Volleyball Looks To Tackle Two Ranked Opponents This Week
10/17/2000 12:00:00 AM | Women's Volleyball
Oct. 17, 2000
Thursday, Oct. 19 vs. BYU 7:00 p.m.Match at Thomas and Mack (18,500), Las Vegas, NV
Friday, Oct. 20 vs. Utah 7:00 p.m.Match at Thomas and Mack (18,500), Las Vegas, NV
THE OPPONENTS
The Rebels open the week's competiton with their eighth ranked opponent of the season when they host BYU on Thursday. Last week, BYU sweep both New Mexico (15-6, 15-1, 15-0) and Air Force (15-5, 15-1, 15-1). The wins improved the Cougars to 13-5 overall and 5-2 in the Mountain West Conference
The Rebels will wrap up the weekend with a match against Utah on Friday. The Utes also won a pair of matches last week over New Mexico ( 15-4, 8-15, 15-8, 15-7) and Air Force (15-7, 15-7, 15-9). Utah is now 15-3 overall, 6-1 in MWC play.
THE REBELS
The Rebels split two matches last week with No. 3 Colorado State and Wyoming. On Oct. 13, UNLV lost to CSU in three games, (15-6, 15-1, 15-8) in Fort Collins, CO. The Rebels bounced back on Oct. 14 with a three game sweep of Wyoming (15-9, 15-8, 15-4) in Laramie, WY.
As a team, UNLV is averaging 11.41 kills per game for a .143 hitting percentage. The Rebels also average 9.96 apg, 1.24 sapg, 11.67 dpg and 1.68 bpg.
The Rebels were 12-14 overall in 1999 and finished tied for sixth in the Mountain West Conference with a 4-10 mark...UNLV returns five letterwinners and two starters...Head Coach Deitre Collins is in her fifth season and has a career record of 51-75.
SERIES HISTORY
BYU leads the all-time series with UNLV, 7-0. In their last meeting on Sept. 22, BYU defeated UNLV, 3-1 (15-5, 15-1, 4-15, 15-8) at Smith Fieldhouse. Leiana Oswald led the Rebels with eight kills and five digs.
Utah leads the all-time series with UNLV, 7-1. In their last meeting on Sept. 23, 2000, Utah defeated UNLV, 3-0 (15-5, 15-4, 15-8) at Crimson Court. Leiana Oswald, once again, led the team with eight kills and six digs.
ON THE MOVE
UNLV will play every home matches except one this year in the 18,500-seat Thomas & Mack Center...This is the first season the Thomas and Mack Cener is hosting the volleyball squad.
LAST WEEK
Colorado State Recap: The UNLV volleyball team lost to third-ranked Colorado State 3-0 (15-6, 15-1, 15-8) to fall to 1-14 on the season, 1-5 in the Mountain West Conference. The Rams improved to 20-1 overall and remain perfect in the MWC at 6-0. Amber Graham led the Rebels with nine kills, hitting a team-high .167 (9-5-24) for the match. She also finished with five digs and two block assists. Patricia Assuncao and Maria Julia Goes finished with six digs each. Goes had 20 assists as well.
Leiana Oswald contributed seven kills to the losing effort. Colorado State was led by Courtney Cox with a match-high 12 kills and nine digs. Soraya Santos also contributed 10 kills and eight digs. Angela Knopf hit .692 after totaling nine kills in 13 attempts with no errors.
Wyoming Recap: The UNLV volleyball team defeated the University of Wyoming in three straight games (15-9, 15-8, 15-4) Saturday night. With the win, the Rebels improve to 2-5 in the Mountain West Conference, 2-14 overall.
Leiana Oswald led the UNLV attack with 13 kills, hitting .400 (13- 3-25) on the night. She also finished with a team season-high four service aces.
Patricia Assuncao and Amber Graham each contributed nine kills, while Blair Wilkes added six, hitting .500 (6-1-10) for the match. Michelle Johnson knocked down a match-high five block assists for the Rebels. She also finished with three kills.
Maria Julia Goes had 36 assists in the win.
Wyoming was led by Barbie Bragg, who had 11 kills to finish with a match-high .526 (11-1-19) attack percentage.
NEXT WEEK
UNLV begins a three-game road trip on Oct. 27 at New Mexico. The match is scheduled to begin at 6:00 p.m. The Rebels also travel to Air Force on Oct. 28 (6:00 p.m.) and San Diego State on Nov. 4 (7:00 p.m.).
