2016 LMU Volleyball Notes - San Diego

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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 (10-3, 1-0 WCC) vs. #6 SAN DIEGO TOREROS (11-2, 2-0 WCC) September 27, 2016 | ESPNU/WatchESPN | Los Angeles, Calif. | Match 14 | Home 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 second in the NCAA in assists/set (14.09), trailing only San Diego (14.71) ... is fourth in kills/set (14.79), with San Diego sitting as the nation's leader (15.62) ... 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 two 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 four of her last five matches ... tied for the team lead 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 … 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 13 matches, and has posted a team-high in kills in 10 of the 13. ◊ 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 six straight matches, including multiple aces in three of the six. THIS WEEK LMU volleyball will continue West Coast Conference play with a busy three-match week ... the trio of matches begins on Tuesday at home in a nationally-televised contest (ESPNU/WatchESPN) against #7 San Diego at 7 p.m. ... admission into the match is free, and action for the showdown begins at 6 p.m. with the Pregame Celebration sponsored by The Loft ... the event will be held on the LMU Tennis Courts and will feature free beers (limit two per person) for those over 21, and free non-alcoholic beverages for those under 21 ... following the Pregame, come in and cheer on the Lions and the first 250 in the building will get a free CHIK-FIL-A dinner between sets two and three ... also look for special #LIONSTRONG giveaways ... after the match with the Toreros, LMU will return to the road for matches at Saint Mary’s and Pacific on Thursday and Saturday, respectively. LION TRACKS Looking to earn 1.5 points in the Wells Fargo PCH Cup standings on Saturday, LMU volleyball earned its sixth straight sweep of the year, handing Pepperdine a 25-12, 26-24, 25-16 loss at Firestone Fieldhouse in Malibu, Calif ... junior Sarah Sponcil had another outstanding match, teaming a match-best 13 kills with 14 digs for her sixth double-double of the year .... LMU as a team hit .264, as freshmen Jessie Prichard and Tess Reid recorded 26 and 10 assists, respectively ... the duo both turned in double-doubles, as Prichard recorded 11 digs to Reid's 10 ... LMU as a team registered an impressive 69 digs in the three sets, led by Kristen Castellanos with a match-high 18 ... turning in another solid effort on the attack, freshman Savannah Slattery recorded 12 kills while hitting .257 ... LMU's serving game also proved stellar in the win, as the Lions posted six aces, led by three from Kekai Whitford. 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 0-1, dropping a four-setter to #12 UCLA on 8/27.

2016 SCHEDULE

OVERALL: 10-3 | WCC: 1-0 | H: 4-1 | 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 7:00 pm 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 2 0 1.000 13 1 .929 #6 San Diego 2 0 1.000 11 2 .846 Pacific 2 0 1.000 8 6 .571 RV LMU 1 0 1.000 10 3 .769 Portland 1 1 .500 8 6 .571 Saint Mary’s 1 1 .500 6 7 .462 Pepperdine 0 1 .000 6 7 .462 Santa Clara 0 2 .000 9 5 .643 Gonzaga 0 2 .000 7 5 .583 San Francisco 0 2 .000 4 11 .267

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

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27 San Diego at LMU BYU at Pepperdine Pacific at Santa Clara Saint Mary’s at San Francisco

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

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29 Santa Clara at Gonzaga Pepperdine at Pacific San Francisco at Portland LMU at Saint Mary’s

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


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