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(May 14, 2003) -The UC Riverside
women’s volleyball team signed 6’0” Jessica
Owen of Long Beach, CA to a National Letter of Intent.
Owen will graduate from
Los Alamitos High School in the spring and will enter UCR
as a freshman in the fall. In 2002 Owen helped her team win
the Sunset League Championship with a 9-1 record. Owen also
helped her team win the CIF Division 1-AA Southern Section
championship in 2002. She was named 2nd team All-League.
“Jessica is an excellent
blocker,” said Head Coach Sue Gozansky. “She will
add depth to our front line and will be a strong presence
at the net for us.”
(Aug. 29, 2003) -The UC
Riverside women’s volleyball got 2003 off on the right
foot with a 30-25, 25-30, 29-31,
30-27, 15-12 win over Rice University at the San Diego
State Tournament Friday.
Senior middle Rosanna Parizek
led all players with 31 kills, hitting .333 for the match.
Sophomore hitter Jamie DeKiewiet had 22 kills, while junior
hitter Tiffany Brooks and freshman middle Willemien Stikker-Breemhaar
had each had 11 kills. Stikker-Breemhaar had a match high
seven blocks as well. Sophomore Kym Murphy recorded 65 assists
in the match.
The Highlanders (1-0) took
the first game, but committed costly errors in games two and
three that gave the Owls a 2-1 lead. The third game was a
nail-biter, but the Owls prevailed 31-29.
UCR regained the momentum
in game four, then pulled out the 15-12 win in game five,
outhitting the Owls .458 to .280 to take the match.
"When we played well,
we played very well," Coach Sue Gozansky said. "We
made some little errors, but they were the sort of things
that get worked out as the season goes on."
Gozansky lauded the play
of Parizek, who played all the way around and had several
attacks out of the back row. "Ro was outstanding. We
only took her out a couple of times for breathers. She played
well."
Murphy, making her first
start at setter, drew kudos for her solid play. "Kym
had some nerves and made some mistakes, but overall she played
really well."
The Highlanders posted 12
service aces, including four by Parizek, and hit .257 in the
match, compared to .258 for the Owls.
The Highlanders will face
host San Diego State on Saturday at 7:00 PM.
(Aug. 30, 2003) - Host San
Diego State sweptt UC Riverside, 30-25,
30-17, 30-15, in Peterson Gym in the final match of the
SDSU Invitational Saturday.
With the victory, the Aztecs
evened their record at 1-1 as did the Highlanders, who had
opened with a five-game win over Rice on Friday.
Senior middle Rosanna Parizek
had a team high 10 kills and sophomore hitter Jamie DeKiewiet
had six kills.
Three Aztecs finished the
game in double figures in kills, led by 11 from Aspen McPartland,
who also recorded a double-double with 11 digs while hitting
.714 with a team-high five blocks.
The Highlanders will face
host San Diego State on Saturday at 7:00 PM.
(Sept. 1, 2003) -The UC
Riverside Highlanders women’s volleyball team lost their
home opener Monday, falling to visiting Valparaiso,
27-30, 30-27, 30-22, 30-26 at the Student Recreation Center.
Senior middle hitter Rosanna
Parizek led all players with 24 kills and led the Highlanders
(1-2) at a .254 clip. Junior Tiffany Brooks and sophomore
Jamie DeKiewiet each had 11 kills and Valerie Bueno added
10. Marion Hansen led Valpariaso (4-0) with 18 kills and Michelle
Robinson had 15.
The Highlanders’ down
fall was their inability to consistently pass the ball. UCR
had seven players with double-digit digs, but could never
get a consistent attack mounted. UCR outhit Valparaiso, .159
to .153. Valparaiso had 13 blocks to the Highlanders’
10.
The Highlanders travel to
the Sacramento State Tournament this weekend.
(Sept. 5, 2003) - The UC
Riverside Highlanders' women's volleyball team went 1-1 on
the first day of the Sacramento State Tournament Friday, losing
a heartbreaker to Oregon State in the opener, 30-22,
29-31, 30-25, 27-30, 12-15, but winning the second match
of the day over the host Hornets, 30-20,
30-25, 30-24.
Against the Beavers (5-0),
the Highlanders held a 2-1 lead in the match and a 20-14 lead
in game four, but watched as Oregon State outscored them down
the stretch 16-7 to win the game. UCR again built a lead in
game five, taking a three-point advantage at 10-7, but again
the Beavers bounced back to win the game and the match with
a 15-12 triumph.
Senior middle hitter Rosanna
Parizek led all players with 20 kills and hit .378 for the
match. Sophomore hitter Jamie DeKiewiet had 15 kills and a
match-high 25 digs, and sophomore hitter Valerie Bueno added
14 kills and 18 digs. UCR outhit the Beavers, .253 to .241,
out blocked them 11-6, and out dug them, 87-78.
UCR (2-3) bounced back in
the afternoon match to defeat the host Hornets (1-3) in a
quick three-game match. Parizek again led the way with a match-high
15 kills, while Bueno added 13 and DeKiewiet had 10. UCR hit
a season-high .299 for the match, led by Bueno's .444 clip.
UCR returns to action at
9:00 Saturday morning as they face Georgetown. They conclude
the tournament by playing Fresno State at 5:00 PM.
(Sept. 6, 2003) - The UC
Riverside Highlanders' women's volleyball team finished at
2-2 at the two day Sacramento State Tournament, once again
splitting their two games on Saturday. The Highlanders won
the opener, 30-23, 30-23, 19-30,
30-17 but lost the nightcap to Fresno State, 26-30,
30-26, 30-26, 19-30.
