2013 OMAHA VOLLEYBALL UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA OMAHA ATHLETICS

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1 UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA OMAHA ATHLETICS For Immediate Release: Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013 Contact: Bonnie Ryan Office: (402) Cell: (402) SEASON SCHEDULE/RESULTS Date Opponent Time (Central) Marriott Houston Westchase Classic Aug. 30 at Houston Baptist W, 3-1 Aug. 31 vs. UT- Pan American L, 0-3 Aug. 31 vs. Lousiana L, 0-3 Omaha Marriott Classic Sept. 6 SIUE L, 0-3 Sept. 7 Southern Utah L, 2-3 Sept. 7 Bradley L, 1-3 Tangi Tourism Lion Classic Sept. 13 vs. Louisiana Tech W, 3-2 Sept. 13 at Southeastern Louisiana L, 1-3 Sept. 14 vs. Stetson W, 3-0 Sept. 14 vs. Southern W, 3-0 Nike Invitational Sept. 19 at Oklahoma L, 0-3 Sept. 20 vs. Miami L, 0-3 Sept. 21 vs. LIU Brooklyn L, 0-3 Sept. 21 vs. Tulsa L, 0-3 Sept. 25 at Drake W, 3-0 Sept. 28 Western Illinois* L, 0-3 Oct. 4 at Fort Wayne* 6 p.m. Oct. 5 at IUPUI* 4 p.m. Oct. 11 North Dakota State* 7 p.m. Oct. 13 South Dakota State* 2 p.m. Oct. 18 at Denver* 7 p.m. Oct. 20 at South Dakota* 7 p.m. Oct. 26 at Western Illinois* 5 p.m. Nov. 1 IUPUI* 7 p.m. Nov. 3 Fort Wayne* 2 p.m. Nov. 8 at South Dakota State* 7 p.m. Nov. 9 at North Dakota State* 7 p.m. Nov. 15 South Dakota* 7 p.m. Nov. 17 Denver* 2 p.m. *Summit League match All times Central Home matches in bold italics and played at Sapp Fieldhouse Media Availability Student-athletes and coaches are available for interviews after practice or by arrangement through the UNO communications office. All volleyball interview requests must go through Assistant Director of Communications Bonnie Ryan at least one day in advance. Omaha Volleyball on Social Media Twitter -- Twitter.com/unovolleyball Facebook -- Facebook.com/unovolleyball Instagram MAVS PREPARE FOR FIRST LEAGUE ROADTRIP OMAHA MAVERICKS Record: 5-11 (0-1 Summit League) Head Coach: Rose Shires (24th Year) Record at School: Career Record: Same Last Match: L, 0-3 vs. Western Illinois (9/28) FORT WAYNE MASTODONS Record: 7-10 (0-0 Summit League) Head Coach: Kelley Hartley Hutton (15th Year) Record at School: Career Record: Last Match: L, 0-3 at Denver (9/29) IUPUI JAGUARS Record: 6-11 (0-2 Summit League) Head Coach: Steve Payne (16th Year) Record at School: Career Record: Same Last Match: L, 2-3 at South Dakota (9/29) Statistical Leaders Kills: Kelley Wollak K/S Assists: Bailey Baxter A/S Digs: Kimberly Bailey D/S Blocks: Megan Schmale B/S Service Aces: Bailey Baxter SA/S Friday, Oct. 4 OMAHA at FORT WAYNE 6 p.m. (CT) Gates Sports Center -- Fort Wayne, Ind. Live Stats: OMavs.com Live Video: None Live Audio: None TV: None Radio: None All-Time Series: IPFW leads 3-0 Last Meeting: IPFW won 3-0 (11/9/12) Saturday, Oct. 5 OMAHA at IUPUI 4 p.m. (CT) The Jungle -- Indianapolis, Ind. Live Stats: OMavs.com Live Video: OMavs.com Live Audio: None TV: None Radio: None All-Time Series: IUPUI leads 2-0 Last Meeting: IUPUI won 3-0 (10/26/12) This Week The Omaha volleyball team hits the road for its first Summit League away matches this weekend, traveling to Fort Wayne and IUPUI. UNO