Volleyball Hits The Road For League Matches At UCSB And Cal Poly Friday And Saturday

Highlanders at UC Santa Barbara and Cal Poly
at UCSB, October 3 at 7 pm	at Cal Poly, October 4 at 7 pm

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Santa Barbara, CA—The UC Riverside Volleyball Team hits the road for the second week of Big West action traveling to UC Santa Barbara on October 3, and to Cal Poly on October 4. Both matches are slated to begin at 7 pm PT.

The Highlanders opened their league schedule this past weekend with a 25-12, 29-27, and 25-19 loss to No. 25 Hawai'i (box score/recap/video).

UCSB and Cal Poly played each other over the weekend to open up Big West play, with the Gauchos earning the come-from-behind 3-2 victory.

The Gauchos are 40-3-2 all-time against the Highlanders, with UCR's last win coming on October 15, 2011 (box score/recap).

Even though the Mustangs own the all-time record against UCR, 18-10, the blue and gold have won two of the last three meetings including a 3-2 victory on November 22, 2013 (box score/recap).

Highlanders at UC Santa Barbara and Cal Poly
	UC Riverside	UC Santa Barbara	Cal Poly
2014 Record & Stats	2-11, 0-1	6-6, 1-0	5-6, 0-1
	Roster	Roster	Roster
	Schedule	Schedule	Schedule
Conference	Big West
Current Streak	L 7	W 3	L 2
Most Recent Box Score	L, 3-0 vs. #25 Hawaii	W, 3-2 vs. Cal Poly	L, 3-2 vs. Santa Barbara
Next Opponent	Oct. 11 at UC Davis	Oct. 10 at UC Irvine	Oct. 10 at Cal State Fullerton
Top Attacker	Ashley Cox Junior 89 K, 2.70 K/S, .123 Pct.	Britton Taylor Junior 113 K, 2.90 K/S, .277 Pct.	Raeann Greisen Freshman 129 K, 3.31 K/S, .210 Pct.
Top Setter	Amanda Press Freshman 303 A, 7.21 A/S	Hanna Nielson Junior 249 A, 5.93 A/S	Taylor Nelson Freshman 270 A, 6.92 A/S
Top Blocker	Megan Reza Senior 35 TB, 0.73 B/S	Allie Sullberg Sophmore 40 TB, 1.00 B/S	Caihla Petiprin Freshman 23 TB, 0.59 B/S
Record vs.		3-40-2 (results)	10-18 (results)
Current Streak vs.		L 5	W 1

GAME NOTES
KILLER ATTACK
UCR's offensive attack is well balanced with six players averaging 2.00 kills per set or more—the most in the team's Division I history.

LEAGUE OPENERS
Big West Conference openers haven't been friendly to the Highlanders in recent years, as the team has opened league play with a loss in all but two years in the program's Division I history.

(ALMOST) OVER THE RAINBOW
UC Riverside nearly pulled off an upset in the second set over #25 Hawai'i on September 27. The Rainbow Wahine eventually won, 29-27, but it was the first time the Highlanders forced a set past the regular winning mark of 25 against UH in program history. Had UCR escaped with the second set victory, it would have been the first over the 'Bows since the 1980's.

SWEPT UP
The Highlanders three-set win over Savannah State on September 6 (box score/recap) is the first sweep for UC Riverside since a 3-0 victory over Villanova on September 15, 2012 (box score/recap).

ALREADY THERE
UC Riverside's two wins so far in 2014 already match its win total from all of 2013.

FOURTH AND FIFTH
The Highlanders have played to four or five sets in eight of 13 matches this season, already equaling the total from last season.

ALL-TOURNAMENT
Senior Tyler Dorsey was named to the UNLV Invitational All-Tournament Team on August 31 after recording a career-high of 15 kills against the Rebels on August 30, and posting a 2.67 K/S mark during those three contests (story).

Freshman Alex Gresham and senior Megan Reza earned all-tournament honors at the SUU Tournament on September 6 after leading UCR to a pair of wins (story).

Gresham earned her second straight all-tournament nod after being named to the Lumberjack Classic All-Tournament Team on September 13 (story). She averaged 2.77 kills per set while hitting a team-best .310 during the Highlanders three matches.

Bri Holmes was named to the La Quinta Inn & Suites Invitational All-Tournament Team on September 20 after leading the Highlanders with 3.55 kills per set while posting back-to-back matches with double-figure kills, including a career-high 23 against Idaho State (story).

BLUE AND GOLD DIGGER
Sophomore Maddie Hubbell ranked fourth in the Big West in digs per set last season with 3.93. After five weeks of action in 2014, the libero is averaging a team-best 3.90 D/S—good enough for eighth in the league. The Highlanders also lead the lead in digs per set and are ranked 64th in the country in that category.

SWITZERLAND
UCR is 0-5 in road matches this season, but 2-5 in neutral site contests.

LET THERE BE HEIGHT!
Of the seven newcomers to the Highlanders 2014 squad, three are taller than 6-feet, pushing UCR's roster to seven girls above 5-10.

KILLER INSTINCT
Junior Ashley Cox finished the 2013 season ranked eighth in the Big West Conference in kills per set at 3.07.

GENERAL PATTON
UC Riverside is in its second 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.

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. This year, the Highlanders were away from the SRC Arena for their first 12 matches.

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