Pair Of Road Matches At UC Irvine And Long Beach State On Tap For UCR Volleyball

Friday, October 18

Irvine, CA

5:00 pm

UC Riverside

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Pair Of Road Matches At UC Irvine And Long Beach State On Tap For UCR Volleyball

10/15/2013 11:12:00 AM | Women's Volleyball

Fri., Oct. 18 at UCI	Live Stats	Live Video	Purchase Tickets
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Irvine—The UC Riverside Volleyball Team hits the road this weekend for Big West Conference play, traveling to UC Irvine this Friday, October 18 at 5 pm PT and then to Long Beach State on Saturday, October 19 at 7 pm.

The Highlanders were defeated in straight sets against Cal State Fullerton last weekend by the scores of 25-15, 26-24, and 25-20 (box score/recap/video).

UC Irvine is also winless in conference play this season having dropped its last six matches including a 3-1 decision to league-leading Cal State Northridge over the weekend.

Long Beach State has an overall record of 9-9, but the team is just 1-3 over its last four matches.

UCR split last year's matches against UC Irvine, including a 3-1 victory on November 8, 2012 (box score/recap). The Highlanders have now won two of the last three matches against the 'Eaters.

Long Beach State has defeated UC Riverside the last three matches. The 49ers own the all-time record against the blue and gold, 36-8.

Highlanders at Anteaters & 49ers Match Capsules
	UC Riverside	UC Irvine	Long Beach State
2013 Record & Stats	1-15, 0-4	9-10, 0-5	9-9, 2-3
	Roster	Roster	Roster
	Schedule	Schedule	Schedule
Conference	Big West
Current Streak	L 7	L 6	W 1
Most Recent Box Score	L, 3-0 at Cal State Fullerton	L, 3-1 at CSUN	W, 3-1 at UC Davis
Next Opponent	Oct. 25 vs UC Santa Barbara	Oct. 26 at Long Beach State	Oct. 26 vs UC Irvine
Top Attacker	Cristina Maietta Freshman 144 K, 2.88 K/S, .153 Pct.	Aly Squires Senior 238 K, 3.17 K/S, .197 Pct.	Delainey Aigner-Swesey Senior 225 K, 3.26 K/S, .205 Pct.
Top Setter	Nae Bender Freshman 360 A, 7.50 A/S	Shelley Anderson Freshman 629 A, 8.39 A/S	Erin Juley Sophomore 720 A, 10.00 A/S
Top Blocker	Tyler Dorsey Junior 35 TB, 0.69 B/S	Shannon Flemming Senior 83 TB, 1.11 B/S	Chisom Okpala Junior 80 TB, 1.11 B/S
Record vs.		14-28-2 (Results)	8-36-0 (Results )
Current Streak vs.		W 1	L 3

GAME NOTES
TAKING HOME THE W
The Highlanders earned their first victory of the 2013 season on September 14 with a 3-1 win over Winthrop to conclude the Bankers Classic. The win snapped an eight-match skid to open the season and a 10-match losing streak dating back to the end of last year.

ROAD DIVAS
UCR played its first 13 matches on the road in 2013, tying Cal Poly for most road matches to start the season amongst the leagues' schools.

ACE OF SPADES
The Highlanders recorded a season-high 11 service aces against Winthrop on September 14, tying the most aces the team has served in a match since 2007. The last time a UC Riverside team recorded more than 11 service aces was against Texas Southern on Sept. 14, 2007 with 18 aces.

GENERAL PATTON
UC Riverside is in its first season under new head coach Michelle Patton. Patton comes to the Highlanders following five seasons at San Francisco State, where she took over a program that lay dormant for four years (2004-07). The Gators advanced to two NCAA Tournaments during Patton's tenure including a 21-9 mark in 2012 which included a program-record 16 conference victories.

ALL-TOURNAMENT
Ashley Cox was named to the Wildcat Invitational All-Tournament Team on August 31 after hitting .216 and averaging 3.82 kills per set in the Highlanders three matches against Seattle, Texas Tech and Weber State.

Maddie Hubbell was selected to the Sheraton Airport Lobo Classic All-Tournament Team on September 7 after recording a team-high 43 digs over the weekend for an average of 4.30. She also had eight assists in those matches including a career-best five against Idaho State.

Cristina Maietta earned Bankers Classic All-Tournament Team honors on September 14 following matches against Pacific, San Jose State, and Winthrop. The freshman led the Highlanders with 3.80 kills per set over the weekend including a career-high 19 in UCR's 3-1 win over Winthrop. The outside hitter also averaged 1.90 digs per set, hit .165, and recorded three services aces throughout the three matches.

FIVE-SET THRILLERS
UCR lost a five-set, 3-2 battle to Weber State on August 31. Last year, the blue and gold lost five matches of the five-set variety while winning two of them.

IN THE BEGINNING ...
The Highlanders started the 2012 season with a 3-1 record, tying the program's Division I-era record for best start through four matches. The 2005 UCR squad went on to start the year 11-1. So far in 2013, UC Riverside is 1-15.

ALL-CONFERENCE
Two UC Riverside players garnered All-Big West Conference accolades in 2012 as outside hitters Amanda Vialpando and Ashley Cox were each selected to the Honorable Mention Team, while Cox was also selected to the All-Freshman Team.