Arkansas State Volleyball

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1 2011 Schedule Arkansas State Volleyball Chris Graddy, Graduate Assistant Sports Information Office: Cell: astateredwolves.com Matches Charlotte, Tenn. Tech, Lipscomb at the 2011 Lipscomb Invitational; At Saint Louis Samford/UAB Tournament Birmingham, Ala. 8/26 Akron W, 3-0 8/26 UAB L, 3-2 8/27 Samford L, Lipscomb Invitational Nashville, Tenn. 9/2 Charlotte 10:00 AM 9/2 Tennessee Tech 5:30 PM 9/3 Lipscomb 2:30 PM 9/5 at Saint Louis 2:00 PM Missouri State Tournament Springfield, Mo. 9/9 South Dakota State 10:00 AM 9/9 Missouri State 7:00 PM 9/10 Hofstra 5:00 PM 9/13 SEMO 6:00 PM Northwestern State Tournament Natchitoches, La. 9/16 Alcorn State 10:00 AM 9/16 Central Arkansas 3:30 PM 9/17 Northwestern State 2:00 PM Charlotte (0-3) Friday, Sept. 2 10:00 a.m. CDT Series:First Meeting Tennessee Tech (0-3) Friday, Sept. 2 5:30 p.m. CDT Series: Tied at 1-1 SERVING IT UP: The Arkansas State volleyball team will travel to Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 2-3 for the 2011 Lipcomb Invitational where they will face Charlotte, Tennessee Tech and Lipscomb. Livestats will be available for all matches at On Monday Sept. 5, the Red Wolves will play at Saint Louis in a non-conference matchup. Livestats will be available at AStateRedWolves.com. Free streaming video of the match can be found at Lipscomb (0-3) Saturday, Sept. 3 2:30 p.m. CDT Series: ASU Leads 1-0 Saint Louis (2-1) Monday, Sept. 5 2:00 p.m. CDT Series: ASU Leads 9-8 THE LIPSCOMB SERIES: ASU stands 1-0 against Lipscomb. The only meeting between the two schools occurred in 2003 where ASU earned a 3-0 victory in a nonconference matchup. THE SAINT LOUIS SERIES: The Red Wolves hold a 9-8 advantage in the alltime series against Saint Louis. The two schools last played each other in 1997 where the Billikens earned a 3-1 victory at the Saint Louis Billiken Invitational. ASU s last victory against Saint Louis came in 1996 at the Pocahontas ASU Federal Bank Classic. 9/23 at Middle Tennessee* 7:00 PM 9/24 at Western Kentucky* 7:00 PM 9/27 UALR* 7:00 PM 9/30 South Alabama* 7:00 PM 10/1 Troy* 7:00 PM 10/7 Denver* 7:00 PM 10/8 North Texas* 7:00 PM 10/14 at UALR* 7:00 PM 10/21 at FIU* 6:30 PM 10/23 at Florida Atlantic* 1:00 PM 10/28 Louisiana-Lafayette* 7:00 PM 10/30 ULM* 1:00 PM 11/4 at North Texas* 7:00 PM 11/6 at Denver* 1:00 PM 11/6 at Louisiana-Lafayette* 7:00 PM 11/13 at ULM* 1:00 PM Sun Belt Conference Tournament Miami, Fla. 11/17-19 Opponent TBA TBA *Sun Belt Conference Match All Times Central Home matches in BOLD LIPSCOMB TOURNAMENT TIMES: Friday, Sept. 2 ASU vs. Charlotte 10:00 a.m. Lipscomb vs. Tenn. Tech 12:30 p.m. ASU vs. Tenn. Tech 5:30 p.m. Lipcomb vs. Charlotte 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 3 Tenn. Tech vs. Charlotte Noon ASU vs. Lipscomb 2:30 p.m. THE CHARLOTTE SERIES: This is the first meeting between the Red Wolves and the 49ERS. THE TENNESSEE TECH SERIES: This is the first meeting between the Red Wolves and Golden Eagles since 1987 and only the third time the two schools have played one another. ASU earned a 3-0 victory in 1987 at the Evansville Tri-Match, while Tennessee Tech earned a 2-1 victory in 1982 at the Tennessee-Martin Invitational. MOVING UP THE CHARTS: Cayla Fielder moved into 11th place on the ASU all-time kills record book. Her 46 kills gave her 1,042 for career, leaving her just 46 shy of 10th place, which is currently held by Kris Vandeven who played at ASU from NEW HEIGHTS: Sophomore libero Megan Baska set a new career high with 40 digs in one match against Alabama-Birmingham at the Samford/UAB Invitational. She missed the all-time ASU single match record for digs by five. BASKA EARNS SBC DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK HONORS: The Sun Belt Conference announced Monday that Arkansas State sophomore libero Megan Baska earned SBC Defensive Players of the Week honors after setting a new career-high in digs at the Samford/UAB Invitational. Baska set a career-high with 40 digs against Alabama-Birmingham on Friday, missing the all-time ASU single match