visits the Mastodons at 6 p.m. (CT) on Friday at Gates Sports Center in Fort Wayne, Ind., then meets the Jaguars at 4 p.m. (CT) on Saturday at The Jungle in Indianapolis, Ind. Links to live stats and video will be available on OMavs.com. Scouting the Fort Wayne Mastodons Fort Wayne enters Friday with a record of 7-10 (0-0 Summit League) coming off two conference losses to South Dakota and Denver last week. This weekend, the Mastodons face Omaha at 7 p.m. on Friday and Western Illinois on Saturday. IPFW went 25-7 in 2012 with a record of 12-4 in Summit League play and won the conference tournament to earn an NCAA Tournament bid. Head coach Kelley Hartley Hutton is in her 15th season at Fort Wayne with a record of , which makes her the winningest coach in program history, and she holds a career mark of over 20 years. IPFW leads the all-time series with UNO, 3-0. The Mastodons last took a 3-0 win in Fort Wayne on Nov. 3, Scouting the IUPUI Jaguars IUPUI enters the weekend with a record of 6-11 (0-2 Summit League) after dropping two close conference matches to Denver and South Dakota last week. This weekend, the Jaguars face Western Illinois on Friday and Omaha at 5 p.m. on Saturday. The Jaguars went in 2012 with a record of 13-3 in Summit League play and won the regular-season conference championship. Head coach Steve Payne is in his 16th year at IUPUI and holds a career mark of IUPUI leads the all-time series with UNO, 2-0. In their last meeting, the Jaguars took a 3-0 win on Oct. 26, 2012 at Sapp Fieldhouse.

2 AVCA COACHES POLL Released Sept. 30 School... Record... Last Week 1. Washington (38) USC (12) Florida (2) Texas (2) Penn State (1) Hawaii (3) Stanford Minnesota Michigan State Nebraska North Carolina Ohio State San Diego Michigan Arizona State UCLA Colorado State Florida State Kentucky Ohio Oregon Creighton Wisconsin NR 24. Purdue Iowa State SUMMIT LEAGUE STANDINGS Through Matches of Oct. 1 School... Conf... Overall South Dakota Denver Western Illinois North Dakota State Omaha South Dakota State Fort Wayne IUPUI WHEN REFERRING TO THE MAVERICKS As part of a University-wide rebranding effort that began in 2011, media and fans are reminded to refer to the school as the University of Nebraska Omaha, Omaha or UNO. The new O logo is UNO s primary mark, while the new bull logo is a secondary mark OMAHA VOLLEYBALL ROSTER # Name Pos. Ht. Cl. Hometown (High School/Previous Schools) 2 Bailey Baxter S 5-7 So. Grand Island, Neb. (Grand Island Central Catholic) 3 Kimberly Bailey DS 5-9 So. Lincoln, Neb. (Lincoln North Star) 4 Kristy Wieser MB 6-2 Fr. Lincoln, Neb. (Lincoln Pius X) 6 Megan Schmale MB 6-0 So. Murdock, Neb. (Elmwood-Murdock) 7 Kelley Wollak OH 5-9 So. Bloomington, Neb. (Bloomington Jefferson) 8 Diane Banderas MB 5-9 So. Lincoln, Neb. (Lincoln Southwest) 9 Jessy Schroedter MB 6-1 Jr. Fremont, Neb. (Archbishop Bergan) 10 Rachelle Kruml DS 5-6 Jr. Ord, Neb. (Ord) 11 Amy Taylor MB 6-3 So. Golden, Colo. (Golden) 14 Nicki Carson S/RS 6-0 Fr. Ord, Neb. (Ord) 15 Amanda Conlin MB 6-2 Fr. Glendale, Ariz. (Deer Valley) 16 Elise Brown OH 6-1 Fr. Des Moines, Iowa (Dowling) 18 Michaela Schimmer S/RS 6-0 So. Grand