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1 LSU VOLLEYBALL LSU Volleyball Contact: Melissa Reynaud (225) (225) Fax P.O. Box Baton Rouge, LA NO. 12 LSU TIGERS (16-3, 8-2 SEC) KENTUCKY (12-6, 5-5 SEC) vs. KENTUCKY WILDCATS Oct p.m. Maravich Center Baton Rouge, La. & NO. 25 TENNESSEE LADY VOLS Oct. 22 3:30 p.m. Maravich Center Baton Rouge, La. SEC-TV Fox Sports Southwest Cable Channel 38 SEC MATCH OF THE WEEK POSSIBLE STARTING LINEUP NO. NAME POS. HT. CL./EXP. K/G PCT. D/G B/G A/G 16 Melody Clark MB 6-0 Sr./3L Lauren DeGirolamo MB 6-1 Fr./RS Kyna Washington OH 5-11 So./1L Marina Skender OH 5-11 So./1L Vanessa Freeman RS 6-1 Jr./2L Daniela Romero S 5-9 Sr./3L Kassi Mikulik LIB 5-10 Sr./3L OPPONENT QUICK FACTS TENNESSEE (15-5, 6-4 SEC) 2006 SCHEDULE/RESULTS AUGUST (2-1) 25 (1) Rice W (1) Nicholls State W (1) No. 2 Penn State L 2-3 SEPTEMBER (11-0) 1 (2) vs. Texas A&M W (2) vs. No. 22 Minnesota W (2) at St. Louis W (3) at Dayton W (3) vs. Indiana W (3) vs. Wake Forest W * at No. 13 Tennessee W * at Kentucky (SEC-TV) W * South Carolina W * Georgia (Cox Sports) W * Ole Miss W 3-0 OCTOBER (3-2) 1 * Mississippi State W * at Arkansas W * at Alabama L * at Auburn W * at No. 8 Florida L * Kentucky 7 p.m. 22 * No. 25 Tennessee (SEC-TV) 3:30 p.m. 27 * at Georgia 6 p.m. 29 * at South Carolina 12:30 p.m. NOVEMBER 3 * No. 7 Florida 7 p.m. 5 * Auburn 1:30 p.m. 8 * Arkansas 7 p.m. 10 * Alabama 7 p.m. 17 * at Mississippi State 7 p.m. 19 * at Ole Miss 1:30 p.m. 24 (4) St. John s 1 p.m. 25 (4) Marquette 1 p.m. NATIONAL RANKING: Not Ranked LOCATION: Lexington, Ky. NICKNAME: Wildcats COLORS: Blue & White CONFERENCE: Southeastern HEAD COACH: Craig Skinner SID CONTACT: Amy Ratliff NATIONAL RANKING: No. 25 LOCATION: Knoxville, Tenn. NICKNAME: Lady Volunteers COLORS: Orange & White CONFERENCE: Southeastern HEAD COACH: Rob Patrick SID CONTACT: Cameron Harris 1 LSU Tiger Invitational; Baton Rouge, La. 2 Billiken Invitational; St. Louis, Mo. 3 Dayton Marriott Invitational; Dayton, Ohio 4 - SEC/Big East Challenge; Orlando, Fla.. * - Denotes SEC matches All times are central and subject to change LSU vs. KENTUCKY & TENNESSEE

2 2006 QUICK FACTS MEDIA INFORMATION UNIVERSITY Location: Baton Rouge, La. Founded: 1860 Enrollment: 30,584 Nickname: Tigers or Fighting Tigers Mascot: Mike V (live Bengal tiger) Colors: Purple & Gold Facility: Pete Maravich Assembly Center Capacity: 13,373 Conference: Southeastern President: Dr. William L. Jenkins Chancellor: Sean O Keefe ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT Athletics Director: Skip Bertman Senior Associate AD/Operations: Verge Ausberry Senior Associate AD/SWA: Judy Southard Senior Associate AD/External Affairs: Herb Vincent Associate AD/Internal Relations: Bo Bahnsen Associate AD/Business: Mark Ewing Associate AD/Compliance: Chris Howard Assistant AD/Operations: Eddie Nunez Assistant AD/Student Services: Miriam Segar VOLLEYBALL STAFF Head Coach: Fran Flory (Texas, 1984) Record at LSU: /Ninth year Overall Record: /16th year Assistant Coach: Craig Bere (Morehead State, 1995) Assistant Coach: John Blackwell (Millsaps, 1992) SPORTS INFORMATION Assistant AD/SID: Michael Bonnette Sr. Associate SID: Kent Lowe Associate SID: Laurie Cannon Associate SID: Bill Franques Associate SID: Brian Miller Associate SID/VB Contact: Melissa Reynaud Publications Coordinator: Jason Feirman Graphic Design Coordinators: Peter Hoang & Krystal Bennett Photographer: Steve Franz PHONE DIRECTORY Athletic Department: (225) Volleyball Office: (225) Sports Information: (225) Sports Information Fax: (225) Reynaud Office: (225) Reynaud Home: (225) Reynaud Cell: (225) Reynaud mreynaud@lsu.edu Follow LSU volleyball on: SPORTS INFORMATION LSU Associate SID Melissa Reynaud handles the sports information duties for the Tiger volleyball team. She can be reached in her office at (225) , via at mreynaud@lsu.edu, at home at (225) or by cell phone at (225) INTERVIEWS Head coach Fran Flory is available for interviews weekday mornings. Her office is located on the fourth floor of the Athletic Administration Building. Interviews with coaches and/or players are held before and after practice and phone interviews may be arranged. Requests should be made at least 24 hours in advance. Please arrange all interviews through Melissa Reynaud. Information about the Tiger volleyball team is available on the Official Website of LSU Athletics. Information about the Southeastern Conference is available at MEDIA.LSUSPORTS.NET Media can now access images for all LSU athletics teams, including action shots, head shots, logos, etc. To gain access to the high-resolution pictures, Melissa Reynaud. You will be assigned a user name and a password that will enable you to retrieve pictures. This service is for media use only. Resale of these images is strictly prohibited. TIGERS ON THE TUBE LSU is scheduled to play on television three times this season. The Tigers will first appear on TV on the road at Kentucky on Sept. 17 on SEC-TV (FSN Southwest - Channel 38). LSU will then face Georgia on Cox Sports Television (Channel 37) on Sept. 24 at home. The Tigers will close out the television schedule with a match on SEC-TV (FSN Southwest - Channel 38) against nationally ranked Tennessee on Oct. 22. Going into her ninth year as head coach at LSU, recording a (.542) record... Overall record in her 16th year as a head coach is (.517)... Two-time Louisiana Coach of the Year (2001, 2005)... In 2005, guided the Tigers to first SEC West title in school history, advancing to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in 13 years... In addition, she led LSU to the most wins since the 1993 season and most SEC wins since In 2004, she led the Tigers to a third place finish in the SEC West, the seventh consecutive year LSU finished at least third in the West... In 2001, led the Tigers to their best record in seven years with the third most SEC wins in school history... Led LSU to its first winning record since 1995 in 1999 with a mark... In 1998, her first season at LSU, she improved the Tigers record by six games... In second stint with LSU... Was an assistant coach from Helped Tigers to three conference titles, three SEC tournament titles and two Final Fours... Spent five years as the head coach at Kentucky, compiling a (.494) record... In first year, led Wildcats to a 29-4 record and took UK to the second round of the NCAA Tournament en route to being named the Tachikara/AVCA South Region Coach of the Year... Played at Texas from Member of the 1981 AIAW National Championship team... Named All- Southwest Conference in HEAD COACH FRAN FLORY Overall Record: (.530) Record at LSU: (.564) YEAR SCHOOL RECORD 1986 Wittenburg University Southeastern Louisiana Kentucky Kentucky Kentucky Kentucky Kentucky LSU LSU LSU LSU LSU LSU LSU LSU LSU 16-3 Total 15th year at WU One year at SLU One year at UK Five years at LSU Ninth year LSU vs. KENTUCKY & TENNESSEE

3 2006 TIGER VOLLEYBALL ROSTER NO. NAME POS. HT. CL./EXP. HOMETOWN/PREVIOUS SCHOOL 1 Lauren Leaumont OH 5-9 Sr./3L New Orleans, La./Mount Carmel Academy 2 Vanessa Freeman RS 6-1 Jr./2L Granger, Texas/Granger HS 3 Maggie Lonergan S 5-8 Fr./HS Antioch, Ill./Antioch Community HS 4 Lauren DeGirolamo MB 6-1 Fr./RS Belleville, Ill./Belleville West HS 7 Kyna Washington OH 5-11 So./1L Houston, Texas/Westfield HS 8 Kristie Dugas OH 6-0 Fr./HS Lincoln, Neb./Lincoln Pius X HS 10 Alaina Klarquist OH 6-1 Fr./HS Allen, Texas/Allen HS 11 Elena Martinez L/DS 5-8 So./1L New Orleans, La/Newman School 12 Marina Skender OH 5-11 So./1L Zagreb, Croatia/First Economic School 13 Michelle Hensgens L/DS 5-3 Jr./2L Morgan City, La./Central Catholic HS 16 Melody Clark MB 6-1 Sr./3L Colorado Springs, Colo./Colo. Springs Christian HS 24 Kassi Mikulik LIB 5-10 Sr./3L Flatonia, Texas/Flatonia HS 25 Brittnee Cooper MB 6-3 Fr./HS Houston, Texas/Thurgood Marshall HS 28 Shannon Balikowsky OH 5-11 Fr./HS Baton Rouge, La./Woodlawn HS 31 Daniela Romero S 5-8 Sr./3L Arlington, Texas/James Martin HS HEAD COACH: Fran Flory, Ninth Season ASSISTANT COACHES: Craig Bere & John Blackwell PRONUNCIATION GUIDE NICKNAMES SHANNON BALIKOWSKY bah-li-cow-ski MELODY CLARK Mel LAUREN DEGIROLAMO DEE-ger-RAHL-a-MO BRITTNEE COOPER Slim MICHELLE HENSGENS HENS-gens LAUREN DEGIROLAMO LD ALAINA KLARQUIST uh-lan-uh klar-qwist VANESSA FREEMAN V LAUREN LEAUMONT la-mont ELENA MARTINEZ E KASSI MIKULIK cass-see MICK-a-lick DANIELA ROMERO Dee CRAIG BERE Berry LSU PICKED TO WIN SEC WEST CHAMPIONSHIP LSU was picked to win the SEC Western Division championship in a preseason poll by the league's coaches. The Tigers received 58 points and eight first-place votes from the panel made up of the 11 SEC coaches, while Alabama comes in second with 47 points and two first-place votes. The Lady'Backs are picked third with 45 points and one firstplace vote, followed by Mississippi State with 36 points. Auburn and Ole Miss rounded out the West with 23 and 16 points respectively. In the East, Florida, who had earned at least a share of the last 15 SEC championships, was picked to win the title with 50 points and 10 first-place votes. Tennessee, who advanced to the 2005 NCAA Final Four, came in second with 40 points and one first-place vote. Kentucky is picked third with 30 points, followed closely by South Carolina with 26 and Georgia completed the field with 15 points. The Gators were also selected as the overall league champion ahead of the Tigers, who are receiving votes in the poll, and Lady Vols, who are ranked No. 11, by way of an 8-to-2-to-1 vote. Voting in the West was done on a basis while the East was calculated No coach is allowed to vote for his/her own team. WESTERN DIVISION EASTERN DIVISION 1. LSU (8) Florida (10) Alabama (2) Tennessee (1) Arkansas (1) Kentucky Mississippi State South Carolina Auburn Georgia Ole Miss 16 OVERALL CHAMPION: Florida (8), LSU (2), Tennessee (1). SEC STANDINGS WESTERN DIVISION TEAM OVERALL SEC No. 12 LSU Alabama Auburn Mississippi State Ole Miss Arkansas EASTERN DIVISION TEAM OVERALL SEC No. 7 Florida No. 25 Tennessee Kentucky South Carolina Georgia AROUND THE SEC WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18 Mississippi State def. Ole Miss 3-1 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20 No. 25 Tennessee at Arkansas 7 p.m. Georgia at Auburn 7 p.m. South Carolina at No. 7 Florida 7 p.m. Kentucky at No. 12 LSU 7 p.m. Alabama at Ole Miss 7 p.m. SUNDAY, OCTOBER 22 Georgia at No. 7 Florida 12:30 p.m. Kentucky at Arkansas 1:30 p.m. South Carolina at Auburn 1:30 p.m. Alabama at Mississippi State 1:30 p.m. No. 25 Tennessee at No. 12 LSU 3:30 p.m. Note: All times are Central LSU VS. RANKED OPPONENTS DATE OPPONENT RANK RESULT Aug. 26 Penn State No. 2 L, 2-3 Sept. 1 Texas A&M RV (35) W, 3-1 Sept. 2 Minnesota No. 22 W, 3-0 Sept. 8 Dayton RV (31) W, 3-1 Sept. 15 Tennessee No. 13 W, 3-2 Sept. 22 South Carolina RV (39) W, 3-0 Oct. 15 Florida No. 8 L, 0-3 Oct. 22 Tennessee No. 25 Nov. 3 Florida No. 7 No. 10 Alabama RV (26) LSU vs. KENTUCKY & TENNESSEE

