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(May 11, 2004) - The UC
Riverside Highlanders Women’s Volleyball Coach Sue Gozansky
announced that she has signed a pair of high school seniors,Gerryn
Moran and Kelly Crow, to national letters of intent.
Crow, a 5-11 outside hitter
from Alamo, CA who attends San Ramon Valley HS, helped her
team to a 45-1 record over three seasons. In 2003 she was
named first team all-East Bay Athletic League, fourth team
All-State, North Coast Section Player of the Year and Contra
Costa Times Fall Athlete of the Year.
Moran is a 5-10 outside
hitter/right side hitter out of Bishop Montgomery High School
in Torrance is a four-year letter winner who helped the Knights
to a CIF Championship in 2003, earning Division III All-CIF
First Team Honors along the way.
“We are excited to
be adding these two athletes to our team in 2004,” Coach
Sue Gozansky said. “They both have impressive credentials
coming out of high school and we think they will become very
good collegiate volleyball players.”
The duo join a pair of previously
signed middle blockers Andralyn “Angie” Mitchell
of Highland HS and Ebonie Vincent of Temecula Valley HS.
(Sept. 1, 2004) - The host
St. Mary's Gaels handed the UCR Highlanders a 30-27, 30-26,
30-25 defeat at the McKeon Pavilion in Moraga Thursday.
Junior outside hitter Jamie
DeKiewiet had an outstanding game, recording 19 kills and
hitting .361 (19-6-36) on the night. She also had nine digs.
The remainder of the Highlanders struggled, as no one else
recorded more than five kills in the match. Cassandra Kolkka
led the Gaels with 12 kills and Lindsey Bogason added 11.
The teams were tied 12-12
in game one, but the Gaels went on a 7-1 run to take a 19-13
lead. UCR cut the lead back to 19-16 on a trio of Gaels attacking
errors. However the Highlanders could get no closer than three
points and dropped the first game 30-27.
In game two the Highlanders
jumped out to a 6-2 lead, but the Gaels came back to tie it
at 7-7. The Highlanders bounced back to take a 16-14 lead,
but St. Mary's bounced back with a 5-1 run to take a 19-17
lead. UCR came back to tie it on kills by Ashley Halperin
and Kym Murphy at 19-19, but again the Gaels rallied to build
a four-point lead at 26-22. UCR responded by realing off three
straight points, to make it 26-25, but couldn't get the tying
point and dropped the game 30-26.
In game three the Gaels
built an early 10-5 lead, then expanded the advantage to 15-7.
The Highlanders strove to get back into the game, but couldn't
put together the run they needed and fell 30-25.
UCR will play in the University
of San Francisco Tournament beginning Friday.
(Sept. 3, 2004) - UC Riverside
got their first win of the 2004 season with a 30-18, 30-22,
30-16 win over Central Connecticut State in the first game
of the USF/Coca Cola Classic Tournament at the University
of San Francisco Friday.
The Highlanders play the
host Dons at 7:30 PM Friday.
Junior outside hitter Jamie
DeKiewiet had a game-high 18 kills and hit .400 (18-4-35)
on the day. She was joined in double digit kills by sophomore
Janiece Manuel, who had a career-high 11 and junior Valerie
Bueno, who hit a match-high .529 (10-1-17),
UCR hit .351 (51-12-111)
in the match and outblocked Central Connecticut 9-2.
(Sept. 4, 2004) - Junior
Jamie DeKiewiet was named tournament most valuable player
and the UC Riverside Highlanders were crowned champions at
the USF/Coca Cola Classic Tournament in San Francisco Saturday.
The Highlanders posted a 30-25, 30-28, 24-30, 28-30, 15-11
win over the Hofstra Pride in the morning match, then defeated
future Big West rival UC Davis in the afternoon match, 32-30,
28-30, 30-18, 30-21.
With wins over Central Connecticut
and host USF on Friday, the Highlanders were 4-0 in the tournament
and are now 4-1 on the season.
Joining DeKiewiet on the
All-Tournament team were junior outside hitter Valerie Bueno
and sophomore middle blocker Janiece Manuel.
In Saturday's opener the
Highlanders jumped out to a 2-0 lead, only to see Hofstra
jump back into the match by winning games three and four.
UCR then rallied to take game 5 and win the match.
DeKiewiet and Bueno led
the Highlanders with 20 kills each and the Highlanders recorded
a season-high 75 digs. Tiffany Brooks had nine kills and Kym
Murphy had eight kills and 50 assists in the match.
In the critical fifth game,
Hofstra jumped out to a 4-0 lead, but UCR rallied to tie it
at 4-4. Once again, the Pride rallied for an 8-4 lead, then
built the margin to 10-7. UCR got back-to-back kills from
DeKiewiet to make the score 10-9 prompting a rally that saw
UCR seven straight points behind the serving on Lindsay Drennen
and five kills by DeKiewiet. The Pride broke the run to make
it 14-11, but DeKiewiet gave UCR the match with a big kill
off a set by Murphy.
With the championship on
the line, UCR came out and had little problem with the Aggies
of UC Davis. UCR won the opener 32-30, but the Aggies came
back to take game two 32-28 with their top hitting percentage
of the match or .205 compared to the Highlanders' low of .050.
Games three and four were
all UCR, as the Highlanders cruised to 12 and nine point wins.
DeKiewiet led the Highlanders with 20 kills, Bueno had 14,
Brooks 12 and sophomore middle blocker Willemina Stikker-Breemaar
had 10. Manuel added nine kills and hit .400 to solidify her
spot on the all-tournament team.
