2017 Sun Devil Beach volleyball
SUN DEVIL BEACH VOLLEYBALL Media Relations: Cal Aboud | [email protected] | (480) 965-1237 | TheSunDevils.com Arizona State Beach Volleyball 2017 schedule Date Opponent Location/Result F 25 Maroon & Gold Scrimmage 3 PM/PERA Club M 3-4 Arizona Invitational Tucson, Ariz. 3 Hawaii 12:00 PM 3 Jacksonville 4:00 PM 4 Arizona* 11:00 AM 11-12 Sun Devil Challenge PERA Club 11 Arizona* 7:00 PM 12 New Mexico 11:00 AM 12 Texas A&M Kingsville 4:00 PM 17 CSU Bakersfield TBD/Bakersfield, Calif. 18 Pepperdine TBD/Malibu, Calif. 23 Nebraska 11:00 AM/PERA Club 24-25 TCU Tournament TBD/Fort Worth, Texas 31-1 Surf & Turf Invitational Miami, Fla. UCLA* 7:00 AM A 7 USC* 6:00 PM/Los Angeles, Calif. 8 USAV Challenge TBD/Hermosa Beach, Calif. 14 Concordia TBD/Northridge, Calif. 14 CSUN TBD/Northridge, Calif. 21 New Mexico 11:00 AM/PERA Club 21 California* 3:00 PM/PERA Club 22 Stanford* 3:00 PM/PERA Club 27 Pac-12 Conference Tournament TBD/Tucson, Ariz. M 5-7 NCAA Championship All Day/Gulf Shores, Ala. All Times local to Arizona BOLD indicates home meet Italics indicates tournament * indicates Pac-12 meet Team Information
Location Tempe, Ariz. Enrollment 73,373 Colors Maroon & Gold Conference Pac-12 Head Coach Brad Keenan (First Year) Record/Years 0-0/1 year Contact Information
Arizona State Cal Aboud, Media Relations E-mail [email protected] Cell 480-310-1781 Office 480-965-1237 Arizona State Nicole Praga, Media Relations E-mail [email protected] Cell 509-619-5572 Office 480-965-1237
@SunDevilBeachVB PRIMED FOR PAC-12 CHAMPIONSHIPS
TEMPE, Ariz. -- With five consecutive wins to their credit including victories over Pac-12 conference affiliates Stanford and California the Arizona State beach volleyball team (15-14, 3-4 Pac-12) will travel south to Tucson, Ariz. for the 2017 Pac-12 Beach Volleyball Championships, hosted by the University of Arizona Thursday through Saturday. Live coverage of the matches will be provided via Pac-12 Networks from Friday to Saturday. Complete coverage info, including times and regions, is available on Pac-12.com. The Sand Devils will compete in the team bracket on Thursday and Friday, before partaking in the pairs bracket Friday and Saturday. THE TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP In Thursday’s double-elimination championship, ASU drew the No. 4 seed, and will open against No. 5 Stanford at 12 p.m. PT. The winner will take on the victor of 1 p.m. slated match between No. 1 seed USC and No. 8 Utah/No. 9 Oregon . The Pac-12 Team Championship will be held on Friday at 1 p.m. PT, featuring the respective champions of the winners and contenders bracket. THE PAIRS CHAMPIONSHIP The pairs bracket will set the No. 1s and No. 2s from each of the Pac-12 schools against one another in single-elimination format. The duos of Bianca Arellano and Whitney Follette, the No. 3 seed, and Madison Berridge and Oluoma Okaro, the No. 11 seed, will represent the Sand Devils in the competition. Arellano and Follette will open against Oregon’s No. 14 seeded Lindsey Vander Weide and Brooke Van Sickle Friday afternoon at 5 p.m. PT, while Berridge and Okaro will kick start pairs play against USC’s Sophie Bukovec and Allie Wheeler, the No. 6 overall seed at 4 p.m. PT. Four respective quarterfinals matches will be held the following Saturday morning at 9 a.m. PT, followed by a pair of semi-finals duals at 11 a.m. PT, culminating in the Pac-12 Pairs Championship at 1 p.m PT. 2017 PAC-12 CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM SEEDING 1. USC 2. UCLA 3. Arizona 4. Arizona State 5. Stanford 6. California 7. Washington 8. Utah 9. Oregon PROJECTED PAIRINGS 1. Bianca Arellano/Whitney Follette 2. Oluoma Okaro/Madison Berridge 3. Ellyson Lundberg/Katelyn Carballo 4. Cassidy Pickrell/Mia Rivera 5. Natalie Braun/Katei Cross SUN DEVIL BEACH VOLLEYBALL EARNS FIRST SWEEP OF PAC-12 SCHOOL The ASU beach volleyball team earned its first sweep of a Pac-12 school in program history on Saturday, April 22, with a 5-0 victory over the Stanford Cardinal at the PERA Club. The No. 1 duo of seniors Bianca Arellano and Whitney Follette showed much determination with a 29-27 second-set win after winning the first set, 21-15. Ellyson Lundberg and Katelyn Carballo in the No. 3 spot completed the sweep for the Sun Devils after battling back from a first-set loss, 18-21, 21-18, 15-13.
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SUN DEVIL BEACH VOLLEYBALL FINISHES REGULAR SEASON WITH WINNING RECORD FOR FIRST TIME IN PROGRAM HISTORY For the first time in the still young history of the Arizona State beach volleyball program, the Sun Devils posted a winning record at the end of the regular season with their 5-0 sweep of Stanford on Saturday, April 22.
PRONUNCIATIONS
The win marked the 15th victory of the season which is also the most wins in program history in a single season. FOLLETTE AND ARELLANO HOLD RECORD FOR MOST WINS IN PROGRAM HISTORY The No. 1 senior duo of Whitney Follette and Bianca Arellano finished their regular season careers at the PERA Club with the winningest record in program history with a total 43 wins. The pair still has time to add to that number at the conference championship this weekend. Individually, Follette holds 58 wins to her name, the most in program history, while Arellano has 56 of her own, the second most. Fellow senior Madison Berridge has 28 wins to her credit, currently the third-most individual wins in program history.
2017 Sun Devil Beach volleyball head coach brad keenan
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rad Keenan was named the head coach of the Sun Devil beach volleyball program on May 13, 2016.
Keenan made his professional beach volleyball debut in 2006, and has since earned 25 top-three finishes on the Association of Volleyball Professionals (AVP) tour. He was named the 2006 Rookie of the Year, and earned Most Improved Player accolades in 2007. In 2014 he was recognized as the AVP’s Best Server. He also spent seven years with the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB), from 2009-15. Keenan joined the Concordia University men’s volleyball program in 2015, where he earned his Master’s in Exercise and Sports Science. He has also served as a volunteer assistant with the USA Women’s National Team, Balboa Bay Volleyball Club, Surf City Volleyball Club, and with the Foutain Valley High School Varsity Volleyball program. Keenan was a four-time AVCA All-American and two-time National Player of the Year at Pepperdine, where he was a middle blocker from 2000-03. He finished his career as the record holder in blocks and service aces and earned his Bachelor of Science in Accounting. In 2014, Keenan was inducted into the Pepperdine Hall of Fame. Keenan is married to Olympian and silver medal winner April Ross.
