2009 G oLdeN e AGLeS
C S U L A Vo l l e y b a l l
2 0 0 9 G o l d e n E agl e s V o ll e y b all N C A A N o t e s No. 19 CSULA 21-8, 17-5 CCAA CCAA Standings
About the Golden Eagles Golden Eagles Headed To NCAA Playoffs For Sixth Straight Year: Cal State L.A.’s women’s volleyball team, which has won more than 20 games for the second straight season and for the third time in the past five years, has qualified for the NCAA Division II playoffs for the sixth consecutive year. Cal State L.A. earned the No. 6 seed and will face No. 3 seed Sonoma State in a first-round match Thursday at noon. The winner will face the winner of the match between No. 2 seed UC San Diego and No. 7 seed San Francisco State in a semi-final contest on Friday at 5 p.m. The championship match will be held on Saturday at 7 p.m. The Golden Eagles are continuing their impressive string of postseason appearances. Cal State L.A. has qualified for the NCAA playoffs in 10 of the last 11 years. The Golden Eagles captured the 2005 Pacific Region championship in the Eagles Nest and reached the regional semi-finals in 2006, 2007 and 2008. Cal State L.A. will be making its 15th NCAA Division II playoff appearance, which is tied for the most among all current West Region programs. Cal Poly Pomona also has 15 appearances, although the Broncos are not in the 2009 postseason. Who’s In: Eight teams from the West Region qualified for the NCAA Division II playoffs as part of a 64team championship field.
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School
#2 CS San Bernardino #3 UC San Diego #19 Cal State L.A. #18 Sonoma State Chico State San Francisco State Cal Poly Pomona CS East Bay CS Monterey Bay CS Stanislaus Humboldt State CS Dominguez Hills
CCAA W-L Pct.
21-1 20-2 17-5 15-7 14-8 13-9 8-14 8-14 7-15 4-18 3-19 2-20
0.955 0.909 0.773 0.682 0.636 0.591 0.364 0.364 0.318 0.182 0.136 0.091
Overall W-L Pct.
29-1 28-2 21-8 23-7 23-9 20-10 11-18 10-21 13-19 10-20 7-23 2-27
0.967 0.933 0.724 0.767 0.719 0.667 0.379 0.323 0.406 0.333 0.233 0.069
CCAA Preseason Polls # 1) 2) 3) 5) 6) 7) 8) 9) 10) 11) 12)
Team CS San Bernardino (9) UC San Diego (3) Cal State L.A. Sonoma State Chico State Cal Poly Pomona San Francisco State Humboldt State Cal State Monterey Bay Cal State East Bay Cal State Stanislaus CS Dominguez Hills
Pts. 119 106 92 92 81 72 55 47 38 28 23 21
2008 Record 30-4, 17-3 21-7, 15-5 21-8, 13-7 23-7, 15-5 20-10, 13-7 20-8, 15-5 13-16, 6-14 9-18, 7-13 8-23, 4-16 29-5 (DIII) 6-24, 3-17 3-25, 2-18
West Region Poll Cal State San Bernardino earned the No. 1 seed and the opportunity to host after capturing the California Collegiate Athletic Association title for a fourth straight time. The Coyotes will be hosting for the fourth straight season, but this time the tourney will be held in “The Den,” because of a scheduling conflict in Coussoulis Arena. Cal State San Bernardino, ranked second in the nation, is 29-1 one season after reaching the NCAA Division II title game. Cal State San Bernardino has reached the regional championship match nine straight times and won regional titles in 2003, 2004 and 2008. UC San Diego is the No. 2 seed after finishing second in the CCAA and posting an overall record of 28-2. The Tritons are making their fourth straight trip to the NCAA playoffs and won the West Region in 2006. Sonoma State is the No. 3 seed after posting a 23-7 overall record and finishing fourth in the CCAA. This is the highest seed the Seawolves have earned in three NCAA appearances. Sonoma State was the No. 4 seed last year. Pacific West Conference champion Hawaii-Hilo is the fourth seed and enters the tournament with a 25-1 record. The Vulcans’ only loss was a three-set stunner at conference foe Dixie State. Great Northwest Athletic Conference champion Alaska Anchorage is the No. 5 seed after setting a new school record for conference wins (14) and posting a 22-6 overall record. Cal State L.A. earned the No. 6 seed after finishing third in the CCAA with a 17-5 record and posting a 21-8 overall mark. San Francisco State is the No. 7 seed after posting a 2010 overall record and finishing sixth in the CCAA. The Gators are making their second NCAA appearance and first since 1987. Seattle Pacific, the runner-up in the GNAC, is the No. 8 seed and comes in with a 16-11 overall record. The Schedule: Thursday, Nov. 19 Match 1: No. 3 Sonoma State (22-7) vs. No. 6 Cal State L.A. (21-8) Match 2: No. 2 UC San Diego (28-2) vs. No. 7 San Francisco State (20-10) Match 3: No. 4 Hawaii-Hilo (25-1) vs. No. 5 Alaska Anchorage (22-6) Match 4: No. 1 Cal State San Bernardino (29-1) vs. No. 8 Seattle Pacific (16-11) Friday, Nov. 20 Winner Match 1 vs. Winner Match 2, 5 p.m. Winner Match 3 vs. Winner Match 4, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 21 Championship Match, 7 p.m.
