Volleyball Concludes 2014 Season With Road Trip To Hawai'i

Highlanders at Hawai'i

Friday, November 28 at Hawai'i

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Riverside, CA—The UC Riverside Volleyball Team concludes its 2014 campaign this holiday weekend with a Friday, November 28 road tilt at Hawai'i. The match is scheduled to begin at 10 pm PT.

The Highlanders bid farewell to the Class of 2015 at Senior Day festivities prior to their Saturday, November 22 match against Long Beach State (box score/recap/photo gallery/senior day video).

Hawai'i (11-3) enters the week ranked 25th in the nation in the most recent AVCA poll. They are in second place in the Big West Conference, one ana a half games ahead of third place UC Davis (10-5). Long Beach State (14-0) clinched their 13th conference championship last week, and is trying to become the ninth team in the 31-year history of the Big West to finish conference play with an undefeated record. Hawai'i was the last team to run the table in Big West play when they went 18-0 in 2012.

The Rainbow Wahine are 17-0 all-time against the Highlanders, and haven't lost a set to UC Riverside since rejoining the Big West Conference prior to the 2012 campaign (view results). Hawai'i has also been nationally ranked in each of the six conference meetings between the clubs, and beat the Highlanders 25-12, 29-27, 25-19 at UCR on September 27 of this year (box score/recap/video recap).

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Highlanders at Hawai'i
	UC Riverside	HAWAI'I
2014 Record & Stats	2-25, 0-15	19-6, 11-3
	Roster	Roster
	Schedule	Schedule
Conference	Big West
Current Streak	L 21	W 3
Most Recent Box Score	L, 3-0 vs. Long Beach State	W, 3-1 vs Cal Poly
Next Opponent	End Of Season	Nov. 29 vs. UC Davis
Top Attacker	Bri Holmes Sophomore 212 K, 2.59 K/S, .149 Pct.	Olivia Magill Junior 244 K, 2.77 K/S .414 Pct.
Top Setter	Amanda Press Freshman 590 A, 7.47 A/S	Tayler Higgins Sophomore 963 A, 10.47 A/S
Top Blocker	Meg Graham Freshman 63 TB, 0.75 B/S	Olivia Magill Junior 122 TB, 1.39 B/S
Record vs.		0-17 (results)
Current Streak vs.		L 17

GAME NOTES
BLUE AND GOLD DIGGER
Sophomore Maddie Hubbell ranked fourth in the Big West in digs per set last season with 3.93. In 2014, the libero is averaging a team-best 3.56 D/S—good enough for ninth in the league.

FLYING ACES
Amanda Press ranks seventh in the conference in assist per set this season with 7.47.

ACE VENTURA, PET DETECTIVE
The Highlanders recorded 10 service aces against Cal State Fullerton on October 18 (box score/recap)—the most since UCR had 11 against Winthrop on September 14, 2013 (box score/recap).

(ALMOST) OVER THE RAINBOW
UC Riverside nearly took the second set from #25 Hawai'i on September 27, which would have marked the first victory in a set for the Highlanders over the Rainbow Wahine since U of H returned to the Big West Conference prior to the 2012 season. The Rainbow Wahine eventually won, 29-27.

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).

FOURTH AND FIFTH
The Highlanders have played to four or five sets in 12 of 25 matches this season, 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 Division I 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).

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 women above 5-10.

GENERAL PATTON
UC Riverside is in its second season under new head coach Michelle Patton. Patton came 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.