LORAS WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALLKATIE GONZALES, WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL SID • KATIE.GONZALES@LORAS.EDU • OFFICE: 563.588.79552014 SCHEDULE

OVERALL: 1-2 (HOME: 0-0, AWAY: 0-1, NEUTRAL: 1-1)IIAC: 0-0 (HOME: 0-0, AWAY: 0-0)

LABOR DAY CLASSIC - ST. LOUIS, MO.AUG 29 GREENVILLE L, 3-2AUG 29 WASH.-ST. LOUIS L, 3-0AUG 30 FONTBONNE W, 3-0

SEP 2 GRINNELL 7:30 PM

LORAS COLLEGE INVITATIONAL - DUBUQUE, IOWASEP 5 CORNELL 3:00 PMSEP 5 UW-PLATTEVILLE 7:00 PMSEP 6 MONMOUTH 9:00 AMSEP 6 CARTHAGE 1:00 PM

SEP 9 NORTH CENTRAL 6:00 PM

CORNELL CLASSIC - MT. VERNON, IOWASEP 13 UW-STEVENS POINT 10:00 AMSEP 13 ST. THOMAS 2:00 PM

DIG FOR A CURESEP 17 LUTHER * 7:30 PM

ST. KATE’S INVITE - ST. PAUL, MINN.SEP 19 ST. CATHERINE 3:00 PMSEP 19 ST. OLAF 5:00 PMSEP 20 HAMLINE 9:00 AM

SEP 23 WARTBURG * 7:30 PM

IIAC-NACC CROSSOVER TOURNAMENT - DUBUQUE, IOWASEP 26 BENEDICTINE 1:00 PMSEP 26 LAKELAND 5:00 PMSEP 27 EDGEWOOD 9:00 AMSEP 27 DOMINICAN 1:00 PM

OCT 1 COE * 7:30 PMOCT 3 WHEATON 5:00 PMOCT 8 BUENA VISTA * 7:30 PMOCT 14 CENTRAL * 7:30 PM

UNIVERSITY OF DUBUQUE QUAD - DUBUQUE, IOWAOCT 17 UW-WHITEWATER 5:00 PMOCT 17 UW-PLATTEVILLE 7:00 PMOCT 21 SIMPSON * 7:30 PM

TITAN CLASSIC - OSHKOSH, WIS. OCT 24 CARTHAGE 5:30 PMOCT 24 UW-RIVER FALLS 7:30 PMOCT 25 WEBSTER 10:00 AMOCT 25 UW-OSHKOSH 2:00 PM

SENIOR NIGHTOCT 29 DUBUQUE * 7:30 PM

KENTNER NAMED TO ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM ... An impressive opening weekend for junior Kara Kentner earned her a spot on the Labor Day Classic All-Tournament team. Kentner tallied 32 kills, 47 assists, 44 digs, 7 blocks and boasts a .291 kill percentage through three games for Loras.

DUHAWKS GO 1-2 ON OPENING WEEKEND … Despite taking a 2-1 lead in match one, the Duhawks fell to Greenville 3-2 to open the season. Not long after, Loras faced a tough task as they took on tournament host, No. 11 Washington U. After hanging with the Bears early, the Duhawks fell 3-0. It was in match three that the Duhawks earned their first win of the season with a convincing 3-0 win over Fontbonne. Sophomore Danni Kennedy stole the show with 15 kills on .650 hitting.

THORNBURG SET TO ANNOUNCE FOR 2014 SEASON … The Duhawk Broadcast Network welcomes Loras Men’s Volleyball Head Coach Jeremy Thornburg to the stream. Thornburg will serve as the voice of Duhawk women’s volleyball this fall before opening Loras’ inaugural men’s volleyball season this spring.

