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UMBC Volleyball Competes in Long Beach State/UC Irvine Invitational This Weekend

9/3/2009

LONG BEACH, Calif.—The UMBC volleyball team travels to the West Coast this weekend to take part in the Long Beach State/UC-Irvine Invitational. The Retrievers will face off against five-time national champion Long Beach State and Indiana State on Friday at 4 and 7 p.m. EST, respectively, while on Saturday UMBC takes on UC-Irvine in Irvine, Calif. at 8 p.m. The Retrievers have not faced any of their three opponents before.

LAST TIME OUT: The Retrievers split a pair of matches in the Madison Bingaman Memorial Tournament at the RAC Arena on Aug. 29. UMBC defeated Long Island, 3-2, before falling to Northeastern, 2-3. Senior Ashley Oscars (Bakersfield, Calif./Liberty) had a game-high 20 kills in the win against the Blackbirds, while freshman Ali Loynachan (Whitby, Ontario, Canada/Sinclair) hit .556 with 11 kills and only one error against the Huskies.

SCOUTING THE COMPETITION: Long Beach State (0-2) started off the season with two tough top-25 teams, losing to San Diego State and #2 Texas. They are unofficially 26^th in the country, receiving 76 votes in this week’s poll. Indiana State is 1-3 on the season with their only win coming against SIU-Edwardsville. UC-Irvine jumped to #22 in this week’s national rankings after defeating UCONN, Nevada and then-#6 Cal. Kari Pestolesi was named the Sports Imports/AVCA Division I National Player of the Week after averaging 4.00 kills and 3.50 digs per set.

RETRIEVER STAT PAK:

SEASON HIGHS:

Stat         Player                        #          Opponent

Kills         Ashley Oscars           20         Long Island

Digs         Pam Jarrett                21        Long Island

Assists     Allie Spaay               55         Long Island

Blocks      Iman Kennedy           5          Northeastern

Aces        Ali Loynachan            4          Long Island

DOUBLE-DOUBLES

Player                         Opponent        Stat 1        Stat 2

Ashley Oscars              Northeastern    13 kills       10 assists

RETRIEVER RECORD BOOK:

With 97 attacks over the weekend, senior Ashley Oscars now has 3,209 for her career, the fifth-most in school history. Oscars also has 1,062 kills for her career, just two short of sixth place all-time. Senior Kira Giles is fourth all-time on the career assists’ list with 2,595 and eighth with 155 assisted blocks. Senior Pam Jarrett is two digs shy of ninth place on the all-time digs list with 919.

ATTACKS

         Name                       Attacks     Years

1.      Kelly O'Brien              5,055         1990-93

2.      Lisa Cline                  4,403         1995-98

3.      Megan McNamara      4,188         1995-98

4.      Jocelyn Teoh             3,458         2001-04

5.      Ashley Oscars          3,209         2006-09

KILLS

         Name                       Kills          Years

1.      Kelly O'Brien             2,161         1990-93

2.      Lisa Cline                  1,869         1995-98

3.      Megan McNamara     1,536         1995-98

4.      Dana Eberly              1,311         1993-96

5.      Jocelyn Teoh             1,288         2001-04

6.      Rehena Rentuma        1,064         1986, 88-91

7.      Ashley Oscars           1,062         2006-09

ASSISTS

         Name                       Assists      Years

1.      Lanae Baker              4,722         1995-98

2.      Megan Gross             3,647         2002-05

3.      Heather Hollidge         3,034         1999-00

4.      Kira Giles                 2,595         2006-09

ASSISTED BLOCKS

         Name                       AB             Years

1.      Kara Welniak            299            1997-00

2.      Jessie Folk               245            2003-06

3.      Jennifer Davis            227            1999-03

4.      Bridget Scheetz         221            2007-08

5.      Dana Eberly              191            1993-96

6.      Jocelyn Teoh             180            2001-04

7.      Ashley Hargrove        157            2005-06

8.      Kira Giles                155            2006-09

DIGS

         Name                       Digs          Years

1.      Christine Skala          1,482         2002-05

2.      Tracey Cullins            1,475         1988-91

3.      Lanae Baker              1,460         1995-98

4.      Kelly O'Brien              1,444         1990-93

5.      Megan McNamara      1,429         1995-98

6.      Jen Jewell                  1,422         1991-94

7.      Lisa Cline                  1,197         1995-98

8.      Megan Gross             1,073         2002-05

9.      Sarah Ball                  921            2005-08

10.    Pam Jarrett               919            2006-09