4 CSTV/AVCA COACHES POLL NO. SCHOOL PTS. RECORD 1. Nebraska (46) Penn State (14) Stanford UCLA Southern California Washington Florida California Texas Utah Wisconsin T-12. LSU T-12. Missouri Purdue Santa Clara Hawai'i Minnesota BYU Cal Poly San Diego Ohio New Mexico State Oklahoma Ohio State Tennessee OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: Duke 41; Alabama 38; Long Beach State 27; St John's 24; Oregon 14; Pepperdine 13; Sacramento State 9; San Francisco 7; Saint Mary's (CA) 6; Bowling Green State 5; UC Santa Barbara 3; Northern Iowa 2. KENTUCKY WILDCATS (12-6, 5-5 SEC) Kentucky comes into the weekend having won three of its last four matches, including a fivegame win over No. 25 Tennessee. The Wildcats only loss was at Alabama last Friday. Kentucky is currently third in the SEC East, a game behind the Lady Vols, and fifth overall. In their first meeting with LSU this season, the Kentucky dropped a 3-1 decision to LSU in Lexington, the first win over the Wildcats in Memorial Coliseum since LSU has now won six of the last 10 meetings, including the last two in Baton Rouge. LSU-Kentucky Series Record: Kentucky leads Opponent Comparisons K/G Pct. A/G SA/G D/G B/G Kentucky LSU TENNESSEE LADY VOLUNTEERS (15-5, 6-4 SEC) The nationally ranked Lady Vols enter the weekend having lost three of their last five matches, including two straight on the road at Kentucky and at Alabama. Tennessee is currently second in the SEC East, three games behind Florida, and fourth overall in the league. In their first meeting with LSU this season, the Lady Vols were up 2-0 before dropping three straight games to the Tigers in the loss. It marked the first win for LSU in Stokely Arena since The Tigers have now won five of the last seven and two straight over Tennessee. LSU-Tennessee Series Record: LSU leads OPPONENT NOTES 2006 Opponent Comparisons K/G Pct. A/G SA/G D/G B/G Tennessee LSU LAST TIME OUT Despite splitting a pair of matches last weekend, the LSU volleyball team moved up to No. 12 in the AVCA/CSTV poll this week. The Tigers swept Auburn on the road before falling to nationally ranked Florida in Gainesville. LSU is now tied with Alabama in the SEC Western Division, a game behind the Gators in the overall SEC standings. LSU will host Kentucky and No. 25 Tennessee this week. The Tigers defeated the Wildcats, 3-1, in Lexington earlier this season for their first win in Memorial Coliseum since 1999, and came back from an 0-2 deficit to knock off the Lady Vols, 3-2, in Knoxville that same weekend for their first win in Stokely Coliseum since LSU IN THE POLLS DATE AVCA RANKING VB MAG Preseason RV (30) NR Sept. 4 No. 22 NR Sept. 11 No. 18 No. 18 Sept. 18 No. 13 No. 13 Sept. 25 No. 12 No. 13 Oct. 2 No. 10 No. 9 Oct. 9 No. 13 No. 9 Oct. 16 No. T-12 No. 17 Oct. 23 Oct. 30 Nov. 6 Nov. 13 Nov. 20 Nov. 27 Dec. 4 Final LSU VS. RANKED TEAMS The Tigers are currently 2-2 against nationally ranked opponents this season and are scheduled to play two more matches against ranked teams. LSU dropped a heartbreaker to No. 2 Penn State in the opening weekend. The Tigers held a 2-0 advantage going into the locker room before the Nittany Lions came out and won the final three games to take the match victory, 3-2. In the Billiken Invitational, the Tigers posted their first win over a nationally ranked team with a 3-0 win over then No. 22 Minnesota. After the heartbreak against Penn State, LSU returned the favor at Tennessee. The Tigers fell behind 0-2 before winning the next three games for the 3-2 win. LSU lost its first 0-3 match of the year at No. 7 Florida. The Tigers have also topped three teams earning votes in the poll this season and are scheduled to match up again with the Lady Vols and Florida in league play. LSU IN THE CSTV/AVCA POLL The Tigers moved up one place into a tie for 12th in the AVCA/CSTV Coaches poll this week. LSU had moved into the top 10 two weeks ago at No. 10 for the first time since coming in at No. 8 on Sept. 7, 1992, before falling to No. 13 last week. The Tigers had moved up every week in the poll since the season began after receiving votes in the preseason poll until the loss at Alabama knocked them back down. Last season, LSU was ranked No. 24 in the Sept. 26 poll, the first national ranking for the Tigers since LSU vs. KENTUCKY & TENNESSEE

5 FLORY EARNS CAREER WIN NO. 250 With a three-game sweep over South Carolina on Sept. 22, head coach Fran Flory earned her 250th career victory. In her 15th season overall, she is in her ninth year at the helm of the Tiger program. Prior to posting 139 wins at LSU, she won 11 matches in one season at Wittenburg University in 1986, 21 matches in one season at Southeastern Louisiana in 1992 and 78 matches in five seasons from at Kentucky. In 1993 she led the Wildcats to the NCAA Tournament and was named the AVCA Region IV Coach of the Year. In 2001 after leading LSU to it s best SEC record since 1992, she was named the Louisiana Coach of the Year by the Louisiana Sports Writer s Association. She was again named the Louisiana Coach of the Year in 2005 after leading the Tigers to their first SEC Western Division title and an NCAA Tournament appearance for the first time since ROMERO MOVING UP IN CAREER ASSISTS A four-year starter, setter Daniela Romero is now second in career assists in LSU history after passing Lauren O Conner against Alabama on Oct. 8. In 2004, Romero recorded the most assists by a Tiger since Lauren O Connor in Romero is now behind only Daniela Reis in the LSU record books. Reis also holds the SEC career assists record with 6,379. In addition, Romero ranks 14th in the NCAA this year and third in career assists per game in LSU history. MIKULIK POSTS 1,000 CAREER DIGS; MOVES INTO TOP 10 IN LSU HISTORY With her fifth dig against South Carolina on Sept. 22, 2006, Kassi Mikulik recorded her 1,000th career dig, becoming just the seventh player in LSU history to record 1,000 career digs. She now has 1,133 career digs, moving her into sixth place on the all-time LSU digs leader board, and needs 37 to move into fifth place on the all-times LSU digs list. For the second-straight year, Mikulik has also posted 300 single-season digs. She is just the second player since 2002 to record 300 digs in a season. She needs only 74 digs to move into the top 10 in single-season digs in school history. ROMERO REACHES 800 DIGS MARK With her fifth dig of the match against South Carolina on Sept. 22, senior Daniela Romero recorded her 800th career dig. She now has 884 career digs and is 97 digs from moving into the top 10 in career digs in LSU history. SERVING SKENDER In 19 matches this season, Marina Skender has recorded 49 service aces, which is an 0.72 aces per game average. Having recorded 32 service aces in 101 games last season, she now has 81 for her career and is averaging per game for her career. Once she reaches the 100 aces mark, she will move into seventh place in LSU career service aces per game. In addition, the sophomore leads the SEC and ranks fourth in the NCAA in service aces per game. TIGERS POWER THROUGH OPPONENTS BLOCKS In 16 of LSU s 19 matches, the Tigers have held the opposing team below their blocking average. In total, LSU s opponents have averaged 2.63 blocks per game, but the Tigers have allowed opponents to record just 1.97 blocks per game against them. In addition, LSU has posted 2.96 blocks per game, which ranks third in the SEC. DATE TEAM B/G AVG. VS. LSU DATE TEAM B/G AVG. VS. LSU 8/25 Rice* 1.00 B/G 0.75 B/G 9/22 South Carolina 2.53 B/G 3.33 B/G 8/26 No. 2 Penn State 4.67 B/G 3.70 B/G 9/24 Georgia 2.53 B/G 2.67 B/G 8/26 Nicholls State 1.80 B/G 0.33 B/G 9/29 Ole Miss 2.17 B/G 1.33 B/G 9/1 vs. Texas A&M 2.95 B/G 1.75 B/G 10/1 Mississippi State 1.61 B/G 1.33 B/G 9/2 vs. No. 22 Minnesota* 2.90 B/G 2.67 B/G 10/4 at Arkansas 3.19 B/G 1.25 B/G 9/1 at Saint Louis 2.60 B/G 1.50 B/G 10/8 at Alabama 2.48 B/G 2.88 B/G 9/8 at Dayton 2.82 B/G 1.63 B/G 10/13 at Auburn 2.45 B/G 1.67 B/G 9/9 vs. Indiana 2.75 B/G 1.00 B/G 10/15 at Florida 3.37 B/G 3.17 B/G 9/9 vs. Wake Forest 2.20 B/G 1.67 B/G 10/20 Kentucky 2.31 B/G 9/15 at No. 13 Tennessee 3.50 B/G 3.00 B/G 10/22 No. 25 Tennessee 3.30 B/G 9/17 at Kentucky 2.17 B/G 1.00 B/G * Stats VOLLEYBALL MAGAZINE POLL NO. SCHOOL RECORD 1. Nebraska Penn State Stanford Washington UCLA Southern California Florida Texas Utah Wisconsin California Santa Clara BYU Minnesota Purdue Hawaii LSU Cal Poly Ohio State Missouri 13-5 LSU CAREER RECORDS ASSISTS 6379 Daniela Reis DANIELA ROMERO Lauren O Connor ASSISTS PER GAME (MINIMUM 2,500 ASSISTS) Daniela Reis Randi Winn DANIELA ROMERO Katie Kubena DIGS 1527 Daniela Reis Luciana Reis Jennifer Hampton Wendy Stammer Detra Brown KASSI MIKULIK Lisa Smith Luciana Santana Julie Stempel Remata Costa DANIELA ROMERO DIGS PER GAME (MINIMUM 1000 DIGS) 3.29 Luciana Reis Jennifer Hampton KASSI MIKULIK Daniela Reis LSU vs. KENTUCKY & TENNESSEE

