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1 2012 Red Wolves Volleyball 11-8 Overall, 2-2 Sun Belt 2012 Schedule Arkansas State Volleyball Chris Graddy, Assistant Sports Information Director Office: Cell: AStateRedWolves.com ASU at SEMO, Tuesday, Oct. 2, 6:30 p.m. Rice Invitational Houston, Texas 8/24 Brigham Young L, 3-0 8/25 Rice W, 3-1 8/25 Air Force L, 3-1 8/28 Memphis W, 3-0 Kansas Invitational Lawrence, Kansas 8/31 Nebraska-Omaha W, 3-1 8/31 Tulsa L, 0-3 9/1 Sam Houston State W, 3-1 9/1 Kansas L, 1-3 McNeese State Tournament Lake Charles, La. 9/7 Baylor L, 1-3 9/7 Bethune-Cookman W, 3-0 9/8 Hampton W, 3-0 9/8 McNeese State W, 3-0 CEFCU Classic Peoria, Ill. 9/14 Long Beach State L, 1-3 9/15 Northern Iowa W, 3-1 9/15 Bradley W, 3-1 9/21 at Florida Atlantic* W, 3-1 9/23 at Florida International* L, 3-0 9/28 North Texas* L, 3-0 9/30 Louisiana-Monroe* W, /2 at Southeast Missouri State 6:30 p.m. 10/5 Troy* 7:00 p.m. 10/7 South Alabama* 1:00 p.m. 10/12 at Louisiana-Lafayette* 7:00 p.m. 10/16 at Arkansas-Little Rock* 7:00 p.m. 10/19 at Western Kentucky* 7:00 p.m. 10/20 at Middle Tennessee* 7:00 p.m. 10/28 Arkansas-Little Rock* 2:00 p.m. 11/2 Louisiana-Lafayette* 7:00 p.m. 11/6 at Missouri 7:00 p.m. 11/9 at North Texas* 7:00 p.m. 11/11 at Louisiana-Monroe* 1:00 p.m. SBC Tournament Bowling Green, Ky. 11/15-17 TBA TBA *Sun Belt Conference Match All Times Central Home matches in BOLD SEMO (12-6, 4-0) Tuesday. Oct. 2 6:30 p.m. CDT Series: ASU Leads SERVING IT UP: The Arkansas State Red Wolves will travel to Cape Girardeau, Mo., on Tuesday, Oct. 2 to take on the Redhawks in a nonconference matchup. THE SEMO SERIES: ASU leads the alltime series between the schools 22-20, including a 3-0 sweep over the Redhawks last season in Jonesboro. JAZZ IT UP: For the second time this season, Jasmine Terry tied a career-high with 18 digs against North Texas on Friday night. She has reached 18 kills four different times in her career, including once against Rice earlier this season. ASSIST ME: Allison Kearney moved into sixth-place on the all-time ASU career assists list with 2,761 for her career over the weekend. Susan Buttry is fifth on the list with 2,817 for her career. HOME SWEET HOME: Starting Sept. 28, ASU will play in Jonesboro for the first time since Aug. 28 when the Red Wolves defeated Memphis 3-0. A-State has played 13 straight road or neutral site matches since defeating the Tigers. DOMINATING THE COMPETITION: ASU continued its dominance over the Warhawks with a sweep on Sunday. The Red Wolves have lost just three sets to ULM since 2005 and have not lost a set since MOVING UP: Megan Baska continues to steadily make her away up the all-time ASU career digs list. She has 1,325 digs for her career and is currently in fourthplace on the All-time list at ASU. MILESTONES: Senior Jasmine Terry surpassed 800 career kills against ULM with 18 against ULM. She has 811 for her career and leads A-State with 230 kills so far this season. MORE MILESTONES: Senior Taylor Coughlin hit the 500 career-dig mark over the weekend, while fellow senior Kelsie Hodges is closing in on 600 career kills. Hodges currently had 562, including 168 on the year. FIRST WIN: First-year head coach David Rehr won his first career Sun Belt Conference game with a 3-1 victory over Florida Atlantic on Sept. 21. MY MARIE: Sophomore Marie Hadar set a new career-high with nine kills against Florida Atlantic. MAKING A NAME: Junior Kelsey Sullivan had a season-high seven digs against Florida-Atlantic and also recorded her first solo block of the season against the Owls. WHERE THEY RANK: Senior setter Allison Kearney ranks 50th in the nation with assists per set. Kelsie Hodges is 45th in the nation with a.378 attacking percentage on the year. Hodges.366 attacking percentage is second among the best conference players, while Kearney s assists per game is second in the conference. Jasmine Terry ranks seventh in the conference

