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VOLLEYBALL NEWS AND NOTES

10/25/2004

Junior Megan Gross recorded her ninth double-double of the season last week against Albany.

Baltimore, Md. – News and Notes this week takes a look ahead at the Retrievers’ three upcoming home matches this week and the start of the second half of the America East Conference Schedule.  Other news includes the Retrievers placing four players in the top-10 on the AE service aces per game chart and Megan Gross within 200 assists of 3,000 for her career plus much more. 

LOOKING AHEAD

 RETRIEVER VOLLEYBALL BEGINS SECOND HALF OF CONFERENCE SLATE ON TUESDAY

The Retrievers will begin the second half of the America East Conference schedule on Tuesday night when the Retrievers will host Stony Brook at UMBC RAC Arena at 7 p.m.  The Retrievers will have the benefit of playing five of their final seven regular season games at home including three this week.  The Retrievers in addition to Stony Brook host Maine on Friday night and New Hampshire on Saturday night with game times set for 7 p.m. in both matches.  UMBC lost to Stony Brook in three sets earlier this year and Maine in four sets.   The Retrievers in their first match-up with New Hampshire beat the defending America East Conference Champions in a five sets.  The Retrievers will need to get hot in a hurry if they plan to make the four-team conference tournament after going 2-5 during the first half of the AE regular season. 

 WEEKLY WRAP

ALBANY RALLIES FROM FIRST SET DEFEAT FOR 3-1 WIN OVER RETRIEVERS

The UMBC Retrievers dealt Albany) their first set loss in conference play but dropped the final three sets as the Great Danes stayed perfect in league play with a 3-1 (29-31, 30-22, 30-23, 30-22) win over UMBC on Friday night at UMBC RAC Arena.  Albany entered the match having swept its first five conference opponents in three sets before running into the Retrievers in the opening set tonight.  Despite the first set loss, the Great Danes followed the lead of Eileen Rodriguez, with 11 service aces, in the victory.  Emily Berman (Towson, Md./Towson) recorded 14 kills to lead UMBC with Julia Hood (Charlotte, N.C./West Charlotte), 11 kills, and Jessie Folk (S. Elgin, Ill./St. Charles North), 10 kills, also hitting double-digits.  Megan Gross (Montclair, Va./Forest Park) recorded her ninth double-double of the year with 41 assists and 14 digs. 

BINGHAMTON TOPS RETRIEVERS IN THREE SETS

The Retrievers lost to Binghamton in America East Volleyball action on Saturday afternoon at UMBC RAC Arena by a final score of 3-0 (30-26, 30-18, 30-26).  The Retrievers were led by 10 kills from Julia Hood (Charlotte, N.C./West Charlotte) and Emily Berman (Towson, Md./Towson).  The Retrievers looked strong early on in game one until momentum changed with the Retrievers leading 22-18.  Jen Smith took over serving for the Bearcats, rallying her team with eight-consecutive points to take a 26-22 lead.  The Bearcats went on to capture the first set 30-26 despite five kills in the opening set by Retriever middle hitter Jessie Folk (S. Elgin, Ill./St. Charles North).  Megan Gross (Montclair, Va./Forest Park) finished with 25 assists and nine digs and Julia Waclawiak (San Antonio, Texas/Ronald Regan) recorded three service aces as she moved into seventh place all-time on the Retrievers career service aces chart.

 DAWG BITES

GROSS RECORDES NINTH DOUBLE-DOUBLE OF THE YEAR                    

Megan Gross (Montclair, Va./Forest Park) recorded a double-double for the ninth time this year after handing out 44 assists and tallying 14 digs against Albany last Friday night.  Gross’ double-double marked the first match this season she has recorded a double-double without Retriever outside hitter Jocelyn Teoh (Puchong, Maylasia/Bukit Jalil Sports Academy) earning a double-double as well. 

