Today’s Match:
Women’s Volleyball
Xavier Gold Nuggets (4-2, 2-0 GCAC) vs.
Philander Smith Lady Panthers (4-9, 0-1)
Saturday, September 20, 2014, noon
Convocation Center (capacity 3,937), New Orleans
 Briefly:
 XU begins a school-record five-match home stand today.
 XU in NAIA statistical rankings: Franziska Pirkl 24th in aces per set (0.57),
Darian Harris 28th in digs per set (5.26), team 12th in digs per set (18.09).
 XU the past three seasons: 71-23 record, three Gulf Coast Athletic Conference
regular-season championships, three GCAC Tournament championships and three
appearances in the NAIA National Championship.
 Series: XU leads 5-0 (1-0 at XU) . . . XU and Philander Smith also will meet
November 1 at Little Rock, Ark. . . . Here’s a recap of last season’s matches:
Date
Site
Winner
Oct. 12, 2013 (Sat.) Little Rock, Ark.
Xavier, 3-0
Oct. 28, 2013 (Mon.) Convocation Center Xavier, 3-0
Set 1 Set 2 Set 3
25-20 25-15 25-10
25-21 25-14 25-16
XU Kills Leader
10-Moira Kirk, Taylor Reuther
9-Kerris Crier
 XU Current Streaks:
— Overall: Won four in a row
— GCAC Regular Season: Won 36 in a row
— Overall vs. GCAC Opponents: Won 45 in a row (including tournaments)
— GCAC Home Matches in Regular Season: Won 17 in a row
— Overall vs. HBCUs: Won 43 in a row
 Most Recently: XU got career highs of 17 kills from Claudia Haywood, 14 kills
from CeCe Williams and five aces from Jelena Vujicic in a 25-16, 21-25, 25-18, 25-12
GCAC victory at Tougaloo on Monday . . . Philander Smith won 25-13, 25-13, 25-11 at
NCAA Division II member LeMoyne-Owen on Tuesday.
 About the Opponent: Philander Smith was 11-25 overall, 7-5 in the GCAC
a year ago . . . Philander Smith is 2-3 this season in matches which lasted five sets
. . . Zyra Wright (93) and Kayla Denton (90) lead the team in kills.
 Next: GCAC matches for both on Monday . . . XU will play Talladega at 7 p.m.
at the Convocation Center . . . Philander Smith will visit Dillard at 6 p.m.
2014 Xavier Statistics
#
Player
1 Darian Harris
3 Kayla Jones
4 Kaelan Temple
5 Ralitsa Hadzhistoyanova
6 Jelena Vujicic
7 Jodi Hill
8 Franziska Pirkl
9 CeCe Williams
10 Claudia Haywood
11 Jada Broussard
12 Chinedu Echebelem
TEAM
Xavier Totals
SP
MP
K
E
23
22
6
22
14
23
23
23
23
21
12
6
6
4
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
3
1
1
3
3
15
59
11
42
60
26
40
1
1
4
2
11
21
5
23
27
24
16
23
6
261
135
TA
PCT
A
SA
SE
RE
DIG
BS
BA
4 .000
6 .000
18 -.056
13 .077
68 .059
159 .239
67 .090
156 .122
166 .199
97 .021
110 .218
7
6
0
28
0
3
194
2
1
1
1
1
0
1
6
5
8
13
0
1
0
2
5
4
0
11
5
9
7
3
0
1
2
121
50
3
37
11
20
61
44
6
9
54
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
9
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
12
7
8
7
4
1
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
4
0
0
3
0
1
0
0
864
243
37
47
6
4
2
2
0
0
2
4
0
0
2
5
27
416
12
40
5
9 330.0
.146
BE BHE
2014 Xavier Match Highs
Individual
Kills
19, Chinedu Echebelem vs. Wiley, Sept. 9
Hitting Percentage*
.452, Claudia Haywood vs. Tougaloo, Sept. 15
Attacks
46, Chinedu Echebelem vs. Wiley, Sept. 9
Assists
50, Franziska Pirkl twice
Aces
5, Jelena Vujicic vs. Tougaloo, Sept. 15
Digs
31, Darian Harris vs. Wiley, Sept. 9
Blocks
6, Claudia Haywood vs. Wiley, Sept. 9
* minimum 10 attacks for an individual
Team
59 vs. Wiley, Aug. 30
.270 vs. Edward Waters, Sept. 5
199 vs. Wiley, Sept. 9
57 vs. Wiley, Aug. 30
11 vs. Tougaloo, Sept. 15
99 vs. Wiley, Aug. 30
8 vs. Wiley, Sept. 9
PTS
2.0
1.0
4.0
9.0
20.5
74.0
28.5
46.0
73.5
29.0
42.5
Xavier Gold Nuggets
No.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Name
