PORTLAND PILOTS (5-4, 0-0 WCC)
Portland North Marriott Invitational

Portland State (4-5, 0-0 Big Sky)
Day: Thursday
Date: Sep. 15, 2022
Place: Portland, Ore.
Time: 6:00 P.M.
Facility: Chiles Center
Video: WCCSports.com
Stats: portlandpilots.com

POR vs. PSU
Overall Series: 20-36
Last: A L 1-3
 

Seattle University (4-2, 0-0 WAC)
Day: Saturday
Date: Sep. 17, 2022
Place: Portland, Ore.
Time: 4:00 P.M.
Facility: Chiles Center
Video: WCCSports.com
Stats: portlandpilots.com

POR vs. SU
Overall Series: 6-3
Last: N L 1-3

THIS WEEK
• The Pilots stay home this weekend to host the Portland North Marriott Invitational in the Chiles Center.
• Portland faces the Portland State Vikings on Thursday, Sept. 15 at 6 p.m. On Saturday, Sept. 17, the Pilots will play the Seattle University Redhawks at 4:00 p.m.
• Live stats for each of the matches can be found at portlandpilots.com, and live video for all matches will be available on WCCSports.com.

ABOUT THE PILOTS
• Megan Burton enters her third year as the head coach of the Pilots volleyball program, with assistant coaches Dylan Hamilton also returning for the 2022 season. Additionally, the Pilots welcome Kyle Homeyer as a new assistant coach for the 2022 season after serving as a volunteer coach in 2021.
• The Pilots also bring back six letter winners from the fall 2021 season.
• The program welcomes seven true freshmen to The Bluff this fall in Maui Robins, Elin Larsson, Jordan Bardouche, Marleena Catalan, Lucia Busso, Larkin Chock, and Una Rajkovic.
• Portland has also added three transfer students to their roster, including setter Talyn Jackson out of Virginia Tech, middle blocker Griselda Memia from American University and outside hitter Lia Hawken from Dayton University.
• Portland will be looking for leadership from returner Jayde Harris, as well as their transfers to create an exciting and dynamic offense this season. Harris led the team with 261 kills in 2021, which earned her all-WCC honors.
• Currently the Pilots have an overall record of 5-4 after competing in the Oregon State Invitational.
• Jayde Harris was an all-tournament selectee for the Oregon State Invitational
• The Pilots also competed in the Denver Invitational, where they finished with two wins and one loss.
• Prior to that, the Pilots competed in the Sacramento State Invitational, where they ultimately won the tournament overall. This was their first tournament win since 2019, earning three athletes all-tournament honors.
• This included Noelani Helm (MVP), Maui Robins, and Jayde Harris.
• The Pilots lead the WCC in aces per set (1.81), while also being ranked third in digs per set (14.31), fifth in team assists (358), fourth in team attacks per set (34.62), fourth in team digs (458), fifth in team kills (384), second in team service aces (58), fifth in team total attacks (1,108), and fourth in team blocks (69.0).
• Noelani Helm is also the overall leader nationally and within the WCC for triple-doubles, sitting at three so far this season.

ABOUT THE OPPONENTS
• Portland State finished off last season with an overall record of 20-11. The Vikings were led by a strong duo of Makayla Lewis who had 365 kills last season. Lewis returns for the Vikings this year spearheading their team's offense.
• Seattle University's offense was led by Sierra Bartley who had 233 kills last season. Seattle U has a relatively young team this year, bringing a new energy to their team. They currently sit at an overall record of 4-2 for this season.