Southern Utah University Women s Volleyball

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1 Southern Utah University Women s Volleyball Southern Utah University Athletic Media Relations Kyle Cottam, Assistant Director (435) cottam@suu.edu 2009 SCHEDULE/RESULTS Overall: 6-18 H: 3-5 A: 1-9 N: 2-4 AUGUST (2-2) 28 Delaware State & 3-0 (W) 28 Sam Houston State & 2-3 (L) 29 Texas Pan American & 3-1 (W) 29 Louisiana-Lafayette & 0-3 (L) SEPTEMBER (2-8) 4 Eastern Illinois # 1-3 (L) 4 University of Denver # 0-3 (L) 5 Air Force # 2-3 (L) 5 West Virginia # 0-3 (L) 10 IPFW * 3-1 (W) 12 Oakland * 2-3 (L) 18 at Western Illinois * 0-3 (L) 19 at IUPUI * 0-3 (L) 22 at Utah Valley 0-3 (L) 26 UMKC * 3-2 (W) OCTOBER (2-8) 1 North Dakota State * 0-3 (L) 3 South Dakota State * 2-3 (L) 9 at Centenary * 3-1 (W) 10 at Oral Roberts * 1-3 (L) 15 IUPUI * 2-3 (L) 17 Western Illinois * 3-1 (W) 20 Utah Valley 0-3 (L) 24 at UMKC * 0-3 (L) 30 at South Dakota State * 1-3 (L) 31 at North Dakota State * 0-3 (L) NOVEMBER 5 Oral Roberts * 7:00 p.m. 7 Centenary * 7:00 p.m. 10 at Weber State 7:00 p.m. 13 at Oakland * 7:00 p.m. 14 at IPFW * 7:00 p.m. 20- Summit League Tournament TBA 21 hosted by North Dakota State Summit League Tournament * - Denotes Summit League match & - Denotes Sam Houston State tournament # - Denotes Univ. of Denver tournament Southern Utah Women s Volleyball Finishing Home Schedule this Weekend CEDAR CITY, Utah - Nov. 3 - Southern Utah women s volleyball will wrap up its home slate this weekend when the Thunderbirds host Oral Roberts and Centenary College. The games will be fi nal home games for SUU this year as the T-Birds will close out the 2009 regular season on the road next weekend. Oral Roberts is a good team and they play very smart, head coach Debby Baker said of Thursday night s opponent. We struggled with digs on the road when we face them earlier this year, but we ve improved since then. I m excited to play both of these teams at home, she continued. Even though Centenary hasn t won a game in conference, they been able to play teams very close and they are not a team to overlook. Southern Utah will enter the games with a 6-18 record and will look to snap a fourgame losing streak. SUU s Analaine Pelaez is the key to the Thunderbird attack as the freshman is leading the league in kills and kills per set this year. Teammate Kylie Yardley is also in the top ten of the conference, ranking No. 9 in service aces per set. Jazmine Ma afala is second on the team with 256 kills this year while Brittney Clark leads the 818 assists. Courtney Lelepali leads the team in two categories with 24 service aces this season and 346 digs. Saturday night s contest will also feature the fi rst volleyball letter winner reunion with a light luncheon planned in the women s volleyball locker room at Noon. All former SUU volleyball players are encouraged to attend. For more information on the reunion please contact, Kit Janes at Both games are scheduled to begin at 7:00 p.m NUMERICAL ROSTER 1 Marli Langford S 5-7 Fr. St. George, Utah (Dixie HS) 3 Brittney Clark S 5-9 Jr. Glendale, Ariz. (Glendale