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(Dec. 20, 2004) - The UC
Riverside Highlanders announced the signing of three student-athletes
to National Letters of Intent Monday. Joining the program
in 2004-05 are outside hitters Laura Eck and Amy Read, and
setter Tarin Tartaglia.
“This recruiting class
is probably the best we have had in the Division I era,”
Head Coach Sue Gozansky said. “We have three high-level
club players with a lot of volleyball experience. It is very
exciting.”
Eck is a 6-1 outside hitter
from Torrey Pines HS in San Diego, CA. In 2003 she helped
her squad to a Palomar League Co-Championship and was named
to the 2003 Union-Tribune All Academic Team. In 2003 she participated
in the US Junior Olympic Invitational (16 Division), earning
All-Tournament team honors. Eck will play for the Laguna Beach
Volleyball Club this season.
“Laura is a very physical
player with great experience. We haven’t had too many
6-1 outside hitters over the years, so that is very exciting,”
Gozansky said. “She also has good back row skills, passing
and digging.”
Read will join UCR from
Clovis West HS in Fresno, CA. A 5-11 outside hitter, she plays
on the Central California Volleyball Club team out of Fresno.
Read comes from a “volleyball family” in which
parents Thomas and Brenda Read are both former players and
coaches. Thomas Read has a long history with Gozansky, dating
back to his coaching days at Chapman University and Santa
Ana College and his playing days with the US National Team.
“Amy has played a
long time because of her parents’ involvement in the
sport, and she has very good all-around skills,” Gozansky
said. “The strongest part of her game right now is her
block, and that is something that we need to improve to compete
in the Big West.”
Tartaglia is a 5-8 setter
from Immanuel High School Eagles in Reedley, CA, and is a
teammate of Read on the Central California Volleyball Club.
She will likely start out as the back-up to senior setter
Kym Murphy.
“Tarin brings all
the qualities we need in the setting position. She arrives
to the ball quickly to set and play defense. She’s got
a setter’s mentality to make good decisions and a personality
to inspire and lead her team. She’ll have a year to
learn the position in a back-up role and can “take the
reins” in 2006,” Gozansky said.
(April 27, 2005) -Moreau
Catholic High School middle blocker Raquel Salinas of Hayward,
CA has signed a National Letter of Intent to attend UC Riverside
in 2005, UCR Head Coach Sue Gozansky announced Monday.
Salinas, a 6'0", right-handed
middle with a block jump of 9'4", was a four-year letterwinner
for Coach Barbara Klews at MCHS and earned first team All-Hayward
Area Athletic League honors as a sophomore and was team MVP
in 2003 and 2004. She played club volleyball for the Cal Golden
Bears and has played with fellow UCR signee Brittney Murrey.
"Raquel will bring
us increased depth in the middle and will have the opportunity
to contribute right away," Gozansky said. "She has
great quickness and speed and had the ability to take over
matches at the high school and club level. She has a great
deal of potential."
(May 6, 2005) -Brittney
Murrey has signed a National Letter of Intent to play at UC
Riverside, Head Coach Sue Gozansky announced Friday.
Murrey is a 5-11 setter/opposite
hitter from St. Mary's College High School in Berkeley, CA.
"We are thrilled to
have discovered a talented young setter in Britt," Gozansky
said. "She has a natural touch on the ball that produces
a beautiful release and has the ability to set great distances
from anywhere on the court with ease. She is young to the
position but her potential is outstanding.
"She will add important
depth to the setting position for the next four or five years,"
Gozansky said of Murrey's role on the team. "Additionally,
she is an excellent blocker and back row defensive player.
She will be a force to deal with in the Big West."
As a senior, Murrey earned
league MVP honors as she led St. Mary's to a 29-11 overall
mark and a 13-0 regular season record in the Bay Shore Athletics
League, to the North Coast Section Division IV Championship
game, and the Nor-Cal Semi-final.
Murrey is the fourth signee
for UCR, joining outside hitters Laura Eck and Amy Read, and
setter Tarin Tartaglia, who signed in December.
(August 16, 2005) - The
UC Riverside Highlanders women's volleyball team was picked
to finish sixth in the Big West in the annual conference poll
released Monday.
UCR had 24 points, finishing
one point behind UC Irvine and two ahead of Cal State Northridge.
The complete poll appears
below.
1.
UC Santa Barbara (6) 62
2. Long Beach State (2) 58
3. Pacific
48
4. Cal Poly 30
5. UC Irvine 25
6. UC Riverside 24
7. Cal State Northridge 22
8. Cal State Fullerton 19
(August 24, 2005) - The
UC Riverside Highlanders women's volleyball team will open
the 2005 season at home Friday, August 26 as they host Hofstra
University in the second game of a day-night doubleheader.
The match will be played in the UCR Physical Education Gym.
Hofstra will face Cal State Fullerton at 12:00 noon in the
PE Gym in the season opener for both teams.
There will be no charge
for admission to either match. Fans will have to pay for parking
in Lot 24.
UCR was 11-18 last season
and 3-15 in the Big West behind a record-breaking performance
by now-senior Jamie DeKiewiet. The 5-11 outside hitter from
Hemet set a school single-season record for kills with 544,
becoming the first Highlander to eclipse 500 kills in a season.
She also recorded her 1,000th career kill and 1,000th career
dig, becoming just the third Highlander to achieve that feat.
Head Coach Sue Gozansky is in her 36th year with the program,
having posted a 648-438-16 record.
Hofstra is coming off of
a 19-10 campaign in 2004 that saw them fall to the Highlanders
in five games at the Coca Cola C2/USF Classic in San Francisco.
They were 10-4 in the Colonial Athletic Association. The Pride
is coached by Fran Kalafer, now in her 25th season. She has
compiled a career record of 589-326 in 23 years at Hofstra.
The Titans were 14-14 last
season and 6-12 in the Big West. They are coached by Carolyn
Zimmerman, who is 27-62 in her three seasons in Orange County.
(August 26, 2005) - UC Riverside
senior outside hitter Jamie DeKiewiet had a match-high 21
kills as the Highlanders opened the 2005 season on a winning
note with a 30-20, 22-30, 30-28, 30-23 win over visiting Hofstra
University in a non-conference match at the UCR PE Gymnasium
Friday.
Junior middle blocker Janiece
Manuel had 12 kills and redshirt freshman Kelly Crow came
off the bench to record 11 kills and a match-high .385 hitting
percentage (11-1-26) in her collegiate debut. Elizabeth Curley
led the Pride with 13 kills, hitting .333 on the night (12-2-33),
while Tessa Sphar added 10 kills. UCR outhit the Pride .212
(67-29-179) to .113 (49-30-168). UCR senior setter Kym Murphy
led both teams with 60 assists.
UCR (1-0) had an excellent
night at the net, recording 24 blocks, including eight by
sophomore middle Angie Mitchell. Last season their high was
25, recorded against Hofstra (1-1) on 9/4/04.
The Highlanders built an
early lead in game one at 10-4 and the Pride could never get
closer than two points. They were able to narrow the margin
to 15-13 with a 6-0 run that took advantage of five UCR attack
errors, but UCR stole the momentum back following a timeout
and capped the match with an 8-2 run to post a 30-20 win.
