GoHatters.com: No. 8 Stetson (29-8) will face top-ranked USC (28-4) in the first round of the NCAA double elimination tournament Friday at 10 a.m. The Trojans defeated the Hatters 4-1 on March 7, but the Hatters' lone point came from Rebecca Ingram and Quinci Birker are at the 5 seed.
"I think they feel good going into USC because they beat that pair before," said Stetson head coach Kristina Hernandez. "That gives them a little bit of confidence going in. Overall, I think they will thrive. They did really well when we went out to California, so we are hoping for the same thing."
"There remains one more tournament for senior Emily Maglio. One more shot at a National Championship, where the Bows are the seven seed in this weekend’s NCAA Tournament. What happens after that is up to her. She could become a vet, as she has studied to be. She could become an Olympian indoors. She could become an Olympian on the beach."
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Ari Homayun and Julia Scoles are ready for this weekend’s NCAA Tournament!
"We love coming out of the contender’s bracket," said senior Sarah Sponcil.
UCLA head coach is confident despite the losses suffered last weekend. "(USC) seems to play a good 10 to 20% better at home. We’re looking forward to playing them on neutral territory, and I like our chances," said Stein Metzger.
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"We love coming out of the contender’s bracket," said senior Sarah Sponcil.
UCLA head coach is confident despite the losses suffered last weekend. "(USC) seems to play a good 10 to 20% better at home. We’re looking forward to playing them on neutral territory, and I like our chances," said Stein Metzger.
Ahem, Coach Whine, your season long winning streak was broken by whom and where? By USC on neutral territory at the PAC-12 North Invitational at Stanford on April 7th. So USC won the only time they faced each other on neutral territory.
USC and UCLA faced each other 5 times this season and the only match that didn’t go 3-2/2-3 was UCLA winning 4-1... where? At UCLA of course!
Bring it, Coach Whine! I like the Bruins chances of losing with such an illogical coach. What team doesn’t play 10-20% better at home?!?
Coach Whine’s statement is so disrespectful to FSU, Cal Poly, and Hawai’i. I hope those teams use Whine’s complete disregard for their teams’ chances as motivation. At least the Bruin players have already been quoted twice as saying they like being in the losers bracket.
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Floroda State head coach Brooke Niles: "Our goal is to get better every time we’re out on the sand whether it’s practice or a tournament, and I think we’ve been able to do that consistently over the last ten weeks or so. (...) I want to treat every match the same way we’d treat a National Championship match."
"Heading into the NCAA Championships this weekend, the Bruins are No. 2. Justine has come a long way from the girl on the sideline who didn’t make the list. She’s now one of the most formidable and athletic blockers in the country, with an opportunity for a second straight NCAA title weekend."
2019 NCAA Beach Volleyball Championship Gulf Place Beach, Gulf Shores, Alabama
May 2 8am Gates open to public 9-10:30am Open Team Practice: USC (video), Stetson (video) 10:45am-12:15pm Open Team Practice: Pepperdine (video), LSU (video) 12:15-12:45pm Autograph Session: UCLA, Florida State, Cal Poly, Hawaii - Gulf Shores Beach Tents 1-1:30pm Autograph Session: USC, Pepperdine, LSU, Stetson - Gulf Shores Beach Tents 1:30-3pm Open Team Practice: UCLA (video), Hawaii (video) 3:15-4:45pm Open Team Practice: Florida State (video), Cal Poly (video) ...