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a 1.65 digs per game average. Sherecorded seven matches of 10 ormore digs, including a season best18 digs against Valparaiso (Sept.6).

O’Brien had a season-best threeservice aces against TCU (Nov. 1).She was no. 2 on the club with 12digs vs. Saint Louis (Nov. 23) inthe C-USA Tournament.

Prior to MarquetteO’Brien earned three letters in vol-leyball at Divine Savior-HolyAngels where she was coached byCindy Stuckey. She earned second-team all-state honors and was anall-area and second-team all-con-ference selection. Her team wasranked first in the state. Sheearned All-Tournament acclaimduring the WIAA StateTournament. O’Brien played clubvolleyball with Sky High inMilwaukee for three years andwith Tosa VBC for one. She alsowas a member of the basketball

and soccer for DSHA.

PersonalBorn March 19, 1984, O’Brien is the daughter of Tim and Sandy O’Brien. She majors in excer-cise science and was an honor roll student in high school.

O’Brien Match-by-Match

2004 K-E-TA Pct. A SA-SE DIG BS-BAN. Dakota St. 0-1-2 -50.0 0 0-3 6 0-0Drake Did not playWestern Ky. Did not play

vs Maine 0-1-2 -50.0 5 0-2 13 0-0vs Rutgers 0-2-2 -100.0 2 1-1 5 0-0at Western Mich. 1-0-4 25.0 1 0-2 8 0-0

Boston Coll. 0-2-3 -66.7 1 2-1 10 0-0S. Dakota St. 0-1-2 -50.0 2 1-0 7 0-0Loyola (Ill.) 0-0-1 0.0 1 1-3 6 0-0Wis.-Milwaukee 0-1-1 -100.0 3 2-1 8 0-0

at Connecticut 0-1-1 -100.0 2 2-0 16 0-0vs Md.-E. Shore 0-0-0 0.0 4 2-1 8 0-0

Cincinnati 1-0-2 50.0 2 0-1 4 0-0Louisville 1-0-1 100.0 2 0-0 4 0-0

at Wis.-Green Bay 2-2-7 0.0 0 1-1 11 0-0DePaul 0-0-2 0.0 2 2-3 10 0-0

at USF 1-0-3 33.3 6 1-0 12 0-0at UAB 0-0-1 0.0 3 0-0 11 0-0

Houston 1-2-4 -25.0 1 1-0 9 0-0TCU 0-1-4 -25.0 0 0-1 8 0-0

at Memphis 0-2-3 -66.7 6 0-1 15 0-0at Saint Louis 0-1-3 -33.3 3 0-2 11 0-0

Tulane 1-0-3 33.3 1 0-0 5 0-0Southern Miss 1-0-2 50.0 0 0-0 1 0-0

at Charlotte 0-1-2 -50.0 2 0-1 17 0-0at E. Carolina 1-0-3 33.3 1 0-0 5 0-0vs Tulane 0-1-4 -25.0 4 2-1 13 0-0vs Cincinnati 0-0-0 0.0 3 0-0 9 0-0at Louisville 0-1-2 -50.0 3 1-1 8 0-0

2003 K-E-TA Pct. A SA-SE DIG BS-BAvs Texas A&M 0-0-1 0.0 1 1-3 7 0-0at Duke 0-1-5 -20.0 1 1-3 18 0-0vs Pittsburgh 0-0-2 0.0 1 0-2 11 0-0vs Dayton 0-0-1 0.0 1 0-1 3 0-0vs Kansas 0-0-1 0.0 0 0-0 8 0-0at Minnesota 0-0-1 0.0 3 0-0 5 0-0

Bradley 0-0-1 0.0 0 0-0 5 0-0Ohio 0-0-0 0.0 1 0-0 14 0-0Missouri 0-0-1 0.0 1 0-0 12 0-0

vs Gonzaga 0-0-0 0.0 0 0-0 7 0-0vs Wyoming 0-1-2 -50.0 0 1-0 12 0-0at Montana St. 1-1-3 0.0 2 0-0 11 0-0at Wis.-Milw. 0-0-0 0.0 1 0-0 16 0-0at Cincinnati 0-1-2 -50.0 1 0-1 8 0-0at Louisville 0-0-2 0.0 0 1-2 14 0-0

Charlotte 0-0-0 0.0 0 1-1 9 0-0E. Carolina 1-0-2 0.5 2 5-2 13 0-0

at Tulane 1-1-3 0.0 0 0-0 17 0-0at So. Miss 0-0-0 0.0 0 0-0 7 0-0

Memphis 0-0-0 0.0 2 0-0 6 0-0Saint Louis 0-0-1 0.0 0 1-0 10 0-0

at Houston 1-1-3 0.0 1 2-1 14 0-0at TCU 3-0-5 60.0 1 4-1 11 0-0

USF 0-1-2 -50.0 0 1-1 10 0-0UAB 0-0-1 0.0 0 0-0 5 0-0Wis.-Grn. Bay 0-0-0 0.0 0 0-0 6 0-0

at DePaul 1-0-2 50.0 1 0-0 13 0-0vs DePaul 0-2-2 -100.0 0 1-3 5 0-0vs So. Miss 0-0-1 0.0 0 1-1 11 0-0vs Louisville 1-1-2 0.0 0 0-1 7 0-0

2002 K-E-TA Pct. A SA-SE DIG BS-BAvs Cleveland State 0-0-0 0.0 0 1-1 10 0-0vs Wyoming Did not playat Central Michigan 0-0-0 0.0 0 0-0 11 0-0

Valparaiso 0-0-1 0.0 0 0-5 18 0-0Austin Peay 0-0-0 0.0 0 1-2 6 0-0Lehigh 0-0-0 0.0 0 2-1 1 0-0

vs Purdue 1-1-2 0.0 0 0-5 1 0-0at Kansas 0-1-2 -50.0 0 1-0 2 0-0vs Southeast Mo. 0-0-0 0.0 0 0-0 4 0-0vs Western Illinois 0-0-0 0.0 0 0-0 2 0-0vs Wright State 0-0-0 0.0 0 0-0 0 0-0at IPFW 0-0-0 0.0 0 1-0 10 0-0at East Carolina 0-0-0 0.0 0 0-1 1 0-0

Louisville 0-0-0 0.0 0 1-1 2 0-0Cincinnati 0-0-0 0.0 0 0-1 7 0-0

at Charlotte 0-1-1 -100.0 2 1-0 4 0-0at Wis.-Green Bay 0-0-1 0.0 1 0-0 13 0-0

Southern Miss 0-0-2 0.0 0 0-0 10 0-0Tulane 0-0-0 0.0 0 0-0 0 0-0

at Saint Louis 0-0-0 0.0 0 0-2 5 0-0at Memphis 0-0-0 0.0 0 0-2 1 0-0

TCU 0-0-1 0.0 0 3-1 5 0-0Houston 0-0-0 0.0 0 1-1 6 0-0

at UAB 0-0-0 0.0 0 1-1 4 0-0at USF 1-0-3 33.3 0 0-0 1 0-0

DePaul 0-0-0 0.0 0 0-0 8 0-0vs Tulane 0-0-0 0.0 0 0-0 8 0-0vs Saint Louis 0-0-0 0.0 0 0-0 12 0-0at North Carolina 0-0-0 0.0 0 0-0 5 0-0

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Heidi Pfeiffer2004 (Junior)Pfeiffer played in 21 games and 11 matches for Marquettein her junior season. She recorded 27 digs on the year, onher way to averaging 1.29 digs per game. She set a sea-son best with seven digs against South Dakota State(Sept. 18). She had five digs against Western Kentucky(Sept. 4). and five digs against Loyola (Ill.) (Sept. 18).

2003 (Sophomore at Washington (Mo.))Pfeiffer played in 30 matches, helping Washington (Mo.)to a Division III national championship. She averaged2.35 kills per game and hit 25.4 percent. She averaged1.52 digs per game in her second season.

2002 (Freshman at Washington (Mo.))Pfeiffer was a member of the Washington (Mo.) volleyballteam, a Division III NCAA volleyball powerhouse.

Prior to MarquettePfeiffer was a three-year letterwinner for Dave Scher atPius XI in Milwaukee. She helped the Lady Popes win back-to-back conference titles in 2000 and 2001 in addition toa third-place finish at the state championships in 1999.She was an all-conference selection in 2000 and 2001,earning second-team all-state honors in 2001. She wasalso a successful club volleyball player, earning All-America status in the club division of the national cham-pionships. She lettered in track and was a member of thestate champion 4x400-meter relay team her junioryearsand took second in the 300-meter hurdles. She wasalso a two-time letterwinner in basketball.

PersonalHeidi Marie Pfeiffer was born Feb. 10, 1984, in Waukesha,Wis. She is the daughter of Don and Mary Pfeiffer. She hastwo younger siblings, Katie and Dan. She is a psychologymajor.

Def. Specialist5-10

SeniorNew Berlin, Wis.

Pius XI

The TeamPfeiffer Match-by-Match

2004 K-E-TA Pct. A SA-SE DIG BS-BAN. Dakota St. Did not playDrake 0-0-0 0.0 0 0-0 0 0-0Western Ky. 0-0-0 0.0 1 0-0 5 0-0

vs Maine Did not playvs Rutgers Did not playat Western Mich. Did not play

Boston Coll. 0-1-4 -25.0 1 0-3 6 0-0S. Dakota St. 0-1-2 50.0 1 0-0 7 0-0Loyola (Ill.) 0-0-1 0.0 4 0-0 5 0-0Wis.-Milwaukee Did not play

at Connecticut Did not playvs Md.-E. Shore Did not play

Cincinnati 0-0-0 0.0 0 0-0 1 0-0Louisville Did not play

at Wis.-Green Bay Did not playDePaul Did not play

at USF Did not playat UAB 0-0-0 0.0 0 0-1 1 0-0

Houston Did not playTCU Did not play

at Memphis 0-0-0 0.0 0 0-0 0 0-0at Saint Louis 0-0-0 0.0 0 0-0 0 0-0

Tulane Did not playSouthern Miss 0-0-0 0.0 0 0-0 0 0-0

at Charlotte Did not playat E. Carolina Did not playvs Tulane 0-0-0 0.0 1 0-0 2 0-1vs Cincinnati Did not playat Louisville Did not play

Career HighsKills None

Attacks 4Boston Coll. (Sept. 17, 2004)

Assists 4Loyola (Ill.) (Sept. 18, 2004)

Digs 7So. Dakota St. (Sept. 18, 2004)

Aces None

Blocks 1vs Tulane (Nov. 20, 2004)

Career Stats

Attack Set Serve Dig BlockYear MP-GP K E TA KPG Pct. Ast. APG SA-SE RE Digs DPG BS-BA BPG BE BHE Points2004 11-21 0 2 7 0.00 -28.6 8 0.38 0-4 6 27 1.29 0-1 0.05 0 0 0.5Career 11-21 0 2 7 0.00 -28.6 8 0.38 0-4 6 27 1.29 0-1 0.05 0 0 0.5

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Jamie Mueller2004 (Junior)Midway through her sophomore season, Mueller moved from the backrow to outside hitter and into the starting lineup and shined. Throughthe first 12 matches of the season, Mueller had only 20 kills, butmatched that total in her first two appearances as outside hitter, log-ging 10 against DePaul (Oct. 8) and 10 against USF (Oct. 15). Shecontinued her stellar play on the outside, smashing 14 kills againstUAB (Oct. 15) and 10 against Houston (Oct. 22). After a pair of eightkill matches, she finished the season with six matches of at least 10kills in the last eight. She posted a season-best 16 kills againstCincinnati (Nov. 22) in the C-USA Semifinals. She recorded eight dou-ble-doubles, having 14 matches with 10 or more digs. She had a sea-son best 19 digs in her first match as outside hitter against DePaul(Oct. 8).

2003 (Sophomore)Mueller was a bright spot on the front row early before spending thebulk of her season as the Libero. She had 17 double-figure dig match-es. Five of her first seven matches resulted in double-figure digs. Shecombined for three double-doubles, including one of two 20-20matches. She shot out of the gate early with 11 kills and eight digsin her collegiate debut against Texas A&M (Aug. 29) and blossomedagainst Duke (Aug. 30). It was against the Blue Devils where she hadher 22-kill, 21-dig match. The 22 kills are a career best. She hit 31.4percent against Pittsburgh, having 13 kills and 12 digs. After a nine-kill performance against Gonzaga (Sept. 19), she only had 18 attacksthe rest of the year. Two matches after being moved to Libero fulltime, she played stellar floor defense against Montana State (Sept.20), logging a career-best 27 digs. She also recorded dig totals of 19against Cincinnati (Oct. 3) and 23 against Tulane (Oct. 17). She fin-ished the season with 343 digs, second best on the team, and 3.09digs per game, third best on the squad.

Prior to MarquetteMueller earned four letters in volleyball at Hartford Union High Schoolwhere she was coached by Terry Wick. A Fourth-Team All-State hon-oree as selected by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel her senior year,Mueller was a three-time selection to both conference and countyteams during her volleyball career. She concluded her prep career asthe school’s all-time leader in attacks (1,337) and digs (1,306) whileclaiming the no. 2 spot in service aces (125). She finished with thetop-four seasonal marks in attacks at Hartford and three of the top-four efforts in digs. She played club volleyball for the Milwaukee Stingand captured All-America recognition after helping that team to asecond-place finish in the U-17 open division during the 2002 AAUtournament. Mueller served as her club team’s captain for two yearsAdditionally, she lettered four times in basketball and was selected asthe Wisconsin Little Ten Conference Player of the Year in 2002-03. Sheearned all-county honors on three occasions.

PersonalBorn December 20, 1984, Mueller, is the daughter of Lou and DarleneMueller. She is majoring in marketing. She was her high school classpresident as a freshman and sophomore and was in the National HonorSociety as a senior.

Mueller Match-by-Match2004 K-E-TA Pct. A SA-SE DIG BS-BA

N. Dakota St. 1-0-2 50.0 0 3-5 5 0-0Drake 1-0-1 0.0 0 0-2 3 0-0Western Ky. 5-6-21 -4.8 0 0-0 2 1-3

vs Maine 2-1-7 14.3 2 1-2 9 0-0vs Rutgers 2-1-4 25.0 2 0-1 13 0-0at Western Mich. 3-1-6 33.3 2 0-2 13 0-0

Boston Coll. Did not playS. Dakota St. Did not playLoyola (Ill.) Did not playWis.-Milwaukee 1-1-2 0.0 1 0-2 9 0-0

at Connecticut 1-0-1 100.0 2 0-3 12 0-0vs Md.-E. Shore 0-0-1 0.0 1 0-0 7 0-0

Cincinnati 0-1-3 -33.3 1 0-0 9 0-0Louisville 0-1-2 -50.0 1 0-1 9 0-0


at USF 10-9-32 3.1 2 0-0 13 1-3at UAB 14-3-30 36.7 4 0-0 6 0-2

Houston 10-7-26 11.5 1 2-1 15 0-3TCU 8-0-21 38.1 2 0-1 13 1-1



at Charlotte 4-5-20 -5.0 5 1-0 16 0-0at E. Carolina 10-3-26 26.9 1 0-0 11 0-2vs Tulane 8-3-19 26.3 2 1-0 7 0-3vs Cincinnati 16-4-43 27.9 3 1-0 14 1-5at Louisville 11-4-30 23.3 2 0-1 8 0-0

2003 K-E-TA Pct. A SA-SE DIG BS-BAvs Texas A&M 11-9-41 4.9 0 0-0 8 0-2at Duke 22-13-75 12.0 1 3-2 21 0-4vs Pittsburgh 13-2-35 31.4 0 0-1 12 0-0vs Dayton 11-4-28 25.0 4 0-3 15 1-2vs Kansas 2-4-14 -14.3 0 0-1 6 0-0at Minnesota 5-5-17 0.0 0 2-2 7 0-1

Bradley 12-5-36 19.4 1 0-1 8 0-1Ohio 8-7-29 3.4 0 0-0 5 0-2Missouri 1-0-1 100.0 0 0-0 12 0-0

vs Gonzaga 9-5-18 22.2 3 2-0 14 0-1vs Wyoming 1-0-2 50.0 3 0-0 12 0-0at Montana State 0-0-1 0.0 1 0-0 27 0-0at Wis.-Milw. Did not playat Cincinnati 0-0-0 0.0 2 0-0 19 0-0at Louisville 0-0-0 0.0 0 0-0 16 0-0

Charlotte 1-0-2 50.0 1 0-0 9 0-0E. Carolina 1-0-2 50.0 0 0-0 7 0-0



at Houston 0-0-1 0.0 0 0-0 14 0-0at TCU 0-2-3 -66.7 0 0-0 11 0-0

USF 0-0-0 0.0 1 0-0 3 0-0UAB 0-0-0 0.0 0 0-0 12 0-0Wis.-Grn. Bay 0-0-0 0.0 1 0-0 9 0-0

at DePaul 0-0-0 0.0 0 0-0 7 0-0vs DePaul 0-0-0 0.0 0 0-0 11 0-0vs Southern Miss 0-0-2 0.0 0 0-0 15 0-0

Career Stats

Attack Set Serve Dig BlockYear MP-GP K E TA KPG Pct. Ast. APG SA-SE RE Digs DPG BS-BA BPG BE BHE Points2004 26-91 168 70 452 1.85 21.7 49 0.54 13-26 19 284 3.12 6-25 0.34 3 1 199.52003 29-111 99 56 312 0.89 13.8 23 0.21 7-10 23 343 3.09 1-13 0.13 1 6 113.5Career 55-202 267 126 764 1.32 18.5 72 0.36 20-36 42 627 3.10 7-38 0.22 4 7 313.0

Outside Hitter5-10

JuniorRichfield, Wis.Hartford Union

Career HighsKills 22

at Duke (Aug. 30, 2003)

Attacks 75at Duke (Aug. 30, 2003)

Assists 5at Charlotte (Nov. 12, 2004)

Digs 27at Montana St. (Sept. 20, 2003)

Aces 3twice

Blocks 4Twice

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Nicole Wallace2004 (Sophomore)Wallace played in eight games over six matches. She played allthree games against Wis.-Green Bay (Oct. 5) and recorded one killand one block. She also recorded a dig against UAB (Oct. 16).

2003 (Freshman)Wallace saw action in 12 matches (31 games) in her freshmanseason. She made her collegiate debut recording a kill againstMontana State (Sept. 20). She tallied a kill in every match sheplayed, logging as many as seven against Southern Miss (Oct.18). She had six against Memphis (Oct. 24) and five at SaintLouis match (Oct. 25). Even with limited action, she had a 15.2percent attack percentage and logged four blocks on the season.

Prior to MarquetteWallace was a four-year starter at Wheaton-Warrenville SouthHigh School where she played for Bill Schreier. As a senior, shehelped guide her team to an overall record of 32-9 that includeda berth in the Class AA state semifinals. Her squad was ranked no.5 in the state. She was a DuPage Valley Conference First-Teamselection on two occasions and was a first-team pick to theArlington Heights Daily Herald’s All-Area Team as a senior. Shetotaled 301 attacks and compiled a 36.4 hitting percentage herfinal season as a prep. Wallace earned academic all-conferencehonors. She played for the West Suburban Volleyball Club and waschosen to the 2002 USAV Junior Invitational All-TournamentTeam. Her club squad recorded a first-place finish in the GoldDivision in the 2002 ASICS National Championship.

PersonalBorn September 11, 1984. Wallace is the daughter of Pat andNancy Wallace. She is majoring in exercise science. In highschool, she was a National Honors Society member and was therecipient of the IHSA Scholastic Achievement Award.

Wallace Match-by-Match2004 K-E-TA Pct. A SA-SE DIG BS-BA

N. Dakota St. Did not playDrake 0-0-1 0.0 0 0-0 0 0-0Western Ky. 0-0-1 0.0 0 0-0 0 0-0


Boston Coll. Did not playS. Dakota St. Did not playLoyola (Ill.) Did not playWis.-Milwaukee Did not play

at Connecticut Did not playvs Md.-E. Shore Did not play

Cincinnati Did not playLouisville 0-0-0 0.0 0 0-0 0 0-0


at USF Did not playat UAB 0-0-0 0.0 0 0-0 1 0-0

Houston Did not playTCU Did not play

at Memphis Did not playat Saint Louis Did not play

Tulane Did not playSouthern Miss Did not play

at Charlotte Did not playat E. Carolina Did not playvs Tulane Did not playvs Cincinnati Did not playat Louisville Did not play

2003 K-E-TA Pct. A SA-SE DIG BS-BAvs Texas A&M Did not playat Duke Did not playvs Pittsburgh Did not playvs Dayton Did not playvs Kansas Did not playat Minnesota Did not play

Bradley Did not playOhio Did not playMissouri Did not play

vs Gonzaga Did not playvs Wyoming Did not playat Montana State 1-0-2 50.0 0 0-0 0 0-0at Wis.-Milw. Did not playat Cincinnati 1-2-3 -33.3 0 0-0 0 0-0at Louisville Did not play

Charlotte 0-1-1 -100.0 0 0-0 0 0-0E. Carolina Did not play



at Houston 2-1-9 11.1 0 0-0 1 0-1at TCU 3-2-10 10.0 2 0-0 1 0-0

USF 2-2-5 0.0 0 0-0 0 0-0UAB Did not playWis.-Grn. Bay Did not play

at DePaul 0-1-1 -100.0 0 0-0 0 0-0vs DePaul Did not playvs So. Miss 0-0-1 0.0 0 0-0 0 0-0vs Louisville Did not play

Career Stats

Attack Set Serve Dig BlockYear MP-GP K E TA KPG Pct. Ast. APG SA-SE RE Digs DPG BS-BA BPG BE BHE Points2004 6-8 1 2 7 0.12 -14.3 3 0.38 0-0 1 1 0.12 0-0 0.12 1 0 1.02003 12-31 30 16 92 0.97 15.2 3 0.10 0-1 1 3 0.10 1-3 0.13 0 4 32.5Career 18-39 31 18 99 0.79 13.1 6 0.15 0-1 1 4 0.10 1-4 0.13 1 4 34.0

Outside Hitter5-11

JuniorWheaton, Ill.

Wheaton-Warrenville South

Career HighsKills 7

at Southern Miss (Oct. 18, 2003)

Attacks 20Memphis (Oct. 24, 2003)

Assists 2at TCU (Nov. 1, 2003)

Digs 1Four times

Aces None

Blocks 2Memphis (Oct. 24, 2003)

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23The Team

Jenn Brown2003 (Redshirt Freshman)Brown proved to be a dominant net defender for Marquette in herfirst full season of competition. She was second on the team with98 blocks and set a school-match record with 12 assisted blocksagainst Houston (Oct. 22). She had eight blocks againstCincinnati (Nov. 22) in the Conference USA Semifinals. She alsohad seven blocks against Saint Louis (Oct. 30). Brown worked herway into to the offensive scheme with 151 kills on the season.She had a season-best 12 at Charlotte (Nov. 12) and smashed 10against Md.-Eastern Shore (Sept. 25).

2003 (Freshman)Did not play in 2003, earning a redshirt.

Prior to MarquetteBrown earned four letters at Centennial High School, where shewas named team Most Valuable Player. She played club volleyballfor Peel Selects out of Brampton/Mississauga, Ont., in the Tier 1Division.

PersonalBorn April 26, 1985, she is the daughter of Daniel and CoraBrown. She lists her parents as her biggest volleyball influences.She is majoring in history.Middle Blocker

6-1Sophomore

Brampton, Ont.Centennial

Brown Match-by-Match

2004 K-E-TA Pct. A SA-SE DIG BS-BAN. Dakota St. 9-2-13 53.8 0 0-0 0 2-3Drake 3-3-11 0.0 0 0-0 0 1-2Western Ky. 5-6-21 -4.8 0 0-0 2 1-3

vs Maine 8-2-14 42.9 0 0-0 0 0-0vs Rutgers 7-1-16 37.5 0 0-0 0 0-4at Western Mich. 5-2-18 16.7 0 0-0 1 4-2

Boston Coll. 2-1-7 14.3 0 0-0 1 0-1S. Dakota St. 2-1-10 10.0 0 0-0 0 0-4Loyola (Ill.) 5-1-9 44.4 0 0-0 2 1-1Wis.-Milwaukee 3-4-9 -11.1 0 0-0 0 0-4


Cincinnati 3-5-13 -15.4 1 0-0 1 0-1Louisville 5-0-15 33.3 0 0-0 0 0-1

at Wis.-Green Bay 6-4-18 11.1 0 0-0 2 0-0DePaul 3-2-14 7.1 0 0--0 2 0-2

at USF 3-4-12 -8.3 0 0-0 0 0-5at UAB 8-2-15 40.0 0 0-0 0 0-3

Houston 5-3-19 10.5 0 0-0 1 2-12TCU 8--0-15 53.3 0 0-0 0 0-3

at Memphis 5-6-15 -6.7 0 0-0 1 0-4at Saint Louis 7-1-16 37.5 3 0-0 0 1-6


at Charlotte 12-1-21 52.4 0 0-0 1 0-1at E. Carolina 6-3-18 16.7 0 0-0 2 0-4vs Tulane 4-0-10 40.0 0 0-0 0 0-2vs Cincinnati 5-1-14 28.6 0 0-0 1 0-8at Louisville 1-3-8 -25.0 0 0-0 0 0-0


at Charlotte (Nov. 12, 2004)

Attacks 21Twice

Assists 3at Saint Louis (Oct. 30, 2005)

Digs 2Six times

Aces None

Blocks 14Houston (Oct. 22, 2004)

Career Stats

Attack Set Serve Dig BlockYear MP-GP K E TA KPG Pct. Ast. APG SA-SE RE Digs DPG BS-BA BPG BE BHE Points2004 29-97 151 70 407 1.56 19.9 4 0.04 0-0 2 19 0.20 12-86 1.01 15 4 206.0Career 29-97 151 70 407 1.56 19.9 4 0.04 0-0 2 19 0.20 12-86 1.01 15 4 206.0

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The Team

Tiffany Helmbrecht2004 (Freshman)Helmbrecht played 13 games in nine matches for Marquette as afreshman. She had four kills on the year, having two against Md.-Eastern Shore (Sept. 25) and one each against Wis.-Green Bay(Oct. 5) and Houston (Oct. 22). She also recorded nine blocks,with four against Connecticut (Sept. 24) and two against SouthDakota State (Sept. 18).

