It's Pac-10 Time for No. 7 USC as Women of Troy Play at Oregon State, Oregon

Transcription

1 6-Time National Champions UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SPORTS INFORMATION DEPARTMENT OF INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS HER 103 LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA TELEPHONE: (213) FAX: (213) WOMEN S VOLLEYBALL SPORTS INFORMATION DIRECTOR: JASON POMMIER pommier@usc.edu 2006 Schedule/Results 11-0 Overall 0-0 Pac-10 at CenturyTel Premier Tournament - San Marcos, TX Aug. 25 North Texas W 3-0 (30-18, 30-17, 30-18) Aug. 25 UTPA W 3-0 (30-24, 30-19, 30-14) Aug. 26 Texas State W 3-0 (30-18, 30-14, 30-14) USC/LMU Classic - Lyon Center Sept. 1 USC vs. Fresno State W 3-0 (30-20, 30-10, 30-20) Sept. 2 USC vs. No. 24 Utah W 3-1 (30-25, 30-21, 30-32, 30-22) Sept. 3 USC vs. No. 11 Tennessee W 3-1 (30-11, 30-21, 28-30, 30-22) at Gamecock Invitational - Columbia, SC Sept. 8 Florida State W 3-0 (30-22, 30-17, 30-20) Sept. 8 South Carolina W 3-0 (30-22, 30-21, 30-23) Sept. 9 St. John's W 3-0 (30-22, 30-17, 30-20) Sept. 14 at No. 20 Pepperdine W 3-2 (30-20, 30-24, 24-30, 23-30, 15-12) Sept. 15 No. 14 Purdue (LC) W 3-1 (30-25, 27-30, 30-15, 30-26) Sept. 21 *at Oregon State 7 p.m. Sept. 22 *at Oregon 7 p.m. Sept. 28 *Washington State (LC) 6 p.m. Sept. 29 *Washington (LC) 7 p.m. Oct. 6 *at Arizona State 7 p.m. Oct. 7 *at Arizona 7 p.m. Oct. 12 *Stanford (GC) 7 p.m. (FSN) Oct. 13 *California (GC) 7 p.m. Oct. 20 *UCLA (GC) 7 p.m. Oct. 26 *at Washington 7 p.m. Oct. 27 *at Washington State 7 p.m. Nov. 3 *Arizona (GC) 7 p.m. (FSN) Nov. 4 *Arizona State (GC) 6 p.m. Nov. 10 *at Stanford 7 p.m. Nov. 11 *at California 7 p.m. Nov. 17 *at UCLA 7 p.m. (FSN) Nov. 24 *Oregon (GC) 1 p.m. Nov. 25 *Oregon State (GC) 1 p.m. NCAA Tournament Nov. 30-Dec. 3 First and Second Rnd. TBA TBA Dec Regionals TBA TBA Dec. 14 Semifinals Omaha, Neb. (Qwest Center) Dec. 16 Finals Omaha, Neb. (Qwest Center) BOLD indicates home matches. * Pacific-10 Conference match. FSN - Fox Sports Net matches will be shown tape delay on the date indicated. ESPNU - Broadcast on ESPNU LC - Lyon Center GC - Galen Center Game times local to site. Rankings according to AVCA/CSTV poll at time of match Follow the Women of Troy at For Release: Sept. 19, 2006 It's Pac-10 Time for No. 7 USC as Women of Troy Play at Oregon State, Oregon UPCOMING MATCHES TV RADIO/INTERNET Thursday, Sept p.m. - Corvallis, Ore. at Oregon State Friday, Sept p.m. - Eugene, Ore. at Oregon USC Probable Starters No. Name Yr. Pos. Ht. kpg pct. dpg bpg ppg 9 Taylor Carico Fr. S apg 12 Diane Copenhagen Jr. OH Jessica Gysin RSo. OH Asia Kaczor Jr. OPP/OH Debora Seilhamer Sr. L Bethany Johansen Jr. MB/OPP Katelyn Bishop or Jr. MB/OH Kelli Tennant So. MB/OPP The Facts The No. 7 USC women's volleyball team (11-0) -- winners of six national championships -- begins the Pac-10 Conference portion of its 2006 schedule this week, opening on the road at Oregon State (3-6) on Thursday (Sept. 21) at 7 p.m. The Women of Troy will play at Oregon (10-0) the following night on Friday (Sept. 22) at 7 p.m. Week In Review USC registered two wins against Top 25 opponents with a 3-2 win at No. 20 Pepperdine and a 3-1 home win against No. 14 Purdue. The Women of Troy took a 2-0 lead in Malibu with the match broadcast live on ESPNU. The host Waves answered to force a fifth game, but freshman setter Taylor Carico handled the pressure with two kills and two block assists. She had seven kills against no errors with 49 assists and nine digs. Diane Copenhagen led USC with a team-high 19 kills while Asia Kaczor added 17 kills. In Friday's match at the Lyon Center against Purdue, Kaczor hit a team-high 21 kills and 17 digs as USC earned its fourth win of the season against a Top 25 opponent. Kaczor hit.500 in the match, one day prior to celebrating her 22nd birthday. USC held Purdue to just 15 points in the third game as Jessica Gysin and Copenhagen had 14 kills each. Carico had 54 assists on the evening with 11 digs and six kills. Over the weekend, senior All-America libero Debora Seilhamer continued her assault on the USC record books. She moved into second place for career digs and needs only 135 digs to tie Katie Haller for the school record.

