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TOURNAMENT INFORMATION Desmond Hotel Invitational Date............................................... September 1-2, 2017 Site ............................................ University Gymnasium Opponents ...................... Colgate, St. John’s, Albany Live Stats ........................... albany.statbroadcast.com Video ................... America East TV (vs. Albany only) Twitter Updates....................................... @Temple_VB Temple all-time vs. Colgate...................................... 2-1 Temple all-time vs. St. John’s .................................. 3-1 Temple all-time vs. Albany ...................................... 0-5 SCHEDULE/RESULTS Day Date Opponent Time Maryland Invitational Fri. Aug. 25 vs. Northeastern W, 3-0 Sat. Aug. 26 vs. UMBC L, 1-3 Sat. Aug. 26 at Maryland L, 2-3 Albany Invitational Fri. Sep. 1 vs. Colgate 5:00 PM Sat. Sep. 2 vs. St. John’s 10:30 AM Sat. Sep. 2 at Albany 7:00 PM Sonesta Philadelphia Cherry & White Challenge Fri. Sep. 8 Boston College 5:30 PM Sat. Sep. 9 Miami 2:00 PM Fri. Sep. 15 at Villanova 7:00 PM American Athletic Conference Fri. Sep. 22 Wichita State 7:00 PM Sun. Sep. 24 Memphis 1:00 PM Fri. Sep. 29 at Tulane 8:00 PM Sun. Oct. 1 at Houston 2:00 PM Fri. Oct. 6 East Carolina 7:00 PM Sun. Oct. 8 Cincinnati 1:00 PM Fri. Oct. 13 at USF 7:00 PM Sun. Oct. 15 at UCF 1:00 PM Fri. Oct. 20 Tulsa 7:00 PM Sun. Oct. 22 SMU 12:00 PM Fri. Oct. 27 Houston 7:00 PM Sun. Oct. 29 Tulane 1:00 PM Fri. Nov. 3 at Memphis 8:00 PM Sun. Nov. 5 at Wichita State 1:00 PM Thu. Nov. 9 at SMU 8:00 PM Sat. Nov. 11 at Tulsa 1:00 PM Fri. Nov. 17 UCF 7:00 PM Sun. Nov. 19 USF 1:00 PM Wed. Nov. 22 UConn 1:00 PM Fri. Nov. 24 at UConn 1:00 PM All times Eastern | Home matches in cherry TEMPLE VOLLEYBALL Lauren Ferrett, Associate Director for Athletic Communications | Email: [email protected] O: 215-204-1608 | C: 570-313-2338 | Website: www.OwlSports.com 2017 WEEKLY NOTES - TEMPLE AT ALBANY’S DESMOND HOTEL INVITATIONAL TEMPLE HEADLINES • Temple started the season 1-2 at the Maryland Invitational. • The Owls opened with a 3-0 sweep over Northeastern, before falling 3-1 to UMBC and 3-2 to Maryland. • Temple is coming off a 2016 season that saw the squad finish 22-8 overall with a 15-5 mark in conference play, good for third. • Temple was picked to finish third in the conference, behind Wichita State and Cincinnati, a pair of NCAA Tournament teams a year ago. • The Owls had a pair of representatives on the preseason All-American Athletic Conference team -- Irem Asci and Izzy Rapacz, both of which were unanimous selections. • Asci (1st team) and Rapacz (1st team) are also returning 2016 All-Conference honorees. • Head Coach Bakeer Ganesharatnam is in his sixth season with the Owls, recently winning his 100th career match to move to 116-69. TEMPLE VOLLEYBALL ON SOCIAL MEDIA - #TUVB #GDQ /TempleVolleyball @Temple_VB @Temple.VB THE TEAMS TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE Friday, September 1st 5:00 p.m. – Colgate vs. Temple 7:30 p.m. – UAlbany vs. St. John’s Saturday, September 2nd 10:30 a.m. – St. John’s vs. Temple 1:00 p.m. – UAlbany vs. Colgate 4:30 p.m. – Colgate vs. St. John’s 7:00 p.m. – UAlbany vs. Temple TEMPLE OWLS 1-2, 0-0 American HEAD COACH Bakeer Ganesharatnam / 7th Yr. Overall: 116-69 at School: Same LAST MATCH L, 2-3 at Maryland COLGATE RAIDERS 3-0, 0-0 Patriot League HEAD COACH Ryan Baker / 12th Yr. Overall: 175-146 at School: 200-157 LAST MATCH W, 3-0 at Syracuse ST. JOHN’S RED STORM 3-1, 0-0 Ivy League HEAD COACH Joanne Persico / 24th Yr. Overall: 443-301 at School: Same LAST MATCH L, 0-3 vs. UConn ALBANY GREAT DANES 0-3, 0-0 America East HEAD COACH MJ Engstrom / 10th Yr. Overall: 154-109 at School: Same LAST MATCH L, 3-1 at USC

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TOURNAMENT INFORMATIONDesmond Hotel Invitational