Island, Neb. (Grand Island Northwest) Head Coach: Rose Shires (24th Year) Associate Head Coach: Karen Povondra (23rd Year) Assistant Coach: Tanya Cate (4th Year) MAVERICK PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Kristy Wieser: WEE-zer Megan Schmale: SHMAHL-ee Kelley Wollak: WALL-ick Diane Banderas: ban-dare-as Jessy Schroedter: SHRO-der Rachelle Kruml: ra-shell CRUM-uhl Michaela Schimmer: SHIMM-er Tanya Cate: TAN-yuh Quick Hits UNO s 2.58 blocks per set as a team ties for 59th nationally with St. Mary s (Calif.), UC Irvine, Kentucky and FIU. Sophomore Megan Schmale is 24th individually with 1.36 blocks per set. Omaha is 3-1 this year when it wins the first set of a match. The Mavericks are a perfect 5-0 this season when leading in hitting percentage, and UNO is 4-0 when its opponents hit.100 or lower. League Leaders In its first year of League play in 2012, Omaha made its presence known with its strong serving. As a team, the Mavericks ranked first in the conference with 153 total service aces and 1.47 aces per set. This season, the Mavericks rank in the top five in multiple categories: second in block assists (247), total blocks (138) and blocks per set (2.50), third in service aces per set (1.35) and fourth in total aces (74). Individually, Megan Schmale leads the league in block assists (71) and blocks per set (1.36) and is second in total blocks (75). Bailey Baxter comes in third with 0.36 service aces per set and fouth with 20 total aces, and Kimberly Bailey is fifth in digs per set (3.65) and total digs (201). Mavericks Garner All-Tournament Recognition Sophomores Kelley Wollak and Kimberly Bailey both earned spots on the all-tournament team at the Tangi Tourism Lion Classic, Sept Wollak averaged a team-leading 2.47 kills per set, along with 0.27 service aces, 1.93 digs and 0.40 blocks per set, and she led the Mavs in kills in three out of four matches. Bailey averaged a team-best 3.33 digs per set, along with 1.13 assists per set. Before that, sophomore middle blocker Megan Schmale was named to an all-tournament team two weekends in a row, first at the Marriott Houston Westchase Classic (Aug ) and again at the Omaha Marriott Classic (Sept. 6-7). Over three matches at the Omaha Marriott Classic, the Murdock, Neb., native averaged 2.50 kills, 1.33 blocks and 0.25 service aces per set. She had an outstanding performance against Southern Utah with career highs of 13 kills and nine blocks, hitting.480 with just one attack error. Primary Logo Secondary Logo What Makes Up the Mavericks Omaha returns nine letterwinners from the 2012 season, including four starters in sophomores Bailey Baxter, Megan Schmale, Kelley Wollak and Michaela Schimmer. UNO returns 62 percent of its total offensive production from last season, as this year s returners accounted for 732 of the Mavericks 1,183 kills. Omaha lost four letterwinners from the 2012 squad, most notably Natalie Ebke, who ranked 10th all-time for career digs and was the Mavs leader in total kills (284) and kills per set (2.73). Amy Roberts, UNO s defensive specialist, also finished due to graduation and had a team-leading 4.19 digs per set in her final season.

