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Post by bayarea on Nov 26, 2019 23:11:12 GMT -5
Slattery finished her volleyball career at LMU with a match leading 18 kills, hitting .302. She's been a really valuable player for LMU.
Frohling led San Diego with 12 kills at .233
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Post by trojansc on Nov 26, 2019 23:20:23 GMT -5
Does anyone have any information on the Samford/LMU match that was ruled a no contest? I remember some sketchy stuff going on in the 5th set. It makes a difference as Samford could finish T50 in RPI. I remember a huge delay and some dramatics, but could never figure out what went on. LMU went on to win 24-22 in a wild 5th set. I went back and found some old posts on this thread from that day. I'm curious to know what exactly caused it to be a no contest. I didn't notice until checking Samford's schedule -- because LMU still has it listed as a win on their schedule. The officials are having serious struggles with this LMU match. Samford up 12-11 and appeared to get to 13-11, but LMU challenging a block touch. And LMU gets the very important call, tying the match at 12-12 Samford tools the block to go up 13-12. Booth ties it at 13-13. My recollection was LMU challenged two plays at 10 all and 11-10 Samford, and lost both challenges. I wonder if LMU was supposed to win the challenge at 11-10, the ref ruled incorrectly, and it was not corrected until 13-10. Then Samford lost that point as well? I don't know, but that was my best guess from following along.
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Post by bayarea on Nov 26, 2019 23:30:35 GMT -5
Santa Clara took the third set over Pacific 26-24, fittingly on a block by Taylor Odom which broke the Santa Clara all-time single season blocking record (181 blocks). Odom also led the team with 13 kills, hitting .611 in her final match. Santa Clara won 3-0 to clinch 4th place alone in the WCC conference, and get their 20th win of the season. Quite a turnaround from the 2018 season where they finished dead last in the conference. Congratulations to the Broncos, Odom, and Coach Lindsey.
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Post by bayarea on Nov 26, 2019 23:35:42 GMT -5
Does anyone have any information on the Samford/LMU match that was ruled a no contest? I remember some sketchy stuff going on in the 5th set. It makes a difference as Samford could finish T50 in RPI. I remember a huge delay and some dramatics, but could never figure out what went on. LMU went on to win 24-22 in a wild 5th set. I went back and found some old posts on this thread from that day. I'm curious to know what exactly caused it to be a no contest. I didn't notice until checking Samford's schedule -- because LMU still has it listed as a win on their schedule. The officials are having serious struggles with this LMU match. Samford up 12-11 and appeared to get to 13-11, but LMU challenging a block touch. And LMU gets the very important call, tying the match at 12-12 Samford tools the block to go up 13-12. Booth ties it at 13-13. My recollection was LMU challenged two plays at 10 all and 11-10 Samford, and lost both challenges. I wonder if LMU was supposed to win the challenge at 11-10, the ref ruled incorrectly, and it was not corrected until 13-10. Then Samford lost that point as well? I don't know, but that was my best guess from following along. I saw recently on Rich Kern that the Samford match was not listed, and I thought it was a mistake (Sorry, Rich). I had no idea it was ruled a 'no contest', and I've seen so many matches since then, I have no recollection beyond what I wrote at the time. Very sorry. I think it was a REALLY long delay (like 15-20 minutes?) in the match, with both coaches going back and forth about what was correct.
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Post by bayarea on Nov 27, 2019 0:00:24 GMT -5
Saint Mary's pulled out a 3-1 win over San Francisco with a 25-23 fourth set. (I called one match right, tonight.) Zinger had 19 kills at .307 for San Francisco and Garcia finished her career with 17 kills at .192
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Post by bayarea on Nov 27, 2019 0:04:26 GMT -5
BYU and Pepperdine look like they will be going 5! Pepperdine up 23-19 in the fourth
And Pepperdine takes the fourth 25-20 after getting killed in the first set and going down 0-2
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Post by bayarea on Nov 27, 2019 0:34:46 GMT -5
BYU demolished Pepperdine 15-3 in the fifth set, most likely ending Pepperdine's season.
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Post by Sooners1822 on Nov 27, 2019 21:32:41 GMT -5
Santa Clara took the third set over Pacific 26-24, fittingly on a block by Taylor Odom which broke the Santa Clara all-time single season blocking record (181 blocks). Odom also led the team with 13 kills, hitting .611 in her final match. Santa Clara won 3-0 to clinch 4th place alone in the WCC conference, and get their 20th win of the season. Quite a turnaround from the 2018 season where they finished dead last in the conference. Congratulations to the Broncos, Odom, and Coach Lindsey. Agreed, a great turnaround for this program, in which the roster largely remained the same. Sangiacomo was a big addition but Coach Lindsey and staff truly are doing something very well. I would give her coach of the year, but I am expecting Petrie to get it, well deserved as well.