Date...............................................September 1-2, 2017Site ............................................ University GymnasiumOpponents ...................... Colgate, St. John’s, AlbanyLive Stats ........................... albany.statbroadcast.comVideo ................... America East TV (vs. Albany only)Twitter Updates....................................... @Temple_VBTemple all-time vs. Colgate...................................... 2-1Temple all-time vs. St. John’s .................................. 3-1Temple all-time vs. Albany ...................................... 0-5

SCHEDULE/RESULTSDay Date Opponent TimeMaryland InvitationalFri. Aug. 25 vs. Northeastern W, 3-0Sat. Aug. 26 vs. UMBC L, 1-3Sat. Aug. 26 at Maryland L, 2-3

Albany InvitationalFri. Sep. 1 vs. Colgate 5:00 PMSat. Sep. 2 vs. St. John’s 10:30 AMSat. Sep. 2 at Albany 7:00 PM

Sonesta Philadelphia Cherry & White Challenge Fri. Sep. 8 Boston College 5:30 PMSat. Sep. 9 Miami 2:00 PM

Fri. Sep. 15 at Villanova 7:00 PM

American Athletic ConferenceFri. Sep. 22 Wichita State 7:00 PMSun. Sep. 24 Memphis 1:00 PMFri. Sep. 29 at Tulane 8:00 PMSun. Oct. 1 at Houston 2:00 PMFri. Oct. 6 East Carolina 7:00 PMSun. Oct. 8 Cincinnati 1:00 PMFri. Oct. 13 at USF 7:00 PMSun. Oct. 15 at UCF 1:00 PMFri. Oct. 20 Tulsa 7:00 PMSun. Oct. 22 SMU 12:00 PMFri. Oct. 27 Houston 7:00 PMSun. Oct. 29 Tulane 1:00 PMFri. Nov. 3 at Memphis 8:00 PMSun. Nov. 5 at Wichita State 1:00 PMThu. Nov. 9 at SMU 8:00 PMSat. Nov. 11 at Tulsa 1:00 PMFri. Nov. 17 UCF 7:00 PMSun. Nov. 19 USF 1:00 PMWed. Nov. 22 UConn 1:00 PMFri. Nov. 24 at UConn 1:00 PM

All times Eastern | Home matches in cherry

TEMPLEV O L L E Y B A L L

Lauren Ferrett, Associate Director for Athletic Communications | Email: [email protected]: 215-204-1608 | C: 570-313-2338 | Website: www.OwlSports.com

2017 WEEKLY NOTES - TEMPLE AT ALBANY’S DESMOND HOTEL INVITATIONAL

TEMPLE HEADLINES• Temple started the season 1-2 at the Maryland Invitational.• The Owls opened with a 3-0 sweep over Northeastern, before falling 3-1 to UMBC

and 3-2 to Maryland.• Temple is coming off a 2016 season that saw the squad finish 22-8 overall with a

15-5 mark in conference play, good for third.• Temple was picked to finish third in the conference, behind Wichita State and

Cincinnati, a pair of NCAA Tournament teams a year ago.• The Owls had a pair of representatives on the preseason All-American Athletic

Conference team -- Irem Asci and Izzy Rapacz, both of which were unanimous selections.

• Asci (1st team) and Rapacz (1st team) are also returning 2016 All-Conference honorees.

• Head Coach Bakeer Ganesharatnam is in his sixth season with the Owls, recently winning his 100th career match to move to 116-69.

TEMPLE VOLLEYBALL ON SOCIAL MEDIA - #TUVB #GDQ

/TempleVolleyball @Temple_VB @Temple.VB

THE TEAMS

TOURNAMENT SCHEDULEFriday, September 1st 5:00 p.m. – Colgate vs. Temple 7:30 p.m. – UAlbany vs. St. John’s

Saturday, September 2nd 10:30 a.m. – St. John’s vs. Temple 1:00 p.m. – UAlbany vs. Colgate 4:30 p.m. – Colgate vs. St. John’s 7:00 p.m. – UAlbany vs. Temple

TEMPLE OWLS1-2, 0-0 American

HEAD COACHBakeer

Ganesharatnam / 7th Yr.

