UTAH STATE VOLLEYBALL. Release #6 9/29/03

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1 2003 Utah State Schedule/Results Overall Record: 9-4 Big West Record: 2-1 Date Opponent Result/Time AUGUST/SEPTEMBER at Weber State Tournament 29 vs. Texas State W vs. Oral Roberts W at Weber State W IDAHO STATE W at Montana State Tournament 5 vs. Alabama W at Montana State L vs. #14 Kansas State L at Hawai i Tournament 12 at #2 Hawai i L vs. Weber State W at CS Northridge* W at #20 Pacific* L UTAH W IDAHO* W 3-0 OCTOBER 2 LONG BEACH STATE* 7 p.m. 4 UC IRVINE* 7 p.m. 10 at UC Santa Barbara* 8 p.m. 11 at Cal Poly* 8 p.m. 16 CS FULLERTON* 7 p.m. 18 UC RIVERSIDE* 7 p.m. 21 UTAH VALLEY STATE 6 p.m. 25 at Idaho* 8 p.m. 31 at UC Irvine* 8 p.m. NOVEMBER 1 at Long Beach State* 8:30 p.m. 6 CAL POLY* 7 p.m. 8 UC SANTA BARBARA* 7 p.m. 14 at UC Riverside* 8 p.m. 15 at CS Fullerton* 8 p.m. 20 PACIFIC* 7 p.m. 22 CS NORTHRIDGE* 7 p.m. 25 at Brigham Young 6 p.m. All times are Mountain time. Home matches in BOLD CAPS. * Denotes Big West Conference Match. Utah State Media Relations Volleyball Contact... Doug Hoffman Office Phone: (435) Home Phone: (435) Fax: (435) Doug.Hoffman@usu.edu Mailing Adress Old Main Hill... Logan, UT Web Site Big West Standings (through 9/27) Conference Overall W L Pct. W L Pct. UC Irvine Santa Barbara Long Beach Utah State Pacific UC Riverside Cal Poly CS Northridge Idaho CS Fullerton Oct. 2 LONG BEACH STATE 7:00 p.m. Oct. 4 UC IRVINE 7:00 p.m. Release #6 9/29/03 THIS WEEK Utah State will conclude its four-match home-stand this weekend with contests against Long Beach State (8-3, 3-1) on Thur., Oct. 2 and UC Irvine (13-3, 4-0) on Sat., Oct. 4. Both matches will begin at 7 p.m. in the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum. SERIES HISTORY Utah State is 6-26 all-time against Long Beach State which includes an 0-11 record at home. Overall, USU has lost 24 straight matches to the 49ers and its last win was on Sept. 24, USU is all-time against UC Irvine and 4-7 versus the Anteaters at home. The Aggies lost both of its matches against UCI last year, but is 5-2 against the Anteaters over its last seven meetings. SCOUTING LONG BEACH STATE Long Beach State is 8-3 on the season and currently in third-place in the Big West Conference with a 3-1 record. The 49ers, who are 1-2 on the road this season, opened league play with a fourgame loss at UC Riverside before defeating CS Fullerton (3-0), Pacific (3-1) and CS Northridge (3-1). LBSU is hitting.249 on the season and holding its opponents to a.189 hitting percentage. The 49ers are led by junior setter Jillian Mazzarella who is hitting.328 and averaging assists per game. Long Beach State returns two starters and seven letterwinners from last year s team that went 28-4 on the season and finished in second-place in the Big West Conference with a 15-3 record. SCOUTING UC IRVINE UC Irvine is 13-3 on the season and currently in firstplace in the Big West Conference with a 4-0 league record. The Anteaters, who are 3-0 on the road this season, opened league play with a four-game win at CS Fullerton and a five-game win at UC Riverside before defeating CS Northridge (3-0) and Pacific (3-0) at home this past weekend. UC Irvine is also leading the league in hitting at.257, while its opponents are hitting.214. The Anteaters are led by junior