2 2012 Red Wolves Volleyball 11-8 Overall, 2-2 Sun Belt Athletic Media Relations Arkansas State University PO Box 1000 State University, AR Telephone Fax Press Row Website - AStateRedWolves.com VOLLEYBALL CONTACT Chris Graddy, Assistant SID cgraddy@astate.edu Sports Information Office Jerry Scott, Asst. A.D./Sports Info. Dir jscott@astate.edu Joe Gorby Asst. SID jgobry@astate.edu TBA, Graduate Assistant MEDIA INFORMATION Post-Game Interviews The Arkansas State locker room is closed to all members of the media. However, head coach David Rehr and requested players will be available for interviews following a brief cooling off period. Practice Coverage Red Wolves volleyball practices are open to the media. Players and coaches are available for interviews following practice. When possible, please contact the Sports Information office. Weekly Releases All Arkansas State weekly volleyball releases can be obtained as a PDF document on the athletics web site at AStateRedWolves.com. To be added to the list for all volleyball releases or if you would like the releases faxed to you, please contact Chris Graddy Sun Belt Standings West Division Team Conference Overall UALR NT ASU ULL ULM with 3.32 kills per set. TEAM RANKINGS: As a team, ASU ranks 48th in the nation with assits per set. THe also rank 51st in the nation with kills per set. ASU also ranks among Sun Belt Conference teams in both categories. NEW HEIGHTS: Senior Kelsie Hodges set a career-high with 16 kills against Mc- Neese State. She also had a career-high.560 hitting percentage in the match. That hitting percentage is also the highest of any A-State player this season. MAKING AN IMPACT: Junior Kelsey Sullivan had a career-high 19 kills against Northern Iowa, which is also the most of any ASU player this season. She also added a career-high four blocks against Long Beach State and Bradley. CAREER WEEKEND: Sophomore outside hitter Marie Hadar enjoyed one the best weekends of her career at the CEFCU Classic. Hadar had season-high in kills and career-highs in attacks and blocks. She had eight kills against Long Beach State, 16 attacks against Long Beach State and Northern Iowa and seven blocks against Bradley, which is the most of any ASU player this season. SENIOR LEADING THE WAY: Kelsie Hodges.476 attacking percentage against Bradley was the second-highest of any ASU player this season. TEAM HIGH: ASU had a team-high 83 digs against Northern Iowa and team-high 11 blocks against Bradley. ATTACKING THE COMPETITION: As a team, the Red Wolves recorded their three highest team attacking percentages on the year at McNeese State Big Daddy Invitational. The team s.333 percentage against Bethune-Cookman has been the highest so far this season, while the.330 percentage against McNeese ranks second. The.311 percentage against Hampton ranks as the third highest. FIRST VICTORY: Head Coach David Rehr East Division Team Conference Overall WKU Troy USA MT FIU FAU collected his first victory as a Division I head coach with the win over Rice Aug. 25. KILL IT: Jasmine Terry tied her career high for digs with 18 against Rice. She previously had 18 digs against Troy in 2010 as a sophomore. DIG IT: Taylor Szypulski set a new careerhigh with 16 digs against Rice. ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM: Kelsie Hodges and Megan Baska were each named to the Rice Invitational All-Tournament team. Allison Kearney and Kelsie Hodges were selected to the All-Tournament at the Mc- Neese State Big Daddy Invitational. Junior Kelsey Sullivan earned All-Tournament honoro as the CEFCU Classic. DOUBLE-DOUBLES: Allison Kearney picked up three more double-doubles over the weekend to give her seven on the year. She had 39 assits and 12 digs against Long Beach State, 45 assists and 20 digs against Northern Iowa and 46 assists and 12 digs against Bradley. NEW FACES: ASU welcomed three new faces to the 2012 squad. Freshmen Hannah McRee and Haley Townsend join the squad after enjoying solid prep careers. Kelsey Sullivan joined the team after transferring from Pittsburg State and will have two years of eligibilty remaining. THE REHR FILE: David Rehr was named the seventh head coach in ASU volleyball history after serving as the head volleyball coach at Blinn College the previous nine years. During his time at Blinn he led the Buccaneers to two NJCAA National Championships (2008 and 2011), was a two-time NJCAA National Tournament Coach of the Year, a three-time AVCA Southwest Region Coach of the Year and a nine-time NJCAA District Coach of the Year. LOOKING AHEAD: As another volleyball season approaches, the excitement surrounding the Arkansas State Red Wolves volleyball program continues to build.

