DELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITY 2008 Volleyball Quick Facts GENERAL INFORMATION Location: Dover, Del. Founded: 1891 Enrollment: 3,800 President: Dr. Allen Sessoms Nickname: Hornets Colors: Columbia Blue & Red Conference: Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Affiliation: NCAA Division I Athletic Director: Rick Costello Athletics Ad. Asst: Diaese Graves Athletics Phone: 302-857-6030 Associate AD/Administration: Geoff Von Dollen Phone: 302-857-7078 Associate AD/Internal Affairs: PJ Moses Phone: 302-857-7047 Assoc. AD/Student Services: Chuck Carrender Phone: 302-857-7415 Senior Woman Admin.: Candy Young Sanders Phone: 302-857-7633 Faculty Representative: Dr. Jan Blade Team Trainer: Erin McLaughlin COACHING STAFF Head coach: Renee Arnold Alma Mater: George Washington, 01 Phone: (302) 857-6077 Arnold at DSU: 49-85 (four years) Career record: same Assistant: TBA MEDIA RELATIONS Asst. AD/Media Relations: Paul Dodson Phone: 302-857-7365 Email: pdodson@desu.edu Assistant/VB Contact: Dennis Jones Phone: 302-857-6068 Email: djones@desu.edu Office Phone: 302-857-6065 Media relations fax: 302-857-6064 Website: www.dsuhornets.com Key losses: Ayana Dyette (OH), Laura Huculak (OH), Kinga Muszynski (MB/OH) Top Newcomers: Nazhoni Rushing (fr.; 6-1; OH); Maja Rudolph (fr.; 6-2; OH); Martina Ferrari (fr.; 5-6; S) 2007 RESULTS (11-20; 7-3 MEAC) 8/24 vs. Sacramento St. L 0-3 8/24 vs. UMKC L 2-3 8/25 at Missouri St. L 0-3 8/25 vs. Tulsa L 0-3 8/31 vs. Eastern Mich. L 0-3 9/1 at Xavier L 0-3 9/1 vs. Evansville L 1-3 9/4 DELAWARE L 0-3 9/7 at Harvard L 0-3 9/8 vs. Boston College L 0-3 9/8 vs. Michigan St. L 0-3 9/14 vs. #2 Stanford L 0-3 9/15 vs. #3 Penn State L 0-3 9/15 at Yale L 0-3 9/18 LaSALLE W 3-1 9/26 vs. Lafayette L 0-3 9/28 at UMES* L 1-3 9/29 vs. Robert Morris W 3-1 9/29 vs. St. Francis-Pa. W 3-0 10/3 HAMPTON* W 3-0 10/7 UMES* L 2-3 10/13 at Coppin St.* W 3-0 10/18 at Howard* W 3-1 10/22 at Morgan St.* L 1-3 10/27 at Hampton* W 3-0 11/1 HOWARD* W 3-0 11/3 COPPIN ST.* W 3-0 11/8 MORGAN ST.* W 3-2 11/10 at NJIT L 2-3 11/16 vs. NCA&T# W 3-1 11/16 vs. UMES# L 2-3 * - MEAC North match # - MEAC Tournament HORNETS AT A GLANCE All-time record: 207-384 2007 overall record: 11-20 MEAC Record/finish: 7-3 /T-2 nd MEAC North Home/Away/Neutral: 4-2/ 4-7 / 3-11 Lettermen Returning/Lost: 5/3 Starters returning/lost: 3/3 2007 Postseason: 1-1; Defeated North Carolina A&T 3-1; lost to UMES 2-3 (MEAC Tournament) Key returning players: Ashley Herman (so.; 6-1; MB), Cassandra Joyner (jr.; 5-10; MB/OH), Erica Tajchman (so.; 6-0; OH), Sarah Wheatcroft (so.; 6-1; OH)
DELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITY 2008 VOLLEYBALL SCHEDULE Date Opponent/Tournament Site Time Aug. 29 Fairleigh Dickinson (1) Hampton, Va. 9:00 am Aug. 29 South Dakota (1) Hampton, Va. 1:00 pm Aug. 30 Wofford (1) Hampton, Va. 9:00 am Aug. 30 South Carolina State (1) Hampton, Va. 3:00 pm Sep. 5 Fairleigh Dickinson (2) Easton, Pa. TBA Sep. 6 St. Peter s (2) Easton, Pa. TBA Sep. 6 Lafayette (2) Easton, Pa. TBA Sep. 12 George Washington (3) Washington, D.C. 7:00 pm Sep. 13 Rider (3) Washington, D.C. 10:00 am Sep. 13 St. Francis-NY (3) Washington, D.C. 3:00 pm Sep. 26 NORFOLK STATE (4) Memorial Hall 12:00 pm Sep. 26 