UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH VOLLEYBALL 11 NCAA Tournaments 11 Big East Tournament Titles Six Big East Regular-Season Titles Contact: Casey Bonk - Asst. Director of Media Relations Cell: 412-298-7025 Office: 412-648-7774 Email: cbonk@athletics.pitt.edu August Hampton Inn Invitational Bowling Green, Ohio 8/29 vs. Middle Tennessee State W, 3-0 8/30 vs. Dayton W, 3-0 September @ Bowling Green W, 3-0 Omni Classic Boulder, Co. 9/5 vs. Georgia Southern W, 3-0 9/6 vs. Portland State W, 3-0 @ Colorado L, 1-3 Panther Classic Pittsburgh, Pa. 9/12 vs. Duquesne W, 3-0 9/13 vs. Norfolk W, 3-0 vs. Niagara W, 3-0 Pitt Panther Invitational Pittsburgh, Pa. 9/19 vs. USF W, 3-1 9/20 vs. Sacred Heart W, 3-0 vs. Delaware W, 3-0 9/25 vs. LIU Brooklyn W, 3-1 9/28 VS. BOSTON COLLEGE* W, 3-0 October 10/3 VS. No. 12 UNC L, 2-3 10/10 VS. NOTRE DAME* W, 3-1 10/12 @ SYRACUSE W, 3-1 10/17 @ GEORGIA TECH* W, 3-0 10/19 @ CLEMSON* W, 3-1 10/24 VS. No. 4 FLORIDA ST L, 2-3 10/26 VS. LOUISVILLE W, 3-1 10/31 @ VIRGINIA TECH L, 1-3 November 11/2 VS. SYRACUSE W, 3-0 11/7 @ DUKE W, 3-2 11/8 @ WAKE FOREST W, 3-0 11/14 VS. MIAMI L, 0-3 11/16 VS. VIRGINIA TECH L, 1-3 11/21 VS. NC STATE W, 3-0 11/23 @ VIRGINIA W, 3-1 11/26 @ LOUISVILLE* 4:00 P.M. 11/28 @ NOTRE DAME 4:00 P.M. ACC MATCHES *Denotes ESPN3 Broadcast All matches ET Time PITTSBURGH AT A GLANCE School... Location... Pittsburgh, Pa. Enrollment... 28,823 Founded... 1787 Nickname... Panthers Colors...Vegas Gold and Navy Director of Athletics...Steve Pederson Executive Assistant to the AD...Stephanie Armstorng 412-648-8230 Executive Associate AD for Media Relations...E.J. Borghetti Executive Associate AD for Business and Finance...Wendy Meyers Executive Associate AD for Compliance...Dan Bartholomae Executive Associate AD for External Operations... Chris Ferris Assoc. AD for Development... Maureen Anderson Assoc. AD Sport Administrator... Kirk Bruce Assoc. AD for Facilities... John Abrams Assist. AD for Marketing... Chris Bain 2013 Record...19-14 ACC... 11-9 Postseason...N/A Newcomers... 3 Head Coach...Dan Fisher (Pacific, 99) Overall Career Record...109-18 Overall Record at Pitt... 34-16 Assistant Coach... Craig Dyer (Susquehanna, 05) Assistant Coach... Lindsey Campbell (Concordia, 08) Director of Operations... Kellen Petrone (Duquesne, 08)... First Season KILLS Jessica Wynn...410 Kate Yeazel...315 Mechael Guess...245 ASSISTS Jenna Jacobson...714 Lindsey Zitzke...700 Delaney Clesen...123 Conference... ACC Affiliation...NCAA Division I Home Court...Fitzgerald FH School Site...www.pitt.edu Athletics...pittsburghpanthers.com Twitter... PITTSBURGH AT A GLANCE TOP RETURNERS Staters Returning/Lost...6/1 Letterwinners Returning/Lost... 13/1 BLOCKS Jenna Potts...140 Kate Yeazel... 93 Jessica Wynn... 71 DIGS Delaney Clesen...542 Jenna Jacobson...239 Jessica Wynn...220