Overall: 116-69at School: Same

LAST MATCHL, 2-3 at Maryland

COLGATERAIDERS

3-0, 0-0 Patriot League

HEAD COACHRyan Baker

/ 12th Yr.Overall: 175-146

at School: 200-157

LAST MATCHW, 3-0 at Syracuse

ST. JOHN’SRED STORM

3-1, 0-0 Ivy League

HEAD COACHJoanne Persico

/ 24th Yr.Overall: 443-301at School: Same

LAST MATCHL, 0-3 vs. UConn

ALBANYGREAT DANES

0-3, 0-0 America East

HEAD COACHMJ Engstrom

/ 10th Yr.Overall: 154-109at School: Same

LAST MATCHL, 3-1 at USC

2017 TEMPLE VOLLEYBALL ROSTERNO NAME YR POS HT HOMETOWN/PREVIOUS SCHOOL1 Irem Asci Sr. OH 5-11 Ankara, Turkey/Collage Ayseabla/Charlotte2 Janine Simmons Sr. MB 6-1 Centreville, Va./Centreville3 Mia Heirakuji Jr. DS/L 5-5 Kailua, Hawaii/Kamehameha4 Iva Deak Jr. MB 6-1 Zagreb, Croatia/IV Gimnazija Zagre/Iowa West.5 Dara Peric Sr. OH 6-0 Belgrade, Serbia/HS of Tourism6 Averi Salvador Fr. DS/L 5-5 Aiea, Hawaii/Punahou School7 Kyra Coundourides Sr. S 5-10 Brunswick, Ohio/Walsh Jesuit/Virginia Tech8 Carla Guennewig Jr. MB 6-2 Muenster, Germany/Pascal Gym. Muenster10 Hannah Vandegrift Jr. S 6-0 Leesburg, Va./Loudoun County12 Katerina Papazoglou Fr. OH 6-1 Thessaloniki, Geece/Hellenic College14 Dana Westfield So. OH 6-1 Champaign, Ill./Champaign Central15 Baleigh Jean-Philippe Fr. MH 6-1 Germantown, Md./Seneca Valley16 Izzy Rapacz Sr. OH/RS 6-2 Glenview, Ill./Glenbrook South

COACHING STAFFHead Coach: Bakeer Ganesharatnam (Queens College ’05; 7th year)Associate Head Coach/Recruiting Coord.: Akiko Hatakeyama (Temple ’99; 6th year)Assistant Coach: Ren Cefra (Hawai’i-West Oahu ‘13; 3rd year)Director of Operations: Jason Broadt (Temple ‘17, 1st year)

AMERICAN PRE-SEASON POLLRank School Points1. Wichita State 116 (7)2. Cincinnati 113 (5)3. Temple 101 4. SMU 90 5. UCF 82 6. USF 62 7. UConn 60 8. Tulane 55 9. Tulsa 45 10. Memphis 31 11. East Carolina 25 12. Houston 12

• First-place votes in (parentheses)

PROGRAM INFORMATIONALL-TIME• Overall record: 861-580 (1975-2015)• NCAA Appearances: 4 (1997, 1998, 1999, 2002)

COACHING STAFFHead Coach: ................... Bakeer Ganesharatnam ................................................Phone: (215) 204-0476 ......................................E-Mail: [email protected] ............. Career Record (Years): 93-59 (5 seasons) ....................................... Record at TU (Years): SameAssistant Head Coach: ............Akiko Hatakeyama ............................................... Phone: (215) 204-6289 .......................................E-Mail: [email protected] Coach: ..................................... Ren Cefra ............................................... Phone: (215) 204-6289 ...........................E-Mail: [email protected] Dir. of Operations ........ Christian Kiselica ............................................... Phone: (215) 204-6289 .................................. E-Mail: [email protected]

THE OWLSLetterwinners Returning/Lost ...................... 10/3Starters Returning/Lost ....................4/2 + liberoNewcomers ............................................................32016 Overall Record ..................................... 22-82016 American Record .................................. 15-52016 American Finish ......................................3rd

TEMPLE UNIVERSITYLocation: ..............................................Philadelphia, Pa.Founded: ...................................................................1884Enrollment: ...........................................................39,000Acting President: ...........................Richard M. EnglertDirector of Athletics: ...........................Dr. Patrick KraftNickname: ................................................................ OwlsColors: ................................... Cherry (201c) and WhiteHome Court: ..........................McGonigle Hall (3,900)

NEWS AND NOTES

THE WEEKENDThe Temple volleyball team will take part in its second non-conference tournament of the season this weekend, competing at Albany’s Desmond Hotel Invitational. The Owls will play Colgate, St. John’s, and Albany at the event.

TEMPLE SCHEDULE> Friday: Temple vs. Colgate at 5:00 p.m.> Saturday: Temple vs. St. John’s at 10:30 a.m./Temple vs. Albany at 7:00 p.m.

THE OWLS> Temple is coming off a 1-2 showing at the Maryland Invitational.> After a sweep of Northeastern, the Owls fell 3-1 to UMBC and 3-2 to Maryland.> Senior Izzy Rapacz leads Temple with 2.67 kills per set, while also tallying 2.08 digs per frame.> Redshirt Freshman Dana Westfield saw her first collegiate action at Maryland, and racked up 2.42 kills per set in three matches.> Senior Janine Simmons (2.00 kills/set) and sophomore Iva Deak (1.55 kills/set; 1.91 blocks/set) shore up the middle for the Owls.> Senior Kyra Coundourides ran the Temple offense with 8.08 assists per set, also landing second on the team with 2.42 digs per frame.> Junior Mia Heirakuji leads all Temple players with 3.25 digs.> Temple hits .211 as a team, holding opponents to a .180 attack.

SCOUTING COLGATE> Colgate is 3-0 on the season, opening the 2017 campaign by topping Niagra, Siena, and Syracuse at the Syracuse Invitational.

> Katie Stansbury and Alli Lowe both average over 3.60 kills per set for Colgate.> Peighton McRobie averages 5.40 digs per set as the Raiders’ libero.> Colgate has held opponents to just a .080 attack, while hitting .255 as a team.> Temple is 2-1 all-time against Colgate, with the last meeting coming in 2000.

