Portland Pilots (0-2, 0-2 WCC)
at LMU and #21 San Diego
 
LMU Lions
(1-3, 1-3 WCC)
 
Day: Sunday
Date: Feb. 7, 2021
Place: Los Angeles, Calif.
Time: 12:00 P.M.
Facility: Gersten Pavilion
Video: portlandpilots.com
Stats: portlandpilots.com
 
POR vs. LMU
Overall Series: 10-57
Last: LMU 3, @POR 1 (10.31.19)
 
#21 San Diego Toreros
(0-0, 0-0 WCC)
 
Day: Wednesday and Thursday
Date: Feb. 10 and 11, 2021
Place: San Diego, Calif. 
Time: 4:00 P.M.
Facility: Craig Pavilion
Video: portlandpilots.com
Stats: portlandpilots.com

POR vs. USD
Overall Series: 9-57
Last: POR 0, @USD 3 (11.23.19)
 
THIS WEEK
• The Pilots travel to southern California this weekend for a match at LMU on Sunday, Feb. 7th at 12:00pm.
• Portland will then head to San Diego for two matches against the #21 Toreros on Wednesday, Feb. 10, and Thursday, Feb. 11. Both matches will start at 4:00pm.
• Live stats and live video for both matches can be found at portlandpilots.com.
 
LAST WEEK
 • The Pilots are coming off of a bye week after their first home matches of 2020-21, playing the #16 BYU Cougars. The Pilots matched BYU in several closely contested sets before going 0-2 to open West Coast Conference play.
• Freshman Mia Wesley led the Pilots in kills with 25, while also adding four service aces and 14 digs in the combined two matches. Sophomore Jayde Harris had 19 kills of her own, and Carey Williams led the defense with 37 digs.
 
ABOUT THE PILOTS
• Megan Burton was promoted as the head coach of the Pilots volleyball program in January 2020, and Aven Lee joined the staff as an assistant coach in March.
• The Pilots return nine letter winners from the 2019 season, including All-WCC Honorable Mention and outside hitter Liz Reich.
• The program welcomed five true freshmen to The Bluff this summer.
• Portland's freshmen class is made up of RS/MB Jiana Lawson, MB Nevaeh Bray, OH Mia Wesley, OH Ryann Gregg, and MB Chelsey Harmon.
• The Pilots saw three seniors graduate last spring in Katie Barker, Shayla Hoeft, and Emma Scanlan.
• Senior Carey Williams is currently the fifth all-time individual career record holder in digs at 1437. Williams' 505 digs during the 2019 season places her sixth all-time for an individual season record.
• True freshman Mia Wesley leads the team in kills to start the 2020-21 season, accumulating 25 in the first two WCC matches against #16 BYU.
• The Pilots will look to setters Kellie Hughes and Noelani Helm to provide the assists all this year, and they have so far combined for 62 assists on the year.
• The Pilots are currently second in the WCC in blocks, averaging 1.89 per set so far this season.
 
ABOUT THE OPPONENTS
• LMU (1-3, 1-3 WCC) is currently fourth in WCC standings, going 1-1 with St. Mary's at home before dropping two five set matches against USF on the road earlier this week.
• In the last match against San Francisco, Kari Geissberger led the Lions in kills with 19.
• #21 San Diego (0-0, 0-0 WCC) was picked to win the WCC in this year's preseason poll, having won the conference title in 2019.
• In 2019, Thana Fayad and Katie Lukes provided 298 kills apiece for the Toreros, tying for the team high that season.