Tulane Volleyball Gameday Program (vs. SELA/SFA)

TULANE

VO L L E Y B A L L GA M E DAY

GAME SPONSOR

vs. SELA JAN. 2 8, 2020 | 6 P.M.

vs. SFA JAN. 30, 2020 | 10 A.M./4 P.M.

SCHEDULES

2020-21 SCHEDULE & RESULTS

2-0, 0-0 Date

Day

Opponent

Location

JAN. 22

FRI.

at Southern Miss

Hattiesburg, Miss.

W, 3-0

JAN. 23

SAT.

vs. UNO

Hattiesburg, Miss.

W, 3-2

JAN. 28

THURS.

SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA

NEW ORLEANS, LA.

6 P.M.

JAN. 30

SAT.

STEPHEN F. AUSTIN

NEW ORLEANS, LA.

10 A.M.

JAN. 30

SAT.

STEPHEN F. AUSTIN

NEW ORLEANS, LA.

4 P.M.

FEB. 5

FRI.

at UCF

Orlando, Fla.

2 P.M.

FEB. 6

SAT.

at UCF

Orlando, Fla.

2 P.M.

FEB. 12

FRI.

MEMPHIS*

NEW ORLEANS, LA.

6 P.M.

FEB. 13

SAT.

MEMPHIS*

NEW ORLEANS, LA.

1 P.M.

FEB. 18

THURS.

at Houston*

Houston, Texas

6 P.M.

FEB. 19

FRI.

at Houston*

Houston, Texas

2 P.M.

MARCH 4

THURS.

at SMU*

Dallas, Texas

6 P.M.

MARCH 5

FRI.

at SMU*

Dallas, Texas

2 P.M.

MARCH 12

FRI.

WICHITA STATE*

NEW ORLEANS, LA.

6 P.M.

MARCH 13

SAT.

WICHITA STATE*

NEW ORLEANS, LA.

1 P.M.

MARCH 19

FRI.

at USF

Tampa, Fla.

1 P.M.

MARCH 20

SAT.

at USF

Tampa, Fla.

1 P.M.

MARCH 26

FRI.

at Tulsa*

Tulsa, Okla.

4 P.M.

MARCH 27

SAT.

at Tulsa*

Tulsa, Okla.

1 P.M.

APRIL 2-3

FRI.-SUN.

at AAC Championship

Cincinnati, Ohio

TBA

Home games in BOLD CAPS/// All times listed CST are tentative and subject to change * indicates American Athletic Conference games

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Time/Results

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GAMENOTES OPENING SERVE • Tulane opens action at home this weekend as the team is scheduled to host Southeastern Louisiana on Thursday night before welcoming SFA to New Orleans for a double-header on Saturday in the Hertz Center.

• The Green Wave will take on SELA at 6 p.m. before facing SFA at 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. on Saturday.

• The Olive and Blue went 2-0 in their opening weekend on the road, defeating Southern Miss (3-0) and UNO (3-2) in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.

• Junior outside hitter Makala Heidelberg was named the AAC’s Defensive Player of the Week after totaling 16 digs against Southern Miss and a career-high 28 digs against UNO. Heidelberg now averages 5.50 digs per set, ranking second in the conference in current standings.

• Senior Lexie Douglas led the team offensively in weekend one, earning 12 kills and 11 digs against Southern Miss and 14 kills and 12 digs against UNO to record two conesecutive double-doubles to start 2021 and earn a spot on the AAC’s weekly honor roll.

• Junior setter Amanda Giardina also notced a double-double in the first match of the season, totaling 12 assists and 12 digs.

Giardina was just short of a second double-double against UNO, adding 34 assists and nine digs in the match.

• Four players notched double-digit kills in Tulane’s five-set win over the Privateers, as Douglas (14), junior right side hitter Yvette Burcescu (11), freshman right side hitter Anna Davis (10) and junior middle hitter Kayla Dinkins (10) paved the way for the win.

• After one weekend of action, Tulane ranks second in The American in opponent hitting percentage (.120), third in assists per set (12.25), third in kills per set (13.38), third in blocks per set (2.12), and second in digs per set (19.25).

• The Green Wave were picked to finish second in the West Division in the American Athletic Conference Preseason Coaches’ Poll. Dinkins and Douglas were both named to the Preseason All-Conference Team.

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Tulane has five starters returning from the 2019 team that won 22 matches last season and made a second consecutive postseason appearance in the NIVC. In all, the squad has 13 players returning and three newcomers for the spring 2021 season.

