2010 women's volleyball media guide

CypressCHARGERS

2010 Volleyball

AlphabeticalNo. Name Pos.1 CatherineAragon S/DS4 NicoleBoyle OH12 StephanieCasillas OH3 KellyChiffer Opp/OH2 RoseGreco DS/Lib20 BritneyKronberger MB13 ChanningLaufou OH/Opp17 KelseyMersey MB11 MadisonMoss DS/Lib25 AlexandriaPoloa MB8 AshleySpaulding Opp/OH15 MarissaTomei OH21 GiajaidaVargas S

Coaching StaffHeadCoach: NancyWelliver(11thseason)AssistantCoaches: TeresaSestito(11thseason) ChelseaOldfield(2ndseason) AbbyGean(1stseason)

By ClassSophomores........................ 7Freshmen............................. 6

Pronunciation GuideKellyChiffer..........................Shi-furStephanieCasillas..........Ca-SIY-asChanningLaufou..............LaO-FOBritneyKronberger..KRON-burgerGiajaidaVargas...............Je-HY-daAlexandriaPoloa...............Po-lo-ah

BackRow(L-R):CoachTeresaSestito,KellyChiffer,NicoleBoyle,BritneyKronberger,KelseyMersey,AlexandriaPoloa,MarissaTomei,CoachNancyWelliver.MiddleRow(L-R):CoachChelseaOldfield,RoseGreco,MadisonMoss,ChanningLaufou,AshleySpaulding,StephanieCasillas,GiajaidaVargas,CatherineAragon.BottomRow(L-R):KaylaPace,AlexisKugel,AshleyFlores,BaileyMartini.(NotPictured):JoyKnepper

2010 Cypress Volleyball RosterNo.Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown-HighSchool1 CatherineAragon S/DS 5’5” So. LosAlamitosHS-Anaheim2 RoseGreco DS/Lib 5’2” So. St.JosephHS-Downey3 KellyChiffer Opp/OH5’11” So. LosAlamitosHS-SealBeach4 NicoleBoyle OH 6’0” So. Univ.ofTulsa/ChapelHillHS-ChapelHill,NC8 AshleySpaulding Opp/OH5’7” So. Coll.oftheSiskiyous/KennedyHS-LaPalma11 MadisonMoss DS/Lib 5’6” So. LakewoodHS-LongBeach12 StephanieCasillas OH 5’7” Fr. PioneerHS-Whittier13 ChanningLaufou OH/Opp5’8” Fr. KennedyHS-Cypress15 MarissaTomei OH 5’9” Fr. St.JosephHS-LongBeach17 KelseyMersey MB 6’0” Fr. LaMiradaHS-LaMirada20 BritneyKronberger MB 6’1” Fr. LawndaleHS-Gardena21 GiajaidaVargas S 5’7” So. KatellaHS-Anaheim25 AlexandriaPoloa MB 6’0” Fr. SavannaHS-AnaheimHeadCoach:NancyWelliverAssistantCoaches:TeresaSestito,ChelseaOldfield,AbbyGean

2010 Charger Volleyball Roster

Cypress College Chargers Volleyball 1

CHARGER FACTSCollege Information

Location.................... 9200 Valley View St.........................................Cypress,CA90630Founded........................................... 1966Enrollment..................................... 14,000Nickname................................... ChargersColors.................................. Navy & GoldAssociation................................. CCCAAConference...................... Orange EmpirePresident............. Michael J. Kasler, Ed.D.Athletic Director................... Diane HenryHome Court...................... Thorpe HouseWebsite............. www.cypresscollege.eduCollege Phone Number.... 714-484-7352Division Phone Number.... 714-484-7000

Volleyball StaffHead Coach...................... Nancy Welliver........................... (11th year, 28th overall)Alma Mater................. Long Beach StateWelliver’s Record............................ 121-97Welliver’s OEC Record..................... 74-66E-mail....... [email protected] Coach................ Teresa Sestito.......................................................(11thyear)AssistantCoach...............ChelseaOldfield........................................................(2ndyear)AssistantCoach........................AbbyGean........................................................ (1st year)VolleyballOfficePhone........714-484-7087www.cypresscollege.edu/wvolleyballTrainer......................................ScottTucker

EquipmentManager..............TeresaSestitoAcademicCounselor..............DanaBedardAthletic Secretary................ Yvonne CotaDivisionSecretary.................LuCayabyab

Sports InformationSportsInformationDirector...TeresaWangE-mail............. [email protected] Phone............................. 714-484-7356w w w.c y presscol lege .e du/ath le t ic s

Volleyball HistoryFirst Season of Volleyball......... 1976FirstVolleyballHeadCoach....GerryLivseyAll-TimeRecord...............................230-328All-TimeConferenceRecord.......124-210All-TimePostseasonRecord................10-10

2009 Season Review2009 Record........................................... 24-5Home Record............................................9-1AwayRecord.............................................8-2Neutral Site Record............................... 7-2PostseasonFinish....StateFinals,2ndPlaceLastOpponent.......................OrangeCoast......(L25-16,StateFinal,IfNecessaryGame)

2010 Team InformationLetterwinners Returning/Lost...........5/6Newcomers.................................................. 8Sophomores/Freshmen...........................7/6FirstOpponent...............PasadenaCollege

TABLE OF CONTENTSCreditsandChargerFacts.................. 12010SeasonPreview.............................2HeadCoachNancyWelliver.................3CoachingStaff.........................................4CatherineAragon..................................6RoseGreco..............................................6KellyChiffer.............................................7MadisonMoss........................................7GiajaidaVargas.......................................8NicoleBoyle............................................8AshleySpaulding...................................8StephanieCasillas..................................9ChanningLaufou...................................9MarissaTomei........................................9KelseyMersey.........................................9Redshirts................................................10Chargers Moving On........................ 11SupportingStaff....................................122009 Season in Review................ 13-14SingleSeasonRecordBook................16CareerRecordBook.............................17ChargerAthletics.................................18CypressCollege....................................19

CREDITSThe 2010 Women’s Volleyball MediaGuide is a publication of the CypressCollege Physical Education/Athlet-ics division. Written and designed byTeresa Wang. Photos by Teresa WangandDustinRoe.PrintedbytheNorthOrange County Community CollegeDistrict.

