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WESTMINSTER COLLEGE WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL • 2012Media Contact: Josh Fisher • [email protected] • (O) 801.832.2890 • (C) 801.703.5025

Volume XVIII, Issue 2 • August 22, 2012

2012 Westminster Griffins Women’s Volleyball WestminsterGriffins.com •

Aug. 17 vs. Oregon Tech W, 3-0

vs. UC-Merced W, 3-0

Aug. 18 at Southern Oregon W, 3-2

vs. Viterbo L, 1-3

Aug. 24 COLLEGE OF ST. MARY 10:00 am

COLORADO MESA (Ex.) 7:00 pm

Aug. 25 COLLEGE OF ST. MARY 2:00 pm

Aug. 31 vs. The Master’s Noon

vs. Biola 6:00 pm

Sept. 1 vs. Westmont 10:00 am

at Concordia (CA) 6:00 pm

Sept. 8 MONTANA WESTERN* 2:00 pm

Sept. 13 at Lewis-Clark State* 8:00 pm

Sept. 15 at Montana Tech* 2:00 pm

Sept. 21 GREAT FALLS* 7:00 pm

Sept. 22 MSU-NORTHERN* 2:00 pm

Sept. 27 DICKINSON STATE* 7:00 pm

Sept. 29 CARROLL* 2:00 pm

Oct. 6 at Rocky Mountain* 2:00 pm

Oct. 12 ROCKY MOUNTAIN* 7:00 pm

Oct. 13 LEWIS-CLARK STATE* 2:00 pm

Oct. 20 at Montana Western* 5:00 pm

Oct. 26 at Great Falls* 7:00 pm

Oct. 27 at MSU-Northern* 2:00 pm

Nov. 1 at Carroll* 7:00 pm

Nov. 3 MONTANA TECH* 2:00 pm

FRONTIER CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT

Nov. 9 Quarterfinals

Nov. 10 Semi-Finals

Championship

NAIA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP

Nov. 17 Opening Round

Nov.27-29 Pool Play

Nov. 30 1st Round

Quarterfinals

Dec. 1 Semi-Finals

Championship

Home games in BOLD CAPS* Denotes Frontier Conference gameRankings from NAIA Coaches’ Poll at time of gameAll times are Mountain

2012 SCHEDULE / RESULTS3-1 OVERALL • 0-0 FRONTIER

Griffin Spikers Host Tournament of ChampionsAfter a strong start to the new season last weekend in Oregon, the Westminster College women’s volleyball team heads home to host the Westminster Tournament of Champions this weekend. Westminster welcomes College of St. Mary (Neb.) and Colorado Mesa to town for the two-day event.

Westminster will open the round robin on Friday morning at 10 a.m. with a match against St. Mary. The tournament continues at 5 p.m. with St. Mary playing Colorado Mesa before Mesa plays the Griffins at 7 p.m. Saturday action gets underway at noon with St. Mary and Mesa facing off. Westminster will conclude the weekend with a 2 p.m. match against St. Mary. The matches involving CMU will be exhibitions and not count in the season results or statistics.

Griffins NotebookWestminster started the season off with three wins in four matches at last week’s Paul Elliott Invitational hosted by Southern Oregon. By winning the first three matches of the tournament, Westminster started a season at 3-0 for the first time since 2007.

The Griffins had a stellar weekend offensively as they hit .204 in the four matches and averaged 11.9 kills per set. They currently lead the Frontier Conference in hitting efficiency, kills, kills per set, assists and assists per set. They also lead the league after recording a staggering 35 service aces during the opening weekend, the fifth most in the country to date.

Defensively, Westminster limited the opposition to 11.2 kills per set and .122 hitting. They averaged 14.9 digs per set while the 238 total digs are seventh-most in the NAIA. The Griffins came up with 18 blocks during the fourmatches for an average of 1.12 per set.

Ashley Marchant got her senior season started with a bang. The outside hitter from Sandy recorded 49 kills with a .316 hitting percentage in four matches. She also added seven service aces and 42 digs and currently ranks in the Frontier top 10 in each of those categories. Emily Atkinson ran the offense to the tune of 9.2 assists per set to lead the league while notching a team-best eight aces. She also was second with 43 digs during the tournament.

Katie Vance finished with 30 kills and a team-high five blocks while Kyndall Kordakis led the way with 68 digs. Freshman Alyse Horton racked up 25 kills and hit .302 during her first collegiate weekend. Horton came off the bench in all four matches and also posted three aces and 20 digs.

Picked Fourth by the CoachesWestminster was picked to finish fourth in the Frontier Conference this season according to a poll of the nine conference coaches. They received 40 points in the poll and finished tied with Great Falls for the fourth position. Defending regular season champion Lewis-Clark State College received six first place votes and is the preseason favorite of the league’s volleyball coaches to win the conference title for the 2012 season. Conference tournament champion Rocky Mountain College received one first place to finish second, edging third place Carroll College by one vote. The Saints also received one first place vote.

Scouting College of St. MaryThe College of St. Mary comes to town having yet to play a match this season. They did earn a 4-set win (23-25,25-20,25-20,25-16) over Peru State in an exhibition match on Wednesday. The Flames were selected to finish fourth in the MCAC in a preseason poll of the league’s coaches.