CC) 4 Tara Sawyer MB 6-0 Jr. Fontana, Calif. (Chaffey CC) 5 Courtney Lelepali L 5-7 Fr. Waianae, Hawaii (Punahou HS) 6 Cashaana Renfro MB 6-2 RFr. Fairbanks, Alaska (West Valley HS) 7 Caitlin Jensen DS 5-8 RFr. Alpine, Utah (Lone Peak HS) 8 Kristi Daffer OH 6-0 Fr. Pahrump, Nev. (Pahrump Valley HS) 9 Megan Metcalf OP 6-1 RJr. Simi Valley, Calif. (Salt Lake CC) 10 Tess Lawrence MB/OH 5-11 RFr. Layton, Utah (Layton Christian Acad.) 11 Megan Clyde S 5-10 Fr. Hurricane, Utah (Hurricane HS) 12 Jazmine Ma afala OH 5-10 Jr. Ewa Beach, Hawaii (Coll. of S. Idaho) 14 Megan Parrish MB/OH 5-11 Jr. Jerome, Idaho (Coll. of S. Idaho) 15 Analaine Pelaez OH 5-10 RFr. Hooper, Utah (Fremont HS) 21 Karole Renfro MB 6-1 Fr. Fairbanks, Alaska (West Valley HS) 23 Kylie Yardley S 5-6 RFr. Clinton, Utah (Clearfi eld HS) Head Coach: Debby Baker Assistant Coaches: Adam Longmore, Kim Nield PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 5 - Courtney LELEPALI le le PAW lee 15 - ANALAINE PELAEZ On a lane 6 - CASHAANA Renfro ca SHAWN na PAY lies 12 - JAZMINE MA AFALA Jazz min ma AH fa la Kim NIELD Kneeled

2 Head Coach Debby Baker First Year Utah State Southern Utah University will begins its inaugural women s volleyball season in 2009 under fi rst-year head coach Debby Baker. I m excited and honored for this opportunity, she said of her hiring. I knew some of the people that were also in the pool and I respect them all a great deal. This is just a great chance to take and build a program from scratch it is just an awesome responsibility. Baker joins the Thunderbirds after six seasons with New Mexico State University where she served as an assistant coach and the Director of Volleyball Operations. During her time with the Aggies, NMSU compiled a (.858) record with 20 all-conference athletes, two conference titles and four NCAA tournament appearances. Baker was a strong recruiter for New Mexico State, signing a top-50 national class in 2003 and the 2005 Western Athletic Conference Freshman of the Year, Amber Simpson. Baker also did her part for her student-athletes to succeed in the classroom with two athletes (Jackie Chio and Jordan Bostic) earning CoSIDA Academic All-American plaudits. Prior to her stop in Las Cruces, N.M., Baker served as an assistant coach with the University of New Mexico during the 2001 season. She also served as a volunteer assistant coach at Utah State University during the 2000 season and at the College of Southern Idaho during the 1994 and 1995 seasons. During her time at CSI, Baker helped coach the Eagles to an NJCAA National Championship with a 62-3 record in 1994 and an undefeated season in 1995 with a 65-0 mark. Baker played collegiately for the Aggies of Utah State ( ) following an all-region career at the College of Southern Idaho ( ). While in Logan, Baker earned Big West academic honors, graduating Cum Laude with a Marketing degree in Baker is originally from Star Valley, Wyo. and is married to Jon Baker. The couple has a son, Logan (3) and two step sons: Bryan (23) and Tyler (21). SCOUTING ORAL ROBERTS Oral Roberts will enter the game on Thursday night with