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Post by robonthemic on Apr 11, 2006 18:52:23 GMT -5
(from April 10, 2006 UCI HEADS INTO FINAL WEEK WITH TWO IMPORTANT MPSF MATCHES: No. 1 UC Irvine (25-3, 18-2) will travel to No. 3 Cal State Northridge Wednesday (Apr. 12) then hosts No. 8 UC Santa Barbara Saturday (Apr. 15) at 7:00 p.m. in the Bren Center to close out the regular season. Wednesday’s match at Northridge will be broadcast on an internet-only basis by KUCI 88.9 FM with Robert Espero calling the action. The match can be accessed via the web at www.athletics.uci.edu/RAD/listenlive.htmlSeniors Paul Spittle and Steffin Rangel will be recognized prior to Saturday’s match. BIG WEEK: UCI will battle Cal State Northridge and UC Santa Barbara in important MPSF matches. Heading into the final week of action, the Anteaters sit on top of the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation standings, one game ahead of Hawaii. The Warriors will host BYU twice this week. The conference’s top team earns a bye in the first round of the MPSF Tournament and hosts the semifinals and finals April 27 and April 29. The Anteaters are guaranteed a top four finish for the first time in school history. Prior to this season, UCI’s best finish was fifth in 2003. VERSUS THE OPPONENTS: The Anteaters topped Cal State Northridge (3-0) and UC Santa Barbara (3-1) in MPSF matches earlier this year, but the Gauchos beat the Anteaters in five games in the first match of the UCSB Elephant Bar Tournament in January. Third-ranked Northridge is riding a seven-match winning streak. The Matadors, who enter the week in fifth place in the league standings, are 18-8 overall and 13-7 in the MPSF. UCI’s last win at Northridge dates back to Mar. 1, 2002 (3-1). The Anteaters are 3-11 all-time on Northridge’s home court. |
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Post by Rocky on Apr 11, 2006 20:03:44 GMT -5
From CSUN website (they also are broadcasting via the internet for free):
April 11th 2006
Third-Ranked Matadors Wrap Up Regular Season vs. Top-Ranked UC Irvine and No. 7 UCLA
THIS WEEK:
Match #27: No. 1 UC Irvine at No. 3 Northridge, Wednesday, April 12, The Matadome, Northridge, Calif., 7 p.m.
Match #28: No. 7 UCLA at No. 3 Northridge, Friday, April 14, The Matadome, Northridge, Calif., 7 p.m.
THIRD-RANKED MATADORS WRAP UP REGULAR SEASON VS. UC IRVINE AND UCLA
Third-ranked Cal State Northridge (18-8, 13-7 MPSF) closes out the regular season this week as the Matadors host top-ranked UC Irvine on Wednesday and seventh-ranked UCLA on Friday. Northridge, which has won a season-high seven consecutive matches, can still finish as high as third in the MPSF and as low as sixth depending on this week’s results. For possible tournament scenarios see page two of this release.
INTERNET RADIO COVERAGE
Both matches this week will be broadcast live on GoMatadors.com with Cory Bluemling calling the action. Both Wednesday’s and Friday’s broadcasts are scheduled to begin at 6:55 p.m.
MATADORS MOVE UP TO THIRD IN CSTV/AVCA TOP 15 POLL
After sweeping both No. 5 Pepperdine and No. 10 USC last week, the Matadors moved up to a season-best third in this week’s CSTV/AVCA Top 15 poll. Northridge received a season-high 204 points this week, up 14 points from last week. The number three national ranking is the highest a Northridge team has been ranked since March 12, 1996. UC Irvine (25-3) remained in the top spot for the fifth straight week after collecting 15 of the 16 first-place votes. Hawai’i (21-4), which received the other remaining first-place vote, moved up to second followed the Matadors (18-8) in third. BYU (18-6) dropped two spots to fourth followed by Long Beach State (19-9) in fifth. Pepperdine (15-7) dropped to sixth this week followed by UCLA (18-12), UC Santa Barbara (13-13), Loyola-Chicago (20-6) and Penn State (17-7) rounds out this week’s top 10. Spots 11-15 this week are occupied by USC (11-17), IPFW (18-6), George Mason (21-5), Ball State (20-5) and Ohio State (17-11). The Matadors are ranked fourth in the latest Molten/Volleyball Men’s Top 10 poll released Apr. 10.