2004 Double-Doubles

Name                                           Total 1         Total 2                                       Opponent

Megan Gross                              44 Assists  14 Digs                                      Albany (10-22-04)

Jocelyn Teoh                              10 Kills        12 Digs                                      at Northeastern (10-16-04)

Megan Gross                              53 Assists  24 Digs                                      at Northeastern (10-16-04)

Jocleyn Teoh                              10 Kills        14 Digs                                      at Maine (10-9-04)

Jocleyn Teoh                              18 Kills        19 Digs                                      at New Hampshire (10-8-04)

Megan Gross                              55 Assists  16 Digs                                      at New Hampshire (10-8-04)           

Jocelyn Teoh                              14 Kills        11 Digs                                      at Manhattan (10-3-04)

Megan Gross                              31 Assists  19 Digs                                      at Manhattan (10-3-04)

Jocelyn Teoh                              12 Kills        14 Digs                                      at VCU (9-28-04)

Megan Gross                              21 Assists  17 Digs                                      at VCU (9-28-04)

Jocelyn Teoh                              13 Kills        11 Digs                                      Loyola (Md.) (9-25-04)

Megan Gross                              38 Assists  19 Digs                                      Loyola (Md.) (9-25-04)

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)

 GROSS MOVES WITHIN 200 OF 3,000 CAREER ASSISTS

Megan Gross (Montclair, Va./Forest Park) went over 2,800 career assists over the weekend is less than 200 from becoming the third Retriever ever to reach 3,000 career assists.  Gross handed out 66 helpers in two matches last week, averaging 9.43 assists per game.  The junior setter for her career has 2,810, 190 from reaching the 3,000 assists plateau.  Gross this season is averaging 9.96 assists per game with 827 total helpers. 

UMBC Career Assists Chart

    Name                                 Assists

1. Lanae Baker                    4722

2. Heather Hollidge             3034

3. Megan Gross                   2,810

4. Joy Figueredo                  2501

5. Judy Jackson                   2481

    -bold denotes active player

TEOH ADDS TO CAREER KILLS MARK

Senior Jocelyn Teoh (Puchong, Maylaysia/Bujit Jalil Sports Academy), who became the sixth member of the UMBC Volleyball 1,000 Career Kills Club earlier this season, continued to add to her all-time fifth place mark with 13 kills in two matches last week.   Teoh, who started the season with 881 career kills, has scored 288 to date this season and holds a career kills mark of 1,169.  Dana Eberly ranks fourth with 1,311 career kills.

UMBC 1,000 Kill Club

    Name                                 Kills

1. Kelly O’Brien                    2,161

2. Lisa Cline                         1,869

3. Megan McNamara           1,536

4. Dana Eberly                      1,311

5. Jocelyn Teoh                   1,169

6. Rehena Rentuma           1,064

    -bold denotes active player

RETRIEVERS RANK SECOND AS A TEAM IN SERVICE ACES ON AMERICA EAST CONFERENCE CHARTS

The Retrievers as a squad rank second behind Albany in service aces per game with 2.11 and 175 on the season.  Four Retrievers rank in the top-10 on the America East Conference Individual chart with Emily Berman (Towson, Md./Towson) leading all-Retrievers at 0.51 per game.  Berman with 39 on the season ranks second to Eileen Rodrigues of Albany.  Jocelyn Teoh (Puchong, Maylasia/Bukit Jalil Sports Academy) ranks fifth with 0.43 per game, Julia Waclawiak (San Antonio, Texas/Ronald Regan) and Christine Skala (Hinsdale, Ill/Hinsdale South) are tied for night at 0.35 per game.  

RETRIEVERS ON AMERICA EAST CONFERENCE CHARTS

Emily Berman (Towson, Md./Towson) and Jocelyn Teoh (Puchong, Maylasia/Bukit Jalil Sports Academy) rank fourth and seventh on the America East kills chart with Berman averaging 3.74 kills per game and Teoh with 3.472 kpg.  A number of other Retrievers are showing up in various categories as well with Megan Gross (Montclair, Va./Forest Park) ranking fourth in assists per game at 9.96, Christine Skala (Hinsdale, Ill/Hinsdale South) ranking eighth in digs per game at 3.35 and Teoh in 10^th with 3.12 digs per game. 

