San Diego and LBSU

[romeo]

Kinda different that Lawlor seems to have set LBSU.
Is Vargas hurt or something??

SAN DIEGO TOREROS | ATTACK |SET| SERVE |SRV|DEF| BLOCK |GEN
## Name GP| K E TA PCT| A| SA SE| RE|DIG|BS BA BE|BHE
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4 DeGroot, Amy........ 3| 17 3 36 .389| 2| 1 1| 4| 10| 0 2 0| 0
7 Abrahamson, Laurel.. 3| 14 2 21 .571| 2| 0 0| 0| 4| 0 3 1| 0
8 Ellick, Torey....... 3| 3 1 6 .333| 0| 0 0| 0| 0| 1 3 0| 0
9 Nyrop, Jessica...... 3| 0 0 1 .000| 22| 0 0| 0| 7| 0 0 0| 1
11 Wiskar, Erin........ 3| 6 2 13 .308| 1| 1 1| 0| 8| 0 0 0| 0
14 Andersen, Jessica... 3| 4 2 13 .154| 2| 0 0| 0| 2| 0 2 0| 0
1 Meyers, Kelsi....... 3| 0 0 0 .000| 21| 0 0| 0| 7| 0 0 0| 1
2 Csaszi, Andrea...... 3| 0 0 0 .000| 0| 0 0| 0| 14| 0 0 0| 0
6 Sutherland, Jaimarie 2| 0 2 4 -.500| 0| 0 0| 1| 0| 0 0 0| 0
10 Ogden, Breanne...... 1| 0 0 0 .000| 0| 0 0| 0| 0| 0 0 0| 0
13 Basch, Ashton....... 1| 1 1 2 .000| 0| 0 0| 0| 0| 0 0 0| 0
15 Troost, Ali......... 3| 8 1 13 .538| 2| 0 0| 1| 0| 0 2 0| 1
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Totals.............. 3| 53 14 109 .358| 52| 2 2| 6| 52| 1 12 1| 3

TEAM ATTACK PER GAME TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 7.0
Game K E TA Pct
1 15 7 31 .258 GAME SCORES 1 2 3 TEAM RECORDS
2 16 3 37 .351 SAN DIEGO TOREROS... (3) 30 30 30 1-0
3 22 4 41 .439 Long Beach State.... (0) 28 27 14 0-1

Long Beach State | ATTACK |SET| SERVE |SRV|DEF| BLOCK |GEN
## Name GP| K E TA PCT| A| SA SE| RE|DIG|BS BA BE|BHE
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8 Washington, Naomi... 3| 3 1 12 .167| 0| 0 0| 0| 1| 0 0 0| 1
9 Hasalikova, Michaela 3| 7 3 15 .267| 1| 0 1| 0| 1| 0 3 0| 0
12 Lee, Ashley......... 3| 7 2 19 .263| 3| 0 1| 0| 4| 0 0 0| 0
15 Lawlor, Dyanne...... 3| 2 1 6 .167| 29| 3 1| 0| 4| 0 0 0| 1
21 Verdin, Quincy...... 3| 7 6 26 .038| 0| 0 0| 0| 0| 0 1 0| 0
34 Crimes, Alexis...... 3| 16 7 38 .237| 0| 1 2| 1| 6| 0 4 0| 0
3 Buggs, Cynthia...... 3| 0 1 2 -.500| 1| 0 1| 0| 7| 0 0 0| 0
6 Hudson, Sarah....... 3| 0 0 0 .000| 0| 0 0| 0| 0| 0 0 0| 0
10 Vargas, Nicole...... 2| 1 0 2 .500| 4| 1 1| 0| 1| 0 0 0| 1
17 Whitfield, Talaya... 3| 0 0 3 .000| 0| 1 4| 1| 13| 0 0 0| 0
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Totals.............. 3| 43 21 123 .179| 38| 6 11| 2| 37| 0 8 0| 3

TEAM ATTACK PER GAME TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 4.0
Game K E TA Pct
1 16 8 41 .195 Site: Long Beach State (The Gold Mine)
2 18 7 41 .268 Date: Aug 24, 2007 Attend: 1050 Time: 1:30
3 9 6 41 .073 Referees: Mike Farish, Joe Sloate
IYC Long Beach State game 3 team delay

[ACE]

Wow the third game Long Beach got spanked.

