USD Volleyball 2007

TOREROS REACH SWEET-16...AGAIN

2006 Schedule/Results (23-6; 13-1 West Coast Conference)

Result W,3-0 W,3-0 W,3-1 L,3-0. W,3-2 L,3-0 W,3-2 W,3-1 L,3-2 W,3-0 W,3-0 W,3-1 W,3-0 L, 3-1 W,3-1 W,3-1 W,3-1 W,3-1 W,3-0 W,3-0 W,3-0 W,3-0 W,3-1 W,3-2 W,3-1 W,3-0 W,3-0 W,3-0 W,3-0 W,3-2 L, 3-1

Oppenent

Date

Hofstra -

Aug.25 Aug.26 Aug.26 Aug. 29 Aug. 31 Sept. 1 Sept. 2 Sept.8 Sept. 8 Sept.9 Sept.14 Sept.15 Sept.16 Sept.16 Sept.29 Sept. 30 Oct.6 Oct.7 Oct. 12 Oct.14 Oct.21 Oct.26 Oct.28 Nov. 2 Nov.4 Nov.9 Nov.11 Nov.18 Nov.21

Cal State North ridge -

San Diego State -

#1 Nebraska UC Irvine 11 Michigan 11 Iowa State 11 Wyoming!

New Mexico State !

Idaho State !

UC SANTA BARBARA $

#16OHlO$ BROWN$

#11 WISCONSIN $

San Francisco * Saint Mary's *

#23 PEPPERDINE * LOYOLA MARYMOUNT *

Toreros Reach Sweet-16 for Second Time in Three Years Led by the 2006 wee Coach of the Year Brent Hilliard and wee Player of the Year Kristen Carlson, San Diego (26-6) celebrated its second trip to the NCAA Tournament Sweet-16 in the past three seasons. USO won the West Coast Conference Championship (a league that sent three teams to the NCAATour– nament) outright, posting a 13-1 conference record.It was San Diego's second wee championship in the past three season,and fourth overall.This was only the second time in program history that the Toreros advanced beyond the second round of the NCAATournament.San Diego received a No. 16 national seed and were sent out to Knoxville, Tenn. for the first and second round, defeating Jacksonville State 3-0, and No. 25 Duke 3-2. The Toreros then saw their run come to an end with a 3-0 loss to the eventual national champion, Nebraska Cornhuskers out in Gainesville, Fla.

Portland* Gonzaga*

#1 SSANTA CLARA* SAINT MARY'S* SAN FRANCISCO* Loyola Marymount *

Pepperdine * GONZAGA* PORTLAND* Santa Clara *

CAL STATE FULLERTON

Jacksonville State %

Dec. 1 Dec.3. Dec.8

#25 Duke @ #1 Nebraska!

L,3-0

Bold matches played at USD's Jenny Craig Pavilion - San Diego State Tournament 11 UC Irvine Tournament ! New Mexico State Tournament S USO Invitational * West Coast Conference match % NCAA Tournament 1st Round Match @NCAA Tournamwnt Second-Round Match ! NCAA Tournament Sweet-16 Match

2006 Season Highlights

13-1 conference record

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• Brent Hilliard honored as WCC Coach of the Year • Kristen Carlson tabbed as WCC Player of the Year • Kristen Carlson Named third-team All-American • Five Toreros took home A/1-WCC Accolades Kristen Carlson, Christie Dawson, Laurel Abrahamson, Jessica Nyrop and Andrea Csaszi 13 three-game sweeps Jessica Nyrop breaks USD record for single-season assists with 1,546 Sixth consecutive trip to the NCAA Tournament • • .

FINAL 2006 wee STANDINGS wee

Overall

w 13

w 26 16 20 22 11 19

PCT .813 .571 .714 .688 .440 .613 .310 .333

PCT .929 .786 .643 .429 .429 .357 .286 .143

L

L 1 3

School

#14 SAN DIEGOII!

6

11

Pepperdine11

12

8

#25 Santa Clara11

5 8 8 9

9 6 6 5 4 2

San Francisco Saint Mary's

10 14 12 20 18

Loyola Marymount

9 9

Gonzaga Portland

10 12

Rankings by AVCA 11 NCAA Tournament ! NCAA Sweet-16