2010 CYPRESS VOLLEYBALL

2 Cypress College Chargers Volleyball

2010 SEASON PREVIEW

Head Coach Nancy Welliver enters her 11th season at Cypress after her most suc-cessful season with the program. Welliver has high hopes for the 2010 squad and is planning on expanding on the success from 2009.

OurCypressCollegewomen’svol-leyball team enters the seasonlooking to serve up a second-

straightOrangeEmpireConferencetitle.We won’t soon forget our 2009 season.Settingaprogramrecordforawardsinasingleseason,wecapturedourfirstOECtitle and the programs highest finish inthe State Championship Tournament.StartingsetterGiajaidaVargassaiditbestduringaninterviewafteroursemi-finalswin at the State Championships, “We’remoreofafamilythanateam.Everyoneontheteamcommunicateswitheachotherwell.”

Thatteamchemistrycarriedoverintoourspring training. Dominating inalloff-seasoncompetition,itwasevidentthatthisyear’steamhasthecapacitytodogreatthingsagain.Experienceandteamstability are the two cornerstones thatwe’vebuiltour2010 teamaround. Thisseason,oursquadboaststhereturnoffivecoresophomores, includingtheadditionoftwotransfersophomores,withateamofwellseasonedfreshman.Coupledwithastrongknowledgeofthegame,the2010versionofourCypressCollegevolleyballteam should prove to be a force to bereckonedwith

SetterGiajaidaVargasheadlinesour 2010 sophomore class as she entersherfinalseasoninaChargeruniform.Asourmostdecoratedplayerinasinglesea-son,GiahaslefthermarkintheChargervolleyball record books. As captain ofthisship,wewillagaindependheavilyon

herleadershiptoguideourteamtosuc-cess.

SecondTeamAllConferencese-lections,oppositehitterKellyChifferandliberoMadisonMossreturnafteranout-standing rookie campaign. Tooling theblock and clutch defense, both contrib-utedtotheconsistencyonthecourtthathelped win tight matches in 2009. Thatveteranleadershipwillbea largepartoftheirsophomoreperformances.

After spending the 2009 seasondefendingthebackrowforus,defensivespecialists Catherine Aragon and RoseGreco will be relied upon heavily againthis season. Two of our quickest play-ers,theyadddepthtotheaccuracyofourpassing game which frustrated teams in2009. Rose can play any position in theback row while Catherine fulfills morethanoneroleandstepsintoseta5-1atamoment’snotice.

We welcomed two transfersinto the program during the off-season.Outside hitter Nicole Boyle played herfreshman year in 2007 at D-I UniversityofTulsa.ShewillanchorourChargerof-fenseontheoutsidethisseason,steppingintoaverydemandingrole.Herhighlev-elofexperienceandability toadaptwillbeakeycomponenttothesuccessofthis

year’s team. Ashley Spaulding roundsoutoursophomoreclassafterplayingherfreshman year in 2008 at the College oftheSiskiyousinNorthernCalifornia.Asaversatileplayer capableoffillingmanypositions and our lone left-handed at-tacker,wewillbeutilizinghercraftyof-fensivegametoouradvantagewhereeverneeded.

The potential of our freshmanclass is exciting. Britney Kronberger,Kelsey Mersey, and Alexandria PoloawillbeourdefenseatthenetbybringingheighttoanormallysmallCypressteam.Instinctive and intimidating blockers,they give the 2010 squad an edge we’vebeenwaitingfor.

Swinging from the outside hit-ting position, Stephanie Casillas andMarissaTomei,aredeceptivelygoodath-letes. Theycanproduceonoffensewithagreatrangeofswingsandsmartsshotswhile also delivering on defense withquickreactions.

Finishing up the freshman classis Channing Laufou who can fill anynumber of spots on the court. Offen-sivelyshejumpswellandcanhitfromtheoutsideoroppositepositions.Sheisalsoaneffectivesetterwhocanruntheoffensewithouthesitation.

Withallofthetalentandfamil-iaritywitheachotherweareexpectingabigseason–butitwon’tbeeasy.Unlikealotofprogramsoutthere,wehaveatoughpre-seasonschedule.Ourtoughscheduleearlyonpreparesourplayers for the in-tensecompetitionthatmakestheOrangeEmpire Conference the best conferenceinCalifornia.And,whileIthinkwehavethetalent,itisgoingtobetheheartandcompetitive drive of our players that isgoingtomakethisanexcitingyear.

“We’re more ofa family than ateam.”-GiajaidaVargas

“It is going to be the heartand competitive drive ofourplayersthatisgoingtomakethisanexcitingyear.”

HeadcoachNancyWelliverisen-teringher28thyearofcoaching

includingthelasttenyearsatCypress.SheledCypresstotheirbestfinishinprogramhistoryin2009.Welliverledthe Chargers to their first ever Or-ange Empire Conference champion-shipandasecondplacefinish inthestatetournament.Shewasrewarded

for the team’s success being namedthe2009OrangeEmpireConferenceCoachof theYear.Welliverhasbuilttheprogramintooneofthebestinthestateandamassingmorewinsthanallof her predecessors at Cypress com-bined. Before Cypress, Welliver spent

fourteen years at Cerritos CollegemakingeightappearancesattheStateChampionships with four runner-upfinishesandoneStateChampionshipTitle in 1992. She also spent sometimeatFullertonCollegegoingtotheState Championships two out of herthreeyearsthere.

