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1 WEEK ONE SUN DEVIL CHALLENGE, TEMPE, ARIZ. 0-0 OVERALL New Mexico beach volleyball UNM Athletic Communications Contact: Mike Mulcahy (505) SCHEDULE Date Opponent Site Time Sun Devil Challenge Tempe, Ariz. 3/4 Arizona State Tempe, Ariz. 12 p.m. 3/4 Colorado Mesa Tempe, Ariz. 4 p.m. 3/5 South Carolina Tempe, Ariz. 2 p.m. 3/5 Florida State Tempe, Ariz. 3:45 p.m. 3/6 California Phoenix, Ariz. 9:30 a.m. 3/13 Grand Canyon Phoenix, Ariz. 2 p.m. 3/13 San José State Phoenix, Ariz. 4 p.m. 3/14 Irvine Valley College Irvine, Calif. TBD 3/14 MiraCosta College Irvine, Calif. TBD 3/18 Colorado Mesa Albuquerque 2 p.m. 3/19 Colorado Mesa Albuquerque 10 a.m. 3/19 Arizona State Albuquerque 2 p.m. 3/19 New Mexico State Albuquerque 4 p.m. Wildcat Spring Challenge Tucson, Ariz. 3/25 CSUN Tucson, Ariz. 12:30 p.m. 3/25 Arizona! Tucson, Ariz. 4:30 p.m. 3/26 CSU Bakersfield Tucson, Ariz. 11 a.m. 4/8 Pacific Stockton, Calif. 12 p.m. 4/8 Sacramento State Sacramento, Calif. 6 p.m. 4/9 Washington Sacramento, Calif. 9 a.m. 4/9 San José State Sacramento, Calif. 1 p.m. Cowtown Classic Fort Worth, Texas. 4/15 USC Fort Worth, Texas 4 p.m. 4/16 TCU Fort Worth, Texas 8 a.m. 4/16 ULM Fort Worth, Texas 3 p.m. Battle on the Bayou Baton Rouge, La. 4/30 Tulane Baton Rouge, La. 10 a.m. 4/30 LSU Baton Rouge, La. 1 p.m. 4/30 New Orleans Baton Rouge, La. 3 p.m. 5/1 Houston Baptist Baton Rouge, La. 8 a.m. 5/1 TCU Baton Rouge, La. 11 a.m. All times are Mountain Time and subject to change Bold denotes a home match at Lucky 66 Bowl unless otherwise noted! denotes Pac-12 Network stream unmvolley General Information Name of School... University of New Mexico City/Zip Founded by Territorial Legislature Enrollment... 28,600 (Fall 2013) Nickname...Lobos School Colors... Cherry & Silver Affiliation... NCAA Division I President...Dr. Robert Frank Vice President for Athletics...Paul Krebs Deputy A.D./Internal/SWA...Janice Ruggiero Deputy A.D./External...Brad Hutchins Athletic Dept. Phone Ticket Office Phone LOBO Lobos Open Second Season of Beach Volleyball at ASU New Mexico beach volleyball kicks off its second season of competition this weekend with bigger goals and a talented roster as it looks to translate its experience from 2015 into more success in The Lobos, who open Friday with four matches at the Sun Devil Challenge before a standalone match vs. California on Sunday, return all but one player from last year s inaugural squad while also adding some key players for season No. 2. This first week of competition, which features matches against No. 6 Florida State, No. 17 South Carolina, Arizona State and California, is a big first challenge for the Lobos, who went 3-11 last season. Looking to lead the charge this season is a strong group of players vying for the top four slots in UNM s lineup. Lise Rugland, is one of the leaders, and will be tasked with playing in one of the top two positions for the Lobos. She ll team up with Cassie House who is making her beach debut after sitting out last season due to injury. Devanne Sours and Ashley Kelsey, who played together to start last season, will pair up to open They will compete with Rugland and House for top position. Eastyn Baleto and Julia Warren, New Mexico s winningest tandem from 2015, also return, but will be paired with other players. Warren will team up with