Complete Match Notes (PDF)

PORTLAND, Ore. — The Portland State volleyball team opens its 2018 season and the Viking Pavilion with the Viking Summer Spike Friday and Saturday, Aug. 24-25. The Vikings host Boise State and Long Beach State at the tournament, which starts with a neutral-site match between the Broncos and 49ers at 12 p.m. Friday. The Vikings then play the 49ers at 7 p.m. Friday, and two matches Saturday, facing the Broncos at 12 p.m. and the 49ers again at 7 p.m.
 
PORTLAND STATE VIKINGS (21-9 in 2017)
14.0 k/s | 13.3 a/s | 16.6 d/s | 2.2 b/s (all stats from 2017)
Notable: The Vikings enter the 2018 season with some question marks after losing 2017 All-Big Sky first-team selections Erin Clark and Tasha Bojanic at setter and libero, respectively, as well as All-Big Sky first-team outside hitter Caitlin Bettenay and All-Big Sky second-team middle blocker Mikaelyn Sych. The Vikings went with youth to replace Clark and Bojanic in their exhibition match against Central Washington Monday, as sophomore Maddy Reeb and freshman Mackenzie Sullivan started at setter and libero, respectively. Reeb had a standout match against the Wildcats with 37 assists and 21 digs, while Sullivan led all Vikings with 24 digs. The Vikings still have the benefit of experience despite the youth at setter and libero, however, with five seniors on the team – four of whom have been in the program since freshman. Seniors Jenna Mullen and Katy Wilson each started in the Vikings' match against Central Washington at outside hitter and middle blocker, respectively. Mullen had a double-double with a team-high 16 kills to go with 10 digs, while Wilson had seven kills against only one error. Junior Toni McDougald also had a double-double against the Wildcats Monday with 12 kills and 10 digs.
 
LONG BEACH STATE 49ERS (10-19 in 2017)
11.5 k/s | 10.7 a/s | 13.4 d/s | 2.3 b/s (all stats from 2017)
Notable: The 49ers enter their second year under head coach Joy McKienzie-Fuerbringer after going 10-19 in 2017. The 49ers return nine letterwinners from that team, and brought in seven newcomers to join them. The 49ers lost their starting setter in Alexis Patterson off last year's team, but return sophomore setter Mina Andjelkovic, who averaged 4.14 assists per set while playing in 43 sets as a freshman. The 49ers return starting libero Hailey Harward, who averaged 3.65 digs per set as a freshman, as well as their leading attacker Megan Kruidhof, who averaged 3.18 kills per set as a junior. Kruidhof was the only 49er to average more than two kills per set last season. The 49ers had three players average at around one block per set last season and return all three in Kjersti Norveel (1.07 b/s in 2017), YiZhi Xue (1.02 b/s in 2017) and Emma Kirst (0.93 b/s in 2017). The 49ers have a relatively young team with 11 underclassmen among their 17 players.
 
BOISE STATE BRONCOS (17-14 in 2017)
13.9 k/s | 13.1 a/s | 14.8 d/s | 2.2 b/s (all stats from 2017)
Notable: The Boise State Broncos lost 3-0 to Pacific (Calif.) in the first round of the National Invitational Volleyball Championship (NIVC) last season. The Broncos lost their leading offensive player in Sierra Nobley, who averaged 4.72 kills per set last season and left the program as the most decorated volleyball player in program history. Nobley was named an AVCA Honorable Mention All-American for the third time in her career after the season, and was a three-time AVCA All-Region selection, and the Mountain West Player of the Year in 2016. Additionally, Nobley graduated with the Boise State and Mountain West Conference career records for total kills (1,925), kills per set (4.53), total attacks (4,953), total points (2,157.0) and points per set (5.08). The Broncos return Sabryn Roberts and Janell Walley, however, who ranked second and third on the team with averages of 3.14 and 2.54 kills per set last season, respectively. The Broncos also lost starting setter Jaymee-Lee Bulda off last year's team, as well as starting libero Maddi Osburn. The Broncos added seven freshmen over the offseason, and have nine underclassmen among their 15 players.
 
LONG BEACH STATE SERIES HISTORY
The 49ers lead the all-time series between them and the Vikings, 2-1. The Vikings won the team's lone match since the 1980s, however, as they beat the 49ers 3-1 at home in 2016.
 
