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LMU LIONS (12-6, 3-3 WCC) at SANTA CLARA BRONCOS (11-7, 2-4 WCC) October 13, 2016 | Leavey Center | Match 19 | Away 7
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 ... had at least received votes in every week this year leading up to last week … ranks sixth in the NCAA in assists/set (13.65), trailing only the national leader San Diego (14.02) in the WCC ... is 14th in NCAA and second in the WCC in kills/set (14.35), with San Diego sitting as the WCC's leader (14.98) ... has won the first set in 15 of 18 matches this year ... is 0-3 in five-set matches ... 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 300-157 (.656) 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 eight 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 10 double-doubles ... is a preseason All-WCC selection ... double-digit kills in all but two matches so far this year ... has led all players in kills in 10 of the first 18 matches, and has posted a team-high in kills in 12 of the 18. ◊ 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 10 of the last 11 matches, including multiple aces in five of the 11. THIS WEEK After splitting a pair of home matches last week, LMU will hit the road for two this week, traveling to the Bay Area to play at Santa Clara and San Francisco on Thursday and Saturday ... Thursday's match at Santa Clara is scheduled for 7 p.m., while Saturday's match at San Francisco will begin at 1 p.m. ... following this week's action, LMU will play a pair of crucial WCC road contests at ranked-foes San Diego and BYU. LION TRACKS Playing in its fourth straight five-set match against Gonzaga on Saturday afternoon, LMU dropped the five-setter by scores of 17-25, 25-19, 16-25, 25-14, 15-11 ... the Lions had won the previous three five-set matches against the Bulldogs ... both teams struggled on the attack, as LMU hit just .104 to Gonzaga's .096 ... Savannah Slattery connected for 17 kills and seven digs for LMU, while Sarah Sponcil and freshman setter Jessie Prichard each recorded a double-double ... Sponcil teamed 11 kills with 13 digs for her 10th double-double of the year, while Prichard passed out 48 assists and managed 12 digs ... the Lions served up four aces, but also erred from the service area 11 times ... on the other side of the net, Gonzaga managed six aces to six service errors ... despite hitting just .096 for the match, Gonzaga did receive 11 kills from McKayla Ferris and 10 more from Emmy Allen ... Allen also had two aces and three block assists, helping the Bulldogs to 15 total team blocks ... Paige Folger led the way at the net, recording a block solo and five block assists. 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: 12-6 | WCC: 3-3 | H: 5-3 | A: 3-3 | 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 L, 3-2 W, 3-0 L, 3-2 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 #5 San Diego 6 0 1.00 15 2 .882 #11 BYU 5 1 .833 16 2 .889 Gonzaga 4 2 .667 11 5 .688 Pacific 4 3 .571 10 9 .526 LMU 3 3 .500 12 6 .667 Portland 3 3 .500 10 8 .556 Saint Mary's 3 4 .429 8 10 .444 Santa Clara 2 4 .333 11 7 .611 Pepperdine 1 5 .167 7 11 .389 San Francisco 0 6 .000 4 15 .211
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
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13 San Diego at Gonzaga LMU at Santa Clara BYU at Portland Pepperdine at San Francisco SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15 BYU at Gonzaga San Diego at Portland Pepperdine at Santa Clara LMU at San Francisco Saint Mary's at Pacific
6:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 12:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m.