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BATTLE OF UNBEATENS: One of four unbeaten teams after one week of league play, the Seawolves will face two of the other 2-0 squads this week, traveling to Fairbanks on Tuesday and returning for their GNAC home opener on Saturday against MSU Billings ... nationally 2nd-ranked and reigning GNAC champ Western Washington is the other unbeaten team.
 
SO FAR, SO GOOD: UAA extended its win streak to four last week, beginning the Great Northwest Athletic Conference campaign with victories at Seattle Pacific (25-18, 25-15, 25-11) and Saint Martin's (25-12, 25-19, 23-25, 25-20) ... against the Falcons, Sr. OH Vanessa Hayes ripped 11 kills on .321 hitting and So. S Ellen Floyd had 29 assists, 10 digs and 4 blocks to help UAA to its most lopsided win over SPU since the NCAA went to 25-point rally scoring in 2008 ... on Saturday, So. RS Eve Stephens tied her career-high 23 kills on .392 hitting, along with 9 digs, to help escape the Saints' upset bid ... Jr. MB Kayla McGlathery smacked 12 kills on .348 hitting, Floyd dished a season-high 52 assists, while So. L Talia Leauanae (16 digs) and Fr. OH Hannah Pembroke (7 kills) also produced career highs.

UAA PROBABLE STARTERS (2019 stats)
S—Ellen Floyd, 5-10, So. (9.61 aps, 0.61 kps, .095 att%, 2.18 dps, 0.63 bps)
RS—Eve Stephens, 6-1, So. (3.89 kps, .262 att%, 2.13 dps, 0.92 bps)
MB—Kayla McGlathery, 6-0, Jr. (1.95 kps, .266 att%, 0.95 bps)
MB—Vera Pluharova, 6-2, Jr. (1.28 kps, .330 att%, 1.44 bps)
OH—Vanessa Hayes, 5-11, Sr. (2.97 kps, .205 att%, 1.45 dps, 0.66 ace/set)
DS—Anjoilyn Vreeland, 5-6, Jr. (3.34 dps, 0.39 aps)
L—Talia Leauanae, 5-8, So. (3.43 dps)
 
THE SERIES
vs. UAF: UAA leads 71-35 overall, 30-23 in Fairbanks
Streak: UAF 1 / Last: UAF 3-0 (10-9-18 at UAF) / Notes: UAF's victory last October snapped UAA's series-best 16-match win streak; UAA had also won nine straight in Fairbanks ... UAF is seeking its first consecutive victories vs. UAA since taking five in a row from 2006-08 ... UAA leads 26-10 in GNAC meetings (since 2001) and 18-4 under head coach Chris Green (since 2008) ... teams have played at least twice every season since 1980.
 
vs. MSUB: UAA leads 49-11 overall, 25-5 in Anchorage
Streak: UAA 2 / Last: UAA 3-0 (10-13-18 at UAA) / Notes: The Seawolves have won 17 of the past 18 meetings, including sweeps in both matches last year ... UAA had won 15 straight before the Yellowjackets' 3-1 upset in the 2017 season finale in Anchorage ... UAA leads 18-6 since MSUB joined the GNAC in 2007, including 18-4 under Chris Green ... MSUB is UAA's 2nd-most common opponent, trailing only UAF … teams met twice per season every year from 1985-2000 as members of the Pac West.
 
SCOUTING THE FOES: Picked fifth in the GNAC preseason poll, Alaska Fairbanks went 3-5 against a tough non-conference schedule, before starting the league campaign with sweeps at Saint Martin's and Seattle Pacific ... the Nanooks are led by preseason all-conference picks Lahra Weber (3.17 kps, .203 att%, 2.46 dps) and Cate Whiting (9.53 aps, 2.88 dps) ... Montana State Billings snapped a 5-match losing skid with home wins over Concordia and Western Oregon last week ... the Yellowjackets have one common non-conference opponent with UAA, having lost in straight sets at UCSD ... MSUB is led by Maddi Vigil (2.78 kps, .139 att%, 2.75 dps) and Bayli Monck (2.36 kps, .151 att%, 2.36 dps, 0.56 bps).
 
TEAM NOTES: UAA leads the GNAC with 2.57 blocks per set and 2.29 aces per set, as well as opponent attack percentage at .145 ... in the NCAA Div. II national stats, the Seawolves rank 2nd in blocks per set and 14th in aces per set ... UAA has reached the 20-win plateau 14 times in 39 years and the six times in 11 years under Chris Green ... the Seawolves recorded their 11th straight winning season in 2018, extending the program record that began with Green's arrival at UAA in 2008 ... UAA also extended program-best streaks of 10 straight winning conference records and top-4 conference finishes ... the Seawolves are 62-15 (.805) at the Alaska Airlines Center since its opening in Sept. 2014 and 108-26 (.806) at home since 2009; UAA has never lost consecutive matches at the Alaska Airlines Center ... the Seawolves are 18-14 against AVCA Top 25 teams since 2014 and 28-41 overall vs. ranked opponents under Green; prior to Green's arrival, UAA had lost 32 straight to ranked foes ... UAA set an Alaska Airlines Center record for attack percentage in the 25-8, 25-12, 25-12 win over Concord, hitting .444 (37-9-63), while the Mountain Lions' 32 points were the second-fewest allowed by a Seawolf club since 25-point rally scoring took effect in 2008.
 
