Thursday, October 13
Riverside, CA
7:00 PM
UC Riverside
vs
UC Irvine
Photo by: Gabriel L. Acosta
Highlanders Host UC Irvine Thursday, Travel To UC Santa Barbara Saturday
10/10/2011 10:53:00 AM | Women's Volleyball
Riverside—The UC Riverside volleyball team returns home from a two-game road swing to host UC Irvine on Thursday, October 13 at 7:00 pm at the Student Recreation Center. On Saturday, the Highlanders will travel to UC Santa Barbara for a 7:30 pm start. Live coverage is available for both matches (UCI / UCSB).
The Highlanders and Anteaters enter Thursday's match with identical 1-4 records in Big West Conference play. UCI defeated Cal Poly by the score of 3-0 on October 7, while UCR upset Big West preseason favorite Long Beach State 3-2 on October 1.
UC Santa Barbara sits alone atop the league standings with a 4-1 record. The team's lone loss in conference play was a 3-2 defeat at Cal State Fullerton on September 24.
UC Irvine owns a 12-26-2 record against the Highlanders, while UCSB has won 35 of 39 matches against UCR.
GAME NOTES
STREAK REMOVER
UCR upset Long Beach State by the score of 3-2 on October 1, snapping a 15-match skid against the 49ers in the process. The last time the Highlanders defeated the Beach was back on September 19, 2003, and at the time, LBSU was ranked 23rd in the country.
STREAK REMOVER II
The Highlanders win over the 49ers on October 1 ended a 20-match winless streak in Big West play, with the last victory coming on November 6, 2009.
WINNER WINNER CHICKEN DINNER
UC Riverside has won four matches so far in 2011 which is two more wins than the 2010 team recorded in the entire season.
KILLER INSTINCTS
UCR's Amanda Vialpando is averaging 3.91 kills per set. If she keeps that up, it would be the highest kills per set average for a member of the Highlanders since Jamie DeKiewiet averaged 4.93 in 2005. Vialpando is also ranked 62nd in the country in that category.
PLAYER OF THE WEEK
UC Riverside junior Amanda Vialpando was named the Big West Conference Volleyball Player of the Week on September 19 after leading the Highlanders to a 2-1 weekend at the Hilton Stockton Invitational. Vialpando is the first Highlanders player to earn this distinction since Angie Mitchell picked up the weekly award on October 8, 2007.
BACK-TO-BACK
The Highlanders defeated Loyola Marymount and CSU Bakersfield in back-to-back matches on September 16, marking the first time UCR recorded consecutive wins since November 6 and 7, 2009. It was also the first time UC Riverside swept consecutive matches since August 30, 2008.
LION TAMERS
UCR swept Loyola Marymount 3-0 on September 16—the first win over the Lions in UCR's Division I history.
BREAKING RECORDS
The UC Riverside volleyball team opened Big West Conference play on September 24 in front of a record crowd of 745 fans at the Student Recreation Center. The attendance shatters the previous UCR volleyball home attendance record of 625 set on October 27, 2001.
FIVE-SET THRILLERS
Over the past three seasons, UCR has a 7-4 record in matches that have gone five sets. In fact, in the Highlanders last 12 wins, seven of them have been of the five-set variety.
The Highlanders and Anteaters enter Thursday's match with identical 1-4 records in Big West Conference play. UCI defeated Cal Poly by the score of 3-0 on October 7, while UCR upset Big West preseason favorite Long Beach State 3-2 on October 1.
UC Santa Barbara sits alone atop the league standings with a 4-1 record. The team's lone loss in conference play was a 3-2 defeat at Cal State Fullerton on September 24.
UC Irvine owns a 12-26-2 record against the Highlanders, while UCSB has won 35 of 39 matches against UCR.
| Highlanders vs UC Irvine and at UCSB Match Capsules | |||
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UC Riverside |
UC Irvine |
UC Santa Barbara |
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2011 Record & Stats |
4-15, 1-4 | 6-10, 1-4 | 11-7, 4-1 |
| Roster | Roster | Roster | |
| Schedule | Schedule | Schedule | |
| Big West | |||
| Current Streak | L 2 | L 1 | W 1 |
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Most Recent Box Score |
L, 3-0 at Pacific |
L, 3-0 vs. UCSB |
W, 3-0 at UC Irvine |
| Next Opponent |
10/22 at CS Northridge |
10/21 vs. UC Davis |
10/21 vs. CS Fullerton |
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Top Attacker |
 Vialpando Junior 270 K 3.91 K/S .250 Pct. |
 Squires Sophomore 208 K 3.47 K/S .130 Pct. |
 Schmidt Senior 214 K 2.97 K/S .310 Pct. |
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Top Setter |
 Meyers Senior 668 A 9.68 A/S |
 Carls Sophomore 519 A 8.65 A/S |
 Nielson Freshman 725 A 10.21 A/S |
| Top Blocker |
 Reza Freshman 36 TB 0.60 B/S |
 Fleming Sophomore 60 Tb 1.05 B/S |
Schmidt Senior 70 TB 0.97 B/S |
| Record vs. |
12-26-2 Results |
2-35-2 Results |
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| Current Streak vs. | L 10 | L 29 | |
GAME NOTES
STREAK REMOVER
UCR upset Long Beach State by the score of 3-2 on October 1, snapping a 15-match skid against the 49ers in the process. The last time the Highlanders defeated the Beach was back on September 19, 2003, and at the time, LBSU was ranked 23rd in the country.
STREAK REMOVER II
The Highlanders win over the 49ers on October 1 ended a 20-match winless streak in Big West play, with the last victory coming on November 6, 2009.
WINNER WINNER CHICKEN DINNER
UC Riverside has won four matches so far in 2011 which is two more wins than the 2010 team recorded in the entire season.
KILLER INSTINCTS
UCR's Amanda Vialpando is averaging 3.91 kills per set. If she keeps that up, it would be the highest kills per set average for a member of the Highlanders since Jamie DeKiewiet averaged 4.93 in 2005. Vialpando is also ranked 62nd in the country in that category.
PLAYER OF THE WEEK
UC Riverside junior Amanda Vialpando was named the Big West Conference Volleyball Player of the Week on September 19 after leading the Highlanders to a 2-1 weekend at the Hilton Stockton Invitational. Vialpando is the first Highlanders player to earn this distinction since Angie Mitchell picked up the weekly award on October 8, 2007.
BACK-TO-BACK
The Highlanders defeated Loyola Marymount and CSU Bakersfield in back-to-back matches on September 16, marking the first time UCR recorded consecutive wins since November 6 and 7, 2009. It was also the first time UC Riverside swept consecutive matches since August 30, 2008.
LION TAMERS
UCR swept Loyola Marymount 3-0 on September 16—the first win over the Lions in UCR's Division I history.
BREAKING RECORDS
The UC Riverside volleyball team opened Big West Conference play on September 24 in front of a record crowd of 745 fans at the Student Recreation Center. The attendance shatters the previous UCR volleyball home attendance record of 625 set on October 27, 2001.
FIVE-SET THRILLERS
Over the past three seasons, UCR has a 7-4 record in matches that have gone five sets. In fact, in the Highlanders last 12 wins, seven of them have been of the five-set variety.
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