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Post by Deleted on Nov 11, 2017 22:50:29 GMT -5
If BYU and San Diego finish the season tied for the conference title, which of them is considered the automatic bid? San Diego would win it this year on points, just as BYU did last year. Head-to-head matches: 1-1 Head-to-head sets: 4-4 Head-to-head points: 184/182 (1st match: BYU-98, San Diego-86, 2nd match: San Diego-98, BYU-84)
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Post by bayarea on Nov 11, 2017 23:57:50 GMT -5
BYU swept Portland on Portland's Senior Day, -13, -20, -20. Troutman had 16 kills, hitting .211. For BYU, Jones-Perry had 14 kills, (.343) and McKenna Miller had a nice match with 13 kills (.417). BYU had 11 blocks to Portland's 2. BYU hit .385 for the match and Portland hit .167. BYU's middles were a combined 9/1/16 and Lacy Haddock was 4/0/9 for .444 hitting.
Pepperdine swept San Francisco on USF's senior day -17, -13, -15. Jasmine Gross went 13/0/15, Frohling 11/1/30 and Harris 9/1/17. Pepperdine hit .404 for the match to USF's .101.
Pacific outlasted Saint Mary's 3-2 with set scores 20-25, 25-20, 25-15, 22-25, 15-11. Pacific hit .274 and SMC hit .255. Madi Wilkerson was back at libero for St. Mary's and Sarah Chase returned to the front row with 8 kills, hitting .467. Knudsen, Calvin, Young and Hughes all had 9-11 kills. Baptista led Pacific with 26 kills, hitting .273. Fleming had 14 kills hitting .448. Gotterba had 27 digs.
San Diego swept Gonzaga -16, -23, 11. San Diego hit .307 and Gonzaga hit .071. Wiblin led San Diego with 10 kills, hitting .556, and Edwards and Kennedy each had 9 kills. Gonzaga had 3 players with 5 kills each.
Santa Clara won their 6th straight match in a closely contested battle with Loyola Marymount, on SCU's senior day. Set scores were 22-25, 26-24, 15-25, 25-21, 17-15. Santa Clara hit .178 and LMU hit .162. LMU won the serve-pass part of the match with 16 aces over 5 sets, with 5 aces from Meredith Teague. Megan Rice led LMU with 20 kills, hitting .224. Jensen Cunningham led Santa Clara with 18 kills, hitting .433. She started the match 10/10.
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Post by beba on Nov 12, 2017 20:29:50 GMT -5
If BYU and San Diego finish the season tied for the conference title, which of them is considered the automatic bid? San Diego would win it this year on points, just as BYU did last year. Head-to-head matches: 1-1 Head-to-head sets: 4-4 Head-to-head points: 184/182 (1st match: BYU-98, San Diego-86, 2nd match: San Diego-98, BYU-84) This is pretty amazing. They played 366 points against each other, and the difference was just one point. If just one point had gone the other way, they would have tied in total points scored by each team over 8 sets.
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Post by bayarea on Nov 13, 2017 15:05:52 GMT -5
BYU at #9 and San Diego up to #11 in this week's AVCA coaches' poll.
But the RPI doesn't favor either team (unfortunately, USF is a big anchor dragging everyone down...they have sunk all the way to RPI 294). With only 3 matches left, neither team has a scenario to move up into hosting position.
RPI for Nov. 13:
20 BYU 23 San Diego 85 Santa Clara 100 LMU 101 Pacific 106 Pepperdine 123 Portland 143 Gonzaga 156 Saint Mary's 294 San Francisco
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Post by bayarea on Nov 13, 2017 15:18:48 GMT -5
You've got to call this a down year for the WCC overall. I was just looking up the final RPI for the 2015 season, when BYU, San Diego, LMU and Santa Clara all went to the tournament (and LMU made it to the Sweet 16). Most of the WCC teams were inside the top 100. Same for all of the past 3 seasons.
