Championship Notebook

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1 Championship Notbook

2 CONFERENCE USA STAFF DIRECTORY 5201 N. O Connor Boulvard, Suit 300 Irving, TX (214) ConfrncUSA.com Confrnc Intrim Commissionr: Judy MacLod (jmaclod@c-usa.org) Snior Associat Commissionr: Alfrd Whit (awhit@c-usa.org) Snior Associat Commissionr: Klly Carny (kcarny@c-usa.org) Snior Associat Commissionr: Rob Philippi (rphilippi@c-usa.org) Associat Commissionr for Businss Affairs: Catrina Gibson (cgibson@c-usa.org) Associat Commissionr for Public Affairs: Courtny Morrison Archr (cmarchr@c-usa.org) Associat Commissionr for Sports Srvics: Kisha Dunlap (kdunlap@c-usa.org) Assistant Commissionr for Football/Basball Oprations: Russll Andrson (rdandrson@c-usa.org) Dirctor of C-USA Digital Ntwork: Jordan Forman (jforman@c-usa.org) Dirctor of Communications: Olivia Brdlov (obrdlov@c-usa.org) Dirctor of Communications: Tim McNamara (tmcnamara@c-usa.org) Dirctor of Complianc and Sports Srvics: Frank Arrdondo (farrdondo@c-usa.org) Dirctor of Sports Srvics: Clifton Douglass (cdouglass@c-usa.org) Dirctor of Sports Srvics and Officiating: Klly Ninmir (kninmir@c-usa.org) Dirctor of Evnts: Cr Andrws (candrws@c-usa.org) Excutiv Assistant to th Commissionr: Calli Hubbll (chubbll@c-usa.org) Assistant Dirctor of Markting & Offic Managmnt: Katy Murphr (kmurphr@c-usa.org) Assistant Dirctor of Sports Srvics: Quintin Jordan (qjordan@c-usa.org) C-USA Digital Ntwork Coordinator: Aaron Pryor (apryor@c-usa.org) C-USA Digital Ntwork Coordinator: Madi Morris (mmorris@c-usa.org) Communications Assistant: Taylor Brashr (tbrashr@c-usa.org) Acadmics and Complianc Assistant: P.J. Hubrt (phubrt@c-usa.org) Coordinator of Multimdia and Crativ Srvics Erika Amstadt Hirschfild CREDITS Th 2015 Confrnc USA Vollyball Championship Notbook was producd by a collaboration of Confrnc USA Communications and th mmbr institution athltic mdia rlations dpartmnts. For mor information, plas contact Confrnc USA at (214) Dsign: Taylor Brashr Editors: Taylor Brashr Photos: Schools Athltic Mdia Rlations Dpartmnts

3 3 Tabl of Contnts [2015 Championship Brackt]... 4 [Championship Info] Host Sit, Tickts, Parking, Mdia Covrag... 5 [2015 In Rviw] Final Standings, Comptitiv Highlights... 6 [Sason/Postsason Awards] All-Confrnc Tams, Suprlativ Awards, Wkly Awards... 7 [Quick Rfrnc] Had Coachs, SIDs [Tam Pags] No. 1 Sd: WKU No. 2 Sd: UTSA No. 3 Sd: Ric No. 4 Sd: North Txas No. 5 Sd: Florida Atlantic No. 6 Sd: Southrn Miss No. 7 Sd: FIU No. 8 Sd: Marshall [2014 Championship Rviw] Dfnding Champions, Brackt, Rsults [All-Tim Championship Rsults/Hall of Champions] All-Tim Championships, Confrnc USA Vollyball Champions 1995-Prsnt [Confrnc Championship Historical Rcords] Championship Tournamnt Rcord Book... 31

4 [2015 Championship Brackt] Quartrfinals Friday, Nov. 20 Smifinals Saturday, Nov. 21 Championship Match Sunday, Nov. 22 Evnt Info Novmbr San Antonio, Txas Hostd by UTSA No. 2 UTSA Match 1-12 p.m. C-USA Digital Ntwork No. 7 FIU No. 3 Ric Match 5-12 p.m. C-USA Digital Ntwork Match 2-2 p.m. C-USA Digital Ntwork No. 6 Southrn Miss No. 1 WKU Match 7-3:00 p.m. TV: FOX Sports Champion Match 3-5 p.m. C-USA Digital Ntwork No. 8 Marshall No. 4 North Txas Match 6-2:30 p.m. C-USA Digital Ntwork Match 4-7 p.m. C-USA Digital Ntwork No. 5 Florida Atlantic All tims Cntral Subjct to Chang 4

5 5 vnu [2015 Championship Info] mdia covrag CONVOCATION CENTER - SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS Th 2015 Confrnc USA Vollyball Championships will b playd in th Convocation Cntr on th campus of UTSA in San Antonio, Txas. Th vnt will b th Roadrunnr Athltic Dpartmnt s first opportunity to host a C-USA Championship in any sport sinc joining th mmbrship in parking info Visitors attnding all UTSA hom gams at th Convocation Cntr will b abl to park in any opn UNMARKED spacs in Lot 5. Parking Lot 5 ncompasss th parking ara in front of both th Convocation Cntr and th UTSA Rcration & Wllnss Cntr. Visitors that ar unabl to find availabl parking in Lot 5 ar ncouragd to park in th South Parking Garag, which is locatd dirctly to th southast of th Convocation Cntr. Whn rturning to thir parkd vhicls in th South Parking Garag, visitors must visit th cashir s booth in northwst cornr of th garag with th parking card thy rcivd at th gat upon ntring th garag. Individuals that show thir gam tickt from that night s gam will rciv a discountd rat of $3. tickts Call th UTSA Athltics Tickt Offic for tickts & qustions! Monday-Friday 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. (210) PRICES All-Sssion (3-Day) Pass $20 Singl-Day Passs Adult $10 Youth/Snior $7 STATS All svn matchs of th 2015 Confrnc USA Vollyball Championships can b trackd with liv stats via Gamtrackr onlin at and via th NuLion platform on www. GoUTSA.com. Liv stats via th StatBroadcast platform will also b availabl for mdia purposs. Password-protctd links will b providd to crdntiald mmbrs of th working mdia only. SOCIAL MEDIA Official covrag of th Championships can b found on Twittr by VIDEO Th first two rounds of th 2015 Confrnc USA Vollyball Championships will b stramd liv on th C-USA Digital Ntwork. Matchs will also b archivd for on-dmand viwing. Th Confrnc USA Digital Ntwork is a subsription-basd srvic, sign up onlin! TV Th 2015 Confrnc USA Vollyball Championship Match will b broadcast liv on FOX Sports. Chck your local listings!

6 [2015 Sason In Rviw] comptitiv highlights TOP 25 UPSETS Confrnc USA finishd th 2015 rgular sason with a 6-5 rcord against AVCA Top 25/Rciving Vots opponnts including upsts ovr: No. 5 Wisconsin (WKU), No. 12 Orgon (UTSA), No. 23 Colorado (Ric), RV LSU (Ric), RV Oklahoma (North Txas), and RV Lipscomb (Florida Atlantic). IN THE POLLS From th sason s start to finish, C-USA has had a tam in th AVCA Top 25 Poll ach wk. WKU has rankd as high as No. 20 in 2015, and currntly ranks 21st in th nation hading into postsason play. Currntly, fiv C-USA squads rank in th top 100 of th NCAA RPI (WKU, Ric, UTSA, Florida Atlantic and North Txas). NATIONAL AWARDS For th sixth-conscutiv sason, C-USA has had a studnt-athlt arn an AVCA National Playr of th Wk Award, as Ric s Madison McDanil arnd th honor on Nov. 3. Additionally in 2015, Carna Dillard was namd National Playr of th Wk by ESPNW on Nov. 11, xactly on yar from th dat sh rcivd th AVCA honor in THE NATIONAL PICTURE C-USA boastd six squads in th top 20 toughst schduls in th NCAA, yt still amassd a non-confrnc rcord ovrall as a lagu. Th 102 victoris is 4thmost among all confrncs, trailing only th Big Tn, SEC and ACC. final standings C-USA Rcord Ovrall Rcord W-L Pct. W-L Pct. H A N Last 10 Strak # (1) No. 24 WKU W 5 (2) UTSA L 1 (3) Ric W 3 (4) North Txas W 3 (5) Florida Atlantic W 2 (6) Southrn Miss L 1 (7) FIU W 2 (8) Marshall W 1 Middl Tnnss L 3 Charlott L 3 UTEP L 2 Louisiana Tch L 4 UAB L 5 - Qualifd for C-USA Championship ( ) - Tournamnt Sd # - C-USA Rgular Sason Champion stat ladrs KILLS Ric 954 Carna Dillard (NT) 350 ATTACKS Southrn Miss 2500 Carna Dillard (NT) 891 HITTING PERCENTAGE WKU.315 Ally Kikovr (Marshall).416 POINTS N/A Carna Dillard (NT) ASSISTS Ric 898 Sarah Bll (USM) 677 SERVICE ACES UTSA 88 Kyli Grandy (USM) 27 DIGS Southrn Miss 1078 Mary Pursll (USM) 352 DEF. HITTING PERCENTAGE WKU.146 N/A TOTAL BLOCKS FIU/Charlott 155 Anna Hndrson (CHA) 79 *all stats ar in C-USA matchs only 6