2 2006 USC Women's Volleyball 6-time National Champions Page 2 National Polls CSTV/AVCA 1. Nebraska (44) 2. Penn State (15) 3. UCLA (1) 4. Washington 5. Texas 6. Stanford 7. USC 8. California 9. Santa Clara 10. Florida 11. Purdue 12. Ohio State 13. LSU 14. Wisconsin 15. Hawai'i 16. BYU 17. Tennessee 18. Utah 19. Michigan 20. Ohio 21. Cal Poly 22. Missouri 23. Pepperdine 24. New Mexico State 25. Long Beach State Week-By-Week Preseason No. 14 Sept. 4 No. 10 Sept. 11 No. 9 Sept. 18 No. 7 Volleyball Magazine 1. Nebraska 2. Penn State 3. UCLA 4. Stanford 5. Washington 6. Texas 7. USC 8. California 9. Santa Clara 10. Florida 11. Ohio State 12. Purdue 13. LSU 14. Wisconsin 15. Hawai'i 16. Tennessee 17. BYU 18. Michigan 19. Utah 20. Cal Poly Week-By-Week Preseason No. 11 Sept. 11 No. 9 Sept. 18 No. 7 Oregon State Notes Oregon State is 3-6 on the season and did not play last weekend. Head coach Taras Liskevych is in his second season at Oregon State. 10 letterwinners return from last year's team that finished overall and seventh in the Pac-10 Conference. Freshman outside hitter Rachel Rourke leads the team with 151 kills (4.58 kpg). USC leads the all-time series with Oregon State by a 33-7 margin. Oregon Notes Oregon is 10-0 on the season after 3-0 sweeps last weekend against Gonzaga and at Boise State. Head coach Jim Moore is in his second season at Oregon. The Ducks returned six letterwinners from last year's squad. Sophomore middle blocker Mira Djuric leads the team with 129 kills (3.49 kpg) and 29 service aces with her 0.78 sapg average leading the Pac-10 Conference. USC leads the all-time series with Oregon by a 37-6 margin. Court of Dreams This will be USC's final year at the Lyon Center before the Women of Troy move to the brand-new Galen Center in October. The 10,258-seat arena is being built on the corner of Figueroa St. and Jefferson Blvd., adjacent to the USC campus. The arena is named after Lou and Helene Galen, who generously donated $35 million towards the project that will house the USC men's and women's volleyball and basketball programs. Grand Victory On Nov. 25, 2005, USC head coach Mick Haley recorded his 1,000th collegiate win in the Women of Troy's 3-0 win against California. He earned his 900th win as a women's coach on Nov. 4, 2005, at Oregon State. His 29-year career includes seven years (combined men's and women's) at Kellogg Community College in Michigan ( ), 17 years at Texas ( ) and five years at USC (2000-present). He also served as head coach for the U.S. Women's National Team from , including the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Statapalooza -- With the start of Pac-10 Conference play, USC was picked to finish fifth in the 2006 coaches' preseason poll behind Stanford, UCLA, Washington and California. -- USC has won the Pac-10 Conference title six times, including the 2002 and 2003 seasons. Against Ranked Opponents Opp. Rank Rank Date Site Before Opponent Score After Sept. 2 H 24 Utah W, Sept. 3 H 11 Tennessee W, Sept. 14 A 20 Pepperdine W, Sept. 15 H 14 Purdue W, USC Volleyball By The Numbers - 6 National Championships - 16 Olympians - 27 All-Americans (53 selections) - 3 Volleyball Hall of Fame Inductees - 6 Pac-10 Conference Championships No Name Pos Ht Yr Hometown (LAST School) 1 Kimi Freeburg S 5-8 Sr. New Castle, Ind. (New Castle Chrysler HS) 2 Debora Seilhamer L 5-5 Sr. Ponce, Puerto Rico (Colegio Ponceño) 3 Alli Hillgren DS 5-8 Fr. Rancho Santa Fe, Calif. (Francis Parker HS) 4 Annie Montgomery DS 5-7 Sr. Menlo Park, Calif. (St. Francis HS) 5 Jessica Gysin OH 6-1 RSo. Los Gatos, Calif. (St. Francis HS) 6 Katelyn Bishop MB/OH 6-2 Jr. Terre Haute, Ind. (Terre Haute South HS) 7 Asia Kaczor OH/OPP 6-4 Jr. Wroclaw, Poland (College of Southern Idaho) 9 Taylor Carico S 5-11 Fr. Manhattan Beach, Calif. (Mira Costa HS) 10 Bethany Johansen MB/OPP 6-3 Jr. San Jose, Calif. (UC Santa Barbara) 11 Marta Siemiatkowska MB 6-1 Jr. Kalisz, Poland (College of Southern Idaho) 12 Diane Copenhagen OH 6-2 Jr. Saratoga, Calif. (St. Francis HS) 24 Chelsea Wilson DS/S 5-7 Fr. Los Gatos, Calif. (Los Gatos HS) 26 Kelli