3 2012 Red Wolves Volleyball 11-8 Overall, 2-2 Sun Belt SUN BELT CONFERENCE PRESEASON VOLLEYBALL POLL EAST 1. Western Kentucky - 63 points (8) 2. Middle Tennessee 56 points (2) 3. FlU - 43 points (1) 4. South Alabama - 31 Points 5. Troy - 22 Points 6. FAU - 16 Points WEST 1. North Texas - 45 Points (6) 2. Arkansas State - 43 Points (2) 3. Arkansas-Little Rock - 38 Points (2) 4. Louisiana-Lafayette - 23 Points (1) 5. Louisiana-Monroe - 16 Points PRESEASON ALL-SBC TEAM Edina Begic, Arkansas-Little Rock Jovana Bjelica, FIU Mandi Gavin, Louisiana-Lafayette Ashley Adams, Middle Tennessee Eboni Godfrey, North Texas Ashley Potts, Western Kentucky Jordyn Skinner, Western Kentucky Melanie Stutsman, Western Kentucky Preseason Player of the Year Jordy Skinner, Western Kentucky Preseason Defensive Player of the Year Ashley Potts, Western Kentucky There have been of changes over the last year that have raised the level of excitement around the program. The Red Wolves enjoyed a successful 2011 campaign that saw them finish the season with a record and 12-4 record in conference play which earned the squad a third straight Sun Belt Conference Western Division Crown and their first Western Division crown outright since Building on the momentum from three straight winnings seasons, Director of Athletis Dr. Dean Lee announced Jan. 11 that David Rehr had been selected as the seventh head coach in school in school history, giving the coach his first Division-I head coaching job after enjoying a successful stint at the junior college level. Rehr came to Arkansas State after serving as the head coach at Blinn College the previous nine years. During his time at Blinn he led the Buccaneers to two NJCAA National Championships (2008 and 2011), was a two-time NJCAA National Tournament Coach of the Year, a three-time AVCA Southwest Region Coach of the Year and a nine-time NJCAA District Coach of the Year. Rehr worked quickly to establish his first coaching staff, and hired Jessicca Weynand to serve as assistant coach. Weynand previously worked with Rehr at Blinn College where she helped lead the team to the 2011 NJCAA National Championship with a perfect 38-0 record that ended with four-set victory over Western Wyoming in the championship match. Rehr also added assistant coach Jeremy Thornburg in August to serve as the team s travel coordinator, video coordinator and assistant in the day-to-day operations of the volleyball program. Upon being named head coach, Rehr immediatly began working on his first recruiting class that included a junior college transfer from Pittsburg State and an incoming freshman. The pair will have large task to fill the void left by Cayla Fielder, who was one of the most successful players in A-State volleyball history. With a strong recruiting class a talented group of returning players the excitement for the 2012 season is high. The Red Wolves return 12 lettermen, including five starters and its libero. Among the returning players are All-SBC second team selections Allison Kearney and Ashley Tipps. Kearney, a senior, is among the best setters in the SBC and ranks eighth on the alltime ASU career assists lists. Tipps enjoyed a career season finishing