USD Volleyball 2003

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2002 S EASON R EVIEW

2002 U SD V OLLEYBALL TEAM HIGHLIGHTS:

USA TODAY/AVCA D IVISION I COACHES Tor 25 FINAL 2002 R EGULAR SEASON POLL D ECEMBER 2, 2002

* Final record of 25-8 (10-4 WCC; 3rd Place) * Sixth NCAA Tournament Appearance in 7 years * Posted 20+ wins for the 9th time in ten seasons * University of Texas Invitational Team Champion * USO Tournament Team Champion * Twice tallied six-match winning streaks * Two victories over ranked teams #23 South Carolina & #25 Texas

Rk School

Pts

2002 25-1 30-1 27-4 28-1 30-2 32-2 28-2 23-6 28-3 30-5 21-7 24-7 30-3 24-6 23-8 17-11

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

USC*! (59) Hawai'i (2) Stanford (2) Nebraska (2)

1614 1520 1505 1456 1301 1297 1241 1206

INDIVIDUAL HIGHLIGHTS:

Florida

* Noel Frohman, Sr. OH .... ................................. All-West Region Honorable Mention .............................. ............................ ... ...............First Team All-West Coast Conference ........... ......... ..................West Coast Conference Player of the Week, Sept. 1/2002 ................ .... .............. .... .. ................547 kills (2nd best USO single season mark) ..................... .... .....set new USO career record with 1,429 attack attempts * Devon Forster, So. OH .......................................First Team All-West Coast Conference ......... ... ............ ... ..... . ...... ...... ......West Coast Conference Player of the Week, Sept. 28th ....... ..... ...... ... ...... ... ...... ... ..... ... ...... ... ...... . .....292 digs (3rd best USO si ngle season mark) * Lindsey Sherburne, Fr. Setter .............. West Coast Conference co-Freshman of the Year ................ ................ ........... ............. .................Honorable Mention West Coast Conference ......... .......... ... .......... ... .......... .. ... .1,454 assists (2nd best USO single season mark) ... .. ... ... .. ... ... .. .... .... ..... ..... .. ... . .. ... ... .... ... ........ .....13.54 assists per game (9 th nationally) * Debra Robertson, Sr. MH ..................................... First Team All-West Coast Conference .................................. .........West Coast Conference Player of the Week, Nov. 27th ............................................. ....... .........set new career USO record (.309 attack percentage) * Kristen Hurst, So. RS ...................... ........... Honorable Mention West Coast Conference first round action of the 2002 Division I Women's Volleyball e Championships. USC was the number one overall seed and among sixteen schools hosting first and second round action. Ind ividual game scores were (30-27, 30-15, 30- 24). San Diego (25-8) and USC went back and forth as the night began. Strong offensive starts from San Diego sophomore Kristen Hurst and Noel Frohman put the Toreros in a position to challenge The Women of Troy. Game one was even at 20 and USO never trailed by more than three throughout the opening frame. USC used a late rally to eventually prevail in game one 30-27. USC (26-1) raced ou t to an 8-1 lead in game two and cruised to a 30-15 decision to stake a 2-0 lead at the intermission. The Women of Troy combined to block 17 San Diego attacks through the first two games and 21 on the night. USC sophomore Emily Adams blocked a match-high seven and teammate Katie Olsovsky added five. Using consecutive kills from Frohman and senior Debra Robertson, San Diego tied game three 19-19. USC would again have an answer and turned away the Toreros 30- 24 to claim the first round victory. Playing in her final match as a Torero, Frohman finished the night with 13 kills and 12 digs, both team highs. Sophomore Devon Forster killed 12 and totaled 11 digs. Fresh– man setter Lindsey Sherburne had 32 assists Friday and finished the 2002 season 17 assists shy of setting an all-time single season school record. No. 1 USC BLOCKS SAN D IEGO IN NCAA VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT Los Angeles, CA- Top seeded USC defeated San Diego 3-0 in

Northern Iowa

UCSB

Pepperdine*

Long Beach St. 1093

10 Minnesota

999

11 Washington St. 982

12 Penn State

834

13 North Carolina 781

14 San ta Clara* 15 Wisconsin

736 735 638 538 409 408 370 305 297 285 181 116

16 Arizona

17 Georgia Tech 18 E. Washington

32-5 29-2

19 Ohio Sta te 20 Missouri

19-10

25-7

21 UCLA

19-13

20-8 25-8 21-6 25 -7

22 Kansas State

23 Utah*

24 S. Carolina 25 San Diego

Others receiving points and listed on two or more ballots: Washington (71), California (59), South Florida (25), Arkansas (24), Michigan State (17), Louisville (16), Notre Dame (13), Texas* (10), Northwestern (10), Colorado State* (9), Texas A&M (6), Arizona State (5), Fresno State* (5).

*-indicates 2002 opponent !-NCAA National Champion

-indicates Final Four participant

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