THIS WEEK IN ALASKA ANCHORAGE VOLLEYBALL...
 
Thur., Nov. 10 – 6 pm AST – New P.E. Building – Monmouth, Ore.
#5 Alaska Anchorage (25-2, 15-1 GNAC) at Western Oregon (9-15, 5-11 GNAC)
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Sat., Nov. 12 – 4 pm AST – Marcus Pavilion – Lacey, Wash.
#5 Alaska Anchorage at Saint Martin's (13-13, 3-13 GNAC [Thu. vs UAF])
 
LIVE VIDEO: Thursday at youtube.com/watch?v=osAluTgAVZ8 ... Saturday at youtube.com/watch?v=H6AC9k8kbdI ... links also available at GoSeawolves.com.
LIVE STATS: Thursday at wouwolves.com/sidearmstats/wvball ... Saturday at smusaints.com/sidearmstats/wvball
SOCIAL MEDIA: Check the @UAAVolleyball Twitter feed for in-match updates
 
UAA PROBABLE STARTERS (2022 stats)
S—Ellen Floyd, 5-10, Sr. (10.18 aps, .237 att%, 2.98 dps, 0.48 bps, 0.41 ace/set)
RS—Eve Stephens, 6-1, Sr. (4.81 kps, .361 att%, 2.69 dps, 0.81 bps, 0.53 ace/set)
OH—Lisa Jaunet, 5-10, Sr. (2.87 kps, .238 att%)
OH—Nicole Blue, 5-9, So. (1.90 kps, .201 att%, 0.93 dps, 0.37 bps)
MB—Isabel Evans, 6-3, So. (1.13 kps, .265 att%, 1.01 bps)
MB—Leilani Elder, 5-10, So. (1.35 kps, .283 att%, 0.95 bps)
L—Talia Leauanae, 5-8, Sr. (3.88 dps, 0.48 ace/set, 0.63 aps)
 
TITLE HUNT CONCLUDES: Ranked No. 1 in the West Region and No. 5 nationally, the Alaska Anchorage volleyball team concludes its hunt for the program's fourth Great Northwest Athletic Conference title with road matches this week at Western Oregon and Saint Martin's ... the Seawolves lead Western Washington by one match, meaning they need one win to clinch a tie and two to claim the outright crown ... UAA's previous GNAC titles came in 2009, 2015 and 2016.
 
STROLLIN' THE POLLS: The Seawolves are in the AVCA Div. II Top 25 poll for the 11th straight week and in the top 10 for the sixth week in a row, moving up to No. 5 on Monday ... the Oct. 3 poll marked UAA's first time in the top 10 since starting the 2017 campaign at No. 4 ... UAA is one of two GNAC teams in the top 25, along with No. 8 Western Washington, while West Region foes Cal State San Bernardino (15), Cal State LA (18) and Cal Poly Pomona (23) are also in the rankings ... Central Washington non-conference foe Chaminade are among teams receiving votes.
 
AVCA NCAA Div. II Top 25 Coaches Poll - Nov. 7
Rk School [1st-Pl. Votes]   Rec.  Pts.  LW
 1 MSU Denver [31]          25-1  1155  1
 2 Wayne State (Neb.) [15]  29-1  1141  2
 3 Concordia-St. Paul       24-4  1060  3
 4 Minnesota Duluth         25-3   989  5
 5 Alaska Anchorage [1]     25-2   945  6
 6 Tampa                    24-3   873  4
 7 Southwest Minnesota St.  23-5   855  7
 8 Western Washington       19-5   775  9
 9 St. Cloud State          23-5   748  8
10 NW Missouri State        23-5   739  10
 
SCOUTING REPORT: Western Oregon has dropped three straight and six of its last eight, leaving the Wolves in contention for a 7th-place GNAC finish ... WOU is led by Bailee Hartsook (2.51 kps, .197 att%) and Madison Hornback (2.49 kps, .150 att%, 2.57 dps) ... Saint Martin's has lost nine of its last 10 matches, earning its lone win in that span with a 3-2 home win over MSU Billings on Oct. 29 ... the Saints are led by Tia Allen (3.24 kps, .148 att%, 2.90 dps) and Jennifer Soha (1.97 kps, .370 att%, 0.81 bps).
 