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Post by bayarea on Nov 28, 2019 0:27:40 GMT -5
OK...this is for @zazu.. wccsports.com/news/2019/11/27/womens-volleyball-byus-mckenna-miller-named-wcc-ucu-volleyball-player-of-the-week.aspxSAN BRUNO, Calif. – The West Coast Conference has named its UCU Volleyball Player of the Week for November 27, 2019. This is the final weekly honor for the 2019 season. UCU PLAYER OF THE WEEK – MCKENNA MILLER, SR., OH – BYU Senior McKenna Miller led No. 13 BYU to three wins to end the regular season for the Cougars. In the three matches the All-American had 45 kills hitting .405 with three aces, 14 digs and eight blocks. She had nine kills on a sterling .444 percentage with three blocks, three digs and an ace in a sweep of Portland. The senor then went off for 18 kills on a .419 clip with an ace and three blocks to defeat Gonzaga before finishing conference play with another huge game of 18 kills with eight digs, an ace and two blocks to beat Pepperdine. This is the fourth weekly honor of the season for Miller and the sixth overall for the Cougars. Also Nominated: Anna Newsome, San Diego; Shannon Scully, Pepperdine 2019 WCC UCU Volleyball Player of the Week November 27 – McKenna Miller, BYU November 18 – Megan Jacobsen, San Diego November 11 – Mary Lake, BYU November 4 – Tarah Wylie, Pepperdine October 28 – McKenna Miller, BYU October 21 – Anna Newsome, San Diego October 14 – Whitney Bower, BYU October 7 – Shannon Scully, Pepperdine September 30 – Thana Fayad, San Diego September 23 – McKenna Miller, BYU September 16 – Allison Dennemann, Pacific September 9 – McKenna Miller, BYU September 2 – Julia Sangiacomo, Santa Clara
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Post by bayarea on Nov 28, 2019 0:37:19 GMT -5
Also, not to take anything away from McKenna Miller, who I think is the undisputed POY, but how did Santa Clara's Taylor Odom not even get nominated?
Her last three matches were: 6/2/11 hitting .364 with 5 blocks and 1 ace vs Pepperdine 11/1 22, hitting .455 with 8 blocks and 3 aces vs LMU 13/2/18, hitting .611 with 5 blocks and 1 ace vs Pacific, breaking the Santa Clara season blocking record set more than 30 years ago with 181 blocks, which also leads the NCAA...?
(30 kills total over three matches, hitting .490, with 18 blocks and 5 aces seems worthy of a nomination.)
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Post by Sooners1822 on Nov 28, 2019 8:07:11 GMT -5
I hope Miller gets POY, shes a no brainer. Think USD as conference champ will get FOY in Frohling and COY in Petrie. Odom has a strong case for DPOY, can she steal it away from Lake? I know Lake doesn’t have great accessible statistical support but Think she gets it because BYU is good and everyone knows she’s elite.
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Post by pelagius on Dec 2, 2019 13:20:17 GMT -5
WCC post-season awards out:
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Post by bayarea on Dec 2, 2019 13:33:57 GMT -5
This is an interesting departure from previous seasons where either a blocker or libero could be 'defender of the year'. Now it is a specific libero award and they have added a setter award. Also new this year is a First Team, Second Team and Honorable Mention. In prior years it was only First Team and HM. (I'm thinking the coaches must have really struggled with who to leave off of first team, because there are a whopping 16 names on First Team and only 6 on Second Team.)
BYU’s McKenna Miller named WCC Player of the Year; San Diego’s Jennifer Petrie earns sixth Coach of the Year honor
SAN BRUNO, Calif. --- After spending the bulk of the 2019 season ranked in the top-25, BYU and San Diego combined to sweep the 2019 West Coast Conference major individual honors and placed a total of 10 student-athletes on the All-WCC first and second teams. BYU senior All-American McKenna Miller was voted the 2019 Player of the Year while senior libero Mary Lake secured WCC Libero (formerly Defensive Player) of the Year honors for the third straight year. San Diego senior Anna Newsome collected inaugural Setter of the Year honors, while teammate opposite hitter Grace Frohling earned WCC Freshman of the Year accolades for the Toreros. USD's Jennifer Petrie was selected as the Coach of the Year for the sixth time. All five major individual awards – including the all-conference and all-freshman teams – were voted on solely by the WCC's 10 head coaches. Miller was the focal point of the one of the most efficient offenses in the country as the Cougars ranked 19th nationally in attack percentage (.275). The outside hitter averaged 4.71 kills per set, good for 11th among Division I leaders and was fifth in points per set (5.47). During conference play, Miller averaged 3.59 kills per set on .310 attacking. Miller is the fifth Cougar to earn Player of the Year honors and second consecutive to two-time All-American and 2018 National Player of the Year finalist Roni Jones-Perry. Lake is the third Cougar to capture Libero of the Year (formerly Defensive Player of the Year) honors and is the second student-athlete to do so in three consecutive seasons, joining current AVP professional Betsi Metter won three straight honors (2011-13) for LMU. Lake ranked eighth among conference leaders in digs (3.55 per set) while keying one of the league’s top defensive units. Lake finished the regular season with 1,877 career digs – the most in BYU history and good for third place on the WCC all-time chart.
