10/4/2000 12:00:00 AM | Women's Volleyball
Oct. 4, 2000
THE OPPONENT
After a three-game loss to 20th-ranked Loyola Marymount last Tuesday, San Diego State rebounded with back-to-back three-game victories over Mountain West Conference foes New Mexico (15-8, 15-5, 15-10) and Air Force (15-6, 15-10, 15-7).
In the New Mexico match, the Aztecs were led by seniors Monet Solberg, and Amy Hallquist who had 16 and 14 kills respectively. The team finished with a season-high .454 hitting percentage. Against Air Force, four Aztec reached double figures in kills led by Hallquist with 11. Solberg, Erin Grady and Nicole Akporiaye had 10 apiece for SDSU, which hit .345 for the match.
THE REBELS
UNLV (1-12) looks to pick up its second win of the season when they play host to San Diego State. 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 49-73.
SERIES HISTORY
San Diego State has won six of the previous seven meetings with the Rebels, including both matches during the 1999 season. UNLV's lone win in the series came in September 1998 at Las Vegas. The first two meetings between the Aztecs and Rebels came in 1985 when both were members of the Pacific Coast Athletic Association (now Big West) for volleyball.
ON THE MOVE
UNLV will play all its home matches except one this year in the 18,500-seat Thomas & Mack Center...This is the first season the T&M is hosting the volleyball squad.
LAST WEEK
The UNLV volleyball team picked up its first win of the season with a 3-0 (15-2, 15-10, 15-9) victory over Air Force on Friday night. The win also marked the 50th of head coach Deitre Collins' five-year career at UNLV.
UNLV's Leiana Oswald and Amber Graham finished with 14 kills each. Graham added four digs while Oswald hit a team-high .520 (14-1-25) for the game. Maria Julia Goes contributed 41 assists, nine digs and two service aces to the win
NEXT WEEK
UNLV hits the road for a pair of weekend matches at Colorado State on Oct. 13 and Wyoming on Oct.14. Both matches are scheduled for 6:00 p.m.
A RANKED SCHEDULE
After only 13 matches this season, UNLV has already faced six nationally ranked opponents. UNLV has faced then-No. 9 Florida, then-No. 16 Wisconsin, then-No. 14 UC Santa Barbara, then-No. 2 Hawai'i, then-No. 15 BYU and then-No. 18 Utah.
DOUBLE-DOUBLE CLUB
So far this season, four 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) and Patricia Assuncao has one (13 kills, 12 digs vs. New Mexico).
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.
REBELS IN THE MWC STATS
Maria Julia Goes is currently seventh in the Mountain West Conference in assists with 9.21 per game.
MOUNTAIN WEST CONFERENCE STANDINGS(As of 10/2) Conference OverallSchool (Rk) W L Pct. W L Pct.Colorado State (3) 3 0 1.000 16 1 .941Utah (16) 3 1 .750 11 2 .846BYU (14) 3 1 .750 11 4 .733New Mexico 2 1 .666 6 7 .461San Diego State 2 2 .500 8 9 .471UNLV 1 3 .250 1 12 .077Air Force 0 3 .000 6 8 .429Wyoming 0 3 .000 6 12 .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 Hawai'i. 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 Hawai'i 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 50 wins. Karen Lamb, who compiled 39 wins from 1987-85, is second on the list.
FAX-ON-DEMAND/INTERNET
All UNLV volleyball information is available on Info Connection and may be obtained by calling (770) 558-6000 from a fax machine. Media members without a PIN should call (770) 399-0096 to obtain one. The MWC's passcode is 692#. UNLV's Release is 1930. UNLV's Stats/Results is 1932. UNLV's Recent Box Score is 1933. UNLV's Schedule/Roster is 1958. The same information is also available free on the internet at www.mediateamlink.com.
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.