SCOUTING ST. JOHN’S> St. John’s is 3-1 to start the season.> The Red Storm grabbed wins over Holy Cross, Sacramento State, and UNH, but fell to UConn at the Jack Kaiser Classic.> Julia Cast (3.77 kills/set) and Jordan McCalla (3.54 kills/set) are the top hitters for St. John’s.> Delaney D’Amore (4.08 digs/set) and Amanda Sanabia (4.15 digs/set) split the Libero duties for the Red Storm.> St. John’s hits at a .235 clip, with opponents attacking at a .232 average.> Temple is 3-1 against St. John’s, with the last meeting a 3-0 Temple win in 2015.

SCOUTING ALBANY> Albany is 0-3 on the season, opening at the tough USC/LMU Invitational.> The Great Danes fell in straight sets to #16 Michigan and Loyola Marymount, before grabbing a set in a 3-1 loss to USC.> Akubata Okenwa leads the Albany offense to the tune of 3.50 kills per set.> Nicole Otero leads the Great Dane defense, tallying 3.70 digs per frame.> As a team, Albany hits .159, allowing opponents a .285 attack.> Temple is 0-5 all-time against Albany, with the last meeting between the teams coming in 2008.

THE AMERICAN STANDINGSSchool Conf. % All % Streak

Wichita State 0-0 0.000 3-0 1.000 W3

Tulane 0-0 0.000 3-1 0.750 W3

ECU 0-0 0.000 2-1 0.667 L1

UConn 0-0 0.000 2-1 0.667 W2

Houston 0-0 0.000 1-2 0.333 L1

SMU 0-0 0.000 1-2 0.333 W1

Temple 0-0 0.000 1-2 0.333 L2

Tulsa 0-0 0.000 1-2 0.333 L1

UCF 0-0 0.000 1-2 0.333 L2

USF 0-0 0.000 1-2 0.333 L1

Cincinnati 0-0 0.000 0-3 0.000 L3

Memphis 0-0 0.000 0-3 0.000 L3

AMERICAN WEEKLY AWARDS - 8/28

Offensive POTW: Emily Hiebert * Sr. * S * Wichita StateDefensive POTW: Kennedy Arundel * Jr. * DS/L * UConn

Honor Roll:Kia Bright * R-Sr. * OH * UCFLael Ceriani * Sr. * OH * ECUAlyssa Kronberg * Fr. * L * MemphisLauren Mills * Sr. * OH * SMUEmily Thorson * Jr. * OH * Tulsa

2017 OWL SEASON HONORS

American Athletic Conference Pre-Season Team Irem Asci Izzy Rapacz

Under Armour/Owlsports.com Athlete of the Week Izzy Rapacz, 8/28/17

Maryland All-Tournament Izzy Rapacz Kyra Coundourides

NEWS AND NOTES

2017 TEMPLE VOLLEYBALL TV ROSTER

IREMASCI

Ankara, Turkey

#1 JANINESIMMONS

Centreville, Va.

#2 MIAHEIRAKUJI

Kailua, Hawaii

#3 IVADEAK

Zagreb, Croatia

#4 DARAPERIC

Belgrade, Serbia

#5

AVERISALVADORAiea, Hawaii

#6 KYRACOUNDOURIDES

Brunswick, Ohio

#7 CARLAGUENNEWIG

Muenster, Germany

#8 HANNAHVANDEGRIFTLeesburg, Va.

#10 KATERINAPAPAZOGLOU

Thessaloniki, Greece

#12

DANAWESTFIELD

Champaign, Ill.

#14 BALEIGHJEAN-PHILIPPEGermantown, Md.

#15 IZZYRAPACZ

Glenbrook, Ill.

#16

BAKEERGANESHARATNAM

HEAD COACH7TH YEAR

AKIKOHATAKEYAMA

ASSOC. HEAD COACH6TH YEAR

RENCEFRA

ASSISTANT COACH3RD YEAR

PRONUNCIATION GUIDE#1 Irem Asci : E-rem OST-chew

#3 Mia Heirakuji : Hay-ra-KOO-gee# 4 Iva Deak : Eeva DAY-ock

#5 Dara Peric : Darr-Uh PEAR-itch#7 Kyra Coundourides : KEE-ruh Con-DOOR-ee-dez

#8 Carla Guennewig : Gun-uh-VIG#12 Katerina Papazoglou : Papa-ZUG-loo

#15 Baleigh Jean-Philippe : Zhaun-Phil-eep#16 Izzy Rapacz : RAH-posh

Bakeer Ganesharatnam : buh-KEER GAH-nez-SHA-rat-namAkiko Hatakeyama : a-KEY-ko Ha-tah-KAY-yama

2017 TEMPLE VOLLEYBALL STATISTICS - OVERALL

2016 Temple VolleyballTemple Combined Team Statistics (as of Aug 28, 2017)

All matches

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRALALL GAMES 1-2 0-0 0-1 1-1CONFERENCE 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0NON-CONFERENCE 1-2 0-0 0-1 1-1