Tennant MB/OPP 6-2 So. Temecula, Calif. (Chaparral HS) 32 Alli Dillon S 5-7 Sr. Long Beach, Calif. (San Jose State) Head Coach: Assistant Head Coach: Assistant Coach: Volunteer Assistant Coach: 2006 USC Numerical Roster Mick Haley, Ball State '65 (6th season) Todd Dagenais (2nd season) Cookie Stevens (2nd season) John Xie (2nd season) Katelyn Bishop... KATE-lynn Taylor Carico...CARE-uh-coe Todd Dagenais...DAZJ-uh-nay (as in dad) Jessica Gysin...GUY-sin Bethany Johansen... joe-han-son Pronunciation Guide Asia Kaczor...AH-shuh KAHK-chor Debora Seilhamer... SEAL-hammer Marta Siemiatkowska...MAR-tuh shay-mee-uht-kow-ska John Xie... SHAY

3 2006 USC Women's Volleyball 6-time National Champions Page 3 Head Coach Mick Haley Head Coach - U.S. Women's National Team ( ) Four national championships (1981, Texas, 2002, USC) Two junior college women's national championships Four junior college men's national championships Three-Time National Coach of the Year Success is often measured by results and USC head coach Mick Haley has pushed the women's volleyball program to a level that proves that axiom to be true. During his tenure at USC, Haley has guided his teams to two national championships (2002 and 2003), three consecutive NCAA Final Four appearances (2002, 2003, 2004) and five consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances. Now in his sixth year at USC, Haley has posted an amazing overall record of (.866) while going (.854) in Pac-10 Conference play. In 2003, Haley led the Women of Troy to a second-consecutive NCAA Championship - the program's sixth title overall and third NCAA title. Haley, 63, guided the 2003 squad to a perfect 35-0 record (only the fourth team to ever accomplish the feat). For these accomplishments, he earned the most prestigious honor among collegiate coaches and something that had eluded him in previous years of his collegiate coaching career as he was honored AVCA Division I Coach of the Year. In the process, Haley put together an NCAA-record 52-match winning streak, dating from Nov. 8, 2002, to Sept. 11, During the impressive streak, the Women of Troy compiled a single game record (91.8%). As a two-time national championship head coach at Texas and fouryear United States National Team coach, Haley took the helm of the Trojan program at the start of the 2001 season. He brought a tradition of excellence as one of the elite coaches in the game with him to a University with a rich tradition of its own. In his 30 years as a collegiate head coach, Haley boasts a (.813) career women's record and a (.806) mark in 22 years at the Division I level. He ranks sixth among the NCAA's winningest active coaches according to win percentage (.813) and ninth among all active coaches by victories (662). Most impressive is Haley's dominant history against conference opponents. Along with his men's record, Haley is 1, (.807) during his tremendous career that includes four Division I women's national championships and six overall junior college national titles. He recorded his personal 1,000th win on Nov. 25, 2005, with USC's 3-0 win at home against California. Prior to his return to the collegiate scene, Haley made his mark on the international and Olympic stage. He spent four seasons as head coach of the U.S. Women's National Team ( ), leading Team USA to a fourthplace finish at the 2000 Olympics. Before entering the international spotlight, Haley spent 17 successful seasons ( ) at Texas, where he was overall, won two national championships (1981 and 1988), 13 Southwest Conference titles and earned 15 NCAA tournament berths. Prior to Texas, Haley coached at Kellogg Community College in Battle Creek, Mich., for seven seasons ( ). In 1997, he was inducted into the Junior College Coaches Hall of Fame. While at Kellogg, he also trained with the U.S. National Team and served as an assistant coach with the U.S. men s and women s programs. As a setter at Ball State ( ), he helped lead the Cardinals to the 1964 and 1965 Midwest Intercollegiate Volleyball Association title. He was the MIVA s MVP in 1965 and made the All-MIVA second