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1 Northern Colorado Volleyball October 8, 2007 Volleyball Contact: Joe Prisco phone number joseph.prisco@unco.edu 2007 Northern Colorado Volleyball Schedule/Results 5-14 overall 3-4 Big Sky Date Opponent Results 8/24 Portland # L, 3-2 So. Dakota State# L, 3-2 8/25 Washington St.# L, 3-1 8/31 St. Francis (PA)! W, 3-0 UC Riverside! W, 3-0 9/1 Florida Gulf Co.! L, 3-1 Iowa! L, 3-1 9/7 New Mexico& L, 3-1 Gonzaga& L, 3-0 9/8 Bowling Green& L, 3-0 9/13 Montana* W, 3-0 9/15 Montana St.* W, 3-1 9/18 Denver L, 3-0 9/22 Sacramento State* L, 3-0 9/27 Eastern Wash.* L, 3-2 9/29 Portland State* L, /2 #25 Colorado St. L, /4 Weber State* L /6 Idaho St.* W, /9 Wyoming 7 p.m. 10/13 No. Arizona* 7 p.m. 10/19 Montana State* 7 p.m. 10/20 Montana* 7 p.m. 10/25 Sacramento St.* 7 p.m. 11/1 Portland St.* 7 p.m. 11/3 Eastern Wash.* 7 p.m. 11/8 Idaho State* 7 p.m. 11/9 Weber State* 7 p.m. 11/17 No. Arizona* 7 p.m. 11/23 Big Sky Champ.$ TBA 11/24 Big Sky Champ.$ TBA Northern Colorado Volleyball Plays A Pair Of Matches This Week This Week s Matches: Tuesday, Oct. 9 Northern Colorado at Wyoming Saturday, Oct. 13 Northern Arizona at Northern Colorado 7 p.m. 7 p.m. The Opponents: Wyoming Cowgirls 2007 Record: Record: Head Coach: Pat Stangle Series Record: Northern Colorado leads 9-7 Last Meeting: 10/18/06, Northern Colorado won 3-0 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks 2007 Record: Big Sky Conference Record: 3-4 Head Coach: Chris Campbell Series Record: Northern Arizona leads 3-2 Last Meeting: 10/21/06, Northern Arizona won 3-2 Home matches are Bold # Baden Cougar Challenge (Pullman, Wash.)! UNC Hampton Inn And Suites Classic (Greeley, Colo.) & Comcast Lobo Invitational (Albuquerque, N.M.) * Big Sky Conference Matches $ Big Sky Championship (Sacramento, Calif.) All times are local to site

2 Northern Colorado Plays Two Matches This Week Northern Colorado s volleyball team (5-14, 3-4 Big Sky) has a busy week with two matches... The Bears will travel to Laramie to take on Wyoming on Oct. 9 at 7 p.m.... NC then returns home and hosts Northern Arizona in the homecoming match on Saturday. Oct. 13 at 7 p.m. About the Wyoming Cowgirls Located in Laramie, Wyo., the Cowgirls (7-8) snapped their five-match losing streak with a 3-1 victory over San Diego State over the weekend... in common opponents with NC, Wyoming is 1-1 with a win over Weber State and a loss to Portland... Northern Colorado is winless with losses to both of those schools... senior Rachelle Smith leads the offensive charge with 270 kills (4.50 kills per game)... she is also one of five Cowgirls players with double-digits in service aces and is second on the team in digs with fellow senior outside hitter Angie Hellbaum is also having a noteworthy season with 251 kills (4.18 per game)... freshman setter Tasha Weishahn has made an immediate impact with 666 assists (12.57 per game) 20 service aces and 125 digs... Two of the players on the Wyoming roster are from the state of Colorado in sophomore Jessica Kagarise (Monument) and senior Lauren Scott (Lone Tree)... Wyoming has a 0-2 record this season in home matches with both loses coming in conference play in the always challenging Mountain West Conference. Team Information City... Greeley, Colorado Population... 80,000 Founded Head Coach... Lyndsey Benson (LSU 02) Benson s Career Record (3) 2006 Record , 7-9 Big Sky Assistant Coach...Jenny Glenn (Truman State 02) Assistant Coach... Tom Hunter (San Diego State 99) Vol. Asst. Coach...Paul Richardson (Illinois 99) Players Returning/Lost... 9/5 Starters Returning/Lost libero/3 First Year of Volleyball All-Time Mark Nickname... Bears Colors...Blue and Gold Enrollment... 10,831 Arena/Capacity... Butler-Hancock (2,734) Press Row President...Kay Norton (Wellesley College) Athletic Director... Jay S. Hinrichs (Kansas 83) Website... Media Relations Director... Heather Kennedy Phone Number Asst. Media Relations/Volleyball Contact...Joe Prisco Phone Number Fax Number About the Northern Arizona Lumberjacks Located in Flagstaff, Ariz., the Lumberjacks (8-9, 3-4 Big Sky) have been a very streaky team... the team started the season winning the first two, then lost the next five, a four game-winning streak followed and then a four-game skid came after... NAU team is riding a two-game winning streak with both recent wins coming in conference sweeps... Senior Kim Babcock leads the team with 303 kills (5.61 per game) and is second with 165 digs... Babcock has been amazing in conference play with an average of 6.47 kills per game... for her strong efforts last week, she was named the Big Sky Co-Player of the Week on Oct Babcock led the team to wins over Idaho State and Weber State and averaged 6.83 kills, 5.00 digs and 1.17 block per game in the process... junior Roni Greenwood is the only other Lumberjack to reach triple figures in kills this season... Greenwood is second on the team with 111 kills... senior setter Kelly Verboom leads the team with Media Information Practice Attendance- All practices are open to the media. All scheduled interviews will take place following practice though. All media must inform Joe Prisco of their intentions to attend practice. The Bears practice schedule varies by the week so please contact Prisco to make arrangements. Player Interviews-All player interviews are coordinated through Joe Prisco of the Northern Colorado Media Relations Office. Please contact Prisco ( ) so he may set a time for an interview which does not interfere with the student-athlete s academic or practice schedules. 684 assists... junior middle blocker Emily Osiadacz has a team-high 54 blocks... Junior libero Brittany Stowers has 270 digs (4.50 per game) and 17 service aces... Northern Arizona is winless in four road games this season with three of the four losses coming in conference play. Northern Colorado To Host China Night Northern Colorado s volleyball team will host China Night before their homecoming match against Northern Arizona 2

