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VOLLEYBALL NEWS AND NOTES

9/21/2004

Jessie Folk recorded her first career double-double last week with 11 kills and 12 digs against Yale.

, Md. –  The Retrievers return home this week to host Coppin State on Tuesday night at 7 p.m. and Loyola (Md.) on Thursday night at 7 p.m., before heading to James Madison on Friday night at 7 p.m.  Other headlines include Jocleyn Teoh joining the 1,000 kill club, Jessie Folk’s first career double-double and a look at the Retrievers long road stretch ahead.      

LOOKING AHEAD

RETRIEVERS TO PLAY THREE MATCHES IN FOUR DAYS THIS WEEK

The Retrievers have a tough stretch this week that will have UMBC playing three matches in a span of four days.  The Retrievers will host Coppin State on Tuesday at 7 p.m., host Loyola (Md.) at 7 p.m. on Thursday and travel to James Madison on Friday at 7 p.m.  UMBC has defeated Coppin State the last two seasons including 3-0 win last year.  The Retrievers and Loyola (Md.) met once this season as the Retrievers were able to sweep the Greyhounds in three games at the William & Mary Invitational just over a week ago.  The Retrievers last meeting against James Madison came on Nov. 13, 2002 at James Madison as the Dukes beat UMBC, 3-1. 

VOLLEYBALL TO TAKE LONG ROAD SWING STARTING FRIDAY

The Retrievers Volleyball team is going to have to learn to become Road Warriors and win away from the confines of RAC Arena as their schedule will have them playing on the road for nearly a month before returning home.  The Retrievers eight-match road stretch begins with James Madison on Friday night at 7 p.m.  The Retrievers will play other non-conference opponents Virginia Commonwealth and Manhattan during the stretch. The Retrievers start the America East part of their schedule with five road league games, not returning home to play until Oct. 22 against Albany. 

WEEKLY WRAP

VOLLEYBALL WINS FIFTH MATCH IN PREVIOUS SIX WITH 3-0 SWEEP OF MORGAN STATE

The Retrievers swept cross-town foe Morgan State in three games (30-24, 30-20, 30-16) last Wednesday Night at to win their fifth match in the previous six.  UMBC received big performances from freshman Emily Berman (Towson, Md./Towson) with 15 kills, Jocelyn Teoh (Puchong, Maylasia/Bukit Jalil Sports Academy) with 12 kills and Megan Gross (Montclair, Va./Forest Park) with 32 assists. The Retrievers held Morgan State to single digit kills as a team in all three games as the Retrievers racked up 47 digs, 10 by Teoh as she recorded her sixth double-double of the year (12 kills, 10 digs) and her third straight. 

UMBC COMES UP EMPTY AT PENN STATE NITTANY LION INVITATIONAL

After falling in their opening match of the Nittany Lion Invitational to No. 5 Penn State, 3-0 (30-14, 30-12, 30-12) on Friday, the Retrievers dropped two more matches on Saturday, losing to their second Big EAST foe in as many days with a 3-0 (21-30, 15-30, 22-30) loss to West Virginia and dropping their final match of the tournament to Yale, 3-1 (22-30, 25-30, 30-23, 21-30).  The three losses pushed the Retrievers two games back under .500 at 5-7 on the year heading into the fourth week of the season.

TEOH AND FOLK EARN PLACES ON PENN STATE NITTANY LION INVITATIONAL ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM

Senior Jocelyn Teoh (Puchong, Maylasia/Bukit Jalil Sports Academy) and Jessie Folk (S. Elgin, Ill./St. Charles North) earned spots on the Penn State Nittany Lion Invitational All-Tournament Team.  Teoh finished the weekend with 3.60 kills per game, racking up 36 total kills.  Teoh added 14 assists in 10 games played, 29 digs, and six total blocks (three solo, three assisted).  Folk recorded her first career double-double with 11 kills and 12 digs against Yale.  The middle blocker recorded 11 assisted blocks and against West Virginia tallied seven kills with no errors on 15 attacks for a .467 hitting percentage.     