Attack Set Serve Dig Blocking## Player sp k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa se sa/s re dig dig/s bs ba total blk/s be bhe points16 RAPACZ, Izzy 12 32 2.67 16 97 . 1 6 5 1 0.08 4 0 0.33 2 25 2.08 2 13 15 1.25 1 0 -14 WESTFIELD, Dana 12 29 2.42 11 81 . 2 2 2 1 0.08 0 0 0.00 0 11 0.92 0 3 3 0.25 0 0 -2 SIMMONS, Janine 12 24 2.00 6 51 . 3 5 3 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 6 0.50 2 13 15 1.25 0 0 -4 DEAK, Iva 11 17 1.55 4 47 . 2 7 7 0 0.00 2 2 0.18 0 1 0.09 3 18 21 1.91 0 0 -5 PERIC, Dara 11 16 1.45 6 49 . 2 0 4 2 0.18 2 1 0.18 0 25 2.27 0 6 6 0.55 0 0 -12 PAPAZOGLOU, Katerin 10 13 1.30 1 37 . 3 2 4 2 0.20 4 9 0.40 0 18 1.80 0 3 3 0.30 0 0 -7 COUNDOURIDES, Kyr 12 5 0.42 2 14 . 2 1 4 97 8.08 2 1 0.17 0 29 2.42 0 5 5 0.42 0 3 -1 ASCI, Irem 6 5 0.83 8 20 - . 1 5 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 2 2 0.33 0 4 4 0.67 0 1 -8 GUENNEWIG, Carla 3 3 1.00 4 11 - . 0 9 1 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 1 0.33 0 2 2 0.67 0 0 -6 SALVADOR, Averi 9 0 0.00 0 0 . 0 0 0 1 0.11 0 3 0.00 0 6 0.67 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 -3 HEIRAKUJI, Mia 12 0 0.00 0 0 . 0 0 0 9 0.75 0 6 0.00 4 39 3.25 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 -10 VANDEGRIFT, Hannah 5 0 0.00 0 1 . 0 0 0 18 3.60 1 1 0.20 0 4 0.80 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 -

TEAM - - - - - - - - - - - 2 - - - - - - - - -TEMPLE 12 144 12.00 58 408 . 2 1 1 131 10.92 15 23 1.25 10 167 13.92 7 67 40.5 3.38 1 4 -Opponents 12 163 13.58 82 451 . 1 8 0 152 12.67 10 27 0.83 15 178 14.83 4 39 23.5 1.96 4 3 -

Team Statistics TEMPLE OPPATTACK K i l l s 144 163 E r r o r s 58 82 Total Attacks 408 451 Attack Pct . 2 1 1 . 1 8 0 K i l l s / S e t 12.0 13.6SET A s s i s t s 131 152 A s s i s t s / S e t 10.9 12.7SERVE A c e s 15 10 E r r o r s 23 27 A c e s / S e t 1.2 0.8SERVE RECEPTIONS E r r o r s 10 15 E r r o r s / S e t 0.8 1.2DEFENSE D i g s 167 178 D i g s / S e t 13.9 14.8BLOCKING Block Solo 7 4 Block Assist 67 39 Total Blocks 40.5 23.5 B l o c k s / S e t 3.4 2.0 Block Errors 1 4Ball handling errors 4 3ATTENDANCE T o t a l 0 811 Dates/Avg Per Date 0/0 1/811 Neutral site #/Avg 2/0 Current win streak 0 - Home win streak 0 -

Date Opponent Score Score by set Att.Aug 25 vs Northeastern W 3-0 25-11,25-18,25-20 0Aug 26 vs UMBC L 1-3 25-23,26-28,26-28,20-25 0Aug 26 at Maryland L 2-3 17-25,25-22,23-25,25-21,11-15 811

Record in 3-set matches: 1-0Record in 4-set matches: 0-1Record in 5-set matches: 0-1

In six years on North Broad Street, Bakeer Ganesharatnam has turned Temple volleyball into a high-level program at the top of the American Athletic Conference. Over Ganesharatnam's tenure, Temple has continually surpassed expectations and has now proven itself as a top team in a strong conference. In 2016, Ganesharatnam led his team to their third-straight 20-win season, including the 100th win of his career. The 2016 Owls finished 22-8 overall with a 15-5 record in American Athletic Conference play. For the third-straight season, Ganesharatnam's team defeated every opponent in The American, at least once during the year, including road wins over SMU and Cincinnati. The Owls also captured the 2016 Philadelphia Big 5 title. Individually, the 2016 Temple team had three All-Conference selections in senior Kirsten Overton and juniors Izzy Rapacz and Irem Asci. During the season, seven Owls combined to win 11 weekly awards from the conference, including American Offensive Player of the Week (Izzy Rapacz), and American Defensive Player of the Week (Mia Heirakuji). Proving that he is as committed to his student-athletes' success in the classroom as he is to their success on the court, the team's grade-point-average has improved significantly since Ganesharatnam’s arrival. In the fall of 2010, the semester GPA for