2017 Sun Devil beach volleyball
Name (Number) Bianca Arellano (1) Bethany Wedepohl (2) Cassidy Pickrell (4) Kwyn Johnson (5) Ellyson Lundberg (10) Katie Cross (11) Whitney Follette (12) Katelyn Carballo (13) Mia Rivera (14) Oluoma Okaro (15) Madison Berridge (21) Sydney Palmer (22) Frances Giedraitis (23) Kara Woodard (24) Sage Patchell (25) Jourdan Parnell (32) Natalie Braun (33)
HT 5-8 5-10 6-0 6-3 5-11 5-11 6-2 5-9 5-8 6-1 5-8 5-7 5-9 5-11 5-11 5-8 5-7
Head Coach: Brad Keenan, First Season
Year SR SO SR RS JR FR SO SR FR JR JR SR JR JR FR FR SO SO
Hometown (High School/Last School) Phoenix, Ariz. (Xavier College Prep) Scottsdale, Ariz. (Saguaro HS) Coppell, Texas (Coppell HS) Kalispell, Mont. (Flathead HS) Larkspur, Calif. (Redwood HS) Flagstaff, Ariz. (Coconino HS/South Carolina) St. Albert, Canada (Paul Kane) Laguna Beach, Calif. (Laguna Beach HS) Gilbert, Ariz. (Gilbert HS) Lakewood, Calif. (Gahr HS/Univ. of San Francisco) El Dorado, Calif. (Union Mine HS) Yorba Linda, Calif. (Mater Dei HS) Tucson, Ariz. (University HS) Phoenix, Ariz. (Arcadia HS) Laguna Beach, Calif. (Laguna Beach HS) San Diego, Calif. (Cathedral Catholic) Phoenix, Ariz. (Xavier College Prep)
2017 sun devil beach volleyball BIANCA ARELLANO • SENIOR • PHOENIX, ARIZ. OVERALL RECORD: 57-36 2017 RECORD: 21-8 • • • • •
APART OF THE TEAM’S NO. 1S DUO WITH FELLOW SENIOR WHITNEY FOLLETTE. CURRENTLY HOLDS THE SECOND MOST WINS N PROGRAM HISTORY WITH 36 WINS TO HER CREDIT. WENT 18-12 IN THE 2016 SEASON AS THE NO. 1S DUO WITH FOLLETTE. NAMED TO THE INAUGURAL ALL-PAC-12 FIRST TEAM WHILE ALSO BEING SELECTED TO THE FIRST EVER PAC-12 ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM. ADVANCED TO THE PAIRS SEMI-FINALS WITH PARTNER WHITNEY FOLLETTE AT THE PAC-12 BEACH VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS.
BETHANY WEDEPOHL • SOPHOMORE • SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. OVERALL RECORD: 17-17 2017 RECORD: 3-6 • •
COMPETED IN THE NO. 3 SPOT ALONGSIDE MADISON BERRIDGE AND THE NO. 4 SPOT WITH JOURDAN PARNELL OVER THE COURSE OF THE 2016 SEASON. POSTED A 14-11 CUMULATIVE RECORD IN THE 2016 SEASON AS A FRESHMAN.
CASSIDY PICKRELL • SENIOR • COPPELL, TEXAS OVERALL RECORD: 9-13 2017 RECORD: 9-13 • •
DID NOT PLAY IN THE 2016 BEACH VOLLEYBALL SEASON DUE TO INJURY. FINISHED HER COLLEGIATE INDOOR CAREER WITH 1,208 TOTAL KILLS.
KWYN JOHNSON • REDSHIRT JUNIOR • KALISPELL, MONT. OVERALL RECORD: 12-32 2017 RECORD: 2-14 • •
COMPLIED A 9-15 RECORD IN 2016, GOING 8-13 AS THE NO. 2 PAIR WITH SYDNEY PALMER. PLAYED IN THE INAUGURAL SEASON OF BEACH VOLLEYBALL AT ASU.
2017 sun devil beach volleyball ELLYSON LUNDBERG • FRESHMAN • LARKSPUR, CALIF. OVERALL RECORD: 11-12 2017 RECORD: 11-12 • • •
WAS A MEMBER OF THE USAV BEACH HIGH PERFORMANCE TEAM. NAMED INDOOR VOLLEYBALL PLAYER OF THE YEAR IN 2015 IN THE MARIN COUNTY ATHLETIC LEAGUE. PURSUING A DEGREE IN SPORTS JOURNALISM AND IS A MEMBER OF BARRETT, THE HONORS COLLEGE AT ASU WITH A 3.8 GPA.
KATIE CROSS • SOPHOMORE • FLAGSTAFF, ARIZ. OVERALL RECORD: 6-8 2017 RECORD: 6-8 • • •
POSTED A 1-0 RECORD PLAYING IN THE NO. 5 DUO AT HE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA. NAMED TO THE CCSA 2015-16 BEACH HONOR ROLL. WANTS TO ATTEND LAW SCHOOL AT THE COMPLETION OF HER UNDERGRAD AT W.P. CAREY.
WHITNEY FOLLETTE • SENIOR • ST. ALBERT, CANADA OVERALL RECORD: 59-34 2017 RECORD: 21-8 • • • • •
APART OF THE TEAM’S NO. 1S DUO WITH FELLOW SENIOR BIANCA ARELLANO. BOASTS A CAREER RECORD OF 39-26 AND IS THE CURRENT RECORD HOLDER FOR MOST WINS IN PROGRAM HISTORY. COMPLIED A 18-12 2016 RECORD WITH ARELLANO. WAS NAMED TO THE INAUGURAL ALL-PAC-12 FIRST TEAM WHILE ALSO BEING SELECTED TO THE FIRST EVER PAC-12 ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE 2016 SEASON. ADVANCED TO THE PAIRS SEMIFINALS ALONGSIDE ARELLANO AT THE INAUGURAL PAC-12 BEACH VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS.
KATELYN CARBALLO • FRESHMAN • LAGUNA BEACH, CALIF. OVERALL RECORD: 13-15 2017 RECORD: 13-15 • •
COMPETED AS AN OUTSIDE HITTER FOR ELITE BEACH VOLLEYBALL CLUB. RECORDED 242 KILLS, 536 DIGS, AND 76 ACES WHILE HITTING A .251 CLIP DURING HER HIGH SCHOOL CAREER.
2017 sun devil beach volleyball MIA RIVERA • JUNIOR • GILBERT, ARIZ. OVERALL RECORD: 19-27 2017 RECORD: 8-9 •
POSTED A 11-16 RECORD IN 2016.
OLUOMA OKARO • JUNIOR • LAKEWOOD, CALIF. OVERALL RECORD: 18-10 2017 RECORD: 18-10 • • •
WILL COMPETE IN HER FIRST SEASON OF BEACH VOLLEYBALL THIS YEAR. PLAYED IN ALL 120 SETS OF THE ASU INDOOR VOLLEYBALL 2016 SEASON, TOTALING 336 KILLS. TRANSFERED FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO WHERE SHE PLAYED TWO SEASONS OF VOLLEYBALL THERE.
MADISON BERRIDGE • SENIOR • EL DORADO, CALIF. OVERALL RECORD: 29-26 2017 SEASON: 18-10 •
POSTED A 11-16 RECORD ON THE 2016 SEASON.
SYDNEY PALMER • JUNIOR • YORBA LINDA, CALIF. OVERALL RECORD: 18-29 2017 SEASON: 3-6 • •
POSTED A 8-13 RECORD IN 2016 ALONGSIDE PARTNER KWYN JOHNSON AS THE NO. 2 DUO. WENT 7-10 AS A FRESHMAN IN 2015 WITH PARTNER KIZZY WILLEY.
2017 sun devil beach volleyball FRANCES GIEDRAITIS • JUNIOR • TUCSON, ARIZ. OVERALL RECORD: 22-32 2017 RECORD: 2-11 • •
TALLIED A 13-10 RECORD ON THE 2016 SEASON, COMPETING INTERMITTINGLY ON THE NO. 4 AND 5 PAIRS. WENT 7-9 IN 2015 AS THE NO. 5 DUO WITH PARTNER ANDI LOWRANCE.