THE SERIES...
vs WOU: UAA leads 29-15 overall, 12-8 in Monmouth
Streak: UAA 18
Last: UAA 3-0 (9/10/22 at UAA)
Notes: The Seawolves have swept the last five meetings – the longest such streak for either team in the series ... UAA has won eight straight in Monmouth ... WOU's last win was Oct. 20, 2012 at the UAA Sports Complex ... UAA leads 27-14 in GNAC meetings (since 2001) and 20-7 under head coach Chris Green (since 2008) ... series started in 1981 but teams did not play again until 1999.
 
vs SMU: UAA leads 40-4 overall, 19-3 in Lacey/Olympia
Streak: UAA 28
Last: UAA 3-0 (9/8/22 at UAA)
Notes: UAA's 28-match win streak is the longest in program history against any opponent, though six of the last nine meetings have gone four or five sets ... last year's contest in Lacey was the first 5-setter in series history ... the Seawolves have won 84 of 93 sets during the streak, which started in 2008 ... UAA has won 14 straight on the road since SMU swept the 2007 series with a pair of 3-0 wins ... UAA leads 37-4 in GNAC matches (since 2001) and 28-0 under Chris Green ... teams played first two matches as Pac West Conference opponents in 1998 and 1999.
 
ABOUT LAST WEEK: The Seawolves moved closer to a conference title with key home victories over regionally 8th-ranked Northwest Nazarene and regionally 6th-ranked Central Washington last week in their regular-season home finales at the Alaska Airlines Center ... on Thursday, Sr. RS Eve Stephens had 22 kills and a career-high 20 digs to help UAA fend off NNU 24-26, 25-17, 25-22, 25-22 ... Sr. L Talia Leauanae tallied 20 digs and a career-high 6 aces as UAA racked up a season-high 80 digs ... on Saturday, the Seawolves came through with a 25-20, 28-26, 25-22 win over the Wildcats in front of the largest regular-season crowd – 3,888 – in NCAA Div. II Volleyball history ... Stephens had 21 kills, 13 digs and 6 total blocks, while Sr. S Ellen Floyd managed 31 assists, 4 total blocks and a career-high 24 digs, and So. MB Isabel Evans had 6 kills on .444 hitting and 4 block assists.
 
TEAM NOTES: The Seawolves' .275 team attack percentage and 2.33 aces per set both rank 11th in the nation, along with top-50 ranks in opponent attack pct. (40th, .147), blocks per set (37th, 2.21) and assists per set (47th, 12.30) ... UAA leads the GNAC in attack percentage, opponent attack pct., assists, kills (13.21 kps) and aces, along with 2nd in digs (15.07) and 4th in blocks ... at 25-2, UAA is still on pace with the 2016 NCAA Runner-up team for the best start in program history ... UAA has held three opponents to negative hitting percentages this year, with the -.022 allowed vs. WOU ranking as the third-lowest in 20 years of GNAC play ... UAA's .488 attack pct. against Emmanuel and the .427 mark against Lubbock Christian rank as the program's 2nd- and 5th-best hitting percentages since the rally-scoring era began in 2001 ... the Seawolves have claimed their 15th consecutive winning season, extending the program record that began with Chris Green's arrival at UAA in 2008 ... UAA has also clinched its 13th straight winning conference record and 13th straight top-4 GNAC finish ... the Seawolves have won a record 15 straight matches at the Alaska Airlines Center, improving to 94-19 (.832) since the arena's opening in Sept. 2014 and 141-31 (.820) at home since 2009 ... with a 3-0 mark this year, the Seawolves have improved to 25-18 against AVCA Top 25 teams since 2014 and 34-45 overall against ranked opponents under Green; prior to Green's arrival, UAA had lost 32 straight to ranked foes.
 
