2009 Virginia Tech Volleyball Media Guide

Erin Leaser

Gemma Donovan

Michelle Lang

Betsy Horowitz

Jill Gergen

Taylor Parrish

Felicia Willoughby

Blacksburg, Virginia COLLEGE TOWN, U.S.A. From its humble beginning in 1872 with 132 students and two programs of study, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, popularly known as Virginia Tech, has evolved into a comprehensive university of national and international prominence. With about 27,500 students in Blacksburg and about 2,500 other students statewide, the university produces worldclass scholarship in a challenging academic environment. University tradition is firmly rooted in its motto, Ut Prosim (That I May Serve), and its historic landgrant mission is brought to life through learning, discovery and engagement.

Virginia Tech’s eight colleges (Agriculture & Life Sciences, Architecture & Urban Studies, Engineering, Liberal Arts & Human Sciences, Natural Resources, Pamplin Business, Science and Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine) and Graduate School offer more degree programs — approximately 200 — than any other university in the state.

Virginia Tech is one of the nation’s leaders in developing and using instructional technologies. More than 85 percent of departments offer e-learning courses, which have attracted more than 100,000 enrollments since 1998. During this time, more than 700 different faculty members have offered more than 3,500 different courses.

For more information about Virginia Tech, visit the university’s Web site — www.vt.edu.

From a quaint downtown area, to the nearby Cascades, to the thrill and excitement of football games at Lane Stadium, Blacksburg and the surrounding area have a lot to offer.

One of America’s best college towns, Blacksburg is a perfect setting for Virginia Tech.

Located in Southwest Virginia on a plateau between the Blue Ridge and Alleghany Mountains, Blacksburg combines the laid-back lifestyle of a small town with the amenities one would expect to find in a major center of higher education. Together, the town and university have worked hard to create a progressive community that ranks among the nation’s elite living environments.

Virginia Tech and the Town of Blacksburg gained national and international attention by creating the world’s first “electronic village.”

Businesses and industries have been drawn by the potential of the town.

Established in 1798 by John and William Black, the town is surrounded by scenic mountain views that accentuate the area.

Since its founding, Blacksburg has grown to become the largest town in Virginia.

More than 43,000 residents (including students) enjoy close proximity to a variety of recreation areas such as the Blue Ridge Parkway, Appalachian Trail, Claytor Lake and the New River.

The region features a moderate climate and four distinct seasons.

Blacksburg’s location (adjacent to major interstate highways) provides convenient access to most points in the southern and eastern parts of the country.

More information on Blacksburg can be found on the Web site of the Blacksburg Electronic Village, www.bev.net or the town’s Web site, www.blacksburg.va.us.

VIRGINIA TECH

2009 VIRGINIA TECH VOLLEYBALL

VIRGINIA TECH 2009 VOLLEYBALL Schedule Quick Facts

Hilton Garden Hokie Invitational Aug. 28 Fri. Montana 7 p.m.

29 Sat. UNC Greensboro Noon Liberty 7 p.m.

VT Tournament Sept. 4 Fri. East Carolina 7 p.m.

5 Sat. Norfolk State Noon Arkansas 7 p.m.

American Tournament

11 Fri. vs. NJIT 5 p.m.

12 Sat. vs. Yale 11 a.m. at American 7 p.m.

Marriott Cavalier Invitational

18 Fri. at Virginia* 7 p.m.

19 Sat. vs. Albany 10:30 a.m. vs. Villanova 4:30 p.m.

25 Fri. at Florida State* 7 p.m.

27 Sun. at Miami* 1:30 p.m.

Oct. 2 Fri. at Wake Forest* 7 p.m.

3 Sat. at Duke* TBA

8 Thurs. NC State* 7 p.m.

9 Fri. North Carolina* 7 p.m.

16 Fri. Georgia Tech* 7 p.m.

17 Sat. Clemson* 6 p.m.

23 Fri. at Boston College* 8 p.m.

25 Sun. at Maryland* 1 p.m.

30 Fri. Miami* 7 p.m.

31 Sat. Florida State* 6 p.m.

Nov. 6 Fri. at NC State* 7 p.m.

8 Sun. at North Carolina* 1 p.m.

13 Fri. Duke* 5 p.m.

14 Sat. Wake Forest* 5 p.m.

20 Fri. at Clemson* 7 p.m.

21 Sat. at Georgia Tech* 7 p.m.

25 Wed. Virginia* 7 p.m. *Denotes Atlantic Coast Conference match All home matches in bold All times local to site and subject to change

What is a Hokie?

That’s the most often-asked question in Virginia Tech athletics. The answer leads all the way back to 1896 when Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College changed its name to Virginia Polytechnic Institute. With the change came the necessity for writing a new cheer and a contest for such a purpose was held by the student body. Senior O.M. Stull won first prize for his “Hokie” yell, which is still used today. Later, when asked if “Hokie” had any special meaning, Stull explained the word was solely the product of his imagination and was used only as an attention-getter for his yell. It soon became a nickname for all Tech teams and for those people loyal to Tech athletics. The official school colors – Chicago maroon and burnt orange – also were introduced in 1896. They were chosen because they made a “unique combination” not worn elsewhere at the time.

University Information

Location............................................................. Blacksburg, Va. Founded................................................................................ 1872 Enrollment.........................................................................30,000 Colors............................... Chicago maroon & burnt orange Nickname...........................................................................Hokies Facility.............................................Cassell Coliseum (10,052) Conference................................. Atlantic Coast Conference President....................................................... Charles W. Steger Director of Athletics.............................................. Jim Weaver Senior Woman Administrator.................Sharon McCloskey

Volleyball Staff

Head Coach (Year at Tech)..........................Chris Riley (4th) Volleyball by Phone....................................... (540) 231-5037 Volleyball by Email..........................................criley1@vt.edu Record at Tech/Career...................................... 51-43/195-97 Asst. Coach (Year at Tech)........Shelbylynn McBride (4th) Asst. Coach (Year at Tech)...................Jayme Gergen (5th)

Volleyball Information

2008 Record........................................................................20-11 Conference Record........................................ 11-9 (7th, ACC) Starters Returning/Lost........................................5+Libero/1 Letterwinners Returning/Lost........................................12/2 Newcomers...................................................................................4 Basic Offense............................................................................5-1

Volleyball History

First Year of Volleyball....................................................... 1977 All-Time Record.............................................572-514-3 (.525) Home Record.....................................................282-123 (.696)

ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS

Assistant AD for Athletics Communications.....Dave Smith Volleyball Contact..................................................Kevin Hunt Hunt by Phone................................................ (540) 231-1494 Hunt by Email................................................kevinh5@vt.edu Secretary................................................................Donna Smith Athletics Communications Main Line..... (540) 231-6726 Athletics Communications Fax.................. (540) 231-6984 Website...............................................www.hokiesports.com Virginia Tech does not discriminate against employees, students, or applicants on the basis of race, color, gender, sexual orientation, disability, age, veteran status, national origin, religion or political affiliation. Anyone having questions concerning discrimination should contact the Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Office at (540) 231-7500.

Table of Contents 2009 Season Outlook........................ 2-3 Head Coach Chris Riley........................ 4 Asst. Coaches/Support Staff............... 5 2009 Roster............................................... 6 Player Profiles.....................................7-19 2008 Review/Statistics................. 20-21 Records.............................................. 22-24 Year-By-Year Results............................24 All-Time Letterwinners.......................25 Honors and Awards...................... 26-27 All-Time Scores............................... 28-31 Series Records........................................32 Atlantic Coast Conference.................33 Academic Support Services.................34 Student Life............................................34 Sports Medicine....................................35 Athletic Performance..........................35 Media Information...............................36

CREDITS: The 2009 Virginia Tech volleyball media guide is a publication of Virginia Tech Athletics Communications, written to assist the working media and designed to aid all media members in their coverage of Virginia Tech volleyball. This guide was written by Kevin Hunt. Design

by Hunt, David Knachel and Mary Frances Czarsty. Photography by Knachel. This book was printed

by Southern Printing Company of Blacksburg, Va.

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2009 Season Outlook

Middle Blockers

The Virginia Tech Hokies are coming off one of their best seasons since joining the Atlantic Coast Conference, finishing 20-11 overall and 11-9 in the ACC in 2008. Tech won 20 matches for the first time since 2002, and the 11 ACC victories equaled the most conference wins by a Hokie squad since becoming a member of the league.

Now, as Tech returns 12 letterwinners, including five starters and the libero, the Hokies are set for an exciting 2009 season.

Justine Record

Erin Leaser

• 1,084 assists, 218 digs and 26 service aces • Member of ACC All-Freshman Team • Ranks fifth all-time among Tech freshmen in single-season assists • Helped spur 11-match win streak • Made all-tournament teams for Hokie Invite and Seahawk Classic

Setters

Sophomore Erin Leaser enters her second year with Tech after a strong rookie campaign at the setter position in 2008.

The Allentown, Pa., native played significant minutes for the Hokies early on before taking over sole setting duties in the sixth match of the season against Western Kentucky. From there, Tech reeled off 11 straight victories and went 17-9 with Leaser as the lone starting setter. After tallying 1,084 assists, ranking fifth all-time among Tech freshmen, and receiving a spot on the ACC AllFreshman team, Leaser is poised for a special season in 2009.

Seniors Michelle Lang and Gemma Donovan will provide great depth backing up Leaser at the setter position. Lang ranks fifth all-time in school history with 2,913 career assists, and Donovan is a smart athlete who brings a wealth of knowledge about the game off the bench.

“The setter position is one of our strengths,” Tech head coach Chris Riley said.

“Erin as a freshman did a fantastic job, and Erin, Michelle and Gemma all made great strides this spring.”

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Arguably Tech’s strongest position, the middle blocker spot is helmed by 2008 honorable mention All-American Felicia Willoughby, who is coming into her junior year. Willoughby put together one of the strongest seasons ever for a Hokie, shattering the school record and topping the ACC with a .402 hitting percentage. She led the team with 326 kills, averaging 2.83 per set, and 117 blocks, averaging 1.02 per set. Willoughby’s efforts earned her first-team All-ACC and AVCA All-East Region honors. The Pleasanton, Calif., native looks to lead the team again this season in the middle and will have plenty of help behind her.

Senior Betsy Horowitz was having the best season of her collegiate career before a back injury, suffered during the North Carolina match on Oct. 9, sidelined her for five weeks. Though she returned, the injury limited her minutes in the final four matches of the season. In the time she was healthy, Horowitz hit at a .351 clip and blocked 61 attacks, tying for second-highest on the team at the end of 2008.

• 238 kills, 256 digs and 23 blocks • Made all-tournament team at the Arkansas Tournament • Played in 30 of 31 matches last season • Recorded five double-doubles • Registered 10 double-digit kill matches

Outside Hitters

Senior Taylor Parrish enters her fourth year with the Hokies and will add loads of experience to a talented group of outside hitters. The Brentwood, Tenn., native racked up 266 kills and 2.51 kills per set, ranking second on the team in both categories last season.

Joining Parrish will be sophomore Justine Record, who exploded onto the scene in her freshman year. At 5-8, Record is a powerful player with a blistering spike and a blazing serve. The Redwood City, Calif., native started 28 of 30 matches last season, tallying 238 kills, while recording 256 digs.

Tech also returns junior Amy Wengrenovich, who played in the back row for much of the 2008 season after starting the year at outside hitter. Redshirt freshman Jennifer Wiker solidifies the outside hitter position coming off the bench.

Freshman Morgan O’Neill has received high praise from the coaches and is looking to be a factor this season.

“Outside hitter is a much improved and deeper position than last year,” Riley said. “We still have Taylor Parrish and Justine Record and, with the addition of Jennifer Wiker, Morgan O’Neill and Amy Wengrenovich, we have some much needed depth at the position that we haven’t had in the past.”

Felicia Willoughby

• 326 kills, .402 hitting percentage and 117 blocks • Honorable Mention All-American • First-Team All-ACC and All-AVCA East Region • First-Team VaSID all-state • Led the ACC and broke the school record in hitting percentage in 2008 • Led team in kills, hitting percentage and blocks

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Alison Blasingame and Kirsty Blue, as well as Cara Baarendse and Liz Trinchere, are all coming along well to really make this a position of strength.”

fray as well. Higareda saw some action in her rookie campaign, and the duo should give the Hokies’ defense solid depth in 2009.

“Jill has done a great job at the libero position, and we expect the same level of serve-receive as last year,” Riley said. “We also expect Kirsten Higareda and Jess Wellman to both push. There are a lot of great defensive players in our gym.”

Schedule

Betsy Horowitz

• 125 kills, .351 hitting percentage and 61 blocks • Most valuable player of Hokie Invite • Tied for second-most on team with 61 blocks • Tallied four double-digit kill matches • Suffered back injury at North Carolina Horowitz’s absence helped Kirsty Blue gain valuable experience. The freshman showed positive signs in her court time, including a team-high 14-kill effort in a five-set victory at NC State on Oct. 17.

Sophomore Alison Blasingame moves to middle blocker after playing on the outside last year. Blasingame came on strong towards the end of 2008, earning her first double-digit kill match in a heartbreaking five-set loss to Duke on Nov. 21. She registered 12 kills in the affair. Blue and Blasingame will be two of the several sophomores looking to make an impact in their second year.

Incoming freshmen Cara Baarendse and Liz Trinchere could also play a role this season at middle blocker.

Jill Gergen

• 430 digs and 26 service aces • Ranked 10th all-time in single-season digs in school history • Member of Hokie Invite and Arkansas Tournament all-tournament teams

Defense

The Hokie defense should be a position of strength leading into the 2009 season, with redshirt senior Jill Gergen guiding the way. Gergen took over libero duties in 2008 for the graduated ACC career digs coleader, Amanda Cloyd, and performed well, recording 430 digs on the season.

Tech returns sophomore Kirsten Higareda and adds freshman Jessica Wellman into the

Tech will open the season with two consecutive home tournaments in Cassell Coliseum. The Hokies will host Montana, for the first time in school history, UNC Greensboro and Liberty in the Hilton Garden Hokie Invitational. The following weekend Tech welcomes East Carolina, Norfolk State and Arkansas in the VT Tournament. The six straight home matches is the longest home stretch to open a season in Hokie history, and the most home matches in a row for Tech since 1995.

The Hokies hit the road for the first time on Sept. 11-12 as they travel to Washington, D.C., for the American Tournament. Tech will play NJIT, Yale and American in the nation’s capital. The next weekend, the Hokies head north to Charlottesville, Va., for the Marriott Cavalier Invitational. Tech opens the tournament and ACC play as it faces off against Virginia on Sept. 18, and then takes on Albany and Villanova the next day in the final non-conference matches of the regular season.

The Hokies open the conference season with five consecutive road matches, including the Cavalier contest. They will travel to Florida State and Miami on Sept.

25 and 27, respectively, then take on Wake Forest in Winston-Salem, N.C., on Oct. 2 and Duke in Durham, N.C., on Oct. 3.

Tech will play each conference team twice, once at home and once away on the year, except for Boston College and Maryland. The Hokies will only play the Eagles and Terrapins once. Tech goes to Chestnut Hill, Mass., to square off against BC on Oct. 23, and then heads south to play Maryland in College Park, Md., on Oct. 25.

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Chris Riley

Chris Riley is entering his fourth season as head coach of the Virginia Tech volleyball team.

In 2008, Riley took a young squad welcoming seven newcomers and turned it into a strong ACC contender. The Hokies went 20-11, 11-9 in the ACC, winning 20 matches for the first time since 2002, and sat atop the ACC standings for much of the conference season. Tech also won 11 straight matches at one point in the season, matching the longest winning streak in school history. Sophomore Felicia Willoughby blossomed under Riley’s direction, breaking the school record and leading the ACC in season hitting percentage (.402). Willoughby led the team in kills (326) and blocks (117), and captured honorable mention All-America, first team All-AVCA East Region, first-team All-ACC and first-team all-state accolades. Riley also helped develop freshman setter Erin Leaser, Date of Birth......................June 4, 1970 who tallied 1,084 assists on the year, Coach Chris Riley, his wife Tara, and their children Kieran, Aidan and Quinn.

Place of Birth...........Manhassette, N.Y. fifth-most among Tech freshmen all time.

Leaser earned a spot on the ACC All-Freshman team, Prior to coming to Tech, Riley spent six seasons received second-team all-state honors and was named at Towson University, where he led the team to five the state’s Rookie of the Year by the Virginia Sports straight 20-win seasons, three Colonial Athletic High School................Long Beach H.S. Information Directors of America.

Association regular season championships, the 2004 College.......... Jacksonville Univ., 1993 Riley guided a young Tech squad to a 14-18 record CAA tournament championship and the 2004 NCAA in 2007, and an 8-14 mark in the ACC, tying for eighth Tournament. He won the CAA Coach of the Year place in the conference. Riley led the group to the award in 2003, and the America East Coach of the Year program’s 550th victory, coming over Wake Forest award in 2001. Riley had an overall record of 144-54 at Virginia Tech.......................Head Coach on Oct. 20, and its second-consecutive sweep of the Towson.

2006-present Hawthorn Suites Hokie Invitational. The Hokies set In 2005, the Tigers went 28-7, with four players Towson ............. Head Coach, 2000-05 Virginia Tech records with 611 block assists and 394.5 earning All-CAA honors, while in 2004, Towson earned St. John’s ............Asst. Coach, 1994-99 total blocks as a team in 2007. Willoughby flourished the CAA regular season title with a 13-1 record. The Jacksonville ............ Asst. Coach, 1993 in her rookie campaign, having one of the best Tigers swept George Mason and Delaware to win the seasons ever for a Hokie freshman. The Pleasanton, CAA tournament championship and earn a berth in Calif., native set a Tech record with 172 total blocks on the NCAA Tournament. the season, ranking first in the ACC and 11th in the Riley made an immediate impact with the team nation. Willoughby also broke a Hokie record with 143 upon his arrival at Towson in 2000, and in his second block assists. year as a head coach, led the team to its first winning In 2006, Riley led the team to its best finish since season in six years, posting a 28-4 record. joining the ACC. The Hokies finished with a 17-14 Prior to going to Towson, Riley spent six years at overall record, their first winning season since 2002.

St. John’s University in New York. While serving as an Tech won a school-record 11 conference matches, assistant with the Red Storm, Riley helped lead the including season sweeps of the 2005 Co-ACC team in its inaugural year as a Division I program.

Champions and NCAA Tournament participants He implemented off-season training programs and Maryland and North Carolina, en route to a sixth-place assisted with recruiting. Riley also started the first finish in the league. volleyball camp at St. John’s.

Riley also spent one season as an assistant coach at his alma mater, Jacksonville University.

A 1993 graduate of Jacksonville with a bachelor of arts in English, he played for the Dolphins’ golf team Year Overall Pct. Conf.

Pct. Finish Conference Home Away Neutral and formed the men’s volleyball club. He was the 2000 15-18 .455 11-5 .688 4th America East 8-4 5-9 2-5 captain of the volleyball club as a senior.

2001 28-4 .875 13-2 .867 1st America East 13-4 12-0 3-0 Riley has competed in beach and USA Volleyball 2002 23-10 .697 9-7 .563 4th CAA 8-4 9-5 6-1 indoor leagues and tournaments. In addition to his 2003 25-6 .806 14-0 1.000 1st CAA 11-1 12-3 2-2 college coaching experience, Riley also served as the 2004 25-6 .735 13-1 .929 1st CAA 14-0 7-4 4-5 head coach for the Long Island-Big Apple Volleyball 2005 28-7 .800 14-4 .778 3rd CAA 7-3 13-2 8-2 Club, a nationally recognized junior team in Nassau, 2006 17-14 .548 11-11 .500 6th ACC 10-4 5-8 2-2 N.Y., from 1998-2000.

2007 14-18 .452 8-14 .364 t8th ACC 9-5 2-11 3-2 Riley and his wife, the former Tara Cahill, are the 2008 20-11 .645 11-9 .550 7th ACC 11-3 5-7 4-1 parents of sons, Aidan and Quinn, and a daughter, Total 195-97 .668 102-53 .658 -- -- 91-28 70-49 34-20 Kieran. They reside in Blacksburg, Va.

Head Coach Fourth Season

RILEY’S PROFILE Personal

Education

Coaching Experience

RILEY’S YEAR-BY-YEAR RESULTS

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Shelbylynn McBride Shelbylynn McBride is in her fourth season at Virginia Tech.

Prior to coming to Tech, McBride worked with current Tech head coach Chris Riley at Towson University as an assistant. While with the Tigers, she helped lead the program to a 28-7 finish in 2005.

In 2004, McBride worked as an assistant at UMBC. The Retrievers went 13-18 overall and 4-10 in the America East, finishing seventh in the league that year. She briefly took over as interim head coach before being hired at Towson.

McBride played both basketball and volleyball as an undergraduate for the George Mason Patriots before finishing her final year of volleyball eligibility as a graduate student at Georgia State University.

At Georgia State, she led the Panthers to the

2003 Atlantic Sun Conference championship game and led the team with 3.46 kills per game. The Panthers ended the season 27-8 overall and 9-1 in the conference.

McBride tallied 688 career kills in three seasons at George Mason. She was Colonial Athletic Association Rookie of the Year in 1999 and was the only freshman to earn second-team All-CAA honors that year. She also lettered in basketball, scoring 719 career points.

McBride coached at Georgia State for eight months as a graduate assistant following her final year of eligibility and served as an assistant coach for the Metro Volleyball Club in Fairfax, Va., between November 2001 and May 2002.

A Valrico, Fla., native, McBride lives in Blacksburg, Va.

Assistant Coach Fourth Season

Jayme Gergen Jayme Gergen enters her fifth season as an assistant coach at Virginia Tech.

Gergen, a 2004 Georgia Tech graduate, helped guide the Yellow Jackets to four-straight NCAA Tournament appearances, three Atlantic Coast Conference regularseason titles and one ACC Tournament Championship.

A middle hitter in college, Gergen was a 2004 AVCA honorable mention All-American, a first-team All-ACC honoree, an Academic All-District selection and an AVCA East Region honoree. She was named Georgia Tech’s Most Improved Player following the 2002 season and earned the Coaches’ Award

after the 2003 season.

As a senior in 2004, she ranked first in the ACC and 11th in the nation in hitting percentage (.393). She finished her career ranked second on the Georgia Tech career hitting percentage list (.353), and was fifth for both career block assists (426) and total blocks (473). She was also fourth on the career blocks per game list (1.18).

Gergen was a Dean’s List student who graduated with a degree in psychology. She was named to the ACC Honor Roll in 2001, ‘02 and ‘03.

A Topeka, Kan., native, Gergen resides in Blacksburg, Va.

Assistant Coach Fifth Season

Jeannette Abbott Jeannette Abbott joins the Virginia Tech staff in 2009 as a volunteer assistant coach after graduating from Clemson in 2008 with a degree in marketing.

Abbott, an outside hitter with the Tigers, was named co-Most Valuable Player for Clemson in 2008.

She earned second-team all-conference accolades in 2007, as well as receiving honorable mention AVCA All-East Region. She finished her Clemson career ranked first in career attempts, with 5,425, third on the

all-time career kills list with 1,793 and fifth in career kills per set, averaging 3.86 kills per set.

The Downer’s Grove, Ill., native attended Downers Grove South High where she was named a high school All-American by PrepVolleyball.com.

She helped Downer’s Grove South to a state championship in 2002 and was a member of the USA Volleyball Junior Olympic National Championship squad.