the Lobos lone senior, Hannah Johnson, while Baleto will join with Marisa Doran Those two pairs will fill out the Lobos top four spots in the five-slot lineup, with Carson Heilborn and Maddie Mayfield slated take the final spot. Heilborn, a backup setter indoors, has shown great aptitude in the sand, while Mayfield posted solid results last season despite rotating through number of partners. However, the Lobos still have a number of players that can challenge for playing time, including Chloe Crappell (who saw action at the No. 1 spot last year), Allie Askew, Jackie Baro, Sami Reynold, Keaton Alley and Mercedes Pacheco. GOLDEN EQUIPMENT DONATES $14,625 TO LOBO VOLLEYBALL New Mexico volleyball program and head coach Jeff Nelson are proud to announce that Golden Equipment Company has presented a donation of $14,625 to the UNM volleyball program. Beach Volleyball Staff Head Coach...Jeff Nelson (Ball State, 1986) Year at UNM...9th overall season, 2nd beach season Assistant Coach...Pauline Manser (New Mexico, 1991) Year at UNM...1st season overall/beach Volunteer Assistant... Daniel Foo (New Mexico, 2006) Year at UNM...2nd season overall/beach Athletic Trainer...Kate Zimmerman Communications Beach Volleyball Contact... Mike Mulcahy ... mmulcahy@unm.edu Cell Phone (Preferred)...(505) Communications Office...(505) New Mexico beach volleyball 1 THIS WEEK Arizona state (0-0) Friday, March 4 12 p.m. MT Colorado Mesa (0-0) Friday, March 4 4 p.m. MT 17 south carolina (0-0) Saturday, March 5 2 p.m. MT 6 florida state (0-0) Saturday, March 5 3:45 p.m. MT California (0-0) Phoenix, Ariz. GCU Beach Courts Sunday, March 6 9:30 a.m. MT The donation, which is part of Golden s Colors for our Community service program, is tabbed to help the continue the development of the Lobo volleyball program, including the beach volleyball team as it enters its second season next week. We are so grateful to Golden for their support of Lobo Athletics and for this amazing contribution to our volleyball programs, Nelson said. Because of efforts like the one Golden has made on our behalf we can do so much more for our program and student athletes. In Golden s Colors for our Community program, Golden choses an organization, nonprofit or charity and decorates one of its pieces of equipment in the colors or logos or the benefiting organization. For 12 months, Golden s rents out that equipment, with a portion of the proceeds going back to the beneficiary. In 2015, the Lobo Club was picked for Colors Program history First Season of Beach Volleyball First Head Coach... Jeff Nelson All-Time Record Team Information 2015 Overall Record (.214) 2015 Final National Ranking...N/A 2015 Postseason Finish...N/A Returning/Lost...11/3 Newcomers... 5 Returning Redshirts... 1 Home Courts... Lucky 66 Bowl

2 Players No. Name HT. Cl. Hometown (Last School) 1 Devanne Sours 6-2 Jr. Tatum, N.M. (Tatum HS) 2 Eastyn Baleto 5-8 So. Seattle, Wash. (West Seattle HS) 3 Ashley Kelsey 6-0 R-So. Ewa Beach, Hawai i (James Campbell HS) 4 Allie Askew 5-2 Fr. Phoenix, Ariz. (Desert Vista HS) 5 Chloe Crappell 5-7 So. (La Cueva HS) 11 Jackie Baro 5-8 So. El Paso, Texas (Americas HS) 12 Hannah Johnson 5-11 R-Sr. Longview, Wash. (R.A. Long HS) 13 Maddie Mayfield 5-4 Jr. (La Cueva HS) 14 Carson Heilborn 6-0 Fr. Auburn, Wash. (Auburn Riverside HS) 15 Sami Reynolds 5-6 So. (Sandia HS) 21 Julia Warren 6-1 Jr. (La Cueva HS) 22 Marisa Doran 6-0 Jr. Orange, Calif. (Irvine Valley College) 23 Keaton Alley 5-10 R-Fr. Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif. (Palos Verdes HS) 24 Cassie House 6-2 Jr. Rio Rancho, N.M. (Cleveland HS) 25 Lise Rugland 5-9 Jr. Tananger, Norway (ToppVolley Norway) 31 Mercedes Pacheco 5-2 Fr. (St. Pius X HS) Keaton Alley... Kee-ton Al-ee Allie Askew... As-Q (Not uh-skew) Eastyn Baleto... East-in Jackie Baro... BAR-o Chloe Crappell... Cruh-PELL Pronunciation Roster Breakdown 2016 roster Marisa Doran...Door-in Carson Heilborn... Hile-born Lise Rugland... LEE-say ROOG-land Devanne Sours... Devin Pauline Manser... Man-zer Freshmen (4) Sophomores (5) Juniors (6) seniors (1) Keaton Alley (RS) Allie Askew Carson Heilborn Mercedes Pacheco Eastyn Baleto Jackie Baro Chloe Crappell Ashley Kelsey (RS) Sami Reynolds Marisa Doran Cassie House Maddie Mayfield Lise Rugland Devanne Sours Julia Warren Hannah Johnson (RS) Beach-only players (6) crossover players (10) Keaton Alley Jackie Baro Chloe Crappell Maddie Mayfield Sami Reynolds Lise Rugland Allie Askew Eastyn Baleto Marisa Doran Carson Heilborn Cassie House Hannah Johnson Ashley Kelsey Mercedes Pacheco Devanne Sours Julia Warren Coaching Staff Head Coach: Jeff Nelson (9th season overall, 2nd beach Ball State, 1986) Assistant Coach: Pauline Manser (1st season overall, 1st beach New Mexico, 1991) Volunteer Assistant: Daniel Foo (2nd season overall/sand New Mexico, 2006) Projected new Mexico lineup Pair Players Overall seed All-Time No. 1 Lise Rugland & Cassie House No. 2 Devanne Sours & Ashley Kelsey No. 3 Julia Warren & Hannah Johnson No. 4 Eastyn Baleto & Marisa Doran No. 5 Maddie Mayfield & Carson Heilborn The Jeff nelson file New Mexico head coach Alma Mater: Ball State, 1986 Collegiate Playing Experience: Setter/Outside Hitter/Defensive Specialist, Ball State, Collegiate Coaching Experience New Mexico Head Coach Sand Volleyball Record: 3-11 (.214, 2015-present) Court Volleyball Record: (.628, 2007-present) San Francisco Head Coach Court Volleyball Record: ( ) Texas Tech Head Coach Court Volleyball Record: ( ) Other Coaching Experience Muncie Burris HS Assistant Coach (1995) Arizona State Assistant Coach ( ) U.S. Olympic Festival West Assistant Coach (1994) U.S. Olympic Festival North Assistant Coach (1993) U.S. Junior National Boys Head Coach (1992) U.S. Junior National Boys Assistant Coach (1991) Minnesota Assistant Coach ( ) Minnesota Monarchs (MLV) Head Coach (1989) and Assistant Head Coach (1988) Nebraska Graduate Assistant ( ) Family: Harley, 21, and Kaden, 17 career Record vs. all opponents School Won Lost Arizona 0 3 Arizona State 0 2 California 0 0 CSU Bakersfield 0 1 CSUN 0 0 Colorado Mesa 0 0 Colorado State 2 0 Florida State 0 0 Grand Canyon 0 3 Houston Baptist 0 0 Irvine Valley College 0 0 ULM 0 0 LSU 0 1 MiraCosta College 0 0 New Mexico State 0 0 New Orleans 0 0 Pacific 0 0 Sacramento State 0 0 San José State 0 0 South Carolina 0 0 USC 0 1 TCU 1 0 Tulane 0 0 Washington 0 0 Bold denotes 2016 opponent Seed indicates record in that position 2016 New Mexico beach volleyball 2