EVE OF DESTRUCTION: A three-time unanimous All-GNAC performer and two-time AVCA Second Team All-American, Sr. RS Eve Stephens continues to increase her record-setting numbers, now standing as the GNAC and UAA all-time leader in both points (2,232) and kills (1,879) ... the active career kills leader in NCAA Div. II, Stephens is the only player at any NCAA level with two AVCA National Player of the Week awards this season, while her seven GNAC player-of-the-week honors have boosted her to a league-record 14 for her career ... after producing 43 kills last week, she holds national ranks of 2nd in points per set (5.81), 3rd in kills per set (4.81) and 32nd in aces (0.53), while her .361 attack pct. is 44th nationally and third-best among pin hitters ... in the GNAC stats, she leads points (by 1.72 pps) and kills (by 1.25 kps), and is 2nd in aces and 5th in attack pct. ... the Palmer (Colony HS) product has 12 double-doubles this year and 39 for her career, having led the GNAC in both kills and points per set in 2019 and 2020-21 ... Stephens also holds UAA career ranks of 2nd in kills per set (3.93, 7th on GNAC list), 5th in attack pct. (.296), 3rd in aces (146, 8th on GNAC list), 5th in block assists (350), 9th in total blocks (382), 4th in matches played (129), 5th in sets played (478) and 5th in victories (97) ... a star in the classroom as well, she is a two-time CoSIDA Academic All-District 8 and 2021 Third Team Academic All-America honoree.
 
PLAY SOME FLOYD: A two-time All-GNAC selection and 2019 AVCA honorable mention All-American, Sr. S Ellen Floyd has led UAA to the 11th-best team attack percentage (.275) in NCAA Div. II thus far, while ranking 38th individually with 10.18 assists per set ... the co-MVP of the Seawolf Invitational in August and a two-time GNAC Player of the Week, she holds GNAC ranks of 2nd in assists per set, 7th in aces per set (0.41) and 12th in digs per set (2.98, the most among GNAC setters) ... having already broken the UAA career record for assists (4,681) and the UAA and GNAC career marks for aces (206), Floyd enters Thursday 99 assists shy of the GNAC assists record (4,780, Kate Reome, CWU, 2001-04) ... the Florida native has produced at least 30 assists in 19 of 27 matches this year, helping UAA hit at least .225 on 20 occasions ... Floyd's 64 assists against Florida Southern were the most by a Seawolf since 2004, and she has produced double-digit digs in 13 matches, including a career-high 24 in the sweep of CWU ... the NCAA's active career aces leader, Floyd holds current UAA ranks of 1st in assists and aces, 3rd in assists average (9.67 aps), 3rd in aces per set (0.43), 5th in digs (1,301), 4th in victories (99), 3rd in matches played (131) and 3rd sets played (484, also a GNAC record) ... an academic star as well, Floyd earned her fourth straight GNAC All-Academic nod this year and joined Eve Stephens last season to give UAA two of the eight selections to the Academic All-District 8 Team.
 
SENIOR STRENGTH: One of three Seawolves in her fifth year in Green & Gold, Sr. L Talia Leauanae is producing her finest campaign to date ... the Hawaiian has posted double-digit digs in 22 of 27 matches, including a UAA season-high 25 against both Western Washington and Florida Southern ... she also delivered 4 aces with no service errors  in wins over both Point Loma and Arkansas-Fort Smith, and a career-high 6 aces against Northwest Nazarene ... Leauanae holds GNAC ranks of 5th in digs per set (3.89) and 4th in aces per set (0.48) ... on UAA's career lists, she stands 3rd in total digs (1,403, most by a Seawolf in the rally scoring era), 10th in digs per set (3.44), 8th in aces (123) and 16th in aces per set (0.30)... a former JC transfer, Sr. OH Lisa Jaunet appears twice as comfortable in her second season in Green & Gold ... the St. Denis, France, native has had at least six kills in each match and double figures in 11 contests, including a career-high 25 to lead the comeback win over Point Loma ... in the GNAC stats, Jaunet ranks 8th in kills per set (2.87), 15th in points per set (3.02) and 17th in attack pct. (.238), while she is 17th on UAA's career list for kills per set (2.66).
 
MORE 'WOLF BITES: Third-year sophomore OH Nicole Blue has also shown marked improvement from her 2021 production, ripping at least five kills in 22 of 27 matches and hitting at least .300 on eight occasions ... the Southern Californian helped spark the comeback against Point Loma with 13 kills on .313 hitting, and she had a combined 16 kills on .469 hitting in the road wins at MSUB and SPU ... So. MB Leilani Elder has tallied four or more kills in 17 or her last 20 appearances and multiple blocks in 20 of 23 overall outings, topping out with career highs of 8 kills at Northwest Nazarene and 11 points (7K/3BS/2BA) against UAF ... the Kansas City native ranks 12th in the GNAC with 0.95 blocks per set ... Jr. MB Isabel Evans has risen to 6th in the GNAC with 1.01 blocks per set after posting a career-high 7 block assists at Central Washington and against Seattle Pacific ... So. DS Reilly Plumhoff has registered 12 aces over the last eight matches, giving her nine multi-ace performance this year ... the Dimond HS product ranks 13th in the league with 0.35 aces per set ... So. DS Makana Eleneki has excelled in her role as a serving specialist this year, posting team bests in ace-to-error ratio (22 aces, 12 errors) and serve percentage (.954).
 