7 7 [2015 Postsason Awards] brakdown 2015 #CUSAVB INDIVIDUAL AWARDS LEAGUE ANNOUNCES THIS YEAR S SUPERLATIVE AWARDS Nov. 18, 2015 IRVING, Txas - Confrnc USA has namd th 2015 C-USA Vollyball individual suprlativ award winnrs, as slctd by a vot of th lagu s 13 had coachs. Rgular-sason champion WKU arnd th most rprsntation with thr awards, whil North Txas and Southrn Miss roundd out th list with on honor apic. For th scond-conscutiv sason, North Txas Carna Dillard was slctd as Confrnc USA Playr of th Yar. Dillard, on of th most prolific offnsiv thrats in lagu history, bcoms th sixth rpat winnr in C-USA history. Th Man Grn snior outsid hittr is not only th program s all-tim kills ladr, but also ranks third on th C-USA all-tim list and is th lagu s third-highst carr scorr in history (first in both catgoris among activ mmbrship). Dillard, with 651 kills (5.43/st) on 1,679 attacks (13.99/st) and points, currntly lads th nation this sason in six offnsiv catgoris and is scond in anothr (points pr st ). Additionally, th two-tim national playr of th wk is th NCAA s activ carr ladr in thr offnsiv catgoris (kills , kills pr st , attacks ). Th San Antonio, Txas-nativ will wrap up hr imprssiv carr in this wk s Confrnc USA Vollyball Championships, fittingly to b playd in hr homtown at host UTSA. Aftr placing a lagu-most six studnt-athlts on all-confrnc squads, Confrnc USA rgular sason champion WKU also taks hom thr of th fiv postsason individual awards. In 2015, had coach Travis Hudson bcam on of thr activ lagu coachs to surpass th 500-carr win milston n rout to a 28-3 (15-1 C-USA) rcord and th No. 21 spot in th latst AVCA Top 25 Coachs Poll. Hudson s Coach of th Yar campaign includd win on th road at thn-no.5 Wisconsin on th sason s opning wknd. Two studnt-athlts join Hudson in th awards linup, Jssica Lucas and rooki Rachl Andrson. Lucas, a thr-tim C-USA sttr of th wk during th sason, ranks 18th nationally with 1,192 total assists this sason and hr assist pr st avrag is good for 29th in th NCAA. Th sophomor sttr orchstratd an xtrmly fficint Hilltoppr offns that hit an outstanding.294, tid for 6th in th nation with USC, th AVCA s No. 1-rankd tam in th land. Frshman-snsation Andrson found hrslf insrtd into a star-studdd starting linup in Bowling Grn from th gt-go. Th WKU youngstr stppd into hr collgiat dbut at No. 5 Wisconsin, smashing hom a cool nin kills on.412 hitting. Th middl hittr s imprssiv.316 hitting prcntag not only ranks scond among lagu frshman, but is in th top tn of all C-USA studnt-athlts as wll. Southrn Miss Mary Pursll, on of two rturning facs to th postsason awards slat, taks hom Libro of th Yar honors for th scond-conscutiv sason. Th thr-tim C-USA dfnsiv playr of th wk this sason lads th lagu in both total digs (640) and digs pr st (4.85). Th snior mad sur to lav a lgacy bhind in Hattisburg, as sh st th program s singl-sason digs rcord in 2015 n rout to landing hrslf at No. 2 all-tim on th Southrn Miss carr list. Pursll lookd cool and calm all sason long, lading th Goldn Eagls to a lagu-bst 9-3 rcord in a lagu-most 12 fiv-st matchs and th tam s third straight C-USA Championships apparanc. ACADEMIC ALL-CONFERENCE TEAMS Maja Ristic, Florida Atlantic Lucia Castro, FIU Jaci McClur, Louisiana Tch Ally Kikovr, Marshall Alli Kllrman, Marshall Amy Hnard, North Txas Lah Miksky, Ric Mary Pursll, Southrn Miss Haly Jard, UAB Lindsy Larson, UTEP Kyli Schott, UTSA Rachl Engl, WKU ALL-CONFERENCE TEAMS FIRST NAME Maja Ristic, Florida Atlantic Ally Kikovr, Marshall Chlsa Ross, Middl Tnnss Carna Dillard, North Txas Madison McDanil, Ric Lah Miksky, Ric Mary Pursll, Southrn Miss Dajana Boskovic, UTSA Alyssa Cavanaugh, WKU Noll Langnkamp, WKU Jssica Lucas, WKU SECOND TEAM Abria Epps, Charlott Brittny Brown, Florida Atlantic Lucia Castro, FIU Jnnifr En, FIU Holly Milam, North Txas Portia Okafor, Ric Chlsy Harris, Ric Stphany Purdu, Southrn Miss Gabby Dshotl, UAB Amanda Gonzals, UTSA Marijta Runjic, UTSA Kyli Schott, UTSA Haly Bodway, WKU Sydny Engl, WKU ALL-FRESHMAN Gabrila Martin, Florida Atlantic McKay Kyl, RIc Sarah Bll, Southrn Miss Kyli Grandy, Southrn Miss Kyli Baumgartnr, UTEP Amanda Gonzals, UTSA Rachl Andrson, WKU SUPERLATIVE AWARDS Coach of th Yar Travis Hudson, WKU Playr of th Yar Carna Dillard, North Txas Sttr of th Yar Jssica Lucas, WKU Libro of th Yar Mary Pursll, Southrn Miss Frshman of th Yar Rachl Andrson, WKU

8 [Sason Wkly Awards] wk on 8/31 wk fiv 9/28 wk nin 10/26 wk two 9/8 wk six 10/5 wk tn 11/2 wk thr 9/14 wk svn 10/12 wk lvn 11/9 wk four 9/21 wk ight 10/19 wk twlv 11/16 8

9 9 [Quick Rfrnc] had coachs Charlott Karn Wathrington School Rcord/Yar: 8-19/1st Carr Rcord/Yar: /7th C-USA Match Rcord/Yar: 5-11/1st middl tnnss (intrim) Dian Turnham School Rcord/Yar: /9th Carr Rcord/Yar: /9th C-USA Match Rcord/Yar: 0-3/1st UTEP School Rcord/Yar: Carr Rcord/Yar: C-USA Match Rcord/Yar: Holly Watts 29-61/3rd 29-61/3rd 14-34/3rd FIU Rita Buck-Crocktt School Rcord/Yar: 35-52/3rd Carr Rcord/Yar: /9th C-USA Match Rcord/Yar: 19-27/3rd North TExas Andrw Palilo School Rcord/Yar: 58-37/3rd Carr Rcord/Yar: /17th C-USA Match Rcord/Yar: 30-16/3rd UTSA Laura Nugbaur-Groff School Rcord/Yar: /14th Carr Rcord/Yar: /22nd C-USA Match Rcord/Yar: 41-5/3rd Florida Atlantic Frnanda Nlson School Rcord/Yar: 57-58/4th Carr Rcord/Yar: 57-58/4th C-USA Match Rcord/Yar: 23-23/3rd RICE School Rcord/Yar: Carr Rcord/Yar: C-USA Match Rcord/Yar: Gnny Volp /12th /12th /11th WKU School Rcord/Yar: Carr Rcord/Yar: C-USA Match Rcord/Yar: Travis Hudson /22nd /22nd 30-2/2nd louisiana tch Adriano d Souza School Rcord/Yar: 29-90/4th Carr Rcord/Yar: /6th C-USA Match Rcord/Yar: 5-41/3rd SOUTHERN MISS Amanda Brkly School Rcord/Yar: 60-38/3rd Carr Rcord/Yar: 60-38/3rd C-USA Match Rcord/Yar: 26-20/3rd *All coach rcords ar activ through th final wknd of th 2015 rgular sason. MARSHALL School Rcord/Yar: Carr Rcord/Yar: C-USA Match Rcord/Yar: Mitch Jacobs /14th /23rd /11th sports information dirctors Charlott San Fox san.fox@uncc.du Offic Phon: Championship On-Sit: DNQ UAB Krry Mssrsmith School Rcord/Yar: /10th Carr Rcord/Yar: /28th C-USA Match Rcord/Yar: 91-76/10th middl tnnss Tony Abati abati@gobluraidrs.com Offic Phon: Championship On-Sit: DNQ UTEP Lisa Sanchz lbsanchz@minrs.utp.du Offic Phon: Championship On-Sit: DNQ FIU (intrim) Brian Murton bmurt004@fiu.du Offic Phon: Championship On-Sit: Ys Florida Atlantic Justin Johnson jjohn218@fau.du Offic Phon: Championship On-Sit: No louisiana tch Anna Clair Thomas acthomas@latch.du Offic Phon: Championship On-Sit: DNQ MARSHALL Cory Ditman ditman@marshall.du Offic Phon: Championship On-Sit: No north txas T.C. Grn thomas.grn@unt.du Offic Phon: Championship On-Sit: Ys RICE Knny Byb kab10@ric.du Offic Phon: Championship On-Sit: Ys SOUTHERN MISS Shirly Hill shirly.jons-hill@usm.du Offic Phon: Championship On-Sit: No UAB (intrim) Taylor Shiry shirytr@uab.du Offic Phon: Championship On-Sit: DNQ UTSA Zna Rx zna.rx@utsa.du Offic Phon: Championship On-Sit: Host WKU Nick Brown nicholas.brown@wku.du Offic Phon: Championship On-Sit: Ys *DNQ = Tam did not qualify for th 2015 C-USA Vollyball Championships *Ys = SID will b in attndanc at Championships

