USD Volleyball 2002

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San Diego's sixth in school hi story and the fifth in six years. The tournament seeded USO against #25 ranked UC Santa Barbara in first round action in the Pyramid at Long Beach. It was the first meeting between the two teams in 200 1 and it proved to be one to remember. The Toreros would start the game with no conviction, dropping games one and two 30-26. USO would come roaring back after being down 20-12 in game three. The Toreros found a way to rattle off six straight points

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to win game three 30-28 and stay alive. With their season on the line, the resurgence continued in the fourth set as the Toreros led 27-14 and held off a furious Santa Barbara rally to win 30-27. Forc– ing a fifth and final game the Toreros prevai led in dramatic fashion to play the #1 ranked and undefeated Long Beac h State 49ers in round two . "Santa Barbara was a

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School Record Pct. Record I. Pepperdine* 14-0 l.000 23-4 2. Santa Clara* 11-3 .786 19-10 3. San Diego* 10-4 .714 22-9 4. LMU 8-6 .571 15-10 5. Gonzaga 5-9 .357 9- 17 6. San Francisco 4-10 .286 9-15 7. Portland 2-12 .143 6- 19 8. St. Mary's 2-12 .143 5-21 *NCAA Tournament Participants ~ Fina12001 AVeATop-25 Rk School Record I Stanford (62) 33-2 2 Long Beach St. (3) 33-1 3 Nebraska 31-2 4 Arizona 25-5 5 USC 25-4 6 Florida 28-2 7 Wisconsin 27-4 8 Pepperdine 23-4 8 UCLA 21-9 10 Colorado St. 29-4 11 Texas A&M 26-6 12 Ohio State 27-4 13 Hawaii 29-5 14 Pacific 28-8 15 Utah 25-7 16 Northern Iowa 31 -2 17 Penn State 22-8 18 Kansas State 20-8 19 Michigan State 21-8 20 Illinios 21-9 21 Utah State 20-11 22 BYU 20-9 23 Colorado 19-22 24 San Jose State 25-8 25 San Diego 22-9

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thrilling match for us," said Head Coach Jennifer Petrie after the win. " It's a great testament to what hard work and determination can do. We ' ve been in si tuations where we 've been up against bigger teams and we haven ' t been there. I think tonight we kind of arrived as a team." The 200 I season ended with a loss to the eventual NCAA Tournament runners-up Long Beach State. The second round ap– pearance was USD's fourth in five years, a trad ition USO hopes to continue in 2002.

USD 2001 : (front 1-r) Ann Mott, Holly Olmsted, BrynneYoung, Noel Frohman, Katie Kahlweiss, Kalae Arauj o, Ali Martin (top 1-r) Brent Hilliard, Jen Petrie, Lisa Gordon, Bridget Merritt, Lindsey Lampert, Kristen Hurst, Debra Robertson, Devon Forster, Andrea DeMark, Tammy Leibl.