middle blocker Sami Cash who is hitting.367 on the season. UCI returns five starters and 11 letterwinners from last year s team that went and finished in fifth-place in the Big West Conference with a 10-8 record. AGGIES AT HOME Utah State has been very good at home over the last fourplus years, recording a (.756) home record, which includes a 3-0 mark this year. Against Big West opponents, USU is (.714) over that same time period. NEXT WEEK Utah State will hit the road for a pair of Big West Conference matches at UC Santa Barbara on Fri., Oct. 10 and at Cal Poly on Sat., Oct. 11. USU is 2-3 on the road this season and 1-1 on the road in league play. 1 1

2 2003 Utah State Volleyball Roster 3 Marijana Kordic Fr. OH 6-2 Rijeka, Croatia/Prva Susacka Hrvatska Gimnazija 4 Dominique Arsenault Fr. S 6-0 Quebec City, Quebec/Therese-Martin HS 5 Carolyn Forbush Fr. OH 5-11 Las Vegas, Nev./Green Valley HS 7 Ingrid Roth So. MB 6-2 Barrington, Ill./Barrington HS 8 Andrea Delsigne Jr. S 5-9 Mission Viejo, Calif./Capistrano Valley HS 9 Mari Ruddick Fr. OPP 6-3 Canyon Country, Calif./Canyon HS 10 Taubi Neves Sr. LIB 5-6 Otto, Wyo./Northwest (Wyo.) College 11 Erin Graybill So. MB 6-0 Sandy, Utah/BYU 12 Kelsi Thoman Fr. LIB 5-6 Las Vegas, Nev./Green Valley HS 14 Ana Mirkovic Fr. MB 6-0 Rijeka, Croatia/Salezijanka Klasicna Gimnazija 16 Zuzana Cernianska So. OPP 6-1 Prague, Czech Republic/Nad Rokoskov HS 18 Erin Cartwright-Davis Sr. OH 6-0 Hyrum, Utah/Salt Lake CC 99 Beth Hodge Fr. OH 5-11 Broken Arrow, Okla./Broken Arrow HS Head Coach: Burt Fuller Assistant Coaches: Emerson Salonga, Heather Olmstead Pronunciation Guide Dominique Arsenault Are-sah-no Zuzana Cernianska Chairn-yun-ska Andrea Delsigne Del-seen Marijana Kordic Mirror-e-ana Core-ditch Ana Mirkovic Ah-nah Mirror-coe-vich Taubi Neves Tau-bee (rhymes with Pow) Kneevs RECAPPING LAST WEEKEND Utah State went 2-0 last week with a pair of three-game wins over in-state rival Utah and Idaho. Against the Utes, senior middle blocker Erin Cartwright-Davis hit.423 in the match with 16 kills to go along with seven digs, while sophomore opposite side hitter Zuzana Cernianska added 15 kills and 10 digs. Freshman outside hitter Beth Hodge notched 10 kills and hit.300, while sophomore middle blocker Ingrid Roth added eight kills and five block assists. USU hit.303 in the match and held Utah to a.246 hitting percentage. Against Idaho, Hodge led USU with 14 kills to go along with five digs and three block assists as she hit a team-high.387 in the match. Cartwright-Davis added 12 kills, seven digs and six block assists. Once again, the Aggies played well offensively as they hit.246 as a unit and held the Vandals to a.142 hitting percentage. USU also recorded seven service aces in the match and out-blocked Idaho AGGIES AMONG CONFERENCE LEADERS As of Sept. 22, Utah State is second in the Big West Conference in hitting at.254. USU is also leading the league in assists (16.03) and kills per game (17.49), and is fourth in the league in blocks per game (2.51). Individually, junior setter Andrea Delsigne is leading the league in assists per game (14.15), while senior Erin Cartwright-Davis is third in blocks per game (1.33) and seventh in hitting (.312) and kills per game (4.54). Sophomore Zuzana Cernianska is also among the league leaders as she is second in kills per game (5.33), while senior Taubi Neves is ninth in digs per game (3.33). DELSIGNE AMONG THE BEST IN THE COUNTRY Junior setter Andrea Delsigne is having an outstanding season for Utah State and her numbers confirm it. As of Sept. 22, Delsigne is third in the country in assists per game (14.15), while sophomore opposite side hitter Zuzana Cernianska is 19th in kills per game (5.33). As a team, Utah State ranks fifth in the country in both assists per game (16.03) and kills per game (17.49). MOVING UP THE CHARTS Senior middle blocker Erin Cartwright-Davis continues to climb the charts in several career statistics at Utah State. Cartwright-Davis is currently third all-time at USU in kills (1,024), fifth in attacks (2,351), fourth in total blocks (285), sixth in solo blocks (45) and block assists (240), and third in hitting percentage (.279). Junior setter Andrea Delsigne is also climbing the career assists list as she now has 1,458 career assists which ranks seventh all-time at USU. AGGIES RETURN FIVE STARTERS Utah State returns five starters from last year s team that went on the season and finished in a tie for seventh-place in the Big West Conference with a 7-11 league mark. Senior outside hitter Erin Cartwright-Davis was named first-team all-league, while sophomore opposite side hitter Zuzana Cernianska was named Co- Freshman of the Year in the Big West. The other three starters returning for USU are senior libero Taubi Neves, junior setter Andrea Delsigne and sophomore middle blocker Ingrid Roth. Emerson Salonga Sa-long-a Kelsi Thoman Toe-man CERNIANSKA NAMED CO-BIG WEST PLAYER OF THE WEEK Sophomore opposite side hitter Zuzana Cernianska was named the Co- Big West Player of the Week after earning Most Valuable Player honors at the 2003 Ogden Marriott-Weber State Classic on Sept. 2 as she hit.367 and averaged 5.20 kills per game. She shared the award with Kelly Wing of UC Irvine. AGGIES VERSUS RANKED OPPONENTS Utah State is now 0-3 on the season versus ranked opponents after losing to #20 Pacific in three games, #14 Kansas State in four games and to #2 Hawai i in three games. Last year, USU was 0-5 versus ranked opponents and over the last three-plus season, Utah State is 7-24 versus Top-25 teams. The last time USU defeated a ranked opponent was in the first round of the 2001 NCAA Tournament when USU upset No. 19 Brigham Young in five games. 2

3 HEAD COACH BURT FULLER Entering his third season as head coach of the Utah State volleyball program, Burt Fuller is optimistic that the 2003 season will once again see the Aggies be one of the top teams in the highly competitive Big West Conference. During his first two years at USU, Fuller led Utah State to a record and a trip to the 2001 NCAA Tournament where the Aggies upset No. 19 Brigham Young to advance to the second round. In his inaugural year as a collegiate head coach, Fuller posted three wins against ranked opponents as the Aggies recorded their first victory against Pacific in 20 years to go along with two wins against Brigham Young, as USU posted its first win in Provo since the 1981 season to go along with the Aggies thrilling win against the Cougars in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Fuller also coached five all-league players during his first season at USU, which were the most honorees in school history. During the 