2016 LMU Volleyball Notes - Pepperdine

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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 (18-10, 9-7 WCC) vs. PEPPERDINE WAVES (12-16, 6-10 WCC) November 19, 2016 | Gersten Pavilion | Match 29 | Home 13

QUICK HITS ◊ LMU has won four of its last five matches (all sweeps) ... 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 15th in the NCAA in assists/set (13.47), trailing only the national leader San Diego (13.96) in the WCC ... is 26th in NCAA and third in the WCC in kills/set (14.16), with San Diego sitting as the nation's leader (14.99) ... has won the first set in 22 of 28 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 302-159 (.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 nine matches this year. ◊ JAMIE LEA hit .846 (11 kills on 13 errorless swings) against Gonzaga on 11/3 ... followed that performance with 11 kills on 20 swings with one error at Portland on 11/5 (.500) ... earned WCC Player of the Week on 11/7 ... 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 14 double-doubles ... is a preseason All-WCC selection ... double-digit kills in all but five matches so far this year ... has led all players in kills in 13 of the first 28 matches, and has posted a team-high in kills in 16 of the 28. ◊ 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 play just one match this week, welcoming Wells Fargo PCH Cup rival Pepperdine to Gersten Pavilion on Saturday at Noon ... the Lions swept Pepperdine on the road earlier this year, helping to build what is now a 5-1.5 lead in the PCH Cup standings ... following Saturday's match, LMU will quickly prepare for an 8 pm ESPN-televised home match against #10 BYU on Tuesday. LION TRACKS Despite leading late in each of the first two sets, LMU volleyball allowed Santa Clara to crawl back into each period and eventually earn the victory as the Lions suffered a 26-24, 25-21, 23-25, 25-22 setback on Saturday afternoon from Gersten Pavilion ... the loss snapped a four-match win streak for the Lions ... Nikki Hess led the way for Santa Clara, finishing with 11 kills on 40 swings ... Sarah Sponcil led all players with 16 kills and 15 digs for the Lions, while Jamie Lea and Savannah Slattery contributed 13 and 12, respectively ... the double-double was Sponcil's 14th of the season ... both teams finished with 12 team blocks, as Sascha Dominique had six block assists for the Lions. FIFTH SET WINS ARE ELUSIVE With 10/27'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: 18-10 | WCC: 9-7 | H: 7-5 | A: 7-5 | 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 W, 3-0 W, 3-0 W, 3-0 W, 3-0 L, 3-1 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 #10 BYU 13 2 .867 24 3 .889 #11 San Diego 13 2 .867 22 4 .846 LMU 9 7 .562 18 10 .643 Portland 8 7 .533 15 12 .556 Pacific 8 7 .533 14 13 .519 Gonzaga 7 8 .467 14 11 .560 Santa Clara 6 9 .400 15 12 .556 Saint Mary's 6 9 .400 11 15 .423 Pepperdine 6 10 .375 12 16 .429 San Francisco 0 15 .000 4 24 .143

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, NOVEMBER 17 Pacific at Gonzaga San Diego at Santa Clara BYU at San Francisco Saint Mary's at Portland

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

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19 Pepperdine at LMU Saint Mary's at Gonzaga Pacific at Portland San Diego at San Francisco BYU at Santa Clara

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


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