Oct. 22, 2007
COUGARS VERSUS HUSKIES THIS FRIDAY: The Washington State volleyball team, 9-14 overall, 0-9 in Pacific-10 Conference action, travels to Seattle for a single match this week against No. 4 Washington (19-1 overall, 8-1 in Pac-10) Friday night...the 7 p.m. match will take place in the Bank of America Arena at Hec Edmundson Pavilion...in an earlier match this season, UW defeated WSU 30-22, 30-18, 30-24 in Pullman...in the Cats versus Dawgs battle last year in Seattle, No. 5 Washington prevailed 3-0 but WSU put up quite a battle with games scores of 32-30, 30-28, and 34-32, before 6,213 fans at the volleyball/men's basketball double-header...Cougar fans can listen to the match on the radio in the Pullman area or through the internet (see below).
COUGAR COACHING STAFF: Brian Heffernan is coaching his fourth season at WSU (38-79 WSU and career record)...Ken Ko, associate head coach (fourth year) is joined by assistant coach Gretchen Killebrew (first year)...Mark Killebrew is the coordinator of volleyball operations (first year)...Edgard da Gama e Silva Filho (Dega) is a volunteer coach.
THE ABC CAMPAIGN: Cougar volleyball and the Breast Cancer Support Group of the Palouse, known as the Bosom Buddies, have joined together for the Attacking Breast Cancer (ABC) Pledge Drive for the sixth consecutive year...October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and the Cougar players will be collecting monetary pledges for each attack which results in a kill (and a point) for WSU during the seven matches during October...$5,791.65 has been collected since the first campaign in 2002...interested donors may contact the WSU volleyball office at 509-335-0277.
TUNE IN FOR COUGAR VOLLEYBALL ON RADIO AND INTERNET: Cougar volleyball fans can listen to all the road contests during the 2007 season LIVE in the Palouse on KQQQ-AM radio (1150 on the AM dial), or Border 104 (KHTR, 104.3 on the FM dial)...veteran area broadcaster Steve Grubbs is the voice of Cougar volleyball for the second season...these broadcasts are also on the Internet...for the connection, go to www.wsucougars.com, click on the Cougars All Access link (right side, main page) and sign-in...subscription is $14.95 per month...fans can listen to all radio broadcast Cougar Athletic events through this internet subscription.
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ABOUT THE No. 4 WASHINGTON HUSKIES (19-1, 8-1): Huskies' sole loss this season came at No. 10 California Oct. 11, a five-game match...the next night UW traveled to No. 2 Stanford and handed the Cardinal their first loss, another five-game match...Dawgs are led by 5-9, Sr. OH Stevie Mussie (4.47 kpg, 3rd Pac-10, 4.98 ppg, 4th Pac-10); three-time All-American 6-2, Sr. OH Christal Morrison (3.98 kpg, 10th Pac-10, 4.86 ppg, 8th Pac-10) - named Pac-10 Player of Week for wins last week against No. 4 USC and No. 7 UCLA; 6-2, RS-Fr. OH Becky Parry (3.44 kpg, .371 hpct, 4th Pac-10); 6-1, Jr. MB Jessica Swarbrick (1.43 bpg, 4th Pac-10; .406 hpct, 2nd Pac-10), 6-1, Sr. MB Alesha Deesing (.332 hpct, 9th Pac-10), 5-7, Jr. L Tamari Miyashiro (5.66 dpg, 2nd Pac-10) and 5-9, Fr. setter Jenna Hagglund (13.40 apg, 2nd Pac-10...Head Coach Jim McLaughlin (162-46, 8 years at UW, 376-164, 17 years career)...LAST TIME - Sept. 28, 2007, UW defeated WSU 3-0 (30-22, 30-18, 30-24) in Pullman...SERIES RECORD - UW leads the series 49-21 (WSU streak -9)...UW leads 17-4 in matches in Seattle.