an overall record of and 6-7 mark in conference. The Golden Eagles split their most recent results after capturing a victory over Western Illinois, but a loss at home to IUPUI. Serena Cate and Joana Gruber lead the ORU attack with 231 and 209 kills, respectively. Cate leads the team with 709 total attempts. Juliane Vieira has been the center of the ORU offense, gathering 865 assists this year. Defensively, Vieira and Olivia Ophus are tops on the team with 220 and 202 digs, respectively. Jocelyn Swier and Brittney Rush lead the team with 45 and 43 blocks, respectively. Sheera Sirola is in her fi fth year as head coach of the Golden Eagles after having played at ORU as a student-athlete from Prior to serving as the head coach, Sirola served as an assistant to the program from SCOUTING CENTENARY Centenary will enter the game on Saturday night with an overall record of 4-20 and have yet to win a conference match, carrying a Summit League mark of The Ladies are currently riding a four-game losing streak. Brianna Kern leads the CC attack with a team-high 165 kills this year on a team-high 600 total attempts. Jaclyn Lopez has directed the offense, totaling 583 assists this year. As a team, the Ladies carry a.103 attacking percentage. Bethany Kern has led the team defensively with a team-best 314 digs while Blair Claypoole has led the team with 60 blocks so far this season. Dan Gwitt is in his second season as head coach of the Ladies after having played collegiately at Penn State University. Gwitt graduated from Penn State in LAST TIME AGAINST ORU & CC Southern Utah captured its fi rst road victory of the season with 3-1 win at Centenary, but followed the win with a 3-1 loss at Oral Roberts. SCHEDULE OUTLOOK Southern Utah will close out the regular season next week when the Thunderbirds travel to Weber State, Oakland and IPFW. UNIVERSITY Name of School: Southern Utah University City/Zip: Cedar City, Utah Founded: 1897 Enrollment: 7,516 Nickname: Thunderbirds Colors: Scarlet and White Facility: Centrum Arena Capacity: 5,300 Affiliation: NCAA Division I Conference: The Summit League Alma Mater, Year: Utah State, 1993 Record at SUU, Years: First Year Career Record, Years: Same Volleyball Office: Assistant Coach: Adam Longmore Alma Mater, Year: Utah State, 2003 Graduate Assistant: Kim Nield Alma Mater, Year: New Mexico State, 2008 VOLLEYBALL HISTORY First Year of Women s Volleyball: (1968) 2009 Coaching Staff Head Coach: Debby Baker **The SUU women s volleyball program was dropped following the season while playing in the NAIA ranks.**

3 Team Leaders Kills 1. Analaine Pelaez Jazmine Ma afala Tess Lawrence Cashaana Renfro Brittney Clark 72 Assists 1. Brittney Clark Kylie Yardley Courtney Lelepali Jazmine Ma afala Caitlin Jensen 15 Blocks 1. Cashaana Renfro Tess Lawrence Brittney Clark Jazmine Ma afala Analaine Pelaez 30.0 Aces 1. Courtney Lelepali Analaine Pelaez Brittney Clark Jazmine Ma afala Tess Lawrence 11 Kylie Yardley 11 Digs 1. Courtney Lelepali Analaine Pelaez Jazmine Ma afala Brittney Clark Caitlin Jensen 137 Attacks 1. Analaine Pelaez Jazmine Ma afala Tess Lawrence