Volunteer Assistant First Season

Support Staff

Emily Hutcherson Athletic Trainer

Eric Cross Equipment Manager

Katie Ammons Academic Support

Megan Evans Strength and Conditioning

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Roster Breakdown By class Seniors (5) Gemma Donovan Jillian Gergen Betsy Horowitz Michelle Lang Taylor Parrish Juniors (2) Amy Wengrenovich Felicia Willoughby Sophomores (5) Alison Blasingame Kirsty Blue Kirsten Higareda Erin Leaser Justine Record Freshmen (5) Cara Baarendse Morgan O’Neill Liz Trinchere Jessica Wellman Jennifer Wiker

By state California (3) Morgan O’Neill Justine Record Felicia Willoughby Florida (1) Kirsty Blue Indiana (1) Michelle Lang Kansas (1) Jill Gergen North Carolina (2) Betsy Horowitz Jennifer Wiker Ohio (1) Cara Baarendse Pennsylvania (2) Erin Leaser Amy Wengrenovich

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Name Jessica Wellman Jillian Gergen Betsy Horowitz Taylor Parrish Erin Leaser Justine Record Michelle Lang Liz Trinchere Cara Baarendse Amy Wengrenovich Jennifer Wiker Gemma Donovan Felicia Willoughby Kirsten Higareda Alison Blasingame Kirsty Blue Morgan O’Neill

Numerical Roster

Pos. L/DS L MB OH S OH S MB MB OH/DS OH S MB L/DS MB MB OH

Ht. 5-4 5-6 6-2 6-0 5-10 5-8 6-0 6-0 6-1 5-10 6-3 5-6 6-0 5-5 6-2 6-1 5-9

Cl. Fr. r-Sr. Sr. Sr. So. So. Sr. Fr. Fr. Jr. r-Fr. Sr. Jr. So. So. So. Fr.

Hometown (High School/Previous School) McKinney, Texas (McKinney North) Topeka, Kan. (Washburn Rural/Nebraska-Kearney) Charlotte, N.C. (South Mecklenburg) Brentwood, Tenn. (Harpeth Hall) Allentown, Pa. (Allentown Central Catholic) Redwood City, Calif. (Carlmont) Valparaiso, Ind. (Valparaiso) Salem, Va. (Glenvar) Mason, Ohio (Mason) Lancaster, Pa. (Hempfield) Charlotte, N.C. (South Mecklenburg) Springfield, Va. (Bishop Denis J. O’Connell) Pleasanton, Calif. (Foothill) Woodbridge, Va. (Forest Park) Yorktown, Va. (Grafton) Geneva, Fla. (Oviedo) Atherton, Calif. (Archbishop Mitty)

Alphabetical Roster

No. Name Pos. Ht. Cl. Hometown (High School/Previous School) 10 Cara Baarendse MB 6-1 Fr. Mason, Ohio (Mason) 17 Alison Blasingame MB 6-2 So. Yorktown, Va. (Grafton) 18 Kirsty Blue MB 6-1 So. Geneva, Fla. (Oviedo) 14 Gemma Donovan S 5-6 Sr. Springfield, Va. (Bishop Denis J. O’Connell)

2 Jillian Gergen L 5-6 r-Sr. Topeka, Kan. (Washburn Rural/Nebraska-Kearney) 16 Kirsten Higareda L/DS 5-5 So. Woodbridge, Va. (Forest Park)

3 Betsy Horowitz MB 6-2 Sr. Charlotte, N.C. (South Mecklenburg)

8 Michelle Lang S 6-0 Sr. Valparaiso, Ind. (Valparaiso)

5 Erin Leaser S 5-10 So. Allentown, Pa. (Allentown Central Catholic) 19 Morgan O’Neill OH 5-9 Fr. Atherton, Calif. (Archbishop Mitty)

4 Taylor Parrish OH 6-0 Sr. Brentwood, Tenn. (Harpeth Hall)

7 Justine Record OH 5-8 So. Redwood City, Calif. (Carlmont)

9 Liz Trinchere MB 6-0 Fr. Salem, Va. (Glenvar)

1 Jessica Wellman L/DS 5-4 Fr. McKinney, Texas (McKinney North) 11 Amy Wengrenovich OH/DS 5-10 Jr. Lancaster, Pa. (Hempfield) 13 Jennifer Wiker OH 6-3 r-Fr. Charlotte, N.C. (South Mecklenburg) 15 Felicia Willoughby MB 6-0 Jr. Pleasanton, Calif. (Foothill)

Head Coach: Chris Riley (Jacksonville, ’93), Fourth season Assistant Coaches: Shelbylynn McBride (George Mason, ’05), Fourth season Jayme Gergen (Georgia Tech, ’05), Fifth season Volunteer Assistant Coach: Jeannette Abbott (Clemson, ‘08), First season

Tennessee (1) Taylor Parrish Texas (1) Jessica Wellman Virginia (4) Alison Blasingame Gemma Donovan Kirsten Higareda Liz Trinchere

Pronunciation Guide

Baarendse............................bar-end-zee Higareda........................ hig-are-ee-dah Trinchere....................................trin-chair Wengrenovich...... when-gren-of-itch Wiker................................................ wicker

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Gemma Donovan

Riley on Donovan: “Gemma is the heart and soul of our team. She is a great teammate and setter who gives us added depth at the position.”

2008: Saw action in seven games and nine sets ...

Racked up a career-high eight assists against WinstonSalem State ... Dug four attacks against TennesseeMartin.

2007: Played in three games … Dished out seven assists, including a season-best four against NJIT …

Also recorded three digs on the season.

High School: Three-year letterwinner at Bishop Denis J. O’Connell … Named first team WCAC and

All-Met Honorable Mention in 2005 … Named to the Virginia Independent Schools-Division I All-State Team and All-Tournament Team her senior season …

Earned team MVP honors in both her junior and senior seasons … Selected as honorable mention WCAC in 2004 … Earned team Coaches’ Award her sophomore season.

Personal: Gemma Marie Donovan was born May 16, 1988, in Fairfax, Va. … Is the daughter of Dennis and Donna Donovan … Has a sister Angela and brother Thomas … Brother Thomas played golf at Marymount University … Majoring in business accounting.

Setter Senior • 5-6 Springfield, Va. Bishop Denis J. O’Connell Career Match Highs

Attempts........................1, Lamar (9/13/08) Pct...............................000, Lamar (9/13/08) Assists.... 8, Winston-Salem St. (8/30/08) Digs...........16, Appalachian State (9/9/06

2008 Match Highs

Attempts........................1, Lamar (9/13/08) Pct...............................000, Lamar (9/13/08) Assists.... 8, Winston-Salem St. (8/30/08) Digs......... 4, Tennessee-Martin (9/12/08)

GEMMa’s Career Statistics Year 2007 2008 Total

GP 3 9 3

K 0 0 0

E 0 0 0

TA 0 1 1

PCT .000 .000 .000

AST 7 20 27

SA 0 0 0

DIG 3 12 15

BS 0 0 0

BA 0 0 0

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Jill Gergen

Defensive Specialist r-Senior • 5-6 Topeka, Kan. Washburn Rural/ Nebraska-Kearney Career Match Highs

Kills............................................. 1, four times Attempts................................ 2, eight times Pct................................... 1.000, three times Aces........................................................ 4, twice Assists................................................. 3, four times Digs......... 25 at North Carolina (10/9/08)

2008 Match Highs

Kills....................................................... 1, twice Attempts.................................. 2, four times Pct........ 1.000, North Carolina (11/8/ 07) Aces.............. 4, Coastal Carolina (8/30/08) Assists............................................................ 3, twice Digs......... 25, at North Carolina (10/9/08)

Riley on Gergen: “Jill is a fifth-year senior who should continue to serve-receive at a high level. She should be our best serve-receiver and defender on the court.”

2008: Played in 29 matches and 108 sets at the libero position for the Hokies ... Led the team with 430 digs, the 10thmost in a single season in Tech history ... Stands in sixth place in career digs among Tech leaders with 1,227 ... Averaged 3.98 digs per set ... Recorded double-digit digs in 23 of the 29 matches she played ... Led the Hokies in digs in 21 matches ... Dug a career-high 25 attacks at North Carolina on Oct. 9 ... Named to the all-tournament team of the Hawthorn Suites Hokie Invitational and the Arkansas Tournament … Received academic All-ACC honors.

2007: Was one of three Hokies to play in all 32 matches and 121 games … Third on the team with 334 digs and 20 service aces … Tallied a season-high 22 digs in a win over Virginia Commonwealth and collected a team-high 19 against No. 24 Long Beach State … Recorded double-digit digs in 17 matches.

2006: Redshirted due to transferring … Named Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Preseason Defensive Player of the Year.

2005 (at Nebraska-Kearney): Was one of two players to play in all 133 games … Led the team with 463 digs … Named RMAC Freshman of the Year …

Team finished the season as the NCAA Division II national runners-up.

High School: Graduated from Washburn Rural High School … Helped the Junior Blues go 80-10 her junior and senior seasons, winning the Class 6A state title her senior year … Team finished third in the state tournament in 2003 … Two-time winner of the team’s hustle award … Named second-team All-City and All-Conference her senior year and honorable mention All-City as a junior … Played club for MidAmerica Volleyball … Was city pole vault champ as a sophomore.

Personal: Jill Gergen was born on Aug. 14, 1987, in Topeka, Kan. … Daughter of Carol and Jim Gergen … Older sister Jayme is an assistant coach for Virginia Tech … Has a younger brother Jacob … Majoring in mathematics.

Jill’s Career Statistics Year GP K E TA PCT AST 2005* 133 1 1 5 .000 25 2007 121 1 3 12 -.167 32 2008 108 2 3 13 -.077 29 Total 362 4 7 30 -.100 86

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SA 5 20 26 51

V irginia T ech V o l l e y b a l l 2 0 0 9

DIG 463 334 430 1227

BS 0 0 0 0

BA 0 0 0 0

* While at Nebraska-Kearney

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Betsy Horowitz

Riley on Horowitz: “If healthy, Betsy is one of our best attackers.

She is still recovering from last year’s back injury, but we are a tough team to beat if she is in the match.”

2008: Suffered a back injury that forced her to miss nine matches ... Third-highest singleseason hitting percentage in school history at .351 ... Ranked fifth in the conference and second on the team in hitting percentage in 2008 ... Held third-highest service aces per set average in the ACC with 0.38 per frame ... Played in 21 matches and 64 sets ... Tied for second on the team with 61 blocks on the year ...

Also ranked second on the team in kills per set (1.95) and blocks per set (0.95) ... Hit .750 with 12 kills in the sweep of Georgia Tech on Sept. 27 ... Named tournament MVP of the Hawthorn Suites Hokie Invitational.

2007: Finished the season with the second-highest hitting percentage on the team, with a .243 clip … Played in 25 matches and 77 games … Led the team in attack percentage in the last two matches, hitting .714 against Wake Forest and .625 versus No. 24 Duke … Also collected a career-high nine blocks against Wake Forest … Led team in hitting percentage in nine matches … Landed 188 kills on the season and collected 76 blocks.

2006: Played in five games … Saw her first collegiate action at Duke, playing in two games …

Tallied two kills against Georgia Tech and one at Clemson.

High School: Lettered four years at South Mecklenburg High School for Coach Wade Pearce … Team MVP as a senior … A three-time all-conference selection … Earned Best Offensive Player honors as a junior … Played with Carolina Juniors-Slam VBC … Scored over 1,000 career points and had more than 1,000 career rebounds as a power forward with the basketball team … Led basketball team to a state championship in 2006, earning all-region and allconference honors … Also played soccer as a defender.

Personal: Elizabeth Yeomans Horowitz was born Feb. 28, 1988, in Thousand Oaks, Calif. … Daughter of Larry and Carol Horowitz … Has two older siblings, Jenny and Jeff … Brother Jeff played basketball at UNCWilmington … Father Larry played basketball at Davidson and overseas …

Played at same high school as freshman Jennifer Wiker ... Majoring in biology.

Middle Blocker Senior • 6-2 Charlotte, N.C. South Mecklenburg Career Match Highs

Kills........................ 18, at Miami (10/27/07) Attempts......................................... 38, twice Pct............................................... 1.000, twice Digs............................ 11, Virginia (10/9/07) Block Solos......3, Wake Forest (11/21/07) Block Assists........... 7, Ga. Tech (11/2/07) Total Blocks... 9, Wake Forest (11/21/07)

2008 Match Highs

Kills........... 13, Coastal Carolina (8/30/08) Attempts......................................... 22, twice Pct...... 1.000, Boston College (11/14/08) Digs.............................. 8, Virginia (9/23/08) Block Solos.............................1, eight times Block Assists... 6, Coastal Carolina (8/30/08) Total Blocks........................... 6, three times

Betsy’s Career Statistics Year 2006 2007 2008 Total

GP 5 77 64 146

K 3 188 125 316

E 1 78 38 117

TA 8 452 248 708

PCT .250 .243 .351 .281

AST 0 2 6 8

SA 0 4 23 27

DIG 2 31 43 76

BS 0 8 8 16

BA 1 68 53 122

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Michelle Lang

Setter Senior • 6-0 Valparaiso, Ind. Valparaiso Career Match Highs

Kills....... 13, Md.-Eastern Shore (8/29/08) Attempts.... 19, Md.-Eastern Shore (8/29/08) Pct.......... .667, at East Carolina (8/26/06) Aces..................................................... 5, twice Assists........... 64, Wake Forest (11/18/06) Digs............ 18, vs. Arizona State (9/2/06) Block Solo.......................................... 3, twice Block Assists...9, Wake Forest (11/18/06) Total Blocks....................................... 9, twice

2008 Match Highs

Kills.......13, Md.- Eastern Shore (8/29/08) Attempts.... 19, Md.-Eastern Shore (8/29/08) Pct..... .579, Md.-Eastern Shore (8/29/08) Aces......................... 5, at Marshall (9/5/08) Assists.................. 24, at Marshall (9/5/08) Digs...... 10, Md.-Eastern Shore (8/29/08) Block Solo.....1, Coastal Carolina (8/30/08) Block Assists......................................3, twice Total Blocks..... 4, Coastal Carolina (8/30/08)

Riley on Lang: “A setter with versatility, Michelle is one of the best athletes and blockers we have. She will see time on the floor this season.”

2008: Played in 13 matches and 27 sets ...

Recorded Tech’s first tripledouble since 2001 against Maryland-Eastern Shore, racking up a career-high 13 kills, 22 assists and 10 digs ... Ranked second on the team with 125 assists ...

Currently sits in fifth place in Tech history with 2,913 career assists ... Registered team’s fourth-highest hitting percentage, striking at a .262 clip.

2007: Started and played in every match for the Hokies … Dished out double-digit assists in all 31 matches, collecting eight double-doubles …

Dished out a career-high 62 assists and blocked a personal-best nine attacks against Miami … Led the team in aces and was second on the team with 123 total blocks … Ranked fourth in the ACC in assists per game, averaging 11.68 per set at the end of the season.

2006: Was one of three players to start and play in all 31 matches and 120 games … Recorded doubledigit assists in every match … Had a career-high 18 digs to go with 34 assists against Arizona State for first of eight double-doubles … Dished out career-high 64 assists against Wake Forest … Tied for the team lead in digs, with 13, in Tech’s first ever win over Maryland … Finished fourth in Tech’s singleseason assists records with 1,369 …

Finished second on Tech’s freshman records for her assist output in her rookie campaign … Finished fifth in the ACC with 11.41 assists per game … Named to the East Carolina alltournament team … Named to the Hokie Fall Invitational all-tournament team … Selected as the Nextel Athlete of the Week on Sept. 25.

High School: Lettered four years at Valparaiso High School … Set school records for block assists (109) and assists (901) in a season …

Holds school records for single game blocks (9) and assists (42) … Team MVP junior and senior years … Three-time all-conference selection … Three-time all-state selection … Three time sectional champions … Post Tribune preseason Top Player to Watch in the region as a junior … Times preseason Top Impact Player in the region as a junior … Plymouth Invitational alltournament team … Honored as a top senior by PrepVolleyball.com … Played club volleyball with Dunes … Also played basketball and tennis.

Personal: Michelle Marie Lang was born March 14, 1988, in LaGrange, Ill. … Daughter of James and Diana Lang … Has two younger sisters, Gina and Stefanie … Majoring in international studies.

Michelle’s Career Statistics Year 2006 2007 2008 Total

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GP 120 121 27 268

K 105 105 33 243

E 39 49 12 100

TA 331 376 80 787

PCT .199 .149 .262 .182

AST 1369 1419 125 2913

SA 34 27 11 72

V irginia T ech V o l l e y b a l l 2 0 0 9

DIG 237 232 31 500

BS 8 18 1 27

BA 93 105 13 211

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Taylor Parrish

Riley on Parrish: “Taylor has been a mainstay of our program all four years. She has started every match at outside hitter. We look to her to carry the load on the outside as a player and a leader.”

2008: Tallied 14 double-digit kill matches on the year, second-highest on the team ... Played in 29 matches, starting 18 of them, and 106 sets ... Recorded 266 kills, averaging 2.51 kills per set, both good for second on the team ... Landed seasonhigh 18 kills against Georgia Tech on Sept.

27 ... Earned two double-doubles ... Dug a season-high 17 attacks against MarylandEastern Shore on Aug. 29 ... Currently sits in ninth-place among the school’s all-time kill leaders with 1,116 career kills ... Named to alltournament team of the Seahawk Classic.

2007: Had another big year for the Hokies, landing a team-high 406 kills …

Started 31 matches, playing in 116 games … Led team in kills through 16 matches and collected a team-high 18 double-doubles … Reached double-digit kills in 25 matches and 18 times in digs … Blocked a careerhigh six attacks against Cincinnati and dug a personal-best 24 attacks against William & Mary … Named preseason All-ACC … Voted to the VaSID second-team for the second year in a row.

2006: Made an enormous impact as a newcomer, asserting herself as a force on the offensive end … Led the team in kills, finishing tied for 10th on Tech’s singleseason list and second on Tech’s all-time freshman kill chart with 444 kills … Led the team in kills 17 times and in digs five times, including holding the team lead in both kills and digs in three matches … Reached 10 or more kills in all but six matches …

Recorded 10 double-doubles, eight 20-kill performances and one 20-dig performance, including a 21-kill and 24-dig outing against Wake Forest … Finished the season ranked seventh in the ACC with 3.73 kills per game … Named MVP of Hokie Fall Invite and East Carolina Tournament … Earned season’s first ACC Player of the Week honor after ECU Tournament … Was also named the Nextel Athlete of the Week for the week of Sept. 28 … Named Second Team All-State by VaSID… First Hokie to be named to All-ACC Freshman Team … Voted Team Rookie of the Year.

High School: Had 1,967 career kills and 1,623 career digs at Harpeth Hall under head coach Valorie Baker … A 2002-05 all-region team selection … 2001 and 2005 state champion … 2005 state tournament MVP … 2005 PrepVolleyball.com All-American and nominated for National Player of the Year … Played club volleyball for Impact VBC … Won two state championships in basketball and ran track.

Personal: Taylor Louise Parrish was born Sept. 1, 1987, in Nashville, Tenn. … Is the daughter of Carolyn and Lee Parrish … Has one sibling, Reid … Father Lee swam at the University of Oklahoma … Majoring in biology.

Outside Hitter Senior • 6-0 Brentwood, Tenn.

Harpeth Hall Career Match Highs

Kills............. 24, Boston College (11/3/06) Attempts... 69, William & Mary (8/24/07) Pct........... .400, vs. George Wash.(9/8/06) Aces..................................................... 3, twice Assists.................................................. 3 twice Digs................................................... 24, twice Block Solo.... 3, North Carolina (9/21/06) Block Assists.... 6, vs. Cincinnati (8/7/07) Total Blocks........................... 6, three times

2008 Match Highs

Kills.................. 18, Georgia Tech (9/27/08) Attempts......... 48 at NC State (10/10/08) Pct.......412, at UNC-Wilmington (9/19/08) Aces................. 1, Wake Forest (10/17/08) Assists..................................... 1, eight times Digs...... 17, Md.-Eastern Shore (8/29/08) Block Solo................................... 1, six times Block Assists..................................... 4, twice Total Blocks.............................. 4, four times

TAylor’s Career Statistics Year 2006 2007 2008 Total

GP 119 116 106 341

K 444 406 266 1116

E 139 177 99 415

TA 1327 1317 855 3499

PCT .230 .174 .195 .200

AST 17 21 8 46

SA 13 16 1 30

DIG 255 363 124 742

BS 11 9 6 26

BA 52 58 40 150

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Amy Wengrenovich

Outside Hitter Junior • 5-10 Lancaster, Pa. Hempfield

Riley on Wengrenovich: “A defensive leader and the fastest player we have. Amy will play the backcourt and the outside hitter position.”

2008: Registered a career-high six service aces against Lamar on Sept. 13, the most by a single Hokie in any match on the season ... Landed eight kills on 15 attacks with no errors for a career-high .533 hitting percentage against Tennessee-Martin on Sept. 12 ... Recorded a season-high 16 digs against UNCAsheville on Sept. 20, one of three double-digit dig matches on the year.

2007: Was a solid defensive player for the Hokies in her first season … Played in 27 matches, starting 18 … Tallied 103 kills and 198 digs in 88 games … Reached double-digit digs in eight matches, collecting a team-high 12 against NJIT … Dug a

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personal-best 22 attacks against VCU … Had a double-double against both Marshall and Fairfield.

High School: An All-American right side from Hempfield … Started four years for Coach Mike Vogel … Team was a two-time state champion, winning the league title all four years and the district title three times … Earned all-state and first-team all-league honors after sophomore, junior and senior seasons … Named second-team all-league as a freshman … All-district first-team junior and senior year, and second-team sophomore year … Played club for Dan LaBonte on R&B Select … Also played soccer.

Personal: Amy Wengrenovich was born on June 12, 1988, in Lancaster, Pa. … Daughter of Peter and Robin Wengrenovich … Has a brother, Scott …

Majoring in psychology.

Career Match Highs

Kills..................... 15, vs. Fairfield (8/31/07) Attempts....................... 37, VCU (8/24/07) Pct......... .533, vs. Tenn.-Martin (9/12/08) Aces......................... 6 , vs. Lamar (9/13/08) Assists........................................... 3, six times Digs.................................. 22, VCU (8/24/07) Block Assists..... 5, William & Mary (8/24/07) Total Blocks.... 5, William & Mary (8/24/07)

2008 Match Highs

Kills..... 4, Winston-Salem State (8/30/08) Attempts.... 23, vs. W. Kentucky (9/6/08) Pct......... .533, vs. Tenn.-Martin (9/12/08) Aces.......................... 6, vs. Lamar (9/13/08) Assists..................................................3, twice Digs........ 16, vs. UNC-Asheville (9/20/08) Block Assists................................ 1, three times Total Blocks............................... 1, three times

AMy’s Career Statistics Year 2007 2008 Total

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GP 79 94 173

K 103 40 143

E 68 28 96

TA 439 212 651

PCT .080 .057 .072

AST 23 20 43

SA 13 28 41

V irginia T ech V o l l e y b a l l 2 0 0 9

DIG 198 181 379

BS 0 0 0

BA 5 3 8

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Felicia Willoughby

Riley on Willoughby: “Felicia is an amazing person and a great player who is still getting better. It is scary to see how good she can be.”