team in Haley was inducted into the Ball State Athletic Hall of Fame in He earned his bachelor s degree in education from Ball State in He received a master s degree in education in 1966 from Southern Illinois, where he started a men s club team. Haley's Record at USC OVERALL PAC-10 YEAR W L PCT. W L PCT. FINISH nd st st rd th TOTALS In the month of September, USC has beaten two undefeated teams with 9-0 records. The Women of Troy defeated St. John's on Sept. 9 in Columbia, S.C. and beat No. 14 Purdue on Sept. 15 at the Lyon Center. -- Eight former Women of Troy players made at least one appearance this season on the AVP Tour. Jennifer (Kessy) Boss had the most success with several Final Four appearances while Keao Burdine and April Ross teamed up for a successful rookie campaign. Burdine and Ross finished ninth at the Sacramento Open and earned a seed at latter tour stops. Perfect Start USC has opened its season with an 11-0 record for the seventh time in school history. Four previous squads that started with an 11-0 record (1976, 1977, 2002 and 2003) have gone on to win the national championship. The Power of the Pac-10 Five Pac-10 teams are ranked among the top 25 in the 2006 CSTV/AVCA current poll (the most among any other conference), including No. 3 UCLA, No. 4 Washington, No. 6 Stanford, No. 7 USC and No. 8 California. Polish Power 6-4 junior opposite/outside hitter Asia Kaczor (pronounced AH-shuh KAHK-chor) has been one of USC's top players this season. The native of Wroclaw, Poland, was the 2005 NJCAA Player of the Year at the College of Southern Idaho last year after leading the team with 605 kills on the season (4.96 kpg) and a.456 percentage. She recorded 89 service aces (0.73 apg), 25 assists, 62 blocks (0.51 bpg) and 307 digs (2.52 dpg). Kaczor has been a member of the Polish National Team program since This season, Kaczor leads the Women of Troy with 173 kills and a 4.55 kpg average. She is third in the Pac-10 Conference in kills and points per game (5.21). Kaczor earned most valuable player honors at the 2006 CenturyTel Premier Tournament in San Marcos, Texas, after recording 42 kills (15, 14 and 13 kills respectively) in three matches. She hit.370 on the weekend, adding five digs and seven block assists. Her second MVP award came at the Gamecock Invitational (Sept. 8-9) in Columbia, S.C., after she had 43 kills (4.78 kpg) in three matches. She led the Women of Troy in kills in the 3-0 sweeps against Florida State and South Carolina, hitting.385 for the weekend with six service aces, 12 digs and seven block assists. After recording 37 kills in two matches against No. 20 Pepperdine (Sept. 14) and No. 14 Purdue (Sept. 15), Kaczor earned her first-ever Pac-10 Conference Player of the Week honors. She hit.351 in the two matches, adding 29 digs for a 3.22 dpg average with three service aces and four block assists. Against Purdue at the Lyon Center, she tallied team-highs with 21 kills and 17 digs in the 3-1 victory. She ripped a season-high 24 kills in USC's 3-1 win over No. 11 Tennessee on Sept. 3 at the Lyon Center. "Seil" The Deal Senior libero Debora Seilhamer (Ponce, Puerto Rico/ Colegio Ponceño) has established herself as one of the top liberos in the nation. Seilhamer earned All- America second team status and All-Pac-10 honors last season after posting a school record 696 digs and 6.82 dpg average, surpassing both records she had set in her 2004 sophomore season. Currently, she holds the school career record with a 4.77 dpg average (Katie Haller, , is second with a 4.01 average) and is second all-time with 1,563 digs. She can tie Haller for the school record with a total of 135 in This season, she has 213 digs for a 5.61 dpg mark. During the first weekend's opening matches in San Marcos, Texas, Seilhamer posted 67 digs for a 7.44 dpg clip. She has 175 digs on the season with a 6.03 dpg average, second in the Pac-10 Conference. On Sept. 8, she had an impressive streak of 54 straight matches with double figure digs snapped at South Carolina. At the Gamecock Invitational (Sept. 8-9), she was named most outstanding libero.

