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West Coast Conference volleyball has emerged as one of the best volley– ball conferences in the nation. Three teams - Pepperd ine, San Diego and Santa C la ra -

2001 wee ST/IND/NBS

2002

PRESEIISON CO/ICHESPOll

wee w L

Overall

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Pct.

L

*Pepperdine *Santa Clara *San Diego L. Marymount

14

1.000 23

4

0 3 4 6 9

I. Pepperdine 2. Santa C lara 3. San Diego

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.786 .714 .57 1 .357 .286 . 143 .143

19 22 15

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vau lted into the NCAA post-season in 200 I. In 1999 the WCC sent fo ur teams to the tournament, just the second time in conference history in any sport that the league forwarded four teams-- half the league-- to NCAA play. In that same season all four WCC voll eyball teams posted first round vic– tories in the NCAA, another conference first. This season the WCC has placed two teams in the pre– season AVCA Division I Coaches Top 25 poll. #8 Pepperdine and #24 Santa Clara were coaches picks for the top 25. Historically, five member teams have earned national ranking s, including; Gonzaga, Loyola Marymount, Pepperdine, San Diego and Santa Clara, and each of those have advanced to post-season play. Volleyball is one of 13 sports the 50-year– old conference sponsors. Started in 1952 as a men's basketball league for five Bay Area schools, the WCC added women's athletics to its line-up in 1985. Five c urre nt members (Loyo la Marymount, Pepperd ine, San Diego, San Francisco and Santa Clara) chartered the voll eyba ll league along with two associates, US International and Nevada-Reno. The latter pair departed in 1987 when the ali gnment grew to its current configura– tion to include Gonzaga, Portland and Saint Mary's, all of which were elevated from NAIA status. All WCC members are pri vate instituti ons with hi gh academi c standards and lofty athl etic traditi ons. San Diego fini shed the 200 I regul ar sea– son in third place in the West Coast Conference with a league record of I0-4. The Toreros have not expe– ri enced a losing season in conference pl ay since 1990 and have compiled a WCC record of 93-33 since 1992 . The Toreros, who won back-to-back WCC Champi onsh ips in 1997-98, have not finished any lower than fourth in the conference since 1989. In 200 I the Toreros swept Gonzaga, Portland , St. Mary' s and San Francisco and split season series with LMU and Santa Clara. San Diego was defeated twi ce by conference champion Pepperdine.

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9

10 17 15 19

8 5 4 2 2

4. L. Marymount 5. San Francisco

Gonzaga

9 9 6 5

San Francisco

10 12 12

6. Portl and 7. Gonzaga 8. St. Mary 's

Portland

St. Mary's

2 1

*NCAA Tournament Participants

2001All-WestCoastConference Honors

Devon Forster

Lindsey Lampert AII-WCC 1st Team

Noel Frohman

Freshman of the Year

AII-WCC 1st Team

First Team

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School

Yr. so JR so JR SR so so

Katie Wi lkins

Pepperdine Pepperdine Santa C lara San Diego San Diego

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Paola Rodri guez Becky Potter Noel Frohman Lindsey Lampert Kealani Kimball

MB OH MB MB MH OH MB OH MH OH

L. Marymount

Lindsey Hache Kristi n Gallup Ton i Muratore Devon Forster

Pepperdine

L. Marymount

JR

Santa Clara San Diego Pepperdine Pepperdine

FR FR

Stacy Rouwenhorst

JR

Meli ssa Snow

SR

Player ofthe Year:

Freshman of the Year: Devon Forster, San Diego

Katie Wilkins, Pepperdine

Defensive Player ofthe Year: Melissa Snow, Pepperdine

Coach ofthe Year:

Nina Matthies, Pepperdine

2001 Honorable Mentions: Kelli Sousa, SCU ; Amanda Willnerd, USF; Jami Bari, SCU; Dina Debernardi , LMU ; Nicole Oehlman, LMU; Abby Cullen, GON; Brooke Lowry, SMC; AnnaAbatzoglou, POR; Debra Robertson, USD; Katerina Chroustovska, GON ; Chri ssy Hirsch, SCU; Teresa Russell, USF.

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