Clemson Volleyball Opens 2010 Season with Big Orange Bash

Aug. 25, 2010

Week 1 Notes

CLEMSON, SC – The Clemson volleyball team will open the 2010 regular season on Friday night against Jacksonville at 7:00 pm in Jervey Gymnasium. The match is part of the 20^th annual Big Orange Bash, which includes Clemson, Jacksonville, the Albany Great Danes and the Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles.

Tennessee Tech and Albany will get the round-robin tournament underway on Friday at 5:00 pm before Clemson takes on Jacksonville in the nightcap.

Saturday figures to be a busy day, with four matches on tap. Jacksonville and Albany play at 10:00 am Saturday, before the Tigers and Golden Eagles play at noon. Jacksonville and Tennessee Tech then play at 4:00 pm, before Clemson and Albany close the match at 6:00 pm.

All three of Clemson’s matches will broadcast live on ClemsonTigers.com via TigerCast. Click on the links below to watch these matches live.

8/27 vs. Jacksonville | 8/28 vs. Tennessee Tech | 8/28 vs. Albany, NY

Friday night will be Public Service Appreciation night, as Clemson recognizes those in public service positions in the community.

Clemson holds a combined record of 8-1 against the three teams. Clemson has defeated Jacksonville all seven times they have played, with the most recent match coming in 2002. Clemson and Tennessee Tech have met twice in history, splitting those affairs. However, the last meeting between the teams was in 1984. Clemson and Albany have never met.

 *Clemson matches will start 35 minutes after the previous match, but not earlier than the listed times. 

Some Quick notes:

• Clemson opens its 33rd season of volleyball with the 20th annual Big Orange Bash
• Head Coach Jolene Jordan Hoover is in her 18th season as Clemson’s head coach, and her 360 wins as an ACC head coach rank third in ACC history
• Hoover has a 197-77 record at home in her career, needing just three wins for 200
• The Tigers are 11-6 in season-openers with Hoover at the helm and 14-3 in home openers, and hold a 25-8 mark in home openers all-time.
• Clemson was picked to finish 6th in the ACC by the league’s coaches
• Sandra Adeleye and Alexa Rand were both named to the Preseason All-ACC Team by a vote of the league’s coaches
• Clemson’s roster is littered with underclassmen. The opening day roster features five freshmen, eight sophomores, and only one junior and one senior.
• Despite the youth, Clemson returns four of the top five players in terms of kills from last season
• The Tigers also return four starters (Rand, Patzin, Ozdemir, Adeleye) from last season
• The three BOB opponents combined to go 38-18 in their respective conferences in 2009
• Tennessee Tech Volunteer Assistant Coach, Kelsey Murphy, is a 2010 Clemson graduate. Murphy was a three-time All-ACC and AVCA All-Region selection at Clemson. She led the Tigers to the NCAA Tournament in each of the past three seasons.