KARA WOODARD • FRESHMAN • PHOENIX, ARIZ. OVERALL RECORD: 0-0 2017 RECORD: 0-0 • • •
FOUNDER OF ARCADIA HIGH SCHOOL’S DIVISION 1 SAND VOLLEYBALL TEAM. PLAYED HER CLUB SAND VOLLEYBALL CAREER FOR RPM SAND ELITE AND AZ HP BEACH VOLLEYBALL IN THE SUMMER OF 2014 & 2015. INTENDS TO MAJOR IN KINESIOLOGY AND IS A MEMBER OF BARRETT, THE HONORS COLLEGE AT ASU.
SAGE PATCHELL • FRESHMAN • LAGUNA BEACH, CALIF. OVERALL RECORD: 5-11 2017 RECORD: 5-11 • • •
PART OF THE TSTREET VOLLEYBALL CLUB TEAM THAT WENT 18-1 AND WON THE 2016 USA VOLLEYBALL OPEN DIVISION NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP. COMPLIED 510 KILLS, 487 DIGS, 110 ACES, AND 73 TOTAL BLOCKS THROUGHOUT HER HIGH SCHOOL CAREER. HER FATHER IS THE HEAD MEN’S VOLLEYBALL COACH AT CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY.
JOURDAN PARNELL • SOPHOMORE • SAN DIEGO, CALIF. OVERALL RECORD: 14-13 2017 RECORD: 0-0 •
POSTED A 14-13 RECORD IN 2016 AS A FRESHMAN.
2017 sun devil beach volleyball NATALIE BRAUN • SOPHOMORE • PHOENIX, ARIZ. OVERALL RECORD: 5-16 2017 RECORD: 4-3 •
WENT 1-13 IN 2016 IN HER FIRST SEASON ON THE TEAM.
ARIZONA STATE SEASON RESULTS L, No. 5 Hawaii, 1-4 W, Concordia-Irvine, 5-0 W, Jacksonville, 4-1 W, Cal State Northridge, 3-2 W, No. 6 Arizona, 3-2 W, New Mexico, 4-1 L, No. 8 Arizona, 2-3 W, California, 3-2 W, New Mexico, 3-2 W, Stanford, 5-0 W, Texas A&M Kingsville, 5-0 W, CSU Bakersfield, 5-0 L, TCU, 2-3 L, No. 2 Pepperdine, 0-5 W, Cal State Los Angeles, 5-0 W, TCU, 3-2 L, No. 8 LSU, 2-3 L, No. 8 LSU, 1-4 L, No. 3 UCLA, 0-5 L, No. 18 Tulane, 1-4 L, No. 15 FIU, 1-4 W, New Orleans, 4-1 W, No. 14 Florida Atlantic, 3-2 L, No. 4 Florida St., 2-3 L, No. 1 USC, 0-5 W, Saint Mary’s College, 3-2 L, No. 1 USC, 1-4 L, Loyola Marymount, 1-4
March 8! March 8! March 14@ March 15@ March 26 April 19# April 19# April 19# April 24 April 25
2014 Head Coach: Jason Watson Record: 6-4 vs. Arizona Christian at Arizona vs. Tulane vs. Arizona Christian Nebraska vs. CSU Bakersfield vs. Arizona vs. USC Arizona Boise State
! - Arizona Invitational; Tucson, Ariz. @ - Wildcat Spring Challenge; Tucson, Ariz. # - Pac-12 Tournament; Santa Monica, Calif . 2015 Head Coach: Jason Watson Record: 7-13 March 6! vs. Tulane March 6! vs. LSU March 7! vs. TCU March 20@ vs. Florida State March 20@ vs. South Carolina March 21@ vs. Georgia State March 21@ vs. Carson-Newman
W, 5-0 L, 4-1 W, 3-2 W, 5-0 L, 3-2 L, 4-1 W, 3-2 L, 5-0 W, 3-2 W, 5-0
March 22@ March 25 March 26 March 28 March 28 April 10# April 11# April 11# April 18$ April 18$ April 18$ April 18$ April 22
vs. Tulane Nebraska Boise State USC New Mexico Arizona New Mexico CSU Bakersfield vs. California vs. USC vs. UCLA vs. Arizona at Arizona
L, 3-2 L, 3-2 W, 3-2 L, 5-0 W, 5-0 L, 4-1 W, 4-1 L, 3-2 W, 4-1 L, 4-1 W, 3-2 L, 3-2 L, 4-1
! - Arizona Invitational; Tucson, Ariz. @ - South Carolina Invitational; Columbia, S.C. # - ASU Sand Volleyball Challenge; Tempe, Ariz. $ - Pac-12 Tournament; Santa Monica, Calif.
L, 3-2 L, 4-1 W, 5-0 L, 4-1 L, 4-1 L, 4-1 W, 5-0
March 4! March 4! March 5! March 5! March 10 March 10
2016 Interim Head Coach: Jackie Bunker Record: 12-13 New Mexico No. 6 Florida State Colorado Mesa No. 17 South Carolina vs. Loyola Marymount at No. 2 USC
L, 3-2 L, 5-0 W, 5-0 W, 4-1 W, 5-0 L, 5-0
sun devil beachAll-Time volleyball records Results March 11 March 18@ March 19@ March 19@ March 25# March 25# April 2$ April 2$ April 9% April 9% April 10% April 10% April 14 April 16 April 16 April 20 April 29^ April 30^ April 30^
at No. 4 Long Beach State vs. Colorado Mesa vs. New Mexico State at New Mexico vs. CSU Bakersfield vs. Cal State Northridge at No. 4 Hawaii vs. No. 5 UCLA vs. Oregon at Stanford vs. Boise State vs. No. 16 California at Arizona San Diego State Grossmont College Arizona California Oregon Arizona
! - Sun Devil Challenge; Tempe, Ariz. @ - UNM Spring Beach Tourn.; Albuquerque, N.M. # - Wildcat Spring Challenge; Tucson, Ariz. $ - Outrigger Beach VB Challenge; Honolulu, Hawaii % - Stanford Tournament; Stanford, Calif. ^ - Pac-12 Championships; Los Angeles, Calif.