Following the tournament,
senior middle Rosanna Parizek was named to the All-Tournament
Team.
In the opener Saturday morning,
the Highlanders (3-4) got 24 kills from Parizek, who hit .476
in the match, and overcame a nightmarish third game to take
a 3-1 victory over Georgetown (1-5). UCR won games one and
two by identical 30-23 scores, but then struggled to a 30-19
loss in game three, hitting just .118. But the Highlanders
bounced back with a strong defensive effort in game four to
post a 30-17 win to take the match.
In the nightcap, UCR won
the opening game 30-26, but then lost games two and three
by identical 30-26 scores. The Bulldogs (6-1) put the match
away with a 30-19 game in game four.
UCR had a balanced attack
with four players registering double-digits in kills. Sophomore
hitter Jamie DeKiewiet led the way with 16 kills, and Parizek
had 14. Sophomore hitter Valerie Bueno added 12 kills and
junior hitter Tiffany Brooks had 10.
UCR next travels to Denver
to participate in the University of Denver Tournament on September
12 and 13.
(Sept. 12, 2003) - The UC
Riverside Highlanders' dropped a tough five game decision
to the host Denver Pioneers in the opening round of the Denver
Tournament Friday,. 25-30, 30-22,
30-23, 23-30, 15-9.
Denver got a career-high
24 kills from freshman Lisa Hunter and moved to 7-2 on the
season, while UCR fell to 3-5.
The Highlanders won the
first game of the match for the seventh time this season behind
six kills by sophomore hitter Jamie DeKiewiet. The Pioneers
bounced back to win game two, never trailing in the match.
UCR took an early lead in game three, but Denver bounced back
for a 30-22 win and a 2-1 advantage.
The Highlanders came back
in game fou, breaking a 21-21 tie with five straight points
en route to a 30-23 win. However the Pioneers wrapped up the
match with a strong fifth game, winning 15-9.
Jamie DeKiewiet and Valerie
Bueno each had 21 to lead the Highlanders.
UC Riverside will play Tulane
at 11 a.m. and Fordham at 5 p.m.
(Sept. 13, 2003) - Senior
middle Rosanna Parizek had a huge day, pounding 28 kills as
the UC Riverside Highlanders evened their record at 5-5 with
a pair of wins at day two of the Denver Tournament. The Highlanders
opened Saturday with a 30-24,
30-27, 30-27 win over Tulane, then bounced back with a
30-21, 30-15, 30-21 win
over Fordham in the nightcap.
The Highlanders were named
champions of the tournament, winning on the basis of games
played, as they matched host Denver with a 2-1 record. Parizek
was named tournament MVP and sophomore hitter Valerie Bueno
and sophomore hitter Jamie DeKiewiet were named to the all-tournament
team.
Against Tulane, the Highlanders
got 15 kills from Parizek, who hit .500 on the afternoon.
DeKiewiet had nine kills and Bueno had eight.
In the afternoon, the Highlanders
hit a cool .340 as they cruised to a three game win over Fordham.
Parizek led the team with 13 kills in 20 attempts, hitting
a season-high .600 for the match. Bueno added 10 kills, hitting
.304.
The Highlanders return to
action Friday as they host Long Beach State at 7:00 PM at
the Student Recreation Center.
(Sept. 19, 2003) - Sophomore
hitter Jamie DeKiewiet had a match-high 21 kills and senior
middle Rosanna Parizek had 16 kills and hit .640 on the evening
as the UC Riverside Highlanders defeated No. 23 Long Beach
State, 30-26, 30-26, 21-30,
30-27 at the UCR Student Recreation Center Friday.
With the win, the Highlanders
moved to 6-5, 1-0, while the 49ers fell to 5-3, 0-1. The win
was the Highlanders' first over LBSU since October 26th, 1982.
In addition, the Highlanders' sixth win tied their win total
from the 2002 season.
Parizek is hitting .383
on the season and had 16 kills in 25 attempts with no errors.
UCR hit .265 on the evening, compared to .192 for LBSU
In game one the Highlanders
kept one streak going and saw another come to an end as DeKiewiet
had six kills and Parizek had five and a pair of clutch aces
as the Highlanders hit .469 (19-4-32) they pulled out a 30-26
win.
In game two the 49ers jumped
out to a 25-16 lead, but the Highlanders outscored LBSU 14-1
down the stretch to turn the deficit into a 30-26 win. Trailing
25-16, UCR got side out on a kill by Parizek, then ran off
eight straight points behind the serve of sophomore hitter
Valerie Bueno to take a 26-25 lead. LBSU go side out, but
UCR rolled off four straight points, including a pair of kills
by DeKiewiet to take a 30-26 decision.
In game three, LBSU came
out strong cruising to a 30-21 win, hitting .417 compared
to UCR's .056.
The Highlanders trailed
14-9 in game four, but outscored the 49ers 7-2 to tie the
score at 16-16. The teams traded points down to the wire.
UCR trailed 27-26, but the Highlanders rolled off four straight
points on LBSU attack errors to win the game 30-27.
The Highlanders return to
action Saturday as they host UC Irvine at 7:00 PM at the Student
Recreation Center.
