PORTLAND PILOTS (0-0, 0-0 WCC)
WEEK 1: Vandal Volleyball Invitational
 
Cal State Fullerton
(0-0, 0-0 Big West)
Day: Friday
Date: Aug. 29, 2025
Time: 12 P.M. (PST)
Place: Moscow, Idaho.
Facility: Memorial Gym
Video: ESPN+
Stats: PortlandPilots.com

POR vs. CSF
Overall Series: 1-1
Last: W 3-2
 
Oral Roberts
(0-0, 0-0 Summit)
Day: Friday
Date: Aug. 29, 2025
Time: 5 P.M. (PST)
Place: Moscow, Idaho.
Facility: Memorial Gym
Video: ESPN+
Stats: PortlandPilots.com

POR vs. ORU
Overall Series: 0-0
Last: N/A
 
Idaho Vandals
(0-0, 0-0 Big Sky)
Day: Saturday
Date: Aug. 30, 2025
Time: 1 P.M. (PST)
Place: Moscow, Idaho.
Facility: Memorial Gym
Video: ESPN+
Stats: PortlandPilots.com

POR vs. IDA
Overall Series: 5-1
Last: 3-0
 
THIS WEEK
• The Pilots will travel to Moscow, Idaho for their first tournament of the 2025 season, the Vandal Volleyball Invitational.
• Portland is set for three matches in Moscow, starting with Cal State Fullerton on Aug. 29 at 12 p.m. They will then face off against Oral Roberts at 5 p.m. on the same day before playing the host Idaho on Aug. 30 at 1 p.m.
• Live stats for each match can be found at PortlandPilots.com while live video will be available on ESPN+.
 
ABOUT THE PILOTS
• Megan Burton enters her sixth season as head coach of the Pilots volleyball program. Dylan Hamilton has been promoted to associate head coach, while assistant coach Kyle Homeyer returns for the 2025 season. The Pilots also welcome Kanza Tanuvasa as an assistant coach.
• The program welcome back 12 letter winners from the 2024 campaign.
• The Pilots add six true freshmen to the roster this fall — Meki Maile, Jeryn Hildenbrand, Lila Krall, Vanessa Haddock, Callie Pieper, and Georgia Haynes — along with graduate student Jules Tan.
• Portland will look to captain Maui Robins to continue guiding the team to new heights in 2025. Robins was named All-WCC Honorable Mention in 2024 and secured a spot on the 2025 All-WCC Preseason Team. Last season, she led the Pilots in kills (305) and service aces (32), while ranking second in digs (266), third in blocks (56.0), and fourth in assists (34). She also finished ninth in the WCC in total points (369). A highlight of her 2024 campaign came on October 31, when she surpassed 1,000 career points—becoming just the 22nd player in program history to achieve the milestone, and doing so in only three seasons.
• Returning standouts Taina Kaauwai and Havannah Hoeft will continue to play pivotal roles in the Pilots' lineup.
• Middle blocker Taina Kaauwai, named to the 2025 WCC Preseason Team, started all 28 matches last season and made history as the first Pilot to earn AVCA All-Region honors (Northwest Honorable Mention). She led the WCC in hitting percentage (.382), ranked 34th nationally, and totaled 114 blocks. Kaauwai also became the first Pilot since 2017 to earn All-WCC First Team honors and set a new single-match school record with 12 blocks.
• Setter Havannah Hoeft made an outstanding debut in the 2024 season, earning All-WCC Honorable Mention. She tallied a career-high 61 assists on Aug. 30—the most by a Pilot since 2018—and earned Freshman of the Week recognition. Hoeft posted 10 double-doubles and finished with 924 assists, the most by a freshman since 2016, placing her in the program's Top 20 all-time.

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