PITTSBURGH ROSTER BREAKDOWN UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH VOLLEYBALL OUTSIDE HITTERS/MIDDLE BLOCKERS No. Name Pos. Class Ht. Hometown/Previous School 1 Lauren Anderson OH So. 6-0 Peoria, Ariz./Liberty High 3 Kate Yeazel OPP Sr. 6-3 Eaton, Ohio/National Trail 4 Jessica Wynn OH Sr. 6-1 Fort Lauderdale, Fla./Cardinal Gibbons 6 Casey Durham OH/OPP Jr. 6-3 Evanston, Ill./Evanston Township 7 Mechael Guess OPP Sr. 5-9 Louisville, Ky./DuPont Manual 9 Amanda Orchard MH Jr. 6-0 Lake Zurich, Ill./Lake Zurich 10 Mariah Bell OH Fr. 6-1 Moorpark, Calif./Moorpark High School 11 Kelsey O Neill MB Fr. 6-2 Skokie, Ill./Loyola Academy 14 Jenna Potts MB R-So. 6-3 Bernville, Pa./Schuykill Valley/Xavier 28 Maria Genitsaridi OH So. 6-0 Crete, Greece/11th High School of Heraklion DEFENSIVE SPECIALISTS/SETTERS No. Name Pos. Class Ht. Hometown/Previous School 2 Delaney Clesen L Sr. 5-7 Evanston, Ill./Evanston Township 5 Lindsey Zitzke S Sr. 5-10 Dublin, Ohio/Dublin Coffman 8 Jenna Jacobson S Jr. 5-8 Chicago, Ill./Whitney Young Magnet 12 Ellie Burns DS So. 5-5 Clarion, Pa./Clarion 16 Angela Seman DS Fr. 5-9 Cranberry Twp, Pa./Seneca Valley High School COACHING STAFF Head Coach: Dan Fisher (Pacific, 99), Second Season Assistant Coach: Lindsey Campbell (Concordia, 08) Second Season Assistant Coach: Craig Dyer (Susquehanna, 95), Second Season Director of Operations: Kellen Petrone (Duquesne, 08) First Season Alphabetical No. Name 1 Anderson, Lauren 10 Bell, Mariah 12 Burns, Ellie 2 Clesen, Delaney 6 Durham, Casey 28 Genitsaridi, Maria 7 Guess, Mechael 8 Jacobson, Jenna 11 O Neill, Kelsey 9 Orchard, Amanda 14 Potts, Jenna 16 Seman, Angela 4 Wynn, Jessica 3 Yeazel, Kate 5 Zitzke, Lindsey Numerical No. Name Yr. Pos. Ht. Hometown/Previous School 1 Lauren Anderson So. OH 6-0 Peoria, Ariz./Liberty High 2 Delaney Clesen Sr. L 5-7 Evanston, Ill./Evanston Township 3 Kate Yeazel Sr. RS/MB 6-3 Eaton, Ohio/National Trail 4 Jessica Wynn Sr. OH 6-1 Fort Lauderdale, Fla./Cardinal Gibbons 5 Lindsey Zitzke Sr. S 5-10 Dublin, Ohio/Dublin Coffman 6 Casey Durham Jr. OH 6-3 Evanston, Ill./Evanston Township 7 Mechael Guess Sr. RS 5-9 Louisville, Ky./DuPont Manual 8 Jenna Jacobson Jr. S 5-8 Chicago, Ill./Whitney Young Magnet 9 Amanda Orchard Jr. MH 6-0 Lake Zurich, Ill./Lake Zurich 10 Mariah Bell Fr. OH 6-1 Moorpark, Calif./ Moorpark High School 11 Kelsey O Neill Fr. MB 6-2 Skokie, Ill./ Loyola Academy 12 Ellie Burns So. DS 5-5 Clarion, Pa./Clarion 14 Jenna Potts R-So. MB 6-3 Bernville, Pa./Xavier 16 Angela Seman Fr. DS 5-9 Cranberry Twp, Pa./ Seneca Valley High 28 Maria Genitsaridi So. OH 6-0 Crete, Greece/11th High School of Heraklion BY STATE: Illinois (5): Clesen, Durham, Jacobson, O Neill, Orchard Pennsylvania (3): Burns, Potts, Seman Ohio (2): Yeazel, Zitzke Arizona (1): Anderson California (1): Bell Florida (1): Wynn Kentucky (1): Guess Greece (1): Genitsaridi BY CLASS: Seniors (5): Clesen, Guess, Wynn, Yeazel, Zitzke Juniors (3): Durham, Jacobson, Orchard Sophomores (5): Anderson, Burns, Genitsaridi, Potts Freshmen (3): Bell, O Neill, Seman