NANCY WELLIVERHeadCoach11thSeason


CYPRESS HEAD COACH

WELLIVER’SRECORDATCYPRESSYear Overall Conference Record Record PostSeason2000 11-11 6-8(5th) 1stRound2001 14-6 9-5(3rd) 2ndRound2002 8-11 5-9(5th)2003 11-8 8-6(4th) 1stRound2004 13-10 8-6(4th) StateTournament/5th2005 10-9 8-6(4th) 1stRound2006 7-14 5-9(5th)2007 9-14 5-9(5th)2008 14-9 8-6(5th)2009 24-5 12-2(1st) StateTournament/2ndTotal 121-97 74-66 (.555) (.529)

PREVIOUSCYPRESSCOACHES Overall ConferenceYear Record Record PostSeason Coach1976 5-11 GerryLivsey1977 7-9 4-6 GerryLivsey1982 0-12 KenRubino1983 3-9 KenRubino1984 9-5 KenRubino1985 1-15 1-13 KenRubino1986 4-13 2-8 KenRubino1987 5-12 3-7 KenRubino1988 0-19 0-12 KenRubino1989 6-12 3-9 KenRubino1990 9-7 5-7 KenRubino1991 10-10 3-9 GerryLivsey1992 3-13 2-10 GerryLivsey1993 1-16 0-12 GerryLivsey1994 3-16 1-11 GerryLivsey1995 3-15 1-11 GerryLivsey1996 7-12 2-10 LindaBohm1997 10-9 6-8 1stRound MichaelSoylular1998 9-10 6-8 1stRound MichaelSoylular1999 14-6 11-3 1stRound MichaelSoylular

Teresa SestitoAssistantCoach

11thSeason

Sestito has spent the last decade incoaching starting in1996atLake-

wood High School with the frosh/soph boys team while concurrentlybeginning her tenure with the SealBeachVolleyballClub.In1997,Sestitoreturned to her alma mater at LongBeach City as an assistant coach fortwoseasons.In2000,shesettledatCy-press. Beforecoaching,Sestitohadasuc-cessful playing career beginning atLakewoodHighSchoolasa four-yearvarsitystandoutandcaptain.ShealsoparticipatedinclubplayasapartoftheIchiban Volleyball Club for six years.Sestito began her collegiate career at

LongBeachCityastheirstartingmid-dleblockerwhere she led theVikingstoasecondplacefinishlosingtoGold-enWestinadoublefinalandthenfol-lowingwithathirdplacefinishin1996losingtoWelliver’sFullertonHornets.SheearnedFirstTeamall-SouthCoastConference.Fromthere,Sestitomovedon to Sonoma State setting a confer-encerecordfordigsinasinglematch.ShewasSonoma’sstartingoutsidehit-terandcaptainleadingtheteamindigsandsecondinkills. AtCypress,Sestitowillbeworkingwiththesettersandmiddleblockers.


COACHING STAFF

Chelsea OldfieldAssistantCoach

2ndSeason

Oldfield returns to Cypress as acoachfortheChargersafterplay-

ing two years on the volleyball andbasketball teamsandservedasacap-tain of the 2008 volleyball team. Shegraduated from Cypress in 2009 andwasnamedtheOutstandingGraduate

oftheYear.ShecurrentlyattendsLongBeach State and is majoring in Nurs-ing.OldfieldcametoCypress in2007asagraduateofCalvaryChapelwhereshecaptainedboththebasketballandvolleyballteams.

Abby GeanStudentAssistant

1stSeason

GeanbeginshercoachingcareeratCypress.Shecomesto theChar-

gers from Fresno City College whereshe received her associate’s degree.

SheplayedinhighschoolandhaseightyearsofclubexperiencewiththeFres-no Volleyball Club. She will work onrecruitingwithCypress.


2010 Player Prof lesi

2009 Orange Empire Conference MVPGIAJAIDA VARGAS


PLAYER PROFILES

#1 CATHERINE ARAGON5’5”SophomoreS/DS

LosAlamitosHS-Anaheim

At Cypress College: Aragonplayedin30matchesfortheChar-gers in2009…wassecondontheteaminassists(95)…finishedtheyearwith177digs…had42assistsand five aces in just four gamesagainstSantaMonicaonSeptem-ber25th.

High School Highlights: Led theGriffins to four straight SunsetLeague Championships… won aState CIF Championship as a ju-nior… excelled academically onHonorRoll.

Personal: Born on April 27th,1990… parents are Roni and JoeAragon… siblings are Bethany,Andrade,andRebecca…majoringinmusic…goalswhileatCypressinclude working hard as a teamandwinningstate.

#2 ROSE GRECO5’2”SophomoreDS/Libero

St.JosephHS-Downey

AtCypressCollege:Grecoplayedin28matchesfortheChargersin2009… produced 23 aces with a.973 serve percentage… finishedtheyearwith253digsand16as-sists…had26assistsandoneaceagainstFullertononOctober2nd.

High School Highlights: Namedthe Jesters’ Best Defensive Playertwice… finished her senior sea-sonwith325digs…playedontheHope Club team… also playedsoftball.

Personal: Born on May 20th,1991… parents are Joseph andMonicaGreco…siblingsareNata-lie,Serina,andJessica…majoringinpsychology…heroisherdad.


PLAYER PROFILES

#11 MADISON MOSS5’6”SophomoreDS/LiberoLakewoodHS-LongBeach

AtCypressCollege:Mossfinishedthe year as a 2009 Second Teamall-OrangeEmpireConferencese-lection…playedinall33matchesfortheChargers…finishedsecondon the team indigswith380and3.58digspergame…ledtheteaminservereceives(73)andwasthirdontheteaminaces(34)…had26digs, five assists, and two acesagainst Golden West on Novem-ber13th.

High School Highlights: Led theLancerstoaCIFStateChampion-shipasajuniorandaquarterfinalfinishasasenior…atwo-timeSec-ondTeamall-Mooreleagueselec-tion…wonaMooreLeaguecham-pionshipasajunior…alsonamedaScholarAthleteandGovernmentStudentoftheYear.

Personal:BornonFebruary20th,1991… parents are Russell and CrystalMoss…sister isLindsay…major isunde-cided…goalistowinaconferencetitle.

#3 KELLY CHIFFER5’11”SophomoreOpp/OHLosAlamitosHS-SealBeach

At Cypress College: Chiffer fin-ished the year as a 2009 SecondTeam all-Orange Empire Confer-ence selection… played in all 33matches for the Chargers… fin-ished third on the team in kills(231) and kills per game (2.10)…had 24 aces, 144 digs, and a .924serving percentage… had 15 killsand nine digs in the state semi-finalsagainstIrvineValleyonDe-cember5th.