with career bests in kills, hitting percentage, matches played and a career low in hitting errors. Senior Jasmine Terry will anchor the front line attack for A-State. In 2011 she was second on the team with 314 kills and a.255 hitting percentage. Junior Shelby Crncic also returns and was among the team s best servers, while seniors Kelsie Hodges, Taylor Coughlin and Amanda Chaparro will provide leadership and will see increased time in Libero Megan Baska will anchor the defense after another strong year. She is 11th on ASU s all-time career digs list and had a career-high 40 digs against Alabama-Birmingham which was the third most in the rally scoring era in Sun Belt Conference history. LAST TIME OUT: JONESBORO, Ark. (9/30/12) The Arkansas State volleyball team improved its Sun Belt Conference record to 2-2 with a 25-17, 26-24, victory over Louisiana-Monroe at the HPESS Facility on Sunday. The Red Wolves (11-8, 2-2 SBC) trailed just eight times over the three set match and relied on a steady attacking game to pick up the sweep over the Warhawks (4-9, 0-4). Senior Jasmine Terry led the way with 16 kills, just two shy of her careerhigh. Fellow senior Kelsie Hodges added eight kills and a.429 attacking percentage. Senior Allison Kearney finished with 37 assists and moved into sixth-place on the alltime career assist list at ASU. Junior libero Megan Baska added 13 digs, while Taylor Coughin chipped in with eight digs. We recovered really well after the way we played on Friday night so I was happy about that, ASU volleyball coach David Rehr said. It is just a matter of us doing it again, especially with a quick turnaround Arkansas State Quick Facts Location: Jonesboro, Ark. Enrollment:13,448 Nickname: Red Wolves Colors: Scarlet & Black Conference: Sun Belt Arena: ASU Convocation Center (10,727) Head Coach: David Rehr Overall Record: 0-0 Record at ASU: Same

4 2012 Red Wolves Volleyball 11-8 Overall, 2-2 Sun Belt and three matches this coming week. ASU used a late run to help secure a firstset victory and take an early edge in the match. Hodges and Terry used a 7-1 run to close at the set and give ASU a victory. Terry finished the match with three straight kills, including a slam on set point. ASU posted solid numbers in the secondset, but ULM matched the Red Wolves step-for-step. ULM held a lead late in the match, but a kill from Marie Hadar and attack error from the Warhawks evened the score at After trading the next four points, Hodges connected on back-to-back kills to send ASU to a victory. The swing in momentum was too much for ULM to overcome and ASU cruised to a victory on the third set. ASU will travel to Cape Girardeau, Mo., on Tuesday to take on Southeast Missouri State in a non-conference matchup. The match will be broadcast for free at First serve is set for 6:30 p.m.