Cashaana Renfro Brittney Clark 209 Individual Match Highs Kills 27 Analaine Pelaez 10/15 - IUPUI 25 Analine Pelaez 9/26 - UMKC Attacks 70 Analaine Pelaez 10/17 - WIU 68 Analaine Pelaez 8/28 - SHSU Pct..579 Tess Lawrence 9/10 - IPFW.556 Brittney Clark 10/10 - ORU.533 Cashaana Renfro 8/28 - DSU Assists 56 Brittney Clark 10/15 - IUPUI 53 Brittney Clark 9/26 - UMKC Blocks 8 Cashaana Renfro 9/12 - OAK Cashaana Renfro 9/26 - UMKC 7 Cashaana Renfro 9/4 - EIU Aces 4 Brittney Clark 8/28 - DSU Kylie Yardley 10/9 - CC 3 Tess Lawrence 8/28 - SHSU Jazmine Ma afala 9/5 - AFA Megan Parrish 8/29 - UTPA Analaine Pelaez 9/5 - AFA Courtney Lelepali 9/22 - UVU Digs 22 Courtney Lelepali 8/28 - DSU Courtney Lelepali 10/3 - SDSU 21 Coutney Lelepali 10/17 - WIUt Team Match Highs Kills 68 vs UMKC 9/26 64 vs South Dakota State 10/3 Attacks 190 vs South Dakota State 10/3 180 vs UMKC 9/26 Double Doubles Name Date Doubles Brittney Clark 10/24 15 assists/10 digs Brittney Clark 10/30 48 assists/10 digs Jazmine Ma afala 8/28 10 kills/10 digs Jazmine Ma afala 8/29 13 kills/12 digs Jazmine Ma afala 9/5 16 kills/10 digs Jazmine Ma afala 9/10 14 kills/16 digs Jazmine Ma afala 9/12 11 kills/10 digs Jazmine Ma afala 9/26 17 kills/15 digs Jazmine Ma afala 10/3 12 kills/17 digs Jazmine Ma afala 10/10 14 kills/10 digs Jazmine Ma afala 10/15 19 kills/15 digs Jazmine Ma afala 10/17 14 kills/14 digs Analaine Pelaez 8/28 24 kills/16 digs Analaine Pelaez 8/29 15 kills/11 digs Analaine Pelaez 9/4 20 kills/17 digs Analaine Pelaez 9/5 10 kills/13 digs Analaine Pelaez 9/10 20 kills/13 digs Analaine Pelaez 9/12 24 kills/12 digs Analaine Pelaez 9/19 10 kills/20 digs Analaine Pelaez 9/26 25 kills/18 digs Analaine Pelaez 10/3 21 kills/12 digs Analaine Pelaez 10/9 23 kills/11 digs Analaine Pelaez 10/15 27 kills/12 digs Analaine Pelaez 10/17 21 kills/11 digs Analaine Pelaez 10/30 21 kills/14 digs 2009 Honors & Awards Name Award Analaine Pelaez SHSU All-Tournament Co-Conference Player of the Week (10/19) Courtney Lelepali Best Libero - DU tourney Summit League Standings Team Overall Conf. W L W L N. Dakota State Oakland IPFW IUPUI S. Dakota State Oral Roberts UMKC Western Illinois Southern Utah Centenary Pct..321 vs IPFW 9/ vs Oakland 9/12 Assists 63 vs UMKC 9/26 60 vs South Dakota State 10/3 Blocks 12.0 vs UTPA 8/ vs Oakland 9/12 vs UMKC 9/26 Aces 13 at Sam Houston State 8/28 11 vs Delaware State 8/28 Digs 78 vs South Dakota State 10/3 vs UMKC 9/26

4 2009 Combined Statistics RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES CONFERENCE NON-CONFERENCE Attack Set Serve Dig Blocking ## Player sp k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa se sa/s re dig dig/s bs ba total blk/s be bhe points 15 Analaine Pelaez Jazmine Ma'afala Tess Lawrence Cashaano Renfro Brittney Clark Kristi Daffer Megan Clyde Megan Parrish Kylie Yardley Tara Sawyer Courtney Lelepali Caitlin Jensen Megan Metcalf TEAM SOUTHERN UTAH Opponents Team Statistics SUU OPP ATTACK Kills Errors Total Attacks Attack Pct Kills/Set SET Assists Assists/Set SERVE Aces Errors Aces/Set SERVE RECEPTIO Errors Errors/Set DEFENSE Digs Digs/Set BLOCKING Block Solo