High School Highlights: A four-year standout for the Griffins…earned two straight State Cham-pionships and followed with twostraightCIFSemifinalappearanc-es…ledtheGriffinstoafirstplacefinish at the Gahr Tournament…wasafour-yearScholarAthlete.

Personal: Born on November11th, 1991… parents are FloydandKimberlyChiffer…siblingsareNicoleandJennifer…majoringinbiology…father

playedmajorleaguebaseballwiththePa-dres.


PLAYER PROFILES

#4 NICOLE BOYLE6’0”SophomoreOH

Univ.ofTulsa/ChapelHillHS-ChapelHillNC

At University of Tulsa: Tied the Hurri-cane’srecordforacesinaseasonwith60inher freshmanseason in2007…ledtheteam to a Conference USA champion-ship…wasnamedtotheTulsaClassicall-Tournamentteam.

HighSchoolHighlights:Afour-year let-ter winner for the Tigers… was namedall-statetwiceandall-PAC6threetimes…was named the team MVP as a sopho-more…earnedaspotontheTigerInvita-tionalAll-TournamentTeam…ledChapelHill to a state championship as a fresh-man…appearedinfourconsecutivestatetournamentappearances…alsoletteredinbasketball.

Personal: Born on September 22nd,1988… parents are Korina and ChrisBouldin… siblings are Chris, Eric, Chris-tie,Wendy,Maggie,andJimmy…majoringin graphic design… personal hero is hergrandmother.

#8 ASHLEY SPAULDING5’7”SophomoreOpp/OH

Siskiyous/KennedyHS-LaPalma

At College of the Siskiyous: Played withtheEaglesin2008.

High School Highlights: A four-yearstandout for the Fighting Irish… a twoyearcaptain…named the team’sMVPasa senior… set the school record for acesandkills…wasnamedMostImprovedas

afreshman.

Personal: Born on June 3rd, 1990… par-entsareMariaO’TooleandJosephSpauld-ing… siblings are Jayson, Makenna, andKade… major is undecided… favoritequoteis,“cleareyes,fullhearts,can’tlose.”

#21 GIAJAIDA VARGAS5’7”SophomoreSetterKatellaHS-Anaheim

At Cypress College: Vargas fin-ished her freshman season withone of the most prolific seasonsfor a setter in Charger history…named the 2009 Orange EmpireConference Most Valuable Play-er…placedontheAll-Stateteam…ledtheteamwith1149assists,sec-ond in the program record bookfor assists in a season… finishedthe year with 10.64 assists pergame,377digs,and102kills…alsoledtheteaminaceswith58…hada season high 60 assists againstSanta Barbara City on November28th.

High School Highlights: A four-year standout for the Knights… athree-time First Team all-EmpireLeague selection… earned a Sec-ond Team all-League selection asa freshman… honored with theCoaches’ Award as a junior… had 42 as-sists,29digs,sevenblocks,andninekillsinonegame…alsoparticipated insoccerandtrack.

Personal:BornonDecember20th,1990…parentsareGuillermoandRosaVargas…siblingsareEricka,Deborah,Sandra,Geo,Guillermo,andAaron…majoringinedu-cation…goalistoplayeverygameasifitwasherlast.


PLAYER PROFILES

#12 STEPHANIE CASILLAS5’7”FreshmanOH

PioneerHS-Whittier

High School Highlights: A three-yearstandout for the Titans… named FirstTeam all-Del Rio League as a senior andsecond team twice… named the team’sMVP as a senior and earned two all-tournament teamselections…earnedtheteam’s Player Award twice… also lettered

inSoccer.

Personal:BornonSeptember25th,1992…parents are Jorge and Susana Casillas…siblingsareChristianandJorge…majorisundecided… her personal heroes are herparents.

#13 CHANNING LAUFOU5’8”FreshmanOH/OppKennedyHS-Whittier

HighSchoolHighlights:Astartingvarsi-tysetterasajuniorfortheFightingIrish…wastheJVcaptainasasophomore…alsoletteredinbasketball.

Personal: Born on October 3rd, 1992…parents are Imoa and Krystina Laufou…siblingisInfinity…majoringincommuni-cations…cametoCypressbecauseofthe“greatcoaching.”

#15 MARISSA TOMEI5’9”FreshmanOH

St.JosephHS-LongBeach

HighSchoolHighlights:Athree-yearlet-ter winner for the Jesters… earned a DelRey League championship as a sopho-more… was named Second Team all-DelReyLeagueasasenior…earnedthePresi-dentialAward forAcademicExcellence…also participated in the Mizuno LongBeachandRootsVolleyballClubs.

Personal:BornonAugust4th,1992…par-ents are Bruce and Kari Tomei… siblingsare Jenna and Kevin… majoring in diag-nosticmedicalsonography…cametoCy-pressbecauseshe,“wantedtobepartofawinningprogram.”

#17 KELSEY MERSEY6’0”FreshmanMB

LaMiradaHS-LaMirada

High School Highlights: A two-year let-terwinnerfortheMatadors…earnedFirstTeamall-SuburbanLeagueandFirstTeamall-Areaselectionsasasenior…namedtheteam’s MVP as a senior… made it to theCIFsemi-finalsasajunior…graduatedon

thehonorroll.

Personal:BornonDecember13th,1991…parentsareLisaandRoyBeattie…siblingsareRyan,Zach,andAllie…majorisunde-cided…favoriteaspectaboutvolleyball isthatthegamecouldchangeatanytime.

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PLAYER PROFILES

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ASHLEY FLORESRedshirt

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#20 BRITNEY KRONBERGER6’1” Freshman MB

Lawndale HS - Gardena

High School Highlights: Was named the Cardinal’s Most Improved as a sopho-more… also lettered in basketball and track… also participated in the Black Stu-dent Union and Delta Kappa Sorority.

Personal: Born on November 17th, 1990…

parents are Shannon and Warren Kron-berger… siblings are Lanya and Kelani… majoring in sports management… goal for the season is, “to be the best player I can be.”