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The Green Wave are in their 46th season of collegiate volleyball Uptown. The program has amassed over 850 victories since the program started in 1975. In 21 of those seasons, the squad has won at least 20 games, including last season.

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Senior outside hitter Lexie Douglas recorded her 1,000th career kill in Tulane’s most recent win over UNO. The fourth-year Green Wave now has 1,000 total kills heading into this weekend’s competition at home.

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2 0 2 0 - 2 1 T U L A N E G R E E N WAV E R O S T E R

NUMERICAL NO. NAME

POS.

HT.

CL.

HOMETOWN/HIGH SCHOOL/PREVIOUS SCHOOL

1

Amanda Giardina

S

5'9"

Jr.

Slidell, La./Northshore HS

2

Lizzy Stefanov

OH

6'1"

So.

Stow, Ohio/Stow-Munroe Falls HS

4

Sophia Ervanian

L

5'6"

Fr.

Ponte Vedra, Fla./Ponte Vedra HS

5

Mia Primavera

L

5'6"

Sr.

The Woodlands, Texas/The Woodlands HS

6

Jillian Dits

L

5'7"

So.

Colleyville, Texas/Colleyville Heritage HS

7

Yvette Burcescu

RS

6'4"

Jr.

Cortlandt Manor, NY/Walter Panas HS

8

Nicole Levine

L

5'10"

Sr.

Gulfport, Fla./Shorecrest Prep School

9

Lexie Douglas

OH

6'0"

Sr.

Plano, Texas/Hebron HS

11

Markenzie Benoit

MH

6'1"

Sr.

Bedford, Texas/Lake Ridge HS

12

Anna Davis

MH/RS

6'1"

Fr.

Castle Rock, Colo./Valor Christian HS

15

Mackenzie Martin

OH

5'11"

Fr.

Port Orange, Fla./Spruce Creek HS

16

Lauryn Green

MH

6'1"

So.

Forney, Texas/Bishop Lynch HS

20

Oona Bruss

MH

6'3"

So.

Berkeley, Calif./Berkeley HS

31

Kayla Dinkins

MH

6'2"

Jr.

Pittsburgh, Pa./North Allegheny Senior HS

33

Makala Heidelberg

OH

5'7"

Jr.

Winter Garden, Fla./West Orange HS

34

Taylor Henigsman

S

5'11"

Jr.

Richardson, Texas/JJ Pearce HS

COACHING STAFF HEAD COACH JIM BARNES (MCNEESE STATE, 1994 | 5TH SEASON) ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH/RECRUITING COORDINATOR BRIAN YALE (BOWLING GREEN STATE, 1998 | 5TH SEASON) ASSISTANT COACH SARAH STRASNER (TULANE UNIVERSITY, 2017 | 3RD SEASON) DIRECTOR OF VOLLEYBALL OPERATIONS ERIC BEYER (LSU, 2009 | 5TH SEASON)

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R E T U R N I N G S TAT I S T I C A L L E A D E R S

OFFENSIVE LEADERS LEXIE

3.3

DOUGLAS

KILLS PER SET

26

23

5

3

KILLS

DIGS

BLOCKS

SERVICE ACES

KAYLA

DINKINS

17 KILLS 9 BLOCKS

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DEFENSIVE LEADERS MAKALA

HEIDELBERG MACKENZIE

MARTIN AMANDA

GIARDINA

43 DIGS

25 DIGS

21 DIGS

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ASSIST LEADERS AMANDA

GIARDINA TAYLOR

HENIGSMAN

46 ASSISTS

12 ASSISTS

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2021 SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA ROSTER

NUMERICAL NO. NAME POS. 1 Crispin Adams MB 3 Ariana Hebert S 4 Karlee Wilkerson MB/OPP 5 Kailin Newsome OH 6 Marisa Calvaruso OH 7 Ansley Tullis DS 8 Tempestt Vaughn MB 9 Ryan Maddera OH 10 Sam Gomez MB 11 Jolie Hidalgo OH 12 Calli Collins DS 13 Addison Vidrine OH 14 Nylissa Snagg OH 15 Kennedi George MB 19 Lizzy Low DS 21 Serena Wagner S/OPP 22 Dani Dagley DS