Against the OppositionThis weekend will mark the first time that Westminster has played St. Mary.

FOLLOW THE GRIFFINS

THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULECollege of St. Mary (Neb.) at WestminsterAugust 24, 2012 • 10:00 a.m.Behnken Field House • Salt Lake City

Colorado Mesa at Westminster (Exhib.)August 24, 2012 • 7:00 p.m.Behnken Field House • Salt Lake City

College of St. Mary (Neb.) at WestminsterAugust 25, 2012 • 12:00 p.m.Behnken Field House • Salt Lake City

WESTMINSTER COLLEGE WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL • 2012Media Contact: Josh Fisher • [email protected] • (O) 801.832.2890 • (C)801.703.5025


2012 Westminster Griffins Women’s Volleyball • WestminsterGriffins.com

Kim Norman begins her ninth season as the head coach of the Westminster women’s

volleyball program. During her time at the helm, Westminster has compiled a 121-115

record, making Norman the most successful coach in school history.

Under the direction of Norman, Westminster has posted three winning seasons with two

20-win years. The team won the Frontier Conference championship in both 2005 and

2006. They qualified for the NAIA National Championships for the first time in 2007.

The Griffins have had 19 All-Frontier Conference performers and won two conference

player of the year awards. Norman was the 2005 Frontier Conference coach of the

year. Westminster has also had 11 NAIA Scholar Athletes and 61 Academic All-Frontier Conference performers

in the eight years with Norman as head coach.

When Norman took over the team in 2004, they were coming off a 1-32 season. The first season under

Norman they went 14-14, the first non-losing season in school history. That season was followed up with a 16-

13 season and a Frontier Conference Tournament championship. The 2006 season saw another school first–a

20-win season. They finished 22-12 and claimed a share of the Frontier Conference regular season title while

advancing to the NAIA Region I Tournament for a second time.

The 2007 season was the best in school history. Norman guided the team to a 25-12 overall record and they

qualified for the NAIA National Tournament for the first time ever.

Norman began her college coaching career at Utah State University in 1987, where she coached and earned

an MS in physical education. After one season as second assistant coach for the USU women’s volleyball team,

Norman took over the USU collegiate men’s program as their head coach from 1988–1991. Her concern that

volleyball athletes were being recruited only from Southern California led her to start an arm of USA Volleyball

now called the Intermountain Volleyball Association. As founder and CEO since its inception in 1990, Norman

is responsible for making Utah one of the nation’s powerhouses in the Junior Olympic Volleyball Club world.

As Head Coach of Highland High School in Salt

Lake City, Utah, Norman compiled a 296-92 record

over 12 seasons. Under her coaching, the Rams

made it to every state championship tournament

from 1992–2003 and won the Utah High School

State Championship in 1996 and 1997. Those

championship teams were led by USA Olympian Logan

Tom.

Westminster CollegeLocation ......................................Salt Lake City, Utah

Metro Population ..................................... 1,333,914

Founded .......................................................... 1875

Enrollment ...................................................... 3,200

Nickname ..................................................... Griffins

Colors ..............................................Purple and Gold

Affiliation ..........................................................NAIA

Conference .................................................. Frontier

Home Court ............................. Behnken Field House

Capacity ....................................................... 1,200

AdministrationPresident ..........................Dr. Brian Levin-Stankevich

Provost .........................................Dr. Cid Seidelman

Associate Provost .............................Dr. Susan Heath

Director of Athletics .................................Shay Wyatt

Faculty Athletics Representative .........Dr. Chris Cline

Marketing & Promotions ...........Alyson Vander Steen

Women’s Volleyball StaffHead Coach .......................................... Kim Norman

Record at Westminster ...............121-115 / 8 years

Career Record ............................................... Same

Office Phone ................................... 801.832.2343

Email [email protected]

Assistant Coach ...................................Rebecca Steel

Year ................................................................ 2nd

Office Phone ................................... 801.832.2343

Email ...................... [email protected]

Student Manager ...................................... Tim Gulley

Year ..................................................................1st

Athletic Trainer .....................................Kirsten Astle

Office Phone ................................... 801.832.2368

Email ..................... [email protected]

Key Numbers2011 Record ................................................... 11-15

2011 Frontier Conf. Record ................................. 8-6

Finish ............................................................... 4th

Players Returning / Lost ....................................8 / 5

Newcomers ............................................................ 7

Started Women’s Volleyball .............................. 1995

Overall Record (since 2004) ............ 121-115 (.513)

Frontier Conference (since 2004) ....... 68-44 (.607)

Frontier Championships (Regular Season) .............. 2

........................................................... 2005, 2006

Frontier Championships (Tournament) ................... 1

..................................................................... 2005

NAIA Tournament Appearances.............................. 1

Record ............................................................. 1-2

Years ............................................................ 2007

Sports InformationSports Information Director .....................Josh Fisher

Office Phone ................................... 801.832.2890

Cell Phone ....................................... 801.703.5025

Email [email protected]

Fax ................................................. 801.474.2511

SID Student Assistants .............................................