2004 USF/Coca-Cola C2
Classic, Presented by Asics Tournament
Champion:UC Riverside (4-0)
Tournament Runner-up: USF (3-1)
Hofstra (2-2)
Central Connecticut State (1-3)
UC Davis (0-4)
All-Tournament Team
Jr. OH Jamie DeKiewiet, UCR ø MVP
Junior OH Valerie Bueno, UCR
So. MB Elizabeth Curley, Hofstra
So. S Jamie Kartchner, USF
Sophomore MB Janiece Manuel, UCR
Fr. Libero Brynn Maurer, USF
Sr. OH Stephanie Voelckers, USF
(Sept. 10, 2004) - The
UC Riverside Highlanders ran their winning streak to six in
a row with a 30-22, 22-30, 30-28, 30-19 win over the host
NAU Lumberjacks at the Northern Arizona University Tournament
in Flagstaff Friday. Earlier in the day junior outside hitter
Jamie DeKiewiet had a match-high 20 kills as the Highlanders
defeated Davidson College 28-30, 30-27, 30-14, 30-19.
In the first match of the
day DeKiewiet hit .368 (20-6-38), recording 20 kills for the
fourth time on the year. Bueno hit .271 (19-6-48) on the match.
Sophomore hitter Michelle Rybka had a career-high six kills
for UCR and hit .364 (6-2-11).
The Highlanders started
strong in game one, building a 16-7 lead. However, Davidson
bounced back and took advantage of eight Highlander attacking
errors to pull out a 30-28 win. Game two was much closer,
as the teams battled to a 30-27 UCR win, overcoming a match-high
.356 hitting percentage in the game. In game three UCR took
advantage of 12 Davidson errors and a miserable -.105 hitting
percentage (8-12-38) to cruise to a 16-point win at 30-14.
With momentum clearly in their corner, the Highlanders built
a 10-3 lead in the early going of game four, only to see Davidson
once again bounce pack to cut the lead to 12-11. But this
time the Highlanders didn't let Davidson back into it, bulding
the lead up to seven at 20-13, and eventually winning by an
11-point margin of 30-19.
UCR outblocked Davidson
9-1.
In the nightcap, the Highlanders
struck first with a 30-22 win, but the Lumberjacks came back
to take game two with a 30-22 win. In game three the Highlanders
found themselves trailing by 10 at 19-9, but rallied to win
seven of the next eight points and pulled out a 30-28 win.
UCR finished the match in short order with a 30-19 win in
game four.
(Sept. 11, 2004) - The UC
Riverside Highlanders moved to 8-1 on the season with a 28-30,
30-19, 30-23, 30-16 win over Rider University and a 30-23,
31-29, 30-23 victory over Akron University on the final day
of the NAU Invitational. With the wins, UCR moved to 4-0 in
the tournament and took home a tournament championship for
the second week in a row.
In addition, junior outside
hitter Jamie DeKiewiet earned tournament most valuable player
honors for the second week in a row. Junior outside hitter
Valerie Bueno was also named to the all-tournament team.
Perhaps a bit fatigued from
their late Friday win over host NAU, the Highlanders got off
to a slow start against Rider, trailing 17-7 in the early
going. UCR cut the margin to one with a 11-2 run to make it
19-18, but could never wrestle the lead away as Rider prevailed
30-28. Game two was all UCR, with the Highlanders building
a 17-9 lead before cruising to a 30-19 win. Game three was
a see-saw affair early on, but UCR used a 10-2 run to take
a 21-16 lead and pulled away to a 30-23 win. In game four
the Highlanders broke an 8-8 tie with a 14-3 run and cruised
home to a 30-16 win.
The Highlanders hit .238
in the match, but hit .389 in game two (18-4-36) and .395
in game four (20-5-38). DeKiewiet led UCR with season highs
of 24 kills, a .476 (24-4-42) hitting percentage and 19 digs.
Bueno had 21 kills and hit .450 (21-3-40.) Kym Murphy had
50 assists. UCR outblocked Rider 9-3, led by freshman middle
Angie Mitchell's two solo blocks and three assisted blocks.
Sophomore middle blocker Janiece Manuel had four block assists.
Four hours later the Highlanders
returned to the court and to face Akron, and once again DeKiewiet
powered the Highlander offense, recording 21 kills and hitting
a team-high .320 (21-5-50). Bueno had 13 kills and Tiffany
Brooks added six kills as the Highlanders cruised to a three-game
win.
Game one saw UCR build a
early lead, then kept the Zips at bay for a 30-23 win. The
second game was more of a battle as the teams traded leads
several times, including three times in the final 12 points.
UCR scored the final two points for a 31-29 win. The Highlanders
took the match and tournament with a triumph in game three,
as they outscored the Zips 13-5 down the stretch for a 30-23
win.
UCR next plays on September
14th as they travel to face Loyola Marymount.
(Sept. 13, 2004) - UC Riverside
junior Jamie DeKiewiet (Hemet, Calif.) was named Big West
women's volleyball Player of the Week after leading UCR to
its eigth straight victory. The Highlander outside hitter
earned MVP tournament honors for the second week in a row
after guiding Riverside to four wins at the NAU Tournament.
DeKiewiet averaged 21.5 kills per match, including a season-high
24 against Rider. For the week, she hit at a .339 percentage,
had five service aces, 53 digs and nine total blocks. DeKiewiet
currently ranks second in the Big West in kills per game (5.31)
and points per game (5.87).
(Sept. 14, 2004) - Perhaps
a bit tired after a strong weekend performance at the NAU
Tournament in Flagstaff, the UC Riverside Highlanders fell
to the host Loyola Marymount Lions, 30-16, 30-21, 30-22 at
Gersten Pavilion Tuesday. The loss snapped the Highlanders'
eight game winning streak and added to LMU's five-game winning
streak. UCR is now 8-2 on the season.
Junior outside hitter Jamie
DeKiewiet had a match-high 11 kills, hitting .333 (11-4-24)
on the match and added a match-high 14 digs. However, the
rest of the Highlanders struggled as no one else managed more
than three kills. As a team the Highlanders hit .083 (29-21-96).