TOUGH SCHEDULE AHEAD OF DUHAWKS …Loras is set to face off against five top-25 teams this season according to the AVCA Coaches’ Preseason Poll. Beginning this weekend with Washington University in St. Louis (No. 11), Loras will see UW-Stevens Point (No. 3), St. Thomas University (No. 5), UW-Whitewater (No. 18), and Cornell College (No. 24). Iowa Conference rivals Wartburg Collegeand Coe are receiving votes and will undoubtedly pose a challenge for the Duhawks.

CRYSTAL-CLEAR HIGH-DEFINITION ...For the fans that are unable to attend Sunday’s match, they’ll be treated to a first-class ticket to the first high-definition online stream produced by Loras College Athletics. During the offseason, thanks largely in part to an anonymous donation, the Loras College Athletic Communications Department upgraded its hardware and technology and will now provide high-definition broadcasts of its home contests all season long. To watch, simply go to: www.duhawks.com/live

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GRINNELL PIONEERSCurrent Streak ................................................................ Lost 4Conference ......................................................................MWCTEAM LEADERS Kills .......................................................... Claire Weidman (29)Assists .......................................................Margaret Giles (44)Digs ....................................................... Lindsay Fujimoto (26)Blocks ............................................... Rebecca Rasmussen (7)Aces..........................Claire Weidman, Sydney McClendon (3)

SEP. 2, 2014 • VOL II

LORAS WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALLQUICK FACTS

LORAS COLLEGELocation ................................................. Dubuque, IowaFounded ................................................................ 1839Enrollment ............................................................. 1624Nickname........................................................ DuhawksSchool Colors .........................Purple (60-100-0-60 / 262C) ............................................Rah Rah Gold (0-25-100-0 / 123C) ..............................................Metallic Gold (0-22-50-30 / 874C)Field Name ................................................... Rock BowlCapacity................................................................ 3,500Surface ............................................................ FieldTurfAffiliation .............................................NCAA Division IIIConference ..................... Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic (IIAC)President ......................................................Jim CollinsAlma Mater ..................................................... Loras ‘84Interim Director of Athletics................Denise UdelhofenAlma Mater ..................................................... Loras ‘90Athletic Dept. Phone .................................563.588.7112

ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONSDirector ..................................................... Jim NaprstekAlma Mater ..................................................... Loras ‘13Office Phone ............................................ 563.588.7407Cell Phone ............................................... 815.207.9168Email................................... james.naprstek@loras.eduPrimary Contact / SID ............................Katie GonzalesOffice Phone ............................................ 563.588.7955Email Address.......................katie.gonzales@loras.eduMailing Address ..................................... 1450 Alta Vista........................................................ Dubuque, IA 52001Website ............................................www.duhawks.com

MEDIA INFORMATIONTelegraph Herald ..................................... 563.588.5783Sports Editor ....................Jim Leitner (jleitner@wcinet.com)Video Stream ............................ www.duhawks.com/live

SOCIAL MEDIATwitter ..................................................@LorasAthletics.............................................................@lorasvolleyballFacebook ...................................Loras College Athletics.................................................Loras College VolleyballInstagram.............................................@LorasAthletics

2014 ROSTER# Name Pos. Ht. Cl. Hometown/High School4 Brittany Lijewski DS/L 5-3 So. Milwaukee, Wis. / Thomas More5 Christina Angeli DS 5-9 Jr. Little Canada, Minn. / Hill Murray7 Therese Schultz MB 5-10 So. New Lenox, Ill. / Lincoln Way West8 Haley Bergan DS/L 5-4 Fr. Edgewood, Iowa / Edgewood Colesburg9 Danni Kennedy MB 5-10 So. Dyersville, Iowa / Beckman Catholic10 Liz Jendra OH 5-10 Jr. Tinley Park, Ill. / Andrew12 Tara Blake OH 5-9 So. Crystal Lake, Ill. / Marian Central Catholic13 JennaErickson S 5-5 So. Springfield,Ill./SacredHeart-Griffin14 Taylor Serrano MB 5-11 Jr. Oak Lawn, Ill. / Mother McAuley15 Shawn Rielly S 5-6 Sr. Oskaloosa, Iowa / Oskaloosa16 Kara Kentner S/RS 5-9 Jr. Orland Park, Ill. / Sandburg17 Harris Hunter RS 5-10 Jr. West Des Moines, Iowa / Dowling Catholic18 Megan Beauchamp RS 5-11 So. Muscatine, Iowa / Muscatine24 Courtney Boyd DS/L 5-6 Sr. Troy, Mo. / Troy Buchanan