COUGARS LAST WEEK: Washington State's volleyball team dropped two matches at home to top-ranked conference teams...Cougars played very competitively against No. 4 USC before losing 30-25, 20-30, 30-24, 30-18...WSU also had a strong beginning against No. 7 UCLA before falling 33-31, 30-18, 30-23...WSU senior Tara West tallied 26 kills (3.71 kpg), hit .373 and snagged seven blocks for the two matches...Jackie Albright added 17 kills and 24 digs while Brittany Johnson had 17 kills and six blocks...Kelly Hyder had 25 digs...Maureen Perez had 72 assists, 21 digs, and five blocks...Cassie Robbins contributed six blocks.
NATIONAL RANKINGS: Defending national champion Nebraska (19-0) is still atop the CSTV/AVCA Div. I Coaches Top 25 Poll for Oct. 22...Stanford is third but Washington moved to fourth...in all, there are six Pac-10 teams in the top 16.
COUGS CLIMBING INTO SCHOOL RECORDS:
Career Block Solos
1. Carrie Couturier (1988-91) 196
2. Laurie VanDiest (1984-87) 125
7. Holly Harris (1999-2002) 53
8. Carrie Gilley (1990-93) 50
9. Brittany Johnson (2005-07) 48
Career Assists
1. Keri Killebrew (1990-92) 4553
2. Beth Welch (1987-89) 4215
5. Kali Surplus (2000-01) 2540
6. Brenn Larson (2002-03) 2072
7. Maureen Perez (2005-07) 1660
Career Digs
1. Shannon Wyckoff (1994-97) 1254
2. Kortney Jamtaas (1999-02) 1232
7. Carrie Couturier (1988-91) 989
8. Keri Killebrew (1990-92) 942
9. Sarah Silvernail (1993-96) 938
10. Kelly Hyder (2006-07) 937
COURT AT BOHLER GYM NAMED FOR MARCIA SANEHOLTZ: The Cougars' home court is now called Marcia Saneholtz Court at Bohler Gym in honor of the 28-year administrative veteran of Cougar Athletics who retired Oct. 1, 2007...Sr. Associate Athletics Director/SWA is a long-time proponent of gender equity and a champion for all "Olympic" sports at WSU as well as in the Pac-10 and the nation...NACWAA president (1992-93), on the board of directors (1987-94), and named 1997 Administrator of the Year...also NAGWS Pathfinder Award in 2001 and WSU Woman of Distinction in 2003.
CAPTAINS' CORNER: Get the Cougars' players views and behind the scenes stories by reading the Captains' blogs on the official WSU website, wsucougars.com...WSU captains Maureen Perez and Adetokunbo Faleti will provide their insights as well as interviews with their teammates all through the 2007 season.
NATIONAL ATTENDANCE: Hawai'i leads the nation in volleyball attendance with an average of 6,440 in 13 home matches of 2007...the highest ranked Pac-10 school is Stanford with an average of 2,349 fans in 7 home matches (7th)...WSU has a 9-match average of 801 fans which is not ranked in the top 40 nationally...BIG GAME EQUALED BIG CROWD: The largest volleyball crowd in Bohler Gym since Oct. 17, 2003, watched Washington State put up a good fight against No. 8 Washington Sept. 28, 2007....1,690 fans were at the 2007 Cougs vs. Dawgs contest, the first match played on Marcia Saneholtz Court at Bohler Gym...the match in 2003 was also UW vs. WSU with a crowd count of 1,739.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS FROM THE PAC-10 CONFERENCE (TOP 10):
Individual Overall Matches - rank in conference, WSU player (conf. leader)