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH VOLLEYBALL 2014 PITT VOLLEYBALL TV/RADIO ROSTER 1 Lauren Anderson OH RS-FR Peoria, Ariz. 2 Delany Clesen (CLEE-son) LIB SR Evanston, Ill. 3 Kate Yeazel (YAY-zul) OPP SR Eaton, Ohio 4 Jessica Wynn OH SR Fort Lauderdale, Fla. 5 Lindsey Zitzke (ZITS-kee) S SR Dublin, Ohio 6 Casey Durham OH/OPP JR Evanston, Ill. 7 Mechael Guess (Meh-KALE) OPP SR Louisville, Ky. 8 Jenna Jacobson S JR Chicago, Ill. 9 Amanda Orchard MH JR Lake Zurich, Ill. 10 Mariah Bell OH FR Moorpark, Calif. 11 Kelsey O Neill MB FR Skokie, Ill. 12 Ellie Burns DS SO Clarion, Pa. 14 Jenna Potts MB R-SO Bernville, Pa. 16 Angela Seman DS FR Cranberry Twp., Pa. 28 Maria Genitsaridi (YEN-it-sar-EE-tee) OH SO Crete, Greece Dan Fisher Head Coach 2nd season Craig Dyer Assistant Coach 2nd Season Lindsey Campbell Assistant Coach 2nd Season Kellen Petrone Director of Operations 1st Season
Pittsburgh 2013 Pittsburgh Combined Team Statistics (as of Apr 03, 2014) All matches Overall record: 19-14 Conf: 11-9 Home: 8-5 Away: 6-7 Neutral: 5-2 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 4 Wynn, Jessica 130 410 3.15 137 1076.254 33 0.25 12 31 0.09 34 220 1.69 5 66 71 0.55 7 5-3 Yeazel, Kate 112 315 2.81 138 719.2 4 6 5 0.04 0 0 0.00 0 42 0.38 5 88 93 0.83 4 2-7 Guess, Mechael 99 245 2.47 84 600.268 7 0.07 0 0 0.00 0 56 0.57 1 32 33 0.33 3 4-24 Wignot, Monica 90 216 2.40 97 642.1 8 5 17 0.19 23 35 0.26 15 128 1.42 16 48 64 0.71 6 3-28 Genitsaridi, Maria 129 214 1.66 103 584.190 17 0.13 48 54 0.37 43 208 1.61 0 40 40 0.31 4 2-14 Potts, Jenna 120 129 1.08 57 273.2 6 4 6 0.05 4 14 0.03 0 14 0.12 17 123 140 1.17 15 0-23 Irby, KeKe 64 72 1.12 32 160.250 3 0.05 1 1 0.02 1 13 0.20 1 43 44 0.69 6 1-13 Boddy, Jessica 61 66 1.08 41 183.1 3 7 6 0.10 7 9 0.11 1 7 0.11 7 51 58 0.95 5 1-9 Orchard, Amanda 66 33 0.50 9 100.240 4 0.06 6 3 0.09 0 25 0.38 0 14 14 0.21 1 0-6 Durham, Casey 21 8 0.38 6 20. 1 0 0 0 0.00 1 5 0.05 0 2 0.10 1 4 5 0.24 0 0-5 Zitzke, Lindsey 130 6 0.05 3 24.125 700 5.38 38 67 0.29 1 190 1.46 0 0 0 0.00 1 24-2 Clesen, Delaney 130 6 0.05 1 12.4 1 7 123 0.95 23 26 0.18 46 542 4.17 0 0 0 0.00 0 3-8 Jacobson, Jenna 130 5 0.04 2 17.176 714 5.49 44 14 0.34 0 239 1.84 0 1 1 0.01 0 9-12 Burns, Ellie 22 0 0.00 1 2-.5 0 0 0 0.00 1 4 0.05 0 2 0.09 0 0 0 0.00 0 0-18 Nicholas, Maria 5 0 0.00 0 1.000 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 - PITTSBURGH 130 1725 13.27 711 4413. 230 1635 12.58 208 263 1.60 149 1688 12.98 53 510 308.0 2.37 52 54 - Opponents 130 1452 11.17 652 4083.196 1354 10.42 149 212 1.15 208 1615 12.42 71 518 330.0 2.54 79 49 - Team Statistics UP OPP ATTACK K i l l s 1725 1452 Errors 711 652 Total Attacks 4413 4083 Attack Pct.230.196 K i l l s / S e t 13.3 11.2 SET A s s i s t s 1635 1354 Assists/Set 12.6 10.4 SERVE Aces 208 149 E r r o r s 263 212 Attempts 2882 2686 Serve Pct. 909. 