2016 LMU Volleyball Notes - at BYU

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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 (14-7, 5-4 WCC) at #16 BYU COUGARS (18-3, 7-2 WCC) October 22, 2016 | Smith Fieldhouse | Match 22 | Away 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 … entered week ranked seventh in the NCAA in assists/set (13.62), trailing only the national leader San Diego (14.09) in the WCC ... was 13th in NCAA and second in the WCC in kills/set (14.31), with San Diego sitting as the nation's leader (15.00) ... has won the first set in 17 of 21 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 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 12 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 21 matches, and has posted a team-high in kills in 14 of the 21. ◊ 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 11 of the last 14 matches, including multiple aces in six of the 13. THIS WEEK LMU will continue a big week in WCC play on Saturday, traveling to #16 BYU for a Noon match ... this is the first meeting between the two teams this year ... LMU dropped a four-set match to #5 San Diego on Thursday ... following this week's action, LMU will return home to host Pacific and Saint Mary's next week. LION TRACKS Beginning a tough week in WCC play, LMU dropped a four-set match to #5 San Diego by scores of 25-19, 25-17, 21-25, 25-15 ... Lisa Kramer led the way for USD, collecting 20 kills on 31 swings with just four errors for a .516 hitting percentage ... the Toreros hit .331 as a team while holding LMU to just a .165 clip on the other side of the net ... San Diego’s block also performed well, combining for nine team blocks behind four block solos from Thana Fayad ... Sarah Sponcil and Savannah Slattery led LMU’s attack with 12 kills apiece ... Jessie Prichard dished out 41 assists, but Sascha Dominique proved to be the highlight for LMU, notching eight kills and two blocks while hitting .316 in the setback ... LMU’s lone set victory came in the third, as the Lions received six kills from Slattery and hit .419 as a squad ... in addition to Kramer, USD also saw Lauren Schad excel on the attack, as Schad managed 13 kills to go along with three block assists ... turning in an all-around solid match, USD also served up six aces, with two coming from Hunter Jennings. 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 0-3, dropping a four-setter to #12 UCLA on 8/27, falling in five after leading 2-0 over #6 San Diego on 9/27, and dropping a four-set match at #5 USD on 10/20.

2016 SCHEDULE

OVERALL: 14-7 | WCC: 5-4 | H: 5-3 | A: 5-4 | 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 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 9 0 1.00 18 2 .900 #16 BYU 7 2 .778 18 3 .857 Pacific 6 3 .667 12 9 .571 LMU 5 4 .556 14 7 .667 Gonzaga 4 4 .500 11 7 .611 Portland 4 4 .500 11 9 .550 Saint Mary's 4 5 .444 9 11 .450 Santa Clara 3 6 .333 12 9 .571 Pepperdine 2 7 .222 8 13 .381 San Francisco 0 9 .000 4 18 .182

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

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22 Pepperdine at San Diego San Francisco at Pacific LMU at BYU Portland at Gonzaga Santa Clara at Saint Mary's

12:00 p.m. 12:00 p.m. 12:00 p.m. 12:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27 Portland at Santa Clara Pacific at LMU Saint Mary's at Pepperdine Gonzaga at San Francisco

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


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