the team was 3.02. Ganesharatnam took over the reins in the spring of 2011, and by the end of his first fall semester, the team posted a GPA of 3.14. During the second season of competition under Ganes, the Owls posted a GPA of 3.32, and in the spring of 2013 it jumped all the way up to 3.45, showing more than a four-tenths' improvement in two years. In 2014 and 2016, the Owls had the highest GPA of any American Athletic Conference squad. Prior to his arrival at Temple in January, 2011, Ganesharatnam spent five years as an assistant coach at West Virginia University. He served for three seasons as a full-time assistant with the Mountaineers after two prior years as a graduate assistant coach. As an assistant, Ganesharatnam served as the recruiting coordinator and worked with the players on skill development, as well as dealt with scheduling responsibilities. One year after Ganesharatnam’s transition to full-time assistant, the 2009 Mountaineers finished with their best overall record in five years, 17-13, and won six Big East games which ranked as the most since 1998. In 2010 the team finished 15-15 and took the title at its own WVU Classic early in the season with a perfect 4-0 record. Before his stint at WVU, Ganesharatnam served as an assistant coach at Cedar Valley College in Grand Prairie, Texas, for one season. He helped the Suns reach their co-conference championship in the 2005-06 season. His duties included assisting the head coach with all aspects of the program, including recruiting, practice and competition preparation, summer camps and travel arrangements, as well as alumni outreach and fundraising.

In addition to his duties as an assistant coach at CVC, Ganesharatnam also served as the head coach of the 17’s ACE Elite Team at Arlington Courts in Dallas, Texas. Ganesharatnam was not a stranger to Temple when he arrived, having worked summer camps in 2005 and 2006 with former head coach Bob Bertucci. He completed his bachelor’s degree in political science with minors in economics and German from Queens College in 2005. He played four years of volleyball there while pursuing his degree. While having a standout career at Queens, he was also a four-year letterwinner and helped the Knights to two conference championships. Ganesharatnam was born in Sri Lanka, but moved to Germany when he was five. He has been playing volleyball since he was nine. In Germany, he competed on a very successful club team from 1990 to 2000, VFL Sindelfingen, winning the regional championship and the state championship many times. Ganesharatnam and his team also made numerous appearances at the national championship. Ganesharatnam received his master’s degree in athletic coaching education in 2007 from WVU.

GANESHARATNAM AT A GLANCE

Year Overall Conf. Finish2016 22-8 15-5 3rd AAC2015 24-8 15-5 2nd AAC2014 24-8 15-5 T-2nd AAC2013 18-12 9-9 6th AAC2012 19-11 8-6 5th A-102011 8-20 4-11 8th A-10Totals 115-67 66-41

Seventh Season Queens '05Career Record: 115-67

HEAD COACHBakeer GANESHARATNAM

2017 TEMPLE VOLLEYBALL CAREER STATISTICS

Individual Career History

PERIC, Dara

Season sp-mp k k/s e ta pct a a/s ta ast% sa sa/s se ta srv%2014 118-32 309 2.62 101 1013 . 2 0 5 27 0.23 - - 25 0.21 17 - -2015 115-32 61 0.53 26 237 . 1 4 8 7 0.06 - - 27 0.23 11 - -2016 118-30 32 0.27 20 161 . 0 7 5 22 0.19 - - 17 0.14 14 - -2017 11-3 16 1.45 6 49 . 2 0 4 2 0.18 - - 2 0.18 1 - -TOTAL 362-97 418 1.15 153 1460 . 1 8 2 58 0.16 - - 71 0.20 43 - -

Season dig d/s re ta rec% bs ba tb b/s be bhe points pts/s2014 375 3.18 18 - - 0 26 26 0.22 1 0 347.0 2.942015 258 2.24 12 - - 0 3 3 0.03 0 0 89.5 0.772016 246 2.08 17 - - 1 1 2 0.02 2 0 50.5 0.422017 25 2.27 0 - - 0 6 6 0.55 0 0 21.0 1.91TOTAL 904 2.50 47 - - 1 36 37 0.10 3 0 508.0 1.40

RAPACZ, Izzy

Season sp-mp k k/s e ta pct a a/s ta ast% sa sa/s se ta srv%2014 39-16 66 1.69 34 191 . 1 6 8 1 0.03 - - 0 0.00 2 - -2015 102-31 267 2.62 107 607 . 2 6 4 6 0.06 - - 0 0.00 0 - -2016 118-30 349 2.96 136 812 . 2 6 2 10 0.08 - - 18 0.15 36 - -2017 12-3 32 2.67 16 97 . 1 6 5 1 0.08 - - 4 0.33 0 - -TOTAL 271-80 714 2.63 293 1707 . 2 4 7 18 0.07 - - 22 0.08 38 - -

Season dig d/s re ta rec% bs ba tb b/s be bhe points pts/s2014 13 0.33 1 - - 1 23 24 0.62 0 0 78.5 2.002015 33 0.32 0 - - 4 74 78 0.76 7 0 308.0 3.022016 308 2.61 0 - - 5 96 101 0.86 4 2 420.0 3.562017 25 2.08 2 - - 2 13 15 1.25 1 0 44.5 3.67TOTAL 379 1.40 3 - - 12 206 218 0.80 12 2 851.0 3.14

SALVADOR, Averi

Season sp-mp k k/s e ta pct a a/s ta ast% sa sa/s se ta srv%2017 9-3 0 0.00 0 0 . 0 0 0 1 0.11 - - 0 0.00 3 - -TOTAL 9-3 0 0.00 0 0 . 0 0 0 1 0.11 - - 0 0.00 3 - -