4 2006 USC Women's Volleyball 6-time National Champions Page 4 USC Superlatives Overall Home: Away: Neutral: Three-Game Match: Four-Game Match: Five-Game Match: Win First Game: Lose First Game: Win First Two Games: Lose First Two Games: Split First Two Games: Against Ranked Teams: Against Unranked Teams: On Television: Against Opponents Post Higher Hitting Percentage: Post Lower Hitting Percentage: Post More Kills: Post Fewer Kills: Same Kills As Opponent: Post More Service Aces: Post Fewer Service Aces: Same Service Aces As Opponent: Post More Digs: Post Fewer Digs: Same Digs As Opponent: Post More Blocks: Post Fewer Blocks: Same Blocks As Opponent: Longest Game Win Streak: (8/25-9/2) Longest Game Losing Streak (9/14) Active Streak:... 2 win Longest Match Win Streak: Active Streak: win USC vs. Conferences: Atlantic Coast Big East Big Ten Independent Mountain West Southeastern Southland Sun Belt Western Athletic West Coast Seilhamer holds the school records for most digs in a three-game, four-game and five-game match. Her three-game record came on Dec. 3, 2005, with 30 against Pepperdine in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. She set a school record for most digs in a four-game match with 39 on Nov. 19, 2005, at Arizona State, surpassing a record she tied earlier in the season (Sept. 9 against Notre Dame) with 36. Last year, she earned Pac-10 Player of the Week honors after recording 57 digs in two matches (8.14 dpg average) on Oct. 21 and 22 against Arizona State and No. 8 Arizona. With 27 digs against ASU, she set a school record for most digs in a three-game match (which she later surpassed). She also recorded her 1,000th career dig in the match. She was perfect in 21 serving attempts against Arizona and did not record a reception error. On Nov. 12 against Washington State, Seilhamer set a new three-game school record with 29 digs against the Cougars. She tied the school record on Sept. 9, 2005, against No. 19 Notre Dame for most digs (36) in a four-game match, tying a mark held by Megan McAllister (10/21/89) and Katie Haller (10/24/92). Seilhamer had 82 digs in three matches against Top 25 teams (Notre Dame, No. 6 Florida and No. 13 Texas A&M) at the UTSA Dome Rally (Sept. 9-11) and was named to the all-tournament team. Seilhamer earned All-Pac-10 honorable mention in 2004 and set a USC record (and five-game record) with 45 digs in the match on Nov. 12 against UCLA. The Capital of Denmark Junior outside hitter Diane Copenhagen (Saratoga/St. Francis HS) opened the season with 34 kills and 23 digs in three matches to earn all-tournament team honors at the CenturyTel Premier Tournament in San Marcos, Texas. She is second on the team this season with 154 kills and a 4.05 kpg average. She has 77 digs (2.03 dpg) and leads the team with 15 solo blocks. Copenhagen had 23 kills, one off her career best, on Sept. 2 in a 3-1 win against No. 24 Utah at the Lyon Center. She added another all-tournament team selection at the Gamecock Invitational (Sept. 8-9) in Columbia, S.C. This season, she has recorded double figures in kills in 10 of USC's 11 matches. She was third on the team last year with a 3.85 ppg average, along with 314 kills (3.27 kpg). She set a career-high with 24 kills in a five-game loss to No. 6 Florida on Sept. 10, 2005, at the UTSA Dome Rally in San Antonio. Copenhagen played at the 2005 U-20 FIVB World Championships in Ankara, Turkey, with the U.S. Junior National Team as Team USA finished in a tie for 11th place. Family Gysin It has taken two years, but USC fans finally get a chance to see the exploits of redshirt sophomore outside hitter Jessica Gysin (Los Gatos/St. Francis HS). Hailed as one of the top high school players in 2004, Gysin has battled injuries in her first two seasons. She sprained her ankle in 2004 and suffered a left knee injury in She is third on the team with 121 kills and a 3.18 kpg average. She also has 93 digs (2.45 dpg) and has recorded four double-doubles for kills and digs this season, including 11 kills and 10 digs on Sept. 3 against No. 11 Tennessee and a 14 kill, 13 dig match on Sept. 15 against No. 14 Purdue. Gysin started out of the blocks in fine fashion with 13 kills, seven digs and two solo blocks in USC's 3-0 win on Aug. 26 at Texas State. After leading USC with a team-high 14 kills on Sept. 9 against St. John's with a.406 hitting performance, she earned all-tournament team honors at the Gamecock Invitational.

