BEAR NOTES: The Cal volleyball team (7-10, 3-6 Pac-10) will try to break a four-match losing streak when it travels to face the San Jose State Spartans (18-1) Oct. 19 at 7:30 p.m. and the No. 6 ranked Stanford Cardinal (14-2, 8-1 Pac-10) Oct. 22 at 7 p.m. This past weekend, the Bears had the opportunity to compete in the first athletic event hosted in the new Haas Pavilion (prior to men's and women's basketball's Midnight Madness), when they took on Arizona State Oct. 15. Cal lost to the Sun Devils, 3-1 (15-11, 15-6, 15-13, 15-9), but had a crowd of 3,125, the largest crowd ever for a Bear home volleyball match and the largest crowd Cal has played in front of since facing Hawaii before 6,601 Sept. 14, 1996 (lost 3-0) in Honolulu. The following night, Oct. 16, the Bears played in front of a crowd of 420 in Haas Pavilion in a 3-0 loss to No. 18 Arizona (15-10, 15-3, 15-10). Outside hitter Brook Coulter is having an outstanding senior campaign as she is the team leader in kills (210), digs (210) and service aces (30), and is now on the Cal Top 10 career list in four categories. Coulter made school history with seven service aces Oct. 25 versus Utah, putting her first on Cal's all-time career service ace list (now at 149). She is also eighth in career kill attempts (2645), ninth in career digs (959) and 10th in career kills (836). Other current Bear players who are on the Cal all-time career Top 10 list include senior middle blocker Kelli Alva and sophomore setter/outside hitter Candace McNamee. Alva is fifth on the Cal career total block list (299) and McNamee is third on the career assist list (1651). Junior outside hitter Alicia Perry has racked up some impressive numbers this season as she is second on the team behind Coulter in kills (208) and digs (133). Freshman outside hitter/middle blocker Courtney Guerra leads the Bears in total blocks with 55. Cal has been a strong serving team this season, leading the Pac-10 with an average of 1.84 service aces per game (112 total service aces).

THIS WEEK:

Tue. Oct. 19   at San Jose State, Event Center, San Jose, CA  7:30 p.m.

Fri. Oct. 22   at Stanford, Maples Pavilion, Stanford, CA     7 p.m.

CAL VS. THE OPPONENTS: Cal has a 10-26 all-time record against San Jose State, but defeated the Spartans, 3-2, the last time the two schools played, Sept. 19, 1995 in San Jose. San Jose State is currently 18-1 (lone loss, 3-1, Sept. 4 at Washington State), having won 14 straight matches and last defeating Tulsa, 3-0, Oct. 15 and Rice, 3-0, Oct. 16 in San Jose. The Spartans are led by junior middle blocker Joslynn Gallop with a team-leading 336 kills and 155 digs. Cal has a 4-45 all-time record against Stanford, losing to the Cardinal earlier this season, 3-1 (15-5, 11-15, 15-4, 15-7), Sept. 21 at Cal. The Bears 15-11 victory in game two versus Stanford this season was the first time Cal had won a game during a match against the Cardinal since Oct. 4, 1996. Stanford is currently 14-2 overall, having last defeated Arizona State, 3-0, Oct. 14 and Arizona, 3-0, Oct. 15 at Stanford. The Cardinal are led by freshman outside hitter Logan Tom with 213 kills, 116 digs and 18 service aces. The last time Cal defeated Stanford in volleyball was Oct. 1, 1982 in Berkeley during the Cal Dolfin Invitational (3-1).

HEAD COACH RICH FELLER: Rich Feller (7-10 at Cal, career 306-177, .634) is in his first 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 Player Notes

KELLIE ALVA: Had a season-high two block solos and added three block assists Oct. 9 at USC...had seven kills, two errors in 10 attempts for a .500 hitting percentage Oct. 1 versus Oregon...had a career-high 38 kill attempts Sept. 18 at WSU...was named to the PowerBar Invitational all-tournament team Sept. 4 in Colorado... tied a career-high with 17 kills with only three errors in 25 attempts for a .560 hitting percentage Sept. 4 at Denver...had a career-high nine block assists and 16 digs Sept. 3 at Colorado...is currently fifth on the school's all-time career total block list (299)...second on team in total blocks (53)...on Pac-10 All-Freshman team in 1996.