6 LSU S RECORD WHEN... NUMBER OF GAMES 3-game matches game matches game matches 1-1 GAME-BY-GAME Winning game one 12-1 Losing game one 4-2 Leading Trailing Tied Leading Trailing Tied HITTING PERCENTAGE Hitting below Hitting Hitting Hitting above KILLS Outkilling opponent 15-1 Kills are even with opponent 0-0 Being Outkilled by opponent 1-2 DIGS Outdigging opponent 13-1 Digs are even with opponent 0-1 Being Outdug by opponent 3-1 BLOCKS Outblocking opponent 12-0 Blocks are even with opponent 2-0 Being Outblocked by opponent 2-3 TIME OF DAY Day Games 7-2 Night Games 9-1 DAYS OF THE WEEK Tuesday 0-0 Wednesday 1-0 Friday 7-0 Saturday 5-1 Sunday 3-2 MONTHS OF THE YEAR August 2-1 September 11-0 October 3-2 November 0-0 GAME SITES Home 6-1 Away 6-2 Neutral 4-0 TYPE OF GAME Conference 8-2 Non-Conference 8-1 RANKED OPPONENTS vs. Top vs. Top OPPONENTS HAVE TROUBLE FINDING OFFENSIVE RHYTHM AGAINST LSU LSU leads the SEC in opponents hitting percentage, holding foes to a league low.183 mark against the Tigers. In addition, LSU has held seven of its 19 opponents to under a.100 hitting percentage. The best hitting percentage against the Tigers this season was by No. 8 Florida at.304, one of only four teams to post hit over.200 against LSU. Conversely, Nicholls State failed to get into positive figures on Aug. 26, posting the lowest opponents hitting percentage against the Tigers under head coach Fran Flory and overall since In addition, Ole Miss hit an even.000 against LSU on Sept. 29, the fourth lowest mark against LSU under Flory in her tenure. SENIORS ACCOMPLISH FIRSTS The 2006 Tiger seniors accomplished something they had never done in their careers as LSU knocked off No. 13 Tennessee and Kentucky on the road to open SEC play. The Tigers had not defeated the Lady Vols in Knoxville since 2001, when the current senior class was juniors in high school. It had been longer since LSU had knocked off the Wildcats in Lexington, dating back to 1999, when the seniors were freshmen in high school. In both wins, the Tigers had to come from behind as LSU fell behind by two games against Tennessee, and dropped the first game in the loss to Kentucky. There are only two SEC venues the seniors have not won in - the CAVE at Alabama, where the Tigers lost 3-1 this season, and the O Connell Center at Florida, where LSU lost 0-3. TIGERS TIED BEST START IN SCHOOL HISTORY Starting the season at 15-1, LSU tied the 1978 and 1991 teams for the best start in school history. The Tigers won 13 straight matches after dropping a five-game decision to No. 2 Penn State on Aug. 26 in the Tiger Invitational, which was tied for the third longest winning streak in LSU volleyball history, before losing to Alabama on Oct. 8. MIKULIK RECORDS FIFTH MOST DIGS IN A FOUR-GAME MATCH Against Alabama on Oct. 8, Kassi Mikulik recorded 26 digs, which is the fifth most digs in a four-game match in LSU history. The mark was five behind the school record of 31 digs, which was recorded by Luciana Reis against Kansas in It tied Mikulik s career record and was the second time Mikulik recorded 26 digs in a match in 2006 after also hitting that mark against Ole Miss on Sept. 29. MIKULIK NAMED SEC DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK Kassi Mikulik was named the SEC Defensive Player of the Week on Oct. 2. For the week, she led the Tigers to a 2-0 record to extend their winning streak to 12 straight. The senior libero recorded an incredible 6.50 digs per game for the week. Against Ole Miss, she posted the second most digs in a three-game match in school history with 26. She came back with 13 digs against Mississippi State. TIGERS POST 10TH MOST DIGS IN A THREE-GAME MATCH Against Ole Miss on Sept. 29, LSU recorded 70 team digs, the 10th most digs in a three-game match in school history. The mark was 25 behind the school record of 95 digs, which was recorded against Mississippi State on Oct. 13, MIKULIK RECORDS SECOND MOST DIGS IN THREE-GAME MATCH Against Ole Miss on Sept. 29, Kassi Mikulik recorded 26 digs, which is the second most digs in a three-game match in LSU history. The mark was four behind the school record of 30 digs, which was recorded by Luciana Reis against Arkansas State in It also marked the most digs recorded by a Tiger in any match since Mikulik posted 26 digs in a five-game match against Kentucky on Nov. 11, DEGIROLAMO NAMED CVU NATIONAL PLAYER OF THE WEEK; SEC FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK Lauren DeGirolamo was named the Collegiate Volleyball Update National Player of the Week on Sept. 19 after earning SEC Freshman of the Week honors on Sept. 18. She led the Tigers to a 2-0 record to start SEC play, including comefrom-behind wins at No. 13 Tennessee and Kentucky. She led LSU in hitting percentage and blocks, and ranked second in kills per game. Against the Lady Vols on Friday, DeGirolamo notched 16 kills and a career-best 10 blocks, recording her first career double-double. The Tigers fell behind 2-0 before rallying to win the final three games to earn the victory. Two days later against Kentucky, she tied her career best with 10 blocks against the Wildcats, while adding 14 kills as LSU rallied after losing the first game to defeat Kentucky, 3-1. LSU vs. KENTUCKY & TENNESSEE

7 DEGIROLAMO POSTS BACK-TO-BACK DOUBLE FIGURE BLOCKING MATCHES With back-to-back double-figure block performances against No. 13 Tennessee and Kentucky, freshman Lauren DeGirolamo became the first player at LSU to post back-to-back double-figure blocking matches since All-American Ivana Kuzmic did so against No. 8 Notre Dame and South Carolina on Sept. 18 and 23, She is currently one of only two players in the SEC with more than one double-figure block performance and has recorded eight or more blocks in eight of 11 matches this season. She now ranks second in the SEC and third in the NCAA in blocks per game. ROMERO NAMED MVP; CLARK, MIKULIK ON MARRIOTT INVITATIONAL ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM For the second straight week, Daniela Romero earned Most Valuable Player, being named the MVP of the Dayton Marriott Invitational. Additionally, seniors Melody Clark and Kassi Mikulik were named to the all-tournament team. Romero led LSU to a.288 hitting percentage for the week with kills per game. Individually, the senior setter recorded a.370 hitting percentage and assists per game. Clark led the team with a.400 hitting percentage for the tournament, with 3.30 kills per game and 1.40 blocks per game. Mikulik led the team with 4.00 digs per game and moved into eighth place in LSU history in career digs. ROMERO NAMED SEC PLAYER OF THE WEEK Daniela Romero was named the SEC Player of the Week on Sept. 5. For the week, she led the Tigers to a 2-0 record, including wins over then No. 22 Minnesota and Texas A&M, which was receiving votes in the national poll. The senior setter led LSU to an incredible.312 hitting percentage for the week with kills per game. Individually, she led the team with a.517 hitting percentage and assists per game. Against St. Louis, she tied her career high with seven kills, while recording a pair of double-doubles against the Billikens and the Aggies. With 151 assists in three matches, she recorded her 3,250th career assist, which puts her in fourth place in career assists in Tiger volleyball history. ROMERO NAMED MVP, FREEMAN ON BILLIKEN INVITATIONAL ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM Daniela Romero was named the Billiken Invitational Most Valuable Player, while Vanessa Freeman was named to the all-tournament team. Romero led LSU to an incredible.312 hitting percentage for the week with kills per game. Individually, the senior setter led the team with a.517 hitting percentage and assists per game. Against St. Louis, she tied her career high with seven kills, while recording a pair of double-doubles against the Billikens and the Aggies. Freeman recorded 2.73 kills per game for the tournament with a.389 hitting percentage despite playing injured. In addition, she recorded 0.91 blocks per game. Against No. 22 Minnesota, she recorded a career-high.625 hitting percentage with 11 kills. LSU SWEEP NO. 22 MINNESOTA AT BILLIKEN INVITATIONAL; CLAIM TOURNEY TITLE On Sept. 2, the Tigers earned a 3-0 win over No. 22 Minnesota in the Billiken Invitational, recording their first win over a nationally ranked team since upsetting No. 8 Notre Dame in the Sugar Bowl Classic on Sept. 18, As a team, LSU hit.339, compared to a.178 mark for the Golden Gophers. In addition, the Tigers recorded 56 kills to only 36 for Minnesota, while posting eight service aces. Along with 3-1 wins over Texas A&M, which was receiving votes in the poll, and St. Louis, the Tigers earned the tournament title. DEGIROLAMO NAMED SEC FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK Lauren DeGirolamo was named the first SEC Freshman of the Week on Aug. 28. For the week, she led the Tigers to a 2-1 record, including a heartbreaking loss to No. 2 Penn State after holding the two-game lead over the Nittany Lions. The middle blocker led LSU in hitting percentage, blocks and blocks per game, posting the second most blocks and third best individual hitting percentage in the tournament. In her first career match, DeGirolamo recorded 13 kills, while hitting at a.500 clip, with nine blocks against Rice, one shy of her first career double-double. She followed that up with 11 digs and a.550 hitting percentage against Nicholls State. Against No. 2 Penn State, the freshman again recorded nine blocks, tying for the match high, while posting five kills. DID YOU KNOW? LSU has held seven of its 19 opponents to under.100 hitting, including two at.000 or lower. The Tigers are 7-3 all-time on Oct. 20, including a 3-1 record at home, 4-2 record on the road, and an 0-1 record against ranked teams. The Tigers are 7-4 all-time on Oct. 22, including a 4-1 record at home, 2-3 record on the road, a 1-0 record at neutral sites and 0-2 record against ranked teams. LSU PRODUCTION BY CLASS Class Kills Aces Digs Blocks Seniors (4) 27.1% 39.1% 54.0% 29.9% Juniors (2) 9.5% 4.7% 7.1% 12.2% Sophomores (3) 40.7% 56.2% 37.7% 19.6% Freshmen (6) 22.7% 0.0% 2.2% 38.3% MISC. GAME NOTES TEAM Most Kills 25 Fewest Kills 9 Most Attempts 71 Fewest Attempts 18 Highest Attacking Pct..600 Lowest Attacking Pct Most Assists 23 Fewest Assists 5 Most Aces 7 Fewest Aces 0 Most Digs 29 Fewest Digs 2 Most Blocks 7.0 Fewest Blocks 0.0 Most Points 28.0 Fewest Points 5.0 OPPONENT Most Kills 21 Fewest Kills 4 Most Attempts 61 Fewest Attempts 9 Highest Attacking Pct..436 Lowest Attacking Pct Most Assists 21 Fewest Assists 2 Most Aces 4 Fewest Aces 0 Most Digs 33 Fewest Digs 6 Most Blocks 6.0 Fewest Blocks 0.0 Most Points 26.5 Fewest Points 4.0 LSU vs. KENTUCKY & TENNESSEE