HT. 5-10 5-7 6-1 5-11 6-0 5-8 6-0 6-1 6-0 5-11 5-3 5-11 5-10 6-0 5-6 6-0 5-4

CL. So. So. Jr. Fr. Sr. Fr. Sr. Sr. Sr. So. Fr. So. Fr. Fr. So. Fr. So.

HOMETOWN (HIGH SCHOOL/PREVIOUS SCHOOL) Brookshire, Texas/Tompkins HS Lafayette, La./Tuerlings Catholic HS Springfield, La./ULM Houton, Texas/Clear Brook HS Denham Springs, La./Denham Springs HS Slidell, La./Pope John Paul II HS Beaumont, Texas/Ozen HS Evans, Colo./McCook CC Mandeville, La./Mandeville HS Lafayette, La./Tuerlings Catholic HS Columbus, Texas/St. John XXIII HS Lafayette, La./Arkansas-Fort Smith Katy, Texas/Seven Lakes HS New Orleans, La./Ben Franklin HS Lafayette, La./St. Thomas More Catholic HS Valparaiso, Ind./Butler Katy, Texas/Northwestern Oklahoma State

COACHING STAFF HEAD COACH: Jeremy White (2nd Season) ASSISTANT COACH: Gabby Ording (2nd Season) ASSISTANT COACH: Macabe Rappold (2nd Season)

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NUMERICAL NO. NAME POS. 1 Kennedy Wright OH 2 Ariana Pagan OH 3 Taya Mitchell MB 4 Maddie Miller DS 6 Hailey Hunt OH 8 Leah Powell OH 9 “G” Andersohn S 10 Ashley Procious MB 11 Abbey Karcher RS 12 Maddy Bourque S 13 JuliAnn McGinnis MB 14 Payson Kelley RS 15 Bryli Contreras DS 16 Ielan Bradley MB 17 Allie Hamsher S 18 Dara Kane S 19 Payton Cerny RS 23 Coco Gillett OH 28 Kelsey Harrington MB

HT. 5’10" 5’10 5'11" 5'3" 5’10" 5’10 6’0" 5’10" 5’10" 5’9" 6’1 6’1" 5’8" 5’11" 5’9" 5’9" 6’4" 6’0" 6’1

CL. So. So. Sr. Sr. Fr. Fr. So. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. So. Fr. Fr. Jr. So. So. Fr. So.

HOMETOWN (HIGH SCHOOL/PREVIOUS SCHOOL) Phoenix, AZ/Yavapai College Isabela, Puerto Rico/Friedrich Froebel Bilingual School Rowlett, TX/Rowlett HS/Tyler Junior College Lorena, TX/Lorena HS/Incarnate Word Glenn Heights, TX/Red Oak HS Copperas Cove, TX/Copperas Cove HS Bydgoszcz, Poland/Arkansas State The Colony, TX/The Colony HS Belton, TX/Belton HS Yorkville, IL/Yorkville HS Leander, TX/Leander HS Highland Village, TX/Marcus HS Canyon, TX/Canyon HS Cypress, TX/Cypress Springs Kaufman, TX/Forney HS/North Central Texas College Normal, IL/Normal West HS Richardson, TX/Richardson HS Bryan, TX/Bryan HS Midland, TX/Robert E. Lee HS

COACHING STAFF HEAD COACH: Debbie Humphreys ASSISTANT COACH: Evan Amstutz ASSISTANT COACH: Alisa Blair VOLUNTEER ASSISTANT COACH: Sarah Carthel

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SCHEDULE

AAC WEEKLY SCHEDULE TUESDAY, JANUARY 26 FAU AT UCF | 3 P.M.

THURSDAY, JANUARY 28 LA SALLE AT TEMPLE | 2 P.M. NORTH FLORIDA AT USF | 3 P.M. CINCINNATI AT ILLINOIS STATE | 3 P.M. FLORIDA GULF COAST AT USF | 3 P.M. RICE AT SMU | 5 P.M. SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA AT TULANE | 6 P.M. NORTH TEXAS AT WICHITA STATE | 6 P.M. LOUISIANA TECH AT MEMPHIS | 7 P.M.

SATURDAY, JANUARY 30 STEPHEN F. AUSTIN AT TULANE | 10 A.M. CINCINNATI AT ILLINOIS STATE | 12 P.M. RICE AT SMU | 2 P.M. FLORIDA GULF COAST AT USF | 3 P.M. LOUISIANA TECH AT MEMPHIS | 3 P.M. LA SALLE AT TEMPLE | 4 P.M. STEPHEN F. AUSTIN AT TULANE | 4 P.M. NORTH FLORIDA AT UCF | 6 P.M.

SUNDAY, JANUARY 31 NORTH FLORIDA AT UCF | 4 P.M.

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