CWU VOLLEYBALL GAME DAY
PHOENIX INN GNAC CONFERENCE CHALLENGE: DAY TWO
Central Washington University Wildcats (0-2)
vs. Humboldt State University Lumberjacks
Date: Saturday, September 4, 2010
Time: 1 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time
Site: Panther Pit at Central High School, Independence, Ore.
All-Time Series: Central Washington leads 15-3
Last Meeting: CWU 3, HSU 0 (Aug. 28, 2009 at Rohnert Park, Calif.)
Buy Tickets: At the gate
Television: None
Radio: None
Live Stats: None
Video Stream: None
HSU Series Notes
• Sixteen of the first 18 meetings between the two schools were conference matches in either the Pacific West Conference or the Great Northwest Athletic Conference.
• Central has swept the last five matches from the Lumberjacks by 3-0 scores.
• The two teams last played during the 2009 season at the Seawolf Spike Invitational at Rohnert Park, Calif.
• The Wildcats have won the last 10 meetings with the Lumberjacks and are 8-2 all-time against HSU away from Ellensburg.
Central Washington University Wildcats (0-2)
vs. #10 Metropolitan State College of Denver Roadrunners (1-1)
Date: Saturday, September 4, 2010
Time: 8 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time
Site: Panther Pit at Central High School, Independence, Ore.
All-Time Series: First meeting
Last Meeting: N/A
Buy Tickets: At the gate
Television: None
Radio: None
Live Stats: None
Video Stream: None
MSCD Series Notes
• The Wildcats and Roadrunners play each other for the first time in their respective volleyball histories.
• Central has an all-time record of 1-3 against current members of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (1-2 vs. Western New Mexico, 0-1 vs. Fort Lewis).
PROBABLE STARTERS
S: 4
Carlee Marble (5-8, Jr.-2V, La Conner, Wash./La Conner HS)
OH: 33
Kady Try (6-0, Sr.-3V, Brentwood, Calif./Mead HS)
OH: 5
Meg Ryan (5-10, Jr.-2V, Spokane, Wash./Mead HS)
MB: 10
Bri Gregory (5-10, Sr.-1V, Bremerton, Wash./Bremerton HS/Green River CC)
MB: 17
Erin Smith (5-10, Fr.-HS, Selah, Wash./Selah HS)
RS: 8
Molly Mayer (6-2, So.-1V, East Wenatchee, Wash./Eastmont HS)
L: 23
Brandie Vea (5-3, Sr.-3V, Honolulu, Hawai'i/Kalani HS)
QUICK NOTES
TOURNAMENT TRIPS TO MONMOUTH USED TO BE COMMON: Central Washington has traveled to Monmouth, Ore., for an in-season tournament many times over the course of its volleyball history, but this year's trip will mark the Wildcats' first tournament visit there in seven years. During their days as a member of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), CWU would frequent the Willamette Valley for a non-conference, in-season tournament. In fact, the Wildcats played at the Western Oregon Invitational seven times in an eight-year span from 1990-97, and then returned for a tournament visit in 2003. Of course, Central travels to Monmouth for conference matches against Western Oregon annually, as the two have been affiliated with the same conference since both joined the Division II ranks in 1998.
TOP-TEN COMPETITION: This weekend's tournament will give Central Washington arguably its toughest in-season tournament competition in the program's history as three of the Wildcats' four opponents are ranked nationally in the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Division II top 10. CWU opens with second-ranked Cal State San Bernardino, followed by a bout with eighth-ranked UC San Diego on Friday. Saturday competition will then feature former conference rival Humboldt State and then a showdown with 10th-ranked Metro State (Colo.). Two years ago, CWU played four teams ranked among the top 13, including three in the top 8, at a tournament in St. Paul, Minn.
NEXT ON THE SCHEDULE: Central Washington travels north to Canada to open Great Northwest Athletic Conference play against league newcomer Simon Fraser University on Wednesday, Sept. 8 at 7 p.m. The Wildcats will be making their first volleyball trip north of the border since the 1999 season. CWU then opens its home schedule next Sunday, Sept. 12 at 3 p.m. against rival Western Washington at Nicholson Pavilion.
• 2010 Roster
• 2010 Schedule
• 2010 Statistics