Prior to MarquetteA four-year letter winner for Chuck Farnum and Rich Peters atMaquoketa, Helmbrecht was named team captain as a junior andsenior. She was an all-conference selection both years. She alsocompeted in track and basketball for four years at Maquoketa. Shewas a two-time all-conference selection in track.

PersonalTiffany Kay Helmbrecht was born October 24, 1985, in Maryville,Mo. She is the daughter of Tim and Kim Helmbrecht. She hasthree younger siblings, Austin, Gabrielle and Arianna. Her moth-er was a college basketball and volleyball player. She is a biologymajor.

Helmbrecht Match-by-Match

2004 K-E-TA Pct. A SA-SE DIG BS-BAN. Dakota St. Did not playDrake Did not playWestern Ky. Did not play


Boston Coll. Did not playS. Dakota St. 0-0-2 0.0 0 0-0 0 0-2Loyola (Ill.) Did not playWis.-Milwaukee Did not play


Cincinnati Did not playLouisville Did not play


at USF Did not playat UAB 0-1-1 -100.0 0 0-1 0 0-1

Houston 1-1-2 0.0 0 0-0 0 0-0TCU Did not play

at Memphis Did not playat Saint Louis Did not play


at Charlotte Did not playat E. Carolina Did not playvs Tulane Did not playvs Cincinnati Did not playat Louisville Did not play

Middle Blocker6-2

SophomoreMaquoketa, Iowa

Maquoketa

Career HighsKills 2vs Md.-Eastern Shore (Sept. 25, 2004)

Attacks 5at Connecticut (Sept. 24, 2004)

Assists None

Digs None

Aces None

Blocks 4at Connecticut (Sept. 24, 2004)

Career Stats


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Monica Renfrow2004 (Freshman)Monica Renfrow saw action in 11 matches, even earning threestarts as a defensive specialist. She had double figures in digs inback-to-back matches, recording 12 digs against Tulane (Nov. 5)and 10 against Southern Miss (Nov. 6). She also had four and fiveassists respectively. She set a season high with seven assistsagainst UAB (Oct. 16) and also recorded five assists against Md.-Eastern Shore (Sept. 25).

Prior to MarquetteA four-year letterwinner for Linda McLean and Nikki Galler atNormal West, Renfrow was three-time all-conference selection.She was captain of her team as a senior and captain of her clubteam in 2003-04. She was also an Academic Scholar Athlete allfour years in high school. Additionally, she helped her club teamplace third at Junior Olympics in Salt Lake City.

PersonalMonica Rae Renfrow was born July 5, 1986, in Bloomington, Ill.She is the daughter of DeDe and Lonnie Grove and Stacy and TedRenfrow. She has an older brother, T.J. and a younger brother,Andrew. Her uncle and father were college basketball players andher mother was a volleyball player in college. She is a sciencemajor. Renfrow was also named National Guernsey AssociationPrincess in 2004.

Setter5-10

SophomoreCarlock, Ill.

Normal West

Renfrow Match-by-Match

2004 K-E-TA Pct. A SA-SE DIG BS-BAN. Dakota St. Did not playDrake Did not playWestern Ky. Did not play


Boston Coll. Did not playS. Dakota St. 0-0-1 0.0 3 0-0 0 0-0Loyola (Ill.) Did not playWis.-Milwaukee Did not play

at Connecticut Did not playvs Md.-E. Shore 2-1-5 20.0 5 0-0 0 0-0

Cincinnati Did not playLouisville Did not play


at USF Did not playat UAB 0-1-1 -100.0 7 1-0 3 0-0

Houston 0-0-1 0.0 3 0-0 0 0-0TCU Did not play

at Memphis 0-1-2 -50.0 0 2-1 3 0-0at Saint Louis 0-0-0 0.0 2 0-2 8 0-0


at Charlotte 0-0-0 0.0 0 0-0 1 0-0at E. Carolina Did not playvs Tulane 0-0-0 0.0 3 0-1 2 0-0vs Cincinnati Did not playat Louisville Did not play

Career HighsKills 2vs Md.-Eastern Shore (Sept. 25, 2004)

Attacks 5vs Md.-Eastern Shore (Sept. 25, 2004)

Assists 7Twice

Digs 12vs Tulane (Nov. 5, 2004)

Aces 2at Memphis (OCt. 29, 2004)

Blocks None

Career Stats


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The Team

Kimberley Todd Todd Match-by-Match

2004 K-E-TA Pct. A SA-SE DIG BS-BAN. Dakota St. 8-5--23 13.0 3 0-0 5 0-1Drake 10-5--20 25.0 1 0-0 2 1-1Western Ky. 3-4-14 -7.1 0 0-0 1 0-2

vs Maine 11-4-20 35.0 1 0-1 1 0-0vs Rutgers 7-7-27 0.0 0 0--0 5 0-2at Western Mich. 8-8-31 0.0 0 0-0 2 1-0

Boston Coll. 14-2-22 54.5 1 0-2 7 0-1S. Dakota St. 10-4-20 30.0 0 1-3 10 0-1Loyola (Ill.) 14-1-30 43.3 0 0-3 6 0-1Wis.-Milwaukee 12-2-22 45.5 0 0-0 2 0-2

at Connecticut 14-5-35 25.7 0 0-0 8 0-1vs Md.-E. Shore 11-1-17 58.8 0 0-0 4 1--1

Cincinnati 3-9-23 -26.1 1 0-0 4 1-2Louisville 3-4-14 -7.1 0 0-0 0 0-0


at USF 24-6-35 51.4 1 0-0 0 0-5at UAB 11-5-29 20.7 1 0-0 3 0-2

Houston 10-8-31 6.5 4 0-0 2 1-6TCU 7-6-21 4.8 1 0-0 1 0-4



at Charlotte 9-5-17 23.5 0 0-0 4 0-0at E. Carolina 15-11-35 11.4 2 0-0 3 0-1vs Tulane 5-6-13 -7.7 2 0-0 1 0-2vs Cincinnati 10-5-25 20.0 0 0-0 3 0-5at Louisville 12-7-22 22.7 0 0-0 0 0-2

Outside Hitter/Middle Blocker

6-2Sophomore

Oshawa, Ont.Anderson CVI


at USF (Oct. 15, 2004)

Attacks 41at Saint Louis (Oct. 30, 2004)

Assists 4Houston (Oct. 22, 2004)

Digs 10So. Dakota St. (Sept. 18, 2004)

Aces 1So. Dakota St. (Sept. 18, 2004)

Blocks 7Houston (Oct. 22, 2004)

Career Stats


2004 (Freshman)Kimberley Todd had a smashing first collegiate season, earning aspot on the Conference USA All-Freshman Team. She also wasnamed Conference USA Player-of-the-Week during the season andwas an All-Tournament selection at the Marquette Challenge toopen the season. She had 18 matches with double figures in kills.She had one double-double on the season with 10 kills and 10digs against South Dakota State (Sept. 18). That match was partof a string of six matches with at least 10 kills. After four match-es with no more than eight kills, she set a career best with 24kills against USF (Oct. 15). she hit 51.4 percent in that match.She followed that up with 11 kills against UAB (Oct. 16) to earnPlayer-of-the-Week honors. Down the stretch, she had twomatches with 15 kills, one against Saint Louis (Oct. 30) and oneagainst East Carolina (Nov. 13).

Prior to MarquetteTodd earned four letters playing for Karin Gillan at Anderson CVI.She was captain of the team for two years and was named herschool’s Senior and Junior Athlete-of-the-Year. She guided herteam to LOSSA championships in 2003 and 2004 and runner upaccolades in 2001 and 2002. She was a member of the OntarioProvincial team from 2001-04 and was a member of the DurhamAttack Volleyball Club.

Todd was also a member of the Canadian Youth National teamin 2001 and 2002 and was a member of the Canadian JuniorNational Team in 2003 and 2004. As a member of the youthnational team, she was named best blocker at the NORCECA Championship in 2002.

PersonalKimberley Ellen Todd was born October 10, 1986, in Whitby, Ont.She is the daughter of Susan and John Todd. She has a youngersister, Hayley. She is a biomedical engineering major.

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Terri Angst2004 (Freshman)Angst did not play as a freshman, earning a redshirt.

Prior to MarquetteAngst was a three-year letterwinner for Ted Schulte atCatholic Memorial. She was the team’s co-captain as asenior. She was a first team all-conference selection andfifth-team all-state selection as a senior. She was alsoselected second-team all-conference as a junior. Shehelped Catholic Memorial get to the state semifinals as ajunior and sectionals as a senior. She was named the out-standing Libero at the National Junior classic in 2002 and2004.

PersonalTheresa Sue Angst was born June 11, 1986, in West Allis,Wis. She is the daughter of Allen and Susan Angst and shehas older sisters, Andrea and Rebecca, and a younger sis-ter, Kimberly. Her sister, Andrea, competed in track andcross country for St. Norbert’s. Her sister, Rebecca, playedvolleyball for Wis.-Whitewater. She is an excercise sciencemajor.

Def. Specialist5-7

FreshmanNew Berlin, Wis.

Catholic Memorial

Jessica KieserPrior to MarquetteA three-year letterwinner in volleyball at Verona Area HighSchool, Jessica Kieser was coached by Amanda Roberts.Kieser was co-captain as a junior and senior and was afirst-team all-conference selection both years helping herteam to the regional championship in 2004. Kieser alsoearned three letters as a member of the track team whowon the conference championship in 2005.

PersonalJessica Lee Kieser was born June 2, 1987, in Milwaukee,Wis. She is the daughter of Randall and Mara Kieser andhas one brother Jeremy. Her mother ran track and crosscountry at Wisconsin. Kieser is an exercise science major.

Def. Specialist5-4

FreshmanVerona, Wis.

Verona

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The Team

Bridget O’BrienPrior to MarquetteA two-year letterwinner for Mother McAuley, O'Brien wasan All-Girls Catholic Athletic Conference selection in 2004helping her the Mighty Macs to the Illinois AA StateChampionship, and back-to-back conference champi-onships in 2003-04. She also was a member of the CelticForce club who won the Gold medal at the 2004 JuniorOlympics at the 17 National level, and earned All-Tournament team honors for her efforts. O'Brien wasnamed Volleyball Monthly magazine Scholar-Athlete-of-theMonth in December 2004.

PersonalBridget Irene O'Brien was born on October 10, 1986 in OakLawn, Ill. She is the daughter of John and Laurie O'Brien.Bridget has one sister, Courtney. Lists her greatest athlet-ic accomplishment as putting down the final kill to winthe state and Junior Olympic Championship in 2004. Sheis an exercise science major.

Outside Hitter6-0

FreshmanEvergreen Park, Ill.

Mother MacAuley

Lauren Pierce2004 (Sophomore)Was not a member of the team.

2003 (Freshman)Pierce played in 20 games in nine matches in her first sea-son. She played as a defensive specialist. She recorded acareer best 18 digs at Wis.-Milwaukee (Sept. 24). She alsologged 12 assists at TCU (Nov. 1). She also spent sometime setting from the back row, recording a season bestfive assists in the UWM contest.

Prior to MarquettePierce earned four letters in volleyball at Hinsdale SouthSchool where she played for Linda Marable. She was athree-year starter at setter and doled out a school record648 assists as a senior to finish with 1,341 in her career.She captured West Suburban Gold All-Conference recogni-tion twice during her career. Pierce served as team captainher final year and received special mention recognition on

the Pioneer Press All-Area Team twice during her career.Additionally, Pierce played for the Sunsetters VolleyballClub and was an outstanding track performer who earnedfour letters. She served as that track team’s co-captain asa junior and senior . Pierce was a member of the Outdoor4x200 meter relay team that qualified for state competi-tion.

PersonalBorn March 17, 1985, Pierce is the daughter of Gregoryand Carol Pierce. An honor roll student all four years inhigh school, Pierce received numerous awards for abilityin ballet, tap, jazz and modern dance classes. She has alsoperformed in stage productions in Europe. She has yet todeclare a major.

Def. Specialist5-6

JuniorDarien, Ill.

Hinsdale South

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Katie Vancura2004 (Freshman)A four-time letterwinner at Mukwonago, Vancura served asteam captain of the Indians since her sophomore year andwas team MVP her senior season. She was second teamall-conference as a junior and a sophomore, while leadingthe Indians to advance to the regional finals in 2003 and2002. Katie also has outstanding club experience, playingfor the Milwaukee Sting. She was named an All-Americanlast season at the United States Junior Olympic Nationalevent in the 16 Open age division, helping the team to asecond place national finish.

PersonalKatianne Christina Vancura was born on February 24, 1987in St. Paul, Minn. She is the daughter of Randy andMichelle Vancura. Katie has two siblings Tyler and Tess.She has yet to declare a major.

Outside Hitter6-1

FreshmanWaukesha, Wis.

Mukwonago

Katie Weidner2004 (Sophomore at New Hampshire)Weidner served as the starting setter for New Hampshirein her second season. She led the team with 1,134 assists.She recorded a career-best 50 assists against Md.-Baltimore County (Oct. 30) and also recorded 11 digs inthat match.

2003 (Freshman at New Hampshire)Weidner, an America East All-Rookie Team selection in herfreshman season, played in 31 matches and 85 games.Weidner amassed 578 assists, 118 digs and 23 blocks. Sheregistered a career-high 48 assists against Connecticut(Sept. 12) and 12 digs at Northeastern (Oct. 11). Sheposted 30 or more assists on seven occasions and rankedeighth among America East players with 6.80 assists pergame.

Prior to MarquetteWeidner served as captain of the volleyball team atWheaton Warrenville South High School. The squad owneda 32-9 record and advanced to the semifinals of theIllinois state tournament for the first time in school his-tory. She was a Dupage County Conference all-conferenceand academic all-conference selection. Weidner has alsobeen a six-year member of the Sports Performance JuniorOlympic team, one of the top junior teams in the country.Weidner was named a "Chicago Tribune" All-Star in 2001and 2002. She was also named an AAU All-American in2001 and 2003.

PersonalBorn December 17, 1984 in Winfield, Ill., Weidner is thedaughter of William and Alice Weidner. She is majoring inpsychology. Her sister Marian plays volleyball for theUniversity of Wisconsin.

Def. Specialist5-9

JuniorWarrenville, Ill.

Wheaton-Warrenville So.

Career Stats

Attack Set Serve Dig BlockYear MP-GP K E TA KPG Pct. Ast. APG SA-SE RE Digs DPG BS-BA BPG BE BHE Points2004 29-106 83 23 231 0.78 26.0 1,134 10.70 29-44 3 231 2.18 3-35 0.36 7 23 131.02003 31-85 19 19 75 0.23 0.0 578 6.78 11-15 2 118 1.39 2-21 0.27 4 13 41.5Career 60-191 102 42 306 0.53 19.7 1,712 8.96 40-59 5 349 1.83 5-56 0.32 11 36 172.5

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2005 Marquette Volleyball Photo Roster

1 Jamie Mueller 2 Aga Niemczewska 3 Nicole Wallace 4 Terri Angst 5 Katie Weidner

6 Jenn Brown 7Tiffany Helmbrecht 8 Jessica Kieser 9 Kimberley Todd 10 Katie Vancura

11 Caitie O’Brien 12 Lauren Pierce 14Theresa Coughlin 15 Heidi Pfeiffer 16 Bridget O’Brien

17 Monica Renfrow HC Pati Rolf AC Todd Nelson AC Erica Heisser MGR Will Mueller

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32 2004 Review

The Marquette volleyball team made tremendousstrides in 2004. The 2004 senior class — Sarah Vernon,Erica Heisser and Erin Freer — proved to be the role mod-els for hard work, intensity and determination that led thesquad to one of the best records in school history.

The 2004 Marquette volleyball squad went 22-7,recording more wins than any other team since 1985 andrecording more wins as an NCAA Division I team than anyother in Marquette history. The 75.8 winning percentagewas better than any other team in Marquette history, withthe lone exclusion of the 1985 team. Marquette finishedin a tie for second in the Conference USA standings, itsbest conference finish ever, and advanced to the C-USAtitle match for the first time in school history.

"I am so proud of the work this team and our programhas made over the last three seasons," head coach PatiRolf said. "It comes down to hard work and leadership.The seniors and teams we have had these past three yearshave lead Marquette into a position of dominance in theconference and we are excited about the future."

Individually, standards were set that highlighted theseason. Senior Libero Erin Freer became Marquette's careerrecord holder for digs, smashing the previous total. Her1,450 career digs beat the old record, held by Keelyn Krill,by 216. She had 411 digs, the fifth best single seasontotal in school history and was a consistent and soliddefender during 2004 and her career.

"Erin Freer set the standard for defense," Rolf said."She is one of the most beautiful defenders I have everwitnessed in this program and beyond. We will miss hertalent, work ethic and personality."

Senior setter Sarah Vernon became Marquette's sixthall-time career assists performer with 1,854. Her 1,215assists in 2004 was good for sixth on the Marquette sin-gle season ledger. Vernon was also instrumental in theoffensive efforts, leading the team with a 31.2 attack per-

centage, the fourth best single season attack percentagein school history. Vernon's offensive efforts earned her aspot as second team All-Conference USA. Vernon's 24.4career attack percentage is fifth on the Marquette all-timelist.

"Sarah went beyond anything that was out there forsetters in terms of attacking and setting. She racked upnumbers never before recorded by a first year starter." Rolfadded. "I just wish we had the opportunity to have herwith us one more year. Her potential is unbelievable, herleadership and steady personality added to the power ofthe senior class."

Senior Erica Heisser led the team in blocks with a 1.15per game average. She was accurate as well, hitting 28.3percent on the season, the seventh best single seasontotal in Marquette history. Heisser hit 24.0 percent for hercareer and places just behind Vernon all-time at Marquettein sixth place.

"Erica is an individual I am so proud of, she has hadto play middle due to some early losses of players over theyears and she took the position and made it into some-thing to be very proud of," Rolf said. "From my first yearwith her to now she has become a dominant offensiveforce on this team and by years end was coming into herown. Her performance in the conference tournament wasfantastic."

Junior outside hitter Theresa Coughlin continued herimpressive play from her sophomore season. A preseasonall-Conference USA selection, Coughlin led the team with396 kills, the eighth best single season total at Marquette.She earned second team All-Conference USA as a result.With her solid success over three seasons, Coughlin fin-ished her junior season in second in career kills atMarquette, just seven away from the top spot, held byChris Curtin with 1,280.

Freshman Kimberley Todd was a big reason Marquettewas successful in 2004. The outside hitter from Osahwa,Ont., was third on the team in kills with 293 and earneda spot on the Conference USA All-Freshman team.

Redshirt freshman Jenn Brown showed her dominationat the net. She was second on the team with 98 blocksand set a single-match Marquette record with 12 assistedblocks against Houston.

Sophomore Jamie Mueller became a valuable outsidehitter after making the transition from defensive special-ist early in the season. Mueller was a consistent attackerand a solid defender, chalking up 168 kills and 284 digson the year.

Junior Caitie O'Brien was solid as a defensive special-ist amassing 240 digs and 19 aces on the season.

"We are impressed with the work the younger playersdid during the 2004 season and the winning tradition andpride that is being established by past seniors," Rolfadded. "Now we have to move to the next level and estab-lish it faster and sooner. With the experience we havegained this year and the schedule we have for next year itis within our reach. I like what I am seeing out of this '05class and team, now it is time to work in the off seasonand develop some intensity and maturity for this next sea-son."

The rest of the Marquette rotation learned from thevaluable experience of being successful. Four times,Marquette owned three-match or longer win streaks andwon 13-of-14 matches heading into the Conference USATournament Championship match. Six times, Marquettestudent-athletes were named Player-of-the-Week byConference USA. Vernon led the charge with four selec-tions during the season.

Marquette set the tone for 2004 in the non-conferenceseason. Racing out to a 10-3 out-of-league mark, theGolden Eagles were primed for a run in its C-USA sched-ule. After a pair of setbacks started the C-USA slate,Marquette rattled off 10-of-11 in C-USA play to finish 10-3 on the year and tie for second, the highest finish inschool history. That set the stage for the run to theleague's title match.

"We had a tremendous run in the conference aftergaining valuable experience the first weekend of play ver-sus Louisville and Cincinnati, after that the playersstepped it up and fought back and that is what made thedifference," Rolf continued. "We have tremendous fightershere, yes it is about hard work and discipline, but thesewomen need to learn how to fight for the things that theywant and that are important to them and this group islearning how to do that."

Fan support for Marquette volleyball increased as well.Marquette set its top two attendance marks during theseason. For the home contest against Louisville, 733 fanspacked "The Al" and 824 showed up for the regular sea-son finale against Southern Miss.

"Something I am very proud of is the support we aregetting at our games, from faculty, staff and students. Wealso have tremendous support from our youth, our kids'clinics brought in over 400 children ages 4-13 and issomething we will continue to expand," Rolf said. "Weappreciate the support from our donors and communitymembers who recognize the hard work and dedication ittakes to be a Marquette Volleyball Student Athlete. We willcontinue to expand our fan and donor base by showingthem some of the finest female student athletes in thecountry."

In all, the 2004 season proved to be one of successand accolades that fans of Marquette volleyball will soonnot forget.

Seniors Propel 2004 Teamto New Heights

Second-Team All C-USA Sarah Vernon

Second-Team All C-USA Theresa Coughlin

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2004 Results

Record BreakdownOverall Record 22-7 C-USA Record 10-3 2ndHome 10-4 C-USA at Home 5-2Road 9-2 C-USA on the Road 5-1Neutral 3-1

* denotes C-USA Contest

AttendanceSite Total MP Avg. HighHome 6,488 14 463 824 (Nov. 6 vs. So. Miss)

Away 3,644 11 331 904 (Nov. 23 at Louisville)

Neutral 1,950 4 488 1,050 (Sept. 10 vs. Maine)

Season 12,082 29 417 1,050 (Sept. 10 vs. Maine)

Date Opponent W L Game Scores Kill Leader Digs LeaderMarquette Challenge; Milwaukee, Wis.

Sept. 3 North Dakota State W 30-16 30-23 30-18 Coughlin 11 Vernon 15Sept. 4 Drake W 30-23 30-21 30-18 Todd 10 Two players 6Sept. 4 Western Kentucky L 30-20 21-30 27-30 26-30 Coughlin 14 Freer 18

Radisson Invitational; Kalamazoo, Mich.Sept. 10 vs Maine W 30-25 30-25 30-20 Vernon 15 O’Brien 13Sept. 11 vs Rutgers L 30-16 26-30 24-30 32-34 Heisser 20 Mueller 13Sept. 11 at Western Michigan W 30-28 30-26 28-30 30-24 Coughlin 25 Three players 13

Jesuit Joust; Milwaukee, Wis.Sept. 17 Boston College W 33-31 30-24 30-24 Coughlin 18 Two players 14Sept. 18 South Dakota State W 30-25 30-22 30-15 Coughlin 14 Freer 12Sept. 18 Loyola (Ill.) L 29-31 27-30 26-30 Todd 14 Coughlin 18Sept. 21 Wis.-Milwaukee W 30-26 30-24 30-21 Coughlin 15 Freer 15

Husky Classic; Storrs, Conn.Sept. 24 at Connecticut W 27-30 30-16 30-15 30-28 Heisser 17 Freer 26Sept. 25 vs Md.-Eastern Shore W 30-24 30-14 30-16 Todd 11 Freer 14Oct. 1 Cincinnati * L 14-30 29-31 28-30 Coughlin 15 Freer 13Oct. 2 21) Louisville * L 24-30 22-30 26-30 Coughlin 12 Freer 12Oct. 5 at Wis.-Green Bay W 30-27 30-27 30-24 Coughlin 12 Freer 12Oct. 8 DePaul * W 30-19 30-22 30-25 Two players 15 Mueller 19Oct. 15 at USF * W 27-30 30-23 30-27 Todd 24 Coughlin 16Oct. 16 at UAB * W 30-12 30-18 30-19 Mueller 14 Freer 14Oct. 22 Houston * W 25-30 30-17 30-26 30-21 Coughlin 15 Freer 16Oct. 23 TCU * W 30-24 30-20 30-22 Heisser 9 Freer 18Oct. 29 at Memphis * L 30-20 21-30 17-30 32-30 13-15 Vernon 13 Mueller 13Oct. 30 at Saint Louis * W 30-24 28-30 28-30 30-21 16-14 Coughlin 25 Freer 20Nov. 5 Tulane * W 30-27 30-21 30-24 Coughlin 16 Freer 20Nov. 6 Southern Miss * W 30-18 30-26 30-16 Coughlin 14 Two players 17Nov. 12 at Charlotte W 26-30 30-26 30-16 30-26 Heisser 18 Freer 25Nov. 13 at East Carolina W 24-30 30-27 30-25 30-24 Heisser 21 Freer 18

Conference USA Tournament; Louisville, Ky.Nov. 20 vs Tulane W 30-24 30-19 30-13 Heisser 15 Freer 14Nov. 21 vs Cincinnati W 30-15 30-27 25-30 30-25 Coughlin 18 Two players 16Nov. 22 at 20) Louisville L 24-30 22-30 24-30 Coughlin 14 Coughlin 15

2004 Awards34

Attack Set Serve Dig BlockingName GP MP K-E TA KPG Pct A APG SA-SE SAPG RE Dig DPG BS-BA Total BPG BE BHE Pts.10 Sarah Vernon 100 29 218-61 504 2.18 31.2 1,215 12.15 32-18 0.32 0 253 2.53 4-54 58 0.58 7 24 281.012 Erica Heisser 100 29 339-111 805 3.39 28.3 11 0.11 15-34 0.15 0 55 0.55 13-102 115 1.15 7 3 418.014 Theresa Coughlin 100 29 396-168 980 3.96 23.3 42 0.42 15-44 0.15 18 255 2.55 13-45 58 0.58 8 5 446.55 Erin Freer 100 29 8-3 22 0.08 22.7 46 0.46 28-26 0.28 26 411 4.11 0-0 0 0.00 0 0 36.01 Jamie Mueller 91 26 168-70 452 1.85 21.7 49 0.54 13-26 0.14 19 284 3.12 6-25 31 0.34 3 1 199.56 Jenn Brown 97 29 151-70 407 1.56 19.9 4 0.04 0-0 0.00 2 19 0.20 12-86 98 1.01 15 4 206.09 Kimberley Todd 100 29 293-155 699 2.93 19.7 23 0.23 1-9 0.01 6 84 0.84 8-52 60 0.60 4 1 328.02 Aga Niemczewska 48 16 72-54 244 1.50 7.4 27 0.56 5-10 0.10 2 37 0.77 6-22 28 0.58 3 2 94.07 Tiffany Helmbrecht 13 9 4-3 18 0.31 5.6 1 0.08 0-1 0.00 0 0 0.00 2-6 8 0.62 3 0 9.08 Monica Renfrow 21 12 2-3 13 0.10 -7.7 32 1.52 5-6 0.24 1 39 1.86 0-0 0 0.00 1 0 7.03 Nicole Wallace 8 6 1-2 7 0.12 -14.3 3 0.38 0-0 0.00 0 1 0.12 0-1 1 0.12 1 0 1.5

11 Caitie O’Brien 93 27 10-20 64 0.11 -15.6 60 0.65 19-26 0.20 19 240 2.58 0-0 0 0.00 0 4 29.015 Heidi Pfeiffer 21 11 0-2 7 0.00 -28.6 8 0.38 0-4 0.00 6 27 1.29 0-1 1 0.05 0 0 0.5

2004 Individual Overall Statistics

2004 Team StatisticsOverall C-USA

Attack Marq. Opp. Marq. Opp.Kills 1,662 1,352 787 662Errors 722 712 342 329Total Attacks 4,222 41,21 1,991 1,925Attack Pct 22.3 15.5 22.4 17.1Kills/Game 16.6 13.5 16.7 14.1

SetAssists 1,521 1,258 724 615Assists/Game 15.2 12.6 15.4 13.1

ServeAces 133 102 48 52Errors 204 240 68 108Aces/Game 1.3 1.0 1.0 1.1

Serve ReceptionsErrors 102 133 52 48Errors/Game 1.0 1.3 1.1 1.0

DefenseDigs 1,705 1,461 804 684Digs/Game 17.0 14.6 17.1 14.6

Overall C-USABlocking Marq. Opp. Marq. Opp.