#25 ALEXANDRIA POLOA6’0” Freshman MB

Savanna HS - Anaheim

High School Highlights: A two-year let-ter winner for the Rebels… named the Best Offensive Player as a senior… a two year scholar-athlete… earned the Rebel of a Character award as a senior… named the Most Inspirational as a Junior… also let-tered in basketball and track… earned the

Youth Lead by Example Award.

Personal: Born on February 11th, 1992… parents are Livi Poloa and Rebecca Palala… siblings are April, Teuila, Krystal, Storm, and Elizabeth… majoring in psychology… came to Cypress because, “I want to work with the best.”


#11 MADISON MOSS5’5”SophomoreDS

LakewoodHS-LongBeach

KatieSaavedrasignsherletterofintenttoHendersonState.

CHARGERS MOVING ONHeadcoachNancyWelliverhashad69playersmoveontofour-yearUniversitiesasaheadcoachincluding15whileatCypress.

2001 LillyTufuga,BYU-Hawaii2002 ChristineTran,CalStateDominguezHills JenniferBullock.CalPolyPomona2003 JessicaMorales.LouisandClarkCollege KristenHillstead.CalStateHayward ArisaAngcaco,NotreDameCollege2004 KathyHaas,HendersonStateUniversity BriannaJames,Master’sCollege TordraSessions,NorthCarolinaCentral2005 NancyLaguna,CalStateLosAngeles StacyWilder,CalStateDominguezHills2006 KarlaAndree,UniversityofSouthCarolinaUpstate2007 ErinWimberly,DominicanUniversity2008 CourtneyFresenius,CalStateDominguezHills

2009 KatieSaavedra,HendersonState

Be the next to join a tradition of success. Contact Head Coach Nancy Welliver and begin your career as a Cypress Charger.

[email protected]:www.cypresscollege.edu/wvolleyball


SUPPORTING STAFFAthletic Director - Diane Henry

HenryhasledtheCypressCollegePhysicalEducationandAthleticsdepartmentsince1992astheDepartmentDeanandAthleticDirector.HenrybeganherCypressCol-

legecareerasthewomen’sathletictrainerin1978,becomingthetrainerfortheschoolin1980.Duringhertenure,Henryhasservedonnumerousboardsandcommitteeswithinthecampus. ShehasaMastersinEducationfromAzusaPacificUniversityandaB.A.andM.A.inPhysicalEducationfromCSULongBeach.Phone:714-484-7355 Email:[email protected]

Sports Information Director - Teresa Wang

WangisinherfifthyearastheCharger’sSportsInformationDirector.ShebeganherstintatCypressasanassistantforthewomen’sbasketballteamwhereshewaspart

ofthe2004-05StateChampionshipstaff. ShehasherB.A.fromUniversityofCaliforniaBerkeleyineconomics,amaster’sde-greeinSportManagementfromtheUniversityofSanFrancisco,andamastersinClinicalPsychologyfromAntiochUniversity.Phone:714-484-7356 Email:[email protected]

Athletic Trainer - Scott Tucker

Tuckerisinhis25thyearastheheadathletictrainer.HeisinchargeofthehealthcareofallofCypress’sstudentathletes.Heisknownforhiscommitmenttothestrength

andconditioningofourstudentathletesandconductsseveralongoingvolunteerpro-grams. HeisagraduatefromtheUniversityofUtah,wherehealsotaughtathletictrain-ingcoursesaswellasfirstaid/CPR.Tuckerisalsoanadjunctfacultymember-teachingcoursesinathletictrainingandFirstAid.Phone:714-484-7381 Email:[email protected]

Academic Counselor - Dana Bedard

Bedardbeginshis18thyearasacounselorandprofessoratCypressCollege.Thiswillbethetenthyearhehasbeenresponsiblefortheathleticcounselingcomponentofthe

athleticprogram. BedardisalsotheCypressMen’sGolfcoachandisenteringhiseighthseason.Phone:714-484-7276 Email:[email protected]

Compliance OfficerYvonne Cota

Phone:714-484-7276Email: [email protected]

EquipmentCoordinatorTeresa Sestito

Phone:714-484-7376Email:[email protected]


2009 SEASON IN REVIEW

The 2009 Chargers made plenty of history earningthe program’s first ever Orange Empire Conference

Championship.Theteamalsotookaprogrambest24-5record to the best finish in school history in the StateChampionshipsfinishingsecond. Cypress was locked in a competitive race to thefinishinconferenceanditallcamedowntothelastmatchoftheconferenceseason.TheChargersmadeastatementfinishing off Riverside in a 3-0 sweep to clinch the co-championships. The Chargers earned a playoff spot for the firsttimesince2005andmadethebestofit.Theystartedwitha3-0firstroundsweepofCerritosathomebeforehead-ingontheroadtotakeonSantaBarbaraintheRegionalFinals.TheChargersfoughttothefifthsetandtookdown

theVaqueroswitha15-11fifthsetwintoadvancetotheStateChampionshipTournament. TheteamtravelledtoStocktontobegintheeightteamtournamenttodeterminetheStateChampions.Cy-pressstartedwithaquicksweepofSantaRosaandBakers-fieldfindingthemselvesinthesemi-finalsagainstOECri-valsIrvineValley.CypressslippedbyinafivesetwintoearnaspotintheChampionshipmatch. TheStateChampionshipmatchfeaturedthetwoOEC co-Champions as Cypress took on Orange Coast.The Chargers had made it through the tournament un-defeatedupuntilthatpointbutlost3-1toOrangeCoastforcingaonegamedo-or-diesituation.CypressfelltothePirates25-16endingtheseasoninsecond.

