USD Volleyball 2003

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2002 SEASON REVIEW

TOREROS F INISH 2002 S EASON 13-3 AT HOME A WARDED 6 TH NCAA TOURNAMENT B ERTH IN 7 YEARS.

2002 MATCH R ESULTS (25-8, 10-4 WCC)

August U. of Texas Tournament (Austin, TX) 30 Texas Pan American W 3-0 31 Virginia W 3-0 3 1 Texas W 3-2 September USO Invitational (San Diego, CA) 6 NORTHWESTERN W 3-2 W 3-1 Long Beach St. Tourn. (Long Beach, CA) 12 at Long Beach St. L 1-3 13 vs. Sou th Carolina W 3-0 17 at San Diego St. W 3-1 Fresno State Tournament (Fresno, CA) 20 at Fresno St. L 2-3 21 vs. Sacramen to St. W 3-0 21 vs . UNLV W 3-0 24 UC RIVERSIDE W 3-0 USO Tournament (San Diego, CA) 2 7 ROBERT MORRIS W 3-0 28 COLUMBIA W 3-0 28 COLORADO ST. W 3-1 7 7 9 MONTANA W 3-0 L 2-3 NORTH CAROLINA UC IRVINE

In 2002 San Diego earned its second consecutive NCAA Tournament berth while several individual accomplishments and some key team highlights, including a pair of wins over ranked teams and two team tournament cham– pionships, made the season one of the most successful in recent memory on Alcala Park. But the 2002 season will best be remembered by the puzzling pairing dealt to the Toreros in the first-round of the NCAA Tournament. USD finished the season at 25-8 and swept five of seven conference oppo– nents to post a 10-4 mark within the West Coast Conference, good for third place in the league standings. The year's individual highlights included outstanding performances from senior outside hitter Noel Frohman, who established herself as one of the most accomplished offensive players in USD school history; 1,454 assists by WCC co-Freshman of the Year Lindsey Sherburne, ranking her ninth nationally with a 13.54 assist per game aver– age; one of the best all-around seasons turned in by sophomore Devon Forster since the days of two-time All-American Petia Yanchulova in 1998 and '99. For the second straight season the Toreros dominated on their home floor, posting a 13-3 mark in the Jenny Craig Pavilion. In the last regular season home game of their careers, seniors Debra Robertson and Noel Frohman led an inspired Torero attack that discarded rival Loyola Marymount in straight games. Both Robertson and Frohman would be named first team All-West Coast Conference players later that week. The celebration of an outstanding season was quickly overshadowed by the announcement of the NCAA Tournament pairings shortly after the regular season concluded. Despite being ranked 25 th in the nation by the American Volleyball Coaches Association, San Diego was handed the lowest seed in the Tournament's field of 64-a first round date with national No. 1 seed USC in Los Angeles.

October 4

L 0-3 W 3-0 W 3-0 W 3-0 W 3-0 W 3-0 W 3-0 L 0-3 W 3-1 L 1-3 W 3-1 W 3-0 W 3-0 L 2-3 W 3-0

at Sa nta Clara* at San Francisco*

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ST. MARY'S*

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SAN DIEGO ST.

18 PORTLAND* 19 GONZAGA* 25

at Loyola Marymount*

at Pepperdine*

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November 1

SAN FRANCISCO* SANTA CLARA*

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at St. Mary's* at Gonzaga*

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at Portland* 22 PEPPERDINE* 23 LOYOLA MARYMOUNT* December NCAA Regional (Los Angeles, CA) 6 at Sou thern California

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*-Indicates wee Match Bold-Indicates home Match

The Toreros after one of their 25 wins in 2002.

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