2008: One of the best players in the country ... Became the second player in school history to earn All-America honorable mention honors ... Earned All-ACC firstteam, All-AVCA East Region and all-state first team honors ... Set the single-season school record in hitting percentage, striking at a .402 clip ... The record-breaking hitting percentage was tops in the ACC and 10th in the nation ... Led the team in kills (326), kills per set (2.83), blocks (117) and blocks per set (1.02) on the year ... Played in all 31 matches, starting 30 of them, and 115 sets ... Tallied 15 doubledigit kill matches, leading the team ... Helped Tech to a five-set victory over NC State with a season-high 25 kills and 10 blocks ... Both marks were the highest by a Hokie in a single game on the year ... Hit above a .300 clip in 23 matches ...

Received ACC Player of the Week recognition, for the week of Nov. 18, following victories over Boston College and Maryland ... Named tournament MVP of both the Arkansas Tournament and the Seahawk Classic ... Also named to the Marshall Tournament’s all-tournament squad.

2007: Was among the nation’s top freshmen … Named the ACC, AVCA East Region and VaSID Freshman of the Year … Named a Rising Star by CVU. com … Noted as the second-best blocker in the nation’s 2007 freshman class … Led the team and ACC with 1.51 blocks per game, finishing the season tied for 19th nationally … Started and played in 30 matches and 114 games … Led the team with 172 blocks and a .274 attack percentage and was second with 303 kills … Blocked 11 attacks against William & Mary, placing her tied for fifth in Tech’s single-match record book for total blocks … Finished season holding the program’s single-season and freshman season records for block assists and total blocks … Was fifth on Tech’s freshman kills records and second in hitting percentage and solo blocks … Led the team in blocking through 13 matches and hitting percentage six times … Named to the Hawthorn Suites Hokie Invitational and Panther Invitational all-tournament teams … Named to the All-ACC Freshman Team, the Virginia All-State first team and was an AVCA East Region Honorable Mention.

Middle Blocker Junior • 6-0 Pleasanton, Calif.

Foothill Career Match Highs

High School: A four-year varsity player at Foothill High School … Led team to the EBAL championship, NCS championship and state finals in 2006, finishing the season with a 38-1 record and earning conference MVP honors … Was named Bay Area Athlete of the Year her senior year … Finalist for Athlete of the Year in 2005 and was among Contra Costa Top 100 Athletes … Earned first-team all-conference honors in 2005 and was named to All-Bay Area Team … Named first-team all-league her sophomore year and second-team freshman year … Was a Tri-Valley Herald “Player of the Month” in 2004 … Played on the Golden Bear Forefront 18-1 club team … Also played softball and basketball.

Personal: Felicia Willoughby was born on May 18, 1989, in Seoul, South Korea …

Daughter of Doug and Chin Chu Willoughby …

Has a younger brother, Lance … Enrolled in university studies.

Kills................... 25, at NC State (10/10/08) Attempts........ 40, at NC State (10/10/08) Pct...... .700, vs. UNC-Asheville (9/20/08) Aces..................................................... 3, twice Assists..................... 2, at Marshall (9/5/08) Digs..................................................... 8, twice Block Solo............. 5, at Miami (10/27/07) Block Assists................ 10, William & Mary (8/24/07) Total Blocks................. 11, William & Mary (8/24/07)

2008 Match Highs

Kills................... 25, at NC State (10/10/08) Attempts........ 40, at NC State (10/10/08) Pct...... .700, vs. UNC-Asheville (9/20/08) Aces..................................................... 2, twice Assists..................... 2, at Marshall (9/5/08) Digs.......................... 7, at Duke (11/21/08) Block Solo................................. 2, five times Block Assists......................................9, twice Total Blocks....10, at NC State (10/10/08)

Felicia’s Career Statistics Year 2007 2008 Total

GP 114 115 229

K 303 326 629

E 111 83 194

TA 700 604 1304

PCT .274 .402 .334

AST 8 9 17

SA 14 8 22

DIG 76 58 134

BS 29 22 51

BA 143 95 238

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Alison Blasingame

Middle Blocker Sophomore • 6-2 Yorktown, Va. Grafton Career Match Highs

Kills................................12, Duke (11/21/08) Attempts.................... 27, Duke (11/21/08) Pct..... .583, Winston-Salem St. (8/30/08) Aces.........1, Winston-Salem St. (8/30/08) Assists.......................... 2, Marshall (9/5/08) Digs.................. 6, Florida State (10/24/08) Block Assists......................................3, twice Total Blocks....................................... 3, twice

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Riley on Blasingame: “Alison is one of the best attackers we have and should get significant playing time at the middle blocker slot this season.”

2008: Saw action in 19 matches and 45 sets … Recorded 63 kills and 16 blocks on the season while hitting at a .230 clip … Registered a career-high 12 kills in a five-set thriller against Duke … Keyed a match-swinging rally, as the Hokies scored nine consecutive points on her service to win the second set of a 3-1 victory against NCAA Tournament qualifier Clemson …

Hit .583 with eight kills against Winston-Salem State.

High School: Virginia AA State player of the year … Broke state record for kills in a season (501) and kills in a career (1,216) … Named a PrepVolleyball.com high school All-American in 2007 … Region 1 Player of the Year … Member of the PrepVolleyball.com Senior Aces top 250 … Led Grafton High School to state finals as a senior and to state semifinals as a junior … Named Team MVP as a senior and led squad to a 28-1 record … Played on Coastal Virginia Volleyball Club for coach Dave Albaugh …

Was member of National Honor Society.

Personal: Alison Jean Blasingame was born May 30th, 1990, in Rome, N.Y. …

Daughter of Jim and Wendy Blasingame … Has two brothers Trey and Mark … Brother Mark plays basketball at Christopher Newport University … Enrolled in university studies.

ALISON’s Career Statistics Year 2008

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GP 45

K 63

E 26

TA 161

PCT .230

AST 3

SA 1

V irginia T ech V o l l e y b a l l 2 0 0 9

DIG 18

BS 0

BA 16

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Kirsty Blue hitting percentage in a 3-1 win over Wake Forest …

Tallied 66 kills and 33 blocks on the year … Blocked a career-high five attacks, including two of the solo variety, against Winston-Salem State.

High School: Named second-team all-state in 2007 by the Florida Sports Writers Association …

Three-time all-county honoree … Was team’s MVP as a senior … Named MVP of Trinity Prep Invitational … Helped lead Oviedo to two district and conference championships … Won four letters in volleyball for coach Allan Rubenstein …

Played club volleyball for the Inland Volleyball Club and the Orlando Volleyball Club … Achieved Principal’s List honors all four years for having a grade point average above 4.0 … Member of Tye-Pong Club.

Personal: Kirsty Blue was born June 1, 1990, in Orlando, Fla. … Daughter of Nancy and David Blue … Has one brother, Zak … Majoring in human nutrition, foods and exercise.

Riley on Blue: “Kirsty gives us great depth and versatility. She can play middle blocker or right side and will do both all season long.”

2008: Gained valuable experience and played a pivotal role subbing in at the middle blocker position for the injured Betsy Horowitz in the middle of the season … Earned career-highs with 14 kills and a .355

Middle Blocker Sophomore • 6-1 Geneva, Fla. Oviedo Career Match Highs

Kills.................14, Wake Forest (10/17/08) Attempts.......31, Wake Forest (10/17/08) Pct........................... .571, Marshall (9/5/08) Assists......................... 2, Miami (10/25/08) Digs.............................4, NC State (11/7/08) Block Solo.... 2, Winston-Salem St. (8/30/08) Block Assists.....4, Wake Forest (10/17/08) Total Blocks.... 5, Winston-Salem St. (8/30/08)

KIRSTY’s Career Statistics Year 2008

GP 45

K 66

E 34

TA 174

PCT .184

AST 3

SA 1

DIG 19

BS 4

BA 29

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Kirsten Higareda

Libero/Defensive Specialist Sophomore • 5-4 Woodbridge, Va. Forest Park Career Match Highs

Attempts............................................ 1, twice Pct....................................................000, twice Aces............ 2, Boston College (11/14/08) Assists........................... 2, Duke (11/21/08) Digs.................................8, Duke (11/21/08)

Riley on Higareda: “Kirsten made some great strides in the spring and gives us much needed depth at the libero position.

She makes us better in the gym every day.”

2008: Played in 10 matches and 19 sets on the season … Recorded a career-high eight digs against Duke … Tallied three or more digs in six matches in 2008.

High School: Second-team all-state as a junior and senior … Earned all-region honors as junior and senior … Named all-district three times … Helped lead team to Cardinal District and Northwest Region championships in 2006 and 2007 … Ranks third all-time in the state of Virginia with 905 career digs … Made PrepVolleyball. com’s “Defensive Dandies, Part I: Gym Dandies” list three times … Earned Gatorade Future Star Award as a freshman … Received Virginia High School League’s “Award of Excellence” in 2006 … Lettered six times in high school, three in volleyball and three in lacrosse … Played for the CLASH and IchibanVA volleyball clubs …

Was a Potomac News Scholar-Athlete in 2008.

Personal: Kirsten Ann Higareda was born on Oct. 15, 1990, in Newport Beach, Calif. … Daughter of Ken and Vanessa Higareda … Has one sister, Kenzie …

Majoring in business.

KIRSTEN’s Career Statistics Year 2008

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GP 19

K 0

E 0

TA 2

PCT .000

AST 4

SA 5

V irginia T ech V o l l e y b a l l 2 0 0 9

DIG 31

BS 0

BA 0

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Erin Leaser Riley on Leaser: “Erin had a fantastic spring, and we expect her to continue to run the offense and the show. She will continue to improve and make the team better.”

2008: Took over starting setting duties for the entire season in the third set against Western Kentucky … Led squad and ranks fifth all-time among Tech freshmen with 1,084 assists on the year … Received ACC All-Freshman honors … Named Rookie of the Year by the Virginia Sports Information Directors of America … Ranked seventh in the conference, tallying 9.77 assists per set … Led the Hokies with seven doubledoubles on the year … Tallied seven double-digit dig matches in 2008 … Dished out 30 assists or more in 22 matches …

Registered 218 digs and 40 blocks on the year … Blocked three or more attacks in five matches … Racked up a season team-high 57 assists against Arkansas in the Arkansas Tournament … Played in all 31 matches and tied for second on the team with 111 sets played … Scored 26 service aces on the year … Earned All-Tournament honors at the Hawthorn Suites Hokie Invitational and the Seahawk Classic … Achieved academic All-ACC honors.

High School: Helped lead Allentown Central Catholic to 2007 Pennsylvania AAA state championship … Earned team MVP … 2007 MVP of state tournament … Was all-state in 2006 and 2007 … Pennsylvania’s Gatorade Player of the Year runner-up … One of PrepVolleyball.com’s top 250 seniors … Named high school All-American

by PrepVolleyball. com … Was a top 50 finalist for the Andi Collins award for best setter in the country … Lettered three times in volleyball and four times in swimming …

Swam the freestyle and breaststroke ... Played for Josh Steinback on the Philadelphia Volleyball Club.

Personal: Erin Marie Leaser was born on Sept.

13, 1990, in Allentown, Pa. … Daughter of Paul and Marisa Leaser …

Has one brother, Paul, and one sister, Kristin … Enrolled in university studies.

Setter Sophomore • 5-10 Allentown, Pa. Allentown Central Catholic Career Match Highs

Kills..................... 7, Georgia Tech (9/27/08) Attempts............... 11, Virginia (11/28/08) Pct............................................... 1.000, twice Aces............................................ 2, four times Assists.................... 57, Arkansas (9/13/08) Digs.............. 13, North Carolina (11/8/08) Block Solos.................1, Virginia (9/23/08) Block Assists..........................4, three times Total Blocks............... 5, Virginia (9/23/08)

ERIN’s Career Statistics Year 2008

GP 111

K 57

E 29

TA 166

PCT .169

AST 1,084

SA 26

DIG 218

BS 1

BA 39

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Justine Record

Outside Hitter Sophomore • 5-8 Redwood City, Calif.

Carlmont Career Match Highs

Kills...........................19, Arkansas (9/13/08) Attempts..... 60, North Carolina (10/9/08) Pct........................ .455, NC State (11/7/08) Aces..........................................3, three times Assists..................... 3, NC State (10/10/08) Digs.................................................... 16, twice Block Solos...............2, NC State (11/7/08) Block Assists..............3, Virginia (9/23/08) Total Blocks....................................... 3, twice

Riley on Record: “Justine is an unbelievable athlete, and we expect her to be even better in her sophomore year than she was her freshman season.

She will mostly play at outside hitter this year.”

2008: Ranked second on the team in digs, with 256, and third on the squad in kills, with 238 on the season … Averaged 2.31 kills per set, third-highest on the squad … Recorded five double-doubles and 13 double-digit dig matches on the year, ranking second for the Hokies in both categories … Tallied 10 double-digit kill matches … Totaled 23 blocks and 29 service aces on the year … Played in 30 matches and 103 sets … Registered a career-high 19 kills in a 3-2 victory over Arkansas in the Arkansas Tournament … Dug a career-high 16 attacks and added 18 kills at North Carolina … Named to the Arkansas Tournament all-tournament team.

High School: Earned four first-team All-Peninsula Athletic League honors …

Member of U.S. squad which took bronze medal in the 18 open division at the 2008

USA Junior Nationals for coaches Jason Mansfield and Ryan Cooling … 2008 Carlmont High School Female Athlete of the Year … Named player of the year in 2006 by San Mateo County Times … Three time all-area honoree … Anchored team that was league champion all four of her years … Named one of the top high school sophomores by PrepVolleyball.com … Coached by Irene Oliviera, Cindy Wolf and Jennifer Cho … Played for City Beach and Vision volleyball clubs for Mansfield, Cooling, Jason Dupler and Chris Crader.

Personal: Justine Veronica Record was born on Dec. 2, 1989, in Redwood City, Calif. … Daughter of Kevin Record and Lorna Iuliano … Has two sisters, Alma and Veronica … Enrolled in university studies.

JUSTINE’S Career Statistics Year 2008

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K 238

E 162

TA 791

PCT .096

AST 12

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Jennifer Wiker #13 Outside Hitter r-Freshman 6-3 Charlotte, N.C. South Mecklenburg

Middle Blocker Freshman 6-1 Mason, Ohio Mason

Outside Hitter Freshman 5-9 Atherton, Calif.

Archbishop Mitty

Riley on Wiker: “She redshirted last year and has made tremendous strides in strength and confidence. She has the highest touch on the team at 10’ 2”. We expect big things from her.”

High School: Earned four letters for South Mecklenburg High School in volleyball for coach Wade Pearce … Set North Carolina records for most kills in a single match (42) and a season (457) … Named Charlotte Weekly Volleyball Player of the Year … Earned first-team All-Charlotte Observer … Named first-team all-region and

Cara Baarendse #10 Riley on Baarendse: “Cara is a great athlete who will be playing the right side. She is a tremendous offensive player who will fill the shoes of Kristen Cunningham.”

High School: Received Greater Miami Conference Division I Player of the Year award in 2008 … Led Greater Miami Conference her senior year with 331 kills and 60 service aces … Named Cincinnati Enquirer first-team Division I as a junior and senior … Two-time first-team all-conference honoree … Garnered all-city honors in 2008 … Earned alltournament team honors at the 2006 USA Junior Olympics

Libero/ Defensive Specialist Freshman 5-4 McKinney, Texas McKinney North

… Mason High School’s offensive player of the year as a junior … Won COMET award in 2008 … Southwest Ohio Volleyball Coaches Association Senior Scholastic Athletic Award winner all four years of high school … Lettered all four years for coach Tiann Keesling … Played for Mizuno Cincy Classic Volleyball club … Graduated cum laude and earned Award of Merit.

Personal: Cara Baarendse was born on May 12, 1991, in Cincinnati, Ohio … Daughter of Marianne and Dale Baarendse … Has two siblings, Jennifer and Tyler …

Majoring in business.

Morgan O’Neill #19 Riley on O’Neill: “The best ball control kid I’ve ever seen, Morgan will be one of the mainstays of our serve receive. We expect immediate contribution as a freshman.”

High School: Named second-team Under Armor AllAmerican in 2009 … Was a Max Preps Secret All-American, Senior Ace top 280, first-team Defensive Dandy and first-team all-WCAL honoree as a senior … Helped Archbishop Mitty to the 2009 CIF Division II state title and No. 2 Max Preps ranking as a senior … Received San

Liz Trinchere Middle Blocker Freshman 6-0 Salem, Va. Glenvar

all-conference … Played for coach Shannon Wells on the Carolina Juniors volleyball club … Member of National Honor Society, National Technical Honor Society, National Science Honor Society and is an AP Diploma Graduate …

South Mecklenburg Female Athlete of the Year in 2008.

Personal: Jennifer Ann was born Sept. 21, 1990, in Charlotte, N.C. … Daughter of Bob and Peggy Wiker … Has one sister, Susan Wiker … Sister Susan played volleyball at University of Delaware … Played at same high school as teammate Betsy Horowitz … Majoring in finance.

Jose Mercury News Athlete of the Week honors as a junior … All-WCAL and all-county second team her sophomore and junior seasons … Named to Prepvolleyball.com’s Sophomore 79 list … Coached by Bret Almazan-Cezar at Archbishop Mitty … Played for Vision Volleyball Club.

Personal: Morgan Shannon O’Neill was born on Feb. 20, 1991 … Daughter of Martha and Barry O’Neill … Has one younger sister, Mary Jane … Majoring in economics.

#9

Riley on Trinchere: “Liz is a freshman who we are looking at to get involved on offense and defense. She should give added depth to the middle blocker position.”

High School: Garnered first-team all-state recognition in 2008 and 2007 … Two-time first-team all-region and three-time first-team all-district honoree … Won District Player of the Year as a junior … Helped team to state championship

in 2006 … Named second-team all-district as a freshman … Earned letters in volleyball and tennis in high school … Was a district champion in tennis in 2009 … Member of the National Honor Society …

Bnai Brith nominee and valedictorian of high school.

Personal: Elizabeth Trinchere was born on Dec. 25, 1990, in O’Fallon, Ill. … Daughter of John and Susan Trinchere … Has two younger siblings, John and Lexie … Undecided on major.

Jessica Wellman #1 Riley on Wellman: “A first-year walk-on who we are expecting to learn our system and give great defensive presence in practice.”

High School: Two-time all-district first team at McKinney North … Earned two letters for coach Alyssa Niell … Member of Skyline Juniors club … Played guard for McKinney North’s basketball

team for two years … Member of the Rotary Club of Academic Excellence for three years … Won Rotary Club Leadership Award.

Personal: Jessica Ann Wellman was born Dec. 12, 1990, in Portland, Ore. … Daughter of Scott and Lisa Wellman … Has one brother, Kevin …

Majoring in communications.

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2008 Season in Review Felicia Willoughby

2008 Honorees Felicia willoughby

• Honorable Mention All-American • All AVCA-East Region • All-ACC (1st) • VaSID All-State (1st) • Preseason All-ACC • ACC Player of the Week (Nov. 17) • Arkansas Tournament MVP • Seahawk Classic MVP • Marshall Tournament all-tournament team • Broke school record in single-season hitting percentage (.402)

Kristen Cunningham

• ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District III (2nd)

ERin Leaser

• ACC All-Freshman Team • VaSID Rookie of the Year • Hokie Invite all-tournament team • Seahawk Classic all-tournament team

Betsy Horowitz

• Hokie Invite Tournament MVP • Two-time Tech Athlete of the Week

A very young but tenacious 2008 volleyball squad shattered all expectations last season en route to its first 20-win season since 2002. The unit, which welcomed seven freshmen, won a schoolrecord tying 11-straight matches and equaled their highest win total in the Atlantic Coast Conference, placing seventh in the strong league. Felicia Willoughby led the team in kills and blocks and became only the second Hokie to win All-America honorable mention honors, while setter Erin Leaser became Tech’s third-straight member of the All-ACC Freshman team.

For the third straight year, the Hokies won the Hawthorn Suites Hokie Invitational to open the campaign, defeating Maryland-Eastern Shore, Winston-Salem State and Coastal Carolina for the tournament crown. Betsy Horowitz was named tournament most valuable player, while Jill Gergen

and Leaser also earned all-tournament recognition.

Tech went 1-2 in the Marshall Tournament the following week, with a victory against East Tennessee State but rebounded to sweep the Arkansas Tournament the following week, defeating Tennessee-Martin, Lamar and Arkansas. The Hokies closed out their non-conference schedule with another tournament title at the Seahawk Classic, beating host UNC Wilmington and UNC Asheville.

The Hokies entered conference play with a 9-2 record and on a five-match winning streak.

Tech continued the win streak with arguably the strongest volleyball stretch in program history.

Tech swept Virginia convincingly in the conference opener at Cassell Coliseum and, three days later, dispatched preseason conference favorite and 2008 NCAA Tournament participant Clemson in four sets at home. The next day, the Hokies dominated Georgia

2008 Season Stats # Name S-MP K K/S E TA PCT. A A/G SA SE SA/S RE D D/S BS BA TB B/S BE BHE 1 Kristen Cunningham 111-31 210 1.89 81 467 .276 29 0.26 5 4 0.05 0 48 0.43 3 58 61 0.55 5 8 2 Jill Gergen 108-29 2 0.02 3 13 -.077 29 0.27 26 30 0.24 18 430 3.98 0 0 0 0.00 0 1 3 Betsy Horowitz 64-21 125 1.95 38 248 .351 6 0.09 23 31 0.36 0 43 0.67 8 53 61 0.95 13 2 4 Taylor Parrish 106-29 266 2.51 99 855 .195 8 0.08 1 8 0.01 16 124 1.17 6 40 46 0.43 11 2 5 Erin Leaser 111-31 57 0.51 29 166 .169 1084 9.77 26 50 0.23 0 218 1.96 1 39 40 0.36 1 26 6 Jessica Emanuele 4-3 3 0.75 2 9 .111 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 2 0.50 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 7 Justine Record 103-30 238 2.31 162 791 .096 12 0.12 29 50 0.28 30 256 2.49 4 19 23 0.22 3 1 8 Michelle Lang 27-13 33 1.22 12 80 .262 125 4.63 11 10 0.41 0 31 1.15 1 13 14 0.52 1 2 9 Jessica Woody 2-1 0 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.00 0 1 0.00 0 3 1.50 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 10 Sarah Muñoz 107-31 50 0.47 34 183 .087 25 0.23 32 37 0.30 11 242 2.26 0 3 3 0.03 0 2 11 Amy Wengrenovich 94-29 40 0.43 28 212 .057 20 0.21 28 32 0.30 15 181 1.93 0 3 3 0.03 0 3 14 Gemma Donovan 9-7 0 0.00 0 1 .000 20 2.22 0 2 0.00 0 12 1.33 0 0 0 0.00 1 2 15 Felicia Willoughby 115-31 326 2.83 83 04 .402 9 0.08 8 25 0.07 0 58 0.50 22 95 117 1.02 10 2 16 Kirsten Higareda 19-10 0 0.00 0 2 .000 4 0.21 5 4 0.26 4 31 1.63 0 0 0 0.00 0 1 17 Alison Blasingame 45-19 63 1.40 26 161 .230 3 0.07 1 2 0.02 0 124 1.17 6 40 46 0.43 1 2 18 Kirsty Blue 45-15 66 1.47 34 174 .184 3 0.07 1 7 0.02 0 19 0.42 4 29 33 0.73 2 2 TEAM 28 VIRGINIA TECH 116-31 1479 12.75 631 3966 .214 1377 11.87 196 293 1.69 122 1716 14.79 49 368 233.0 2.01 48 54 Opponents 116-31 1249 10.77 630 3866 .160 1151 9.92 122 217 1.05 196 1604 13.83 76 326 239.0 2.06 36 43

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A LOOK B A C K Tech, who was picked to finish second in the ACC, sweeping the Yellow Jackets in impressive fashion.