2014 IOWA CONFERENCE

STANDINGSSCHOOL IIAC ALLCOE (RV) 0-0 4-0 WARTBURG (RV) 0-0 4-0 CENTRAL 0-0 3-1 LUTHER 0-0 3-1 SIMSPON 0-0 2-2 BUENA VISTA 0-0 2-3 LORAS 0-0 1-2 DUBUQUE 0-0 0-4

CORNELL RAMSCurrent Streak ................................................................ Lost 1Conference ......................................................................MWCTEAM LEADERS Kills ................................................................Taylor Dicus (38)Assists .........................................................Kelsey Gaillot (55)Digs ..................................................................Julie Ward (49)Blocks .........................................................Katie Sickelka (15)Aces.......................................................... Katherine Devlin (9)

UW-PLATTEVILLE PIONEERSCurrent Streak ................................................................Won 1Conference ......................................................................WIACTEAM LEADERS Kills ............................................................ Allison Jensen (37)Assists ....................................................... Katie O’Malley (72)Digs ..........................................................Lindsey Decker (67)Blocks ...............................................................Lidia Frias (16)Aces........................................................ LeeAnn Mizgalski (4)

MONMOUTH FIGHTING SCOTSCurrent Streak ................................................................Won 3Conference ......................................................................MWCTEAM LEADERS Kills ...................................................... Mackenzie Gillund (44)Assists .................................................... Johnna Schultz (105)Digs ............................................................ Alanna Trettin (65)Blocks .................................................. Nicole Messelman (18)Aces.............................................................Alanna Trettin (11)

CARTHAGE LADY REDSCurrent Streak ................................................................Won 4Conference ..................................................................... CCIWTEAM LEADERS Kills .......................................................Emily Heuermann (42)Assists ...........................................................Karen Chin (137)Digs .......................................................... Hanna Cahoon (57)Blocks .............................................................. Bria Hailey (12)Aces...................................... Hanna Cahoon, Karen Chin (10)

Jenna Ness became the 12th head coach in Loras history in May of 2013 and is set to begin her second season at the helm in the fall of 2014.

A 2011 graduate of Luther College, Ness earned degrees in business management and exercise science. While at Luther, Ness was a two-sport student-athlete, competing in volleyball and track & field. She helped the Norse qualify for their first appearance in the NCAA Division III Women’s Volleyball Tournament in 2009, finishing with a 26-12 record. Luther received an at-large bid into the tournament and advanced to the second round before falling to University of St. Thomas.

Ness suffered a season-ending injury in the fall of 2010 and as a result, began her coaching career while as a student. Upon her graduation in January of 2011, Ness became the interim head coach at Luther through May. For her efforts with Luther, Ness was the recipient of the AVCA “Coaches 4 Coaches” award.

Ness was hired as the assistant men’s and women’s volleyball coach at St. Ambrose University in Davenport, Iowa. In 2012, the men went 33-3 and finished as the runners-up in the NAIA National Tournament for the second straight season. St. Ambrose was the home to the national player of the year and two all-americans, all three of which Ness coached. On the women’s side, the Bees finished third in their conference with a 25-14 overall recored and ranked in the top 30 at the end of the season and had three student-athletes selected for all-conference honors.