Heather Hughes and Krista Houseman each had nine kills for
the Lions, who held the Highlanders to a team hitting percentage
of .083.
In game one the Highlanders
and Lions were close early on, with UCR trailing 13-12 on
kills by DeKiewiet and Angie Mitchell. The teams traded points
to 16-15, but the Lions went on a 14-1 run to take a 30-16
win.
Game two was closer, but
again the Lions used a big run to put the game away. Tied
at 18-18, the Lions outscored UCR 12-3 for a 30-21 win. In
the finale the Lions cruised to a 30-22 win.
The Highlanders open Big
West play on Saturday at Long Beach State, with first serve
at 7:30 PM.
(Sept. 18, 2004) - Junior
outside hitter Jamie DeKiewiet had a match-high 17 kills,
but it was not enough as the No. 21 Long Beach State women's
volleyball team defeated UC Riverside 30-22, 30-21, 30-23
at the Pyramid on Saturday.
Long Beach State improved
to 8-0 (2-0 Big West), while UC Riverside dropped to 8-3 (0-1
Big West).
Jillian Mazzarella led
LBSU with 10 kills, 34 assists, and nine digs.
For the Highlanders, junior
setter Kym Murphy had seven kills, 33 assists and 11 diges.
Junior outside hitter Valerie Bueno had a team high 13 digs.
UCR hit .130 (42-26-123) on the match, compared to .322 (51-13-118)
for LBSU.
(Sept. 24, 2004) - The UC
Riverside Highlanders dropped their home opener to the No.
10 ranked UC Santa Barbara Gauchos, 30-25, 30-25, 28-30, 30-19
in a Big West match at the Student Recreation Center Friday.
The Highlanders showed that
they could compete with the Gauchos, who are ranked 10 by
Volleyball Magazine and eighth by USA Today/CSTV. UCSB moved
to 7-0 overall and 2-0 in the Big West. UCR fell to 8-4, 0-2.
All of their losses this season have been at the hands of
teams that have been ranked or have received votes in the
polls.
Junior outside hitter Jamie
DeKiewiet led all players with a career-high 27 kill, junior
outside hitter Valerie Bueno had 13 kills and and middle blocker
Janiece Manuel had a career-high 13 kills and hit .304.
For the Gauchos Janine Sandell
had 18 kills and Olivia Waldowski had 14.
Highlanders trailed 19-18
in game one, but the Gauchos used a 4-0 run to build a 23-18
lead before Bueno's solo block on Amy Sakaria snuffed the
rally. The teams traded sideouts the rest of the way with
the Gauchos pulling out a 30-25 win. The Highlanders outhit
the Gauchos, .125 (17-11-48) to .118 (13-7-51).
Game two opened as a sideout
war, with the Highlanders taking a 12-11 lead on an error
by Sandell, forcing Coach Kathy Gregory to call a time out.
The teams battled back and forth as the teams tied 21-21.
The Gauchos used a 3-0 run with a kill by Sandell, an ace
by Emily Hendrickson and a pair of Highlander errors to build
a 25-21 lead.
The Gauchos came out strong
in game three and took an 11-5 lead, but UCR came back to
tie the match at 13-13 on a kill by Tiffany Brooks off of
a set by sophomore middle Michelle Rybka. The Gauchos continued
the rally, building a 16-13 margin. UCR built the lead to
24-20 lead, but the Gauchos rallied to make it 25-23, forcing
a UCR timeout. The teams traded sideouts, and the Highlanders
prevailed as Kym Murphy solo blocked Megan Blackshire for
a 30-28 win.
The Gauchos used a 5-0 run
to take an 11-4 lead in game four, then built the margin to
21-9. UCR didn't give up, mounting a rally to cut the margin
to 23-15, but the Highlanders could get no closer and fell
30-19
The Highlanders host Cal
Poly at on Saturday, September 25 at 7:00 PM.
(Sept. 25, 2004) - Junior
outside hitter Jamie DeKiewiet had a match-high 19 kills and
hit .371, leading the UC Riverside Highlanders to a 30-21,
30-21, 30-21 win over the visiting Cal Poly Mustangs in a
Big West match at the Student Recreation Center in Riverside
Saturday.
The Highlanders moved to
9-4 overall and 1-2 in the Big West. Cal Poly fell to 2-10,
0-3.
Valerie Bueno had 11 kills
for the Highlanders, who hit .255 (49-22-106) on the match.
Junior setter Kym Murphy had 46 assists. UCR recorded 45 digs
compared to the Mustangs' 27.
For the Mustangs, Emily
Doris and Nicole Bertotti led the team with seven kills each.
Cal Poly hit .051 on the match.
Cal Poly jumped out to a
4-1 lead in game one, but UCR ran off eight straight points,
three coming on aces by Murphy, to take a 9-4 lead. The Highlanders
built the margin to nine at 19-10, then coasted to a 30-21
win. The Mustangs hit -.156 (7-12-32) in the game, while the
Highlanders hit .000 (7-7-28).
Game two saw the Highlanders
and Mustangs trade points early, and the game stood at 7-7
off a kill by sophomore middle Willemina Stikker-Breemhaar.
The kill started a 4-0 run that made the score 10-7 and the
Highlanders never looked back, not allowing the Mustangs to
get closer than two points for the rest of the game and pulling
away at the end for a 30-21 win. The Highlanders hit .289
(19-8-38) in the game.
Game three was close throughout,
with the Highlanders clinging to a 19-18 lead following a
5-3 run by the Mustangs. But the Highlanders got four straight
points on kills by Bueno and DeKiewiet, a block by sophomore
middle Janiece Manuel and Murphy and a Mustang error to make
it 23-18. The Highlanders ran off a 7-3 run to finish the
game and the match.