Tech swept Maryland and Boston College on the road in its next two matches to push the winning streak to 11 and match the school record, while opening the conference in first place with a 5-0 record.

On the road against North Carolina, the Hokies won the first two sets but dropped the last three in a tough loss to the Tar Heels, snapping their 11-match win streak. The Hokies regrouped, though, and pulled out a hard-fought five-set victory against NC State in Raleigh, N.C., the next day. Willoughby tallied team season-highs of 25 kills and 10 blocks in the affair, willing Tech to victory.

Tech split its next two weekends in a four-match homestand, winning against Wake Forest and falling to Duke the next day, and losing to Florida State but defeating Miami the following weekend.

After a tough weekend down south with consecutive 0-3 losses to Clemson and Georgia Tech, the Hokies won three of their next four. Tech swept NC State, dropped a 3-0 decision to North Carolina, and cruised to 3-0 home victories against Boston College and Maryland. The victories completed the

Hokies’ season sweeps of the Wolfpack, Eagles and Terrapins.

The Hokies ended their season with a threematch road trip. After falling at Wake Forest, 3-1, Tech battled Duke and Virginia to the brink in Durham, N.C., and Charlottesville, Va., respectively, but lost in five sets to both. The Hokies ended the season 20-11, with an 11-9 record in the ACC good enough for seventh place.

At the season’s end, the Hokies racked up the awards and records. Willoughby finished the year with a hitting percentage of .402, smashing the Tech single-season record of .357 set by Julie Neely in 1986. The Pleasanton, Calif., native earned All-ACC first team accolades, AVCA All-East Region honors and honorable mention AVCA All-America recognition. Willoughby also was named first team all-state by the VaSID and was joined by Leaser, who achieved second team all-state. Leaser also became Tech’s third straight member of the ACC All-Freshman squad. The Hokies also excelled academically, as Kristen Cunningham received Academic All-District III honors for her work in the classroom.

2008 Results Date Opponent Result Match Score Aug. 29 MARYLAND-E. SHORE † W, 3-1 25-19, 26-24, 21-25, 25-23 Aug. 30 WINSTON-SALEM ST. † W, 3-0 25-6, 25-10, 25-12 Aug. 30 COASTAL CAROLINA † W, 3-1 25-23, 25-23, 24-26, 25-16 Sept. 05 at Marshall University § L, 2-3 17-25, 25-23, 25-19, 17-25, 11-15 Sept. 06 vs. Western Kentucky § L, 2-3 18-25, 17-25, 25-20, 25-20, 11-15 Sept. 06 vs. East Tennessee St. § W, 3-0 25-20, 25-14, 25-12 Sept. 12 vs. Tennessee-Martin^ W, 3-0 25-21, 25-23, 25-16 Sept. 13 vs. Lamar^ W, 3-2 25-16, 25-17, 18-25, 23-25, 15-13 Sept. 13 at Arkansas^ W, 3-2 25-23, 19-25, 25-16, 19-25, 15-7 Sept. 19 at UNC Wilmington& W, 3-0 25-15, 25-10, 25-21 Sept. 20 vs. UNC Asheville& W, 3-0 25-14, 25-16, 25-21 Sept. 23 VIRGINIA* W, 3-0 27-25, 25-11, 26-24 Sept. 26 CLEMSON* W, 3-1 18-25, 25-23, 25-17, 25-23 Sept. 27 GEORGIA TECH* W, 3-0 25-23, 25-22, 26-24 Oct. 3 at Maryland* W, 3-0 25-19, 25-19, 25-23 Oct. 5 at Boston College* W, 3-0 25-14, 32-30, 25-17 Oct. 9 at North Carolina* L, 2-3 25-21, 25-19, 21-25, 16-25, 10-15 Oct. 10 at NC State* W, 3-2 22-25, 25-13, 25-19, 25-27, 15-11 Oct. 17 WAKE FOREST* W, 3-1 25-23, 15-25, 25-21, 25-19 Oct. 18 DUKE* L, 1-3 17-25, 20-25, 25-21, 13-25 Oct. 24 FLORIDA STATE* L, 0-3 23-25, 22-25, 23-25 Oct. 25 MIAMI* W, 3-1 25-18, 19-25, 25-17, 25-20 Oct. 31 at Georgia Tech* L, 0-3 24-26, 24-26, 19-25 Nov. 1 at Clemson* L, 0-3 20-25, 20-25, 11-25 Nov. 7 NC STATE* W, 3-0 25-23, 25-22, 25-16 Nov. 8 NORTH CAROLINA* L, 0-3 19-25, 22-25, 20-25 Nov. 14 BOSTON COLLEGE* W, 3-0 25-9, 25-17, 25-16 Nov. 15 MARYLAND* W, 3-0 25-17, 25-19, 25-19 Nov. 20 at Wake Forest* L, 1-3 18-25, 25-18, 16-25, 23-25 Nov. 21 at Duke* L, 2-3 15-25, 25-16, 17-25, 25-16, 20-22 Nov. 28 at Virginia* L, 2-3 21-25, 21-25, 25-20, 25-19, 12-15 †- Hawthorn Suites Hokie Invitational, §-Marshall Tournament, ^-Arkansas Tournament, &-Seahawk Classic, *-Atlantic Coast Conference Match

2008 Superlatives Record in:

Three-game matches................. 12-4 Four-game matches.......................5-2 Five-game matches........................3-5

Team highs:

Kills...........67, at Arkansas (9/13) and at NC State (10/10) Attempts...........187, at Duke (11/21) Percentage................ .556, WSSU (8/30 Assists.............. 62, at Arkansas (9/13) Aces......11, Coastal Carolina (8/30) and at Virginia (11/28) Digs........................ 89, at Duke (11/21) Blocks.......... 15.0, at NC State (10/10)

Individual Highs:

Kills (3 games)

18, Parrish vs. Georgia Tech (9/27) Kills (4 games) 18, Willoughby vs. Wake Forest (11/20) Kills (5 games) 25, Willoughby vs. NC State (10/10) Attempts 60, Record vs. North Carolina (10/9) Percentage

.778, Willoughby vs. BC (11/14) Assists

57, Leaser vs. Arkansas (9/13) Service Aces 6, Wengrenovich vs. Lamar (9/13) Digs 25, Gergen vs. North Carolina (10/9) Block Solo

2, eight times

Block Assists

9, Willoughby vs. Virginia (9/23) 9, Willoughby vs. NC State (10/10) Total Blocks 10, Willoughby vs. NC State (10/10)

Taylor Parrish

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Career Records Kills

Rk 1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

10.

Player Lisa Pikalek Heather Berglund Annie Spicer Elizabeth Willson Katie Esbrook Jennifer Schmidt Rachel Julian Corrie Bundy Taylor Parrish Ana Lang

Years 1989-92 1990-93 2001-04 1986-89 2003-06 1992-95 1996-99 1995-98 2006- 1999-02

Kills Per Game

Rk 1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

Player Lisa Pikalek Annie Spicer Julie Neely Elizabeth Willson Heather Berglund

Years 1989-92 2001-04 1986-87 1986-89 1990-93

Hitting Percentage

Rk 1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

Player Felicia Willoughby Katie Esbrook Julie Neely Cheryl Stinson Betsy Horowitz

Assists

Rk 1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

Player Melissa Markowski Kelli Craven Britton Julian Laura Hanner Michelle Lang

Service Aces

Rk 1.

2.

3.

3.

4.

5.

8.

9.

10.

Player Lisa Pikalek Terrie Zubert Kelli Craven Jenni McFadden Elizabeth Willson Annie Spicer Heather Berglund Kelly Chambliss Hilary Love Amanda Cloyd

Digs

Rk 1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

10.

Years 2002-05 1988-91 1996-99 1993-97 2006-

Years 1989-92 1994-97 1988-91 1991-94 1986-89 2001-04 1990-93 1988-92 1992-95 2004-07

Kills 4.39 3.63 3.31 3.30 3.25

Hit % .334 .324 .312 .290 .281

Assists 5,287 4,765 4,007 3,190 2,913

Aces 196 181 179 157 148 146 139 129 119 117

Block Solo

Rk 1.

2.

4.

5.

Player Krissy Tschirret Julie Neely Jennifer Schmidt Megan Barnes Katie Esbrook

Block Assists

Rk 1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

Player Katie Esbrook Jennifer Schmidt Cheryl Stinson Allie Kupec Corrie Bundy

Year 1988-91 1986-87 1992-95 1994-97 2003-06

Blocks 139 121 121 102 87

Year 2003-06 1992-95 1999-02 2003-06 1995-98

Blocks 374 373 371 334 322

Total Blocks

Rk 1.

2.

3.

4.

6.

7.

8.

9.

10.

Player Jennifer Schmidt Katie Esbrook Cheryl Stinson Megan Barnes Corrie Bundy Allie Kupec Krissy Tschirret Jenni McFadden Julie Neely Felicia Willoughby

Year 1992-95 2003-06 1999-02 1994-97 1995-98 2003-06 1988-91 1991-94 1986-87 2007-

Blocks 494 461 452 391 391 389 332 313 302 289

Individual Match Records

30-Kill Club

Rk Player Versus Kills 1. Lisa Pikalek So. Miss (11/7/92) 38 2. Lisa Pikalek Tulane (10/14/89) 37 Lisa Pikalek Furman (9/14/91) 37 4. Lisa Pikalek Tulane (11/6/92) 35 Lisa Pikalek Liberty (11/10/92) 35 6. Heather Berglund Tulane (10/26/91) 31 7. Lisa Pikalek App. State (9/15/92) 30

Assists

Rk Player Versus Assists 1. Kelli O’Dell Liberty (10/17/00) 86 2. Britton Julian No. Ill. (9/4/99) 79 3. Kelly Chambliss Radford (10/2/90) 77 4. Kelly Chambliss So. Miss. (11/7/92) 76 5. Kelli Craven Tulane (10/14/89) 72 Kelli O’Dell Tenn. (9/26/00) 72

Service Aces

Rk Player Versus Aces 1. Lisa Pikalek Radford (11/9/90) 9 2. Annie Spicer La.-Monroe (9-10-04) 8 3. Terri Pedrotti West Va. (9-2-89) 7 Lisa Pikalek Radford (11-5-91) 7 Britton Julian LaSalle (9-21-96) 7 Britton Julian No. Illinois (9-4-99) 7

30-Dig Club

Rk Player Versus Digs 1. Amanda Cloyd UNC (11/6/04) 35 2. Amanda Cloyd UNC (10/26/06) 33 3. Heather Berglund W. Ky. (10/30/92) 32 Amanda Cloyd Wake (10/6/06) 32 5. Amanda Cloyd BC (10/1/06) 30 Amanda Cloyd UVA (10/9/07) 30

Block Solos

Rk Player Versus Blocks 1. Cari Kammerer App. St. (9/11/90) 7 2. Jenni McFadden Dayton (9/10/83) 6 3. Krissy Tschirret Tulane (10/14/89) 5

Block Assists

Rk Player Versus Blocks 1. Cheryl Stinson West Va. (10/5/01) 17 2. Erika Kuhn Mass. (11/8/97) 13 3. Erika Kuhn Mass (11/22/96) 11 Kristen Cunningham GT (11/2/07) 11

Total Blocks

Rk Player Versus Blocks 1. Cheryl Stinson West Va. (10/5/01) 17 2. Krissy Tschirret Furman (9/14/91) 13 Erika Kuhn Mass. (11/8/97) 13 4. Kristen Cunningham GT (11/2/07) 12 5. Jennifer Schmidt Mass. (11/4/95) 11 Erika Kuhn Mass. (11/22/96) 11 Corrie Bundy Dayton (10/9/98) 11 Felicia Willoughby W&M (8/24/07) 11

Hitting Percentage (min 10 att.)

Player Amanda Cloyd Heather Berglund Lisa Pikalek Annie Spicer Meredith Braine Jill Gergen Terrie Zubert Jenni McFadden Melissa Markowski Rachel Julian

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Years 2007- 2003-06 1986-87 1999-02 2006-

Kills 2,270 1,612 1,522 1,447 1,285 1,283 1,179 1,149 1,116 1,065

(current Virginia Tech players are boldface)

Years 2004-07 1990-93 1989-92 2001-04 1995-98 2005- 1994-97 1991-94 2002-05 1996-99

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Digs 2,200 1,710 1,591 1,244 1,241 1,227 1,170 1,150 1,124 1,105

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

Lisa Pikalek

Player (K-E-TA) Versus Hit % Cheryl Stinson (11-0-13) vs Prov. (10/14/01) .846 Amanda Yelsh (11-0-14) vs. Liberty (9/6/94) .786 Felicia Willoughby (14-0-18) vs. BC (11/14/08) .778 Terrie Zubert (11-1-13) vs. Radford (10/2/94) .769 Katie Esbrook (17-1-21) vs Ga Tech (11/24/06) .762

In 2001, the NCAA implemented a 30-point, rally-scoring system, and in 2008 a 25-point rally-scoring system.

Records from 2001-08, and 2008 on, reflect the 30and 25-point scoring systems, respectively.

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Kills

Rk 1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

10.

Player Lisa Pikalek Elizabeth Willson Lisa Pikalek Lisa Pikalek Lisa Pikalek Heather Berglund Julie Neely Heather Berglund Ana Lang Annie Spicer Taylor Parrish

Kills Per Game

Rk 1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

Player Lisa Pikalek Lisa Pikalek Elizabeth Willson Lisa Pikalek Annie Spicer

Single-Season Records Year 1992 1989 1991 1990 1989 1991 1986 1992 2002 2004 2006

Kills 653 593 588 530 499 498 480 465 454 444 444

Year 1992 1990 1989 1991 2003

Kills 4.77 4.57 4.49 4.45 4.26

Hitting Percentage

Rk 1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

Player Felicia Willoughby Julie Neely Betsy Horowitz Katie Esbrook Katie Esbrook

Assists

Rk 1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

Player Kelly Chambliss Kelli Craven Melissa Markowski Michelle Lang Michelle Lang

Service Aces

Rk 1.

2.

3.

4.

6.

7.

8.

9.

Player Elizabeth Willson Mary Ramsey Jill Motley Kelli Craven Terrie Zubert Sonya Adams Lisa Pikalek Karen Crawford Terri Pedrotti Lisa Pikalek

Year 2008 1986 2008 2006 2003

Hit % .402 .357 .351 .340 .333

Year 1992 1991 2002 2007 2006

Assists 1,698 1,533 1,423 1,419 1,369

Year 1989 1986 1986 1991 1994 1986 1990 1986 1989 1991

Aces 69 62 61 60 60 57 56 55 53 53

Digs

Rk 1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

10.

Player Amanda Cloyd Amanda Cloyd Amanda Cloyd Heather Berglund Heather Berglund Lisa Pikalek Amanda Cloyd Heather Berglund Ana Lang Jill Gergen

Year 2007 2006 2005 1992 1991 1992 2004 1993 2002 2008

Block Solo

Rk 1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

Player Julie Neely Michelle Bain Krissy Tschirret Cari Kammerer Krissy Tschirret

Block Assists

Rk 1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

Player Felicia Willoughby Cheryl Stinson Katie Esbrook Jennifer Schmidt Allie Kupec

Total Blocks

Amanda Cloyd finished her career as the ACC’s all-time co-digs leader and holds every Tech record for digs as well.

Kills

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

10.

Lisa Pikalek Taylor Parrish Jennifer Schmidt Sarah Muñoz Felicia Willoughby Annie Spicer Katie Esbrook Rachel Julian Justine Record Heather Berglund

Kills Per Game

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

Lisa Pikalek Taylor Parrish Sarah Muñoz Annie Spicer Jennifer Schmidt

Katie Esbrook Felicia Willoughby Cheryl Stinson Rachel Julian Jennifer Schmidt

Service Aces

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

Terry Pedrotti Jenni McFadden Katie Esbrook Kelli Craven Lisa Pikalek

Rk 1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

10.

Player Felicia Willoughby Julie Neely Jennifer Schmidt Cheryl Stinson Megan Barnes Julie Neely Katie Esbrook Krissy Tschirret Michelle Bain Jennifer Schmidt

Year 1986 1988 1989 1990 1990

Blocks 80 55 54 45 43

Year 2007 2002 2006 1992 2006

Blocks 143 116 113 108 102

Year 2007 1986 1992 2002 1995 1987 2006 1991 1988 1993

Blocks 172 167 147 143 138 135 134 128 126 124

Freshman Records 1989 2006 1992 2005 2007 2001 2003 1996 2008 1990

499 444 368 356 303 290 263 251 238 218

1989 2006 2005 2001 1992

3.78 3.73 3.46 3.30 2.77

Hitting Percentage

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

Felicia Willoughby set the Tech record and topped the ACC in 2008 with a .402 hitting percentage.

Digs 617 569 536 514 491 488 478 444 437 430

Assists

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

Melissa Markowski Michelle Lang Laura Hanner Kelli O’Dell Erin Leaser

Digs

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

Amanda Cloyd Ashley Bayer Lisa Pikalek Rachel Julian Laura Hanner

Block Solos

1.

2.

3.

2003 2007 1999 1996 1992

.333 .274 .260 .253 .247

1.

2.

3.

1989 1991 2003 1988 1989

53 51 41 40 39

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

Jennifer Schmidt Felicia Willoughby Lisa Pikalek

Block Assists

Felicia Willoughby Jennifer Schmidt Katie Esbrook

Total Blocks

Felicia Willoughby Jennifer Schmidt Katie Esbrook Michelle Lang Allie Kupec

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2002 2006 1993 2000 2008

1,423 1,369 1,158 1,134 1,084

2004 2002 1989 1996 1993

478 401 359 295 275

1992 2007 1989

39 29 24

2007 1992 2003

143 108 97

2007 1992 2003 2006 2003

172 147 118 101 98

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TEAM RECORDS

All-Time Record......572-514-3 (.525) Home.............................282-123 (.696) Away...............................137-222 (.382) Neutral.......................153-169-3 (.474) vs. VA Opponents..... 175-87-1 (.665) Home vs. VA Opp............94-24 (.797) In Virginia......................367-201 (.646) In August...........................17-10 (.630) In September..............201-171 (.540) In October................248-189-3 (.564) In November...............106-144 (.424) Season Openers..............16-16 (.500) Longest winning streak..................11, three times Longest losing streak.......................13

(10/18/88 - 9/2/89) Longest home winning streak......18

(10/16/81 - 9/27/83)

Milestone Wins

First 25th 50th 75th 100th 150th 200th 250th 300th 350th 400th 450th 500th 550th

Sept. 29, 1977, Ferrum Oct. 5, 1979, UT-Chattanooga Oct. 23, 1980, VCU Oct. 15, 1981, Guilford Oct. 9, 1982, Juniata Nov. 3, 1983, UNC Charlotte Oct. 25, 1986, South Alabama Oct. 10, 1989, James Madison Nov. 8, 1991, James Madison Sept. 28, 1994, East Tenn. St. Sept. 20, 1997, Fordham Oct. 25, 2000, Charlotte Sept. 14, 2004, Liberty Oct. 20th, 2007, Wake Forest

Miscellaneous Records Season Records

Wins....................................................36.................................1982 Win Percentage.......................... .703.................................1992 Conference Wins..............15/Metro.................................1998 ACC Wins...........................................11......................2006,2008 Matches Played..............................56.................................1982 Games Played.............................. 143.................................1991 Kills................................................2,079.................................1992 Attempts.....................................5,437.................................1992 Percentage................................... .261.................................1986 Kills Per Game...........................16.03.................................1998 Assists..........................................1,856.................................1992 Aces................................................. 341.................................1989 Digs...............................................2,463.................................1992 Block Solo...................................... 166.................................1989 Block Assist................................... 611.................................2007 Total Blocks................................394.5.................................2007

Team MATCH Records

Kills..............................97........twice, last vs. No. Ill. (9/4/99) Attempts................ 272..................... vs. So. Miss. (11/7/92) Hit Percentage......688.............. vs. Coppin State (9/12/98) Assists........................90......................vs. Liberty (10/17/00) Aces............................22......................vs. Davidson (9/8/89) Digs...........................143...........vs. South Florida (10/14/94) Block Solo.................13...................... vs. Tulane (10/14/89) Block Assist................42...............vs. West Virginia (10/5/01) Total Blocks...............22...............vs. West Virginia (10/5/01) In 2001, the NCAA implemeted a 30-point, rallyscoring system, and in 2008 a 25-point rally-scoring system. Records from 2001-08, and 2008 on, reflect the 30- and 25-point scoring systems, respectively.