.............................................................................

SID Mailing Address ..........................1840 S. 1300 E

........................................Salt Lake City, UT 84105

Website ...................... www.WestminsterGriffins.com

# Player Pos Ht Yr Hometown (Previous School)

1 Madison Raines SET 5-9 Fr. Salem, OR (Sprague HS)

2 Katie Vance MB 5-11 Jr. Salt Lake City, UT (Alta HS)

3 Ashley Marchant OH 5-10 Sr. Sandy, UT (Alta HS)

4 Connor Wilkinson LIB 5-4 Fr. Manitou Springs, CO (Manitou Springs HS)

5 Emily Atkinson SET 5-9 Jr. Salt Lake City, UT (Cottonwood HS)

6 Alexis Aalona MB 6-0 So. Salt Lake City, UT (Cottonwood HS)

7 Andrea Christensen MB 5-10 Jr. Richfield, UT (Richfield HS)

8 Stephanie Jones Morin MB 6-0 Sr. Issaquah, WA (Issaquah HS)

9 Alyse Horton OH 5-10 Fr. Murray, UT (Murray HS)

10 Rachel Enloe OH 6-0 Fr. Draper, UT (Juan Diego Catholic School)

11 Kenzie Mitchell OH 6-2 Jr. Sandy, UT (Alta HS)

12 Jovana Sisovic OH 6-2 Jr. Belgrade, Serbia (Feather River College)

13 Rachel Wyss OH 5-8 Fr. Murray, UT (Cottonwood HS)

15 Jessica Chellsen OH 6-1 Fr. San Luis Obispo, CA (San Luis Obispo HS)

16 Kyndall Kordakis LIB 5-4 Jr. Placerville, CA (Union Mine HS)

Head Coach: Kim Norman

Assistant Coaches: Rebecca Steel

2012 ROSTER

HEAD COACH KIM NORMAN

Year-by-Year Record OVERALL CONFERENCEYear W L Pct. W L Pct. Place2004 14 14 .500 4 10 .286 6th2005 19 13 .594 12 2 .857 t-1st2006 22 11 .667 12 2 .857 t-1st2007 25 12 .676 11 3 .786 2nd2008 9 17 .346 8 6 .571 t-4th2009 9 20 .310 6 8 .429 5th2010 12 13 .480 7 7 .500 4th2011 11 15 .423 8 6 .571 4th2012 3 1 .750 0 0 .000 --Career 124 116 .517 68 44 .607




2012 STATISTICS## Player SP MP-MS K K/Set E TA Pct A A/Set TA Pct SA SA/Set SE TA Pct 3 Ashley Marchant 16 4-4 49 3.06 12 117 .316 5 0.31 78 .064 7 0.44 8 66 .879 2 Katie Vance 15 4-3 30 2.00 10 72 .278 1 0.07 6 .167 2 0.13 7 46 .848 9 Alyse Horton 13 4-0 25 1.92 6 63 .302 4 0.31 52 .077 3 0.23 3 36 .917 8 Stephanie Jones 15 4-4 23 1.53 8 65 .231 0 0.00 12 .000 3 0.20 6 51 .882 11 Kenzie Mitchell 14 4-3 19 1.36 9 53 .189 1 0.07 12 .083 3 0.21 2 39 .949 6 Alexis Aalona 13 4-4 19 1.46 13 56 .107 1 0.08 21 .048 4 0.31 3 30 .900 10 Rachel Enloe 9 4-0 9 1.00 6 28 .107 0 0.00 6 .000 2 0.22 1 15 .933 5 Emily Atkinson 16 4-4 7 0.44 3 26 .154 148 9.25 180 .822 8 0.50 10 65 .846 7 Andrea Christensen 7 4-1 4 0.57 5 14 -.071 0 0.00 3 .000 0 0.00 1 6 .833 12 Jovana Sisovic 6 4-0 3 0.50 5 11 -.182 0 0.00 2 .000 0 0.00 0 4 1.000 15 Jessica Chellsen 10 4-0 2 0.20 1 5 .200 2 0.20 7 .286 1 0.10 1 4 .750 16 Kyndall Kordakis 16 4-0 0 0.00 2 12 -.167 9 0.56 96 .094 0 0.00 0 0 .000 13 Rachel Wyss 2 2-0 0 0.00 0 1 .000 1 0.50 2 .500 0 0.00 0 2 1.000 4 Connor Wilkinson 6 3-0 0 0.00 2 4 -.500 1 0.17 8 .125 0 0.00 0 4 1.000 1 Madison Raines 7 4-1 0 0.00 0 2 .000 2 0.29 4 .500 2 0.29 1 14 .929 WESTMINSTER......... 16 4-4 190 11.88 82 529 .204 175 10.94 489 .358 35 2.19 43 382 .887 Opponents........... 16 4-4 179 11.19 112 550 .122 167 10.44 527 .317 23 1.44 37 338 .891

