PORTLAND PILOTS (3-3, 0-0 WCC)
vs. CSU BAKERSFIELD (1-6, 0-0 WAC)
Date: Friday, September 9, 2016
Location: Portland, Ore.
Time: 5:30 p.m.
Arena: Chiles Center
Live Video: TheW.tv
Live Stats: PortlandPilots.com
 
POR vs. CSUB
Overall Series: 1-0
Here: 1-0
There: 0-0
Neutral: 0-0
Last: @POR 3, CSUB 1 (10/27/08)
 
PORTLAND PILOTS (3-3, 0-0 WCC)
vs. TEXAS STATE (3-4, 0-0 SUN BELT)
Date: Saturday, September 10, 2016
Location: Portland, Ore.
Time: 10:00 a.m.
Arena: Chiles Center
Live Video: TheW.tv
Live Stats: PortlandPilots.com
 
POR vs. TSU
Overall Series: 0-1
Here: 0-0
There: 0-0
Neutral: 0-1
Last: TSU 2, POR 1 @Fullerton, Calif (1986)
 
PORTLAND PILOTS (3-3, 0-0 WCC)
vs. UTAH (4-2, 0-0 PAC-12)
Date: Saturday, Sept. 10, 2016
Location: Portland, Ore.
Time: 6:00 p.m.
Arena: Chiles Center
TV: CSN-NW
Online Video: TheW.tv
Live Stats: PortlandPilots.com
 
POR vs. UTAH
Overall Series: 1-2
Here: 0-0
There: 0-1
Neutral: 1-1
Last: UTAH 3, POR 0 @Logan, Utah (8/25/12)
 
THIS WEEK
• The Pilots will host the North Harbour Marriott Challenge at the Chiles Center this weekend.
•The Pilots will first take on CSU Bakersfield on Friday at 5:30 p.m. This will be the second time the two teams have met, with the Pilots winning their first meeting 3-1 at the Chiles Center in 2008.
• Friday's evening match will be the Pilots' first home match of the season.
• Saturday morning, the Pilots will take on Texas State at 10:00 a.m. This is also only the second time the teams have met, with Texas State topping the Pilots in 1986 in Fullerton, Calif in 1986.
• For the final match of the tournament, the Pilots will play Utah on Saturday night at 6:00 p.m. 
• Live stats and video steams for all three matches, as well as all three matches that don't involve the Pilots, can also be found on PortlandPilots.com and TheW.tv.
 
LAST WEEK
• The Pilots spent their second weekend of the season down in Fresno, Calif., at the Bulldog Classic
• DePaul and crosstown rival Portland State both topped the Pilots by a 3-1 margin during the first two matches of the weekend.
• In the final match of the tournament, Portland swept tournament host Fresno State 3-0. Fresno came into the weekend with a 4-0 record.
• Junior Hannah Troutman received All-Tournament Honors for the weekend, leading the Pilots with 28 kills and 28 digs.
 
ABOUT THE PILOTS
• Opening the 2016 season, the Pilots have defeated both tournament host teams in the first two weekends of travel. Hannah Troutman received All-Tournament Honors at the Bulldog Showdown.
• The Pilots are currently fourth in the nation and first in conference in aces per set (2.39) and eighth in the nation and first in conference for total aces (55).
• Freshman Cali Thompson is ranked top five in several different categories in conference; she's first in service aces (11), second in aces per set (.48), third in total assists (209) and fourth in assists per set (9.09).
• Katie Sullivan is fourth in the conference for hitting percentage (.355)
• The Pilots are coming off a historical year and return nine letter winners and five starters this season.
• Portland welcomes three true freshmen to The Bluff, including Izzy Guzik, Emma Scanlan, and Cali Thompson. Redshirt freshman Katie Barker is also be making her first career appearance.
• Sophomore transfer Reghan Pukis comes to Portland from UNLV after spending one year in Las Vegas as an outside hitter.
• Head coach Brent Crouch is in his third year at the helm and looks to build upon last year's accomplishments.
• Joining Crouch on the Portland staff are first-year assistant coaches Jeff Baxter and Betsy Sedlak and Rick Moller joining the coaching staff as a volunteer assistant.
• Last season was the program's best ever start to a season, with 10 wins in the first 11 games.
• 2015 also marked the most homes wins (10) in program history since competing at the NCAA D1 level.
• On October 15, 2015, the Pilots defeated their first ever ranked team, sweeping San Diego 3-0
• The Pilots' 16-15 record was the first winning season since 1989. The 16 wins are also the most wins for the Pilots since 1991.
• Portland went 6-12 in the West Coast Conference, which are the most league wins since 1994.
• Brittney Markwith recorded the second most blocks in a season in program history with a total of 119.