(Sept. 20, 2003) - It took
five games and two hours and 30 minutes, but the visiting
UC Irvine Anteaters snapped the UC Riverside Highlanders'
three match winning streak with a 30-32,
30-27, 38-36, 27-30, 15-11 at the UCR Student Recreation
Center Saturday in front of 250 fans.
With the win, the Anteaters
move to 11-3 overall and 2-0 in the Big West, while the Highlanders
fell to 6-6, 1-1.
UCI's Kelly Wing led all
players with a match-high 29 kills, hitting .310 on the eventing.
UCI had five players in double figure kills, including Sami
Cash (20), Dana Kurzbard (17), Terbrie Taylor (15), and Amanda
Vazquez (11).
For the Highlanders, Jamie
DeKieweit had a team high 24 kills and Valerie Bueno added
20. Rosanna Parizek continued her hot hitting, popping 19
kills and hitting a team-high .390 on the match.
The Highlanders won the
first game of the match for the 10th match in a row and the
11th time this season, pulling out a hard-fought 32-30 decision.
UCI bounced back to take games two and three, the latter by
a 38-36 decision in which both teams had chances to put it
away earlier but failed to convert. UCR bounced back to win
game four, rallying back from a five point deficit, but the
Anteaters took advantage of four Highlander errors in the
deciding game to pull out the match.
UCR set several individual
match highs, including attempts (DeKiewiet-64), assists (Kym
Murphy-67), digs (Bueno-31), and solo blocks (Murphy-3).
The Highlanders return to
action Friday as they travel to Santa Barbara to take on UCSB
at 7:00 PM.
(Sept. 26, 2003) -The No.
15 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos handed the UC Riverside Highlanders
their second consecutive loss with a 30-24,
30-23, 30-18 decision at the Events Center in Goleta Friday.
The Gauchos won their 21st-straight
Big West Conference match dating back to 2001 and improved
to 6-4 overall, 2-0 in league action. UCR now stands at 6-7,
1-2 in the Big West.
Sophomore Megan Blackshire
was UCSB¹s leading attacker for the second straight contest
with a modest 11 kills. Edmonds added 10 slams and a .500
hitting percentage, while Waldowski was the most efficient
Gaucho at .571 on eight kills without an error.
Sophomore hitter Jamie DeKiewiet
led the way for UCR with nine kills on the evening. Riverside
was also hampered by 10 service errors and only three team
blocks, compared to seven by the home team.
The Highlanders return to
action Saturday as they travel to San Luis Obispo to take
on Cal Polyat 7:00 PM.
(Sept. 27, 2003) -The UC
Riverside Highlanders moved back to the .500 mark with a five
game victory over the host Cal Poly Mustangs, 29-31,
30-27, 21-30, 30-25, 15-11 at Mott Gym Saturday.
The Highlanders (7-7, 2-2
Big West) came back from a 2-1 deficit to win their second
Big West match of the year. With the loss, Cal Poly fell to
9-5, 1-2 in the Big West.
Senior middle Rosanna Parizek
led UC Riverside with 22 kills, hitting a team-high .276 for
the match. She added a personal season high six block assists
and seven digs and six assisted blocks. Sophomore hitter Jamie
DeKiewiet had 12 kills and 16 digs, and freshman middle Wilemien
Stikker-Breemhaar tied her season-high with 11 kills. Senior
libero Kristen Thompson led the Highlanders with 24 digs.
UCR hit only .107 in the
match but recorded 96 digs while Cal Poly hit .139 with 78
digs. Cal Poly had 20 blocks to UCR's 12 but the Mustangs
committed 15 service errors in the match.
Three Mustangs recorded
double doubles in the match, senior Molly Duncan, junior Jessica
Diepersloot and sophomore Kayla Mulder. Duncan had 24 kills
and 16 digs to lead the team while Diepersloot had 18 kills
and 10 digs. Mulder added 11 kills and 12 digs. Senior Gwen
Hubbard had 26 digs to lead all players. Margaret Donoghue
led the team with 10 total blocks (two solo).
UCR will host Loyola Marymount
in a non-conference match on Tuesday, Sept. 30 at 7 p.m.
(Sept. 30, 2003) -The visiting
Loyola Marymount Lions defeated the host UC Riverside Highlanders,
30-21, 30-23, 30-28 in a
non-conference match at the Student Recreation Center Tuesday.
The Lions' (15-2) Keilani
Kimball led all players with 18 kills, hitting .283 for the
match. UCR (7-8) had three players in double figure kills,
led by sophomore hitter Jamie DeKiewiet's 15. Sophomore Valerie
Bueno had 11 kills and senior middle Rosanna Parizek had 10,
but hit just .033 on the night. In all, UCR hit .140 (44-26-129),
while the lions hit .219 (52-19-151).
In game one the Highlanders
and Lions were tied 15-15, but LMU took advantage of six UCR
errors to outscore the Highlanders 15-6 down the stretch.
The Highlanders hit just .108 in the opener, compared to the
Lions .204.
Game two was a mirror of
game one, as the teams were once again close at the mid point,
with UCR holding a 15-13 advantage. But the Lions ran off
five straight points to make it 18-15, then built the lead
to 23-17. UCR rallied back to cut the lead to three at 25-22
on a kill by junior hitter Tiffany Brooks, but the Lions outscored
UCR 5-1 down the stretch, clinching the game on an ace by
Dina DeBernardi. Errors continued to plague UCR as they hit
.159 (15-8-44), compared to the Lions .204 (16-6-49).
