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1999 SAN DIEGO TORERO VOLLEYBALL

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Conference History

West Coast Power

Hi storicall y, fi ve member teams have ea rned nati ona l

1998 was anoth er banner year fo r the West Coast

rankin gs, in cluding, Gonzaga, Loyo la Marymount, Pepperdine,

Conference, as a reco rd-ty ing three teams - Pepperdine, San

Sa n Diego and Santa C lara , and each of those

Diego and Santa C lara - vaulted into th e NCAA post-season, whil e a fo urth - Loyo la Marymount - was left out despite hold ing the 25th pos it ion in the AYCA po ll. Pepperd ine won its fi rst matches in th eir ni nth NCAA appearance and adva nced to the Sweet Sixteen before fa ll ing to #3 Nebraska. San Diego advanced to the second rou nd for th e second straight year before fa lling to host #7 Wiscon- sin . Santa C lara made its th ird appearance in the NCAA's fa lli ng to # 12 UC Santa Barbara

------------- have adva nced to post-season p lay.

Vo ll eyball is one of 13 sports the 47-yea r-o ld confe rence sponsors. Started in 1952 as a men's basketba ll league fo r five Bay Area sc hoo ls, the WCC added women's athl eti cs to its line-up in

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Five current members (Loyo la Ma rymount, ._....._,.,_..., i.._.,-,..,,,..~--• Pepperd ine, San Diego, San Francisco and Santa

C lara) chartered the volleyba ll league along with two associates, US In ternat iona l and Nevada-Reno. The latter pa ir departed in 1987

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in the first round.

when the ali gnment grew to its current config urat ion to inc lude Gonzaga, Po rtland and Saint Mary's, all of which were e levated from NA!A status. A ll WCC members are private inst itutions

Entering 1999, the WCC anti cipates another successful year with three sc hoo ls - Loyo la Marymount (25), Pepperdine ( 12) and San Diego ( 18) - ranked in the pre-season USA Today/

AYCA volleyba ll poll. w ith high academic standards and lofty ath letic traditions. GONZAGA, LOYOLA MARYMOUNT, PEPPERDI NE, PORTLAND, SAINT MARY'S, SAN DIEGO, SAN FRANCISCO, SANTA CLARA I/' WCC in the 1998 NCAA P o st Se a son '\I 1999 Pre-Season I Pepperdine def. Michigan State 3-2 I I def. North Carolina 3-0 I A VCA Volleyball Poll Lost to Nebraska 2-3 Ii. School Final 98 I San Diego def. South Florida 3-0 I I Penn State 2 I _ Lost to Wisconsin 0-3 I 2 Stanford 9 " ·· •-·, •- · ,..,~ · · Santa Clara _ Lost to UC Santa Barbara 0-3 _ / 43 Nebraska 3 , Hawai'i 5 :J,inaf, 1998 wee VnPPnuP.rvPP S 1rv-A;- ,u 5 Long Beach State I ~ "-«........,'1f'., 6 Pacific I0 School wee Overall USO# 12-2 24-6 Pepperdine# 11 -3 19-11 Santa Clara# 11-3 20-10 LoyolaMarymount 9-5 18-8 Gonzaga 5-9 8-22 Saint Mary's 3-11 9-1 9 San Francisco 0-1 4 1-29 #NCAA Tounwmelll 9'~ ea✓-, oa wee ~ 9' oll P E'l 'IA YANCIIUI .OVA wee :i' fil!/JE:Jl c;;; ;; J/L 'lfa:a:R 7 BYU 6 8 Florida 4 9 Wisconsin 7 10 UCLA 16 I I UC Santa Barbara 12 I 2 Pepperdine# 15 13 Texas 8 14 Illinois 14 15 Arizona* 20 16 TexasA&M 18 I 7 Ohio State 24 18 USD 19

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I9 Colorado 20 Arkansas

I . Pepperdine (6) 2. San Diego (2) 3. Loyola Marymount

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21 USC

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22 Michigan State

4. Santa Clara 5. Saint Mary 's 6. Gonzaga 7. San Francisco 8. Portl and

KansasState

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24 Colorado State

25 Loyola Marymount#

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#WCC Opponent

*USD Opponent

-f99B All-West Coast Con,erence Tean,s

Coach of the Year:

Sue Snyder, USO Nina Matthies, Pepperdine

Petia Yanchulova, USO Lindsay Phillips, Pepperdine

Player of the Year: Freshman of the Year: FIRST TEAM Name School Laura Echolds Santa Clara Adrian Frediani San Diego Katie Lindquist San Diego Sarah McFarland LMU Lindsay Phillips Pepperdine Petia Yanchulova San Diego

SECOND TEAM Name Candace Boller

School

YR So. So. So. So. Fr. Sr.

HT 6-0 6-1 6-1 6-2 6-1 6-0

POS

YR Jr. So.

POS

HT 6-1 5-8 5-7 6-6

LMU

M/OH

MB OH

Portland

MB OH MB MB MB

Cathy Cook

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Amy Kohl

Santa Clara

Jr.

Heather Osberg Debra Robertson Anna Witkowski

Gonzaga

So.

OH OH OH

San Diego Pepperdine

Fr. Jr.

5-1 0 5-11

USO HONORABLE MENTION SELECTION Lisa Ravensberg San Diego MB

6-0

Sr.

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