Kills - no WSU player (Gorana Maricic, Oregon 5.15 kpg)
Hitting Percentage - no WSU player (Foluke Akinradewo, Stanford .473)
Assists - 8th Maureen Perez 11.27 apg (Bryn Kehoe, Stanford 14.17 apg)
Service Aces - no WSU player (Heather Meyers, Oregon 0.44 apg)
Digs - 4th Kelly Hyder 4.83 dpg (Sydney Donahue, ASU 6.`0 dpg)
Blocks - 8th Tara West 1.21 bpg (Ellen Orchard, Stanford 1.58 bpg)
Points - no WSU player (Gorana Maricic, Oregon 5.74 ppg)
TEAM STATISTICS FROM THE PAC-10 CONFERENCE (TOP 10):
Team Overall Matches (Leader)
Kills - WSU is 10th with 14.00 kpg (Stanford 17.48 kpg)
Hitting Percentage - WSU is 10th at .170 (Stanford .313)
Opponent Hitting Pct - WSU is 8th at .200 (Washington .122)
Assists - WSU is 10th at 12.84 apg (Stanford 16.03 apg)
Service Aces - WSU is 8th at 1.35 sapg (Oregon 1.87 sapg)
Digs - WSU is 7th at 15.57 dpg (UCLA 18.12 dpg)
Blocks - WSU is 8th at 2.79 bpg (California 3.71 bpg)
CONFERENCE ONLY MATCHES - INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS FROM PAC-10 (TOP 10):
Individual Conference Matches - rank in conference, WSU player (conf. leader)
Kills - no WSU player (Gorana Maricic, Oregon 5.59 kpg)
Hitting Percentage - no WSU player (Foluke Akinradewo, Stanford .436)
Assists - 8th Maureen Perez 10.65 apg (Bryn Kehoe, Stanford 14.48 apg)
Service Aces - 6th Tara West 0.29 sapg (Christal Morrison, Washington 0.45 sapg)
Digs - 5th Kelly Hyder 5.00 dpg (Tamari Miyashiro, Washington 5.76 dpg)
Blocks - 7th Tara West 1.29 bpg (Ellen Orchard, Stanford 1.62 bpg)
Points - no WSU player (Gorana Maricic, Oregon 6.30 ppg)
CONFERENCE ONLY MATCHES - TEAM STATISTICS FROM PAC-10 (TOP 10):
Team Conference Matches (Leader)
Kills - WSU is 10th with 12.71 kpg (Stanford 17.67 kpg)
Hitting Percentage - WSU is 10th at .129 (Stanford .302)
Opponent Hitting Pct - WSU is 8th at .258 (Washington .158)
Assists - WSU is 10th at 11.81 apg (Stanford 16.10 apg)
Service Aces - WSU is 8th at 1.16 sapg (UCLA 1.53 sapg)
Digs - WSU is 8th at 15.16 dpg (Stanford 18.60 dpg)
Blocks - WSU is 7th at 2.76 bpg (California 3.41 bpg)
HOW ABOUT THOSE COUGS?
#2 Jackie Albright (6-0, LS, So. Lake Forest, Calif.) Starter for 2007 squad...played four matches at right side hitter while Faleti nursing sore knee in September...had double-figure kills in 12 of 23 matches...three double-doubles...3.17 kpg is best on team among consistent starters as is 3.70 points per game average...also contributes 2.43 digs per game (second on team)...season-high 18 kills at Oregon State...also 16 kills vs. Hofstra with only 1 error on 32 attacks for .469 hpt...had 14 digs at Oregon.
#17 Adetokunbo Faleti (5-10, RS, Sr. Arlington, Texas) - pronounced ad deh tah KUN bo fah LAY tee - nick-name "T" or Tokunbo...2007 co-captain...has a 3.50 kpg average in only 50 games (17 matches) this season...bruised knee kept her out of action this season, missed five matches in September...double-figure kills in 8 of the 17 matches played this season...season-high 20 kills at Oregon State...hit .400 with 15 kills, 1 error and 35 attacks at No. 2 Stanford.
#1 Faith Hutcherson (5-3, S/DS, Fr. Redmond, Wash.) Played in 2 games vs. Hofstra...had two digs.