March 3 March 3 March 4 March 11 March 12 March 12 March 17 March 18 March 18 March 18 March 23 March 24 March 24 March 25 March 31 March 31 March 31 April 7 April 1 April 1 April 1 April 8 April 8 April 8 April 14 April 14 April 21 April 21 April 22
2017 Head Coach: Brad Keenan Record: 15-14 vs. No. 5 Hawaii vs. Jacksonville vs. No. 6 Arizona vs. No. 8 Arizona vs. New Mexico vs. Texas A&M Kingsville vs. CSU Bakersfield vs. TCU vs. No. 2 Pepperdine vs. Cal State Los Angeles vs. Nebraska vs. TCU vs. No. 8 LSU vs. No. 8 LSU vs. No. 3 UCLA vs. No. 18 Tulane vs. No. 15 FIU vs. No. 1 USC vs. New Orleans vs. No. 14 Florida Atlantic vs. No. 4 Florida State vs. Saint Mary’s College vs. No. 1 USC vs. Loyola Marymount vs. Concordia-Irvine vs. Cal State Northridge vs. New Mexico vs. California vs. Stanford
All-Time vs. Opponents Arizona Arizona Christian Boise State California Carson-Newman
L, 4-1 W, 4-1 W, 5-0 L, 4-1 W, 4-1 W, 5-0 L, 5-0 L, 5-0 W, 3-2 L, 3-2 W, 3-2 L, 4-1 L, 4-1 W, 5-0 W, 5-0 L, 4-1 L, 3-2 W, 3-2 L, 5-0
CSU Bakersfield Cal State Los Angeles Cal State Northridge Colorado Mesa Concordia-Irvine Florida Atlantic Florida International Florida State Georgia State Grossmont College Hawaii Jacksonville Long Beach State LSU Loyola Marymount Nebraska New Mexico New Mexico State New Orleans Oregon Pepperdine Saint Mary’s College San Diego State South Carolina Stanford TCU Texas A&M Kingsville Tulane UCLA USC L, 4-1 Total W, 4-1 W, 3-2 L, 2-3 W, 3-2 W, 5-0 W, 5-0 L, 2-3 L, 0-5 W, 5-0 L, 2-3 W, 3-2 L, 2-3 L, 1-4 L, 0-5 L, 1-4 L, 1-4 L, 0-5 W, 4-1 W, 3-2 L, 0-5 W, 3-2 L, 1-4 L, 1-4 W, 5-0 W, 3-2 W, 4-1 W, 3-2 W, 5-0 3-8 2-0 3-0 2-2 1-0
2-2 1-0 2-0 2-0 1-0 1-0 0-1 0-3 0-1 1-0 0-2 1-0 0-1 0-3 1-1 0-2 4-2 1-0 1-0 2-0 0-1 1-0 1-0 1-1 1-1 2-1 1-0 1-3 1-2 0-6 40-43
sun devil beach volleyball records All-Time Individual & Pairs Records Pairs (By Number of Wins) 1. Bianca Arellano & Whitney Follette (2016-p)...................................39-20 2. Oluoma Okaro & Madison Berridge (2017-p)....................................18-10 3. Bianca Arellano & Macey Gardner (2015).........................................12-10 Whitney Follette & Halle Harker (2015)..............................................12-10 5. Frances Giedraitis & Logan Rae (2016)............................................... 11-5 Jordy Checkal & Bethany Jorgensen (2015)......................................11-11 7. Sydney Palmer & Kwyn Johnson (2016-p)..........................................9-16 8. Macey Gardner & Whitney Follette (2014)..........................................8-4 Andi Lowrance & Nora Tuioti-Mariner (2014)........................................8-4 10. Katelyn Carballo & Ellyson Lundberg....................................................7-5 Jourdan Parnell & Bethany Wedepohl (2016).......................................7-4 Madison Berridge & Bethany Wedepohl (2016)....................................7-7 Jourdan Parnell & Mia Rivera (2016)......................................................7-7 Sydney Palmer & Kizzy Ricedorff (2015)............................................. 7-11 Frances Giedraitis & Andi Lowrance......................................................7-10 16. Bianca Arellano & Bethany Jorgensen (2014)....................................6-6 17. Jordy Checkal & Kizzy Ricedorff (2014)...............................................5-7 Cassidy Pickrell & Katelyn Carballo (2017-p).....................................5-8 19. Bree Bailey & Genevieve Pirotte (2014)...............................................4-8 Madison Berridge & Mia Rivera (2016)................................................4-9 21. Mia Rivera & Cassidy Pickrell (2017-p)................................................3-2 Ellyson Lunberg & Sage Patchell (2017-p)..........................................3-5 23. Frances Giedraitis & Kylie Pickrell (2016)...........................................2-0 Sage Patchell & Ellyson Lundberg (2017-p)........................................2-0 Mia Rivera & Katie Cross (2017-p)........................................................2-1 Mia Rivera & Sage Patchell (2017-p)2.................................................2-4 Natalie Braun & Bethany Wedepohl (2017-p).....................................2-3 Natalie Braun & Katie Cross (2017-p)..................................................2-0 29. Sage Patchell & Ellyson Lundberg (2017-p)........................................1-0 Sydney Palmer and Bethany Wedepohl (2017-p)..............................1-3 Kwyn Johnson & Logan Rae (2016).....................................................1-1 Frances Giedraitis & Kwyn Johnson (2015-p)....................................1-8 Frances Giedraitis & Katie Cross (2017-p)..........................................1-2 Natalie Braun & Kylie Pickrell (2016)...................................................1-3 Katie Cross & Katelyn Carballo (2017-p).............................................1-2 Ellyson Lundberg & Cassidy Pickrell (2017-p)....................................1-2 Mia Rivera & Sydney Palmer..................................................................1-0 38. Kwyn Johnson & Mia Rivera (2015-p).................................................0-2 Frances Giedraitis & Mia Rivera (2015)...............................................0-1 Kwyn Johnson & Katelyn Carballo........................................................0-1 Katie Cross & Ellyson Lundberg (2017-p)............................................0-1 Kizzy Ricedorff & Mia Rivera (2015).....................................................0-2 Frances Giedraitis & Jourdan Parnell (2016)......................................0-2 Natalie Braun & Logan Rae (2016).......................................................0-2 Katie Cross & Sage Patchell (2017-p)..................................................0-2 Natalie Braun & Frances Giedraitis (2016)..........................................0-3 Natalie Braun & Kwyn Johnson (2016)................................................0-5
Cassidy Pickrell & Frances Giedraitis (2017-p)..................................0-1 (As of 4/26/17) Individuals (By Number of Wins) 1. Whitney Follette (2014-p)....................................................... 59-34 2. Bianca Arellano (2014-p)........................................................ 57-36 3. Madison Berridge (2016-p)................................................... 29-26 4. Frances Giedraitis (2015-p)....................................................22-32 5.. Macey Gardner (2014-15)................................................................... 20-14 6. Mia Rivera (2015-p).................................................................19-27 7. Sydney Palmer (2015-p).......................................................... 18-29 Oluoma Okaro (2017-p)............................................................18-10 9. Bethany Jorgensen (2014-15)............................................................. 17-17 Bethany Wedepohl (2016-p)................................................... 17-17 11.Jordy Checkal (2014-15)......................................................................16-18 12. Andi Lowrance (2014-15)...................................................................15-14 13. Jourdan Parnell (2016-p)...................................................... 14-13 14. Katelyn Carballo (2017-p)......................................................13-15 15. Logan Rae (2016)................................................................................... 12-8 Halle Harker (2015)..............................................................................12-10 Kizzy Ricedorff (2014-15).................................................................. 12-20 Kywn Johnson (2015-p)..........................................................12-32 19. Ellyson Lundberg (2017-p).................................................... 11-12 20. Cassidy Pickrell (2016-p)........................................................ 9-13 21. Nora Tuioti-Mariner (2014).....................................................................8-4 22. Katie Cross (2017-p)..................................................................6-8 23. Sage Patchell (2017-p)............................................................ 5-11 Natalie Braun (2016-p).............................................................5-16 25. Bree Bailey (2014)...................................................................................4-8 Genevieve Pirotte (2014)..........................................................................4-8 27. Kylie Pickrell (2016-p)..............................................................................3-3 (As of 4/26/17) Pac-12 All-Tournament Team 2016: Bianca Arellano & Whitney Follette All-Time All-Pac-12 Teams First Team 2016: Bianca Arellano, Whitney Follette
