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2014 GAME NOTES
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LMU LIONS (19-5, 7-5 WCC) | PEPPERDINE WAVES (9-15, 4-8 WCC)
GERSTEN PAVILION | NOVEMBER 8 QUICK HITS
2014 SCHEDULE
Overall: 19-5 | WCC: 7-5 | H: 9-1 | A: 6-4 | N: 4-0
Date Day Opponent Concourse Hotel at LAX Classic Aug. 29 Fri. LIU Brooklyn Aug. 30 Sat. Binghamton Aug. 30 Sat. UCLA
Time/Result W, 3-0 W, 3-0 W, 3-0
Sacramento State Invitational Sep. 5 Fri. vs. UC Santa Barbara Sep. 6 Sat. Sacramento State Sep. 6 Sat. vs. Fresno State
W, 3-0 W, 3-0 W, 3-1
LMU/Long Beach State Invitational Sep. 11 Thu. Long Beach State Sep. 12 Fri. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Sep. 13 Sat. Northern Colorado
W, 3-1 W, 3-2 W, 3-0
Washington State Cougar Challenge Sep. 18 Thu. vs. Portland State Sep. 19 Fri. vs. Idaho Sep. 19 Fri. Washington State
W, 3-0 W, 3-0 W, 3-1
Sep. 25 Sep. 27 Sep. 30 Oct. 2 Oct. 4 Oct. 11 Oct. 16 Oct. 18 Oct. 23 Oct. 25 Oct. 30 Nov. 1 Nov. 8 Nov. 13 Nov. 15 Nov. 20 Nov. 22 Nov. 25
Thu. Sat. Tue. Thu. Sat. Sat. Thu. Sat. Thu. Sat. Thu. Sat. Sat. Thu. Sat. Thu. Sat. Tue.
Pacific * Saint Mary’s * #23 San Diego * ROAR Portland * Gonzaga * Pepperdine * San Francisco * DiG PiNK Santa Clara * #12 BYU * San Diego * Gonzaga * Portland * Pepperdine * ROAR Santa Clara * San Francisco * Saint Mary’s * Pacific * BYU *
L, 3-2 W, 3-0 W, 3-0 W, 3-1 L, 3-1 W, 3-0 W, 3-2 L, 3-2 L, 3-0 L, 3-0 W, 3-2 W, 3-0 12:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 12:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m.
BOLD – Home Match in Gersten Pavilion | * - WCC Match ROAR - Roar Match | DiG PiNK - DiG PiNK Match
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◊ LMU earned a National Ranking this year for the first time since 2004 ... has won consecutive matches after dropping the previous three straight ... had not dropped consecutive matches all year prior to that point ... continues West Coast Conference play on Saturday when it hosts Pepperdine at Noon in a Wells Fargo PCH Cup match ... Lions lead the PCH Cup standings, 5-1 ... live stats and video for the match can be found at LMULions.com ... began the year at 12-0, posting eight sweeps along the way before falling in five sets to Pacific on 9/25 … 12-0 mark was the best record to start season in program history (previous: 10-0 | 2003) ... is 9-1 at home this year ... went 11-4 (.733) at home last year, the best home mark since 2004 (12-4 | .750) ... entered the week owning the 19th-best team attack % in the nation (.267) and was 9th in assists per set (13.39) and 15th in kills per set (14.22) ... opened the year with 5 straight sweeps (last: 1997) ... is 283-148 (.657) at home since 1982 ... has now won 16 of its last 18 season-openers ... was picked to finish 5th in the WCC this year ... finished 6th in the WCC in 2013 (14-14 | 8-10) ... had the 24th-best recruiting class in the nation according to PrepVolleyball.com ... eleven of LMU’s 14 victories last year came in sweeps ... five of LMU’s 10 WCC losses last year came in five sets ... will video stream every home match this year, and is scheduled to play six matches that will be aired live on TheW.tv ... ◊ KRISTEN CASTELLANOS earned All-Tournament honors at Washington State Cougar Challenge (42 digs | 4.20 D/S | 4 SA) ... ◊ CAITLIN DeWITT was named Concourse Hotel at LAX Classic MVP (31 K | 3.44 K/S | .347 % | 72 TA | 4 SA | 4 BLK) ... earned Sacramento State Invitational MVP (.482 % | 49 K | 4.90 K/S | 83 TA | 18 D | 8 BA) ... took home WCC Player of the Week on 9/8 ... has registered double-digit kills in all but five matches she has played this year ... ◊ LITARA KEIL needs 1 block assist to match the LMU record (349 | Tiana Newsome | 2000-03) ... was named preseason AllWCC ... garnered Concourse Hotel at LAX Classic All-Tournament honors ... posted a