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Post by georgia(pacific)girl on Mar 29, 2003 0:41:50 GMT -5
Tigers tromp the Waves in 3!!! (no kidding) ;D The Tigers were hitting the heck out of the ball all night. Quick sets to the middle were killing Pepperdine.
GO TIGERS!!
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Post by Ninja on Mar 29, 2003 1:11:03 GMT -5
Pacific Shocks Pepperdine Sweep
Rodgers leads wa with 15 kills and .591 hitting percentage
3/28/2003 -STOCKTON, Calif. - The sixth-ranked Pacific men's volleyball team upset top-ranked Pepperdine in a three game sweep (30-28, 30-28, 30-27) on March 28.
The win improved the Tigers to 15-10 and 9-7 in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation. The loss dropped the Waves to 18-3 and 15-2 MPSF.
For the second consecutive year, the Tigers defeated the top ranked Waves at the Alex G. Spanos Center. Pacific outhit Pepperdine .405-.331.
With the Tigers victorious in game one, the Tigers were behind 24-28 in game two. Pacific then scored the next six points to win the game.
The Tigers had four players record double figures in kills. Junior Sean Rodgers (Fresno, Calif.) led the way with 15 kills (.591). Sophomore Nils Dauburs (Riga, Latvia) tallied 14 kills (.545) and added three aces. Senior Martin Berntsen (Naustsal, Norway) added 12 kills. Libero Mike Gawlik (Naperville, Ill.) had 14 digs. Senior Aaron Wachtfogel (Redondo Beach, Calif.) also recorded 14 digs to go with his 12 kills (.455). Senior setter Chris Tamas (Santa Barbara, Calif.) had a game high 55 assists.
Pepperdine was led by Sean Rooney who tallied a game high 18 kills (.429). Fred Winters (13 kills) and Brad Keenan (11 kills) also recorded double digits in kills.
Pacific is back in action on Saturday, March 29, hosting the University of Southern California at 7 p.m. at the Alex G. Spanos Center.
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Post by tigfan on Mar 29, 2003 1:34:24 GMT -5
booya...Tigers are rollin' w/ a big win over Pepperdine tonight. And to all those who picked Pepperdine in 3 in our weekly little game...eat it.  Outstanding defense and timely attacking lead the tigers tonight...look out bubble teams, the tigers are on the prowl. tigfan |
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Post by Roxy on Mar 29, 2003 2:04:27 GMT -5
Congratulations beating the Waves!  I thought Pacific was a very good team. I was very impressed when I saw them play against UH last week. Although they were not so tall, their middle was great and their dig was good. (I thought their positioning was perfect and was able to dig difficult shots) Way to go Tigers! Good luck in the rest of your games. (Keep UCLA out from MPSF playoff for the first time? ) |
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Post by HwnStunner01 on Mar 29, 2003 2:08:22 GMT -5
MUAHAHAHAHAH.... ;D
Too bad Pepperdine is still gonna win the conference...
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Post by VBCrusin on Mar 29, 2003 3:23:20 GMT -5
It seems that Pep fell into the Pacific...  Congrats to the Tigers. If anyone is wondering if Pepperdine had an off night, the answer is NO. Check out the stats and Pep had good match numbers, BUT Pacific played their game of the season. Out blocked Pep...quickset kills over the middle... That is quite an achievement. I wish I was there, because it sounded like a close match even though it was in 3 games. Hmmmmmmmm will the Tigers eat raw meat for the rest of the season?  |
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Post by sweetieVBfan on Mar 29, 2003 4:14:51 GMT -5
yes! i predicted that! props to me! i hope i finally win!
i just checked, and vballah and i were the only ones to predict that one, but it was more of a blowout than either of us thought (i picked the tigers to win in 4, vballah picked to win in 5).
i've got my fingers crossed that long beach, pacific, stanford and pepperdine pull off wins this week, which would give me my first perfect score! PLEASE!
and yes, my terrapins lost today. *sniff* it's amazing how loud this campus gets when we lose. i think it's louder than when we win!
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Post by Barefoot In Kailua on Mar 29, 2003 12:12:03 GMT -5
Congrats to the Tigers and their fans. UOP is definitely a quality team, and will make some nosie in the MPSF tournament. They couldn't beat Hawai'i last week, but then again, who can ? . Not to take anything away from UOP's victory, because a three game sweep of Pepperdine is very impressive, but this loss by the Waves is a bump in the road for them, they will be the top seed in the tournament, and roll untill they hit the wall that is the University of Hawai'i . Solid win for the Tigers! |
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Post by Ms X on Mar 29, 2003 18:14:06 GMT -5
Have you seen a more handsome volleyball player than Nils Dauburs, Pacific # 13?
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Post by I have on Mar 29, 2003 18:17:49 GMT -5
Zach Slenker of Penn st is really cute, Nils looks dorky  |
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Post by MyYummy on Mar 29, 2003 19:08:40 GMT -5
I love dorky looking guys, so I would pick #14 - Krystian Krzyzak of Loyola University!  |
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Post by Pacificgirl at Pac West tourn on Mar 29, 2003 20:23:01 GMT -5
Chris Tamas is pretty good lookin  |
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Post by sweetieVBfan on Mar 29, 2003 21:18:45 GMT -5
okay, as most of the regular posters can attest to, i am THE expert on the looks of the men's volleyball players.
and the hottest one is tyler hildebrand of long beach. hands down.
and a VERY close second is shane davis of loyola-chicago.
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Post by mvbdad on Mar 30, 2003 15:37:00 GMT -5
Hey everyone: We were at the match and sorry Crusin Pepperdine didn't have a stellar game. !st time this season they were outblocked by any team . The X - factor for the Tigers on Friday night was the setting of Tamas ( the best setter out there right now ) . He sets the ball so high that the middles get up over the block on almost every swing and it was flawless on Friday night . They also played better defense than I have seen by any team all year long. So, the final synopsis is they played great , Pepperdine played not so great. But you can't take this game away from the Tigers ,because they definately had IT on Friday night.
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Congrats to the Tigers. If anyone is wondering if Pepperdine had an off night, the answer is NO.
