Volleyball Heads to Sacramento State Invitational

Friday, September 4

Sacramento, CA

5:00 pm

UC Riverside

Santa Clara

Volleyball Heads to Sacramento State Invitational

8/21/2009 9:24:27 AM | Women's Volleyball

The UC Riverside Women's Volleyball Team begins their second week of competition this weekend as they travel up Interstate 5 for the Sacramento State Invitational. The Highlanders will square off against Santa Clara on Friday at 5:00 pm followed by matches against host Sac State (Saturday, 12:30 pm) and Cal State Bakersfield (Saturday, 5:00 pm). All matches are played in the Hornets Nest on the campus of Sacramento State.

UCR owns a 4-0 all-time record against the Broncos, but the last time these teams played dates back to Sept. 13, 1985, well before any of the current roster players were even born. The Highlanders have a 5-7 record against the Hornets, with the last contest coming in 2006, a 3-1 victory for Sac State. Finally, UC Riverside has a 31-30 record against Cal State Bakersfield, but hasn't played a contest since transitioning to Division I.

The Highlanders are coming off a 0-3 weekend at the Utah Classic, dropping matches to Cincinnati, #17 Utah, and Arizona State. Senior outside hitter Dominique Cowling was named to the 2009 Utah Classic All-Tournament Team after leading the Highlanders with 39 kills and averaging 3.90 kills per game.

Highlanders at Sac State Invitational Game Capsules
	UC Riverside	Santa Clara	Sac State	CS Bakersfield
2008 Record & stats	8-23, 3-13 BWC	18-10, 8-6 WCC	10-23, 8-8 BSC	18-15, 0-0
2009 Record & stats	0-3	1-2	2-1	1-2
	2009 Schedule	2009 Schedule	2009 Schedule	2009 Schedule
	2009 Roster	2009 Roster	2009 Roster	2009 Roster
Current Streak	L 3	W 1	L 1	W 1
Most Recent Box Score	L, 3-0 vs. Arizona State	W, 3-2 vs W. Michigan	L, 3-2 at Syracuse	W, 3-2 vs Green Bay
Next Opponent	9/4 vs Santa Clara	9/4 vs UC Riverside	9/4 vs CS Bakersfield	9/4 at Sac State
Top Attacker	Dominique Cowling Senior 39 K, 3.90 K/G, .230 Pct	Krista Kelley Junior 39 K, 3,25 K/G, .242 Pct	Janelle Currey Freshman 47 K, 3,62 K/G, .221 Pct	Lindy DeGeare Sophomore 31 K, 2,82 K/G, .120 Pct
Top Setter	Brittney Murrey Senior 85 A, 8.50 A/G	Emily Burke Junior 49 A, 4,08 A/G	Melissa Melcher Senior 131 A, 10.08 A/G	Barbie Unfried Senior 99 A, 9.00 A/G
Top Blocker	Bianca Endersby Freshman 3 BS, 15 BA, 1.80 B/G	Lindsy Davigeadono Senior 4 BS, 11 BA, 1,25 B/G	Kelsey Elston Sophomore 5 BS, 6 BA, 0.85 B/G	Tika Smith RS Freshman 2 BS, 3 BA, 0.45 B/G
All-Time Record Against		0-4	7-5	30-31
Highlanders Five Most Recent Results Against
		Sept 29, 1979 L, 3-2	Sept 8, 1990 W, 2-1	Nov 21, 1997 W, 3-2
		Sept 15, 1980 L, 3-1	Sept 22, 1990 L, 3-1	Oct 10, 1998 W, 3-0
		Sept 16, 1983 L, 2-0	Sept 4, 1991 W, 3-1	Nov 13, 1998 L, 3-0
		Sept 13, 1985 L, 2-1	Sept 5, 2003 L, 3-0	Oct 10, 1999 W, 3-0
			Sept 9, 2006 W, 3-1	Nov 12, 1999 W, 3-0

GAME NOTES
NEW FACE AT THE HELM
For the first time in 39 years the UC Riverside women's volleyball team has a new head coach at the helm of the program. The Highlanders hired former US Men's Volleyball Assistant Coach Ron Larsen on May 1, 2009, replacing longtime coach Sue Gozansky who retired after the 2008 season.

CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN
UC Riverside returns 12 players from the 2008 squad: six seniors, two juniors, and four redshirt freshmen. Head Coach Ron Larsen and his staff have brought in three true freshman, one junior college transfer, and one redshirt transfer to accompany the returners for the 2009 season.

MAY I ASSIST YOU PLEASE?
Senior setter Brittney Murrey ended the 2008 season ranked third all-time in Highlanders history in assists (2,639) and assists per game (8.8). The El Cerrito, CA native will set her sights on surpassing Kym Murphy (3,407) at the second slot, but has a ways to go before nearing Regina Carbajal with 4,492 assists at the top spot.

ALL-TOURNAMENT
Senior outside hitter Dominique Cowling was named to the 2009 Utah Classic All-Tournament team after tallying 39 kills and averaging 3.90 kills per game.

BLOCK THIS WAY
Junior Shannon Moyneur and senior Angela Pizzella closed out the 2008 season ranked first and tenth respectively on UCR's career blocks per game list.

Career Blocks Per Game (min 75 blocks)
	Player	Years	B/G
1	Shannon Moyneur	2007-08	1.30
2	Allison Donald	2000-01	1.24
3	Jill Daniels	1986-89	1.1
	Regina Mead	1984-86	1.1
	Ann Maeva	1986-87	1.1
	Beth Cogan	1990-92	1.1
7	Angie Mitchell	2004-07	1.03
8	Samantha Bond	1994-97	1.0
	Lisa Haney	1988-89	1.0
10	Angela Pizzella	2006-08	0.93