sun devil All-Time beach volleyball records Sun Devils (Alphabetical) 2014-present A Arellano, Bianca (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017) B Bailey, Bree (2014, 2015) Berridge, Madison (2015, 2016, 2017) Binns, Mercedes (2014, 2015) Braun, Natalie (2016, 2017) C Carballo, Katelyn (2017) Checkal, Jordy (2014, 2015) Cross, Katie (2017) F Follette, Whitney (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017) G Gardner, Macey (2014, 2015) Giedraitis, Frances (2015, 2016, 2017) H Harker, Halle (2015) J Johnson, Kwyn (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017) Jorgensen, Bethany (2014, 2015) L Lowrance, Andi (2014, 2015) Lundberg, Ellyson (2017) M Mazon, Mia (2014, 2015) McCready, Shannan (2014) O Okaro, Oluoma (2017) P Palmer, Sydney (2015, 2016, 2017) Parnell, Jourdan (2016, 2017) Patchell, Sage (2017) Pickrell, Cassidy (2016 2017) Pickrell, Kylie (2016) Pirotte, Genevieve (2014) R
Rae, Logan (2016) Ricedorff (Willey), Kizzy (2014, 2015) Rivera, Mia (2015, 2016, 2017) Robalin, Blair (2015, 2016) T Tuioti-Mariner, Nora (2014) W Wedepohl, Bethany (2016, 2017) Woodard, Kara (2017)
Location Tempe, Ariz. Enrollment 73,373 Colors Maroon & Gold Conference Pac-12 Head Coach Brad Keenan (First Year) Record/Years 0-0/1 year Contact Information
Arizona State Cal Aboud, Media Relations E-mail [email protected] Cell 480-310-1781 Office 480-965-1237 Arizona State Nicole Praga, Media Relations E-mail [email protected] Cell 509-619-5572 Office 480-965-1237
@SunDevilBeachVB PRIMED FOR PAC-12 CHAMPIONSHIPS
TEMPE, Ariz. -- With five consecutive wins to their credit including victories over Pac-12 conference affiliates Stanford and California the Arizona State beach volleyball team (15-14, 3-4 Pac-12) will travel south to Tucson, Ariz. for the 2017 Pac-12 Beach Volleyball Championships, hosted by the University of Arizona Thursday through Saturday. Live coverage of the matches will be provided via Pac-12 Networks from Friday to Saturday. Complete coverage info, including times and regions, is available on Pac-12.com. The Sand Devils will compete in the team bracket on Thursday and Friday, before partaking in the pairs bracket Friday and Saturday. THE TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP In Thursday’s double-elimination championship, ASU drew the No. 4 seed, and will open against No. 5 Stanford at 12 p.m. PT. The winner will take on the victor of 1 p.m. slated match between No. 1 seed USC and No. 8 Utah/No. 9 Oregon . The Pac-12 Team Championship will be held on Friday at 1 p.m. PT, featuring the respective champions of the winners and contenders bracket. THE PAIRS CHAMPIONSHIP The pairs bracket will set the No. 1s and No. 2s from each of the Pac-12 schools against one another in single-elimination format. The duos of Bianca Arellano and Whitney Follette, the No. 3 seed, and Madison Berridge and Oluoma Okaro, the No. 11 seed, will represent the Sand Devils in the competition. Arellano and Follette will open against Oregon’s No. 14 seeded Lindsey Vander Weide and Brooke Van Sickle Friday afternoon at 5 p.m. PT, while Berridge and Okaro will kick start pairs play against USC’s Sophie Bukovec and Allie Wheeler, the No. 6 overall seed at 4 p.m. PT. Four respective quarterfinals matches will be held the following Saturday morning at 9 a.m. PT, followed by a pair of semi-finals duals at 11 a.m. PT, culminating in the Pac-12 Pairs Championship at 1 p.m PT. 2017 PAC-12 CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM SEEDING 1. USC 2. UCLA 3. Arizona 4. Arizona State 5. Stanford 6. California 7. Washington 8. Utah 9. Oregon PROJECTED PAIRINGS 1. Bianca Arellano/Whitney Follette 2. Oluoma Okaro/Madison Berridge 3. Ellyson Lundberg/Katelyn Carballo 4. Cassidy Pickrell/Mia Rivera 5. Natalie Braun/Katei Cross SUN DEVIL BEACH VOLLEYBALL EARNS FIRST SWEEP OF PAC-12 SCHOOL The ASU beach volleyball team earned its first sweep of a Pac-12 school in program history on Saturday, April 22, with a 5-0 victory over the Stanford Cardinal at the PERA Club. The No. 1 duo of seniors Bianca Arellano and Whitney Follette showed much determination with a 29-27 second-set win after winning the first set, 21-15. Ellyson Lundberg and Katelyn Carballo in the No. 3 spot completed the sweep for the Sun Devils after battling back from a first-set loss, 18-21, 21-18, 15-13.
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SUN DEVIL BEACH VOLLEYBALL FINISHES REGULAR SEASON WITH WINNING RECORD FOR FIRST TIME IN PROGRAM HISTORY For the first time in the still young history of the Arizona State beach volleyball program, the Sun Devils posted a winning record at the end of the regular season with their 5-0 sweep of Stanford on Saturday, April 22.
PRONUNCIATIONS
The win marked the 15th victory of the season which is also the most wins in program history in a single season. FOLLETTE AND ARELLANO HOLD RECORD FOR MOST WINS IN PROGRAM HISTORY The No. 1 senior duo of Whitney Follette and Bianca Arellano finished their regular season careers at the PERA Club with the winningest record in program history with a total 43 wins. The pair still has time to add to that number at the conference championship this weekend. Individually, Follette holds 58 wins to her name, the most in program history, while Arellano has 56 of her own, the second most. Fellow senior Madison Berridge has 28 wins to her credit, currently the third-most individual wins in program history.
2017 Sun Devil Beach volleyball head coach brad keenan
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rad Keenan was named the head coach of the Sun Devil beach volleyball program on May 13, 2016.
Keenan made his professional beach volleyball debut in 2006, and has since earned 25 top-three finishes on the Association of Volleyball Professionals (AVP) tour. He was named the 2006 Rookie of the Year, and earned Most Improved Player accolades in 2007. In 2014 he was recognized as the AVP’s Best Server. He also spent seven years with the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB), from 2009-15. Keenan joined the Concordia University men’s volleyball program in 2015, where he earned his Master’s in Exercise and Sports Science. He has also served as a volunteer assistant with the USA Women’s National Team, Balboa Bay Volleyball Club, Surf City Volleyball Club, and with the Foutain Valley High School Varsity Volleyball program. Keenan was a four-time AVCA All-American and two-time National Player of the Year at Pepperdine, where he was a middle blocker from 2000-03. He finished his career as the record holder in blocks and service aces and earned his Bachelor of Science in Accounting. In 2014, Keenan was inducted into the Pepperdine Hall of Fame. Keenan is married to Olympian and silver medal winner April Ross.