3 2007 Big Sky Conference Women s Volleyball Standings Big Sky Overall Teams W-L Pct. H A W-L Pct. H A N Portland State Sacramento State Eastern Washington Weber State Northern Arizona Northern Colorado Montana Idaho State Montana State on Oct. 13 at 7 p.m.... The night will start with a pre-game meal catered by Pandra Express at 5:30 p.m... besides the meal, the night will feature a pie and quilt auction... the cost of the event is $15, which includes the meal and admission to the match against the Lumberjacks... All proceeds from the event will go toward Northern Colorado s volleyball trip to China in May of Tickets can be bought at the event or reserved by contacting Jenny Glenn at or When was the last time the Bears Swept a Match vs. Montana (Sept. 13, 2007) Were swept at Colorado State (Oct. 2, 2007) Won a match in the fifth game...vs. Montana (Nov. 16, 2006/Big Sky Tournament) Lost a match in the fifth game...vs. Weber State (Oct 4, 2007) Hit.300 or better ( ) vs. Air Force (Oct. 24, 2006) Out-hit their opponents and lost... vs. Portland.213 to.161 (Aug. 24, 2007) Went down 0-2 and came back to win...at No. 13 Metro State (Sept. 3, 2002) Played a ranked team... at No. 25 Colorado State (Oct. 2, 2007) No player reached double-digits in kills... at No. 25 Colorado State (Oct. 2, 2007) (two matches since) Had a player with 20-plus kills...23, Dulcie Stone vs. Portland (Aug. 24, 2007) Had two players with 20-plus kills... Keenzie Shreeve (25)...Allison Raguse (23) vs. Idaho State (Oct. 7, 2007) Had a player with 30-plus kills... 30, Teale Goble vs. South Dakota State (Nov. 16, 2002) No player reached double-digits in digs... at No. 25 Colorado State (Oct. 2, 2007) (two matches since) Had a player with 20-plus digs... 21, Abby Mayne vs. Eastern Washington (Sept. 27, 2007) Had a player with 30-plus digs... 37, Teale Goble vs. Augusta (Sept. 29, 2000) Had Two Players with 30-plus assists... Lindsey McDaniel (31) and Lauren Carter (34) vs. Idaho State...(Oct. 6, 2007) Had a player with 50-plus assists... 56, Lindsey McDaniel vs. Weber State (Oct. 4, 2007) Had a player with 60-plus assists...60, Corinne Chapin vs. Utah Valley State (Oct. 21, 2005) Had a player with 70-plus assists...71, Kristen Schevikhoven vs. Montana State (Oct. 28, 2006) Had a player with 10-plus blocks... 11, Lizzy Rhoads vs. Miami (Sept. 17, 2005) Had two players with 10-plus blocks...allison Raguse (12) and Taylor Smith (11) at Eastern Washington... (Sept. 27, 2007) Had Player Hit.600 or Better...Allison Raguse vs. Idaho State (Oct. 6,

4 A Strong Finish To The Week: Northern Colorado started their week playing the team s first ranked opponent since Sept. 8, 2006 when the team played against then No. 11 Wisconsin in No. 25 Colorado State (10/2)... the Bears fell to the ranked Rams in three games... sophomore Allison Raguse led the team in kills with nine in the three-game set... NC then returned home and took on conference opponent Weber State (10/4)... Northern Colorado started strong and won the first game but unfortunately even after battling back to extended the action to a fifth game, the Bears were defeated the loss extended the losing streak to a season long six... against Weber State, NC had three players reach doubledigits in kills lead by senior Dulcie Stone s the squad also put six players in double figures in digs against WSU led by senior Abby Mayne s the Bears continued their busy week with a conference match against Idaho State (10/6)... Northern Colorado defeated the Bengals in four games and were led by the dynamic duo of Kenzie Shreeve and Raguse... Shreeve totaled a career-high 25 kills with Raguse chipping in a career-best 23 on a.618 hitting percentage ( )... junior Lauren Carter had one of her better matches of the season with team-highs of 34 assists and 18 digs... the 18 digs were also a career-best for Carter... the win snapped NC s season long sixmatch losing streak... on the week, Shreeve and Raguse tied for the team lead with 46 kills each (3.83 per game)... Raguse lead the team with a hitting percentage of freshman Lindsey McDaniel averaged assists per game... senior Abby Mayne totaled 44 digs to lead the club Vision Against Idaho State (10/6), Northern Colorado had a pair of players reach the 20 kill mark for the first time in their careers... Kenzie Shreeve totaled a team season-best with 25 kills against the Bengals, while Allison Raguse did all her damaged (23 kills) on only 34 swings... NC s previous high for kills this season-high was 23 by senior Dulcie Stone. A Member of the 500, 500 and 600 Club Dulcie Stone after a strong week of 32 kills has now totaled 551 kills in her career... Stone has 587 career digs... she also has 638 points. USA Today/AVCA Top 25 October 8, 2007 (Weekly Poll) Rk. School 2007 Record 1 Nebraska Stanford Penn State UCLA Florida USC Texas Washington Wisconsin California Minnesota Hawai i Duke Dayton Michigan Kansas State San Diego LSU Oregon New Mexico State Ohio St. John s Colorado State Cal Poly Oklahoma 4-3 Others Receiving Votes: Louisville, Middle Tennessee, Sacramento State, Pepperdine, BYU, Long Beach State, Wichita State, Iowa State, Missouri State, UNLV, Santa Clara, Clemson, Miami (OH) Bold= 2007 opponent On The Road In the Bears six road matches this season, Kenzie Shreeve leads the team with 53 kills (2.41 per game)... Taylor Smith is second on the team with 52 kills (2.36 per game)... Dulcie Stone is second in 66 digs and third in kills (51)... Abby Mayne is the squad leader with 85 digs Right At Home In home matches this season, the Bears have several individual standouts... sophomore Kenzie Shreeve leads the team with 119 kills (3.61 per game)... sophomore Allison Raguse is hitting a solid.367 ( ) and leads the team with 12 service aces in home match... senior Abby Mayne has tallied 152 digs (4.61 per game)... senior Dulcie Stone has had a steady all-around effort with 104 kills (3.15 per game) and 108 digs (3.27 per game)... as a team the Bears have also had 44 service aces to their opponents 40. 4