Block Assist Total Blocks Blocks/Set Block Errors Ball handling errors ATTENDANCE Total Dates/Avg Per Da 8/993 10/364 Neutral site #/Avg 6/234 Current win streak 0 - Home win streak 0 - Date Opponent Score Score by set Att. Aug 28 vs Delaware St W ,25-21, Aug 28 at Sam Houston St. L ,23-25,32-30,25-19,7 216 Aug 29 vs UTPA W ,25-15,20-25, Aug 29 vs Louisiana-Lafayette L ,18-25, $09/04/20vs Eastern Illinois L ,20-25,24-26, $09/04/20at Denver L ,20-25, $09/05/20vs Air Force L ,17-25,23-25,25-22,8 445 $09/05/20vs West Virginia L ,18-25, *Sep 10 IPFW W ,25-15,19-25, *Sep 12 OAKLAND L ,25-16,23-25,21-25,7 877 *Sep 18 at Western Illinois L ,19-25, *Sep 19 at IUPUI L ,14-25, Sep 22 at Utah Valley L ,19-25, *Sep 26 UMKC W ,26-28,25-21,21-25,1 734 *Oct 01 NORTH DAKOTA ST. L ,14-25, *Oct 03 SOUTH DAKOTA ST. L ,26-24,20-25,23-25,1 767 *Oct 09 at Centenary W ,20-25,25-19, *Oct 10 at ORU L ,25-19,22-25, *Oct 15 IUPUI L ,23-25,25-18,25-19, *Oct 17 WESTERN ILLINOIS W ,26-24,23-25, Oct 20 UTAH VALLEY L ,13-25, *Oct 24 at UMKC L ,12-25, *Oct 30 at South Dakota St. L ,17-25,26-24, *Oct 31 at North Dakota St. L ,14-25, Record in 3-set matches: 1-10 Record in 4-set matches: 4-3 Record in 5-set matches: 1-5

5 2009 Conference Statistics RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES CONFERENCE NON-CONFERENCE Attack Set Serve Dig Blocking ## Player sp k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa se sa/s re dig dig/s bs ba total blk/s be bhe points 15 Analaine Pelaez Jazmine Ma'afala Tess Lawrence Cashaano Renfro Brittney Clark Kristi Daffer Megan Clyde Megan Parrish Caitlin Jensen Courtney Lelepali Megan Metcalf Kylie Yardley TEAM SOUTHERN UTAH Opponents Team Statistics SUU OPP ATTACK Kills Errors Total Attacks Attack Pct Kills/Set SET Assists Assists/Set SERVE Aces Errors Aces/Set SERVE RECEPTIO Errors Errors/Set DEFENSE Digs Digs/Set BLOCKING Block Solo Block Assist Total Blocks Blocks/Set Block Errors Ball handling errors 9 13 ATTENDANCE Total Dates/Avg Per Da 7/1006 7/342 Neutral site #/Avg 0/0 Current win streak 0 - Home win streak 1 - Date Opponent Score Score by set Att. *Sep 10 IPFW W ,25-15,19-25, *Sep 12 OAKLAND L ,25-16,23-25,21-25,7 877 *Sep 18 at Western Illinois L ,19-25, *Sep 19 at IUPUI L ,14-25, *Sep 26 UMKC W ,26-28,25-21,21-25,1 734 *Oct 01 NORTH DAKOTA ST. L ,14-25, *Oct 03 SOUTH DAKOTA ST. L ,26-24,20-25,23-25,1 767 *Oct 09 at Centenary W ,20-25,25-19, *Oct 10 at ORU L ,25-19,22-25, *Oct 15 IUPUI L ,23-25,25-18,25-19, *Oct 17 WESTERN ILLINOIS W ,26-24,23-25, *Oct 24 at UMKC L ,12-25, *Oct 30 at South Dakota St. L ,17-25,26-24, *Oct 31 at North Dakota St. L ,14-25, Record in 3-set matches: 0-5 Record in 4-set matches: 3-2 Record in 5-set matches: 1-3