CASSELL COLISEUM RECORDS Team Records

Kills.......................... 97............twice, last vs. No. Ill. (9/4/99) Attempts........... .272......................... vs. So. Miss. (11/7/92) Hit %......................688........................vs. Coppin St. (9/12/98) Assists.................... 89........................vs. No. Illinois (9/4/99) Aces........................ 16.......................vs. Marshall (10/20/89) Digs........................143...............vs. South Florida (10/14/94) Block Solo............. 13.......................... vs. Tulane (10/14/89) Block Assist............42...................vs. West Virginia (10/5/01) Total Blocks...........22...................vs. West Virginia (10/5/01)

IndividuaL records

Kills............................ 38...........................................Lisa Pikalek

vs. So. Miss. (11/7/92) Attempts................. 96...........................................Lisa Pikalek

vs. So. Miss. (11/7/92) Hit %....................... .846...................................Cheryl Stinson

vs. Providence (10/14/01) Assists...................... 79....................................... Britton Julian

vs. No. Illinois (9/4/99) Aces........................... 6....Allie Kupec/Amy Wengrenovich

vs. East Tenn. St. (8/30/03)/vs. Lamar (9/13/08) Digs........................... 35.................................... Amanda Cloyd

vs. North Carolina (11/6/04) Block Solo................ 7.....................................Cari Kammerer

vs. Appalachian St. (9/11/90) Block Assist............ 17.....................................Cheryl Stinson

vs. West Virginia (10/5/01) Total Blocks............ 17.....................................Cheryl Stinson

vs. West Virginia (10/5/01)

Year-By-Year Results

Year Overall 1977 15-14 1978 8-12-2 1979 12-21-1 1980 22-22 1981 33-16 1982 36-20 1983 28-14 1984 16-19 1985 15-19 1986 23-14 1987 15-18 1988 11-21 1989 24-15 1990 16-18 1991 28-12 1992 26-11 1993 17-18 1994 12-20 1995 22-12 1996 15-17 1997 16-16 1998 21-9 1999 9-19 2000 13-16 2001 9-19 2002 20-11 2003 13-14 2004 13-16 2005 13-18 2006 17-14 2007 14-18 2008 20-11 32 yrs. 572-514-3

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Pct. Conf. .517 --- .409 --- .368 --- .500 0-6 .673 0-5 .643 1-5 .667 1-6 .457 2-5 .441 0-6 .622 3-3 .455 1-5 .344 1-5 .615 1-6 .471 1-6 .700 5-1 .703 5-1 .486 2-4 .375 2-4 .647 13-7 .469 9-11 .500 11-9 .700 15-5 .321 8-10 .448 --- .321 5-7 .645 10-3 .482 7-5 .448 7-9 .419 8-14 .548 11-11 .438 8-14 .645 11-9 .525 148-182

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Pct. Finish Home Away Neutral Won Lost For Against Coach --- --- 8-3 3-3 4-8 37 35 843 796 John Pierce --- --- 4-2 1-3 3-7-2 22 32 598 676 John Pierce --- --- 5-3 2-6 5-12-1 33 54 936 1057 John Pierce .000 7th/7 7-2 6-6 9-14 60 55 1363 1333 John Pierce .000 6th/6 10-2 8-4 15-10 78 45 1552 1325 John Pierce .167 T5th/7 12-0 5-3 19-17 85 57 1842 1576 John Pierce .143 7th/8 7-5 6-3 15-6 73 50 1497 1371 John Pierce .286 6th/8 9-3 4-10 3-6 57 62 1402 1425 John Pierce .000 7th/7 6-5 4-7 5-7 57 65 1510 1503 John Pierce .500 4th/7 15-3 7-9 1-2 78 61 1708 1592 John Pierce .167 6th/7 9-4 4-9 2-5 53 64 1337 1460 John Pierce .167 6th/7 5-5 3-7 3-9 47 73 1310 1499 John Pierce .143 7th/8 13-6 3-5 8-4 83 53 1679 1404 John Pierce .143 7th/8 7-4 4-9 5-5 55 62 1396 1425 John Pierce .833 2nd/7 11-3 7-2 10-7 92 51 1837 1519 Stephanie Hawbecker .833 T1st/7 10-1 9-4 7-6 84 57 1809 1650 Stephanie Hawbecker .333 T5th/7 9-4 4-9 4-5 62 62 1512 1493 Stephanie Hawbecker .333 5th/7 7-9 3-8 2-3 50 69 1402 1492 Stephanie Hawbecker .650 4th/11 15-3 6-5 1-4 74 48 1515 1343 Stephanie Hawbecker .450 T6th/11 6-8 6-7 3-2 50 60 1363 1345 Stephanie Hawbecker .524 4th/11 8-4 6-8 2-4 59 55 1398 1329 Stephanie Hawbecker .750 3rd/11 12-2 7-5 2-2 68 37 1380 1145 Stephanie Hawbecker .444 7th/10 8-6 1-10 0-3 38 67 1159 1397 Stephanie Hawbecker --- --- 8-3 2-10 3-3 49 60 1321 1415 Greg Smith .417 T8th/13 6-4 2-12 1-3 37 62 2505* 2702* Greg Smith .769 2nd/14 11-3 4-4 5-4 72 46 3149* 2965* Greg Smith .583 T4th/14 7-4 4-8 2-2 54 49 2724* 2605* Greg Smith .438 T7th/11 10-3 1-10 2-3 49 61 2778* 2923* Greg Smith .364 9th/12 7-7 3-10 3-1 46 64 2803* 3046* Greg Smith .500 6th/12 10-4 5-8 2-2 64 56 3190* 3089* Chris Riley .364 t-8th/12 9-5 2-11 3-2 57 64 3254* 3246* Chris Riley .550 7th/12 11-3 5-7 4-1 72 44 2603^ 2378^ Chris Riley .448 ----- 282-123 137-222 153-169-3 1,895 1,780 56,675 55,524 (4 coaches) *using NCAA 30-point system, ^using NCAA 25-point system

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All-Time Letterwinners A Adams, Sonya................................. 1984, 1985, 1986 Albrecht, Jen....................... 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 Albregts, Lori........................................................... 1979 Allen, Laura.............................................................. 1983 Ames, Michelle............................... 1989, 1990, 1991 Amos, Kim................................................................ 2001 Arbuckle, Jennifer............. 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995 Atkinson, Penny......................................... 1983, 1984 B Bain, Michelle.......................................................... 1988 Barnes, Megan.................... 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997 Bayer, Ashley............................................... 2002, 2003 Bazilwich, Ann............................................ 1977, 1978 Beasley, Kerri............................................... 1996, 1997 Belcher, Leigh.......................................................... 1989 Berglund, Heather............. 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993 Blasingame, Alison........................................ 2008 Blower, Kathy...................... 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983 Blue, Kirsty...................................................... 2008 Braine, Meredith................ 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998 Brisbin, Rachel............................................ 1990, 1991 Brugger, Erin.................................... 2003, 2004, 2005 Bundy, Corrie....................... 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998 C Cabaniss, Linda....................................................... 1985 Chambliss, Kelly................. 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992 Clarke, Cindy............................................... 1982, 1983 Cloyd, Amanda............................... 2004, 2005, 2006 Collins, Renee.............................................. 1998, 2001 Craven, Kelli......................... 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991 Crawford, Karen............................. 1986, 1987, 1988 Cunningham, Kristen................................ 2007,2008 D Dannenberg, Kelly............. 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981 Donovan, Gemma......................................... 2008 Disser, Holly......................... 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 Drummond, Kristen.......... 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996 Duben, Rachel.................... 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985 Dulla, Rachel.................................... 2004, 2005, 2006

J Jansen, Cathy.......................................................... 2007 Jones, Pam....................................... 1977, 1978, 1979 Julian, Britton...................... 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 Julian, Rachel...................... 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 K Kammerer, Cari........................................... 1990, 1991 Kapp, Liz................................ 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 King, Sarah............................................................... 2005 Koch, Nikki....................................... 1983, 1984, 1985 Kuhn, Erika....................................... 1996, 1997, 1998 Kupec, Allie.......................... 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 Kwiatkowski, Michele....... 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985 L Lahm, Candice................................ 1998, 1999, 2000 Lang, Ana.......................................... 2000, 2001, 2002 Lang, Michelle.......................... 2006, 2007, 2008 Leaser, Erin...................................................... 2008 Lessman, Ginny.................. 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983 Little, Wendy........................ 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982 Love, Hilary.......................... 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995 M Majewski, Kerry.................. 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998 Majkowicz, Terri.................. 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988 Markowski, Melissa........... 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 McFadden, Jenni................ 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 McGinnis, Ann............................................ 1983, 1984 McIntosh, Cara........................................................ 1982 McNamara, Kerry........................... 1984, 1985, 1986 McPeak, Kaitlin................... 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 Mennen, Ashley..................................................... 2001 Meyer, Jamie............................................... 2000, 2001 Milan-Williams, Kristy............................... 1997, 1999 Motley, Jill............................ 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988 MuĂąoz, Sarah.................................. 2005, 2006, 2007 Munson, Cathy....................................................... 1980

E Eder, Linda............................ 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987 Emanuele, Jessica.................................................. 2008 Eppley, Chrys.................................. 1979, 1980, 1981 Esbrook, Katie..................... 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006

(current Virginia Tech players are boldface)

N Neely, Julie....................................... 1985, 1986, 1987 Norse, Julie............................................................... 1980 O O’Dell, Kelli................................................... 2000, 2001 Overbaugh, Lynn....................................... 1987, 1988 P Palm, Marie...................................... 1983, 1984, 1985 Parrish, Taylor........................... 2006, 2007, 2008 Pedrotti, Terry.......................................................... 1989 Pikalek, Lisa.......................... 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992 Q Quinn, Jess............................................................... 2001 R Ramirez, Colette......................................... 2003, 2004 Ramsey, Caryn................................ 1980, 1981, 1982 Ramsey, Mary...................... 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987 Record, Justine............................................... 2008 Reeser, Janice.............................................. 1980, 1981 Reinert, Kristi............................................... 1991, 1992 Richardson, Amey..................................... 1987, 1988 Rogers, Sarah.................................. 2000, 2001, 2002 S Sadler, Liz.......................................... 1981, 1982, 1983 Sadler, Sue............................ 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988 Schmidt, Jennifer............... 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995 Schneider, Suzie..................................................... 1993 Shubat, Christine............... 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 Shumway, Dianne......................... 1986, 1987, 1988 Slade, Lynelle...................... 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997 Smith, Emily......................... 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 Smith, Kelly.............................................................. 1984 Smith, Stephanie............... 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 Spicer, Annie....................... 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 Stinson, Cheryl................... 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 Streeter, Carol..................... 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985 Suggs, Allison.............................................. 1997, 1999 Sytsma, Kendra........................................... 2005, 2006 Szczepanski, Joanna................................. 1977, 1978 T Topolewski, Jennifer......... 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990 Tremel, Meredith........................... 1990, 1991, 1992 Tshirret, Krissy..................... 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991

F Foulkes, Tara............................................................ 1978

V Vlamings, Paula.......................................... 1987, 1988

G Gergen, Jill........................................... 2007, 2008 Graf, Suzanne.......................................................... 1987

W Wengrenovich, Amy........................... 2007, 2008 Willoughby, Felicia............................. 2007, 2008 Willson, Elizabeth.............. 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989 White, Mandy.............................................. 1997, 1999 Woody, Jessica........................................................ 2008 Wright, Kristin................................. 1997, 1998, 1999

H Hanner, Laura...................... 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997 Hargrove, Anne.......................................... 1984, 1985 Higareda, Kirsten........................................... 2008 Hill, Jenny......................................... 2001, 2002, 2003 Horner, Joy....................................... 1989, 1990, 1991 Horowitz, Betsy................................... 2007. 2008 Hruby, Michelle.......................................... 1980, 1982 Hubbard, Kate............................................. 1998, 1999

Y Yelsh, Amanda.................... 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 Michelle Lang

Z Zubert, Terrie....................... 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997

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Individual Awards AVCA

All-America (HM)................................ Katie Esbrook (2006)

Felicia Willoughby (2008) East Rookie of the Year............Felicia Willoughby (2007) All-East Region (1st).......................... Katie Esbrook (2006)

Felicia Willoughby (2008) All-East Region (HM)......................... Katie Esbrook (2003)

Ana Lang (2002)

Cheryl Stinson (2002) All-South Region (3rd) ...........................Lisa Pikalek (1992)

Katie Esbrook All-America Honorable Mention

Katie Esbrook already had her place among Virginia Tech’s all-time greats at middle blocker heading into the 2006 season, her senior year. But, by the time the season was complete, her name would forever be etched in Tech’s record books and her place among the greats secured.

The Barrington, Ill., native put together a stellar final season, en route to becoming Tech’s first AllAmerican, by being selected as an honorable mention by the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA).

The two-time preseason All-ACC selection was also the first to garner first-team AVCA All-Region status and to earn a spot on the All-ACC first team.

Esbrook finished her career holding Tech’s all-time hitting percentage clip and top block assists record. Hitting .324 in her career, she also holds four of the top seven single season percentage marks.

Defensively, she tops all other blockers with 374 assists, while ranking fifth with 87 solo blocks for second place in Tech’s total blocks category, with 461.

ACC

All-ACC (1st).................................Felicia Willoughby (2008)

Katie Esbrook (2006) All-ACC (2nd)...............................Felicia Willoughby (2007) Freshman of the Year...............Felicia Willoughby (2007) All-ACC Freshman Team....................Taylor Parrish (2006)

Felicia Willoughby (2007)

Erin Leaser (2008) Preseason All-ACC.....................Felicia Willoughby (2008)

Taylor Parrish (2007)

Katie Esbrook (2005, 2006)

Melissa Markowski (2005) Sportsmanship Award.......................................Team (2004)

Big East

All-Big East (1st)................................ Cheryl Stinson (2002) All-Big East (2nd).................................. Annie Spicer (2003)

Ana Lang (2002) All-Big East (HM).......................Melissa Markowski (2003)

Annie Spicer(2001) Coach of the Year.....................................Greg Smith (2002)

Vasid

Player of the Year.....................................Lisa Pikalek (1992) Rookie of the Year.....................Felicia Willoughby (2007)

Erin Leaser (2008) All-State (1st).................... Felicia Willoughby (2007,2008)

Katie Esbrook (2006)

Ana Lang (2002)

Cheryl Stinson (2002, 2001)

Lisa Pikalek (1991) All-State (2nd)............................................Erin Leaser (2008)

Taylor Parrish (2007, 2006)

Amanda Cloyd (2007)

Melissa Markowski (2005, 2004, 2003)

Katie Esbrook (2003) All-State.................................................. Corrie Bundy (1998)

Heather Berglund (1993

Lisa Pikalek (1992) Coach of the Year............... Stephanie Hawbecker (1992)

WIVC

Player of the Week..................... Ana Lang (Oct. 31, 2000)

Ana Lang (Oct. 10, 2000)

Holly Disser (Sept. 5, 2000)

Cvu.com

Rising Star....................................Felicia Willoughby (2007)

NIVC

Steve Lowe Award...............................................Team (1992)

Canadian National Team

Team Member..................................... Cheryl Stinson (2003)

Independent

Player of the Year........................................ Ana Lang (2000) All-Independent (1st)................................ Ana Lang (2000)

Kelli O’Dell (2000)

Cheryl Stinson (2000)

All-Atlantic 10

All-Atlantic 10 (1st)....................... Meredith Braine (1996) All-Atlantic 10 (2nd)................... Jennifer Arbuckle (1995)

Jennifer Schmidt (1995) All-Atlantic 10.......................................Britton Julian (1998)

Corrie Bundy (1997, 1998) A-10 All-Tournament Team.............. Corrie Bundy (1998)

Britton Julian (1998)

Kerry Majewski (1998)

Cheryl Stinson

Metro

All-Metro (1st)...........................................Lisa Pikalek (1992) All-Metro (2nd)..............................Jennifer Schmidt (1994)

Heather Berglund (1993, 1992) All-Metro........................................Heather Berglund (1991)

Kelli Craven (1991)

Lisa Pikalek (1991, 1990, 1989)

Elizabeth Willson (1989, 1988)

Julie Neely (1987, 1986)

Kelly Chambliss (1986)

Sonya Adams (1986) Rookie of the Year........................Jennifer Schmidt (1992) All-Tournament Team.............................Lisa Pikalek (1992)

Jennifer Schmidt (1992)

Jenni McFadden (1991)

Julie Neely (1986) Coach of the Year............... Stephanie Hawbecker (1992)

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Academic Accolades AVCA

Academic Award............................................ Team (2003-04) Academic Award............................................ Team (2002-03)

ACC

All-ACC Academic Team..........................Erin Leaser (2008)

Jill Gergen (2008)

Kristen Cunningham (2007,2008)

Jen Albrecht (2007) Amanda Cloyd (2007,2006)

Allie Kupec (2006,2005)

Katie Esbrook (2006)

Melissa Markowski (2005) Honor Roll... Jennifer Albrecht (2007, 2006, 2005, 2004)

Alison Blasingame (2008)

Kirsty Blue (2008)

Amanda Cloyd (2007, 2006, 2005)

Kristen Cunningham (2007, 2008)

Gemma Donovan (2007, 2008)

Jessica Emanuele (2007)

Jill Gergen (2007, 2008)

Cathy Jansen (2007, 2006, 2005)

Michelle Lang (2007)

Erin Leaser (2008)

Taylor Parrish (2008)

Amy Wengrenovich (2007, 2008)

Jennifer Wiker (2008)

Felicia Willoughby (2007)

Katie Esbrook (2006, 2005)

Rachel Fahlenkamp (2006)

Sarah MuĂąoz (2006, 2008)

Kendra Sytsma (2006, 2005)

Liz Kapp (2005, 2004)

Sarah King (2005, 2004)

Allie Kupec (2005, 2004)

Melissa Markowski (2005, 2004)

Kaitlin McPeak (2004)

Emily Smith (2004)

Annie Spicer (2004)

Metro

Hall of Fame GINNY Lessman-Stonick

All-Metro Academic Team........ Jennifer Arbuckle (1994)

Laura Hanner (1994)

Jenni McFadden (1994, 1993, 1992)

Lynelle Slade (1994)

Amanda Yelsh (1994,1993)

Kelly Chambliss (1992, 1990, 1989)

Lisa Pikalek (1992, 1990, 1989)

Ginny Lessman (1982)

Vasid

Academic All-State (1st).........................Lisa Pikalek (1992) Academic All-State....................... Jennifer Albrecht (2006)

GTE

All-America of the Year...........................Lisa Pikalek (1992) Academic All-America................Lisa Pikalek (1992, 1991)

Julie Neely (1987) All-District III (1st).........................Lisa Pikalek (1992, 1991)

Ginny Lessmann (1982) All-District III (2nd)...................................Lisa Pikalek (1990) All-District III..................................... Meredith Braine (1998)

Laura Hanner (1996)

Julie Neely (1987)

ESPN The Magazine

All-District III (1st)... Jennifer Albrecht (2007,2006,2005)

Melissa Markowski (2005, 2004) All-District III (2nd)................ Kristen Cunningham (2008) All-District III (3rd).....................Melissa Markowski (2003)

Verizon

All-District III (2nd)..................................Holly Disser (2001)

Ginny Lessman-Stonick played at Tech from 1980-83. As a four-year starter, Stonick was regarded as one of the top setters in the east and helped lead Tech to a 119-70 record, including an AIAW regional appearance in 1980.

The star setter and co-captain of the 1983 squad was the only player from District III to garner first-team Academic All-America honors that season. With a 3.88 GPA in electrical engineering, Stonick was also selected to the Academic All-America team her junior year.

In 1994, Stonick’s first year of being eligible for induction into the Tech Sports Hall of Fame, she was elected, becoming the youngest member of the Hall. She was also only the second woman selected.

LISA Pikalek

Big East

Big East All-Star...................................... Erin Brugger (2003)

Katie Esbrook (2003)

Jennifer Hill (2003, 2002, 2001)

Liz Kapp (2003, 2002)

Allie Kupec (2003)

Melissa Markowski (2003, 2002)

Kaitlin McPeak (2003)

Ashley Bayer (2002)

Jamie Meyer (2002)

Sarah Rogers (2002, 2001)

Annie Spicer (2002)

Cheryl Stinson (2002, 2001)

Emily Smith (2002)

Holly Disser (2001)

Ana Lang (2001)

Christine Shubat (2001)

Atlantic 10

All-Atlantic 10 Academic............. Meredith Braine (1998)

Jennifer Arbuckle (1995) Lisa Pikalek (right) was named the GTE Academic All-American of the Year in 1992

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Lisa Pikalek played at Tech from 1989-92. In four years, the standout helped the Hokies to a 94-56 record, while maintaining over a 3.9 GPA in her dual major of psychology and sociology.

By the time she graduated, she was a three-time Academic AllAmerican and four-time All-Metro conference selection, a first in Metro Conference history. She was also named the GTE Academic AllAmerican of the Year in 1992.

Pikalek, who still holds three career records and two singleseason top spots at Tech, became one of two Tech female studentathletes to have their jerseys retired in 1993.

Pikalek was a 2004 inductee into the Tech Sports Hall of Fame.

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All-Time Results Home games in ALL CAPS

Head Coach John Pierce

1977 15-14

Sept. 29 Oct. 1 Oct. 1 Oct. 1 Oct. 8 Oct. 8 Oct. 8 Oct. 9 Oct. 9 Oct. 9 Oct. 14 Oct. 14 Oct. 14 Oct. 15 Oct. 15 Oct. 15 Oct. 21 Oct. 21 Oct. 22 Oct. 29 Oct. 29 Nov. 1 Nov. 1 Nov. 8 Nov. 8 Nov. 8 Nov. 11 Nov. 12 Nov. 12

Ferrum W James Madison L Longwood W George Washington L VA. COMMONWEALTH L EAST TENNESSEE ST. W Cincinnati L VIRGINIA Intermont W Hollins W Marshall W East Tennessee State W Kentucky L Western Carolina W Virginia Commonwealth L Wake Forest W Morehead State L Tennessee-Martin W Alabama L Tennessee L Radford W Marshall L Eastern Mennonite L Mary Washington W Roanoke W Emory & Henry L Bluefield W Virginia Commonwealth L James Madison L Radford W

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1978 8-12-2

Oct. 6 Oct. 6 Oct. 6 Oct. 7 Oct. 7 Oct. 10 Oct. 10 Oct. 10 Oct. 11 Oct. 11 Oct. 18 Oct. 26 Oct. 27 Oct. 27 Oct. 27 Oct. 28 Oct. 28 Nov. 4 Nov. 4 Nov. 10 Nov. 11 Nov. 12

Furman W Marshall L Western Carolina L Carson Newman L Georgia Tech L Bluefield W Virginia Intermont W Emory & Henry W James Madison W George Washington L Wake Forest L Radford L Louisburg L Peace W East Carolina L Concord T Longwood T Radford W Virginia Commonwealth L Radford W James Madison L Virginia Commonwealth L

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1979 12-21-1

Sept. 21 Sept. 21 Sept. 21 Sept. 22 Sept. 22 Oct. 3 Oct. 3 Oct. 5 Oct. 5 Oct. 5 Oct. 5 Oct. 6

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George Washington Yale New York Tech West Virginia Colgate UNC Greensboro N.C. State Tennessee Tech Appalachian State UT-Chattanooga Marshall Western Carolina

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Appalachian State Middle Tennessee State Virginia Radford East Tennessee State Morehead State Kentucky State Dayton Appalachian State Tennessee Duke Appalachian State High Point Liberty Concord James Madison Virginia Guilford George Mason North Carolina Wake Forest Virginia

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1980

22-22, 0-6 (7TH-METRO) Sept. 23 Sept. 23 Sept. 26 Sept. 26 Sept. 26 Sept. 27 Sept. 27 Sept. 27 Oct. 1 Oct. 3 Oct. 3 Oct. 3 Oct. 3 Oct. 4 Oct. 4 Oct. 4 Oct. 7 Oct. 9 Oct. 14 Oct. 16 Oct. 17 Oct. 17 Oct. 17 Oct. 18 Oct. 18 Oct. 18 Oct. 20 Oct. 21 Oct. 21 Oct. 23 Oct. 23 Oct. 24 Oct. 24 Oct. 25 Oct. 28 Nov. 1 Nov. 4 Nov. 4 Nov. 10 Nov. 12 Nov. 21 Nov. 21 Nov. 22 Nov. 22

Mary Washington W Wake Forest L Tulane L Florida State L St. Louis L Cincinnati L Louisville L Memphis L Virginia W UNC Asheville W Appalachian State L UNC Charlotte L Tennessee Tech W Milligan W Appalachian State W East Tennessee State W Appalachian State W Marshall L Appalachian State W North Carolina L Virginia Commonwealth W UNC Charlotte L High Point L Virginia W East Carolina L Wake Forest L Liberty W Marshall W Concord W Virginia Commonwealth W N.C. State L UNC Greensboro W Christopher Newport W Radford L Concord W George Mason L Wake Forest W Guilford W Liberty W Virginia W Clemson L Kentucky L Tennessee L Northern Kentucky L

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1981

33-16, 0-5 (6TH-METRO) Sept. 22 Sept. 24 Sept. 26 Sept. 26 Sept. 26 Sept. 27

Concord VA. Commonwealth George Mason William & Mary Mary Washington James Madison

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Navy W Catonsville W EAST Tennessee St. L Tennessee L N.C. State L South Carolina L Charleston W Morehead State L Wake Forest W Liberty W Virginia W Marshall W East Tennessee State L Guilford W Appalachian State L UNC Asheville W Guilford W Old Dominion W Appalachian State L UNC Greensboro W Guilford W George Mason W Radford W Longwood W Concord W Lenoir-Rhyne W Appalachian State L Toledo W Rio Grande W Kentucky State W Virginia Commonwealth L Marshall W Kentucky State W UNC Asheville W Wake Forest W William & Mary W Liberty W Old Dominion W Louisville L Memphis L St. Louis L Tulane L Cincinnati L