3 National rankings AVCA Preseason Poll (Feb. 15) Rk. School 2015 Rec. Prev. 1 Southern California Pepperdine Hawai i Long Beach State Florida State T-6 FIU T-6 UCLA 10-5 NA 8 Georgia State Arizona 16-1 NA 10 Stetson Dig Magazine Preseason Poll (Feb. 1) RK. SCHOOL 1. USC 2. Pepperdine 3. Hawaii 4. Long Beach State 5. Florida International 6. Florida State 7. UCLA 8. Georgia State 9. Arizona 10. Stetson Also Receiving Votes: California, Cal State Bakersfield, San Francisco, Arizona State, TCU, Cal Poly, North Florida, Florida Atlantic, Boise State Italics indicate a 2016 New Mexico opponent RK. SCHOOL 11. Washington 12. Nebraska 13. Stanford 14. Loyola Marymount 15. Grand Canyon 16. Pacific 17. South Carolina 18. Tulane 19. LSU 20. Santa Clara NEW MEXICO Superlatives Lobos Record When... Overall: Overall Record Home Away Neutral Against Ranked Opponents Against Unranked Opponents In 5-0 Matches In 4-0 Matches In 3-2 Matches When the No. 1 spot wins When the No. 1 spot loses When the No. 2 spot wins When the No. 2 spot loses When the No. 3 spot wins When the No. 3 spot loses When the No. 4 spot wins When the No. 4 spot loses When the No. 5 spot wins When the No. 5 spot loses First of day Second of day Third of day STREAKS: Longest Win Streak....0 Longest Losing Streak...0 Active Streak...W0 Notes and news for our Community, with all of the proceeds generated by the UNM-themed excavator going toward Lobo Volleyball. The $14,625 raised for Lobo Volleyball is the most ever raised by one of Golden s Colors for our Community campaigns. Scouting Arizona State Arizona State, now starting its third season of beach, returns just two players from its top three pairs in Juniors Bianca Arellano and Whitney Follette helped the Sun Devils to a 7-12 record last season, which includes two victories over the Lobos. Along a number of new faces in its lineup eight of the Sun Devils 13 players are underclassmen ASU also has a new head coach, as former assistant Jacquelyn Bunker takes over the helm. Scouting Colorado Mesa Colorado Mesa, a Division II school from Grand Junction, Colo., enters its first season of beach volleyball. One of just nine DII beach programs in the NCAA, CMU fields a roster of 11 players under head coach David Skaff, with 10 of those players crossing over from the court team. The Mavericks court volleyball team has experienced success, going and reaching the NCAA regionals in Scouting South Carolina South Carolina beach volleyball, coming off a 14-7 record in 2015, enters its third year ranked No. 17 in the DiG Magazine s 2016 Beach Volleyball Preseason Poll. A member of the new Coastal Collegiate Sports Association, South Carolina is one of six CCSA schools to be ranked. Under third-year head coach Moritz Moritz, the Gamecocks returns 11 players from 2015, including seniors Sarah Blomgren, Litsa Darby and Zuzanna Reszka, but will have to replaces their top two duos. Scouting Florida State Florida State heads into its fifth season of beach volleyball as the nation s sixth-ranked team, second-best in the CCSA. The Seminoles were just one of eight teams to make the 2015 AVCA Championships (the predecessor to the NCAA Championships), finishing seventh. FSU returns 15 players from last year s squad, including its top two teams by wins, Victoria Paranagua/Kristina Pellitteri and Vanessa Freire/Annie Montgomery. The Seminoles have a new coaching staff, too, with Brooke Niles taking over in Tallahassee. Scouting California Cal opens its third season with a deep roster that features returnees Sarah Cole and Bryce Bark joining an accomplished freshmen class that includes two