Sept. 11, 2000

BERKELEY, CA - Fri. Sept. 15 at Oregon, McArthur Court, Eugene, OR 7:30 p.m. Sat. Sept. 16 at Oregon State, Gill Coliseum, Corvallis, OR 7 p.m.

HEAD COACH RICH FELLER: Rich Feller (16-17 at Cal, career 315-184, .631) is in his second season as the head coach of Cal's women's volleyball program. Feller took over the Bears coaching reins when he was hired in December 1998. He comes to Cal after a stint as an assistant coach on the USA National Team and 14 successful years as head coach at Colorado State (1983-96) where he led the Rams to eight NCAA Tournament appearances and 12 Top 25 national rankings. Feller earned his 300th career victory when the Bears defeated Denver, 3-1, Sept. 4, 1999.

BEAR NOTES: The 2000 Cal volleyball team (3-2) will begin its Pac-10 schedule this Friday at Oregon (televised 7:30 p.m. on Fox Sports Net) and Saturday at Oregon State. The Bears have already shown signs they could make a strong bid for an NCAA berth this season as Cal has performed well in two early season tournaments, losing only to teams ranked in the Top 20. On Sept. 1-2, Cal placed second at the Silver Legacy/Ray Wersching Invitational in Reno, NV, defeating host Nevada, 3-1, losing to No. 10 ranked Minnesota, 3-0, and topping Kent State, 3-0. Most recently, the Bears placed second in their own Golden Bear Volleyball Classic Sept. 8-9, defeating McNeese State, 3-1, before falling to No. 12 ranked Florida, 3-1. Cal has received solid production from senior outside hitter Alicia Perry, who has been selected to all-tournament teams in both the Silver Legacy Invite and the Golden Bear Classic. During the Golden Bear Classic, Perry recorded 27 kills and had a team-high 33 digs in the two matches. She currently leads Cal in both kills (64) and digs (54). Another standout for the Bears has been freshman outside hitter Gabrielle Abernathy. Abernathy earned all-tournament honors in Nevada after having a stellar performance in her collegiate debut against the Wolf Pack, recording 17 kills and 13 digs. Against Florida, Abernathy had a team-high 18 kills. Two more players who have excelled so far in 2000 are junior setter/outside hitter Candace McNamee and sophomore middle blocker Reena Pardiwala. McNamee leads Cal with 125 assists and was selected to the all-tournament team of the Golden Bear Volleyball Classic, recording 52 assists and 11 kills in the two matches. She had her second career triple-double in the season-opener at Nevada with 11 kills, 11 digs and 37 assists. Pardiwala, who sat out the entire 1999 season with a ruptured disk in her lower back, has been steady this season with a .296 hitting percentage, 29 kills, five service aces, 35 digs and 23 total blocks. McNamee is currently third on the Cal all-time assist list with 2044 career assists. The other Bear who is a member of the Bears all-time career Top 10 list is Perry, who is eighth on the career kill list with 964 and ninth with 2646 kill attempts.

CAL VS. THE OPPONENTS: The Bears have a 30-12 all-time record against Oregon, sweeping the Ducks last season (3-0 Oct 1 at Cal, 3-0 Oct. 28 at Oregon). Oregon is currently 6-1 (host Stanford Sept. 14) and is led by 6-0 senior middle blocker Halie Mazza (89 kills, .446 hitting percentage). Cal has a 25-11 all-time record against Oregon State and has won the last four matches against the Beavers (last season 3-2 Oct. 2 at Cal, 3-0 Oct. 29 at Oregon State). Oregon State is currently 6-1 (host Stanford Sept. 15) and is led by 5-11 junior outside hitter Gina Schmidt (96 kills, .275 hitting percentage).