2017 Sun Devil beach volleyball
Name (Number) Bianca Arellano (1) Bethany Wedepohl (2) Cassidy Pickrell (4) Kwyn Johnson (5) Ellyson Lundberg (10) Katie Cross (11) Whitney Follette (12) Katelyn Carballo (13) Mia Rivera (14) Oluoma Okaro (15) Madison Berridge (21) Sydney Palmer (22) Frances Giedraitis (23) Kara Woodard (24) Sage Patchell (25) Jourdan Parnell (32) Natalie Braun (33)
HT 5-8 5-10 6-0 6-3 5-11 5-11 6-2 5-9 5-8 6-1 5-8 5-7 5-9 5-11 5-11 5-8 5-7
Head Coach: Brad Keenan, First Season
Year SR SO SR RS JR FR SO SR FR JR JR SR JR JR FR FR SO SO
Hometown (High School/Last School) Phoenix, Ariz. (Xavier College Prep) Scottsdale, Ariz. (Saguaro HS) Coppell, Texas (Coppell HS) Kalispell, Mont. (Flathead HS) Larkspur, Calif. (Redwood HS) Flagstaff, Ariz. (Coconino HS/South Carolina) St. Albert, Canada (Paul Kane) Laguna Beach, Calif. (Laguna Beach HS) Gilbert, Ariz. (Gilbert HS) Lakewood, Calif. (Gahr HS/Univ. of San Francisco) El Dorado, Calif. (Union Mine HS) Yorba Linda, Calif. (Mater Dei HS) Tucson, Ariz. (University HS) Phoenix, Ariz. (Arcadia HS) Laguna Beach, Calif. (Laguna Beach HS) San Diego, Calif. (Cathedral Catholic) Phoenix, Ariz. (Xavier College Prep)
2017 sun devil beach volleyball BIANCA ARELLANO • SENIOR • PHOENIX, ARIZ. OVERALL RECORD: 57-36 2017 RECORD: 21-8 • • • • •
APART OF THE TEAM’S NO. 1S DUO WITH FELLOW SENIOR WHITNEY FOLLETTE. CURRENTLY HOLDS THE SECOND MOST WINS N PROGRAM HISTORY WITH 36 WINS TO HER CREDIT. WENT 18-12 IN THE 2016 SEASON AS THE NO. 1S DUO WITH FOLLETTE. NAMED TO THE INAUGURAL ALL-PAC-12 FIRST TEAM WHILE ALSO BEING SELECTED TO THE FIRST EVER PAC-12 ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM. ADVANCED TO THE PAIRS SEMI-FINALS WITH PARTNER WHITNEY FOLLETTE AT THE PAC-12 BEACH VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS.
BETHANY WEDEPOHL • SOPHOMORE • SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. OVERALL RECORD: 17-17 2017 RECORD: 3-6 • •
COMPETED IN THE NO. 3 SPOT ALONGSIDE MADISON BERRIDGE AND THE NO. 4 SPOT WITH JOURDAN PARNELL OVER THE COURSE OF THE 2016 SEASON. POSTED A 14-11 CUMULATIVE RECORD IN THE 2016 SEASON AS A FRESHMAN.
CASSIDY PICKRELL • SENIOR • COPPELL, TEXAS OVERALL RECORD: 9-13 2017 RECORD: 9-13 • •
DID NOT PLAY IN THE 2016 BEACH VOLLEYBALL SEASON DUE TO INJURY. FINISHED HER COLLEGIATE INDOOR CAREER WITH 1,208 TOTAL KILLS.
KWYN JOHNSON • REDSHIRT JUNIOR • KALISPELL, MONT. OVERALL RECORD: 12-32 2017 RECORD: 2-14 • •
COMPLIED A 9-15 RECORD IN 2016, GOING 8-13 AS THE NO. 2 PAIR WITH SYDNEY PALMER. PLAYED IN THE INAUGURAL SEASON OF BEACH VOLLEYBALL AT ASU.
2017 sun devil beach volleyball ELLYSON LUNDBERG • FRESHMAN • LARKSPUR, CALIF. OVERALL RECORD: 11-12 2017 RECORD: 11-12 • • •
WAS A MEMBER OF THE USAV BEACH HIGH PERFORMANCE TEAM. NAMED INDOOR VOLLEYBALL PLAYER OF THE YEAR IN 2015 IN THE MARIN COUNTY ATHLETIC LEAGUE. PURSUING A DEGREE IN SPORTS JOURNALISM AND IS A MEMBER OF BARRETT, THE HONORS COLLEGE AT ASU WITH A 3.8 GPA.
KATIE CROSS • SOPHOMORE • FLAGSTAFF, ARIZ. OVERALL RECORD: 6-8 2017 RECORD: 6-8 • • •
POSTED A 1-0 RECORD PLAYING IN THE NO. 5 DUO AT HE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA. NAMED TO THE CCSA 2015-16 BEACH HONOR ROLL. WANTS TO ATTEND LAW SCHOOL AT THE COMPLETION OF HER UNDERGRAD AT W.P. CAREY.
WHITNEY FOLLETTE • SENIOR • ST. ALBERT, CANADA OVERALL RECORD: 59-34 2017 RECORD: 21-8 • • • • •
APART OF THE TEAM’S NO. 1S DUO WITH FELLOW SENIOR BIANCA ARELLANO. BOASTS A CAREER RECORD OF 39-26 AND IS THE CURRENT RECORD HOLDER FOR MOST WINS IN PROGRAM HISTORY. COMPLIED A 18-12 2016 RECORD WITH ARELLANO. WAS NAMED TO THE INAUGURAL ALL-PAC-12 FIRST TEAM WHILE ALSO BEING SELECTED TO THE FIRST EVER PAC-12 ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE 2016 SEASON. ADVANCED TO THE PAIRS SEMIFINALS ALONGSIDE ARELLANO AT THE INAUGURAL PAC-12 BEACH VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS.
KATELYN CARBALLO • FRESHMAN • LAGUNA BEACH, CALIF. OVERALL RECORD: 13-15 2017 RECORD: 13-15 • •
COMPETED AS AN OUTSIDE HITTER FOR ELITE BEACH VOLLEYBALL CLUB. RECORDED 242 KILLS, 536 DIGS, AND 76 ACES WHILE HITTING A .251 CLIP DURING HER HIGH SCHOOL CAREER.
2017 sun devil beach volleyball MIA RIVERA • JUNIOR • GILBERT, ARIZ. OVERALL RECORD: 19-27 2017 RECORD: 8-9 •
POSTED A 11-16 RECORD IN 2016.
OLUOMA OKARO • JUNIOR • LAKEWOOD, CALIF. OVERALL RECORD: 18-10 2017 RECORD: 18-10 • • •
WILL COMPETE IN HER FIRST SEASON OF BEACH VOLLEYBALL THIS YEAR. PLAYED IN ALL 120 SETS OF THE ASU INDOOR VOLLEYBALL 2016 SEASON, TOTALING 336 KILLS. TRANSFERED FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO WHERE SHE PLAYED TWO SEASONS OF VOLLEYBALL THERE.
MADISON BERRIDGE • SENIOR • EL DORADO, CALIF. OVERALL RECORD: 29-26 2017 SEASON: 18-10 •
POSTED A 11-16 RECORD ON THE 2016 SEASON.
SYDNEY PALMER • JUNIOR • YORBA LINDA, CALIF. OVERALL RECORD: 18-29 2017 SEASON: 3-6 • •
POSTED A 8-13 RECORD IN 2016 ALONGSIDE PARTNER KWYN JOHNSON AS THE NO. 2 DUO. WENT 7-10 AS A FRESHMAN IN 2015 WITH PARTNER KIZZY WILLEY.
2017 sun devil beach volleyball FRANCES GIEDRAITIS • JUNIOR • TUCSON, ARIZ. OVERALL RECORD: 22-32 2017 RECORD: 2-11 • •
TALLIED A 13-10 RECORD ON THE 2016 SEASON, COMPETING INTERMITTINGLY ON THE NO. 4 AND 5 PAIRS. WENT 7-9 IN 2015 AS THE NO. 5 DUO WITH PARTNER ANDI LOWRANCE.
KARA WOODARD • FRESHMAN • PHOENIX, ARIZ. OVERALL RECORD: 0-0 2017 RECORD: 0-0 • • •
FOUNDER OF ARCADIA HIGH SCHOOL’S DIVISION 1 SAND VOLLEYBALL TEAM. PLAYED HER CLUB SAND VOLLEYBALL CAREER FOR RPM SAND ELITE AND AZ HP BEACH VOLLEYBALL IN THE SUMMER OF 2014 & 2015. INTENDS TO MAJOR IN KINESIOLOGY AND IS A MEMBER OF BARRETT, THE HONORS COLLEGE AT ASU.