Game two went the Pride's
way as they broke open a 15-15 deadlock to build a six point
lead at 24-18, holding on for a 30-22 win.
The Pride held a 19-14 lead
in game three before the Highlanders began to claw their way
back into the match, scoring three straight to cut the lead
to two. UCR tied the match at 25-25 then 26-26 before taking
the lead on back-to back blocks by DeKiewiet and Angie Mitchell
and then Murphy and Mitchell for a 28-26 lead. The two point
swing was all UCR would need as they held on for a 30-28 win.
Hofstra led again in game
four, holding 20-17 lead until the Highlanders rolled off
five straight points to take a 22-20 lead. UCR pulled away
from there, outscoring Hofstra 8-3 down the stretch to send
the UCR faithful home happy with a 30-23 win.
DeKiewiet moved into sole
possession of third place on the UCR all-time kills list with
1,243, passing Shandi Byrd's third place mark of 1,232.
Earlier in the day the Pride
won their first match of the season, defeating Cal State Fullerton
3-1 in a match played at the PE Gym.
UCR returns to action on
Friday at the San Diego State Tournament.
(Sept. 2, 2005) - The UC
Riverside Highlanders split their two matches at the San Diego
State Invitational Tournament Friday, dropping a 3-0 decision
to Creighton in the opener and coming back to return the favor
with a 3-0 sweep of Southern Illinois in the afternoon.
UCR is now 2-1 on the season.
Senior outside hitter Jamie
DeKiewiet had an outstanding match, leading UCR with 21 kills
and hitting 21-5-32 for a .500 hitting percentage. It was
her second 20-kill performance of the season. Senior outside
hitter Valerie Bueno had 10 kills in 18 attempts and sophomore
middle Angie Mitchell recorded 10 kills, hitting .471, and
added seven blocks, including a pair of solo blocks. Senior
setter Kym Murphy had 45 assists. For Southern Illinois, Johannah
Yutzy had a team-high 10 kills. UCR hit .406 (57-14-106) in
the match, while SIU hit .293 (40-13-92).
The Highlanders held a small
lead for most of game one, leading by two at 19-17. The Highlanders
took the momentum behind a pair of kills by DeKiewiet and
a block by Mitchell for a 22-17 lead. The Salukis could get
no closer than three the rest of the match, as UCR outscored
them 7-2 down the stretch for a 30-22 win.
Game two was a toe-to-toe
slugfest featuring 19 ties and 19 lead changes. The Salukis
built a three-point lead late at 19-16, but UCR came roaring
right back to tie behind a pair of kills by DeKiewiet and
one by Janiece Manuel. The team again traded points before
SIU took a 27-25 lead, but again the Highlanders rallied for
a 28-27 lead. With the match tied at 29-29, Mitchell and DeKiewiet
came up with a big block on SIU's Haley Mann for a 30-29 lead.
DeKieiwet then put the match away with a kill off of a set
by Bueno.
The Highlanders took the
momentum into game three and never looked back, building a
7-1 advantage in the early going. SIU got as close as two
at 9-7, but the Highlanders slowly built the lead back up,
eventually leading by as many as nine after a 5-0 run that
set the score at 24-15. The teams traded points the rest of
the way, with UCR finishing off the match with a 30-20 win.
In the opener, the Highlanders
lost the opening match of the tournament to Creighton, 30-15,
31-29, 30-22. Bueno led all Highlanders with 12 kills, hitting
.333 on the match. Creighton's Leah Retzlaff had a match-high
23 kills, posting a remarkable 23-0-38 line, hitting .605
on the match. The Bluejays hit .414 on the match, compared
to UCR's .192.
In game one, the Bluejays
set an early tone by outscoring the Highlanders 10-3, and
UCR never got any closer than six points, losing by a 15-point
margin.
UCR came back in game two
with a strong start to take a 5-1 lead, held off a Creighton
rally, then built a five-point lead at 15-10 and then 16-11.
UCR held a 28-25 margin, but the Bluejays again rallied, rolling
off four straight points to take a 29-28 lead. UCR tied it
on a kill by Murphy, but, Ratzlaff finished with a pair of
kills to give them a 31-29 win.
In game three, Creighton
broke open a 5-4 game wth a 9-1 run to build a nine-point
lead at 14-5. The margin expanded to 10 and more, with Creighton
leading 27-14 at one point. UCR mounted a rally to cut the
final margin to eight.
Play continues on Saturday
with the Highlanders taking on San Diego State at 10 Am and
Liberty at 5:30 PM.
(Sept. 2, 2005) - The UC
Riverside Highlanders defeated host San Diego State in the
third match of the SDSU Invitational Thursday, then finished
with a flourish with a 3-1 win over Liberty in the final match
of the tournament.
UCR improved to 4-1 on the
season.
In the opener of day two,
senior outside hitterJamie DeKiewiet posted her third 20-kill
match of the season, and freshman hitter Kelly Crow added
11 and senior hitter Valerie Bueno 10 as the Highlanders fought
their way to a 30-22, 30-27, 33-21 win over a talented San
Diego State squad, handing the Aztecs their first loss of
the young season. San Diego State's Melanie Greene turned
in the team's first double-double of the season with a team-high
12 kills and 15 digs.
In the final match of the
afternoon, UCR had to go to four games for the second time
this season to defeat Liberty, posting a 30-24, 30-19, 25-30,
30-22 win. Four Highlanders posted double-digit kills in the
match, led by a double-double of 13 kills and 19 digs by Bueno.
DeKiewiet and junior Ashley Halperin each had 12 kills and
Crow added 11 as the Highlanders hit .365 in the match (72-18-148).
DeKiewiet and Bueno were
each named to the all-tournament team, which apppears below.
Tournament MVP Leah Ratzllaff
(Creighton)
All-Tournament Team
Kelly Goc (Creighton)
Korie Lebeda (Creighton)
Valerie Bueno (UC Riverside)
Jamie DeKiewet (UC Riverside)
Alicia Waller (San Diego State)
Katy DeWulf (Southern Illinois)
Libero - Aime Cordeiro (San Diego State)
(Sept. 9, 2005) - The UC
Riverside Highlanders had an easy time of it in their opening
match at the US Military Academy Volleyball Tournament Friday,
defeating St. Francis College of New York, 30-19, 30-22, 30-9.
The Highlanders (5-1) dispatched
St. Francis without the services of senior outside hitters
Jamie DeKiewiet and Valerie Bueno and senior setter Kym Murphy,
who were rested for the match against the now 0-5 Terriers.
UCR Head Coach Sue Gozansky
used the match to give playing time to several of the HIghlanders'
reserves. Junior outside hitter Ashley Halperin led both teams
with 12 kills and freshman outside hitter Amy Read added a
career high 10 kills and 14 digs. Freshman setter Tarin Tartaglia
recorded 28 assists and 11 digs, freshman Laura Eck had four
kills and freshman middle Raquel Salinas had one kill and
a match high five blocks. Sophomore Angie Mitchell led the
Highlanders with .462 (7-1-13) evening.
No Terrier had more than
six kills and they hit -.027 (20-23-111) on the match. UCR
hit .179 (39-18-117).
