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Volleyball Weekly Notes
Nov. 6, 2002
Last Week: Hopkins went 2-2 last week, defeating McDaniel, 3-0 at home before posting a 1-2 record at the Messiah College Invitational. JHU fell to Messiah (3-0) and Catholic (3-2), but rebounded with a 3-0 win over Marymount in the fifth-place match to conclude the regular season.
This Week: The Blue Jays, 20-20 overall and 8-2 in the Centennial Conference, return to action Saturday as Hopkins faces Franklin & Marshall in the semifinals of the Centennial Conference Tournament.
The Coach: Head coach Chris Weidenborner is in his fourth season at Hopkins after a very successful first three seasons. He led JHU to a 67-41 record the last three years with three ECAC Tournament appearances. Weidenborner sports a 87-61 (.587) overall record with the Blue Jays. He is a graduate of the State University of New York (SUNY) at Brockport, where he enjoyed a three-year career as the team's captain and starting left-side hitter.
Team & Player Notes:
* Centennial Playoffs: Hopkins has earned the third seed in the Centennial Conference Tournament on the strength of an 8-2 conference record. The Blue Jays face second seeded Franklin & Marshall in the semifinals, while host and #1 seed Gettysburg will battle #4 seed Haverford in the other semifinal match. The winners of the semifinal matches will meet for the championship. Last season, JHU was the fourth seed and fell to top seed Muhlenberg in the semifinals.
Semifinal Matches - Saturday, November 9
*Balanced Attack: The Blue Jays have displayed a balanced offensive attack this season as six players are averaging 1.71 kills per game or better, and seven players have over 130 kills. Stephanie Kaliades leads the team with 439 kills and 3.65 kills per game, while Samantha Raggi and Elisabeth Breese rank second and third in kills per game with 2.47 and 2.39, respectively. Jen Hajj is fourth (2.12), while Skye Young and Kate O'Callaghan have averaged 1.84 and 1.71 kills per game, respectively. The Blue Jays are averaging 12.83 kills per game after 11.56 per game last season.
*Strength in Numbers: Through 40 in the regular season, all 16 players saw action, while 13 Blue Jays have played in 20 or more matches. Twelve players have collected at least 50 digs, while eight players have totaled 70 or more kills. For the 2001 season, eight players recorded double digit kills.
* Breese Climbs Charts: Senior middle hitter Elisabeth Breese tallied 25 kills last week and is in third place at Hopkins with 966 career kills. She needs 34 kills to become the third player in school history with 1,000 for her career. Breese also ranks fifth at JHU in career blocks with 331. Breese has totaled three or more blocks in 18 matches this season, including a season-high nine versus Eastern on September 28. She leads the team with 105 blocks and is second with 343 kills.
* Baydala Makes History: Sophomore Betsy Baydala totaled 38 digs last week to break the school record for digs in a season. She leads the team with 448 digs and is the first player in school history to record over 400 digs in two different seasons. She has collected double-digit digs in 25 matches and already ranks tied for seventh at Hopkins with 855 career digs. Baydala also leads the team with 795 assists and 5.56 assists per game. She ranks third at JHU with 1,689 career assists. Baydala recorded a season-high 50 assists in JHU's five-game loss to Gallaudet on October 11, and has totaled 677 assists and averaged 8.68 assists per game in JHU's last 23 matches.
* Kaliades Leads Offense: Junior Stephanie Kaliades tallied 28 kills last week and is the third player in school history to record over 400 kills in a season. Kaliades has been JHU's top offensive weapon as she leads the team with 439 kills and 3.65 kills per game, both of which rank third on JHU's single-season list. She has totaled double-digit kills in 24 matches this season, including a season-high 24 versus the College of Notre Dame on September 24. Kaliades, one of three players in school history to collect over 300 kills in two different seasons, ranks ninth at Hopkins with 753 career kills. She also leads the team in aces (62), is fifth in digs (202), and fourth in blocks (43).
* Raggi Adds Strength to Middle: After missing the first 14 matches due to injury, junior Samantha Raggi has combined with Elisabeth Breese to give the Blue Jays a solid duo at the middle hitter position. Raggi is second on the team in kills per game (2.47), is fourth with 203 kills, third with 59 blocks, and leads JHU with a .253 hitting percentage. She has totaled double-digit kills in eight matches and three or more blocks in 10 contests.
* Newcomers Make Their Marks: Several newcomers to the team have made major contributions this season and given Hopkins quality depth. Freshman Colby Perkins is second on team in digs per game (3.00) and total digs (381). Freshman Jen Hajj is third on the team in kills (282) and second in blocks (67) from her middle hitter position. Freshman outside hitter Kate O'Callaghan has totaled 156 kills, is third on the team with 48 aces, and fourth with 236 digs. Sophomore Skye Young has added 151 kills and 120 digs from the right side despite missing some time with injuries.
* Assault on the Record Books Individual Career Records:
Individual Season Records:
Centennial Volleyball Standings (as of 11/5/02)
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