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 (10-4, 1-1 WCC) at SAINT MARY'S GAELS (7-7, 2-1 WCC) September 29, 2016 | Moraga, Calif. | Match 15 | Away 5
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) ... 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 three 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 six 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 seven 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 nine of the first 14 matches, and has posted a team-high in kills in 10 of the 14. ◊ 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 seven straight matches, including multiple aces in four of the seven. THIS WEEK LMU volleyball will continue a three-match week in West Coast Conference play on Thursday ... having dropped a heartbreaking fiveset match to #6 San Diego on Tuesday, LMU will now hit the road for a match at Saint Mary's on Thursday at 7 p.m. ... after the contest against the Gaels, LMU will travel to Pacific for a 12 p.m. match on Saturday. LION TRACKS Despite hitting .400 over the first two sets to open up a 2-0 lead in the match score, LMU couldn't close out #6 San Diego on Tuesday night in Gersten Pavilion, eventually dropping a heartbreaking five-set match, 20-25, 14-25, 25-23, 25-22, 15-11 ... freshman Savannah Slattery finished the match with 16 kills, a block solo and four block assists as LMU registered 12 total team block ... Sascha Dominique also had a standout match, finishing with 15 kills on 27 swings (.407) with two block assists ... Lisa Kramer finished the match with a match-high 21 kills while hitting .366 for San Diego ... WCC Player of the Week Lauren Schad pitched in 12 kills of her own while hitting .455, as the Toreros finished the match with a .208 team hitting percentage ... not only was she impressive on the attack, Schad also led USD to 13 total team blocks, registering two solos and four block assists ... fueled by the outstanding first two sets, LMU hit .313 as a team receiving sets from freshmen Jessie Prichard and Tess Reid ... while there were far too many service errors (18), LMU did manage eight aces, including two apiece from Kekai Whitford, Nickey Kevorken and Reid. 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: 10-4 | WCC: 1-1 | H: 4-2 | A: 2-2 | 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 7:00 pm 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 1.000 14 1 .933 #6 San Diego 3 0 1.000 12 2 .857 Pacific 3 0 1.000 9 6 .600 Saint Mary's 2 1 .667 7 7 .500 RV LMU 1 1 .500 10 4 .714 Portland 1 1 .500 8 6 .571 Pepperdine 0 2 .000 6 8 .429 Gonzaga 0 2 .000 7 5 .583 San Francisco 0 3 .000 4 12 .250 Santa Clara 0 3 .000 9 6 .600
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, SEPTEMBER 29 Santa Clara at Gonzaga Pepperdine at Pacific San Francisco at Portland
6:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30 BYU at San Diego
7:00 p.m.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1 San Francisco at Gonzaga Santa Clara at Portland Pepperdine at Saint Mary's
12:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m.