2004 Penn State Nittany Lion Invitational All-Tournament Team
Jocelyn Teoh, UMBC

Jessie Folk, UMBC
Julie Hockenson, West Virginia
Jana Freeman, Yale
Jacqueline Becker, Yale
Kim Holm, Penn State
Kaleena Walters, Penn State
Sam Tortorello, Penn State-Tournament MVP

DAWG BITES

TEOH JOINS 1,000 KILLS CLUB, EYES TOP-5 CAREER RANKING

Senior Jocelyn Teoh (Puchong, Maylaysia/Bujit Jalil Sports Academy) became the sixth member of the UMBC Volleyball 1,000 Career Kills Club with her third kill against Penn State.  Teoh entered the week needing 15 kills and finally reached the plateau after scoring 12 kills against Morgan State and six against Penn State.  Teoh after the week has 1,033 career kills, 31 behind fifth place on the Retrievers all-time chart (Rehena Rentuma with 1,064).  Teoh in four matches last week recorded 48 kills and has a good chance of catching Rentuma with three matches scheduled in the upcoming week.  Teoh started her senior campaign with 882 kills and has 152 this season already, averaging 3.80 per game.

UMBC 1,000 Kill Club

    Name                                 Kills

1. Kelly O’Brien                    2161

2. Lisa Cline                         1869

3. Megan McNamara           1536

4. Dana Eberly                      1311

5. Rehena Rentuma           1064

6. Jocelyn Teoh                   1,033

   -bold denotes active player

GROSS CLOSING IN ON FOURTH PLACE ON ALL-TIME ASSISTS CHART

Junior Megan Gross (Montclair, Va./Forest Park) became the fifth Retriever setter to reach the 2,000 assists mark earlier this year after coming into the season with 1,983 career assists.  Gross handed out 124 assists (9.54 per game) in four matches last week and has recorded 420 assists through 12 matches this season.  She ranks fifth on the Retrievers all-time career assists chart and is closing on Judy Jackson (1993-94) for fourth place.  Gross is 78 assists back of Jackson who has 2,481 career assists. 

UMBC Career Assists Chart

    Name                                 Assists

1. Lanae Baker                    4722

2. Heather Hollidge             3034

3. Joy Figueredo                  2501

4. Judy Jackson                   2481

5. Megan Gross                   2403

   -bold denotes active player

FOLK RECORDS FIRST CAREER DOUBLE-DOUBLE

Sophomore Jessie Folk (S. Elgin, Ill./St. Charles North) recorded her first career double-double against Yale last weekend as Folk recorded 11 kills and 12 digs in the four-game match.  Folk also had four assisted blocks in the match as she earned all-tournament honors.  The Retrievers recorded three double-double performances against Yale as Megan Gross (Montclair, Va./Forest Park)finished with 49 assists and a career-high 22 digs while Jocelyn Jocelyn Teoh (Puchong, Maylasia/Bukit Jalil Sports Academy)  had 20 kills and 11 digs in the match.

2004 Double-Doubles

Name                                           Total 1         Total 2                                       Opponent

Jessie Folk                                 11 Kills        12 Digs                                      vs. Yale (9-18-04)

Megan Gross                              49 Assists  22 Digs                                      vs. Yale (9-18-04)

Jocelyn Teoh                              20 Kills        11 Digs                                      vs. Yale (9-18-04) Jocelyn Teoh                              10 Kills        11 Digs                                      vs. West Virginia (9-18-04)

Jocelyn Teoh                              12 Kills        10 Digs                                      at Morgan State (9-15-04)

Jocelyn Teoh                              17 Kills        14 Digs                                      at William & Mary (9-11-04)

Megan Gross                              44 Assists  12 Digs                                      vs. Loyola (Md.) (9-11-04)

Jocelyn Teoh                              19 Kills        10 Digs                                      vs. Loyola (Md.) (9-11-04)

Jocelyn Teoh                              12 Kills        14 Digs                                      St. Francis (Pa.) 9-7-04)

Jocleyn Teoh                              12 Kills        14 Digs                                      vs. Bradley (9-4-04)

Megan Gross                              46 Assists  10 Digs                                      vs. Kent State (9-3-04)