5 You re Going The Wrong Way The past six-match losing streak from Sept. 18-Oct. 4 was the longest for the Bears since Nov. 5-25, 1998 when the team also lost six in a row, but it is only the third time in the programs history that such a streak has happened. Trends and Bests Dulcie Stone set a new career-high with 23 kills against Portland (8/24)... Lauren Carter totaled a career-high 58 assists against Portland (8/24)... Kenzie Shreeve tallied a personal-best 25 kills against Idaho State (10/6)... Abby Mayne has reached 20+ digs in seven matches this season... Ashley Lichtenberg set a new career-high with her 15 kills against Denver (9/18)... Stone set a new career-high with her 22 digs against the Bobcats (9/15)... freshman Lindsey Mc- Daniel reached the 50 assist mark for the first time against Montana State (9/15) as she totaled she set a career-high with 56 against Weber State (10/4)... Lauren Carter tallied a career best 18 digs against Idaho State (10/6)... Allison Raguse tallied 12 blocks against Eastern Washington (9/27) and 23 kills against Idaho State (10/6) Single Match Leaders The Bears have several players that are among the top three in conference high s for a five-game match this season... Dulcie Stone s 23 kills against Portland (8/24) are the third best in the league... Lauren Carter s 58 assists against Portland (8/24) is the second highest total... Abby Mayne s 24 digs against UC Riverside (8/31) is the highest in the league for a three-game match... Kenzie Shreeve s 25 kills against Idaho State (10/6) are the fourth highest total for a four-game match... Allison Raguse s 12 blocks against Eastern Washington (9/27) are tied for the third highest total by a player in the Big Sky Conference this year... Taylor Smith s 11 blocks against Eastern Washington (9/27) is tied for the fourth highest total in the league. Home Sweet Home The Bears have been nearly unbeatable at home, posting a record at home since Butler-Hancock Sports Pavilion (formerly Butler-Hancock Hall) opened in 1976 and winning 54 of their last 65 matches played in the building... the Bears had a 35-match winning streak at home (the second longest Division I home-court winning streak in the country) until falling to IPFW on Nov. 11, the Bears are at Butler-Hancock since the beginning of the 1999 season (the 2000 season was played in the Campus Rec Center and not included in those totals)... the volleyball team played its 300th match in Butler-Hancock on Sept. 7, 2004 defeating the Wyoming Cowgirls 3-0 in front of 914 fans. Bears Play Better With An Early Lead In the two years plus under head coach Lyndsey Benson the Bears have played much better with an early lead... Northern Colorado is 29-7 when leading a match however if the team falls behind early - watch out... the Bears are only 3-39 under Benson when trailing 1-0. Northern Colorado When... Home Away Neutral Conference Matches Non-Conference Matches Morning Matches Afternoon Matches Evening Matches On Mondays On Tuesdays On Wednesdays On Thursdays On Fridays On Saturdays On Sundays In August In September In October In November In Tournaments Leading after one game Trailing after one game Leading after two games Trailing after two games Tied after two games Leading after three games Trailing after three games In three-game matches In four-game matches In five-game matches higher hitting pct lower hitting pct more kills less kills equal kills more assists less assists Assists are tied more service aces less service aces equal service aces more digs less digs equal digs more blocks less blocks equal blocks Longest winning streak...2 Longest losing streak...6 Highest total points Northern Colorado 129, Portland 129 Lowest total points Northern Colorado 90, St. Francis 57 5

6 Moving Up In The World Senior Abby Mayne is ranked seventh in school history with 1,581 digs... she just passed Tia Self ( ) and is 32 from passing Debbie Ponis ( ). A Pair Of Conference Defeats: Northern Colorado saw its losing streak reach four with conference losses to Eastern Washington (9/27) and Portland State (9/29)... Northern Colorado put up a great fight in the five-game loss to Eastern Washington... the team trailed EWU 2-1, before rallying to win the fourth game and extend the match to a fifth and deciding game... the Bears lost the fifth game but still showed great heart in even reaching that point... sophomore Kenzie Shreeve led the Bears attack with 12 kills... the story of the match was the fact that a pair of NC players reached double figures in blocks, as sophomores Allison Raguse and Taylor Smith both hit the mark... Raguse blocked 12 shots with Smith totaling the Bears also had a pair of players that tallied better than 20 assists... freshman Lindsey McDaniel had 22 assists with junior Lauren Carter contributing 21 helpers...in the match against Portland State, the Bears lost in three games but Smith led the offensive attack with 10 kills on a.316 hitting percentage ( )... freshman Julie Stephenson had one of the better matches of her young career with four kills and a service ace for NC... on the week, Smith led the Bears with 19 kills (2.38 per game)... she was also second on the team 13 blocks (1.62 per game)... McDaniel led the team in assists with 41 (6.83 per game)... Raguse had a team-high 15 blocks (1.88)... senior Abby Mayne totaled a Times in Double Figures Kills Digs Assists Blocks 1-Lauren Carter - 12 (5) 18 (13) - 2-Abby Mayne - 82 (14) Lindsey McDaniel - 1 (1) 13 (13) - 4-Taylor Smith 3 (3) - - (1) 5-Kandace Walton Breanna VanDerMost - 20 (9) Keenzie Shreeve 10 (10) 1 (1) Ashley Lichtenberg 7 (7) Jaclyn Bruns - 1 (1) Allison Raguse 6 (6) - - (1) 16-Julie Stephenson Dulcie Stone 30 (12) 35 (10) Northern Colorado Leaders Kills Kenzie Shreeve Dulcie Stone Allison Raguse Taylor Smith Hitting Percentage Allison Raguse Ashley Lichtenberg Dulcie Stone Assists Lindsey McDaniel Lauren Carter Digs Abby Mayne Dulcie Stone Breanna VanDerMost Blocks Taylor Smith...73 Alison Raguse...67 Dulcie Stone...42 Service Aces Abby Mayne...17 Allison Raguse...17 Dulcie Stone...14 Points Dulcie Stone Kenzie Shreeve Allison Raguse Career 20-kill matches Allison Raguse 1 (1) Kenzie Shreeve 1(1) Dulcie Stone - 1 (1) Career 20-dig matches Abby Mayne - 23 (7) Career 20-assist matches Linda Carter - 10 (9) Lindsey McDaniel 10 (10) 6