The Highlanders travel to
face UC Irvine on Tuesday, Sept. 28th at 7:00 PM.
(Sept. 28, 2004) - The UC
Irvine Anteaters defeated the UC Riverside Highlanders 21-30,
27-30, 30-26, 30-28, 15-6 in a Big West match in Irvine Tuesday.
The Highlanders fell to
9-5 overall and 1-3 in the Big West. The Anteaters are 8-4
overall and 2-2 in the Big West.
Junior outside hitter Jamie
DeKiewiet led the Highlanders with 26 kills and hit.267. Junior
outside hitter Valerie Bueno had 19 kills. Kelly Wing led
all players with 31 kills and Sami Cash added 12.
The Highlanders took games
one and two, cruising wire-to-wire in the opener and finishing
strong in game two with a 4-1 run to give UCR a 30-27 win.
In game three it was the
Anteaters who jumped out to an early lead, going up eight
at 14-6. The Highlanders trimmed the lead to one at 18-17,
but UCI built the margin back up to as many as five before
hanging on for a 30-26 win. Game four was a repeat of game
three, with the Anteaters again taking an eight point lead
at 14-8. This time the Highlanders got within one at 29-28,
but a kill by Wing sent the teams to game five.
UCR built a a 3-1 lead in
game five, but UCI went on a 9-1 run to take a 10-4 lead and
finished with a 5-2 sprint to win the match with a 15-6 win.
The Highlanders return to
action on Friday against Cal State Fullerton at the Student
Recreation Center at 7:00 PM.
(Oct.
1, 2004) - Jamie DeKiewiet had 19 kills and Valerie Bueno
added 18, but the Cal State Fullerton Titans swept the UC
Riverside Highlanders 30-24, 30-28, 30-25 in a Big West match
at the Student Recreation Center in Riverside Friday.
The Highlanders fell to
9-6 overall and 1-4 in the Big West. The Titans are 9-5 overall
and 2-3 in the Big West.
The Titans had the momentum
from the outset, committing just nine hitting errors in the
match and hitting .325. Lauren Goins led the Titans with 15
kills and Alyssa Opeka and Sarah Morrison each had 10, hitting
.429 (10-1-21) and .391 (10-1-23), respectively.
The Highlanders hurt themselves,
committing 24 attacking errors and registering just two blocks
to the Titans 10.
In game one the Titans broke
out to an early 9-4 lead, then held off a series of Highlander
rallies to post the 30-24 win. They hit .366 in the game.
Game two was close until the midpoint, when the Titans used
a 6-1 run to break open a one-point game into a 21-15 lead.
The Highlanders cut the lead to one several times, but could
never get the critical kill to take the lead, eventually falling
30-28.
UCR regrouped in game three
and the score stood at 20-20, but the Titans used a 7-2 run
as part of a 10-5 finishing kick to give them the game and
the match.
UCR next faces Northridge
on the road on October 7th at 7:00 PM.
(Oct.
7, 2004) -Cal State Northridge senior outside hitter Jen Ryan
knocked down a match-high 18 kills to lead the Matadors to
a 30-27, 30-17, 30-28 victory over visiting UC Riverside in
a Big West Conference match Thursday night at Wells Fargo
Court in The Matadome.
With the win, the Matadors improve to 9-5 overall and 5-2
in the Big West, while the Highlanders slip to 9-7 overall
and 1-5 in conference.
For
the Highlanders, Valerie Bueno posted a team-high 11 kills
to go with 11 digs, while UCR’s leading hitter Jamie DeKiewiet
was held to nine kills, but did post a team-high 14 digs.
Setter Kym Murphy had 33 assists for the Highlanders, who
hit .126 (40-24-127) as a team.
Ryan,
who hit .299 (18-7-48), carried much of the offensive load
for the Matadors for the second straight match. Libero Jessika
Hammerich posted a match-high 20 digs for the Matadors, who
hit .245 (52-18-139) for the match.
The
Matadors wound up out-hitting Riverside in the first two games,
but the Highlanders hit .186 to Northridge’s .175 in game
three despite falling 30-28.
UCR next faces Pacific in
Stockton on the road on October 9th at 7:00 PM.
(Oct.
9, 2004) - The University of the Pacific won its seventh straight
match with a 30-17, 30-24, 30-24win over UC Riverside
in a Big West Conference match at the Alex G. Spanos Center
in Stockton Saturday.
With the victory, the Tigers
improved to 10-3 overall and 7-1 in Big West Conference action.
UC Riverside fell to 9-8 overall (1-6 Big West).
UC Riverside's Jamie DeKiewiet
recorded her 1,000th career kill with fourth kill of the second
game (her eighth of the match). She ended the night with a
match-high 17 kills for the Highlanders.Pacific led throughout
game one and out-hit UC Riverside .344-.133.
Junior Ashley Groothuis
led the Tigers with 13 kills with just one error in 23 attempts
(.522) to lead Pacific offensively in the match. Junior Sidney
Bennett (Louisville, Ky.) was also in double figures in kills
for the Tigers with 10.
UCR next hosts Idaho on
Friday, October 15 at 7:00 PM in the UCR Student Recreation
Center.
(Oct.
15, 2004) - The University of Idaho swept the host UC Riverside
Highlanders, 30-25, 30-18, 30-14 at the Student Recreation
Center in Riverside Saturday.
Junior outside hitter Jamie
DeKiewiet had a match-high 18 kills, but UCR as a team managed
only 21 additional kills. Junior hitter Valerie Bueno had
seven kills.
For the Vandals, Sarah Meek
had 16 kills and Brooke Haebede had nine. The Vandals hit
.283 on the match and the Highlanders .078.
With the victory, the Vandals
improved to 12-5 overall and 5-3 in Big West Conference action.
UC Riverside fell to 9-9 overall (1-7 Big West).