2 Athletic Media Relations Arkansas State University PO Box 1000 State University, AR Telephone Fax Press Row Website - AStateRedWolves.com VOLLEYBALL CONTACT Chris Graddy, Graduate Assistant christop.graddy@smail.astate.edu Sports Information Office Jerry Scott, Asst. A.D./Sports Info. Dir jscott@astate.edu Van Provence, Asst. SID vprovence@astate.edu Anthony Reynolds, Asst. SID areynolds@astate.edu MEDIA INFORMATION Post-Game Interviews The Arkansas State locker room is closed to all members of the media. However, head coach Justin Ingram and requested play ers will be available for interviews following a brief cooling off period. Practice Coverage Red Wolves volleyball practices are open to the media. Players and coaches are available for interviews following practice. When possible, please contact the Sports Information office. Weekly Releases All Arkansas State weekly volleyball releases can be obtained as a PDF document on the athletics web site at AStateRedWolves.com. To be added to the list for all volleyball releases or if you would like the releases faxed to you, please contact Chris Graddy Sun Belt Standings West Division Team Conference Overall NT UALR ULL ASU Denver ULM record by just five digs. She finished with 77 total digs and averaged 5.92 digs per set over the Red Wolves three matches. Her 12 digs against Akron led A-State to 3-0 victory over the Lady Zips, while she added 25 digs against Samford. NEW FACES: The Red Wolves welcome three newcomers to the squad this season. Freshman A Zlynn Thompson joins the Red Wolves from Dodge City, Kansas, while freshman Marie Hadar comes from Humboldt, Iowa. Junior Amanda Chaparro joins the team from Baymon, Puerto Rico after spending the last two seasons with Western Carolina. Baska, Fielder Earn SBC Preseason Honors; Red Wolves Picked Second in Preseason Coaches Poll: In preparation for the start of the women s volleyball season, the Sun Belt Conference released its preseason awards, all-conference team and coaches poll Wednesday morning. Arkansas State sophomore Megan Baska was named the 2011 SBC Preseason Defensive Player of the Year, while ASU senior Cayla Fielder was selected to her third-straight preseason All-SBC team. The Red Wolves were picked to finish second in the West Division in the preseason coaches poll, as voted on by the league s 12 head coaches. Baska was named the SBC Defensive Player of the Year in 2010 after an impressive freshman season. She was named SBC Player of the Week four times, selected as a Collegiate Volleyball Top Performer of the Week and named a Rising Star of the 2010 freshman class. She totaled 564 digs, ranking her seventh on the ASU single-season digs chart and led the league with a 5.08 digs per set average, which also ranked 37th nationally. The preseason honors awarded to both Megan and Cayla are great for our program and shows they are individually respected by other coaches in the league based on last year s performances, ASU volleyball coach Justin Ingram said. We will certainly use this as momentum and look forward to competing in the upcoming matches this Friday and Saturday. Fielder's selection to the preseason All- SBC team marks the third of her career. East Division Team Conference Overall WKU FIU Troy USA MT FAU She was named to the All-SBC Team following the 2009 and 2010 seasons and led the Red Wolves with 332 kills in 2010, leaving her just four shy of 1,000 for her career. Her 3.73 kills per set average was second best in the conference and she ranked third on the team with 48 total blocks. Fielder was named the 2008 Freshman of the Year and earned Second Team All-SBC honors that same season. The Red Wolves received 60 points in the poll with four first place votes, while North Texas topped the West Division with 65 points. Middle Tennessee and Western Kentucky totaled 66 points each to lead the East Division. Head Coach Justin Ingram: Justin Ingram enters his third year as