(Sept. 10, 2005) - The UC
Riverside Highlanders finished with a perfect 3-0 record at
the US Military Academy Volleyball Tournament Saturday, crushing
Marist 30-12, 30-14, 30-9, then finishing with a 30-28, 30-28,
30-25 win over Army.
With the wins, UCR improved
to 7-1 on the season. Marist fell to 0-7 and Army fell to
4-2.
Against Army, senior outside
hitter Jamie DeKiewiet had a double-double with 16 kills (16-5-39,
.282) and 18 digs to pace the Highlanders. Senior hitter Valerie
Bueno had 11 kills and 12 digs and redshirt freshman hitter
Kelly Crow had 10 kills. Senior setter Kym Murphy had 43 assists
and three services aces. UCR hit .250 (50-16-136) as a team.
Army hit .086 (42-30-140) and were led by 14 kills from Elizabeth
Lazzari.
Earlier in the day the Highlanders
had their second consecutive easy match, crushing Marist University.
DeKiewiet had a double-double with 11 kills, hitting .308
(11-3-26) on the match, and added 10 digs. Junior hitter Janiece
Manuel had nine kills and sophomore Angie Mitchell hit .700,
(7-0-10) and added four block assists.
UCR was never tested in
the match, as Marist never got past 15 kills. The Highlanders
hit .309 in the match (41-11-97), compared to Marist's -.133
(16-30-105), the lowest total for a Highlander opponent this
season. No Marist player had more than three kills.
(Sept. 13, 2005) - The UC
RIverside Highlanders improved to 8-1 on the season with a
come-from-behind 3-2 (30-28, 26-30, 23-30, 30-27, 15-10) win
over Northeastern University at Solomon Court in Boston Tuesday.
Northeastern fell to 2-6 on the season.
Senior outside hitter Jamie
DeKiewiet torched the Huskies for a career-high 29 kills,
besting her previous best of 27. Junior hitter Ashley Halperin
had 13 kills and senior hitter Valerie Bueno had 11 kills
and 23 digs. Sophomore libero Kim McNeal recorded a career-high
33 digs. Senior setter Kym Murphy had 50 assists in the match.
Northeastern outside hitter Brandie Genibrel had a double-double
with 21 kills and 23 digs.
The Huskies held a 25-19
lead in game one, but the Highlanders coverted six straight
points to tie the game at 25-25. The teams traded points to
27-27, but UCR scored three of the final four to post a 30-28
win.
The Huskies came back to
win games two and three, leading almost wire-to-wire in game
two for a 30-26 win, then hitting a solid .357 in game three
to post a 30-23 win.
The fourth game was back
and forth, as neither team could build an edge of more than
three points. With the match tied 24-24, DeKiewiet scored
three of the Highlanders' final six points with Halperin finishing
the game with the decisive kill. DeKiewiet registered nine
kills and posted a .444 attack percentage.
The fifth game looked like
it would be a rout from early on, with UCR taking a 12-4 lead.
The Huskies came back to trim the deficit to 13-9, forcing
Riverside to call a time out. It did the trick, as Halperin
and DeKiewiet hammered kills to finish the game and the match.
(Sept. 17, 2005) - The
UC Riverside Highlanders improved to 10-1 by winning their
eighth and ninth straight matches of the year Saturday at
Cal State Fullerton. In the first match, the Highlanders defeated
San Jose State, 3-0, then in the evening match, the Highlanders
took down Southern Methodist University, 3-0.
In the opener, the Highlanders
won their eighth straight match with a 30-16, 30-25, 30-25
decision over San Jose State. With the win, UCR, tied their
best consecutive wins mark of the Division I era. The Highlanders
posted an eight match winning streak in 2001 and had a seven
match streak in 2004. They would set the new mark a few hours
later with the win over Southern Methodist.
The Highlanders had four
players in double-figure kills, led by senior hitter Jamie
DeKiewiet's 15. Freshman hitter Kelly Crow had a double-double
of 11 kills and 13 digs and senior hitter Valerie Bueno had
a double-double of 12 kills and 12 digs. Sophomore middle
Angie Mitchell rounded out the four with 10 kills. Overall,
UCR hit a solid .328 (61-19-128), compared to the Spartans
.110 (32-19-118). No member of the Spartans (5-5) had more
than nine kills.
The Highlanders cruised
in game one to a 14-point win, but showed a great deal of
mettle in game two as they came back from a 10-2 deficit to
tie the match at 22-22. They finished the match with an 8-3
run to post a 30-25 win. In the third game, UCR had a lead
as large as eight (24-16) before holding off a late Spartan
run to finish a 30-25 win.
In the nightcap against
the Mustangs, the Highlanders posted a 30-25, 30-20, 30-22
win. SMU fell to 5-8 on the season with the loss.
Bueno led the Highlanders
with 16 kills and hit .353 (16-4-34) in the match. DeKiewiet
had a double-double with 13 kills and 15 assists, and junior
hitter Ashley Halperin had 10 kills. UCR hit .289 (52-15-128)
in the match, compared to SMU's .066 (34-26-122).
UCR senior setter Kym Murphy
was named to the all-tournament team, having recorded 36 assists
and seven digs against Southern Methodist and 43 assists,
four kills and nine digs against San Jose State.
(Sept. 19, 2005) - UCR senior
setter Kym Murphy has been named Big West Volleyball Player
of the Week, the conference office announced Monday.
Murphy (San Diego, CA/Academy
of Our Lady of Peace HS) has been one of the Highlanders'
most improved players in 2005 and had a fine week that showed
her versatility. In three matches, she averaged 1.0 kill per
game, 11.73 assists per game and 3.09 digs per game. She also
had a team-high seven service aces.
Against Northeastern University
on September 13, Murphy had 50 assists, six kills, a pair
of block assists and a season-high 18 digs, helping the Highlanders
to a 3-2 win over the Huskies. Murphy hit .312 (6-1-16) in
the match.
Saturday, September 17th,
Murphy earned all-tournament honors at Cal State Fullerton
as the Highlanders improved to 10-1 with 3-0 wins over San
Jose State and Southern Methodist.
In the opener against SJSU,
Murphy had 43 assists and nine digs. She kept the Highlanders'
attack balanced as four different players registered 10 or
more kills.
In the nightcap, Murphy
registered 36 assists and seven digs and helped three Highlanders
reach double-figure kills.
In all, Murphy is hitting
.293 (34-7-92) on the season with 418 assists, an average
of 12.29 per game. Her 23 aces is tops on the squad.
The honor is the first for
a Highlander volleyball player this season.
The Highlanders return home
and open Big West play on Friday, September 23 against Cal
State Northridge.
(Sept. 23, 2005) - With
their backs against the wall, the UC Riverside Highlanders
won games three, four and five to post a come-from-behind
3-2 win (26-30, 15-30, 30-26, 30-19, 15-8) over Cal State
Northridge in a Big West match in front of 186 fans at the
Student Recreation Center in Riverside Friday.
The Highlanders (11-1, 1-0)
overcame a rough start in which they struggled with their
passing and their attack against the Matador (3-9, 1-1) block.
But the Highlanders rallied back out of the intermission,
hitting .262, .257, and .240 in the final three games to pull
out the win.