Solo 64 65 21 24Block Assist 394 331 201 175Total Blocks 261.0 230.5 121.5 111.5Blocks Per Game 2.6 2.3 2.6 2.4Block Errors 52 54 22 29

Ball Handling Errors 44 72 13 20

Overall Game-by-GameMatch Wins By Game 3 4 5 TotalMarquette 14 7 1 22Opponents 4 2 1 7

Game Wins By Game 1 2 3 4 5 TotalMarquette 20 21 19 9 1 70Opponents 9 8 10 2 1 30

Points By Game 1 2 3 4 5 TotalMarquette 823 826 823 333 29 2,834Opponents 715 709 686 294 29 2,433

Attack Set Serve Dig BlockingName GP MP K-E TA KPG Pct A APG SA-SE SAPG RE Dig DPG BS-BA Total BPG BE BHE Pts.10 Sarah Vernon 47 13 105-23 230 2.23 .357 576 12.26 15-8 0.32 0 115 2.45 2-29 31 0.66 3 9 136.512 Erica Heisser 47 13 154-47 369 3.28 .290 5 0.11 6-13 0.13 0 23 0.49 4-47 51 1.09 4 1 187.55 Erin Freer 47 13 3-1 8 0.06 .250 19 0.40 12-12 0.26 17 208 4.43 0-0 0 0.00 0 0 15.0

14 Theresa Coughlin 47 13 182-77 447 3.87 .235 24 0.51 0-13 0.00 6 92 1.96 4-27 31 0.66 2 0 199.56 Jenn Brown 47 13 76-33 202 1.62 .213 4 0.09 0-0 0.00 1 10 0.21 3-50 53 1.13 7 1 104.01 Jamie Mueller 47 13 113-50 305 2.40 .207 26 0.55 5-5 0.11 13 168 3.57 4-15 19 0.40 2 0 129.59 Kimberley Todd 47 13 136-84 340 2.89 .153 15 0.32 0-0 0.00 0 26 0.55 4-31 35 0.74 1 1 155.5

11 Caitie O’Brien 47 13 7-7 33 0.15 .000 29 0.62 4-9 0.09 11 112 2.38 0-0 0 0.00 0 1 11.015 Heidi Pfeiffer 6 5 0-0 0 0.00 .000 0 0.00 0-1 0.00 0 2 0.33 0-0 0 0.00 0 0 0.03 Nicole Wallace 2 2 0-0 0 0.00 .000 0 0.00 0-0 0.00 0 1 0.50 0-0 0 0.00 0 0 0.02 Aga Niemczewska 8 4 10-16 45 1.25 -.133 5 0.62 1-1 0.12 0 10 1.25 0-0 0 0.00 1 0 11.07 Tiffany Helmbrecht 5 4 1-2 5 0.20 -.200 0 0.00 0-1 0.00 0 0 0.00 0-2 2 0.40 1 0 2.08 Monica Renfrow 17 8 0-2 7 0.00 -.286 21 1.24 5-5 0.29 1 37 2.18 0-0 0 0.00 1 0 5.0

2004 Individual Conference Statistics

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Match-by-Match 35

Match Comparisons

Player Superlatives

Score K E TA PCT A SA SE RE DIG BS BA BE TB BHE

N. Dakota State 0 21 30 112 -8.0 17 1 11 7 38 1 6 0 4.0 1at Marquette 3 41 18 100 23.0 35 7 15 1 47 2 8 1 6.0 2

Drake 0 24 24 82 0.0 23 3 13 7 27 1 10 1 6.0 3at Marquette 3 44 21 100 23.0 37 7 13 3 27 4 10 4 9.0 1

Western Ky. 3 57 27 173 17.3 54 6 18 8 84 5 14 4 12.0 1at Marquette 1 50 34 184 8.7 48 8 11 6 77 3 14 2 10.0 2

Marquette 3 54 24 125 24.0 44 5 9 3 50 1 8 0 5.0 4vs Maine 0 29 11 98 18.4 26 3 12 5 27 6 0 0 6.0 9

Marquette 1 63 34 164 17.7 55 7 8 7 50 1 16 0 9.0 3vs Rutgers 3 58 21 148 25.0 53 7 16 7 49 6 14 0 13.0 5

Marquette 3 66 31 174 20.1 63 3 9 3 56 11 8 0 15.0 3at Western Mich. 1 63 34 168 17.3 57 3 7 3 57 7 6 5 10.0 7

Boston College 0 42 20 140 15.7 42 5 4 4 51 1 8 3 5.0 4at Marquette 3 61 19 143 29.4 56 4 14 5 63 2 12 3 8.0 1

S. Dakota State 0 27 23 117 3.4 27 4 4 9 43 3 8 2 7.0 2at Marquette 3 52 21 123 25.2 47 9 8 4 56 2 20 0 12.0 2

Loyola (Ill.) 3 48 17 134 23.1 43 6 8 6 48 4 10 1 9.0 1at Marquette 0 49 23 132 19.7 44 6 13 6 57 4 6 2 7.0 1

Wis.-Milwaukee 0 40 23 126 13.5 38 0 7 4 42 1 10 3 6.0 4at Marquette 3 52 19 124 26.6 50 4 11 0 53 1 15 5 8.5 1

Marquette 3 65 32 182 18.1 59 4 6 3 94 5 6 4 8.0 3at Connecticut 1 45 36 186 4.8 41 3 8 4 71 2 10 2 7.0 3

Marquette 3 54 15 129 30.2 50 5 3 2 63 3 12 0 9.0 1vs Md.-Eastern Shore 0 34 25 132 6.8 29 2 1 5 44 1 4 1 3.0 3

Cincinnati 3 45 19 130 20.0 43 7 12 1 43 1 22 1 12.0 2at Marquette 0 37 32 128 3.9 34 1 5 7 51 2 8 2 6.0 2

Louisville 3 55 14 123 33.3 51 5 10 3 49 4 14 2 11.0 2at Marquette 0 43 25 130 13.8 41 3 4 5 46 1 4 1 3.0 1

Marquette 3 52 26 133 19.5 51 7 3 1 47 1 8 6 5.0 0at Wis.-Green Bay 0 48 20 129 21.7 47 1 9 7 46 0 8 1 4.0 1

Score K E TA PCT A SA SE RE DIG BS BA BE TB BHE

DePaul 0 35 17 123 14.6 32 1 3 6 44 0 14 1 7.0 2at Marquette 3 62 22 133 30.1 54 6 7 1 61 2 8 3 6.0 1

Marquette 3 72 31 177 23.2 68 2 7 4 66 1 20 4 11.0 2at USF 1 67 27 173 23.1 59 4 16 2 60 0 12 4 6.0 3

Marquette 3 57 14 120 35.8 55 3 5 1 56 0 16 0 8.0 0at UAB 0 29 24 116 4.3 27 1 4 3 38 0 2 2 1.0 2

Houston 1 55 43 173 6.9 48 3 10 7 67 3 14 4 10.0 1at Marquette 3 54 30 159 15.1 49 7 5 3 59 5 32 4 21.0 1

TCU 0 44 30 146 9.6 42 3 11 3 50 2 8 0 6.0 0at Marquette 3 46 12 127 26.8 41 3 6 3 58 3 20 2 13.0 1

Marquette 2 59 38 170 12.4 57 6 6 6 55 1 26 3 14.0 0at Memphis 3 72 33 167 23.4 68 6 10 6 60 3 21 2 13.5 0

Marquette 3 86 28 196 29.6 84 3 11 6 79 2 23 2 13.5 1at Saint Louis 2 72 30 196 21.4 70 6 9 3 63 1 20 5 11.0 4

Tulane 0 36 22 142 9.9 30 2 5 3 45 0 12 3 6.0 0at Marquette 3 60 31 149 19.5 55 3 2 2 73 3 14 0 10.0 1

Southern Miss 0 29 16 115 11.3 28 2 5 8 37 4 6 2 7.0 1at Marquette 3 60 25 135 25.9 54 8 3 2 58 0 8 0 4.0 1

Marquette 3 71 21 184 27.2 62 1 3 5 77 1 7 1 4.5 2at Charlotte 1 66 28 184 20.7 62 5 10 1 75 1 10 2 6.0 3

Marquette 3 80 33 183 25.7 70 2 4 7 65 0 15 0 7.5 0at East Carolina 1 57 26 164 18.9 55 7 3 2 53 5 20 1 15.0 0

Marquette 3 52 14 115 33.0 47 7 4 2 49 1 17 0 9.5 1vs Tulane 0 35 25 120 8.3 34 2 4 7 38 0 10 0 5.0 2

Marquette 3 67 25 169 24.9 61 1 5 2 67 2 31 1 17.5 4vs Cincinnati 1 61 36 181 13.8 59 2 9 1 64 2 20 0 12.0 2

Marquette 0 53 24 134 21.6 50 1 4 2 45 0 2 2 1.0 2at Louisville 3 58 11 123 38.2 53 2 1 1 48 1 18 2 10.0 4

Matches leading Marquette in killsCoughlin 16, Heisser 9, Todd 3, Mueller 1, Vernon 1

Matches leading Marquette in assistsVernon 29

Matches leading Marquette in acesFreer 8, O’Brien 8, Vernon 7, Heisser 5, Mueller 6, Coughlin 2, Niemczewska1, Renfrow 1

Matches leading Marquette in digsFreer 20, Coughlin 5, Mueller 3, Vernon 3, O’Brien 2

Matches leading Marquette in blocksHeisser 18, Brown 10, Vernon 5, Coughlin 3, Todd 3, Niemczewska 1,Helmbrecht 1

Double-doublesVernon 12, Coughlin 10, Mueller 6, Todd 1

Triple-doublesVernon 1

Double-figure matches in killsCoughlin 22, Heisser 22, Todd 18, Mueller 11, Vernon 6, Brown 2,Niemczewska 1

20+ kills in a matchCoughlin 2, Heisser 2, Todd 1

Double-figure matches in digsFreer 25, Mueller 14, Vernon 10, Coughlin 10, O’Brien 10, Renfrow 2,Niemczewska 1, Todd 1

20+ digs in a matchFreer 4

2004 (Senior)Erin Freer etched her name in the Marquette record books, fin-

ishing her career as Marquette's all time-digs leader, with 1,405.That smashed the old mark of 1,234 set by Keelyn Krill. Freer fin-ished the 2004 season as Marquette's digs leader with 411 (4.11per game). That was the seventh best total in Conference USA. Shereturned to the back row as a Libero after a strong junior campaignas an outside hitter.

Freer recorded double figure digs in 24 of Marquette's 29matches. She had 52 matches in her career of 10 or more digs. Sheled the team in digs 21 times on the season.

She topped the 20 dig mark on four occasions, digging a sea-son best 26 balls against Connecticut (Sept. 24). She also had 25digs at Charlotte (Nov. 12) and had a pair of 20 dig matchesagainst Saint Louis (Oct. 30) and Tulane (Nov. 5). She had 5.0 digsper game in the Saint Louis and Tulane matches. From Oct. 30 toNov. 12, she averaged 5.5 digs per game over four matches.

2003 (Junior)Moving from libero to outside hitter, Freer seemed to make the

transition with little problem. With 349 kills on the season, shewas fourth on the team. She was second on the team at 2.98 killsper game. She increased her career kills total four-fold having lessthan 100 kills prior to the season. She started the season on theback row, having just three attacks in the first four matches, butshe quickly hit her stride after the transition.

In her fifth match as an outside, she logged 11 kills against23rd-ranked Missouri (Sept. 13). That started a seven match streakof double figures in kills. She set a career best with 21 kills againstGonzaga (Sept. 19), a mark she would tie three times.

She also landed 21 attacks against Tulane (Oct. 17) andMemphis (Oct. 24). She just missed the 20-kill mark with 19 atCincinnati (Oct. 3) and with 19 against USF (Nov. 8). The Memphismatch might have been the best all-around match of the seasonfor Freer. In addition to her 21 kills, she had a season best 30.4attack percentage and also logged 20 digs. It was one of just two20-20 matches for Marquette in 2003.

Her defensive abilities showed during the year as she averaged3.65 digs per game, the top total on the team and the fourth bestin Conference USA. With 427 digs on the season, she had the thirdbest mark in school history. She had a career best 33 digs againstDuke (Aug. 30) while serving as a back row player. That total wasthree short of the school record. She had 23 matches with doublefigure digs, including six with 20 or more. She had 26 digs againstSouthern Miss (Nov. 22) in the C-USA Tournament and had 23against Montana State (Sept. 20).

2002 (Sophomore)Freer found a niche with the newly instituted Libero position

as a sophomore. She played in 106 games while seeing action inall 29 matches. Primarily a defender, Freer finished first on theteam with 362 digs and her mark of 3.42 digs per game tied foreighth place among Conference USA players. Her digs total tied herfor fifth place on the school's all-time single-season chart.

Freer chalked up 19 matches of double-figure digs including acareer-high 27 against Valparaiso (Sept. 6), the best total by aMarquette player in 2002. She came through with a big effortagainst DePaul (Nov. 15) with 11 attacks, a 29.0 hitting percent-age (11-2--31) and nine digs. She followed that effort with acareer-best 12 attacks, a season-high three service aces and amatch-high tying 15 digs against in Marquette's opening roundwin over Tulane in the C-USA Tournament (Nov. 22). She registerednine attacks and paced all players with 20 digs in the SouthernMiss (Oct. 18) contest and led all players with 13 digs in theLouisville (Oct. 4) match. Academically, Freer was a member of theC- USA Commissioner's Honor recognizing a GPA of 3.00 or better.

2001 (Freshman)Freer turned in a solid rookie season for the Golden Eagles. She

played in 91 games over 28 matches and tied for the no. 3 spoton the team in digs (2.25 dpg). She recorded 10 matches of dou-ble-figure digs and came up with a season-high seven kills, post-ing a 53.8 hitting percentage vs. Memphis (Oct. 26). She record-ed back-to-back season-high tying 17-dig performances againstTulane (Oct. 19) and Southern Miss (Oct. 20) and led the team inthat category in both matches. She also recorded a season-highfive blocks against Southern Miss (Oct. 20). Freer also chalked up10 digs and four service aces in a three-game sweep of EastCarolina (Oct. 5).

Prior to MarquetteA four-time letterwinner in volleyball at Lakeshore High

School, Freer garnered all-state acclaim in her junior and seniorseasons. She helped her team in a no. 2 ranking in the state ofMichigan her senior year. She also earned four letters playing bas-

ketball and a pair in softball. She playedclub volleyball for Dead Frog (2000) andfor Dunes (2001).

PersonalBorn May 25, 1983, Freer is the daugh-

ter of Paul Freer and Ellyn Augustyn. Shewas a member of the Key Club in highschool. Freer majored in communications.

Career Stats

Attack Set Serve Dig BlockYear MP-GP K E TA KPG Pct. Ast. APG SA-SE RE Digs DPG BS-BA BPG BE BHE Points2004 30-100 8 3 22 0.08 22.7 46 0.46 28-26 26 411 4.11 0-0 0.00 0 0 36.02003 30-117 349 170 1,008 2.98 17.8 39 0.33 15-22 35 427 3.62 3-34 0.32 4 3 384.02002 29-106 56 26 201 0.53 14.9 23 0.22 7-11 41 362 3.42 4-11 0.14 11 1 72.52001 28-91 37 18 122 0.41 1.56 13 0.14 23-19 12 205 2.25 1-13 0.14 2 4 67.5Career 116-414 450 217 1,353 1.09 17.2 121 0.29 73-78 114 1,405 3.39 8-58 0.16 9 8 560.0

36 2004 Seniors

2004 Seniors

Erin Freer

Libero5-9

Class of 2004-05Stevensville, Mich.

Lakeshore


Three times

Attacks 67at Tulane (Oct. 17, 2003)

Assists 4Four times

Digs 33at Duke (Aug. 30, 2003)

Aces 4Twice

Blocks 6at TCU (Nov. 1, 2003)

372004 Seniors

2004 (Senior)Erica Heisser had an outstanding season as a senior. She led

the team in blocks per game at 1.15, a total that was good foreighth in Conference USA. She led Marquette to a 2.61 blocks pergame total, the third best in Conference USA. Heisser was secondon the team in attack percentage, hitting 28.3 percent, the eighthbest total in Marquette's single season history. Heisser also fin-ished second on the team in kills with 339.

Heisser recorded double figures in kills in 23 of 26 matches.She set a career best with 20 kills against Rutgers (Sept. 11) andtopped that with 21 against East Carolina (Nov. 13). Prior to theEast Carolina contest, she had 18 kills against Charlotte, finishingthe week with a 4.9 kills per game average. She hit 40.0 percentin those two matches and had six blocks as she earned ConferenceUSA Player-of-the-Week honors.

Heisser topped 15 kills six total times on the year, including a17 kill match against Connnecticut (Sept. 24). While she may nothave always led the team in kills, she was one of the most accu-rate on the team, hitting over 30.0 percent seven times. She hada season best 50.0 attack percentage, smashing 15 kills with twoerrors on 26 attacks against Tulane (Nov. 21) in the quarterfinalsof the Conference USA Tournament.

She also had five or more blocks 10 different times during theyear, led by a nine block effort against Memphis (Oct. 29). She had14 kills in that contest.

Heisser was president of the Student Athlete Advisory Councilduring her senior season and a member of the C-USACommissioner’s Honor Roll. She was given the Cura Personalisaward at the end of the 2004-05 school year by MarquetteUniversity. She was named assistant coach in July 2005.

2003 (Junior)As a junior, Heisser made an impact on the Marquette volley-

ball program. Having played just 23 games prior to her third sea-son, Heisser was somewhat inexperienced, but performed up tothe task. She played in 116 of 117 possible games for the GoldenEagles. After opening the season with a five kill outing againstTexas A&M (Aug. 29), she wasted little time in establishing acareer best for kills that would stand for most of the season. Shelanded 17 strikes against Duke (Aug. 30), combininb that with sixblocks for her second-straight six block performance, setting astandard that would lead her to a team best 106 blocks on theyear. She averaged 0.91 blocks per game. The six block mark wouldbe a total she would have two more times — against Ohio (Sept.13) and Wis.-Milwaukee (Sept. 24) — before establishing a careerhigh. She had seven assisted blocks against 18th-ranked Louisville(Oct. 4) to set a mark she would again reach at TCU (Nov. 1).

While her defensive numbers were impressive, she had a solidoffensive season in 2003. She had 12 double figure kill outings onthe year. She was third on the team with 2.35 kills per game andwas one-tenth of a percentage point away from the team lead inattack percentage at 25.8. She topped the 30.0 percent mark 10times on the year, including a season best 52.4 percent outingagainst Ohio (Sept. 13). She had 12 kills in 21 attempts, with just

one error. She also recorded six blocks in the outing. Against SaintLouis (Oct. 25), she hit 43.5 percent with 12 kills, two errors and23 attempts. She had one other outing with a 40.0 or betterattack percentage, hitting 40.0 percent against Charlotte (Oct.10).

Heisser also continued to be at her best academically, earningher third spot on the C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll.

2002 (Sophomore)Heisser earned her first varsity letter after seeing time in 23

games over 10 matches. She made her collegiate debut againstWyoming (Aug. 31) and had a solid outing with five attacks, sixdigs, two aces and four blocks. She had five kills against WesternIllinois (Oct. 12). She earned her second straight spot on theConference USA Commissioner's Honor Roll.

2001 (Freshman)Heisser did not see any action in her first season of collegiate

volleyball. She did earn a spot on the C-USA Commissioner's HonorRoll for having a GPA of 3.0 or better.

Prior to MarquetteHeisser comes to the Marquette program from Forest Hills

Central where she earned four letters in volleyball. She landedfirst-team honors on state, area, region and conference teams andwas named team MVP. Selected by the Detroit Free Press as aScholar-Athlete, she was also chosen as the Conference Scholar-Athlete of the Year as a senior. She was picked as her high school'sFemale Athlete of the Year Award winner and helped her team toa No. 2 ranking in the state of Michigan. A two-time letterwinnerin basketball, Heisser played club volleyball for the Kentwood

Volleyball Club and the Grand Rapids Pride.

PersonalBorn Aug. 24, 1983, she is the daugh-

ter of E.I. and Annegret Paas. She was aNational Honor Society officer in highschool. Her majors were history andSpanish.

Career Stats

Attack Set Serve Dig BlockYear MP-GP K E TA KPG Pct. Ast. APG SA-SE RE Digs DPG BS-BA BPG BE BHE Points2004 30-100 339 111 805 3.39 28.3 11 0.11 15-34 0 55 0.55 13-102 1.15 7 3 418.02003 30-116 273 135 676 2.35 20.4 4 0.03 13-24 1 58 0.50 11-95 0.91 16 2 344.52002 10-23 22 14 75 0.96 10.7 6 0.26 2-0 0 13 0.57 0-12 0.52 3 0 30.02001 Did not playCareer 69-239 634 260 1,556 2.65 24.0 21 0.09 30-58 1 126 0.53 21-209 0.97 26 5 792.5

Erica Heisser

Middle Blocker6-1

Class of 2004-05Grand Rapids, Mich.Forest Hills Central

Career HighsKills 21at East Carolina (Nov. 13, 2004)

Attacks 42at Charlotte (Nov. 12, 2004)

Assists 2Twice

Digs 7at Duke (Aug. 30, 2003)

Aces 2Four times

Blocks 9at Memphis (Oct. 29, 2004)

38 2004 Seniors

2004 Seniors/Review

2004 (Senior)Sarah Vernon proved to be a dominating offensive threat and

a distributor in her senior season. She earned Conference USASecond-Team honors and was named C-USA Setter-of-the-Weekfour times as a senior.

Vernon finished her career with 1,854 assists, the sixth bestcareer total in Marquette history. Her final season numbers of1,215 put her sixth in Marquette single season history. Combiningher accuracy of setting with accuracy of attacking, she helpedMarquette to a C-USA best 15.21 assists per game total (24th inthe NCAAs) and a 16.62 kills per game mark, second best inConference USA (21st in the NCAAs).

But it was also her attacking that made her a multi-facetedthreat. She had a 1.14 kills per game average and led the teamwith a 31.2 attack percentage, the 10th best total in ConferenceUSA. That number is also the fourth-best single-season total inMarquette history.

She proved her versatility by recording her second career tripledouble in a five-game win over Saint Louis (Oct. 30). In thatmatch, she set a career best with 70 assists. She also had 12 killsand 16 digs. She recorded five-other kill/assist double-doubles andhad six dig/assist double-doubles to give her 12 double-doubleson the season.

Five times during the season, Vernon had an attack percentageof over 50.0 percent to go along with double figures in assists. Shehad her most accurate match against UAB (Oct. 16), where shelanded six of eight kills for a 75.0 percent attacking average to goalong with 37 assists.

2003 (Junior)A versatile performer, Vernon was listed specifically at setter as

a junior but had an impact far greater than that of a distributor.Serving as the back-up setter to one of Marquette's most prolificsetters, Gemma Greer, Vernon found playing time in multiple ways.She had her moments as Marquette's no. 1 setter, filling in forGreer when she was injured, but she saw plenty of action as a floordefender and a front-line attacker.