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON (4) Memorial Hall 7:00 pm Sep. 27 WAGNER (4) Memorial Hall 12:00 pm Oct. 3 Hampton* Hampton, Va. 7:00 pm Oct. 5 UMES* Princess Anne, Md. 2:00 pm Oct. 10 HOWARD* Memorial Hall 7:00 pm Oct. 12 Morgan State* Baltimore, Md. 3:00 pm Oct. 17 Coppin State* Baltimore, Md. 7:00 pm Oct. 19 HAMPTON* Memorial Hall 2:00 pm Oct. 24 UMES* Memorial Hall 7:00 pm Oct. 26 Howard* Washington, D.C. 2:00 pm Oct. 31 MORGAN STATE* Memorial Hall 7:00 pm Nov. 1 QUINNIPIAC Memorial Hall TBA Nov. 2 COPPIN STATE* Memorial Hall 2:00 pm Nov. 8 NEW JERSEY TECH Memorial Hall 5:00 pm Nov. 14-16 MEAC Championship Hampton, Va. TBA Dec. 17-21 NCAA Finals Omaha, Neb. TBA * - MEAC match (1) Hampton University Tournament (2) Lafayette College Tournament (3)- George Washington Tournament (4) Delaware State Tournament
Delaware State University 2008 Volleyball Rosters Alphabetical No. Name Pos Ht. Cl. Hometown/Previous School 4 Jessica Barnes OH 5-11 Fr. Alpharetta, Ga./Alpharetta HS 6 Martina Ferrari S 5-6 Fr. Gardolo, Italy 5 Ashley Herman* MB 6-1 So. Craven, Saskatchewan/Lumsden HS 20 Elisa Hermann MB 6-2 Fr. Andernach, Germany 16 Cassandra Joyner** OH/MB 5-10 Jr. Claymont, Del. / Concord HS 2 Megan McDonald OH 6-5 Fr. Spring, Tex./Klein Oak HS 14 Maja Rudolph OH 6-2 Fr. Tuebingen, Germany 3 Princess Puckett MB 5-9 So. Dover, Del./Caesar Rodney HS 12 Nazhoni Rushing OH 6-1 Fr. Rockville, Md./St. Johns College HS 7 Erica Tajchman* OH 6-0 So. Omaha, Neb/Omaha Gross Catholic HS 10 Sarah Wheatcroft* OH 6-1 So. Oro Station, Ontario * - Letters earned Numerical 2 Megan McDonald 3 Princess Puckett 4 Jessica Barnes 5 Ashley Herman 6 Martini Ferrari 7 Erica Tajchman 10 Sarah Wheatcroft 12 Nazhoni Rushing 14 Maja Rudolph 16 Cassandra Joyner 20 Elisa Hermann Pronunciation guide Martini Ferrari Maja Rudolph Nazhoni Rushing Erica Tajchman Fuh-rar-ee My-uh Nah-jo-nee Tyk-menn By class Freshmen (6) Jessica Barnes, Martina Ferrari, Elisa Hermann, Megan McDonald, Maja Rudolph, Nazhoni Rushing Sophomores (4) Ashley Herman, Princess Puckett, Erica Tajchman, Sarah Wheatcroft Junior (1) Cassandra Joyner By State/nation Canada (2) Ashley Herman (Craven, Saskatchewan), Sarah Wheatcroft (Oro Station, Ontario) Delaware (2) Cassandra Joyner (Claymont), Princess Puckett (Dover) Georgia (1) Jessica Barnes (Alpharetta) Germany (2) Elisa Hermann (Andernach), Maja Rudolph (Tuebingen) Italy (1) Martina Ferrari (Gardolo) Maryland (1) Nazhoni Rushing (Rockville) Nebraska (1) Erica Tajchman (Omaha) Texas (1) Megan McDonald (Spring)
Delaware State Combined Team Statistics (as of Jun 10, 2008) All matches RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL MATCHES... (11-20) ( 4-1 ) ( 4-8 ) ( 3-11) CONFERENCE... ( 7-3 ) ( 3-0 ) ( 3-2 ) ( 1-1 ) NON-CONFERENCE... ( 4-17) ( 1-1 ) ( 1-6 ) ( 2-10) ---------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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 HERMAN, Ashley 78 98 1.26 37 272.224 14 0.18 5 19 0.06 5 26 0.33 7 44 51 0.65 5 2 6 MUSZYNSKI, Kinga 110 6 0.05 2 21.190 12 0.11 23 43 0.21 48 375 3.41 0 0 0 0.00 1 3 16 JOYNER, Cassandra 104 271 2.61 123 782.189 24 0.23 26 33 0.25 15 225 2.16 21 38 59 0.57 10 8 10 WHEATCROFT, Sarah 92 158 1.72 79 510.155 297 3.23 24 29 0.26 6 163 1.77 2 34 36 0.39 12 30 11 