head coach of the Red Wolves for the 2011 season, boasting back-to-back Sun Belt Conference West Division Co-Championships in his first two seasons at A-State. His overall record stands at (.629). Ingram became the sixth head coach in ASU Volleyball history in 2009, and his Red Wolves'.667 winning percentage that season was the highest ASU has seen since the 2004 season. He led A-State to a 12-6 (.667) conference record and a 10-1 (.909) record in home matches, also the highest percentage since Two of Ingram's 2009 Red Wolves garnished postseason conference honors including the SBC Defensive Player of the Year award, and ASU chalked up six SBC Player of the Week accolades that year. The 2010 season was just as successful for Ingram and the Red Wolves as they went (.586) and 11-5 (.687) in SBC action to once again capture a share of the West Division. Two players again collected post-season league awards, including the Defensive Player of the Year honor for the second consecutive year. His squad also collected five SBC Player of the Week awards during the season. Ingram came to ASU after serving eight years as an assistant coach at Kansas State. During his time at Kansas State, he served as the recruiting coordinator and offensive coordinator for the Wildcats who posted a record and made seven NCAA tournament appearances during his

3 SUN BELT CONFERENCE PRESEASON VOLLEYBALL POLL EAST 1. Middle Tenessee - 66 Points (6 First Place Votes) 1. Western Kentucky - 66 Points (6 First Place Votes) 3. FIU - 48 Points 4. South Alabama - 28 Points 5. Florida Atlantic - 26 Points 6. Troy - 18 Points WEST 1. North Texas - 65 Points (7 First Place Votes) 2. Arkansas State - 60 Points (4 First Place Votes) 3. Denver - 52 Points (1 First Place Votes) 4. Louisiana-Lafayette - 34 Points 5. UALR - 29 Points 6. Louisiana-Monroe - 12 Points PRESEASON ALL-SBC TEAM Cayla Fielder, Arkansas State Jovana Bjelica, FIU Andrea Lakovic, FIU Ashley Adams, Middle Tennessee Maria Szivos, Middle Tennesse Tiffany Elmore, Western Kentucky Jordyn Skinner, Western Kentucky Melane Stutsman, Western Kentucky Preseason Player of the Year Maria Szivos, Middle Tennesse Preseason Defensive Player of the Year Megan Baska, Arkansas State time with the program. Ingram served the previous two years as an assistant coach at the University of Houston. He served as a junior college recruiting coordinator, travel coordinator and assistant director of camps. The Cougars posted a record and made back-toback NCAA tournament appearances and posted consecutive 20-win seasons in 1998 and The Cougars were the Conference USA National Division Runners-up in 1998 and C-USA National Division Champions in During his career, Ingram has helped lead teams to nine NCAA Tournament appearances including a trip to the Sweet Sixteen in He has coached eight All- America selections, 22 All-Big 12 selections, 55 Academic All-Big 12 players, six All-Conference USA selections, four Big 12 Libero of the Year winners, a Big 12 Player of the Year, a Big 12 Newcomer of the Year and a C-USA Player of the Year. Ingram earned his bachelor's degree in Community and Regional Planning from Iowa State University in 1995 and a master's degree in City and Regional Planning from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo in ASSISTANT COACH SHAWN TAY- LOR: Shawn Taylor will return for his second season as an assistant coach with the ASU Volleyball program in "I feel fortunate to have attracted Shawn to Arkansas State," said Ingram. "He is a very knowledgeable and hard working coach who understands the demands it takes to be successful." Taylor came to Arkansas State from Independence Community College in Independence, Kan. where he served as the head coach for the 2009 season. Prior to working at ICC, he coached as an assistant at Valparaiso and spent the 2007 season as the head coach at Kansas Wesleyan University. Taylor was a volunteer assistant coach at Kansas State for three seasons and served as the head women's junior varsity and a men's assistant