In game one the Vandals
used a 9-4 run to turn a 19-19 tie into a 28-23 advantage.
The teams traded points with the Vandals pulling out a 30-25.
Game two the Vandals jumped
out to a 6-0 run and coasted home to a 30-18 win. Game three
saw the Vandals keep the momentum and open up a double digit
lead before cruising home to a 30-14 win.
UCR Coach Sue Gozansky used
a variety of lineup combinations in the second and third game,
mixing and matching her squad and giving time to freshmen
Kim McNeal and Angie Mitchell.
UCR next hosts Utah State
on Saturday, October 16 at 7:00 PM in the UCR Student Recreation
Center.
(Oct.
16, 2004) - No lead was safe Saturday, but the Utah State
Aggies prevailed over the host UC Riverside Highlanders, 24-30,
30-26, 31-29, 30-32, 15-7 in a Big West match at the Student
Recreation Center Saturday.
Utah State moves to 6-11
overall, 2-7 in the Big West. The Highlanders fell to 9-10,
1-8.
The Aggies' Zuzana Cerniaska
had a match-high 24 kills and Amanda Orgill and Carolyn Forbush
each had 18. The Aggies hit .302 on the match. UCR had five
players in double-digit kills, led by junior outside hitter
Jamie DeKiewiet's 21. Junior outside hitter Valerie Bueno
added 19, sophomore middle Willemina Stikker-Breemhaar 12,
and senior outside hitter Tiffany Brooks and sophomore middle
Janiece Manuel 11 each. UCR hit .260 on the night.
In game one the Highlanders
ran off four straight points following a timeout to tie the
match at 21-21, with a DeKiewiet kill knotting the match and
forcing the Aggies to call a time out. UCR took advantage
of the break with a 5-2 run propelled by two kills from Bueno,
one from Brooks and a pair of Aggie errors, forcing the Aggies
into a second timeout at 26-23. UCR finished the game with
a 4-1 run to take a 30-24 win.
Game two saw the Highlanders
build a six point lead at 15-9. The teams traded points to
make the score 19-15 on a kill by Ingrid Roth, and from there
the Aggies began chipping away at the lead, cutting it to
two at 24-22 on a kill by Jessica Chick. The Highlanders scored
to make it 25-22, but the Aggies went on a rampage, scoring
eight of the next nine points for a 30-26 win.
Game three was more of a
heartbreaker for the Highlanders. The teams battled nip and
tuck throughout the game, but UCR built a 20-14 lead, then
withstood an Aggie rally to build the margin to 28-19. However,
the Aggies refused to quit, outscoring UCR 12-1, six of the
kills coming from Cerniaska. The Aggies scored nine straight
points to finish the game at 31-29.
UCR showed the same comeback
spirit in game four, as they rebounded from a 28-24 Utah State
lead to pull out a 32-30 win.
In the final game the teams
were tied at 4-4, but the Aggies finished the game and the
match with an 11-3 run to give them their second Big West
win.
The Highlanders travel to
face Cal Poly on Friday, Oct. 22 in San Luis Obispo.
(Oct.
22, 2004) -A frustrating losing streak came to an end Friday
as the UC Riverside Highlanders defeated the host Cal Poly
Mustangs 30-17, 30-27, 30-27 at Mott Gymnasium in San Luis
Obispo.
With the loss Cal Poly falls to 2-17 overall and 0-10 in the
Big West while UCR improves to 10-10 overall and 2-8 in conference
play. The win snapped the Highlanders' six game losing streak
and tied them for the school Division I record for wins with
10.
Junior outside hitter Jamie
DeKiewiet led all players with 14 kills, despite hitting just
.077 on the match. She moved into fourth place all-time on
the UCR career kills list with 1,062. Senior Tiffany Brooks
had 12 kills and hit .417 and sophomore middle Janiece Manuel
had eight kills and hit .429. UCR hit .219 on the match, compared
to just .145 for the Mustangs. Sophomore
Emily Doris led Cal Poly with 10 kills with Nicole Bertotti
helping out with nine kills.
UC
Riverside will play UC Santa Barbara on Saturday at 7:00 PM.
(Oct.
23, 2004) - The UC Riverside
Highlanders lost to the 20th-ranked UC Santa Barbara Gauchos,
30-18, 30-15, 30-19, in a Big West match Saturday.
The
Gauchos improved their overall record to 14-4 overall and
9-2 in the Big West. UCR is 10-11 and 2-9.
No Highlander registered
double-digit kills, with junior outside hitter Jamie DeKiewiet
leading the way with eight kills. Junior outside hitter Valerie
Bueno added seven kills. A trio
of UCR players recorded 10 or more digs, led by Lindsay Drennen’s
18. UCR hit .031 on the night (29-250128). In comparison,
the Gauchos hit .276 (47-13-123). Janine Sandell led the Gauchos
with 14 kills (15-3-38) and hit .316.
In
game one the teams battled to a 12-12 tie, but UCSB rallied
with four straight points and the Highlanders never got closer
than three points the rest of the way.
In
games two and three the Gauchos led from the outset, holding
UCR under 20 points in each.
UCR returns to action on October 28th at Cal State Fullerton
at 7:00 PM.
(Oct.
28, 2004) - Junior outside hitter Jamie DeKiewiet had 25 kills
and junior hitter Valerie Bueno added 23 as the Highlanders
avenged an early season home defeat at the hands of Cal State
Fullerton, defeating the Titans 30-18, 30-32, 30-26, 26-30,
15-12 in a Big West Conference match at Titan Gym Thursday.
The Highlanders improved
to 11-11 overall and 3-9 in the Big West. The Titans are 10-11,
3-9.