# School Overall Record 1) *CS San Bernardino (CCAA) 28-1 2) UC San Diego (CCA) 28-2 3) Sonoma State (CCAA) 22-7 4) *Hawai’i-Hilo (PacWest) 25-1 5) *Alaska Anchorage (GNAC) 22-6 6) Cal State L.A. (CCAA) 21-8 7) San Francisco State (CCAA) 20-1 8) Seattle Pacific (GNAC) 16-11 *Conference Champion (Received Automatic Bid)
National Poll # 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
School Concordia-St. Paul (32) Cal State San Bernardino UC San Diego Central Missouri West Texas A&M Tampa Nebraska-Kearney Washburn Indianapolis Emporia State Lewis Saint Leo Southwest Minnesota State Hawai’i-Hilo Minnesota Duluth Minnesota State Wayne State (Neb.) Sonoma State Cal State L.A. Metro State Pittsburg State Truman Nebraska-Omaha Wingate Abiliene Christian
Pts. 800 767 720 697 664 631 610 585 537 506 473 456 415 363 339 324 277 249 207 192 173 114 96 81 42
W-L Prev 31-0 1 29-1 3 27-2 4 32-4 5 34-3 6 28-2 7 33-2 3 32-4 8 35-1 T-9 29-5 T-9 29-4 11 28-3 12 25-7 13 25-1 16 22-8 17 26-6 14 28-7 15 23-7 18 21-8 20 24-7 23 24-10 21 24-12 19 20-13 22 34-1 24 29-6 NR
CSULAAthletics.com About the Golden Eagles Cont. Head To Head: Cal State L.A. will be facing Sonoma State for the third time this season and the teams split regular-season matches. Sonoma State rallied to win the first meeting, 25-23, 21-25, 22-25, 25-21, 15-9, in Rohnert Park on Sept. 12. Chelsea Hamilton and Zuzana Cizova had 16 kills each for the Golden Eagles, while Kassie Faulkner had 12 kills and five blocks. Cal State L.A. won the rematch, 25-19, 25-21, 25-21 in Los Angeles on Oct. 15. Gabriela Bulawczyk had 12 kills and 17 digs to lead the Golden Eagles. This will be the first NCAA playoff meeting between the two programs. Cal State L.A. has faced every other qualifier this season except for Hawaii-Hilo. The Golden Eagles are 0-2 against Cal State San Bernardino, 0-2 against UC San Diego, 1-1 against Sonoma State, 0-1 against Alaska Anchorage, 2-0 against San Francisco State and 1-0 against Seattle Pacific. In postseason action, Cal State L.A. is 1-2 against Cal State San Bernardino (W in 2005, L in 2000, 2007), 1-1 against UC San Diego (W in 2008, L in 2006), 0-0 against Sonoma State, Hawaii-Hilo, Alaska Anchorage and San Francisco State and 1-0 against Seattle Pacific (W in 2005). Golden Eagles Add To Postseason History: Cal State L.A.’s women’s volleyball program has maintained its status as one of the elite programs in the NCAA Division II West Region. The Golden Eagles have reached the playoffs in six straight years, 10 out of 11 and 11 out of 13. Cal State L.A. reached the national semi-finals in 2005 after winning the Pacific Region championship as the No. 1 seed with wins over Seattle Pacific, Hawaii Pacific and Cal State San Bernardino in the Eagles Nest.The Golden Eagles have advanced to the regional semi-finals the three seasons. Last season, No. 7 Cal State L.A. knocked off No. 2 UC San Diego, 24-26, 1925, 26-24, 25-23, 15-13 in the first round before falling in the semi-finals to No. 3 Cal Poly Pomona in five sets. In 2007, No. 5 Cal State L.A. beat No. 4 Cal Poly Pomona in five sets, 28-30, 30-26, 30-22, 32-34, 19-17 in a first-round thriller before falling to No. 1 Cal State San Bernardino in four sets in the semi-finals. In 2006, the Golden Eagles advanced to the regional semi-finals before falling in five games to eventual region champion UC San Diego. The Golden Eagles opened the tourney as the No. 6 seed and beat No. 3 seed BYU-Hawaii in the first round, 23-30, 27-30, 30-23, 30-28, 17-15. The Golden Eagles then built a 2-1 lead against UC San Diego before the Tritons rallied to post a 30-23, 18-30, 23-30, 30-24, 15-8 victory. Cal State L.A. is 7-4 in the playoffs over the past four seasons and has a 14-15 record in 14 previous appearances.
10+ Kill Matches Name . . . . . . . . . . . No. . . . High Bulawczyk . . . . . . 22 . . . . 29 Hamilton . . . . . . . 13 . . . . 16 Cizova . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . 20 Mora . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . 14 Laupepa . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . 10 Faulkner . . . . . . . 1 . . . . 12
20+ Point Matches Name . . . . . . . . . . . No. . . . High Bulawczyk . . . . . . 2 . . . . 30 Laupepa . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . 20 Cizova . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . 20
10+ Dig Matches Name . . . . . . . . . . . No. . . . High Gay . . . . . . . . . . . 22 . . . . 31
The Leaders Of The Stats: The Golden Eagles have five players who have more than 100 kills this season. Gabriela Bulawczyk leads the team with 395 kills and is second in service aces (27) and digs (329). Zuzana Cizova is second on the team with 259 kills and third in service aces with 20. Chelsea Hamilton is third in kills with 235. Marquis Mora is fourth with 217 kills and she leads the team with 103 blocks, which is tied for fifth on the all-time singleseason list. Mary Laupepa is fifth in kills with 147 and she leads the team in service aces (34) and is second in blocks with 73. Stefanie Gay leads the team in digs for the second straight season with 446 and Kaylynne De La Rosa leads the team with 1,042 set assists and also has 92 kills and 264 digs.