While her role at setter was limited, it was not without success.She had five matches with double figures in assists, three of whichwere 56 assists or better. She set a career high with 59 assists ina five-game match against Wis.-Milwaukee (Sept. 24). Perhaps herbest match of the year, Vernon had a rare triple-double, blasting11 kills and coming up with 12 digs. She also assisted on threeblocks in that contest..

Vernon's other two 50+ assist totals came in back-to-backmatches. She had 57 dishes against Houston (Oct. 31) and fol-lowed that up with 56 assists against TCU (Nov. 1). While her sea-son total of 2.45 assists per game was diluted due to playing mostof the rest of her time at other positions, she had a gaudy 11.30assists per game over that two-match span.

She saw time as an attacker as well, recording a 15.4 hittingpercentage on the year. Her best match as an attacker cameagainst Wis.-Milwaukee. She also had 19 attacks against Houstonand TCU due to her role as full time setter in those contests.

2002 (Sophomore)Vernon saw action in 27 matches and in a total of 78 games en

route to her second letter. She was second on the club with 188assists (2.19 apg). She recorded a season-best 24 assists andchipped in four attacks, four digs and four block assists againstIPFW (Sept. 21). Vernon finished with a career-high 15 digsagainst UAB (Nov. 8). That was one of seven matches with dou-ble-figure digs. She helped Marquette with six attacks, 12 digs andfour blocks against Tulane (Nov. 22) in the C-USA Tournament. Sheestablished a career best with 10 attacks against Houston (Nov.2). Vernon finished with 14 digs, six attacks and four blocks atSaint Louis (Oct. 25). She was a member of the C-USACommissioner's Honor Roll recognizing a GPA of 3.00 or better.

2001 (Freshman)Vernon earned a letter in her freshman year after playing in 28

games over the course of 15 matches. She had a fine all-aroundmatch in the season finale against Tennessee (Nov. 23) with 29assists, five attacks, seven digs and three blocks. She recordedseason-bests with 45 assists and nine digs against Charlotte (Nov.2).. Academically, she was a member of the C-USA Commissioner'sHonor Roll.

Prior to MarquetteVernon had an outstanding prep and club career that saw her

claim many individual honors. She earned four letters at CherryCreek High School and served as the team captain her junior andsenior seasons. She helped her team to a record of 26-5 and a no.2 ranking in the state her final year and was an all-state selectionin 2000, earning honorable mention recognition her junior year.Vernon was named team MVP in 1999 and 2000 and was a mem-

ber of the state championship teams in1997 and 1998.

PersonalBorn Jan. 28, 1983, Vernon is the

daughter of Jim and Patricia Vernon. Herbrother, Todd, played golf at Notre Damewhile another brother, Luke, played basket-ball at Cornell. Vernon was an accountingmajor.

Career Stats

Attack Set Serve Dig BlockYear MP-GP K E TA KPG Pct. Ast. APG SA-SE RE Digs DPG BS-BA BPG BE BHE Points2004 29-100 218 61 504 2.18 31.2 1,215 12.15 32-18 0 253 2.53 4-54 0.58 7 24 281.02003 30-115 46 24 143 0.40 15.4 282 2.45 30-24 11 257 2.23 2-16 0.16 2 11 123.02002 27-86 78 39 246 0.91 15.9 188 2.19 23-19 20 145 1.69 3-38 0.48 10 2 86.02001 15-28 17 7 41 1.13 24.4 169 11.27 9-1 2 35 2.33 0-9 0.60 0 5 30.5Career 114-316 359 131 934 1.14 24.4 1,854 5.87 94-62 33 690 2.18 9-117 0.40 19 42 520.5

Sarah Vernon

Setter5-11

Class of 2004-05Engelwood, Colo.

Cherry Creek


at Wis.-Milw. (Sept. 24, 2003)

Attacks 29vs Houston (Nov. 2, 2002)

Assists 70vs Saint Louis (Oct. 28, 2004)

Digs 18at Houston (Oct. 31, 2003)

Aces 3Six times

Blocks 6at TCU (Nov. 1, 2003)

39Match-by-Match

North Dakota State 16 23 18Marquette 30 30 30

Sept. 3• Al McGuire Center • (1-0)

MILWAUKEE — Marquette wasted little time in picking up its first victo-ry of the season, a 3-0 triumph over North Dakota State. Marquette winsits season opening match for the second time in three seasons. NorthDakota State falls to 0-2 with the loss.

Marquette cruised to a game one victory behind the offense of jun-ior outside hitter Theresa Coughlin. She had four kills of her match high11 in the opening game. North Dakota State kept the game close early,but Marquette went on a 9-2 run midway through the game to put it outof reach, eventually winning 30-16.

Senior Libero Erin Freer was the star of game two. In that game, shebrought her game totals for digs to six, making her the third player inschool history to reach that mark. She finished the contest with eightdigs, giving her 1,002 for her career. Marquette was faced with its tough-est test of the night by North Dakota State, winning the second game,30-23.

“It means a lot to Erin Freer,” head coach Pati Rolf said. “She’sworked her way up through a lot of hard times. It shows the team howfar we’ve come, improving so much to allow an opportunity for a playerlike this to reach this pinnacle.”

The Golden Eagles faced little challenge early in the third game toput the match out of reach. Marquette started off the game on another10-2 run, fuelled by a pair of kills by senior outside hitter Erica Heisser.Marquette won the decisive game, 30-18.

Senior setter Sarah Vernon had a solid match, recording Marquette’sfirst double-double of the season with 27 assists and 15 digs. SheilaParrish led the way for North Dakota State with seven kills.

“I talked in the locker room in between games two and three aboutfocusing,” Rolf said. “We had to serve tough and good things will come.We did that and things started to fall our way in game three.”

NDSU GP K-E-TA PCT A SA-SE RE DIG BS-BA BE BHE PTSSwanson 3 3-5-20 -10.0 0 0-2 0 3 1-3 0 0 5.5Quirk 3 1-6-16 -31.2 0 0-1 1 2 0--1 0 0 1.5Parrish 3 7-5-28 7.1 0 1-1 2 12 0-0 0 0 8.0Hader 3 4-3-18 5.6 1 0-2 0 1 0-2 0 0 5.0Shockman 2 3-3-8 0.0 0 0-1 0 1 0-0 0 0 3.0Luensmanm 3 0--4-7 -57.1 16 0-1 0 6 0-0 0 1 0.0Battey 3 0-0-1 0.0 0 0-0 1 0 0-0 0 0 0.0Kaufman 2 1-4-10 -30.0 0 0-1 1 3 0-0 0 0 1.0Dahl 1 1-0--2 50.0 0 0-0 0 1 0-0 0 0 1.0Fagnan 3 1-0-1 100.0 0 0-1 1 9 0-0 0 0 1.0Blume 1 0-0-1 00.0 0 0-1 1 0 0-0 0 0 0.0Totals 3 21-30-112 -08.0 17 1-11 7 38 1-6 0 1 26.0

Marquette GP K-E-TA PCT A SA-SE RE DIG BS-BA BE BHE PTSNiemczewska 3 4-2-13 15.4 4 1-3 0 5 0-1 0 1 5.5Brown 3 9-2-13 53.8 0 0-0 0 0 2-3 0 0 12.5Todd 3 8-5-23 13.0 3 0-0 0 5 0-1 1 0 8.5Vernon 3 5-2-11 27.3 27 2-0 0 15 0-0 0 1 7.0O’Brien 3 0-1-2 -50.0 0 0-3 0 6 0-0 0 0 0.0Heisser 3 3-3-18 0.0 0 0-3 0 2 0-1 0 0 3.5Mueller 3 1-0-2 50.0 0 3-5 1 5 0-0 0 0 4.0Freer 3 0-0-0 0.0 1 1-1 0 8 0-0 0 0 1.0Coughlin 3 11-3-18 44.4 0 0-0 0 1 0-2 0 0 12.0Totals 3 41-18-100 23.0 35 7-15 1 47 2-8 1 2 54.0

Drake 23 21 18Marquette 30 30 30

Sept. 4• Al McGuire Center • (2-0)

MILWAUKEE — Freshman outside hitter Kimberley Todd had 10 kills asMarquette defeated Drake in the third match of the Holiday InnMarquette Challenge, 3-0. Marquette (2-0) defeated Drake (0-2), 30-23,30-19, 30-21.

The Golden Eagles had a good attacking match. As a team,Marquette had 44 kills and hit 23.0 percent. Todd led the way with a 25.0attack percentage.

“We’re improving. We’re taking baby steps,” head coach Pati Rolfsaid. “We’re getting better with each match. We’re playing above the netand we’re aggressive. I especially like the play of our freshmen, Kim Toddand Jenn Brown.”

The Marquette defense was also key in the win. The Golden Eaglesheld Drake to 0.0 attack percentage and had nine team blocks. Seniorsetter Sarah Vernon and senior outside hitter Erica Heisser led the waywith three blocks each. Vernon also had nine kills to go along with 27assists. Heisser and junior outside hitter Theresa Coughlin also had ninekills for Marquette.

Lindsay Johnson had nine kills for Drake to lead the Bulldogs.In earlier action in the tournament, Western Kentucky (2-0) swept

North Dakota State (0-3), 31-29, 30-19, 30-21. North Dakota Statestayed with the Hilltoppers, leading much of game one. WesternKentucky, led by Jessie Wagner’s 18 kills, picked up the pace to claim itssecond tournament win.

Drake GP K-E-TA PCT A SA-SE RE DIG BS-BA BE BHE PTSE. Johnson 3 1-8-17 -41.2 1 2-0 0 2 0--0 0 0 3.0L. Johnson 3 9-3-20 30.0 0 0--2 3 4 0-1 0 0 9.5Nelson 3 3-3-7 0.0 0 0-2 0 0 0--5 0 0 5.5Funk 3 4-2-11 18.2 0 0-0 1 1 0--3 0 05.5Schuster 3 0-3-9 -33.3 21 0-1 0 5 0-0 0 3 0.0Veltman 3 4-2-12 16.7 1 0-2 0 1 1--0 0 0 5.0Kostek 3 0-0-0 0.0 0 0--1 2 0 0--0 0 0 0.0Cruikshank 1 0-1--1 -100.0 0 0-1 0 6 0-0 0 0 0.0Boerema 2 3-1-4 50.0 0 0-1 0 1 0-1 1 0 3.5Honey 1 0-0-0 0.0 0 0-0 0 0 0--0 0 0 0.0Kranskey 1 0-0-0 0.0 0 0-0 1 2 0-0 0 0 0.0K.Johnson 3 0-1-1 -100.0 0 1-3 0 5 0-0 0 0 1.0Totals 3 24-24-82 0.0 23 3--13 7 27 1--10 1 3 33.0

Marquette GP K-E-TA PCT A SA-SE RE DIG BS-BA BE BHE PTSNiemczewska 3 2-2-7 .00.0 4 1-5 0 4 1-1 0 0 4.5Brown 3 3-3-11 .00.0 0 0-0 0 0 1-2 1 0 5.0Todd 3 10-5--20 .25.0 1 0-0 0 2 1-1 0 0 11.5Vernon 3 9-5-19 .21.1 27 3-1 0 6 0-3 1 1 13.5Heisser 3 9-5-24 .16.7 1 1-2 0 1 0-3 0 0 11.5Coughlin 3 9-1-16 .50.0 2 2-3 2 5 1-0 2 0 12.0Mueller 3 1-0-1 100.0 1 0-2 1 3 0-0 0 0 1.0Wallace 1 0-0-1 0.0 0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0.0Freer 3 1-0-1 100.0 1 0-0 0 6 0-0 0 0 1.0Pfieffer 1 0-0-0 0.0 0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0.0Totals 3 44-21-100 23.0 37 7-13 3 27 4-10 4 1 60.0

Marquette 30 30 30Maine 25 25 20

Sept. 10 • Kalamazoo, Mich. • (3-1)

KALAMAZOO, Mich. — Senior setter Sarah Vernon proved to be a multi-ple threat for Marquette as the Golden Eagles defeated Maine, 3-0 (30-25, 30-25, 30-20), in the first match of the Radisson Invitational inKalamazoo, Mich. Vernon was responsible for a part of 49 of Marquette’s54 kills in the victory.

Vernon logged her third double-double of the season, slamminghome a season high 15 kills and adding 34 assists to the Marquettecause. Vernon was also accurate, hitting 62.8 percent for the contest, notmissing in her 22 attempts.

Senior outside hitter Erica Heisser was the beneficiary of five ofVernon’s 11 assists in the first game, as the Golden Eagles cruised to afive point win. Marquette had three 3-0 runs and one 4-0 run in the win.

Marquette stepped up its play in game two behind Vernon’s efforts.With nine kills and 22 assists, Vernon controlled the pace of play in thesecond frame. Marquette rallied from an early deficit with five straightpoints on the serve of senior Libero Erin Freer.

A pair of kills by Vernon to begin game three started Marquette offon a 5-0 run, and the Golden Eagles never looked back. Marquette hit46.7 percent in the game, missing just four of 30 attacks, with 18 kills.Freshman outside hitter Kimberley Todd led the way with six of her 10kills in the game.

Marquette’s defense helped the cause as the Golden Eagles recorded50 digs, compared to the Blackbears 27. Marquette also had five blocksfor the match.

The Golden Eagles improve to 3-1 for the first time since 2002, headcoach Pati Rolf’s first season at Marquette. That year, Marquette started5-1.

Marquette GP K-E-TA PCT A SA-SE RE DIG BS-BA BE BHE PTSMueller 3 2-1-7 14.3 2 1-2 0 9 0-0 0 0 3.0Freer 3 0-0-0 0.0 0 1-0 0 12 0-0 0 0 1.0Brown 3 8-2-14 42.9 0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 8.0Vernon 3 15-0-22 68.2 34 2-1 0 7 0-1 0 1 17.5O’Brien 3 0-1-2 -50.0 5 0-2 0 13 0-0 0 2 0.0Heisser 3 8-5-20 15.0 0 1-2 0 1 1-4 0 1 12.0Coughlin 3 6-8-24 -8.3 0 0-1 0 7 0-0 0 0 6.0Niemczewska 3 4-3-16 6.2 2 0-0 0 0 0-3 0 0 5.5Todd 3 11-4-20 35.0 1 0-1 3 1 0-0 0 0 11.0Totals 3 54-24-125 24.0 44 5-9 3 50 1-8 0 4 64.0

Maine GP K-E-TA PCT A SA-SE RE DIG BS-BA BE BHE PTSConnacher 3 0-0-1 0.0 1 0-2 1 10 0-0 0 3 0.0Guidinger 3 4-5-18 -5.6 1 1-3 1 1 1-0 0 1 6.0Ivankovic 2 1-0-3 33.3 2 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 1 1.0Fotter 3 6-0-16 37.5 0 0-2 0 1 0-0 0 0 6.0Morgan 3 4-2-19 10.5 14 0-0 1 7 2-0 0 3 6.0Jordan 3 10-4-29 20.7 0 1-3 1 3 2-0 0 0 13.0Howe 3 2-0-9 22.2 0 0-0 0 0 1-0 0 0 3.0Seipp 3 1-0-2 50.0 8 1-1 1 3 0-0 0 1 2.0Chabot 2 1-0-1 100.0 0 0-1 0 2 0-0 0 0 1.0Totals 3 29-11-98 18.4 26 3--12 5 27 6-0 0 9 38.0

Coughlin had 11 kills against North Dakota State.

Western Kentucky 20 30 30 30Marquette 30 21 27 26

Sept. 4 • Al McGuire Center • (2-1)

MILWAUKEE — Marquette claimed game one against Western Kentucky,but the Hilltoppers rebounded to win three straight and earn a 3-1 vic-tory over the Golden Eagles. Western Kentucky wins the MarquetteChallenge with a 3-0 record. Marquette falls to 2-1 with the loss.

The Golden Eagles shot out of the gate, cruising to a 30-20 win ingame one. Marquette had a 13.2 attack percentage for the game, itshighest of the four games. Marquette’s defense held the Hilltoppers to a-2.1 attack percentage in the first game. Marquette’s net defense was the

key to the game one win, forcing the Hilltoppers 13 errors, three of whichcam on Marquette blocks. Senior outside hitter Erica Heisser took part inall three of those blocks. She had four for the night.

Western Kentucky rebounded to a nine-point win in the secondgame, hitting 41.4 percent for the game. Lindsey Broerman had four ofher team high 13 kills in the game, which WKU won 30-21.

“We caught them by surprise,” head coach Pati Rolf said. “We hadthe momentum in the first game, but I don’t think we worked as hard inthe other games.”

Marquette battled in game three, but came up short, losing 30-27.Western Kentucky won the final game, 30-26, to claim the match. Errorscost Marquette many points in the final two games. The Golden Eagleshad 34 attack errors and 11 service errors for the match.

“Western Kentucky got into a grove after the first game and had ournumber,” head coach Pati Rolf said. “They didn’t make a lot of mistakesand we did. I told the team that if we play against a good team with thesame kind of mistakes we’ve been making, it would be difficult for us.”

Senior outside hitter Theresa Coughlin led Marquette with 14 kills.Jessie Wagner also had 13 for Western Kentucky.

Named to the all-tournament team were: Crystal Towler from WesternKentucky; Sarah Vernon, Theresa Coughlin and Kimberley Todd fromMarquette; Lindsey Johnson from Drake; and the tournament MVP wasAmanda Schiff from Western Kentucky.

Western Ky. GP K-E-TA PCT A SA-SE RE DIG BS-BA BE BHE PTSBlotch 4 0-2-15 -13.3 54 1-2 0 12 2-2 0 0 4.0Cecil 4 7-7-25 0.0 0 3-4 2 25 0-1 1 0 10.5Schiff 4 12-7-41 12.2 0 0-4 0 2 0-3 0 0 13.5Broerman 4 13-0-22 59.1 0 1-1 0 6 1-4 2 0 17.0Wagner 4 13-4-36 25.0 0 0-0 0 1 1--2 0 0 15.0Towler 4 12-6-30 20.0 0 0-0 0 7 1--1 0 1 13.5Borror 4 0-0-2 0.0 0 1-3 0 6 0-0 1 0 1.0Miller 4 0-0-1 0.0 0 0-0 4 17 0--0 0 0 0.0Gideon 1 0-0-0 0.0 0 0-0 0 0 0--1 0 0 0.5Deignan 4 0-1-1 -100.0 0 0-4 2 8 0--0 0 0 0.0Totals 4 57-27-173 17.3 54 6-18 8 84 5-14 4 1 75.0

Marquette GP K-E-TA PCT A SA-SE RE DIG BS-BA BE BHE PTSMueller 4 5-3-20 10.0 2 2-2 2 9 1-1 0 0 8.5Niemczewska 4 3-2-19 5.3 0 2--1 1 11 1-1 0 0 6.5Brown 4 5-6-21 -4.8 0 0-0 0 2 1-3 1 0 7.5Vernon 4 9-2-25 28.0 38 1-2 0 11 0-2 0 1 11.0Heisser 4 11-5-35 17.1 0 0-1 0 6 0-4 1 0 13.0Coughlin 4 14-11-48 6.2 5 2-4 2 14 0-1 0 1 16.5Wallace 1 0-0-1 0.0 0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0.0Freer 4 0-1-1 -100.0 2 1-1 1 18 0-0 0 0 1.0Todd 4 3-4-14 -7.1 0 0-0 0 1 0-2 0 0 4.0Pfeiffer 2 0-0-0 0.0 1 0-0 0 5 0-0 0 0 0.0Totals 4 50-34-184 8.7 48 8-11 6 77 3-14 2 2 68.0

40 Match-by-Match

Rugters 16 30 30 34Marquette 30 26 24 32


KALAMAZOO, Mich. — Senior outside hitter Erica Heisser had a colle-giate high 20 kills, but Rutgers’ balanced effort was enough for a 3-1(16-30, 30-26, 30-24, 34-32) win. Rutgers had four players with 10 ormore kills.

Early on, it appeared that Marquette (3-2) would dominate thematch. The Golden Eagles cruised to a 14-point win in game one.Marquette hit 37.5 percent in the first game and outkilled Rutgers (2-3),16-9. Marquette’s 8-1 run in the middle of the first game gave the GoldenEagles all the momentum it would need for the win. A 5-0 run late in thegame paced by a pair of kills from Heisser proved more than enough forthe game one triumph.

Marquette still held the statistical advantage in game two, owningthe kill battle, 29-24, but Rutgers won the game, 30-26. Heisser had 10of her 20 kills in the game, but a late run by Rutgers was too much forMarquette to handle. After jumping to a 12-9 lead in the game on threestraight service aces by senior Libero Erin Freer, Rutgers responded witha 9-3 run to take the lead it would hold through the end of the secondgame.

Rutgers’ Stephanie Travoli matched Heisser’s total with 10 kills ingame three to pace the Scarlet Knights to the six-point win. Marquettestruggled offensively, having 14 kills with 11 errors in the frame. Rutgershit 31.4 percent for the game, taking its first lead at 6-5 and never relin-quishing it.

Marquette battled in the final game, but came up short, 34-32. Noteam owned larger than a three-point lead as neither team wanted togive up in the final game. Tied at 22, neither team scored more than twoconsecutive points, but Rutgers timed their mini-runs to earn the narrowvictory in the final game.

Junior outside hitter Theresa Coughlin also came up with a seasonhigh 15 kills. Senior setter Sarah Vernon logged a season best 48 assists.Leading the way for Rutgers was Laura Yankauskas, who had 15 kills.Travoli finished with 13.

Rutgers GP K-E-TA PCT A SA-SE RE DIG BS-BA BE BHE PTSChristjaener 4 11-6-27 18.5 1 2-2 4 14 0-1 0 0 13.5Meyer 4 6-0-12 50.0 0 0-1 0 0 2-2 0 0 9.0Thiry 1 0-0-3 0.0 0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0.0Stout 4 1-5-6 -66.7 1 0-3 0 12 0-0 0 0 1.0Traviolio 4 13-2-33 33.3 0 1-1 1 2 1-5 0 0 17.5Yankauskas 4 15-5-39 25.6 1 1-3 2 7 1-0 0 1 17.0Martin 4 1-1-7 0.0 50 2-2 0 4 1-1 0 3 4.5Greenwald 4 0-0-0 0.0 0 0-1 0 5 0-0 0 1 0.0Young 3 10-1-17 52.9 0 1-3 0 2 1-5 0 0 14.5Castillo 2 1-1-4 0.0 0 0-0 0 3 0-0 0 0 1.0Totals 4 58-21-148 25.0 53 7-16 7 49 6-14 0 5 78.0

Marquette GP K-E-TA PCT A SA-SE RE DIG BS-BA BE BHE PTSNiemczewska 4 6-5-23 4.3 0 0-0 0 0 0-2 0 0 7.0Freer 4 0-0-0 0.0 2 3-1 0 7 0-0 0 0 3.0Brown 4 7-1-16 37.5 0 0-0 1 0 0-4 0 0 9.0Todd 4 7-7-27 0.0 0 0--0 2 5 0-2 0 0 8.0Vernon 4 6-3-16 18.8 48 1-0 0 7 0-2 0 1 8.0Heisser 4 20-4-37 43.2 1 1-2 0 1 0-4 0 0 23.0Coughlin 4 15-11-39 10.3 0 1--3 2 12 1-2 0 2 18.0Mueller 4 2-1-4 25.0 2 0-1 0 13 0-0 0 0 2.0O’Brien 4 0-2-2 -100.0 2 1-1 2 5 0-0 0 0 1.0Totals 4 63-34-164 17.7 55 7-8 7 50 1-16 0 3 79.0

Boston College 31 24 26Marquette 33 30 30


MILWAUKEE — Three Marquette players had 14 or more kills as theGolden Eagles (5-2) defeated Boston College (6-4), 3-0 (33-31, 30-24,30-26) at the Al McGuire Center on the Marquette campus. The matchwas the second match of the two-day Howard Johnson Jesuit Joust.

Marquette was led by junior outside hitter Theresa Coughlin, whohad 18 kills. Coughlin also added 14 digs.

While Coughlin was impressive, it was a well-rounded Marquetteattack that helped the Golden Eagles cruise to the win. For the match,Marquette hit a season high 29.4 percent — 61 kills, 19 errors, 143attacks. Freshman middle blocker Kimberley Todd had 14 kills forMarquette and led the team with a 54.5 attack percentage.

“You saw Kim Todd start to get it tonight,” head coach Pati Rolf said.“She did a much better job of creating kills tonight, instead of just ham-

mering the ball and hoping it would go in. She tried to hit lines tonightand that shows growth on her part.”

Marquette had to rally in the third game. Down 25-21 in the finalgame, the Golden Eagles rallied to pick up the third game and claim thematch. The Golden Eagles won game two by six points, but needed extrapoints to win the first game.

Senior setter Sarah Vernon had another all-around performance forthe Golden Eagles with 49 assists, six kills and seven digs. Senior middleblocker Erica Heisser added 15 kills for Marquette. Katie Anderson ledBoston College with 12 kills.

“Sarah did a great job of distributing the ball,” Rolf added. “I wasimpressed with our serving and passing. They couldn’t get into theiroffense as a result.”