3 MAVERICKS BY THE NUMBERS Overall Record Home Away Neutral vs. Top 10 Teams vs. Top 25 Teams vs. Teams Receiving Top 25 Votes vs. Unranked Teams By Sets 3 Sets Sets Sets THE 2013 MAVERICKS -- Front Row (L-R): Assistant Athletic Trainer Tony Taylor, Associate Head Coach Karen Povondra, Head Coach Rose Shires, Assistant Coach Tanya Cate. Middle Row (L-R): Bailey Baxter, Kelley Wollak, Michaela Schimmer, Diane Banderas, Kimberly Bailey, Rachelle Kruml. Back Row (L-R): Nicki Carson, Kristy Wieser, Megan Schmale, Amy Taylor, Amanda Conlin, Jessy Schroedter, Elise Brown. UNO s top returning hitter is sophomore Kelley Wollak, who averaged 2.64 kills per set as a freshman, just behind Ebke. At the net, sophomore Megan Schmale returns after averaging 0.86 blocks per set in her inaugural season. The Mavericks are primarily a young squad, with four freshmen, seven sophomores and two juniors making up the roster. Omaha has no seniors in 2013, and four members of the sophomore class were starters last season. Triple Trouble Sophomore Michaela Schimmer tallied three triple-doubles as a freshman in 2012, accounting for the last three triple-doubles in Maverick history. Prior to Schimmer, the last triple-double came from Krista Niezwaag in Against Tulsa at the Nike Invitational, the Grand Island, Neb., native narrowly missed her next triple-double, finishing with 10 kills, nine assists and nine digs. Schimmer s first career triple-double came against Arkansas State with 16 kills, 15 assists and 22 digs. She followed with two in conference play: 12 kills, 22 assists and 16 digs against Western Illinois and 19 kills, 21 assists and 12 digs against South Dakota in the season finale Squad Earns 14th Straight AVCA Academic Award UNO earned the American Volleyball Coaches Association Team Academic Award for the 14th straight year, it was announced in July. As a team, the Mavericks recorded a 3.74 GPA during the academic year to garner the annual honor. The award, which was initiated in , honors collegiate and high school volleyball teams that have displayed excellence in the classroom during the school year by maintaining at least a 3.30 cumulative team GPA on a 4.0 scale or a 4.10 cumulative team GPA on a 5.0 scale. Omaha was among 130 Division I women s squads to meet the academic standards last year. UNO s academic effort was highlighted by 13 volleyball student-athletes making the Dean s List or Chancellor s List and five who held 4.0 GPAs for the academic year. The year marks the 14th straight time the team has earned the AVCA s annual honor and its 17th overall award. Shires Guides Mavericks as Winningest Coach in School History Head coach Rose Shires is the all-time winningest coach in 43 years of UNO volleyball history. In her 24th year at the helm of the Maverick program, Shires owns a career record of (.595), with the most wins of the five coaches who have served at Omaha. The 1996 AVCA National Coach of the Year and a two-time conference coach of the year, Shires has enjoyed tremendous success as UNO s guide. The 1996 campaign saw her lead UNO to a national championship as well as its first North Central Conference championship since 1987, followed by an Elite Eight appearance in In NCAA Tournament play, Shires squads have combined for 11 appearances and a postseason mark. By Kills Leading in Kills Trailing in Kills Tied in Kills By Digs Leading in Digs Trailing in Digs Tied in Digs By Blocks Leading in Blocks Trailing in Blocks Tied in Blocks By Hitting Percentage Leading in Hitting Percentage Trailing in Hitting Percentage Tied in Hitting Percentage Hitting.300 or Above Hitting Between.200 and Hitting Between.100 and Hitting Below Opponent Hitting.300 or Above Opponent Hitting Between.200 and Opponent Hitting Between.100 and Opponent Hitting Below Opponent Hitting Below By Service Aces Leading in Service Aces Trailing in Service Aces Tied in Service Aces By Conference ACC Atlantic Sun Big Big Sky Conference USA Missouri Valley Northeast Ohio Valley Southland Sun Belt SWAC WAC...0-1