The win was the 10th in
a row for the Highlanders.
Senior outside hitter Jamie
DeKiewiet led all players with a match-high 25 kills, hitting
.279 (25-8-61) in the match. Senior hitter Valerie Bueno had
13 kills, hitting .273 and Kelly Crow hit .389 with eight
kills. The Matadors had a solid attack with five player recording
double-digit kills, with Darla Donaldson and Jenn Probert
each recording 16.
The Matadors overcame an
early UCR lead in game one, taking advantage of poor passing
by the Highlanders to pull out a 30-26 win. The passing problems
resulted in UCR having just 30 attacks and recording nine
kills, hitting .067 in the game. In contrast, Northridge had
20, led by seven by Probert, who hit .312 (7-2-16) in the
game.
In game two the Highlanders'
struggles continued as the Matadors built the margin to 14-8
and continued to pull away, using an 8-1 run to build a 22-9
lead, then coasting home for a 30-15 win. The Matadors hit
.368 (16-2-38), compared to UCR's .093 (11-7-43).
The teams were tied 16-16
in the third game when Bueno gave the Highlanders the lead
with a kill and followed with an ace for an 18-16 lead. But
the Matadors rallied back to take a 20-19 lead before UCR
tied it again at 20-20. UCR then went on a 4-1 run to take
a 24-21 lead, forcing the Matadors to call a time out. The
lead expanded to 28-22, but the Matadors didn't quit, cutting
it to 29-26 before Bueno finished the game off with a big
kill for a 30-26 win. DeKiewiet had seven kills in the game
for the Highlanders.
UCR came out to a 9-5 lead
in the fourth, forcing a CSUN timeout. The Highlander lead
grew to 15-8, but again the Matadors mounted a comeback, scoring
five straight to cut the margin to 15-13. UCR mounted a rally
of their own to build a 22-14 lead and never looked back,
finishing with a 30-19 win to send the match to the deciding
game.
The Highlanders opened the
fifth game on a 4-0 run and the Matadors quickly called a
time out and got on the board a moment later. UCR built a
7-2 lead, but the Matadors cut it to 8-6 at the switch. Northridge
scored the first point out of the switch, but UCR finished
the match with a 7-1 run, completing the comeback on a monster
kill by Crow.
(Sept. 24, 2005) - The UC
Riverside Highlanders saw their 10-match winning streak snapped
with a 3-1 (26-30, 30-27, 31-29, 37-35) loss to Pacific in
a Big West match in front of 365 fans at the Student Recreation
Center in Riverside Saturday.
The Highlanders fell to
11-2 overall, 1-1 in the Big West. Pacific improved to 6-1,
1-1. The match was very close and the Highlanders had leads
in games two, three and four, only to see UOP rally to win.
UCR senior hitter Jamie
DeKiewiet led all players with 26 kills and hit .333 (26-6-60)
with 19 digs on the night. Freshman hitter Kelly Crow had
14 kills and 10 digs, senior hitter Valerie Bueno had 12 kills
and 21 digs and sophomore middle Angie Mitchell had 11 kills
and hit a team-high .588 (11-1-17). Sophomore libero Kim McNeal
had a match-high 29 digs, and the Highlanders had 98 digs
in all. Senior setter Kym Murphy had 69 assists.
Ashley Groothuis led Tigers
with 22 kills and Kara Uhl added 18. Sidney Bennett had 15
kills and Susan Drollinger added 14 for the Tigers, who hit
.284 (81-22-208) in the match. The Tigers won the battle at
the net, 9-4.
The opener was a back-and-forth
affair in the early going, but UCR took the lead for the first
time since 1-0 at 17-16 on a Pacific attack error. UCR built
the lead to 23-20 before Pacific rallied to tie at 23-23.
A kill by Bueno gave UCR the lead for good at 25-24 and she
added another pair down the stretch to give the Highlanders
a 30-26 win. UCR hit .450 in the game (21-3-40) compared to
UOP's .182 (15-7-44). McNeal had 11 of the Highlanders' 22
digs in the game.
UOP jumped out to an 8-3
lead in game two, forcing the Highlanders into a timeout.
UCR whittled away at the lead, cutting it to 18-17 and forcing
UOP to call a timeout. The Highlanders tied the match out
of the timeout, then took the lead on back-to-back aces by
Ashley Halperin. The teams battled back and forth before a
Bennett kill gave UOP the lead at 26-25. Uhl followed with
an ace and a UCR setting error gave the Tigers a 28-26 lead.
The Highlanders cut it to 28-27, but the Tigers scored the
final two points to tie the match at 1-1.
UOP rallied to overcome
a 24-19 UCR lead in game three, scoring six straight to take
a 25-24 lead, with an ace by Groothuis giving them the edge.
UCR bounced back to take a 28-27 lead and the teams battled
to a 29-29 tie before Groothuis finished the game with a pair
of kills to give the Tigers a 31-29 win. Groothuis and Uhl
each had six kills in the game, while DeKiewiet had eight.
The fourth game saw the
Highlanders build a 22-18 lead, but the Tigers again rallied
back to take the lead at 24-23, then scored two more to pad
the lead to three. The Highlanders rallied back to 27-26 on
kills by Halperin and Murphy, but the Tigers' again rallied
to make the lead three. The Highlanders again rallied to tie
the match at 29-29 on kills by Murphy and DeKiewiet and a
Tiger attack error, and the teams traded points to 35-35 before
a Groothuis kill and a Halperin attack error gave the Tigers
a 37-35 win.
(Sept. 28, 2005) - Cal State
Fullerton's Sarah Morrison had a match-high 23 kills and hit
.426 as the Titans came from behind to post a 21-30, 30-14,
30-24, 30-28 win over the UC Riverside Highlanders in a Big
West contest in front of 317 fans at the Student Recreation
Center in Riverside Wednesday.
The Titans improved to 10-5
overall and 3-0 in the Big West, while UCR fell to 11-3, 1-2.
Brittany Moore had 12 kills
for the Titans, hitting .632 without an error, and Breanna
Trudeau had 10 kills.
For the Highlanders, senior
hitter Valerie Bueno had 16 kills and hit .306 (16-5-36) and
senior hitter Jamie DeKiewiet had 15 kills. UCR hit .198 on
the match (61-27-172).
Bueno had a game-high six
kills and DeKiewiet added four as the Highlanders outhit the
Titans .323 (15-5-31) to .000 (10-10-36) in the first game.
The Highlanders took an early five point lead at 7-2 and the
Titans never got any closer than three points the rest of
the way and the Highlanders pulled away for a nine point win
at 30-21.
The Titans came out strong
in game two with a solid block and good defense and took advantage
of several UCR mistakes to build a 19-6 lead. The Titans were
never headed, having an error-free match as they hit .472
(17-0-36). UCR, in contrast, hit .089 (13-9-45).
The Titans opened up an
8-8 game three with a 4-0 run to take a 12-8 lead, then pulled
away for a 30-24 win. Morrison led the way for the Titans
with nine kills as Fullerton hit .406 (18-5-32) in the game.
UCR hit .200 (15-7-40).