A RANKED SCHEDULE
After only 16 matches this season, UNLV has already faced seven nationally ranked opponents. UNLV has faced then-No. 9 Florida, then-No. 16 Wisconsin, then-No. 14 UC Santa Barbara, then-No. 2 Hawaii, then-No. 15 BYU, then-No. 18 Utah and then-No. 3 Colorado State.
DOUBLE-DOUBLE CLUB
So far this season, five Rebels have recorded double-doubles in a match on the box score...Maria Julie Goes has three (47 assists, 12 digs vs. Idaho State, 45 assists, 10 digs vs. Alabama, 35 assists, 10 digs vs. San Jose State), Oge Fitz has two (20 kills, 11 digs vs. Idaho State, 13 kills, 11 digs vs. Alabama), Leiana Oswald has two (12 kills, 13 digs vs. Ball State, 11 kills, 15 digs vs. New Mexico), Patricia Assuncao has one (13 kills, 12 digs vs. New Mexico) and Amber Graham picked up her first last week against San Diego State (18 kills, 11 digs vs. San Diego State).
20-KILL CLUB
Oge Fitz (20 kills vs. Idaho State) and Leiana Oswald (20 kills vs. San Jose State) each joined the 20 kill club during the UNLV Gameworks Invitational recording 20 kills in a match.
MOUNTAIN WEST CONFERENCE STANDINGS
(As of 10/17) Conference Games Overall GamesInstitution W-L For Opp Pct W-L For Opp PctColorado State (3) 7-0 21 0 1.000 21-1 64 9 .955Utah (18) 6-1 18 6 .857 15-3 46 20 .833BYU (16) 5-2 15 7 .714 13-5 42 20 .722San Diego State 4-3 13 11 .571 10-10 32 36 .500New Mexico 3-4 10 12 .429 7-10 27 31 .412UNLV 2-5 7 15 .286 2-14 9 42 .125Wyoming 1-6 7 18 .143 7-15 29 51 .318Air Force 0-7 0 22 .000 6-12 21 38 .333
ON THE WEB
UNLV Athletics information may be found on the web at www.unlvrebels.com...Mountain West Conference info may be obtained at www.mountainwestconf.com.
UNLV CHOSEN TO FINISH FOURTH IN MWC BY COACHES
The 2000 Mountain West Conference Volleyball Preseason Coaches' Poll predicted UNLV will finish tied for fourth out of eight teams in the conference following the 2000 campaign. The following is the order that the MWC coaches predicted the conference will end up this season: Brigham Young (T1), Colorado State (T1), Utah, UNLV (T4), San Diego State (T4), New Mexico, Wyoming and Air Force.
TICKETS
Admission for UNLV volleyball games is $4.00 for adults, $2.00 for students, faculty and staff. UNLV students are admitted free with valid I.D. Groups of 20 or more are admitted for $1.00 per person. For more ticket information, please call (702) 895-UNLV.
HEAD COACH DEITRE COLLINS
Head coach Deitre Collins is now in her fifth year at UNLV. Collins, the 1998 WAC Mountain Division Co-Coach of the Year, is a former member of the U.S. National Team and a three-time NCAA All-American middle blocker at Hawaii. Before being named head coach of the 15th intercollegiate athletics program at UNLV on July 10, 1995, she served as an assistant at the University of South Alabama for one season (1994). Prior to that, she was an assistant at Houston (1993) and Northern Arizona (1993-94). Collins, who is the fourth coach in the history of Rebel volleyball, graduated from Hawaii in 1995 with a bachelor of arts degree in broadcast communications. She was the first volleyball player to be named the Broderick Cup recipient, earning the award as the best female collegiate athlete in 1983. Collins also is a two-time Broderick Award honoree, being named the best collegiate volleyball player for the seasons of 1982 and 1983. Those same years, she led the Rainbow Wahine to consecutive NCAA championships as well as a record of 110-5 in her final three seasons. She is UNLV volleyball's all-time winningest coach by wins and her career head coaching record is 50-74.
COLLINS IS REBEL VB'S ALL-TIME WINNINGEST COACH
Deitre Collins is UNLV volleyball's all-time winningest coach with 51 wins. Karen Lamb, who compiled 39 wins from 1985-87, is second on the list.
FAX-ON-DEMAND/INTERNET
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REBELS ONLY, PLEASE!
Please remember, UNLV (acronym on all references please) is home to the Rebel volleyball team -- not the Runnin' Rebels! Only the men's basketball team at UNLV is named the Runnin' Rebels.