BOISE STATE SERIES HISTORY
The Vikings lead the all-time series between them and Boise State, 16-8. Boise State has won six of the team's 10 matches since the series resumed in 2008, however, including the last four straight. The Vikings have won eight of their 10 home matches against the Broncos, and have swept the Broncos in their last two. The Viking swept the Broncos in their last home match in 2013, and swept the Broncos in 2009 before that.
 
LIVE STATS
Live stats will be available from all four matches of the Viking Summer Spike tournament. Fans can find the links to live stats for all matches at vikslive.com, or on the volleyball schedule page at GoViks.com.
 
LIVE VIDEO
A live video stream will be available from all four matches of the Viking Summer Spike tournament. The neutral-site match between the Broncos and 49ers will be available at WatchBigSky.com. All three of the matches involving the Vikings will be streamed at Pluto.TV for free. Teri Mariani will serve as the play-by-play announcer for all three of the Vikings' matches.
 
TICKETS
Single-match and all-session tickets will be available for the Viking Summer Spike at GoViks.com/Tickets. All-sessions tickets for the Viking Summer Spike start at just $15 and can be found under the "Mini Packs" button at GoViks.com/Tickets. Admission to the neutral-site match between Boise State and Long Beach State will be free.
 
LAST TIME OUT
The Vikings beat Central Washington 3-1 in an exhibition match Monday, the first athletic competition in the new Viking Pavilion. The Vikings won the first sets 25-23 and 25-20, but played a flat third set, falling behind 11-1 and 17-5 before losing 25-15. The Wildcats ran out to a 19-10 lead at the start of the fourth set, too, but the Vikings won 15 of the final 18 points of the match to seal it with a 25-22 win in the fourth. Sophomore setter Maddy Reeb led the Vikings with what would have been her first-career double-double if it weren't an exhibition. Reeb finished with 37 assists and 21 digs, the first 30-20 match by a Viking setter since former Big Sky MVP Garyn Schlatter finished with 41 assists and 25 digs in a five-set match against Northern Colorado on Nov. 10, 2012. Seniors Jenna Mullen and junior Toni McDougald also had double-doubles while playing on the outside for the Vikings. Mullen finished with a team-high 16 kills to go along with 10 digs, while McDougald finished with 12 kills and 10 digs. Mullen had seven kills on 11 attacks in the fourth set alone, and only had four errors out of 42 total attacks in the match. Senior middle blocker Katy Wilson finished with seven kills on 14 attacks and only one error, while redshirt junior Whitney Turner finished with a team-high six block assists. Freshman Mackenzie Sullivan, who played the whole match as the Vikings' libero, led all Vikings with 24 digs.
 
MICHAEL SEEMANN 200 WINS WATCH
Portland State head coach Michael Seemann will earn his 200th career win with the Vikings' next win. Seemann, who is in his 12th season as head coach for the Vikings, currently sits at 199 wins after going 21-9 last season. Seemann will become the Viking volleyball program's third 200-win head coach, joining Marlene Piper (445 wins; 1969-72 & 1974-83) and Jeff Mozzochi (371 wins; 1984-92 & 2001-06). Teri Mariani, who coached the Viking softball team from 1977-2005, owns the most wins of any Viking head coach with 663 wins in her tenure. Two baseball coaches – Jack Dunn (1975-94) and Roy Love (1962-74) – also reached the 200-win plateau with 630 and 257 wins, respectively.
 

Most Coaching Wins at Portland State
Coach	Wins	Team	Years
Teri Mariani	663	Softball	1977-2005
Jack Dunn	630	Baseball	1975-94
Marlene Piper	445	Volleyball	1969-72, 1974-83
Jeff Mozzochi	371	Volleyball	1984-92, 2001-06
Roy Love	257	Baseball	1962-74
Michael Seemann	199	Volleyball	2007-Present
Greg Bruce	199	Women's Basketball	1986-96

WILSON GOING FOR HISTORY AS A SENIOR
Senior middle blocker Katy Wilson broke the single-season Division I school record for hitting percentage with a .373 mark last season – three points ahead of her teammate Mikaelyn Sych, who finished with the No. 2 mark all-time in Division I at .370. Wilson has the chance to end her career with the top Division I hitting percentage in program history if things go well during her senior season. Wilson's current career hitting percentage of .324 ranks 22 points higher than the current Division I career record for hitting percentage, which Lana Zielke set at .302 from 2008-10. Wilson's .324 career hitting percentage would also rank third all-time for all years since 1982 if the season ended today. Kristi Scott currently holds the top career hitting percentage since 1982, as she hit .341 when the Vikings were a Division II program from 1990-91. Wilson also ranks tied for eighth all time in Division I career solo blocks with 39 in her career. She'll move ahead of Stacy Ball (1999-2002) and Zielke with her first solo block of the season. Michelle Segun holds the Division I career record with 89 solo blocks from 2004-07.
 