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1982

36-20, 1-5 (T5TH-METRO) Sept. 25 Sept. 25 Sept. 25 Sept. 26 Sept. 26 Sept. 26 Sept. 28 Sept. 28 Oct. 1 Oct. 1 Oct. 1 Oct. 2 Oct. 2 Oct. 5 Oct. 8 Oct. 8 Oct. 8 Oct. 9 Oct. 9 Oct. 9 Oct. 12 Oct. 12 Oct. 13 Oct. 13 Oct. 16 Oct. 16 Oct. 16 Oct. 16 Oct. 16 Oct. 19 Oct. 19 Oct. 22 Oct. 22 Oct. 23

Catholic Loyola MD William & Mary Liberty Virginia William & Mary Wake Forest Lynchburg Winthrop Western Carolina Jacksonville Clemson North Carolina State EAST Tennessee St. George Mason Juniata Duquesne Lehigh Villanova Juniata Appalachian State Liberty UNC Charlotte UNC Greensboro Lynchburg Radford Marshall Lynchburg Radford Lenoir-Rhyne Wake Forest Louisville Tennessee Morehead State

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Oct. 23 Oct. 27 Oct. 29 Oct. 29 Oct. 29 Oct. 30 Oct. 30 Oct. 30 Nov. 3 Nov. 4 Nov. 9 Nov. 13 Nov. 13 Nov. 13 Nov. 13 Nov. 13 Nov. 21 Nov. 21 Nov. 22 Nov. 22 Nov. 23 Nov. 23

Tulane L Virginia W Virginia Commonwealth W Kentucky State W Appalachian State L Marshall W Appalachian State L James Madison W Radford L Lynchburg W Liberty W William & Mary W Virginia Commonwealth W George Mason W James Madison W Appalachian State L Southern Mississippi L Memphis L Louisville L Tulane W Florida State L Cincinnati L

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1983

28-14, 1-6 (7TH-METRO) Sept. 21 Sept. 24 Sept. 24 Sept. 24 Sept. 24 Sept. 25 Sept. 25 Sept. 25 Sept. 27 Sept. 30 Sept. 30 Sept. 30 Sept. 30 Oct. 4 Oct. 8 Oct. 8 Oct. 8 Oct. 11 Oct. 12 Oct. 12 Oct. 14 Oct. 14 Oct. 15 Oct. 21 Oct. 21 Oct. 22 Oct. 22 Oct. 25 Oct. 28 Oct. 28 Oct. 29 Nov. 1 Nov. 1 Nov. 3 Nov. 3 Nov. 9 Nov. 12 Nov. 12 Nov. 12 Nov. 12 Nov. 12 Nov. 18

Appalachian State L George Mason W Virginia W Maryland-Baltimore W Howard W Virginia Commonwealth W Delaware W Mansfield W Lynchburg W Memphis L Cincinnati L Florida State L Louisville L Virginia W Longwood W William & Mary L UNC Charlotte W Liberty W Eastern Mennonite W Lynchburg W USC-Spartanburg W Wake Forest W UNC Asheville W Louisville L Rhode Island L Morehead State W George Washington W East Tennessee State W South Carolina L Southern Mississippi W Tulane L Liberty W Wake Forest W UNC Charlotte W Western Carolina L Appalachian State W George Mason W William & Mary L Virginia W James Madison W William & Mary L South Carolina L

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1984

16-19, 2-5 (6TH-METRO) Sept. 18 Sept. 19 Sept. 21 Sept. 21 Sept. 22 Sept. 22 Sept. 25 Sept. 28

V irginia T ech V o l l e y b a l l 2 0 0 9

Liberty W Appalachian State L George Mason L Virginia Commonwealth L Charles County CC W Navy W Wake Forest W George Mason L

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Radford Western Carolina EAST Tennessee St. James Madison Cincinnati Louisville UNC Charlotte James Madison South Carolina UNC Charlotte Virginia Tulane Southern Mississippi Wake Forest Florida State North Carolina Duke Appalachian State Memphis Tulsa Morehead State Liberty Princeton Virginia Youngstown State West Virginia Florida State

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Duke L Appalachian State W Delaware W Virginia Commonwealth L Charles County CC L Howard W Mansfield W Delaware W Liberty W James Madison W George Mason W St. Augustine’s W Wake Forest W Florida State L Mississippi L East Tennessee State W Virginia L Cincinnati L Louisville L James Madison L South Carolina L Wake Forest W Memphis L Liberty W Southern Mississippi L East Carolina L William & Mary L Appalachian State L Virginia W Virginia Commonwealth W West Virginia L George Washington L Georgetown L South Carolina L

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1985

15-19, 0-6 (7TH-METRO) Sept. 14 Sept. 17 Sept. 20 Sept. 20 Sept. 20 Sept. 21 Sept. 21 Sept. 21 Sept. 24 Sept. 27 Sept. 28 Sept. 28 Oct. 2 Oct. 5 Oct. 5 Oct. 7 Oct. 9 Oct. 11 Oct. 12 Oct. 16 Oct. 19 Oct. 23 Oct. 26 Oct. 29 Nov. 1 Nov. 3 Nov. 3 Nov. 5 Nov. 8 Nov. 9 Nov. 9 Nov. 16 Nov. 16 Nov. 23

1986

23-14, 3-3 (4TH-METRO) Sept. 13 Sept. 16 Sept. 19 Sept. 20 Sept. 20 Sept. 26 Sept. 27 Sept. 30 Oct. 1 Oct. 3 Oct. 5 Oct. 7 Oct. 8 Oct. 11 Oct. 14 Oct. 17 Oct. 18

Duke Liberty Western Carolina N.C. State North Carolina Cincinnati Louisville EAST Tennessee St. James Madison East Carolina Florida State Wake Forest Appalachian State South Carolina Liberty High Point Charles County CC

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Oct. 18 Oct. 22 Oct. 24 Oct. 25 Oct. 25 Oct. 28 Oct. 31 Nov. 1 Nov. 2 Nov. 5 Nov. 7 Nov. 7 Nov. 8 Nov. 8 Nov. 12 Nov. 14 Nov. 15 Nov. 16 Nov. 21 Nov. 22

Roanoke Wake Forest Tulane Southern Mississippi South Alabama Virginia Oral Roberts Memphis Mississippi Appalachian State Liberty Virginia American UNC Wilmington James Madison Illinois State Illinois-Chicago Valparaiso Louisville Florida State

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North Carolina L Duke L Liberty W UAB W Eastern Michigan L Tennessee L Virginia L Florida State L Florida A&M W Appalachian State W Cincinnati L Louisville L East Tennessee State L Memphis L James Madison W Charles County CC W Elon W High Point W Lynchburg W Southern Miss W Virginia Commonwealth W UNC Charlotte W Charleston Southern W South Carolina L James Madison L George Mason W Virginia W James Madison L South Florida L Jacksonville L Temple L Jacksonville L Memphis L

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1987

15-18, 1-5 (6TH-METRO) Sept. 7 Sept. 12 Sept. 15 Sept. 18 Sept. 19 Sept. 19 Sept. 22 Sept. 26 Sept. 27 Sept. 29 Oct. 2 Oct. 3 Oct. 6 Oct. 12 Oct. 13 Oct. 16 Oct. 17 Oct. 17 Oct. 20 Oct. 23 Oct. 24 Oct. 28 Oct. 30 Oct. 31 Nov. 3 Nov. 6 Nov. 7 Nov. 7 Nov. 13 Nov. 13 Nov. 14 Nov. 14 Nov. 22

1988

11-21, 1-5 (6TH-METRO) Sept. 2 Sept. 3 Sept. 3 Sept. 3 Sept. 10 Sept. 13 Sept. 16 Sept. 17 Sept. 17 Sept. 20 Sept. 23 Sept. 24 Sept. 24 Sept. 27 Oct. 2 Oct. 8 Oct. 8 Oct. 11 Oct. 14 Oct. 15 Oct. 15 Oct. 18 Oct. 21 Oct. 22 Oct. 25

George Washington L William & Mary L San Diego W Appalachian State W Duke L Liberty W Memphis L New Mexico L Wyoming L EAST Tennessee St. W Liberty L James Madison L Virginia Commonwealth W James Madison W Florida State L Southern Mississippi W New Orleans W Liberty W Charles County CC W High Point L King W James Madison L South Carolina L Charleston Southern L Virginia L

2-3 0-3 3-0 3-1 0-3 3-2 1-3 0-3 1-3 3-2 1-3 0-3 3-1 3-1 0-3 3-1 3-1 3-0 3-1 1-3 3-0 1-3 0-3 1-3 2-3

Oct. 29 Oct. 30 Nov. 4 Nov. 5 Nov. 11 Nov. 12 Nov. 18

Memphis Arkansas State Cincinnati Louisville Georgetown Wright State South Carolina

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Sept. 1 Michigan L Sept. 2 Auburn L Sept. 2 West Virginia W Sept. 5 Liberty W Sept. 8 Davidson W Sept. 8 UNC Greensboro W Sept. 9 Augusta W Sept. 9 Virginia Commonwealth W Sept. 9 Charleston W Sept. 11 Radford W Sept. 13 California-Irvine L Sept. 15 UNC Asheville W Sept. 16 Hampton W Sept. 16 VA Commonwealth W Sept. 19 James Madison L Sept. 22 James Madison W Sept. 23 William & Mary L Sept. 23 George Mason W Sept. 26 Radford W Sept. 29 Cincinnati L Sept. 30 Louisville L Oct. 3 Appalachian State W Oct. 6 Memphis L Oct. 10 James Madison W Oct. 13 Southern Miss W Oct. 14 Tulane L Oct. 14 Akron L Oct. 16 East Tennessee State W Oct. 20 Marshall W Oct. 21 Charleston Southern W Oct. 21 Marshall W Oct. 24 Liberty W Oct. 28 South Carolina L Oct. 29 Coastal Carolina W Oct. 31 Virginia L Nov. 4 Florida State L Nov. 7 UNC Charlotte W Nov. 10 Virginia L Nov. 17 Memphis L

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1989

24-15, 1-6 (7TH-METRO)

1990

16-18, 1-6 (7TH-METRO) Sept. 1 Sept. 1 Sept. 2 Sept. 2 Sept. 4 Sept. 11 Sept. 14 Sept. 15 Sept. 15 Sept. 16 Sept. 18 Sept. 21 Sept. 22 Sept. 22 Sept. 25 Sept. 26 Sept. 28 Sept. 29 Oct. 2 Oct. 5 Oct. 6 Oct. 13 Oct. 16 Oct. 19 Oct. 20 Oct. 20 Oct. 27 Oct. 28 Nov. 1 Nov. 3 Nov. 6 Nov. 9 Nov. 10 Nov. 16

Kent State Akron Cleveland State Toledo Liberty Appalachian State George Washington Rice Wichita State Sam Houston State Radford Virginia George Mason Hampton James Madison Virginia Cincinnati Louisville Radford Florida State South Florida South Carolina Liberty Furman Charles County CC High Point Tulane Southern Mississippi EAST Tennessee St. Memphis James Madison Georgia Tech Clemson Florida State

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Head Coach

Stephanie Hawbecker

1991

28-12, 5-1 (2ND-METRO) Aug. 30 Aug. 31 Aug. 31 Sept. 7 Sept. 7 Sept. 10 Sept. 14 Sept. 14 Sept. 17 Sept. 21 Sept. 21 Sept. 21 Sept. 22 Sept. 22 Sept. 24 Sept. 25 Sept. 27 Sept. 27 Sept. 28 Sept. 28 Oct. 1 Oct. 4 Oct. 5 Oct. 8 Oct. 11 Oct. 12 Oct. 12 Oct. 13 Oct. 15 Oct. 22 Oct. 25 Oct. 26 Oct. 26 Nov. 2 Nov. 5 Nov. 8 Nov. 9 Nov. 12 Nov. 22 Nov. 23

Northwestern L Iowa State L DePaul L Furman W St. Augustine’s W Liberty W UT-Chattanooga W Furman W UNC Greensboro W Duke L George Mason W Liberty W Villanova L Virginia L Marshall W James Madison L Western Carolina W Nicholls State L East Carolina W Coastal Carolina W Liberty W Akron W Virginia L Radford W South Florida W Virginia Commonwealth W UNC Charlotte W WisCONSIN-Milwaukee W Appalachian State W East Tennessee State W Louisville L Southern Mississippi W Tulane W UNC Asheville W Radford W James Madison W Towson State L UNC Greensboro W VA Commonwealth W UNC Charlotte L

0-3 0-3 0-3 3-1 3-0 3-0 3-0 3-2 3-0 0-3 3-1 3-1 1-3 1-3 3-1 2-3 3-0 1-3 3-1 3-0 3-1 3-1 1-3 3-0 3-0 3-0 3-2 3-0 3-0 3-0 0-3 3-1 3-2 3-0 3-1 3-0 1-3 3-0 3-0 1-3

1992

26-11, 5-1 (T1ST-METRO) Sept. 1 Sept. 4 Sept. 5 Sept. 5 Sept. 9 Sept. 10 Sept. 15 Sept. 18 Sept. 19 Sept. 19 Sept. 22 Sept. 23 Sept. 25 Sept. 25 Sept. 26 Oct. 6 Oct. 8 Oct. 9 Oct. 11 Oct. 14 Oct. 16 Oct. 20 Oct. 30 Oct. 31 Nov. 3 Nov. 6 Nov. 7 Nov. 10 Nov. 14 Nov. 14 Nov. 20 Nov. 21 Nov. 22 Dec. 4

Virginia W Miami (OH) W William & Mary L N.C. State W James Madison W Liberty W Appalachian State W Wisconsin L Colorado L DePaul L Davidson W East TennESSEE St. W George Washington W Maryland L Cornell W James Madison W Virginia W Marshall W VA Commonwealth W Radford W South Florida W UNC Charlotte W Western Kentucky W Louisville W Radford W Tulane L Southern Miss W Liberty W UAB W Duke L Virginia Commonwealth W UNC Charlotte W Louisville L Fresno State L

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Bowling Green Delaware Texas-Arlington

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1993

17-18, 2-4 (T5TH-METRO) Sept. 1 Sept. 3 Sept. 4 Sept. 4 Sept. 8 Sept. 10 Sept. 11 Sept. 11 Sept. 17 Sept. 18 Sept. 18 Sept. 19 Sept. 24 Sept. 25 Sept. 25 Sept. 29 Oct. 1 Oct. 2 Oct. 2 Oct. 8 Oct. 9 Oct. 12 Oct. 17 Oct. 19 Oct. 23 Oct. 24 Oct. 29 Nov. 2 Nov. 5 Nov. 6 Nov. 9 Nov. 12 Nov. 13 Nov. 13 Nov. 19

Liberty W Georgia L Duke L American W Virginia L Dayton W Appalachian State W Montana State W East Tennessee State L South Carolina W SE Missouri State L UNC Asheville W Kansas L Syracuse W Pittsburgh L James Madison W Evansville W Marshall W East TennESSEE St. W Southern Mississippi W Tulane L Virginia W N.C. StATE L UNC Charlotte L William & Mary L Virginia Commonwealth W Louisville L Tennessee L South Florida L Central Florida L James Madison W William & Mary W George Washington L Hofstra L UNC Charlotte L

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1994

12-20, 2-4 (5TH-METRO) Sept. 2 Sept. 2 Sept. 3 Sept. 6 Sept. 9 Sept. 9 Sept. 10 Sept. 16 Sept. 16 Sept. 17 Sept. 22 Sept. 23 Sept. 24 Sept. 28 Oct. 2 Oct. 4 Oct. 6 Oct. 7 Oct. 11 Oct. 14 Oct. 19 Oct. 25 Oct. 29 Oct. 30 Nov. 4 Nov. 5 Nov. 8 Nov. 11 Nov. 12 Nov. 12 Nov. 18 Nov. 19

DEPAUL L MARYLAND L TEXAS A&M W Liberty W Washington State L Colorado State L New Orleans W William & Mary L Kansas W Michigan L Texas L Kansas State L Texas-Arlington L East Tennessee State W Radford W Virginia Commonwealth W James Madison W Radford W Virginia L South Florida L UNC Charlotte L Virginia W Ball State L Louisville L Southern Miss W Tulane L Tennessee L George Mason L Arkansas State L Pittsburgh L UNC Charlotte W Louisville L

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1995

22-12, 13-7 (4TH-ATLANTIC 10) Sept. 1 Marquette Sept. 1 Montana State

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Texas-El Paso Liberty Virginia Appalachian State Northwestern Fordham La Salle Temple George Washington William & Mary Radford Western Kentucky Dayton Xavier Massachusetts Rhode Island St. Bonaventure Duquesne George Washington American Virginia Xavier Dayton Rhode Island Massachusetts Tennessee Duquesne St. Bonaventure Fordham La Salle Temple George Washington

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1996

15-17, 9-11 (T6TH-ATLANTIC 10) Aug. 30 Aug. 31 Aug. 31 Sept. 1 Sept. 6 Sept. 7 Sept. 7 Sept. 13 Sept. 14 Sept. 14 Sept. 20 Sept. 21 Sept. 21 Sept. 27 Oct. 1 Oct. 4 Oct. 5 Oct. 11 Oct. 12 Oct. 18 Oct. 19 Oct. 22 Oct. 25 Oct. 25 Oct. 26 Nov. 1 Nov. 8 Nov. 9 Nov. 15 Nov. 16 Nov. 22 Nov. 24

GEORGETOWN AMERICAN NORTH CAROLINA William & Mary Colorado State Clemson Appalachian State Wright State Morehead State Valparaiso Fordham La Salle Temple GEORGE WASHINGTON Radford DAYTON XAVIER Duquesne St. Bonaventure Rhode Island Massachusetts VIRGINIA TEMPLE FORDHAM LA SALLE George Washington Xavier Dayton DUQUESNE ST. BONAVENTURE MASSACHUSETTS RHODE ISLAND

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1997

16-16, 11-9 (4th-ATLANTIC 10) Aug. 29 Aug. 30 Aug. 30 Sept. 5 Sept. 6 Sept. 6 Sept. 9 Sept. 13 Sept. 13 Sept. 16 Sept. 19 Sept. 20 Sept. 26

North Carolina Connecticut Southern Illinois Florida Northwestern Kansas RADFORD Wake Forest William & Mary JAMES MADISON George Washington Fordham XAVIER

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DAYTON Massachusetts Rhode Island TEMPLE LA SALLE DUQUESNE ST. BONAVENTURE FORDHAM GEORGE WASHINGTON Virginia Dayton Xavier RHODE ISLAND MASSACHUSETTS La Salle Temple St. Bonaventure Duquesne Temple

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1998

21-9, 15-5 (3rd-ATLANTIC 10) Sept. 4 Sept. 5 Sept. 5 Sept. 8 Sept. 11 Sept. 12 Sept. 12 Sept. 16 Sept. 19 Sept. 22 Sept. 25 Sept. 26 Oct. 2 Oct. 3 Oct. 9 Oct. 10 Oct. 16 Oct. 17 Oct. 21 Oct. 23 Oct. 30 Oct. 31 Nov. 6 Nov. 7 Nov. 13 Nov. 14 Nov. 20 Nov. 21 Nov. 27 Nov. 28

Southwest Texas State Southern Methodist Louisiana Tech VIRGINIA RADFORD COPPIN STATE SETON HALL Duquesne ST. BONAVENTURE James Madison Massachusetts Rhode Island TEMPLE LA SALLE Dayton Xavier George Washington Fordham DUQUESNE St. Bonaventure RHODE ISLAND MASSACHUSETTS La Salle Temple XAVIER DAYTON FORDHAM GEORGE WASHINGTON Dayton Temple

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1999

9-19, 8-10 (7TH-ATLANTIC 10) Sept. 1 Sept. 4 Sept. 4 Sept. 4 Sept. 10 Sept. 10 Sept. 11 Sept. 11 Sept. 17 Sept. 18 Sept. 24 Sept. 25 Sept. 28 Oct. 1 Oct. 5 Oct. 8 Oct. 9 Oct. 15 Oct. 16 Oct. 22 Oct. 23 Oct. 29 Oct. 30 Nov. 5 Nov. 12 Nov. 13 Nov. 19 Nov. 20

Virginia VILLANOVA KENTUCKY NORTHERN ILLINOIS Cal-Santa Barbara Arizona State Georgia Tech South Carolina Fordham Duquesne LA SALLE TEMPLE TENNESSEE GEORGE WASHINGTON JAMES MADISON Dayton Xavier RHODE ISLAND MASSACHUSETTS DUQUESNE FORDHAM Temple La Salle George Washington XAVIER DAYTON Massachusetts Rhode Island

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0-3 3-0 1-3 1-3 0-3 0-3 0-3 0-3 3-2 2-3 3-2 3-2 2-3 3-1 0-3 0-3 0-3 3-0 3-0 1-3 3-2 0-3 1-3 2-3 3-0 1-3 0-3 0-3

Head Coach Greg Smith

2000 13-16

Sept. 1 Sept. 1 Sept. 2 Sept. 2 Sept. 8 Sept. 9 Sept. 9 Sept. 14 Sept. 15 Sept. 22 Sept. 23 Sept. 25 Sept. 26 Sept. 29 Sept. 30 Sept. 30 Oct. 7 Oct. 8 Oct. 10 Oct. 13 Oct. 14 Oct. 17 Oct. 20 Oct. 21 Oct. 25 Oct. 31 Nov. 1 Nov. 4 Nov. 18

MARSHALL W APPALACHIAN STATE W N.C. STATE W SOUTHWEST TEXAS L Air Force W Bradley L Kansas State L Radford L GEORGE MASON L Howard W Seton Hall L James Madison L Tennessee L Md.-Baltimore County L Virginia Commonwealth W William & Mary L EAST CAROLINA W JAMES MADISON W Duke L Rutgers L St. Peter’s L Liberty L RADFORD W VIRGINIA L UNC Charlotte W EAST TENNESSEE ST. W LIBERTY W N.C. State L East Carolina W

3-2 3-1 3-2 0-3 3-0 1-3 0-3 1-3 0-3 3-0 0-3 0-3 2-3 0-3 3-1 0-3 3-0 3-1 0-3 0-3 2-3 2-3 3-0 1-3 3-1 3-1 3-2 1-3 3-1

2001

9-19, 5-7 (T8th-BIG EAST) Aug. 31 Gardner-Webb Sept. 1 Evansville Sept. 1 Western Carolina Sept. 4 Virginia Sept. 7 Md.-BaltIMORE County Sept. 7 East Carolina Sept. 8 Akron Sept. 18 Liberty Sept. 21 St. John’s Sept. 23 Seton Hall Sept. 28 Notre Dame Sept. 30 Syracuse Oct. 5 West Virginia Oct. 7 Pittsburgh Oct. 10 Radford Oct. 14 Providence Oct. 16 Tennessee Oct. 19 James Madison Oct. 20 Radford Oct. 23 Liberty Oct. 27 Villanova Oct. 28 Rutgers Nov. 2 Boston College Nov. 4 Connecticut Nov. 10 Georgetown Nov. 11 George Mason Nov. 23 Florida Nov. 24 Louisiana State

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3-0 1-3 0-3 1-3 3-0 3-0 0-3 0-3 2-3 1-3 0-3 0-3 3-2 3-1 0-3 3-0 1-3 3-2 0-3 1-3 3-0 1-3 3-0 1-3 0-3 0-3 0-3 1-3

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0-3 3-0 2-3 3-0 3-0 1-3 3-0 3-2 3-0 1-3 0-3 0-3 3-1

2002

20-11, 10-3 (2nd-BIG EAST) Aug. 30 Ohio Aug. 31 Auburn Aug. 31 Wake Forest Sept. 6 Oakland Sept. 7 Robert Morris Sept. 7 Akron Sept. 10 Virginia Sept. 13 charlotte Sept. 14 Appalachian sTATE Sept. 14 georgia Sept. 17 tennessee Sept. 20 Clemson Sept. 21 TCU

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A LL - T I M E R E S U LT S Sept. 21 Sept. 28 Sept. 29 Oct. 5 Oct. 6 Oct. 11 Oct. 13 Oct. 16 Oct. 22 Oct. 26 Oct. 29 Nov. 1 Nov. 3 Nov. 9 Nov. 10 Nov. 15 Nov. 17 Nov. 24

Coastal Carolina Providence Boston College Georgetown Villanova seton hall rutgers liberty Radford miami james madison connecticut st. john’s West Virginia Pittsburgh syracuse notre dame Miami

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2-3 3-0 3-2 1-3 3-1 3-0 3-2 3-0 3-2 3-0 3-2 0-3 3-0 3-1 2-3 3-0 3-0 2-3

W W W L W L L L L W L W L L W W L L W L L W W W L W L

3-1 3-0 3-0 2-3 3-0 1-3 2-3 1-3 1-3 3-0 0-3 3-0 1-3 1-3 3-0 3-1 1-3 2-3 3-1 1-3 0-3 3-2 3-0 3-0 2-3 3-2 0-3

2003

13-14, 7-5 (T4th-BIG EAST) Aug. 29 Aug. 30 Aug. 30 Sept. 2 Sept. 5 Sept. 6 Sept. 6 Sept. 9 Sept. 12 Sept. 12 Sept. 13 Sept. 16 Sept. 19 Sept. 20 Sept. 26 Sept. 28 Oct. 3 Oct. 10 Oct. 12 Oct. 14 Oct. 24 Oct. 26 Oct. 31 Nov. 2 Nov. 7 Nov. 9 Nov. 15

MIAMI (OHIO) CAMPBELL EAST TENNESSEE ST. Charlotte High Point Texas Christian N.C. State Virginia College of Charleston Morgan State Maryland RADFORD NORTHERN ILLINOIS CLEVELAND ST. Rutgers Seton Hall BOSTON COLLEGE VILLANOVA GEORGETOWN Liberty St. John’s Connecticut PITTSBURGH WEST VIRGINIA #12 Notre Dame Syracuse Miami

2004

13-16, 7-9 (T7th-ACC) Sept. 1 Sept. 3 Sept. 4 Sept. 4 Sept. 10 Sept. 11 Sept. 11 Sept. 14 Sept. 17 Sept. 17 Sept. 18 Sept. 23 Sept. 26 Oct. 1 Oct. 3 Oct. 8 Oct. 9 Oct. 12

Ohio APPALACHIAN STATE LEHIGH TOWSON Louisiana-Monroe Elon Georgia LIBERTY Michigan Tennessee Western Michigan FLORIDA STATE MIAMI CLEMSON GEORGIA TECH North Carolina N.C. State JAMES MADISON

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0-3 3-1 3-0 0-3 3-0 3-0 2-3 3-1 0-3 0-3 2-3 3-2 3-2 3-0 0-3 1-3 3-2 3-1

The 2008 team was the 12th team in Tech history to win 20 matches in one season, posting a 20-11 mark.