GREEN MACHINE: Having now led UAA to an unprecedented 15 straight winning seasons and with more than 750 combined victories at the JC and D-II levels, UAA head coach Chris Green (311-115, .729) has established himself as the most successful coach in program history and one of the top mentors in the NCAA Div. II ranks, earning five GNAC Coach of the Year awards ('09, '13, '15, '16, '19) ... the 2016 AVCA D-II National Coach of the Year and 3-time AVCA D-II West Region Coach of the Year (2009, '15, '16), Green has led UAA to NCAA Tournament berths in 10 of the last 12 full seasons, capturing No. 1 seeds in 2015 and 2016, and piloting the Seawolves to the national title match in 2016 ... in the 28 years before Green's arrival, the Seawolves made just two NCAA appearances ... UAA has won at a .774 clip (220-64) since the start of the 2013 campaign, including .821 (138-30) in league play ... Green's UAA teams have produced nine 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.
 
2022 Individual Honors
NICOLE BLUE
GNAC All-Academic Team
MAKANA ELENEKI
GNAC All-Academic Team
ELLEN FLOYD
GNAC Defensive Player of the Week, Oct. 31-Nov. 6
GNAC All-Academic Team
GNAC Offensive Player of the Week, Oct. 3-9
Seawolf Invitational co-Most Outstanding Player
Preseason All-GNAC Team
LISA JAUNET
GNAC All-Academic Team (4.00 GPA)
Seawolf Invitational All-Tournament Team
TALIA LEAUANAE
GNAC All-Academic Team
REILLY PLUMHOFF
GNAC All-Academic Team
EVE STEPHENS
GNAC Offensive Player of the Week, Oct. 31-Nov. 6
GNAC All-Academic Team
AVCA D-II National Player of the Week, Oct. 18-24
GNAC Offensive Player of the Week, Oct. 17-23
GNAC Defensive Player of the Week, Oct. 3-9
GNAC Offensive Player of the Week, Sept. 19-25
GNAC Offensive Player of the Week, Sept. 12-18
AVCA D-II National Player of the Week, Aug. 30-Sept. 5
GNAC Offensive Player of the Week, Aug. 29-Sept. 4
Ice Block Classic MVP
Seawolf Invitational co-Most Outstanding Player
GNAC Offensive Player of the Week, Aug. 15-21
Preseason All-GNAC Team
 
UAA School Records Broken/Tied in 2022
INDIVIDUAL
Career
Most Points — 2,232 by Eve Stephens, 2018-current (old record: 1,973 by Jen Szczerbinski, 1988-90, 1992)
Most Kills — 1,879 by Eve Stephens, 2018-current (old record: 1,691 by Jen Szczerbinski, 1988-90, 1992)
Most Attacks — 4,720 by Eve Stephens, 2018-current (old record: 4,511 by Jen Szczerbinski, 1988-90, 1992)
Most Assists — 4,681 by Ellen Floyd, 2018-current (old record: 3,920 by Morgan Hooe, 2013-16)
Most Aces — 206 by Ellen Floyd, 2018-current (extends record set in 2021)
Match
Most Kills (rally-scoring era/since 2001) — 33 by Eve Stephens at Western Washington, 10/22 (old record: 32 by Rhea Cardwell at Central Washington, 11/13/08)
TEAM
Match
Highest Attack Pct. vs. Non-Conference Opponent, Rally-Scoring Era (since 2001) — .488 (46-4-86) vs Emmanuel, Ga., 8/26 (old record: .444 vs Concord, 9/6/19)
Fewest Blocks Allowed — 0 at Hawaii Pacific, Aug. 19 (ties record last accomplished vs. Northwest Nazarene, 10/9/21)
MISC.
Largest Home Crowd: 3,888 vs Central Washington, 11/5 (old record: 2,710 vs Western Washington, 12/3/16; also breaks NCAA Div. II regular-season attendance record of 3,520, Omaha at Neb.-Kearney, 10/15/96)