921 Aces/Set 1.6 1.1 SERVE RECEPTIONS Errors 149 208 E r r o r s / S e t 1.1 1.6 Attempts 2469 2614 Reception Pct. 940. 920 DEFENSE D i g s 1688 1615 Digs/Set 13.0 12.4 BLOCKING Block Solo 53 71 Block Assist 510 518 Total Blocks 308.0 330.0 B l o c k s / S e t 2.4 2.5 Block Errors 52 79 Ball handling errors 54 49 ATTENDANCE T o t a l 6115 9988 Dates/Avg Per Date 13/470 13/768 Neutral site #/Avg 7/665 Current win streak 6 - Home win streak 2 - Date Opponent Score Score by set Att. Aug 30 vs Arkansas State W 3-0 25-19,25-20,25-18 62 Aug 30 at Mizzou L 1-3 13-25,25-23,14-25,13-25 2002 Aug 31 vs South Dakota W 3-1 25-27,25-15,25-16,25-17 3130 Aug 31 vs Idaho State L 0-3 16-25,23-25,20-25 65 Sep 6 vs ALBANY W 3-0 25-18,25-14,25-15 410 Sep 07 vs Northeastern W 3-0 25-18,25-16,25-15 500 Sep 07 at UConn W 3-2 20-25,25-17,25-16,23-25,15-9 500 Sep 13 at USF W 3-2 20-25,25-22,22-25,25-13,15-8 707 Sep 14 vs #22 Purdue L 2-3 13-25,25-21,18-25,25-17,11-15 283 Sep 14 vs FAU W 3-0 25-13,25-19,25-12 208 Sep 20 CORNELL L 2-3 25-15,22-25,25-14,23-25,11-15 877 Sep 20 RUTGERS W 3-1 26-28,25-17,25-15,25-11 877 Sep 21 MOREHEAD STATE L 2-3 25-22,23-25,25-20,22-25,13-15 452 *Sep 27 CLEMSON W 3-0 25-19,25-17,25-19 257 *Sep 29 GEORGIA TECH W 3-0 26-24,25-21,25-14 210 *Oct 4 VIRGINIA TECH W 3-0 25-19,25-20,25-18 433 *Oct 5 VIRGINIA L 2-3 22-25,25-20,25-17,21-25,11-15 447 *Oct 11 at Miami L 0-3 18-25,19-25,20-25 395 *Oct 13 at #21 Florida State L 0-3 22-25,23-25,20-25 830 *Oct 18 BOSTON COLLEGE W 3-0 25-18,25-22,25-22 389 *Oct 20 SYRACUSE L 1-3 17-25,25-22,25-27,25-27 327 *Oct 25 at NC State L 2-3 26-28,25-20,16-25,25-15,16-18 804 *Oct 27 at #14 North Carolina L 1-3 21-25,25-21,17-25,10-25 584 *Oct 30 at Maryland L 1-3 25-23,24-26,15-25,24-26 311 *Nov 03 at Notre Dame L 2-3 25-13,22-25,25-17,22-25,9-15 2127 *Nov 08 WAKE FOREST W 3-2 26-24,23-25,25-22,25-27,15-11 445 *11/10/13 #15 DUKE L 1-3 22-25,25-20,23-25,21-25 458 *Nov 15 at Syracuse W 3-0 25-20,25-23,25-13 329 *Nov 17 at Boston College W 3-2 22-25,14-25,25-22,25-17,15-12 466 *11/22/13 MARYLAND W 3-2 25-15,23-25,20-25,25-20,15-13 575 *11/24/13 NC STATE W 3-0 25-21,25-16,25-20 368 *Nov 29 at Virginia W 3-1 25-23,23-25,25-21,25-8 458 *Nov 30 at Virginia Tech W 3-1 20-25,26-24,25-19,25-23 475 Record in 3-set matches:10-3 Record in 4-set matches:4-5 Record in 5-set matches:5-6
Pittsburgh Combined Team Statistics (as of Aug 27, 2014) Conference matches Overall record: 11-9 Conf: 11-9 Home: 7-3 Away: 4-6 Neutral: 0-0 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 9 Orchard, Amanda 44 9 0.20 0 23.391 1 0.02 4 2 0.09 0 16 0.36 0 3 3 0.07 1 0-2 Clesen, Delaney 78 3 0.04 1 7.2 8 6 74 0.95 14 14 0.18 31 318 4.08 0 0 0 0.00 0 2-14 Potts, Jenna 74 94 1.27 42 196.265 5 0.07 1 5 0.01 0 13 0.18 11 80 91 1.23 7 0-4 Wynn, Jessica 78 251 3.22 80 666.2 5 7 17 0.22 4 9 0.05 15 108 1.38 4 42 46 0.59 6 2-7 Guess, Mechael 61 150 2.46 55 