Bulawczyk . . . . . . 19 . . . . 19
There’s A New Leader In Charge: Cal State L.A. continues to thrive this season under first-year head coach Randi Smart. She replaced longtime coach Bill Lawler, who resigned after 13 years with the program. Lawler left with a 274-112 record at Cal State L.A. Smart was an assistant coach at Cal State L.A. last year and helped the program record its 12th straight winning record and qualify for the NCAA playoffs.
Hamilton . . . . . . . 1 . . . . 13
In Smart’s first season, Cal State L.A. is 21-8 heading into the postseason and has won more than 20 games for the second straight year and for the third time in the past five years. Smart had 11 years of assistant coaching experience before taking the reigns of the Cal State L.A. program this season. Before becoming an assistant at Cal State L.A. in 2008, Smart spent four seasons at Cal Poly Pomona and helped the Broncos post their best season ever in 2005 when they went 24-3 and won a CCAA co-championship (with Cal State L.A., ironically enough). Before that, she was an assistant coach at La Verne for six seasons. The highlight of her tenure came in 2001 when the Leopards won the national title. As an added bonus, she got to coach her younger sister, Ryan Winn, who was an All-American setter for the Leopards and was the 2001 Division III National Player of the Year.
Cizova . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . . 17 De La Rosa . . . . . 10 . . . . 17 Kim . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . 13 Tuladhar . . . . . . . 1 . . . . 14
Brown . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . 10
Double-Doubles Name . . . . . . . . . . . No. . . . Last Bulawczyk . . . . . . 12 . . 11/14 De La Rosa . . . . . 10 . . 11/14 Cizova . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . 11/7 Hamilton . . . . . . . 1 . . . 8/29
C S U L A Vo l l e y b a l l Date Opponent 8/28/2009 $ University of Alaska Fairbanks 8/28/2009 $ Seattle Pacific University 8/29/2009 $ Western Washington University 9/4/2009 % vs University of Alaska Anchorage 9/4/2009 % vs Mesa State College 9/5/2009 % vs Northern Michigan University 9/5/2009 % vs Saginaw Valley State University 9/10/2009 * at Humboldt State 9/12/2009 * at Sonoma State 9/18/2009 * UC San Diego 9/19/2009 * Cal State East Bay 9/22/2009 * at Cal State Dominguez Hills 9/25/2009 * Cal State Monterey Bay 9/26/2009 * San Francisco State 10/2/2009 * at Cal State San Bernardino 10/3/2009 * at Cal Poly Pomona 10/9/2009 * at Chico State 10/10/2009 * at Cal State Stanislaus 10/14/2009 * Cal State Dominguez Hills 10/16/2009 * Sonoma State 10/17/2009 * Humboldt State 10/21/2009 * at Cal State East Bay 10/23/2009 * at UC San Diego 10/30/2009 * at San Francisco State 10/31/2009 * at Cal State Monterey Bay 11/6/2009 * Cal Poly Pomona 11/7/2009 * Cal State San Bernardino 11/11/2009 * Cal State Stanislaus 11/14/2009 * Chico State * CCAA Contest $ CSULA-CSUDH-CPP Tournament % Triton Invitational (Hosted by UC San Diego) Home matches in bold in the Eagles Nest.
2009 Schedule/Results Location Eagles Nest Eagles Nest Eagles Nest La Jolla, CA La Jolla, CA La Jolla, CA La Jolla, CA Arcata, CA Rohnert Park, CA Eagles Nest Eagles Nest Carson, CA Eagles Nest Eagles Nest San Bernardino, CA Pomona, CA Chico, CA Turlock, CA Eagles Nest Eagles Nest Eagles Nest Hayward, CA La Jolla, CA San Francisco, CA Seaside, CA Eagles Nest Eagles Nest Eagles Nest Eagles Nest
Results W 3-0 W 3-0 L 2-3 L 0-3 W 3-1 W 3-1 L 2-3 W 3-0 L 2-3 L 2-3 W 3-1 W 3-0 W 3-0 W 3-0 L 1-3 W 3-1 W 3-1 W 3-1 W 3-0 W 3-0 W 3-0 W 3-0 L 1-3 W 3-1 W 3-2 W 3-2 L 1-3 W 3-1 W 3-1
2009 Golden Eagles Volleyball Roster # 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 12 13 15 16 17 RS RS RS
Name Marquis Mora Stefanie Gay Keslie Brown Amrita Tuladhar Zuzana Cizova Kaylynne De La Rosa Chelsea Hamilton Annie Kim Kassie Faulkner Mary Laupepa Gabriela Bulawczyk Bianca Ngo Kaitlynd Carroll Natalia Gonzalez Sade Greene Ashley Gutierrez
Pos. Ht. Yr. MB 5-11 Fr. L 5-4 Jr. S 5-8 Sr. S 5-8 Jr. OH 5-10 Jr. S 5-8 So. OPP 5-10 So. OH 5-8 Fr. OH/OPP 5-10 Jr. MB 5-9 Jr. OH 6-1 Sr. DS/L 5-5 Fr. DS/L 5-8 Fr. OH 5-11 Jr. MB 6-0 Jr. DS 5-6 So.