8 LSU SEASON RECORDS BLOCKS PER GAME (MINIMUM 100 BLOCKS) 1.71 Ivana Kuzmic Angie Miller LAUREN DEGIROLAMO Stacey Samuels 1986 LSU MATCH RECORDS DIGS - THREE-GAME MATCH 30 Luciana Reis Arkansas State 10/22/93 26 KASSI MIKULIK OLE MISS 9/29/06 25 Jennifer Hampton Tulane 11/07/00 25 Jennifer Hampton Mississippi State 10/13/00 DIGS - FOUR-GAME MATCH 31 Luciana Reis Kansas 12/04/93 29 Angie Miller Florida 12/14/91 28 Luciana Reis Texas 10/25/93 27 Shannon Hoesing Alabama 11/11/94 26 KASSI MIKULIK ALABAMA 10/08/06 26 Luciana Reis Alabama 10/09/93 SERVICE ACES - FOUR-GAME MATCH 9 Lisa Sulatycki Auburn 10/09/88 9 Sibel Gurkan Tulane 09/22/87 8 Jelena Mijatovic South Carolina 11/05/04 8 Penny Lucas Texas A&M 10/07/83 7 MARINA SKENDER TEXAS A&M 09/01/06 7 eight other players tied BLOCK ASSISTS - FOUR-GAME MATCH 17 Tiffany Miller Kansas 12/04/93 13 Stacey Samuels Michigan 10/26/85 11 Kelly Thompson Michigan 09/12/98 11 Jackie Bode Ole Miss 11/03/95 11 Julie Stempel Southern Cal 11/16/89 9 L. DEGIROLAMO KENTUCKY 09/17/06 9 six other players tied DIGS - THREE-GAME MATCH 95 Mississippi State 10/13/00 94 Houston 09/28/91 86 Penn State 09/05/92 78 Baylor 12/05/93 77 Tulane 10/08/96 76 Texas Tech 09/03/89 75 Arkansas State 10/22/93 73 New Orleans 10/17/00 70 OLE MISS 09/29/06 CLARK, MIKULIK, ROMERO ON TIGER INVITATIONAL ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM Kassi Mikulik was named the Tiger Invitational libero of the tournament, while Melody Clark and Daniela Romero were named to the all-tournament team. Mikulik recorded 55 digs in three matches for a 4.58 digs per game average, which led the tournament. Clark posted 33 kills with 2.75 kills per game and a.366 hitting percentage, while knocking back 11 blocks for a 0.92 blocks per game average. In three matches, Clark recorded 144 assists for assists per game. In addition, the setter had 29 digs for a 2.42 digs per game average, with 10 kills, six service aces and four blocks. TIGERS HOLD NICHOLLS STATE TO NEGATIVE HITTING MARK Against Nicholls State on Aug. 26, LSU held the Lady Colonels to a hitting percentage, the lowest hitting percentage since holding South Carolina to a mark on Oct. 13, It marked the third time in Fran Flory s eight-year tenure at LSU that the Tigers have held an opponent in negative figures hitting. the last five years that an opponent has hit in negative figures. In 2002, Alcorn State also posted a negative hitting mark, posting a clip on Aug. 30 and in 1999, Georgia hit on Oct. 3. LOWEST HITTING PERCENTAGES VS. LSU SINCE /26/06 Nicholls State /03/99 Georgia /30/02 Alcorn State /29/00 Ole Miss.000 LSU FALLS JUST SHORT AGAINST NO. 2 PENN STATE On Aug. 26, the Tigers fell just short of upsetting No. 2 Penn State in the Maravich Center, 30-32, 24-30, 30-23, 30-23, LSU jumped out to the early 2-0 lead before the Nittany Lions came back to win the final three games of the match for the win. Neither team hit for a high average as Penn State recorded just a.156 mark, while the Tigers hit only.105. Defensively, however, both teams were stellar, with the Nittany Lions recording 18.5 blocks and 86 digs compared to 16 blocks and 77 digs for LSU. Despite the loss, it marked the first time the Tigers pushed a team ranked as high as No. 2 to five games in the program s history. The last time LSU played a team ranked as high as No. 2, the Tigers lost to No. 2 Florida, 3-1, in Last season, the Tigers pulled off a five-game upset of No. 8 Notre Dame early in the season, their first win over a nationally ranked team and first win over a top 10-ranked team since LSU RETURNS FOUR STARTERS FOR 2006 The Tigers return four starters from the 2005 team that won the SEC West and advanced to the NCAA Tournament. Sophomore Marina Skender, the 2005 SEC Freshman of the Year, ranked third on the team in kills and blocks and was second in service aces. Sophomore Kyna Washington ranked second on the team in kills and fourth in blocks. A pair of seniors also return, as Daniela Romero looks to move up the LSU career assists list, where she currently ranks fourth after three seasons, and Melody Clark solidifies her position in the middle after splitting time in the middle and on the right side her first two years. Senior Kassi Mikulik returns as the libero, although not an official starting position, where she started in all 29 matches last season. She led the team and ranked ninth in the SEC in digs as a junior. LSU BRINGS IN ACCOMPLISHED FRESHMEN The Tigers bring in a quintet of accomplished freshmen, several great additions to the talented returning players LSU has in place. Brittnee Cooper (Houston, Texas) led the Houston area in blocking and was a first-team all-district selection in A two-time participant in the USA Volleyball High Performance Camp, Alaina Klarquist (Allen, Texas) is an all-state selection who led her team to a runner up finish in the state championship in Coming from an outstanding club program that finished third nationally in 2003 and 2004, Maggie Lonergan (Antioch, Ill.) was a two-time first-team all-conference and all-area selection. Shannon Balikowsky (Baton Rouge, La.) and Kristie Dugas (Lincoln, Neb.) provide depth at the outside hitter position for the Tigers. TIGERS ARE 24-6 IN SEASON OPENERS; IN SEC OPENERS With a 3-1 win over Rice on Aug. 25 in the Tiger Invitational, LSU moved to 24-6 all-time in season openers. The Tigers are now 15-2 overall against Rice, but this was the first season opener against the Owls. LSU has won 10 of its last 11 season openers. The only loss was a 3-1 defeat by Santa Clara in the Colorado PowerBar Invitational in LSU vs. KENTUCKY & TENNESSEE

9 THE LAST TIME... TEAM LSU lost the first game in a win 9/17/06 vs. Kentucky (W, 3-1) LSU lost the first 2 games in a win 9/15/06 vs. No. 13 Tennessee (W, 3-2) LSU was down 2-1 in a win 9/15/06 vs. No. 13 Tennessee (W, 3-2) LSU won the first game in a loss 8/26/06 vs. No. 2 Penn State (L, 2-3) LSU won the first 2 games in a loss 8/26/06 vs. No. 2 Penn State (L, 2-3) LSU was up 2-1 in a loss 8/26/06 vs. No. 2 Penn State (L, 2-3) LSU beat a ranked opponent 9/15/06 vs. No. 13 Tennessee (W, 3-2) LSU beat a top-10 opponent 9/18/05 - No. 8 Notre Dame (W, 3-2) DIGS LSU had 80+ digs vs. Kentucky (11/11/05) LSU had 90+ digs vs. Kentucky (11/11/05) LSU had 100+ digs vs. Kentucky (11/11/05) BLOCKS LSU had 20+ blocks vs. Mississippi State (10/1/04) LSU was outblocked & won 9/22/06 vs. South Carolina (outblocked ) ACES LSU had 10+ aces 10 - vs. Alabama (10/8/06) HITTING PERCENTAGE LSU hit over.400 as a team.417 (68-13/132) vs. Central Florida (9/3/00) LSU hit over.500 as a team.519 (47-6/79) vs. Rice (9/25/92) LSU hit.500+ as a team in a game.600 (16-1/25) Game 4 vs. Texas A&M (9/1/06) LSU s opponent hit over.300 as a team.304 (54-12/138) vs. Florida (10/15/06) LSU s opponent hit over.350 as a team.402 (50-11/97) vs. Florida (10/15/04) LSU held an opponent under.100 team hitting.071 (36-27/126) vs. Mississippi State (10/1/06) LSU hit less than (45-25/148) vs. Florida (10/15/06) LSU hit less than (33-30/143) vs. Florida (10/23/05) LSU hit less than.200 & won.169 (45-23/130) vs. Ole Miss, W, 3-0 (9/29/06) LSU hit less than.150 & won.138 (51-29/159) vs. Mississippi State, W, 3-1 (10/29/00) LSU outhit the opponent & lost vs. Ole Miss - L, 2-3 (10/3/04) LSU was outhit & won vs. Kentucky - W, 3-1 (10/24/04) KILLS Five LSU players had 10+ kills 9/15/06 vs. No. 13 Tennessee - Marina Skender (22), Kyna Washington (17), Lauren DeGirolamo (16), Vanessa Freeman (14), Melody Clark (14) Three LSU players had 15+ kills 9/15/06 vs. No. 13 Tennessee - Marina Skender (22), Kyna Washington (17), Lauren DeGirolamo (16) No LSU players had 10+ kills 10/23/05 vs. Florida An LSU player had 20 or more kills 22 - by Marina Skender vs. No. 13 Tennessee (9/15/06) An LSU player had 25 or more kills 25 - by Jelena Mijatovic vs. Notre Dame (9/18/05) An LSU player had 30 or more kills 30 - by Carmis Franks vs. South Carolina (10/25/98) An LSU player had 20+ kills and 20+ digs 26 kills/21 digs - by Jelena Mijatovic vs. Kentucky (10/24/04) An LSU player had a triple-double 24 kills/18 digs/10 blocks - by Regan Hood vs. Mississippi State (10/31/03) An LSU player had 50 or more attempts 50 - by Marina Skender vs. Florida (10/15/06) An LSU player had 60 or more attempts 60 - by Marina Skender vs. No. 2 Penn State (8/26/06) An LSU player had 70 or more attempts 70 - by Kassi Mikulik vs. Houston (11/27/04) DIGS Five LSU players had 10+ digs 10/6/06 vs. Arkansas - Kassi Mikulik (20), Marina Skender (19), Daniela Romero (12), Kyna Washington (10), Michelle Hensgens (10) Three LSU players had 15+ digs 9/8/06 vs. Dayton - Daniela Romero (18), Kassi Mikulik (15), Elena Martinez (15) Two LSU players had 20+ digs 11/11/05 vs. Kentucky - Kassi Mikulik (26), Daniela Romero (23), Marina Skender (21) An LSU player recorded 20 or more digs 26 - by Kassi Mikulik vs. Alabama (10/8/06) An LSU player recorded 25 or more digs 26 - by Kassi Mikulik vs. Alabama (10/8/06) An LSU player recorded 30 or more digs 30 - by Luciana Reis vs. Kansas (12/4/93) LSU IN THE NCAA RANKINGS 2006 INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS Service Aces Per Game Marina Skender 4th Blocks Per Game Lauren DeGirolamo 14th Assists Per Game Daniela Romero 14th 2006 TEAM RANKINGS Match W-L Pct. 17th Assists Per Game 15th Kills Per Game 14th CONSECUTIVE MATCHES WON WINS DATES 23 Sept. 13, Dec. 14, SEPT. 1, OCT. 4, Three more times CAREER 20+ KILL MATCHES LAUREN LEAUMONT vs. Mississippi State ( ) 21 vs. Tennessee ( ) 21 vs. South Florida ( ) KASSI MIKULIK vs. Houston ( ) 24 vs. Tulane ( ) MARINA SKENDER vs. Tennessee ( ) 20 vs. Texas A&M (9-1-06) 22 vs. Ole Miss ( ) KYNA WASHINGTON vs. Kentucky ( ) CAREER 20+ DIG MATCHES MICHELLE HENSGENS vs. Houston ( ) KASSI MIKULIK vs. Alabama ( ) 20 vs. Arkansas ( ) 26 vs. Ole Miss ( ) 20 vs. St. Louis (9-1-06) 21 vs. No. 2 Penn State ( ) 20 vs. Rice ( ) 26 vs. Kentucky ( ) 22 vs. Texas A&M ( ) 21 vs. Mississippi State ( ) DANIELA ROMERO vs. Kentucky ( ) 20 vs. Tulane ( ) 22 vs. Rice (9-5-04) MARINA SKENDER vs. Kentucky ( ) KYNA WASHINGTON vs. Ole Miss ( ) LSU vs. KENTUCKY & TENNESSEE

