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Spikers continue long road trip

THIS WEEK IN SEAWOLF VOLLEYBALL...

Monday, Sept. 6 — Conlon Recreation Center — San Rafael, Calif.
Alaska Anchorage (4-2) at Dominican (0-4), 6 pm AST
Tuesday, Sept. 7 — Main Gymnasium — San Francisco, Calif.
Alaska Anchorage at San Francisco State (2-2), 6 pm AST
Thursday, Sept. 9 — New P.E. Building — Monmouth, Ore.
Alaska Anchorage at Western Oregon (2-3), 6 pm AST
Saturday, Sept. 11 — Marcus Pavilion — Lacey, Wash.
Alaska Anchorage at Saint Martin's (0-4, two matches pending), 6 pm AST

ONLINE: Monday's match at Dominican will feature live video, while Tuesday's match at SF State will feature live stats … for the GNAC matches, Thursday's WOU contest will feature both live stats and live video, while Saturday's SMU match will have only live video … find all the links on the volleyball schedule page at GoSeawolves.com.

TENTATIVE UAA STARTERS (2010 stats)
S—Siobhan Johansen, 5-7, Fr. (5.42 aps, 1.17 dps, 0.29 ace ps)
MB—Cortney Lundberg, 6-1, Sr. (2.71 kps, .378 att%, 2.29 bps)
—or—Leah McWilliams, 6-0, So. (0.69 kps, .318 att%, 0.69 bps)
MB—Robyn Burton, 5-11, Fr. (1.40 kps, .305 att%, 1.12 bps)
OH—Jackie Matthisen, 5-11, Jr. (2.52 kps, .214 att%, 3.32 dps, 0.28 bps)
OH—McKenzie Moss, 5-11, Jr. (3.24 kps, .170 att%, 1.90 dps, 0.33 bps)
L/DS—Nikkie Viotto, 5-8, So. (0.40 kps, 2.24 dps, 0.36 ace ps)
L/DS—Quincy Haught, 5-7, Fr. (2.08 dps, 0.32 ace ps)

BUSY TRIP CONTINUES: The Seawolves conclude their 8-day, 8-match road trip this week with their final non-conference matches of the season at Dominican and San Francisco State, followed by the beginning of Great Northwest Athletic Conference play at Western Oregon and Saint Martin's.

SCOUTING THE OPPONENTS: Dominican (6-24 in 2009), of the Pacific West Conference, went winless at the Sonoma State tournament last week, including a 3-0 loss to San Francisco State on Saturday … California Collegiate Athletic Association foe San Francisco State (20-11, NCAA 1st Rd. in 2009) split its matches at the Sonoma State tourney, losing to Seattle Pacific and Grand Canyon and beating BYU-Hawaii and Dominican … Western Oregon (8-19, 5-11 GNAC in 2009) went 1-3 at its own tourney last week, sweeping Humboldt State and taking sets from 10th-ranked Metro State and 2nd-ranked CSU-San Bernardino …  Saint Martin's (3-23, 0-16 GNAC) saw its Div. II losing streak stretched to 34 matches with four defeats at the Hawaii-Hilo tournament last week; the Saints face NAIA Evergreen State on Tuesday and host Alaska Fairbanks on Thursday to start the GNAC campaign.

THE SERIES — UAA vs …
Dominican: First meeting
San Francisco State: Series tied 2-2 (SFSU leads 1-0 in SF)
  Last Meeting: UAA 3-0 (8/30/01 at UAA)
  Streak: UAA 1. Notes: Tuesday's match will mark UAA's first visit to SFSU since losing 3-0 to the Gators in 1983.
Western Oregon: Series tied 10-10 (WOU leads 5-4 in Monmouth)
  Last Meeting: UAA 3-0 (10/1/09 at UAA)
  Streak: UAA 2. Notes: UAA swept last year's season series for the first time since 2004 … WOU had won 8 straight prior to last season … UAA has never earned a 3-0 win in Monmouth … series is tied 9-9 in GNAC meetings (since 2001) … series started in 1981 but did not resume until 1999.
Saint Martin's: UAA leads 16-4 (7-3 in Lacey)
  Last Meeting: UAA 3-0 (10/31/09 at SMU)
  Streak: UAA 4. Notes: UAA has swept the last four meetings … SMU's last win came Nov. 1, 2007 in Lacey … UAA leads 14-4 in GNAC meetings … series began in 1998.

