STOCKTON, Calif. - This coming Thursday and Friday, the University of the Pacific Beach Volleyball team will take part in the WCC Mid-Season Invitational at Main Beach in Sant Cruz, California with four dual matches against conference opponents.
MATCH INFORMATION
All matches are to be played at Main Beach in Santa Cruz, Calif.
Opponent records not listed because available records are expected to change before meeting Pacific.
Thursday, April 8
Pacific (1-1) vs. No. 5 Loyola Marymount
9:30 a.m.
Thursday, April 8
Pacific vs. Santa Clara
12:30 p.m.
Friday, April 9
Pacific vs. Saint Mary's
9:00 a.m.
Friday, April 9
Pacific vs. San Francisco
11:30 a.m.
THINGS TO KNOW
Pacific enters the tournament at 1-1, including a 3-2 victory over Vanguard last Friday, followed by a 5-0 loss to Cal State Northridge later in the day. Against Vanguard, Pacific's pairs of
Jadyn Tubbs and
Jenny Todd,
Lucy Carpenter and
Sammie Sheppard and
Claire Danna and
Illyria Kalaj picked up wins.
Probable Pairs for the Tigers
1.
Hanne De Schrijver/
Sedona Sherman
2.
Gabby Leo/
Alexa Edwards
3.
Jadyn Tubbs/
Jenny Todd
4.
Hania Taduran/
Lucy Carpenter
5.
Claire Danna/Sammi Sheppard
6.
Miranda Baptista/
Illyria Kalaj
SCOUTING THE LIONS
LMU enters the WCC Mid-Season Invitational at 16-2 overall and ranked no. 5. Most recently, the Lions defeated Vanguard, 5-0 on March 30. Ten of the 16 wins were 5-0 sweeps for LMU and the only losses were to at the respective times when met, top-ranked USC and no. 3 Florida State. Going into the season, LMU was the top-ranked team in the WCC Preseason Coaches Poll and had five members of the team selected to the 2021 All-WCC Preseason Beach Volleyball Team.
SCOUTING THE BRONCOS
Santa Clara has not played a dual match in 2021 as of Wednesday. The Broncos were picked to fourth in the WCC Preseason Coaches Poll.
SCOUTING THE GAELS
SMC enters the tournament at 2-4 overall. The most winning pairs for the Gaels this season is Hawley Harrer and Alexa Parker at 3-1 (2-1 on Court #1) and Morgan Kendrick and Jennifer Laird, also 3-1.
SCOUTING THE DONS
USF played only one match thus far in 2021, which was a 5-0 loss to Saint Mary's on February 27.
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