5 2012 Arkansas State Volleyball Numerical Roster No. Name Pos. Ht. Cl. Exp. Hometown (Previous School) 1 A Zlynn Thompson S 5-10 So. 1L Dodge City, Kansas (Dodge City) 2 Ashley Tipps MB 5-10 Fr. 2L Cypress, Texas (Cypress Wood) 5 Taylor Szypulski OH 5-11 RS-So. 2L Richmond, Texas (Travis) 6 Amanda Chaparro OH 5-11 Sr. 3L Bayamon, Puerto Rico (Western Carolina) 8 Megan Baska DS/L 5-9 Jr. 2L Overland Park, Kan. (St. Thomas Aquinas) 9 Shelby Crncic DS/L 5-5 Jr. 2L Terre Haute, Ind. (Terre Haute South) 10 Jasmine Terry OH 6-1 Sr. 2L Pearland, Texas (Univ. of Houston) 11 Marie Hadar OH/MB 5-8 So 1l Humboldt, Iowa (Humboldt) 14 Taylor Coughlin OH 6-0 Sr. 3L Bloomington, Ill. (Normal Community) 15 Kelsie Hodges MB 5-11 Sr. 3L Jonesboro, Ark. (Nettleton) 17 Sadie Clark OH 5-11 Jr. 2L Wichita, Kan. (Wichita Collegiate) 22 Allison Kearney S 5-9 Sr. 2L Wooster, Ohio (Bowling Green State) 24 Hannah McRee MB 6-3 Fr. HS Uvalde, Texas (Uvalde) 25 Kelsey Sullivan MB 6-1 Jr. TR Lenexa, Kan. (Pittsburg State) Alphabetica Roster No. Name Pos. Ht. Cl. Exp. Hometown (Previous School) 8 Megan Baska DS/L 5-9 Jr. 2L Overland Park, Kan. (St. Thomas Aquinas) 6 Amanda Chaparro OH 5-11 So. 3L Bayamon, Puerto Rico (Western Carolina) 17 Sadie Clark OH 5-11 Jr. 2L Wichita, Kan. (Wichita Collegiate) 9 Shelby Crncic DS/L 5-5 Jr. 2L Terre Haute, Ind. (Terre Haute South) 14 Taylor Coughlin OH 6-0 Sr. 3L Bloomington, Ill. (Normal Community) 11 Marie Hadar OH/MB 5-8 So. 1L Humboldt, Iowa (Humboldt) 15 Kelsie Hodges MB 5-11 Sr. 3L Jonesboro, Ark. (Nettleton) 22 Allison Kearney S 5-9 Sr. 2L Wooster, Ohio (Bowling Green State) 24 Hannah McRee MB 6-3 Fr. HS Uvalde, Texas (Uvalde) 25 Kelsey Sullivan MB 6-1 Jr. TR Lenexa, Kan. (Pittsburg State) 5 Taylor Szypulski OH 5-11 RS-So. 2L Richmond, Texas (Travis) 10 Jasmine Terry OH 6-1 Sr. 2L Pearland, Texas (Univ. of Houston) 1 A Zlynn Thompson S 5-10 So. 1L Dodge City, Kansas (Dodge City) 2 Ashley Tipps MB 5-10 Jr. 2L Cypress, Texas (Cypress Wood) Coaching Staff David Rehr, Head Coach Jessica Weynand, Assistant Coach Jeremy Thornburg, Graduate Assistant Coach Pronunciation Guide David Rehr - Rear Taylor Coughlin - Coff-lin Shelby Crncic - SURN-sick Taylor Szypulski - Sih-PULL-skee

6 Arkansas State Overall Individual Statistics (as of Oct 01, 2012) All matches Overall record: 11-8 Conf: 2-2 Home: 2-1 Away: 4-2 Neutral: 5-5 Attack Set Serve ## Player sp mp-ms k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa sa/s se 1 Thompson, A'Zlynn Kearney, Allison Hodges, Kelsie Crncic, Shelby Sullivan, Kelsey Tipps, Ashley Baska, Megan Hadar, Marie Terry, Jasmine Clark, Sadie Szypulski, Taylor Chaparro, Amanda Coughlin, Taylor Townsend, Haley ARKANSAS STATE Opponents Dig Blocking ## Player sp re dig dig/s bs ba total blk/s be bhe 1 Thompson, A'Zlynn Kearney, Allison Hodges, Kelsie Crncic, Shelby Sullivan, Kelsey Tipps, Ashley Baska, Megan Hadar, Marie Terry, Jasmine Clark, Sadie Szypulski, Taylor Chaparro, Amanda Coughlin, Taylor Townsend, Haley TEAM ARKANSAS STATE Opponents

7 Arkansas State Overall Team Statistics (as of Oct 01, 2012) All matches Overall record: 11-8 Conf: 2-2 Home: 2-1 Away: 4-2 Neutral: 5-5 Team Statistics ASU OPP ATTACK Kills Errors Total Attacks Attack Pct Kills/Set SET Assists Assists/Set SERVE Aces Errors Aces/Set SERVE RECEPTIONS Errors Errors/Set DEFENSE Digs Digs/Set BLOCKING Block Solo Block Assist Total Blocks Blocks/Set Block Errors Ball handling errors 4 20 ATTENDANCE Total Dates/Avg Per Date 3/254 6/403 Neutral site #/Avg 10/20 Current win streak 1 - Home win streak 1 - Match wins by #sets 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th Total Arkansas State Opponents Sets won by set 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th Total Arkansas State Opponents Points by set 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th Total Arkansas State Opponents