10 RECORD BY STARTING LINEUP PLAYER RECORD Melody Clark 16-3 Brittnee Cooper 4-0 Lauren DeGirolamo 16-3 Vanessa Freeman 12-3 Lauren Leaumont 2-0 Kassi Mikulik (Libero) 16-3 Daniela Romero 16-3 Marina Skender 16-3 Kyna Washington 14-3 STARTERS 10-3 Vanessa Freeman, Lauren DeGirolamo, Kyna Washington, Marina Skender, Melody Clark, Daniela Romero, Kassi Mikulik (Libero) STARTERS 2-0 Lauren Leaumont, Vanessa Freeman, Lauren DeGirolamo, Marina Skender, Melody Clark, Daniela Romero, Kassi Mikulik (Libero) STARTERS 4-0 Lauren DeGirolamo, Kyna Washington, Marina Skender, Melody Clark, Brittnee Cooper, Daniela Romero, Kassi Mikulik (Libero) CAREER DOUBLE-DOUBLES LAUREN LEAUMONT kills, 11 digs vs. Kentucky ( ) 16 kills, 16 digs vs. Georgia Southern ( ) 11 kills, 11 digs vs. Arkansas ( ) 13 kills, 14 digs vs. Ole Miss ( ) 24 kills, 16 digs vs. Mississippi State ( ) 21 kills, 16 digs vs. Tennessee ( ) 11 kills, 15 digs vs. Kentucky ( ) 10 kills, 10 digs vs. UTEP ( ) 11 kills, 13 digs vs. Oral Roberts ( ) 21 kills, 13 digs vs. South Florida ( ) 15 kills, 10 digs vs. New Orleans (9-6-03) 11 kills, 15 digs vs. UAB ( ) KASSI MIKULIK kills, 13 digs vs. Tulane ( ) 19 kills, 12 digs vs. Kentucky ( ) 12 kills, 12 digs vs. Ole Miss ( ) 16 kills, 16 digs vs. Mississippi State ( ) 12 kills, 10 digs vs. Florida ( ) 11 kills, 10 digs vs. Georgia ( ) 13 kills, 14 digs vs. SMU ( ) 10 kills, 10 digs vs. Louisiana Tech ( ) 11 kills, 16 digs vs. UCF (9-3-04) 10 kills, 12 digs vs. Arkansas ( ) 15 kills, 10 digs vs. Ole Miss ( ) 17 kills, 12 digs vs. Tennessee ( ) LAUREN DEGIROLAMO kills, 10 blocks vs. Kentucky ( ) 16 kills, 10 blocks vs. Tennessee ( ) THE LAST TIME... (CONTD.) BLOCKS An LSU player had 7 or more blocks 7 - by Melody Clark vs. Arkansas (10/6/06) An LSU player had 10 or more blocks 10 - by Lauren DeGirolamo vs. Kentucky (9/17/06) An LSU player had 4+ solo blocks 4 - by Lauren DeGirolamo vs. No. 2 Penn State (8/26/06) ACES An LSU player had 3 or more aces 3 - by Marina Skender vs. Auburn (10/13/06) An LSU player had 5 or more aces 5 - by Marina Skender vs. Alabama (10/8/06) An LSU player had 6+ aces 6 - by Marina Skender vs. Indina (9/9/06) An LSU player had 7+ aces 7 - by Marina Skender vs. Texas A&M (9/1/06) HITTING PERCENTAGE An LSU player had a.400 hitting percentage (12-3/22) - by Lauren DeGirolamo vs. Auburn (10/13/06) An LSU player had a.500 hitting percentage (17-2/26) - by Melody Clark vs. Indiana (9/9/06) An LSU player had a.600 hitting percentage (18-2/26) - by Melody Clark vs. St. Louis (9/2/06) An LSU player had a.700 hitting percentage (16-2/20) - by Marina Skender vs. Auburn (10/28/05) ASSISTS An LSU player had 50 or more assists 51 - by Daniela Romero vs. Alabama (10/8/06) An LSU player had 60 or more assists 62 - by Daniela Romero vs. Arkansas (10/6/06) An LSU player had 70 or more assists 74 - by Daniela Romero vs. No. 13 Tennessee (9/15/06) An LSU player had 80+ assists 84 - by Lauren O Connor vs. Mississippi State (11/8/98) Two LSU players had 20+ assists 10/5/05 vs. Arkansas - Heather Fierce (27), Daniela Romero (25) INDIVIDUAL LEADERS - MATCH - BY - MATCH DATE OPPONENT KILLS DIGS ASSISTS BLOCKS Aug. 25 Rice Washington (16) Mikulik (20) Romero (49) DeGirolamo (9) Aug. 26 Nicholls State Clark (13) Mikulik (14) Romero (40) Clark/Washington (4) Aug. 26 No. 2 Penn State Washington (19) Mikulik (21) Romero (55) DeGirolamo (9) Sept. 1 vs. Texas A&M Skender (20) Mikulik (14) Romero (59) DeGirolamo (6) Sept. 2 vs. No. 22 Minnesota Skender (13) Mikulik (15) Romero (43) DeGirolamo/Freeman (3) Sept. 2 at St. Louis Clark (18) Mikulik (20) Romero (49) DeGirolamo (8) Sept. 8 at Dayton DeGirolamo (16) Romero (18) Romero (54) DeGirolamo (8) Sept. 9 vs. Indiana Clark (17) Mikulik (14) Romero (41) DeGirolamo (8) Sept. 9 vs. Wake Forest Skender (13) Martinez (15) Romero (42) Clark (6) Sept. 15 No. 13 Tennessee Skender (22) Romero (17) Romero (74) DeGirolamo (10) Sept. 17 at Kentucky Skender (17) Skender (17) Romero (47) DeGirolamo (10) Sept. 22 South Carolina Washington (15) Mikulik (14) Romero (40) DeGirolamo (5) Sept. 24 Georgia DeGirolamo (14) Skender (16) Romero (47) Cooper (5) Sept. 29 Ole Miss Clark (13) Mikulik (26) Romero (37) DeGirolamo (7) Oct. 1 Mississippi State Clark (11) Mikulik (13) Romero (37) Clark/DeGirolamo (6) Oct. 4 at Arkansas Washington (19) Mikulik (20) Romero (62) Clark (7) Oct. 8 at Alabama DeGirolamo (14) Mikulik (26) Romero (51) DeGirolamo (5) Oct. 13 at Auburn Skender (14) Mikulik (11) Romero (32) DeGirolamo (4) Oct. 15 at No. 8 Florida Skender (16) Mikulik/Romero (16) Romero (38) Clark/Skender (3) Oct. 20 Kentucky Oct. 22 No. 25 Tennessee Oct. 27 at Georgia Oct. 29 at South Carolina Nov. 3 Florida Nov. 5 Auburn Nov. 8 Arkansas Nov. 10 Alabama Nov. 17 at Mississippi State Nov. 19 at Ole Miss Nov. 24 vs. St. John s Nov. 25 vs. Marquette LSU vs. KENTUCKY & TENNESSEE