FOLK TAKES OVER FIFTH ALL-TIME ON RETRIEVERS’ TOP-10 ASSISTED BLOCKS CAREER CHART

Sophomore Jessie Folk (S. Elgin, Ill./St. Charles North) moved into fifth place after recording three assisted blocks last week.  Folk now has 131 career assisted blocks.  Junior Megan Gross (Montclair, Va./Forest Park) and senior Jocelyn Teoh (Punchong, Malaysia/Bukit Jalil Sports Academy) also rank on the Retrievers top-10 chart for career assisted blocks.  Gross has 117 career blocks and ranks ninth while Teoh leads all active players in career assisted blocks with 158 and is fourth all-time. 

UMBC Career Assisted Blocks Chart

        Name                             Assisted Blocks

3.     Dana Eberly                  191

4.     Jocelyn Teoh               158

5.     Jessie Folk                   131

6.     Rehena Rentuma       129

7.     Anna Gibbs                   124

        Lisa Cline                     124

9.     Megan Gross               117

    -bold denotes active player

TEOH SEVEN BLOCKS FROM SIXTH ALL-TIME

Jocelyn Teoh (Punchong, Malaysia/Bukit Jalil Sports Academy) need seven total blocks to jump past three Retrievers and take sixth place all-time on the Retrievers career total blocks chart.  Teoh earlier this year became the fourth Retriever to achieve, 1,000 kills, 200 blocks and 100 service aces.  The others are Kelly O’Brien (2,161 kills, 251 blocks, 174 aces), Lisa Cline (1,869 kills, 208 blocks, 160 aces) and Rehena Rentuma (1,064 kills, 365 blocks, 189 aces). 

 UMBC Career Total Blocks Chart

        Name                             Total Blocks

5.     Kelly O’Brien                 251

6.     Lisa Cline                     208

7.     Loreta Saurusaitis      205

8.     Anna Gibbs                   204

9.     Jocelyn Teoh               202

        -bold denotes active player

WACLAWIAK CAPTURES SEVENTH PLACE ALL-TIME FOR CAREER SERVICE ACES

Senior Julia Waclawiak (San Antonio, Texas/Ronald Regan) moved past Lisa Cline for seventh all-time on the Retrievers career Service Aces Chart.  Waclawiak this past weekend dropped four service aces against Albany and BInghamton.  The senior outside hitter last season recorded the Retrievers eighth best individual serving season with 65 aces, ranking 24^th in the nation at 0.59 per game.  Waclawiak this season has 21 aces and needs six to move past Tracey Cullins for sixth all-time.

UMBC Career Service Aces Chart

        Name                             Aces

4.     Joy Figueredo              177

5.     Kelly O’Brien                 174

6.     Tracey Cullins              167

7.     Julia Waclawiak         162

    -bold denotes active player

SKALA CLOSING IN ON 1,000 CAREER DIGS

Christine Skala (Hinsdale, Ill./Hindsdale South) is looking to become the seventh Retriever in program’s history to reach 1,000 career digs as she continued her climb last week and is within 100 of accomplishing the new mark.  Skala is averaging 3.35 digs per game, needs 89 to reach the 1,000 digs plateau.  A number of other Retrievers are in reach of joining UMBC’s top-10 digs chart with Jocelyn Teoh (Puchong, Malaysia/Bukit Jalil Sports Academy) leading all active Retrievers in the digs category. 

UMBC Career Digs Chart

        Name                             Digs

6.     Lisa Cline                     1,197

7.     Christine Skala           911

8.     Heather Hollidge         842

9.     Beth Straley                  841

10. Judy Jackson               826

        Joy Figueredo              826

Jocelyn Teoh               819

Megan Gross               816

Julia Waclawiak         785

CHASING SINGLE-SEASON TOP-10 RANKINGS

With just over 2/3 of the season complete, a number of Retrievers are looking towards owning single-season top-10 status with seven games left in the regular season.  Below is a look at how the top Retrievers in their respective category in comparison to a top-10 ranking.

SINGLE-SEASON KILLS

        Name                             Kills

                                                434

        Jocelyn Teoh                288

        Emily Berman              282

SINGLE-SEASON ASSISTS

        Name                             Assists

                                                1069

        Megan Gross               827

SINGLE-SEASON DIGS

        Name                             Digs

                                                414

        Christine Skala            278

        Jocelyn Teoh                259

        Megan Gross               255

 SINGLE-SEASON Assisted Blocks

         Name                        Assisted Blocks

                                                62

        Jessie Folk                   56