Game four was neck-and-neck,
and the teams were tied 25-25 before the Titans took the lead
on a block by Geissert and Moore on a Kelly Crow attack for
a 26-25 lead. The Titans took a two point lead on a kill by
Moore, and though UCR got the match to 29-28, Morrison hammered
home the final kill to put the match away.
(Oct. 1, 2005) - UC Riverside
senior outside hitter Jamie DeKiewiet had a match-high 18
kills and in doing so became the school's all-time career
kills leader as the Highlanders snapped a two-match losing
streak with a three-game sweep of UC Davis, 30-18, 30-20,
30-28, in a non-conference volleyball match at the Davis Volleyball
Pavilion Saturday.
Senior hitter Valerie Bueno
added 12 kills and a match-high 16 digs and Kym Murphy had
42 assists and hit .545 (7-1-11) for the Highlanders, who
improved to 12-3 on the season. The 12 wins are the most for
the Highlanders in the Division I era, besting the 11 wins
registered last season.
DeKiewiet entered the match
trailing Sheryl Benson (1,458) by six for the top spot in
the UCR record book and finished the night with 1,471 kills.
Junior outside hitter Nicole
Read had 10 kills to pace the Aggies (2-15) offensively. Redshirt
freshman Amy McMahon had four kills and a pair of blocks,
and junior Rachel Keener provided six kills and two blocks.
UC Riverside employed a
10-2 run to break open an early 16-13 into a 26-15 edge in
Game 1. Bueno had three kills and DeKiewiet served up a pair
of aces during that run. Bueno was the offensive leader early,
tallying six kills on 10 swings in the first game. Murphy
applied the finishing touches, assisting on a block for her
team's 29th point, then knocking down an Aggie overpass for
the game-winner.
In Game 2, the Highlanders
crafted an early 13-9 lead, but UC Davis managed to close
in to within a point on two separate occasions, the last time
at 18-17. However, UC Davis committed back-to-back hitting
errors to fall behind by 21-17, then DeKiewiet turned on the
offense in the late stages of the game. She hit 8-0-12 with
five digs in the second game alone, including a kill that
capped a long, sprawling rally at 24-17.
In game three, after leading
for most of the game, the Aggies tied it at 22-22. UCR pulled
ahead to 25-22 on three straight UC Davis miscues, taking
a 29-25 match-point situation on DeKiewiet's 18th kill of
the night. The Aggies scored three straight to cut the lead
to one before UCR junior middle Janiece Manuel beat the Aggie
block to finish the sweep.
(Oct. 7, 2005) - The Cal
Poly Mustangs handed the UC Riverside Highlanders their third
consecutive Big West defeat with a 30-19, 30-21, 31-29 win
in front of 303 fans at the Student Recreation Center in Riverside
Friday.
The Mustangs improved to
10-5, 3-2, while the Highlanders fell to 12-4, 1-3.
Redshirt freshman Kelly
Crow led the Highlanders with 11 kills and hit .296, but the
Highlanders struggled overall, hitting just 39-23-109 (.147)
on the match. The Mustangs hit .315 (53-18-111) and had three
players in double-figure kills, Vanessa Gilliam and Kylie
Atherstone with 13 each and Kayla Mulder with 12.
The Mustangs hit .387 (16-4-31)
in game one, led by six kills by Gilliam. Cal Poly led 10-8,
but went on an 11-3 run to build a 10-point margin en-route
to an 11-point win. The Highlanders struggled with their passing,
which led to a .214 hitting percentage (13-7-28). The Mustangs
outblocked UCR, 4.5 to 0.
In game two the Highlanders
continued to struggle, hitting just .121 (10-6-33) to the
Mustangs .432 (20-4-37). The Mustangs led by as many as 11
in the game, though UCR cut the margin to six at 21-15 before
the Mustangs pulled away for a 30-21 win.
UCR rallied out of the intermission,
taking a 13-10 lead in game three. The Mustangs cut the lead
to 16-14 before the Highlanders used a 5-1 run to build the
lead to six.
UCR led 27-20, then 28-22,
but the Mustangs rallied back to cut the margin to three at
28-25 on a trio of attack errors by the Highlanders. UCR broke
the string on a Mustang error, to make the score 29-26, but
Cal Poly scored the final five points, finishing the match
on an ace by Atherstone.
(Oct. 8, 2005) - The UC
Santa Barbara Gauchos swept the host UC Riverside Highlanders,
30-25, 30-21, 30-17 in a Big West match in front of 337 fans
at the Student Recreation Center in Riverside Saturday.
The Gauchos improved to
8-7, 4-1, while the Highlanders fell to 12-5, 1-4.
Janine Sandell led all players
with 17 kills and hit .289 on the match. Lauren McLaughlin
had nine kills for the Gauchos, who hit .269 (47-18-108) as
a team.
The Highlanders shook up
their lineup in hopes of improving their passing, giving prime
time to freshmen Tarin Tartaglia, Laura Eck and Amy Read,
but the team still struggled on the attack, hitting .090 (35-25-111).
Senior hitter Jamie DeKiewiet led UCR with 12 kills, but no
other Highlander had more than five kills.
UCR hit .119 (14-9-42) in
the game while the Gauchos hit .273 (18-6-44), led by Sandell's
nine kills. The Gauchos led by one early at 6-5, but used
a five-point run to build an 11-5 advantage. UCR shaved the
lead to two at 22-20 and the teams traded points before the
Gauchos built the lead to four at 25-21, forcing a UCR timeout.
The Highlanders got to within three at 26-23 and 27-24, but
the Gauchos finished with three of the final four points to
win the game, 30-25.
The Gauchos built an early
lead in game two, jumping out to a 10-3 lead. The Highlanders
kept it even from there but could never catch up and dropped
a 30-21 decision. The Highlanders hit .100 (9-6-30) in the
game, while the Gauchos struggled as well at .172 (13-8-29).
The Highlanders were up
11-9 in game three, but the Gauchos went on an 13-4 run to
build an 11-point lead at 24-13 and never looked back. The
Gauchos hit .343 on the game.
(Oct. 14, 2005) - Senior
outside hitter Jamie DeKiewiet had a match-high 21 kills and
redshirt freshman hitter Kelly Crow had a career-high 17 kills
as the UC Riverside Highlanders snapped a four-match Big West
losing streak with a 33-35, 30-26, 30-21, 30-27 win over the
host UC Irvine Anteaters in a Big West match in front of 322
fans at Crawford Court in Irvine Friday.
With the win UCR improved
to 13-5 overall and 2-4 in the Big West. UC Irvine fell to
6-12, 0-5.
Both Crow and DeKiewiet
had double-doubles, recording 22 and 17 digs, respectively,
as did senior outside hitter Valerie Bueno, who had 10 kills
and 11 digs. The Highlanders hit .320 (74-19-172) on the evening.
Senior setter Kym Murphy had 65 assists.
The Anteaters had four players
in double-figure kills, led by Amanda Vazquez's 19. Trisha
White had 16, Lauren Kellerman 15 and Whitney Pavlik had 13.
UCI also had a good hitting night, with a .297 (75-21-182)
hitting percentage.
The first game was a slugfest,
with the Anteaters pulling out a 35-33 win. But UCR came back
to take games two, three and four.