The third game was the most
competitive of the match. As in games one and two, the teams
were tied at 15-15, but UCR took the lead at 16-15. The teams
battled back and forth, and UCR took the lead at 23-22 on
a kill by DeKiewiet. Loyola scored three straight to take
a 25-23 lead on kills by Kimball and two by Kelli Nerison,
forcing UCR to call a time out. DeKiewiet came out of the
time out with a kill, then Halperin and Willemien Stikker-Breemhaar
tied it at 25-25. DeKiewiet's kill halted a long rally and
gave UCR a 26-25 lead, but LMU tied it back up on a dump by
Nicole Oehlman. The Lions took the match when Tiana Newsome's
kill gave them a 29-28 lead, followed by a block assist by
DeBernardi and Tiara Newson. The game featured 16 ties and
nine lead changes.
UCR returns to conference
play as they travel to Cal State Fullerton on Saturday at
7 p.m.
(Oct. 4, 2003) - UCR senior
middle Rosanna Parizek had a team-high 24 kills and sophomore
hitter Jamie DeKiewiet had a double-double with 18 kills and
21 digs, but it wasn't enough as the host Cal State Fullerton
Titans handed the Highlanders their second consecutive loss,
30-26, 25-30, 30-26, 20-30,
15-6 in a Big West Match at Titan Gym Saturday.
With the win the Titans
snapped a four-match losing streak and improved to 7-9 overall
and 1-4 in Big West Conference play. The Highlanders fell
to 7-9 and 2-3.
Anya Ferry had a season-high
25 digs to pace the Titan defense and April Bliss had 17.
Elena Goldena had 11 kills and Jenna Carney had 56 assists.
The match was a see-saw
affair, as Fullerton won the opener and UCR bounced back to
tie. Fullerton took game three, but UCR had a strong performance
in game four to post a 10-point win. UCR hit .263 (16-6-38)
in the game compared.
However the Highlanders
went ice cold in game five, hitting -.182 (4-10-33), handing
the match to the Titans, who recorded just four kills in the
game.
Kym Murphy had 58 assists.
The Highlanders will host
Northridge Friday and Pacific Saturday..
(Oct. 10, 2003) - UC Riverside's
Valerie Bueno had a match-high tying 10 kills, but it was
not enough as the Highlanders fell to visiting Cal State Northridge,
30-22, 32-30, 30-23 in a
Big West match at the Student Recreation Center Friday.
The Matadors moved to 8-6
overall and 4-3 in Big West Conference play. The Highlanders
fell to 7-10 and 2-4.
Heather Fobian led the Matadors
with 10 kills and Jennifer Fopma, Unn Kvendseth and Jen Ryan
each had nine kills. The Matadors hit .308 on the night (48-12-117).
For the Highlanders, senior middle Rosanna Parizek had nine
kills and sophomore hitter Jamie DeKiewiet had eight. However,
in contrast, UCR hit just .161 (41-22-118).
The Matadors and Highlanders
were tied at 15-15 in game one, but CSN went on a 5-0 run
to jump out to a 20-15 lead. They followed with an 8-4 run
to build a 28-19 lead and took the game 30-22.
Game two was a battle down
to the wire, and it looked as if the Highlanders might take
it as they led 29-27 on an attack error by Fobian. But UCR
committed a pair of attack errors on to allow the Matadors
to tie it at 29-29. The teams traded points to reach 30-30,
but the Highlanders again suffered a pair of errors, one on
a set, the other on an attack, that gave the Matadors a 32-30
win.
Game three was more of the
same as the Matadors gradually pulled out to an eight point
lead a t 24-16 before settling for a 30-23 win.
The Highlanders will host
Pacific Saturday at 7:00 PM.
(Oct. 11, 2003) - The University
of the Pacific took four games to defeat the host UC Riverside
Highlanders, 31-29, 29-31, 30-20,
30-24 in a Big West Match at the Student Recreation Center
Saturday.
The Tigers moved to 10-6
overall and 5-3 in the Big West. UCR fell to 7-11 overall
and 2-5 in conference. They have lost four straight.
Senior hitter Jennifer Joines
led all players with a match-high 25 kills, hitting .276 on
the night. Sophomore Ashley Groothuis had 16 kills and freshman
Stevie Mussie had 13 kills. UOP hit .232 on the night.
Senior middle Rosanna Parizek
had 14 kills for UCR and hit .364 on the match. Sophomore
Valerie Bueno had 11 kills and freshman middle Willemien Stikker-Breemhaar
had 10.
The Highlanders had a two
point lead in game one at 28-26, but the Tigers came back
with five of the next six points to win the match. UCR took
the second game, 31-29, but the Tigers regrouped after the
intermission and cruised to 10-point and six-point wins in
games four and five.
The Highlanders go on the
road to play Idaho on October 16.
(Oct. 16, 2003) - The University
of Idaho swept the UC Riverside Highlanders, 30-25,
31-29, 30-19 in a Big West Match at Memorial Gym in Moscow,
Idaho Thursday.
The Vandals (9-8 overall,
2-6 Big West) won their second Big West game of the season,
while UCR fell to 7-12 overall, 2-6 Big West.
The Vandals out-hit Riverside
.149-.255 in the first game to take the 30-25 win. The Highlanders
got as close as 25-24 before Idaho pulled away with kills
from Anna-Marie Hammond and Meghan Brown.
