2016 LMU Volleyball Notes - Pacific

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2016 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 LIONS (11-4, 2-1 WCC) at PACIFIC TIGERS (9-7, 3-1 WCC) October 1, 2016 | Stockton, Calif. | Match 16 | Away 6

QUICK HITS ◊ LMU is currently outside of the AVCA Top-25 rankings after most recently playing the week of 9/5-9/11 at #25 in the rankings, but is receiving votes in the poll … ranks sixth in the NCAA in assists/set (13.75), trailing only the national leader San Diego (14.30) in the WCC ... is eighth in NCAA in kills/set (14.52), with San Diego sitting as the nation's leader (15.14) ... has won the first set in 12 of 15 matches this year ... is picked to finish fourth according to the annual preseason coaches poll … made its 13th appearance in the NCAA Tournament last year, including its third in the last four years (2012, 2014, 2015) ... went 24-9 overall last year, including 13-5 in the WCC to claim a share of third place in the conference standings … reached the Sweet 16 for just the second time in program history (1996) ... dropped the Sweet 16 match to Kansas (3-1) … swept #6 Stanford to advance to the Sweet 16 - the highest-ranked opponent to ever fall to the Lions (previous: 3-2 at #9 Hawaii on 9/23/05) ... including last year, each of LMU’s last three tournament runs started at Stanford ... was one of four WCC teams in the NCAA Tournament (LMU, BYU, USD, SCU), with BYU also reaching the Sweet 16 ... has recorded back-to-back 20+ win seasons for the first time since 1999-00 ... posted 10+ WCC wins in consecutive years for the first time since 1996-97 … 24 victories were the most since recording 26 in 2003 ... third-place finish was the best for the Lions since finishing third in 2003 ... 13 WCC wins were the most since 1996 (14-0) ... is 299-155 (.659) at home since 1982. ◊ TOM BLACK served as an Assistant Coach with Team USA, helping the US to a bronze medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics … worked directly with the setters with Team USA. ◊ KRISTEN CASTELLANOS was named to the Pioneer Classic All-Tournament team after tournament at Denver ... also earned a spot on the Flyer Classic All-Tournament team in Dayton ... recorded fourth-most aces for single match in program history (6) vs. Niagara on 8/27 ... most since Betsi Metter had six vs. College of Charleston on 9/14/13 ... has posted double-digit digs in all but four matches this year. ◊ JAMIE LEA was named preseason All-WCC. ◊ TESS REID posted a double-double in five of her first six collegiate matches ... has managed at least one service ace in five of her last seven matches ... second on the team in double-doubles with six. ◊ SARAH SPONCIL earned Pioneer Classic MVP after tournament at Denver … also took home MVP at the Flyer Classic in Dayton before being named WCC Player of the Week for his efforts at that tournament ... garnered AVCA All-Region and honorable mention All-America honors last year … listed on ESPNW’s 2016 Top-12 Players to Watch list … leads the team with eight double-doubles ... is a preseason All-WCC selection ... double-digit kills in all but one match so far this year ... has led all players in kills in 10 of the first 15 matches, and has posted a team-high in kills in 11 of the 15. ◊ JOE TRINSEY served as an Assistant Coach with Team USA, helping the US to a bronze medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics. ◊ KEKAI WHITFORD has recorded an ace in eight straight matches, including multiple aces in five of the eight. THIS WEEK LMU will conclude a three-match week in West Coast Conference play on Saturday ... having dropped a heartbreaking five-set match to #6 San Diego on Tuesday before rebounding to capture a four-set victory at Saint Mary's on Saturday, LMU will now hit the road for a match at Pacific on Saturday at Noon ... after the contest against the Tigers, LMU will return home to host Portland on 10/6. LION TRACKS Junior Sarah Sponcil managed a double-double of a match-best 18 kills with a team-high 14 digs, while freshman Savannah Slattery added 17 kills of her own, as LMU hit .310 as a team en route to capturing a 25-21, 25-17, 19-25, 25-19 victory over Saint Mary’s on the road on Thursday night ... the double-double was the eighth of the year for Sponcil, who hit .484 with the 18 kills on 31 swings with just three errors ... Slattery was nearly as impressive, connecting for the 17 kills on 32 attacks with just six errors to hit .344 ... continuing her stellar play from the service area, Kekai Whitford turned in three of LMU’s five team aces, pushing her season total to a team-best 16 ... senior Nicky Kevorken chipped in the other two aces for the Lions, while also adding four block assists to guide LMU to six team blocks ... as has been the case all season, freshmen Jessie Prichard and Tess Reid set the attack, with Prichard registering 27 assists to Reid’s 24. IT’S JUST A NUMBER With a victory over No. 24 Pepperdine on November 8, 2012, LMU snapped a streak of 36 straight losses to ranked opponents (previous victory: 10/5/06 at #12 Santa Clara) ... LMU finished that year 1-5 against ranked foes before going 0-4 in such matches in 2013 ... the 2014 season went much better when the Lions were pit against Top-25 squads, as LMU went 2-2 on the year ... last year, LMU was 4-2 against ranked opponents after beating #20 UCLA (8/30), #12 BYU (10/24), #13 Colorado State (12/3) and #6 Stanford (12/4) … so far this year, the Lions are 0-2, dropping a four-setter to #12 UCLA on 8/27 and falling in five after taking a 2-0 lead over #6 San Diego on 9/27.

