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2014 Schedule I
WCC Volleyball PORTLAND PILOTS (5-17, 0-11 WCC) vs. SAN FRANCISCO DONS (12-12, 5-7 WCC)Date: Thursday, November 6, 2014
Location: Portland, Ore.
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Arena: Chiles Center
Live Stats:
PortlandPilots.comLive Video:
PortlandPilots.com POR vs. USFOverall Series: 23-37
Here: 13-14
There: 10-23
Neutral: 0-0
Last: @USF 3, POR 2, Oct. 11, 2014
PORTLAND PILOTS (5-17, 0-11 WCC) vs. SANTA CLARA BRONCOS (18-7, 8-4 WCC)Date: Saturday, November 8, 2014
Location: Portland, Ore.
Time: 1:00 p.m.
Arena: Chiles Center
Live Stats:
PortlandPilots.comLive Video: PortlandPilots.com POR vs. SCUOverall Series: 7-50
Here: 4-23
There: 3-26
Neutral: 0-1
Last: @SCU 3, POR 1, Oct. 9, 2014
THIS WEEK • The Pilots will host a pair of Bay Area teams in San Francisco and Santa Clara.
• Portland takes on San Francisco on Thursday night as the two teams face each other for the second time this season. The Dons took the first match-up in a five set thriller that lasted over two and a half hours.
• The Pilots will meet the Broncos again this season on Saturday. Santa Clara took the first match back on Oct. 9 in California 3-1. This will be the 58th meeting between the two programs.
• Both matches will have online stats and will be streamed live. Links can be found on the volleyball schedule on PortlandPilots.com.
LAST WEEK• The Pilots were in sunny southern California facing Pepperdine and Loyola Marymount.
• The Waves defended their home court taking the Thursday night match in three sets. The win moved Pepperdine up a spot in the WCC rankings.
• Saturday's match in Los Angeles was won by the home LMU Lions 3-0. LMU improved their record 19-5 and completed the double round robin against Portland for the 2014 season.
ABOUT THE PILOTS • Portland started out the season strong by winning the Baylor Tournament. Emily Liger was named offensive MVP and Katie Mardesich received defensive MVP honors. Both were also named to the all-tournament team.
• Freshman setter Ali Koumelis was named to the all-tournament team after completing 68 assists during the Idaho Nike Invitational.
• Sophomore Makayla Lindburg received all-tournament recognition at the La Quinta Inn & Suites Invitational.
• Liger recorded a career high 29 kills in the Pilots Sept. 6 match against San Jose State. This tally puts her at the top of the total kills in four sets WCC ranking and tied for third in the same ranking nationally. The program record number of kills in a four set match is 32 and was set by Cathy Cook in 1998 against Memphis.
• Liger has also made appearances on the national ranking for kills per set and points per set. Her highest ranking occurred on Sept. 14 when she was 7th in kills per set with 4.90.
• Portland ranks second in digs in the conference with 1,307 total and 15.75 digs per set. The Pilots are led by Mardesich who has the third highest individual mark for digs per set in the conference with 4.58 and 357 total digs.
• Portland ranks third of all WCC teams in service aces during conference play with a tally of 56, with an average of 1.37 per set. Liger and Sophomore Djurdjina Milovic are both among the top ten individually for this category. Liger is at third with 15 total and a .37 per sat average, while Milovic is in fifth with 14 total and a .34 average per set.
• The Pilots are coached by first-year head coach Brent Crouch. Crouch comes to Portland by way of WCC foe Saint Mary's, where he was an assistant coach.
• Also new to the program are assistant coaches Nate Ngo and Nellie Coleman.
• Portland returned 10 letterwinners from the 2013 team while only losing three seniors. Five newcomers joined the 2014 team to round out the roster at 15 players.
• Ali Koumelis, Maddy Mandon, Morgan Robinson, Sarah Savoca, and Emily Singleton are the newcomers on The Bluff.
• 11 of Portland's 15 players are either freshmen or sophomores.
• The Pilots were on the road for the first five weeks of the season with trips to Texas, California, Idaho, Utah, and California/Utah accumulating over 6,000 total travel miles.