HITTING PCT. (1982-Pres.)            
Minimum 1,000 Attempts
Rk   Name                                         Avg
1.     Kristi Scott (1990-91)                 .341
2.     Peggy Adams (1992-95)            .333
3.     Katy Wilson (2015-Pres.)          .324
4.     Wendy Coleman (1990-91)       .320
5.     Leanne Peters (1990-93)           .319
6.     Theresa Huitinga (1982-85)       .305
7.     Robin Unger (1992-93)              .305
8.     Lana Zielke (2008-10)                .302
9.     Jenny Norlin (1986-89)              .297
10.   Maria Rickman (1986-89)          .288
 
HITTING PCT. – DI (1996-Pres.)     
Minimum 1,000 Attempts
Rk   Name                                         Avg
1.     Katy Wilson (2015-Pres.)          .324
2.     Lana Zielke (2008-10)                .302
3.     Lisa Thomas (2001-04)              .287
4.     Jessica Frederick (2003-06)       .270
5.     Erica Jepsen (2006-09)              .266
6.     Katie O'Brien (2011-14)             .265
7.     Michelle Segun (Robertson)      .249
        (2004-07)
8.     Leigh-Ann Haataja (2011-14)    .242
9.     Christie Hamilton (2007-10)      .240
10.   Aubrey Mitchell (2010-13)        .233
 
SOLO BLOCKS – DI (1996-Pres.)    
Rk   Name                                         Total
1.     Michelle Segun (Robertson)      89
        (2004-07)                                  
2.     Hannah Long** (1996-98)         68
3.     Katie O'Brien (2011-14)             66
4.     Erica Jepsen (2006-09)              53
5.     Lisa Thomas (2001-04)              52
6.     Nicole Geils (1998-01)               51
7.     Jessica Frederick (Vanzant)       49
        (2003-06)                                  
8.     Stacy Ball (1999-02)                  39
        Lana Zielke (2008-10)                39
        Katy Wilson (2015-Pres.)          39
 
MULL(EN)ING OVER HISTORY
Senior outside hitter ranks tied for eighth all-time with Division I career aces per set average of 0.27. Mullen ranks tied with Nique Fradella, who averaged 0.27 aces per set from 2006-09. Jessica Brodie ranks a tenth better than anybody else in the Division I history of the program with a school-record average of 0.43 aces per set from 2003-06.
 
ACES / SET – DI (1996-Pres.)         
Minimum Two Seasons                 
Rk   Name                                         Avg
1.     Jessica Brodie (2003-06)            0.43
2.     Shawna Sears (1998-99)            0.33
        Melissa Osterloh (2004-05)       0.33
4.     Marija Vojnovic (2006-09)         0.32
5.     Kaeli Patton (2010-13)               0.31
6.     Sarah Sirianni (2003-06)            0.30
7.     Taryn Winters (1996-99)           0.29
8.     Nique Fradella (2006-09)          0.27
        Jenna Mullen (2015-Pres.)        0.27
10.   Richell Wilson (2000-03)           0.26
 
A FRESHMAN LIBERO
Freshman Mackenzie Sullivan started at libero for the Vikings in their exhibition match against Central Washington Monday. The Vikings have had good luck with freshman defensive specialists of late as the last two to start as freshmen – Kasimira Clark and Tasha Bojanic –ended up being named Big Sky Libero of the Year at some point in their careers. Sullivan could join them, after she was a three-time first-team all-league selection at El Dorado High School in Placentia, Calif. Sullivan set the school record for most varsity sport letters at El Dorado High School while lettering in volleyball (4x), track (4x), soccer (2x), water polo (1x) and basketball (1x).
 
SETTLING ON A SETTER
The Vikings needed to replace All-Big Sky first-team setter Erin Clark at the start of the season, and sophomore Maddy Reeb earned the spot in the Vikings' exhibition match against Central Washington Monday. Reeb played the whole match at setter for the Vikings, and took advantage of the opportunity with a double-double with 37 assists and 21 digs. No Viking setter had ever finished with more than 30 assists and 20 digs in a match since former Big Sky MVP Garyn Schlatter had 41 assists and 25 digs in a five-set match against Northern Colorado on Nov. 10, 2012.