March 4, 2004
The Sun Devils finished the 2003 season with a 9-18 record and were ninth in the Pac-10 with a 4-14 record under first-year head coach Brad Saindon... previous head coach Patti Snyder-Park was also 4-14 and finished ninth in the Pac-10 in her first year at ASU... for the second straight year ASU beat rival Arizona at home with a thrilling come-from-behind 3-2 win over the then No. 21 Wildcats...redshirt junior Natalie Harris earned honorable mention All-Pac-10... she finished fifth in the league averaging 3.95 kills per game and recorded nine double-doubles... senior middle blocker Mandy Stephens set the ASU single-season record with a .383 hitting percentage and ranked fifth in the Pac-10... senior libero Courtney Blocher was fourth in the league with 3.50 digs per game and finished her career with 1,173 digs to rank 10th in school history... ASU finished the regular ranking second in the Pac-10 with 1.69 service aces per game... led by a team-high 34 aces from Harris, ASU finished with 166 total service aces after recording only 122 in 2002... senior outside hitter Kim Mehlhorn and sophomore outside hitter Sarah Watkins each recorded seven service aces in a single match... the seven aces are both rally-scoring records at ASU and tied for third in single-match history... Watkins and Mehlhorn each earned first-team Academic All-Pac-10 honors, while senior setter Cheryl Anglin and Blocher were named second-team... ASU now has 34 all-time All-Pac-10 Academic selections to rank first among conference schools... Anglin finished her career with 4,296 career assists, ranking second all-time in program history... senior outside hitter Juliana Escobar averaged 3.55 kpg and 3.12 kpg to ranks ninth in the Pac-10 in each category... the 2002 All-Pac-10 selection was dismissed from the team with four matches remaining in the season for violation of team rules... the Devils opened the season with an upset win over Utah to break a string of four straight season-opening losses... the Devils won the SMU Classic by sweeping UT Chattanooga, Stephen F. Austin and SMU... Stephens was named tournament MVP... in 12 home matches, the 2003 squad averaged an average crowd of 940 (11,283 total) to rank in the top 40 nationally... the 3,225 in the five-game win over Arizona (9/26) marked the fifth largest crowd in program history.
All-Pac-10 Natalie Harris (honorable mention)Academic All-Pac-10: Kim Mehlhorn (1st) Sarah Watkins (1st) Cheryl Anglin (2nd) Courtney Blocher (2nd) Natalie Harris (honorable mention)
Academic All-District VIII: Sarah Watkins (2nd team)
Attendance Breakdown: 12 home matches - 11,283; average: 940 (top 40 nationally)