Future for Caltech

[macroman]

And Chapman an Caltech are getting underway!

[macroman]

Chapman took a very nice rally in the third point to go up 2-1.

[macroman]

Chapman takes the first 25-15. The Beavers staid close early with scores of 5-5 and 11-9 but then Chapman went on runs to make it 15-9 then 20-10 and the teams mostly traded points from there.

[macroman]

The second was the same 25-15. Caltech making some good plays but not enough.

[macroman]

Third set fell apart pretty quickly with Chapman completing the sweep 25-10.

[macroman]

The new camera angle is a lot easier to watch. The distant position sacrifices detail but it's easy to keep track of what is going on.

[bigfan]

LAGUNA NIGUEL, Calif. (Nov. 2, 2019) – Senior Lauren Li (Bellaire, Texas / Bellaire) became the first player in the history of the Caltech volleyball program to receive All-SCIAC recognition, while Head Coach Tom Gardner and his staff received SCIAC Coaching Staff of the Year honors.

Li, who was named to Second Team All-SCIAC, posted a career season with 235 kills on a .211 percentage. The senior will go down as arguably the best offensive player to come through the program to date, as her 702 career kills are a Caltech volleyball record. Li is also the only player in Caltech history to register multiple seasons of 200 kills or greater.

Li and her teammates progressed and thrived under the leadership of Gardner. The sixth-year Caltech head coach led his team to its first 10-win season in more than 20 years as well as its first season of multiple SCIAC victories, which also included a sweep of Occidental College. Gardner-coached players now occupy the majority of single-season and career statistical records thanks to a season where the Beavers statistically raised the bar in nearly every team category. Gardner and the Beavers will look to build upon their impressive season down the line with 2019 serving as the new standard for Caltech volleyball.

www.gocaltech.com/sports/wvball/2019-20/releases/20191104eb6qvf

[bigfan]

SCIAC Coaching Staff of the Year


Tom Gardner............Lauren Li

Caltech

In his sixth season as head coach of the Caltech women's volleyball program, 2019 SCIAC Coaching Staff of the Year honors went to Tom Gardner and the Beavers' staff. Gardner led the Beavers to a 10-16 overall record during the year, highlighted by a 4-12 mark in conference competition. Since taking over the program in 2014, Gardner and the Beavers posted their best finish to a season (10-16, 4-12 SCIAC) and also had their first all-conference selection this year (Lauren Li - second team all-conference).

www.thesciac.org/sports/wvball/2019-20/releases/20191103k0o1zf

[bigfan]

2023 SCIAC Women’s Volleyball Preseason Poll


Athenas Tabbed to Win Seventh Consecutive Title in Volleyball Preseason Poll

2023 SCIAC Women’s Volleyball Preseason Poll
1. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, 81 points (9 first-place votes)
2. Pomona-Pitzer, 65 pts
3. La Verne, 64 pts
4. California Lutheran, 59 pts
5. Whittier, 41 pts
6. Chapman, 39 pts
7. Caltech, 23 pts
8. Occidental, 19 pts
9. Redlands, 14 pts




Caltech Women's Volleyball Announces 2023 Schedule

gocaltech.com/news/2023/6/27/womens-volleyball-announces-2023-schedule.aspx



Date Time At Opponent Location
Sep. 1 (Fri.) 6:00 PM Home Providence Christian * Pasadena, Calif. (Braun Gymnasium)
Sep. 2 (Sat.) 11:00 AM Home Antelope Valley * Pasadena, Calif. (Braun Gymnasium)
Sep. 2 (Sat.) 3:00 PM Home Life Pacific * Pasadena, Calif. (Braun Gymnasium)
Sep. 6 (Sat.) 6:00 PM Home UC Santa Cruz * Pasadena, Calif. (Braun Gymnasium)
Sep. 11 (Mon.) 5:00 PM Away West Coast Baptist * Lancaster, Calif.
Sep. 15 (Fri.) 2:00 PM Away Wooster * Oberlin, Ohio
Sep. 15 (Fri.) 6:00 PM Away St. Vincent * Oberlin, Ohio
Sep. 16 (Sat.) 2:00 PM Away Oberlin * Oberlin, Ohio
Sep. 22 (Fri.) 7:00 PM Away Redlands Redlands, Calif.
Sep. 23 (Sat.) 2:00 PM Home Pomona-Pitzer Pasadena, Calif. (Braun Gymnasium)
Sep. 26 (Tue.) 7:00 PM Away La Verne La Verne, Calif.
Sep. 29 (Fri.) 7:00 PM Home Cal Lutheran Pasadena, Calif. (Braun Gymnasium)
Sep. 30 (Sat.) TBA Away Whittier Whittier, Calif.
Oct. 6 (Fri) 7:00 PM Home Chapman Pasadena, Calif. (Braun Gymnasium)
Oct. 7 (Sat.) 6:00 PM Away Occidental Los Angeles
Oct. 10 (Tue.) 7:00 PM Home CMS Pasadena, Calif. (Braun Gymnasium)
Oct. 17 (Tue.) 7:00 PM Home La Verne Pasadena, Calif. (Braun Gymnasium)
Oct. 20 (Fri.) 7:00 PM Away Cal Lutheran Thousand Oaks, Calif.
Oct. 21 (Sat.) 2:00 PM Home Whittier Pasadena, Calif. (Braun Gymnasium)
Oct. 27 (Fri.) 7:00 PM Away Chapman Orange, Calif.
Oct. 28 (Sat.) 2:00 PM Home Occidental Pasadena, Calif. (Braun Gymnasium)
Oct. 31 (Tue.) 7:00 PM Away CMS Claremont, Calif.
Nov. 3 (Fri.) 7:00 PM Home Redlands Pasadena, Calif. (Braun Gymnasium)
Nov. 4 (Sat.) 4:00 PM Away Pomona-Pitzer Claremont, Calif.