10 WKU lady hilltopprs sason rsults AUGUST Aug at hotlred Invitational (Madison, Wis.) A28 at No. 5 Wisconsin W 3-1 A29 vs. Collg of Charlston W 3-0 A29 vs. Colgat W 3-0 SEPTEMBER Spt. 4-5 at Saluki Invitational (Carbondal, Ill.) S4 vs. UT Martin W 3-0 S5 at Southrn Illinois W 3-1 S5 vs. Dayton L 3-0 S8 AUSTIN PEAY W 3-0 Spt Holiday Inn Univrsity Plaza Inv. (Bowling Grn, Ky.) S11 MISSOURI STATE L 3-2 S11 NORTHWESTERN W 3-0 S12 FURMAN W 3-0 S15 Blmont W 3-0 Spt at Huski Invitational (DKalb, Ill.) S18 Alabama W 3-0 S18 Northrn Iowa W 3-1 S19 Northrn Illinois W 3-2 S23 at Marshall W 3-1 S25 LOUISIANA TECH W 3-0 S27 FIU W 3-0 S29 at Lipscomb W 3-0 OCTOBER O4 at Middl Tnnss W 3-1 O9 UTSA W 3-1 O11 SOUTHERN MISS W 3-1 O16 at Charlott W 3-0 O18 at North Txas W 3-2 O23 UAB W 3-0 O25 FLORIDA ATLANTIC W 3-0 O31 at Ric L 3-2 NOVEMBER N1 at UTEP W 3-0 N6 at FIU W 3-0 N8 at Florida Atlantic W 3-0 N12 MARSHALL W 3-0 N14 UTEP W 3-0 coach s cornr ovrall statistics notabls NO. 1 SEED Ovrall: 28-3 C-USA: 15-1 TEAM OFFENSE 4th TEAM DEFENSE 1st ## Playr SP MP-MS K K/St E TA Pct A A/St SA SA/St SE 1 LUCAS, Jssica ANDERSON, Rachl CAVANAUGH, Alyssa MARTIN, Mary BODWAY, Haly LISTENBEE, Amara O CONNELL, Gorgia LANGENKAMP, Noll ENGLE, Rachl ENGLE, Sydny GRIMES, Kalin DELLINGER, Taylor SCOTT, Jacki WKU Opponnts ## Playr SP RE Digs D/St BS BA Total B/St BE BHE Points P/s 1 LUCAS, Jssica ANDERSON, Rachl CAVANAUGH, Alyssa MARTIN, Mary BODWAY, Haly LISTENBEE, Amara O CONNELL, Gorgia LANGENKAMP, Noll ENGLE, Rachl ENGLE, Sydny GRIMES, Kalin DELLINGER, Taylor SCOTT, Jacki WKU Opponnts C-USA RANK I think this is a vry balancd tournamnt. Throughout th yar you hav sn that thr ar a lot of tams in this lagu that can play and I xpct all ths matchs to b comptitiv. It s going to com down to th littl things and hopfully w do thos littl things wll. Our tam has bn vry consistnt throughout th rgular sason but tournamnt tim is a diffrnt animal. It s a thr-day window and vryon is fighting for thir livs so hopfully our kids will b up for th challng. 10 Two-tim Confrnc USA rgular sason champion WKU (28-3) coms into th Confrnc USA Tournamnt on a fiv-match winning strak with all fiv victoris coming in straight-sts. Earlir this sason, th Lady Topprs won 17 conscutiv matchs bginning with a swp ovr Big Tn-fo Northwstrn on Friday, Spt. 11, and nding with a fiv-st loss at Ric Saturday, Oct. 31. WKU lads Confrnc USA and ranks in th top 10 nationally in both hitting prcntag and opponnt hitting. Th Lady Topprs finishd th rgular sason rankd 7th in th nation with a.294 tam-hitting prcntag and 10th in th country with a.147 opponnt hitting clip. WKU has bn includd in th AVCA Coachs Poll for 8 wks this sason, paking at No. 20 on Aug. 31. Th Lady Topprs com into this wknd with a No. 21 national ranking. WKU is among th ladrs in th nation with 28 victoris on th yar, 19 coming in straightsts. Th Lady Topprs most notabl victory cam at thn-fifth-rankd Wisconsin to start th yar. Th victory ovr th Badgrs markd WKU s most high profil victory in program history.

11 11 broadcast rostr #1 #4 #6 #7 #8 ANDERSON CAVANAUGH rachl alyssa LUCAS jssica BRYANT harli MARTIN mary #10 #11 #12 #13 #15 BODWAY LISTENBEE O CONNELL LANGENKAMP haly amara gorgia noll ENGLE rachl #16 #17 #21 #24 GRIMES DELLINGER kalin taylor ENGLE sydny SCOTT jacki HC AC AC GA GRIFFIN BERE kristi craig HUDSON travis GUZINSKI bri

12 sason rsults AUGUST Aug at Sam Houston Stat Tourn. (Huntsvill, Txas) A28 vs. Montana W 3-0 A28 vs. Prairi Viw A&M W 3-0 A29 at Sam Houston Stat W 3-2 A29 vs. Tulan W 3-0 SEPTEMBER Spt. 3-5 at Dlta Zta Classic (San Marcos, Txas) S3 at Txas Stat L 3-2 S4 vs. Indiana W 3-1 S5 vs. Txas Southrn W 3-0 S7 NO. 12 OREGON W 3-1 S10 SANTA CLARA L 3-1 Spt. 11 at Txas Classic (Austin, Txas) S11 at No. 4 Txas L 3-0 S11 vs. Iona W 3-0 Spt at SMU Tournamnt (Dallas, Txas) S18 vs. TCU L 3-1 S18 vs. Clmson W 3-2 S19 at (RV) SMU L 3-1 S25 MIDDLE TENNESSEE W 3-0 S27 NORTH TEXAS W 3-0 OCTOBER O2 at UAB W 3-0 O9 at No. 23 WKU L 3-1 O11 at UTEP W 3-0 *O15 at Ric W 3-2 O18 MARSHALL L 3-1 O21 CHARLOTTE W 3-0 O25 UTEP W 3-0 O30 at Florida Atlantic W 3-0 NOVEMBER N1 at FIU W 3-1 N4 RICE W 3-1 N6 LOUISIANA TECH W 3-0 N8 UAB W 3-1 N12 at Southrn Miss W 3-2 N14 at North Txas L 3-0 coach s cornr W ar vry xcitd to b hosting th Confrnc USA Vollyball Championship this yar and to also b on of th top sds. It s bn a vry comptitiv sason and should b a grat confrnc tournamnt! 12 UTSA roadrunnrs ovrall statistics ## Playr SP MP-MS K K/St E TA Pct A A/St SA SA/St SE 1 BROUSSARD, Morgan GONZALES, Amanda KIEFER, Kasy RUNJIC, Marijta CRUZ, Laura SLAN, Mgan KUNES, Anni KOTARA, Jordan SCHOTT, Kyli WILLIAMS, Shlby BOSKOVIC, Dajana DAHNERT, Tssa WALDRIP, Jssica VILLARREAL, Danilla JULARIC, Antonla UTSA Opponnts ## Playr SP MP-MS K K/St E TA Pct A A/St SA SA/St SE 1 BROUSSARD, Morgan GONZALES, Amanda KIEFER, Kasy RUNJIC, Marijta CRUZ, Laura SLAN, Mgan KUNES, Anni KOTARA, Jordan SCHOTT, Kyli WILLIAMS, Shlby BOSKOVIC, Dajana DAHNERT, Tssa WALDRIP, Jssica VILLARREAL, Danilla JULARIC, Antonla UTSA Opponnts notabls NO. 2 SEED Ovrall: 22-8 C-USA: 13-3 TEAM OFFENSE 1st TEAM DEFENSE 2nd C-USA RANK Had vollyball coach Laura Nugbaur-Groff has ld hr squad to six conscutiv sasons of 20-plus wins. In that span, sh has amassd a rcord and has had singl-digit losss th past thr sasons (not counting th 2015 sason). UTSA rcordd thr big wins against Powr 5 programs this sason. Th first cam against Indiana at th Dlta Zta Classic and was followd by an upst of No. 12 Orgon at hom. Th final cam against Clmson in a fiv-fram victory at th SMU Doubltr Invitational AVCA honorabl mntion All-Amrican Dajana Boskovic has bn an offnsiv wapon for th Roadrunnrs as sh lads th tam in kills, kills pr st, points and points pr st. Boskovic also ranks in th top-thr in Confrnc USA in thos catgoris and ranks 16th in th NCAA in kps and pps. Sh s also rgistrd a tam-lading 12 doubl-doubls.