DYETTE, Ayana 108 386 3.57 224 1058.153 13 0.12 19 33 0.18 25 278 2.57 14 27 41 0.38 3 5 12 BRADY, Marissa 91 102 1.12 53 348.141 7 0.08 14 25 0.15 1 44 0.48 7 45 52 0.57 11 4 7 TAJCHMAN, Erica 98 257 2.62 151 816.130 13 0.13 28 36 0.29 39 211 2.15 4 19 23 0.23 0 3 8 HUCULAK, Laura 110 65 0.59 45 242.083 783 7.12 39 46 0.35 6 297 2.70 4 24 28 0.25 4 40 15 ANDERSON, Shannon 30 9 0.30 19 59 -.169 0 0.00 5 3 0.17 12 34 1.13 1 0 1 0.03 0 0 3 PUCKETT, Princess 3 0 0.00 1 3 -.333 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 1 0.33 0 1 1 0.33 0 0 TEAM 56 DELAWARE STATE... 110 1352 12.29 734 4111.150 1163 10.57 183 267 1.66 213 1654 15.04 60 232 176.0 1.60 46 95 Opponents... 110 1573 14.30 621 4119.231 1388 12.62 214 294 1.95 182 1693 15.39 33 370 218.0 1.98 39 80 TEAM STATISTICS DSU OPP DATE OPPONENT W/L SCORE SCORE-BY-GAME ATTEND -------------------------------------- ---------- ---------------------- --- ----- ----------------------------- ------ ATTACK... 08-24-07 vs Sacramento State L 0-3 9-30,19-30,27-30 72 Kills... 1352 1573 08-24-07 vs Missouri-Kansas City L 2-3 25-30,26-30,30-28,30-25,8-15 213 Errors... 734 621 08-25-07 at Missouri State L 0-3 14-30,21-30,22-30 638 Total Attacks... 4111 4119 08-25-07 vs Tulsa L 0-3 13-30,12-30,21-30 89 Attack Pct....150.231 Aug 31 vs Eastern Michigan L 0-3 19-30,27-30,18-30 109 Kills/Game... 12.3 14.3 Sep 01 at Xavier L 0-3 25-30,21-30,16-30 348 SET... Sep 01 vs Univ. of Evansville L 1-3 28-30,17-30,32-30,27-30 178 Assists... 1163 1388 Sep 04 UNIV. OF DELAWARE L 0-3 22-30,24-30,17-30 215 Assists/Game... 10.6 12.6 Sep 07 at Harvard L 0-3 14-30,22-30,19-30 64 SERVE... Sep 08 vs Boston College L 0-3 18-30,16-30,16-30 42 Aces... 183 214 Sep 14 vs #2 Stanford L 0-3 9-30,12-30,12-30 523 Errors... 267 294 Sep 15 vs #3 Penn State L 0-3 12-30,10-30,17-30 314 Aces/Game... 1.7 1.9 # Sep 15 at Yale L 0-3 21-30,21-30,25-30 1439 SERVE RECEPTIONS... Sep 18 LASALLE W 3-1 26-30,34-32,30-21,30-25 55 Errors... 213 182 Sep 26 vs Lafayette L 0-3 27-30,26-30,24-30 35 Errors/Game... 1.9 1.7 * Sep 28 at UofMD Eastern Shore L 1-3 30-28,15-30,23-30,18-30 124 DEFENSE... Sep 29 vs Robert Morris Univ. W 3-1 30-24,30-20,25-30,30-27 54 Digs... 1654 1693 Sep 29 vs St. Francis (PA) W 3-0 31-29,30-26,30-23 - Digs/Game... 15.0 15.4 * Oct 03 vs HAM W 3-0 30-26,30-24,30-20 110 BLOCKING... * Oct 07 vs UofMD Eastern Shore L 2-3 24-30,30-24,21-30,30-24,9-15 50 Block Solo... 60 33 * Oct 13 at Coppin State W 3-0 30-18,30-22,30-21 47 Block Assist... 232 370 * Oct 18 at Howard W 3-1 30-26,30-27,26-30,32-30 67 Total Blocks... 176.0 218.0 * 10/22/07 at MORGAN STATE L 1-3 26-30,27-30,30-24,18-30 75 Blocks Per Game... 1.6 2.0 Sep 08 vs Michigan State L 0-3 12-30,27-30,13-30 32 Block Errors... 46 39 * Oct 27 at HAM W 3-0 30-17,30-16,30-26 - BALL HANDLING ERRORS 95 80 * Nov 01 HOWARD W 3-0 30-24,40-38,30-16 50 ATTENDANCE... * Nov 03 COPPIN STATE W 3-0 30-24,30-12,30-21 88 Total... 463 3100 * Nov 08 MORGAN STATE W 3-2 30-19,30-21,25-30,19-30,15-10 55 Dates/Avg Per Date 5/93 12/258 Nov 10 at NJIT L 2-3 22-30,26-30,30-20,30-21,11-15 139 Neutral site #/Avg 14/130 Nov 16 at #2 North Carolina A&T W 3-1 27-30,32-30,30-23,30-25 93 Current win streak 0 - Nov 16 at #1 UofMD Eastern Shore L 2-3 30-26,16-30,27-30,30-19,10-15 66 Home win streak... 4 -