## Player SP RE TA Pct Dig Dig/Set BS BA Total Blk/Set BE BHE Points Pts/Set 3 Ashley Marchant 16 2 89 .978 42 2.62 0 2 2 0.12 0 0 57.0 3.56 2 Katie Vance 15 0 2 1.000 5 0.33 0 5 5 0.33 0 0 34.5 2.30 9 Alyse Horton 13 8 70 .886 20 1.54 0 2 2 0.15 0 1 29.0 2.23 8 Stephanie Jones 15 0 2 1.000 9 0.60 0 4 4 0.27 0 0 28.0 1.87 6 Alexis Aalona 13 1 36 .972 14 1.08 0 3 3 0.23 0 0 24.5 1.88 11 Kenzie Mitchell 14 0 0 .000 17 1.21 2 1 3 0.21 0 0 24.5 1.75 10 Rachel Enloe 9 0 6 1.000 1 0.11 3 1 4 0.44 0 0 14.5 1.61 5 Emily Atkinson 16 0 2 1.000 43 2.69 1 3 4 0.25 0 3 17.5 1.09 7 Andrea Christensen 7 2 5 .600 0 0.00 0 1 1 0.14 0 0 4.5 0.64 12 Jovana Sisovic 6 0 0 .000 1 0.17 0 0 0 0.00 1 0 3.0 0.50 15 Jessica Chellsen 10 2 11 .818 3 0.30 0 2 2 0.20 0 0 4.0 0.40 4 Connor Wilkinson 6 0 4 1.000 7 1.17 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.0 0.00 1 Madison Raines 7 0 0 .000 5 0.71 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 2.0 0.29 16 Kyndall Kordakis 16 7 71 .901 68 4.25 0 0 0 0.00 0 1 0.0 0.00 13 Rachel Wyss 2 1 2 .500 3 1.50 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.0 0.00 WESTMINSTER......... 16 23 300 .923 238 14.88 6 24 18.0 1.12 1 5 243.0 15.19 Opponents........... 16 35 338 .896 239 14.94 9 26 22.0 1.38 4 7 224.0 14.00

2012 RESULTSDate Opponent Score Score-by-set Ovr Conf

Aug 17 vs Oregon Tech W 3-0 25-14,26-24,25-21 1-0 0-0

Aug 17 vs UC Merced W 3-1 25-18,22-25,25-15,25-14 2-0 0-0

Aug 18 at Southern Oregon W 3-2 22-25,25-23,25-17,23-25,15-10 3-0 0-0

Aug 18 vs Viterbo L 1-3 22-25,33-35,25-19,22-25 3-1 0-0

DOUBLE TIMEDouble-Digit Kill Matches

Player ..............................................2012 ......Career ...... StreakAlexis Aalona ............................................... 5Alyse Horton ................................1 ............. 1Stephanie Jones Morin ............................... 10Ashley Marchant ..........................2 ........... 24 ............. 2Kenzie Mitchell .......................................... 12Katie Vance .................................................. 3

Double-Digit Dig MatchesPlayer ..............................................2012 ......Career ...... StreakAlexis Aalona ............................................... 4Emily Atkinson .............................2 ........... 18 ............. 2Kyndall Kordakis ..........................3 ........... 47 ............. 3Ashley Marchant ..........................3 ........... 17 ............. 2Kenzie Mitchell ............................................ 1

Double-Digit Assist MatchesPlayer ..............................................2012 ......Career ...... StreakEmily Atkinson .............................4 ........... 54 ........... 39

Double-Digit Block MatchesPlayer ..............................................2012 ......Career ...... StreakKatie Vance .................................................. 1

Double-DoublesPlayer ..............................................2012 ......Career ...... StreakAlexis Aalona ............................................... 2Emily Atkinson .............................2 ........... 18 ............. 2Ashley Marchant ..........................2 ........... 12 ............. 2Kenzie Mitchell ............................................ 1




GRIFFINS RECORD WHENOverall .................................................................3-1Frontier Conference .............................................0-0Home ...................................................................0-0Away....................................................................1-0Neutral ................................................................2-1vs. Ranked Teams ................................................0-0vs. Non-Ranked Teams .........................................3-1Day Game ............................................................3-1Night Game .........................................................0-0

By MonthRecord in August .................................................3-1Record in September ............................................0-0Record in October ................................................0-0Record in November ............................................0-0

By Day of WeekThursday .............................................................0-0Friday ..................................................................2-0Saturday ..............................................................1-1

By Sets3-Set Match ..........................................................2-04-Set Match ..........................................................0-15-Set Match ..........................................................1-0

Win Set 1 .............................................................2-0Lose Set 1 ............................................................1-1Win Set 2 .............................................................2-0Lose Set 2 ............................................................1-1Win Set 3 .............................................................3-1Lose Set 3 .................................................................Win Set 4 .............................................................1-0Lose Set 4 ............................................................1-1Win Set 5 .............................................................1-0Lose Set 5 .................................................................