The 2012-13 season saw Ness relocate to Winona, Minnesota where she became the top assistant coach, recruiting coordinator, intramural director and Student Athletic Advisory Committee Representative for St. Mary’s University. While at St. Mary’s, the Cardinals finished 14-14 and earned one all-conference selection.

In May of 2013, Ness completed her Master’s Degree in Organizational Leadership at St. Ambrose.

In her first season at Loras, Ness led the Duhawks to a 15-17 record and a third place finish in the Iowa Conference. Loras advanced to the conference tournament championship before falling to second-seeded Coe. Three Duhawks were named to all-conference, including Tara Blake’s first team selection.

A native of Urbandale, Iowa, Ness now resides in Dubuque.

HEAD COACH JENNA NESSLORAS WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL

Sophia Brown enters her second season as assistant coach for the women’s volleyball program under head coach, Jenna Ness. She is a former Iowa Conference student-athlete at Luther College, graduating in May 2013 with a degree in Art Management (Printmaking). In her time with the Norse, she appeared in 300 games and averaged 2.15 kills per game. As a junior, Brown was an all-conference honorable mention selection, appearing in 29 matches for Luther and contributing 257 kills. In her senior season, she appeared in all 32 matches for the Norse and earned herself a spot on the all-conference team. Her career with the Norse garnered the attention of her peers as she was nominated for Luther’s Female Student-Athlete of the Year as a senior.

Off the court, Brown was involved with Luther’s SAAC Chapter, attending the Iowa Conference Student Athlete Leadership Conference in 2012.

A native of Altoona, Iowa, Brown now resides in Dubuque and is an Area Coordinator in addition to her duties as assistant coach.

ASSISTANT COACH SOPHIA BROWN

COMBINED STATISTICS LORAS WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL

Loras Combined Team Statistics (as of Sep 01, 2014)All matches

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRALALL GAMES 1-2 0-0 0-1 1-1CONFERENCE 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0NON-CONFERENCE 1-2 0-0 0-1 1-1

Attack Set Serve Dig Blocking## Player sp k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa se sa/s re dig dig/s bs ba total blk/s be bhe points16 Kara Kentner 9 32 3.56 9 79 . 2 9 1 47 5.22 1 1 0.11 0 44 4.89 0 7 7 0.78 0 3 -9 Danni Kennedy 9 28 3.11 10 66 . 2 7 3 1 0.11 3 5 0.33 0 13 1.44 1 7 8 0.89 0 1 -17 Harris Hunter 1 2 2.00 1 5 . 2 0 0 0 0.00 1 1 1.00 0 2 2.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 -7 Therese Schultz 9 15 1.67 8 47 . 1 4 9 6 0.67 0 0 0.00 0 1 0.11 1 3 4 0.44 0 1 -14 Taylor Serrano 9 15 1.67 13 42 . 0 4 8 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 1 0.11 3 5 8 0.89 1 0 -10 Liz Jendra 9 14 1.56 10 59 . 0 6 8 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 14 1.56 0 0 0 0.00 1 0 -12 Tara Blake 9 13 1.44 4 53 . 1 7 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 3 7 0.78 0 2 2 0.22 0 0 -4 Brittany Lijewski 1 0 0.00 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 1 2 2.00 0 0 0 0.00 1 0 -13 Jenna Erickson 9 0 0.00 1 1 -1.000 58 6.44 3 5 0.33 0 25 2.78 0 0 0 0.00 0 1 -24 Courtney Boyd 9 0 0.00 2 2 -1.000 1 0.11 0 1 0.00 9 32 3.56 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 -8 Haley Bergan 9 0 0.00 0 1 . 0 0 0 0 0.00 2 2 0.22 2 20 2.22 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 -5 Christina Angeli 9 0 0.00 0 5 . 0 0 0 0 0.00 3 4 0.33 3 16 1.78 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 -