Jocleyn Teoh                              18 Kills        18 Digs                                      Vs. Kent State (9-3-04)

BERMAN AND TEOH HOLD TWO OF TOP-5 SPOTS ON AMERICA EAST CONFERENCE KILLS CHART

Freshman Emily Berman (Towson, Md./Towson) and senior Jocelyn Teoh (Puchong, Maylasia/Bukit Jalil Sports Academy) both rank in the top-5 on the America East kills per game chart after the third week of competition.  Berman ranks third with a 4.00 kills per game average in 37 games played.  Berman has 148 total kills on the year.  Teoh ranks fifth at 3.80 kills per game.  Last year Teoh finished the season leading the AE in kills per game. 

RETRIEVERS ON AMERICA EAST CONFERENCE CHARTS

In addition to Emily Berman (Towson, Md./Towson) and Jocelyn Teoh (Puchong, Maylasia/Bukit Jalil Sports Academy) in the America East kills chart, a number of other Retrievers are showing up in various categories.  Megan Gross (Montclair, Va./Forest Park) ranks third in assists per game at 10.50, Christine Skala (Hinsdale, Ill/Hinsdale South) ranks seventh in digs per game at 3.70 while Jessie Folk (S. Elgin, Ill./St Charles North) ranks ninth in blocks per game at 0.88.  Berman ranks fourth in service aces at 0.54 and Teoh eighth at 0.43 per game.  Freshman Britney Hodson (South Glastonbury, Conn./Glastonbury) is fourth in hitting percentage at .306 with 26 kills on 62 total attacks.  

FOLK JOINS TOP-10 ASSISTED BLOCKS CAREER CHART

Sophomore Jessie Folk (S. Elgin, Ill./St. Charles North) joined her first Retrievers’ top-10 chart after posting 13 assisted blocks last week, going over the 100 assisted block mark and jumping into eighth all-time.  Folk now has 106 career assisted blocks and is 18 behind seventh place Lisa Cline and Anna Gibbs.

UMBC Career Assisted Blocks Chart

         Name                         Assisted Blocks

3.     Dana Eberly                  191

4.     Jocelyn Teoh               141

5.     Rehena Rentuma       129

6.     Anna Gibbs                   124

        Lisa Cline                     124

8.     Jessie Folk                   106

     -bold denotes active player

TEOH TIED FOR NINTH ALL-TIME ON RETRIEVERS’ TOTAL BLOCKS CAREER CHART

Jocelyn Teoh (Punchong, Malaysia/Bukit Jalil Sports Academy) has 182 career total blocks after tallying seven blocks last week, joining her fifth career top-10 chart.  Teoh is tied with Dawn Garnes and Pam Lottes (182 total blocks each) for ninth all-time.

 UMBC Career Total Blocks Chart

        Name                           Total Blocks

8.     Anna Gibbs                   204

9.     Pam Lottes                   182

         Joy Figueredo              182

         Jocelyn Teoh               182

    -bold denotes active player

IN REACH OF TOP-10 STATUS

A number of Retrievers are in reach of joining UMBC’s top-10 in a various career charts.  UMBC junior Megan Gross (Montclair, Va./Forest Park) is the closest Retriever to top-10 status needing three assisted blocks to join UMBC’s all-time assisted blocks chart. 

UMBC Career Assisted Blocks Chart

         Name                          Assisted Blocks

8.     Jessie Folk                   106

9.     Megan McNamara       102

10.  Joanne Marshall          101

11.  Megan Gross               98

    -bold denotes active player

Christine Skala (Hinsdale, Ill./Hindsdale South) and Julia Waclawiak (San Antonio, Texas/Ronald Reagan) lead all active Retrievers in the digs category.  Skala, the Retrievers starting libero, looks most poised to catch Judy Jackson and Joy Figueredo, who each have 826 career digs, as Skala is averaging 3.70 digs per game and has amassed 148 digs to date this season

UMBC Career Digs Chart

         Name                           Digs

9.     Judy Jackson               826

        Joy Figueredo              826

        Christine Skala           781

Julia Waclawiak         749

Jocelyn Teoh               686

Megan Gross               666