Portland Pilots (0-2, 0-0 WCC)
at Corban
 
Corban Warriors (2-0, 0-0 CAL PAC)
Day: Thursday
Date: Mar. 3, 2022
Time: 11:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m.
Place: Salem, Ore.
Facility: Corban Beach Volleyball Court
Last: POR 3, @CU 2 (4.13.21)
 
THIS WEEK
• The Pilots gear up for a double-header in Salem against the NAIA's seventh-ranked Corban Warriors.
• The two teams will face off on Thursday, March 3, at 11 a.m. and 12 p.m.
• Live stats and live video will not be available for either match.
 
LAST WEEK
• (RV) Washington outlasted Portland 5-0 and 4-1 in both programs' season-opening matches in Tacoma on Saturday.
• The Pilots 3s of Charity Bradley and Taylor Helle claimed a dual sweep in the second game of the double-header with set scores of 21-17 and 21-6.
 
ABOUT THE PILOTS
• Megan Burton steps into her first year as the head coach of the Pilots beach volleyball program, with Dylan Hamilton also returning for the 2022 season.
• The Pilots return six from last year's roster in Bugarin, Harris, Helm, Lee, Nolan, and Zilbert, with Sarah Strong also coming back to compete in her final season with the team.
• The beach volleyball program welcomes a class of three to the squad this spring in freshmen Taylor Helle, Mileina Sniffen and Annika Stammberger.
• Portland added two transfers to the program at the most recent semester break: freshman Lia Hawken out of Dayton, and graduate student Talyn Jackson from Virginia Tech.
• Also joining the beach team from the Pilots' 2021 indoor squad are freshmen Keilani Mumolo and Emma Swett, and graduate Charity Bradley.
• The Pilots graduated three WCC All-Academic honorees at the end of last season, including the team's most dominant duo of Shayla Hoeft and Alycia Wodke, and Kellie Hughes.
 
LAST SEASON
• Portland finished the year 1-9 in duals competition, defeating Corban 3-2 in Salem on April 13th, 2021. The Pilots' pairs of Hoeft/Wodke, Harris/Helm, and Hughes/Nolan each collected wins on the day.
• The team of Harris/Zilbert registered a sweep against WCC foe San Francisco with set scores of 21-16 and 21-18 back on April 30th, 2021.
• The Pilots faced tough Pac-12 opponents in Oregon and Washington, and saw matchups with 15th-ranked Hawai'i and 13th-ranked Pepperdine before the end of the year.
 
LOOKING AHEAD
• The Pilots have two more meetings at Corban on the schedule for 2022, set for March 11-12, and March 30.
• Portland will take on the Oregon Ducks twice during the year in Eugene, first on March 8, and again on April 21.
• The team heads back up to Seattle for a second meeting with (RV) Washington on April 16-17.
• West Coast Conference play kicks off on March 25-26th in Santa Cruz, Calif at the WCC Invitational, with the conference championship tournament locked in for April 29-30th in Santa Cruz.
 
ABOUT THE OPPONENTS
• The Warriors are off to a 2-0 start this season after defeating Bushnell (Ore.) 5-0 and 4-1 this past Friday.
• Corban landed at No. 7 in the first 2022 NAIA Women's Beach Volleyball Coaches' Preseason Top-10 Poll.
• The program posted a 2-9 dual record in its inaugural season last year, finishing fourth at the 2021 AVCA Small College Championships.