SAGE PATCHELL • FRESHMAN • LAGUNA BEACH, CALIF. OVERALL RECORD: 5-11 2017 RECORD: 5-11 • • •
PART OF THE TSTREET VOLLEYBALL CLUB TEAM THAT WENT 18-1 AND WON THE 2016 USA VOLLEYBALL OPEN DIVISION NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP. COMPLIED 510 KILLS, 487 DIGS, 110 ACES, AND 73 TOTAL BLOCKS THROUGHOUT HER HIGH SCHOOL CAREER. HER FATHER IS THE HEAD MEN’S VOLLEYBALL COACH AT CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY.
JOURDAN PARNELL • SOPHOMORE • SAN DIEGO, CALIF. OVERALL RECORD: 14-13 2017 RECORD: 0-0 •
POSTED A 14-13 RECORD IN 2016 AS A FRESHMAN.
2017 sun devil beach volleyball NATALIE BRAUN • SOPHOMORE • PHOENIX, ARIZ. OVERALL RECORD: 5-16 2017 RECORD: 4-3 •
WENT 1-13 IN 2016 IN HER FIRST SEASON ON THE TEAM.
ARIZONA STATE SEASON RESULTS L, No. 5 Hawaii, 1-4 W, Concordia-Irvine, 5-0 W, Jacksonville, 4-1 W, Cal State Northridge, 3-2 W, No. 6 Arizona, 3-2 W, New Mexico, 4-1 L, No. 8 Arizona, 2-3 W, California, 3-2 W, New Mexico, 3-2 W, Stanford, 5-0 W, Texas A&M Kingsville, 5-0 W, CSU Bakersfield, 5-0 L, TCU, 2-3 L, No. 2 Pepperdine, 0-5 W, Cal State Los Angeles, 5-0 W, TCU, 3-2 L, No. 8 LSU, 2-3 L, No. 8 LSU, 1-4 L, No. 3 UCLA, 0-5 L, No. 18 Tulane, 1-4 L, No. 15 FIU, 1-4 W, New Orleans, 4-1 W, No. 14 Florida Atlantic, 3-2 L, No. 4 Florida St., 2-3 L, No. 1 USC, 0-5 W, Saint Mary’s College, 3-2 L, No. 1 USC, 1-4 L, Loyola Marymount, 1-4
March 8! March 8! March 14@ March 15@ March 26 April 19# April 19# April 19# April 24 April 25
2014 Head Coach: Jason Watson Record: 6-4 vs. Arizona Christian at Arizona vs. Tulane vs. Arizona Christian Nebraska vs. CSU Bakersfield vs. Arizona vs. USC Arizona Boise State
! - Arizona Invitational; Tucson, Ariz. @ - Wildcat Spring Challenge; Tucson, Ariz. # - Pac-12 Tournament; Santa Monica, Calif . 2015 Head Coach: Jason Watson Record: 7-13 March 6! vs. Tulane March 6! vs. LSU March 7! vs. TCU March 20@ vs. Florida State March 20@ vs. South Carolina March 21@ vs. Georgia State March 21@ vs. Carson-Newman
W, 5-0 L, 4-1 W, 3-2 W, 5-0 L, 3-2 L, 4-1 W, 3-2 L, 5-0 W, 3-2 W, 5-0
March 22@ March 25 March 26 March 28 March 28 April 10# April 11# April 11# April 18$ April 18$ April 18$ April 18$ April 22
vs. Tulane Nebraska Boise State USC New Mexico Arizona New Mexico CSU Bakersfield vs. California vs. USC vs. UCLA vs. Arizona at Arizona
L, 3-2 L, 3-2 W, 3-2 L, 5-0 W, 5-0 L, 4-1 W, 4-1 L, 3-2 W, 4-1 L, 4-1 W, 3-2 L, 3-2 L, 4-1
! - Arizona Invitational; Tucson, Ariz. @ - South Carolina Invitational; Columbia, S.C. # - ASU Sand Volleyball Challenge; Tempe, Ariz. $ - Pac-12 Tournament; Santa Monica, Calif.
L, 3-2 L, 4-1 W, 5-0 L, 4-1 L, 4-1 L, 4-1 W, 5-0
March 4! March 4! March 5! March 5! March 10 March 10
2016 Interim Head Coach: Jackie Bunker Record: 12-13 New Mexico No. 6 Florida State Colorado Mesa No. 17 South Carolina vs. Loyola Marymount at No. 2 USC
L, 3-2 L, 5-0 W, 5-0 W, 4-1 W, 5-0 L, 5-0
sun devil beachAll-Time volleyball records Results March 11 March 18@ March 19@ March 19@ March 25# March 25# April 2$ April 2$ April 9% April 9% April 10% April 10% April 14 April 16 April 16 April 20 April 29^ April 30^ April 30^
at No. 4 Long Beach State vs. Colorado Mesa vs. New Mexico State at New Mexico vs. CSU Bakersfield vs. Cal State Northridge at No. 4 Hawaii vs. No. 5 UCLA vs. Oregon at Stanford vs. Boise State vs. No. 16 California at Arizona San Diego State Grossmont College Arizona California Oregon Arizona
! - Sun Devil Challenge; Tempe, Ariz. @ - UNM Spring Beach Tourn.; Albuquerque, N.M. # - Wildcat Spring Challenge; Tucson, Ariz. $ - Outrigger Beach VB Challenge; Honolulu, Hawaii % - Stanford Tournament; Stanford, Calif. ^ - Pac-12 Championships; Los Angeles, Calif.