coach at Graceland University from Taylor also apprentice coached with the U.S. national team in Taylor earned his master's degree in college student personnel from Kansas State and his bachelor's degree in liberal studies from Graceland. He played for the Graceland Yellowjackets from LOOKING AHEAD TO 2011: Excitement is high entering the 2011 season for the Arkansas State volleyball team. Head Coach Justin Ingram led the Red Wolves to their second straight share of the Sun Belt Conference Western Conference Division championship last season and with just one player lost from last year s team ASU is poised to make another run at the title this season. Elevean players return from last year s squad that finished including senior Cayla Fielder. The former SBC Freshman of the Year finished the 2010 campaign with 332 kills, leaving her just four shy of 1,000 for her career. She was named SBC Player of the Week during the final week of regular season and helped the Red Wolves go 3-0 heading into the Sun Belt Conference tournament. Sophomore Megan Baska will return as the team s libero after turning one of the most impressive seasons for a libero in ASU history. Baska earned SBC Defensive Player of the Year honors, was named SBC Player of the Week four times and was selected as a Collegiate Volleyball Update Top Performer of the Week and Rising Star of the 2010 freshmen class. Baska also amassed 564 digs last season, putting her seventh all-time on the ASU single-season career digs list. Her 5.08 digs per set average ranked 37th nationally and she set a season high with 34 digs against Northwestern State. Engram enters his third season at ASU having collected a career record. He will be joined by assistant coach Shawn Taylor, who is entering his second year with the Red Wolves volleyball team. Jessica Hohl will serve as the graduate assistant coach and Dean Torgerson will be a volunteer assistant coach. ASU will open the 2011 season with three straight tournament appearances. The first will be Aug in Birmingham, Ala., to compete in a tournament hosted by Samford University. The Red Wolves will then travel to Nasvhille, Tenn., Sept. 2-3 to compete in a tournament hosted by Liscomb University. ASU will wrap up its three tournament swing by traveling to Spring- Arkansas State Quick Facts Location: Jonesboro, Ark. Enrollment:13,448 Nickname: Red Wolves Colors: Scarlet & Black Conference: Sun Belt Arena: ASU Convocation Center (10,727) Head Coach: Justin Ingram Overall Record: Record at ASU: Same

4 field, Mo., to compete the Missouri State tournament Sept In all the Red Wolves will have travled over 1,500 miles in three weekends before returning home to play Southeast Missouri State Sept. 13 in the home opener. On Sept the Red Wolves will travel to Natchitoches, La., to compete in a tournament at Northwestern State University and will open Sun Belt Conference play Sept. 23 against defending SBC champions Middle Tennessee State. The team will travel to Bowling Green, Ky., on Sept. 24th for a match against Western Kentucky before returning home for its longest home-stand of the year. ASU will host UALR Sept. 27 for an in-state battle and will play South Alabama Spet. 30 in Jonesboro to close out the month. Troy, Denver and North Texas will travel to the Natural State for matches on Oct. 1, 7 and 8 respectfully before the Red Wolves return to the road for their next three matches. ASU will travel to Little Rock Oct. 14 to play UALR followed by a trip to Florida to play Florida International Oct. 21 and Florida Atlantic Oct. 22. ASU will return home for its final two home games of the season to host a pair of Louisiana schools. The Red Wolves will host Louisiana-Lafayette on Oct. 28 followed by Louisiana-Monroe on Oct. 29. The team will be on the road for the remainder of the season. ASU will travel to North Texas Nov. 4 followed by a crosscountry trip to Colorado Nov. 6 to play Denver. ASU will conclude regular season play in Louisiana against ULL Nov. 11 followed by ULM Nov. 13. This