5 2006 USC Women's Volleyball 6-time National Champions Page 5 USC Career Records Digs 1. Katie Haller ( )...1, Debora Seilhamer ( )... 1, Nancy Hillman ( )...1, Kelly Kuebler ( )...1, Jennifer Kessy ( )...1, April Ross ( )...1, Keao Burdine ( )...1, Antoinette Polk ( )...1, Nicole Davis ( )...1, Yleana Carrasco ( )...1,050 Digs Per Game (min. 500 digs) 1. Debora Seilhamer ( ) Katie Haller ( ) Kelly Kuebler ( ) Nancy Hillman ( ) Jennifer Kessy ( ) Nicole Davis ( ) April Ross ( ) Janae Henry ( ) Keao Burdine ( ) Antoinette Polk ( ) Double Figure Matches Kills Digs Blocks Taylor Carico Diane Copenhagen Jessica Gysin Bethany Johansen Asia Kaczor Debora Seilhamer Double-Doubles Diane Copenhagen kills, 15 digs at No. 20 Pepperdine (Sept. 14) Jessica Gysin kills, 12 digs vs. North Texas (Aug. 26)...14 kills, 10 digs vs. No. 24 Utah (Sept. 2)...11 kills, 10 digs vs. No. 11 Tennessee (Sept. 3)...14 kills, 13 digs vs. No. 14 Purdue (Sept. 15) Asia Kaczor kills, 12 digs at No. 20 Pepperdine (Sept. 14)...21 kills, 17 digs vs. No. 14 Purdue (Sept. 15) Taylor Made Freshman setter Taylor Carico (Manhattan Beach/Mira Costa HS) has held the reins since day one as the team's No. 1 setter and improving with every match. She has 466 assists (12.26 apg) this season with 38 kills (1.00 kpg), 83 digs (2.18 dpg) and 23 blocks (0.61 bpg). On Sept. 2 against No. 24 Utah, she collected a season-high 62 assists, three kills, eight digs and two block assists. On Sept. 14 at No. 20 Pepperdine, Carico came up big for the Women of Troy in a pressure-filled, five-game victory over the host Waves with two block assists and two kills. Carico won the 2005 Andi Collins Award as the nation's top senior high school setter according to PrepVolleyball.com. She was also CIF Co-Player of the Year and state most valuable player in her senior season. On the club level, she won most valuable player honors for the 18 Open Division this summer at the Junior Olympics and was a member of the 2004 and 2005 Youth National Team. Bethany's Block Party Junior middle blocker/opposite hitter transfer Bethany Johansen (San Jose/UC Santa Barbara) adds an experienced player to USC's lineup. She leads the team with a.396 hitting percentage ( ) and 48 total blocks (1.26 bpg). As of Sept. 18, Johansen is sixth in the Pac-10 Conference for hitting percentage. On Sept. 3 against No. 11 Tennessee, she had a season-high 11 kills and added three block assists in USC's 3-1 victory. Against Fresno State on Sept. 1, she recorded a career-high eight blocks against the Bulldogs (1 solo, seven assists). She tied her career mark with eight (four solo, four assists) on Sept. 15 against No. 14 Purdue. Last season with the Gauchos, she led the team with a.375 hitting percentage, posting 137 kills (1.40 kpg) with 66 blocks (0.67 bpg) and 24 digs (0.24). She was named to the 2005 Big West Conference All-Academic team. Bishop in the Middle Junior middle blocker Katelyn Bishop (Terre Haute, Ind./Terre Haute South HS) is another key player in the middle for the Women of Troy. She led the team last year with a 0.97 blocks-pergame average. This season, she has 24 total blocks for a 0.92 bpg average to go with 23 digs (0.88 dpg). The Pahl Bearer Sophomore middle blocker/outside hitter Kelli Tennant (Temecula/Chaparral HS) lists former USC All-America middle blocker Jennifer Pahl ( ) as her biggest sports hero. Tennant is wearing Pahl's number (26) as a tribute to her. Pahl grew up near Tennant in Murrieta, Calif. This season, she has 15 kills (0.68 kpg) and 19 blocks (0.86). Tennant earned 2005 Pac-10 All-Freshman Team honors after recording 188 kills (1.84 kpg) and 84 blocks (0.82 bpg). She finished fourth on the squad with a 2.52 ppg average. Team Co-Captains For the 2006 season, seniors Alli Dillon (Long Beach/Wilson HS) and Kimi Freeburg (New Castle, Ind./New Castle Chrysler HS) will serve as team co-captains. Both Dillon and Freeburg are setters with Dillon getting additional play as a defensive specialist. Dillon has played in 87 matches during her first three seasons (she transferred to USC after her 2003 freshman season at San Jose State) while Freeburg has appeared in 78 matches for the Women of Troy. Famous Dads Two USC players this season have fathers with high-profile careers. Senior Annie Montgomery's dad, Mike, is the former head coach for the NBA's Golden State Warriors and longtime head coach at Stanford while freshman Chelsea Wilson's dad, Doug, is executive vice president and general manager for the NHL's San Jose Sharks.

