St. Mary´s Volleyball Rolls Past Texas A&M-International in Three Sets

Adrianna Keys and the Rattlers rolled past Texas A&M-International in three sets Friday night.

SAN ANTONIO—St. Mary’s University had its most dominating match of the season, rolling past Texas A&M International University, 25-22, 25-18, 25-17, in Heartland Conference volleyball action Friday night at Bill Greehey Arena.

The Rattlers committed just nine attack errors in three sets, including just one in the third set, against 35 kills for a .257 attack percentage. St. Mary’s also had eight service aces and nine blocks. The Rattlers were led by a balanced attack with five players producing six or more kills. Katelyn Kershner (Jr., San Antonio) had eight kills, three service aces and six digs. Kristen Chapman (So., Jourdanton) led the Rattlers with six total blocks, while Adrianna Keys (So., San Antonio) had six kills and four blocks. Stephanie Flores (So., San Antonio) led the Rattlers with 17 digs.

St. Mary’s ended a six-match losing streak with the win, improving to 4-16 overall and 3-3 in Heartland Conference play. TAMIU fell for the fifth straight match, dropping to 2-17, 1-5. The Rattlers will return to action on Saturday at 2 p.m. when they take on Heartland leader St. Edward’s University at Bill Greehey Arena.

St. Mary's (Texas) def. Texas A&M Intl. 25-22,25-18,25-17

Texas A&M Intl. (2-17, 1-5) (Kills-aces-blocks) - Alexand. Montemayor 9-0-0; Brittany Rendon 7-0-2; Isela Flores 7-1-1; Nancy Rodriguez 5-0-0; Clovershea McGill 2-0-2; Liza Acosta 1-0-0; Jacquelynne Matula 0-0-2; Alexis Gonzalez 0-1-0; Danielle Gilley 0-1-0; Totals 31-3-4.0. (Assists) - Nancy Rodriguez 25. (Dig leaders) - Nancy Rodriguez 9; Jennifer Vega 8; Alexand. Montemayor 8

St. Mary's (Texas) (4-16, 3-3) (Kills-aces-blocks) - Katelyn Kershner 8-3-2; Adrianna Keys 6-0-4; Luisa Rodriguez 6-0-0; Mallory Moeller 6-0-2; Kori McCarver 6-0-2; Kirsten Chapman 3-0-6; Allie Murray 0-2-0; Sondra Cui 0-2-0; Stephanie Flores 0-1-0; Totals 35-8-9.0. (Assists) - Allie Murray 20. (Dig leaders) - Stephanie Flores 17; Luisa Rodriguez 9

  Site: San Antonio, TX (Bill Greehey Arena)
  Date: Oct 09, 2009   Attend: 220   Time: 1:15   
  Referees: Ward Kostek, Brian Gibbs

Volleyball Coaches

Head Coach Jenny Warmack-Chipman

A Texas native and former Longhorn volleyball player is one of St. Mary’s University’s newest head coaches. Jenny Warmack-Chipman recently became St. Mary’s eighth volleyball head coach.

"We are very excited to welcome Jenny to the St. Mary’s University family," Migl said. "Her experience as a coach and administrator has prepared her well for this position. We look forward to seeing the new direction our volleyball program will take, both on and off the court."

Warmack-Chipman comes to St. Mary’s after spending the last 10 years as the head coach at NCAA Division III Muhlenberg College (Allentown, Pa.). She also served as Muhlenberg’s assistant athletic director, senior woman administrator and advisor to the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee.

Warmack-Chipman was the school’s all-time leader in wins with 133. During 10 seasons at Muhlenberg, Mule players earned All-Centennial Conference 17 times, 24 were named to the Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll and one was named NCAA Division III All-American. In 2001, she led the Mules to a 20-11 record, a share of their first Centennial Conference regular-season championship and a second-place finish in the CC Tournament. The Mules returned to the playoffs in 2009, winning seven of their final 10 matches.

Before coaching for Muhlenberg, Warmack-Chipman was an assistant coach at Southern Methodist University and Wichita State University. While at SMU, she received her master’s degree in liberal arts. Warmack-Chipman, from Plano, Texas, is a 1996 graduate of the University of Texas; she graduated with a bachelor’s degree in kinesiology. While a student at UT, she played on a Longhorn team that was ranked No. 1 in the country and was named to the 1994 All-Southwest Conference team.

"I am so excited to be back in Texas and to be the next head coach at St. Mary’s University," Warmack-Chipman said. "The Rattlers athletics program has a long history of excellence and I am extremely motivated to get it back on top. I’d like to thank Charlie Migl, Donna Fields and the rest of the search committee for this opportunity. I hope to use my experience at both the Division I and Division III levels to advance the St. Mary's volleyball program."

2009 St. Mary's Numerical Roster