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THIS WEEK IN PACIFIC VOLLEYBALL
PACIFIC VS. CHAPMAN
Match No. 3/Neutral Site Match No. 1
at Posada Royale Cal-Lu-Fornia Invitational
Fri., Sept. 7, 3 p.m., .Soiland Recreation Center, Thousand Oaks, Calif.
PACIFIC VS. CLAREMONT-MUDD-SCRIPPS
Match No. 4/Neutral Site Match No. 2
at Posada Royale Cal-Lu-Fornia Invitational
Fri., Sept. 7, 7 p.m., Sioland Recreation Center, Thousand Oaks, Calif.
PACIFIC AT CAL LUTHERAN
Match No. 5/Away Match No. 1
at Posada Royale Cal-Lu-Fornia Invitational
Sat., Sept. 8, 2 p.m., Gilbert Arena, Thousand Oaks, Calif.
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PACIFIC VS. LA VERNE
Match No. 6/Neutral Site Match No. 3
at Posada Royale Cal-Lu-Fornia Invitational
Sat., Sept. 8, 4 p.m., Gilbert Arena, Thousand Oaks, Calif.
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BOXERS LOOK FOR FIRST WIN OF YEAR IN CALIFORNIA
After opening the
Kip Yoshimura era with a couple of losses, the Pacific volleyball team will aim to earn their first win on their longest road trip of the season. The Boxers travel to Thousand Oaks, Calif., for the Posada Royale Cal-Lu-Fornia Invitational. Pacific will face Chapman and Claremont-Mudd-Scripps on Friday, followed by host Cal Lutheran and La Verne on Saturday.
BOXER BYTES
• Pacific needed a couple of sets on Friday to shake off some first match jitters with a starting lineup that included four freshmen. The Boxers dropped the opener in a non-conference tilt with George Fox, 25-19, 25-22, 25-22.
• Pacific rebounded to take a set off of No. 23 Occidental on Saturday in a match played at George Fox's Wheeler Sports Center. The Tigers held strong, however, to take the 25-23, 15-25, 26-24, 25-20.
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Marie Rewick excelled for the Boxers in her first two collegiate matches, finishing with 20 kills and 24 digs in the two matches. She registered the Boxers' first double-double of the season on Saturday, finishing with 11 kills and 18 digs against Occidental.
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Alexa Block came back from a shoulder injury strong, finishing with 12 kills and five blocks in the two matches.
Keahi Braginsky-Ahloo also turned in a strong performance with 14 kills and 17 digs in the two matches.
• Pacific started four freshmen in head coach
Kip Yoshimura's first match on Friday. Six of the team's eight freshmen saw action in the opening weekend.
SCOUTING THE OPPONENTS
CHAPMAN
The Panthers, in their first year as members of the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC), enter the week with a 3-1 record. Chapman opened the year at the Pomona-Pitzer's Pacific Coast Classic, dropping their opening match on Friday in five sets to North Central (Ill.) before earning three-set victories over Illnis Wesleyan, Baldwin Wallace and NYU Poly. Against North Central, Chapman took the first two sets before falling behind in the final three, including a 16-14 fifth set. Val Geiger leads the Panthers offensively with 50 kills and 3.57 kills per set. Defensively, Carleigh Mueller has 67 digs and 4.79 digs per set over the first four matches. Mary Cahill is in her 24th season as Chapman head coach.
ALL TIME SERIES: Chapman leads 3-0
LAST MEETING: Chapman won 3-0 at Claremont, Calif., on Sept. 5, 2008
CLAREMONT-MUDD-SCRIPPS
The Athenas also enter the week with a 3-1 record after participation in the Pacific Coast Classic. Claremont dropped their Friday opener with Minn.-Morris, falling in three sets, before picking up three-set sweeps over Baldwin Wallace and Northland. The Athenas closed the tournament with a four-set win over Illinois Wesleyan. Audrey Breitwieser leads the Claremont offense with 31 kills and an average of 3.44 kills per set Arianna Sifuentes leads the Athenas' defense with 58 digs, a 4.83 digs per set average. As a team, Claremont is averaging 12.23 kills and 17 digs per set. Kurt Vlasich is in his second year as Claremont-Mudd-Scripps head coach.