WOU INVITE RECAP: No. 24 UAA earned an exhausting split at the Phoenix Inn GNAC Conference Challenge (hosted by Western Oregon), Sept. 3-4, playing four matches against three top-10 teams and three 5-setters … on the first day, UAA took 8th-ranked UC San Diego and 10th-ranked Metro State the distance before falling short … Saturday began with UAA's shortest match — a stunning 3-set win over 2nd-ranked Cal State-San Bernardino … Jr. OH McKenzie Moss, an all-tournament selection, ripped a match-high 16 kills and So. OH Marie Borowikow had 9 kills and 4 block assists as UAA avenged a loss to the Coyotes in the 2009 West Regional semifinals … Moss had 14 kills and several Seawolves had career-high numbers as UAA wrapped up with a 5-set victory over winless Humboldt State in the finale.

TEAM NOTES: The Seawolves take a 12-match Great Northwest Athletic Conference winning streak into Thursday's match at Western Oregon … UAA has won 17 of its last 20 matches dating back to Oct. 1, suffering all three losses at the hands of top-10-ranked foes … UAA's Aug. 28 victory over Drury stretched its home winning streak to nine matches … UAA's 18 team blocks Aug. 28 against Drury were the most for a Seawolf club since notching 19 in a 3-1 loss at Western Oregon on Oct. 27, 2005.

PLAYER NOTES: Jr. OH McKenzie Moss made the All-Tournament Team at the Western Oregon tourney last week, averaging 3.38 kills per set and leading the Seawolves in that category in all four matches … Jr. OH Jackie Matthisen, who ranked 2nd in the GNAC in kills per set (4.04) in 2009, has seen her offense drop to just 2.52 kps in 2010, but the East Anchorage High product has been better than ever on defense with a team-high 3.32 digs per set … Matthisen set a career- and UAA season-high with 23 digs in the victory over Humboldt State and notched a team-best 9 digs in the 3-set upset of No. 2 Cal State-San Bernardino … So. L/DS Nikkie Viotto had career-bests of 20 digs and 4 aces against Humboldt, while So. MB Leah McWilliams had career-highs of 5 kills and 7 total blocks in that match … Fr. MB Robyn Burton has made an immediate impact in the Seawolf lineup, tying for the team-high right now with 28 total blocks (1.12 bps) and hitting an impressive .305; the Chugiak High product notched a personal-best 11 kills against Humboldt State … So. OH Marie Borowikow tied her career-high with 12 kills in the loss to No. 10 Metro State and is tied with Burton for the team lead with 28 total blocks … UAA is running a '6-2' offensive attack for the first time in several years and its rotating setters — Fr. Siobhan Johansen and So. Adriana Aukusitino — are combining for a solid 10.09 assists per set thus far … Sr. MB Cortney Lundberg, who averaged a lofty 2.29 blocks per set in UAA's opening wins over Drury, was hobbled with an ankle injury in practice Aug. 31 … last year's GNAC blocks leader and 2nd-team all-league pick is out for the Dominican and SFSU matches but could see action in the WOU and SMU matches … Lundberg is UAA's career record-holder in attack pct. (.301) and in the top 20 in blocks per set (5th, 1.07), total blocks (9th, 251), block assists (9th, 195), solo blocks (12th, 56), kills per set (16th, 2.42) and total kills (20th, 567).

SEAWOLVES CRACK TOP 25: After finishing No. 24 in the 2009 final poll, UAA started 2010 in the same spot, marking the first time since 1991 that the Seawolves have appearance in the preseason rankings … the final ranking marked UAA's first appearance in the national poll since coming in at No. 25 on Nov. 3, 1992 … there were six West Region squads in the preseason poll and … here is an abbreviated look at the rankings, with UAA and its opponents in bold, plus West Region teams in italics:

AVCA Division II Top 25 preseason poll —
Aug. 18, 2010
Rk  School (1st Place Votes) Pts  Rec.  Last Wk
 1) Concordia-St. Paul (29)  800  37-0  1
 2) Cal St. San Bernardino   760  33-2  2
 3) Tampa (1)                729  31-3  4
 4) Indianapolis             692  38-2  6
 5) Central Missouri         676  34-5  5
 6) Washburn                 603  33-5  8
 7) West Texas A&M           561  38-4  3
 8) UC San Diego             544  27-3  7
 9) Minnesota Duluth         495  23-9  14
10) Metro State              478  26-8  11
14) Cal State L.A.           336  23-9  15
21) Sonoma State             144  23-8  21
23) Hawaii-Hilo               98  25-2  20
24) ALASKA ANCHORAGE          84  23-8  24
Others Receiving Votes: California (Pa.) 47; Grand Valley State 34; West Florida 32; Western Washington 22; Abilene Christian 21; Dowling 14; Wingate 13; Barry 7.
NEXT POLL: MONDAY, SEPT. 6

SEAWOLVES TABBED FOR 2ND: The defending GNAC-champion Seawolves were picked to finish second in the 2010 GNAC preseason coaches' poll, released Aug. 24. The Seawolves received 67 points in the balloting, including four first-place votes. Western Washington, which returns all seven starters, split the first-place votes with the Seawolves but received more second-place tallies to outpoint UAA. This year's poll marks the highest-ever placing for the Seawolves in the 10 years of the GNAC preseason volleyball poll.

2010 Great Northwest Athletic Conference Coaches' Poll
Rk  Team (1st-place votes)      2009 Records  Pts
 1. Western Washington (4)      17-10 (10-6)  72
 2. Alaska Anchorage (4)        23-8 (14-2)   67
 3. Seattle Pacific             17-12 (11-5)  53
 4. Central Washington          16-11 (8-8)   52
 5. Northwest Nazarene          15-14 (8-8)   42
 6. Montana State Billings (1)  17-11 (10-6)  39
 7. Western Oregon              8-19 (5-11)   37
 8. Alaska Fairbanks            12-15 (6-10)  24
 9. Simon Fraser                3-17 (3-17)   19
10. Saint Martin's              3-23 (0-16)    9
(Note: First-place votes in parenthesis.
Points awarded on a 8-7-6-5-4--3-2-1 basis.
Each coach ranked other eight teams).


2010 Honors & Awards
Lee Golden
All-Extended Stay Deluxe Invitational Team (8/28)
Cortney Lundberg
All-Extended Stay Deluxe Invitational Team (8/28)
Jackie Matthisen
Extended Stay Deluxe Invitational, Most Outstanding Player (8/28)
McKenzie Moss
Phoenix Inn GNAC Challenge All-Tournament Team (9/4)



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Players Mentioned

Leah McWilliams

Leah McWilliams

SPR
Freshman
Lee Golden

Lee Golden

JMP
Junior
Cortney Lundberg

#13 Cortney Lundberg

MB
6' 1"
Sophomore
Jackie Matthisen

#RS Jackie Matthisen

MB/OH
5' 11"
Sophomore
McKenzie Moss

#6 McKenzie Moss

OH
5' 11"
Freshman
Marie Borowikow

#13 Marie Borowikow

OH
6' 3"
Freshman
Lee Golden

#RS Lee Golden

OH
5' 8"
Junior
Leah McWilliams

#12 Leah McWilliams

MB
6' 0"
Freshman
Nikkie Viotto

#9 Nikkie Viotto

DS
5' 8"
Freshman
Adriana Aukusitino

#3 Adriana Aukusitino

S
5' 7"
Sophomore
Robyn Burton

#4 Robyn Burton

MB
5' 11"
Freshman
Quincy Haught

#7 Quincy Haught

DS
5' 7"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Leah McWilliams

Leah McWilliams

Freshman
SPR
Lee Golden

Lee Golden

Junior
JMP
Cortney Lundberg

#13 Cortney Lundberg

6' 1"
Sophomore
MB
Jackie Matthisen

#RS Jackie Matthisen

5' 11"
Sophomore
MB/OH
McKenzie Moss

#6 McKenzie Moss

5' 11"
Freshman
OH
Marie Borowikow

#13 Marie Borowikow

6' 3"
Freshman
OH
Lee Golden

#RS Lee Golden

5' 8"
Junior
OH
Leah McWilliams

#12 Leah McWilliams

6' 0"
Freshman
MB
Nikkie Viotto

#9 Nikkie Viotto

5' 8"
Freshman
DS
Adriana Aukusitino

#3 Adriana Aukusitino

5' 7"
Sophomore
S
Robyn Burton

#4 Robyn Burton

5' 11"
Freshman
MB
Quincy Haught

#7 Quincy Haught

5' 7"
Freshman
DS