PORTLAND, Ore. - Portland Pilots Volleyball is set to play the Saint Mary's Gaels and the Pacific Tigers in their last home matches this week. The Pilots will face the Gaels on Thursday, Nov. 12 at 6 p.m. at the Chiles Center. Then Portland will take on the Tigers on Saturday, Nov. 14 at 12 p.m. at the Chiles Center.
Portland will be celebrating the Pilot Volleyball seniors after the match against Pacific for Senior Day. All home volleyball matches at the Chiles Center are free admission. Check PortlandPilots.com for live stats and video options.
Opponent: Saint Mary's Gaels (14-11, 9-4 WCC)
Day: Thursday
Date: Nov. 12, 2026
Time: 6 PM
Place: Portland, Ore.
Facility: Chiles Center
Video: ESPN+
Stats: PortlandPilots.com
POR vs. SMC
Overall Series: 27-55
Last: L 1-3 (Oct. 10, 2026)
Opponent: Pacific Tigers (4-21, 0-13 WCC)
Day: Saturday
Date: Nov. 14, 2026
Time: 12 PM
Place: Portland, Ore.
Facility: Chiles Center
Video: ESPN+
Stats: PortlandPilots.com
POR vs. PAC
Overall Series: 7-18
Last: W 3-0 (Oct. 8, 2026)
THIS SEASON
• Portland is currently 11-10 overall and 4-8 in the WCC.
• Last week Portland lost to San Francisco in four sets (25-21, 17-25, 17-25, 15-25) and Santa Clara in three sets (16-25, 20-25, 13-25).
• Kala Chock recorded a match high across both teams with 14 kills against San Francisco, making her the first Pilot to surpass 250 kills this season.
• Amiyah Eason had 12 digs at the match against San Francisco, a match high across both teams.
• Alana Villela led the Pilots in blocks with five blocks against the Dons, a new career high for Villela.
• Chock led the Pilots with six kills at the match against Santa Clara.
• Chock, Shaylee Stephen and Josie Portela all tied for a team high in blocks against Santa Clara, recording two blocks each.
• Eason lead the Pilots with nine digs while Chock, Lillian Lansing and Jeryn Hildenbrand both recorded eight digs each at the match against Santa Clara.
• Lansing had a team high against Santa Clara with her two service aces.
• Hildenbrand leads Portland in service aces with 36 this season. She ranks third in the WCC for aces per set (0.46) and fourth for total service aces (36). Nationally, she is 38th in aces per set.
• Chock leads the Pilots with 258 kills and ranks second among Freshman in the WCC for total kills. She is ranked seventh in WCC for kills per set (3.27).
• Chock was named MVP of the Portland Invite earlier this season and has won the WCC Freshman of the Week award a total of three times.
• Hoeft earned WCC Setter of the Week on Sept. 21 after she surpassed 500 career digs and 50 career service aces at the Nevada match. She led Portland with 10 digs at the Seattle U match and recorded 28 total assists, setting up her teammate Kaauwai for an .800 hitting percentage.
• Hoeft leads Portland in assists (739) and digs (219). She ranks fourth in the WCC for assists per set (9.35) and fifth for total assists (739).
• Hoeft ranks seventh in Pilot history with 2,582 assists.
• This season Hoeft has been named to All-Tournament Team three times and Kaauwai has been named to All-Tournament Team twice.
• Taina Kaauwai ranks first nationally with her hitting percentage .519. She has had 47.0 blocks this season and ranks ninth in Pilot program history with 321 total blocks.
LAST SEASON
• The Pilots went 14-15 overall and 9-9 in WCC play, the most conference wins for Portland since 2016.
• Portland had five Pilots make All-WCC: Maui Robins, Havannah Hoeft, Lucia Busso, Taina Kaauwai and Elin Larsson.
•Portland opened the season undefeated at the Vandal Volleyball Invitational, sweeping CSU Fullerton, Oral Roberts, and Idaho in straight sets.
• Elin Larsson led the Pilots with match-high kills in every game and was named MVP of the Vandal Volleyball Invitational. Lucia Busso earned a spot on the All-Tournament Team after finishing with 25 kills over three matches, second most on the team.
• Setter Havannah Hoeft paced the Pilots with 92 assists across three matches, averaging a league-best 10.22 per set. She also directed Portland's attack to a .309 hitting percentage, the top mark in the WCC. Hoeft surpassed 1,000 career assists in just the third match of her sophomore year.
