2015 LMU Volleyball Notes - Week 2

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LMU VOLLEYBALL NOTES Gersten Pavilion | One LMU Drive | Los Angeles, CA 90045 | www.LMULions.com | @LMULions @LMU_Volleyball | WVB Contact: Tyler Geivett | tgeivett@lmu.edu | (310) 338-7638

LMU (1-1) | LIBERTY (3-0) | HOUSTON BAPTIST (4-0) | NORTHERN ARIZONA (2-1)

Lumberjack Classic | Sep. 4-5, 2015 | J.C. Rolle Activity Center | Flagstaff, Ariz. | Match 3-5 | Neutral Match 1-2 | Road Match 2 QUICK HITS ◊ LMU made its 12th appearance in the NCAA Tournament last year, and it’s second trip in the last three years (dropped the First Round match to Michigan State) ... finished 5th in the WCC (23-8 overall | 11-7 WCC) and was one of four WCC teams in the NCAA Tournament (LMU, BYU, USD, SCU) ... BYU played in the National Championship match ... had five players awarded with All-Conference honors last year, including three first-team selections (DeWitt, Keil, Tedrow) and two All-Freshman selections (Sponcil, Castellanos) ... the three first-team selections were the most since LMU earned three in 1996 ... earned a National Ranking last year for the first time since 2004 ... reached 20 wins for the first time since 2003 (26-7) ... began the year at 12-0, posting eight sweeps along the way before falling in five sets to Pacific on 9/25 ... 12-0 mark was the best record to start season in program history (previous: 10-0 | 2003) ... went 11-3 at home last year (.786), the best in terms of percentage since 2003 (.933) ... is 285-151 (.654) at home since 1982. ◊ JAMIE LEA has led the Lions with 19 kills in each of the first two matches this year. ◊ SARAH SPONCIL recorded a triple-double vs. Virginia on 8/28 (13 K | 28 A | 17 D) - the first for LMU since Heather Hughes had 19 K, 11 A, 11 D vs. Gonzaga on 11/1/07 ... was named a preseason All-WCC selection. ◊ HANNAH TEDROW was named a preseason All-WCC selection. THIS WEEK The Lions will continue the 2015 season this week, traveling to Northern Arizona Univeristy for the Lumberjack Classic on Friday and Saturday ... LMU will open play on Friday with a match vs. Liberty at 4 pm before playing against Houston Baptist (10 am) and host Northern Arizona (7 pm) on Saturday ... a tourament central link, live stats for all three matches, and a video link for the match at NAU can be found at LMULions.com. READY FOR THEIR CLOSE UP? Saturday night’s volleyball match at Northern Arizona will be broadcast live on FOX Sports Arizona PLUS and FOX College Sports Pacific ... the match will then be aired on tape delay starting at 8 pm on FOX Sports Prime Ticket. U-S-A, U-S-A, U-S-A! After completing his third year serving as LMU head volleyball coach in 2012, Tom Black accepted an assistant coach position under head coach Karch Kiraly with the U.S. Women’s National Volleyball Team ... Black will continue in his head coaching duties at LMU this year while serving on the Team USA staff ... Black, who is currently coaching the team at the FIVB World Cup in Japan, recently helped guide the Americans past five nations, all ranked in the top seven in the world, in five days, securing the sixth Grand Prix crown for the United States ... Russia took the silver and Brazil earned the bronze medal ... under his title with the National Team, Black’s primary responsibility is working with the setters and the team offense ... working directly under his instruction, Molly Kreklow was named “Best setter” of Grand Prix ... to follow Tom and Team USA, please visit teamusa.org/USA-Volleyball. THERE’S NO PLACE LIKE HOME One of Southern California’s premier athletic facilities, Albert Gersten Pavilion is in its 34th year as home of the Loyola Marymount volleyball in 2015 ... since opening night, the Pavilion has become one of toughest places to play in the West Coast Conference ... the volleyball Lions first moved into the facility in 1982, and recorded 14 wins in Gersten’s inaugural season ... LMU went 11-3 at home last year, the best home mark since starting 11-3 in 2004 ... since 1982, the Lions have posted an overall record of 285-151 (.654) in the friendly confines of the Pavilion ... in conference play, the record is even more impressive with a 145-69 (.678) home record in WCC action ... in 32 years, the 1996 (WCC volleyball championship team and Sweet Sixteen participant) and 2003 (NCAA second round ap- pearance) squads have been the most successful with 14-1 marks, for .933 winning percentages. PICKED BEFORE THE SERVE The West Coast Conference released its preseason All-WCC selections, and LMU’s Hannah Tedrow and Sarah Sponcil were honored ... BYU led the way with three preseason selections, while LMU and Santa Clara each collected a pair ... serving as LMU’s setter last year, Tedrow registered 1,304 total assists (11.54/set) en route to being named AVCA Pacific South All-Region and an honorable mention All-American ... LMU’s team-leader in double-doubles with eight, Tedrow amassed 22 service aces, 248 digs and 83 total blocks, including six block solos .. the native of Foothill Ranch, Calif. garnered first team All-WCC honors, and posted 30+ assists in all but two matches last season ... Sponcil, who was named AVCA Pacific South Region Freshman of the Year, emerged as a force on the attack in her first season, collecting 344 kills at a rate of 3.04 per set ... the Phoenix, Ariz. native teamed the kills with 14 aces and 272 digs, with the latter placing second on the team ... the WCC All-Freshman team selection finished second on the team in double-doubles with seven. GET OFF ON THE RIGHT PAW The Lions have had a knack for coming out of the gates strong in recent memory, having won 16 of their last 19 season-openers, but they dropped a four-set match to Virginia to start the 2015 campaign ... the only other losses over that span came in 2007 to St. John’s and then-No. 10 USC in 2010 ... LMU has recorded 10 sweeps and won in four sets on five occasions.

