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 (6-3) | UC SANTA BARBARA (4-5) | CAL POLY (7-2) | SAN DIEGO STATE (2-7) Sep. 18-20, 2015 | UCSB/Cal Poly/Gersten Pavilion | Match 10-12 | Road Match 3-4 | Home Match 6
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 last 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 288-152 (.655) at home since 1982. ◊ JAMIE LEA led the Lions with 19 kills in each of the first two matches this year ... is averaging 4.29 kills per set. ◊ SARAH SPONCIL was named Lumberjack Classic All-Tournament ... 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 ... has managed at least a double-double in all but one match this year ... was named a preseason All-WCC selection. ◊ RACHELLE SUAAVA was named Lumberjack Classic All-Tournament ... is hitting .318 (100-38/195) with a team-best 35 block assists and 2 block solos (1.09 per set). ◊ HANNAH TEDROW is averaging 12.16 assists per set ... was named a preseason All-WCC selection. ◊ KEKAI WHITFORD was named Lumberjack Classic All-Tournament. THIS WEEK The Lions will continue the 2015 season this week, traveling to UC Santa Barbara and Cal Poly for matches on Friday and Saturday before hosting San Diego State on Sunday at 3 p.m. in Gersten Pavilion ... live stats for every match, and a video link for Sunday’s match, can be found at LMULions.com. LION TRACKS The Lions went 3-1 over four home matches last week, falling in a heartbreaking five-set match to Long Beach State to open play at the LBSU/ LMU Mizuno Invitational ... the Lions led Long Beach State 2-0 after two sets, but could not close out the 49ers ... LMU went on to post sweeps over Central Arkansas, Oakland and Stony Brook .. Sarah Sponcil collected 44 kills (3.14 per set) over the four matches, including 11 in each contest ... she hit .271 on 107 attacks with just 15 errors, posting her strongest performance in the finale against Stony Brook by registering 11 kills on 22 swings with one error (.455) ... Sponcil teamed the kills with five aces (0.36 per set), including three against Long Beach State .. the talented outside hitter also compiled a double-double in three of the four matches, finishing the week with 51 digs (3.64 per set). WATCH IT LIVE ONLINE LMU Athletics will video stream all home volleyball matches this year through the LMU Sports Network and theW.tv ... the video stream is free of charge, and will be accompanied by an audio play-by-play broadcast ... to watch any and all home matches this year, please visit: lmulions. com/multimedia/LMUSportsNetwork-WVB.html 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 top-ranked 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 recently completed a stint coaching the team to a third-place finish at the FIVB World Cup in Japan, 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 288-152 (.655) 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 appearance) squads have been the most successful with 14-1 marks, for .933 winning percentages.
2015 WCC STANDINGS
WCC OVERALL SCHOOL W L PCT W L PCT San Francisco 0 0 .000 10 0 1.00 BYU 0 0 .000 8 1 .889 Pacific 0 0 .000 8 1 .889 Portland 0 0 .000 8 1 .889 Pepperdine 0 0 .000 8 2 .800 Gonzaga 0 0 .000 7 2 .778 LMU 0 0 .000 6 3 .667 San Diego 0 0 .000 6 3 .667 Santa Clara 0 0 .000 6 3 .667 Saint Mary’s 0 0 .000 5 3 .625
Lumberjack Classic (Northern Arizona) 9/4 Fri. vs. Liberty 9/5 Sat. vs. Houston Baptist 9/5 Sat. at Northern Arizona
W, 3-0 W, 3-2 L, 3-2
LBSU/LMU Mizuno Invitational 9/10 Thu. Long Beach State 9/11 Fri. Central Arkansas 9/12 Sat. Oakland 9/12 Sat. Stony Brook
L, 3-2 W, 3-0 W, 3-0 W, 3-0
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 *
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2015 SCHEDULE
OVERALL: 6-3 | WCC: 0-0 | H: 3-2 | A: 1-1 | N: 2-0 Date Day Opponent Time/Result 8/28 Fri. Virginia L, 3-1 8/30 Sun. at #20 UCLA W, 3-0
POINTS 79 69 58 57 52 51 31 22 22 10
AHEAD IN THE WCC
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17 BYU at Utah FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18 Pepperdine vs. Idaho State Portland at Fresno State San Diego at Long Beach State Gonzaga at Kansas Santa Clara vs. Kent State Portland vs. UC Davis Pepperdine at Wyoming San Francisco vs. Yale LMU at UC Santa Barbara Pacific at Stanford Saint Mary’s at Cal
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