DeKiewiet was one of four
Highlanders to post a double-double, recording a match-high
25 digs with her 25 kills. Bueno had 14 digs, senior outside
hitter Tiffany Brooks had 10 kills and 19 digs and junior
setter Kym Murphy had 65 assists and 10 digs. Sophomore middle
Willemina Stikker-Breemhaar recorded a career-high 17 kills,
hitting .306 on the match, tops on the team.
The Titans had five players
record double-figure kills, but hit just .156. The Highlanders
hit .210 on the match.
UCR returns to action on October 30th as they host UC Davis
at the Student Recreation Center at 7:00 PM.
(Oct.
30, 2004) - The UC Davis Aggies took advantage of a pair of
Highlander injuries to rally to a 3-2 win over UC Riverside
in a non-conference match at the Student Recreation Center
in Riverside Saturday. Final scores were 29-31, 16- 30, 30-23,
30-23, 15-13.
The Highlanders won the
first two games, but the match's dynamics changed when UCR
lost sophomore middle blocker Janiece Manuel and junior setter
Kym Murphy to sprained ankles within moments of one another
in game two. Manuel was injured when she landed on a teammate's
foot on a block, and Murphy was hurt when Aggie hitter Kate
Wilton came under the net and Murphy came down on her foot.
The Highlanders fell to
11-12 overall. The Aggies improved to 2-18. Wilton led all
players with 28 kills, hitting .390 (28-5-59). Nicole Read
had 16 kills. For the Highlanders, Jamie DeKiewiet had 23
kills and Valerie Bueno added 18. UCR hit .251 (74-25-195)
on the night and Davis hit .220 (76-26-227)
In game one the Aggies built
an early lead and held a five-point margin at 23-18. The Highlanders
called timeout at 25-20, then after an attack error they went
on a 7-1 run to tie the game at 27-27. The Aggies regained
the advantage at 29-28, but Bueno finished the game with three
straight kills to give UCR a 31-29 win.
Game two was a different
story as the Highlanders led early, only to see the Aggies
come back to tie it at 7-7. UCR went on a 10-2 run, forcing
a time out by Davis at 17-9. UCR finished strongly, outscoring
the Aggies 13-7 down the stretch to take a 30-16 win. The
Highlanders hit .417 in the game, compared to .023 for the
Aggies.
With two starters out of
the game, the Highlanders struggled in game three. The Aggies
built a 14-8 lead in game three and the margin grew to ten
at 28-18. UCR rallied to shave the margin but fell 30-23.
The Aggies hit .322 in the game, nailing 23 kiils, including
nine by Wilton.
Game four saw the Aggies
jump out to a 17-9 lead. The Highlanders cut the margin to
22-21, but the Aggies finished on an 8-2 run to take the game,
30-23.
In the fifth game the Aggies
used a 5-1 run to build a 7-3 lead. The teams switched sides
with Davis holding an 8-5 lead. UCR cut the margin to 10-9.
The Aggies moved to match point at 14-11, but UCR scored two
straight to make it 14-13, forcing the Aggies into a timeout,
but UCD got the final point to take the match.
UCR
returns to action on Nov. 5th as they host Pacific at the
Student Recreation Center at 7:00 PM.
(Nov.
5, 2004) - The UC Riverside Highlanders dropped a thrilling
five-game match to the University of the Pacific Tigers, 27-30,
28-30, 30-16, 30-28, 15-11 in front of 175 fans at the Student
Recreation Center in Riverside Friday.
The Highlanders fell to
11-13 overall, 3-10 in the Big West. UOP improved to 13-8
overall and 10-4 in conference play.
Junior outside hitter Jamie
DeKiewiet led all players with 23 kills and hit .175 on the
match. Junior outside hitter Valerie Bueno added 19 kills
and sophomore Ashley Halperin had 11. UCR hit .166 on the
match (67-35-193) and UOP hit .256 (80-30-195.) Sidney Bennett
led UOP with 20 kills and hit .311. Stevie Mussie added 17
kills and Ashley Groothuis and Sarah Vinall each had 12.
In game one the Highlanders
jumped out to a 7-3 lead, taking advantage of a quartet of
Pacific errors. The lead expanded to eight at 16-8, but the
Tigers used a 6-1 run to claw back into the game at 17-14.
The Highlanders continued to hold off the Tigers, although
UOP did get within one on three occasions, at 24-23, 26-25
and 28-27. But the Highlanders finished off the game with
kills by Bueno and Halperin for a 30-27 win. UCR hit .170
(17-9-47) in the game to UOP's .167 (15-7-48)
Game two was an even battle
with the teams changing leads eight times and fighting through
10 ties. The largest margin for either side was three points,
the last time at 27-24 in favor of UOP. But following a UCR
timeout, the Highlanders finished with a 6-1 run, tying the
match at 27-27 on an ace serve by Lindsay Drennen that hit
the tape and fluttered to the floor, then following a UOP
point, using a Tiger error and kills by Willemina Stikker-Breemhaar
and Bueno to pull out a 30-28 decision. UCR again outhit the
Tigers, .286 (18-6-42) to .265 (17-8-34).
The Tigers came out of the
intermission between games two and three like a different
team, hitting .390 (19-3-41) en route to a 30-16 win. UCR
hit just .143 (13-7-42) in the game.
Game four also started out
the Tigers way as they built a 14-6 lead, but this time the
Highlander clawed back into the match, cutting the margin
to three at 21-18. Pacific again built the lead up to six,
but UCR rallied to tie the match at 28-28. However, the Tigers
took the ball back on a Highlander service error and won the
game when a DeKiewiet attempt was blocked by Bennett and Hayley
Anderson.
In the final game the Highlanders
jumped out to a 5-1 lead, but the Tigers scored four straight
to tie the game. The teams traded points until 10-10, but
UOP ran off a 5-1 run to take the game and the match, 15-11.
UCR
returns to action on Nov. 6th as they host Cal State Northridge
at the Student Recreation Center at 7:00 PM.