In 2014 (four tournament teams, 6 teams in the top 100):
9 BYU (the year they were the NCAA runner-up) 44 LMU 45 San Diego 47 Santa Clara 52 Pacific (the year many people felt they were robbed of a tourney berth) 94 Gonzaga 142 San Francisco 144 Pepperdine 162 Saint Mary's 237 Portland (Crouch's first year as coach)
2015 final RPI (four tournament teams, 7 teams in top 100) :
11 BYU 19 LMU (beat Stanford on the way to the Sweet 16) 29 San Diego 37 Santa Clara 68 Pacific 79 Pepperdine 90 Gonzaga 117 Portland 118 San Francisco 191 Saint Mary's
In 2016 (only 2 tournament teams, but also had 7 teams in the top 100 RPI):
7 BYU 17 San Diego 65 LMU 80 Gonzaga 85 Pacific 89 Pepperdine 98 Portland 126 Santa Clara (who went from a #17 ranking into a death spiral after their setter was injured) 167 Saint Mary's 264 San Francisco
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Post by bayarea on Nov 13, 2017 16:32:09 GMT -5
And Santa Clara MB Jensen Cunningham gets her first WCC POW honor: www.wccsports.com/sports/w-volley/spec-rel/111317aaa.htmlNov. 13, 2017 SAN BRUNO, Calif. – The West Coast Conference has named its Volleyball Player of the Week for November 13, 2017. WEST COAST CONFERENCE PLAYER OF THE WEEK – JENSEN CUNNINGHAM, SR., MB – SANTA CLARA Senior middle blocker Jensen Cunningham made the most of her final regular season home contests on the Mission campus and helped Santa Clara volleyball extend its season-long winning streak to six matches last week. The senior middle blocker hit .411 with 31 kills (3.44 kills/set), five digs and 12 total blocks (three block solos, nine block assists) as Santa Clara completed the season sweep of Pepperdine in four sets on Thursday and downed Loyola Marymount in five sets on Saturday. The Scottsdale, Arizona native led the team in kills for both of their victories. She notched 13 kills on .385 hitting against the Waves while adding five digs and three total blocks. Cunningham combined with fellow senior Kirsten Mead on a block to finish off the opening stanza on Thursday night and came through with the match-clinching kill in the fourth set. Cunningham’s 18 kills against the Lions were her third-most in a match this season. She hit .433 on senior day and stonewalled Loyola Marymount at the net with nine total blocks (two block solos, seven block assists). Trailing 14-13 in the fifth set, the Broncos turned to Cunningham, who delivered with a kill to stave off match point. She combined with Mead on a block to end the next rally and put the Broncos in front en route to the win in the team’s home finale. The match marked Cunningham’s 19th contest of the season with double-digit kills. Also Nominated: Emily Baptista, Pacific; Kaity Edwards, San Diego; Jasmine Gross, Pepperdine; McKenna Miller, BYU; Tess Reid, Loyola Marymount 2017 WCC Volleyball Player of the Week 11/13 – Jensen Cunningham, Santa Clara 11/6 – Jayden Kennedy, San Diego 10/30 - Kristen Gengenbacher, San Diego 10/23 – Veronica Jones-Perry, BYU 10/16 – Mary Lake, BYU 10/9 - Kristen Gengenbacher, San Diego 10/2 – Veronica Jones-Perry, BYU 9/25 – Jenna Kuehn, Gonzaga 9/18 – Jasmine Gross, Pepperdine 9/11 – Savannah Slattery, Loyola Marymount 9/4 – Veronica Jones-Perry, BYU 8/28 – Jayden Kennedy, San Diego
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Post by redcard on Nov 13, 2017 17:48:27 GMT -5
Where is Pepperdine’s weaknesses? They seem like they have the talent and should be much better than they are? Their RPI was up in 2014/15 but certainly trended way down last two years.