13 13 broadcast rostr #1 #5 #6 #7 #8 BROUSSSARD GONZALES KIEFER RUNJIC morgan amanda kasy marijta CRUZ laura #9 #11 #12 #15 #16 KOTARA SCHOTT jordan kyli SLAN mgan KUNES anni WILLIAMS shlby #17 #18 #20 #24 BOSKOVIC DAHNERT WALDRIP VILLARREAL dajana tssa jssica danilla #26 JULARIC antonla HC AC AC DANICIC danka GROFF laura STANGLE pat

14 sason rsults AUGUST August at Amrican Campus Classic (Austin, Txas) A28 at No. 3 Txas L 3-0 A29 vs. (RV) LSU W 3-2 A29 vs. UC Irvin W 3-1 SEPTEMBER S1 LAMAR W 3-1 Spt. 4-5 at Yal Tournamnt (Nw Havn, Conn.) S4 vs. UC-Santa Barbara L 3-1 S5 vs. Rhod Island W 3-1 S5 at Yal W 3-1 Spt hosts Ric adidas Invitational (Houston, Txas) S11 LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE W 3-0 S12 SAM HOUSTON STATE W 3-2 S12 NO. 23 COLORADO W 3-1 S15 at Txas A&M Corpus Christi L 3-1 Spt at Baylor Tournamnt (Waco, Txas) S18 vs. UNC-Grnsboro W 3-0 S19 vs. Stphn F. Austin W 3-0 S19 vs. Baylor L 3-1 S25 FIU W 3-0 S27 FLORIDA ATLANTIC W 3-0 OCTOBER O2 at North Txas L 3-2 O4 at Charlott W 3-2 O11 MIDDLE TENNESSEE L 3-2 *O15 UTSA L 3-2 O18 at UTEP W 3-0 O21 NORTH TEXAS W 3-2 O23 at Middl Tnnss W 3-0 O25 at Louisiana Tch L 3-2 O29 SOUTHERN MISS W 3-0 O31 NO. 22 WKU W 3-2 NOVEMBER N4 at UTSA L 3-1 N8 at Marshall W 3-0 N12 UTEP W 3-2 N14 at UAB W 3-0 coach s cornr Our attitud going into th C-USA Championships is taking on st at a tim. I bliv that vry match will b comptitiv and w will b doing our bst to prpar to go all th way. 14 Ric owls ovrall statistics ## Playr SP MP-MS K K/St E TA Pct A A/St SA SA/St SE 1 Whitlock, Noll Pattrson, Mghan Madison McDanil Miksky, Lah Rd, Kyly Holman, Maddi Vaio, Kimbrly Harris, Chlsy Rogrs, Miranda Mndivil, Stphani Bawcum, Andi Kyl, McKay Dol, Julianna Livingston, Shlby Okafor, Portia RICE Opponnts ## Playr SP MP-MS K K/St E TA Pct A A/St SA SA/St SE 1 Whitlock, Noll Pattrson, Mghan Madison McDanil Miksky, Lah Rd, Kyly Holman, Maddi Vaio, Kimbrly Harris, Chlsy Rogrs, Miranda Mndivil, Stphani Bawcum, Andi Kyl, McKay Dol, Julianna Livingston, Shlby Okafor, Portia RICE Opponnts notabls NO. 3 SEED Ovrall: 21-9 C-USA: 11-5 TEAM OFFENSE 2nd TEAM DEFENSE 3rd C-USA RANK For th first tim in school history, th Owls dfatd two Top-25 programs in th sam sason. Ric took down thn No. 23 Colorado in four sts on Spt. 12 to win th Ric Adidas Invitational titl. Th Owls thn snappd No. 22 WKU s 17-match win strak with a thrilling fiv-st victory ovr th Lady Topprs on Oct. 31. Sophomor sttr Madison McDanil, who transfrrd from Arizona St., has had a brakout sason for th Owls. McDanil has bn namd th C-USA Sttr of th Wk fiv tims and was slctd th Sports Imports/Amrican Vollyball Coachs Association Division I National Playr of th Wk on Nov. 3. McDanil ranks first among all C-USA sttrs with assists pr st and an APS during C-USA play. Th Owls hav playd in 11 fiv-st matchs this sason, going 7-4 in such instancs. Ric playd a school rcord 15 fiv-st matchs in Ric, who rcordd thir scond conscutiv 20-win sason undr had coach Gnny Volp, ranks third in th nation in both total tam assists and total tam kills.

15 15 broadcast rostr #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 WHITLOCK PATTERSON MCDANIEL MIKESKY noll mghan madison lah REED kyly #6 #7 #8 #12 #13 HOLMAN VAIO HARRIS ROGERS maddi kimbrly chlsy miranda MENDIVIL stphani #14 #15 #16 #21 BAWCUM KYLE DOLE LIVINGSTONE andi mckay juliana shlby #22 OKAFOR portia HC AHC AC VOLPE gnny FERRIS mlissa XIANG zhng VAC GILES paula

16 North Txas man grn sason rsults AUGUST Aug at Missouri Tournamnt (Columbia, Mo.) A28 vs. Winthrop W 3-2 A29 vs. NDSU L 3-2 A29 vs. Missouri L 3-0 SEPTEMBER S2 at UT Arlington L 3-0 Spt. 4-5 at Oklahoma Tournamnt (Norman, Okla.) S4 vs. Cntral Arkansas W 3-2 S4 at (RV) Oklahoma W 3-2 S5 vs. Arkansas-Littl Rock L 3-0 S7 UAB W 3-0 Spt hosts North Txas Invitational (Dnton, Txas) S11 BOISE STATE L 3-2 S12 ABILENE CHRISTIAN W 3-2 S12 HOUSTON L 3-0 S16 STEPHEN F. AUSTIN W 3-0 Spt at Tulsa Vollyball Invitational (Tulsa, Okla.) S18 vs. Houston Baptist W 3-0 S19 vs. Oral Robrts W 3-1 S19 at Tulsa W 3-0 S22 BAYLOR L 3-1 S25 at UTEP W 3-0 S27 at UTSA L 3-0 OCTOBER O2 RICE W 3-2 O9 at Louisiana Tch W 3-1 O11 at Marshall W 3-1 O16 Louisiana Tch W 3-0 O18 NO. 22 WKU L 3-2 O21 at Ric L 3-2 O25 at Charlott L 3-0 O29 UTEP W 3-1 O30 SOUTHERN MISS W 3-0 NOVEMBER N6 at Florida Atlantic L 3-2 N8 at FIU W 3-1 N12 MIDDLE TENNESSEE W 3-1 N14 UTSA W 3-0 coach s cornr Anytim you go in to a on-anddon typ of tournamnt, you r thinking about how your tam is doing with th littl dtails within th gam. I fl lik w v don a bttr job of that in th last coupl of wks with our victoris ovr som of th top tams in our confrnc. At this tim of yar it s about xcution and making sur that th littl things in a match ar takn car of so I m looking forward to how w do this wknd. 16 ovrall statistics ## Playr SP MP-MS K K/St E TA Pct A A/St SA SA/St SE 1 YORK, Karly BRAMER, Mrdith THORNLOW, McKnna DILLARD, Carna CHRISTOPHER, McKnzi HASKINS, Taylor ABII, Chlsa SHAW, Hannah MILAM, Holly WRIGHT, Alxis HENARD, Amy CHAMBERLAIN, Amanda PALILEO, Alyvia MYERS, Mikali WILLIAMS, Jordyn JANAK, Alx NORTH TEXAS Opponnts ## Playr SP MP-MS K K/St E TA Pct A A/St SA SA/St SE 1 YORK, Karly BRAMER, Mrdith THORNLOW, McKnna DILLARD, Carna CHRISTOPHER, McKnzi HASKINS, Taylor ABII, Chlsa SHAW, Hannah MILAM, Holly WRIGHT, Alxis HENARD, Amy CHAMBERLAIN, Amanda PALILEO, Alyvia MYERS, Mikali WILLIAMS, Jordyn JANAK, Alx NORTH TEXAS Opponnts notabls NO. 4 SEED Ovrall: C-USA: 11-5 TEAM OFFENSE 3rd TEAM DEFENSE T-6th Back-to-back Confrnc USA Playr of th Yar Carna Dillard lads North Txas into what could b hr last wknd of collgiat vollyball. Dillard is th confrnc ladr in kills (5.43) and points (5.89), whil also lading th country in kills and total attacks. North Txas has shown that it can compt with any tam in C-USA. Th Man Grn split th sason sris with Ric, th tournamnt s third-sdd tam, and wnt to a closly contstd fiv sts with C-USA frontrunnr WKU. North Txas knockd off UTSA in thr sts from its hom court last wk. C-USA RANK Dillard was namd spnw s National Playr of th Wk on Novmbr 11 aftr braking th program s all-tim kills rcord (2,291), a numbr that also continus to lad all activ D-I vollyball playrs. It was hr scond carr national wkly honor.