(Nov.
6, 2004) - The Cal State Northridge Matadors defeated the
UC Riverside Highlanders, 30-22, 30-18, 26-30, 23-30, 15-12
in front of 162 fans in a Big West match at the Student Recreation
Center Saturday.
With the win the Matadors
improved to 14-9 overall and 9-6 in the Big West. UCR is now
11-14, 3-11. The match was the Highlanders' fourth consecutive
five-gamer and their third straight loss.
Junior outside hitter Jamie
DeKiewiet had a match-high and season-high tying 27 kills
and in the process set the UCR single-season record for kills,
besting the previous mark of 477 set by Melanie Jones in 1987.
She now has 490 kills in 2004 and a career total of 1,168
kills, fourth highest total in school history.
Valerie Bueno added 23 kills
and hit .368 on the match. Northridge's Jen Ryan and Delaney
Menell each had 25 kills, with Menell hitting a match high
.523 (25-2-44).
Unlike the last two matches,
the it was the Highlanders who rallied to send the match the
distance. UCR showed great tenacity, coming back to tie the
match at 2-2 after losing the first two games.
The Matadors took game one
30-22 behind seven kills by Ryan and five by Menell. The teams
were tied at 16-16, but the Matadors used a 7-3 run to take
a 23-19 lead. The Matadors continued to pull away for an eight-point
margin of victory, taking advantage of eight highlander hitting
errors compared to just two of their own.
Game two saw the Matadors
continue to play outstanding volleyball, hitting .500 (22-3-38)
as they cruised to a double-digit win.
In game three the Highlanders
built a 16-12 lead, but the Matadors came back to make the
score 19-17. CSUN then scored four straight to go up 21-17,
forcing a UCR timeout. The Highlanders came back behind the
serving of Jamie DeKiewiet to score five straight points to
take a 26-24 lead. The matadors stopped the rally, but got
kills by Willemina Stikker-Breemhaar and two by Bueno to finish
the game, 30-26. UCR hit .321 (21-6-48) in the game, while
the Matadors hit .196 (16-6-51).
The Highlanders continued
the rally in game four, using a 7-3 run to break open a one
point match and take a 26-21 lead en route to a 30-23 victory.
DeKiewiet notched nine kills in the game, leading UCR to a
.326 (18-4-43) hitting percentage.
In game five the teams battled
to the wire, the Highlanders hitting .438 (8-1-16) and the
Matadors .450 (12-3-20). However, the Highlanders could never
rally back from an early deficit and the Matadors posted a
15-12 win
UCR
takes to the road to face Utah State in Logan on November
11. Game time is 7:00 PM MST.
(Nov. 11, 2004) - UC
Riverside dropped a 3-1 (23-30,
32-30, 30-14, 30-24) match Thursday at Utah State. Junior
outside hitter Jamie DeKiewiet had a team-high 12 kills and
19 digs while sophomore middle blocker Willemina Stikker-Breemhaar
added 11 kills. UCR falls to 11-15 this season and
3-12 in the Big West Conference.
UCR started strong, hitting
.282 (17-6-39) in game one to win 30-23. A tense game two
swung the match into the Aggies' favor as they won 32-30.
Utah State hit .283 (21-6-53) to UCR's .167 (18-9-54).
The Highlanders struggled
in the third game, as Utah State (8-15, 4-11) pulled ahead
2-1. UCR tried to climb back in game four and force its fifth
straight five-game match but the rally fell short. Utah State's
Kindy Peterson led all players with 16 kills while Zuzana
Cerniaska had a match-high 49 assists.
Senior setter Tiffany Brooks
led UCR with 33 assists.
The Highlanders look to
bounce back on Saturday when they visit Idaho.
(Nov. 13, 2004) -The University
of Idaho volleyball team swept the UC Riverside Highlanders,
30-18, 30-15, 30-11 at Memorial Gym in Moscow, Idaho Saturday
night.
UC Riverside (11-16, 3-13
in the Big West) was led by Jamie DeKiewiet with 11 kills
and nine digs. Idaho (17-9, 9-7 BWC) was led by Sarah Meek,
who had 16 kills and only one error for a .682 hitting percentage.
She also added six digs and 10 blocks on the night.
The Vandals came out on
fire in game one as they jumped out to a 14-10 lead before
taking control and cruising to the 30-18 victory. Brooke Haeberle
led the Vandals with six of her 11 kills in the opening game.
Idaho continued to hold the momentum in game two as they recorded
21 kills and only one error for a .526 hitting percentage.
Three Riverside hitting errors down the stretch gave the Vandals
the 30-18 win. Game three was much of the same as the Vandals
jumped out to an early 13-3 lead. The Highlanders would get
as close as nine points at 18-9, but the Vandal offense proved
to be too strong as Idaho rolled to the easy 30-11 win.
The Vandals out-hit, out-blocked
and out-dug the Highlanders, .414 to .071, 14 to 3 and 51
to 42. Idaho’s hitting percentage of .414 for the match was
a season high.
The Highlanders wrap up
the 2004 season with home games against Irvine and Long Beach
State next weekend. They open with UC Irvine on November 19
at 7:00 PM. The season concludes with Senior Night on November
20.
(Nov. 19, 2004) - The match
went to the limit, but the UC Irvine Anteaters pulled out
a come-from-behind 25-30, 30-21, 27-30, 30-22, 15-13 win over
the host UC Riverside Highlanders in a Big West match in front
of 200 fans at the UC Riverside Student Recreation Center
Friday.
The Highlanders are now
11-17, 3-14 on the season, while the Anteaters are 18-9, 11-7.
