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Nov. 4, 1997

Bears Travel to No. 13 Arizona and Arizona State

THIS WEEK: Fri. Nov. 7 at Arizona, McKale Center (14,489), Tucson, AZ 7:00 p.m.
Sat. Nov. 8 at Arizona State, Univ. Activity Center (14,287), Tempe, AZ 7:00 p.m.

SPIKERS TRAVEL TO THE DESERT The Cal women's volleyball team (7-15, 2-11) hits the road for a pair of Pac-10 matches in the desert this weekend. The Bears travel to 13th-ranked Arizona on Friday, Nov. 7 and to Arizona State on Saturday, Nov. 8. Both matches begin at 7:00 p.m.

PAC-10 STANDINGS: 1. Stanford, 13-0 Pac-10, 22-2 overall; 2t. Washington State, 9-4, 21-4; 2t. USC, 9-4, 17-4; 2t. Washington, 9-4, 14-8; 5. Arizona, 8-4, 16-4; 6. Oregon State, 5-7, 13-11; 7. UCLA, 5-8, 10-10; 8. Arizona State, 3-9, 12-11; 9. California, 2-11, 7-15; 10. Oregon, 0-12, 8-16.

ABOUT THE OPPONENTS: Arizona is 16-4 overall, and sits in fifth place in the Pac-10 with a 8-4 conference record. The Wildcats, ranked #13 nationally before last weekend's action, defeated #21 Washington and lost to #10 Washington State on the road last weekend. Arizona State is 12-11 overall and in eighth place in the Pac-10 with a 3-9 conference mark, just one game ahead of the Bears. The Sun Devils have lost five of their last six matches since defeating Cal Oct. 10 in Berkeley.

CAL vs. THE OPPONENTS: Arizona leads the series with Cal, 19-6, including a three-game victory in Berkeley Oct. 11 this season. The Bears last victory over Arizona was Oct. 27, 1995 in Tucson, when the Wildcats were ranked #15. That was also Cal's last victory over a ranked opponent. Arizona State leads the series with Cal, 19-8, including eight straight victories. The last Cal win over ASU was a four-game victory Nov. 7, 1992 in Berkeley, and the last Golden Bear win in Tempe was Oct. 9, 1992.

LAST MEETING: The Bears dropped a disappointing five-game match at home against Arizona State Oct. 10, followed by a three-game loss to #15 Arizona Oct. 11. Cal easily won the first two games against ASU, but an injury to leading hitter Jessica Dinaberg in the middle of game three disrupted the Bears tempo and the Sun Devils battled back to win three straight games and the match, 4-15, 7-15, 15-10, 15-12, 15-11. Dinaberg went on to miss four matches, and did not return until the Oct. 25 win at Oregon. Sophomore Brook Coulter led the Bears with 14 kills and 11 digs against the Sun Devils. Against the 15th-ranked Wildcasts, senior Michelle Wickman led the team with 8 kills and 9 digs, and Coulter added 7 kills and 8 digs.

LAST WEEK: The Bears dropped a pair of Pac-10 matches at home against nationally ranked opponents last weekend. On Halloween, #8 USC defeated Cal, 15-7, 17-15, 15-5 and on Nov. 1, the #24 UCLA Bruins downed the Bears, 15-8, 15-8, 15-13. Senior Jessica Dinaberg recorded n a team-high 14 kills and 8 digs against USC, while sophomore Kellie Alva led the team against UCLA with 8 kills and 3 blocks.

DINABERG'S DOUBLE: When senior hitter Jessica Dinaberg put down her 18th kill of the Illinois State Classic during the Tulsa match, she became just the third player in Cal history to record 1,000 career kills and 1,000 career digs. The other two Bears in the 1,000-1,000 club are Lisa Arce (1987-90) and Tiffany Rochelle (1986-89). Dinaberg now ranks fourth in all-time kills (1128), kill attempts (3274) and digs (1168) at Cal, and has a legitimate shot to move into third place in each category before her career comes to a close in Berkeley.

FIVE-GAME FRUSTRATION: The Bears have had their hands full in five-game matches this season, posting a 2-5 record in matches that go the full distance. After going 1-8 in five-gamers last season, Cal appeared to have found the key to winning the long ones in the early going this season. The Bears not only posted two five-game victories at the Illinois State Classic, but they earned them both in the same day (Sept. 6), knocking off undefeated Tulsa in the morning, and coming back to beat host Illinois State in the evening championship match. But, Cal has struggled since that tournament, dropping five-game matches to Sacramento State, New Mexico, Oregon State Sept.. 27, #21 UCLA Oct. 3 and Arizona State Oct. 10.

HEAD COACH SUE WOODSTRA: Sue Woodstra is in her third year at the helm of the Golden Bears, with a record of 28-50 at Cal. A two-time U.S. Olympic team member and one of nine Olympians to currently head a women's collegiate volleyball team, Woodstra has posted a 138-89 record in six seasons as a collegiate head coach, including four years at Pittsburgh. Her assistant coaches are Oscar Crespo, Stephanie Shrieve and Ed Cohen.