17 17 broadcast rostr #1 #2 #4 #5 #6 BRAMER THORNLOW DILLARD mrdith mcknna carna YORK karly CHRISTOPHER mcknzi #7 #8 #9 #10 #11 HASKINS ABII SHAW MILAM taylor chlsa hannah holly WRIGHT alxis #12 #13 #14 #15 HENARD CHAMEBERLAIN PALILEO amy amanda alyvia MYERS mikali #16 WILLIAMS jordyn #18 HC AHC JANAK PALILEO NGUYEN alx andrw vinh AC TODOROVICH rachl

18 Florida Atlantic owls sason rsults AUGUST Aug hosts FAU Invitational (Boca Raton, Fla.) A28 BETHUNE-COOKMAN W 3-0 A28 STETSON W 3-0 A29 BINGHAMTON W 3-0 A29 GEORGIA SOUTHERN W 3-0 SEPTEMBER Spt. 4-5 at Lipscomb Invitational (Nashvill, Tnn.) S4 vs. Ppprdin L 3-1 S4 vs. Ball Stat L 3-0 S5 at (RV) Lipscomb W 3-0 Spt at UNF Courtyard Mayo Classic (Jacksonvill, Fla.) S11 vs. Bthun-Cookman W 3-0 S12 vs. Campbll W 3-0 S12 at North Florida L 3-2 Spt at FGCU Invitational (Fort Myrs, Fla.) S17 at Florida Gulf Coast W 3-1 S18 vs. (RV) Ohio L 3-1 S20 at FIU L 3-1 S25 at Southrn Miss W 3-1 S27 at Ric L 3-0 OCTOBER O2 UTEP W 3-0 O4 MARSHALL W 3-0 O11 CHARLOTTE W 3-0 O16 at UAB W 3-0 O18 at Middl Tnnss W 3-0 O21 SOUTHERN MISS W 3-1 O23 FIU L 3-2 O25 at WKU L 3-0 O30 UTSA L 3-0 NOVEMBER N6 NORTH TEXAS W 3-2 N8 NO. 24 WKU l 3-0 N12 at Charlott W 3-0 N14 at Louisiana Tch W 3-0 coach s cornr ovrall statistics notabls NO. 5 SEED Ovrall: C-USA: 10-6 TEAM OFFENSE 5th TEAM DEFENSE 5th ## Playr SP MP-MS K K/St E TA Pct A A/St SA SA/St SE 1 VIERA, Gnsis MARTIN, Gabrila GOLSTON, Ravn EAKIN, Sarah ROSADO, Nathali BROWN, Brittny CARDONA, Alx STEPANOVIC, Katarina REID, Abbi UNGER, Nicol RISTIC, Maja MARTINEZ, Ivon DIXON, Gabrill WOJCIAKOWSKI, Briann ROBINSON, Jssica RANKOVIC, Kristina FLORIDA ATLANTIC Opponnts ## Playr SP MP-MS K K/St E TA Pct A A/St SA SA/St SE 1 VIERA, Gnsis MARTIN, Gabrila GOLSTON, Ravn EAKIN, Sarah ROSADO, Nathali BROWN, Brittny CARDONA, Alx STEPANOVIC, Katarina REID, Abbi UNGER, Nicol RISTIC, Maja MARTINEZ, Ivon DIXON, Gabrill WOJCIAKOWSKI, Briann ROBINSON, Jssica RANKOVIC, Kristina FLORIDA ATLANTIC Opponnts C-USA RANK I think w can go far [in th tournamnt]. W just hav to stay focusd and stp up at th big points. Our upprclassmn hav to tak charg of th tam. W ar vry xcitd. 18 Th Owls wnt 9-3 at hom this sason, with svn swps. FAU matchd its ovrall win total from last sason dspit two projctd startrs missing virtu ally th ntir sason and losing a third for th last svn matchs of th yar. Junior collg transfr Maja Ristic arnd first tam all-confrnc honors dspit missing th lattr part of th sason du to injury. Snior Brittny Brown was namd scond tam all-cusa for th scond yar in a row and is third all tim in carr hitting prcntag at FAU. Frshman Gabrila Martin was namd to th all C-USA Frshman Tam aftr winning Frshman of th Wk honors twic during th yar and bing on of th confrnc ladrs in hitting prcntag th ntir sason.

19 19 broadcast rostr #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 MARTIN TEKAVEC GOLSTON gabrila kristi ravn VIERA gnsis EAKIN sarah #6 #7 #8 #9 #10 CARDONA STEPANOVIC alx katarina ROSADO nathali BROWN brittany REID abbi #12 #13 #14 #15 BARRETT RISTIC MARTINEZ kiara maja ivon DIXON gabrill #18 WOJCIAKOWSKI briann #22 #33 HC ROBINSON RANKOVIC jssica kristina NELSON frnanda AC AMSHO chuck AC RAMOS carlos

20 sason rsults AUGUST Aug hosts Southrn Miss Invitational (Hattisburg, Miss.) A28 MERCER W 3-2 A29 SOUTHERN W 3-0 A29 NICHOLLS W 3-0 SEPTEMBER S1 SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA W 3-1 Spt. 4-5 at Alabama Tournamnt (Tuscaloosa, Ala.) S4 vs. Collg of Charlston W 3-0 S4 vs. Northwstrn Stat W 3-0 S5 at Alabama W 3-2 S5 vs. Tulsa W 3-1 S8 at Jackson Stat W 3-0 Spt at Ol Miss Tournamnt (Oxford, Miss.) S11 vs. Blmont W 3-1 S11 Ol Miss L 3-0 S12 vs. Buffalo W 3-2 S15 UNO W 3-0 Spt at Mmphis Tournamnt (Mmphis, Tnn.) S18 vs. Mississippi Stat L 3-2 S19 at Mmphis L 3-1 S19 vs. Austin Pay L 3-2 S21 at Louisiana Tch W 3-1 S25 FLORIDA ATLANTIC L 3-1 S29 SOUTH ALABAMA W 3-2 OCTOBER O1 at Charlott W 3-2 O4 at UAB W 3-1 O9 MIDDLE TENNESSEE W 3-0 O11 at No. 23 WKU L 3-1 O16 FIU W 3-2 O18 LOUISIANA TECH W 3-2 O21 at Florida Atlantic L 3-1 O23 UTEP W 3-2 O25 UAB W 3-0 O29 at Ric L 3-0 O30 at North Txas L 3-0 NOVEMBER N6 at Marshall W 3-0 N8 CHARLOTTE W 3-2 N12 UTSA L 3-2 coach s cornr Our tam is rady and xcitd to start th confrnc tournamnt. W hav battld in vry match and will continu to do th sam vry match from hr on out. W ar xcitd to tak on a talntd tam in Ric and know it will b a hug challng to tak on thir tam. 20 Southrn Miss goldn agls ovrall statistics ## Playr SP MP-MS K K/St E TA Pct A A/St SA SA/St SE 1 PURDUE, Stphany BELL, Sarah COOMBS, Alxis DRUHAN, Natali GRANDY, Kyli CHAMBERS, Klsy AJAYI, Dani JOHNSON, Rachl STILL, Kathrin AMES, Elis PURSELL, Mary RADEMAKERS, Makarta JOYCE, Chanl RUSSELL, Shlby BONNER, Lydia SOUTHERN MISS Opponnts ## Playr SP MP-MS K K/St E TA Pct A A/St SA SA/St SE 1 PURDUE, Stphany BELL, Sarah COOMBS, Alxis DRUHAN, Natali GRANDY, Kyli CHAMBERS, Klsy AJAYI, Dani JOHNSON, Rachl STILL, Kathrin AMES, Elis PURSELL, Mary RADEMAKERS, Makarta JOYCE, Chanl RUSSELL, Shlby BONNER, Lydia SOUTHERN MISS Opponnts notabls Southrn Miss finishd th rgular sason with 23 wins, th fifth most in Southrn Miss history and first back-to-back 20-win sasons sinc th 1989 and 1990 sasons. Southrn Miss startd off th 2015 sason with its bst start in school history at 10-0 on thir way to winning back-to-back non-con tournamnts. Southrn Miss playd a total of 12, fiv-st matchs this sason, asily th most of any prvious tam. Th Goldn Eagls finishd with a 9-3 rcord in thos matchs. It also th most by a tam in Confrnc USA. NO. 6 SEED Ovrall: C-USA: 10-6 TEAM OFFENSE 7th TEAM DEFENSE T-6th Snior Libro Mary Pursll rcordd a singl-sason rcord in digs with 642, surpassing a mark st in Sh rcordd 30 or mor digs in four matchs this sason. Pursll movd into scond all-tim list with 1,860 hading into th C-USA Tournamnt. Stphany Purdu bcam th 17th Goldn Eagl playr to rcord ovr 1,000 kills in a carr whn sh rcordd hr first kill against UAB (10/4) C-USA RANK

21 21 broadcast rostr #1 #2 #4 #5 #6 PURDUE stphany BELL sarah COOMBS alxis DURHAN natali GRANDY kyli #8 #10 #11 #13 #14 CHAMBERS AJAYI JOHNSON STILL klsy dani rachl kathrin AMES lis #17 #18 #20 #22 PURSELL RADEMAKERS JOYCE RUSSELL mary makarta chanl shlby #28 BONNER lydia HC AC GA BERKLEY BROWN MARSCHALL amanda david klci