Lead 2-0 ..............................................................1-0Tied 1-1 ...............................................................2-0Trail 0-2 ...............................................................0-1Lead 2-1 ..............................................................2-0Trail 1-2 ...............................................................0-1

Sets that go extra points ......................................1-1

By KillsHave more kills ....................................................3-0Have fewer kills ...................................................0-1Kills are equal ......................................................0-0

By Hitting %Have higher hitting % ...........................................3-0Have lower hitting %.............................................0-1Hitting % is equal .................................................0-0

By Service AcesHave more service aces ........................................3-1Have fewer service aces .......................................0-0Service aces are equal ..........................................0-0

By DigsHave more digs ....................................................2-0Have fewer digs ...................................................1-1Digs are equal......................................................0-0

By BlocksHave more blocks ................................................1-0Have fewer blocks ................................................1-1Blocks are equal ...................................................1-0

2012 INDIVIDUAL HIGHSHitting Efficiency (Min. 10 kills)

.343 Ashley Marchant (15-3-35) ...............................................vs. Southern Oregon (Aug 18) .326 Ashley Marchant (20-5-46) ..............................................................vs. Viterbo (Aug 18) .292 Alysa Horton (10-3-24) .....................................................vs. Southern Oregon (Aug 18)

Kills 20 Ashley Marchant ..............................................................vs. Southern Oregon (Aug 18) 15 Ashley Marchant .............................................................................vs. Viterbo (Aug 18) 10 Alysa Horton ....................................................................vs. Southern Oregon (Aug 18) 9 5 times. Last: Alysa Horton .............................................................vs. Viterbo (Aug 18)

Attempts 46 Ashley Marchant .............................................................................vs. Viterbo (Aug 18) 35 Ashley Marchant ..............................................................vs. Southern Oregon (Aug 18) 27 Alexis Aalona ..................................................................................vs. Viterbo (Aug 18) 24 Alyse Horton ....................................................................vs. Southern Oregon (Aug 18) 24 Alysa Horton ...................................................................................vs. Viterbo (Aug 18)

Assists 48 Emily Atkinson ................................................................................vs. Viterbo (Aug 18) 45 Emily Atkinson .................................................................vs. Southern Oregon (Aug 18) 37 Emily Atkinson .......................................................................... vs. UC Merced (Aug 17) 18 Emily Atkinson ....................................................................... vs. Oregon Tech (Aug 17) 5 Kyndall Kordakis .............................................................................vs. Viterbo (Aug 18)

Service Aces 4 Emily Atkinson .................................................................vs. Southern Oregon (Aug 18) 3 Ashley Marchant .................................................................... vs. Oregon Tech (Aug 17) 3 Ashley Marchant .............................................................................vs. Viterbo (Aug 18) 3 Emily Atkinson ....................................................................... vs. Oregon Tech (Aug 17) 2 Kenzie Mitchell.......................................................................... vs. UC Merced (Aug 17)

Digs 31 Kyndall Kordakis .............................................................................vs. Viterbo (Aug 18) 15 Kyndall Kordakis ..............................................................vs. Southern Oregon (Aug 18) 15 Emily Atkinson .................................................................vs. Southern Oregon (Aug 18) 15 Ashley Marchant ..............................................................vs. Southern Oregon (Aug 18) 14 Kyndall Kordakis ....................................................................... vs. UC Merced (Aug 17)

Blocks 3 Alexis Aalona ..................................................................................vs. Viterbo (Aug 18) 3 Katie Vance ............................................................................... vs. UC Merced (Aug 17) 3 Stephanie Jones Morin .....................................................................vs. Viterbo (Aug 18) 2 3 times. Last: Kenzie Mitchell ...........................................vs. Southern Oregon (Aug 18)

2012 TEAM HIGHSHitting Efficiency

.295 vs. UC Merced ..................................Aug 17 .197 vs. Southern Oregon .........................Aug 18 .181 vs. Viterbo ........................................Aug 18

Kills 59 vs. Viterbo ........................................Aug 18 57 vs. Southern Oregon .........................Aug 18 45 vs. UC Merced ..................................Aug 17

Attempts 177 vs. Viterbo ........................................Aug 18 157 vs. Southern Oregon .........................Aug 18 112 vs. UC Merced ..................................Aug 17

Assists 56 vs. Viterbo ........................................Aug 18 51 vs. Southern Oregon .........................Aug 18 42 vs. UC Merced ..................................Aug 17

Service Aces 11 vs. Southern Oregon .........................Aug 18 9 vs. UC Merced ..................................Aug 17 8 vs. Viterbo ........................................Aug 18

Digs 75 vs. Viterbo ........................................Aug 18 70 vs. Southern Oregon .........................Aug 18 51 vs. UC Merced ..................................Aug 17

Blocks 6.0 vs. UC Merced ..................................Aug 17 5.0 vs. Viterbo ........................................Aug 18 5.0 vs. Southern Oregon .........................Aug 18




Date Player.............................................................................................................School

Aug. 20 Brea Mitchell ...........................................................Montana Western

Aug. 27

Sept. 3

Sept. 10

Sept. 17

Sept. 24

FRONTIER CONFERENCE REPORTRank School Frontier Overall GB Home Away Neutral Streak