Head Coach: Randi Smart (1st year, 2nd year at CSULA) Assistant Coach: Breezie Jordan (1st year)
Hometown/Last School Rancho Cucamonga/Etiwanda HS Lake Forest/Golden West JC Santa Barbara/Dos Pueblos HS Torrance/El Camino JC Zlin, Czech Republic / San Jacinto JC (TX) Spring Valley/Francis Parker HS Lancaster/Quartz Hill HS San Gabriel/Gabrielino HS Canyon Country/Golden West College Carson/Carson HS Sulechow, Poland/Southern Idaho San Jose/Redondo HS Nipomo/Coastal Christian HS Covina/Cal Poly Pomona Charleston, S.C./Taft JC Corona Hills/La Sierra HS
CSULAAthletics.com 2009 CSULA Season Statistics
## Name GP-MP-MS K K/Game E TA Pct A A/Game SA SA/Gm SE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------15 BULAWCZYK, Gabriela 111 29395 3.56 112 1052 .269 29 0.26 27 0.24 23 6 CIZOVA, Zuzana 98 26259 2.64 104 674 .230 26 0.27 20 0.20 43 8 HAMILTON, Chelsea 102 28235 2.30 98 608 .225 8 0.08 16 0.16 28 2 MORA, Marquis 111 29217 1.95 79 496 .278 10 0.09 0 0.00 0 13 LAUPEPA, Mary 81 21147 1.81 42 316 .332 11 0.14 34 0.42 47 7 DE LA ROSA, Kaylynne 111 2992 0.83 24 188 .362 1042 9.39 20 0.18 25 12 FAULKNER, Kassie 74 2780 1.08 43 252 .147 2 0.03 8 0.11 9 10 KIM, Annie 41 2014 0.34 16 64 -.031 10 0.24 6 0.15 15 5 TULADHAR, Amrita 48 2012 0.25 11 52 .019 12 0.25 6 0.12 8 4 BROWN, Keslie 79 278 0.10 12 40 -.100 114 1.44 11 0.14 30 17 CARROLL, Kaitlynd 27 121 0.04 0 1 1.000 3 0.11 0 0.00 0 3 GAY, Stefanie 108 281 0.01 3 10 -.200 84 0.78 15 0.14 13 CAL STATE L.A....... 111 291461 13.16 544 3753 .244 1351 12.17 163 1.47 241 Opponents........... 111 291236 11.14 616 3858 .161 1124 10.13 145 1.31 249 ## Name G RE DIG Dig/G BS BA Total B/Game BE BHE Points Pts/Game -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------15 BULAWCZYK, Gabriela 111 28 329 2.96 7 41 48 0.43 3 1 449.5 4.05 6 CIZOVA, Zuzana 98 15 256 2.61 2 27 29 0.30 4 1 294.5 3.01 8 HAMILTON, Chelsea 102 4 57 0.56 2 36 38 0.37 6 2 271.0 2.66 2 MORA, Marquis 111 2 31 0.28 14 89 103 0.93 6 0 275.5 2.48 13 LAUPEPA, Mary 81 0 45 0.56 7 66 73 0.90 3 0 221.0 2.73 7 DE LA ROSA, Kaylynne 111 0 264 2.38 5 44 49 0.44 2 10 139.0 1.25 12 FAULKNER, Kassie 74 1 17 0.23 5 40 45 0.61 2 0 113.0 1.53 10 KIM, Annie 41 14 74 1.80 0 3 3 0.07 0 1 21.5 0.52 5 TULADHAR, Amrita 48 11 61 1.27 2 3 5 0.10 0 0 21.5 0.45 4 BROWN, Keslie 79 7 118 1.49 0 2 2 0.03 1 2 20.0 0.25 3 GAY, Stefanie 108 41 446 4.13 0 0 0 0.00 0 3 16.0 0.15 17 CARROLL, Kaitlynd 27 3 16 0.59 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 1.0 0.04 CAL STATE L.A....... 111 145 1714 15.44 44 351 219.5 1.98 27 20 1843.5 16.61 Opponents........... 111 163 1508 13.59 51 293 197.5 1.78 36 33 1578.5 14.22
C S U L A Vo l l e y b a l l 1992 Def: UC Riverside: 3-0 Def: Cal Poly Pomona: 3-2 Def: North Dakota State: 3-0 Lost: Portland State: 0-3 Lost: W. Texas A&M: 0-3 1993 Def: UC Riverside: 3-2 Lost: CS Bakersfield: 1-3 1994 Def: Cal Poly Pomona: 3-1 Lost: CS Bakersfield: 1-3 1995 - Hosted Regional Def: Grand Canyon: 3-2 Lost: CS Bakersfield: 1-3 1997 Lost: Cal Poly Pomona: 2-3
NCAA Tournament History 1999 Lost: BYU-Hawaii: 0-3 2000 - Hosted Regional Lost: CS San Bernardino: 2-3 2001 Lost: Western Washington: 2-3 2002 Def: Western Washington: 3-2 Lost: BYU-Hawaii: 0-3 2004 Lost: Chaminade: 0-3
Overall Tournament Record: 14-15 (14 Appearances)
2005 - Hosted Regional Def: Seattle Pacific: 3-1 Def: Hawaii Pacific: 3-2 Def: CS San Bernardino: 3-2 Def: Lock Haven: 3-2 Lost: Nebraska-Kearney: 0-3 2006 Def: BYU-Hawaii: 3-2 Lost: UC San Diego: 2-3 2007 Def: Cal Poly Pomona: 3-2 Lost: CS San Bernardino: 1-3 2008 Def: UC San Diego: 3-2 Lost: Cal Poly Pomona: 2-3
C S U L A Vo l l e y b a l l 2009 NCAA Championship Bracket
2 0 0 9 G o l d e n E agl e s V o ll e y b all N C A A N o t e s No. 19 CSULA 21-8, 17-5 CCAA CCAA Standings
About the Golden Eagles Golden Eagles Headed To NCAA Playoffs For Sixth Straight Year: Cal State L.A.’s women’s volleyball team, which has won more than 20 games for the second straight season and for the third time in the past five years, has qualified for the NCAA Division II playoffs for the sixth consecutive year. Cal State L.A. earned the No. 6 seed and will face No. 3 seed Sonoma State in a first-round match Thursday at noon. The winner will face the winner of the match between No. 2 seed UC San Diego and No. 7 seed San Francisco State in a semi-final contest on Friday at 5 p.m. The championship match will be held on Saturday at 7 p.m. The Golden Eagles are continuing their impressive string of postseason appearances. Cal State L.A. has qualified for the NCAA playoffs in 10 of the last 11 years. The Golden Eagles captured the 2005 Pacific Region championship in the Eagles Nest and reached the regional semi-finals in 2006, 2007 and 2008. Cal State L.A. will be making its 15th NCAA Division II playoff appearance, which is tied for the most among all current West Region programs. Cal Poly Pomona also has 15 appearances, although the Broncos are not in the 2009 postseason. Who’s In: Eight teams from the West Region qualified for the NCAA Division II playoffs as part of a 64team championship field.