22 FIU goldn panthrs sason rsults AUGUST Aug hosts Panthr Challng (Miami, Fla.) A28 NORTH FLORIDA L 3-1 A29 Alabama A&M W 3-0 A29 USF W 3-0 SEPTEMBER Spt. 4-5 at UAB Tournamnt (Birmingham, Ala.) S4 at UAB W 3-2 S5 vs. Austin Pay L 3-0 S5 vs. Savannah Stat W 3-0 Spt at Sttson Wstin Classic (Dland, Fla.) S11 at Sttson W 3-2 S12 vs. Mrcr W 3-0 Spt hosts FIU Invit (Miami, Fla.) S17 BETHUNE-COOKMAN W 3-1 S17 CENTRAL FLORIDA L 3-0 S18 SEATTLE L 3-1 S20 FLORIDA ATLANTIC W 3-1 S25 at Ric L 3-0 S27 at WKU L 3-0 OCTOBER O2 MARSHALL W 3-1 O4 UTEP W 3-0 O6 FGCU L 3-1 O9 CHARLOTTE W 3-0 O16 at Southrn Miss L 3-2 O21 LOUISIANA TECH W 3-1 O23 at Florida Atlantic W 3-2 O25 at Middl Tnnss L 3-2 NOVEMBER N1 UTSA L 3-1 N6 NO. 24 WKU L 3-0 N8 NORTH TEXAS L 3-1 N12 at Louisiana Tch W 3-0 N14 at Charlott W 3-0 coach s cornr ovrall statistics notabls NO. 7 SEED Ovrall: C-USA: 97 TEAM OFFENSE 6th TEAM DEFENSE 4th ## Playr SP MP-MS K K/St E TA Pct A A/St SA SA/St SE 1 HOGAN, Kati CASTRO, Lucia LEVORIN, Gloria BERNIER, Lina SANTAMARIA, Jovanna ENE, Jnnifr MCLAMB, Maria GOGINS, Brianna MCLAMB, Adriana MCSWAIN, Kiona MARTIN, Autumn FAUCETTE, Jad LEMOINE, Danill CLAY, Tia FRIESEN, Kati DODD, Dominiqu FIU Opponnts ## Playr SP MP-MS K K/St E TA Pct A A/St SA SA/St SE 1 HOGAN, Kati CASTRO, Lucia LEVORIN, Gloria BERNIER, Lina SANTAMARIA, Jovanna ENE, Jnnifr MCLAMB, Maria GOGINS, Brianna MCLAMB, Adriana MCSWAIN, Kiona MARTIN, Autumn FAUCETTE, Jad LEMOINE, Danill CLAY, Tia FRIESEN, Kati DODD, Dominiqu FIU Opponnts C-USA RANK W hav accomplishd our first goal [for this sason], which was to gt to th confrnc tournamnt. Our scond goal now is to compt and b th bst that w can. If w do that, w should com hom champions. 22 FIU s bst blocking tam sinc 2012; ranks 8th all-tim in school history in block assists (357) and 6th in solo blocks (72). This yar s 7th sd is th highst FIU has vr arnd for a C-USA Championships. FIU s last titl cam in 2001 (Sun Blt Confrnc). FIU has mad thr NCAA Tournamnt apparancs (2-3 all-tim) Snior, Lucia Castro rachd th 1000-milston for both kills and digs this sason; sh gos down as only th third playr in school history to go ovr a thousand kills and digs (1,227 and 1,027 rspctivly)

23 23 broadcast rostr #1 #2 #4 #6 #7 CASTRO LEVORIN SANTAMARIA lucia gloria jovanna HOGAN kati ENE jnnifr #8 #9 #10 #13 #14 MCLAMB GOGINS MCLAMB MARTIN maria briana adriana autumn HUDSON chlsa #16 #18 #20 #21 FAUCETTE CLAY FRIESEN jad tia kati DODD dominiqu HC AC AC BUCK-CROCKETT MORRILL SCOTT rita taylor quan

24 sason rsults AUGUST Aug at Eagl Challng (Morhad, Ky.) A28 vs. Indiana Stat W 3-1 A28 at Morhad Stat W 3-0 A29 vs. Canisius W 3-0 SEPTEMBER S1 EASTERN KENTUCKY W 3-1 Spt. 4-5 at Fairfild Invitational (Fairfild, Conn.) S4 vs. Nw Hampshir L 3-1 S5 vs. Stony Brook W 3-2 S5 vs. Boston Collg W 3-2 Spt at Panthrs Invitational (High Point, N.C.) S11 vs. Wak Forst W 3-2 S12 at High Point W 3-2 S12 vs. Davidson L 3-2 S15 at Wst Virginia L 3-2 S18 vs. ETSU L 3-0 S18 vs. Samford W 3-0 S18 Alabama W 3-0 S23 (RV) WKU l 3-1 S25 CHARLOTTE W 3-2 S27 LOUISIANA TECH W 3-0 OCTOBER O2 at FIU L 3-1 O4 at Florida Atlantic L 3-0 O9 UAB W 3-1 O11 NORTH TEXAS L 3-1 O16 at UTEP W 3-2 O18 at UTSA W 3-1 O21 MIDDLE TENNESSEE W 3-1 O23 at Charlott L 3-2 O30 at UAB L 3-2 NOVEMBER N6 SOUTHERN MISS L 3-0 N8 RICE L 3-0 N12 at No. 24 WKU L 3-0 N14 at Middl Tnnss W 3-2 coach s cornr W hav an incrdibly difficult road ahad of us starting with WKU. But w ar obviously fling prtty good aftr th comback at Middl Tnnss. W know that w wr struggling for th last fw wks of th sason, but thr sms to b a nw calm ovr th tam and w just can t wait to gt on th court and gt aftr it and s what happns. Its tournamnt tim, vryon just has to play hard bcaus w know how good WKU is and w ar going to giv thm our bst shot. 24 Marshall thundring hrd ovrall statistics ## Playr SP MP-MS K K/St E TA Pct A A/St SA SA/St SE 1 SIMMONS, Kayla LEGGE, Laurn LEMONS, Kassidy KIEKOVER, Ally PELTON, Taylor RIEDEL, Taylor MATTMULLER, Laurn CONLEY, Shlby KELLERMAN, Alli CRAFT, Justic SCHREIBER, Zo SHEMANSKI, Jillian SAYRE, Jssica REEDER, Lyxis WEAVER, Cassi ARNOLD, Ashly MARSHALL Opponnts ## Playr SP MP-MS K K/St E TA Pct A A/St SA SA/St SE 1 SIMMONS, Kayla LEGGE, Laurn LEMONS, Kassidy KIEKOVER, Ally PELTON, Taylor RIEDEL, Taylor MATTMULLER, Laurn CONLEY, Shlby KELLERMAN, Alli CRAFT, Justic SCHREIBER, Zo SHEMANSKI, Jillian SAYRE, Jssica REEDER, Lyxis WEAVER, Cassi ARNOLD, Ashly MARSHALL Opponnts notabls NO. 8 SEED Ovrall: C-USA: 7-9 TEAM OFFENSE 10th TEAM DEFENSE 9th C-USA RANK Ally Kikovr, who was namd to th All-Confrnc USA first tam on Tusday, has bn on of th ky contributors for th Marshall offns. Th junior from Grand Rapids, Mich. finishd th confrnc schdul with a hitting prcntag of.416, good for first in C-USA. Ovrall, Kikovr had a hitting fficincy of.405, which placs hr scond all-tim in a singl sason in Marshall history. Kikovr was first on th tam in blocks with 74, whil was scond in kills with 320. Th junior libro, Alli Kllrman, ntrs th confrnc tournamnt aftr stting a nw singl-sason rcord in digs with 538 in th win ovr Middl Tnnss. This wasn t th first tim Kllrman placd hrslf in th Hrd rcord book this sason ithr, as sh had th scond and ninth bst matchs in Marshall history for digs on Spt. 12 against Davidson with 36 and on Oct. 30 at UAB with 32. Through confrnc play, Kllrman rankd third in digs pr st with Th Hrd ntrs th confrnc tournamnt aftr an improbabl comback at Middl Tnnss. Marshall was down 0-2 in th match, and fll bhind in th third st, but rallid bhind th Hrd s imprssiv offnsiv attack from Ally Kikovr and Cassi Wavr to stun th Blu Raidrs in fiv sts and to clinch th final sd in th tournamnt. Marshall is ld by had coach Mitch Jacobs, who arnd his 100th Confrnc USA win in San Antonio arlir this yar, as Marshall bcam th first school to hand th roadrunnrs its first confrnc loss on its own hom floor.

25 25 broadcast rostr #1 #3 #5 #6 #7 SIMMONS LEGGE LEMONS KIEKOVER kayla laurn kassidy ally PELTON taylor #8 #9 #10 #12 #14 MATTMULLER CONLEY KELLERMAN laurn shlby alli RIEDEL taylor CRAFT justic #15 #18 #19 #21 SCHREIBER SHEMANSKI SAYRE REEDER zo jillian jssica lyxis #22 WEAVER cassi #41 HC AC JACOBS mitch ARNOLD ashly JACKSON matt AC STRICKLAND taylor

26 [2014 Championship Brackt] Quartrfinals Friday, Nov. 21 Smifinals Saturday, Nov. 22 Championship Match Sunday, Nov. 23 Evnt Info Novmbr Hattisburg, MS Hostd by Southrn Miss (1) UTSA 3 Match 1-12 p.m. (C-USA Digital Ntwork) (1) UTSA 0 (8) Charlott 0 (4) Ric 3 Match 5-2 p.m. (C-USA Digital Ntwork) (4) Ric 2 Match 2-2 p.m. (C-USA Digital Ntwork) (4) Ric 3 (5) Marshall 0 (2) WKU 3 Match 7-12:30 p.m. (FOX Sports Ntwork) WKU Champion Match 3-5 p.m. (C-USA Digital Ntwork) (2) WKU 3 (7) Florida Atlantic 0 (3) North Txas 3 Match 6-4:30 p.m. (C-USA Digital Ntwork) (2) WKU 3 Match 4-7 p.m. (C-USA Digital Ntwork) (3) North Txas 0 (6) Southrn Miss 1 All tims Cntral 26