Riverside jumped out to
a 7-3 lead in the second game before Idaho climbed back in
to tie it at eight. The Highlanders grabbed the lead again
until three Vandal kills and a Riverside attack error tied
it at 18. Two kills by Hammond and a Riverside error sealed
the win for Idaho. Idaho came out strong in the third game
and didn’t look back as they took the win, 30-19.
Meek recorded 16 kills
on .433 attack percent, three digs and seven blocks. Hammond
chipped in 19 kills on .351 percent and four blocks for the
Vandals. Jessica Yearout led the defense with 15 digs while
Mandy Becker added 12 digs to go with her 40 assists. “ Overall
Idaho out-hit, out-dug, and out-blocked Riverside, .234-.090,
59-52 and 11-5, respectively.
Sophomore hitter Jamie DeKiewiet
led the Highlanders with 15 kills, but was the only Highlander
in double digits. She hit .303 on the night.
The Highlanders travel to
Utah State to face the Aggies on October 18.
(Oct. 18, 2003) - The Utah
State Aggies defeated the visiting UC Riverside Highlanders,
30-18, 30-13, 30-20 in a
Big West match at the Smith Spectrum in Logan Utah Saturday.
With the win, USU improves
to 12-7 on the season and 5-4 in the Big West Conference,
while UCR falls to 7-13 overall and 2-7 in league play with
the loss.
Sophomore outside hitter
Jamie DeKiewiet led UC Riverside with 13 kills and seven digs,
but hit just .147 on the match. As a team, UCR hit .047 (31-26-107)
Senior middle blocker Erin
Cartwright-Davis hit a career-high .667 with 17 kills. Cartwright-Davis
added a team-high eight digs to go along with three blocks,
while sophomore opposite side hitter Zuzana Cernianskaadded
13 kills and seven digs and hit .370.
(Oct. 24, 2003) - Sophomore
hitter Jamie DeKiewiet had a career-high 26 kills and senior
middle Rosanna Parizek added 23 to help the host UC Riverside
Highlanders to a 30-22, 30-32,
21-30, 36-34, 16-14 come from behind win in a Big West
match at the Student Recreation Center Friday.
The win snapped the Highlanders'
six game losing streak and their third Big West win ties the
best mark since moving to the Big West. UCR moves to 8-13
overall and 3-7 in the Big West, while Poly falls to 11-10
overall, 3-7.
Parizek hit .472 on the
night (23-6-36) and Bueno hit .395 (18-3-38). Sophomore hitter
Valerie Bueno added 18 kills for the Highlanders, hitting
.395 on the night. UCR also had 14 aces, tying their season-high
set earlier this yearagainst Fordham on September 13.
The performances overshadowed
an outstanding night by Cal Poly's Vanessa Gilliam, who had
a match and career-high 29 kills, hitting a resounding .472
(29-4-53) on the evening. Molly Duncan added 19 kills and
Jessica Diepersloot had 14.
The Highlanders opened the
match with one of their top hitting performances of the year.
UCR hit .457 in the game (19-3-35) en route to a 30-22 win.
UCR dominated the game, posting six service aces, including
three by senior DS Reylynn Wright, and outblocked the Mustangs
3-0. DeKiewiet had five kills to lead all players.
Game two was a see-saw affair
which Cal Poly eventually triumphed, 32-30. The game featured
17 ties and 10 lead changes. UCR was up 29-27 and had serve,
but could not put the game away. Gilliam had 10 kills for
the Mustangs, hitting .467 (10-3-15).
Game three was all Cal Poly,
as the Mustangs were in control the whole way enroute to a
30-21 win. The Mustangs did not commit an error in the game,
hitting .484 (15-0-31).
Game four was a marathon
battle that the Highlanders won 36-34. The game featured 23
ties and 12 lead changes. UCR owned a 26-24 lead, but the
Mustangs tied it at 26-26. From there it became a war, with
neither team able to get the two-point lead they needed for
the win. The Mustangs held a 29-28 lead with the serve, but
Tiffany Brooks tip tied the game, and UCR took a 30-29 lead
on a setting error by Gwen Hubbard. UCR could not finish and
Duncan's kill attempt tied the match at 30-30.
The teams traded points
before Gilliam's kill on an overpass gave Poly the 34-33 lead,
but Parizek's kill again tied it up. DeKiewiet followed with
a kill to make it 35-34, and she finished the game for UCR
with a dunk that gave the Highlanders a 36-34 win. Gilliam
had nine kills in the game and the Mustangs hit .321 but were
hindered by five reception errors, four service errors and
two blocking errors.
In game five, the Highlanders
took an 8-6 lead at the switch, and built the lead to 13-10.
But Cal Poly rallied to tie it on a pair of kills by Duncan.
DeKiewiet stopped the bleeding with a kill to give UCR a 15-14
lead, then Bueno finished it with a kill that the Mustangs
blocked out of bounds for the win.
Cal Poly won the battle
at the net, 10-5, but UCR outdug the Mustangs 82-60.
The Highlanders return
to action on Saturday, October 25 as they host UC Santa Barbara
at 7:00 PM.
(Oct. 25, 2003) - The No.
20 ranked UC Santa Barbara Gauchos defeated the host UC Riverside
Highlanders 30-19,30-19, 30-25
in a Big West match at the Student Recreation Center
Saturday.
With the win UCSB moved
to 13-6 overall and 9-2 in the Big West, while UCR fell to
8-14, 3-8.
The Gauchos were led by
sophomore middle Megan Blackshire's 14 kills. Blackshire hit
.500 on the match (14-3-22). Janine Sandell added 13 kills
and hit .462 (13-1-26).