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School
#2 CS San Bernardino #3 UC San Diego #19 Cal State L.A. #18 Sonoma State Chico State San Francisco State Cal Poly Pomona CS East Bay CS Monterey Bay CS Stanislaus Humboldt State CS Dominguez Hills
CCAA W-L Pct.
21-1 20-2 17-5 15-7 14-8 13-9 8-14 8-14 7-15 4-18 3-19 2-20
0.955 0.909 0.773 0.682 0.636 0.591 0.364 0.364 0.318 0.182 0.136 0.091
Overall W-L Pct.
29-1 28-2 21-8 23-7 23-9 20-10 11-18 10-21 13-19 10-20 7-23 2-27
0.967 0.933 0.724 0.767 0.719 0.667 0.379 0.323 0.406 0.333 0.233 0.069
CCAA Preseason Polls # 1) 2) 3) 5) 6) 7) 8) 9) 10) 11) 12)
Team CS San Bernardino (9) UC San Diego (3) Cal State L.A. Sonoma State Chico State Cal Poly Pomona San Francisco State Humboldt State Cal State Monterey Bay Cal State East Bay Cal State Stanislaus CS Dominguez Hills
Pts. 119 106 92 92 81 72 55 47 38 28 23 21
2008 Record 30-4, 17-3 21-7, 15-5 21-8, 13-7 23-7, 15-5 20-10, 13-7 20-8, 15-5 13-16, 6-14 9-18, 7-13 8-23, 4-16 29-5 (DIII) 6-24, 3-17 3-25, 2-18
West Region Poll Cal State San Bernardino earned the No. 1 seed and the opportunity to host after capturing the California Collegiate Athletic Association title for a fourth straight time. The Coyotes will be hosting for the fourth straight season, but this time the tourney will be held in “The Den,” because of a scheduling conflict in Coussoulis Arena. Cal State San Bernardino, ranked second in the nation, is 29-1 one season after reaching the NCAA Division II title game. Cal State San Bernardino has reached the regional championship match nine straight times and won regional titles in 2003, 2004 and 2008. UC San Diego is the No. 2 seed after finishing second in the CCAA and posting an overall record of 28-2. The Tritons are making their fourth straight trip to the NCAA playoffs and won the West Region in 2006. Sonoma State is the No. 3 seed after posting a 23-7 overall record and finishing fourth in the CCAA. This is the highest seed the Seawolves have earned in three NCAA appearances. Sonoma State was the No. 4 seed last year. Pacific West Conference champion Hawaii-Hilo is the fourth seed and enters the tournament with a 25-1 record. The Vulcans’ only loss was a three-set stunner at conference foe Dixie State. Great Northwest Athletic Conference champion Alaska Anchorage is the No. 5 seed after setting a new school record for conference wins (14) and posting a 22-6 overall record. Cal State L.A. earned the No. 6 seed after finishing third in the CCAA with a 17-5 record and posting a 21-8 overall mark. San Francisco State is the No. 7 seed after posting a 2010 overall record and finishing sixth in the CCAA. The Gators are making their second NCAA appearance and first since 1987. Seattle Pacific, the runner-up in the GNAC, is the No. 8 seed and comes in with a 16-11 overall record. The Schedule: Thursday, Nov. 19 Match 1: No. 3 Sonoma State (22-7) vs. No. 6 Cal State L.A. (21-8) Match 2: No. 2 UC San Diego (28-2) vs. No. 7 San Francisco State (20-10) Match 3: No. 4 Hawaii-Hilo (25-1) vs. No. 5 Alaska Anchorage (22-6) Match 4: No. 1 Cal State San Bernardino (29-1) vs. No. 8 Seattle Pacific (16-11) Friday, Nov. 20 Winner Match 1 vs. Winner Match 2, 5 p.m. Winner Match 3 vs. Winner Match 4, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 21 Championship Match, 7 p.m.