(Oct. 15, 2005) - The Long
Beach State women's volleyball team swept past the visiting
UC Riverside Highlanders, 30-14, 30-23, 30-17, in a Big West
Conference match at the Walter Pyramid Saturday.
The 49ers improved to 15-4,
5-1 in the Big West, while UCR dropped to 13-6, 2-5 in the
Big West.
Senior hitter Jamie DeKiewiet
led UC Riverside with 15 kills, but was the only Highlander
to reach double-figure kills as UCR hit .113 (35-23-106) on
the night.
Alexis Crimes led LBSU with
15 kills, hitting .400 and adding four blocks. Erika Chidester
notched 11 kills. Long Beach State hit for a season-high .433
attack percentage (50-11-90).
Long Beach State unlocked
a 5-5 early tie in the first stanza with a 5-1 run to take
a 10-6 lead, courtesy of a UCR service error. The 49ers increased
their lead to 25-10 (15-4 run) after a UCR attack error. The
Beach capped off the game (30-14) on another Highlander attack
error. After a 30-23 game two victory, LBSU polished off the
Highlanders, 30-14 in game three. Long Beach State hit .556
in the final frame.
(Oct. 20, 2005) - The Highlanders
played it close, but could not overcome the host Pacific Tigers,
losing a 30-25, 30-26, 30-22 decision at the Spanos Center
in Stockton Thursday. In the match, senior outside hitter
Valerie Bueno became just the fourth Highlander in achieve
career totals of 1,000 kills and 1,000 digs.
UCR dropped to 13-7, 2-6
in the Big West, while Pacific improved to 10-9, 4-3.
The Highlanders struggled
to a .105 hitting percentage (41-27-133) on the night, as
Bueno led the way with 13 kills. Sophomore middle Angie Mitchell
had nine kills, hitting .333 (9-3-18) and senior hitter Jamie
DeKiewiet also had nine kills, but hit .057 (9-7-35).
Ashley Groothuis led all
players with 18 kills and Sidney Bennett chipped in 11, hitting
.500 on the night (11-1-20). The Tigers were far from dominant,
hitting .199 (48-20-136) on the match, but were strong on
the serve (five aces to the Highlanders' one) and on the block
(12.5 to the HIghlanders' 5).
Bueno finished the night
with 1,002 career kills to go with 1,037 digs. She joins teammate
Jamie DeKiewiet and former Highlanders Sheri Benson and Melanie
Jones as the only Highlanders to acheive the double-millenium
mark.
UCR led for much of game
one, the last time at 21-20, only to see the Tigers go an
8-1 run that included three Highlander errors. The teams traded
points en route to a 30-25 Pacific win.
Game two was also very close,
as the teams stood at 25-25, but the Tigers again too the
advantage, scoring five of the next six points to pull out
the win.
Once again in game three,
UCR held a lead at 20-19, but would score just three points
in the rest of the game as the Tigers cruised to a 30-22 win.
(Oct. 22, 2005) - The UC
Riverside Highlanders ensured themselves of their first winning
season since 1999 with a 30-20, 30-22, 30-28 sweep of host
Cal State Northridge in a Big West match at the Matadome in
Northridge Saturday.
UCR improved to 14-7 overall
and 3-6 in the Big West, while Northridge fell to 4-16, 2-7.
The win was the first for the Highlanders in Northridge since
1989.
For UCR, senior hitter
Jamie DeKiewiet pounded a match-high 17 kills while hitting
.297. Senior hitter Valerie Bueno (13) and sophomore middle
Angie Mitchell (11) also reached double figures in kills for
the Highlanders, who hit .292 (54-19-120). Senior setter Kym
Murphy posted a match-high 49 assists and sophomore libero
Kimberly McNeal dug 14 balls.
Freshman Harmony Burdine
knocked down a team-high 12 kills was the lone Matador to
reach double-figure kills as Northridge hit .200 (45-19-130).
In game one, UCR jumped
out to an 8-3 lead and the Matadors were forced to play catch-up.
CSUN cut the lead to 8-6, but the Highlanders would score
the next three to push the lead back to 11-6. The lead eventually
grew to 21-11 and UCR cruised home with the 30-20 win.
Game two was much of the
same as the Matadors played from behind throughout. A Mitchell
kill gave the Highlanders a 13- 7 lead and CSUN could not
get within four points the rest of game two.
In game three, the score
was tied nine times, the last at 10- 10, before the Matadors
rolled off a 4-0 run to take a 14-10 a short-lived 14-10 lead.
A kill by junior outside hitter Ashley Halperin kill got UCR
even at 18- 18 before CSUN again claimed the lead 24-23 after
a Bueno hitting error. Another Bueno attack error gave CSUN
a 28-25 lead forcing a Highlander timeout. After the timeout,
UCR rallied for five straight points and took the game 30-28
and the match 3-0.
(Oct.
28, 2005) - Senior outside hitter Jamie DeKiewiet pounded
a match-high 22 kills and junior hitter Ashley Halperin added
12 off the bench, including three over the final four points
of the match, as the UC Riverside Highlanders defeated UC
Davis 30-15, 30-23, 29-31, 30-28 in a non-conference match
at the Physical Education Gymnasium Friday in Riverside.
UCR improved to 15-7 overall
while Daivs fell to 3-20. DeKiewiet recorded her eighth 20-plus
kills match of the season.
The Highlanders started
off strong, then had to hold of a young, hungry Aggie squad.
Rachel Keener led the Aggies with 16 kills and Chantal Paschetta
had 10, For UCR, sophomore middle Angie Mitchell had nine
kills, senior hitter Valerie Bueno eight kills and freshman
middle Raquel Salinas four kills in seven attempts for a .571
hitting average as well as five blocks. Senior setter Kym
Murphy had 51 assists.
UCR hit .250 (62-24-164),
while UC Davis hit .149 (56-31-168).
Game one was all UCR has
the Highlanders took the lead early and never looked back.
Leading 6-4, UCR expanded the Margin to six at 14-8, then
pulled away with a 15-4 run to finish the game.
Game two was much closer,
featuring five lead changes. The Aggies led last at 15-14
before UCR ran off three straight for a 17-15 lad. The Aggies
tied the match at 17-17, but UCR went on a 5-1 run behind
three straight kills by DeKiewiet for a 22-18 lead. The run
sparked the Highlanders to a 30-23 win entering the intermission.
The Aggies came out inspired
in game three, jumping out to a 6-1 lead behind three kills
from Keener, but UCR came back to tie the match at 7-7. The
teams traded points to 13-13 when the Aggies swung the momentum
their was following a kill by Katelyn Astruc. Nicole Brown
followed with an ace and a pair of Highlander attack errors
made the Aggie lead three. The margin was extended to six
at 23-17, but the Highlanders rallied to tie at 25-25 on a
pair of kills by each by DeKiewiet and Mitchell. The teams
traded points to 28-28, when following an Aggie timeout, UCR
took a 29-28 lead on a solo block by DeKiewiet of Keener.
But the Highlanders couldn't put the match away as Kelly Patterson
tied it with a kill, and the Aggies finished it off on a block
by Jill McPheeters and Patterson and a Murphy setting error
for a 31-29 win.
