2017 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 (5-3) at #13 UCLA BRUINS (5-2)
September 13, 2017 | John Wooden Center | Los Angeles, Calif. | Match 9 | Away 3 QUICK HITS ◊ Savannah Slattery earned a spot on the 2017 Preseason All-WCC team ... along with Emma Johnson, she was also named to the Oregon Classic All-Tournament Team ... was tabbed JLABS Challenge All-Tournament and WCC Player of the Week on 9/11 after guiding LMU to a pair of sweeps over Long Beach State and San Diego State ◊ All three of LMU's losses this year have come to a team currently in the AVCA Top-25 (USC, Michigan, Oregon) ◊ Kristen Castellanos moved into third on LMU's all-time digs list last week (1,283) ... along with Sara Kovac, she was also named to the USC/LMU Invitational All-Tournament team ◊ LMU dropped the season opener this year (USC) for just the fourth time in the last 21 seasons (17-4) ◊ The Lions rank third in the WCC in aces (47) and second in aces per set (1.62) ◊ LMU allowed a .400 hitting percentage in the loss to USC on 8/25 - the first time allowing a .400+ mark since 11/20/10 vs. San Diego (.437) ◊ The Lions are picked to finish eighth in the WCC Volleyball Preseason Poll ◊ LMU made its 13th NCAA Tournament appearance in 2015, and has reached the Tournament in three of the last five years (2012, 2014, 2015) ◊ The Lions went 19-11 overall last year, including 10-8 in the WCC to claim a share of third place in the conference standings ◊ LMU fell a win short of 20 last year, but recorded back-to-back 20+ win seasons the previous two years for the first time since 1999-00 ◊ The Lions have posted 10+ WCC wins in three straight years for the first time since 1995-97 ◊ LMU won the first set in 24 of 30 matches last year, but went 0-6 in five-set matches ◊ The Lions are 305-162 (.653) at home since 1982 THIS WEEK LMU will get its third crack at a Top-25 opponent this Wednesday when it travels to #13 UCLA for a 4:30 p.m. match ... the contest will air live on the Pac-12 Network, with links to the broadcast and live stats found at LMULions.com ... following the clash with the Bruins, LMU will travel to the east coast for matches at #24 North Carolina and Duke on Friday and Saturday. WATCH IT LIVE ONLINE LMU Athletics will video stream all non-televised home volleyball matches this year through the LMU Sports Network and the W.tv ... the video stream is free of charge, and will be accompanied by an audio play-by-play broadcast ... to watch any and all home matches this year, please visit LMULions.com or TheW.tv. READY FOR THE BRIGHT LIGHTS The West Coast Conference unveiled its 2017 broadcast schedule for volleyball, and the Lions are scheduled to play a trio of nationally-televised matches ... the Lions will visit UCLA on September 13 for a 4:30 p.m. match that will air live on the Pac-12 Network ... LMU will then travel to San Diego for a 6 p.m. match that will air on ESPNU/Watch ESPN on September 26 ... finally, the Lions will host a televised match against Santa Clara on October 12 with first serve set for 8 p.m. 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 ... LMU was 4-2 against ranked opponents in 2015 after beating #20 UCLA (8/30), #12 BYU (10/24), #13 Colorado State (12/3) and #6 Stanford (12/4), but went 0-5 last year, dropping a four-setter to #12 UCLA on 8/27, falling in five after leading 2-0 over #6 San Diego on 9/27, dropping a four-set match at #5 USD on 10/20, and falling in five to #16 BYU on 10/22 and 11/22 ... so far this year, LMU is 0-2 against ranked foes, suffering a sweep at the hands of then 16th-ranked Michigan on 8/26 before falling in five sets at #14 Oregon on 9/1. WCC PLAYER OF THE WEEK AND ALL-TOURNAMENT For her efforts in guiding LMU to a pair of sweeps over Long Beach State and San Diego State, sophomore outside hitter Savannah Slattery was named West Coast Conference Player of the Week on 9/11 and JLABS Challenge All-Tournament ... the selection was the first of the year for LMU, and was the first of Slattery's career ... Slattery collected 12 kills in each of the two matches, finishing the week with 24 kills (4.00 per set) on 53 swings while hitting .302 ... she also registered a service ace, 16 digs (2.67 per set) and four blocks over the two matches ... the native of Malibu, Calif. narrowly missed a double-double in LMU’s sweep of Long Beach on Thursday, teaming her match-high 12 kills with nine digs while also managing a block solo and one block assist.
2017 WCC STANDINGS
WCC OVERALL SCHOOL W L PCT W L PCT #14 BYU 0 0 .000 8 1 .889 Portland 0 0 .000 7 2 .778 #17 San Diego 0 0 .000 6 3 .667 LMU 0 0 .000 5 3 .625 Pepperdine 0 0 .000 5 4 .556 Santa Clara 0 0 .000 5 4 .556 Saint Mary's 0 0 .000 4 4 .500 Gonzaga 0 0 .000 4 5 .444 Pacific 0 0 .000 4 5 .444 San Francisco 0 0 .000 3 6 .333
WCC PRESEASON POLL
NO. SCHOOL (1ST-PLACE VOTES) 1. BYU (9) 2. San Diego (1) 3. Portland 4. Pacific 5. Santa Clara 6. Pepperdine 7. Saint Mary's 8. LMU 9. Gonzaga 10. San Francisco
POINTS 81 72 58 50 48 47 35 28 21 14
2017 SCHEDULE
OVERALL: 5-3 | WCC: 0-0 | H: 2-2 | A: 1-1 | N: 2-0 Date Day Opponent Time/Result LMU/USC Tournament Aug. 25 Fri. USC L, 3-1 Aug. 25 Fri. Albany W, 3-0 Aug. 26 Sat. #16 Michigan L, 3-0 Oregon Classic Sep. 1 Fri. vs. Northern Illinois Sep. 1 Fri. at #14 Oregon Sep. 2 Sat. vs. UTRGV Sep. 7 Sep. 8 Sep. 13 Sep. 15 Sep. 16 Sep. 23 Sep. 26 Sep. 28 Sep. 30 Oct. 5 Oct. 7 Oct. 12 Oct. 14 Oct. 19 Oct. 21 Oct. 26 Oct. 28 Nov. 2 Nov. 4 Nov. 9 Nov. 11 Nov. 18 Nov. 21
Thu. Fri. Wed. Fri. Sat. Sat. Tue. Thu. Sat. Thu. Sat. Thu. Sat. Thu. Sat. Thu. Sat. Thu. Sat. Thu. Sat. Sat. Tue.
Long Beach State at San Diego State at #13 UCLA at #24 North Carolina at Duke Pepperdine * at San Diego * Saint Mary’s * Pacific * at Portland * at Gonzaga * Santa Clara * San Francisco * San Diego * BYU * DiG PiNK at Pacific * at Saint Mary’s * Gonzaga * Portland * at San Francisco * at Santa Clara * at Pepperdine * at BYU *
W, 3-1 L, 3-2 W, 3-1 W, 3-0 W, 3-0 4:30 pm 4:00 pm 3:30 pm 12:00 pm 6:00 pm 7:00 pm 12:00 pm 7:00 pm 12:00 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 1:00 pm 12:00 pm 6:00 pm
* - WCC Match | DiG PiNK - DiG PiNK Match
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AHEAD IN THE WCC
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12 San Diego State at San Diego Long Beach State at Pepperdine San Francisco at Sacramento State
6:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 LMU at UCLA Portland State at Portland
4:30 p.m. 7:00 p.m.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 Utah at BYU
6:00 p.m.