USD Volleyball 2001

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2001 SAN DIEGO TORER·O VOLLEY BALL

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Junior Middle Hitter

# 11 BRIDGET MERRITT

2000 Notes: Appeared in 24 matches and played in 66 games as a sophomore... Had a season and career high 20 kills vs. Southeast Missouri (9-22) ... Tota led IO bl ocks at Fresno St. (9-21 ).. . Re– corded 72 bl ocks on the season and 174 kills. 1999 NCAA Tournament: Played well in first NCAA Tournament appearance... Recorded 7 kill s versus James Madison in first round action ... Also posted 7 kill s and 3 blocks versus Ne– braska in th e second round. 1999 Notes: Named US D's Most Improved player in 1999. Competed in 29 games and 84 matches fo r USO.. . Posted a .255 hitting percentage, including 189 kills. Second fo r the Toreros in total bl ocks w ith 82 .. . Recorded career-h igh 14 kill s and 10 bl oc ks versus Santa Clara ( 10-1 6). Prep/Club: Scholar Athl ete at Los Alamitos where she was a two-time member of the All-Sunset League firs t team.. . After seni or season with the Gri ffens, competed in the Orange County A ll-Star Game... As ics Nova club team placed second at the Austin qualifiers and fi fth at Nationals. Personal: Undeclared major.. . Chose USO for the locati on, volleyball program and the class sizes.. . Also recrui ted by Baylor, Cal Po ly, and Oregon... Parents are JoAnn Springer and Steve MeITitL Born November 7, 198 1 in Long Beach, CA.

SEAL BEACH, CA LOS ALAMITOS HS ASICS NOVA

Merritt's Career Statistics

BA 65 67 132

TB 72 82 154

DIG BS 18 7 34 15 52 22

SA

ATT¾ A

KILL

MP/GP 24/66 29/84 53/ 150

ATT

Year 2000 1999 Total

I

8

.286 .255 .541

174 189 363

378 436 8 14

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7 8

9

Merritt's Bests

Digs 2000

Kills 2000 Career Attempts 2000 Career

3 - @ Fresno State (9-2 1-00) 5 - vs. Georgetown (9-1 7-99)

20 - vs. Southwest Misouri (9-22-00) 20 - vs. Southwest Misouri (9-11-00)

Career Assists 2000 Career

Blocks 1999 Career

10 - @ Fresno State (9-2 1-00) JO - vs. Santa Clara (10-16-99) JO- @ Fresno State (9-21-00)

I - @ Portland (11 -4-00) 3 - @ Santa Clara (11-12-99)

34 - vs. Southwest Misouri (9-22-00) 34 - vs. Southwest Misouri (9-22-00)

Sophomore Defensive Specialist

#7 BRYNNE YOUNG

2000 Notes: Young pl ayed in every match as a freshman during the 2000 campaign.. . Recorded at least one d ig in all but one match.. . Fini shed the season with 152 digs... Served three aces and totaled nine di gs at Loyo la Marymount (9-29). Prep/Club: Earned First Team All-League and First Team All-C IF honors as a senior at Flintridge Sacred Heart High School... Junior year, named First Team All-League and Second Team All-CIF in vo ll eyball .. . Helped lead her team to a CIF Champi onship and Semi-final State fini sh in her sophomore campaign.. . He lped her club vo lleyball team, Va ll ey Thunder, to an eighth pl aced fini sh in Dav is. Personal: Psyc hology maj or and Business minor.. . Chose USO fo r its campus and vo lleyball team... Also recruited by the University of Mi ssouri , Kansas City... Ran track in hi gh schoo l and was named MVP in junior season... Parents are Matt and Sue Young.. . Fath er, Matt, played profes- siona l baseball for 13 years, after pl ay ing at UCLA... Brynne was born on August I6, I982 in Salt Lake City, Utah.

LA CANADA , CA FLINTRIDGE SACRED HEART HS VALLEY THUNDER

Young 's Career Statistics

BA 2 2

DIG

BS 0 ()

TB 2 2

SA

A

ATT¾

KILL

MP/GP 28/95 28195

ATT

Year 2000 Total

152 152

12 12

10 /(}

-.12 1 -. /21

I I

33 33

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