[bigfan]

Caltech Volleyball Tops Antelope Valley in Four Sets

PASADENA, Calif. — The Caltech volleyball team picked up its first win of the 2023 campaign on Saturday, defeating the University of Antelope Valley Pioneers in a four-set home contest. It was a quick turnaround for the Beavers, who opened their season on Friday night before scooping the 25-17, 25-15, 14-25, 25-14 victory the following morning. The Beavers improved to 1-1 on the season before falling to Life Pacific later in the afternoon.

gocaltech.com/news/2023/9/2/womens-volleyball-caltech-volleyball-tops-antelope-valley-in-four-sets.aspx

[jcvball22]

I love the CalTech has their own thread. This program is the epitome of true student-athletes and their coach is an absolute class act.

Go Beavers!

[bigfan]

Caltech 3, Saint Vincent 0
The Bearcats fell in their second match by a 3-0 defeat, losing the first set 25, 12, the second set 25-19, and the final set 25-19.

Staples and Polk once again led the way in the second match of the day, both recording six kills for SVC. Jessica Hughes, along with Fox and DiFuccia all had three kills in the loss as well. Eagler recorded two blocks and 18 assists for SVC as well.

Ramos once again led the way with 16 digs in the match.

It was all Caltech in the opening set. The Beavers opened up to a 6-1 lead, scoring the first four points of the set and never looked back. The Bearcats attempted to claw back into the match, cutting the lead to 13-9 after a kill from Polk but were unable to sustain it.

The Beavers closed the set out on a 12-3 run to win the set (25-12), taking a 1-0 lead in the match.

It was a similar story in the second set as well. Caltech opened up to an early 7-3 lead. This time, Saint Vincent climbed back into the set, going on a 7-3 run of their own to tie the set up at 10-10 after a kill from Fox.

The Beavers answered with an 8-1 run to regain a commanding 18-11 lead. The Bearcats had one final run in them in the set, going on a 6-0 run on three errors by Caltech, mixed between two service aces from Polk and a kill from Staples as the Beavers held a slight 18-17 lead.

Caltech went on to outscore the Bearcats 7-2 over the remaining points to win set two (25-19), taking a 2-0 lead in the match.

Caltech controlled the majority of the third set as well. The Beavers opened up to an early 5-1 lead, but SVC bounced back. The Bearcats scored the next three points on a service error by the Beavers and back-to-back aces from Ramos to cut the lead to 5-4.

The teams traded the next several points back-and-forth as Caltech still led by one at 13-12. It was all Beavers from that point, as Caltech went on a 10-4 run to take a 23-16 lead. The Bearcats gave one final attempt to cut into the lead but fell short falling in the final set (25-19) and the match 3-0.

As a team, SVC compiled 25 kills, 47 digs, and 22 assists. The Bearcats also recorded seven service aces in the match as well.

Claire Perhach led the way for Caltech with 14 kills. Sophia Parker also had a solid game for the Beavers, recording nine kills in the win.

The Bearcats will play their final game of the Oberlin Invitational, tomorrow, Saturday, September 16, when they take on Wooster. The game is scheduled to begin at noon at Oberlin College.

athletics.stvincent.edu/news/2023/9/15/womens-volleyball-womens-volleyball-splits-doubleheader-at-oberlin-invitational.aspx

[bigfan]

Bulldog Women's Volleyball loses in straight sets to Caltech

REDLANDS, Calif. – The University of Redlands women's volleyball team (3-4, 0-2) fell to the California Institute of Technology (CIT) on Friday evening inside Currier Gym as they lost in straight sets.