double-double of 10 kills and 10 blocks while hitting .471 to guide LMU to a victory over #23 San Diego on 9/30 ... currently ranks 2nd in LMU history in block assists (348), 3rd in blocks (399), 5th in blocks/set (.98) and 8th in kills (1,252) ... ◊ AMBER MIRABELLO has collected at least one block in all but two matches this year ... ◊ SARAH SPONCIL was named to Sac State Invitational All-Tournament team (32 K | 3.20 K/S | .406 % | 69 TA | 5 SA | 22 D | 4 BA) ... earned All-Tournament honors at the Washington State Cougar Challenge (34 K | 3.40 K/S | 86 TA | .291 % | 23 D | 4 BA) ... posted season-best 21 kills at Saint Mary’s on 9/27 and at Gonzaga on 10/4 ... has collected 5 double-doubles this year ... ◊ HANNAH TEDROW was named MVP of Washington State Cougar Challenge (119 assists | 11.90 A/S | 2 SA | 31 D | 3.10 D/S | 2 BS | 3 BA) ... also earned WCC Player of the Week on 9/22 for her efforts at Washington State ... garnered Concourse Hotel at LAX Classic All-Tournament honors (94 A | 10.44 A/S | 5 SA) ... earned Sacramento State Invitational All-Tournament honors (126 assists | 12.60 A/S | 7 K | 17 D | 8 BLK - 2 BS/6 BA) ... put up 50+ assists in three straight matches from 9/6 to 9/12 ... has posted 30+ assists in all but two matches this year, including 21 straight ... leads the team with eight double-doubles ... leads the WCC in total assists (1,014) and entered the week 6th in the nation in assists per set (11.66) ... 4th all-time at LMU in assists (3,077) and 5th in assists per set (10.16) ...
SERIES HISTORY VS. PEPPERDINE
Overall | at LMU | at Pepperdine | Neutral:............................................................... 19-49 | 13-20 | 8-27 | 0-2 LMU Record Last Five | Ten:................................................................................................................... 3-2 | 3-7 Last Meeting:..................................................................October 11, 2014 at Pepperdine | LMU Victory, 3-0 Last Pepperdine Win:................................... November 16, 2013 at Pepperdine | Pepperdine Victory, 3-2 First Meeting:...........................................................................September 3, 1982 at LMU | LMU Victory, 2-0 Notable:............. LMU has won 3 of the last 4 matches against Pepperdine after dropping previous 12
THIS WEEK
LMU (19-5, 7-5 WCC) will look to keep momentum moving in the right direction on Saturday when it hosts Pepperdine (9-15, 4-8 WCC) at Noon…the match will be played as part of the Wells Fargo PCH Cup that pits LMU against Pepperdine in athletic competition throughout the year…the Lions swept Pepperdine earlier this year on the road…live video and stats for the match can be found at LMULions.com…
WELLS FARGO PCH CUP
Separated by 19.1 miles of scenic coastline, longtime cross-town adversaries Loyola Marymount and Pepperdine came together in an effort to boost their decades-long rivalry with the creation of the Wells Fargo Pacific Coast Highway (PCH) Cup...the series, which is in its sixth year, serves as an annual scorecard for the NCAA-sponsored athletic contests between the Lions and Waves, and challenges each institution to rise above the other within the West Coast Conference...any head-tohead competition, including matches in the post-season and tournaments throughout the year, will be counted toward the scoring and added to the scorecard as they occur...for the sports in which the two teams do not meet head-to-head, the teams will battle for points that will be awarded on the basis of overall finish at their respective post-season championships...LMU currently leads the 201415 standings, 5-1…Pepperdine has won the challenge in each of the first five seasons...to learn more about the PCH Cup and view the current scorecard, please visit: http://tinyurl.com/6n4l82s
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