2002 season, Fuller coached a first-team all-league player in Erin Cartwright, along with only the second Aggie ever to be named freshman of the year in the Big West in Zuzuana Cernianska. Furthermore, Fuller s record marks only the second time in school history that a first-year head coach has won at least 20 matches in a season, as he joined Annette Cottle, who went in her first season as a head coach during the 1982 season. His 12-6 league mark is also a best at USU for rookie coaches. Prior to taking the head coaching job at Utah State, Fuller spent seven seasons as an assistant coach at UCLA. During his seven years at UCLA, the Bruins went to the NCAA Tournament six times including a national runner-up finish in During his tenure, UCLA advanced to the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament twice and finished the 2000 season (his last) with a final national ranking of seventh. He coached 23 all-league selections and five All-American s at UCLA. As a collegiate head coach, he is (.581) overall. Year School Overall Conf. NCAA 2001 Utah State (.645) nd Round 2002 Utah State (.467) Utah State 9-4 (.692) Total Two Years (.581) PRESEASON COACHES POLL Utah State is picked to finish seventh in the Big West Conference according to the league s coaches. The following is a list of the preseason poll. 1. UC Santa Barbara (6) Long Beach State (1) Pacific (3) Cal Poly UC Irvine Cal State Northridge UTAH STATE Idaho Cal State Fullerton UC Riverside 14 AGGIES 2003 RECORD WHEN... Playing three games Playing four games Playing five games Winning game one Losing game one Winning the first two games Losing the first two games Leading in kills Trailing in kills Tied in kills Leading in blocks Trailing in blocks Tied in blocks Leading in digs Trailing in digs Tied in digs Leading in attack percentage Trailing in attack percentage Hitting.300 or better Hitting under Opponents hit.250 or better Holding opponents below Holding opponents below THE LAST TIME THE AGGIES... Won a game vs. UC Santa Barbara (9/30/00) Won a match vs. Idaho (9/26/03) Won a match at CS Northridge (9/18/03) Won a match vs. Weber State (11/12/02) Lost a game at Cal Poly (10/22/99) Lost a match at #20 Pacific (9/20/03) Lost a match vs. Kansas State (9/6/03) Lost a match at Montana State (9/6/03) Had 90 kills at Cal Poly (10/28/00) Had 225 attacks vs. Cal State Fullerton (11/8/02) Hit at Weber State (8/30/03) Had 10 service aces vs. Weber State (9/13/03) Had 100 digs vs. Nevada (9/30/89) Beat a ranked opponent... vs. No. 19 BYU 3-2 (11/29/01) 3 3

4 MATCHES PLAYED 1) 128 Lysa Swartz ) 126 Niki Conner ) 122 Lori Sargent-McKnight ) 121 Denae Mohlman ) 121 Heather Black ) 120 Amy Crosbie ) 119 Melissa Schoepf ) 116 Heather Olmstead ) 116 Carrie Steverson ) 112 Traci Wilson GAMES PLAYED 1) 441 Niki Conner ) 432 Lori Sargent-McKnight ) 429 Lysa Swartz ) 426 Denae Mohlman ) 415 Amy Crosbie ) 412 Heather Olmstead ) 410 Carrie Steverson ) 406 Melissa Schoepf ) 404 Heather Black ) 353 Traci Wilson KILLS 1) 1463 Amy Crosbie ) 1294 Denae Mohlman ) 1024 Erin Cartwright ) 971 Melissa Schoepf ) 863 Niki Conner ) 776 Kelley Bailey ) 719 Tiffany Kitley ) 718 Lori Sargent-McKnight ) 718 Traci Wilson ) 705 Jenny Salen ATTEMPTS 1) 3627 Amy Crosbie ) 2796 Denae Mohlman ) 2713 Melissa Schoepf ) 2685 Niki Conner ) 2361 Erin Cartwright ) 2014 