6 2006 USC Women's Volleyball 6-time National Champions Page 6 Player Season/Career Highs 1 - Kimi Freeburg 5-9 Setter New Castle, Ind. (New Castle Chrysler HS) Kills... none Kills... 2 vs. American (9/10/04) Assists vs. North Texas (8/25) Assists...38 vs. Georgia (9/4/04) Aces... 2 vs. North Texas (8/25) Aces... 2, seven times Digs... 1, two times Digs...17 vs. Stanford (10/8/04) Blocks... 1 vs. North Texas (8/25) Blocks...2 at Hawai'i (9/1/05) 2 - Debora Seilhamer 5-5 L Ponce, Puerto Rico (Colegio Ponceno) Kills...1 vs. Fresno State (9/1) Kills...2 at California (9/24/05) Assists...6 vs. Purdue (9/15) Assists...6, three times Aces...2 vs. Utah (9/2) Aces...1, 21 times Digs...33 vs. Utah (9/2) Digs...45 at UCLA (11/12/04) Blocks... none Blocks... none 3 - Alli Hillgren 5-8 DS Rancho Santa Fe, Calif. (Francis Parker HS) Kills... none Kills... none Assists... none Assists... none Aces... 1 at South Carolina (9/8) Aces...same Digs... 5 vs. North Texas (8/25) Digs...same Blocks... none Blocks... none 4 - Annie Montgomery 5-7 DS Menlo Park, Calif. (St. Francis HS) Kills Kills... none Assists Assists... 1 vs. Oregon (10/8/05) Aces Aces... 1, two times Digs Digs... 6 vs. Oregon State (10/7/05) Blocks Blocks... none 5 - Jessica Gysin 6-1 OH Los Gatos, Calif. (St. Francis HS) Kills...14, three times Kills...same Assists...2, three times Assists...same Aces...5 vs. St. John's (9/9) Aces...same Digs...16 at Pepperdine (9/14) Digs...same Blocks...4 at Pepperdine (9/14) Blocks...same 6 - Katelyn Bishop 6-2 MB/OH Terre Haute, Ind. (Terre Haute South HS) Kills...5, three times Kills at Oregon (11/3/05) Assists...2 at Pepperdine (9/14) Assists... 5 vs. Florida (9/10/05) Aces...2 at Pepperdine (9/14) Aces... 7 at Arizona (11/18/05) Digs...7 vs. Utah (9/2) Digs vs. UCLA (10/28/05) Blocks...8 vs. St. John's (9/9) Blocks... 9 vs. UC Santa Barbara (12/2/05) 7 - Asia Kaczor 6-4 OH/OPP Wroclaw, Poland (College of Southern Idaho) Kills vs. Tennessee (9/3) Kills...same Assists... 3 vs. Tennessee (9/3) Assists...same Aces... 4 vs. Florida State (9/8) Aces...same Digs...17 vs. Purdue (9/15) Digs...same Blocks...5 vs. St. John's (9/9) Blocks...same 9 - Taylor Carico 5-11 S Manhattan Beach, Calif. (Mira Costa HS) Kills...7 at Pepperdine (9/14) Kills...same Assists...62 vs. Utah (9/2) Assists...same Aces... 2, five times Aces...same Digs vs. UTPA (8/25) Digs...same Blocks...9 vs. Fresno State (9/1) Blocks...same 10 - Bethany Johansen 6-3 MB/OPP San Jose, Calif. (UC Santa Barbara) Kills...12 vs. Purdue (9/15) Kills...16 vs. USC (12/2/05) Assists... 2, two times Assists...4 at UC Riverside (10/8/05) Aces... none Aces...same Digs...2 at Pepperdine (9/14) Digs...4 vs. CS Northridge (10/14/05) Blocks... 8, two times Blocks...same 11 - Marta Siemiatkowska 6-1 MB Kalisz, Poland (College of Southern Idaho) Kills... 2 vs. North Texas (8/25) Kills...same Assists... 1 vs. North Texas (8/25) Assists...same Aces... none Aces...same Digs... 2 at Texas State (8/26) Digs...same Blocks...2 vs. Fresno State (9/1) Blocks...same 12 - Diane Copenhagen 6-2 OH Saratoga, Calif. (St. Francis HS) Kills...23 vs. Utah (9/2) Kills vs. Florida (9/10/05) Assists... 2, two times Assists... 