AVCA High School All- Americans. New head coach Meagan Schmitt takes over after the Golden Bears finishes 2015 with a 7-14 record. However, Cal is receiving votes to open 2016, and is unofficially sitting at 21st in the 20-team DiG poll. The Bears are not part of the Sun Devil Challenge, and will face New Mexico in a standalone match at Grand Canyon University in Phoenix. A primer on beach volleyball Beach volleyball and court volleyball share many of the same basic rules. Each side gets three hits, there s rally scoring, and a team earns a points when the ball hits the ground or goes out of bounds. But there are some key difference between the two sports: Beach volleyball is a partner sport played during the spring. Court volleyball is a sixplayer sport played during the fall. Beach volleyball plays the best of three sets, with the first two sets played to 21 points, and a tiebreaker set played to 15 points, if necessary. A set must be won by at least two points. Open-handed tipping is prohibited in beach volleyball and the block touch counts as one of three permitted contacts. Coaches may only speak or give any kind of input to their players during timeouts or between sets. Beach volleyball players switch sides of the court every seven points during a 21-point set and every five points during a 15-point set. Beach volleyball is usually contested in dual matches, where the winning team is the school that wins three of five individual matches versus its opponent. Similar in format to tennis, each of those individual matches consist of a doubles a pair of teammates ranked by ability that are matched against their corresponding doubles from the opposing team. NCAA approves beach Volleyball as 90th Championship The NCAA approved beach volleyball as the 90th NCAA Championship at the 2015 NCAA Convention, allowing the sport to advance from the emerging sports for women list to a fullfledged NCAA championship in spring The NCAA Beach Volleyball Committee also determined the sport will be officially referred to as beach volleyball. When the sport was placed on the list of emerging sports for women in 2009, it was called sand volleyball. But because the sport is known as beach volleyball at all other levels of play throughout the world, the committee made its decision to refer to the sport as beach volleyball. The inaugural NCAA Beach Volleyball Championships will take place May 6-8, 2016 at the Gulf Shores Public Beach in Gulf Shore, Ala. The championship will have an eightteam bracket that will be played in a doubleelimination format. Beach volleyball is the fastest-growing NCAA sport with 48 colleges and universities sponsoring it as of January NCAA rules require 40 sponsoring schools to request an NCAA championship New Mexico beach volleyball 3

4 Dual Match Results 2016 Accumulated Statistics Date Opponent Location Score Record March 4 Arizona State^ Tempe, Ariz. March 4 Colorado Mesa^ Tempe, Ariz. March 5 South Carolina^ Tempe, Ariz. March 5 Florida State^ Tempe, Ariz. March 6 California Phoenix, Ariz. March 13 Grand Canyon Phoenix, Ariz. March 13 San José State Phoenix, Ariz. March 14 Irvine Valley College Irvine, Calif. March 14 MiraCosta College Irvine, Calif. March 18 Colorado Mesa Albuquerque March 19 Colorado Mesa Albuquerque March 19 Arizona State Albuquerque March 19 New Mexico State Albuquerque March 25 