7 team best 29 digs in the two matches. The Blockers Allison Raguse not only set a new career-high with 12 blocked shot attempts against Eastern Washington (9/27), the 12 blocks are the most for a Bears player since former Bears player Lizzy Rhoads blocked 11 in Raguse s 12 block is just behind the school s all-time mark of 14 set by former NC athlete Erica Wymore in her classmate Taylor Smith also reached double figures in blocks for the first time in her career with 11. A Tough Week The Bears lost a pair of matches on the week (9-18/22) to snap their two-match winning-streak... NC started the week battling but falling short to Denver (9/18) in a 3-0 loss... freshman Ashley Lichtenberg had one of the better matches of her career with 15 kills on a.379 hitting percentage against the Pioneers... Dulcie Stone put together her seventh double-double of the season with 11 kills and 15 digs... Allison Raguse continued her strong all-around play with seven kills, six digs and three blocks... against Sacramento State (9/22), Stone led the charge with 10 kills in a 3-0 defeat... senior Abby Mayne tallied 14 digs... on the week, Stone and Lichtenberg tied for the team lead with 21 kills each... Mayne led the team with 33 digs... freshman setter Lindsey McDaniel led the team with 66 assists (11.00 per game) Career Bears Double-Doubles Lauren Carter... 4 (3) vs. Portland (58 assists, 12 digs) vs. FGCU (35 assists, 11 digs) vs. Idaho State (34 assists, 18 digs) Lindsey McDaniel... 1 (1) vs. Weber State (56 assists, 15 digs) Kenzie Shreeve... 1 (1) vs. Weber State (14 kills, 11 digs) Dulcie Stone (8) vs. South Dakota St. (15 kills, 12 digs) at Washington St. (12 kills, 15 digs) vs. Florida Gulf Coast (13 kills, 10 digs) at New Mexico (10 kills, 10 digs) vs. Bowling Green (10 kills, 12 digs) vs. Montana State (16 kills, 22 digs) vs. Denver (11 kills, 15 digs) vs. Weber State (17 kills, 15 digs) All In the Conference Listed below is how the Bears rank in the Big Sky Conference overall in matches this season: Digs: Abby Mayne, 296 (4.17 per game) (8th) Assists: Lauren Carter, 377 (5.54 per game) (9th) Blocks: Taylor Smith, 73 (1.03 per game) (8th) League Leaders In conference games only this season the Bears are second in digs per game... The team s total of 476 is the most in the conference... NC is also tied for third in opponents hitting percentage (.180) and blocks (2.50 per game)... Northern Colorado s 125 block assists are the most in the league... The Bears are also fourth in services aces a game at It s A Conference Thing NC has several players that rank among the conference leaders in conference games only this season... Abby Mayne is sixth in digs (4.37 per game) and seventh in service aces (0.33)... Lindsey McDaniel is the fourth in assists per game (10.12)... Kenzie Shreeve is sixth in kills (3.30 per game) and 10th in points (3.63)... Taylor Smith is seventh in blocks (1.19 per game)... Allison Raguse is sixth in points 3.89 per game and eighth in bocks (1.13 per game)... Dulcie Stone is 10th in kills (3.17 per game) and ninth in points per game (3.78). Great Start To Conference Season The Bears got off to a great 2-0 start in conference. Northern Colorado swept Montana (9/13) behind 18 kills and nine digs from senior Dulcie Stone... Sophomore Kenzie Shreeve chipped in 11 kills to the NC victory... Northern Colorado kept the momentum up with a thrilling four-game victory over visiting Montana State (9/15)... Sophomore Allison Raguse led the charge against the Bobcats with 17 kills while hitting.500 from the field... Stone produced a great effort with 16 kills and a career-high 22 digs... The Bears put a then season-best four players in double figures against Montana State as both Shreeve (14) and sophomore Taylor Smith (10) also eclipsed the mark... This is the second consecutive season the Bears began Big Sky play with an unblemished 2-0 record... On the weekend, Stone led the team 34 kills... senior Abby Mayne totaled a team-best 41 digs... freshman Lindsey McDaniel had 93 assists. 7