2009 SEASON IN REVIEW2009 Results

Date Opponent Location Result Record8/28 Mt.Sac-PasadenaQuad Pasadena W3-1 1-08/28 Pasadena-PasadenaQuad Pasadena W3-0 2-09/2 ElCamino ElCamino L1-3 2-19/11 SanDiegoMesa Cypress W3-2 3-19/12 CuyamacaTourn.-Desert Cuyamaca W2-09/12 CuyamacaTourn.-Cerritos Cuyamaca W2-19/12 CuyamacaTourn.-Cuyamaca Cuyamaca W2-09/12 CuyamacaTourn.-SDCity Cuyamaca W2-09/18 SDMesaTourn.-Grossmont SDMesa W3-0 4-19/18 SDMesaTourn.-Palomar SDMesa W3-1 5-19/19 SDMesaTourn.-ElCamino SDMesa L1-3 5-29/19 SDMesaTourn.-SJDelta SDMesa W3-0 6-29/25 SantaMonica Cypress W3-1 7-210/2 *Fullerton Fullerton W3-1 8-2,1-010/7 *Saddleback Cypress W3-0 9-2,2-010/9 *OrangeCoast Cypress L2-3 9-3,2-110/14*IrvineValley IrvineValley L0-3 9-4,2-210/16*SantaAna Cypress W3-0 10-4,3-210/21*GoldenWest GoldenWest W3-0 11-4,4-210/23*Riverside Riverside W3-2 12-4,5-210/28*Fullerton Cypress W3-1 13-4,6-210/30*Saddleback Saddleback W3-0 14-4,7-211/4 *OrangeCoast OrangeCoast W3-2 15-4,8-211/6 *IrvineValley Cypress W3-0 16-4,9-211/11*SantaAna SantaAna W3-0 17-4,10-211/13*GoldenWest Cypress W3-2 18-4,11-211/18*Riverside Cypress W3-0 19-4,12-211/24#Cerritos Cypress W3-0 20-411/28#SantaBarbaraCity SantaBarbaraW3-2 21-412/4 ^SantaRosa SJDelta W3-0 22-412/5 ^Bakersfield SJDelta W3-0 23-412/5 ÎrvineValley SJDelta W3-2 24-412/6 ÔrangeCoast SJDelta L1-3 24-512/6 ÔrangeCoast SJDelta L0-1 24-5*OrangeEmpireConference#Regionals^StateChampionships

2009 STATISTICS |--------ATTACK-------| |---SET---||--------SERVE--------| |--RECEPT--||--DIG--| |--------BLOCKING--------|##Name GP MPK K/G E TA Pct A A/G SA SA/GSE TA Pct RE TA Pct DIGD/G BSBA Tot B/G BE BHE1 CatherineAragon 95 30 5 0.05 1 19 .211 95 1.00 9 0.09 11 90 .878 23 160 .856177 1.86 0 1 1 0.01 1 452 RoseGreco 74 28 1 0.01 1 4 .000 16 0.22 23 0.31 7 257 .973 33 286 .885253 3.42 0 0 0 0.00 0 903 KellyChiffer 110 33 231 2.10 77 672 .229 76 0.69 24 0.22 25 331 .924 3 19 .842144 1.31 3 42 45 0.41 28 615 AnnaTapu 36 13 55 1.53 23 171 .187 4 0.11 6 0.17 7 56 .875 2 5 .60038 1.06 6 25 31 0.86 25 66 KatieSaavedra 113 32 395 3.50 1141085.259 26 0.23 24 0.21 16 293 .945 44 454 .903459 4.06 9 26 35 0.31 36 1227 SarahRay 24 9 45 1.88 25 136 .147 8 0.33 5 0.21 5 34 .853 0 6 1.0018 0.75 9 12 21 0.88 12 59 KelseyWall 7 4 11 1.57 7 43 .093 2 0.29 1 0.14 1 16 .938 3 20 .85018 2.57 0 1 1 0.14 1 910JazmineSamoa 92 28 105 1.14 30 279 .269 7 0.08 18 0.20 13 271 .952 1 18 .944100 1.09 1056 66 0.72 42 2511MadisonMoss 106 33 6 0.06 3 31 .097 24 0.23 34 0.32 27 355 .924 73 451 .838380 3.58 0 0 0 0.00 0 10012MarinaSamoa 100 30 450 4.50 1401174.264 38 0.38 45 0.45 22 354 .938 41 382 .893502 5.02 1127 38 0.38 41 12513BriannaKelly 8 4 15 1.88 10 48 .104 1 0.12 1 0.12 1 11 .909 4 21 .81025 3.12 1 2 3 0.38 3 415JulieReich 4 3 0 0.00 2 5 -.40022 5.50 0 0.00 0 1 1.00 0 3 1.005 1.25 0 0 0 0.00 1 416JessicaHarrington5 3 0 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.00 1 0.20 1 20 .950 1 9 .88914 2.80 0 0 0 0.00 0 521GiajaidaVargas 108 31 102 0.94 14 268 .328 114910.6458 0.54 38 475 .920 2 4 .500377 3.49 6 32 38 0.35 48 7122KaylaPace 102 31 176 1.73 52 421 .295 5 0.05 0 0.00 0 0 .000 2 3 .33327 0.26 1058 68 0.67 56 9 CYPRESS............. 115 33 159713.894994356.252 147312.812492.17 1742564 .932 2362070.886253722.0665282 206 1.79 294 681

Final OEC StandingsTeam Conf. Pct. Overall Pct.1. OrangeCoast 12-2 .857 18-2 .9001. Cypress 12-2 .857 19-4 .8263. IrvineValley 10-4 .714 14-4 .7784. Riverside 8-6 .571 17-10 .6305. GoldenWest 6-8 .429 13-10 .5655. Fullerton 6-8 .429 11-11 .5007. SantaAna 1-13 .071 3-14 .1767. Saddleback 1-13 .071 3-16 .159

Post-Season AwardsOrangeEmpireConferenceCoachoftheYearNancyWelliver

OrangeEmpireConferenceMVPGiajaidaVargas

All-StateGiajaidaVargas

AllSouthern-CaliforniaMarinaSamoa

OrangeEmpireConference1stTeamMarinaSamoaKatieSaavedra

OrangeEmpireConference2ndTeamKellyChifferMadisonMoss

OrangeEmpireConferenceHonorableMentionKaylaPace



CHARGER SINGLE SEASON RECORD BOOKAttack Leaders

Kills in a Match1. MarinaSamoa 34 20082. MarinaSamoa 30 20083. KristenHillstead 29 20024. MarinaSamoa 27 20095. KatieSaavedra 25 20095. MarinaSamoa 25 20095. MarinaSamoa 25 20095. NicoleHolmes 25 20075. TasiTautolo 25 20025. PoliOlevao 25 2002