Team - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - - - - - - - -LORAS 11 119 10.82 58 360 . 1 6 9 113 10.27 13 19 1.18 19 177 16.09 5 24 17.0 1.55 3 6 -Opponents 11 117 10.64 67 385 . 1 3 0 109 9.91 19 21 1.73 13 165 15.00 3 36 21.0 1.91 11 6 -

Team Statistics LORASW OPPATTACK K i l l s 119 117 E r r o r s 58 67 Total Attacks 360 385 Attack Pct . 1 6 9 . 1 3 0 K i l l s / S e t 10.8 10.6SET A s s i s t s 113 109 A s s i s t s / S e t 10.3 9.9SERVE A c e s 13 19 E r r o r s 19 21 A c e s / S e t 1.2 1.7SERVE RECEPTIONS E r r o r s 19 13 E r r o r s / S e t 1.7 1.2DEFENSE D i g s 177 165 D i g s / S e t 16.1 15.0BLOCKING Block Solo 5 3 Block Assist 24 36 Total Blocks 17.0 21.0 B l o c k s / S e t 1.5 1.9 Block Errors 3 11Ball handling errors 6 6ATTENDANCE T o t a l 0 214 Dates/Avg Per Date 0/0 1/214 Neutral site #/Avg 2/51 Current win streak 1 - Home win streak 0 -

Date Opponent Score Score by set Att.Aug 29 vs Greenville L 2-3 28-26,15-25,25-21,20-25,10-15 48Aug 29 at #11 Washington U. L 0-3 21-25,15-25,21-25 214Aug 30 vs Fontbonne W 3-0 25-8,25-13,25-16 54

Record in 3-set matches: 1-1Record in 4-set matches: 0-0Record in 5-set matches: 0-1

WEEKLY FUN FACTOn August 31, 2013 against Fontbonne, sophomore Danni Kennedy shattered the record for best kill percentage in a

match, hitting .875.

Facing off against the Griffins for the first time since, Kennedy tallied 15 kills hitting .650 in Saturday’s match.

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS LEADERS LORAS WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL

Loras Category Leaders (as of Sep 01, 2014)All matches

# ATTACK (by K) S K K/S E TA Pct16 Kara Kentner 9 32 3.56 9 79 . 2 9 19 Danni Kennedy 9 28 3.11 10 66 . 2 7 37 Therese Schultz 9 15 1.67 8 47 . 1 4 914 Taylor Serrano 9 15 1.67 13 42 . 0 4 810 Liz Jendra 9 14 1.56 10 59 . 0 6 812 Tara Blake 9 13 1.44 4 53 . 1 7 017 Harris Hunter 1 2 2.00 1 5 . 2 0 013 Jenna Erickson 9 0 0.00 1 1-1.00024 Courtney Boyd 9 0 0.00 2 2-1.0008 Haley Bergan 9 0 0.00 0 1 . 0 0 05 Christina Angeli 9 0 0.00 0 5 . 0 0 0

# SET (by A) S A A/S TA Pct13 Jenna Erickson 9 58 6.44 - -16 Kara Kentner 9 47 5.22 - -7 Therese Schultz 9 6 0.67 - -24 Courtney Boyd 9 1 0.11 - -9 Danni Kennedy 9 1 0.11 - -8 Haley Bergan 9 0 0.00 - -5 Christina Angeli 9 0 0.00 - -4 Brittany Lijewski 1 0 0.00 - -12 Tara Blake 9 0 0.00 - -10 Liz Jendra 9 0 0.00 - -14 Taylor Serrano 9 0 0.00 - -

# BLOCK (by Total) S BS BA Total Blk/S9 Danni Kennedy 9 1 7 8.0 0.8914 Taylor Serrano 9 3 5 8.0 0.8916 Kara Kentner 9 0 7 7.0 0.787 Therese Schultz 9 1 3 4.0 0.4412 Tara Blake 9 0 2 2.0 0.224 Brittany Lijewski 1 0 0 0.0 0.0010 Liz Jendra 9 0 0 0.0 0.005 Christina Angeli 9 0 0 0.0 0.008 Haley Bergan 9 0 0 0.0 0.0013 Jenna Erickson 9 0 0 0.0 0.00