2000 Player Notes

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 1233 1994-97 5. Morgan Cecil 1053 1989-91 7. Brook Coulter 966 1996-99 8. Alicia Perry 964 1997-

Attempts Name Total Years 1. Lisa Arce 4801 1987-90 2. Tiffany Rochelle 4772 1986-89 3. Jessica Dinaberg 3546 1994-97 4. Cara Dane 3394 1990-93 5. Brook Coulter 3066 1996-99 9. Alicia Perry 2646 1997-

Assists Name Total Years 1. Sienna Curci 4008 89,91-93 2. Holly McPeak 3819 1987-89 3. Candace McNamee 2044 1998-

Service Aces Name Total Years 1. Brook Coulter 162 1996-99 2. Sienna Curci 136 89, 91-93 Tiffany Rochelle 136 1986-89

Digs Name Total Years 1. Lisa Arce 1602 1987-90 2. Tiffany Rochelle 1406 1986-89 3. Jessica Dinaberg 1238 1994-97 4. Holly McPeak 1184 1987-89 5. Tosha Comendant 1168 1990-93

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. Kellie Alva 351 1996-99

GABRIELLE ABERNATHY: Had a career-high 18 kills and five block assists Sept. 9 versus Florida...finished the Golden Bear Classic with a team-high 28 kills...had a team-high 17 kills and 13 digs Sept. 1 at Nevada...also had a service ace, a block solo and three block assists versus the Wolf Pack...was named Silver Legacy/Ray Wersching Invitational all-tournament...finished the three tournament matches with 34 kills, a team-leading 23 digs and eight total blocks.

REENA PARDIWALA: Leads the Bear starters with a .296 hitting percentage (29 kills, eight errors, 71 attempts)...also has 35 digs and a team-high six block solos and 23 total blocks...had a career-high four service aces Sept. 8 versus McNeese State...Sept. 1 at Nevada had a career-high 10 digs, four block solos and eight total blocks...had sat out the whole 1999 season after rupturing a disk in her lower back.

CANDACE MCNAMEE: Was named all-tournament at the Golden Bear Classic, recording 52 assists and 11 digs...recorded her second career triple-double Sept. 1 at Nevada with 11 kills, 11 digs and 37 assists (second among Pac-10 players this season)...had a team-high 12 kills Sept. 2 versus Minnesota...in first three games has 30 kills and a team-high 73 assists...currently has 2044 career assists, which is already third on the Cal career assist list...her 1992 career assists ranks her sixth among current Pac-10 players...her 1101 assists as a freshman was the 10th-best Cal single-season mark.

LEAH YOUNG: Had a solid match Sept. 1 at Nevada with a career-high 12 kills, 32 attempts and five digs...Sept. 2 versus Minnesota had a career-high two block solos, and Sept. 2 versus Kent State had four block assists and a career-high five total blocks...had 10 kills in the two matches of the Golden Bear Classic and had three block assists Sept. 9 versus Florida.

ALICIA PERRY: Was selected to both the Silver Legacy/Ray Wersching Invitational all-tournament team and the Golden Bear Classic all-tournament team...during the Golden Bear Classic recorded 27 kills and a team-high 33 digs and four service aces...at the Silver Legacy Invite led Cal with a team-high 37 kills and recorded 21 digs...had an impressive .481 hitting percentage (15 kills, two errors, 27 attempts) Sept. 2 versus Kent State...is currently eighth on the Cal all-time career kill list (964) and ninth on the Cal all-time kill attempt list (2646)...among active Pac-10 players she is third in career kills, third in career digs (792) and 10th in career total blocks (156).

JESSICA ZATICA: Had five kills with no errors in 10 attemps Sept. 8 versus McNeese State...joined Abernathy as one of two true freshmen to start the season opener Sept. 1 at Nevada...had one block solo and eight block assists versus the Wolf Pack...also recorded four kills Sept. 2 versus Kent State...leads the team with 26 total blocks and has a .312 hitting percentage (13 kills, three errors, 32 attempts) this season.

CAITY NOONAN: Sophomore setter is second on the team with 102 assists...leads the team with seven service aces, recording at least one service ace in each of the first five matches...had three service aces Sept. 8 versus McNeese State...had nine digs and 26 assists in the season-opener Sept. 1 at Nevada.