27 27 [2014 Rsults] (1) UTSA 3 (8) Charlott 0 (4) Ric 3 (5) Marshall 0 dfnding champions WKU 2014 Rgular Sason Co-Champions (UTSA), 2014 Tournamnt Champions (2) WKU 3 (7) Florida Atlantic 0 (3) North Txas 3 (6) Southrn Miss 1 (1) UTSA 0 (3) Ric 3 (2) WKU 3 (3) North Txas 0 (4) Ric 2 (2) WKU 3 final standings C-USA Rcord Ovrall Rcord W-L Pct. W-L Pct. H A N Last 10 Strak #(1) UTSA L 1 #(2) WKU L 1 (3) North Txas L 1 (4) Ric L 1 (5) Marshall L 1 (6) Southrn Miss L 3 (7) Florida Atlantic L 1 (8) Charlott L 1 Middl Tnnss L 2 UAB L 1 FIU W 1 UTEP L 5 Louisiana Tch L 7 - Qualifd for C-USA Championship ( ) - Tournamnt Sd # - C-USA Rgular Sason Co-Champion ncaa tournamnt FIRST ROUND No. 25 WKU 0 Iowa Stat 3 Champaign, Illinois Dc. 5, 2014

28 [All-Tim Championship Rsults] 2014 Rd Grn Colisum, Hattisburg, Miss. Friday, Nov. 21 (1) UTSA 3, (8) Charlott 0 (2) WKU 3, (7) FAU 0 (3) North Txas 3, (6) Southrn Miss 1 (4) Ric 3, (5) Marshall 0 SEMIFINAL Saturday, Nov. 22 (3) Ric 3, (1) UTSA 0 (2) WKU 3, (3) North Txas 0 Sunday, Nov. 23 (2) WKU 3, (4) Ric Alumni Mmorial Gym, Murfrsboro, Tnn. FIRST ROUND Thursday, Nov. 21 (8) Southrn Miss 3, (9) UTEP 2 (5) North Txas 3, (12) Florida Atlantic 1 (11) FIU 3, (6) Middl Tnnss 2 (7) UAB 3, (10) Ric 0 Friday, Nov. 22 (1) UTSA 3, (8) Southrn Miss 0 (4) Marshall 3, (5) North Txas 2 (3) Tulsa 3, (11) FIU 2 (2) Tulan 3, (7) UAB 1 SEMIFINAL Saturday, Nov. 23 (1) UTSA 3, (4) Marshall 0 (2) Tulan 3, (3) Tulsa 1 Sunday, Nov. 24 (1) UTSA 3, (2) Tulan Donald W. Rynolds Cntr, Tulsa, Okla. QUARTERFINAL Friday, Nov. 16 (1) Tulsa 3, (8) SMU 0 (4) UAB 3, (5) UTEP 0 (7) Houston 3, (2) Ric 2 (3) UCF 3, (6) Marshall 1 Saturday, Nov. 17 (1) Tulsa 3, (4) UAB 0 (3) UCF 3, (7) Houston 9 Sunday, Nov. 18 (1) Tulsa 3, (3) UCF 0 (FSN) 2011 No tournamnt 2010 No tournamnt 2009 Tudor Fildhous, Houston, Txas Friday, Nov. 20 (3) Tulan 3, (6) SMU 1 (2) Tulsa 3, (7) UAB 1 (4) Ric 3, (5) Marshall 0 (1) Southrn Miss 3, (8) Houston 1 Saturday, Nov. 21 (2) Tulsa 3, (3) Tulan 0 (4) Ric 3, (1) Southrn Miss 1 Sunday, Nov. 22 (4) Ric 3, (2) Tulsa 1 (CBS C) 2008 Elma Roan Fildhous, Mmphis, Tnn. FIRST ROUND Thursday, Nov. 20 (9) UCF df. (8) SMU, 3-0 (5) Tulsa df. (12) East Carolina, 3-1 (10) Marshall df. (7) Southrn Miss, 3-0 (11) UTEP df. (6) Mmphis, 3-2 Friday, Nov. 21 (1) Tulan df. (9) UCF, 3-0 (4) Houston df. (5) Tulsa, 3-1 (2) UAB df. (10) Marshall, 3-0 (3) Ric df. (11) UTEP, 3-0 Saturday, Nov. 22 (1) Tulan df. (4) Houston, 3-2 (2) UAB df. (3) Ric, 3-1 Sunday, Nov. 23 (1) Tulan df. (2) UAB, 3-2 (CBS C) 2007 Cam Hndrson Cntr, Huntington, W.Va. FIRST ROUND Thursday, Novmbr 15 (7) Ric df. (10) UTEP, 3-0 (11) Southrn Miss df. (6) Houston, 3-1 (8) East Carolina df. (9) SMU, 3-0 (5) Mmphis df. (12) UCF, 3-1 QUARTERFINAL Friday, Novmbr 16 (2) Tulan df. (7) Ric, 3-0 (3) UAB df. (11) Southrn Miss, 3-0 (1) Marshall df. (8) East Carolina, 3-1 (4) Tulsa df. (5) Mmphis, 3-0 Saturday, Novmbr 17 (3) UAB df. (2) Tulan, 3-1 (4) Tulsa df. (1) Marshall, 3-2 Sunday, Novmbr 18 (4) Tulsa df. (3) UAB, 3-2 (CSTV) 2006 Hofhinz Pavillion, Houston, Txas FIRST ROUND Thursday, Novmbr 16 (8) SMU df. (9) Southrn Miss, 3-2 (5) UAB df. (12) UCF, 3-1 (7) Houston df. (10) Ric, 3-0 (11) UTEP df. (6) East Carolina, 3-2 Friday, Novmbr 17 (1) Tulsa df. (8) SMU, 3-0 (5) UAB df. (4) Tulan, 3-1 (7) Houston df. (2) Marshall, 3-2 (3) Mmphis df. (11) UTEP, 3-1 Saturday, Novmbr 18 (5) UAB df. (1) Tulsa, 3-1 (3) Mmphis df. (7) Houston, 3-1 Sunday, Novmbr 19 (5) UAB df. (3) Mmphis, Autry Court, Houston, Txas FIRST ROUND Thursday, Novmbr 17 (9) UCF df. (8) Mmphis, 3-1 (5) East Carolina df. (12) Southrn Miss, 3-0 (11) Tulan df. (6) Ric, 3-2 (7) SMU df. (10) UAB, 3-1 Friday, Novmbr 18 (1) Marshall df. (9) UCF, 3-2 (4) UTEP df. (5) East Carolina, 3-0 (11) Tulan df. (3) Tulsa, 3-2 (2) Houston df. (7) SMU, 3-1 Saturday, Novmbr 19 (1) Marshall df. (4) UTEP, 3-2 (2) Houston df. (11) Tulan,

