PORTLAND PILOTS (0-18)
vs LOYOLA MARYMOUNT (9-9)
Date: Thursday, October 24, 2013
Location: Los Angeles, Calif.
Start: 7:00 pm (PST)
Stadium: Gersten Pavilion
Game Coverage: Live Stats I Live Video
Overall series: 10-44
Here: 8-19
There: 2-24
Neutral: 0-1
Last: @ Portland 0, LMU 3 (9/28/2013)
 
PORTLAND PILOTS (0-16)
vs PEPPERDINE (9-8)
Date: Saturday, October 26, 2013
Location: Malibu, Calif.
Start: 1:00 pm (PST)
Stadium: Firestone Fieldhouse
Game Coverage: Live Stats I Live Video
Overall series: 2-51
Here: 2-25
There: 0-26
Neutral: 0-0
Last: @ Portland 2, Pepperdine 3 (9/26/2013)
 
 
ABOUT THE PILOTS
 
· The Pilots (0-18) are heading south to take on LMU and Pepperdine after being at home last week against  BYU and San Diego. The Pilots head to sunny California in search of their first win of the season.
· Last Thursday against the WCC leading Cougars, the Pilots held strong, but would eventually lose in three sets. In the match senior Autumn Wedan led the Pilots with 13 kills and 8 digs while sophomore Emily Liger tacked on 8 kills.
· On Saturday against the number 11 ranked Toreros, the Pilots went down 2 games to none, but would make a serge to win the third game. The late match push was not enough as the Pilots would eventually fall 25-16 in the fourth game to lose the match. Senior outside hitter Autumn Wedan would lead the way for the Pilots with 20 kills and 7 digs; freshman Makayla Lindburg added 13 kills.
· After the losses, the Pilots are now 0-9 in conference play.
· Wedan has been a bright spot for the Pilots this year, as she continues to add onto her already magnificent senior campaign. She now has a total of 294 kills on the season, which is an average of 4.52 kills per set — a clip that is still good enough to rank her just outside the top-10 in the country.
· Wedan is also averaging 4.90 points per set, which ranks her near the top-20 in the nation.
· Sophomore Emily Liger and freshman Makayla Lindburg have also been contributing to Portland's attack, as they have 164 and 156 kills on the season, respectively.
· Senior Setter Monica Jordan leads the team in assists with 638, while junior Katie Mardesich is the team-leader in digs with 236.

 
ABOUT THE LIONS
 
· LMU (9-9) stands in the middle of the table of WCC play with a conference record of 4-5. They are coming off of a win against Pepperdine last week.
· Last week the Lions swept Pepperdine as seniors Felicia Arriola and Kathleen Luft led the way with 15 kills each. Defensively Betsi Metter had 15 digs on the match.
· Kathleen Luft and Litara Keil have been leading the Lions attack this season, as each have 239 and 214 kills respectively. On the defensive side, the team has a total 928 digs with Betsi Metter leading with 318 of her own.
· The team's setter is Hannah Tedrow who has assisted on 543 kills so far this season.
· Tom Black is in his fourth season with the Lions and has an overall record of 47-44.
· The last time the Lions faced the Pilots was on September 28th when they took down Portland in three sets at the Chiles Center.
 

ABOUT THE WAVES
 
· Pepperdine (9-8) sits just two spots ahead of Portland in the WCC standings. They will be returning home after a two week stint on the returning home this week with a 3-6 conference record.
· In their most recent match they played at LMU and lost in three games. Samantha Cash led the Waves with 10 kills while Kellie Woolever helped with 18 assists. Kelley Larsen led the team defensively with 11 digs.
· Pepperdine has four players with more than 150 kills each on the year led by Katie Messing with 219 kills then followed by Samantha Cash (161), Kelley Larsen (160), and Taylor Racich (158).
· Becca Strehlow is the Wave's leading setter with 541 assists while digs are spread evenly between Katie Messing (146), Kelley Larsen (170), Becca Strehlow (168), and Jillian Bergeson (157).
· Head coach is Nina Matthies  who is in her 31^st year at Pepperdine as the WCC's all-time winningest coach with a record of 572-332.
· The last time the Pilots took on the Waves the Pilots lost 2-3 at the Chiles Center on September 26^th.