year s Sun Belt Conference tournament will be in Miama, Fla., Nov ASU Volleyball Sweeps Akron, Falls in Five Sets to UAB: The Arkansas State volleyball team opened the 2011 season with a 3-0 (25-23, 25-22, ) sweep over Akron before falling to Alabama-Birmingham 3-2 (25-22, 19-25, 28-26, 20-25, 15-12) after the first day of play the Samford/UAB Invitational. The Red Wolves (1-1) opened the tournament with a victory over Akron behind a solid performance from Cayla Fielder. The senior finished with 12 kills, which put her over 1,000 kills in her career as a Red Wolf. Taylor Szypulski finished with 10 kills and 10 digs, while sophomore libero Megan Baska added 12 digs. Allison Kearney had 22 assists and Jasmine Terry finished with 11 assists. A'Zlynn Thompson added 11 assists in her first match as a Red Wolf. In set one ASU trailed before rallying behind Fielder and Szypulski to tie the set at 22. Syzpulski gave the Red Wolves a lead and Shelby Crncic followed with back-to-back kills to give ASU a set point opportunity. A service error gave the Red Wolves the victory and the squad took the momentum into sets two and three to complete the sweep. In the Red Wolves second match of the day the team fell to UAB despite fighting off five straight match points in the deciding fifth set. UAB led 14-7, but the Red Wolves closed the gap to thanks to ball handling errors from the Lady Blazers and back-to-back kills from Szypulski. However, the rally fell short as UAB took the next point to close out the match. "The first tournament of every season is typically filled with nerves, limited scouting and inconsistencies," ASU volleyball coach Justin Ingram said. "Even though there were glimpses of great moments, we need to steady out tomorrow and play like we do each day at practice. Although Akron and UAB were both talented, Samford has tremendous offensive abilities and will require us to be better for longer stretches in order to win." Baska led the team with 40 digs during the match and Allison Kearney led the way with 38 assists. Fielder finished with 18 kills, while Szypulski added 13 kills and 10 digs. Ashley Tipps finished with 15 digs and Jasmine Terry collected 10 kills. Crncic finished with 10 digs and two aces and Thompson finished with 18 assists. Arkansas State returns to action Saturday at 4 p.m. against Samford in the tournament finale. A-State Volleyball Falls to Samford in Five-Sets: The Arkansas State volleyball team lost to Samford in five sets Saturday afternoon to conclude play at the Samford/UAB Invitational. Samford won the thrilling five set contest 15-25, 25-19, 25-22, 22-25, to give the Red Wolves (1-2) their second loss of the season. ASU led 12-8 in the fifth set, but the Lady Bulldogs won seven of the next eight points to earn the victory. "We need more production out of our pin hitters and setters in order to feel better about our level of play," ASU volleyball coach Justin Ingram said. "Being ahead 12-8 in the 5th set and taking the loss is incredibly difficult to swallow, but we plan on regrouping quickly to get back into our offensive rhythms at practice on Monday." Arkansas State opened the match strong and jumped to an 18-6 advantage in the first set. Samford (3-0) pulled within but the Red Wolves won the final two points including a service from newcomer Amanda Chaparro on set point to earn the victory. The Lady Bulldogs fought back in sets two and three to take a 2-1 lead, but ASU edged out a win in set four to push the match to a decisive fifth set. Cayla Fielder led Arkansas State with 16 kills and two blocks, while Ashley Tipps added 14 kills. Jasmine Terry finished 13 kills, while Allison Kearney led the team with 30 assists. A Zlynn Thompson had 16 assists, while Megan Baska led the squad with 25 digs. Taylor Szypulski added 13 digs and Amanda Chaparro had 11 digs. ASU will return to action Sept. 2-3 in Nashville, Tenn. at the Lipscomb Tournament. The Red Wolves will take on Charlotte and Tennessee Tech on Sept. 2 followed host Lipscomb on Sept. 3.

