Mastodons Set for Season Opener in Muncie

ACTIVE ANKLE CHALLENGE MATCH NOTES

Fort Wayne, IN - The IPFW Mastodons open the 2011 season at the Ball State Active Ankle Challenge, where the 'Dons will face off against the Loyola Ramblers of the Horizon League on Saturday, August 27, and the Ball State Cardinals of the Mid-American Conference on Sunday, August 28, both matches starting at 2:00 PM.

Opponents: Loyola (11-17 last season) and Ball
When: Saturday, August 27, 2:00 PM EST (vs. Loyola); Sunday, August 28, 2:00 PM EST (vs. Ball State)
Where: Muncie, Indiana; Worthen Arena (11,500)
All-Time Series: Loyola leads 1-0; Ball State leads 3-9
Radio: None Available
Live Stats: Ball State Live Stats
Streaming Video: BallStateSports.com video (subscription required)

QUICK HITTERS
• The Mastodons have advanced to the Summit League Title Game three times in the program's four seasons in the league
• IPFW graduated its top three kill leaders (Maya Schlindwein, Stephanie Lamberti, and Taryn Parker, as the trio combined for 990 kills, nearly 67 percent of the team's kills a season ago.
• IPFW is looking for its first season-opening win since 2005, falling in each of the last five season openers.
• IPFW is 17-16 all-time in season openers, but just 3-8 as an NCAA Division I member (since 2001)
• The Mastodons have won 20 matches in a season for two straight years, and 25 times total in the 33 years of the program.
• IPFW claimed the 2010 Summit League Regular Season title, the first for the Mastodon program in its four seasons in the league. With the title, the Mastodons will be the host for the 2011 championships, to be played November 18 and 19.
• With the team's victory over Milwaukee on August 28, 2010, IPFW head coach Kelley Hartley Hutton became the winningest coach in IPFW women's volleyball history.
• Last season against Ball State, Tessa McGill set a new IPFW single-match record with 47 digs on September 14, the second
highest total ever put up by a Summit League student-athlete, and the 24th highest in NCAA history.
• With the late addition of Luiza Gomes to the roster, the Mastodons now have had at least one Brazil native on the squad since 2002, a total of ten consecutive seasons (Fabiana Souza 2002-05; Cynara Martins 2004-07; Patty Azevedo 2006-07; Maya Schlindwein 2007-10; and Gomes).
• IPFW assistant coach Jasmine Fullove is the niece of Ball State head coach Steve Shondell, and her younger sister, Jaclyn is a freshman setter on the Cardinal squad. The coaching family continues as two other of Jasmine's uncles are coaches at Purdue, Dave Shondell the head coach and John Shondell an assistant coach.

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