For the Highlanders, junior
hitter Tiffany Brooks had nine kills and hit .474 (9-0-19).
Sophomore hitter Jamie DeKiewiet and senior middle Rosanna
Parizek each had eight kills.
The Gauchos got five kills
from Megan Blackshire - who hit .833 - and Janine Sandell
in game one to cruise to an easy 30-19 win. The Highlanders
hit .088 in the game (9-6-34), while UCSB was at .244 (17-4-41).
In game two also ended at
30-19, as the Gauchos hit .457 (20-4-35) compared to the Highlanders
.194 (13-6-36). The Gauchos' Olivia Waldowski had an outstanding
serving performance as UCSB scored 12-of-30 points, including
runs of five and seven points behind her service.
In game three the Highlanders
played much better and held an 18-16 lead, but UCSB scored
five straight to take a 21-18 lead. The Gauchos pulled away
to win the game 30-25 to take the match.
The Highlanders are off
until Saturday, November 1 when they host Cal State Fullerton
at 7:00 PM in the Student Recreation Center.
(Nov. 1, 2003) - The Cal
State Fullerton Titans and UC Riverside Highlanders proved
that history can repeat itself Saturday.
The Titans pulled out a
23-30, 30-24, 26-30, 30-28,
15-10 win over the host UC Riverside Highlanders in a
Big West match at the Student Recreation Center Saturday in
front of 240 fans.
It marked the second time
this season that the teams have gone five and the second time
that the Titans were victorious. With the win, the Titans
moved to 8-16 overall and 2-10 in the Big West. UCR is now
8-15, 3-9.
The Highlanders were led
by sophomore hitter Jamie DeKiewiet, who had a double-double
with a match-high 24 kills and 18 digs. Senior middle Rosanna
Parizek had 20 kills. With the performance, Parizek moved
into sole possession of fifth place on the UCR all-time kills
list with 989. Sophomore middle Valerie Bueno had 14 kills
and junior hitter Tiffany Brooks had a double-double with
10 kills and 13 digs.
For the Titans, Melanie
Meister led with 17 kills and a match-high .577 hitting percentage.
Alyssa Opeka had 16 kills and hit .371. As a team, the Titans
hit .203 (60-23-182) and the Highlanders .214 (83-35-224).
The Titans also outdug the Highlanders 89-87 and won the blocking
battle, 13-6.
In the first game, UCR jumped
out to an 11-2 lead, but Fullerton came back to cut the lead
to 20-19. The Highlanders rallied to pull out the 30-23 win,
taking the game on a tip by Parizek. The Highlanders hit .450
in the game (22-4-40), compared to .121 (1-6-33) for the Titans.
The second game was a totally
different story as the Titans came out strong and jumped out
to leads of 10-4 and 18-8. UCR clawed back to 28-17, and outscored
the Titans 7-2 in the final moments but could not complete
the comeback as the Titans prevailed 30-24. The Titans hit
.231 (16-7-39) compared to the Highlanders' .171 (14-7-41).
The Highlanders took an
early lead in game three, but the Titans came back to tie
it at 19-19. UCR regained the momentum out of a timeout, scoring
a pair of points to take a 21-19 lead, then built the lead
to four at 26-22. The teams traded points the rest of the
way, with DeKiewiet capping the win with a kill off the block
for a 30-26 lead. Neither team hit well in the game, the Titans
leading .044 (9-7-45) compared to the Highlanders' .035 (15-13-57).
The Highlanders couldn't
finish the match in game four, struggling with their defense
against the Titan attack. Fullerton held a 22-18 lead. UCR
got back to 25-24, but Parizek's serve went into the net to
make it 26-24. The teams traded points to 29-28 when Meister
hammered home the kill to send the match to a fifth game.
UCR hit .274 (24-7-62) to the Titans .277 (16-3-47).
In game five the Titans
were up 6-3, but the Highlanders rallied back to take the
lead at the switch, 8-7. The Titans regained the momentum,
scoring three straight points, including an ace by April Bliss,
forcing the Highlanders to call a timeout. But the bleeding
wouldn't stop at the Titans took the next two points for a
commanding 12-8 lead and another UCR timeout. The Highlanders
warmed up to take the next two points to make it 12-10, forcing
the Titans to call a time out. Carley Dial and Sarah Morrison
blocked Parizek's kill attempt to take a 13-10 lead, and Bueno
committed back-to-back hitting errors to finish the match
and give the Titans a 15-10 win..
The Highlanders return to
action on November 6th at the University of the Pacific, then
play at CS Northridge on November 8th. Their final home matches
will be November 14th and 15th against Utah State and Idaho,
respectively.
(Nov. 6, 2003) - Three Highlanders
had 15 kills, but it wasn't enough as Cal State Northridge
swept UCR, 31-29, 30-23, 32-30
in a Big West match at the Matadome in Northridge Saturday.
The Matadors' Jennifer Fopma's
match-high 20 kills helped Northridge to run its overall record
to 15-8. The Highlanders fall to 8-17 overall and 3-17 in
the Big West.
For UC Riverside, Rosanna
Parizek, Valerie Bueno and Jamie DeKiewiet each had a team-high
15 kills. Parizek posted a team-high .400 hitting clip, while
Highlander setter Kym Murphy tallied 48 assists. In a fairly
even match, the Highlanders had 55 kills to 54 for the Matadors
and held a 50-49 advantage in assists.