11 LAUREN DEGIROLAMO kills, 10 blocks vs. Kentucky ( ) 16 kills, 10 blocks vs. Tennessee ( ) DANIELA ROMERO assists, 10 digs vs. Auburn ( ) 62 assists, 12 digs vs. Arkansas ( ) 37 assists, 10 digs vs. Mississippi State ( ) 37 assists, 14 digs vs. Ole Miss ( ) 47 assists, 14 digs vs. Georgia ( ) 74 assists, 17 digs vs. Tennessee ( ) 54 assists, 18 digs vs. Dayton (9-8-06) 49 assists, 13 digs vs. St. Louis (9-2-06) 59 assists, 10 digs vs. Texas A&M (9-1-06) 55 assists, 11 digs vs. Penn State ( ) 49 assists, 12 digs vs. Rice ( ) MELODY CLARK vs. Alabama ( ) 13 vs. Arkansas ( ) 11 vs. Mississippi State ( ) 13 vs. Ole Miss ( ) 10 vs. South Carolina ( ) 12 vs. Tennessee ( ) 17 vs. Indiana (9-9-06) 18 vs. St. Louis ( ) 12 vs. Minnesota (9-2-06) 13 vs. Nicholls State ( ) 11 vs. Rice ( ) LAUREN DEGIROLAMO vs. Auburn ( ) 14 vs. Alabama ( ) 13 vs. Arkansas ( ) 10 vs. Mississippi State ( ) 14 vs. Georgia ( ) 11 vs. South Carolina ( ) 14 vs. Kentucky ( ) 16 vs. Tennessee ( ) 16 vs. Dayton (9-8-06) MICHELLE HENSGENS vs. Arkansas ( ) LAUREN LEAUMONT vs. Dayton (9-8-06) KASSI MIKULIK vs. Florida ( ) 11 vs. Auburn ( ) 26 vs. Alabama ( ) 20 vs. Arkansas ( ) 13 vs. Mississippi State ( ) 26 vs. Ole Miss ( ) 14 vs. Georgia ( ) 14 vs. South Carolina ( ) 14 vs. Kentucky ( ) 15 vs. Tennessee ( ) 11 vs. Wake Forest (9-9-06) 14 vs. Indiana (9-9-06) 15 vs. Dayton (9-8-06) 20 vs. St. Louis ( ) 15 vs. Minnesota (9-2-06) 14 vs. Texas A&M (9-1-06) DOUBLE-DOUBLES vs. St. Louis ( ) 16 vs. Texas A&M (9-1-06) 11 vs. Nicholls State ( ) 13 vs. Rice ( ) VANESSA FREEMAN vs. Tennessee ( ) 11 vs. Dayton (9-8-06) 11 vs. Minnesota (9-2-06) 12 vs. Texas A&M (9-1-06) 14 vs. Penn State ( ) LAUREN LEAUMONT vs. Indiana (9-9-06) MARINA SKENDER vs. Florida ( ) 14 vs. Auburn ( ) 13 vs. Alabama ( ) 18 vs. Arkansas ( ) 10 vs. Mississippi State ( ) 12 vs. Georgia ( ) 10 vs. South Carolina ( ) 17 vs. Kentucky ( ) 22 vs. Tennessee ( ) 21 vs. Penn State ( ) 14 vs. Nicholls State ( ) 20 vs. Rice ( ) ELENA MARTINEZ vs. Tennessee ( ) 15 vs. Wake Forest (9-9-06) 15 vs. Dayton (9-8-06) 12 vs. Penn State ( ) DANIELA ROMERO vs. Florida ( ) 10 vs. Auburn ( ) 12 vs. Arkansas ( ) 10 vs. Mississippi State ( ) 14 vs. Ole Miss ( ) 14 vs. Georgia ( ) 17 vs. Tennessee ( ) 18 vs. Dayton (9-8-06) 13 vs. St. Louis ( ) 10 vs. Texas A&M (9-1-06) 11 vs. Penn State ( ) 12 vs. Rice ( ) MARINA SKENDER kills, 10 digs vs. Florida ( ) 13 kills, 17 digs vs. Alabama ( ) 18 kills, 19 digs vs. Arkansas ( ) 12 kills, 16 digs vs. Georgia ( ) 17 kills, 17 digs vs. Kentucky ( ) 22 kills, 15 digs vs. Tennessee ( ) 13 kills, 10 digs vs. Dayton (9-8-06) 20 kills, 10 digs vs. Texas A&M (9-1-06) 17 kills, 13 digs vs. Penn State ( ) 14 kills, 11 digs vs. Rice ( ) KYNA WASHINGTON kills, 10 digs vs. Arkansas ( ) 19 kills, 17 digs vs. Penn State ( ) 11 kills, 11 digs vs. Nicholls State ( ) 16 kills, 11 digs vs. Rice ( ) DOUBLE-DIGIT KILLS - 58 DOUBLE-DIGIT DIGS vs. Wake Forest (9-9-06) 10 vs. Indiana (9-9-06) 13 vs. Dayton (9-8-06) 11 vs. St. Louis ( ) 13 vs. Minnesota (9-2-06) 20 vs. Texas A&M (9-1-06) 17 vs. Penn State ( ) 14 vs. Rice ( ) KYNA WASHINGTON vs. Auburn ( ) 12 vs. Alabama ( ) 19 vs. Arkansas ( ) 13 vs. Georgia ( ) 15 vs. South Carolina ( ) 17 vs. Tennessee ( ) 12 vs. Dayton (9-8-06) 13 vs. Texas A&M (9-1-06) 19 vs. Penn State ( ) 11 vs. Nicholls State ( ) 16 vs. Rice ( ) MARINA SKENDER vs. Florida ( ) 17 vs. Alabama ( ) 19 vs. Arkansas ( ) 16 vs. Georgia ( ) 17 vs. Kentucky ( ) 15 vs. Tennessee ( ) 10 vs. Dayton (9-8-06) 10 vs. Texas A&M (9-1-06) 13 vs. Penn State ( ) 10 vs. Nicholls State ( ) 11 vs. Rice ( ) KYNA WASHINGTON vs. Arkansas ( ) 12 vs. Ole Miss ( ) 11 vs. Rice ( ) 11 vs. Nicholls State ( ) 17 vs. Penn State ( ) CAREER DOUBLE-DOUBLES DANIELA ROMERO assists, 10 digs vs. Auburn ( ) 62 assists, 12 digs vs. Arkansas ( ) 37 assists, 10 digs vs. Mississippi State ( ) 37 assists, 14 digs vs. Ole Miss ( ) 47 assists, 14 digs vs. Georgia ( ) 74 assists, 17 digs vs. Tennessee ( ) 54 assists, 18 digs vs. Dayton (9-8-06) 49 assists, 13 digs vs. St. Louis (9-2-06) 59 assists, 10 digs vs. Texas A&M (9-1-06) 55 assists, 11 digs vs. No. 2 Penn State ( ) 49 assists, 12 digs vs. Rice ( ) 60 assists, 23 digs vs. Kentucky ( ) 50 assists, 11 digs vs. Mississippi State ( ) 20 assists, 14 digs vs. Florida ( ) 39 assists, 16 digs vs. Georgia ( ) 41 assists, 11 digs vs. Mississippi State ( ) 38 assists, 11 digs vs. Kentucky ( ) 25 assists, 13 digs vs. Arkansas ( ) 33 assists, 11 digs vs. South Carolina ( ) 27 assists, 11 digs vs. Notre Dame ( ) 62 assists, 11 digs vs. Houston ( ) 63 assists, 20 digs vs. Tulane ( ) 57 assists, 17 digs vs. Arkansas ( ) 30 assists, 16 digs vs. Tennessee ( ) 55 assists, 11 digs vs. South Carolina ( ) 52 assists, 15 digs vs. Alabama ( ) 31 assists, 12 digs vs. Georgia ( ) 67 assists, 15 digs vs. Miami ( ) 54 assists, 22 digs vs. Rice (9-3-04) 53 assists, 11 digs vs. Ole Miss ( ) 48 assists, 10 digs vs. South Carolina ( ) 57 assists, 10 digs vs. Kentucky ( ) 43 assists, 12 digs vs. New Orleans (9-6-03) 29 assists, 19 digs vs. Nebraska (9-6-03) 42 assists, 12 digs vs. Tulane (9-5-03) MARINA SKENDER kills, 10 digs vs. Florida ( ) 13 kills, 17 digs vs. Alabama ( ) 18 kills, 19 digs vs. Arkansas ( ) 12 kills, 16 digs vs. Georgia ( ) 17 kills, 17 digs vs. Kentucky ( ) 22 kills, 15 digs vs. Tennessee ( ) 13 kills, 10 digs vs. Dayton (9-8-06) 20 kills, 10 digs vs. Texas A&M (9-1-06) 17 kills, 13 digs vs. No. 2 Penn State ( ) 14 kills, 11 digs vs. Rice ( ) 12 kills, 21 digs vs. Kentucky ( ) 10 kills, 12 digs vs. Alabama ( ) 10 kills, 11 digs vs. Mississippi State ( ) 10 kills, 13 digs vs. Kentucky ( ) KYNA WASHINGTON kills, 10 digs vs. Arkansas ( ) 19 kills, 17 digs vs. No. 2 Penn State ( ) 11 kills, 11 digs vs. Nicholls State ( ) 16 kills, 11 digs vs. Rice ( ) 22 kills, 10 digs vs. Kentucky ( ) 12 kills, 22 digs vs. Ole Miss ( ) 16 kills, 13 digs vs. Arkansas ( ) 17 kills, 11 digs vs. Notre Dame ( ) 10 kills, 17 digs vs. Arizona State ( ) LSU vs. KENTUCKY & TENNESSEE

12 EYES ON THE TIGERS MOVING UP 2006 AWARDS AND HONORS Senior DANIELA ROMERO needs assists to record 4,000 assists for her career 37 digs to to break into the Top 10 in career digs in LSU history Senior KASSI MIKULIK needs digs to move into fifth place in career digs in LSU history 74 digs to move into the top 10 in single season digs in LSU history Senior MELODY CLARK needs kills to record 800 kills for her career 75 blocks to record 400 blocks for her career 33 blocks to break into the Top 10 in career blocks in LSU history 22 solo blocks to break into the Top 10 in career solo blocks in LSU history 18 block assists to break into the Top 10 in career block assists in LSU history MELODY CLARK Dayton Marriott Invitational All-Tournament Team Tiger Invitational All-Tournament Team LSU Student-Athlete of the Week (10/3) LAUREN DEGIROLAMO Collegiate Volleyball Update National Player of the Week (9/19) Sports Illustrated Faces in the Crowd (10/9) SEC Freshman of the Week (9/18, 8/28) VANESSA FREEMAN Billiken Invitational All-Tournament Team KASSI MIKULIK SEC Defensive Player of the Week (10/2) Dayton Marriott Invitational All-Tournament Team Tiger Invitational All-Tournament Team LSU Student-Athlete of the Week (8/28) DANIELA ROMERO SEC Player of the Week (9/5) Dayton Marriott Invitational Most Valuable Player Billiken Invitational Most Valuable Player Tiger Invitational All-Tournament Team Senior LAUREN LEAUMONT needs kills to record 500 kills for her career 36 digs to record 500 digs for her career 207 attempts to record 1,500 attempts for her career Sophomore KYNA WASHINGTON needs kills to record 500 kills for her career 16 digs to record 300 digs for her career Seven blocks to record 100 blocks for her career Sophomore MARINA SKENDER needs kills to record 600 kills for her career 75 blocks to record 200 blocks for her career 24 digs to record 400 digs for her career 63 service aces to move into the top 10 in career aces in LSU history Sophomore VANESSA FREEMAN needs kills to record 300 kills for her career 88 blocks to record 200 blocks for her career Freshman LAUREN DEGIROLAMO needs kills to record 300 kills for her career 42 blocks to record 150 blocks for her career Head Coach FRAN FLORY needs... Five wins to reach the 150 career win mark at LSU STREAKING... (CONSECUTIVE STREAKS) MATCHES STARTED MATCHES WITH AN ACE Melody Clark - 55 Michelle Hensgens - 1 Kassi Mikulik (Libero) - 51 Marina Skender - 35 GAMES WITH A KILL Daniela Romero - 30 Melody Clark - 56 Lauren DeGirolamo - 19 Lauren DeGirolamo - 35 Kyna Washington - 10 Kyna Washington - 35 Vanessa Freeman - 1 Marina Skender - 25 Vanessa Freeman - 1 GAMES PLAYED Melody Clark GAMES WITH A DIG Kassi Mikulik Kassi Mikulik - 87 Daniela Romero Marina Skender - 4 Marina Skender - 70 Daniela Romero - 8 Lauren DeGirolamo - 36 Michelle Hensgens - 6 Kyna Washington - 36 Kyna Washington - 6 Michelle Hensgens - 29 Elena Martinez - 2 Vanessa Freeman - 3 Lauren DeGirolamo - 1 Elena Martinez - 3 Lauren Leaumont - 1 GAMES WITH A BLOCK Melody Clark - 4 MATCHES WITH AN BLOCK Lauren DeGirolamo - 1 Melody Clark - 45 Marina Skender - 1 Lauren DeGirolamo - 19 Kyna Washington - 1 Daniela Romero - 1 Marina Skender - 1 Kyna Washington - 1 LSU vs. KENTUCKY & TENNESSEE