8 Stone Killer Dulcie Stone proved to be the great equalizer in the two match against Montana and Montana State (9/13-15)... during those two matches, Stone tallied 10 kills that either tied or ended a game for the Bears... for the week, Stone led the team with 34 kills (4.86 per game) while also tallying 31 digs (4.43 per game) for 39.5 points... Stone also set a new careerhigh with 22 digs against Montana State (9/15) A Change Freshman Lindsey McDaniel took over as the NC setter and had a strong week, Sept McDaniel totaled 93 assists (13.29 per game) while also registering four blocks. A Rough Weekend In New Mexico Northern Colorado had a rough weekend at the Comcast Lobo Invitational (9/7-8)... NC started the weekend playing host school New Mexico (9/8)... the Bears played the Lobo tough but still fell in five-games... in their second match of the day, NC fell to a tough Gonzaga squad in three... the following day, NC wrapped up the tournament with a three-game loss to Bowling Green (9/8)... senior Dulcie Stone led the team on the week with 28 kills (2.80 per game)... junior Lauren Carter served as the primary setter and racked up 83 assists... Stone led the team with three service aces... Stone also led the squad with her 3.20 digs per game and 32 overall digs. UNC Hampton Inn & Suites Classic The Bears had a strong start to the weekend (8/31-9/1) with a pair of sweep victories over Saint Francis and UC Riverside on the first day of the UNC Hampton Inn & Suites Classic (8/31)... the second day proved to be a bit more difficult with NC dropping a pair of four-game sets to Florida Gulf Coast and Iowa (9/1)... Kenzie Shreeve led the team in kills on the week with 42 (3.82 per game)... Allison Raguse had a team best hitting percentage of.286 ( )... Lauren Carter had a strong week with 106 assists... Abby Mayne totaled 52 digs (4.73 per game) UNC Hampton Inn & Suites Tournament Wrap Florida Gulf Coast was named the winner of the tournament on point differential over Iowa (since neither team played each other head-to-head and both had an undefeated record)... FGCU s Roberta Paula Santos was named the tournament MVP... the Bears had one player selected to the all-tournament squad in sophomore Allison Raguse. Baden Cougar Challenge Recap The Bears played three matches on the road at the Baden Cougar Challenge last week (8/24-25)... NC played their competitors tough but fell in a pair of five-game matches (Portland & South Dakota State) and one four gamer (Washington State)... Dulcie Stone led the team with 50 kills... Lauren Carter totaled 91 assists... Abby Mayne had 62 digs. Good Starters The Northern Colorado volleyball team now has a record of in its first match of the season since the inception of the program with records in overall the Bears are on the first day of the season... this season, the Bears fell twice in two tough five gamers to Portland (3-2) and South Dakota State (3-2) at the Baden Cougar Challenge. A Nice Return Sophomore Kenzie Shreeve made her return to the court in the three matches at the Baden Cougar Challenge... in the team s three matches she tallied 43 kills (3.07 per game) while hitting at a team-high.183. The Queen of the Nines In seven matches this season sophomore Taylor Smith has tallied exactly nine kills. Bears Coaching Staff Lyndsey Benson returns for her third year at Northern Colorado (32-45)... Benson has added a pair of new coaches to her staff in Jenny Glenn (Truman State 02) and Tom Hunter (San Diego State 99)... Paul Richardson returns for his second year as a volunteer coach... Lenay Goble, a former Bears player that had her career cut short by injuries, has joined the coaching staff as a manager this season. 8

9 Familiar Names And Faces Northern Colorado returns seven of 14 players from last year s roster... The veterans include: senior Dulcie Stone, senior Abby Mayne, junior Lauren Carter, sophomore Allison Raguse, sophomore Kenzie Shreeve, sophomore Taylor Smith and sophomore Breanna VanDerMost. Welcome, Newcomers Five freshman are on the 2007 NC Roster... new to the team this year are Jaclyn Bruns (5-6, DS), Lindsey McDaniel (5-10, S) Kandace Walton (5-11, MB/RS), Ashley Lichtenberg (6-2, OH) and Julie Stephenson (5-11, OH). Big Sky TV The Big Sky Conference and new video streaming partner Broadcast International are pleased to announce the re-launch of the Big Sky and Broadcast International will partner to bring all football, men s and women s basketball, and volleyball matches held in Big Sky venues to fans around the world... Big Sky TV will feature sport specific packages this season... to see more than 100 volleyball matches, the cost is $ single-match costs for volleyball is $ the Big Sky will also offer school and conference packages... the school pass will allow viewers to see all the action featuring their favorite school for $ the conference package- $99.95-allows viewers to see the entire league which is more than 350 events... fans who registered last year for must register once again in events can be viewed either live, or once through an archive... games will remain in the archive for two weeks... viewers will also have the option of downloaded the game. The Start of Something The Bears sweep of Saint Francis on Aug. 31 was the first sweep of an opponent by NC since Oct. 24, 2006 when the squad took out Air Force in three... the consecutive sweeps by NC over Saint Francis and UC Riverside (8/31) was the first time the Bears have swept consecutive matches since the sweeps of conference rivals Idaho State and Wyoming on Oct. 12 and Oct. 18, Butler-Hancock Gets a Face Lift The Butler-Hancock Sports Pavilion, which orginally opened in 1976, has been undergoing a bit of a face lift the last two seasons... among the renovations are brand new theatre-style chairbacks, a new sound system, scoreboard/message center, a new entrance and a brand new painted logo at center court to the now over 30-year old building. Northern Colorado Eighth in Preseason Poll In the Big Sky Conference Preseason Poll, Northern Colorado was picked eighth... the Bears collected 19 points in the poll... Sacramento State earned the top spot with 64 points and all eight first-place votes. Early Beginnings Northern Colorado s matches against Portland and South Dakota State on Friday, August 24 were be tied for the earliest start date in program history... the Bears also opened on August 24 back in 2001 when the team took on Incarnate Wood (W, 3-0) and then No. 10 Nebraska-Kearney (L, 1-3)... the home opener of August 31 against Saint Francis (PA) (W, 3-0) in the first match of the UNC Hampton Inn & Suites Classic was the earliest home match ever for the Bears... the previous earliest home match was September 1... the Bears played against Colorado Mines (W, 3-0) in 1998 and CU-Colorado Springs (W, 3-0) in The Return Kenzie Shreeve returns to the Bears this season after missing her sophomore season with an injury... Shreeve had a strong exhibition performance in the alumni match on (8/18) in leading the team in kills... as a freshman in 2005, Shreeve played in 17 games while totaling 20 kills, six service aces and seven digs. She Knows People Senior libero Abby Mayne is well connected in the Northern Colorado community as her father, Dick Mayne, is the band director for the Bears Marching Band (The Pride of the Rockies). The Designated Leaders The Bears have named seniors Abby Mayne and Dulcie Stone as the team captain for the 2007 season... this is the first 9

