University of Massachusets Athletics
Weekly Notes
November 15, 1999 | Women's Volleyball
Nov. 15, 1999
THE WEEK IN REVIEW: The Minutewomen split a pair of matches last weekend in Philadelphia. UMass swept La Salle on Friday night and fell to first-place Temple on Saturday afternoon, 3-1. UMass is now 15-12 overall this season and in sixth place at 9-7 in the Atlantic 10 Conference.
UP NEXT: The Minutewomen will wrap up the regular-season this weekend at home against Virginia Tech and George Washington on Nov. 19 and 20, respectively, at 7 p.m. in Curry Hicks Cage. Seniors Jill Meyers (Huntington Beach, Calif.), Kari Hogancamp (Huntington Beach, Calif.) and assistant coach Sarah Watters (Las Vegas, Nev.) will be honored in a special ceremony before Saturday night?s match.
ON VIRGINIA TECH: The Hokies are 8-8 in the conference (9-17 overall). Virginia Tech split a pair of matches in Ohio last weekend with a sweep of Xavier and a 3-1 loss to Dayton. Holly Disser is pacing the squad in kills with 3.30 per game, while Rachel Julian is leading the team in digs with 3.49 per game. UMass fell to the Hokies, 3-1, in Blacksburg, Va., earlier this season. Virginia Tech leads the series, 6-3.
ON GEORGE WASHINGTON: The Colonials are 10-6 in the conference and 15-9 overall. George Washington defeated Dayton on Friday, 3-1, and fell to Xavier on Saturday, 3-0. Senior Gabriella Mojska is averaging 4.43 kills per game, while junior Suzana Manole is bringing in 3.09 digs per game. The Minutewomen defeated the Colonials, 3-2, in Washington D.C. earlier this season, but trail in the series, 18-5.
ATLANTIC 10 STANDINGS: UMass still has a shot at the getting into the Atlantic 10 tournament from Nov. 26-27 in Philadelphia. The top four teams advance into the Atlantic 10 tournament. Temple stands in first place at 12-2, while Xavier and Rhode Island are not too far behind at 11-5. George Washington is in fourth place at 10-6, while Dayton ranks fifth at 10-7.
MILESTONE MANIA: Sophomore Heather Holtsberg (Wheaton, Ill.) surpassed junior Jennifer Drennan (Long Beach, Calif.) for third on the all-time assists list with 1,938 career assists. Junior Rebecca Hasson (Riverside, Calif.) surpassed Dionne Nash for fourth on the all-time solo blocks list with 41 career solo blocks.
CAREER-HIGH ALERT: Freshman Jennifer Davis (Ventura, Calif.) tallied a career-high 12 digs against La Salle on Friday night.
MEYERS LEADING THE PACK: Meyers averaged 5.57 kills during the two contests last weekend to lead the team. She became UMass? all-time kills leader against La Salle with 18 kills and currently has 1,700 career kills. Meyers broke another milestone against Temple with a back-to-back double-figure kill outing with 21 kills, to rank first on the school?s list for matches with 10-plus kills with 90 in her career.
CAN YOU DIG IT: Hogancamp has led the nation in digs for the past seven weeks with 5.21 digs per game. She has led the conference in digs since the beginning of the season and is averaging 5.23 digs per game in Atlantic 10 matches as of Nov. 13. Hogancamp is the school?s all-time leader in digs and could potentially become the first player in UMass history to reach 2,000 digs in her four-year career. She needs 60 more digs to reach that milestone with two matches remaining in the regular-season.
ON HEAD COACH BONNIE KENNY: Head coach Bonnie Kenny (Tennessee ?84) recorded career win No. 300 in the Fairfield match. Kenny is 310-226 overall (.578) in 16 seasons and 139-90 (.607) in seven years with the Minutewomen. The 1996 A-10 Coach of the Year, Kenny has carried UMass to four Atlantic 10 semifinal appearances.