Montana Tech 0-0 .000 1-0 1.000 -- 0-0 1-0 0-0 Won 1

8 Lewis-Clark State College 0-0 .000 3-1 .750 -- 0-0 1-0 2-1 Won 3

Westminster College 0-0 .000 3-1 .750 -- 0-0 1-0 2-1 Lost 1

21 Carroll College 0-0 .000 2-2 .500 -- 2-2 0-0 0-0 Won 1

RV University of Great Falls 0-0 .000 2-2 .500 -- 2-2 0-0 0-0 Lost 1

Dickinson State University 0-0 .000 1-1 .500 -- 0-0 0-1 1-0 Won 1

Montana Western 0-0 .000 2-3 .400 -- 0-1 0-0 2-2 Lost 1

MSU-Northern 0-0 .000 1-3 .250 -- 0-0 0-1 1-2 Lost 3

7 Rocky Mountain College 0-0 .000 1-3 .250 -- 0-0 0-1 1-2 Won 1

PLAYERS OF THE WEEKDate Player.............................................................................................................School

Oct. 1

Oct. 8

Oct. 15

Oct. 22

Oct. 29

Nov. 5

Category ...................................Stat ...............FC ......... NAIA

Hitting Pct. ....................... .204 ...........1st.........18th

Kills/Set ............................ 11.9 ...........1st.........16th

Kills ................................. 190 ...........1st...........6th

Assists/Set ........................ 10.9 ..........2nd.........17th

STATISTICAL RANKINGS

Category ...................................Stat ........... FC ...... NAIA

Service Aces/Set

Emily Atkinson ................. 0.5 ........3rd ..... 27th

Ashley Marchant............... 0.4 ......t-5th .... 42nd

Alexis Aalona ................... 0.3 ......t-7th

Alyse Horton .................... 0.2 ....t-10th

Kenzie Mitchell ................. 0.2 ....t-12th

Stephanie Jones Morin ...... 0.2 ....t-17th

Service Aces

Emily Atkinson .................... 8 ......t-1st ..... 12th

Ashley Marchant.................. 7 ..... t-3rd ..... 18th

Alexis Aalona ...................... 4 ......t-8th

Stephanie Jones Morin ......... 3 ....t-10th

Kenzie Mitchell .................... 3 ....t-10th

Alyse Horton ....................... 3 ....t-10th

Blocks/Set

Katie Vance ...................... 0.3 ....t-17th

Blocks

Katie Vance ......................... 5 ....t-15th

Stephanie Jones Morin ......... 4 ....t-18th

Emily Atkinson .................... 4 ....t-18th

Digs/Set

Kyndall Kordakis .............. 4.2 .......2nd ..... 17th

Emily Atkinson ................. 2.7 ......t-8th

Ashley Marchant............... 2.6 ......10th

Alyse Horton .................... 1.5 ....t-16th

Category ...................................Stat ........... FC ...... NAIA

Hitting Pct.

Ashley Marchant............ .316 .......2nd ..... 16th

Kills/Set

Ashley Marchant............... 3.1 .......2nd ..... 23rd

Katie Vance ...................... 2.0 ....t-10th

Alyse Horton .................... 1.9 ......12th

Stephanie Jones Morin ...... 1.5 ......16th

Alexis Aalona ................... 1.5 ......18th

Kenzie Mitchell ................. 1.4 ......20th

Kills

Ashley Marchant................ 49 ......t-1st ..... 14th

Katie Vance ....................... 30 ......10th

Alyse Horton ..................... 25 ....t-12th

Stephanie Jones Morin ....... 23 ....t-14th

Alexis Aalona .................... 19 ....t-18th

Kenzie Mitchell .................. 19 ....t-18th

Assists/Set

Emily Atkinson ................. 9.2 ........ 1st ....... 8th

Kyndall Kordakis .............. 0.6 ........9th

Ashley Marchant............... 0.3 ....t-13th

Alyse Horton .................... 0.3 ....t-13th

Assists

Emily Atkinson ................ 148 ........ 1st ....... 3rd

Kyndall Kordakis ................. 9 ........9th

Ashley Marchant.................. 5 ....t-11th

Alyse Horton ....................... 4 ....t-14th

INDIVIDUALCategory ...................................Stat ........... FC ...... NAIA

Digs

Kyndall Kordakis ............... 68 ........ 1st ....... 7th

Emily Atkinson .................. 43 ......t-5th .... 32nd

Ashley Marchant................ 42 ........8th ..... 37th

Alyse Horton ..................... 20 ....t-19th

TEAMCategory ...................................Stat ...............FC ......... NAIA

Assists ............................... 175 ...........1st...........7th

Service Aces/Set ................. 2.2 ...........1st.........11th

Service Aces ......................... 35 ...........1st...........5th

Blocks/Set ........................... 1.1 .......... 5th.........36th

Category ...................................Stat ...............FC ......... NAIA