# School Overall Record 1) *CS San Bernardino (CCAA) 28-1 2) UC San Diego (CCA) 28-2 3) Sonoma State (CCAA) 22-7 4) *Hawai’i-Hilo (PacWest) 25-1 5) *Alaska Anchorage (GNAC) 22-6 6) Cal State L.A. (CCAA) 21-8 7) San Francisco State (CCAA) 20-1 8) Seattle Pacific (GNAC) 16-11 *Conference Champion (Received Automatic Bid)
National Poll # 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
School Concordia-St. Paul (32) Cal State San Bernardino UC San Diego Central Missouri West Texas A&M Tampa Nebraska-Kearney Washburn Indianapolis Emporia State Lewis Saint Leo Southwest Minnesota State Hawai’i-Hilo Minnesota Duluth Minnesota State Wayne State (Neb.) Sonoma State Cal State L.A. Metro State Pittsburg State Truman Nebraska-Omaha Wingate Abiliene Christian
Pts. 800 767 720 697 664 631 610 585 537 506 473 456 415 363 339 324 277 249 207 192 173 114 96 81 42
W-L Prev 31-0 1 29-1 3 27-2 4 32-4 5 34-3 6 28-2 7 33-2 3 32-4 8 35-1 T-9 29-5 T-9 29-4 11 28-3 12 25-7 13 25-1 16 22-8 17 26-6 14 28-7 15 23-7 18 21-8 20 24-7 23 24-10 21 24-12 19 20-13 22 34-1 24 29-6 NR
CSULAAthletics.com About the Golden Eagles Cont. Head To Head: Cal State L.A. will be facing Sonoma State for the third time this season and the teams split regular-season matches. Sonoma State rallied to win the first meeting, 25-23, 21-25, 22-25, 25-21, 15-9, in Rohnert Park on Sept. 12. Chelsea Hamilton and Zuzana Cizova had 16 kills each for the Golden Eagles, while Kassie Faulkner had 12 kills and five blocks. Cal State L.A. won the rematch, 25-19, 25-21, 25-21 in Los Angeles on Oct. 15. Gabriela Bulawczyk had 12 kills and 17 digs to lead the Golden Eagles. This will be the first NCAA playoff meeting between the two programs. Cal State L.A. has faced every other qualifier this season except for Hawaii-Hilo. The Golden Eagles are 0-2 against Cal State San Bernardino, 0-2 against UC San Diego, 1-1 against Sonoma State, 0-1 against Alaska Anchorage, 2-0 against San Francisco State and 1-0 against Seattle Pacific. In postseason action, Cal State L.A. is 1-2 against Cal State San Bernardino (W in 2005, L in 2000, 2007), 1-1 against UC San Diego (W in 2008, L in 2006), 0-0 against Sonoma State, Hawaii-Hilo, Alaska Anchorage and San Francisco State and 1-0 against Seattle Pacific (W in 2005). Golden Eagles Add To Postseason History: Cal State L.A.’s women’s volleyball program has maintained its status as one of the elite programs in the NCAA Division II West Region. The Golden Eagles have reached the playoffs in six straight years, 10 out of 11 and 11 out of 13. Cal State L.A. reached the national semi-finals in 2005 after winning the Pacific Region championship as the No. 1 seed with wins over Seattle Pacific, Hawaii Pacific and Cal State San Bernardino in the Eagles Nest.The Golden Eagles have advanced to the regional semi-finals the three seasons. Last season, No. 7 Cal State L.A. knocked off No. 2 UC San Diego, 24-26, 1925, 26-24, 25-23, 15-13 in the first round before falling in the semi-finals to No. 3 Cal Poly Pomona in five sets. In 2007, No. 5 Cal State L.A. beat No. 4 Cal Poly Pomona in five sets, 28-30, 30-26, 30-22, 32-34, 19-17 in a first-round thriller before falling to No. 1 Cal State San Bernardino in four sets in the semi-finals. In 2006, the Golden Eagles advanced to the regional semi-finals before falling in five games to eventual region champion UC San Diego. The Golden Eagles opened the tourney as the No. 6 seed and beat No. 3 seed BYU-Hawaii in the first round, 23-30, 27-30, 30-23, 30-28, 17-15. The Golden Eagles then built a 2-1 lead against UC San Diego before the Tritons rallied to post a 30-23, 18-30, 23-30, 30-24, 15-8 victory. Cal State L.A. is 7-4 in the playoffs over the past four seasons and has a 14-15 record in 14 previous appearances.
10+ Kill Matches Name . . . . . . . . . . . No. . . . High Bulawczyk . . . . . . 22 . . . . 29 Hamilton . . . . . . . 13 . . . . 16 Cizova . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . 20 Mora . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . 14 Laupepa . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . 10 Faulkner . . . . . . . 1 . . . . 12
20+ Point Matches Name . . . . . . . . . . . No. . . . High Bulawczyk . . . . . . 2 . . . . 30 Laupepa . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . 20 Cizova . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . 20
10+ Dig Matches Name . . . . . . . . . . . No. . . . High Gay . . . . . . . . . . . 22 . . . . 31
The Leaders Of The Stats: The Golden Eagles have five players who have more than 100 kills this season. Gabriela Bulawczyk leads the team with 395 kills and is second in service aces (27) and digs (329). Zuzana Cizova is second on the team with 259 kills and third in service aces with 20. Chelsea Hamilton is third in kills with 235. Marquis Mora is fourth with 217 kills and she leads the team with 103 blocks, which is tied for fifth on the all-time singleseason list. Mary Laupepa is fifth in kills with 147 and she leads the team in service aces (34) and is second in blocks with 73. Stefanie Gay leads the team in digs for the second straight season with 446 and Kaylynne De La Rosa leads the team with 1,042 set assists and also has 92 kills and 264 digs.