ALL TIME SERIES: Claremont-Mudd-Scripps leads 2-0
LAST MEETING: Claremont-Mudd-Scripps won 3-2 at Thousand Oaks, Calif., on Sept. 10, 2011
CAL LUTHERAN
The host Regals enter the week with a 2-0 record and are No. 6 in the latest AVCA Division III Top 25 Coaches Poll after playing two matches at the Pacific Coast Classic, both on Firday. Cal Lutheran opened with a three-set victory over UMass Boston before taking a solid three-set victory over then-No. 14 ranked Colorado College. Cumulative stats for the two matches were not available. Against UMass Boston, Kylie McLogan led Cal Lutheran with 21 kills and a .286 hitting percentage and 10 digs. Rachel Smith had 14 kills and led the team with 13 digs. Kellee Roesel is in her seventh year as Cal Lutheran head coach.
ALL TIME SERIES: Cal Lutheran leads 2-0
LAST MEETING: Cal Lutheran won 3-0 at Thousand Oaks, Calif. on Sept. 12, 2009
LA VERNE
The Leopards enter the week with a 3-1 record after their four matches at the Pacific Coast Classic. La Verne opened on Friday with a three-set win over UMass Boston before taking a five-set loss to then-No. 14 Colorado College. On Saturday, the Leopards earned three-set victories over NYU Poly and Baldwin Wallace. Updated statistics for La Verne were not available. The Leopards finished the 2011 campaign with a 17-12 record. Jenna Panatier is in her second season as La Verne head coach.
ALL TIME SERIES: Pacific leads 1-0
LAST MEETING: Pacific won 3-2 at Thousand Oaks, Calif., on Sept. 11, 2009
PACIFIC NEWS & NOTES
WELCOME TO PACIFIC, MARIE: In a week of many first for the Boxers,
Marie Rewick (Fr., Honolulu, Hawaii) has made the biggest impression. Rewick led the Boxers in their opening two matches with totals of 20 kills, 24 digs, two blocks and a .196 hitting percentage. She opened her collegiate career with nine kills, six digs and a .273 hitting percentage in the Boxers' Friday loss to George Fox. She then scored the Boxers' first double-double of the season when she finished with 11 kills and 18 digs in the four-set loss to No. 23 Occidental. Rewick comes to Pacific from the Punahou School in Honolulu, where she helped lead the school to the 2011 Hawaii state championship.
A STRONG RETURN: Alexa Block (Sr., Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.) worked hard to be back at full strength after spending her off-season recovering from a shoulder injury. Block showed why she was an Honorable Mention All-NWC outside hitter in 2011 in the Pacific opener on Friday, finishing with eight kills, three blcoks and a .278 hitting percentage in the loss to George Fox. On Saturday, Block came up with four blocks in a reserve role against Occidental. Block finished the weke with 12 kills and five blocks. Block, a four-year starter for the Boxers, missed the final eight matches of the 2011 season with her shoulder injury.
BRAGGIN' ON BRAGINSKY-AHLOO: One of six returners to the team from last year,
Keahi Braginsky-Ahloo (Jr., Wahiawa, Hawaii) used her experience to give the Boxers some offense at outside hitter. Braginsky-Ahloo finished the week with 14 kills, averaging two kills per set, to go along with 17 digs. She opened with eight kills against George Fox on Friday along with five digs. She was limited to four kills against Occidental on Saturday, but also finished with two assists and 12 digs. Braginsky-Ahloo made 13 starts in 18 matches in 2011, missing seven matches with an injury.
ADD NEWCOMERS: First year Head Coach
Kip Yoshimura gave his newest players a chance to shape the future of Pacific volleyball over the first week. The Boxers' starting lineup on Friday included four newcomers to the program, including setter
Emily Farnham (Fr., University Place, Wash.), outside hitter
Marie Rewick, middle blocker
Hannah Smargiassi (Fr., Tualatin, Ore.) and libero
Becky Sheller (Fr., Gresham, Ore.). Farnham, Rewick and Smargiassi also started on Saturday against Occidental while
Tiana Greenhalgh (Fr., Yucaipa, Calif.) also earned the start against the Tigers.
PACIFIC PICKED SEVENTH IN NWC PRESEASON POLL: Northwest Conference coaches have picked Pacific seventh in the NWC this season in the preseason poll released in August. The Boxers received 24 of a possible 80 points on the poll to finish three points ahead of Willamette and six points behind George Fox. Pacific Lutheran is selected to ovetake 2011 NWC champion Whitworth for the conference crown, receiving five first place votes and a total of 65 points. The Pirates earned two first place votes and 54 points while Puget Sound is picked third with 50 points and one first place vote. Lewis & Clark was picked fourth with 44 points while Linfield is fifth with 35 points.
