University of California Riverside Athletics

The UC Riverside Women's Volleyball Team has two matches remaining on their 2009 docket. On Friday, the Highlanders travel to Long Beach State for a 7:00 pm match (live stats), while on Saturday, UCR returns home for Senior Night against Cal State Fullerton at 7:00 pm.

Prior to Saturday's contest at the Student Rec Center, the Highlanders will honor six seniors for their contributions to the program in the last four years: Kelley Quinn, Brittney Murrey, Angela Pizzella, Dominique Cowling, Amanda Nilsson, and Tonbara Youpele. Live stats for Saturday's match may be found here.

Highlanders vs LBSU and CSF Match Capsules
	UC Riverside		Long Beach State	Cal State Fullerton
2008 Record & stats	8-23, 3-13 BWC		26-6, 13-3 BWC	17-15, 9-7 BWC
2009 Record & stats	6-19, 3-11 BWC		17-7, 10-4 BWC	16-11, 7-7 BWC
	2009 Schedule		2009 Schedule	2009 Schedule
	2009 Roster		2009 Roster	2009 Roster
Conference	Big West
Current Streak	L 2		L 1	W 1
Most Recent Box Score	L, 3-1 vs UC Irvine		L, 3-2 vs. CS Northridge	W, 3-0 at CS Northridge
Next Opponent			11/27 vs. TCU	11/28 vs. UNLV
Top Attacker	Dominique Cowling Senior   346 K, 3.80 K/S, .195 Pct		Naomi Washington Senior 344 K, 4.05 K/S, .249 Pct	Erin Saddler Junior 417 K, 4.39 K/S, .190 Pct
Top Setter	Brittney Murrey Senior 807 A, 9.07 A/S		Ashley  Lee Junior 942 A, 10.58 A/S	Andrea Ragan Sophomore 1104 A, 11.62 A/S
Top Blocker	Shannon Moyneur Junior 2 BS, 39 BA, 1.21 B/S		Michelle  Osunbor Sophomore 13 BS, 77 BA, 1.01 B/S	Kayla Neto Freshman   13 BS, 75 BA, 0.93 B/S
All-Time Record Against			7-30	13-20-1
Current Streak Against			L 12	L 9
Highlanders Five Most Recent Results Against
			L, 3-1 Nov. 12, 2009	L, 3-0 Oct. 15, 2009
			L, 3-0 Nov. 13, 2008	L, 3-0 Nov. 1, 2008
			L, 3-0 Oct. 17, 2008	L, 3-2 Oct. 3, 2008
			L, 3-0 Oct. 27, 2007	L, 3-1 Nov. 8, 2007
			L, 3-0 Sept. 28, 2007	L, 3-2 Oct. 12, 2007

GAME NOTES
MAY I ASSIST YOU PLEASE?
Senior setter Brittney Murrey tallied 41 assists in the Highlanders match vs. Long Beach State on Nov. 12, moving her into a tie for second place all-time in career assists. Needing just one more assist to take sole possession of the second slot, Murrey recorded 39 assists in the Highlanders next match against UC Irvine two nights later, surpassing Kym Murphy '04 with 3,446 total assists.

Career Assists
	Player	Years	A
1	Regina Carbajal	1987-90	4,492
2	Brittney Murrey	2006-09	3,446
3	Kym Murphy	2002-04	3,407

31 FLAVORS
UC Riverside scored 31 points in the third set against Cal State Northridge on Nov. 6, the most points they have tallied since the 25-point rally format was initiated in 2008.

PARTY LIKE IT'S 2009
UCR posted back-to-back home victories on Nov. 6 and 7 in their matches against Cal State Northridge and CSU Bakersfield for the first time since the 2001 season. The Highlanders also won a set against Long Beach State on Nov. 12 -- a first since the 2003 season.

GIMME FIVE
Five of the six Highlanders wins during the 2009 season have been of the 3-2 variety: at Sac State on Sept. 5, at CSU Bakersfield on Oct. 9, against Cal Poly on Oct. 22, at Pacific on Oct. 30, and vs. Cal State Northridge on Nov. 6.

CONNECT FOUR
The Highlanders earned their first four-set victory of the 2009 season against CSU Bakersfield on Nov. 7. Prior to that win, UCR had won each of their matches in five sets.

SMACK THAT
Seniors Dominique Cowling and Tonbara Youpele recorded 22 and 20 kills respectively at CSUB on Oct. 9, and followed that up with 22 and 20 kill tallies in the Highlanders win over Cal Poly on Oct. 23. Prior to this season, the last time two UCR players posted over 20 kills each came on Nov. 6, 2004 as Valeria Bueno and Jamie DeKiewiet tallied 23 and 27 kills respectively.

KILLER ATTACK
Dominique Cowling surpassed Michelle Close '93 after her matches against UC Davis and Pacific on Oct. 2-3 to take hold of the 10th spot on the Highlanders career total attacks list. She then moved up to ninth place after the Highlanders match at Cal State Fullerton on Oct. 15 and is currently in eighth after tallying 50 attempts against Long Beach on Nov. 12.

Career Total Attacks
	Player	Years	TA
1	Jamie DeKiewiet	2002-05	4,232
2	Sheryl Benson	1984, 86, 88-89	3,327
3	Melanie Jones	1984-87	3,136
4	Valerie Bueno	2002-05	3,084
5	Shandi Bryd	1990, 92-94	3,082
6	Pam Hartman	1999-01	2,868
7	Leanne Clark	1986-89	2,827
8	Dominique Cowling	2006-09	2,774
9	Rosanna Parizek	2000-03	2,706
10	Jamie Barrah	1994-97	2,374