March 3 March 3 March 4 March 11 March 12 March 12 March 17 March 18 March 18 March 18 March 23 March 24 March 24 March 25 March 31 March 31 March 31 April 7 April 1 April 1 April 1 April 8 April 8 April 8 April 14 April 14 April 21 April 21 April 22
2017 Head Coach: Brad Keenan Record: 15-14 vs. No. 5 Hawaii vs. Jacksonville vs. No. 6 Arizona vs. No. 8 Arizona vs. New Mexico vs. Texas A&M Kingsville vs. CSU Bakersfield vs. TCU vs. No. 2 Pepperdine vs. Cal State Los Angeles vs. Nebraska vs. TCU vs. No. 8 LSU vs. No. 8 LSU vs. No. 3 UCLA vs. No. 18 Tulane vs. No. 15 FIU vs. No. 1 USC vs. New Orleans vs. No. 14 Florida Atlantic vs. No. 4 Florida State vs. Saint Mary’s College vs. No. 1 USC vs. Loyola Marymount vs. Concordia-Irvine vs. Cal State Northridge vs. New Mexico vs. California vs. Stanford
All-Time vs. Opponents Arizona Arizona Christian Boise State California Carson-Newman
L, 4-1 W, 4-1 W, 5-0 L, 4-1 W, 4-1 W, 5-0 L, 5-0 L, 5-0 W, 3-2 L, 3-2 W, 3-2 L, 4-1 L, 4-1 W, 5-0 W, 5-0 L, 4-1 L, 3-2 W, 3-2 L, 5-0
CSU Bakersfield Cal State Los Angeles Cal State Northridge Colorado Mesa Concordia-Irvine Florida Atlantic Florida International Florida State Georgia State Grossmont College Hawaii Jacksonville Long Beach State LSU Loyola Marymount Nebraska New Mexico New Mexico State New Orleans Oregon Pepperdine Saint Mary’s College San Diego State South Carolina Stanford TCU Texas A&M Kingsville Tulane UCLA USC L, 4-1 Total W, 4-1 W, 3-2 L, 2-3 W, 3-2 W, 5-0 W, 5-0 L, 2-3 L, 0-5 W, 5-0 L, 2-3 W, 3-2 L, 2-3 L, 1-4 L, 0-5 L, 1-4 L, 1-4 L, 0-5 W, 4-1 W, 3-2 L, 0-5 W, 3-2 L, 1-4 L, 1-4 W, 5-0 W, 3-2 W, 4-1 W, 3-2 W, 5-0 3-8 2-0 3-0 2-2 1-0
2-2 1-0 2-0 2-0 1-0 1-0 0-1 0-3 0-1 1-0 0-2 1-0 0-1 0-3 1-1 0-2 4-2 1-0 1-0 2-0 0-1 1-0 1-0 1-1 1-1 2-1 1-0 1-3 1-2 0-6 40-43
sun devil beach volleyball records All-Time Individual & Pairs Records Pairs (By Number of Wins) 1. Bianca Arellano & Whitney Follette (2016-p)...................................39-20 2. Oluoma Okaro & Madison Berridge (2017-p)....................................18-10 3. Bianca Arellano & Macey Gardner (2015).........................................12-10 Whitney Follette & Halle Harker (2015)..............................................12-10 5. Frances Giedraitis & Logan Rae (2016)............................................... 11-5 Jordy Checkal & Bethany Jorgensen (2015)......................................11-11 7. Sydney Palmer & Kwyn Johnson (2016-p)..........................................9-16 8. Macey Gardner & Whitney Follette (2014)..........................................8-4 Andi Lowrance & Nora Tuioti-Mariner (2014)........................................8-4 10. Katelyn Carballo & Ellyson Lundberg....................................................7-5 Jourdan Parnell & Bethany Wedepohl (2016).......................................7-4 Madison Berridge & Bethany Wedepohl (2016)....................................7-7 Jourdan Parnell & Mia Rivera (2016)......................................................7-7 Sydney Palmer & Kizzy Ricedorff (2015)............................................. 7-11 Frances Giedraitis & Andi Lowrance......................................................7-10 16. Bianca Arellano & Bethany Jorgensen (2014)....................................6-6 17. Jordy Checkal & Kizzy Ricedorff (2014)...............................................5-7 Cassidy Pickrell & Katelyn Carballo (2017-p).....................................5-8 19. Bree Bailey & Genevieve Pirotte (2014)...............................................4-8 Madison Berridge & Mia Rivera (2016)................................................4-9 21. Mia Rivera & Cassidy Pickrell (2017-p)................................................3-2 Ellyson Lunberg & Sage Patchell (2017-p)..........................................3-5 23. Frances Giedraitis & Kylie Pickrell (2016)...........................................2-0 Sage Patchell & Ellyson Lundberg (2017-p)........................................2-0 Mia Rivera & Katie Cross (2017-p)........................................................2-1 Mia Rivera & Sage Patchell (2017-p)2.................................................2-4 Natalie Braun & Bethany Wedepohl (2017-p).....................................2-3 Natalie Braun & Katie Cross (2017-p)..................................................2-0 29. Sage Patchell & Ellyson Lundberg (2017-p)........................................1-0 Sydney Palmer and Bethany Wedepohl (2017-p)..............................1-3 Kwyn Johnson & Logan Rae (2016).....................................................1-1 Frances Giedraitis & Kwyn Johnson (2015-p)....................................1-8 Frances Giedraitis & Katie Cross (2017-p)..........................................1-2 Natalie Braun & Kylie Pickrell (2016)...................................................1-3 Katie Cross & Katelyn Carballo (2017-p).............................................1-2 Ellyson Lundberg & Cassidy Pickrell (2017-p)....................................1-2 Mia Rivera & Sydney Palmer..................................................................1-0 38. Kwyn Johnson & Mia Rivera (2015-p).................................................0-2 Frances Giedraitis & Mia Rivera (2015)...............................................0-1 Kwyn Johnson & Katelyn Carballo........................................................0-1 Katie Cross & Ellyson Lundberg (2017-p)............................................0-1 Kizzy Ricedorff & Mia Rivera (2015).....................................................0-2 Frances Giedraitis & Jourdan Parnell (2016)......................................0-2 Natalie Braun & Logan Rae (2016).......................................................0-2 Katie Cross & Sage Patchell (2017-p)..................................................0-2 Natalie Braun & Frances Giedraitis (2016)..........................................0-3 Natalie Braun & Kwyn Johnson (2016)................................................0-5
Cassidy Pickrell & Frances Giedraitis (2017-p)..................................0-1 (As of 4/26/17) Individuals (By Number of Wins) 1. Whitney Follette (2014-p)....................................................... 59-34 2. Bianca Arellano (2014-p)........................................................ 57-36 3. Madison Berridge (2016-p)................................................... 29-26 4. Frances Giedraitis (2015-p)....................................................22-32 5.. Macey Gardner (2014-15)................................................................... 20-14 6. Mia Rivera (2015-p).................................................................19-27 7. Sydney Palmer (2015-p).......................................................... 18-29 Oluoma Okaro (2017-p)............................................................18-10 9. Bethany Jorgensen (2014-15)............................................................. 17-17 Bethany Wedepohl (2016-p)................................................... 17-17 11.Jordy Checkal (2014-15)......................................................................16-18 12. Andi Lowrance (2014-15)...................................................................15-14 13. Jourdan Parnell (2016-p)...................................................... 14-13 14. Katelyn Carballo (2017-p)......................................................13-15 15. Logan Rae (2016)................................................................................... 12-8 Halle Harker (2015)..............................................................................12-10 Kizzy Ricedorff (2014-15).................................................................. 12-20 Kywn Johnson (2015-p)..........................................................12-32 19. Ellyson Lundberg (2017-p).................................................... 11-12 20. Cassidy Pickrell (2016-p)........................................................ 9-13 21. Nora Tuioti-Mariner (2014).....................................................................8-4 22. Katie Cross (2017-p)..................................................................6-8 23. Sage Patchell (2017-p)............................................................ 5-11 Natalie Braun (2016-p).............................................................5-16 25. Bree Bailey (2014)...................................................................................4-8 Genevieve Pirotte (2014)..........................................................................4-8 27. Kylie Pickrell (2016-p)..............................................................................3-3 (As of 4/26/17) Pac-12 All-Tournament Team 2016: Bianca Arellano & Whitney Follette All-Time All-Pac-12 Teams First Team 2016: Bianca Arellano, Whitney Follette
sun devil All-Time beach volleyball records Sun Devils (Alphabetical) 2014-present A Arellano, Bianca (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017) B Bailey, Bree (2014, 2015) Berridge, Madison (2015, 2016, 2017) Binns, Mercedes (2014, 2015) Braun, Natalie (2016, 2017) C Carballo, Katelyn (2017) Checkal, Jordy (2014, 2015) Cross, Katie (2017) F Follette, Whitney (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017) G Gardner, Macey (2014, 2015) Giedraitis, Frances (2015, 2016, 2017) H Harker, Halle (2015) J Johnson, Kwyn (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017) Jorgensen, Bethany (2014, 2015) L Lowrance, Andi (2014, 2015) Lundberg, Ellyson (2017) M Mazon, Mia (2014, 2015) McCready, Shannan (2014) O Okaro, Oluoma (2017) P Palmer, Sydney (2015, 2016, 2017) Parnell, Jourdan (2016, 2017) Patchell, Sage (2017) Pickrell, Cassidy (2016 2017) Pickrell, Kylie (2016) Pirotte, Genevieve (2014) R
Rae, Logan (2016) Ricedorff (Willey), Kizzy (2014, 2015) Rivera, Mia (2015, 2016, 2017) Robalin, Blair (2015, 2016) T Tuioti-Mariner, Nora (2014) W Wedepohl, Bethany (2016, 2017) Woodard, Kara (2017)