Boston Coll. GP K-E-TA PCT A SA-SE RE DIG BS-BA BE BHE PTSRost 3 5-2-13 23.1 37 2-0 0 7 0-0 2 2 7.0Shepp 3 5-2-18 16.7 0 0-1 0 1 0-0 0 1 5.0Woodcock 1 0-1-4 -25.0 0 0-0 0 0 0-1 0 0 0.5Andersen 3 12-2-30 33.3 1 1-2 1 8 0-0 1 0 13.0Niemczewska 3 4-4-18 0.0 0 0-0 0 5 0-3 0 1 5.5Anderson 3 8-3-28 17.9 1 0-0 0 13 0-0 0 0 8.0Hasebroock 2 0-1-2 -50.0 0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0.0Kenney 2 0-1-1 -100.0 2 2-1 1 10 0-0 0 0 2.0Davis 3 5-2-14 21.4 0 0-0 0 1 1-3 0 0 7.5Aron 2 0-0-3 0.0 0 0-0 2 4 0-0 0 0 0.0Krautmanis 1 3-1-7 28.6 0 0-0 0 1 0-1 0 0 3.5Whalley 3 0-1-2 -50.0 1 0-0 0 1 0-0 0 0 0.0Totals 3 42-20-140 15.7 42 5-4 4 51 1-8 3 4 52.0

Marquette GP K-E-TA PCT A SA-SE RE DIG BS-BA BE BHE PTSBrown 3 2-1-7 14.3 0 0-0 0 1 0-1 3 1 2.5Vernon 3 6-3-19 15.8 49 1-1 0 7 0-1 0 0 7.5O’Brien 3 0-2-3 -66.7 1 2-1 1 10 0-0 0 0 2.0Heisser 3 15-4-32 34.4 0 1-1 0 4 0-5 0 0 18.5Coughlin 3 18-5-39 33.3 0 0-4 1 14 1-2 0 0 20.0Pfeiffer 3 0-1-4 -25.0 1 0-3 1 6 0-0 0 0 0.0Niemczewska 3 5-1-15 26.7 2 0-0 0 0 1-2 0 0 7.0Freer 3 1-0-2 50.0 2 0-2 2 14 0-0 0 0 1.0Todd 3 14-2-22 54.5 1 0-2 0 7 0-1 0 0 14.5Totals 3 61-19-143 29.4 56 4-14 5 63 2-12 3 1 73.0

South Dakota State 25 22 15Marquette 30 30 30


MILWAUKEE — Outside hitter Theresa Coughlin had 14 kills and middleblocker Erica Heisser had 13 kills to lead Marquette to a 3-0 (30-25, 30-22, 30-15) win over South Dakota State in the third match of the HowardJohnson Jesuit Joust.

Outside hitter Kimberley Todd also had 10 kills for the Golden Eagles(6-2), who win their third straight game. Erin Freer led a threesome with10 or more digs with 12.

"I'm really pleased with our defense, especially the play of ErinFreer," head coach Pati Rolf said. "She's really made a difference."

Marquette had six different players record kills."I'm pleased with the way our young players stepped up today," Rolf

added.

SDSU GP K-E-TA PCT A SA-SE RE DIG BS-BA BE BHE PTSBiggerstaff 3 5-2-12 25.0 1 0-0 0 1 0-2 0 0 6.0Behm 3 0-1-8 -12.5 23 0-1 0 6 0-1 0 2 0.5Martin 3 5-4-17 5.9 0 1-0 2 6 1-1 0 0 7.5Bostrom 3 4--2-11 18.2 0 1-1 0 3 0-1 0 0 5.5Boll 2 3-2-14 7.1 0 0--0 0 0 2--3 1 0 6.5Ridenour 3 9-10-41 -2.4 0 1-0 2 7 0-0 0 0 10.0Klusaw 2 0-0-1 0.0 3 0-1 0 0 0-0 0 0 0.0Aamlid 2 0-0-9 0.0 0 0-0 0 1 0-0 1 0 0.0Hinrichs 1 0-0-0 0.0 0 1-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 1.0Anderson 2 1-1-2 0.0 0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 1.0Doschadis 3 0-0-0 0.0 0 0--0 0 1 0--0 0 0 0.0Simet 3 0-0-1 0.0 0 0--1 1 14 0--0 0 0 0.0Pearson 2 0-1-1 -100.0 0 0-0 4 4 0-0 0 0 0.0Totals 3 27-23-117 3.4 27 4-4 9 43 3-8 2 2 38.0

Marquette GP K-E-TA PCT A SA-SE RE DIG BS-BA BE BHE PTSBrown 3 2-1-10 10.0 0 0-0 0 0 0-4 0 0 4.0Vernon 3 6-3-15 20.0 37 1-1 0 7 0-3 0 1 8.5O’Brien 3 0-1-2 -50.0 2 1-0 0 7 0-0 0 0 1.0Heisser 3 13-2-25 44.0 0 0-1 0 1 0-4 0 0 15.0Coughlin 3 14-5-29 31.0 3 6-3 0 11 0-1 0 0 20.5Pfeiffer 3 0-1-2 .50.0 1 0-0 1 7 0-0 0 0 0.0Niemczewska 3 7-4-17 17.6 1 0-0 0 1 2-5 0 1 11.5Freer 3 0-0-0 0.0 0 0-0 3 12 0-0 0 0 0.0Helmbrecht 2 0-0-2 0.0 0 0-0 0 0 0-2 0 0 1.0Renfrow 1 0-0-1 0.0 3 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0.0Todd 3 10-4-20 30.0 0 1-3 0 10 0-1 0 0 11.5Totals 3 52-21-123 25.2 47 9-8 4 56 2-20 0 2 73.0

Marquette 30 30 28 30Western Michigan 28 26 30 24


KALAMAZOO, Mich. — Marquette rebounded from a loss earlier in theday in the Radisson Invitational in Kalamazoo, Mich., defeating WesternMichigan, the tournament host, 3-1 (30-28, 30-26, 28-30, 30-24). Withthe win, Marquette improves to 4-2 on the season, while Western

Michigan falls to 4-4.Junior outside hitter Theresa Coughlin had a season high 25 kills to

lead Marquette to its first four-game victory of the season. Coughlin had46 kills for the weekend to earn all-tournament team honors. Senior mid-dle blocker Erica Heisser had 13 kills in this match. She came off a sea-son-high 20-kill performance earlier in the day to join Coughlin in earn-ing all-tournament honors.

Marquette’s defense was integral to the win, posting 15 blocks.Freshman middle blocker Jenn Brown had six blocks, four of which weresolo, to lead the team.

The Golden Eagles set the pace early, jumping out to a 2-0 lead ingames. Coughlin had 11 of her 25 in the first two games. After a gamethree win by Western Michigan, Marquette controlled the pace in gamefour, picking up the match win. The Golden Eagles went on an 11-2 runto take a 22-10 lead and cruise to the four-game win.

Marquette GP K-E-TA PCT A SA-SE RE DIG BS-BA BE BHE PTSMueller 4 3-1-6 33.3 2 0-2 0 13 0-0 0 0 3.0Freer 4 0-0-0 0.0 2 0-1 1 13 0-0 0 0 0.0Brown 4 5-2-18 16.7 0 0-0 0 1 4-2 0 0 10.0Vernon 4 6-3-21 14.3 56 0-1 0 13 1-1 0 2 7.5O’Brien 4 1-0-4 25.0 1 0-2 1 8 0-0 0 0 1.0Heisser 4 13-10-35 8.6 0 2-1 0 3 3-2 0 0 19.0Coughlin 4 25-4-44 47.7 1 1-2 0 3 2-1 0 1 28.5Niemczewska 4 5-3-15 13.3 1 0-0 1 0 0-2 0 0 6.0Todd 4 8-8-31 0.0 0 0-0 0 2 1-0 0 0 9.0Totals 4 66-31-174 20.1 63 3-9 3 56 11-8 0 3 84.0

Western Mich. GP K-E-TA PCT A SA-SE RE DIG BS-BA BE BHE PTSHolly 4 2-2-11 0.0 57 0-1 1 9 0-1 1 3 2.5Ramsey 4 19-10-43 20.9 0 1-0 0 7 1-2 1 1 22.0Schatzle 4 15-8-37 18.9 0 0-1 0 5 0-0 0 1 15.0Tierney 4 7-2-15 33.3 0 0-0 0 1 2-2 0 0 10.0Shay. Jackson 4 7-6-28 3.6 0 2-1 0 2 3-1 3 0 12.5Babcock 4 13-6-33 21.2 0 0-3 1 8 1-0 0 1 14.0Fissel 4 0-0-0 0.0 0 0-0 0 18 0-0 0 0 0.0Duffy 4 0-0-0 0.0 0 0-1 1 6 0-0 0 1 0.0Shan. Jackson 2 0-0-1 0.0 0 0-0 0 1 0-0 0 0 0.0Totals 4 63-34-168 17.3 57 3-7 3 57 7-6 5 7 76.0

2004 Review

Erica Heisser had 13 kills and four blocks in a win over South Dakota State.

41Match-by-Match

Loyola (Ill.) 31 30 30Marquette 29 27 26


MILWAUKEE — Marquette was faced with a tough task in its final matchof the Howard Johnson Jesuit Joust. The Golden Eagles were faced withLoyola (Ill.) who entered the match riding a seven-match win streak.Loyola prevailed in three games, 31-29, 30-27, 30-26.

Marquette (6-3) held the lead early in game three. Errors allowed theRamblers (8-3) to even the score at 20 and finish the game on a 10-6run to claim the match. Marquette hit just 10.9 percent in the game,committing eight errors. For the match, the Golden Eagles hit 19.7 per-cent.

“When you play a team as good as Loyola, you can’t hit that low,”head coach Pati Rolf said. “Our errors really cost us.”

Marquette was faced with a 2-0 setback by the mid-match break.Both games were tightly contested, but the Ramblers’ consistency ledthem to the early lead. An 18.9 attack percentage in game one betteredMarquette’s 16.7 as the Ramblers won by two.

After spotting Loyola an early 6-1 lead, Marquette rallied and keptthe second game close. The Golden Eagles were much more accurate inthe second game, hitting 34.2 percent. Freshman outside hitterKimberley Todd’s seven kills in the game paced Marquette's comeback,but the Golden Eagles couldn’t get closer than one point, falling 30-27.

Todd led Marquette with 14 kills. Senior Libero Erin Freer added 11digs. Both made the all-tournament team.

“I was really happy with the play of Kimberley Todd,” Rolf added.“She’s really elevating her game to the next level. Erin Freer had the bestpassing game I’ve seen of her as well.”

Loyola’s Nicole Amberg had 10 kills for the match and was namedall-tournament. She was joined by teammate Kiely Zins and LaurenHolmbrook on the all-tournament team. Holmbrook was named MVP.Loyola won the tournament championship.

Loyola (Ill.) GP K-E-TA PCT A SA-SE RE DIG BS-BA BE BHE PTSHenry 3 2-2-6 0.0 2 1-2 0 1 0-0 0 0 3.0Ashley 3 7-6-30 3.3 1 2-3 1 10 0-2 0 0 10.0Holbrook 3 2-1-7 14.3 39 0-0 0 6 1-0 0 1 3.0Amberg 3 10-1-29 31.0 0 1-2 3 8 2-3 0 0 14.5Stromath 3 8-5-23 13.0 0 0-0 0 5 1--2 1 0 10.0Langheld 3 12-1-24 45.8 0 0-0 0 0 0-3 0 0 13.5Deelo 3 0-0-0 0.0 0 2-1 2 14 0-0 0 0 2.0Zins 3 7-1-15 40.0 1 0-0 0 3 0-0 0 0 7.0Prechel 3 0-0-0 0.0 0 0-0 0 1 0-0 0 0 0.0Totals 3 48-17-134 23.1 43 6-8 6 48 4-10 1 1 63.0

Marquette GP K-E-TA PCT A SA-SE RE DIG BS-BA BE BHE PTSBrown 3 5-1-9 44.4 0 0-0 0 2 1-1 1 0 6.5Vernon 3 6-4-18 11.1 36 0-0 0 7 0-0 1 1 6.0O’Brien 3 0-0-1 0.0 1 1-3 0 6 0-0 0 0 1.0Heisser 3 10-4-20 30.0 1 0-1 0 2 2-2 0 0 13.0Coughlin 3 8-7-35 2.9 0 1-4 2 18 1-1 0 0 10.5Pfeiffer 3 0-0-1 0.0 4 0-0 3 5 0-0 0 0 0.0Niemczewska 3 6-5-17 5.9 2 0-0 0 0 0-1 0 0 6.5Freer 3 0-1-1 -100.0 0 4-2 0 11 0-0 0 0 4.0Todd 3 14-1-30 43.3 0 0-3 1 6 0-1 0 0 14.5Totals 3 49-23-132 19.7 44 6-13 6 57 4-6 2 1 62.0

Marquette 27 30 30 30Connecticut 30 16 15 28

Sept. 24 • Storrs, Conn. • (8-3)

STORRS, Conn. — A slow start didn’t hamper Marquette (8-3) as itdefeated Connecticut, 3-1 (27-30, 30-16, 30-15, 30-28). After droppinggame one, Marquette outscored Connecticut 90-59 to earn the win.

A 30-27 loss in game one seemingly awoke Marquette as it limitedConnecticut (4-5) to just 31 points over the two middle games.

Marquette was especially dominant in the third game, hitting 30.3 per-cent.

The Golden Eagles started to gain control of the match tied at 12 ingame two. At that point, Marquette went on a 32-11 run to close outgame two and take a commanding 18-7 lead in the third game.

Marquette edged Connecticut, a future BIG EAST opponent, in gamefour by a pair of points, but it was enough to give Marquette the win.

Senior middle blocker Erica Heisser and junior outside hitter TheresaCoughlin led the Marquette attack. Heisser had 17 kills to pace the bal-anced attach, which had four hitters over 10 kills. Coughlin added 16kills. Freshman outside hitter Kimberley Todd recorded 14 kills, her fourthconsecutive match with 10 or more kills. Junior outside hitter AgaNiemczewska had a season best 11 kills.

Senior setter Sarah Vernon logged her fifth double-double of the sea-son, dishing 47 assists and having 16 digs. Coughlin also had a double-double, adding 14 digs. Senior Libero Erin Freer led the Marquettedefense, which had 94 digs and eight blocks, with a team leading 26digs.

The Golden Eagles’ floor defense contributed to the Huskies’ poorattacking day. Connecticut hit 4.8 percent for the contest and was led byJamie Hadenfeldt, who had a match-best 18 kills. Marquette out hitConnecticut in the final three games, owning better attack percentagesand more kills in the final three frames. For the match, Marquette hit18.1 percent.

Marquette GP K-E-TA PCT A SA-SE RE DIG BS-BA BE BHE PTSNiemczewska 4 11-6-27 18.5 3 0-0 0 1 1-2 2 0 13.0Brown 2 0-4-10 -40.0 0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 1 0.0Todd 4 14-5-35 25.7 0 0-0 0 8 0-1 0 0 14.5Vernon 4 6-3-20 15.0 47 1-0 0 16 0-0 0 2 7.0Heisser 4 17-6-36 30.6 1 0-1 0 1 2-1 0 0 19.5Coughlin 4 16-6-47 21.3 1 0-1 1 14 0-0 0 0 16.0Mueller 4 1-0-1 100.0 2 0-3 1 12 0-0 0 0 1.0Freer 4 0-0-0 0.0 3 1-1 1 26 0-0 0 0 1.0Helmbrecht 3 0-1-5 -20.0 0 0-0 0 0 2-2 2 0 3.0O’Brien 4 0-1-1 -100.0 2 2-0 0 16 0-0 0 0 2.0Totals 4 65-32-182 18.1 59 4-6 3 94 5-6 4 3 77.0

Connecticut GP K-E-TA PCT A SA-SE RE DIG BS-BA BE BHE PTSAshley 4 11-4-38 18.4 0 0-2 0 10 0-3 2 0 12.5Neelands 4 0-1-9 -11.1 35 1-0 0 6 0-1 0 2 1.5Hadenfelt 4 18-10-61 13.1 0 0-1 0 16 0-1 0 0 18.5Chambers 4 6-4-24 8.3 0 0-0 0 1 2-0 0 0 8.0Craig 4 4-4-13 0.0 2 0-0 0 4 0-3 0 0 5.5Crawley 4 4-10-26 -23.1 1 0-0 0 2 0-2 0 0 5.0Silver 1 0-1-1 -100.0 0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0.0Robbins 1 0-1-1 -100.0 0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0.0Pickard 3 0-0-0 0.0 0 1-2 0 4 0-0 0 0 1.0Boyd 2 1-1-4 0.0 2 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 1 1.0Steward 4 0-0-2 0.0 0 0-1 2 14 0-0 0 0 0.0Shaw 2 0-0-5 0.0 0 1-0 1 1 0-0 0 0 1.0Bell 4 1-0-2 50.0 1 0-2 1 13 0-0 0 0 1.0Totals 4 45-36-186 4.8 41 3-8 4 71 2-10 2 3 55.0

Md.-Eastern Shore 24 14 16Marquette 30 30 30

Sept. 25 • Storrs, Conn. • (9-3)

STORRS, Conn. — The Marquette volleyball won its third straight match,defeating Md.-Eastern Shore in three games, 30-24, 30-14, 30-16.

The Golden Eagles cruised to the win behind 13 kills from senior mid-dle blocker Erica Heisser. It was the second straight match she led theGolden Eagles in kills. She was named the Toyota Husky Classic tourna-ment MVP after having 29 kills over the two-matches in the tournament.

Senior Libero Erin Freer and freshman outside hitter Kimberely Toddwere also named all-tournament. It was the second-such award in asmany weeks for the Marquette duo. Freer had 14 digs for the match, whileTodd landed 11 kills.

Freshman middle blocker Jenn Brown added a season-high 10 killsin the win.

Marquette (9-3) had a season high attack percentage, hitting 30.4percent for the match. Marquette was at its best in game three when ithit 32.5 percent.

The Golden Eagles left little in doubt in the match. After a tightlycontested first game in which Marquette won by six points, the GoldenEagles gave Md.-Eastern Shore little chance to score in the final twogames, outscoring the Hawks 60-30. It was the second straight match inwhich Marquette had dominated its opponents in games two and three.Over the last two matches, Marquette has outscored its opponents 120-61.

Marquette is off to its best start since the 1997 season when it start-ed 10-1.).

UMES GP K-E-TA PCT A SA-SE RE DIG BS-BA BE BHE PTSMilin 3 6-9-35 -8.6 0 0-0 1 8 0-0 0 0 6.0A. Smith 3 6-6-31 0.0 0 0-0 1 6 0-1 0 0 6.5Grceva 3 4-1-14 21.4 2 0-0 0 5 0-0 0 0 4.0K. Smith 3 2-0-6 33.3 26 1-0 1 6 0-0 0 2 3.0Lewis 3 8-3-19 26.3 1 1-0 0 2 0-2 0 1 10.0Jerrery 3 5-1-11 36.4 0 0-1 0 2 1-0 0 0 6.0Ringgold 3 0-1-1 -100.0 0 0-0 1 6 0-0 0 0 0.0Braxton 1 0-0-0 0.0 0 0-0 0 1 0-0 0 0 0.0Johnson 3 0-0-0 0.0 0 0-0 1 6 0-0 0 0 0.0Dever 2 2-2-9 0.0 0 0-0 0 1 0-1 1 0 2.5Wilson 2 1-2-6 -16.7 0 0-0 0 1 0-0 0 0 1.0Totals 3 34-25-132 6.8 29 2-1 5 44 1-4 1 3 39.0

Marquette GP K-E-TA PCT A SA-SE RE DIG BS-BA BE BHE PTSNiemczewska 3 4-5-16 -6.2 1 0-0 0 4 0-1 0 0 4.5Brown 3 10-2-17 47.1 0 0-0 0 0 0-2 0 0 11.0Todd 3 11-1-17 58.8 0 0-0 0 4 1--1 0 0 12.5Vernon 3 2-1-8 12.5 35 1-0 0 13 1-4 0 1 6.0Heisser 3 13-1-28 42.9 1 1-1 0 0 1-4 0 0 17.0Coughlin 3 10-4-34 17.6 0 1-0 1 13 0-0 0 0 11.0Mueller 3 0-0-1 0.0 1 0-0 0 7 0-0 0 0 0.0Wallace 1 0-0-1 0.0 2 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0.0Freer 3 0-0-0 0.0 1 0-1 1 14 0-0 0 0 0.0Helmbrecht 1 2-0-2 100.0 0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 2.0Renfrow 2 2-1-5 20.0 5 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 2.0O’Brien 3 0-0-0 0.0 4 2-1 0 8 0-0 0 0 2.0Totals 3 54-15-129 30.2 50 5-3 2 63 3-12 0 1 68.0

Wis.-Milwaukee 26 24 21Marquette 30 30 30


MILWAUKEE – The Marquette (7-3) volleyball team swept crosstown rivalWis.-Milwaukee (4-6), 30-26, 30-24, 30-21 at the Al McGuire Center astwo Marquette seniors reached career milestones.

Junior Theresa Coughlin recorded her 1,000 kill and senior SarahVernon recorded her 1,000 assist. Coincidentally, Coughlin’s milestone killcame on Vernon’s milestone assist in the third game of the match.

The first game saw the Golden Eagles prevail 30-26, Vernon record-

ed 12 assists in that game while Coughlin added four kills. Wis.-Milwaukee stormed out of the gates, leading 5-1, but Marquette ralliedmidgame on a 6-1 run to take its first lead at 15-14.

Similarly, the Panthers took an early advantage in the second gamebut the Golden Eagles mounted a comeback halfway through the gameand won it 30-24. Consistency was the key in the second game asMarquette hit 28.9 percent for the frame.

“The kids are really starting to settle in,” head coach Pati Rolf said.“We’ve been gaining confidence with each match, even with the olderplayers.”

Marquette didn’t hold anything back in the third game and was incontrol throughout, winning the game 30-21. Kimberley Todd recorded12 kills in the match. Marquette continued to improve as the night wenton, hitting 32.6 percent in the game. For the match, Marquette hit 26.6percent.

“It definitely looked like Marquette wanted it more tonight,” saidWis.-Milwaukee head coach Kathy Litzau. “They were more aggressivethan us and played with lots of heart.”

Wis.-Milw. GP K-E-TA PCT A SA-SE RE DIG BS-BA BE BHE PTSFelsing 3 4-5-17 -5.9 2 0-0 0 10 0-0 0 1 4.0Moore 3 5-5-16 0.0 0 0-0 0 1 1-2 2 0 7.0Lange 3 2-1-7 14.3 33 0-0 0 4 0-1 0 3 2.5Fruit 3 9-6-34 8.8 1 0-2 0 8 0-1 0 0 9.5Hagermann 3 7-5-23 8.7 1 0-0 0 5 0-3 0 0 8.5Kuebbing 3 7-1-17 35.3 1 0-3 0 9 0-3 1 0 8.5Gabrielson 3 0-0-0 0.0 0 0-1 2 2 0-0 0 0 0.0David 3 5-0-7 71.4 0 0-1 2 1 0-0 0 0 5.0Olson 1 0-0-0 0.0 0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0.0McNab 2 1-0-5 20.0 0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 1.0Nelson 2 0-0-0 0.0 0 0--0 0 2 0-0 0 0 0.0Totals 3 40-23-126 13.5 38 0-7 4 42 1-10 3 4 46.0

Marquette GP K-E-TA PCT A SA-SE RE DIG BS-BA BE BHE PTSMueller 3 1-1-2 0.0 1 0-2 0 9 0-0 0 0 1.0Brown 3 3-4-9 -11.1 0 0-0 0 0 0-4 1 1 5.0Vernon 3 5-1-14 28.6 41 1-2 0 7 0-3 0 0 7.5O’Brien 3 0-1-1 -100.0 3 2-1 0 8 0-0 0 0 2.0Heisser 3 11-2-25 36.0 0 0-4 0 4 0-3 2 0 12.5Coughlin 3 15-8-33 21.2 1 0-1 0 7 1-2 2 0 17.0Niemczewska 3 5-0-14 35.7 2 0-0 0 1 0-1 0 0 5.5Freer 3 0-0-4 0.0 2 1-1 0 15 0-0 0 0 1.0Todd 3 12-2-22 45.5 0 0-0 0 2 0-2 0 0 13.0Totals 3 52-19-124 26.6 50 4-11 0 53 1-15 5 1 64.5

Sarah Vernon recorded assist no. 1,000 against UWM.

42 Match-by-Match

Cincinnati 30 31 30Marquette 14 29 28

Oct. 1 • Al McGuire Center • (9-4, 0-1 C-USA)

MILWAUKEE — Cincinnati got off to a hot start and defeated Marquette,3-0 (30-14, 31-29, 30-28). The match was the Conference USA openerfor both teams. Marquette, who was riding a three-match winning streak,falls to 9-4 and 0-1 in C-USA play. Cincinnati improves to 8-6 and 1-0.

The Bearcats rattled out to a 5-1 start and limited Marquette to ninekills in the first game as Cincinnati rolled to a 30-14 win. Cincinnati’soffense was solid in the first game, hitting 34.4 percent. Marquette hit -2.9 percent in the game.

“Their offense did a great job of attacking and keeping us off guard.Our hitting percentage reflects that,” head coach Pati Rolf said. “Ouryouth showed, tonight. They kept attacking and our young players hada hard time responding.”

Marquette played tough in game two. Cincinnati was up 28-25, butMarquette rallied to force the game to go beyond its normal limits.However, Cincinnati righted itself to claim the closest game in the con-test.

Game three was again tightly contested. However, Marquette ralliedfrom down 26-20 to close the game to a two point Cincinnati advantage,but the Bearcats responded to claim the match win.

“They pressed us hard tonight,” Rolf added. “They are a scrappyteam. That’s the beauty of playing good teams. We just have to bounceback tomorrow against a very good Louisville team.”

Junior outside hitter Theresa Coughlin led Marquette with 15 kills.Senior Libero Erin Freer had 13 digs. Julie DuPont led all players with 16kills for cincinnati. Noel Olsen had 32 assists.