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Post by bayarea on Nov 13, 2017 21:14:27 GMT -5
Where is Pepperdine’s weaknesses? They seem like they have the talent and should be much better than they are? Their RPI was up in 2014/15 but certainly trended way down last two years. Interesting question. When they had one of the best setters (Becca Strehlow) in the country from 2013-2015, they had no defensive players or hitters to go with it, and cycled through three head coaches in those 3 years. In 2014, they turned a frosh MB into a libero, and had their setter sometimes leading the team in kills, digs and assists, so it was kind of a mess. However, they recruited some high level players after that in Dyer, Tunnell, and Gross. Tunnell seems to have been injured much of her 3 years at Pepperdine, but Dyer and Gross have been huge contributors. Pepp struggled for awhile to find solid setting after Strehlow's departure, but recently Dyer and/or Blossom Sato have done OK. (Sato becomes something of a blocking liability in the 5-1 though.) MB Gross has recently broken Pepperdine's all-time season blocking record, and hits at a high percentage, also. The second middle position is not that strong and they haven't really had dominating pin hitters, though Frohling has been solid, and at times 6'7" Ashley Harris becomes a force. Their Hawaiian libero, Hana Lishman, is very good. However, I think in many matches they have been really competitive, and just not been able to close out a match. They are probably better than their record shows. They lead the WCC with 16.64 digs/set. They are second in blocks with 2.64/set They are second in kills with 13.64/set They are third in aces with 1.45/set They are fourth in hitting percentage (.222) and 2nd in opponent hitting percentage (.186).
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Post by trojansc on Nov 13, 2017 21:35:28 GMT -5
2012 was one of the best years ever for the WCC. They got SIX NCAA bids (BYU, San Diego, Saint Mary's, Loyola Marymount, Santa Clara, and Pepperdine). Believe it or not, the 7th place team (San Francisco) actually had a shot at the NCAA's. San Francisco had FIVE top 50 wins but did not make the tournament. They had beaten Cal(twice), Pepperdine, and LMU (twice). Cal, LMU, Pepperdine all made the NCAA tournament. San Francisco didn't have a sub-100 RPI loss.
San Francisco's problem was their RPI was in the 50s. But five top 50 wins is really good - to put it in perspective, some teams might get an at-large bid this year with just one top 50 win, others with just two top 50 wins.
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Post by ocmyhome on Nov 13, 2017 21:36:20 GMT -5
Regarding regional hosting for the ncaa playoffs... It's interesting to note that BYU beat Utah during the regular season @ Utah, and has only lost two games all year since, but when comparing RPI's, Utah is 8th and BYU is 20th. Makes me think the committee would reward Utah with the regional host. Kind of sucks given how well BYU's done all year, only to get snubbed for a higher RPI, and 9 loss later, Utah...
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Post by bayarea on Nov 13, 2017 22:46:14 GMT -5
Regarding regional hosting for the ncaa playoffs... It's interesting to note that BYU beat Utah during the regular season @ Utah, and has only lost two games all year since, but when comparing RPI's, Utah is 8th and BYU is 20th. Makes me think the committee would reward Utah with the regional host. Kind of sucks given how well BYU's done all year, only to get snubbed for a higher RPI, and 9 loss later, Utah... Yes, unfortunate that BYU is so low. Their only two losses of the season are to Baylor, which has turned out to be a very good team (and just swept @ Kansas), and to San Diego, after beating USD earlier in the season.
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Nov 13, 2017 23:33:44 GMT -5
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Post by wishinwestcoastvb on Nov 13, 2017 23:33:44 GMT -5
Where is Pepperdine’s weaknesses? They seem like they have the talent and should be much better than they are? Their RPI was up in 2014/15 but certainly trended way down last two years. Interesting question. When they had one of the best setters (Becca Strehlow) in the country from 2013-2015, they had no defensive players or hitters to go with it, and cycled through three head coaches in those 3 years. In 2014, they turned a frosh MB into a libero, and had their setter sometimes leading the team in kills, digs and assists, so it was kind of a mess. However, they recruited some high level players after that in Dyer, Tunnell, and Gross. Tunnell seems to have been injured much of her 3 years at Pepperdine, but Dyer and Gross have been huge contributors. Pepp struggled for awhile to find solid setting after Strehlow's departure, but recently Dyer and/or Blossom Sato have done OK. (Sato becomes something of a blocking liability in the 5-1 though.) MB Gross has recently broken Pepperdine's all-time season blocking record, and hits at a high percentage, also. The second middle position is not that strong and they haven't really had dominating pin hitters, though Frohling has been solid, and at times 6'7" Ashley Harris becomes a force. Their Hawaiian libero, Hana Lishman, is very good. However, I think in many matches they have been really competitive, and just not been able to close out a match. They are probably better than their record shows. They lead the WCC with 16.64 digs/set. They are second in blocks with 2.64/set They are second in kills with 13.64/set They are third in aces with 1.45/set They are fourth in hitting percentage (.222) and 2nd in opponent hitting percentage (.186). What’s up with Wylie this season at Pepp?
