Sept. 18, 2000

BERKELEY, CA -

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Tue. Sept. 19 San Jose State, RSF Fieldhouse, Berkeley, CA 7 p.m. Fri. Sept. 22 UCLA, RSF Fieldhouse, Berkeley, CA 7 p.m. Sat. Sept. 23 USC, RSF Fieldhouse, Berkeley, CA 7 p.m.

HEAD COACH RICH FELLER: Rich Feller (17-18 at Cal, career 316-185, .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 (4-3, 1-1) hosts San Jose State, No. 7 ranked UCLA and No. 6 ranked USC this week at the RSF Fieldhouse. The Bears are returning home after opening Pac-10 competition with two long five-game matches last week at Oregon and Oregon State. Cal defeated the Ducks, 3-2 (13-15, 15-11, 16-14, 13-15, 26-24), in a three hour and 15 minute contest, and fell to the Beavers, 3-2 (16-14, 15-10, 14-16, 12-15, 16-14), in a two hour and 55 minute match. The match against Oregon is believed to be the longest match, time-wise, in Bear volleyball history, and the 26-24 fifth game score is believed to be the highest scoring game in Cal history. Three team school records were set by the Bears in Oregon, with 101 team kills and 95 team assists versus Oregon and 277 kill attempts against Oregon State. Senior outside hitter Alicia Perry, selected to all-tournament teams in both the Silver Legacy Invite and the Golden Bear Classic this season, recorded a team-high 57 kills and 47 digs last week. Versus Oregon, Perry posted a career-best 30 kills and 26 digs, including the match winning kill in the 26-24 fifth game. She followed that with 27 kills and 21 digs at Oregon State. Perry leads Cal in both kills (121) and digs (101), and with 1,021 career kills becomes the sixth player in Cal history to record over 1,000 kills. Another standout has been freshman outside hitter Gabrielle Abernathy. Abernathy earned all-tournament honors in Nevada after recording 17 kills and 13 digs in her college debut versus the Wolf Pack. Junior setter/outside hitter Candace McNamee and sophomore middle blocker Reena Pardiwala have also excelled. McNamee leads Cal with 260 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. Against Oregon State Sept. 16, McNamee recorded a career-best 73 assists. Pardiwala, who sat out the entire 1999 season with a ruptured disk in her lower back, has been steady this season with a .300 hitting percentage, 58 kills, seven service aces, 57 digs and 25 total blocks.

CAL VS. THE OPPONENTS: The Bears have an 11-26 all-time record against San Jose State (9-2), but defeated the Spartans, 3-0 (15-8, 15-12, 15-13) in the last meeting Oct. 19, 1999 in San Jose. Cal has a 0-38 all-time record against No. 7 UCLA. The Bruins are currently 7-3 (2-0) and are led by 5-11 junior outside hitter Kristee Porter (220 kills, 116 digs, .280 hitting percentage). The Bears have a 6-26 all-time record against No. 6 USC, last defeating the Trojans, 3-2, Nov. 15, 1991 in Berkeley. The Trojans are currently 7-0 (2-0, at Stanford Sept. 22) and are led by 6-1 freshman outside hitter April Ross (68 kills, 44 digs, .370 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 6. Alicia Perry 1021 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 7. Alicia Perry 2810 1997-

Assists Name Total Years 1. Sienna Curci 4008 89,91-93 2. Holly McPeak 3819 1987-89 3. Candace McNamee 2179 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 28 kills Sept. 15 at Oregon and had a career-high 14 digs Sept. 16 at Oregon State...recorded 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 .300 hitting percentage (58 kills, 19 errors, 130 attempts)...also has 57 digs and a team-high seven block solos and 32 total blocks...had a career-high 17 kills and 16 digs Sept. 15 at Oregon...had a career-high four service aces Sept. 8 versus McNeese State...Sept. 1 at Nevada had a career-high 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...had a career-high 73 assists Sept. 16 at Oregon State...also had a career-high three service aces Sept. 15 at Oregon and Sept. 16 at Oregon State...had a career-high 18 digs Sept. 16 at OSU...had a team-high 12 kills Sept. 2 versus Minnesota...leads the team with 260 assists...currently has 2179 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 career-high 14 kills and 40 attempts Sept. 16 at Oregon State...had a solid match Sept. 1 at Nevada with 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...had a career-high 30 kills and 26 digs Sept. 15 at Oregon, including knocking down the match-winning kill...followed with a team-high 27 kills and 21 digs Sept. 16 at Oregon State...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 sixth on the Cal all-time career kill list (1021) and seventh on the Cal all-time kill attempt list (2810)...among active Pac-10 players she is third in career kills, third in career digs (839) and 10th in career total blocks (154).