Cincinnati GP K-E-TA PCT A SA-SE RE DIG BS-BA BE BHE PTSCuster 3 0-0-1 0.0 3 0-2 0 4 0-0 0 0 0.0Olson 3 2-4-11 -18.2 32 0-3 0 6 0-2 1 1 3.0Torblaa 3 10-3-24 29.2 0 0-0 0 6 0-5 0 0 12.5DuPont 3 16-4-39 30.8 3 3-3 1 9 1-1 0 0 20.5Pongonis 3 6-2-20 20.0 1 2-1 0 6 0-3 0 0 9.5Hellsten 3 7-3-20 20.0 3 2-3 0 6 0-6 0 0 12.0Newell 3 3--3-13 0.0 1 0-0 0 0 0-5 0 0 5.5Dossman 3 1-0-2 50.0 0 0-0 0 6 0-0 0 1 1.0Totals 3 45-19-130 20.0 43 7-12 1 43 1-22 1 2 64.0

Marquette GP K-E-TA PCT A SA-SE RE DIG BS-BA BE BHE PTSNiemczewska 3 5-6-21 -4.8 1 0-0 0 1 0-0 1 0 5.0Brown 3 3-5-13 -15.4 1 0-0 0 1 0-1 1 0 3.5Todd 3 3-9-23 -26.1 1 0-0 0 4 1-2 0 0 5.0Vernon 3 5-3-16 12.5 24 1-0 0 9 1-2 0 2 8.0Heisser 3 5-3-17 11.8 0 0-2 0 2 0-3 0 0 6.5Coughlin 3 15-5-33 30.3 3 0-1 3 7 0-0 0 0 15.0Mueller 3 0-1-3 -33.3 1 0-0 0 9 0-0 0 0 0.0Freer 3 0-0-0 0.0 1 0-1 1 13 0-0 0 0 0.0O’Brien 3 1-0-2 50.0 2 0-1 3 4 0-0 0 0 1.0Pfeiffer 1 0-0-0 0.0 0 0-0 0 1 0-0 0 0 0.0Totals 3 37-32-128 3.9 34 1-5 7 51 2--8 2 2 44.0

Marquette 30 30 30Wis.-Green Bay 27 27 24

Oct. 5 • Green Bay, Wis. • (10-5)

GREEN BAY, Wis. — Marquette wasted little time to defeat Wis.-GreenBay, 3-0 (30-27, 30-27, 30-24), at the Phoenix Sports Center in GreenBay, Wis. Junior outside hitter Theresa Coughlin led Marquette with 12kills. Senior setter Sarah Vernon had 44 assists of 52 Marquette kills.Senior Libero Erin Freer had 12 digs.

The Golden Eagles took control of the match early. Marquette (10-5)jumped to a 14-9 lead in the first game. Coughlin had three kills in thatrun. Freshman outside hitter Kimberley Todd had a pair of kills in the rallyas well. UWGB rallied to close the game ton 20-19, but Marquette ranoff a 10-7 game ending run. Marquette hit a robust 22.0 percent in thefirst game. Wis.-Green Bay (4-11) hit a spectacular 32.5 percent, but fourservice aces by Marquette and four service errors by UWGB cost thePhoenix the game.

Marquette won game two by the same margin as game one. TheGolden Eagles made a late 4-1 run to close out the game. Marquette heldthe largest lead in the frame by either team at 14-11. Marquette wasagain out hit by the Phoenix. UWGB hit 26.8 percent to Marquette’s 25.6percent, but four service errors again cost UWGB.

Marquette turned a 15-15 tie to a quick 20-16 advantage in gamethree, en route to its six point win in the game. Marquette’s defense

turned in 23 digs in the game and finally held the Phoenix to a lowerattack percentage. Marquette owned that stat in game three, 13.2 per-cent to 8.3 percent. Coughlin had six of her 12 kills in the third game.

Senior middle blocker Erica Heisser led the Marquette defense withfour blocks. UWGB’s Jackie Rosen had 12 kills to lead the Phoenix.Marquette had seven aces in the match, with Vernon, Freer and Heissereach having two.

The Golden Eagles improve to 3-0 on the road. Eight of Marquette’s10 wins have come in three games.

Marquette GP K-E-TA PCT A SA-SE RE DIG BS-BA BE BHE PTSMueller 3 4-2-11 18.2 3 0-1 0 7 0-1 1 0 4.5Brown 3 6-4-18 11.1 0 0-0 0 2 0-0 1 0 6.0Vernon 3 5-1-11 36.4 44 2-0 0 4 0-0 1 0 7.0O’Brien 3 2-2-7 0.0 0 1-1 1 11 0-0 0 0 3.0Heisser 3 11-3-28 28.6 0 2-0 0 1 0-4 0 0 15.0Coughlin 3 12-7-30 16.7 1 0-1 0 9 0-1 1 0 12.5Wallace 3 1-2-4 -25.0 1 0-0 0 0 0-1 1 0 1.5Freer 3 2-0-4 50.0 2 2-0 0 12 0-0 0 0 4.0Helmbrecht 1 1-0-2 50.0 0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 1.0Todd 3 8-5-18 16.7 0 0-0 0 1 1-1 1 0 9.5Totals 3 52-26-133 19.5 51 7-3 1 47 1-8 6 0 64.0

UWGB GP K-E-TA PCT A SA-SE RE DIG BS-BA BE BHE PTSDolgner 3 6-2-15 26.7 0 0-0 1 1 0-0 0 0 6.0Rosen 3 12-6-39 15.4 2 0-1 4 6 0-2 0 0 13.0Kuhn 3 3-1-9 22.2 43 1-2 0 8 0-1 0 1 4.5Steinbauer 3 10-6-21 19.0 1 0-0 0 2 0-1 0 0 10.5Hubbard 1 3-0-4 75.0 0 0-0 0 1 0-1 0 0 3.5Smits 3 8-3-20 25.0 0 0-1 0 0 0-1 0 0 8.5Slinger 3 0-0-1 0.0 0 0-2 0 3 0-0 0 0 0.0Lange 3 1-1-7 0.0 0 0-1 1 17 0-0 0 0 1.0Rauen 3 1-0-2 50.0 1 0-2 1 8 0-0 0 0 1.0Lee 2 4-1-11 27.3 0 0-0 0 0 0-2 1 0 5.0Totals 3 48-20-129 21.7 47 1-9 7 46 0-8 1 1 53.0

DePaul 19 22 25Marquette 30 30 30


MILWAUKEE — Sophomore Jamie Mueller played outside hitter for thefirst time this season and led Marquette (10-5, 1-2 C-USA) to a 3-0 (30-19, 30-22, 30-25) win over DePaul (7-12, 0-3 C-USA). Mueller had 10kills for the night to lead a brigade of Marquette players with 10 or morekills.

“This is close to the best we’ve played all season,” head coach PatiRolf said. “It showed in our numbers. We were accurate and very capa-ble tonight. Jamie (Mueller) stepped up tonight to her new job and didwell.”

The Golden Eagles 30.1 hitting percentage, one tenth of a percentoff its season high. Senior setter Sarah Vernon led the cause with a 52.9percent attack night in addition to her 40 assists and 11 kills. Muelleralso had a double-double with 19 digs. Senior middle blocker EricaHeisser and junior outside hitter Theresa Coughlin had 15 kills to roundout the offensive numbers. Heisser hit 44.4 percent and Mueller hit 34.8percent.

“Sarah had an amazing game tonight,” Rolf said. “She’s getting theoffense to balance and it’s showing. Plus our defense and passing wereoutstanding.”

Marquette cruised in game one to a 30-19 win. The Golden Eagleshad on of its best hitting games of the season, hitting 43.2 percent.Heisser set the pace with a 70.0 hitting percentage on eight kills in 10attempts with one error. Of Marquette’s 30 points, 22 came on kills.

Game two was similar to game one in that the Golden Eagles domi-nated with offense. Marquette was again accurate, hitting 35.3 percent.Mueller paced the attack in the second frame, hitting 60.0 percent onseven kills in 10 attempts, with just one error.

Marquette put DePaul away in the third game, 30-25. Marquette hadits lowest hitting percentage of the night, 13.3 percent, but held theBlue Demons to a 4.9 percentage for the game. The Golden Eagles had17 digs in the frame, led by Mueller’s seven.

Amy Holmes led DePaul with 12 kills.

DePaul GP K-E-TA PCT A SA-SE RE DIG BS-BA BE BHE PTSIngersoll 3 6-1-21 23.8 0 0-0 0 0 0-2 0 1 7.0Holmes 3 12-3-27 33.3 5 0-0 0 8 0-2 0 1 13.0Moorberg 3 7-8-33 -3.0 2 1-1 3 6 0-2 0 0 9.0Zavitz 1 0-1-2 -50.0 0 0-1 0 1 0-0 0 0 0.0Goreham 3 9-4-27 18.5 0 0-0 1 4 0-3 1 0 10.5Gibson 3 1-0-6 16.7 0 0-0 0 1 0-4 0 0 3.0Hayes 3 0-0-1 0.0 0 0-0 1 15 0-0 0 0 0.0Pardo 1 0-0-0 0.0 0 0-0 1 0 0-0 0 0 0.0West 3 0-0-6 0.0 25 0-1 0 9 0-1 0 0 0.5Totals 3 35-17-123 14.6 32 1-3 6 44 0-14 1 2 43.0

Marquette GP K-E-TA PCT A SA-SE RE DIG BS-BA BE BHE PTSMueller 3 10-2-23 34.8 3 1--0 1 19 0-1 1 0 11.5Brown 3 3-2-14 7.1 0 0--0 0 2 0-2 0 0 4.0Vernon 3 11-2-17 52.9 40 2-1 0 8 0-0 1 1 13.0O’Brien 3 0-0-2 0.0 2 2-3 0 10 0-0 0 0 2.0Heisser 3 15-3-27 44.4 0 1-2 0 1 0-2 1 0 17.0Coughlin 3 15-7-31 25.8 5 0-1 0 6 1-3 0 0 17.5Freer 3 1-0-1 100.0 2 0-0 0 11 0-0 0 0 1.0Todd 3 7-6-18 5.6 2 0-0 0 4 1-0 0 0 8.0Totals 3 62-22-133 30.1 54 6-7 1 61 2-8 3 1 74.0

21) Louisville 30 30 30Marquette 24 22 26


MILWAUKEE — Despite 12 kills from junior outside hitter TheresaCoughlin and 11 from senior middle blocker Erica Heisser, Marquette lostto no. 21 Louisville, 3-0 (30-24, 30-22, 30-26). Louisville improves to11-2 and 2-0 in C-USA action. Marquette falls to 9-5 and 0-2 inConference USA play.

Louisville’s Svetlana Dukule had 19 kills to lead all players and theCardinals’ Candace Coga had 15 digs to lead all players. Senior Libero ErinFreer had 12 digs for the Golden Eagles.

Marquette held an early advantage in game one, jumping out to a12-10 lead, thanks to six game one kills by Coughlin, three of whichcame in that early span, however, Louisville’s accuracy proved to cause

Marquette problems. The Cardinals rallied on a 10-1 run to take a sevenpoint lead and hold off Marquette. Louisville hit 47.1 percent in the firstgame, committing just four errors.

Contrary to game one, it was Louisville that jumped to the earlygame two lead, 11-5. Marquette clawed back to cut the match to one onanother Coughlin kill, but Louisville pulled yet another run, this onebeing 8-1, to take a commanding lead and pull out the second game.

Game three was close until the final points. Marquette and Louisvillewere tied at 19 before Louisville jumped to a 23-19 lead and eventuallyextended its lead to four on the match’s final play. Louisville hit 33.3percent for the match and held Marquette to a 13.8 percent efficiency.Louisville controlled play at the net, blocking 11 Marquette attacks.

“We improved our hitting from last night. Jenn Brown hit well as didErica Heisser,” head coach Pati Rolf said. “Louisville is tough. But this isthe type of competition that makes us better. By game three we werematching up well. We just need to start earlier. This is the type of envi-ronment we want to have with the fans and the type of volleyball thatis played.”

Marquette set a school record for attendance with 733.

Louisville GP K-E-TA PCT A SA-SE RE DIG BS-BA BE BHE PTSUstymenko 3 8-2-24 25.0 0 0-4 1 2 1-2 0 0 10.0Sun 3 9-1-20 40.0 6 2-2 0 9 1-3 0 1 13.5Hoffman 3 6-1-13 38.5 0 0-0 0 1 0-3 0 0 7.5Dukule 3 19-5-37 37.8 0 1-2 1 1 2-2 0 0 23.0Yartseva 3 9-0-15 60.0 1 0-0 0 8 0-3 0 0 10.5Craven 3 0-2-2 -100.0 28 2-1 0 8 0-0 0 1 2.0Cogan 3 0-0-0 0.0 2 0-1 1 15 0-0 0 0 0.0Marsh 2 1-2-5 -20.0 0 0-0 0 3 0-0 0 0 1.0Pilinkova 3 3-1-7 28.6 14 0-0 0 2 0-1 2 0 3.5Totals 3 55-14-123 33.3 51 5-10 3 49 4-14 2 2 71.0

Marquette GP K-E-TA PCT A SA-SE RE DIG BS-BA BE BHE PTSMueller 3 0-1-2 -50.0 1 0-1 0 9 0-0 0 0 0.0Niemczewska 3 3-9-19 -31.6 4 1-1 0 9 0-0 0 0 4.0Brown 3 5-0-15 33.3 0 0-0 1 0 0-1 1 0 5.5Vernon 3 8-1-19 36.8 32 0-1 0 9 0-2 0 1 9.0Heisser 3 11-3-27 29.6 0 2-1 0 0 1-1 0 0 14.5Coughlin 3 12-7-33 15.2 1 0-0 0 3 0-0 0 0 12.0Wallace 1 0-0-0 0.0 0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0.0Freer 3 0-0-0 0.0 1 0-0 2 12 0-0 0 0 0.0Todd 3 3-4-14 -7.1 0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 3.0O’Brien 3 1-0-1 100.0 2 0-0 2 4 0-0 0 0 1.0Totals 3 43-25-130 13.8 41 3-4 5 46 1-4 1 1 49.0

2004 Review

A school record 733 fans watched the Marquette/Louisville match on October 2.

43Match-by-Match

Marquette 27 30 30 33USF 30 23 27 31

Oct. 15 • Tampa, Fla. • (12-5, 2-2 C-USA)

TAMPA, Fla. — Freshman outside hitter Kimberley Todd set a collegiatebest with 24 kills as Marquette (12-5, 2-2 C-USA) defeated USF, 3-0 (27-30, 30-23, 30-27, 33-31), in Tampa, Fla.

Todd’s 24 kills bettered her previous collegiate best by 10 kills. Shealso had a match-high attack percentage of 51.4. Her lofty percentagecame on 35 attempts, with just six errors.

“Kim Todd was a god tonight,” head coach Pati Rolf said. “It was hercoming out party. She had a heck of a game.”

She started the offensive onslaught with six of her 24 kills in thefirst game. Marquette struggled with accuracy in the frame, however, hit-ting -5.3 percent as it committed 13 errors with just 11 kills. Six blocksin the first game, four each by freshman middle blocker Jenn Brown andTodd kept the Golden Eagles close, losing the frame by three points.

Marquette rebounded in game two, taking a seven point advantage.Eight kills with one error by Todd in the game led Marquette to a 38.3attack percentage. While Marquette’s block numbers were down, its dignumbers increased helping to preserve the win. Marquette dug 23 USFattacks, a game high seven coming from junior outside hitter TheresaCoughlin.

After jumping out to a 17-12 lead in game three, Marquette cruisedto a three-point win. Todd posted a team best five kills, joined byCoughlin who also had five. Marquette hit a robust 30.0 percent for thegame.

Both teams played hard in the fourth game as it went to extrapoints, with Marquette winning the decisive frame. Todd and Coughlinagain each had five kills in the game. Flavia Silveria had 11 of her teamhigh 19 kills for USF (3-12, 1-4 C-USA) to keep the Bulls chances alive.The largest lead either team had in the game was three, when Marquetteheld a 15-12 advantage.

Coughlin added 17 kills for the match as the Golden Eagles out-killedUSF 72-67. Senior setter Sarah Vernon, C-USA’s reigning Setter-of-the-Week, had 56 assists with 10 digs. Coughlin added 16 digs. Three play-ers, Brown, Todd and senior middle blocker Erica Heisser, contributed fiveblocks as Marquette held an 11-6 advantage in blocks. The match lasted2 hours and five minutes.

“This was a long match for four games,” Rolf added. “But we playeda very good all-around game. We didn’t have many areas where we strug-gled.”

Marquette GP K-E-TA PCT A SA-SE RE DIG BS-BA BE BHE PTSMueller 4 10-9-32 3.1 2 0-0 2 13 1-3 0 0 12.5Brown 4 3-4-12 -8.3 0 0-0 0 0 0-5 2 0 5.5Todd 4 24-6-35 51.4 1 0-0 0 0 0-5 0 0 26.5Vernon 4 7-2-17 29.4 56 0-0 0 10 0-0 1 1 7.0Heisser 4 10-4-33 18.2 1 1-1 0 0 0-5 1 1 13.5Coughlin 4 17-5-43 27.9 1 0-4 1 16 0-2 0 0 18.0Freer 4 0-1-2 -50.0 1 0-2 0 15 0-0 0 0 0.0O’Brien 4 1-0-3 33.3 6 1-0 0 12 0-0 0 0 2.0Team 1Totals 4 72-31-177 23.2 68 2-7 4 66 1-20 4 2 85.0

USF GP K-E-TA PCT A SA-SE RE DIG BS-BA BE BHE PTSReichert 4 7-1-16 37.5 0 0-0 0 0 0-1 0 1 7.5Williams 4 13-5-35 22.9 2 1-5 0 16 0-2 1 1 15.0Fabris 4 14-7-41 17.1 0 0-4 0 6 0-5 3 0 16.5Stalbaum 4 9-7-36 5.6 4 1-1 1 8 0-2 0 0 11.0Nogueira 4 5-1-8 50.0 52 0-1 0 7 0-1 0 1 5.5Silveira 4 19-6-37 35.1 0 2-3 1 12 0-1 0 0 21.5Reavis 4 0-0-0 0.0 1 0-1 0 8 0-0 0 0 0.0Thorne 2 0-0-0 0.0 0 0-1 0 3 0-0 0 0 0.0Totals 4 67-27-173 23.1 59 4-16 2 60 0-12 4 3 77.0

TCU 24 20 22Marquette 30 30 30


MILWAUKEE — Marquette shut down TCU’s potent offensive attack andclaimed a 3-0 (30-24, 30-20, 30-22) win. The Golden Eagles defenseproved to be the difference as Marquette dug 58 TCU attacks, led by amatch high 18 from senior Libero Erin Freer.

“Erin Freer showed what she’s made of tonight, running thedefense,” head coach Pati Rolf said. “There was great communication inthe back line and that’s the kind of defense we’re going to need.

Marquette survived three ties in game one to take a six-point victo-ry in the first game. The Golden Eagles were led by four separate playerswith four kills. Marquette closed out the first game strong, sophomoreoutside hitter Jamie Mueller had two of her four kills in the final 9-4 runto close out the game.

Using a big lead, Marquette took a 10-point win in the second.Marquette’s floor defense was key to the win. Caitie O’Brien had four ofMarquette’s 17 digs in the game as the Golden Eagles held TCU to a -4.2attack percentage. Marquette’s net defense was also strong in game two,recording seven blocks, four by junior outside hitter Theresa Coughlin.

The Golden Eagles cruised to an eight point win in game three.Marquette finished the night with 13 blocks and a balanced offensiveeffort. MU’s leading attacker was senior middle blocker Erica Heisser withnine kills.

“We showed we’re a strong blocking team this weekend,” Rolf added.

TCU GP K-E-TA PCT A SA-SE RE DIG BS-BA BE BHE PTSLudeke 2 0-2-5 -40.0 28 0-2 0 6 0-0 0 0 0.0Szabo 3 14-4-34 29.4 1 1-1 0 9 0-0 0 0 15.0Allen 3 8-7-23 4.3 0 0-1 3 5 0-2 0 09.0Rehme 3 8-10-40 -5.0 0 1-1 0 5 1-3 0 0 11.5Estep 2 1-0-3 33.3 0 0-0 0 0 0-2 0 0 2.0Vaughn 3 11-3-27 29.6 0 0-1 0 0 1-1 0 0 12.5Whitfield 3 0-1-3 -33.3 0 1-3 0 21 0-0 0 0 1.0Gore 1 0-0-0 0.0 1 0-0 0 1 0-0 0 0 0.0Barry 2 2-0-2 100.0 12 0-1 0 3 0-0 0 0 2.0Harmon 2 0-1-3 -33.3 0 0-1 0 0 0-0 0 0 0.0Nemeth 1 0-0-1 0.0 0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0.0Smith 2 0-2-5 -40.0 0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0.0Totals 3 44-30-146 9.6 42 3-11 3 50 2-8 0 0 53.0

Marquette GP K-E-TA PCT A SA-SE RE DIG BS-BA BE BHE PTSMueller 3 8-0-21 38.1 2 0-1 1 13 1-1 1 0 9.5Brown 3 8--0-15 53.3 0 0-0 0 0 0-3 0 1 9.5Todd 3 7-6-21 4.8 1 0--0 0 1 0--4 0 0 9.0Vernon 3 8-0--15 53.3 29 0-0 0 8 0--3 0 0 9.5Heisser 3 9--2-22 31.8 1 0-1 0 3 0-7 0 0 12.5Coughlin 3 6-3-29 10.3 5 0-2 0 7 2--2 1 0 9.0Freer 3 0-0-0 0.0 3 3-1 1 18 0-0 0 0 3.0O’Brien 3 0-1-4 -25.0 0 0-1 1 8 0-0 0 0 0.0Totals 3 46-12-127 26.8 41 3-6 3 58 3-20 2 1 62.0

man middle blocker Jenn Brown set the school record for assisted blocksin a match with 12. She had 14 total blocks for the night.

“Jenn Brown is exciting to see. She’s come a long way in her playand it’s nice to see her progress the way she has,” head coach Pati Rolfsaid. “Erin Freer is a tremendous person and we’ve used her to elevateour defense, which in turn elevates our offense.”

Marquette (14-5, 4-2 C-USA) dropped game one, 30-25. Houston hit42.4 percent against Conference USA’s leading defensive attack percent-age team. Kelly McAnelly had six kills and Jennifer Hohl had 12 assiststo pace the Cougars. Houston used a 10-6 run to close out the game.

Freer’s milestone dig helped Marquette to a quick 30-17 win in thesecond game. Marquette held Houston (4-15, 3-4 C-USA) to a 0.0 attackpercentage. Junior outside hitter Theresa Coughlin had eight kills andMarquette blocked seven UH attacks, five by Brown. Marquette’s big leadwas paced by a huge run to start the game. The Golden Eagles openedup winning the first five points and took a 15-3 lead before claiming thegame victory.

Marquette’s defense was again key in the third game, holdingHouston to a 4.9 attack percentage total. A big lead early in game three,21-8, was chipped at by Houston, but the Golden Eagles held on for thewin.

In the fourth game, Marquette’s defense was at the top of its game,holding Houston to a -7.7 attack percentage. Coughlin’s three kills pacedher 15 kill night for Marquette.

Sophomore outside hitter Jamie Mueller had a double-double forMarquette, blasting 10 kills with 15 digs. McAnelly finished with 16 killsfor Houston to lead all attackers. Marquette finished the match with aseason best 21 blocks and had seven service aces.

“Our blocking was the best it has been all year. That was the differ-ence tonight,” Rolf said. “Ultimately, we took control of the net with ourserving and blocking.”

MILWAUKEE — Senior Libero Erin Freer broke the school career record fordigs as Marquette defeated Houston, 3-1 (25-30, 30-17, 30-26, 30-24).Freer tied and broke the record with her seventh and eighth digs early ingame two. Freer passed Keelyn Krill who previously owned the recordwith 1,234. Freer now has 1,246 digs for her career. Additionally, fresh-

Marquette 30 30 30UAB 12 18 19

Oct. 16 • Birmingham, Ala. • (13-5, 3-2 C-USA)

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Marquette allowed just 49 points as the GoldenEagles (13-5, 3-2 C-USA) defeated UAB, 3-0 (30-12, 30-18, 30-19).Marquette has won its last four matches and is on its longest winningstreak of the season.

Marquette was led by sophomore outside hitter Jamie Mueller, whohad 14 kills and 30 total attacks. Additionally, Mueller hit 36.7 percent,leading Marquette in that category. Senior setter Sarah Vernon had 37assists for the Golden Eagles.

“This was possibly the best match we’ve played in my three years atMarquette,” head coach Pati Rolf said. “Everyone played well, and it wasa very balanced effort tonight.”

In game one, Marquette hit 35.5 percent, as it recorded 15 kills and31 total attacks for the 30-12 victory. Senior middle blocker Erica Heisserand Mueller each had four kills, with Heisser recording four blocks in thegame, which was never in doubt for Marquette.

The Golden Eagles took game two, 30-18, blasting 21 kills for thegame. Mueller again led the Golden Eagles with six kills and 11 totalattacks in the game.

The Blazers had their best hitting game in game three, but neverreally challenged Marquette, 30-19. UAB recorded 11 kills, butMarquette’s accuracy proved too much for UAB, as it hit 34.0 percent.Junior outside hitter Theresa Coughlin had five kills Marquette.

Mueller’s 14 kills led a balanced Marquette attack. Freshman outsidehitter Kimberley Todd had 10 kills after registering a career-best 24 inMarquette’s previous match. Every Marquette attacker hit above 20.0 per-cent. Everyone saw action as well as the fate of each game was never indoubt.

Isabel Oquendo’s 13 kills was the best total for UAB (1-17, 0-6 C-USA).