Kills1. MarinaSamoa 479 20082. MarinaSamoa 450 20093. KatieSaavedra 395 20094. NicoleHolmes 366 20075. LulyTufuga 357 2001

Kills per Game1. HeatherStorey 5.41 19992. ErikaWilliams 4.57 19993. MarinaSamoa 4.56 20084. MarinaSamoa 4.50 20095. NicoleHolmes 3.94 2007

Attack Percentage(min 3 attempts/game)1. CelesteManligius 0.372 19992. HeatherStorey 0.359 19993. KathyHaas 0.344 20034. LilyTufuga 0.340 20015. KatieFitzpatrick 0.340 2005

Assist LeadersAssists1. RachelleOlivier 1164 20012. GiajaidaVargas 1149 20093. KathyHaas 1104 2004

4. CourtneyFresenius 888 20075. EmilyLugo 873 2006

Assists per Game1. RachelleOlivier 11.41 20012. KathyHaas 10.72 20043. JenniferBullock 10.66 20024. GiajaidaVargas 10.64 20095. EmilyLugo 10.44 2005

DefenseDigs1. MeatuaiFuatai 754 20072. NancyLaguna 735 20053. NancyLaguna 640 20044. BicTa 505 20015. MarinaSamoa 502 2009

Digs per Game1. MeatuaiFuatai 8.20 20072. NancyLaguna 8.17 2005

3. PoliOlevao 6.53 20024. NancyLaguna 6.21 20045. KristenHillstead 6.14 2003

Blocks1. LilyTufuga 226 20012. TammyLavender 179 19983. CrystalPrehn 158 20014. KellyFleischman 144 19975. JenniferLutu 106 2003

Blocks per Game1. KellyFleischman 2.286 19972. TammyLavender 2.238 19983. LilyTufuga 2.132 20014. JessicaStutts 1.902 19955. MarissaFoasberg 1.651 1997

ServingAces1. LilyTufuga 64 20012. BicTa 61 20013. GiajaidaVargas 58 20094. JessicaMiles 59 19985. MarissaFoasberg 52 1997

Aces per Game1. MarisaFoasberg 0.825 19972. HeatherStorey 0.761 19993. CamillaRamsey 0.742 19914. JessicaMiles 0.738 19985. EstherArbiso 0.719 1991

LilyTufuga

KristenHillstead

KathyHaas

MeatuaiFuatai


CHARGER CAREER RECORD BOOKAttack Leaders

Kills1. MarinaSamoa 929 2008-092. KatieSaavedra 575 2008-093. TordraSessions 559 2003-044. ChristineTran 522 2000-015. SheenaLewis 517 2005-06

Kills per Game (min 100 GP)1. MarinaSamoa 4.53 2008-092. TordraSessions 3.31 2003-043. SheenaLewis 3.17 2005-064. KatieSaavedra 2.83 2008-095. ChristineTran 2.75 2000-01

Attack Percentage(min 3 attempts/game)1. CelesteManligius 0.372 19992. HeatherStorey 0.359 19993. LilyTufuga 0.340 2000-014. ErikaWilliams 0.335 19995. KatieFitzpatrick 0.329 2005-06

Assist LeadersAssists1. KathyHaas 1837 2003-042. EmilyLugo 1729 2005-063. CourtneyFresenius 1260 2007-084. *RachelleOlivier 1164 20015. *GiajaidaVargas 1149 2009

Assists per Game(min 100 games played)1. RachelleOlivier 11.41 20012. EmilyLugo 10.35 2005-063. KathyHaas 10.04 2003-044. NicoleWilcox 9.35 20055. JessicaMiles 7.81 1998-99

DefenseDigs1. NancyLaguna 1375 2004-052. MeatuaiFuatai 1214 2007-083. MarinaSamoa 934 2008-094. KatieSaavedra 810 2008-095. BicTa 792 2000-01

Digs per Game1. NancyLaguna 7.12 2004-052. MeatuaiFuatai 6.70 2007-082. KristenHillstead 5.52 2002-034.. MarinaSamoa 4.56 2008-095. BicTa 4.15 2000-01

Blocks1. LilyTufuga 311 2000-012. TammyLavender 240 1998-993. JenniferLutu 189 2003-044. KatieFitzpatrick 187 2005-065. *CrystalPrehn 158 2001

Blocks per Game(min 200 games played)1. TammyLavender 1.983 1998-992. LilyTufuga 1.603 2000-013. CrystalPrehn 1.450 20014. CassandraHarris 1.313 2002-035. KatieFitzpatrick 1.069 2005-06

ServingAces1. MarinaSamoa 86 2008-092. JessicaMiles 79 1998-993. ArianaHopkins 71 1997-984. KathyHaas 69 2003-045. LilyTufuga 64 2000-01

Aces per Game(min 100 games played)1. JessicaMiles 0.627 1998-992. ArianaHopkins 0.568 1997-983. MarinaSamoa 0.420 2008-094. AmyPurtell 0.400 1998-995. KristenHillstead 0.387 2002-03

MarinaSamoa

KatieSaavedra

NancyLaguna

KatieFitzpatrick


Cypress Community Col-legeboastsawellroundedphysical education cur-

riculum along with a successfulsports program featuring 13 in-tercollegiate teams and a strongsupportstaffofprofessionals.Theschool also has a wheelchair bas-ketballprogram. Student-athletes are providedquality individual instruction, thechance to de-velop to theirfull potentialandtheoppor-tunitytoearnafour-year col-lege or univer-sity scholar-ship. C y p r e s s ,which offers seven sports forwomen and six for men, has hadasolid line-upof teamsand indi-vidual athletes who have excelledsince the college first opened itsdoorsin1966.Inrecentyears,thebaseball, softball, women’s soccerandwomen’sbasketballprograms

havetakencenterstage. In 1997 thebaseball andsoftball squads,coached bybrothers Scottand Brad Pickler,captured statechampionships.The baseball crown was the third

of the 1990s under thedirectionofScottPicklerwhohasover700winsinhis22yearsattheschooland captured the statechampionship again in2003. Trevor Hoffmanof the San Diego Padres,whoplayedatCypressin1986and1987, isa four-

time Major League all-star andholdstheMajorLeaguerecordforcareersaves. Brad Pickler, has also had agreat deal of success. He has ledthe softball team to a record sixstate titles while winning over1,000games.TheChargers werethe first Cali-fornia school tocapture threeconsecutivestatechampionships(1997, 1998,1999).