Blocks .................................. 18 .......... 6th.........25th

Digs/Set ........................... 14.9 .......... 3rd.........16th

Digs ................................. 238 ..........2nd...........7th




2012 PRESEASON POLL • AUGUST 14, 2012

RANK LAST SCHOOL RECORD POINTS

1 1 Texas at Brownsville (20) 32-2 621

2 2 Concordia (Calif.) (2) 38-2 603

3 3 Lee (Tenn.) 34-3 569

3 4 Columbia (Mo.) 38-4 569

5 5 Biola (Calif.) 27-13 545

6 6 Embry-Riddle (Fla.) 30-6 526

7 9 Rocky Mountain (Mont.) 30-5 503

8 10 Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) 23-6 483

9 13 Indiana Wesleyan 36-6 457

10 14 Vanguard (Calif.) 23-14 439

11 15 Taylor (Ind.) 31-9 417

12 17 Spring Hill (Ala.) 40-3 386

13 19 Grand View (Iowa) 39-10 369

14 22 Missouri Baptist 36-7 362

15 20 MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) 30-9 310

16 RV Madonna (Mich.) 30-10 306

17 24 Kansas Wesleyan 27-11 292

18 21 Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) 28-11 290

19 25 Bellevue (Neb.) 29-7 257

20 RV Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) 31-3 215

21 RV Carroll (Mont.) 18-8 181

22 RV Cornerstone (Mich.) 31-5 161

23 RV Cal State San Marcos 29-8 140

24 RV Westmont (Calif.) 10-16 128

25 RV Indiana East 37-9 123

Others receiving votes: Park (Mo.) 93; Indiana Tech 89; College of the Ozarks (Mo.) 89; Georgetown (Ky.) 87; Baker (Kan.) 59; Viterbo (Wis.) 59; Point Park (Pa.) 57;

Campbellsville (Ky.) 26; Grace (Ind.) 22; Robert Morris (Ill.) 13; Great Falls (Mont.) 12; The Master’s (Calif.) 9; Evangel (Mo.) 8; Tabor (Kan.) 6; Asbury (Ky.) 5; La Sierra

(Calif.) 5; Davenport (Mich.) 4.

NAIA COACHES’ TOP 25 POLL

POLL NO. DATE GRIFFINS POINTS RECORD

Preseason Aug. 14 NR 0 0-0

Poll 1 Sept. 4

Poll 2 Sept. 11

Poll 3 Sept. 18

Poll 4 Sept. 25

Poll 5 Oct. 2

Poll 6 Oct. 9

Poll 7 Oct. 16

Poll 8 Oct. 23

Poll 9 Oct. 30

Poll 10 Nov. 6

Final Nov. 11

Postseason Dec. 5

GRIFFINS IN THE POLLTotal Polls Ranked ........................................................................................... 25

In 2012 ..........................................................................................................

Most Consecutive Polls Ranked ........................................................................ 13

...................................................................... Aug. 15, 2007 – Aug. 19, 2008

In 2012 ..........................................................................................................

Highest Ranking ...................................................................................No. 8 (2x)

.......................................................................Sept. 5, 2007 & Sept. 15, 2007

In 2012 ..........................................................................................................

......................................................................................................................

Record as Ranked Team .................................................................... 46-31 (.597)

In 2012 ........................................................................................... 0-0 (.000)

Last Time in Top 25 .........................................................................Sept. 7, 2010




#1 - Madison RainesKills Attempts 1 (2x) .......................................... Last vs. UC Merced (8/17/12)Hitting Pct. Assists 1 (2x) .......................................... Last vs. UC Merced (8/17/12)Aces 2 ..............................................................vs. VIterbo (8/18/12)Digs 3 ..................................................... vs. Oregon Tech (8/17/12)Blocks

WESTMINSTER CAREER HIGHS#2 - Katie Vance

Kills 17 ................................................. vs. MSU-Northern (9/22/11)Attempts 29 ..................................................... vs. John Brown (8/26/11)Hitting Pct. .481 (17-4-27) ............................... vs. MSU-Northern (9/22/11)Assists 5 ....................................................... vs. John Brown (8/26/11)Aces 4 .................................................. vs. William Woods (8/26/11)Digs 5 (2x) ......................................... Last vs. John Brown (8/26/11)Blocks 10 ......................................................... vs. Westmont (9/4/10)

#3 - Ashley MarchantKills 20 ............................................................vs. Viterbo (8/18/12)Attempts 48 ............................................vs. Oklahoma Baptist (8/27/11)Hitting Pct. .500 (12-2-20) .............................. vs. William Woods (8/26/11)Assists 3 (4x) ................................ Last vs. Southern Oregon (8/18/12)Aces 4 .......................................................vs. Great Falls (10/28/10)Digs 22 ..................................................... vs. John Brown (8/26/11)Blocks 3 (3x) .............................................. Last vs. Carroll (10/13/11)

#4 - Connor WilkinsonKills Attempts 3 ..............................................................vs. Viterbo (8/18/12)Hitting Pct. Assists 1 ..............................................................vs. Viterbo (8/18/12)Aces Digs 5 ..............................................................vs. Viterbo (8/18/12)Blocks

#5 - Emily AtkinsonKills 8 ....................................................... vs. John Brown (8/26/11)Attempts 15 .......................................................vs. Great Falls (9/24/11)Hitting Pct. .615 (8-0-13) ..................................... vs. John Brown (8/26/11)Assists 57 ................................................. vs. MSU-Northern (9/22/11)Aces 4 ...............................................vs. Southern Oregon (8/18/12)Digs 15 (4x) .............................. Last vs. Southern Oregon (8/18/12)Blocks 5 .............................................vs. San Diego Christian (9/2/11)