# KILL (by K) S K K/S16 Kara Kentner 9 32 3.569 Danni Kennedy 9 28 3.1114 Taylor Serrano 9 15 1.677 Therese Schultz 9 15 1.6710 Liz Jendra 9 14 1.5612 Tara Blake 9 13 1.4417 Harris Hunter 1 2 2.005 Christina Angeli 9 0 0.008 Haley Bergan 9 0 0.0024 Courtney Boyd 9 0 0.0013 Jenna Erickson 9 0 0.00

# SERVE (by SA) S SA SE SA/S TA Pct9 Danni Kennedy 9 3 5 0.33 - -5 Christina Angeli 9 3 4 0.33 - -13 Jenna Erickson 9 3 5 0.33 - -8 Haley Bergan 9 2 2 0.22 - -17 Harris Hunter 1 1 1 1.00 - -16 Kara Kentner 9 1 1 0.11 - -10 Liz Jendra 9 0 0 0.00 - -24 Courtney Boyd 9 0 1 0.00 - -

# DEFENSE (by Dig) S Dig Dig/S BHE16 Kara Kentner 9 44 4.89 324 Courtney Boyd 9 32 3.56 013 Jenna Erickson 9 25 2.78 18 Haley Bergan 9 20 2.22 05 Christina Angeli 9 16 1.78 010 Liz Jendra 9 14 1.56 09 Danni Kennedy 9 13 1.44 112 Tara Blake 9 7 0.78 04 Brittany Lijewski 1 2 2.00 017 Harris Hunter 1 2 2.00 014 Taylor Serrano 9 1 0.11 07 Therese Schultz 9 1 0.11 1

# RECEPT (by TA) S RE RE/S TA Pct24 Courtney Boyd 9 9 1.00 - -10 Liz Jendra 9 0 0.00 - -5 Christina Angeli 9 3 0.33 - -12 Tara Blake 9 3 0.33 - -8 Haley Bergan 9 2 0.22 - -4 Brittany Lijewski 1 1 1.00 - -TM Team - 1 0.09 - -14 Taylor Serrano 9 0 0.00 - -17 Harris Hunter 1 0 0.00 - -

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TEAM STATISTICS LORAS WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL

Loras Overall Team Statistics (as of Sep 01, 2014)All matches

Overall record: 1-2 Conf: 0-0 Home: 0-0 Away: 0-1 Neutral: 1-1

Team Statistics LORASW OPPATTACK K i l l s 119 117 E r r o r s 58 67 Total Attacks 360 385 Attack Pct . 1 6 9 . 1 3 0 K i l l s / S e t 10.8 10.6SET A s s i s t s 113 109 A s s i s t s / S e t 10.3 9.9SERVE A c e s 13 19 E r r o r s 19 21 A c e s / S e t 1.2 1.7SERVE RECEPTIONS E r r o r s 19 13 E r r o r s / S e t 1.7 1.2DEFENSE D i g s 177 165 D i g s / S e t 16.1 15.0BLOCKING Block Solo 5 3 Block Assist 24 36 Total Blocks 17.0 21.0 B l o c k s / S e t 1.5 1.9 Block Errors 3 11Ball handling errors 6 6ATTENDANCE T o t a l 0 214 Dates/Avg Per Date 0/0 1/214 Neutral site #/Avg 2/51 Current win streak 1 - Home win streak 0 -

Match wins by #sets 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th TotalLoras 0 0 1 0 0 1Opponents 0 0 1 0 1 2

Sets won by set 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th TotalLoras 2 1 2 0 0 5Opponents 1 2 1 1 1 6

Points by set 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th TotalLoras 74 55 71 20 10 230Opponents 59 63 62 25 15 224