ROCKIN' EVE: Rightside hitter Eve Stephens delivered one of the best rookie seasons in Seawolf history last year, claiming unanimous First Team All-GNAC, Second Team All-West Region and GNAC Freshman of the Year honors, and this year she has started with All-GNAC Preseason Team, all-tournament honors at both the D2 West Region Showcase and Seawolf Invitational, and most recently the GNAC Offensive Player of the Week for Sept. 16-22 ... in the current GNAC stats, the former Colony High School star leads the way in kills per set (3.89) and points per set (4.63), along with ranks of 11th in blocking (0.92 bps) and 13th in attack pct. (.262) ... in the NCAA Div. II national stats, she is 24th in points and 37th in kills ... now playing all rotations after being subbed on the back row last year, Stephens has already recorded four double-doubles, averaging 2.13 dps.
 
HAYES MAKER: Sr. OH Vanessa Hayes made the move from middle blocker to outside hitter last year and showed steady improvement, averaging 2.56 kps on .189 hitting ... a Preseason All-GNAC selection in her final campaign, Hayes has looked like a veteran on the outside this year, hitting .205 and collecting 2.97 kills per set ... along with being tied for the league lead with 0.66 aces per set, she also ranks 6th in points per set (3.88) and 13th in kills per set ... in the national stats, she is 14th in aces ... the Oregon native earned her third career double-double with 14 kills and a career-high 13 digs in the 5-set win over Biola ... a starter on UAA's 2016 NCAA Runner-Up squad, she ranks in UAA's career top 20 lists in multiple categories, currently at 7th in block assists (262), 11th in total blocks (283) and 18th in kills (751); she is also tied for 6th on UAA's all-time victories list with 81.
 
MORE 'WOLF BITES: So. S Ellen Floyd has dished 9.61 assists per set to rank 4th in the early GNAC stats, earning all-tournament honors at both the Seawolf Invitational and D2 West Region Showcase ... a Florida native, Floyd surpassed 1,000 career assists during the loss to UCSD and already stands 14th on UAA's career list with 1,240 ... Jr. MB Vera Pluharova and Jr. MB Kayla McGlathery give UAA two front-liners among the GNAC's top-10 blocking leaders after two weeks ... now in her second year as a starter, Pluharova leads the league with 1.44 bps, while McGlathery is 10th with 0.95 bps ... the 2014 GNAC Newcomer of the Year and an all-league pick, McGlathery has returned to the Seawolves this season after taking four years off from the sport ... boosted by 27 digs in the loss to Regis, Jr. L/DS Anjoilyn Vreeland ranks 13th in  the early GNAC stats with 3.34 dps ... Fr. DS Maggie Schlueter has made her debut after a redshirt campaign and shown off a dangerous serve, producing 25 aces and just 11 errors; the Texan is tied for the early GNAC lead and ranks 14th nationally with 0.66 aces per set.
 
GREEN MACHINE: Having led UAA to an unprecedented 11 straight winning seasons, UAA head coach Chris Green (240-93, .721) has established himself as the most successful coach in program history and one of the top mentors in the NCAA Div. II ranks, earning the 2016 AVCA D-II National Coach of the Year award ... a 4-time GNAC Coach of the Year (2009, '13, '15, '16) and 3-time AVCA D-II West Region Coach of the Year (2009, '15, '16), Green has led UAA to NCAA Tournament berths in seven of the last nine seasons, capturing No. 1 seeds in 2015 and 2016; in the 28 years before Green's arrival, the Seawolves made two NCAAs ... UAA has won at an .780 clip (149-42) since the start of the 2013 campaign, including .828 (96-20) in league play ... Green's UAA teams have produced six All-Americans, five GNAC Players of the Year, six GNAC Newcomers of the Year and five GNAC Freshmen of the Year ... hired in Feb. 2008 as the sixth coach in UAA Volleyball history, Green spent the previous nine seasons (1999-07) as the head coach at Western Nebraska Community College, where he built a powerhouse program ... among his list of accomplishments at WNCC were a 453-55 record, the 2007 NJCAA Div. I national championship, 2006 NJCAA runner-up, and four straight 'Final 4' berths ... the Cougars finished in the top 10 at the national tournament in all of Green's seasons, producing a total of 10 first-team and six second-team All-America certificates ... in 2011, he was inducted into the NJCAA Hall of Fame.
 
2019 INDIVIDUAL HONORS
Ellen Floyd
Seawolf Invitational All-Tournament Team
D2 West Region Showcase All-Tournament Team
Vanessa Boyer
GNAC Preseason Team
Eve Stephens
GNAC Preseason Team
Seawolf Invitational All-Tournament Team
D2 West Region Showcase All-Tournament Team
GNAC Offensive Player of the Week, Sept. 16-22