Jenny Salen ) 1980 Traci Wilson ) 1980 Kelley Bailey ) 1938 Lori Sargent-McKnight ) 1805 Kim Kammerer Career Records HITTING PERCENTAGE (1000 Att.) 1).348 Denae Mohlman ).295 Michelle Matheson ).279 Erin Cartwright ).269 Marie Motil ).264 Lisa Grandmaison ).238 Lori Sargent-McKnight ).232 Sheryl Swain ).218 Tiffany Kitley ).211 Kelley Bailey ).210 Marie Motil ASSISTS 1) 3942 Carrie Steverson ) 3533 Lori Sargent-McKnight ) 2809 Chelsi Neves ) 2618 Stephanie Maurer ) 2025 Randi Winn ) 1495 Kalei Arnold ) 1458 Andrea Delsinge ) 1280 Mindi Jackson ) 672 Lisa Pestrello ) 422 Zuzana Cernianska SERVICE ACES 1) 194 Carrie Steverson ) 110 Jenny Salen ) 98 Amy Crosbie ) 98 Lori Sargent-McKnight ) 97 Melissa Schoepf ) 94 Niki Conner ) 80 Nicki Fusco ) 74 Tammy Schmitz ) 73 Stacey Blackburn ) 73 Traci Wilson DIGS 1) 1024 Niki Conner ) 981 Heather Olmstead ) 919 Lori Sargent-McKnight ) 839 Carrie Steverson ) 830 Melissa Schoepf ) 764 Amy Crosbie ) 697 Nicki Fusco ) 691 Stacey Blackburn ) 685 Heather Black ) 663 Lysa Swartz Individual Season Bests Aggies Statistics... Player Kills (3gm) Cartwright vs. Pacific (9/20) Kills (4gm) Cernianska vs. Weber St. (9/13) Kills (5gm) Cernianska vs. Montana St. (9/6) Attacks (3gm) Cernianska vs. Hawaii (9/12) Attacks (4gm) 55-Cernianska vs. CS Northridge (9/18) Attacks (5gm). 63-Cernianska vs. Montana St. (9/6) Hitting (3gm) Hodge vs. Oral Roberts (8/30) Hitting (4gm) Ruddick vs. CS Northridge (9/18) Hitting (5gm) Delsigne vs. Montana St. (9/6) Assists (3gm) Delsigne vs. Idaho St. (9/3) Assists (4gm). 62-Delsigne vs. CS Northridge (9/18) Assists (5gm) Delsigne vs. Montana St. (9/6) Aces (3gm)... 4-Cernianska vs. Weber State (8/30) Aces (4gm)... 3-Two Players Aces (5gm)... 2-Hodge vs. Montana St. (9/6) Solo Blks (3gm) 3-Cartwright vs. Weber State (8/30) Solo Blks (4gm)... 5-Cartwright vs. Kansas St. (9/6) Solo Blks (5gm)... 1-Two Players Blk Asst. (3gm) 7-Cartwright vs. Oral Roberts (8/30) Blk Asst. (4gm). 6-Cartwright vs. CS Northridge (9/18) Blk Asst. (5gm)... 7-Two Players Digs (3gm) Cernianska vs. Alabama (9/5) Digs (4gm) Neves vs. Kansas St. (9/6) Digs (5gm) Neves vs. Montana St. (9/6) Opponents Statistics... Player Kills (3gm) Joines (Pacific, 9/20) Kills (4gm) Fobian (CS Northridge, 9/18) Kills (5gm) Goldi (Montana St., 9/6) Attacks (3gm) Joines (Pacific, 9/20) Attacks (4gm) Fobian (CS Northridge, 9/18) Attacks (5gm) Goldi (Montana St., 9/6) Hitting (3gm) Joines (Pacific, 9/20) Hitting (4gm) Goehring (Kansas St., 9/6) Hitting (5gm) Zanto (Montana St., 9/6) Assists (3gm) Anderson (Pacific, 9/20) Assists (4gm) Nickel (CS Northridge, 9/18) Assists (5gm) Kelly (Montana St., 9/6) Aces (3gm)... 3-Arnott (Hawaii, 9/12) Aces (4gm)... 4-Hammerich (CS Northridge, 9/18) Aces (5gm)... 1-Three Players Solo Blks (3gm)... 1-Five Players Solo Blks (4gm)... 2-Two Players Solo Blks (5gm)... 1-Kelly (Montana St., 9/6) Blk Asst. (3gm)... 8-Olsen (Idaho St., 9/3) Blk Asst. (4gm)... 5-Two Players Blk Asst. (5gm)... 