Bulawczyk . . . . . . 19 . . . . 19
There’s A New Leader In Charge: Cal State L.A. continues to thrive this season under first-year head coach Randi Smart. She replaced longtime coach Bill Lawler, who resigned after 13 years with the program. Lawler left with a 274-112 record at Cal State L.A. Smart was an assistant coach at Cal State L.A. last year and helped the program record its 12th straight winning record and qualify for the NCAA playoffs.
Hamilton . . . . . . . 1 . . . . 13
In Smart’s first season, Cal State L.A. is 21-8 heading into the postseason and has won more than 20 games for the second straight year and for the third time in the past five years. Smart had 11 years of assistant coaching experience before taking the reigns of the Cal State L.A. program this season. Before becoming an assistant at Cal State L.A. in 2008, Smart spent four seasons at Cal Poly Pomona and helped the Broncos post their best season ever in 2005 when they went 24-3 and won a CCAA co-championship (with Cal State L.A., ironically enough). Before that, she was an assistant coach at La Verne for six seasons. The highlight of her tenure came in 2001 when the Leopards won the national title. As an added bonus, she got to coach her younger sister, Ryan Winn, who was an All-American setter for the Leopards and was the 2001 Division III National Player of the Year.
Cizova . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . . 17 De La Rosa . . . . . 10 . . . . 17 Kim . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . 13 Tuladhar . . . . . . . 1 . . . . 14
Brown . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . 10
Double-Doubles Name . . . . . . . . . . . No. . . . Last Bulawczyk . . . . . . 12 . . 11/14 De La Rosa . . . . . 10 . . 11/14 Cizova . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . 11/7 Hamilton . . . . . . . 1 . . . 8/29
C S U L A Vo l l e y b a l l Date Opponent 8/28/2009 $ University of Alaska Fairbanks 8/28/2009 $ Seattle Pacific University 8/29/2009 $ Western Washington University 9/4/2009 % vs University of Alaska Anchorage 9/4/2009 % vs Mesa State College 9/5/2009 % vs Northern Michigan University 9/5/2009 % vs Saginaw Valley State University 9/10/2009 * at Humboldt State 9/12/2009 * at Sonoma State 9/18/2009 * UC San Diego 9/19/2009 * Cal State East Bay 9/22/2009 * at Cal State Dominguez Hills 9/25/2009 * Cal State Monterey Bay 9/26/2009 * San Francisco State 10/2/2009 * at Cal State San Bernardino 10/3/2009 * at Cal Poly Pomona 10/9/2009 * at Chico State 10/10/2009 * at Cal State Stanislaus 10/14/2009 * Cal State Dominguez Hills 10/16/2009 * Sonoma State 10/17/2009 * Humboldt State 10/21/2009 * at Cal State East Bay 10/23/2009 * at UC San Diego 10/30/2009 * at San Francisco State 10/31/2009 * at Cal State Monterey Bay 11/6/2009 * Cal Poly Pomona 11/7/2009 * Cal State San Bernardino 11/11/2009 * Cal State Stanislaus 11/14/2009 * Chico State * CCAA Contest $ CSULA-CSUDH-CPP Tournament % Triton Invitational (Hosted by UC San Diego) Home matches in bold in the Eagles Nest.
2009 Schedule/Results Location Eagles Nest Eagles Nest Eagles Nest La Jolla, CA La Jolla, CA La Jolla, CA La Jolla, CA Arcata, CA Rohnert Park, CA Eagles Nest Eagles Nest Carson, CA Eagles Nest Eagles Nest San Bernardino, CA Pomona, CA Chico, CA Turlock, CA Eagles Nest Eagles Nest Eagles Nest Hayward, CA La Jolla, CA San Francisco, CA Seaside, CA Eagles Nest Eagles Nest Eagles Nest Eagles Nest
Results W 3-0 W 3-0 L 2-3 L 0-3 W 3-1 W 3-1 L 2-3 W 3-0 L 2-3 L 2-3 W 3-1 W 3-0 W 3-0 W 3-0 L 1-3 W 3-1 W 3-1 W 3-1 W 3-0 W 3-0 W 3-0 W 3-0 L 1-3 W 3-1 W 3-2 W 3-2 L 1-3 W 3-1 W 3-1
2009 Golden Eagles Volleyball Roster # 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 12 13 15 16 17 RS RS RS
Name Marquis Mora Stefanie Gay Keslie Brown Amrita Tuladhar Zuzana Cizova Kaylynne De La Rosa Chelsea Hamilton Annie Kim Kassie Faulkner Mary Laupepa Gabriela Bulawczyk Bianca Ngo Kaitlynd Carroll Natalia Gonzalez Sade Greene Ashley Gutierrez
Pos. Ht. Yr. MB 5-11 Fr. L 5-4 Jr. S 5-8 Sr. S 5-8 Jr. OH 5-10 Jr. S 5-8 So. OPP 5-10 So. OH 5-8 Fr. OH/OPP 5-10 Jr. MB 5-9 Jr. OH 6-1 Sr. DS/L 5-5 Fr. DS/L 5-8 Fr. OH 5-11 Jr. MB 6-0 Jr. DS 5-6 So.