10 time Stone has captained the Northern Colorado volleyball team, while Mayne was co-captain last season. Bringing Them Back and Digging Them Up The Bears are bringing back 70 percent of their digs back from last year s squad (1,238 total digs returning)... of the 70 percent, 98 percent (1213 digs) come from four returning players (Abby Mayne-429, Dulcie Stone-355, Breanna VanDerMost-236, Lauren Carter-193). First Time Opponents Three of the teams that participated in the UNC Hampton Inn and Suites Classic were first time opponents for the Bears... the three new teams were Saint Francis (PA) (W, 3-0), Florida Gulf Coast (L, 3-1) and Iowa (L, 3-1). A Noteworthy Achievement The 2007 season is the 40th for the women s volleyball program at Northern Colorado... the program began in 1967 under Rosemary Fri... Fri ( ) coached the Bears until 1975 when Linda Delk took over... Delk ( ) stayed as the head coach until 2001 when Ron Alexander ( ) started his three-year stint.... after Alexander, Lyndsey Benson was named the program s fourth-ever head coach on August 8, Seeing the World The Northern Colorado volleyball will have the chance to see the world in the spring as the team travels to China in May the tour is planned from May and friends and family of the program are invited to join the team... sponsorship opportunities for those who are not able to travel with the team, but will still like to help fund the trip for the Bears are also available... please contact assistant coach Jenny Glenn at if you are interested in assisting the team... for those interested in traveling with the team, please fill out the form on the Northern Colorado website (www. uncbears.com) and return the form to TranSports Athletic Team Tours or call Dale at for more information... the cost of the trip is just $3,190 based on double occupancy... the cost is per passenger and is subject to change based on availability, supplier costing and variance in passenger numbers... included in that cost is round-trip air from United States, English speaking local guides, hotel accommodations, private coach, three meals a day, all tours and entrance fees as stated and the services of TranSports staff throughout. Keeping Busy During the Summer The Bears coaching staff hosted what is believed to be the largest volleyball team camp in the nation over the summer from July at Butler-Hancock... there were 122 teams from 73 schools and seven different states represented (Colorado, Wyoming, New Mexico, Nebraska, South Dakota, Montana and Kansas) at the camp and most of the local high schools (Greeley West, Greeley Central, Northridge, Frontier Academy, Eaton, Platte Valley and Windsor) were also in attendance. Volleyball Earns Academic Honor At the end of the summer, the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) announced the University of Northern Colorado volleyball team had earned a GamePlanTM/AVCA Team Academic Award for the season... the award, initiated in the academic year, honors collegiate and high school teams that display excellence in the classroom by maintaining at least a 3.30 cumulative team grade-point average on a 4.0 scale and a 4.10 cumulative team GPA on a 5.0 scale during the school year... Nominating head coaches must be AVCA members...the Bears were one of 55 Division I teams honored for their academics. Up Next The Bears has a pair of conference matches in Montana. NC will first head to Montana State to take on the Bobcats at 7 p.m. on Oct. 19. Northern Colorado continues the trip and takes on Montana on Oct. 20 at 7 p.m. 10

11 2007 Northern Colorado Bears Roster No. Name Pos. Ht. Exp. Hometown Previous School 1 Lauren Carter S/DS 5-7 Jr. Castle Rock, Colo. Douglas County 2 Abby Mayne L 5-3 Sr. Greeley, Colo. Greeley Central 3 Lindsey McDaniel S 5-10 Fr. Columbia, Mo. University of Missouri 4 Taylor Smith OH 6-0 So. Denton, Texas Liberty Christian 5 Kandace Walton MB/RS 5-11 Fr. Carlsbad, Calif. Carlsbad 6 Breanna VanDerMost DS 5-5 So. Colorado Springs, Colo. Rampart 7 Kenzie Shreeve OH 6-2 So. Eagle, Colo. Eagle Valley 8 Ashley Lichtenberg OH 6-2 Fr. Bettendorf, Iowa Bettendorf 11 Jaclyn Bruns DS 5-6 Fr. Littleton, Colo. Heritage Hall 13 Allison Raguse OH/MB 6-0 So. Lincoln, Neb. Lincoln Lutheran 15 Julie Stephenson OH 5-11 Fr. Augusta, Kan. Augusta 17 Dulcie Stone OH 5-10 Sr. Karval, Colo. Karval Head Coach: Lyndsey Benson (Third year, LSU 02) Assistant Coaches: Jenny Glenn (First year, Truman State 02), Tom Hunter (First year, San Diego State 99) Volunteer Assistant Coach: Paul Richardson (Illinois, 99) Pronunciation Guide Jaclyn Bruns Ashley Lichtenberg Allison Raguse Dulcie Stone Rhymes with Runs Lick-ten-berg Rah-goo-see Dull-see 11