• In their home opener at the Portland Invitational, Pilots swept Eastern Washington in straight sets (25-15, 25-21, 25-23) for their fourth sweep of the season.
• Robins was named Portland Invitational Tournament Co-MVP while Hoeft was named to the All-Tournament Team.
• On Sept. 8, Libero Tinoa Woodward-Hart was named West Coast Conference Defensive Player of the Week after leading Portland's back row in all three matches. She posted a match-high 11 digs at Oregon, followed with a team high of 14 digs against Eastern Washington, and capped the week with a career-high 28 digs in the five-set victory over CSUN.
• On Sept. 18 against the Idaho State Bengals, Maui Robins officially eclipsed 1,000 career kills.
• On Sept. 29, Hoeft was named West Coast Conference Setter of the Week for her performance, marking Portland's second weekly conference award this season and the second of her career.
• The Portland win against Seattle U on Oct. 4 gave the Pilots their first 3-0 start in conference play in program history.
• The Pilots opened their homestand with a dominant 3-0 sweep over San Francisco, hitting a season-best .411 — their highest attack percentage in a match since 2018. This is the first time the Pilots have posted four wins in six conference games to start WCC play since 2017.
• Senior Lucia Busso was named WCC Offensive Player of the Week on Nov. 10, earning her first career weekly honor and Portland's third conference award this season. Busso totaled 29 kills and 34 points while hitting .373 across two matches. She has now surpassed 600 career kills and 150 career blocks, marking her best season yet with 238 kills so far.
ABOUT THE PILOTS
• Megan Burton enters her seventh season as head coach of the Pilots volleyball program. Dylan Hamilton is the associate head coach, while assistant coach Kyle
Homeyer returns for the 2026 season. The Pilots also welcome back Kanza Tanuvasa in her second year as an assistant coach.
• The program welcomes back 13 letter winners from the 2025 campaign.
• The Pilots add six freshmen to the roster this fall — Josie Portela, Ellie Diehl Palmer, Ava Lilo, Shaylee Stephen, Kala Chock and Sophia Schneck — along with Sophomore transfer Lillian Lansing.
• Returning standouts Maui Robins and Havannah Hoeft will continue to play pivotal roles in the Pilots' lineup.
• Outside Hitter Maui Robins, was named to the 2026 WCC Preseason Team, the third year in a row.
• Last year Robins led her team in service aces, along with Hoeft, and became the 22nd Pilot to reach 1,000 career points.
• Robins finished last season second of her team in kills (300), second in digs (234), fourth is assists (40) and fourth in blocks (42).
• Robins is ranked fourth in program history for kills (1,309) and eighth in program history for service aces (133).
• Setter Havannah Hoeft made 2026 All-WCC Preseason and started in all 29 games last season. This is the second year Hoeft has been named to the Preseason Team.
• Hoeft led Portland with 919 assists and was tied for the most service aces along with Maui Robins. She is ranked seventh all-time in program history for career assists (2,582) and received WCC Setter of the Week twice last season.
• Returner Taina Kaauwai was named to All-WCC Second Team last season. She was second on the team in blocks (77), and fourth in kills (183) and service aces (25).
• Nevaeh Bray is returning for another season. Last year Bray led the team in blocks (78), and was fifth on the team in kills (72).
• Tinoa Woodward-Hart led Portland in digs last year (297) and was third in assists (47).
ABOUT THE OPPONENT
• Saint Mary's is 14-11 overall and 9-4 in the WCC this season. Last week, they lost to Pepperdine in four sets (22-25, 28-26, 25-27, 18-25) and LMU in four sets (25-27, 15-25, 25-22, 22-25).
• Antonie Kelnarova is the team leader in kills and service aces, with 359 kills and 57 service aces.
• Sadie White leads the Gaels with 737 assists, Alayna Pearson leads with 299 digs and Anaya Thrower leads with 85.0 blocks.
• Tyler Hildebrand is in his second year as the Saint Mary's volleyball head coach.
• Pacific is currently 4-21 overall and 0-13 in the WCC. Last week they lost to LMU in three sets (11-25, 18-25, 8-25) and Pepperdine in three sets (13-25, 15-25, 18-25).
• Nicole Zake leads the Tigers with 233 kills, Alessia Couchond leads with 432 assists and Bella Gutierrez leads with 318 digs.
• Ellie Prindl is the team leader in blocks (43.0) and Vanessa Zussino in the team leader in service aces (24).
• Jeff Hendershot is entering his first season as the Pacific volleyball head coach.
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