13 LSU IN THE SEC RANKINGS SEC RANKINGS (OVERALL) LSU AMONG THE SEC LEADERS Hitting Percentage 6th.229 Opponents Hitting Percentage 1st.146 Assists 1st Kills 1st Blocks 3rd 2.96 Service Aces 2nd 1.88 Digs 2nd Win-Loss Pct. 2nd.842 TIGERS AMONG THE SEC LEADERS Hitting Percentage Lauren DeGirolamo 9th.343 Assists Daniela Romero 1st Service Aces Marina Skender 1st 0.72 Blocks Lauren DeGirolamo 2nd 1.61 Digs Kassi Mikulik 4th 4.57 SEC RANKINGS (SEC ONLY) LSU AMONG THE SEC LEADERS Hitting Percentage 5th.206 Opponents Hitting Percentage 2nd.160 Assists 2nd Kills 1st Blocks 3rd 3.09 Service Aces 2nd 1.63 Digs 2nd Win-Loss Pct. T-2nd.800 TIGERS AMONG THE SEC LEADERS Hitting Percentage Lauren DeGirolamo 5th.342 Kills Marina Skender 8th 3.89 Assists Daniela Romero 1st Service Aces Marina Skender 1st 0.66 Blocks Lauren DeGirolamo 3rd 1.51 Melody Clark 9th 1.17 Digs Kassi Mikulik 2nd 4.77 Marina Skender 10th 3.46 TEAM SEASON SUPERLATIVES LSU SUPERLATIVES HIGHS Kills 87 vs. Tennessee ( ) Attempts 219 vs. Penn State ( ) Attacking Pct..369 vs. Wake Forest (9-9-06) Assists 81 vs. Tennessee ( ) Digs 79 vs. Arkansas ( ) Aces 12 vs. Texas A&M (9-1-06) Blocks 18.0 vs. Tennessee ( ); Kentucky ( ) LOWS Kills 45 vs. Auburn; ( ); Miss. State ( ); Ole Miss ( ) Attempts 106 vs. Indiana (9-9-06) Attacking Pct..105 vs. Penn State ( ) Assists 41 vs. Ole Miss ( ) Digs 38 vs. Auburn ( ) Aces 1 vs. Florida ( ) Blocks 5.0 vs. Auburn ( ); Minnesota (9-2-06) INDIVIDUAL Kills 22 Marina Skender vs. Tennessee ( ) Attempts 60 Marina Skender vs. Penn State ( ) Attacking Pct..625 Vanessa Freeman vs. Minnesota (9-2-06) Assists 74 Daniela Romero vs. Tennessee ( ) Digs 26 Kassi Mikulik vs. Alabama ( ); vs. Ole Miss ( ) Aces 7 Marina Skender vs. Texas A&M (9-1-06) Blocks 10 Lauren DeGirolamo vs. Tennessee ( ); vs. Kentucky ( ) OPPONENT SUPERLATIVES HIGHS Kills 63 by Alabama ( ); Arkansas ( ); Kentucky ( ) Attempts 181 by Tennessee ( ) Attacking Pct..304 by Florida ( ) Assists 65 by Kentucky ( ) Digs 86 by Penn State ( ) Aces 8 by Georgia ( ) Blocks 18.5 Penn State ( ) LOWS Kills 13 by Nicholls State ( ) Attempts 89 by Indiana (9-9-06); by Nicholls State ( ) Attacking Pct by Nicholls State ( ) Assists 9 by Nicholls State ( ) Digs 31 by Indiana (9-9-06) Aces 0 by South Carolina ( ) Blocks 1.0 by Nicholls State ( ) INDIVIDUAL Kills 23 by Nicole Britenriker, Kentucky ( ) Attempts 88 by Megan Hodge, Penn State ( ) Attacking Pct..609 by Crystal Hudson, Alabama ( ) Digs 26 by Kate Price, Penn State ( ) Aces 4 by Maria Taylor, Georgia ( ) Assists 60 by Alisha Glass, Penn State ( ) Blocks 10 by Sarah Blum, Tennessee ( ) LSU vs. KENTUCKY & TENNESSEE

14 CURRENT TIGERS CAREER STATISTICS VS. KENTUCKY MELODY CLARK TOTALS LAUREN DEGIROLAMO VANESSA FREEMAN TOTALS MICHELLE HENSGENS TOTALS LAUREN LEAUMONT TOTALS ELENA MARTINEZ KASSI MIKULIK TOTALS DANIELA ROMERO TOTALS MARINA SKENDER TOTALS KYNA WASHINGTON TOTALS THE SERIES: KENTUCKY LEADS at Baton Rouge: Tied 8-8 at Lexington: Kentucky leads 10-6 at Neutral sites: Tied 5-5 Last Meeting: LSU won 3-1 in Lexington, Ky. (9/17/06) STATISTICAL COMPARISON STAT LSU UK Hitting Percentage Kills/Game Assists/Game Digs/Game Blocks/Game SERIES NOTES After winning the first meeting, LSU dropped five straight Between 1988 and 1992, the Tigers won eight-straight LSU has won six of the last 10 meetings, including their first meeting this season, the first win for the Tigers in Lexington since 1999 LSU vs. KENTUCKY & TENNESSEE

15 CURRENT TIGERS CAREER STATISTICS VS. TENNESSEE MELODY CLARK TOTALS VANESSA FREEMAN VANESSA FREEMAN TOTALS MICHELLE HENSGENS TOTALS LAUREN LEAUMONT TOTALS ELENA MARTINEZ KASSI MIKULIK TOTALS DANIELA ROMERO TOTALS MARINA SKENDER TOTALS KYNA WASHINGTON TOTALS THE SERIES: LSU LEADS at Baton Rouge: LSU leads 11-3 at Knoxville: Tied 9-9 at Neutral sites: LSU leads 6-3 Last Meeting: LSU won 3-2 in Knoxville, Tenn. (9/15/06) STATISTICAL COMPARISON STAT LSU UT Hitting Percentage Kills/Game Assists/Game Digs/Game Blocks/Game SERIES NOTES LSU won six of the first 10 before losing three straight The Tigers then won 14 consecutive ( ) and 15 of the next 16 meetings Tennessee then won five straight ( ) LSU has won five of the last seven, including two-straight. LSU vs. KENTUCKY & TENNESSEE

16 shannonbalikowsky Freshman Outside Hitter 5-11 High School Baton Rouge, La. Woodlawn HS 2006 SEASON HIGHS HITTING PCT.: None KILLS: None ATTEMPTS: None ASSISTS: None CAREER HIGHS HITTING PCT.: None KILLS: None ATTEMPTS: None ASSISTS: None 28 DIGS: None SERVICE ACES: None BLOCKS: None DIGS: None SERVICE ACES: None BLOCKS: None TOTALS melodyclark Senior Middle Blocker Letters Colorado Springs, Colo. Colorado Springs Christian HS 2006 SEASON HIGHS HITTING PCT.:.615 vs. St. Louis (9/2/06) KILLS: 18 vs. St. Louis (9/2/06) ATTEMPTS: 35 vs. Arkansas (10/4/06) ASSISTS: 2-3 times, last vs. Florida (10/15/06) CAREER HIGHS HITTING PCT.:.615 vs. St. Louis (9/2/06) KILLS: 18 vs. St. Louis (9/2/06) ATTEMPTS: 29 vs. Tennessee (9/15/06) ASSISTS: 6 vs. Rice (9/3/04) Dayton Marriott Invitational All-Tournament Team 2006 Tiger Invitational All-Tournament Team 2004, 2005 SEC Good Works Team DIGS: 3-4 times, last vs. Arkansas (10/4/06) SERVICE ACES: 2 - twice, last vs. Miss. State (10/1/06) BLOCKS: 8 - vs. Tennessee (9/15/06) DIGS: 4-7 times, last vs. Kentucky (11/11/05) SERVICE ACES: 2-3 times, last vs. Miss. State (10/1/06) BLOCKS: 9 vs. Alabama (10/31/04) TOTALS brittneecooper Freshman Middle Blocker 6-3 High School Houston, Texas Thurgood Marshall HS 2006 SEASON HIGHS HITTING PCT.:.417 vs. Arkansas (10/4/06) KILLS: 7 - twice, last vs. Ole Miss (9/29/06) ATTEMPTS: 19 vs. Georgia (9/24/06) ASSISTS: 2 vs. Ole Miss (9/29/06) CAREER HIGHS HITTING PCT.:.308 vs. Ole Miss (9/29/06) KILLS: 7 - twice, last vs. Ole Miss (9/29/06) ATTEMPTS: 19 vs. Georgia (9/24/06) ASSISTS: 2 vs. Ole Miss (9/29/06) 25 DIGS: 1-5 times, last vs. Auburn (10/13/06) SERVICE ACES: None BLOCKS: 5 vs. Georgia (9/24/06) DIGS: 1-5 times, last vs. Auburn (10/13/06) SERVICE ACES: None BLOCKS: 5 vs. Georgia (9/24/06) TOTALS LSU vs. KENTUCKY & TENNESSEE