JESSICA ZATICA: Had a career-high two block solos Sept. 16 at Oregon State...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 32 total blocks and has a .318 hitting percentage (18 kills, four errors, 44 attempts) this season.

CAITY NOONAN: Sophomore setter is second on the team with 123 assists...leads the team with seven service aces...had a career-high 17 digs Sept. 16 at Oregon State...had three service aces Sept. 8 versus McNeese State...had nine digs and 26 assists in the season-opener Sept. 1 at Nevada.

HEATHER DIERS: Had a career-high 12 kills and a .500 hitting percentage (12 kills, two errors, 20 attempts) Sept. 16 at Oregon State...had six kills, no errors and 10 attempts (.600 hitting percentage) Sept. 15 at Oregon...Sept. 9 versus Florida had a career-high one block solo and five block assists...had the game-winning block in the Bears 17-15 game three victory over Florida.

2000 University of California Volleyball Season Highs
Career highs in italics


INDIVIDUAL
Kills	30 by Alicia Perry at Oregon, 9/15
Attempts	82 by Alicia Perry at Oregon, 9/15, at OSU, 9/16
Hitting Pct.	.500 by Heather Diers at OSU, 9/16 (12k-2e-20att)
Assists	73 by Candace McNamee at Oregon State, 9/16
Service Aces	4 by Reena Pardiwala vs. McNeese State, 9/8
Digs	26 by Alicia Perry at Oregon, 9/15
Block Solos	4 by Reena Pardiwala at Nevada, 9/1
Block Assists	7 by Jessica Zatica at Nev. 9/1, Pardiwala vs. Kent State, 9/2
Total Blocks	8 by Jessica Zatica at Nevada, 9/1


		INDIVIDUAL

GABRIELLE ABERNATHY
Kills	28 at Oregon, 9/15
Attempts	65 at Oregon, 9/15
Service Aces	1 at Nevada, 9/1
Digs	14 at Oregon State, 9/16
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	73 at Oregon State, 9/16
Service Aces 	3 at Oregon, 9/15, at OSU, 9/16
Digs 	18 at Oregon State, 9/16
Block Solos 	0
Block Assists 	5 vs. Kent State, 9/2
Total Blocks	5 vs. Kent State, 9/2


REENA PARDIWALA
Kills 	17 at Oregon, 9/15
Attempts 	32 at Oregon, 9/15
Service Aces 	4 vs. McNeese State, 9/8
Digs 	16 at Oregon, 9/15
Block Solos 	4 at Nevada, 9/1
Block Assists 	4 at Nevada, 9/1
Total Blocks	8 at Nevada, 9/1


LEAH YOUNG
Kills 	14 at Oregon State, 9/16
Attempts 	40 at Oregon State, 9/16
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	4 at Oregon State, 9/16
Block Solos	2 at Oregon State, 9/16
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 	17 at Oregon State, 9/16
Block Solos 	0
Block Assists 	0
Total Blocks	0


ALICIA PERRY
Kills	30 at Oregon, 9/15
Attempts	82 at Oregon, 9/15, at OSU, 9/16
Assists	5 at Oregon, 9/15
Service Aces	3 vs. McNeese State, 9/8
Digs	26 at Oregon, 9/15
Block Solos	0
Block Assists	3 at Nevada, 9/1
Total Blocks	3 at Nevada, 9/1


HEATHER DIERS
Kills	12 at Oregon State, 9/16
Attempts 	20 at Oregon State, 9/16
Service Aces 	0
Digs 	1 at Oregon, 9/15, at OSU, 9/16
Block Solos 	1 vs. Florida, 9/9, at OSU, 9/16
Block Assists 	5 vs. Florida, 9/9
Total Blocks	6 vs. Florida, 9/9