12 #11 Jaclyn Bruns Kills... 3 vs. Florida Gulf Coast (9/1/07) Attacks... 5 vs. Florida Gulf Coast (9/1/07) Assists...2 vs. South Dakota St. (8/24/07) Aces 1, four times, most recent at Eastern Washington (9/27/07) Digs...10 vs. Portland (8/24/07) Blocks...none Hitting Percentage... (min. 10 att.) N/A #1 Lauren Carter Kills... 2, three times, most recent vs. Bowling Green (9/8/07) Attacks... 6 vs. Florida Gulf Coast (9/1/07) Assists...58 vs. Portland (8/24/07) Aces... 5 at NC State (9/2/06) Digs...18 vs. Idaho State (10/6/07) Blocks...3 at Washington State (8/25/07) Hitting Percentage...(min 10 att.) N/A #8 Ashley Lichtenberg Kills vs. Denver (9/22/07) Attacks... 29, three times, most recent at Eastern Washington (9/27/07) Assists...4 vs. South Dakota St. (8/24/07) Aces...3 vs. South Dakota St. (8/24/07) Digs...5 vs. Weber State (9/7/07) Blocks...6 at Eastern Washington (9/27/07) Hitting Percentage...(min. 10 att.).421 ( ) vs. Saint Francis (8/31/07) #2 Abby Mayne Kills... 1, seven times, most recent at Montana (11/16/06) Attacks...3, five times, most recent vs. North Dakota State (11/12/04) Assists...5 at Montana (11/16/06) Aces...3, twice most recent at Eastern Washington (9/27/07) Digs... 29, twice, most recent at Montana State (10/28/06) Blocks...none Hitting Percentage... (min 10 attempts) N/A #3 Lindsey McDaniel Kills...6 vs. South Dakota St. (8/24/07) Attacks...13 vs South Dakota St. (8/24/07) Assists...56 vs. Weber State. (10/4/07) Aces... 2 vs. Colorado State (10/2/07) Digs...15, vs. Idaho State (10/4/07) Blocks... 4, vs. Denver (9/18/07) Hitting Percentage... (min. 10 att.).385 (6-1-13) vs. South Dakota St. (8/24/07) #13 Allison Raguse Kills...23 vs. Idaho State (10/4/07) Attacks... 34, twice vs. Idaho State (10/4/07) Assists... 2 four times, most recent vs. Saint Francis (8/31/07) Aces... 3, vs. Saint Francis (9/15/07) Digs...7, at Sacramento State State (9/21/07) Blocks...12, at Eastern Washington (9/27/07) Hitting Percentage... (min 10 att.).618 ( ) vs. Idaho State (10/4/07) #7 Kenzie Shreeve Kills...25 vs. Idaho State (10/7/07) Attacks...57, vs. Idaho State (10/7/07) Assists...1, four times, most recent vs. Bowling Green (9/8/07) Aces...3 vs. IPFW (11/11/05) Digs...11, vs. Weber State (10/4/07) Blocks... 4, twice most recent at Eastern Washington (9/27/07) Hitting Percentage...(min. 10 att.).364 ( ) vs. Iowa (9/1/07) #4 Taylor Smith Kills... 13, vs. Saint Francis (8/31/07) Attacks...37 vs. Weber State (10/04/07) Assists 1, six times, most recent vs. Sacramento State (9/22/07) Aces...2 vs. South Dakota St. (8/24/07) Digs... 3, three, most recent vs. Weber State (10/4/07) Blocks...11 at Eastern Washington (9/27/07) Hitting Percentage... (min. 10 att.).417 (6-1-12) at Eastern Washington (9/30/06) #15 Julie Stephenson Kills... 5 vs. UC Riverside (8/31/07) Attacks...11 vs. Gonzaga (9/7/07) Assists... 5 vs. UC Riverside (8/31/07) Aces...2, at Sacramento State (9/22/07) Digs...9 vs. Idaho State (10/4/07) Blocks...1, twice, most recent at Sacramento State (9/22/07) Hitting Percentage... (min. 10 att.).182 (2-0-11) vs. Gonzaga (9/11/07) 12

13 #17 Dulcie Stone Kills vs. Washington State (8/24/07) Attacks...60, at Idaho State (9/16/06) Assists 3, six times, most recent vs. Florida Gulf Coast (9/1/07) Aces...3, three times, most recent vs. Montana State (9/15/07) Digs...22 vs. Montana State (9/15/07) Blocks...7 at Eastern Washington (9/27/07) Hitting Percentage...(min. 10 att.).417 (7-2-12) vs. North Dakota State (10/8/05) #6 Breanna VanDerMost Kills... 1, three times, most recent at Montana (11/16/06) Attacks... 4 vs. UC Riverside (8/31/07) Assists...3, twice, most recent vs. Montana State (9/17/07) Aces... 3, vs. Siena (8/26/06) Digs vs. Denver (9/18/07) Blocks...none Hitting Percentage...(min. 10 att.) N/A #5 Kandace Walton Kills...none Attacks...none Assists...none Aces...none Digs...none Blocks...none Hitting Percentage...(min. 10 att.) N/A 13

14 2007 Northern Colorado Volleyball Northern Colorado Combined Team Statistics (as of Oct 07, 2007) All matches RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL MATCHES... ( 5-14) ( 5-4 ) ( 0-6 ) ( 0-4 ) CONFERENCE... ( 3-4 ) ( 3-1 ) ( 0-3 ) ( 0-0 ) NON-CONFERENCE... ( 2-10) ( 2-3 ) ( 0-3 ) ( 0-4 ) ATTACK SET SERVE DIG BLOCKING ## STATS SUMMARY G K K/G E TA Pct A A/G SA SE SA/G RE DIG D/G BS BA Total B/G BE BHE Points SHREEVE, Kenzie STONE, Dulcie RAGUSE, Allison SMITH, Taylor LICHTENBERG, Ashley STEPHENSON, Julie MCDANIEL, Lindsey CARTER, Lauren BRUNS, Jaclyn VANDERMOST, Breanna MAYNE, Abby WALTON, Kandace TEAM 19 NORTHERN COLORADO Opponents TEAM STATISTICS UNCO OPP DATE OPPONENT W/L SCORE SCORE-BY-GAME ATTEND ATTACK... # Aug 24 vs Portland L ,30-27,26-30,28-30, Kills # Aug 24 vs SDSU L ,30-16,30-25,25-30, Errors # Aug 25 at Washington State L ,20-30,30-27, Total Attacks # Aug 31 SAINT FRANCIS W ,30-25, Attack Pct & Aug 31 UCR W ,30-25, Kills/Game & Sep 01 FGCU L ,23-30,30-27, ET... & Sep 01 IOWA L ,24-30,24-30, Assists $ Sep 07 at New Mexico L ,34-32,24-30, Assists/Game $ Sep 07 vs Gonzaga L ,17-30, ERVE... $ Sep 08 vs Bowling Green L ,23-30, Aces * Sep 13 UM W ,33-31, Errors * Sep 15 MSU W ,30-27,25-30, Aces/Game Sep 18 DENVER L ,30-32, ERVE RECEPTIONS... * Sep 22 at Sacramento State L ,22-30, Errors * Sep 27 at Eastern Washington L ,23-30,21-30,30-27, Errors/Game * Sep 27 at Portland State L ,22-30, EFENSE... Oct 02 at Colorado State L ,19-30, Digs * Oct 04 WEBER STATE L ,23-30,11-30,30-22, Digs/Game * Oct 06 IDAHO STATE W ,30-26,26-30, LOCKING... Block Solo #-Baden Cougar Challenge Block Assist $-Comcast Lobo Invitational Total Blocks &-UNC Hampton Inn and Suites Classic Blocks Per Game Block Errors ALL HANDLING ERRORS ATTENDANCE... Total Dates/Avg Per Date 9/255 6/532 Neutral site #/Avg 4/46 Current win streak 1 - Home win streak