#6 - Alexis AalonaKills 14 ............................................... vs. MSU-Northern (10/28/11)Attempts 31 ............................................ vs. Rocky Mountain (10/15/11)Hitting Pct. .375 (11-2-24) ........................ vs. Montana Western (10/22/11)Assists 2 ................................................... vs. Montana Tech (9/16/11)Aces 2 (3x) .......................................... Last vs. UC Merced (8/17/12)Digs 12 .............................................vs. Lewis-Clark State (11/3/11)Blocks 5 ................................................................ vs. Carroll (9/8/11)

#7 - Andrea ChristensenKills 3 (3x) ................................. Last vs. College of Idaho (10/1/11)Attempts 11 ................................................................. vs. Biola (9/2/11)Hitting Pct. .286 (3-1-7) ................................vs. College of Idaho (10/1/11)Assists 1 (3x) ........................................ Last vs. Great Falls (11/11/11)Aces 2 (2x) .................................................. Last vs. Carroll (9/8/11)Digs 2 ................................................................ vs. Carroll (9/8/11)Blocks 2 (4x) ....................................Last vs. Colorado Mesa (10/4/11)

#8 - Stephanie Jones MorinKills 14 .......................................................vs. Great Falls (9/24/11)Attempts 34 (2x) ...............................Last vs. Lewis-Clark State (9/30/11)Hitting Pct. .448 (13-0-29) .................................vs. Azusa Pacific (8/28/10)Assists 2 (4x) ........................................ Last vs. Great Falls (11/11/11)Aces 5 ................................................. vs. MSU-Northern (10/30/10)Digs 6 (6x) ................................ Last vs. Rocky Mountain (10/15/11)Blocks 7 ........................................................... vs. Westmont (9/4/10)

#9 - Alyse HortonKills 10 .............................................vs. Southern Oregon (8/18/12)Attempts 24 (2x) ............................................. Last vs. Viterbo (8/18/12)Hitting Pct. .292 (10-3-24) ...........................vs. Southern Oregon (8/18/12)Assists 2 (2x) ................................ Last vs. Southern Oregon (8/18/12)Aces 2 ...............................................vs. Southern Oregon (8/18/12)Digs 7 ...............................................vs. Southern Oregon (8/18/12)Blocks 1 (2x) .......................................... Last vs. UC Merced (8/17/12)

#10 - Rachel EnloeKills 3 ........................................................ vs. UC Merced (8/17/12)Attempts 10 ...................................................... vs. UC Merced (8/17/12)Hitting Pct. .100 (3-2-10) ...................................... vs. UC Merced (8/17/12)Assists Aces 2 ...............................................vs. Southern Oregon (8/18/12)Digs 1 ..............................................................vs. Viterbo (8/18/12)Blocks 1 (4x) ............................................... Last vs. Viterbo (8/18/12)

#11 - Kenzie MitchellKills 16 .....................................................vs. Great Falls (10/28/10)Attempts 42 ...........................................vs. Lewis-Clark State (11/13/10)Hitting Pct. .450 (12-3-20) .........................vs. San Diego Christian (9/2/11)Assists 2 (3x) ................................ Last vs. Montana Western (9/17/11)Aces 5 ................................................. vs. Montana Tech (11/12/10)Digs 15 ..................................................... vs. John Brown (8/26/11)Blocks 8 ....................................................... vs. John Brown (8/26/11)

#12 - Jovana SisovicKills 1 (3x) ............................................... Last vs. Viterbo (8/18/12)Attempts 4 ..............................................................vs. Viterbo (8/18/12)Hitting Pct. Assists Aces Digs 1 ..............................................................vs. Viterbo (8/18/12)Blocks

#13 - Rachel WyssKills Attempts 1 ........................................................ vs. UC Merced (8/17/12)Hitting Pct. Assists 1 ........................................................ vs. UC Merced (8/17/12)Aces Digs 2 ..................................................... vs. Oregon Tech (8/17/12)Blocks

#15 - Jessica ChellsenKills 2 ........................................................ vs. UC Merced (8/17/12)Attempts 4 ........................................................ vs. UC Merced (8/17/12)Hitting Pct. .500 (2-0-4) ........................................ vs. UC Merced (8/17/12)Assists 1 (2x) .......................................... Last vs. UC Merced (8/17/12)Aces 1 ........................................................ vs. UC Merced (8/17/12)Digs 2 ........................................................ vs. UC Merced (8/17/12)Blocks 1 (2x) .......................................... Last vs. UC Merced (8/17/12)

#16 - Kyndall KordakisKills 2 ....................................................... vs. John Brown (8/26/11)Attempts 10 (2x) ..............................Last vs. Oklahoma Baptist (8/27/11)Hitting Pct. .250 (2-0-8) ....................................... vs. John Brown (8/26/11)Assists 6 .................................................. vs. Colorado Mesa (10/4/11)Aces 2 ............................................................ vs. Carroll (10/16/10)Digs 33 .......................................................... vs. Carroll (10/16/10)Blocks

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