Game four was a slugfest
as well, featuring 12 ties and nine lead changes. The Aggies
held a 23-21 lead, but a kill by DeKiewiet and a clutch block
by Murphy and Salinas tied it up. Moments later Salinas put
home a kill to give UCR the lead and force a Davis timeout.
Moments later the Aggies took the lead at 26-25 out of a UCR
timeout as Astruc aced DeKiewiet, but DeKiewiet got revenge
moments later on a kill to tie the game. Halperin followed
with back-to-back kills to make the score 28-26, forcing another
timeout by the Aggies. Davis got to within one on a Halperin
attack error, but Keener followed with a service error, and
moments later Halperin finished the match with a kill for
a 30-28 win.
(Nov.
1, 2005) - The Highlander family learned about the passing
of former player Alison Harrington, who died on Wednesday,
October 26 from a kidney ailment. She was 31.
Harrington
taught and coached at Hesperia Junior High School. She is
survived by her parents, Paul and Kathy, and sisters Paula
and Shelby. She played for the Highlanders from 1992 through
1995 and is 10th in school history in career kills with 873,
seventh in solo blocks with 73, sixth in assisted blocks with
215 and fifth in total blocks with 288.
(Nov.
4, 2005) - The UC Santa Barbara Gauchos defeated the visiting
UC Riverside Highlanders 3-0 (30-17, 30-27, 31-29) in a Big
West match at the Thunderdome in Goleta Friday.
The Gauchos, who lead the
Big West, improved to 14-8, 9-2. UCR fell to 15-8, 3-7.
Senior hitter Jamie DeKiewiet
led the Highlanders with 13 kills and senior hitter Valerie
Bueno had 10. UCR couldn't overcome a slow start in game one,
falling to the Gauchos 30-14. Games two and three were much
closer, as UCR lost by three in game two and fought to a 31-29
decision in game three.
UCR hit .134 (40-22-134)
on the night.
Santa Barbara was led by
15 kills by Janine Sandell and Megan Blackshire added 14.
The Gauchos hit .305 (56-16-131) and outblocked the Highlanders
8-3.
(Nov.
5, 2005) - Cal Poly senior Vanessa Gilliam had a team high
18 kills as the Mustangs posted a three game sweep over the
visiting UC Riverside Highlanders in a Big West Conference
volleyball match in Mott Gym on Saturday.
With
the win Cal Poly improves to 17-5 overall and 10-3 in conference
play while the Highlanders fall to 15-9 overall and 3-8 in
the Big West.
UC Riverside senior outside hitter Jamie DeKiewiet had a double-double
with a match-high 20 kills and team high 16 digs. Junior hitter
Ashley Halperin added and sophomore libero Kim McNeal had
10 digs.
Cal
Poly hit .263 (47-16-118) for the match while limiting UCR
to just .077 (36-27-117). The Mustangs had 11.0 blocks to
Riverside’s 6.0 while the Highlanders held a 46-42 edge
in digs.
Cal Poly opened the match hitting a hot .414 with UCR limited
to just -.026. Gilliam had 11 kills in the first game alone.
In the second game Cal Poly hit .104 but Riverside hit just
.048. In the third game Cal Poly was hot hitting .341 with
UC Riverside hitting .222.
(Nov.
10, 2005) - UC Riverside seniors Kym Murphy and Valerie Bueno
were named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District
VIII volleyball team Thursday, as selected by the members
of the Collegiate Sports Information Directors of America
(CoSIDA).
Murphy, who is majoring
in history, was named to the District VIII second team. Murphy
is a nine-time member of UCR's Dean's List and a three-time
Chancellor's List honoree. She is a member of the Student
Athlete Advisory Committee and Phi Alpha Theta Honor Society.
She plans on joining the Peace Corps following her graduation.
Murphy is second in UCR history in career assists with 3,258
and is just the second setter in school history to surpass
the 3,000 assists plateau.
Bueno, who is majoring
in biology, was named to the District
VIII third team. Murphy is a seven-time member of UCR's Dean's
List and a two-time member of the Chancellor's Honor List.
She is a member of the Gamma Beta Phi Honor Society and participates
in UCR's Student Athlete Mentors. She plans on becoming a
veternarian following her graduation. Bueno is just the fourth
Highlander to reach the 1,000 kills-1,000 digs plataeu. She
has a career total of 1,036 kills and 1,072 digs.
The Academic All-America
Teams program honors 816 male and female student-athletes
annually who have succeeded at the highest level on the playing
field and in the classroom. Individuals are selected through
voting by CoSIDA (the College Sports Information Directors
of America), a 2,000 member organization consisting of sports
public relations professionals for colleges and universities
in the United States and Canada.
(Nov.
11, 2005) -The Long Beach State 49ers swept the host UC Riverside
Highlanders, 30-22, 30-21 30-22 in a Big West Conference match
in front of 231 fans at the Student Recreation Center in Riverside
Friday.
The 49ers improved to 20-5
overall and 9-2 in the Big West. UCR fell to 15-10, 3-9.
Quincy Verdin led all players
with 17 kills and Ali Daley and Alexis Krimes each had 13
kills. Dyanne Lawlor had 52 assists in the match.
For UCR Ashley Halperin
had 12 kills and Jamie DeKiewiet added 10. Kym Murphy had
30 assists.
In the first game, the Highlanders
trailed by two at 14-12, but the 49ers went on a 9-4 run to
build a 23-16 lead and force the Highlanders into a time out.
The 49ers never looked back and coasted to a 30-22 win. Long
Beach State outhit UCR, .400 (21-5-40) to .132 (12-7-38),
and Robin Miramontes had six kills in seven attempts (.857)
for the 49ers.
The Highlanders again kept
it close in the early going in game two, trailing 17-14. But
again, the 49ers rallied with an 8-2 run to take a 25-17 lead
and never looked back in a 30-21 win. This time it was Quincy
Verdin who led the attack for the 49ers, hitting 7-1-8 (.750).
The 49ers outhit UCR, .323 (15-5-31) to .207 (13-7-29).
Game three the Highlanders
led early at 8-5, but the 49ers came back to tie at 9-9, then
built an eight point margin at 21-13, finishing with a 30-22
win.
(Nov. 12, 2005) - The UC
Riverside Highlanders had a scare, but held off a resurgent
UC Irvine Anteaters squad to post a 32-30, 30-26, 23-30, 30-32,
15-9 win in a Big West Conference
match in front of 283 fans at the Student Recreation Center
in Riverside Saturday.
The Highlanders improved
to 16-10 overall and 4-9 in the Big West, while UCI tumbled
to 9-18, 2-10.
UCR's Jamie DeKiewiet had
a career-high 30 kills, and hit .308 (30-10-65). Senior Valerie
Bueno had 16 kills, junior hitter Ashley Halperin had 12 kills
and senior setter Kym Murphy had a career-high 71 assists.
For the Anteaters, Amanda Vazquez had 26 kills and hit .500
on the night (26-2-48), and Lauren Kellerman had 21 kills
(21-8-43) and hit .302. The Anteaters hit .314 on the night
(78-23-175), compared to UCR's .210 (78-36-200). The Anteaters
were plagued by errors, surrendering 11 aces to UCR.
