Junior Juliane Piggott (Newport Beach/UCLA) led all players with 20 kills as UC Irvine (1-0) kicked off the 2009 season with a 3-2 (19-25, 25-20, 25-19, 19-25, 15-12) upset over sixth-ranked California (0-1) Friday at the Nevada Marriott/Fairfield Courtyard Invitational.
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Women's Volleyball Opens 2009 Campaign With Victory
In its first match of the 2009 season, the UC Santa Barbara women's volleyball team opened the year in style with a convincing three games to one victory over Portland State, an NCAA Tournament team a season ago.
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Tigers Shake Off Slow Start, Cruise To A 3-1 Win Over UW-Green Bay
Behind 18 kills from sophomore Rebekah Torres (Wahiawa, Hawaii), the Pacific women's volleyball team overcame a shaky start to the 2009 season to pick up a 3-1 win over UW-Green Bay on Friday, August 28. The victory set the Tigers off on the right foot as they moved to 1-0 on the season while the Phoenix dropped to 0-1 to start the year.
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Saddler Powers Titans To Season-Opening Victory
Junior hitter Erin Saddler set career highs in kills and digs as she led Cal State Fullerton (1-0) to a 3-1 (22-25, 25-17, 25-22, 25-20) comeback victory over Lamar (0-1) in both team's first match of the Crowne Plaza Titan Classic Friday night at Titan Gym.
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Mustangs Open Year with Four-Set Loss against Oregon State
Freshman outside hitter Molly Pon recorded a team-high 12 kills during her collegiate debut and senior outside hitter Ashleigh Bertoni notched 11 and 14 digs, but the Cal Poly volleyball program opened its 2009 season with a 25-18, 25-22, 24-26, 25-23 loss against Oregon State early Friday evening at the Colorado State-hosted Asics Classic inside Moby Arena.
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Volleyball Opens With Loss To Host WSU
UC Davis freshman Allison Whitson made her collegiate debut with 16 kills and junior Kayla Varney posted double figures on offense and floor defense, but Washington State defended its home court with a 25-20, 25-21, 21-25, 25-18 win over the Aggies on the first day of the Nike Cougar Invitational women's volleyball tournament Friday night at Bohler Gymnasium.
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Volleyball Drops Season Opener 3-1 to Cincinnati at the Utah Classic
The UC Riverside volleyball team, under first-year head coach Ron Larsen, opened the 2009 season at the Utah Classic with a 3-1 loss to the Cincinnati Bearcats, a team that reached the second round of the NCAA Tournament last year. The Highlanders began the match with a 27-25 first set win, but could not hold on as the Bearcats took the next three sets 25-18, 25-19, and 27-25.
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49ers Drop Season Opener Against San Diego 3-1
Long Beach State hit a blistering .333 in a second set win, but just .134 overall against No. 15 San Diego in a 3-1 loss in the team's opener. The 49ers held San Diego to .147 hitting, but were unable to create much offense themselves in the loss.
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Matadors Fall in Three Sets To Tulsa in Season Opener
Senior Angela Hupp led Northridge with 11 kills (.125) but Cal State Northridge dropped its season opener 25-20, 25-13, 25-20 to Tulsa in the opening match of the Bronco Invitational.
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