2, seven times Aces... 5 vs. UTPA (8/25) Aces...same Digs...8, three times Digs vs. UC Santa Barbara (12/2/05) Blocks...6 vs. St. John's (9/9) Blocks...same 24 - Chelsea Wilson 5-7 DS/S Los Gatos, Calif. (Los Gatos HS) Kills... none Kills...same Assists... none Assists...same Aces... none Aces...same Digs... 3 vs. North Texas (8/25) Digs...same Blocks... none Blocks...same 26 - Kelli Tennant 6-2 MB/OPP Temecula, Calif. (Chaparral HS) Kills... 7 vs. Tennessee (9/3) Kills vs. Florida (9/10/05) Assists...4 vs. Purdue (9/15) Assists... 4, two times Aces... 2, two times Aces... 3, two times Digs... 4, two times Digs...8 vs. Penn State (8/31/05) Blocks...6 vs. Fresno State (9/1) Blocks...7 vs. Texas A&M (9/11/05) 32 - Alli Dillon 5-7 DS/S Long Beach, Calif. (Wilson HS/San Jose State) Kills... none Kills... 1 vs. UC Santa Barbara (12/2/05) Assists... 1 vs. UTPA (8/25) Assists vs. Nebraska (12/11/04) Aces... 1 vs. UTPA (8/25) Aces... 3 vs. American (9/10/04) Digs... 4 vs. North Texas (8/25) Digs vs. Nebraska (12/11/04) Blocks... none Blocks... none

7 2006 USC Women's Volleyball 6-time National Champions Page USC Women s Volleyball USC Women of Troy Match-by-Match KILLS-ACES-DIGS-BLOCKS All matches Opponent Date Score WL FREEBURG SEILHAMER HILLGREN GYSIN BISHOP KACZOR CARICO JOHANSEN vs NT Aug W vs UTPA Aug W DNP at TXST Aug W FS Sep W UTAH Sep W TENN Sep W DNP DNP vs FSU Sep W DNP at SC Sep W DNP DNP vs SJU Sep W DNP DNP at PEP Sep W PUR Sep W Opponent Date Score WL SIEMIATKOWSKA COPENHAGEN WILSON TENNANT DILLON vs NT Aug W vs UTPA Aug W DNP DNP at TXST Aug W FS Sep W UTAH Sep W DNP DNP TENN Sep W DNP DNP vs FSU Sep W at SC Sep W DNP vs SJU Sep W DNP DNP DNP DNP at PEP Sep W DNP DNP PUR Sep W DNP DNP

8 2006 USC Women's Volleyball USC Combined Team Statistics (as of Sep 15, 2006) All matches RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL MATCHES... (11-0 ) ( 4-0 ) ( 3-0 ) ( 4-0 ) CONFERENCE... ( 0-0 ) ( 0-0 ) ( 0-0 ) ( 0-0 ) NON-CONFERENCE... (11-0 ) ( 4-0 ) ( 3-0 ) ( 4-0 ) ATTACK SET SERVE DIG BLOCKING ## STATS SUMMARY G K K/G E TA Pct A A/G SA SE SA/G RE DIG D/G BS BA Total B/G BE BHE Points Kaczor, Asia Copenhagen, Diane Gysin, Jessica Johansen, Bethany Carico, Taylor Bishop, Katelyn Tennant, Kelli Siemiatkowska, Marta Freeburg, Kimi Seilhamer, Debora Dillon, Alli Hillgren, Alli Wilson, Chelsea Team - USC Opponents TEAM STATISTICS USC OPP DATE OPPONENT W/L SCORE SCORE-BY-GAME ATTEND ATTACK... Aug 25 vs North Texas W ,30-17, Kills Aug 25 vs UTPA W ,30-19, Errors Aug 26 at Texas State W ,30-14, Total Attacks Sep 02 FRESNO STATE W ,30-10, Attack Pct Sep 02 #24 UTAH W ,30-21,30-32, Kills/Game Sep 03 #11 TENNESSEE W ,30-21,28-30, SET... Sep 08 vs Florida State W ,30-22, Assists $ Sep 08 at South Carolina W ,30-21, Assists/Game Sep 09 vs St. John's W ,30-17, SERVE... Sep 14 at #20 Pepperdine W ,30-24,24-30,23-30, Aces Sep 15 #14 PURDUE W ,27-30,30-15, Errors Aces/Game SERVE RECEPTIONS... Errors Errors/Game DEFENSE... Digs Digs/Game BLOCKING... Block Solo Block Assist Total Blocks Blocks Per Game Block Errors BALL HANDLING ERRORS ATTENDANCE... Total Dates/Avg Per Date 4/529 3/763 Neutral site #/Avg 4/115 Current win streak 11 - Home win streak