8-Zanto (Montana St., 9/6) Digs (3gm) Yearout (Idaho, 9/26) Digs (4gm) Downey-Wallace (Kansas St., 9/6) Digs (5gm) Kelly (Montana St., 9/6) BLOCK SOLOS 1) 69 Lisa Grandmaison ) 65 Sue Evans ,86 3) 57 Denae Mohlman ) 51 Gina Radford ) 48 Amy Beckstead ) 45 Erin Cartwright ) 44 Tiffany Kitley ) 42 Tracie Gardner ) 39 Marie Motil ) 33 Kalei Arnold BLOCK ASSISTS 1) 420 Denae Mohlman ) 292 Michelle Matheson ) 268 Melissa Schoepf ) 267 Tiffany Kitley ) 241 Lori Sargent-McKnight ) 240 Erin Cartwright ) 199 Stacy Wheeler , ) 190 Tracie Gardner ) 189 Traci Wilson ) 188 Marie Motil TOTAL BLOCKS 1) 477 Denae Mohlman ) 319 Michelle Matheson ) 306 Tiffany Kitley ) 285 Erin Cartwright ) 280 Melissa Schoepf ) 257 Lori Sargent-McKnight ) 232 Tracie Gardner ) 227 Marie Motil ) 222 Sue Evans ,86 10) 214 Stacy Wheeler , Team Season Bests Team Highs Statistics... Player Kills (3gm) vs. Utah (9/23) Kills (4gm) at CS Northridge (9/18) Kills (5gm) at Montana State (9/6) Attacks (3gm) vs. Idaho State (9/3) Attacks (4gm) at CS Northridge (9/18) Attacks (5gm) at. Montana State (9/6) Hitting (3gm) at Weber State (8/30) Hitting (4gm) vs. Weber State (9/13) Hitting (5gm) at Montana State (9/6) Assists (3gm) at Weber State (8/30) Assists (4gm) at CS Northridge (9/18) Assists (5gm) at Montana State (9/6) Aces (3gm)... 7 vs. Idaho (9/26) Aces (4gm) vs. Weber State (9/13) Aces (5gm)... 4 at Montana State (9/6) Solo Blks (3gm)... 6 at Weber State (8/30) Solo Blks (4gm)... 8 vs. Kansas State (9/6) Solo Blks (5gm)... 2 at Montana State (9/6) Blk Asst. (3gm) vs. Oral Roberts (8/30) Blk Asst. (4gm) at CS Northridge (9/18) Blk Asst. (5gm) at Montana State (9/6) Digs (3gm) vs. Idaho State (9/3) Digs (4gm) at CS Northridge (9/18) Digs (5gm) at Montana State (9/6) 4

5 Kills-Digs-Blocks by Match Opponent Kordic Arsenault Forbush Roth Delsigne Ruddick Neves Graybill Thoman Mirkovic Cernianska Cartwright-Davis Hodge vs. Texas St. DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP vs. Oral Roberts DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP at Weber St. DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP Idaho State DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP vs. Alabama DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP at Montana St. DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP vs. Kansas St DNP DNP DNP DNP at Hawai i DNP DNP DNP vs. Weber St. DNP DNP DNP DNP at CS Northridge DNP DNP DNP DNP at Pacific DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP Utah DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP Idaho DNP DNP DNP DNP Long Beach St. UC Irvine at UCSB at Cal Poly CS Fullerton UC Riverside Utah Valley St. at Idaho at UC Irvine at Long Beach St. Cal Poly UCSB at UC Riverside at CS Fullerton Pacific CS Northridge at BYU USA Today/AVCA Top 25 Poll as of Sept. 22, 2003 School 2003 Record 1. USC (65) 1, Hawai i 1, Florida 1, Stanford 1, Georgia Tech 1, Pepperdine 1, Nebraska 1, UCLA 1, Kansas State 1, Northern Iowa 1, California Penn State Washington Michigan State UC Santa Barbara Santa Clara Notre Dame Minnesota Louisville Pacific San Diego Arizona Wisconsin Loyola Marymount Texas A&M Bold indicates USU opponents. Utah State s 2002 Big West Rankings as of Sept. 22, 2003 Team Hitting Percentage 2nd.254 Kills per game 1st (5th) Assists per game 1st (5th) Aces per game 10th 1.31 Digs per game 6th Blocks per game 4th 2.51 Individual Erin Cartwright-Davis Blocks per game 3rd 1.33 Kills per game 7th 4.54 Hitting Percentage 7th.312 Zuzana Cernianska Kills per game 2nd (19th) 5.33 Andrea Delsinge Assists per game 1st (3rd) Taubi Neves Digs per game 9th 3.33 ( ) indicates NCAA ranking 5 5

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