Oct. 15 Oct. 17 Oct. 22 Oct. 24 Oct. 29 Oct. 30 Nov. 05 Nov. 06 Nov. 12 Nov. 13 Nov. 18

WAKE FOREST Duke Florida State Miami Maryland Virginia N.C. STATE NORTH CAROLINA DUKE Wake Forest Clemson

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3-0 1-3 0-3 0-3 0-3 1-3 3-2 3-2 0-3 1-3 2-3

2005

13-18, 8-14 (9th-ACC) Sept. 2 Sept. 3 Sept. 3 Sept. 9 Sept. 10 Sept. 10 Sept. 16 Sept. 17 Sept. 17 Sept. 23 Sept. 25 Sept. 30 Oct. 1 Oct. 4 Oct. 7 Oct. 9 Oct. 14 Oct. 16 Oct. 21 Oct. 22 Oct. 28 Oct. 29 Nov. 1 Nov. 4 Nov. 6 Nov. 11 Nov. 12 Nov. 18

GEORGETOWN WISC.-MILWAUKEE MISSISSIPPI STATE Oregon State Colorado State UC Irvine Miami University Northern Colorado Wright State North Carolina NC State MARYLAND BOSTON COLLEGE Virginia WAKE FOREST DUKE Florida State Miami Georgia Tech Clemson NC STATE NORTH CAROLINA VIRGINIA Boston College #25 Maryland MIAMI FLORIDA STATE Duke

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3-0 0-3 0-3 0-3 0-3 3-2 3-2 3-1 3-1 0-3 3-0 0-3 3-0 0-3 3-0 3-2 0-3 1-3 2-3 3-0 3-0 1-3 1-3 0-3 0-3 1-3 0-3 1-3

Nov. 19 Wake Forest Nov. 23 CLEMSON Nov. 25 GEORGIA TECH

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Head Coach Chris Riley

2006

17-14, 11-11 (6th-ACC) Aug. 25 Aug. 26 Aug. 26 Sept. 1 Sept. 2 Sept. 2 Sept. 8 Sept. 9 Sept. 9 Sept. 15 Sept. 21 Sept. 22 Sept. 26 Sept. 29 Oct. 1 Oct. 6 Oct. 7 Oct. 13 Oct. 14 Oct. 20 Oct. 22 Oct. 26 Oct. 27 Nov. 3 Nov. 4 Nov. 10 Nov. 12 Nov. 17 Nov. 18 Nov. 22 Nov. 24

Furman William & Mary East Carolina #16 Purdue Auburn Arizona State GEORGE WASHINGTON LIBERTY APPALACHIAN STATE VIRGINIA NORTH CAROLINA NC STATE Virginia Maryland Boston College Wake Forest Duke FLORIDA STATE MIAMI GEORGIA TECH CLEMSON North Carolina NC State BOSTON COLLEGE MARYLAND Miami Florida State DUKE WAKE FOREST Clemson Georgia Tech

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3-1 3-0 3-1 3-1 0-3 0-3 3-0 3-1 3-2 3-0 3-0 3-0 1-3 3-1 2-3 2-3 0-3 1-3 3-1 0-3 3-1 3-1 3-0 2-3 3-2 0-3 0-3 0-3 3-2 2-3 3-1

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3-1 3-1 3-1 3-1 1-3 3-0 0-3 1-3 3-0 0-3

2007

14-18, 8-14 (t-8th-ACC)

All-time coaching records Coach Years John Pierce 14 Stephanie Hawbecker 9 Greg Smith 6 Chris Riley 3 Total 32

Seasons 1977-1990 1991-1999 2000-2005 2006-2008 1977-2008

Win-Loss 274-243-3 166-134 81-94 51-43 572-514-3

Pct. .531 .552 .463 .543 .525

Win-Loss Pct. 11-58 .159 70-52 .625 37-38 .493 30-34 .432 148-182 .448

Aug. 24 Aug. 24 Aug. 25 Aug. 31 Aug. 31 Sept. 1 Sept. 1 Sept. 7 Sept. 7 Sept. 8

WILLIAM & MARY VCU MARSHALL vs. Fairfield at St. John’s vs. NJIT vs. #24 Long Beach St. at Wisc.-Milwaukee vs. Bradley vs. Cincinatti

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Sept. 14 Sept. 20 Sept. 21 Sept. 28 Sept. 29 Oct. 5 Oct. 6 Oct. 9 Oct. 12 Oct. 13 Oct. 19 Oct. 20 Oct. 26 Oct. 27 Nov. 2 Nov. 3 Nov.9 Nov. 10 Nov. 16 Nov. 17 Nov. 21 Nov. 23

at Virginia MIAMI FLORIDA STATE at Clemson at Georgia Tech MARYLAND BOSTON COLLEGE VIRGINIA NORTH CAROLINA NC STATE at #17 Duke at Wake Forest at Florida State at Miami GEORGIA TECH #24 CLEMSON at NC State at North Carolina at Boston College at Maryland WAKE FOREST DUKE

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0-3 2-3 3-0 0-3 1-3 3-1 3-1 3-2 1-3 3-1 0-3 3-1 1-3 2-3 2-3 1-3 3-0 0-3 2-3 1-3 3-0 0-3

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3-1 3-0 3-1 2-3 2-3 3-0 3-0 3-2 3-2 3-0 3-0 3-0 3-1 3-0 3-0 3-0 2-3 3-2 3-1 1-3 0-3 3-1 0-3 0-3 3-0 0-3 3-0 3-0 1-3 2-3 2-3

2008

20-11, 11-9 (7th-ACC) Aug. 29 Aug. 30

Sept. 5 Sept. 6

Sept. 12 Sept. 13

Sept. 19 Sept. 20 Sept. 23 Sept. 26 Sept. 27 Oct. 3 Oct. 5 Oct. 9 Oct. 10 Oct. 17 Oct. 18 Oct. 24 Oct. 25 Oct. 31 Nov. 1 Nov. 7 Nov. 8 Nov. 14 Nov. 15 Nov. 20 Nov. 21 Nov. 28

MD.-EASTERN SHORE WINSTON-SALEM ST. COASTAL CAROLINA at Marshall vs. Western Kentucky vs. East Tennessee St. vs. Tennessee-Martin vs. Lamar at Arkansas at UNC Wilmington vs. UNC Asheville VIRGINIA CLEMSON GEORGIA TECH at Maryland at Boston College at North Carolina at NC State WAKE FOREST DUKE FLORIDA STATE MIAMI at Georgia Tech at Clemson NC STATE NORTH CAROLINA BOSTON COLLEGE MARYLAND at Wake Forest at Duke at Virginia

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All-Time Series Records Opponent All Home First Last Strk Akron 1-4 1-2 89 02 L2 Alabama 0-1 0-0 77 77 L1 Alabama-Birmingham 2-0 0-0 87 92 W2 Albany 0-0 0-0 - - N/A Air Force 0-1 0-0 00 00 L1 American 4-0 1-0 86 96 W4 Appalachian State 22-13-1 14-2 79 06 W15 Arkansas 1-0 0-0 08 08 W1 Arkansas State 0-2 0-1 88 94 L2 Arizona State 0-2 0-0 99 06 L2 Auburn 1-2 0-0 89 06 L1 Augusta 1-0 0-0 89 89 W1 Ball State 0-1 0-0 94 94 L1 Bluefield 2-0 2-0 77 78 W2 Boston College 6-5 4-2 01 08 W2 Bowling Green 0-1 0-0 92 92 L1 Bradley 1-1 0-0 00 07 W1 California-Irvine 1-1 0-1 89 05 W1 Cal-Santa Barbara 0-1 0-0 99 99 L1 Campbell 1-0 1-0 03 03 W1 Carson-Newman 0-1 0-0 78 78 L1 Catholic 1-0 0-0 82 82 W1 Catonsville 1-0 0-0 81 81 W1 Central Florida 0-1 0-0 93 93 L1 Charles County CC 5-1 4-0 84 90 W4 Charleston (SC) 2-0 0-0 81 89 W2 Charleston Southern 2-1 2-0 87 89 W1 Charlotte 12-8 6-2 80 03 L1 Christopher Newport 1-0 1-0 80 80 W1 Cincinnati 1-12 1-5 77 07 L7 Clemson 6-9 4-1 80 08 L1 Cleveland State 1-1 0-1 90 03 L1 Coastal Carolina 3-1 2-0 89 08 W1 Colgate 0-1 0-0 79 79 L1 College of Charleston 0-1 0-0 03 03 L1 Colorado 0-1 0-0 92 92 L1 Colorado State 0-3 0-0 94 05 L3 Concord 4-1-1 2-1 78 81 W4 Connecticut 1-3 0-2 97 03 W1 Cornell 1-0 0-0 92 92 W1 Davidson 2-0 1-0 89 92 W2 Dayton 2-11 1-5 79 99 L2 Delaware 4-0 0-0 83 92 W4 DePaul 0-3 0-1 91 94 L3 Duke 1-18 1-5 79 08 L7 Duquesne 6-5 2-3 82 99 L2 East Carolina 5-4 3-0 78 06 W2 East Tennessee State 18-5 11-1 77 08 W5 Eastern Mennonite 1-1 0-0 77 83 W1 Eastern Michigan 0-1 0-0 87 87 L1 Elon 2-0 1-0 87 04 W2 Emory & Henry 1-1 1-1 77 78 W1 Evansville 1-1 1-0 93 01 L1 Fairfield 1-0 0-0 07 07 W1 Ferrum 1-0 0-0 77 77 W1 Florida 0-2 0-0 97 01 L2 Florida A&M 1-0 0-0 87 87 W1 Florida State 2-20 2-6 80 08 L2 Fordham 10-0 5-0 95 99 W10 Fresno State 0-1 0-0 92 92 L1 Furman 5-0 2-0 78 06 W5 Gardner-Webb 1-0 0-0 01 01 W1 Georgetown 2-5 2-1 85 05 W2 George Mason 11-7 2-4 79 01 L3 George Washington 10-11 6-1 77 06 W1 Georgia 0-3 0-1 93 04 L3 Georgia Tech 4-7 2-3 78 08 L1 Guilford 5-0 1-0 79 81 W5

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Opponent All Home First Last Strk Hampton 2-0 1-0 89 90 W2 High Point 5-2 3-1 79 03 W2 Hofstra 0-1 0-0 93 93 L1 Hollins 1-0 1-0 77 77 W1 Howard 3-0 0-0 83 00 W3 Illinois-Chicago 0-1 0-0 86 86 L1 Illinois State 0-1 0-0 86 86 L1 Iowa State 0-1 0-0 91 91 L1 Jacksonville 0-3 0-0 82 87 L3 James Madison 25-16 15-3 77 04 W4 Juniata 1-1 0-0 82 82 L1 Kansas 1-2 1-0 77 97 L1 Kansas State 0-2 0-0 94 00 L2 Kent State 0-1 0-0 90 90 L1 Kentucky 0-3 0-0 77 99 L3 Kentucky State 4-0 0-0 79 82 W4 King 1-0 1-0 88 88 W1 La Salle 9-1 5-0 95 99 L1 Lamar 1-0 0-0 08 08 W1 Lehigh 2-0 1-0 82 04 W2 Lenoir-Rhyne 2-0 0-0 81 82 W2 Liberty 35-6 21-1 79 06 W2 Long Beach St. 0-1 0-0 07 07 L1 Longwood 3-0-1 3-0 77 83 W2 Louisburg 0-1 0-0 78 78 L1 Louisiana-Monroe 1-0 0-0 04 04 W1 Louisiana State 0-1 0-0 01 01 L1 Louisville 3-17 2-5 80 94 L4 Loyola (MD) 0-1 0-0 82 82 L1 Lynchburg 7-0 4-0 82 87 W7 Mansfield 2-0 0-0 83 85 W2 Marquette 1-0 0-0 95 95 W1 Marshall 13-5 9-1 77 08 L1 Mary Washington 3-0 2-0 77 81 W3 Maryland-Baltimore 1-1 1-0 83 01 W1 Maryland 5-7 3-2 92 08 W2 Maryland-E. Shore 1-0 1-0 08 08 W1 Massachusetts 6-4 4-1 95 98 L1 Memphis 1-13 0-5 80 90 L7 Miami University 3-0 1-0 92 05 W3 Miami (Fla.) 4-8 4-1 02 08 W1 Michigan 0-3 0-1 89 04 L3 Middle Tennessee St. 0-1 0-0 79 79 L1 Milligan 1-0 0-0 80 80 W1 Mississippi 0-2 0-0 85 86 L2 Mississippi State 0-1 0-1 05 05 L1 Montana 0-0 0-0 - - N/A Montana State 1-1 1-0 93 95 L1 Morehead State 2-5 0-0 77 96 W1 Morgan State 1-0 0-0 03 03 W1 Navy 2-0 0-0 81 84 W2 New Mexico 0-1 0-0 88 88 L1 New Orleans 2-0 0-0 88 94 W2 New York Tech 1-0 0-0 79 79 W1 Nicholls State 0-1 0-0 91 91 L1 NJIT 1-0 0-0 07 07 W1 Norfolk State 0-0 0-0 - - N/A North Carolina 3-14 2-5 79 08 L4 North Carolina State 12-8 7-1 79 08 W10 Northern Colorado 1-0 0-0 05 05 W1 Northern Illinois 0-2 0-2 99 03 L2 Northern Kentucky 0-1 0-0 80 80 L1 Northwestern 1-2 1-0 91 97 L1 Notre Dame 1-2 1-1 01 03 L1 Oakland 1-0 0-0 02 02 W1 Ohio University 0-2 0-0 02 04 L2 Old Dominion 2-0 1-0 81 81 W2 Oral Roberts 0-1 0-0 86 86 L1

(2009 opponents in bold) Opponent All Home First Last Strk Oregon State 0-1 0-0 05 05 L1 Peace 1-0 0-0 78 78 W1 Pittsburgh 2-3 1-1 93 03 W1 Princeton 0-1 0-0 84 84 L1 Providence 2-0 1-0 01 02 W2 Purdue 0-1 0-0 06 06 L1 Radford 26-6 15-2 77 03 W2 Rhode Island 3-8 2-3 83 99 L1 Rice 0-1 0-0 90 90 L1 Rio Grande 1-0 0-0 81 81 W1 Roanoke 2-0 2-0 77 86 W2 Robert Morris 1-0 0-0 02 02 W1 Rutgers 2-2 1-0 00 03 W2 St. Augustine’s 2-0 2-0 85 91 W2 St. Bonaventure 8-0 4-0 95 98 W8 St. John’s 1-3 1-0 01 07 L2 St. Louis 0-2 0-0 80 81 L2 St. Peter’s 0-1 0-0 00 00 L1 Sam Houston 0-1 0-0 90 90 L1 San Diego 1-0 0-0 88 88 W1 Seton Hall 2-2 1-0 00 02 W2 South Alabama 1-0 0-0 86 86 W1 South Carolina 1-13 0-3 83 99 L1 So. Car.-Upstate 1-0 0-0 83 83 W1 South Florida 2-4 1-1 87 94 L2 Southeast Missouri St. 0-1 0-0 93 93 L1 Southern Miss.

11-2 4-1 82 94 W9 Southwest Texas 0-2 0-0 98 00 L2 Syracuse 3-1 1-0 93 03 W2 Temple 4-9 3-2 87 99 L1 Tennessee 1-13 1-3 77 04 L5 Tenn. Chattanooga 2-0 0-0 79 91 W2 Tennessee-Martin 2-0 0-0 77 08 W2 Tennessee Tech 1-1 0-0 79 80 W1 Texas 0-1 0-0 94 94 L1 Texas-Arlington 0-2 0-0 92 94 L2 Texas A&M 1-0 1-0 94 94 W1 Texas Christian 1-1 0-0 02 03 L1 Texas-El Paso 0-1 0-0 95 95 L1 Toledo 1-1 0-0 81 90 L1 Towson 0-2 0-1 91 04 L2 Tulane 2-11 0-3 80 94 L3 Tulsa 0-1 0-0 84 84 L1 UNC Asheville 8-0 2-0 80 08 W8 UNC Greensboro 6-1 3-0 79 91 W6 UNC Wilmington 2-0 1-0 86 08 W2 Valparaiso 1-1 0-0 86 96 L1 Villanova 4-2 1-1 82 03 L1 Virginia 23-28 14-10 79 08 L1 Va. Commonwealth 19-8 5-0 77 07 W14 Virginia Intermont 2-0 2-0 77 78 W2 Wake Forest 22-8 10-1 77 08 L1 Washington State 0-1 0-0 94 94 L1 Western Carolina 6-3 1-0 77 01 L1 Western Kentucky 2-1 1-0 92 08 L1 Western Michigan 0-1 0-0 04 04 L1 West Virginia 5-2 2-0 79 03 W4 Wichita State 0-1 0-0 90 90 L1 William & Mary 7-14 2-3 81 07 W2 Winston-Salem St. 1-0 1-0 08 08 W1 Winthrop 1-0 0-0 82 82 W1 Wisconsin-Madison 0-1 0-0 92 92 L1 Wisconsin-Milwaukee 1-2 1-1 91 07 L2 Wright State 2-1 0-0 88 05 W2 Wyoming 0-1 0-0 88 88 L1 Xavier 5-5 4-1 95 99 W1 Yale 0-1 0-0 79 79 L1 Youngstown State 1-0 0-0 84 84 W1

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THE ACC

Atlantic Coast Conference The Tradition

Consistency. It is the mark of true excellence in any endeavor.

However, in today’s intercollegiate athletics, competition has become so balanced and so competitive that it is virtually impossible to maintain a high level of consistency.

Yet the Atlantic Coast Conference has defied the odds. Now, in its 57th year of competition, the ACC has long enjoyed the reputation as one of the strongest and most competitive intercollegiate conferences in the nation. And that is not mere conjecture, the numbers support it.

Since the league’s inception in 1953, ACC schools have captured 114 national championships, including 60 in women’s competition and 54 in men’s. In addition, NCAA individual titles have gone to ACC student-athletes 257 times.

The year 1980 marked the inception of volleyball in the ACC, and conference play began in 1981.

Now entering its 29th season of play, the league has seen its member institutions enjoy great success from both academic and athletic perspectives.

Duke University’s Rachael Moss headed a list of 10 volleyball student-athletes who earned ESPN The Magazine Academic honors. A second-team ESPN The Magazine Academic All-American®, Moss was joined by the University of Virginia’s Lauren Dickson as a first-team Academic All-District III and eight more who garnered second- or third-team AllDistrict III accolades.

Clemson University’s Danielle Hepburn was the only ACC student-athlete to receive All-America status with a third-team selection by the American Volleyball Coaches Association. Nine more took Honorable Mention accolades in addition to All-East Region honors.

The University of Miami highlighted the AVCA East Region as Lane Carico was selected as the East Region Freshman of the Year, and seventh-year head coach Nicole Lantagne was picked as the East Region Coach of the Year.

The ACC again proved to be the nation’s premier athletic conference both academically and athletically.

2008-09 in Review

The 2008-09 academic year saw league teams capture five national team titles and 20 individual NCAA crowns. In all, the ACC has won 47 national team titles over the last 13 years and has won two or more NCAA titles in 27 of the past 29 years.

A total of 128 ACC teams placed in NCAA post-season competition in 2008-09. League teams compiled a 139-84-1 (.623) mark against opponents in NCAA championship competition. In addition, the ACC had 198 student-athletes earn first team AllAmerica honors this past year. Overall, the league had 266 first-, second-, or third-team All-Americans and the ACC produced nine national Players of the Year and five national Coach of the Year honorees. A total of 88 teams finished their respective seasons ranked in the Top-25 poll, including 33 teams ranked in the Top 10 and six teams that held the nation’s top spot.

The Championships

The conference will conduct championship competition in 25 sports during the 2009-10 academic year - 12 for men and 13 for women. The first ACC championship was held in swimming on February 25, 1954. The conference did not conduct championships in cross country, wrestling or tennis during the first year.

The 12 sports for men include football, cross country, soccer, basketball, swimming, indoor and outdoor track, wrestling, baseball, tennis, golf and lacrosse. Fencing, which was started in 1971, was discontinued in 1981.

Women’s sports were initiated in 1977 with the first championship meet held in tennis at Wake Forest University.