382.249 4 0.07 0 0 0.00 0 38 0.62 1 20 21 0.34 3 3-23 Irby, KeKe 53 64 1.21 30 144.2 3 6 3 0.06 1 1 0.02 1 12 0.23 0 34 34 0.64 2 1-3 Yeazel, Kate 60 155 2.58 73 358.229 1 0.02 0 0 0.00 0 19 0.32 4 42 46 0.77 0 2-28 Genitsaridi, Maria 78 138 1.77 61 354.2 1 8 8 0.10 27 30 0.35 28 118 1.51 0 21 21 0.27 3 2-5 Zitzke, Lindsey 78 2 0.03 0 10.200 409 5.24 23 37 0.29 0 106 1.36 0 0 0 0.00 1 13-8 Jacobson, Jenna 78 3 0.04 1 10.2 0 0 475 6.09 27 9 0.35 0 162 2.08 0 0 0 0.00 0 5-24 Wignot, Monica 78 191 2.45 91 576.174 16 0.21 21 31 0.27 10 124 1.59 16 38 54 0.69 4 3-6 Durham, Casey 13 4 0.31 3 12.0 8 3 0 0.00 0 2 0.00 0 0 0.00 1 4 5 0.38 0 0-13 Boddy, Jessica 15 6 0.40 5 29.034 1 0.07 0 1 0.00 0 0 0.00 2 6 8 0.53 0 0-18 Nicholas, Maria 2 0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 0-12 Burns, Ellie 1 0 0.00 0 0.000 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 - PITTSBURGH 78 1070 13.72 442 2767. 227 1014 13.00 122 141 1.56 89 1034 13.26 39 290 184.0 2.36 27 33 - Opponents 78 941 12.06 364 2509.230 875 11.22 89 140 1.14 122 1007 12.91 46 312 202.0 2.59 64 26 - Team Statistics UP OPP ATTACK K i l l s 1070 941 Errors 442 364 Total Attacks 2767 2509 Attack Pct.227.230 K i l l s / S e t 13.7 12.1 SET A s s i s t s 1014 875 Assists/Set 13.0 11.2 SERVE Aces 122 89 E r r o r s 141 140 Aces/Set 1.6 1.1 SERVE RECEPTIONS E r r o r s 8 9 1 2 2 E r r o r s / S e t 1.1 1.6 DEFENSE D i g s 1034 1007 Digs/Set 13.3 12.9 BLOCKING Block Solo 39 46 Block Assist 290 312 Total Blocks 184.0 202.0 B l o c k s / S e t 2.4 2.6 Block Errors 27 64 Ball handling errors 33 26 ATTENDANCE T o t a l 3909 6779 Dates/Avg Per Date 10/391 10/678 Neutral site #/Avg 0/0 Current win streak 6 - Home win streak 2 - Date Opponent Score Score by set Att. *Sep 27 CLEMSON W 3-0 25-19,25-17,25-19 257 *Sep 29 GEORGIA TECH W 3-0 26-24,25-21,25-14 210 *Oct 4 VIRGINIA TECH W 3-0 25-19,25-20,25-18 433 *Oct 5 VIRGINIA L 2-3 22-25,25-20,25-17,21-25,11-15 447 *Oct 11 at Miami L 0-3 18-25,19-25,20-25 395 *Oct 13 at #21 Florida State L 0-3 22-25,23-25,20-25 830 *Oct 18 BOSTON COLLEGE W 3-0 25-18,25-22,25-22 389 *Oct 20 SYRACUSE L 1-3 17-25,25-22,25-27,25-27 327 *Oct 25 at NC State L 2-3 26-28,25-20,16-25,25-15,16-18 804 *Oct 27 at #14 North Carolina L 1-3 21-25,25-21,17-25,10-25 584 *Oct 30 at Maryland L 1-3 25-23,24-26,15-25,24-26 311 *Nov 03 at Notre Dame L 2-3 25-13,22-25,25-17,22-25,9-15 2127 *Nov 08 WAKE FOREST W 3-2 26-24,23-25,25-22,25-27,15-11 445 *11/10/13 #15 DUKE L 1-3 22-25,25-20,23-25,21-25 458 *Nov 17 at Boston College W 3-2 22-25,14-25,25-22,25-17,15-12 466 *11/22/13 MARYLAND W 3-2 25-15,23-25,20-25,25-20,15-13 575 *11/24/13 NC STATE W 3-0 25-21,25-16,25-20 368 *Nov 29 at Virginia W 3-1 25-23,23-25,25-21,25-8 458 *Nov 30 at Virginia Tech W 3-1 20-25,26-24,25-19,25-23 475 *Nov 15 at Syracuse W 3-0 25-20,25-23,25-13 329 Record in 3-set matches:6-2 Record in 4-set matches:2-4 Record in 5-set matches:3-3