29 29 [All-Tim Championship Rsults] Sunday, Novmbr 20 (1) Marshall df. (2) Houston, Cardinal Arna, Louisvill, Ky. FIRST ROUND Friday, Novmbr 19 (8) Houston df. (9) East Carolina, 3-0 (5) Mmphis df. (12) DPaul, 3-0 (7) Saint Louis df. (10) USF, 3-2 (6) Tulan df. (11) Charlott, 3-1 Saturday, Novmbr 20 (1) Louisvill df. (8) Houston, 3-0 (5) Mmphis df. (4) TCU, 3-2 (2) Cincinnati df. (7) Saint Louis, 3-0 (3) Marqutt df. (6) Tulan, 3-0 Sunday, Novmbr 21 (1) Louisvill df. (5) Mmphis, 3-0 (3) Marqutt df. (2) Cincinnati, 3-1 Monday, Novmbr 22 (1) Louisvill df. (3) Marqutt, Foglman Arna, Nw Orlans, La. FIRST ROUND Friday, Novmbr 21 (10) TCU df. (7) UAB, 3-0 (6) Marqutt df. (11) DPaul, 3-0 (5) Tulan df. (12) Saint Louis, 3-0 (8) Houston df. (9) USF, 3-2 Saturday, Novmbr 22 (2) Louisvill df. (10) TCU, 3-0 (6) Marqutt df. (3) Southrn Miss, 3-2 (4) Mmphis df. (5) Tulan, 3-1 (8) Houston df. (1) Cincinnati, 3-1 Sunday, Novmbr 23 (2) Louisvill df. (6) Marqutt, 3-0 (4) Mmphis df. (8) Houston, 3-1 Monday, Novmbr 24 (2) Louisvill df. (4) Mmphis, DPaul Athltic Cntr, Chicago, Ill. FIRST ROUND Friday, Novmbr 22 (7) Houston df. (10) TCU, 3-1 (6) Charlott df. (11) Mmphis, 3-2 (8) Southrn Miss df. (9) UAB, 3-1 (12) Marqutt df. (5) Tulan, 3-1 Saturday, Novmbr 23 (2) USF df. (7) Houston, 3-1 (3) Cincinnati df.(6) Charlott, 3-0 (1) Louisvill df. (8) Southrn Miss, 3-0 (4) Saint Louis df. (12) Marqutt, 3-0 Sunday, Novmbr 24 (2) USF df. (3) Cincinnati, 3-1 (1) Louisvill df. (4) Saint Louis, 3-0 Monday, Novmbr 25 (2) USF df. (1) Louisvill, Hofhinz Pavilion, Houston, Txas FIRST ROUND Thursday, Novmbr 15 (7) Saint Louis df. (10) Charlott, 3-0 (6) Marqutt df. (11) Southrn Miss, 3-1 (8) Mmphis df. (9) Tulan, 3-0 (5) DPaul df. (12) East Carolina, 3-0 Friday, Novmbr 16 (2) Louisvill df. (7) Saint Louis, 3-1 (6) Marqutt df. (3) USF, 3-1 (5) DPaul df. (4) Houston, 3-1 (3) Cincinnati df. (8) Mmphis, 3-0 Saturday, Novmbr 17 (2) Louisvill df. (6) Marqutt, 3-0 (5) DPaul df. (3) Cincinnati, 3-1 Sunday, Novmbr 18 (5) DPaul df. (2) Louisvill, Halton Arna, Charlott, N.C. FIRST ROUND Thursday, Novmbr 16 (8) Saint Louis df. (9) Marqutt, 3-2 (5) DPaul df. (12) UAB, 3-0 (6) Tulan df. (11) Mmphis, 3-1 (7) Charlott df. (10) Southrn Miss, 3-0 Friday, Novmbr 17 (1) USF df. (8) Saint Louis, 3-1 (4) Houston df. (5) DPaul, 3-0 (3) Louisvill df. (6) Tulan, 3-1 (2) Cincinnati df. (7) Charlott, 3-0 Saturday, Novmbr 18 (1) USF df. (4) Houston, 3-2 (3) Louisvill df. (2) Cincinnati 0 Sunday, Novmbr 19 (3) Louisvill df. (1) USF, Th Sun Dom, Tampa, Fla. FIRST ROUND Thursday, Novmbr 18 (6) Marqutt df. (11) Mmphis, 3-0 (10) Tulan df. (7) Charlott, 3-0 (12) UAB df. (5) Saint Louis, 3-1 (8) USF df. (9) Southrn Miss, 3-0 Friday, Novmbr 19 (3) Houston df. (6) Marqutt, 3-2 (2) Louisvill df. (10) Tulan, 3-0 (4) DPaul df. (12) UAB, 3-1 (1) Cincinnati df. (8) USF, 3-1 Saturday, Novmbr 20 (2) Louisvill df. (3) Houston, 3-1 (1) Cincinnati df. (4) DPaul, 3-2 Sunday, Novmbr 21 (1) Cincinnati df. (2) Louisvill, Shomakr Cntr, Cincinnati, Ohio FIRST ROUND Thursday, Novmbr 19 (5) Houston df. (12) UAB, 3-0 (8) Mmphis df. (9) DPaul, 3-1 (6) Southrn Miss df. (11) Tulan, 3-1 (7) Charlott df. (10) Marqutt, 3-2 Friday, Novmbr 20 (5) Houston df. (4) Saint Louis, 3-0 (2) USF df. (7) Charlott, 3-2 (3) Cincinnati df. (6) Southrn Miss, 3-2 (1) Louisvill df. (8) Mmphis, 3-0 Saturday, Novmbr 21 (1) Louisvill df. (5) Houston, 3-0 (2) USF df. (3) Cincinnati, 3-2 Sunday, Novmbr 22 (1) Louisvill df. (2) USF, Hofhinz Pavilion, Houston, Txas FIRST ROUND Thursday, Novmbr 20 (5) Southrn Miss df. (12) DPaul, 3-2 (9) Tulan df. (8) Marqutt, 3-1

30 [All-Tim Championship Rsults] (6) Saint Louis df. (11) Charlott, 3-1 (7) Mmphis df. (10) UAB, 3-1 Friday, Novmbr 21 (4) Cincinnati df. (5) Southrn Miss, 3-0 (9) Tulan df. (1) USF, 3-2 (6) Saint Louis df. (3) Louisvill, 3-2 (2) Houston df. (7) Mmphis, 3-1 Saturday, Novmbr 22 (4) Cincinnati df. (9) Tulan, 3-0 (2) Houston df. (6) Saint Louis, 3-0 Sunday, Novmbr 23 (2) Houston df. (4) Cincinnati, Cardinal Arna, Louisvill, Ky. FIRST ROUND Thursday, Novmbr 21 (8) UAB df. (9) Southrn Miss, 3-0 (5) Saint Louis df. (12) Mmphis, 3-0 (6) Marqutt df. (11) Charlott, 3-1 (7) Tulan df. (10) DPaul, 3-2 Friday, Novmbr 22 (1) USF df. (8) UAB, 3-0 (5) Saint Louis df. (4) Cincinnati, 3-2 (3) Houston df. (6) Marqutt, 3-0 (2) Louisvill df. (7) Tulan, 3-0 Saturday, Novmbr 23 (1) USF df. (5) Saint Louis, 3-0 (3) Houston df. (2) Louisvill, 3-2 Sunday, Novmbr 24 (1) USF df. (3) Houston, Cardinal Arna, Louisvill, Ky. FIRST ROUND Thursday, Novmbr 16 (6) Mmphis df. (11) DPaul, 3-0 (7) UAB df. (10) Charlott, 3-0 (9) Southrn Miss df. (8) Marqutt, 3-2 Friday, Novmbr 17 (3) Saint Louis df. (6) Mmphis, 3-1 (2) USF df. (7) UAB, 3-0 (4) Cincinnati df. (5) Tulan, 3-1 (1) Louisvill df. (9) Southrn Miss, 3-0 Saturday, Novmbr 18 (2) USF df. (3) Saint Louis, 3-1 (1) Louisvill df. (4) Cincinnati, 3-1 Sunday, Novmbr 19 (2) USF df. (1) Louisvill, 3-2 hall of champions 2014 WKU 2013 UTSA 2012 Tulsa 2011 Non 2010 Non 2009 Ric 2008 Tulan 2007 Tulsa 2006 UAB 2005 Marshall 2004 Louisvill 2003 Louisvill 2002 USF 2001 Dpaul 2000 Louisvill 1999 Cincinatti 1998 Louisvill 1997 Houston 1996 USF 1995 USF MOST S Louisvill - 4 USF - 3 Cincinatti - 1 Dpaul - 1 Houston - 1 *Marshall - 1 *activ mmbrship *Ric - 1 Tulan - 1 Tulsa - 1 *UAB - 1 *UTSA - 1 *WKU

31 31 [Championship Rcords] INDIVIDUAL SINGLE MATCH Hitting Prcntag (minimum fiv attmpts).857 Alssandra Domingos, USF, vs. Louisvill (6k-0E-7TA) Kills 44 Klly-Ann Billingy, Marshall, vs. Houston Kills Pr St 9.00 Tosha Barnicoat, Southrn Miss vs. Cincinnati (27K in 3 gams) Attmpts 92 Michll Collir, USF, vs. Charlott Assists 83 Maria Hogbrg, USF, vs. Louisvill Srvic Acs 8 Ivana Bozic, UAB, vs. SMU Digs 38 Malory Grov, Tulsa, vs. UAB Block Solos 5 Laurn Boatwright, Tulan, at Ric Block Assists 15 Shaniquwa Coopr, UAB, vs. Tulsa Total Blocks 15 Courtny Windham, NT, vs. Marshall Snaniquwa Coopr, UAB, vs. Tulsa Points 44.5 Klly-Ann Billingy, Marshall, vs. Houston Points Pr St 8.9 Klly-Ann Billingy, Marshall, vs. Houston TEAM SINGLE MATCH Hitting Prcntag.506 UTSA, vs. Southrn Miss (50K-6E-87A) Kills 105 USF, vs. Louisvill Kills Pr St 27.7 Louisvill, vs. USF (83K in thr gams) Attmpts 257 USF, vs. Louisvill Assists 98 USF, vs. Louisvill Srvic Acs 15 Charlott vs. Southrn Miss Tulsa vs. SMU Marshall vs. Tulsa Digs 135 Louisvill, vs. USF Block Solos 8 Cincinnati vs. USF Block Assists 34 Tulan, vs. Cincinnati Total Blocks 22.0 Saint Louis, vs. Cincinnati (7BS-30BA) INDIVIDUALTOTALS Hitting Prcntag.610 Jnnifr Hoffman, Louisvill (3M, 9G: 27K-2E-41TA) 2004 Kills 96 Michll Collir, USF (3) 1998 Kills Pr St 7.10 McKnzi Adams, UTSA (3 matchs, 10 gams: 71K) 2013 Attmpts 239 Michll Collir, USF (3) 1998 Assists 230 Kara Jakusz, DPaul (4) 2001 Srvic Acs 11 Sara Radosvic, Tulan (3) 2005 Digs 83 Brianna Galvin, UAB (4) 2006 Block Solos 7 Britny Hurst, Tulan (2) 2000 Block Assists 27 Shaniquwa Coopr, UAB (4) 2006 Total Blocks 29 Shaniquwa Coopr, UAB (4) 2006 Points 93.0 Ivana Bozic, UAB (4) 2006 Points Pr St 7.94 Tylr Hndrson, Tulsa (3) 2012 TEAM TOTALS Hitting Prcntag.407 UTSA (3M: 164K-33E-322TA) 2013 Kills 283 DPaul (4) 2001 Kills Pr St Tulan (2 matchs, 6 gams: 131K) 1997 Attmpts 701 USF (3) 1998 Assists 257 DPaul (3) 2001 Srvic Acs 39 UAB (4) 2008 Digs 299 USF (3) 1998 Block Solos 14 Cincinnati (3) 1999 Block Assists 68 UAB (4) 2006 Total Blocks 42.5 Louisvill (3) 2001

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