DeKiewiet's 30 kills was
the first time a Highlander reached the that plateau since
Rosanna Parizek had 31 kills on August 29, 2003 against Rice
University.
The Highlanders led game
one 27-19, but the Anteaters rallied to score nine straight
points behind the serving of Kellerman to take the lead at
28-27. Halperin's kill broke the streak to tie the match at
28-28. Freshman Jessica Regner's first career service ace
gave UCR the lead, and UCI Coach Charlie Brande called time
out and UCI got the sideout to tie the match.
Bueno's kill gave the the
Highlanders the advantage at 31-30, and White's hitting error
gave UCR the game at 32-30. It was the second time this season
that the teams battled into overtime in the opening stanza
of the match. UCI hit .419 (17-4-31) in the match, compared
to the Highlanders .220 (20-11-41).
Game two was a good, old
fashioned, side-out war, featuring 12 ties and seven lead
changes. UCI took a three point advantage at 23-20, but the
Highlanders came back to tie at 24-24, but the Anteaters again
scored two straight to build back the two-point margin. Again
the Highlanders rallied behind an ace by Murphy and a block
of Kristen Kelly by DeKiewiet and Janiece Manuel for a 28-26
lead. An UCI hitting error and a kill by Bueno secured the
game for the Highlanders.
The Anteaters took the momentum
back in game three, leading by as many as seven points 21-14
and 27-20 before finishing with a 30-23 win. The Anteaters
had seven kills from Both Vazquez and Kellerman in the game,
hitting .471 (19-3-34), compared to UCR's .111 (11-7-36).
The fourth game was much
like game two for the first half, but the Highlanders took
the early momentum with four straight points, two coming on
kills by DeKiewiet and one on a block by Bueno and Manuel,
to make the score 18-14 and force the Anteaters into a timeout.
UCI cut the margin to one several times, then tied the match
at 27-27 on a kill by White. The Highlanders brought it to
match point a few moments later at 29-28 following a kill
by Angie Mitchell, but moments later the Anteaters tied it
again on a ball handling error by Mitchell. Conom followed
with an ace to give UCI a 30-29 lead, but UCR tied it on a
DeKiewiet kill. UCI's Kelly tooled a DeKiewiet block to give
UCI back the lead, then Halperin was called for a ball handling
error to give UCI the game at 32-30.
In the decider, UCR led
8-7 at the switch, then scored four straight points, two coming
on a DeKiewiet kill and a solo block, to take a 12-7 lead.
DeKiewiet hammered two more kills to bring the Highlanders
back to match point, and Murphy ended the nearly two-and-a-half
hour match with an ace.
Prior to the match the Highlanders
honored graduating seniors DeKiewiet, Murphy and Bueno.
(Nov. 17, 2005) -Cal State
Fullerton wrapped up their 2005 Big West Conference schedule
with 3-0 (30-19, 30-23, 32-30) victory over visiting UC Riverside
Thursday night at Titan Gym in front of 336 fans, securing
a fifth place finish in conference.
The Titans, with one game
remaining in the 2005 campaign, improve to 14-14 overall and
5-9 in league play. UC Riverside, drops to 16-11, and fall
to sixth place in the Big West with a 4-10 conference record.
Riverside's Jamie DeKiewiet's
double-double (18-kills and 15 digs) was lost in the defeat
as she handled the offense alone for the most part. DeKiewiet's
18 kills were the most by any player, and the only Highlander
in double-digits. Three other Riverside players tallied 14-or-more
digs, with Kimberly McNeal leading all players with 16. Senior
setter Kym Murphy had 48 assists.
The Titans handled the
Highlanders in the first two games out-hitting them .343 to
.161 behind the hitting of Amanda Pfielschiefter and Danielle
Hitzeman who both slammed home seven kills. Fullerton also
handled the game at the net before the break, out-blocking
Riverside 9-0 as a team.
The two teams battled back
and forth in game three with the Titans trailing most of the
way. The Titans caught up at 27-27 and continued to wrestle
for the lead, eventually winning 32-30. Fullerton held the
Highlanders to just a .174 hitting percentage on the night
with outstanding blocking and digging from the defensive side.
(Nov. 22, 2005) - Senior
outside hitter Jamie DeKiewiet earned her second consecutive
All-Big West First Team selection, and senior hitter Valerie
Bueno was named All-Big West Honorable Mention Tuesday.
DeKiewiet, a 5-10 native
of Hemet, CA, led the Highlanders at 4.92 kills per game and
hit .242 on the season. She also recorded 3.63 digs per game,
tops on the team among non-liberos. It marked the second consecutive
year that DeKiewiet was named to the first team. She leaves
UCR as the all-time leader in kills with 1,665 and total attacks
with 4,232. She is one of four Highlanders to reach the 1,000
kills/1,000 digs mark over her career.
Bueno, a 5-8 native of Culver
City, averaged 2.87 kils per game on the season, hit .235,
and averaged 3.17 digs per game over the season. She joins
DeKiewiet as one of four players to reach the 1,000 kills/1,000
digs mark over her career. She finishes in fifth in career
kills with 1,068 and is just the sixth player to achieve 1,000
career kills. Her 1,103 career digs are eighth best all-time.
Notably absent from the
teams was senior setter Kym Murphy (San Diego, CA), who led
the conference in assists per game at 12.51 and aces per game
at .43.
(Jan. 19, 2006) - UC Riverside
senior outside hitter Jamie DeKiewiet has been invited to
train with the United States National Team at the Olympic
Training Center in Colorado Springs, CO. DeKiewiet is the
first Highlander to ever be invited to participate in National
Team training.
“I am really excited
to be offered the opportunity to train with the best players
in the United States,” DeKiewiet said. “I look
forward to the chance to make myself a better player and improve
my game.”
For DeKiewiet, a 5-11 outside
hitter from Hemet, CA (Hemet Baptist Christian HS), this accolade
caps an outstanding collegiate career at UC Riverside. DeKiewiet
is a two-time member of the All-Big West Conference First
Team and leaves as the school’s all-time leader in kills
with 1,665 and total attacks with 4,232. She is one of four
Highlanders to reach the 1,000 kills/1,000 digs mark over
her career. In 2005, she led the team in kills with 4.92 per
game and was second on the squad with 3.63 digs per game.
In 2004, she set the school record with 544 kills in a season.
“It is very rewarding
for all of us to have someone from our program earn the opportunity
to train with the National Team,” Head Coach Sue Gozansky
said. “Jamie is a superb athlete who compares well with
current national team players and has proven that she has
the ability and all-around game to be one of the top volleyball
players. This is a great opportunity for her and for future
players to follow in her footsteps.”
DeKiewiet will stay at the
Olympic Training Center until April, when she will have the
opportunity to compete for a position on the U.S. National
Team.
(Jan. 20, 2006) - In a week
that has seen her invited to train with the United States
National Team at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs,
CO, senior outside hitter Jamie DeKiewiet received another
honor Friday, being named to the Collegiate Volleyball Update
(CVU) Stellar Spiker Honorable Mention Team.
DeKiewiet is one of 70 student-athletes
from across the nation to receive the honor. CVU.com looked
for players who exhibited excellence and balance, not merely
statistical rankings.
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