Volleyball Looks For First Win Of Season At SUU Tournament This Friday-Saturday

Friday, September 5

Cedar City, UT

11:00 am

UC Riverside

Maryland-Eastern Shore

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Volleyball Looks For First Win Of Season At SUU Tournament This Friday-Saturday

9/3/2014 1:06:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

SUU Tournament
vs. Maryland- Eastern Shore	at Southern Utah	vs. Savannah State
Sept. 5 at 11:00 am	Sept. 5 at 6:00 pm	Sept. 6 at 9:30 am
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Cedar City, UT—The UC Riverside Volleyball Team embarks on its second weekend of action during the 2014 season on September 5-6 traveling to the Southern Utah Tournament for matches against Maryland-Eastern Shore, Southern Utah, and Savannah State. The Highlanders will look to pick up their first win of the season after previously going 0-3 to open the year at the UNLV Invitational.

Both the Thunderbirds and Tigers bring undefeated marks into this weekend's matches, with 3-0 and 2-0 records respectively, while the Hawks are 1-3. UC Riverside is 0-0 all-time against each of these three teams, with the first meeting slated for this weekend.

Highlanders at SUU Tournament Match Capsules
	UC Riverside	Maryland-Eastern Shore	Southern Utah	Savannah State
2014 Record & Stats	0-3	1-3	3-0	2-0
	Roster	Roster	Roster	Roster
	Schedule	Schedule	Schedule	Schedule
Conference	Big West	MEAC	Big Sky	MEAC
Current Streak	L 3	L 2	W 3	W 2
Most Recent Box Score	L, 0-3 at UNLV	L, 0-3 vs. UMBC	W, 3-0 vs, Providence	W, 3-0 vs. Fort Valley State
Next Opponent	Sept. 12 vs. Albany	Sept. 12 at North Carolina A&T	Sept. 12 vs. Indiana State	Sept. 11 vs. The Citadel
Top Attacker	Fabiana Rosas Sophomore 29 K, 2.90 K/S, .141 Pct.	Ksenia Sukhareva Senior 39 K, 3.00 K/S, .124 Pct.	Madi Forsythe Junior 37 K, 3.70 K/S, .276 Pct.	Justice Dilworth Junior 24 K, 4.00 K/S, .357 Pct.
Top Setter	Haili Hoeft Freshman 74 A, 7.40 A/S	Precious Manu Sophomore 73 A, 5.62 A/S	Faith Ma'Afala Freshman 107 A, 10.70 A/S	Lynae Bryant Freshman 57 A, 9.50 A/S
Top Blocker	Alex Gresham Freshman 6 TB, 0.60 B/S	Alana Polk Sopohmore 8 TB, 0.73 B/S	Annie Stradling Senior 9 TB, 0.90 B/S	Christian Lyle Junior 6 TB, 1.00 B/S
Record vs.		0-0	0-0	0-0
Current Streak vs.		First Meeting	First Meeting	First Meeting

GAME NOTES
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.

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 weekend of action in 2014, the libero is averaging a team-best 3.70 D/S—good enough for fifth in the league.

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.