Darian Harris
Taylor Reuther
Kayla Jones
Kaelan Temple
Ralitsa Hadzhistoyanova
Jelena Vujicic
Jodi Hill
Franziska Pirkl
CeCe Williams
Claudia Haywood
Jada Broussard
Chinedu Echebelem
Pos.
L/DS
OH
L/DS
OH/DS
S
OH/S
MB
S
OH
MB
MB/RS
OH
Ht.
5-3½
5-7
5-3
5-7
5-9
5-8
5-9
5-9
5-6
5-11
5-10
5-6
Yr.
Jr.
Sr.
Fr.
Fr.
So.
Fr.
Jr.
Jr.
Jr.
Jr.
Fr.
Sr.
Hometown
Gretna, La.
Metairie, La.
Kansas City, Kan.
Houston, Texas
Razlog, Bulgaria
Belgrade, Serbia
Prairieville, La.
Munich, Germany
Houma, La.
Memphis, Tenn.
Breaux Bridge, La.
Dallas, Texas
NOTE: Taylor Reuther will redshirt in 2014
HEAD COACH: Hannah Lawing (South Carolina 2011), second season
ASSISTANT COACH: Hilary Lobenstein (West Alabama 2012), first season
Philander Smith Lady Panthers
No.
1
2
3/7
4
5
6
8
10
11
13
24
28
Name
Zyra Wright
Brianna White
Victoria Hicks
Kelly Alexander
Adrianne Glass
Kevinisha Jarrett
Brenisha Banks
Mia Allmon
Kayla Denton
Jamikhan Wilson
Eboni Fennoy
Samantha Comet
Pos.
OH
MB/OH
DS/L
S/RS
MB/OH
S/DS
L/DS
MB
RS/OH
MB
OH/DS
OH/DS
Ht.
5-7
5-7
5-4
6-0
5-10
5-3
5-0
5-8
6-0
6-1
5-8
5-7
Yr.
Jr.
So.
Fr.
Jr.
Fr.
So.
Sr.
Fr.
Jr.
Jr.
Fr.
Jr.
Hometown
Dallas, Texas
Bryant, Ark.
Duncanville, Texas
East Saint Louis, Ill.
Lancaster, Texas
North Little Rock, Ark.
East Saint Louis, Ill.
Garland, Texas
Marianna, Ark.
West Memphis, Ark.
Florissant, Mo.
Benton, Ark.
HEAD COACH: Alexis Lowe, second season
ASSISTANT COACH: Collea McKinney, third season
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2014 XU Schedule
D a t e D a y Opponent
Site T i m e
Aug. 23 Sat. FAULKNER
HOME L, 1-3
Aug. 26 Tue. MOBILE
HOME L, 0-3
Aug. 30 Sat. Wiley
Away W, 3-2
Sept. 5 Fri. • EDWARD WATERS
HOME W, 3-0
Sept. 9 Tue. WILEY
HOME W, 3-1
Sept. 15 Mon. • Tougaloo
Away W, 3-1
Sept. 20 Sat. • PHILANDER SMITH
HOME Noon
Sept. 22 Mon. • TALLADEGA
HOME 7 p.m.
Sept. 26 Fri. LOYOLA
HOME 6 p.m.
Sept. 27 Sat. • DILLARD
HOME Noon
Sept. 29 Mon. • VOORHEES
HOME 7 p.m.
Oct. 1 Wed. • S U N O
Away 7 p.m.
Oct. 10 Fri. SPRING HILL
HOME 6 p.m.
Oct. 11 Sat. CONCORDIA (MICH.) HOME 1 p.m.
also Oct. 11 at XU: Spring Hill vs. Concordia (Mich.), 11 a.m.
Oct. 14 Tue. Mobile
Away 7:30 p.m.
Oct. 18 Sat. • TOUGALOO
HOME 1 p.m.
Oct. 20 Mon. • Talladega
Away 7 p.m.
Oct. 25 Sat. • Voorhees
Away 11 a.m. EDT
Oct. 26 Sun. • Edward Waters
Away Noon EDT
Oct. 30 Thu. • SUNO
HOME 7 p.m.
Nov. 1 Sat. • Philander Smith
Away Noon
Nov. 3 Mon. Loyola
Away 7 p.m.
Nov. 6 Thu. • Dillard
Away 7 p.m.
Nov. 14-15
GCAC TOURNAMENT
TBA
Fri.-Sat.
AT NEW ORLEANS, LA.
Nov. 22 Sat. NAIA National Championship
TBA
opening round
Dec. 2-6
NAIA National Championship
TBA
Tue.-Sat.
final site at Sioux City, Iowa
• Gulf Coast Athletic Conference match
Home matches (in bold and CAPITAL LETTERS)
will be played at the Convocation Center (capacity 3,937),
Xavier University campus, New Orleans.
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2014 XU WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL PROMOTIONAL DAYS
Saturday
September 27
vs. Dillard

Noon
GOLD-OUT DAY
wear gold and
support the
Gold Nuggets
against their
longtime city rival
Saturday
October 18
vs. Tougaloo

1 p.m.
Friday
October 10
vs. Spring Hill

6 p.m.
FAN APPRECIATION
NIGHT
free hot dogs, chips and
drinks before the match . . .
supplies will be limited
Thursday
October 30
vs. SUNO

7 p.m.
SENIOR DAY
DIG PINK MATCH
Gold Nuggets will honor
Chinedu Echebelem
for her contributions
to the program
wear pink for
breast cancer awareness . . .
Susan G. Komen New Orleans
is a co-sponsor

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