17 laurendegirolamo Freshman Middle Blocker 6-1 Redshirt Belleville, Ill. Belleville West HS 2006 SEASON HIGHS HITTING PCT.:.583 vs. Texas A&M (9/1/06) KILLS: 16-3 times, last vs. Tennessee (9/15/06) ATTEMPTS: 41 vs. Dayton (9/8/06) ASSISTS: 2-3 times, last vs. Auburn (10/13/06) CAREER HIGHS HITTING PCT.:.583 vs. Texas A&M (9/1/06) KILLS: 16-3 times, last vs. Tennessee (9/15/06) ATTEMPTS: 41 vs. Dayton (9/8/06) ASSISTS: 2-3 times, last vs. Auburn (10/13/06) CVU National Player of the Week (9/19) 2006 Sports Illustrated Faces in the Crowd (10/9) 2006 SEC Freshman of the Week (9/18) 2006 SEC Freshman of the Week (8/28) DIGS: 3 vs. Georgia (9/24/06) SERVICE ACES: None BLOCKS: 10 - twice, last vs. Kentucky (9/17/06) DIGS: 3 vs. Georgia (9/24/06) SERVICE ACES: None BLOCKS: 10 - twice, last vs. Kentucky (9/17/06) TOTALS Freshman Outside Hitter 6-0 Transfer Lincoln, Neb. St. Edward s University kristiedugas 2006 SEASON HIGHS HITTING PCT.: None KILLS: None ATTEMPTS: None ASSISTS: None CAREER HIGHS HITTING PCT.: None KILLS: None ATTEMPTS: None ASSISTS: None 8 DIGS: None SERVICE ACES: None BLOCKS: None DIGS: None SERVICE ACES: None BLOCKS: None TOTALS vanessafreeman Sophomore Right Side Letter Granger, Texas Granger HS 2006 SEASON HIGHS HITTING PCT.:.625 vs. Minnesota (9/2/06) KILLS: 14 - twice, last vs. Tennessee (9/15/06) ATTEMPTS: 35 vs. Penn State (8/26/06) ASSISTS: 4 - twice, last vs. St. Louis (9/2/06) CAREER HIGHS HITTING PCT.: twice, last vs. Minnesota (9/2/06) KILLS: 18 vs. Houston (11/27/04) ATTEMPTS: 36 vs. Houston (11/27/04) ASSISTS: 5 vs. Arizona State (9/18/05) Billiken Invitational All-Tournament Team DIGS: 5 vs. Tennessee (9/15/06) SERVICE ACES: None BLOCKS: 7 - twice, last vs. Tennessee (9/15/06) DIGS: 5 vs. Tennessee (9/15/06) SERVICE ACES: None BLOCKS: 7 - twice, last vs. Tennessee (9/15/06) TOTALS LSU vs. KENTUCKY & TENNESSEE

18 michellehensgens Junior Defensive Specialist Letters Morgan City, La. Central Catholic HS 2006 SEASON HIGHS HITTING PCT.: None KILLS: None ATTEMPTS: 3 vs. Alabama (10/8/06) ASSISTS: 2 - twice, last vs. Auburn (10/13/06) CAREER HIGHS HITTING PCT.: None KILLS: 1 - twice, last vs. Alabama (9/30/05) ATTEMPTS: 3 vs. Alabama (10/8/06) ASSISTS: 4 vs. UCF (9/5/04) 13 DIGS: 10 vs. Arkansas (10/4/06) SERVICE ACES: 2 vs. Kentucky (9/17/06) BLOCKS: None DIGS: 22 vs. Houston (11/27/04) SERVICE ACES: 4 vs. Liberty (9/11/04) BLOCKS: None TOTALS alainaklarquist Freshman Outside Hitter 6-1 High School Allen, Texas Allen HS 2006 SEASON HIGHS HITTING PCT.: None KILLS: 4 vs. Wake Forest (9/9/06) ATTEMPTS: 12 vs. Wake Forest (9/9/06) ASSISTS: None CAREER HIGHS HITTING PCT.: None KILLS: 4 vs. Wake Forest (9/9/06) ATTEMPTS: 12 vs. Wake Forest (9/9/06) ASSISTS: None 10 DIGS: 2 vs. Wake Forest (9/9/06) SERVICE ACES: None BLOCKS: 4 vs. Wake Forest (9/9/06) DIGS: 2 vs. Wake Forest (9/9/06) SERVICE ACES: None BLOCKS: 4 vs. Wake Forest (9/9/06) TOTALS laurenleaumont Senior Outside Hitter Letters New Orleans, La. Mount Carmel Academy 2006 SEASON HIGHS HITTING PCT.:.391 vs. Indiana (9/9/06) KILLS: 12 vs. Indiana (9/9/06) ATTEMPTS: 23 vs. Indiana (9/9/06) ASSISTS: 3 vs. St. Louis (9/2/06) CAREER HIGHS HITTING PCT.:.474 vs. UTEP (9/20/03) KILLS: 24 vs. Mississippi State (10/31/03) ATTEMPTS: 61 vs. Mississippi State (10/31/03) ASSISTS: 5 vs. UTEP (9/20/03) Georgia Southern Invitational All-Tournament Team 2003 SEC All-Freshman Team 2003 LSWA Freshman of the Year DIGS: 12 vs. Dayton (9/8/06) SERVICE ACES: 2-3 times, last vs. Kentucky (9/17/06) BLOCKS: 1 vs. Indiana (9/9/06) DIGS: 16-3 times, last vs. Ga. Southern (8/26/05) SERVICE ACES: 4 vs. Arkansas (9/24/03) BLOCKS: 7 vs. UAB (8/30/03) TOTALS LSU vs. KENTUCKY & TENNESSEE

19 maggielonergan Freshman Setter 5-8 High School Antioch, Ill. Antioch Community HS 2006 SEASON HIGHS HITTING PCT.: None KILLS: None ATTEMPTS: None ASSISTS: None CAREER HIGHS HITTING PCT.: None KILLS: None ATTEMPTS: 1 vs. Texas (12/2/05) ASSISTS: None 3 DIGS: None SERVICE ACES: None BLOCKS: None DIGS: 2 vs. Texas (12/2/05) SERVICE ACES: None BLOCKS: None TOTALS elenamartinez Sophomore Defensive Specialist Letter New Orleans, La. Isidore Newman School 2006 SEASON HIGHS HITTING PCT.: None KILLS: 2 vs. Dayton (9/8/06) ATTEMPTS: 2-3 times, last vs. Indiana (9/9/06) ASSISTS: 4 vs. Texas A&M (9/1/06) CAREER HIGHS HITTING PCT.: None KILLS: 2 vs. Dayton (9/8/06) ATTEMPTS: 2-3 times, last vs. Indiana (9/9/06) ASSISTS: 4 vs. Texas A&M (9/1/06) 11 DIGS: 15 - twice, last vs. Wake Forest (9/9/06) SERVICE ACES: 2-3 times, last vs. Dayton (9/8/06) BLOCKS: None DIGS: 15 - twice, last vs. Wake Forest (9/9/06) SERVICE ACES: 2-3 times, last vs. Dayton (9/8/06) BLOCKS: None TOTALS kassimikulik Senior Libero Letters Flatonia, Texas Flatonia HS 2006 SEASON HIGHS HITTING PCT.: None KILLS: None ATTEMPTS: 1 - twice, last vs. South Carolina (9/22/06) ASSISTS: 4 - twice, last vs. Kentucky (9/17/06) CAREER HIGHS HITTING PCT.:.429 vs. Arkansas (11/12/04) KILLS: 24 vs. Tulane (11/26/04) ATTEMPTS: 70 vs. Houston (11/27/04) ASSISTS: 4 - twice, last vs. Texas A&M (9/1/06) SEC Defensive Player of the Week (10/2) 2006 Dayton Marriott Invitational All-Tournament Team 2006 Tiger Invitational All-Tournament Team DIGS: 26 - twice, last vs. Alabama (10/8/06) SERVICE ACES: 3 vs. Dayton (9/8/06) BLOCKS: None DIGS: 26-3 times, last vs. Alabama (10/8/06) SERVICE ACES: 3-3 times, last vs. Dayton (9/8/06) BLOCKS: 5 vs. Mississippi State (10/31/03) TOTALS LSU vs. KENTUCKY & TENNESSEE

20 danielaromero Senior Setter Letters Arlington, Texas James Martin HS 2006 SEASON HIGHS HITTING PCT.:.600 vs. Wake Forest (9/9/06) KILLS: 7 vs. St. Louis (9/2/06) ATTEMPTS: 16 vs. Penn State (8/26/06) ASSISTS: 74 vs. Tennessee (9/15/06) CAREER HIGHS HITTING PCT.:.714 vs. Auburn (10/29/04) KILLS: 7-3 times, last vs. St. Louis (9/2/06) ATTEMPTS: 21 - twice, last vs. Arkansas (11/19/04) ASSISTS: 74 vs. Tennessee (9/15/06) SEC Player of the Week (9/5) 2006 Billiken Invitational MVP 2006 Dayton Marriott Invitational MVP 2006 Tiger Invitational All-Tournament Team DIGS: 17 - twice, last vs. Tennessee (9/15/06) SERVICE ACES: 3 vs. Rice (8/25/06) BLOCKS: 4 vs. South Carolina (9/22/06) DIGS: 23 vs. Kentucky (11/11/05) SERVICE ACES: 4 - twice, last vs. Ole Miss (10/16/05) BLOCKS: 6 vs. Auburn (10/3/03) TOTALS marinaskender Sophomore Outside Hitter Letter Zagreb, Croatia First Economic School 2006 SEASON HIGHS HITTING PCT.:.417 vs. Wake Forest (9/9/06) KILLS: 22 vs. Tennessee (9/15/06) ATTEMPTS: 60 vs. Penn State (8/26/06) ASSISTS: 4 vs. St. Louis (9/2/06) CAREER HIGHS HITTING PCT.:.700 vs. Auburn (10/28/05) KILLS: 22 - twice, last vs. Tennessee (9/15/06) ATTEMPTS: 60 vs. Penn State (8/26/06) ASSISTS: 8 vs. Notre Dame (9/18/05) SEC Freshman of the Year 2005 Second-Team All-SEC 2005 SEC Freshman of the Week (11/14, 11/7, 10/24, 9/19) 2005 SEC Player of the Week (9/19) DIGS: 19 vs. Arkansas (10/4/06) SERVICE ACES: 7 vs. Texas A&M (9/1/06) BLOCKS: 4 - twice, last vs. Kentucky (9/17/06) DIGS: 21 vs. Kentucky (11/11/05) SERVICE ACES: 7 vs. Texas A&M (9/1/06) BLOCKS: 7 vs. Rice (9/11/05) TOTALS kynawashington Sophomore Outside Hitter Letter Houston, Texas Westfield HS 2006 SEASON HIGHS HITTING PCT.:.467 vs. Minnesota (9/2/06) KILLS: 19 - twice, last vs. Arkansas (10/4/06) ATTEMPTS: 57 vs. Penn State (8/26/06) ASSISTS: 2 - twice, last vs. Auburn (10/13/06) CAREER HIGHS HITTING PCT.:.500 vs. Auburn (10/28/05) KILLS: 22 vs. Kentucky (11/11/05) ATTEMPTS: 57 vs. Penn State (8/26/06) ASSISTS: 2-5 times, last vs. Auburn (10/13/06) SEC All-Freshman Team 2005 SEC Freshman of the Week (10/17) DIGS: 17 vs. Penn State (8/26/06) SERVICE ACES: 4 vs. Rice (8/25/06) BLOCKS: 4 vs. Nicholls State (8/26/06) DIGS: 22 vs. Ole Miss (11/4/05) SERVICE ACES: 4-3 times, last vs. Rice (8/25/06) BLOCKS: 7 vs. Notre Dame (9/18/05) TOTALS LSU vs. KENTUCKY & TENNESSEE