4 THE LAST TIME OMAHA AS A TEAM... Won a match 3-0 at Drake (9/25/13) Won a match 3-1 at Houston Baptist (8/30/13) Won a match 3-2 vs. Louisiana Tech (9/13/13) Lost a match 0-3 vs. Western Illinois (9/28/13) Lost a match 1-3 at Southeastern Louisiana (9/13/13) Lost a match 2-3 vs. Southern Utah (9/7/13) Had 100 kills in a match.100 vs. Northern Colorado (10/26/99) Had 200 attacks in a match 203 vs. Fort Wayne (10/5/11) Had.400 or better hitting.410 vs. St. Edward s (10/2/10) Had 10 or more service aces 12 vs. Oakland (10/6/12) Had 20 or more total blocks 20 at Nebraska-Kearney (9/9/09) Had 100 or more digs 104 vs. Dallas Baptist (10/1/11) AN INDIVIDUAL MAVERICK... Had 20 or more kills Natalie Ebke vs. Fort Wayne (10/5/11) Had 30 or more kills Tracy Ankeny at Augustana (11/3/00) Had 10 or more blocks Brittany Hanssen vs. UMKC (9/21/11) Had 25 or more digs Kimberly Bailey at Houston Baptist (8/30/13) Shires is assisted by associate head coach Karen Povondra, who is in her 23rd season with UNO, and assistant coach Tanya Cate, who is in her fourth year on the Maverick staff. Fresh Faces The Mavericks have welcomed four freshmen to the roster this season: middle blocker Kristy Wieser (Lincoln, Neb.), setter and rightside hitter Nicki Carson (Ord, Neb.), outside hitter Elise Brown (Des Moines, Iowa) and middle blocker Amanda Conlin (Glendale, Ariz.). Wieser was an all-state selection at Lincoln Pius X, where she helped the Thunderbolts to the 2011 Class B state championship. Carson, also an in-state product, was a two-time all-state pick and led Ord to an appearance in the Class C-2 state championship match as a junior. Brown was part of the first Dowling High School team in school history to qualify for the state tournament and was a two-time first-team all-conference honoree. Conlin also comes to Omaha with a host of awards: the 2012 AIA Division II Player of the Year and all-state honors, as well as three AIA Division I regional shot put championships. An accomplished track & field athlete, Conlin will also compete as a thrower for the UNO track & field program. Mixed Schedule Takes Mavericks Around the Nation Omaha s 2013 schedule includes 29 matches against 22 different opponents, and the team will play in 10 states across the country. UNO will square off with opponents from 12 different conferences. Five foes were 2012 NCAA Tournament qualifiers: Fort Wayne, LIU Brooklyn, Miami (Fla.), Oklahoma and Tulsa. The Sooners were the only team to play more than one postseason match after defeating Arizona State, 3-2, to advance to the NCAA second round. The Mavericks have never faced 11 of their 2013 opponents: Houston Baptist, UT-Pan American, Louisiana, SIUE, Southern Utah, Louisiana Tech, Southeastern Louisiana, Stetson, Southern, Oklahoma, Miami (Fla.) and LIU Brooklyn. Omaha holds a combined all-time record of over all teams on the slate entering this season. No Longer the Newcomers Omaha is in its third year as a reclassifying Division I school in and its second as a member of the Summit League. In 2012, the Mavericks played their first full season as a member of the conference, picking up their first official Summit League win, 3-2 over Western Illinois. UNO is ineligible for the league tournament and NCAA postseason play