Fopma's 20 kills and .474
hitting percentage led a trio of Matador hitters in double
figures. Unn Kvendseth had 14 kills while hitting .344 and
Jen Ryan added 10 kills and seven digs. Setter Nadine Nickel
chipped in 45 assists, six digs and a pair of kills. Northridge
took advantage of seven service aces, the last two coming
on the final two points of the match by Kvendseth and the
Matadors posted a .308 hitting percentage to .215 for the
Highlanders. Northridge also had 8.0 team blocks to 5.0 for
Riverside.
The Highlanders return to
the Student Recreation Center for their final two home games
on Friday, November 14 and Saturday, Nov. 15.
(Nov. 6, 2003) - The University
of Pacific Tigers swept the visiting UC Riverside Highlanders
30-22, 30-16, 35-33 in
a Big West match at the Spanos Center in Stockton Thursday.
With the victory, Pacific
improved to 13-9 overall and 8-6 in Big West Conference action.
UC Riverside fell to 8-16, 3-10 Big West.
In the opener Pacific cruised
to a 30-22 victory in the game behind a .300 (17-5-40) team
hitting percentage. The Tigers continued their offensive rhythm
in game two and stifled UC Riverside's attack as the Tigers
outhit the Highlanders .289-(-.094) in a 30-16 game two win.
Game three was competitive throughout. With the Tigers leading
29-28 and serving for the match, the Highlander's Valerie
Bueno recorded a kill to knot the game at 29-29. Still knotted
at 33-33, Pacific's Stevie Mussie pounded a kill and UC Riverside's
Jamie DeKiewiet recorded an error as the Tigers claimed the
match with a 35-33 game three win.
Pacific's Jennefir Joines
led all attackers with 15 kills on the evening for Pacific.
Mussie and sophomore Ashley Groothuis (Aurora, Neb.) collected
10 kills apiece for the Tigers. UC Riverside was led offensively
by Bueno's 12 kills.
The Highlanders return to
action on Saturday at Cal State Northridge.
(Nov. 14, 2003) - The UC
Riverside Highlanders snapped a four-game losing streak with
a 35-33, 28-30, 30-28, 19-30,
15-12 win over the visiting Utah State Aggies in a Big
West match at the Student Recreation Center Friday.
Sophomore hitter Jamie DeKiewiet
led the Highlanders with 20 kills, hitting a robust .444 on
the night (20-4-36). Sophomore Valerie Bueno had a good night
with 19 kills and senior Rosanna Parizek had 14 kills and
five block assists.
Utah State’s Erin
Cartwright-Davis had a match-high 25 kills and freshman hitter
Beth Hodge had 22 kills, but also 11 errors.
The Highlanders played well
in game one, outhitting the Aggies .255 to .157, but still
needed extra time to pull out a 35-33 win. The Aggies bounced
right back in game two, blowing out UCR 30-18, but UCR responded
in kind, pulling out a 30-28 decision in game three. UCR continued
to struggle in the even numbered games, losing the fourth
30-19, hitting .000 (9-9-33) compared to the Aggies .368 (19-5-38),
but jumped out to a quick lead in game five before holding
off a late rally to win the match with a 15-12 decision, returning
the favor on the Aggies by holding them to .000 hitting (7-7-19)
while hitting .353 (8-2-17).
The Aggies outhit the Highlanders
.245 (88-39-200) to .220 (62-26-164) on the evening. UCR had
11 blocks, one shy of their team season high of 12 set against
Cal Poly on September 27th.
The Highlanders return to
action for their home finale on November 15th against Idaho.
The Highlanders will honor their three seniors, Parizek, Kristen
Thompson and Reylynn Wright prior to the match.
(Nov. 15, 2003) - The UC
Riverside Highlanders lost their final home match of the season
to the visiting University of Idaho, 30-24,30-23,
30-22 in a Big West contest at the Student Recreation
Center Saturday.
With the loss UCR fell to
9-18 overall and 4-12 in the Big West. Idaho improved to 17-10,
8-8.
Idaho hitter Kati Tikker
led the Vandals with a match-high 22 kills, and Sarah Meek
and Anne-Marie Hammond had 13 and 12 kills respectively as
Idaho hit .257 (57-22-136) on the evening.
Sophomore hitter Jamie DeKiewiet
led the Highlanders with 11 kills and was the only player
in double figures. UCR hit just .126 on the night.
The Highlanders could not
carry on the momentum of their five-game win over Utah State
Friday, falling behind early and never getting their offense
flowing.
The match was the final
home appearance for UCR seniors Kristen Thompson, Rosanna
Parizek and Reylynn Wright.
The Highlanders return to
action with a two-game road trip to conclude their season.
They open the trip on Friday at UC Irvine, then wrap up the
season on Saturday at Long Beach State.
(Nov. 21, 2003) - UC Irvine
improved to 20-9 overall and 11-6 in the Big West with a 30-16,
30-23, 30-24 sweep of UC Riverside Friday at Crawford Court.
UC Riverside was led by
middle blocker Rosanna Parizek and outside hitter Jamie DeKiewiet
who each recorded 14 kills. Outside hitter Valerie Bueno had
a team-high 12 digs while setter Kym Murphy put up 38 assists
as the Highlanders fell to 9-19 overall and 4-12 in the Big
West.
The Anteaters, led by outside
hitter Kelly Wing’s 16 kills and career-high .394 hitting
percentage, out-killed the Highlanders 52-45, but blocking
was the key for UC Irvine as the team recorded 11.0 blocks
to hold UCR to a .195 hitting percentage.
