Portland Pilots (5-8, 2-2 WCC)
at Corban
 
Corban Warriors (9-3, 0-0 CAL-PAC)
Day: Wednesday
Date: March 30, 2022
Time: 1:00 p.m.
Place: Salem, Ore.
Facility: Corban Beach Volleyball Courts
 
POR vs. CU
Overall Series: 2-2
H: 0-0 • A: 2-2 • N: 0-0
Last: POR 2, @CU 3 (3.12.22)
 
THIS WEEK
• The Pilots are set for a midweek matchup with the NAIA's eighth-ranked Corban Warriors in Salem on Wednesday, March 30 at 1 p.m.
• It is the fourth and final time the two teams will meet this season, with Corban leading the series at 2-1.
• Live stats and live video will not be available for the match.
 
LAST MATCHES
• The Pilots finished sixth at the WCC Mid-Season Invitational in Santa Cruz over the weekend, claiming 5-0 victories over both Pacific and San Francisco.
• It is the first time in program history that Portland has recorded back-to-back sweeps of West Coast Conference opponents.
• The Pilots opened the two-day tournament against No. 5 Loyola Marymount, and were overcome 4-1 by San Jose State this past Saturday.
 
THIS SEASON
• Portland went 2-2 at the Northwest Invitational held at Corban on March 11-12, registering two 5-0 sweeps against Bushnell.
• Oregon outlasted the Pilots 4-1 in Eugene on March 8, with 2s pair Noelani Helm and Charity Bradley collecting a three set win with set scores of 16-21, 21-16, and 15-11.
• The Pilots split a pair of dual matches with Corban on March 3, defeating the hosts 4-1 after the Warriors came out on top by the same margin in game one.
• The Portland 2s of Noelani Helm and Sophie Lee claimed the team's sole win in the day's first match against Corban with set scores of 21-13 and 21-12.
• Helm and Charity Bradley started off game two with a sweep against the Warriors' duo of Nicole Bantilan and Maya Blake, securing the match with set scores of 21-15 and 21-16.
• Pilots pairs Grace Zilbert and Sarah Strong at the 1s, Sophie Lee and Taylor Helle at the 3s, and Milenia Sniffen and Kendall Nolan at the 5s all dug out 2-1 wins against their Corban counterparts on the way to the team's first victory of the year.
• (RV) Washington outlasted Portland 5-0 and 4-1 in both programs' season-opening matches in Tacoma on February 26.
• The Pilots 3s of Charity Bradley and Taylor Helle claimed a sweep against a pair of Huskies in the second game of the doubleheader 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 dual competition, defeating Corban 3-2 in Salem on April 13, 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 30, 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.
 
ABOUT THE OPPONENTS
• Corban enters the week 9-3 in dual competition, and is on a five-game win streak after defeating Bushnell in their last four matches.
• In the third NAIA Beach Volleyball Coaches' Top-10 Poll of the year, the Warriors landed at No. 8 in the national rankings.