8 Arkansas State Match Results (as of Oct 01, 2012) All matches Date Opponent Score Score-by-set Overall Conf Time Att. Aug 24 vs BYU L ,15-25, Aug 25 at Rice W ,15-25,32-30, : Aug 25 vs Air Force L ,25-16,21-25, :43 Aug 28 MEM W ,25-19, Aug 31 vs Nebraska-Omaha W ,25-22,20-25, :34 38 Aug 31 vs Tulsa L ,24-26, :20 88 Sep 01 vs Sam Houston State W ,17-25,28-26, :50 75 Sep 01 at Kansas L ,30-28,15-25, : Sep 07 vs Baylor L ,23-25,18-25, Hrs. Sep 07 vs Hampton W ,25-19, :36 Sep 08 vs Bethune-Cookman W ,25-12, :04 Sep 08 at McNeese W ,25-15, :13 ^ vs Long Beach State L ,16-25,25-22, : vs Northern Iowa W ,14-25,25-19, : at Bradley W ,25-14,20-25, : * 9/21/12 at FAU W ,25-22,29-27, : * Sep 23 at FIU L ,23-25, : * Sep 28 NT L ,16-25, : * Sep 30 ULM W ,26-24, : Team Record W-L-T Overall: 11-8 Conference: 2-2 Home: 2-1 Away: 4-2 Neutral: sets: sets: sets: 0-0 Attend Dates Total Avg. Total: Home: Away: Neutral:

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12 Volleyball Box Score NT vs Arkansas State (Sep 28, 2012 at Jonesboro, Arkansas) Attack Serve Block E TA SA SE BS BA BE # NT S K Pct Ast RE Dig BH Pts 2 Allen, May Dillard, Carnae Forst, Hanna Flack, Karissa Windham, Courtney Godfrey, Eboni Tamura, Shelby Shannon, Analisse Eaton, Kaci Cherry, Camille Team 1 Totals Volleyball Box Score ULM vs Arkansas State (Sep 30, 2012 at Jonesboro, Arkansas) Attack Serve Block E TA SA SE BS BA BE # ULM S K Pct Ast RE Dig BH Pts 2 Tetiana Sukach Blanca Ocana Iren Marinova Maria Garcia Samantha Morse Zuzana Markova Marcela Araya Katie Harrington Madison Martin Alannah Cullum Team 1 Totals Team Attack By Set Set K E TA Pct Sideout Pct % % % % TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 13.0 SET SCORES Team Records: NT (3) , 3-0 Arkansas State (0) , 1-2 Team Attack By Set Set K E TA Pct Sideout Pct % % % % TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 8.0 SET SCORES Team Records: ULM (0) , 0-4 Arkansas State (3) , 2-2 Attack Serve Block E TA SA SE BS BA BE # Arkansas State S K Pct Ast RE Dig BH Pts 10 Terry, Jasmine Hadar, Marie Sullivan, Kelsey Coughlin, Taylor Hodges, Kelsie Kearney, Allison Townsend, Haley Szypulski, Taylor Baska, Megan Crncic, Shelby Totals Team Attack By Set TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 4.0 Set K E TA Pct Sideout Pct % Site: Jonesboro, Arkansas (HPESS) Date: Sep 28, 2012 Attend: % Time: 1:24 Referees: Roger Wauenburg, Tim Neels % % Total Tie scores Lead change Attack Serve Block E TA SA SE BS BA BE # Arkansas State S K Pct Ast RE Dig BH Pts 3 Townsend, Haley Hadar, Marie Coughlin, Taylor Hodges, Kelsie Clark, Sadie Kearney, Allison Baska, Megan Crncic, Shelby Terry, Jasmine Totals Team Attack By Set TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 2.0 Set K E TA Pct Sideout Pct % Site: Jonesboro, Arkansas (HPESS) Date: Sep 30, 2012 Attend: % Time: 1:19 Referees: Tim Neels, Doug Warner % % Total Tie scores Lead change