Newsome enjoyed a remarkable senior campaign guiding the Toreros to its first outright WCC Championship since 2013 and 11th overall. Under her orchestration, San Diego boasted a potent offense ranked seventh nationally in attack percentage (.286) and 21st in kills per set (14.07) – both numbers tops in the WCC. Newsome averaged 10.12 assists per set during conference play to go along with 2.33 digs and 0.30 blocks per set. Frohling made an immediate impact for the Toreros in her debut season. The opposite hitter averaged 2.39 kills on .259 attacking to go along with 0.65 blocks and 0.34 service aces during WCC action. Frohling is the first San Diego student-athlete (ninth overall) to capture top frosh honors and the first since 2017, joining teammate Roxie Wiblin (2017). This is the sixth WCC Coach of the Year honor for Petrie, who propelled San Diego its 11th WCC Championship in 2019, matching Pepperdine for most in conference history. Along the way, Petrie collected her 400th career victory, directed the Toreros a 13-match winning streak and a pair of 9-match strings. San Diego opens play in its 10th straight NCAA Volleyball Championship Friday, Dec. 6 against Washington State in Hawaii. This year’s first team features four student-athletes making a repeat appearance, led by BYU’s Lake and Miller making their third straight all-conference squad. Pepperdine senior outside hitter Hannah Frohling (older sister of USD’s Grace Frohling) and 2018 National Freshman of the Year Heather Gneiting appear on the first team for the second time. For the first time in conference history 11 of the 12 capturing first team honors will compete in the NCAA Tournament. BYU and San Diego will compete in the 2019 NCAA Tournament as announced Sunday on ESPNU. This is the ninth straight year that at least two WCC programs have advanced to the NCAA Tournament. In addition, Santa Clara earned a berth in the 2019 NIVC Tournament beginning Thursday, Nov. 29.
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Post by bayarea on Dec 2, 2019 13:36:50 GMT -5
2019 WCC Volleyball Major Honors Player of the Year: McKenna Miller, Sr., OH – BYU Libero of the Year: Mary Lake, Sr., LIB – BYU Setter of the Year: Anna Newsome, Sr., S – San Diego Freshman of the Year: Grace Frohling, Fr., OPP – San Diego Coach of the Year: Jennifer Petrie, San Diego 2019 All-WCC Volleyball First Team Name Institution Yr. Pos. Whitney Bower BYU Fr. S Kennedy Eschenberg BYU Jr. MB Thana Fayad San Diego Sr. OH Grace Frohling San Diego Fr. OPP Hannah Frohling Pepperdine Sr. OH Kathya Garcia San Francisco Sr. OH Heather Gneiting BYU So. MB Megan Jacobsen San Diego Sr. MB Mary Lake BYU Sr. LIB McKenna Miller BYU Sr. OH Anna Newsome San Diego Sr. S Taylor Odom Santa Clara Sr. MB Tess Reid LMU Sr. S Shannon Scully Pepperdine Jr. OH Savannah Slattery LMU Sr. OH Tarah Wylie Pepperdine Sr. MB
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Post by bayarea on Dec 2, 2019 13:42:03 GMT -5
2019 All-WCC Volleyball Second Team Name Institution Yr. Pos. Rachel Ahrens Pepperdine So. OH/OPP Shayla Hoeft Portland Sr. MB Katie Lukes San Diego So. OH Riley Patterson Pacific So. OPP Julia Sangiacomo Santa Clara Fr. OH Jadyn Tubbs Pacific So. LIB HONORABLE MENTION Gonzaga: Sarah Penner Pepperdine: Hana Lishman Portland: Liz Reich Saint Mary’s: Breyan Ashley, Alexa “Crash” Parker, Aubrey Pitts San Diego: Annie Benbow, Lauren Turner San Francisco: Anna Dalla Vecchia Santa Clara: Allison Kantor, Michelle Shaffer 2019 WCC All-Freshman Team Name Institution Pos. Whitney Bower BYU S Grace Frohling San Diego OPP Kate Grimmer BYU OPP Julia Sangiacomo Santa Clara OH Lauren Turner San Diego MB Emme Walters LMU MB Isabel Zelaya Pepperdine S/OPP
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