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Post by bigfan on Nov 14, 2017 12:08:09 GMT -5
Regarding regional hosting for the ncaa playoffs... It's interesting to note that BYU beat Utah during the regular season @ Utah, and has only lost two games all year since, but when comparing RPI's, Utah is 8th and BYU is 20th. Makes me think the committee would reward Utah with the regional host. Kind of sucks given how well BYU's done all year, only to get snubbed for a higher RPI, and 9 loss later, Utah... BYU will host before Utah does.
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Post by bayarea on Nov 14, 2017 19:53:34 GMT -5
Interesting question. When they had one of the best setters (Becca Strehlow) in the country from 2013-2015, they had no defensive players or hitters to go with it, and cycled through three head coaches in those 3 years. In 2014, they turned a frosh MB into a libero, and had their setter sometimes leading the team in kills, digs and assists, so it was kind of a mess. However, they recruited some high level players after that in Dyer, Tunnell, and Gross. Tunnell seems to have been injured much of her 3 years at Pepperdine, but Dyer and Gross have been huge contributors. Pepp struggled for awhile to find solid setting after Strehlow's departure, but recently Dyer and/or Blossom Sato have done OK. (Sato becomes something of a blocking liability in the 5-1 though.) MB Gross has recently broken Pepperdine's all-time season blocking record, and hits at a high percentage, also. The second middle position is not that strong and they haven't really had dominating pin hitters, though Frohling has been solid, and at times 6'7" Ashley Harris becomes a force. Their Hawaiian libero, Hana Lishman, is very good. However, I think in many matches they have been really competitive, and just not been able to close out a match. They are probably better than their record shows. They lead the WCC with 16.64 digs/set. They are second in blocks with 2.64/set They are second in kills with 13.64/set They are third in aces with 1.45/set They are fourth in hitting percentage (.222) and 2nd in opponent hitting percentage (.186). What’s up with Wylie this season at Pepp? No idea. She was talked about in the Pepperdine press release in late August as one of the main returning players, but hasn't played a match all season, so must have gotten hurt before the first match? Still on the roster.
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Post by jaypak on Nov 14, 2017 22:29:00 GMT -5
2012 was one of the best years ever for the WCC. They got SIX NCAA bids (BYU, San Diego, Saint Mary's, Loyola Marymount, Santa Clara, and Pepperdine). Believe it or not, the 7th place team (San Francisco) actually had a shot at the NCAA's. San Francisco had FIVE top 50 wins but did not make the tournament. They had beaten Cal(twice), Pepperdine, and LMU (twice). Cal, LMU, Pepperdine all made the NCAA tournament. San Francisco didn't have a sub-100 RPI loss. San Francisco's problem was their RPI was in the 50s. But five top 50 wins is really good - to put it in perspective, some teams might get an at-large bid this year with just one top 50 win, others with just two top 50 wins. UNI should definitely get in with three top 50 wins, then. Yes, unfortunate that BYU is so low. Their only two losses of the season are to Baylor, which has turned out to be a very good team (and just swept @ Kansas), and to San Diego, after beating USD earlier in the season. (Off topic) While Baylor is very good, a sweep of a Rigdon-less Kansas team does not have the value as a sweep of a Rigdon-led Kansas team.
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