until but will play a full regularseason conference schedule through its transitional years. Summit League Preseason Poll Announced Omaha was picked to finish eighth in the Summit League Preseason Poll released by the conference office on Aug. 22. The poll was determined by a vote of the league s head coaches, media and media relations personnel. Defending tournament champion Fort Wayne, received three first-place votes and tied with reigning regular season champion IUPUI, who earned four first-place tallies. The Mastodons won their second league crown in four years, while the Jaguars claimed their first outright regular season title and second overall a year ago. League newcomer Denver was picked third and collected the final first-place vote. South Dakota finished fourth, while South Dakota State edged out North Dakota State by three points for fifth place. Rounding out the poll were Western Illinois and Omaha. Next Up Omaha returns to action next weekend, hosting North Dakota State on Friday, Oct. 11 at 7 p.m. and South Dakota State on Sunday, Oct. 13 at 2 p.m. Links to live stats will be available on OMavs.com. Had 35 or more digs Angie Reicks vs. Central Missouri (11/13/09) Had 5 or more service aces Natalie Ebke -- 5 vs. North Dakota State (9/15/12) Had a Double-Double Bailey Baxter -- vs. Tulsa (9/21/13) Had a Triple-Double Michaela Schimmer -- at Drake (9/25/13)

5 2013 OMAHA VOLLEYBALL STATISTICS Through Sept. 28, 2013 Overall Record: 5-11 Summit League: 0-1 Home: 0-4 Away: 2-2 Neutral: 3-5 ATTACK SET SERVE DIG BLOCKING No. Player S K K/S E TA Pct A A/S SA SE SA/S RE DIG Dig/S BS BA Total Blk/S BE BHE 7 Kelley Wollak Megan Schmale Michaela Schimmer Kristy Wieser Diane Banderas Amy Taylor Jessy Schroedter Nicki Carson Elise Brown Bailey Baxter Kimberly Bailey Rachelle Kruml TEAM - OMAHA Opponents TEAM STATISTICS ATTACK UNO OPP Kills Errors Total Attacks Attack Pct Kills/Set SET Assists Assists/Set SERVE Aces Errors Aces/Set SERVE RECEPTIONS Errors Errors/Set DEFENSE Digs Digs/Set BLOCKING Block Solo Block Assist Total Blocks Blocks/Set Block Errors Ball handling errors 22 8 ATTENDANCE Total Dates/Avg Per Date 4/457 4/342 Neutral site #/Avg 8/117 Current win streak Home win streak SEASON RESULTS Date Opponent Result Score By Set Attend Aug. 30 at Houston Baptist W, , 21-25, 25-19, Aug. 31 vs. UT-Pan American L, , 22-25, Aug. 31 vs. Louisiana L, , 13-25, Sept. 6 SIUE L, , 21-25, Sept. 7 Southern Utah L, , 22-25, 25-19, 21-25, Sept. 7 Bradley L, , 24-26, 25-23, Sept. 13 vs. Louisiana Tech W, , 25-27, 25-23, 25-19, Sept. 13 at Southeastern Louisiana L, , 25-23, 23-25, Sept. 14 vs. Stetson W, , 25-23, Sept. 14 vs. Southern W, , 25-22, Sept. 19 at Oklahoma L, , 20-25, Sept. 20 vs. Miami L, , 19-25, Sept. 21 vs. LIU Brooklyn L, , 30-32, Sept. 21 vs. Tulsa L, , 19-25, Sept. 25 at Drake W, , 25-20, Sept. 28 Western Illinois* L, , 9-25, Record in 3-set matches: 3-8 Record in 4-set matches: 1-2 Record in 5-set matches: 1-1

6 #2 #3 #4 #6 BAILEY BAXTER So. S 5-7 Grand Island, Neb. #7 #8 KIMBERLY BAILEY So. DS 5-9 Lincoln, Neb. #9 KRISTY WIESER Fr. MB 6-2 Lincoln, Neb. MEGAN SCHMALE So. OH 6-0 Murdock, Neb. #10 KELLEY WOLLAK So. OH 5-9 Bloomington, Minn. #11 DIANE BANDERAS So. MB 5-9 Lincoln, Neb. #14 JESSY SCHROEDTER Jr. MB 6-1 Fremont, Neb. #15 #16 RACHELLE KRUML Jr. DS 5-6 Ord, Neb. AMY TAYLOR So. MB 6-3 Golden, Colo. #18 NICKI CARSON Fr. S/RS 6-0 Ord, Neb. AMANDA CONLIN Fr. MB 6-2 Glendale, Ariz. ELISE BROWN Fr. OH 6-1 Des Moines, Iowa MICHAELA SCHIMMER So. S/RS 6-0 Grand Island, Neb. ROSE SHIRES Head Coach 24th Year KAREN POVONDRA Associate Head Coach 23rd Year TANYA CATE Assistant Coach 4th Year