BROOK COULTER: Had seven service aces versus Utah Sept. 25, becoming the Cal all-time service ace leader (now has 149 career aces)...is now also eighth in kill attempts (2645), ninth in digs (959) and 10th in kills (836)...currently leads team in kills (210), digs (210) and service aces (30)...was named to the PowerBar Invitational all-tournament team Sept. 4 in Colorado...in the two tournament matches recorded 34 kills and 35 digs...had a career-high 21 kills Sept. 3 at Colorado...was fourth in the nation and led the Pac-10 in service aces (56, third-best all-time Cal single-season mark) and in ace average (0.74 apg) last season...also last year broke the school record for single-match service aces with nine aces Oct. 16 at Oregon.

CANDACE MCNAMEE: Was named Pac-10 Player of the Week (Oct. 4) after breaking a school record with a .917 hitting percentage (11 kills, no errors, 12 attempts) Oct. 1 versus Oregon and recording a triple-double (14 kills, 14 digs, 36 assists) Oct. 2 versus OSU...had a career-high three service aces versus BYU Sept. 24...tallied 52 assists at Washington and 57 assists at WSU Sept. 17-18...played well Sept. 3 at Colorado, recording a career-high 63 assists and had a career-high three service aces...currently has 1,651 career assists, which is already third on the Cal career assist list...her 1,101 assists last season was the 10th-best Cal single-season mark.

LEAH YOUNG: Had exceptional college debut Sept. 1 against Hawaii, recording seven kills with no errors in 13 attempts for a .538 hitting percentage...recorded a season-high 12 kills with only two errors in 24 attempts for a .417 hitting percentage Sept. 17 at Washington...had a career-high five block assists Sept. 28 versus Santa Clara.

ALICIA PERRY: Recorded a career-high 29 kills and 73 attempts Sept. 25 versus Utah...had 35 kills and 20 digs during the two matches of the PowerBar Invitational Sept. 3-4...had a career-high two block solos and five total blocks Sept. 3 at Colorado...had a career-high four block assists Sept. 25 versus Utah...second on the team with 208 kills and 133 digs...led Cal with 11 digs Sept. 1 versus Hawaii...led the team in kills (331) and digs (298) last season.

COURTNEY GUERRA: As a freshman leads the team in total blocks (55) and is third in service aces (16)...had a career-high nine kills and two errors in 17 attempts for a .412 hitting percentage Sept. 25 versus Utah...had a career-high three block solos Oct. 2 versus OSU...recorded three service aces Sept. 3 at Colorado and had six block assists Sept. 25 versus Utah and Sept. 28 versus Santa Clara.

CAITY NOONAN: The freshman had a season-high 25 assists Oct. 2 versus OSU...was impressive Sept. 17-18 at Washington and WSU, recording a season-high six kills with no errors in 15 attempts for a .400 hitting percentage against WSU...also had two service aces and seven digs versus the Huskies...had a team-high 12 digs Sept. 8 against EWU and then had a team-high four service aces Sept. 12 against Wisc. GB...is second on the team with 22 service aces.

LAUREL KOKASKA: The junior college transfer played extremely well coming off the bench to record a season-high 12 kills Sept. 17 at Washington...came back and had nine kills and a season-high 15 digs Sept. 18 at Washington State...had two service aces Sept. 25 versus Utah.

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
  10.   Brook Coulter       836   1996-

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.   Kelly Moomaw       2864   1984-87
   8.   Brook Coulter      2645   1996-

Assists

        Name              Total   Years
   1.   Sienna Curci      4008    89,91-93
   2.   Holly McPeak      3819    1987-89
   3.   Candace McNamee   1651    1998-
   4.   Kelly Bates       1301    1985
        Lynn Guevara      1301    1995-96

Service Aces

        Name              Total   Years
   1.   Brook Coulter     149     1996-
   2.   Sienna Curci      136     89, 91-93
        Tiffany Rochelle  136     1986-89
   4.   Lisa Arce         128     1987-90
   5.   Teri Donohue      126     1983-85

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
   9.   Brook Coulter     959    1996-