Marquette GP K-E-TA PCT A SA-SE RE DIG BS-BA BE BHE PTSMueller 3 14-3-30 36.7 4 0-0 0 6 0-2 0 0 15.0Brown 3 8-2-15 40.0 0 0-0 0 0 0-3 0 0 9.5Todd 3 11-5-29 20.7 1 0-0 0 3 0-2 0 0 12.0Vernon 3 6-0-8 75.0 37 0-0 0 7 0-0 0 0 6.0Heisser 3 10-2-20 40.0 0 0-0 0 1 0-4 0 0 12.0Coughlin 3 8-0-15 53.3 3 0-1 1 9 0-4 0 0 10.0Wallace 1 0-0-0 0.0 0 0-0 0 1 0-0 0 0 0.0Freer 3 0-0-0 0.0 0 2-2 0 14 0-0 0 0 2.0Helmbrecht 2 0-1-1 -100.0 0 0-1 0 0 0-1 0 0 0.5Renfrow 2 0-1-1 -100.0 7 1-0 0 3 0-0 0 0 1.0O’Brien 3 0-0-1 0.0 3 0-0 0 11 0-0 0 0 0.0Pfeiffer 2 0-0-0 0.0 0 0-1 0 1 0-0 0 0 0.0Totals 3 57-14-120 35.8 55 3-5 1 56 0-16 0 0 68.0

UAB GP K-E-TA PCT A SA-SE RE DIG BS-BA BE BHE PTSBowland 3 4-3-15 6.7 1 1-0 0 8 0-0 0 0 5.0Oquendo 3 13-1-26 46.2 0 0-0 0 3 0-0 0 0 13.0Link 3 1-1-6 0.0 26 0-3 0 5 0-0 0 1 1.0Ociesa 3 2-9-27 -25.9 0 0-0 0 0 0-0 1 0 2.0Cooper 3 3-5-17 -11.8 0 0-0 0 1 0-1 0 0 3.5Lindley 2 3-2-9 11.1 0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 3.0Szeszycki 1 0-0-0 0.0 0 0-0 0 1 0-0 0 0 0.0Galvin 3 0-0-1 0.0 0 0-0 2 15 0-0 0 0 0.0Walker 3 0-0-0 0.0 0 0-1 1 4 0-0 0 0 0.0Filar 3 3-3-15 0.0 0 0-0 0 1 0-1 1 1 3.5Totals 3 29-24-116 4.3 27 1-4 3 38 0--2 2 2 31.0

Houston 30 17 26 21Marquette 25 30 30 30


Houston GP K-E-TA PCT A SA-SE RE DIG BS-BA BE BHE PTSHohl 4 2-2-8 0.0 44 2-2 0 14 0-2 1 0 5.0Sartori 4 15-7-31 25.8 3 0-2 0 3 1-2 1 0 17.0McAnelly 4 16-11-54 9.3 0 0-1 1 8 1-2 0 0 18.0Dews 4 12-8-33 12.1 0 0-0 0 1 0-5 0 0 14.5Ritter 4 9-10-36 -2.8 1 0-2 4 6 1-2 1 0 11.0Clark 4 0-4-7 -57.1 0 0-1 0 1 0-0 0 0 0.0Gonzalez 4 0-0-0 0.0 0 0-1 1 28 0-0 0 1 0.0Vasconcellos 4 1-1-4 0.0 0 1-1 1 6 0-1 1 0 2.5Totals 4 55-43-173 6.9 48 3-10 7 67 3-14 4 1 68.0

Marquette GP K-E-TA PCT A SA-SE RE DIG BS-BA BE BHE PTSMueller 4 10-7-26 11.5 1 2-1 2 15 0-3 0 0 13.5Brown 4 5-3-19 10.5 0 0-0 0 1 2-12 1 0 13.0Todd 4 10-8-31 6.5 4 0-0 0 2 1-6 0 0 14.0Vernon 4 1-1-10 0.0 39 2-1 0 7 1-4 0 0 6.0Heisser 4 11-5-29 20.7 0 1-1 0 2 0-4 1 0 14.0Coughlin 4 15-3-36 33.3 0 0-1 0 7 1-3 0 0 17.5Freer 4 0-0-1 0.0 1 1-1 1 16 0-0 0 0 1.0Helmbrecht 1 1-1-2 0.0 0 0-0 0 0 0-0 1 0 1.0Renfrow 1 0-0-1 0.0 3 0-0 0 0 0-0 1 0 0.0O’Brien 4 1-2-4 -25.0 1 1-0 0 9 0-0 0 1 2.0Totals 4 54-30-159 15.1 49 7-5 3 59 5-32 4 1 82.0

Kim Todd smashed 24 kills against USF.

44 Match-by-Match

2004 ReviewMarquette 30 21 17 32 13Memphis 20 30 30 30 15

Oct. 29 • Memphis, Tenn. • (15-6, 5-3 C-USA)

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Marquette volleyball team’s six-match win streakcame to an end with a narrow loss, 3-2, at Memphis. Marquette (15-6,5-3 C-USA) played its first five-game match of the season, falling in thefifth game by two points. Memphis (22-7, 6-2 C-USA) defeated Marquetteby game scores of 20-30, 30-21, 30-17, 30-32, and 15-13.

Marquette was led by senior middle blocker Erica Heisser, who had14 kills and nine blocks. Senior setter Sarah Vernon had 13 kills to goalong with her 45 assists. Vernon hit 40.0 percent for the match.Memphis’ Tiara Gilkey led all attackers with 21 kills for the match.

Marquette took control of the match early, taking the first game by10 points. The Golden Eagles were strong offensively, hitting 29.4 per-cent, holding the Tigers to a 8.8 attack percentage.

The Tigers rallied in the next two games, winning the second andthird games by a combined 22 points. Memphis’ nine point win in thesecond game was paced by 17 kills and a 37.1 attack percentage. TheTigers held Marquette to nine kills in the third game to take the 13-pointwin.

Marquette forced the match to a fifth game, holding off the Tigerswho pushed the game to the limit, 32-30. Despite 19 kills by theMemphis’ attack, Marquette was more accurate, owning a 23.1 attackpercentage on its 16 kills.

Memphis used its precise attacking to claim the fifth game by theneeded two points. Hitting 30.4 percent in the final game, the Tigers hadenough offense to hold off Marquette’s late-match run.

Marquette GP K-E-TA PCT A SA-SE RE DIG BS-BA BE BHE PTSMueller 5 8-6-28 7.1 1 0-0 2 13 1-3 0 0 10.5Brown 5 5-6-15 -6.7 0 0-0 0 1 0-4 1 0 7.0Todd 5 10-8-29 6.9 0 0-0 0 2 0-1 0 0 10.5Vernon 5 13-3-25 40.0 45 4-1 0 5 0-6 0 0 20.0Heisser 5 14-4-37 27.0 1 0-0 0 0 0-9 1 0 18.5Coughlin 5 8-7-28 3.6 2 0-1 0 7 0-3 1 0 9.5Niemczewska 1 1-1-3 0.0 0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 1.0Freer 5 0-0-0 0.0 2 0-2 3 9 0-0 0 0 0.0Renfrow 2 0-1-2 -50.0 0 2-1 0 3 0-0 0 0 2.0O’Brien 5 0-2-3 -66.7 6 0-1 1 15 0-0 0 0 0.0Pfeiffer 1 0-0-0 0.0 0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0.0Totals 5 59-38-170 12.4 57 6-6 6 55 1-26 3 0 79.0

Memphis GP K-E-TA PCT A SA-SE RE DIG BS-BA BE BHE PTSLiford 2 5-3-13 15.4 0 0-0 0 0 0-2 0 0 6.0Gilkey 5 21-9-42 28.6 0 0-1 0 4 0-4 1 0 23.0Burton 2 3-0-3 100.0 0 0-0 1 0 0-1 0 0 3.5Nellans 5 17-6-42 26.2 1 2-2 3 15 0-1 0 0 19.5Nance 5 10-4-25 24.0 1 0-3 0 2 0-1 0 0 10.5Watts 5 1-3-6 -33.3 66 0-0 0 9 0-1 0 0 1.5Steckel 5 0-0-0 0.0 0 0-2 2 15 0-0 0 0 0.0Tuivai 4 7-4-19 15.8 0 1-0 0 2 2-8 0 0 14.0Clayton 5 0-0-0 0.0 0 3-2 0 12 0-0 0 0 3.0Hardee 5 8-4-17 23.5 0 0-0 0 1 1-3 1 0 10.5Totals 5 72-33-167 23.4 68 6-10 6 60 3-21 2 0 91.5

Tulane 27 21 24Marquette 30 30 30

Nov. 5 • Al McGuire Center • (18-6, 8-3 C-USA)

MILWAUKEE — Junior outside hitter Theresa Coughlin had 16 kills andsenior Libero Erin Freer had 20 digs as Marquette defeated Tulane, 3-0(30-27, 30-21, 30-24). For the match, Marquette had 73 digs on a nightin which each dig generated donations to the Milwaukee Chapter of theSusan G. Komen Breast Cancer Awareness Foundation. As a result,Marquette raised over $4,500 in donations.

“They were digging everything out there tonight,” head coach PatiRolf said. “Erin Freer was really dedicated to this and wanted to do asmuch as she could for the cause.”

In addition to the outstanding floor defense, Marquette (17-6, 7-3C-USA) had a solid offensive night, out-killing Tulane 60-36. In additionto Coughlin’s 16 kills, freshman outside hitter Kimberley Todd had 12 andsophomore outside hitter Jamie Mueller had 11 kills. Anastasia Kenon ledTulane (13-8, 4-6 C-USA) with nine kills.

“The biggest games came from our two outside hitters — Coughlinand Mueller,” Rolf said. “We tried some different things with our offensethat we normally don’t do so we could diversify our offense.”

Consistency was the key for Marquette in the first game, comingaway with a 30-27 win. Despite Tulane having a higher attack percent-age (20.5 to 18.2), the Golden Eagles had more swings and owned a 21-14 kill advantage. Coughlin recorded seven kills in the game. Freer andMueller added seven digs as Marquette was able to play 24 of Tulane’s 44attacks.

After being down early in the second game, Marquette rallied andeventually dominated the stanza, 30-21. The Golden Eagles withstoodtwo runs of five by Tulane with a four-point and five-point run later inthe game. Marquette won seven of the last 10 points to claim the game.Marquette was led by Todd, who had six of Marquette’s 19 kills. Led bysix digs from Freer, Marquette had 21 digs and held the Green Wave to a2.2 attack percentage.

Marquette raced out to a quick lead in the third game and didn’t lookback. The Golden Eagles owned a 14-3 lead and won the game by sixpoints. Coughlin had seven kills and Freer added seven more digs in theMarquette effort.

Tulane GP K-E-TA PCT A SA-SE RE DIG BS-BA BE BHE PTSFowler 3 8-3-21 23.8 0 0-1 0 6 0-4 1 0 10.0Esser 3 1-1-6 0.0 25 0-0 0 9 0-2 1 0 2.0Weiland 3 6-5-26 3.8 1 0-2 0 6 0-3 1 0 7.5Houston 3 4-3-13 7.7 1 0-0 0 1 0-1 0 0 4.5Norman 3 7-3-26 15.4 1 1-0 1 6 0-1 0 0 8.5Kenon 3 9-6-43 7.0 0 0-1 1 4 0-1 0 0 9.5Dickson 3 1-0-3 33.3 1 1--1 1 12 0-0 0 0 2.0Moon 1 0-1-4 -25.0 1 0-0 0 1 0-0 0 0 0.0Totals 3 36-22-142 9.9 30 2-5 3 45 0-12 3 0 44.0

Marquete GP K-E-TA PCT A SA-SE RE DIG BS-BA BE BHE PTSMueller 3 11-4-30 23.3 2 0-0 2 16 1-0 0 0 12.0Brown 3 4-4-14 0.0 0 0-0 0 2 0-6 0 0 7.0Renfrow 3 0-0-0 0.0 4 1-1 0 12 0-0 0 0 1.0Vernon 3 8-3-15 33.3 44 1-0 0 11 0--1 0 1 9.5Heisser 3 8-6-24 8.3 1 0-1 0 2 1-1 0 0 9.5Coughlin 3 16-8-35 22.9 0 0-0 0 3 0-3 0 0 17.5Freer 3 0-0-0 0.0 1 1-0 0 20 0-0 0 0 1.0Helmbrecht 1 0-0-1 0.0 0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0.0Todd 3 12-6-27 22.2 2 0-0 0 2 1-3 0 0 14.5O’Brien 3 1-0-3 33.3 1 0-0 0 5 0-0 0 0 1.0Totals 3 60-31-149 19.5 55 3-2 2 73 3--14 0 1 73.0

Southern Miss 18 26 16Marquette 30 30 30

Nov. 6 • Al McGuire Center • (18-6, 8-3 C-USA)

MILWAUKEE — Marquette defeated Southern Miss, 3-0, in the final homevolleyball contest of the season. Junior outside hitter Theresa Coughlinled Marquette with 14 kills. Senior setter Sarah Vernon had 46 assists inthe Marquette win. Senior Libero Erin Freer had 17 digs for Marquette.

The win was Marquette’s 18th of the season as it improved to 18-6overall and 8-3 in C-USA play. The 18 wins are the most since the 2001season. Marquette went 10-4 in its first year in the Al McGuire Center.

After spotting Southern Miss a 5-1 lead in game one, Marquette won29 of the final 44 points to win going away, 30-18. Coughlin had sevenkills and Vernon assisted 19 of Marquette’s 23 attacks. The Golden Eagleshit 27.5 percent for the frame and never trailed in the game after takinga 9-8 lead.

The second game was much closer than the first, with Marquette tak-ing a four-point win. The Golden Eagles benefitted from five service aces,three by Vernon, to take the 2-0 lead. Southern Miss kept the game closewith five blocks, three by Nicole Rock, but couldn’t get any closer toMarquette than 25-23.

Marquette dominated in the third game, winning 30-16. SouthernMiss couldn’t stop Marquette’s potent offensive attack as it had 21 killsin the game and a 25.9 attack percentage.

Sophomore outside hitter Jamie Mueller had 13 kills for Marquette,recording a double-double with 14 digs. Senior middle blocker EricaHeisser and freshman outside hitter Kimberley Todd also had 10 kills.Marquette’s offense was accurate as it hit 25.9 percent for the night.

Morgon Johnson led Southern Miss (5-20, 0-11 C-USA) with sevenkills.

The match marked the final home contest for Marquette seniors ErinFreer, Sarah Vernon and Erica Heisser.

So. Miss GP K-E-TA PCT A SA-SE RE DIG BS-BA BE BHE PTSBlucnk 3 0-1-7 -14.3 1 0-0 0 8 0-0 0 0 0.0Truong 3 5-2-15 20.0 23 0-1 0 9 0-1 1 0 5.5Rock 3 5-5-19 0.0 0 0-0 1 1 3-0 0 08.0Conley 3 1-0-5 20.0 0 0-0 1 0 0--1 0 0 1.5Stephens 3 6-0-26 23.1 1 1-0 0 1 1-3 0 0 9.5Johnson 3 7-3-19 21.1 1 0-2 2 5 0-1 0 0 7.5VanDuinen 3 0-0-1 0.0 2 1-0 3 2 0--0 0 1 1.0Robertson 4 0-0-2 0.0 0 0-0 0 2 0-0 1 0 0.0Bayes 1 0-0-0 0.0 0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0.0Juedes 2 5-5-21 0.0 0 0-0 0 3 0-0 0 0 5.0Deutsch 3 0-0-0 0.0 0 0-2 1 6 0-0 0 0 0.0Totals 3 29-16-115 11.3 28 2-5 8 37 4-6 2 1 38.0

Marquette GP K-E-TA PCT A SA-SE RE DIG BS-BA BE BHE PTSMueller 3 13-4-25 36.0 1 0-1 0 14 0-0 0 0 13.0Brown 3 7-2-15 33.3 0 0-0 0 0 0-2 0 0 8.0Renfrow 3 0-0-1 0.0 5 1-1 1 10 0-0 0 0 1.0Vernon 3 4-4-16 0.0 46 4-1 0 10 0-1 0 1 8.5Heisser 3 10-5-24 20.8 0 0-0 0 1 0-1 0 0 10.5Coughlin 3 14-6-29 27.6 0 0-0 0 4 0-0 0 0 14.0Niemczewska 1 1-0-2 50.0 0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 1.0Freer 3 0-0-0 0.0 1 3-0 1 17 0-0 0 0 3.0Helmbrecht 1 0-0-1 0.0 0 0-0 0 0 0-1 0 0 0.5Todd 3 10-4-20 30.0 1 0-0 0 1 0-3 0 0 11.5O’Brien 3 1-0-2 50.0 0 0-0 0 1 0-0 0 0 1.0Totals 3 60-25-135 25.9 54 8-3 2 58 0-8 0 1 72.0

Marquette 30 28 28 30 16Saint Louis 24 30 30 21 14

Oct. 30 • St. Louis, Mo. • (16-6, 6-3 C-USA)

ST. LOUIS, Mo. — Senior setter Sarah Vernon had Marquette’s first tripledouble of the season and the second of her career as she led Marquettein a come-from-behind effort to defeat Saint Louis, 3-2 (30-24, 28-30,28-30, 30-21, 16-14). Vernon had 70 assists, 16 digs and 12 kills to pacethe Marquette effort.

Marquette (16-6, 6-3 C-USA) had one of its best offensive outings ofthe season, smashing 86 kills and hitting 29.6 percent for the night.Junior outside hitter Theresa Coughlin led the Golden Eagles with a sea-son-best 25 kills. In all, five Marquette attackers had 12 or more kills.Freshman outside hitter Kimberley Todd had 15 kills for Marquette as did

sophomore outside hitter Jamie Muller. Senior middle blocker EricaHeisser added 12 kills to the Marquette cause. Saint Louis’ AidaAntanaviciute had 21 kills to lead the Billikens (12-14, 4-5 C-USA).

Marquette had a consistent effort all night. The Golden Eagles hit30.0 percent in the first game, claiming a 30-24 win. The Golden Eagleshit 30.0 percent or better in each of its game wins. Coughlin had fivekills to pace the Marquette effort in game one.

Saint Louis took a 2-1 lead by taking the second and third games.Despite hitting 24.4 percent and 29.2 percent in the second and thirdgame respectively, Marquette could not hold off Saint Louis, who woneach game, 30-28. Two different players for Saint Louis had five or morekills in each of the second and third game, leading SLU to 18 kills in eachframe and a pair of two point wins.

Coughlin came alive again in game four, pounding eight kills to lead-ing Marquette as it began its come-from-behind effort. The Golden Eaglescruised to the nine-point win, hitting 34.1 percent. That game win tiedthe match at two games each, setting up Marquette’s game five heroics.

Saint Louis seemed to have a strangle-hold on the fifth game andthus the match, but Marquette scored the final five points of the matchto pull out the victory. A kill by Mueller started Marquette’s rally, down14-11. A pair of attack errors by Antanaviciute and two kills by Coughlingave Marquette the match victory.

It was Marquette’s second five-game match in as many outings, afternot playing a five-gamer in the first 20 matches of the season.

Marquette GP K-E-TA PCT A SA-SE RE DIG BS-BA BE BHE PTSMueller 5 15-5-39 25.6 2 1-1 1 14 0-0 0 0 16.0Brown 5 7-1-16 37.5 3 0-0 0 0 1-6 0 0 11.0Renfrow 3 0-0-0 0.0 2 0-2 0 8 0-0 0 0 0.0Vernon 5 12-1-23 47.8 70 1-1 0 16 0-5 1 1 15.5Heisser 5 12-3-29 31.0 0 0-2 0 4 1-5 0 0 15.5Coughlin 5 25-11-45 31.1 3 0-0 1 6 0-3 0 0 26.5Freer 5 0-0-0 0.0 1 1-3 2 20 0-0 0 0 1.0Todd 5 15-6-41 22.0 0 0-0 0 0 0-4 1 0 17.0O’Brien 5 0-1-3 -33.3 3 0-2 1 11 0-0 0 0 0.0Pfeiffer 1 0-0-0 0.0 0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0.0Team 1Totals 5 86-28-196 29.6 84 3-11 6 79 2-23 2 1 102.5

Saint Louis GP K-E-TA PCT A SA-SE RE DIG BS-BA BE BHE PTSK. Kmitta 5 13-4-35 25.7 0 0-0 0 1 1-4 1 0 16.0McClannahan 5 5-2-11 27.3 63 2-4 0 9 0-2 1 3 8.0Antanaviciute 5 21-11-59 16.9 3 2-3 1 10 0-1 1 0 23.5Lassiter 5 16-7-42 21.4 0 0-1 0 1 0-6 1 0 19.0J. Kmitta 5 1-0-5 20.0 2 0-0 0 11 0-3 0 0 2.5Boissevain 5 11-6-29 17.2 0 1-0 2 13 0-2 0 0 13.0King 5 0-0-0 0.0 2 1-1 0 17 0-0 0 0 1.0Sorich 5 0-0-0 0.0 0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0.0Cooley 3 5-0-15 33.3 0 0-0 0 1 0-2 1 1 6.0Totals 5 72-30-196 21.4 70 6-9 3 63 1-20 5 4 89.0

Erin Freer had 34 digs in her last two home matches.

45Match-by-Match

Marquette 26 30 30 30Charlotte 30 26 16 26

Nov. 12 • Charlotte, N.C. • (19-6, 9-3 C-USA)

CHARLOTTE — After a game-one loss, Marquette stormed through thenext three games to claim its 19th win of the season, defeatingCharlotte, 3-1 (26-30, 30-26, 30-16, 30-26).

Senior middle blocker Erica Heisser led Marquette (19-6, 9-3 C-USA)to the victory. She had a team-high 18 kills and hit 38.1 percent.Freshman middle blocker Jenn Brown had 12 kills in 21 attacks with oneerror to lead the Marquette attack, hitting 52.4 percent for the night. TheGolden Eagles hit 27.2 percent for the match.

Senior Libero Erin Freer continued her strong defensive efforts, log-ging 25 digs in the contest. Sophomore Caitie O’Brien had 17 digs in thewin. Junior outside hitter Theresa Coughlin added 15 kills to theMarquette cause. Senior setter Sarah Vernon had her 11th double-doubleof the season with 51 assists and 13 kills.

Charlotte out-killed Marquette in the first game, 21-14, to claim a30-26 win. Marquette jumped to a 14-10 lead in the first game beforeCharlotte (18-17, 4-8 C-USA) went on a 5-0 run to take its first lead inthe game since starting 3-0.

Charlotte jumped out to a 15-7 lead in the second game and itappeared that the 49ers were in a comfortable position, however.Marquette scored the next five points to make it 15-12. Vernon had twokills in that run, but it didn’t stop there. Marquette went on a 9-2 run totake a 21-19 lead. Vernon paced Marquette with four kills in the gameand fed Coughlin, who had six kills in the game, down the stretch.

Marquette was dominant in the third game, 30-16. After a 5-5 tie,Marquette won two out of every three points to cruise to the game win.A well-balanced game, including four kills each by Todd, Heisser andVernon, was key to the game. The Golden Eagles played about as well asa team could offensively, hitting 48.6 percent in the frame.

The Golden Eagles continued the hot hitting in the fourth and decid-ing game. Marquette never trailed in the fourth game, jumping to a 3-0lead and eventually increasing it to a 18-9 margin, the largest in thegame. Marquette landed 20 kills in the game.

Marquette GP K-E-TA PCT A SA-SE RE DIG BS-BA BE BHE PTSMueller 4 4-5-20 -5.0 5 1-0 2 16 0-0 0 0 5.0Brown 4 12-1-21 52.4 0 0-0 0 1 0-1 1 0 12.5Renfrow 1 0-0-0 0.0 0 0-0 0 1 0-0 0 0 0.0Vernon 4 13-2-32 34.4 51 0-1 0 6 0-3 0 1 14.5Heisser 4 18-2-42 38.1 0 0-0 0 1 1-2 0 0 20.0Coughlin 4 15-5-49 20.4 1 0-1 0 6 0-1 0 0 15.5Freer 4 0-0-1 0.0 3 0-0 3 25 0-0 0 0 0.0Todd 4 9-5-17 23.5 0 0-0 0 4 0-0 0 1 9.0O’Brien 4 0-1-2 -50.0 2 0-1 0 17 0-0 0 0 0.0Total 4 71-21-184 27.2 62 1-3 5 77 1-7 1 2 76.5

Charlotte GP K-E-TA PCT A SA-SE RE DIG BS-BA BE BHE PTSOldenburg 4 14-5-36 25.0 1 0-0 0 4 0-3 1 0 15.5Newell 4 15-3-28 42.9 1 4-1 0 1 0-3 0 0 20.5Dayton 4 18-3-37 40.5 0 0-4 1 17 0-0 0 0 18.0Joseph 4 6-5-20 5.0 0 0-0 0 4 0-2 0 0 7.0McDonald 4 0-0-4 0.0 59 1-3 0 9 0-2 0 3 2.0Szlanfucht 4 12-11-57 1.8 0 0-2 0 13 1-0 1 0 13.0Mulder 2 1-0-1 100.0 0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 1.0Martin 4 0-0-0 0.0 0 0-0 0 4 0-0 0 0 0.0Kreyling 4 0-1-1 -100.0 1 0-0 0 23 0-0 0 0 0.0Totals 4 66-28-184 20.7 62 5-10 1 75 1-10 2 3 77.0

Marquette 24 30 30 30East Carolina 30 27 25 24

Nov. 13 • Greenville, N.C. • (20-6, 10-3 C-USA)

GREENVILLE, N.C. — Marquette concluded its regular season in fine fash-ion, defeating East Carolina, 3-1 (24-30, 30-27, 30-25, 30-24).Marquette finishes the regular season at 20-6, the most wins since 1985.The Golden Eagles finish 10-3 in Conference USA finish in a three-waytie for second place with Cincinnati and TCU.

Senior middle blocker Erica Heisser led Marquette in kills for the sec-ond-straight night, landing a career-best 21 attacks. Heisser hit 42.1percent for the night to set the standard for accuracy. As a team,Marquette hit an impressive 25.7 percent.

Four Golden Eagle attackers finished above the 10-kill plateau.Following Heisser’s big match, junior outside hitter Theresa Coughlinlanded 16 attacks, freshman outside hitter Kimberley Todd had 15 killsand sophomore outside hitter Jamie Mueller finished with 10 kills.

