Big West Play Starts For Volleyball This Saturday At Home Against #25 Hawai'i

Highlanders vs #25 Hawai'i

September 27 at 7:00 pm

Riverside, CA—The UC Riverside Volleyball Team opens up Big West Conference play on Saturday, September 27 welcoming No. 25 Hawai'i to the SRC Arena for a 7 pm PT start.

The Highlanders finished up the non-conference portion of their schedule with a 2-10 mark, and have six players with a kills per set average above 2.00.

The Rainbow Wahine have been ranked in the national poll for all but one week this season, and enter Saturday's contest ranked 25th in the country. Hawai'i kicks off Big West play on Friday evening at UC Davis before heading to the Inland Empire.

UH owns the all-time series mark against UC Riverside, 16-0, including straight set victories in all but two matches.

Highlanders vs #25 Hawai'i
	UC Riverside	#25 Hawai'i
2014 Record & Stats	2-10	8-3
	Roster	Roster
	Schedule	Schedule
Conference	Big West
Current Streak	L 6	W 2
Most Recent Box Score	L, 3-1 vs. Idaho State	W, 3-0 vs. Northern Arizona
Next Opponent	Oct. 3 at UC Santa Barbara	Oct. 3 vs. Cal State Fullerton
Top Attacker	Bri Holmes Sophomore 93 K, 2.74 K/S, .168 Pct.	Olivia Magill Junior 123 K, 3.15 K/S, .407 Pct.
Top Setter	Amanda Press Freshman 271 A, 6.95 A/S	Tayler Higgins Sophomore 411 A, 10.54 A/S
Top Blocker	Megan Reza Senior 33 TB, 0.73 B/S	Olivia Magill Junior 62 TB, 1.59 B/S
Record vs.		0-16 (results)
Current Streak vs.		L 16

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.

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 12 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 the first four weeks of action in 2014, the libero is averaging a team-best 3.77 D/S—good enough for ninth in the league. The Highlanders are also ranked 87th 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 are away from the SRC Arena for their first 12 matches.

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