15 The Automated ScoreBook Northern Colorado Combined Team Statistics (as of Oct 06, 2007) Conference matches RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL MATCHES... ( 3-4 ) ( 3-1 ) ( 0-3 ) ( 0-0 ) CONFERENCE... ( 3-4 ) ( 3-1 ) ( 0-3 ) ( 0-0 ) NON-CONFERENCE... ( 0-0 ) ( 0-0 ) ( 0-0 ) ( 0-0 ) ATTACK SET SERVE DIG BLOCKING ## STATS SUMMARY G K K/G E TA Pct A A/G SA SE SA/G RE DIG D/G BS BA Total B/G BE BHE Points SHREEVE, Kenzie STONE, Dulcie RAGUSE, Allison SMITH, Taylor LICHTENBERG, Ashley STEPHENSON, Julie MCDANIEL, Lindsey CARTER, Lauren VANDERMOST, Breanna BRUNS, Jaclyn MAYNE, Abby TEAM 7 NORTHERN COLORADO Opponents TEAM STATISTICS UNCO OPP DATE OPPONENT W/L SCORE SCORE-BY-GAME ATTEND ATTACK... * Sep 13 UM W ,33-31, Kills * Sep 15 MSU W ,30-27,25-30, Errors * Sep 22 at Sacramento State L ,22-30, Total Attacks * Sep 27 at Eastern Washington L ,23-30,21-30,30-27, Attack Pct * Sep 27 at Portland State L ,22-30, Kills/Game * Oct 04 WEBER STATE L ,23-30,11-30,30-22, ET... * Oct 06 IDAHO STATE W ,30-26,26-30, Assists Assists/Game # Baden Cougar Challenge ERVE... & UNC Hampton Inn and Suites Classic Aces $-Comcast Lobo Invitational Errors Aces/Game ERVE RECEPTIONS... Errors Errors/Game EFENSE... Digs Digs/Game LOCKING... Block Solo Block Assist Total Blocks Blocks Per Game Block Errors ALL HANDLING ERRORS ATTENDANCE... Total Dates/Avg Per Date 4/301 3/507 Neutral site #/Avg 0/0 Current win streak 1 - Home win streak

16 Northern Colorado Match-By-Match Leaders Match Kills Pct. Digs Blocks Assists Aces Points Portland 23-Stone.327-Stone 21-Mayne 6-Raguse 58-Carter 2-Stone 28-Stone South Dakota St. 17-Shreeve.385-McDaniel 20-Mayne 3-three tied with 30-McDaniel 2-Smith & Mayne 18-Shreeve Washington State 12-Shreeve & Stone.130-Smith 21-Mayne 4-Lichtenberg 22-McDaniel 2-Mayne 13-Shreeve St. Francis 13-Smith.500-Smith 10-VanDerMost 4-Smith 25-McDaniel 3-Raguse 15.5-Smith UC Riverside 11-Raguse.529-Raguse 24-Mayne 4-Smith 27-Carter 3-Stone 14-Raguse Florida Gulf Coast 13-Shreeve.278-Raguse 14-Mayne 4-Stone & Raguse 35-Carter 2-Raguse 16.5-Stone Iowa 18-Shreeve.364-Shreeve 14-Mayne 3-Smith 43-Carter 2-Raguse 19.5-Shreeve New Mexico 10-Lichtenberg & Stone.211-Smith 11-Mayne 5-Smith 41-Carter 2-Mayne &Stone 13-Stone Gonzaga 10-Lichtenberg & Stone.182-Stephenson 10-Stone 5-Raguse 19-Carter 1-Stone 10-Stone Bowling Green 10-Stone.333-Raguse 12-Stone 4-Shreeve 23-Carter 1-three tied 11-Stone Montana 18-Stone.214-Raguse 20-Mayne 4-Smith 41-McDaniel 1-five tied 19.5-Stone Montana State 17-Raguse.500-Raguse 22-Stone 5-Smith 52-McDaniel 3-Stone 20.0-Stone Denver 15-Lichtenberg.379-Lichtenberg 19-Mayne 4-McDaniel 44-McDaniel 1-two tied 15-Lichtenberg Sacramento State 10-Stone.412-Snith 14-Mayne 3-Smith & Raguse 22-McDaniel 2-two tied 12.5-Raguse Eastern Washington 12-Shreeve.207-Lichtenberg 21-Mayne 12-Raguse 22-McDaniel 3-Mayne 15-Smith Portland State 10-Smith.316-Smith 9-VanDerMost 3-Raguse & Stone 19-McDaniel 2-Mayne 11-Smith Colorado State 9-Raguse.353-Smith 10-Mayne 3-Lichtenberg 31-McDaniel 2-McDaniel 10.5-Lichtenberg Weber State 17-Stone.250-Stone 19-Mayne 5-Raguse 56-McDaniel 2-Mayne 18.0-Stone Idaho State 25-Shreeve.618-Raguse 18-Carter 4-Raguse 34-Carter 2-Carter & Raguse Raguse Wyoming Northern Arizona Montana State Montana Sacramento State Portland State Eastern Washington Idaho State Weber State Northern Arizona