[jgrout]

www.presstelegram.com/sports/ci_6715539

Tough way to start for 49ers
By Joe Stevens, Staff writer
Article Launched: 08/24/2007 10:47:45 PM PDT

LONG BEACH - Maybe it had to do with the ultra-early beginning. A match on Aug. 24 marked the earliest season opener in Long Beach State women's volleyball history.

Or maybe it had to do with the team returning to the quaint and non-air-conditioned Gold Mine Gymnasium, relocated this weekend because of a jujitsu competition at the Walter Pyramid.

Whatever the reason, the 49ers struggled in their opener to lose 3-0 to the University of San Diego in a nonconference match Friday night.

"I really don't understand it," 49ers coach Brian Gimmillaro said.

"Maybe they wanted to win so bad. I don't know. We just didn't play.

"... I actually thought we were going to win after the first game."

The 49ers led by as many as seven points in the first game and at one point were up 18-11. But it was all downhill after that in a demoralizing first-game defeat, and they ended up losing the match 30-28, 30-27 and 30-14.

By the third game, the 49ers were so out of synch that various pained looks appeared on the faces of the 49er faithful. Senior Dyanne Lawlor got the nod as the starting setter, but Gimmillaro went to Nicole Vargas with the 49ers down 9-2 in Game 3.

The setter change did not make a significant difference as the 49ers remained out of synch in their 16-point loss in Game 3.

"I think that we stopped playing," said Ashley Lee, a freshman from Hacienda Heights Wilson High who started and had seven kills. "We weren't playing to our potential, but at least we were close. Then we just totally stopped playing, and nobody knew what to do."

Lee was one of the bright spots for the 49ers as was the kill total for Co-Big West Conference Player of the Year Alexis Crimes, who had 16.

But the 49ers had way too many team mistakes. They had a .179 attack percentage to USD's .358 percentage and gave away 11 points on service errors to USD's two.

While the Game 3 "stopped playing" loss could serve as a wake-up call, the match turned in the first game. USD took its first lead of the match at 26-25 and won that game. With the 49ers giving up a seven-point lead, USD had the momentum for the rest of the way.

On paper, No. 19 LBSU and No. 15 USD have some similarities. Not only are the schools' rankings close, but both are picked in their coaches' polls to finish second in their conferences. The 49ers were picked to finish second to Cal Poly in the Big West, while the Toreros were chosen second to Pepperdine in the West Coast Conference.

The 49ers will have little time to regroup as they have the task of facing second-ranked Stanford and former Wilson High star Cynthia Barboza tonight at the Gold Mine.

Another factor in the loss could be that Gimmillaro missed practice Thursday because of a family funeral in upstate New York, although he said that had nothing to do with the performance.

"We started a downward spiral in the first game that wasn't good," Gimmillaro said. "It was a mess. I hadn't seen our team before, and the seniors just didn't play well."

Joe Stevens can be reached at [e-mail]

[PierreAmi]

Hate to say it, but: "RIP LBSU."

[SakiBomb25]

Congrats to San Diego. I think that this is a very encouraging sign to come to Long Beach State and beat them in straight sets. Life without Carlson and Dawson is still going to be tough, but results like this show that perhaps it won't be as bad as well all think. They've got a solid team, led by setter Jessica Nyrop and Laurel Abrahamson, and a good supporting class. I'm curious to see what the rotation was though - both Jessica Anderson and Ali Troost are right side players and they both played in three games. Did one of them move? Anyway, congrats to the Toreros.

Edit: You know what, looking at the stats, I think they ran a modified 6-2 because Kelsi Myers also saw action in the game. Troost is supposed to be a good back-row player so I wonder if she got taken out when she rotated to the back?

[cmmhc4]

pierreami said:

Hate to say it, but: "RIP LBSU."

Even BeachMan is nowhere to be found.

[BeachAlum]

ace said:

Wow the third game Long Beach got spanked.

let me just say....people complained how hot and muggy it was in the Gold Mine, but that 3rd game was just plain gross! Disgusting to watch.

[PierreAmi]

Sweaty girls?!

[TheSantaBarbarian]

pierreami said:

Sweaty girls?!

Remember, girls don't sweat, they glow.

First match of the season against a very good program. No big deal. The bad part is having to face stanford next.

[Vball818]

Care to elaborate what grossed you out while you watched game three? Was it the lack of passion, cohesion, apprehension, indecision, etc by the entire team?

beachalum said:

ace said:

Wow the third game Long Beach got spanked.

let me just say....people complained how hot and muggy it was in the Gold Mine, but that 3rd game was just plain gross! Disgusting to watch.