Cypress only start-ed playing intercolle-giate women’s soccerin 1991, but the lateRayHaasquicklybuiltthe program into aconsistentwinner.TheChargers won StateChampionships in1998, 1999 and 2004.

Cypress’27-0 season in1999wasrewarded with a No. 1 nationalranking by the National SoccerCoachesAssociationofAmerica. Cypress captured its firstwomen’sbasketballchampionshipin 2005. Margaret Mohr’s teamset a school record with 28 wins

againstfivedefeats. Cypress enjoysstrong support fromthe community andstudent body, who arepartofthetraditionallypopular athletic pro-gram.

CypressCollegeStateChampionshipsArchery-1979,1980,1981,1982Baseball-1991,1994,1997,2003

Men’sBasketball-1977,1980Women’sBasketball-2005

Women’sGolf-1997Women’sSoccer-1998,1999,2004

Softball-1991,1997,1998,1999,2006,2010

2003 Baseball State Champions

2010 Softball State Champions

2005 Basketball State Champions

2004 Soccer State Champions

1977 Basketball State Champions

CHARGER ATHLETICS


CYPRESS COLLEGECypress College enriches students’ lives by providing high quality

educationfortransfertofour-yearinstitutions,associatedegrees,careertechnicaleducation,andcertificatecoursework,aswellasbasicskillsandopportunitiesforlifelonglearning.Thecollegeiscommittedto promoting student learning and success, embracing diversity, andcontributingtoboththeeconomicandsocialdevelopmentofthesur-roundingcommunity.

Cypress College is a comprehensive two-year, public college. As a member of the 109-campus California Community Col-lege System, we offer the following:

FULL-CREDIT: 58 bachelor’s-degree pro-grams are equivalent to the first two years at Cal State, the University of California, and many private universities

FAST: 141 career-certificate programs, completed in one semester to two years

EARN MORE: Associate’s degrees in 51 areas of study; earning an associate’s de-gree boosts lifetime earnings by $250,000

LOW COST: $78, plus books, for a typical class

FINANCIAL AID: Cypress College ad-ministers more than $12 million annually

FLEXIBLE: Classes available during the day, evening, on the weekend and even online community that embraces diverse individuals, provides an accessible, sup-portive climate and encourages a variety of perspectives and opinions.

#1 Catherine Aragon5’5” Sophomore S/DS

Los Alamitos HS - Anaheim

#2 Rose Greco5’2” Sophomore DS/Libero

St. Joseph HS - Downey

#3 Kelly Chiffer5’11” Sophomore Opp/OH

Los Alamitos HS - Seal Beach

#4 Nicole Boyle6’0” Sophomore OH

University of Tulsa - Chapel Hill , NC

Head Coach Nancy Welliver11th Season

Long Beach State

#12 Stephanie Casillas5’7” Freshman OH

Pioneer HS - Whittier

#11 Madison Moss5’6” Sophomore DS/LiberoLakewood HS - Long Beach

#8 Ashley Spaulding5’7” Sophomore Opp/OH

College of the Siskiyous - La Palma

#13 Channing Laufou5’8” Freshman OH/OppKennedy HS - Cypress

#15 Marissa Tomei5’9” Freshman OH

St. Joseph HS - Long Beach

#17 Kelsey Mersey6’0” Freshman MB

La Mirada HS - La Mirada

#20 Britney Kronberger6’1” Freshman MB

Lawndale HS - Gardena

#21 Giajaida Vargas5’7” Sophomore SetterKatella HS - Anaheim

#25 Alexandria Poloa6’0” Freshman MB

Savanna HS - Anaheim

2010 Charger Volleyball Team

2010 Charger Volleyball ScheduleDay Date Opponent Location Time

Friday 8/27 Mt. Sac Pasadena 3:00 pm Friday 8/27 Pasadena Pasadena 5:30 pmWednesday9/1 ElCamino Cypress 6:00pm Fri-Sat 9/3-4 Santa Monica Tournament Santa Monica TBA Fri-Sat 9/17-18 San Diego Mesa Tournament San Diego Mesa TBA Wednesday 9/22 San Diego Mesa San Diego Mesa 5:00 pm Friday 10/1 *Orange Coast Orange Coast 6:00 pm Wednesday10/6 *Fullerton Cypress 6:00pm Friday 10/8 *Saddleback Saddleback 6:00 pm Wednesday10/13 *Riverside Cypress 6:00pm Friday 10/15 *IrvineValley Cypress 7:00pm Wednesday 10/20 *Santa Ana Santa Ana 7:00 pm Friday 10/22 *GoldenWest Cypress 7:00pm Wednesday10/27 *OrangeCoast Cypress 7:00pm Friday 10/29 *Fullerton Fullerton 6:00 pm Wednesday11/3 *Saddleback Cypress 7:00pm Friday 11/5 *Riverside Riverside 7:00 pm Wednesday 11/10 *Irvine Valley Irvine Valley 6:00 pm Friday 11/12 *SantaAna Cypress 7:00pm Wednesday 11/17 *Golden West Golden West 6:00 pm Tuesday 11/23 SoCal Regionals Round 1 TBA TBA Saturday 11/27 SoCal Regionals Round 2 TBA TBA Tuesday 11/30 SoCal Regionals Round 3 TBA TBA Fri-Sun 12/3-5 State Championships Chaffey TBA * indicates Orange Empire Conference Matches

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