MATADORS TAKE ON FIRST TOP-RANKED TEAM THIS SEASON
With UC Irvine’s trip to Northridge on Wednesday, the Anteaters will be the first top-ranked team the Matadors have faced this season. Irvine was ranked third when the two teams met in February. Since 2003, Northridge is 2-6 against teams ranked at the top of the AVCA poll with the Matadors’ last win over a number one team coming in 2003 when Northridge upset No. 1 UC Irvine and new No. 1 Hawai’i in back-to-back matches.
CAMPBELL PICKS UP 125TH CAREER WIN IN 3-0 VICTORY OVER USC
Matador head coach Jeff Campbell picked up his 125th career win in Northridge’s three-game win over No. 10 USC on Friday. After opening his Matador career with a combined 14-35 record over his first two seasons (1998-99), Campbell is now 111-90 (.552) since the 2000 season and 74-45 (.622) since the 2003 season. With 13 more wins, Campbell will pass Walt Ker and move into second place on the all-time Cal State Northridge coaching wins list behind John Price.
TOURNAMENT SCENARIOS
With two wins this week, the Matadors would finish the 22-match MPSF regular season with a 15-7 record. With a pair of BYU losses at Hawai’i and a Pepperdine loss at home to USC, Northridge would finish third in the standings and host the sixth-place team. By splitting its two matches this week, the Matadors would finish 14-8 and could finish no higher than fourth but could still host a quarterfinal match. With a pair of losses this week, Northridge could slip to sixth depending on Long Beach State’s final two match results. The top two teams and teams 7-8 have been decided but the order of finish is still in question. UC Irvine and Hawai’i are both in the running for first and UCLA and Santa Barbara are battling to host the 7-8 play-in match.
MATADORS IN THE NCAA STATISTICS
In the latest NCAA statistics (Apr. 4), Travis Bluemling ranks sixth in assists per game (13.28), James Lischer is 12th (.433) and Brian Waite is 13th (.428) in hitting percentage. Also, Cary Hanson ranks 18th (.316) in service aces per game, Dan Rhodes is 12th in kills per game (4.37) and 13th in points per game (5.08) and Sebastian Pedraza is 16th in digs per game (2.22).
SCOUTING UC IRVINE
The top-ranked Anteaters come into Wednesday’s match riding a 19-match win streak after winning at No. 15 Pacific and Stanford last week. Jayson Jablonsky combined for 33 kills in the two wins last week and averages 4.19 kpg this season. Matt Webber leads UCI averaging 4.78 kpg, which ranks seventh nationally. Head coach Jon Speraw is in his fourth season at UC Irvine and sports a 68-52 career and school record. Wednesday’s match will be the 41st meeting between the Matadors and Anteaters with Northridge holding a 30-10 edge in the series. Irvine won this season’s first meeting in three games back on Feb. 8.
SCOUTING UCLA
Seventh-ranked UCLA travels to UC Santa Barbara on Wednesday before coming to Northridge on Friday. The Bruins are also one of the hottest teams in the MPSF after winning their sixth straight match with a 3-0 win at No. 15 Pacific last week. Steve Klosterman is the team leader in kills (334) while Paul George is next at 322. Head coach Al Scates is in his 44th season as the head coach at UCLA and sports a 1,095-206 career and school record. Friday’s match will be the 61st meeting all-time between the Matadors and Bruins with UCLA holding a 52-7-1 edge in the series. The Matadors have won the last two matches including a 3-2 win at Pauley Pavilion on Feb. 10.
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Post by swingaway on Apr 12, 2006 15:47:31 GMT -5
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