#8 Kelly Hyder (5-9, DS/L, So. Huntington Beach, Calif.) Second year as starting libero for Cougs...named to Nevada AT&T and Denver Pioneer Classic all-tournament teams...averaging 4.83 digs per game which is fourth-best in Pac-10...tallied double-figure digs in 22 of 23 matches this year...season-high 32 digs at Oregon State...career-high is 34 digs, against Arizona State 2006, just one off the school match record...owns school single-season record with 565 digs...accumulated 372 digs this season...career 912 digs...needs 19 digs to reach 10th on the Cougars career all-time list in just her sophomore year.
#19 Brittany Johnson (5-9, LS, Jr. Phoenix, Ariz.) Named to Baden Cougar Challenge, Montana State Holiday Inn Classic and Nevada AT&T Invite all-tournament teams this season...2.85 kpg is third on team among regular starters...also second in points with 3.68ppg...15 service aces, third-best on team...also tallied 0.89 bpg (67 total blocks)...48 career solo blocks is 9th in WSU all-time records...started season playing full rotation this season...had 18 kills vs. Nevada and 4 aces in win over So. Dakota State...hit .350 with 9 kills, 2 errors on 20 attacks at No. 10 Cal.
#16 Rachel Holbrook (5-7, DS, Jr. Stevenson Ranch, Calif.) Left the team in late September...played in 5 games...10 digs vs. Northern Colorado...younger sister of former Cougar DS Stacey Holbrook.
#22 Maureen Perez (5-9, S, Sr. Vancouver, Wash.) Starting at setter for WSU...named to Baden Cougar Challenge and Montana State Holiday Inn Classic all-tournament teams...this season averaging 11.27 assists per game which is eighth-best in Pac-10...career-high 66 assists at Oregon State...career total of 1660 assists seventh-best in Cougars all-time top 10 career assists list and 412 assists from sixth place...top server on team with 21 aces (0.27 sapg) this season...2.26 dpg average, third-highest on team.
#12 Cassie Robbins (6-3, MB, So. Yakima, Wash.) One of strengths of front line...averaging 0.88 blocks per game, fourth-best on team...tallied six blocks in both Gonzaga and UNLV matches...10 kills vs. Montana State...eight matches with four or more blocks.
#10 Kimika Rozier (5-10, MB/RS, Fr. Murrieta, Calif.) Redshirt season.
#4 Amy Small (5-6, S/DS, Jr. Pullman Wash.) Has played in 43 games...seeing action as starter last two matches...otherwise, enters to serve and plays back row...served up three aces in match at Oregon State...41 digs this season including 10 during the trip to No. 2 Stanford and No. 10 Cal...eight aces.
#21 Brittany Tillman (6-1, MB, Fr. Tacoma, Wash.) Seen action in 48 games (18 matches) to date including stepping in for injured Faleti vs. Washington where she had four kills and three blocks...10 kills vs. Arizona, and 8 blocks in the Montana State win....averaging 0.90 bpg, second-best overall on team.
#11 Stephanie Weishaar (5-3, DS/L, Jr. Camas, Wash.) - pronounced wise-HAR - After walking-on in 2005, now valuable asset to team's back row play...season-best is 17 digs against South Dakota State...averaging 2.20 dpg, fourth-best on squad...had 12 digs at No. 2 Stanford...has 15 aces on the season.
#3 Tara West (6-1, MB, Sr. Perth, Australia) - pronounced tarr-ah - Named MVP of the Baden Cougar Challenge Tournament...in double-figure kills 11 of 23 matches this season...leading team with 1.21 bpg which is 8th-best in Pac-10...tagged career-high 9 blocks against Arizona 10/4...had five or more blocks in eight matches this season...season-high 20 kills vs. Hofstra and hit .600...nabbed 15 kills, hit .500 and had 6 blocks against No. 4 USC...third on team with 3.68 ppg.