2016 SCHEDULE

OVERALL: 11-4 | WCC: 2-1 | H: 4-2 | A: 3-2 | N: 4-0 Date Day Opponent Time/Result LMU Invitational 8/26 Fri. Illinois State W, 3-1 8/27 Sat. Niagara W, 3-1 8/27 Sat. #12 UCLA L, 3-1 Pioneer Classic (University of Denver) 9/2 Fri. at Denver 9/3 Sat. vs. Utah State 9/3 Sat. vs. Montana State

L, 3-1 W, 3-0 W, 3-0

LMU/Long Beach State Dual Invitational 9/8 Thu. at Long Beach State 9/9 Fri. Harvard 9/10 Sat. Duke

L, 3-0 W, 3-0 W, 3-0

Flyer Classic (University of Dayton) 9/16 Fri. at Dayton 9/17 Sat. vs. Southern Illinois 9/17 Sat. vs. Youngstown State

W, 3-0 W, 3-0 W, 3-0

9/24 9/27 9/29 10/1 10/6 10/8 10/13 10/15 10/20 10/22 10/27 10/29 11/3 11/5 11/10 11/12 11/19 11/22

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

at Pepperdine * #6 San Diego * at Saint Mary’s * at Pacific * Portland * Gonzaga * at Santa Clara * at San Francisco * at San Diego * at BYU * Pacific * DiG PiNK Saint Mary’s * at Gonzaga * at Portland * San Francisco * Santa Clara * Pepperdine * BYU *

W, 3-0 L, 3-2 W, 3-1 12:00 pm 7:00 pm 12:00 pm 7:00 pm 1:00 pm 7:00 pm 12:00 pm 7:00 pm 12:00 pm 6:00 pm 12:00 pm 7:00 pm 12:00 pm 12:00 pm 8:00 pm

* - WCC Match | DiG PiNK - DiG PiNK Match

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2016 WCC STANDINGS

WCC OVERALL SCHOOL W L PCT W L PCT #11 BYU 3 0 1.00 14 1 .933 #6 San Diego 3 0 1.00 12 2 .857 Pacific 3 1 .750 9 7 .562 RV LMU 2 1 .667 11 4 .733 Portland 2 1 .667 9 6 .600 Saint Mary's 2 2 .500 7 8 .467 Pepperdine 1 2 .333 7 8 .467 Gonzaga 1 2 .333 8 5 .615 Santa Clara 0 4 .000 9 7 .562 San Francisco 0 4 .000 4 13 .235

WCC PRESEASON POLL

NO. SCHOOL (1ST-PLACE VOTES) 1 San Diego (7) 2 BYU (1) 3 Santa Clara (2) 4 LMU 5 Pepperdine 6 Pacific 7 Portland 8 Saint Mary’s 9 Gonzaga 10 San Francisco

POINTS 78 68 67 59 48 43 35 27 25 14

AHEAD IN THE WCC

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30 BYU at San Diego

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1 San Francisco at Gonzaga Santa Clara at Portland Pepperdine at Saint Mary's THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6 Saint Mary's at BYU Gonzaga at Pepperdine Pacific at San Diego

7:00 p.m. 12:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m.


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