Head Coach: Randi Smart (1st year, 2nd year at CSULA) Assistant Coach: Breezie Jordan (1st year)
Hometown/Last School Rancho Cucamonga/Etiwanda HS Lake Forest/Golden West JC Santa Barbara/Dos Pueblos HS Torrance/El Camino JC Zlin, Czech Republic / San Jacinto JC (TX) Spring Valley/Francis Parker HS Lancaster/Quartz Hill HS San Gabriel/Gabrielino HS Canyon Country/Golden West College Carson/Carson HS Sulechow, Poland/Southern Idaho San Jose/Redondo HS Nipomo/Coastal Christian HS Covina/Cal Poly Pomona Charleston, S.C./Taft JC Corona Hills/La Sierra HS
CSULAAthletics.com 2009 CSULA Season Statistics
## Name GP-MP-MS K K/Game E TA Pct A A/Game SA SA/Gm SE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------15 BULAWCZYK, Gabriela 111 29395 3.56 112 1052 .269 29 0.26 27 0.24 23 6 CIZOVA, Zuzana 98 26259 2.64 104 674 .230 26 0.27 20 0.20 43 8 HAMILTON, Chelsea 102 28235 2.30 98 608 .225 8 0.08 16 0.16 28 2 MORA, Marquis 111 29217 1.95 79 496 .278 10 0.09 0 0.00 0 13 LAUPEPA, Mary 81 21147 1.81 42 316 .332 11 0.14 34 0.42 47 7 DE LA ROSA, Kaylynne 111 2992 0.83 24 188 .362 1042 9.39 20 0.18 25 12 FAULKNER, Kassie 74 2780 1.08 43 252 .147 2 0.03 8 0.11 9 10 KIM, Annie 41 2014 0.34 16 64 -.031 10 0.24 6 0.15 15 5 TULADHAR, Amrita 48 2012 0.25 11 52 .019 12 0.25 6 0.12 8 4 BROWN, Keslie 79 278 0.10 12 40 -.100 114 1.44 11 0.14 30 17 CARROLL, Kaitlynd 27 121 0.04 0 1 1.000 3 0.11 0 0.00 0 3 GAY, Stefanie 108 281 0.01 3 10 -.200 84 0.78 15 0.14 13 CAL STATE L.A....... 111 291461 13.16 544 3753 .244 1351 12.17 163 1.47 241 Opponents........... 111 291236 11.14 616 3858 .161 1124 10.13 145 1.31 249 ## Name G RE DIG Dig/G BS BA Total B/Game BE BHE Points Pts/Game -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------15 BULAWCZYK, Gabriela 111 28 329 2.96 7 41 48 0.43 3 1 449.5 4.05 6 CIZOVA, Zuzana 98 15 256 2.61 2 27 29 0.30 4 1 294.5 3.01 8 HAMILTON, Chelsea 102 4 57 0.56 2 36 38 0.37 6 2 271.0 2.66 2 MORA, Marquis 111 2 31 0.28 14 89 103 0.93 6 0 275.5 2.48 13 LAUPEPA, Mary 81 0 45 0.56 7 66 73 0.90 3 0 221.0 2.73 7 DE LA ROSA, Kaylynne 111 0 264 2.38 5 44 49 0.44 2 10 139.0 1.25 12 FAULKNER, Kassie 74 1 17 0.23 5 40 45 0.61 2 0 113.0 1.53 10 KIM, Annie 41 14 74 1.80 0 3 3 0.07 0 1 21.5 0.52 5 TULADHAR, Amrita 48 11 61 1.27 2 3 5 0.10 0 0 21.5 0.45 4 BROWN, Keslie 79 7 118 1.49 0 2 2 0.03 1 2 20.0 0.25 3 GAY, Stefanie 108 41 446 4.13 0 0 0 0.00 0 3 16.0 0.15 17 CARROLL, Kaitlynd 27 3 16 0.59 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 1.0 0.04 CAL STATE L.A....... 111 145 1714 15.44 44 351 219.5 1.98 27 20 1843.5 16.61 Opponents........... 111 163 1508 13.59 51 293 197.5 1.78 36 33 1578.5 14.22
C S U L A Vo l l e y b a l l 1992 Def: UC Riverside: 3-0 Def: Cal Poly Pomona: 3-2 Def: North Dakota State: 3-0 Lost: Portland State: 0-3 Lost: W. Texas A&M: 0-3 1993 Def: UC Riverside: 3-2 Lost: CS Bakersfield: 1-3 1994 Def: Cal Poly Pomona: 3-1 Lost: CS Bakersfield: 1-3 1995 - Hosted Regional Def: Grand Canyon: 3-2 Lost: CS Bakersfield: 1-3 1997 Lost: Cal Poly Pomona: 2-3
NCAA Tournament History 1999 Lost: BYU-Hawaii: 0-3 2000 - Hosted Regional Lost: CS San Bernardino: 2-3 2001 Lost: Western Washington: 2-3 2002 Def: Western Washington: 3-2 Lost: BYU-Hawaii: 0-3 2004 Lost: Chaminade: 0-3
Overall Tournament Record: 14-15 (14 Appearances)
2005 - Hosted Regional Def: Seattle Pacific: 3-1 Def: Hawaii Pacific: 3-2 Def: CS San Bernardino: 3-2 Def: Lock Haven: 3-2 Lost: Nebraska-Kearney: 0-3 2006 Def: BYU-Hawaii: 3-2 Lost: UC San Diego: 2-3 2007 Def: Cal Poly Pomona: 3-2 Lost: CS San Bernardino: 1-3 2008 Def: UC San Diego: 3-2 Lost: Cal Poly Pomona: 2-3
C S U L A Vo l l e y b a l l 2009 NCAA Championship Bracket