For the Highlanders, junior
outside hitter Valerie Bueno had 23 kills, junior outside
hitter Jamie DeKiewiet had 15 and freshman middle Angie Mitchell
added 12. The Anteaters were led by senior hitter Kelly Wing's
24 kills. Junior outside hitter Whitney Pavlik had 13 kills
and senior middle Sami Cash had 12. UCI hit .261 (72-25-180)
and had seven blocks, while the Highlanders hit .185 (69-34-189)
had 10 blocks, including five block assists by Mitchell, and
11 service errors.
The Highlanders hit .410
(22-6-39) in game one and outscored the Anteaters 9-5 down
the stretch to post a 30-25 win. Bueno had eight kills and
hit .600 in the game, while DeKiewiet had seven and hit .335.
Game two was Irvine's time
to shine. The Anteaters trailed 12-9, but posted a 12-2 rally
to take a 21-14 lead, then cruised to a 30-21 win. The Anteaters
hit .333 (14-3-33), led by Wing's six kills, and took advantage
of eight Highlander hitting errors and three service errors.
In game three the Highlanders
built an early eight point lead at 11-3 and held the margin
to 22-14. The Anteaters came roaring back with a 5-1 run to
cut the score to 23-19, then cut the margin to one at 26-25.
The Highlanders got the momentum back on a kill by Janiece
Manuel and and an attack error by Wing to take a 28-25 lead,
but a DeKiewiet error and a Wing kill cut the margin to one
again at 28-27. However, Wing's next kill attempt went long
and Manuel finished the game with a service ace to give UCR
a 30-27 win.
Game four kept the south
side of the court domination going, as UC Irvine rallied from
a 12-8 deficit to pull out a 30-22 win. UCR hit .051 (11-9-39)
compated to UCI's .333 (18-5-39). Wing and Pavlik each had
six kills in the game.
The Anteaters took a 8-4
lead into the side change in game five. The Highlanders pulled
to 9-7 and 12-10, but Wing stopped the rally with a kill for
a 13-10 lead, then followed with a second kill for a 14-10
edge. DeKiewiet's kill brought UCR to 14-11, and a second
kill brought UCR back to within two. Junior setter Kym Murphy
dropped an ace to make the lead one, forcing UCI Head Coach
Charlie Brande to call time out. Wing finished the match moments
later, smashing a UCR overpass for a 15-13 win.
The Highlanders conclude
the 2004 season on Saturday, Nov. 20 as they host Long Beach
State at 7:00 PM. The Highlanders will honor seniors Lindsay
Drennen and Tiffany Brooks prior to the game.
(Nov. 20, 2004) - The Long
Beach State 49ers swept the host UC Riverside Highlanders,
30-20, 30-19, 30-22 in a Big West match in front of 215 fans
at the UC Riverside Student Recreation Center Saturday.
The Highlanders finish the
season at 11-18, 3-15, while LBSU is 21-5, 13-5 and angling
for a postseason berth.
UCR junior outside hitter
Jamie DeKiewiet had a match-high 16 kills, but was the only
Highlander in double-digits. Dyanne Lawlor had 13 kills for
LBSU, and Robin Miramontes and Alexis Crimes each had 12 kills.
The 49ers used a balanced
attack, hitting .353 (18-6-34) in game one compared to the
Highlanders' .189 (13-6-37) enroute to a 30-20 win.
In game two the 49ers had
a 14-4 run to break open a 6-5 lead to a 20-9 margin. The
teams traded points the rest of the way and the 49ers posted
a 30-19 win. The 49ers hit a match-high .533 (20-4-30) in
the game.
Game three was closer, but
the 49ers prevailed 30-22. The teams were tied 8-8, but LBSU
went on a 9-1 run for a 17-9 lead and never looked back.
The Highlanders honored
graduating seniors Lindsay Drennen and Tiffany Brooks prior
to the game.
(Nov. 23, 2004) - UC Riverside
junior outside hitter Jamie DeKiewiet (Hemet, CA/Hemet Baptist
Christian HS) was named First-Team All-Big West, the conference
office announced Tuesday.
In 2004, Jamie had a banner
year, setting the school single-season record for kills with
544 and in doing so becoming the first Highlander to eclipse
500 kills in a season. During the season she recorded her
1,000 career kill and her 1,000 career dig, becoming just
the third Highlander to reach that double-double mark.
DeKiewiet was the only Highlander
named to the post season squads and was one of just six outside
hitters recognized.
Overall, DeKiewiet averaged
a team-high 4.90 kills per game and hit .215 on the season,
second best on the team. She led the team with 33 aces. Her
405 digs were also second on the team and she scored a team-high
597 points, an average of 5.38 per game.
(April 27, 2005) - Jason
Dillard has been hired as an assistant coach for the UC Riverside
women's volleyball program, Head Coach Sue Gozansky announced.
"Jason has achieved
a great deal in his short career and we are happy to bring
him into our program," Gozansky said.
Dillard joins longtime assistant
Monica Trainer on the staff. He will aid in on-court coaching,
recruiting and administrative duties.
Dillard spent four years
as the boys and girls volleyball coach at his alma mater,
Esperanza HS from 2000 to 2004. In 2000, he led the boys team
to a CIF title in 2001 and guided his girls team to the CIF
finals in 2004. He also coached at the club level, guiding
the LBC Volleyball club to a Junior Olympic bronze medal in
2002 and the X-16's Girls Club Team to the 16's Division Championship
at Reno in 2004.
Dillard earned his undergraduate
degree in international business from Long Beach State University
in Spring 2004. He was captain of the Santa Monica College
men's volleyball team from 1999-2000.
Dillard is a 1997 graduate
of Esperanza High School, where he earned All-Sunset League
honors in 1996 and 1997 and helped his team to a CIF championship
in 1997.
He has been recognized by
the city council and school board of the City of Yorba Linda
for outstanding achievements in volleyball as a player and
a coach and basketball as a player. He is a member of the
Southern California Volleyball Association.
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