CAL CAREER LEADERS

Kills
    Name               Total    Years
1.  Tiffany Rochelle    1814    1986-89
2.  Lisa Arce           1806    1987-90
3.  Cara Dane           1332    1990-93
4.  Jessica Dinaberg    1158    1994-97
5.  Morgan Cecil        1053    1989-91
6.  Kelly Moomaw         979    1984-87
7.  Shaney Fink          931    1990-93
8.  Michelle Wickman     923    1994-97
Attempts
    Name               Total    Years
1.  Lisa Arce           4801    1987-90
2.  Tiffany Rochelle    4772    1986-89
3.  Cara Dane           3394    1990-93
4.  Jessica Dinaberg    3351    1994-97
5.  Kelly Moomaw        2864    1984-87
6.  Morgan Cecil        2740    1989-91
7.  Michelle Wickman    2661    1994-97
Assists
    Name               Total   Years
1.  Sienna Curci        4008    89,91-93
2.  Holly McPeak        3819    1987-89
3.  Kelly Bates         1301    1985
    Lynn Guevara        1301    1995-
5.  Sara Allison        1275    1987-90
6.  Teri Donohue        1265    1983-85
7.  Heidi Henkle        1192    1986-87
8.  Jennifer Kriste     1153    1996-97
Service Aces
    Name               Total   Years
1.  Sienna Curci       136     89, 91-93
    Tiffany Rochelle   136     1986-89
3.  Lisa Arce          128     1987-90
4.  Teri Donohue       126     1983-85
5.  Sue Belina         102     1981-84
6.  Holly McPeak        98     1987-89
7.  Judy Chow           96     1984-86
8.  Michelle Wickman    91     1994-97
Digs
    Name             Total   Years
1.  Lisa Arce         1602    1987-90
2.  Tiffany Rochelle  1406    1986-89
3.  Jessica Dinaberg  1199    1994-97
4.  Holly McPeak      1184    1987-89
5.  Tosha Comendant   1168    1990-93
6.  Sienna Curci      1121    1989-93
7.  Kelly Moomaw       993    1984-87
8.  Danielle Mashy     970    1992-95
9.  Michelle Wickman   858    1994-97
Total Blocks
    Name             Total   Years
1.  Cara Dane          434   1990-93
2.  Carolyn Kempker    368   1986-89
3.  Lisa Arce          364   1987-90
4.  Diana Yovino-Young 358   1984-87
5.  Morgan Cecil       248   1989-91
6.  Jill Schneider     241   1990-93
7.  Tiffany Rochelle   238   1986-89
8.  Jenny Swart        230   1992-95
9.  Sylvie Monnet      216   1983
10. Michelle Wickman   202   1994-97

JESSICA DINABERG: The senior hitter returned to the lineup against Oregon Oct. 25 after missing four matches with a sprained ankle, and contributed a team-high 15 digs...prior to the injury, Dinaberg had not missed a match in her four-year career, breaking a 99-match streak...she leads the Bears in kill average (3.09 kpg) and dig average (2.65 dpg)...named tournament MVP at the Illinois State Classic and to the all-tournament team at the Colorado State tournament...earlier this season, became the third player in Cal history to post 1,000 career kills and 1,000 career digs...ranks third in career digs, and fourth in career kills and kill attempts at Cal...had a season-high 24 kills against OSU Sept. 27 and 23 kills vs. New Mexico.

MICHELLE WICKMAN: The four-year starter has alternated between hitter and setter this season...ranks third on the team in service aces (17)...ranks fourth on the team in kill average (2.13) and dig average (2.34)...had a career-high 64 assists vs. Illinois State...slammed a career-high 25 kills against UCLA Oct. 3...ranks eighth in career kills, ninth in career digs, seventh in kill attempts, eighth in service aces and 10th in total blocks at Cal.

ELENA BERMAN: The junior middle blocker has played in 82 of the team's 83 games this season...ranks third on the team in hitting percentage (.200) and kill average (2.13 kps) and fourth in blocking average (0.68 bpg)...had a career high 18 kills vs. New Mexico and hit a season-high .405 (18k-3e-37att)...recorded a season-high seven blocks along with 12 kills against Oregon State Sept. 27.

KELLIE ALVA: The sophomore middle blocker ranks second on the team in blocking average (0.76 bpg) and fourth in hitting percentage (.206)...averaging 1.89 kills per game...recorded a season-high 16 kills along with seven blocks vs. New Mexico...posted a career-high eight blocks against Oregon State Sept. 27.

BROOK COULTER: The sophomore hitter leads the Bears in service aces (27) and ranks fourth in the Pac-10 in ace average (0.33 apg)...recorded a career-high six service aces against Tulsa...posted season-high 16 kills and 24 digs against New Mexico...named to the all-tournament team at the Notre Dame Tournament...posted career high two block solos and four total blocks against Oregon Sept. 26...has played in 81 of the team's 83 games, averaging 1.94 kills and 2.42 digs per game, third-best on the team.

JENNIFER KRISTE: The sophomore setter ranks eighth in the Pac-10 in assist average (10.42 apg)... recorded a career-high 74 assists vs. New Mexico...had 68 assists at UCLA Oct. 3...has 10 service aces and 24 blocks on the season.

AMANDA SELBY: The sophomore middle blocker leads the team in hitting percentage (.290) and blocking average (1.22 bpg)... recorded career-high 10 blocks against Illinois State...averaging 2.11 kills per game, fourth best on team...has been sidelined since Sept. 16 with a stress fracture.

ALICIA PERRY: A redshirt freshman, she ranks second on the team in dig average (2.47 dpg) and kill average (2.47 kpg)...slammed a career-high 23 kills along with 18 digs and four blocks against Illinois State... recorded 14 kills and 12 digs against Oregon State Sept. 27...has 19 service aces and ninth in the Pac-10 in service ace average (0.29)...has four double-doubles, including 15 kills and 15 digs at UCLA Oct. 3.

KELLY MEYER: A freshman middle blocker, she recorded a career high five kills and three block assists at #21 Washington Oct. 17...at #10 Washington State, she had a career high three digs and three block solos...third on the team in blocking average (0.71) and is averaging 1.13 kills per game.