Season dig d/s re ta rec% bs ba tb b/s be bhe points pts/s2017 6 0.67 0 - - 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.0 0.00TOTAL 6 0.67 0 - - 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.0 0.00

SIMMONS, Janine

Season sp-mp k k/s e ta pct a a/s ta ast% sa sa/s se ta srv%2014 6-2 1 0.17 1 7 . 0 0 0 1 0.17 - - 0 0.00 0 - -2015 99-28 117 1.18 44 290 . 2 5 2 6 0.06 - - 0 0.00 0 - -2016 45-17 56 1.24 22 128 . 2 6 6 2 0.04 - - 0 0.00 0 - -2017 12-3 24 2.00 6 51 . 3 5 3 0 0.00 - - 0 0.00 0 - -TOTAL 162-50 198 1.22 73 476 . 2 6 3 9 0.06 - - 0 0.00 0 - -

Season dig d/s re ta rec% bs ba tb b/s be bhe points pts/s2014 2 0.33 0 - - 0 8 8 1.33 1 0 5.0 0.832015 16 0.16 1 - - 8 78 86 0.87 11 1 164.0 1.662016 6 0.13 0 - - 8 23 31 0.69 4 0 75.5 1.672017 6 0.50 0 - - 2 13 15 1.25 0 0 32.5 2.67TOTAL 30 0.19 1 - - 18 122 140 0.86 16 1 277.0 1.71

2017 TEMPLE VOLLEYBALL CAREER STATISTICS

Individual Career History

GUENNEWIG, Carla

Season sp-mp k k/s e ta pct a a/s ta ast% sa sa/s se ta srv%2015 19-8 22 1.16 4 49 . 3 6 7 0 0.00 - - 5 0.26 11 - -2016 32-15 26 0.81 14 71 . 1 6 9 2 0.06 - - 4 0.12 8 - -2017 3-2 3 1.00 4 11 - . 0 9 1 0 0.00 - - 0 0.00 0 - -TOTAL 54-25 51 0.94 22 131 . 2 2 1 2 0.04 - - 9 0.17 19 - -

Season dig d/s re ta rec% bs ba tb b/s be bhe points pts/s2015 7 0.37 0 - - 2 10 12 0.63 3 1 34.0 1.792016 4 0.12 0 - - 1 7 8 0.25 1 1 34.5 1.062017 1 0.33 0 - - 0 2 2 0.67 0 0 4.0 1.33TOTAL 12 0.22 0 - - 3 19 22 0.41 4 2 72.5 1.33

HEIRAKUJI, Mia

Season sp-mp k k/s e ta pct a a/s ta ast% sa sa/s se ta srv%2015 70-24 0 0.00 0 0 . 0 0 0 2 0.03 - - 10 0.14 14 - -2016 111-30 0 0.00 1 7 - . 1 4 3 86 0.77 - - 16 0.14 15 - -2017 12-3 0 0.00 0 0 . 0 0 0 9 0.75 - - 0 0.00 6 - -TOTAL 193-57 0 0.00 1 7 - . 1 4 3 97 0.50 - - 26 0.13 35 - -

Season dig d/s re ta rec% bs ba tb b/s be bhe points pts/s2015 25 0.36 2 - - 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 10.0 0.142016 375 3.38 40 - - 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 16.0 0.142017 39 3.25 4 - - 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.0 0.00TOTAL 439 2.27 46 - - 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 26.0 0.13

JEAN-PHILIPPE, B.

PAPAZOGLOU, Katerina

Season sp-mp k k/s e ta pct a a/s ta ast% sa sa/s se ta srv%2017 10-3 13 1.30 1 37 . 3 2 4 2 0.20 - - 4 0.40 9 - -TOTAL 10-3 13 1.30 1 37 . 3 2 4 2 0.20 - - 4 0.40 9 - -

Season dig d/s re ta rec% bs ba tb b/s be bhe points pts/s2017 18 1.80 0 - - 0 3 3 0.30 0 0 18.5 1.80TOTAL 18 1.80 0 - - 0 3 3 0.30 0 0 18.5 1.80

2017 TEMPLE VOLLEYBALL CAREER STATISTICS

Individual Career History

PERIC, Dara

Season sp-mp k k/s e ta pct a a/s ta ast% sa sa/s se ta srv%2014 118-32 309 2.62 101 1013 . 2 0 5 27 0.23 - - 25 0.21 17 - -2015 115-32 61 0.53 26 237 . 1 4 8 7 0.06 - - 27 0.23 11 - -2016 118-30 32 0.27 20 161 . 0 7 5 22 0.19 - - 17 0.14 14 - -2017 11-3 16 1.45 6 49 . 2 0 4 2 0.18 - - 2 0.18 1 - -TOTAL 362-97 418 1.15 153 1460 . 1 8 2 58 0.16 - - 71 0.20 43 - -

