USD Volleyball 2005

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2005 University of San Diego Volleyball

Kristen Carlson

Monica Peterson #1 Senior Libero Los Angeles, CA Notre Dame Academy

#13

Junior

Outside Hitter Purcellville, VA

Loundon Valley HS Washington State

Junior in 2004 Appeared in 11 matches and 22 games during San Diego's WCC Championship season of 2004 .. Helped USO qualify for NCAA Regional play for the first time in school history.. . Played in a season-high four games twice, first at Long Beach State (9-21) and later against USC (12-10) in the NCAA Tournament's Sweet 16... Had a season-high nine digs in just two games to help San Diego defeat Pennsylvania (9-18) at the USO Invitational. Sophomore in 2003 Appeared in 91 games and 27 matches as a sophomore... Served 21 aces on the year.. . Registered 12 digs against Ohio (8-29-03)... Totaled 66 digs on the season... Helped USO reach the NCAA Tournament for the third consecutive season. Freshman in 2002 Played in 46 games as a defensive specialist as a true freshman ... Posted a career- high 20 digs during USD's comeback win at Texas (9-31-02)... Recorded 10-dig performances against Northwestern (9-6-02) and UC Irvine (9-9-02)... Part of a Torero team that finished 25-8 and made the NCAA Tournament. Prep/Club Won the CIF Championship as an underclassman at Notre Dame Academy... Earned second team All-Sunshine League honors as a senior... Coached by Tom Brenner at Notre Dame ... Played for the South Bay Volleyball Club team. Personal Born on February, 28, 1984 in Santa Monica, California.. Daughter of John and Heidi Peterson.

Sophomore in 2004

Key part of San Diego's undefeated WCC Championship season in which USO advanced into the NCAA Tournament's Sweet 16 for the first time in program history... Began the season by posting 10 or more kills in each of her first four matches as a Torero, including putting down 17 kills and totaling a season-high 16 digs against top-ranked Hawaii (9-3) in USD's season-opener... Had 10 kills during San Diego's sweep over No. 17 Arizona (9-4) in Hawaii... Injury signifi- cantly limited her playing time in October and early November. .. Returned to help USD complete a string of 16 consecutive victories to close out the regular season... Was outstanding in San Diego's three NCAA Tournament matches, killing a season-high 23 to help the Toreros sweep New Mexico State (12-3).. Had 14 digs and added 13 kills in USD's thrilling five-game victory over Arizona (12-4) to advance into the NCAA's Sweet 16... Finished the year ranked second on the team in kills per game (3.24). Freshman at Washington State in 2003 Transferred to USD after playing for Washington State as a redshirt freshman in 2003... Was selected to the six-player Pac-10 All-Freshman First Team... Finished second on the team in both kills (329) and digs (293)... Named to Cougar Chal– lenge and Cougar Mania All-Tournament teams... Ranked among the league's statistical leaders during conference play. Prep/Club Highly decorated student-athlete who earned six letters at Loudoun Valley High, three each in volleyball and basketball playing both sports for coach Carmel Keilty... Helped Loudoun Valley amass a three-year record of 93-2 en route to winning state championships as both a junior and senior. .. At one point the team had a 39-match win streak...Named player of the year for district, region, state and all-extra levels...Also selected Washington Post All-Metropolitan Vol– leyball Player of the Year for all high schools in area encompassing District of Columbia, Maryland, Delaware and Virg inia...Set school records in career kills (655), single season kills (355), kills per match (19), digs in a season (323) and digs per match (20).. ..Selected outstanding female senior athlete...Asics Metro Va 18 Blue club team finished second at the 2002 East Coast Championship for 18 open gold. Personal Full name is Kristen Mary Carlson... Born June 24, 1984, in Phoenix, Arizona .. Father Joseph was a rower at UCLA, mother Donnalee (Wennerstrom) swam for UCLA and competed at the 1976 summer Olympics... Has four brothers and two sisters... Was named a McDonalds All-American Nominee as a prep basketball player... In the summer of 2003, Carlson was voted one of the Top 10 Greatest Athletes in the history of Loudoun County and therefore one of the original inductees to the Loudoun County Hall of Fame as selected by the Loudoun Times-Mirror.

CARLSON'S USD STATS Year GP/MP ATT KILL

ATT% A

SA DIG

BS

BA TB

2004

63/18

565 565

204 204

.184 .184

9 9

13 13

117 117

2 2

8 8

10 10

PETERSON'S CAREER STATS Year GP/MP ATT

Career 63/ 18

KILL ATT% A

SA DIG

BS

BA TB

2002 2003 2004

46/20 91/27 22/11

4 5

2 0 0

.500 -.400 -1.00 .000

7 2

0

74 66 17

0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0

21

1

2

2

23

Career 159/58

10

10

157

USD VOLLEYBALL NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES - 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 1999, 1998, 1997, 1996, 1993