USD Volleyball 2003

W EST COAST CONFERENCE VOLLEYBALL

FINAL 2002 wee S TANDINGS (Regular Season Records and AVCA Rankings) wee Overall Games #8 Pepperdine* 14-0 23-6 73-27 #14 Santa Clara* 12-2 24-6 77-32 #25 San Diego* 10-4 25-7 82-30 L. Marymount 6-8 15-12 56-44 St. Mary's 6-8 9-18 37-63 Portland 4-10 15-15 52-59 San Francisco 2-12 6-25 32-78 Gonzaga 2-12 4-24 19-78 *-Indica tes 2002 NCAA Tournament Team

W est Coast Conference Volleyball has emerged as one of the best vol– leyball conferences in the nation. Three teams - Pepperdine, San Diego and Santa Clara - returned to the NCAA Tournament in 2002. In 1999 the WCC sent four teams to the tournament, just the second time in confer– ence history in any sport that the league forwarded four teams-- half the league-- to NCAA play. In that same season all four WCC volleyball teams posted first round victories in the NCAA, another conference first. All three of last season's NCAA Tournament teams have been consis– tently ranked in the USA TODAY/ AVCA Division I Coaches Top 25 poll. Pepperdine, Santa Clara and San Diego all were coaches picks for the ACVA Top 25 at the conclusion of the 2002 regular season. Pepperdine earned a No. 6 national ranking after making a run for the national cham– pionship during the 2002 NCAA Tournament. Historically, five member teams have earned national rankings, includ– ing; 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 SO-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 current members (Loyola Marymount, Pepperdine, San Diego, San Francisco and Santa Clara) chartered the volleyball league along with two associates, US International and Nevada-Reno. The latter pair departed in 1987 when the alignment grew to its current configuration to include Gonzaga, Portland and Saint Mary 's, all of which were elevated from NAIA status. All WCC members are private institutions with high aca– demic standards and lofty athletic traditions.

2002 Wee LEADERS (All Matches)

KILLS

(Minimum 3.00 per game)

BLOCKS

(Minimum 0.75 per game)

No. 571 547 506 504 451

G

P/G 5.34 4.88 4.60 4.58 4.51

Player -Team Class 1. Becky Potter - SCU JR 2. Noel Frohman - USD SR 3. Katie Wilkins - PEP JR 4. Brittanie Budinger - USF JR 5. Kristen Gallup - LMU SR

Solo Asst Total P/G 9 153 162.0 1.62 40 104 144.0 1.44 28 99 127.0 1.31 5 105 110.0 1.10 17 91 108.0 1.01

G

Player - Team Class

107 112 110 110 100

100 100

1. Stacey O'Conner- SMC SO 2. Tiana Newsome - LMU JR 3. Abby Cullen - CON JR 4. Lindsey Bogason - SMC SO

97

100 107

5. Becky Potter - SCU JR

ASSISTS

(Minimum 5.00 per game)

DIGS (Minimum 2.00 per game) Player - Team Class 1. Carlie Price - POR SR 2. Christina Hinds - PEP SO 3. Devon Forster - USD SO Paola Rodriguez - PEP SR 5. Chrissy Hirsch- SCU SR

No.

G

P/G

Player -Team Class 1. Kelli Sousa - SCU JR

No. 559 389 392 280 390

G

P/ G 5.04 3.70 3.50 3.50 3.45

14.38 13.59 12.77 11.23 11.04

1610 1454 1022 1123 1225

112 107

111 105 112

2. Lindsey Sherburne - USD FR 3. Paola Rodriguez - PEP SR 4. Brooke Lowry - SMC SR 5. Sheena Surplus - POR FR

80

100 111

80

113

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