Highlanders Hit The Road For Matches At No. 23 Long Beach State And At CSUN

Highlanders at #23 LBSU & CSUN
Friday, October 24 at LBSU	Saturday, October 25 at CSUN
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Long Beach, CA—The UC Riverside Volleyball Team travels to play a pair of matches on October 24-25 against #23 Long Beach State and Cal State Northridge respectively. The Walter Pyramid will host Friday's match against the 49ers while the Matadome will host Saturday's contest vs. the Matadors. Both matches are set to start at 7 pm PT.

The Highlanders fell to 0-6 in Big West play this past weekend after losses against UC Irvine, 3-0 (box score/recap), and Cal State Fullerton, 3-1 (box score/recap).

Long Beach State remained unbeaten in conference this past weekend with a pair of victories over UC Santa Barbara and Cal Poly, improving to 16-4 overall and 6-0. The 49ers own the all-time series mark against UCR, 38-8 (view all-time results).

Over the weekend, Cal State Northridge beat Cal Poly, 3-1, but fell to UC Santa Barbara, 3-0, moving to 13-5 overall and 4-2 in BWC play. The Matadors are 55-20 all-time against the Highlanders (all-time results).

Highlanders at Long Beach State & Cal State Northridge
	UC Riverside	#23 Long Beach State	Cal State Northridge
2014 Record & Stats	2-16, 0-6	16-4, 6-0	13-5, 4-2
	Roster	Roster	Roster
	Schedule	Schedule	Schedule
Conference	Big West
Current Streak	L 12	W 6	L 1
Most Recent Box Score	L, 3-1 vs. Cal State Fullerton	W, 3-1 at Cal Poly	L, 3-0 at UCSB
Next Opponent	Oct. 30 vs. Cal Poly	Nov. 1 at CSUN	Nov. 1 vs. LBSU
Top Attacker	Ashley Cox Junior 137 K, 2.85 K/S, .134 Pct.	Bre Mackie Senior 204 K, 2.83 K/S .300 Pct.	Casey Hinger Senior 203 K, 3.27 K/S .310 Pct.
Top Setter	Amanda Press Freshman 446 A, 7.96 A/S	Jenelle Hudson Junior 733 A, 10.18 A/S	Steffi Miller Junior 562 A, 10.60 A/S
Top Blocker	Meg Graham Freshman 42 TB, 0.78 B/S	Bre Mackie Senior 90 TB, 1.25 B/S	Casey Hinger Senior 52 TB, 0.84 B/S
Record vs.		8-38 (results)	20-55 (results)
Current Streak vs.		L 5	L 8

GAME NOTES
KILLER INSTINCT
Junior Ashley Cox finished the 2013 season ranked eighth in the Big West Conference in kills per set at 3.07. This season, Cox leads the squad with a k/s average of 2.85, but in conference-only matches, ranks 10th in the league at 3.12.

(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—a span of six matches.

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 10 of 18 matches this season, already surpassing the total from last season. The 2004, 2007 and 2012 squads all played 15 matches to four or five sets to claim the UCR DI mark.

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 eight weeks of action in 2014, the libero is averaging a team-best 3.73 D/S—good enough for eighth in the league. The Highlanders also rank second in the third in digs per set and 103rd in the country in that category.

SWITZERLAND
UCR is 0-8 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.

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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