Championships for women are currently conducted in cross country, field hockey, soccer, basketball, swimming, indoor and outdoor track, tennis, golf, lacrosse, softball and rowing, with volleyball deciding its champion by regular season play.

A History

The Atlantic Coast Conference was founded on May 8, 1953, at the Sedgefield Inn near Greensboro, N.C., with seven charter members - Clemson, Duke, Maryland, North Carolina, North Carolina State, South Carolina and Wake Forest - drawing up the conference by-laws.

The withdrawal of seven schools from the Southern Conference came early on the morning of May 8, 1953, during the Southern Conference’s annual spring meeting. On June 14, 1953, the seven members met in Raleigh, N.C., where a set of bylaws was adopted and the name became officially the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Suggestions from fans for the name of the new conference appeared in the region’s newspapers prior to the meeting in Raleigh. Some of the names suggested were: Dixie, Mid South, Mid Atlantic, East Coast, Seaboard, Colonial, Tobacco, Blue-Gray, Piedmont, Southern Seven and the Shoreline.

Duke’s Eddie Cameron recommended that the name of the conference be the Atlantic Coast Conference, and the motion was passed unanimously.

The meeting concluded with each member institution assessed $200.00 to pay for conference expenses.

On December 4, 1953, conference officials met again at Sedgefield and officially admitted the University of Virginia as the league’s eighth member.

The first, and only, withdrawal of a school from the ACC came on June 30, 1971, when the University of South Carolina tendered its resignation.The ACC operated with seven members until April 3, 1978, when the Georgia Institute of Technology was admitted. The Atlanta school had withdrawn from the Southeastern Conference in January of 1964.

The ACC expanded to nine members on July 1, 1991, with the addition of Florida State University.

The conference expanded to 11 members on July 1, 2004, with the addition of the University of Miami and Virginia Tech. On October 17, 2003, Boston College accepted an invitation to become the league’s 12th member starting July 1, 2005.

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2008 ALL-ACC TEAMS ALL-Freshman Team

Simone Asque.............................Virginia Lane Carico.................................... Miami Kellie Catanach............................... Duke Sophia Dunworth.......................... Duke Kadija Fornah.................... Wake Forest Erin Leaser.....................Virginia Tech

All-Academic Team

Jordan Meredith.........Boston College Sophia Dunworth...........................Duke Rachael Moss...................................Duke Jourdan Norman.............................Duke Claire Smalzer..................................Duke Brianna Barry..................... Florida State Ashlee Moon..................... Florida State Jordana Price..................... Florida State Lauren Richardson.......... Florida State Jenna Romanelli.............. Florida State Allison Niekamp.............. Georgia Tech JoAnna Stawicka............. Georgia Tech Brittney Grove......................... Maryland Bethany Springer................... Maryland Sharon Strizak......................... Maryland Lane Carico.....................................Miami Kiwane Iboaya..........................NC State Kelly Wood.................................NC State Heather Brooks.............North Carolina Stephanie Jansma.......North Carolina Lauren Prussing...........North Carolina Marlow Bruneau........................ Virginia Lauren Dickson........................... Virginia Sydney Hill................................... Virginia Brittani Rendina......................... Virginia Kristen Cunningham... Virginia Tech Jill Gergen..................... Virginia Tech Erin Leaser..................... Virginia Tech Natalie Mullikin.................Wake Forest Kristin White.......................Wake Forest

2008 ACC Standings School Duke North Carolina Miami Clemson Florida State Georgia Tech Virginia Tech Wake Forest Virginia NC State Boston College Maryland

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Conf. Overall 15-5 25-9 15-5 22-11 14-6 26-6 4-6 23-10 13-7 21-9 12-8 20-10 11-9 20-11 10-10 19-13 9-11 17-15 3-17 9-26 2-18 8-24 2-18 6-26

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Virginia Tech All-Academic Team 1991-92..................................Lisa Pikalek 1992-93..................................Lisa Pikalek 1993-94............................ Amanda Yelsh 1994-95............................ Amanda Yelsh 1995-96............................. Laura Hanner 1997-98........................ Meredith Braine 1998-99.............................. Corrie Bundy 1999-00.................................Holly Disser 2000-01.................................Holly Disser 2001-02.................................Holly Disser 2002-03.....................................Jenny Hill 2003-04...................Melissa Markowski 2004-05...................Melissa Markowski 2005-06...................Melissa Markowski 2006-07..............................Cathy Jansen 2007-08...Jen Albrecht, Cathy Jansen 2008-09...............Kristen Cunningham

S U PPO R T S E R V I C E S

Ac ademic Services Whether in the classroom or on the field, expectations placed on Virginia Tech student-athletes remain consistently high year after year. In collaboration with the Tech Athletics Department, Student-Athlete Academic Support Services (SAASS) works tirelessly to help Hokie student-athletes achieve their full potential.

Services available include tutors, study assistance, computer and technology aid as well as individual skill development programs.

In addition, SAASS integrates its services with those of the Virginia

SAASS AT A GLANCE

Stakeholders of the office’s mission include student-athletes and their families, the university community, coaches and athletics administrators.

SAASS seeks to develop relationships with its stakeholders that are founded on trust and respect, and provides the following services to accommodate their needs:

• University and NCAA information • Orientation • Academic assessment • Development of an effective student life program • Appropriate referrals • Monitored study environments •Tutorial programs •State-of-the-art technological learning assistance • Student-athlete academic performance evaluations

Tech community, assisting students in arranging appointments with various University departments, such as their academic advisors, the Registrar, the Office of Scholarships and Financial Aid, dean’s offices, Career Services, Cook Counseling Center, Cranwell International Center and the Center for Academic Enrichment and Excellence. The department is committed to providing a comprehensive academic and personal development program for student-athletes, offering academic counseling in combination with university academic advising to ensure students receive a complete system of support.

Each team at Virginia Tech is assigned an academic counselor to coordinate individualized support efforts for every team member. Together, SAASS department members assist approximately 500 student-athletes in all areas of academic assistance.

In addition, student-athletes have access to the department’s spacious facilities, located in the West Side of Lane Stadium.

Opened during the 2006-07 academic year, the SAASS suite,

located in the Quillen Family Academic Center, features 18 private tutor rooms, a state-ofthe art classroom, a 36-station computer lab with printer access, a conference room, three quiet areas for reading and studying and a reference library. The office is available between classes, after practice and in the evenings.

Jermaine Holmes is in his first year at Virginia Tech as the director of Student-Athlete Academic Support Services. As director, Holmes provides leadership for SAASS, and along with a staff of 10, oversees the development and execution of programs aimed to help Hokie student-athletes balance their academic and athletic demands and achieve success in both areas.

A former standout studentathlete at Virginia Tech, Katie Ammons enters her 11th year at Tech and works with the men’s and women’s basketball and volleyball teams in addition to overseeing the SAASS computer resources.

Terrie Repass enters her 35th year of service at Tech as the office secretary and first contact person for SAASS.

Student Life Assistant Director of Athletics for Student Life Reyna Gilbert and Coordinator of Student Life Danny White run the Athletics Office of Student Life.

SAAC The Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) is a committee made up of student-athletes assembled to provide insight on the student-athlete experience. The SAAC also offers input on the rules, regulations and policies that affect student-athletes’ lives on NCAA member institution campuses. Two members of each sports team serve on SAAC each academic year. In 2009, Kirsty Blue and Betsy Horowitz will serve as representatives for the volleyball team.

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At Virginia Tech, studentathletes don’t just play sports. With help from the Athletics Office of Student Life, Hokie student-athletes work outside the athletic arena to develop into community assets and responsible adults. Inspired by the NCAA/CHAMPS (Changing Athletes’ Minds for Personal Success) Life Skills Program, the Athletics Office of Student Life creates programs designed to enhance student-athletes in five areas of commitment: athletic excellence, academic excellence, personal and leadership development, community service and career development. The program has been previously honored for its commitment to serving the good of the student-athletes by the Division I-A Athletic Director’s Association as a program of excellence.

well-being, personal growth and decision-making skills. To do so, each team attends two personal development workshops during the year. The workshops educate them in healthy living, service learning, career development, diversity and life skills.

Personal Development

Academic Excellence

The Office of Student Life aims to help student-athletes lead balanced lifestyles, encouraging emotional

Career Development

Virginia Tech student-athletes savor their collegiate athletic experiences with the understanding that upon graduation, they will need to secure a job. The Student Life Office worked with Becca Scott in the Virginia Tech Career Services Center to create programs designed to teach student-athletes why they are much sought after for their transferable skills (resiliency, time management, teamwork, competitiveness and ambition).

The Virginia Tech Athletics Office of Student Life is responsible for nominating student-athletes for

academic honors and awards. Athletes are nominated for on-campus, Atlantic Coast Conference and national awards. Student-athletes with a 3.0 GPA are rewarded each semester by being honored on the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll. In 2008-2009, 342 student-athletes were named to this prestigious list.

Community Outreach

Virginia Tech student-athletes are involved more than ever in the local community. Having volunteered many hours in the schools, community groups and hospitals, student-athletes are setting a high precedent for all involved with the program. Under the “Hokies with Heart” umbrella, each sports team has a community partner with which they volunteer their time.

During the season they also host a home match to honor the partnership program. In 2008-09, the volleyball squad partnered with Kipps elementary.

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Sports Medicine The Sports Medicine Department at Virginia Tech is constantly evolving to incorporate new ideas utilizing state-of-theart resources for the betterment of all Hokie student-athletes. Under the leadership of Assistant Athletics Director for Athletic Training Mike Goforth, the department is constantly improving and developing new strategies to provide the most current and comprehensive care.

Their team of certified athletic trainers, orthopaedic surgeons, Board Certified primary care physicians, chiropractors, physical therapists, sport psychologists, nutritionists, massage therapists and orthotists are available on site to manage the health care needs of Tech athletes.

Tech is entering its ninth full year in the 4,300-square-foot Eddie Ferrell Memorial Training Room. The facility gives the training staff a centralized area to care for the needs of all Virginia Tech student-athletes. The Ferrell Training Room nearly doubled the size of the former Merryman Center facility.

Tech now has more than 10,000 square feet dedicated to sports medicine, placing in the

top five percent nationally. The $10 million Merryman Center includes 2,400 square feet of medical space and a physician’s suite equipped with a new state-of-theart X-ray system, a fluoroscopy unit and a minor procedure room. The training room also has offices for the staff, dozens of training tables, two cold tubs, whirlpools, an underwater treadmill, a Biodex System 3 and various other pieces of rehabilitation equipment and treatment modalities.

After the sports medicine staff diagnoses and treats an ill or injured athlete, the staff starts collaborating with the strength and conditioning staff to provide the best injury prevention and performance enhancing programs possible.

After an injury, an athlete will go through rehabilitation and physical therapy, then move to weight training as they become able. The strength and conditioning staff uses specific programs for each injury. The sports medicine staff also takes great pride in treating the athletes year-round. Special attention is paid to off-season activity.

During this time, the staff will analyze

past injury data from each participant and construct a preventative program that is followed over a nine-week period between the end of the season and the beginning of spring practice. This same procedure is followed during the summer.

A vital part of student-athlete medical services is access to the Montgomery Regional Hospital’s SWVA Center for Orthopaedics and Schiffert Student Health Center.

If physical therapy is needed, studentathletes can be seen by physical therapists Mark Piechoski and Katie Burns in the Ferrell Training Room. In addition, staff sport psychologist Dr. Gary Bennett is available to all student-athletes for personal and performance issues.

Over the past 11 years, Tech has developed the reputation for producing top-level certified athletic trainers.

Graduates are now employed in positions across the country at various levels of the profession. Emily Hutcherson will serve as the athletic trainer for the volleyball team this fall.

Athletic Performance There’s much more to athletic performance than weight training. Always striving to stay on the cutting edge, Virginia Tech has combined strength and conditioning with nutrition and sport psychology to the benefit of its studentathletes. At Tech, these areas are part of the student-athletes’ preparation – not just for game day, but also for life. Virginia Tech tries to provide the best services, facilities and support staff for all of its student-athletes to make them better athletes and better people.

Strength & Conditioning

Dr. Mike Gentry begins his 23rd season as the Hokies’ director of strength and conditioning. As assistant athletics director for athletic performance, his duties include overseeing the strength and conditioning training of athletes in all 21 varsity sports at Virginia Tech. He is directly involved in the training of the football and women’s basketball teams and manages programs for nutrition.

Thanks to the direction of Assistant Athletics Director for Athletic Performance Mike Gentry, the Virginia Tech strength and conditioning program is among the best in the nation.

Assisting Gentry in the weight room this year are three full-time assistant strength and conditioning coaches. Terry Mitchell is the assistant director of strength and

conditioning. Former football players Jarrett Ferguson and Keith Short serve as coordinators for strength and conditioning.

Sport Psychology

Virginia Tech offers another important service to all of its student-athletes — sport psychology. Dr. Gary Bennett coordinates the sport psychology department, which offers psychological and performance enhancement services for student-athletes. Bennett also works closely with the Cook Counseling Center.

Bennett meets with student-athletes on an individual basis for personal counseling and to discuss the mental aspects of the game. He also works on team building, communication and performance enhancement.

The sport psychology department also offers an injury group to afford injured athletes the opportunity to meet with other injured athletes and talk about their recovery process. Injured athletes may also meet individually with the sport psychologists.

One of the sport psychology resources is the Dynavision 2000, a unique conditioning and training program designed to increase focus and concentration, improve coordination and visuomotor reactions and increase peripheral awareness. Virginia Tech is privileged to be one of only a handful of schools with this cutting-edge technology.

Sports Nutrition

Eating healthy and choosing nutritious diets are important aspects of a Virginia Tech student-athlete’s life and that’s why in July 2002, the athletics department implemented the sports nutrition program.

Amy Freel serves as the director. Freel, who is one of 16 full-time college dietitians in the country, also serves on the nutrition and performance committee with Dr. Gary Bennett.

Freel works individually with studentathletes to provide them with information they need on their diet. She provides individual players with diet counseling on issues such as gaining lean muscle mass, losing body fat, and eating choices to improve performance.

Also in July 2002, the Virginia Tech Athletics Department purchased the BodPod body composition system. Tech is one of a handful of college athletic departments using this type of technology.

The BodPod accurately measures body composition (percent of body fat, lean muscle mass and fat mass) within five minutes through air displacement. Research has shown that an increase in lean muscle mass will increase athletic performance.

The Sports Nutrition Program has helped countless Tech athletes maximize their athletic performance.

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Media Information Virginia Tech volleyball home matches are held in Cassell Coliseum and are free of charge. No credentials are needed for entrance. Media interested in attending these matches are encouraged to notify the Virginia Tech Athletics Communications Office for further information.

Interviews

Please schedule all interviews through the Virginia Tech Athletics Communications Office at (540)231-2228.

For interviews with head volleyball coach Chris Riley or any of the Hokies, please contact Kevin Hunt at the Virginia Tech Athletics Communications Office at (540) 231-1494.

Coach Riley is usually available for interviews during the week. Interviews with players will be available according to class and practice schedules.

At no time will an athlete’s telephone number be released, and members of the media are asked not to contact athletes at home, on their cell phones or via E-mail.

Live Stats and Broadcasts

Fans and media can keep up with the Hokies via the Internet with live stats. At all home games, and selected away contests, play-by-play, as well as up-to-date box scores and stats, are available by clicking on the live stats link on Tech’s athletic homepage, www.hokiesports.com.

Directions to Blacksburg

From the north or east, take Interstate 81 south to exit 118B, following US 460 west to Blacksburg.

Post-Game

Coach Riley and players will be available for interviews after home contests on the court. Please make all requests with Kevin Hunt on press row.

Match Results

Box scores will be available immediately following the conclusion of the game, and will also be faxed to the opposing team’s athletics communications office. Media can access the statistics either in the athletics communications office or via the Internet. Log onto www.hokiesports.com for complete results, stats, bios and stories.

From the south, take Interstate 81 north to exit 118B, following US 460 west to Blacksburg.

From West Virginia, take Interstate 77 south (West Virginia Turnpike) to exit 9. Exit and turn left onto 460 east. Follow 460 east to Blacksburg.

Once in Blacksburg, use the 460 bypass around the downtown area. Follow 460 to the traffic light at Southgate Drive (Va. 314).

Turn into campus, and proceed one-half mile on Southgate Drive. Turn left onto Spring Road at the traffic light, just before the football stadium.

Cassell Coliseum is on the right.

Hokie Stone Story

Most of the buildings on the beautiful Tech campus are constructed using Hokie Stone. This natural rock is a 475-million-year-old dolomite limestone, some of which is mined from a quarry located not far from campus. In constructing the buildings at Tech, a stonemason shapes individual stones, arranges them and cements them together with mortar to create walls of great strength and durability.

Athletics Communications Virginia Tech Athletics Communications Office 460 Jamerson Athletic Center Blacksburg, VA 24061 Office Phone: (540) 231-6726 Office Fax: (540) 231-6984

Volleyball Contact Kevin Hunt Phone: (540) 231-1494 Cell: (303) 517-7601 Email: kevinh5@vt.edu

Opponents’ Directory School Albany American Arkansas Boston College Clemson Duke East Carolina Florida State Georgia Tech Liberty Maryland Montana Miami NJIT Norfolk State North Carolina NC State UNC Greensboro Villanova Virginia Wake Forest Yale

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Location Albany, N.Y. Washington D.C. Fayetteville, Ark. Chestnut Hill, Mass.

Clemson, S.C. Durham, N.C. Greenville, N.C. Tallahassee, Fla. Atlanta, Ga. Lynchburg, Va. College Park, Md. Missoula, Mont.

Coral Gables, Fla. Newark, N.J. Norfolk, Va. Chapel Hill, N.C. Raleigh, N.C. Greensboro, N.C. Villanova, Pa. Charlottesville, Va. Winston-Salem, N.C. New Haven, Conn.

Nickname Great Danes Eagles Lady Razorbacks Eagles Tigers Blue Devils Pirates Seminoles Yellow Jackets Lady Flames Terrapins Grizzlies Hurricanes Highlanders Spartans Tar Heels Wolfpack Spartans Wildcats Cavaliers Demon Deacons Bulldogs

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Conf.

America East Patriot SEC ACC ACC ACC C-USA ACC ACC Big South ACC Big Sky ACC Great West MEAC ACC ACC SoCon Big East ACC ACC Ivy

Head Coach MJ Engstrom Barry Goldberg Robert Puliza Andrea Leonard Jolene Jordan Hoover Jolene Nagel Pati Rolf Chris Poole Tonya Johnson Shane Pinder Tim Hormsmon Jerry Wagner Nicole Lantagne Welch Ryan McNeil Jennifer Fry Joe Sagula Charita J. Stubbs Patrick Nicholas Josh Steinback Lee Maes Heather Kahl Holmes Erin Appleman

‘08 Record (conf.)

23-9 (12-0, 1st) 24-9 (13-1, t-1st) 7-23 (4-16, 9th) 8-24 (2-18, t-11th) 23-10 (14-6, 3rd) 25-9 (15-5, t-1st) 13-19 (3-13, 12th) 21-9 (13-7, 5th) 20-10 (12-8, 6th) 25-9 (13-3, t-1st) 6-26 (2-18, t-11th) 14-13 (10-6, t-3rd) 26-6 (14-6 , t-3rd) 18-16 (NA) 10-23 (3-5, t-6th) 21-10 (15-5, t-1st) 9-26 (3-17, 10th) 23-10 (14-4, 3rd) 14-16, 5-9 ( t-11th) 17-15 (9-11, 9th) 19-13 (10-10, 8th) 21-6 (13-1, 1st)

Volleyball SID Brianna LeBrecque Andrew Chesebro Jeri Thorpe Mark Nugent Jeff Kallin Chris Cook Charles Welch Brandon Mellor Cheryl Watts Paul Carmany Joey Flyntz Joel Carlson Bryan Harvey Stephanie Pillari Karen M. Carty Bobby Hundley Brandon Yopp David Percival Megan O’Shea Amanda McClure Gary Petit Drew M. Kingsley

SID Phone (518) 605-5026 (202) 885-3030 (479) 575-5037 (617) 552-4508 (864) 656-1920 (919) 684-8708 (252) 737-5112 (850) 645-7683 (404) 894-5445 (434) 221-5575 (301) 314-8093 (406) 243-5414 (305) 284-3249 (973) 596-8324 (757) 823-2628 (919) 843-5678 (919) 513-8195 (336) 334-5615 (610) 519-4120 (434) 982-5977 (336 )758-1880 (203) 432-1448

Email blabrecque@umail.albany.edu chesebro@american.edu jthorpe@uark.edu nugentmk@bc.edu jkallin@clemson.edu ccook@duaa.duke.edu welchc@ecu.edu bmellor@fsu.edu cwatts@athletics.gatech.edu pjcarmany@liberty.edu tjflyntz@umd.edu joel.carlson@mso.umt.edu bharvey@miami.edu pillari@njit.edu mmichalec@nsu.edu bhundley@uncaa.unc.edu brandon_yopp@ncsu.edu drperciv@uncg.edu megan.oshea@villanova.edu asm2c@virginia.edu petitgm@wfu.edu sports.info@yale.edu

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Blacksburg, Virginia COLLEGE TOWN, U.S.A. From its humble beginning in 1872 with 132 students and two programs of study, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, popularly known as Virginia Tech, has evolved into a comprehensive university of national and international prominence. With about 27,500 students in Blacksburg and about 2,500 other students statewide, the university produces worldclass scholarship in a challenging academic environment. University tradition is firmly rooted in its motto, Ut Prosim (That I May Serve), and its historic landgrant mission is brought to life through learning, discovery and engagement.

Virginia Tech’s eight colleges (Agriculture & Life Sciences, Architecture & Urban Studies, Engineering, Liberal Arts & Human Sciences, Natural Resources, Pamplin Business, Science and Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine) and Graduate School offer more degree programs — approximately 200 — than any other university in the state.

Virginia Tech is one of the nation’s leaders in developing and using instructional technologies. More than 85 percent of departments offer e-learning courses, which have attracted more than 100,000 enrollments since 1998. During this time, more than 700 different faculty members have offered more than 3,500 different courses.

For more information about Virginia Tech, visit the university’s Web site — www.vt.edu.

From a quaint downtown area, to the nearby Cascades, to the thrill and excitement of football games at Lane Stadium, Blacksburg and the surrounding area have a lot to offer.

One of America’s best college towns, Blacksburg is a perfect setting for Virginia Tech.

Located in Southwest Virginia on a plateau between the Blue Ridge and Alleghany Mountains, Blacksburg combines the laid-back lifestyle of a small town with the amenities one would expect to find in a major center of higher education. Together, the town and university have worked hard to create a progressive community that ranks among the nation’s elite living environments.

Virginia Tech and the Town of Blacksburg gained national and international attention by creating the world’s first “electronic village.”

Businesses and industries have been drawn by the potential of the town.

Established in 1798 by John and William Black, the town is surrounded by scenic mountain views that accentuate the area.

Since its founding, Blacksburg has grown to become the largest town in Virginia.

More than 43,000 residents (including students) enjoy close proximity to a variety of recreation areas such as the Blue Ridge Parkway, Appalachian Trail, Claytor Lake and the New River.

The region features a moderate climate and four distinct seasons.

Blacksburg’s location (adjacent to major interstate highways) provides convenient access to most points in the southern and eastern parts of the country.

More information on Blacksburg can be found on the Web site of the Blacksburg Electronic Village, www.bev.net or the town’s Web site, www.blacksburg.va.us.

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