2000 University of California Volleyball Season Highs Career highs in italics

TEAM INDIVIDUAL Kills 67 at Nevada, 9/1 Kills 18 by Gabrielle Abernathy vs. Florida, 9/9 Attempts 185 at Nevada, 9/1 Attempts 46 by Alicia Perry vs. Florida, 9/9 Hitting Pct. .354 vs. Kent State, 9/2 Hitting Pct. .481 by Alicia Perry vs. Kent State, 9/2 (15k-2e-27att) Assists 63 at Nevada, 9/1 Assists 37 by Candace McNamee at Nevada, 9/1 Service Aces 14 vs. McNeese State, 9/8 Service Aces 4 by Reena Pardiwala vs. McNeese State, 9/8 Digs 71 at Nevada, 9/1 Digs 18 by Alicia Perry vs. McNeese State, 9/8 Block Solos 6 at Nevada, 9/1 Block Solos 4 by Reena Pardiwala at Nevada, 9/1 Block Assists 26 at Nevada, 9/1 Block Assists 7 by Jessica Zatica at Nev. 9/1, Pardiwala vs. Kent State, 9/2 Team Blocks 19 at Nevada, 9/1 Total Blocks 8 by Jessica Zatica at Nevada, 9/1

INDIVIDUAL

GABRIELLE ABERNATHY Kills 18 vs. Florida, 9/9 Attempts 40 at Nevada, 9/1 Service Aces 1 at Nevada, 9/1 Digs 13 at Nevada, 9/1 Block Solos 1 at Nevada, 9/1 Block Assists 5 vs. Florida, 9/9 Total Blocks 5 vs. Florida, 9/9

CANDACE MCNAMEE Kills 12 vs. Minnesota, 9/2 Attempts 31 at Nevada, 9/1 Assists 37 at Nevada, 9/1 Service Aces 1 vs. McNeese State, 9/8 Digs 11 at Nevada, 9/1 Block Solos 0 Block Assists 5 vs. Kent State, 9/2 Total Blocks 5 vs. Kent State, 9/2

REENA PARDIWALA Kills 8 at Nevada, 9/1 Attempts 22 at Nevada, 9/1 Service Aces 4 vs. McNeese State, 9/8 Digs 10 at Nevada, 9/1 Block Solos 4 at Nevada, 9/1 Block Assists 4 at Nevada, 9/1 Total Blocks 8 at Nevada, 9/1

LEAH YOUNG Kills 12 at Nevada, 9/1 Attempts 32 at Nevada, 9/1 Service Aces 0 Digs 5 at Nevada, 9/1 Block Solos 2 vs. Minnesota, 9/2 Block Assists 5 vs. Kent State, 9/2 Total Blocks 5 vs. Kent State, 9/2

JESSICA ZATICA Kills 5 vs. McNeese State, 9/8 Attempts 10 vs. Kent State, 9/2 Service Aces 0 Digs 3 at Nevada, 9/1 Block Solos 1 vs. two teams Block Assists 7 at Nevada, 9/1 Total Blocks 8 at Nevada, 9/1

CAITY NOONAN Kills 1 vs. McNeese State, 9/8 Attempts 3 vs. McNeese State, 9/8 Assists 26 at Nevada, 9/1 Service Aces 3 vs. McNeese State, 9/8 Digs 12 vs. Florida, 9/9 Block Solos 0 Block Assists 0 Total Blocks 0

ALICIA PERRY Kills 15 vs. two teams Attempts 46 vs. Florida, 9/9 Assists 1 vs. Kent State, 9/2 Service Aces 3 vs. McNeese State, 9/8 Digs 18 vs. McNeese State, 9/8 Block Solos 0 Block Assists 3 at Nevada, 9/1 Total Blocks 3 at Nevada, 9/1

LAUREL KOKASKA Kills 0 Attempts 4 at Nevada, 9/1 Service Aces 0 Digs 5 vs. Minnesota, 9/1 Block Solos 0 Block Assists 0 Total Blocks 0