The Highlanders conclude
the 2003 season Saturday at LBSU.
(Nov. 22, 2003) - The Long
Beach State women's volleyball team defeated UC Riverside,
30-24, 30-13, 30-21, in the final Big West Conference match
of the season Saturday at The Pyramid in Long Beach.
Long Beach State improved
to 17-8, 12-6 in the Big West while the Highlanders finish
at 9-20 and 4-14.
Jamie DeKiewiet paced the
Highlanders with 16 kills in the losing effort. Liz Hudson
paced LBSU with 16 kills.
Tight play dictated game
one, with Long Beach State prevailing 30-24. The 49ers broke
a 15-15 tie with a 10-5 run to push their lead to 25-20.
Long Beach State cruised
to a 30-13 game two victory, as LBSU raced out to a 14-4 lead,
and never looked back. UCR hurt itself by committing six attack
errors for a .040 clip. Long Beach State notched 17 kills
in the frame for a .500 attack percentage. The Niners closed
out the Highlanders 30-21 in the third and final frame.
(Nov. 25, 2003) - UC Riverside
senior middle hitter Rosanna Parizek was named to the Big
West Honorable Mention team Tuesday, the Big West Conference
announced.
Parizek averaged 3.89 kills
a game and led the Highlanders with a .280 hitting percentage.
She led the team in total kills (428), kills per game (3.89),
hitting percentage (.280), aces (39), block assists (57),
total blocks (66) and total points (504.5).
(Dec. 2, 2002) - The UC
Riverside women's volleyball team announced the signing of
two players during the 2002 early signing period on Monday,
as 6-1 middle blocker Janiece Manuel of El Centro, CA and
6-2 middle blocker Willemien Stikker-Breemhaar of Alberta,
Canada signed National Letters of Intent.
Manuel will graduate from
Central Union High School in the Spring and will enter UCR
as a feshman. Janiece lettered three times in volleyball and
earned All-Imperial Valley League honors. She also lettered
three years in basketball.
Stikker-Breemhaar will graduate
from Lacombe Composite High School in the Spring and will
enter UCR as a freshman. Willemien led her team to the Zone
Championships and to the Provincial Finals in 2001 and this
season her team won their league and are still competing.
She was an all-star in 2001 and MVP in 2002 at the University
of Calgary Invitational and MVP at the Western Candaian Challenge
in 2002.
“We are very excited
to add some height and two more players that are capable of
playing in the middle, since we have been playing with no
substitutes in the middle since we arrived in Division I,”
Head Coach Sue Gozansky said. “They both have great
potential and are the kind of players that we need to be competitive
in the Big West and build our program.”
UCR finished 6-23 overall
and 2-16 in the Big West Conference.
(Dec. 9, 2003) -The UC Riverside
Highlanders women’s volleyball team announced the signing
of a pair of athletes to National Letters of Intent Tuesday.
The Highlanders inked middle blockers Andralyn “Angie”
Mitchell of Highland HS and Ebonie Vincent of Temecula Valley
HS, Head Coach Sue Gozansky announced.
Vincent is a 5-10 middle blocker who played both basketball
and volleyball at Temecula Valley HS. In 2003 she helped her
team reach a first round CIF berth, earning All Southwestern
League honors. Vincent, who plans to study medicine, plays
for the San Diego Volleyball Club.
“Ebonie has excellent jumping ability and is a remarkable
athlete,” Gozansky said. “She comes from an outstanding
family, both parents are administrators at RCC, and is very
academic.”
Mitchell is a 6-0 middle with outstanding jumping ability
from Highland HS in Palmdale. She will be playing with the
Santa Monica Volleyball Club.
“Angie is a very competitive player. She is aggressive
at the net and is very physical. We hope she will make an
immediate impact on the team next year,” Gozansky said.
“Both of these young women are outstanding individuals
with great athletic ability. We are excited because they both
have great jumping ability and should really impact our middle
blocking in the short and long term,” Gozansky said.
“We are really excited to have them joining our program
and helping our program reach the next level.”
(March 17, 2004) - University
of California, Riverside has hired Aaron Adams as an assistant
volleyball coach, Head Coach Sue Gozansky announced Wednesday.
Adams will begin his appointment on March 17, replacing Annie
Feller.
“We are happy to be
bringing Aaron on board. He will provide a lot of new insight
to our program and we are eager to get started,” Gozansky
said. “He is an exciting, young coach.
Adams comes to UCR from
Paloma Valley HS, where he won the league championship and
reached the quarterfinals of the CIF Championships. He is
has also worked as the 18 and under coach for Temecula’s
Viper Volleyball Club.
A native of New Jersey,
Adams earned a bachelor’s degree in history from Brigham
Young University and his MBA from Cal Poly Pomona.
Adams succeeds Feller, a
star on the UCR volleyball team from 1984-1987 and a former
head coach at Santa Clara University. Feller had been on the
staff at UCR for two years, assisting in scheduling, fundraising,
recruiting and commuting from her home in Northern California
to assist in practices.
“Annie understood
that for the team to continue in its quest to become a top
Big West program that we needed to change the role of her
position. We needed to have somebody who could consistently
be in the office and be at practice. The distance that she
had to travel would not allow her to do this.” Gozansky
said. “Her Division I experience really helped the program
in the transition to this elite level of competition. She
is one of the best coaches in the country. We will miss her.”
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