2016 LMU Volleyball Notes - SMC

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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 (14-9, 5-6 WCC) vs. SAINT MARY'S GAELS (10-12, 5-6 WCC) October 29, 2016 | Gersten Pavilion | Match 24 | Home 10

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 each of the first six polls this year … is ranked 13th in the NCAA in assists/set (13.40), trailing only the national leader San Diego (13.95) in the WCC ... is 31st in NCAA and second in the WCC in kills/set (14.08), with San Diego sitting as the nation's leader (14.88) ... has won the first set in 18 of 23 matches this year ... is 0-5 in five-set matches ... was 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 300-158 (.655) 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 six 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 13 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 11 of the first 23 matches, and has posted a team-high in kills in 14 of the 23. ◊ JOE TRINSEY served as an Assistant Coach with Team USA, helping the US to a bronze medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics. THIS WEEK LMU will look to snap a three-match losing streak on Saturday with a Noon match against Saint Mary's ... the Lions have dropped consecutive five-set matches ... following this week's action, LMU will hit the road for the final time this regular season, visiting Gonzaga and Portland next week. LION TRACKS The LMU volleyball team looked primed to snap a two-match losing streak, claiming the first two sets of a match against Pacific on Thursday night in Gersten Pavilion, but the Tigers rallied to win the final three sets and take the match by scores of 18-25, 2426, 25-17, 25-19, 15-10 ... the Lions, who honored four-time Olympian and LMU Hall of Famer Reid Priddy, received 13 kills on 21 swings (.524) from Jamie Lea ... LMU's block also recorded 13 total team blocks, with Sascha Dominique and Jessie Prichard each registering five block assists ... Prichard added 47 assists and six digs ... Pacific's Lexi Elman led all players on the night with 24 kills to accompany 12 digs for a double-double ... the talented outside hitter managed a .360 hitting percentage over 50 swings. FIFTH SET WINS ARE ELUSIVE With Thursday's setback at the hands of Pacific, the Lions are now 0-5 in five-set matches this year, including having dropped a pair after winning the first two sets (9/27 vs. #6 San Diego; 10/27 vs. Pacific) ... in addition, LMU was up 2-1 in two of the other three losses ... all five of the losses have come in WCC play, with two coming against Pacific ... LMU is also 0-3 in five-set matches played at home ...

2016 SCHEDULE

OVERALL: 14-9 | WCC: 5-6 | H: 5-4 | A: 5-5 | 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 #5 San Diego * at #16 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 W, 3-0 W, 3-0 L, 3-1 L, 3-2 L, 3-2 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 10 0 1.000 19 2 .905 #16 BYU 8 2 .800 19 3 .864 Pacific 8 3 .727 14 9 .609 Gonzaga 6 4 .600 13 7 .650 Portland 5 5 .500 12 10 .545 LMU 5 6 .455 14 9 .609 Saint Mary's 5 6 .455 10 12 .455 Santa Clara 3 8 .273 12 11 .522 Pepperdine 3 8 .273 9 14 .391 San Francisco 0 11 .000 4 20 .167

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, OCTOBER 28 San Diego at BYU

6:00 p.m.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29 Gonzaga at Santa Clara Portland at San Francisco Pacific at Pepperdine

1:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3 LMU at Gonzaga Pepperdine at Portland BYU at Pacific

6:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m.


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