6 Match-by-Match Leaders Team Kills Pct Assists Aces Digs Blocks Delaware State Pelaez (13) Renfro (.533) Clark (33) Clark (4) Lelepali (22) Renfro (2) Sam Houston State Pelaez (24) Renfro (.312) Clark (27) Lawrence (3) Lelepali (19) Lawrence (2) UTPA Pelaez (15) Renfro (.312) Clark (32) Parrish (3) Lelepali (17) Ma afala (6) Louisiana-Lafayette Pelaez (9) Renfro (.333) Yardley (18) Four players (1) Lelepali (20) Four players (1) Eastern Illinois Pelaez (20) Renfro (.381) Clark (33) Lelepali (2) Pelaez (15) Renfro (7) Denver Pelaez (8) Ma afala (.095) Clark (20) Lelepali (2) Ma afala (6) Ma afala (8) Air Force Ma afala (16) Clark (.333) Clark (39) Ma afala (3) Lelepali (16) Renfro (4) Pelaez (3) West Virginia Pelaez (11) Lawrence (.294) Clark (23) Ma afala (3) Lelepali (16) Clark (1) Renfro (1) IPFW Pelaez (20) Lawrence (.579) Clark (49) Clark (1) Ma afala (16) Renfro (3) Lelepali (1) Ma afala (3) Oakland Pelaez (24) Renfro (.444) Clark (45) Four players (1) Lelepali (17) Renfro (8) Western Illinois Pelaez (13) Clark (.333) Clark (27) Lelepali (1) Lelepali (10) Lawrence (2) Clyde (2) IUPUI Pelaez (10) Clark (.571) Clark (27) Three players (1) Pelaez (20) Renfro (3) Pelaez (3) Utah Valley Lawrence (11) Clark (.400) Clark (29) Lelepali (3) Lelepali (14) Renfro (4) Pelaez (11) UMKC Pelaez (25) Renfro (.261) Clark (53) Clyde (2) Pelaez (18) Renfro (8) North Dakota State Renfro (10) Renfro (.348) Clark (19) N/A Pelaez (14) Three players (2) South Dakota State Pelaez (21) Clark (.312) Clark (52) Yardley (3) Lelepali (22) Clark (4) Lawrence (4) Centenary Pelaez (23) Renfro (.438) Clark (49) Yardley (4) Lelepali (12) Lawrence (6) Oral Roberts Pelaez (16) Clark (.556) Clark (32) Lelepali (2) Lelepali (11) Lawrence (3) Clark (11) Renfro (3) IUPUI Pelaez (27) Daffer (.435) Clark (56) Four players (2) Lelepali (18) Clyde (4) Lawrence (4) Western Illinois Pelaez (21) Lawrence (.409) Clark (49) Pelaez (1) Lelepali (21) Pelaez (5) Lelepali (1) Utah Valley Pelaez (18) Sawyer (.286) Clark (26) Pelaez (1) Lelepali (12) Pelaez (4) UMKC Pelaez (9) Clark (.267) Clark (15) Pelaez (2) Clark (10) Lawrence (2) Ma afala (10) Ma afala (2) South Dakota State Pelaez (21) Ma afala (.294) Clark (48) Clark (2) Lelepali (19) Lawrence (5) Ma afala (21) North Dakota State Pelaez (13) Ma afala (.240) Clark (25) Ma afala (2) Ma afala (15) Clark (1) Pelaez (2) Lawrence (1) Oral Roberts Centenary Weber State Oakland IPFW

7 Match-by-Match Team Comparison Date Opponent Results K E TA Pct A SA SE RE Dig Blks BS BA BE BHE 8/28 SUU W, vs. Delware State /28 SUU L, at Sam Houston State /29 SUU W, vs. UTPA /29 SUU L, vs. Louisiana-Lafayette /4 SUU L, vs. Eastern Illinois /4 SUU L, at Denver /5 SUU L, vs. Air Force Academy /5 SUU L, vs. West Virginia /10 SUU W, IPFW /12 SUU L, Oakland /18 SUU L, at Western Illinois /19 SUU L, at IUPUI /22 SUU L, at Utah Valley /26 SUU W, UMKC /1 SUU L, North Dakota State /3 SUU L, South Dakota State /9 SUU W, at Centenary /10 SUU L, at Oral Roberts /15 SUU L, IUPUI /17 SUU W, Western Illinois /20 SUU L, Utah Valley /24 SUU L, at UMKC /30 SUU L, at South Dakota State /31 SUU L, at North Dakota State /5 SUU Oral Roberts 11/7 SUU Centenary 11/10 SUU at Weber State 11/13 SUU at Oakland 11/14 SUU at IPFW

8 SUU NUMERICAL PICTURE ROSTER 1 Marli Langford 3 Brittney Clark 4 Tara Sawyer 5 Courtney Lelepali 6 Cashaana Renfro 7 Caitlin Jensen 8 Kristi Daffer 9 Megan Metcalf 10 Tess Lawrence 11 Megan Clyde 12 Jazmine Ma afala 14 Megan Parrish 15 Analaine Pelaez 21 Karole Renfro 23 Kylie Yardley