2015 SCHEDULE

OVERALL: 1-1 | WCC: 0-0 | H: 0-1 | A: 1-0 | N: 0-0 Date Day Opponent Time/Result 8/28 Fri. Virginia L, 3-1 8/30 Sun. at #20 UCLA W, 3-0 Lumberjack Classic (Northern Arizona) 9/4 Fri. vs. Liberty 9/5 Sat. vs. Houston Baptist 9/5 Sat. at Northern Arizona

4:00 PM 10:00 AM 7:00 PM

LMU/Long Beach State Dual Invitational 9/10 Thu. Long Beach State 9/11 Fri. Central Arkansas 9/12 Sat. Oakland 9/12 Sat. Stony Brook

7:00 PM 7:00 PM 10:00 AM 7:00 PM

Cal Poly/UCSB Invite 9/18 Fri. at UC Santa Barbara 9/19 Sat. at Cal Poly

7:00 PM 4:00 PM

9/20 9/26 9/29 10/1 10/3 10/8 10/10 10/15 10/17 10/22 10/24 10/29 10/31 11/5 11/7 11/12 11/14 11/21 11/24

Sun. Sat. Tue. Thu. Sat. Thu. Sat. Thu. Sat. Thu. Sat. Thu. Sat. Thu. Sat. Thu. Sat. Sat. Tue.

San Diego State at Pepperdine * at BYU * Pacific * vs. Saint Mary’s * at Gonzaga * at Portland * San Francisco * Santa Clara * San Diego * BYU * at Saint Mary’s * at Pacific * Portland * Gonzaga * at Santa Clara * at San Francisco * Pepperdine * at San Diego *

3:00 PM 1:00 PM 6:00 PM 7:00 PM 3:00 PM 6:00 PM 12:00 PM 7:00 PM 12:00 PM 7:00 PM 12:00 PM 7:00 PM 12:00 PM 7:00 PM 12:00 PM 6:00 PM 1:00 PM 12:00 PM 6:00 PM

* - WCC Match | DiG PiNK - DiG PiNK Match

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2015 WCC STANDINGS

WCC OVERALL SCHOOL W L PCT W L PCT Pepperdine 0 0 .000 4 0 1.00 San Francisco 0 0 .000 3 0 1.00 Santa Clara 0 0 .000 3 0 1.00 BYU 0 0 .000 2 1 .667 Gonzaga 0 0 .000 2 1 .667 Pacific 0 0 .000 2 1 .667 Saint Mary’s 0 0 .000 2 1 .667 San Diego 0 0 .000 2 1 .667 LMU 0 0 .000 1 1 .500 Portland 0 0 .000 1 1 .500

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Rewards WCC PRESEASON POLL

NO. SCHOOL (1ST-PLACE VOTES) 1 BYU (7) 2 Santa Clara (3) 3 San Diego 4 Gonzaga 5 LMU 6 Pacific 7 Pepperdine 8t Saint Mary’s 8t San Francisco 10 Portland

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POINTS 79 69 58 57 52 51 31 22 22 10

AHEAD IN THE WCC

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4 Pepperdine vs. FAU LMU vs. Liberty San Francisco at Southern Utah Gonzaga vs. Wyoming Portland vs. Nevada BYU at St. Louis Pepperdine at Lipscomb Saint Mary’s vs. Fresno State Santa Clara at New Mexico Pacific at San Diego State San Diego vs. Oregon State

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