) Preseason Poll, announced on Mon., Aug. 14. Colorado State and Brigham Young ranked 13th and 15th, while Utah, with 59 points, checked in at No. 30.
1999 Team and Player Notes: Utah made its second-consecutive appearance in the NCAA Tournament, and its second-consecutive 2nd-round finish last season. The Utes, seeded No. 9 in the Mountain Region, defeated eighth-seeded Colorado in three games (15-10, 15-6, 17-15) in the first round and lost to top-seeded Hawaii in three games (15-11, 15-6, 15-4) in the second round at the sub regional in Honolulu, Hawaii.
With a 22-10 overall record, Utah posted its fourth consecutive, and fifth overall, 20-win season. The Utes' .688 overall winning percentage equaled the third-best in school history. Utah also equaled the third-best conference winning percentage in school history last season (10-4, .714). Utah finished third in the MWC, marking its fifth consecutive upper-finish in conference play.
Utah received 31 votes to rank 29th in the final USA Today/AVCA Top 25 Poll. Utah's final RPI ranking produced by the NCAA was 22nd and the Mountain West Conference was third.
The winningest coach in school history, Beth Launiere has overseen a tremendous change since her arrival here in 1990. She has posted a 180-138 (.566) career record in ten seasons. In the last five years alone, Launiere has guided the Utes to four 20-win seasons, and three 3rd place and two fourth place finishes in conference play.
Brooke Barton, Jennifer Snow-Richards, Lucie Turkov?, McKelle Stilson, Megan Anderson and Brenda Beal earned academic all-MWC honors last season. Utah and Colorado State garnered the most honorees with six out of a field of 37 student-athletes.
Graciela Torres-Lopez ended her career as Utah's all-time leader in assists with 5,130. She broke the 5,000 mark on Wed., Nov. 24 in the opening match of the inaugural Mountain West Conference Tournament against San Diego State. She broke the record for the number of assists in a season with 1,424.
Utah had four players selected as members of the inaugural All-Mountain West Conference Volleyball Teams. Sophomore McKelle Stilson was a first-team (MB) selection. Senior setter Graciela Torres-Lopez and sophomore outside hitter Alisa Geddes were second-team picks, while junior Brook Barton was named the second-team defensive specialist of the year.
Middle blocker McKelle Stilson ranked in at number five on Utah's individual season record list with a .296 hitting efficiency. She currently ranks sixth with 130 block assists, seventh with 149 total blocks and ninth with 431 kills.
Outside hitter Alisa Geddes ranked in at number five on Utah's individual season record for digs with 375.
All but one loss last season was to top 25 teams beginning with No. 18 Northern Iowa, No. 9 Pepperdine, No. 2 Stanford, No. 10 BYU, No. 11 Colorado State and No. 3 Hawaii. Utah's only other loss last season came from Georgia, a non-ranked team, in five games.
Utah ranked 29th in the nation in home match attendance. In 12 matches at home, the Utes brought in 9,234 fans, an average of 770 fans per match.
Nine of Utah's wins came in three games. Ten of Utah's wins came in four games, while three wins came in five games. Five of Utah's losses came in three games, one loss came in four games, while the remaining four losses came in five games.
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