5 2011 Arkansas State Volleyball Numerical Roster No. Name Pos. Ht. Cl. Exp. Hometown (Previous School) 1 A Zlynn Thompson S 5-10 Fr. HS Dodge City, Kansas (Dodge City) 2 Ashley Tipps MB 5-10 So. 1L Cypress, Texas (Cypress Wood) 4 Cayla Fielder MB 6-1 Sr. 3L Jonesboro, Ark. (Westside) 5 Taylor Szypulski OH 5-11 So. 1L Richmond, Texas (Travis) 6 Amanda Chaparro OH 5-11 Jr. 2L Bayamon, Puerto Rico (Western Carolina) 8 Megan Baska DS/L 5-9 So. 1L Overland Park, Kan. (St. Thomas Aquinas) 9 Shelby Crncic DS/L 5-5 So. 1L Terre Haute, Ind. (Terre Haute South) 10 Jasmine Terry OH 6-1 Jr. 1L Pearland, Texas (Univ. of Houston) 11 Marie Hadar OH/MB 5-8 Fr. HS Humboldt, Iowa (Humboldt) 13 Whitney Nilson OH 5-9 Sr. 1L Salt Lake City, Utah (Salt Lake City CC) 14 Taylor Coughlin OH 6-0 Jr. 2L Bloomington, Ill. (Normal Community) 15 Kelsie Hodges MB 5-11 Jr. 2L Jonesboro, Ark. (Nettleton) 17 Sadie Clark OH 5-11 So. 1L Wichita, Kan. (Wichita Collegiate) 22 Allison Kearney S 5-9 Jr. 1L Wooster, Ohio (Bowling Green State) Alphabetica Roster No. Name Pos. Ht. Cl. Exp. Hometown (Previous School) 8 Megan Baska DS/L 5-9 So. 1L Overland Park, Kan. (St. Thomas Aquinas) 6 Amanda Chaparro OH 5-11 Jr. 2L Bayamon, Puerto Rico (Western Carolina) 17 Sadie Clark OH 5-11 So. 1L Wichita, Kan. (Wichita Collegiate) 9 Shelby Crncic DS/L 5-5 So. 1L Terre Haute, Ind. (Terre Haute South) 14 Taylor Coughlin OH 6-0 Jr. 2L Bloomington, Ill. (Normal Community) 4 Cayla Fielder MB 6-1 Sr. 3L Jonesboro, Ark. (Westside) 11 Marie Hadar OH/MB 5-8 Fr. HS Humboldt, Iowa (Humboldt) 15 Kelsie Hodges MB 5-11 Jr. 2L Jonesboro, Ark. (Nettleton) 22 Allison Kearney S 5-9 Jr. 1L Wooster, Ohio (Bowling Green State) 13 Whitney Nilson OH 5-9 Sr. 1L Salt Lake City, Utah (Salt Lake City CC) 5 Taylor Szypulski OH 5-11 So. 1L Richmond, Texas (Travis) 10 Jasmine Terry OH 6-1 Jr. 1L Pearland, Texas (Univ. of Houston) 1 A Zlynn Thompson S 5-10 Fr. HS Dodge City, Kansas (Dodge City) 2 Ashley Tipps MB 5-10 So. 1L Cypress, Texas (Cypress Wood) Coaching Staff Justin Ingram, Head Coach Shawn Taylor, Assistant Coach Jessica Hohl, Graduate Assistant Coach Dean Torgerson, Volunteer Assistant Coach Pronunciation Guide Taylor Coughlin - Coff-lin Shelby Crncic - SURN-sick Taylor Szypulski - Sih-PULL-skee

6 1 2 Volleyball Box Score Akron vs Arkansas State (Aug 26, 2011 at Birmingham, Ala.) Attack Serve Block # Akron S K E TA Pct Ast SA SE RE Dig BS BA BE BH Pts 2 Tina Dimitrijevs Courtney Jarvis Alex Cocklin Alex Wiederholt Kymberle Gordon Morgan Kuhn Mary Delich Jill Paluch Janine Lawler Chelsea Harvey Totals Team Attack By Set Set K E TA Pct SET SCORES Akron (0) Arkansas State (3) TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 8.0 Team Records: Attack Serve Block # Arkansas State S K E TA Pct Ast SA SE RE Dig BS BA BE BH Pts 2 Tipps, Ashley Fielder, Cayla Szypulski, Taylor Chaparro, Amanda Terry, Jasmine Kearney, Allison Thompson, A'Zlynn Baska, Megan Crncic, Shelby Hodges, Kelsie Totals Team Attack By Set Set K E TA Pct TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 4.0 Site: Birmingham, Ala. (Pete Hanna Center) Date: Aug 26, 2011 Attend: 50 Time: 1:20 Referees: Kenny O'Brian, Danny Humbers 3

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