LBSU wins over UCI 3-0

[UCSBVball]

LBSU TOPPLES UCI, 3-0
IRVINE, CA -- Long Beach State improved to 12-4, 2-1 after its 3-0 win over UC Irvine on Thursday night. Erika Chidester and Alexis Crimes both recorded 12 kills each in the victory.

[TheSantaBarbarian]

Boy, UCI is really in the down this year.

[Gorf]

Pacific swept UC Davis, 30-22, 30-15, 30-20

[GatorVball]

Saw UCI when they played Florida. Pavlik was the only player I liked on their team. The rest of their team didn't impress me. They have these 2 huge middles, who I think are both freshman, who prove that size really is overrated in this sport.

[bucky415]

It is too bad that UCI lost; it is hard to root against the Anteaters. That is just a great team name.

[Wolfgang]

Who sets that UCI team? Is it Conom?

[808]

gatorvball said:

Saw UCI when they played Florida. Pavlik was the only player I liked on their team. The rest of their team didn't impress me. They have these 2 huge middles, who I think are both freshman, who prove that size really is overrated in this sport.

Amanda Vasquez is still there in the middle, too. She's a senior from Hawaii. Trisha White is a pretty good player for them also, but I think she's been a little inconsistent so far this year.

[Mumsie]

wolfgang said:

Who sets that UCI team? Is it Conom?

Looking at the stats, it looks like Crista is setting this year.
I used to be a fan of hers back in the Juniors days.

[romeo]

wolfgang said:

Who sets that UCI team? Is it Conom?

Yes - Conom set. As for LB, the setting was very solid, which surprised me because Beachman said it was the weakest area on the team. At least against UCI, that was definitely not true.

UCI really misses Kelly Wing, both offensively and for her passing. I think this was expected, and making the transition to 'team' will take time.

[PierreAmi]

romeo said:

wolfgang said:

Who sets that UCI team? Is it Conom?

Yes - Conom set. As for LB, the setting was very solid, which surprised me because Beachman said it was the weakest area on the team. At least against UCI, that was definitely not true.

Perhaps now you're starting to see a pattern concerning what Beachman says versus the reality that you see.

[beachman]

I wouldn't believe anything that Beachman says Just curious, but were you there?

[PierreAmi]

You can laugh at yourself - that's good. It's one step towards seeing the light...

[bigfan]

49ers sweep past UCI
By Frank Burlison, Staff writer



Long Beach State volleyball coach Brian Gimmillaro went into this season anticipating that quality depth would be one of his team's trademarks.
That point couldn't be illustrated more adeptly than it was Thursday night in UC Irvine's muggy Crawford Hall.

The 49ers, with reserves playing significant roles while replacing injured starters, cruised to a 3-0 Big West Conference victory over the host Anteaters in front of 583.

Sophomore setter Dyanne Lawlor, playing in a match for the first time since Sept. 10 because of the injured left wrist of starter Nicole Vargas, had 38 assists and three kills to help Long Beach improve its conference and overall records to 2-1 and 12-4, respectively.

Freshman Quincy Verdin, starting for Rosie Lewis (sore knee), had four kills. Junior Robin Miramontes didn't enter the match until Game 3 but also collected four kills.

The 49ers travel to face Cal State Northridge at 7 in another Big West match.

Erika Chidester (12), Alexis Crimes (12) and Ali Daley (nine) combined for 33 kills to help their team collect 30-25, 30-21 and 30-21 victories for its seventh sweep of the season.

Senior defensive specialist Taylor Peyton, in more playing time than she's gotten of late, had a team-high nine digs for Long Beach.

"The things we do well, we do very well," Gimmillaro said.

"If we eliminate the giveaways and minimize our errors, then we could be a good team.

"There were times in the match tonight when we were

only up three points and they were doing nothing. We were scoring for ourselves and for them."

Long Beach hit .302 for the match although the percentages fell from .381 to .267 to .235.

But UCI was held to .153 and was especially ineffectual in the final two games (.133 and .061).

Lawlor hadn't played over the previous nine matches before starting for Vargas (who injured the wrist on the next to last point in the team's victory at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo on Saturday) Thursday night.

"Dyanne is a hard worker and good teammate," Gimmillaro said. "This was a great opportunity for Dyanne and she was successful."

Hanging her head about getting beaten out for a starting spot apparently was never an option for Lawlor, who spent all of last season as an outside hitter.

"You just keep working hard and hope you get another chance," she said. "That's the thing about this team. We have so much talent that players keep pushing each other in practice for starting jobs."

Chidester (six) and Daley (five) combined for 11 kills in Game 1, when the 49ers took the lead for good at 17-16. They scored the final three points, the last of those on a Chidester put away of a UCI over pass.

[cynbo]

I drove to UCI last night. Wondering where you all got your impressions. UCI's big let down, just like I heard before, was their passing. Almost any time they got the pass to the setter, it was almost an automatic point. In fact, they were mostly either ahead or even with us until their passing let down for good each game at about point 20. Felt bad for their setter who was running sprints to the ball almost each time when passing collapsed with only one option to OH. I think ur right about Freshmen, they'll have to mature a little before their team can do better.