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         299    1996-

1999 University of California Volleyball Season Highs (as of 10/16)
Career highs in italics

TEAM                                            INDIVIDUAL                  
Kills         74 at Col., 9/3, vs. OSU, 10/2    Kills         29 by Alicia Perry vs. Utah, 9/25
Attempts      220 vs. Oregon State, 10/2        Attempts      73 by Alicia Perry vs. Utah, 9/25
Hitting Pct.  .406 vs. Wisc. GB, 9/12           Hitting Pct.  .917 by Candace McNamee vs. Oregon, 10/1 (11k-0e-12att)
Assists       71 vs. Oregon State, 10/2         Assists       63 by Candace McNamee at Colorado, 9/3
Service Aces  16 vs. Utah, 9/25                 Service Aces  7 by Brook Coulter vs. Utah, 9/25
Digs          82 vs. Oregon State, 10/2         Digs          21 by Brook Coulter vs. OSU, 10/2, vs. ASU, 10/15
Block Solos   5 vs. Oregon State, 10/2          Block Solos   3 by Courtney Guerra vs. Oregon State, 10/2
Block Assists 26 at Col., 9/3, vs. OSU, 10/2    Block Assists 9 by Kellie Alva at Colorado, 9/3
Team Blocks   15 at Col., 9/3, vs. OSU, 10/2    Total Blocks  9 by Kellie Alva at Colorado, 9/3

INDIVIDUAL

KELLIE ALVA

Kills         17 at Denver, 9/4
Attempts      38 at Washington State, 9/18
Service Aces   2 at Washington, 9/17
Digs          16 at Colorado, 9/3
Block Solos    2 at USC, 10/9
Block Assists  9 at Colorado, 9/3
Total Blocks   9 at Colorado, 9/3

CANDACE MCNAMEE

Kills         14 vs. Oregon State, 10/2
Attempts      40 vs. Arizona State, 10/15
Assists       63 at Colorado, 9/3
Service Aces   3 at Colorado, 9/3, vs. BYU, 9/25
Digs          14 vs. Oregon State, 10/2
Block Solos    1 vs. Hawaii, 9/1, vs. Utah, 9/25
Block Assists  5 at Col., 9/3, vs. Oregon State, 10/2
Total Blocks   5 at Col., 9/3, Oregon State, 10/2

BROOK COULTER

Kills         21 at Colorado, 9/3
Attempts      61 vs. Stanford, 9/21
Service Aces   7 vs. Utah, 9/25
Digs          21 vs. OSU, 10/2, vs. ASU, 10/15
Block Solos    2 at Washington, 9/17
Block Assists  3 vs. BYU, 9/24
Total Blocks   3 vs. BYU, 9/24

LEAH YOUNG

Kills         12 at Washington, 9/17
Attempts      31 at Colorado, 9/3, at WSU, 9/18
Service Aces   0
Digs           3 vs. Hawaii, 9/1
Block Solos    1 at USC, 10/9
Block Assists  5 vs. Santa Clara, 9/28, vs. ASU, 10/15
Total Blocks   5 vs. Santa Clara, 9/28, vs. ASU, 10/15

COURTNEY GUERRA

Kills          9 vs. Utah, 9/25
Attempts      23 vs. Oregon State, 10/2
Service Aces   3 at Colorado, 9/3
Digs          12 at Denver, 9/4
Block Solos    3 vs. Oregon State, 10/2
Block Assists  6 vs. Utah, 9/25, vs. Santa Clara, 9/28
Total Blocks   7 vs. Utah, 9/25

CAITY NOONAN

Kills          6 at Washington State, 9/18
Attempts      15 at Washington State, 9/18
Assists       25 vs. Oregon State, 10/2
Service Aces   4 vs. Wisc. GB, 9/12
Digs          17 vs. Arizona State, 10/15
Block Solos    0
Block Assists  2 at Washington, 9/17, at WSU, 9/18
Total Blocks   2 at Washington, 9/17, at WSU, 9/18

ALICIA PERRY

Kills         29 vs. Utah, 9/25
Attempts      73 vs. Utah, 9/25
Service Aces   2 vs. two teams
Digs          13 at Colorado, 9/3
Block Solos    2 at Colorado, 9/3, vs. ASU, 10/15
Block Assists  4 vs. Utah, 9/25
Total Blocks   5 at Colorado, 9/3, vs. Utah, 9/25

LAUREL KOKASKA

Kills         12 at Washington, 9/17
Attempts      36 at Washington, 9/17
Service Aces   2 vs. Utah, 9/25   
Digs          15 at Washington State, 9/18
Block Solos    0
Block Assists  1 vs. Oregon, 10/1
Total Blocks   0