The Bulldogs did not start well in the first set as they conceded seven of the first eight points and the lone point won was off a Beaver attacking error.

Redlands, though, called a timeout and over the next 16 points the Bulldogs won 10 of 16 and got within two, 13-11. During that stretch Paige Sugg had two kills while Avery Aminoff, Kiki Stradford, and Lilia Donaldson all had one kill with Ella Goettsche assisting on three kills and Kaegen Wherry recording two.

CIT would steady the ship with a timeout which allowed them to finish the first set on a 12-7 run as they took the set 25-17.

The second set saw the Bulldogs come out strong with four of the first six points thanks to kills from Stradford and Aminoff and a kill for Goettsche.

Redlands' rhythm was thrown off after they thought they had a 3-1 lead but were called for being out of rotation and they lost the point and it was given to CIT, as was the service.

The set would remain tight as the two teams were tied at four, five, six, and seven. The Beavers would start to take control after it was tied at seven as they won six-straight to take a 13-7 lead.

Donaldson, Aminoff, Wherry, and Makaila Brooks all had kills as they responded to CIT's run with an 8-3 run of their own as they got within one, 16-15.

The strong run of play would not last as the Beavers ended the set by winning nine of the final 12 points and took the set 25-18.

The third and final set was a mixed bag as they won the first three points thanks to two Beaver errors and a service ace from Goettsche, but fell behind by six, 13-7, through the middle of the set. Another 3-0 stretch got them back into the set as they trailed by only three, 13-10, but allowed a 12-5 run to end the set.

The Bulldogs offense got more efficient as the match went on, improving from .053 hitting percentage in the first to a .118 in the second and then a .318 in the third. The problem, though, was they did not get enough opportunities as they had 38 and 34 total attacks in the first two sets but only 22 in the third. The defense, however, did not improve, as CIT hit .538 in the third after .225 and .194 percentages to start.

goredlands.com/news/2023/9/22/bulldog-womens-volleyball-loses-in-straight-sets-to-caltech.aspx

[bigfan]

Pomona-Pitzer Falls in Five Set Match with Caltech


PASADENA, Ca. – The Pomona-Pitzer volleyball team dropped a five set battle to the Caltech Beavers 3-2 (25-20, 24-26, 25-21, 19-25, 15-9). Chloe Gill led the attack with 17 kills while Kellan Hayes and Paige Mountanos turned in 14 and 12 kills. Kylie Mies dished out 21 assists with Savanna Cespedes recording 17. Corrina Benson and Paige Wilson both recorded over 20 digs with Benson ending the day with 26 while Wilson turned in 20.


How It Happened
The first set was a back and forth battle that featured early ties until the Beavers managed to take a slight 8-6 lead before extending it to 10-7. Pomona-Pitzer countered with a 4-1 run to tie things at 11-11 but Caltech responded with a run of their own to take a 16-12 lead and force a Sagehen timeout. Out of the break, the Sagehens applied pressure, closing the gap to 18-17 with a 5-2 run to force Caltech to talk things over. Out of the break, the Beavers were able to go on a 7-3 run to take set one 25-20.

Set two was evenly matched in the early going with both teams trading attacks as they worked to a 9-9 tie. The Sagehens finally broke loose, scoring six unanswered points to take a 15-9 lead. Pomona-Pitzer extended their lead to a convincing 19-12 but the Beavers stormed back into the contest with an 8-1 run to tie the set at 20-20. From there the two teams battled once again with the Sagehens coming out on top with a 26-24 set two victory.

The Beavers were able to regain their match lead at 2-1 with a 25-21 victory in set three but the Sagehens responded promptly with a 25-19 victory in set four to force a decisive fifth set in Pasadena. The Sagehens and Beavers fought to an early tie, but the Beavers pulled away late and took set five 15-9 to earn the 3-2 victory over Pomona-Pitzer.

sagehens.com/news/2023/9/23/womens-volleyball-volleyball-falls-in-five-set-match-with-caltech.aspx

[bigfan]

Women’s Volleyball Athletes of the Week | Sept. 25, 2023

Defensive Athlete of the Week


Name: Celine Wu
School: Caltech
Year: Fy.
Position: Libero
Hometown/High School: Potomac, Md. / Montgomery Blair

Wu accumulated 42 digs over eight sets as Caltech upset Pomona-Pitzer Colleges, ranked second in the Preseason Poll, and swept the University of Redlands to begin conference play 2-0. She recorded 31 in the five-setter against the Sagehens who still hit .229 as a team and added six aces and four assists over the pair of matches.

thesciac.org/news/2023/9/25/womens-volleyball-athletes-of-the-week-sept-25-2023.aspx