CSUN! Tucson, Ariz. March 25 Arizona! Tucson, Ariz. March 26 CSU Bakersfield! Tucson, Ariz. April 8 Pacific Stockton, Calif. April 8 Sacramento State Sacramento, Calif. April 9 Washington Sacramento, Calif. April 9 San José State Sacramento, Calif. April 15 USC+ Fort Worth, Texas April 16 TCU+ Fort Worth, Texas April 16 ULM+ Fort Worth, Texas April 30 Tulane# Baton Rouge, La. April 30 LSU# Baton Rouge, La. April 30 New Orleans# Baton Rouge, La. May 1 Houston Baptist# Baton Rouge, La. May 1 TCU# Baton Rouge, La. ^ Sun Devil Challenge! Wildcat Spring Challenge + Cowtown Classic # Battle on the Bayou 2016 New Mexico beach volleyball 4

5 Pairs Records PAir 2016 Accumulated Statistics Overall Tourney Duals No. 1 No. 2 No. 3 No. 4 No. 5 Individual Records No. individual Overall Tourney Duals No. 1 No. 2 No. 3 No. 4 No New Mexico beach volleyball 5

6 Dual Match Results 2015 Accumulated Statistics Date Opponent Location Score Record March 8 LSU Phoenix, Ariz. L, L L L W L March 8 TCU Phoenix, Ariz. W, W W W W W March 21 Grand Canyon L, L W L L L March 21 Grand Canyon L, L W L L L March 27 USC Phoenix, Ariz. L, L W L L L March 28 Grand Canyon Phoenix, Ariz. L, L L L L L March 28 Arizona State Tempe, Ariz. L, L L L L L April 4 Arizona Tucson, Ariz. L, L L L L L April 5 Arizona Tucson, Ariz. L, L L L W L April 10 Bakersfield^ Tempe, Ariz. L, L W W L L April 11 Arizona State^ Tempe, Ariz. L, L L L W L April 11 Arizona^ Tempe, Ariz. L, L L L W L April 18 Colorado State W, W W W W W April 18 Colorado State W, W W W W W ^ ASU Sand Volleyball Challenge Pairs Records PAir Overall Tourney Duals No. 1 No. 2 No. 3 No. 4 No. 5 Hannah Johnson/Chloe Crappell Devanne Sours/Ashley Kelsey Ashley Newman/Lise Rugland Eastyn Baleto/Julia Warren Sami Reynolds/Jackie Baro Sara Weber/Maddie Mayfield Maddie Mayfield/Sami Reynolds Hannah Johnson/Ashley Kelsey Devanne Sours/Chloe Crappell Maddie Mayfield/Jackie Baro Sami Reynolds/Taylor Cross Individual Records No. individual Overall Tourney Duals No. 1 No. 2 No. 3 No. 4 No. 5 1 Devanne Sours Eastyn Baleto Ashley Kelsey Chloe Crappell Jackie Baro Hannah Johnson Maddie Mayfield Ashley Newman Sami Reynolds Julia Warren Sara Weber Keaton Alley Taylor Cross Lise Rugland New Mexico beach volleyball 6

7 BROADCAST ROSTER Devanne sours Eastyn Baleto Ashley Kelsey JR Tatum, N.M. Tatum HS 5-8 SO Seattle, Wash. East Seattle HS 6-0 RS SO Ewa Beach, Hawai i James Campbell HS Hannah Johnson Maddie Mayfield Carson Heilborn 5-11 RS SR Longview, Wash. R.A. Long HS 5-4 JR La Cueva HS 6-0 FR Auburn, Wash. Auburn Riverside HS Keaton Alley Cassie House Jeff Nelson Pauline Manser 5-10 RS FR Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif. Palos Verdes HS Head Coach 9th Season Overall/2nd Beach Ball State, JR Rio Rancho, N.M. Cleveland HS Assistant Coach 1st Season Overall/1st Beach New Mexico, Allie Askew 5-2 FR Phoenix, Ariz. Desert Vista HS Chloe Crappell 5-7 SO La Cueva HS Sami Reynolds Julia warren 5-6 SO Sandia HS JR La Cueva HS 31 Lise Rugland Mercedes Pacheco Daniel Foo Kate Zimmerman 5-9 JR Tananger, Norway ToppVolley Norway 5-2 FR St. Pius X HS Volunteer Assistant Certified Athletic Trainer 2nd Season Overall/2nd Beach 2nd Season Overall/2nd Beach New Mexico, 2006 Delaware, New Mexico beach volleyball 7 11 Jackie Baro 5-8 SO El Paso, Texas Americas HS 22 Marisa Doran 6-0 JR Orange, Calif. Irvine Valley College