Marquette out-killed East Carolina (11-17, 5-8 C-USA), 80-57. Mostof the Marquette kills were set up by senior setter Sarah Vernon, who had63 assists. Vernon was one kill and one dig shy of a second triple dou-ble for the season, landing nine kills and recording eight digs.

Coughlin and Mueller had double-doubles, recording 11 digs each. Ashas been the case recently, senior Libero Erin Freer led the defensiveeffort with 18 digs. Freshman middle blocker Jenn Brown led the netdefense with four blocks.

Like its match last night, Marquette dropped the first game, butrebounded to win three straight to take the match. East Carolina hit 41.9percent in the first game to take the game victory. Kelley Wenert led theway for East Carolina with 13 kills.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Marquette allowed just 56 points to Tulane in a 3-0(30-24, 30-19, 30-13) sweep in the quarterfinal round of the ConferenceUSA Tournament.

Marquette was led by senior middle blocker Erica Heisser, who had15 kills. Senior setter Sarah Vernon logged 32 assists and senior LiberoErin Freer had 14 digs.

“It was unreal,” said head coach Pati Rolf. “The three seniorsbrought their game to a new level. They’ve been playing well, but I don’tthink I’ve seen them play this well.”

Marquette dominated at the net, hitting 33.9 percent and didn’t hitbelow 30.0 percent in any game. Marquette had no fewer than 17 killsin each of the three games and had less than six errors in each frame.

The Golden Eagles out-killed Tulane 53-32 and out-blocked theGreen Wave 9.5-5.0. Marquette also owned advantage in digs, 49-46.

“We had tremendous discipline on defense and blocking,” Rolf said.“We took another step forward tonight.”

Marquette led most of the night. The Golden Eagles trailed in gameone 21-20, but found itself behind only one other time at 1-0 in the thirdgame. After trailing 21-20 in that first game, Marquette went on a 7-0run to take a commanding six point lead and eventually won the game.

The second game was even until 7-7. Marquette pulled away a bit tolead 21-18, where it begin its domination. The Golden Eagles scored 39of the next 53 points and held Tulane to just one more point in the sec-ond game.

In the third game, Marquette had little trouble racing out to a 9-1lead and by as many as 18, cruising to the easy win.

Marquette GP K-E-TA PCT A SA-SE RE DIG BS-BA BE BHE PTSMueller 4 10-3-26 26.9 1 0-0 0 11 0-2 0 0 11.0Brown 4 6-3-18 16.7 0 0-0 0 2 0-4 0 0 8.0Renfrow 2 0-0-2 0.0 0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0.0Vernon 4 9-1-17 47.1 63 0-1 0 9 0-2 0 0 10.0Heisser 4 21-5-38 42.1 1 1-2 0 6 0-3 0 0 23.5Coughlin 4 16-10-41 14.6 0 0-1 0 11 0-3 0 0 17.5Freer 4 2-0-3 66.7 2 1-0 3 18 0-0 0 0 3.0Todd 4 15-11-35 11.4 2 0-0 0 3 0-1 0 0 15.5O’Brien 4 1-0-3 33.3 1 0-0 3 5 0-0 0 0 1.0Team 1Totals 4 80-33-183 25.7 70 2-4 7 65 0-15 0 0 89.5

East Carolina GP K-E-TA PCT A SA-SE RE DIG BS-BA BE BHE PTSBevan 4 5-4-19 5.3 0 2-2 0 2 2-1 0 0 9.5Wernert 4 13-7-35 17.1 0 0-1 0 0 1-3 0 0 15.5Ferris 4 8-5-24 12.5 0 0-0 1 5 0-2 0 0 9.0Krug 4 1-0-3 33.3 54 2-0 0 14 0-5 0 0 5.5Howell 4 12-3-33 27.3 0 0-0 0 1 1-9 1 0 17.5Daly 4 0-0-0 0.0 0 0-0 1 10 0-0 0 0 0.0Bertini 4 0-0-0 0.0 0 2-0 0 18 0-0 0 0 2.0Wilson 4 11-6-30 16.7 1 0-0 0 1 1-0 0 0 12.0Parker 3 0-0-2 0.0 0 1-0 0 2 0-0 0 0 1.0Dubenion 2 7-1-18 33.3 0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 7.0Totals 4 57-26-164 18.9 55 7-3 2 53 5-20 1 0 79.0

Marquette 30 30 25 30Cincinnati 15 27 30 25

Nov. 21 • Louisville, Ky. • (22-6)

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Marquette advanced to its first Conference USAChampionship match with a 3-1 (30-15, 30-27, 25-30, 30-25) win overCincinnati. The Golden Eagles will meet top-seed Louisville in the C-USAchampionship match.

Junior outside hitter Theresa Coughlin led Marquette with a double-double of 18 kills and 16 digs. Sophomore outside hitter Jamie Muelleradded 16 kills. Freshman outside hitter Kimberley Todd and senior mid-dle blocker Erica Heisser each landed 10 kills.

“We took it to a new level of play, even from last night,” head coachPati Rolf said. “We keep improving. Everybody has brought their bestgame at the same time. This was a total team effort.”

Marquette (22-6) jumped out to a 2-0 lead after taking game one inconvincing fashion by 15 points. Marquette started strong, logging 16kills and a 29.4 attack percentage in the first frame. The MU defense heldCincinnati to just eight kills in game one, limiting C-USA Player-of-the-Year Julie DuPont to a pair of kills in the frame.

The Golden Eagles had a significant lead in the second game beforeCincinnati (21-10) countered. Marquette owned a 22-17 lead beforeCincinnati responded to cut the MU lead to 23-22. Marquette never relin-quished the lead and a pair of kills from each from Coughlin and Muellerhelped close out the game.

Cincinnati claimed the third game, 30-25, to make the contest inter-esting. The Bearcats hit 22.2 percent and had 18 kills in to force a fourthgame.

The Bearcats kept the game close, tying twice at 20-20 and 23-23,but Marquette never trailed in the final frame. Marquette closed out thegame on a 10-5 run, fuelled by three kills from Coughlin to claim thematch.

Marquette won the match despite DuPont having 22 kills. The GoldenEagles silenced some of the Cincinnati attack with 17.5 blocks, led byeight from freshman middle blocker Jenn Brown.

“We decided to play our game and not worry about what she wasgoing to do,” Rolf said. “We played disciplined volleyball and that madea huge difference. DuPont is very much the C-USA Player-of-the-Year, butwe just took care of what we needed to do.”

Marquette’s appearance in the C-USA Championship match is the firstin school history.

Marquette GP K-E-TA PCT A SA-SE RE DIG BS-BA BE BHE PTSMueller 4 16-4-43 27.9 3 1-0 1 14 1-5 0 0 20.5Brown 4 5-1-14 28.6 0 0-0 0 1 0-8 0 0 9.0Vernon 4 8-4-18 22.2 48 0-1 0 7 0-4 0 3 10.0O’Brien 4 0-0-0 0.0 3 0-0 1 9 0-0 0 1 0.0Heisser 4 10-5-28 17.9 1 0-0 0 3 0-7 0 0 13.5Coughlin 4 18-6-41 29.3 3 0-4 0 16 1-2 1 0 20.0Freer 4 0-0-0 0.0 3 0-0 0 14 0-0 0 0 0.0Todd 4 10-5-25 20.0 0 0-0 0 3 0-5 0 0 12.5Totals 4 67-25-169 24.9 61 1-5 2 67 2-31 1 4 85.5

Cincinnati GP K-E-TA PCT A SA-SE RE DIG BS-BA BE BHE PTSCuster 4 1-2-5 -20.0 0 0--1 0 7 0-1 0 0 1.5Olson 4 1-2-7 -14.3 57 1-1 0 3 0-3 0 2 3.5Torblaa 4 10-6-25 16.0 1 0-1 0 8 0-6 0 0 13.0DuPont 4 22-10-63 19.0 1 0-3 0 18 0-4 0 0 24.0Pongonis 4 11-7-39 10.3 0 1-2 0 9 0-2 0 0 13.0Hellsten 4 10-4-23 26.1 0 0-1 0 1 2-4 0 0 14.0Garrison 3 0-0-0 0.0 0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0.0Newell 4 6-5-19 5.3 0 0-0 0 2 0-0 0 0 6.0Dossman 4 0-0-0 0.0 0 0-0 1 16 0-0 0 0 0.0Totals 4 61-36-181 13.8 59 2-9 1 64 2-20 0 2 75.0

Tulane 24 19 13Marquette 30 30 30


Tulane GP K-E-TA PCT A SA-SE RE DIG BS-BA BE BHE PTSKarlin 1 13-12-38 2.6 0 0-2 0 1 0-2 0 0 14.0Fowler 1 0-0-3 0.0 29 0-0 0 1 0-1 0 2 0.5Dickson 1 6-7-23 -4.3 0 0-2 2 10 0-1 0 0 6.5Moon 1 1-2-5 -20.0 0 0-0 0 0 0-3 0 0 2.5Thorsen 1 3-2-18 5.6 1 1-0 1 11 0-2 0 0 5.0Norman 1 8-2-23 26.1 0 1-0 1 3 0-1 0 0 9.5Esser 1 1-0-1 100.0 1 0-0 3 8 0-0 0 0 1.0Hurley 1 3-0-8 37.5 3 0-0 0 4 0-0 0 0 3.0Kenon 1 0-0-0 0.0 0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0.0Totals 3 35-25-120 8.3 34 2-4 7 38 0-10 0 2 42.0

Marquette GP K-E-TA PCT A SA-SE RE DIG BS-BA BE BHE PTSMueller 3 8-3-19 26.3 2 1-0 0 7 0-3 0 0 10.5Brown 3 4-0-10 40.0 0 0-0 0 0 0-2 0 0 5.0Vernon 3 10-0-19 52.6 32 1-0 0 5 0-1 0 0 11.5O’Brien 3 0-1-4 -25.0 4 2-1 1 13 0-0 0 0 2.0Heisser 3 15-2-26 50.0 0 0-0 0 1 0-6 0 1 18.0Coughlin 3 9-2-23 30.4 0 1-0 0 4 1-2 0 0 12.0Freer 3 1-0-1 100.0 3 2-2 0 14 0-0 0 0 3.0Renfrow 1 0-0-0 0.0 3 0-1 0 2 0-0 0 0 0.0Todd 3 5-6-13 -7.7 2 0-0 0 1 0-2 0 0 6.0Pfeiffer 3 0-0-0 0.0 1 0-0 1 2 0-1 0 0 0.5Totals 3 52-14-115 33.0 47 7-4 2 49 1-17 0 1 68.5

Sarah Vernon had a double-double against Charlotte.

46 2003 Seniors

Marquette 24 22 2420) Louisville 30 30 30


LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Marquette was competitive in itsfirst Conference USA title match, but couldn’t upset20th-ranked Louisville as the Golden Eagles lost tothe tournament’s top seed, 3-0 (30-24, 30-22, 30-24).

With a strong final game, junior outside hitterTheresa Coughlin recorded 14 kills to lead Marquette.Freshman outside hitter Kimberley Todd had 12 killsand sophomore outside hitter Jamie Mueller landed11. Louisville was led by Lena Ustymenko with 15 killsand hit 39.4 percent. Jennifer Hoffman finished with11 kills and seven blocks to pace Louisville on thedefensive side.

“It was a heck of a game,” head coach Pati Rolfsaid. “Louisville’s a powerful team and we played ourhearts out. Against Louisville, you have to come withall six players and we were a little short tonight. ButI’m proud of what we’ve done and these seniors haveplayed incredible all year.”

After Louisville built a 10-point lead in game one,Marquette (22-7) rallied to cut the lead to five.Marquette didn’t score consecutive points until the19-12 mark. However, the Golden Eagles’ 5-1 rallybrought the game close at 24-19 with a kill by Muller,who led the team with four kills in the first game.However, the Cardinals were able to close out thegame on one of two kills by Yartseva in the game.Ustemenko was the balance of offense for Louisville(27-2) with five kills. Todd and Vernon also added fourkills in the game for Marquette.

While the beginning of the first game wasn’t close,Marquette kept game two tight. The Golden Eaglesdidn’t trail by more than two points until 14-11 whenUstymenko killed a lengthy rally. Mueller and seniormiddle blocker Erica Heisser quickly responded to sti-fle any momentum Louisville had with kills combinedwith an error by Louisville brought the score levelagain at 14.

The game remained close throughout with 10 ties.However, a 5-0 run by Louisville gave the Cardinals a24-19 advantage and they would use that to close outthe game. Ustymenko was key to the rally forLouisville with six kills in the second game. One ofthree blocks by Hoffman in the game closed out theframe, 30-22, Mueller and Vernon again had four killsfor Marquette.

“You can’t make mistakes against Louisville,” Rolfsaid. “We kept it tight, which is what we hoped to do.We played disciplined, but they took advantage of anymistakes.”

Coughlin started the third game strong, recordinga pair of kills to lead Marquette to a four-point lead,its largest in the match. She came alive in the thirdgame, recording a team-high seven kills. Louisvillewent on a 4-0 run to earn the first of 10 ties in thegame at 10-10. An Ustymenko ace gave Louisville itsfirst lead at 12-11, but the game continued to remainclose.

Back-to-back kills by Heisser gave Marquette a 17-15 lead, but Louisville wouldn't let Marquette’s leadlast, tying the two points later. A block by Stephanie

Marsh and a block by Bing Sun and Hoffman com-bined with a kill from Marsh gave Louisville a four-point lead at 23-19, and from there, it would closeout the match. Marsh had three of her four blocks inthe final game.

Louisville’s accuracy was key to the win. TheCardinals hit 37.2 percent in the second game and48.6 percent in the final game, on the way to hitting38.2 percent for the match. Marquette stayed com-petitive in the second game with 16 kills and a matchhigh 22.5 attack percentage.

Louisville out-killed Marquette 58 to 53 as theGolden Eagles kept that number close thanks to 22kills in the third game. Marquette struggled with thepowerful Louisville offense, as it didn’t record a blockthrough two games and only had one for the match.

“We struggled with the block tonight,” Rolf added.“Louisville’s the type of team that can hit over thetop of the block. But this tournament was a step for-ward for us. We have a lot of young players and it wasa good learning experience for them to be in this sit-uation.”

Coughlin and Vernon were named to the all-tour-nament team, along with Hoffman and Ustymenko ofLouisville. Memphis’ Heather Watts and Cincinnati’sJulie DuPont were also named all-tournament.Ustymenko was named tournament MVP.

“It was great that the two were named all-tourna-ment,” Rolf said. “What Coughlin and the three sen-iors — Saran Vernon, Erin Freer and Erica Heisser —have accomplished with this team has made me veryproud.”

With the win, Louisville extends its match winstreak to 19 and its game win streak to 54. TheCardinals also claim the automatic bid fromConference USA, while Marquette will await a possibleat-large selection to the NCAA Tournament, which willbe named on Sunday, Nov. 28.

“I’m proud of getting to the final,” Rolf said. “Wedid some good things this year and played a goodschedule. But we have to remember that there aresome good teams out there that played good volley-ball.”

Marquette GP K-E-TA PCT A SA-SE RE DIG BS-BA BE BHE PTSMueller 3 11-4-30 23.3 2 0-1 0 8 0-0 0 1 11.0Brown 2 1-3-8 -25.0 0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 1.0Vernon 3 9-3-18 33.3 40 0-0 0 6 0-0 1 0 9.0O’Brien 3 0-1-2 -50.0 3 1-1 1 8 0-0 0 0 1.0Heisser 3 6-3-19 15.8 0 0-1 0 1 0-1 0 0 6.5Coughlin 3 14-3-33 33.3 1 0-0 1 15 0-1 0 1 14.5Freer 3 0-0-0 0.0 3 0-1 0 7 0-0 0 0 0.0Helmbrecht 1 0-0-2 0.0 1 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0.0Todd 3 12-7-22 22.7 0 0-0 0 0 0-0 1 0 12.0

Totals 3 53-24-134 21.6 50 1-4 2 45 0-2 2 2 55.0

Louisville GP K-E-TA PCT A SA-SE RE DIG BS-BA BE BHE PTSMarsh 3 7-3-24 .167 0 0-0 1 7 0-4 0 2 9.0Ustmenko 3 15-2-33 .394 0 2-0 0 11 0-2 0 0 18.0Sun 3 9-2-20 .350 2 0-1 0 12 0-1 0 0 9.5Hoffman 3 11-1-15 .667 0 0-0 0 1 1-6 0 0 15.0Yartseva 3 10-1-16 .562 0 0-0 0 6 0-3 2 0 11.5Craven 3 0-0-0 .000 29 0-0 0 5 0-0 0 2 0.0Cogan 3 0-0-0 .000 1 0-0 0 4 0-0 0 0 0.0Sharp 1 0-0-0 .000 0 0-0 0 2 0-0 0 0 0.0Hamilton 1 0-0-0 .000 0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0.0Dukule 3 3-0-6 .500 0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 3.0Plinkova 3 3-2-9 .111 21 0-0 0 0 0-2 0 0 4.0

Totals 3 58-11-123 .382 53 2-1 1 48 1-18 2 4 70.0

2004 Review2004 C-USA Title Match: Marquette at Louisville

Theresa Coughlin had 14 kills against Louisville.

Sarah Vernon played strong in the C-USA title match.

Kimberley Todd had 27 kills in the C-USA Tourney.

47Match Highs

2004 Match SuperlativesAttack Percentage (min. 12 kills)Overall 68.2 Sarah Vernon vs Maine Sept. 10

5g 47.8 Sarah Vernon at Saint Louis Oct. 304g 54.5 Kimberley Todd at USF Oct. 153g 68.2 Sarah Vernon vs Maine Sept. 10

KillsOverall 25 Theresa Coughlin Twice

5g 25 Theresa Couhglin at Saint Louis Oct. 304g 25 Theresa Coughlin at Western Mich. Sept. 113g 18 Theresa Coughlin Boston College Sept. 17

Total AttacksOverall 49 Theresa Coughlin at Charlotte Nov. 12

5g 45 Theresa Couhglin at Saint Louis Oct. 304g 49 Theresa Coughlin at Charlotte Nov. 123g 39 Theresa Coughlin Boston College Sept. 17

AssistsOverall 70 Sarah Vernon at Saint Louis Oct. 30

5g 70 Sarah Vernon at Saint Louis Oct. 304g 63 Sarah Vernon at East Carolina Nov. 133g 49 Sarah Vernon Boston College Sept. 17

DigsOverall 26 Erin Freer at Connecticut Sept. 24

5g 20 Erin Freer at Saint Louis Oct. 304g 26 Erin Freer at Connecticut Sept. 243g 20 Erin Freer Tulane Nov. 6

AcesOverall 6 Theresa Coughlin South Dakota St. Sept. 18

5g 4 Sarah Vernon at Memphis Oct. 294g 3 Erin Freer vs Rutgers Sept. 113g 6 Theresa Coughlin South Dakota St. Sep. 18

BlocksOverall 14 Jenn Brown Houston Oct. 22

5g 9 Erica Heisser at Memphis Oct. 294g 14 Jenn Brown Houston Oct. 223g 7 Aga Niemczewska South Dakota St. Sept. 18

Attack PercentageOverall 35.8 at UAB Oct. 16

5g 29.6 at Saint Louis Oct. 304g 24.9 vs Cincinnati Nov. 213g 35.8 at UAB Oct. 16

KillsOverall 86 at Saint Louis Oct. 30

5g 86 at Saint Louis Oct. 304g 80 at East Carolina Nov. 133g 62 DePaul Oct. 8

Total AttacksOverall 196 at Saint Louis Oct. 30

5g 196 at Saint Louis Oct. 304g 184 Twice3g 149 Tulane Nov. 5

AssistsOverall 84 at Saint Louis Oct. 30

5g 84 at Saint Louis Oct. 304g 70 at East Carolina Nov. 133g 56 Boston College Sept. 17

DigsOverall 94 at Connecticut Sept. 24

5g 79 at Saint Louis Oct. 304g 94 at Connecticut Sept. 243g 73 Tulane Nov. 5

AcesOverall 9 South Dakota State Sept. 18

5g 6 at Memphis Oct. 294g 8 Western Kentucky Sept. 43g 9 South Dakota State Sept. 18

BlocksOverall 21.0 Houston Oct. 22

5g 14.0 at Memphis Oct. 294g 21.0 Houston Oct. 223g 13.0 TCU Oct. 23

Jenn Brown had a school record 12 assisted blocks against Houston. Erin Freer had 26 digs against Connecticut, en route to a school career mark.

48 C-USA Review

2004 C-USA Standings

Conference USA Postseason Awards

C-USA OverallTeam W-L Pct. Home Away W-L Pct. Home Away Neu.Louisville 13-0 100.0 7-0 6-0 30-3 90.9 16-1 9-2 5-0 Marquette 10-3 76.9 5-2 5-1 22-7 75.9 10-4 8-1 4-2 TCU 10-3 76.9 5-1 3-2 23-9 71.9 10-5 11-3 2-1 Cincinnati 10-3 76.9 5-1 5-2 22-11 66.7 12-3 8-5 2-3 Memphis 9-4 69.2 6-1 3-3 27-10 73.0 11-2 6-5 10-3 Tulane 6-7 46.2 4-3 2-4 17-12 58.6 10-3 5-6 2-3 Saint Louis 6-7 46.2 3-3 3-4 15-17 48.4 5-6 6-7 4-4 Charlotte 5-8 38.5 3-4 2-4 19-14 57.6 13-5 5-6 1-3 DePaul 5-8 38.5 4-2 1-6 12-19 38.7 7-6 2-11 3-2 East Carolina 5-8 38.5 2-4 3-4 11-18 37.9 6-7 3-8 2-3 Houston 5-8 38.5 3-4 2-4 11-21 34.4 6-9 3-7 2-5 USF 5-8 38.5 5-2 0-6 9-20 31.0 7-4 1-12 1-4 Southern Miss 2-11 15.4 2-4 0-7 7-20 25.9 4-8 1-10 2-2 UAB 0-13 0.0 0-6 0-7 1-24 4.0 1-11 0-11 0-2

First Team All-C-USAAida Antanaviciute, Saint LouisJulie DuPont, CincinnatiJaci Gonzalez (L), HoustonBing Sun, LouisvilleDominika Szabo, TCULena Ustymenko, LouisvilleHeather Watts (S), Memphis

Second Team All-C-USATheresa Coughlin, MarquetteDeva Fowler, TulaneTiara Gilkey, MemphisRachel Torblaa, CincinnatiSarah Vernon (S), MarquetteTalaya Whitfield (L), TCUAnastasia Yartseva, Louisville

Third Team All-C-USAJanet Goreham, DePaulEllen Hayes (L), DePaulMyann Hellsten, CincinnatiJennifer Hoffman, LouisvilleErin Ludeke (S), TCUKelly McAnelly, HoustonAnna Vaughn, TCU

C-USA All-Freshman TeamSvetlana Dukule, LouisvilleKristina Fabris, USFSutton Lasater, Saint LouisElenda Pilnikova, LouisvilleKimberly Todd, MarquetteTalaya Whitfield, TCU

C-USA Teams in the NCAATournament

First RoundLouisville d. Illinois, 3-1

30-27, 21-30, 30-19, 30-23Second RoundLouisville d. Missouri, 3-1

30-26, 22-30, 30-25, 30-25Third RoundNebraska d. Louisville, 0-3

22-30, 30-32, 19-30

C-USA Players/Settersof the Week

Sept. 7 P Julie DuPont (Cincinnati)P Aida Antanaviciute (Saint Louis)S Heather Watts (Memphis)

Sept. 13 P Ellen Rehme (TCU)S Sarah Vernon (Marquette)

Sept. 20 P Tiara Gilkey (Memphis)S Heather Watts (Memphis)

Sept. 27 P Aida Antanaviciute (Saint Louis)P Tiara Gilkey (Memphis)S Heather Watts (Memphis)

Oct. 4 P Dominika Szabo (TCU)S Erin Ludeke (TCU)

Oct. 11 P Aida Antanaviciute (Saint Louis)P Anna Vaughn (TCU)S Sarah Vernon (Marquette)

Oct. 18 P Kimberley Todd (Marquette)S Molly McDonald (Charlotte)

Oct. 25 P Aida Antanaviciute (Saint Louis)P Janet Goreham (DePaul)S Molly McDonald (Charlotte)

Nov. 1 P Myanna Hellsten (Cincinnati)P Lena Ustymenko (Louisville)S Heather Watts (Memphis)

Nov. 8 P Kristina Fabris (USF)S Sarah Vernon (Marquette)

Nov. 15 P Erica Heisser (Marquette)S Sarah Vernon (Marquette)S Heather Watts (Memphis)

C-USA Tournament • Nov. 19-22, Louisville, Ky.First Round

(8) Houston d. (9) East Carolina30-18, 30-23, 31-29

(5) Memphis d. (12) DePaul30-23, 30-28, 30-26

(7) Saint Louis d. (10) USF

24-30, 30-26, 28-30, 30-24, 16-14

(6) Tulane def. (11) Charlotte28-30, 32-30, 30-25, 30-20

Quarterfinals

(1) Louisville d. Houston30-21, 30-24, 30-26

Memphis d. (4) TCU30-24, 23-30, 25-30, 31-29, 15-13

(2) Cincinnati d. Saint Louis30-22, 30-19, 30-16

(3) Marquette d. Tulane30-24, 30-19, 30-13

Semifinals

Louisville d. Memphis30-19, 30-16, 30-24

Marquette d. Cincinnati30-15, 30-27, 25-30, 30-25

Championship

Louisville d. Marquette30-24, 30-22, 30-24

Player of the Year Julie DuPont, CincinnatiCoach of the Year Leonid Yelin, LouisvilleSetter of the Year Heather Watts, MemphisDefensive Player of the Year Jaci Gonzalez, HoustonFreshman of the Year Kristina Fabris, USF

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