Season dig d/s re ta rec% bs ba tb b/s be bhe points pts/s2014 375 3.18 18 - - 0 26 26 0.22 1 0 347.0 2.942015 258 2.24 12 - - 0 3 3 0.03 0 0 89.5 0.772016 246 2.08 17 - - 1 1 2 0.02 2 0 50.5 0.422017 25 2.27 0 - - 0 6 6 0.55 0 0 21.0 1.91TOTAL 904 2.50 47 - - 1 36 37 0.10 3 0 508.0 1.40

RAPACZ, Izzy

Season sp-mp k k/s e ta pct a a/s ta ast% sa sa/s se ta srv%2014 39-16 66 1.69 34 191 . 1 6 8 1 0.03 - - 0 0.00 2 - -2015 102-31 267 2.62 107 607 . 2 6 4 6 0.06 - - 0 0.00 0 - -2016 118-30 349 2.96 136 812 . 2 6 2 10 0.08 - - 18 0.15 36 - -2017 12-3 32 2.67 16 97 . 1 6 5 1 0.08 - - 4 0.33 0 - -TOTAL 271-80 714 2.63 293 1707 . 2 4 7 18 0.07 - - 22 0.08 38 - -

Season dig d/s re ta rec% bs ba tb b/s be bhe points pts/s2014 13 0.33 1 - - 1 23 24 0.62 0 0 78.5 2.002015 33 0.32 0 - - 4 74 78 0.76 7 0 308.0 3.022016 308 2.61 0 - - 5 96 101 0.86 4 2 420.0 3.562017 25 2.08 2 - - 2 13 15 1.25 1 0 44.5 3.67TOTAL 379 1.40 3 - - 12 206 218 0.80 12 2 851.0 3.14

SALVADOR, Averi

Season sp-mp k k/s e ta pct a a/s ta ast% sa sa/s se ta srv%2017 9-3 0 0.00 0 0 . 0 0 0 1 0.11 - - 0 0.00 3 - -TOTAL 9-3 0 0.00 0 0 . 0 0 0 1 0.11 - - 0 0.00 3 - -

Season dig d/s re ta rec% bs ba tb b/s be bhe points pts/s2017 6 0.67 0 - - 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.0 0.00TOTAL 6 0.67 0 - - 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.0 0.00

SIMMONS, Janine

Season sp-mp k k/s e ta pct a a/s ta ast% sa sa/s se ta srv%2014 6-2 1 0.17 1 7 . 0 0 0 1 0.17 - - 0 0.00 0 - -2015 99-28 117 1.18 44 290 . 2 5 2 6 0.06 - - 0 0.00 0 - -2016 45-17 56 1.24 22 128 . 2 6 6 2 0.04 - - 0 0.00 0 - -2017 12-3 24 2.00 6 51 . 3 5 3 0 0.00 - - 0 0.00 0 - -TOTAL 162-50 198 1.22 73 476 . 2 6 3 9 0.06 - - 0 0.00 0 - -

Season dig d/s re ta rec% bs ba tb b/s be bhe points pts/s2014 2 0.33 0 - - 0 8 8 1.33 1 0 5.0 0.832015 16 0.16 1 - - 8 78 86 0.87 11 1 164.0 1.662016 6 0.13 0 - - 8 23 31 0.69 4 0 75.5 1.672017 6 0.50 0 - - 2 13 15 1.25 0 0 32.5 2.67TOTAL 30 0.19 1 - - 18 122 140 0.86 16 1 277.0 1.71

2017 TEMPLE VOLLEYBALL CAREER STATISTICS

Individual Career History

VANDEGRIFT, Hannah

Season sp-mp k k/s e ta pct a a/s ta ast% sa sa/s se ta srv%2015 20-9 2 0.10 1 11 . 0 9 1 106 5.30 - - 1 0.05 3 - -2016 33-16 3 0.09 0 4 . 7 5 0 102 3.09 - - 2 0.06 3 - -2017 5-2 0 0.00 0 1 . 0 0 0 18 3.60 - - 1 0.20 1 - -TOTAL 58-27 5 0.09 1 16 . 2 5 0 226 3.90 - - 4 0.07 7 - -

Season dig d/s re ta rec% bs ba tb b/s be bhe points pts/s2015 11 0.55 0 - - 1 3 4 0.20 3 5 5.5 0.252016 37 1.12 0 - - 0 1 1 0.03 0 3 5.5 0.152017 4 0.80 0 - - 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 1.0 0.20TOTAL 52 0.90 0 - - 1 4 5 0.09 3 8 12.0 0.21

WESTFIELD, Dana

Season sp-mp k k/s e ta pct a a/s ta ast% sa sa/s se ta srv%2016 0-0 0 0.00 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0.00 - - 0 0.00 0 - -2017 12-3 29 2.42 11 81 . 2 2 2 1 0.08 - - 0 0.00 0 - -TOTAL 12-3 29 2.42 11 81 . 2 2 2 1 0.08 - - 0 0.00 0 - -

Season dig d/s re ta rec% bs ba tb b/s be bhe points pts/s2016 0 0.00 0 - - 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.0 0.002017 11 0.92 0 - - 0 3 3 0.25 0 0 30.5 2.50TOTAL 11 0.92 0 - - 0 3 3 0.25 0 0 30.5 2.50