Beach Volleyball Record Book 2021

2021

BEACH VOLLEYBALL RECORD BOOK

(Updated 6/10/21)

2022 WCC Beach Volleyball Almanac 1 MEET THE WEST COAST CONFERENCE WCC NOTABLES LEGACY OF HOOPS SUCCESS TITLE COUNT... SINCE 2019 H Gonzaga played in its second NCAA Consider the following... Championship game since 2017 H Pepperdine won the 2021 NCAA Men’s H The Zags earned the fourth No. 1 seed Golf Championship in program history - all coming since 2013. H Santa Clara Women’s Soccer won the H The Bulldogs improved to 38-22 all-time 2020 NCAA Championship in the NCAA Tournament (23 trips), 35-20 H BYU Women’s Cross Country won the under head coach Mark Few (21 trips) 2020 NCAA Team Championship H Gonzaga is one of just two programs to H BYU’s Conner Mantz won the 2020 win its NCAA Tournament opener in each Men’s Cross Country individual title of the last 12 seasons (Kansas) H BYU Men’s Cross Country won the 2019 H NCAA Championship & the BYU Women WCC Men’s Basketball Active were national runner-ups Postseason Streaks: H BYU Volleyball was ranked No. 1 for 11 Gonzaga: 22 seasons; Saint Mary’s: 14 seasons consecutive weeks in 2018 Gloria Nevarez, H Three teams achieved a top-5 ranking H The 2020-21 season marked the 10th WCC Commissioner H Nine teams achieved a top-10 ranking straight year at least four WCC programs H 13 teams achieved a top-25 ranking have competed in the postseason. The Meet the Commish Since 2017 WCC Fall Programs have won conference record is seven (2 NCAA, 2 NIT, 3 CIT) established in 2014. The West Coast Conference Presidents’ 33 NCAA Tournament Matches... Council has selected Gloria Nevarez to H Men’s Soccer: 5 #WCCHOOPS IN THE... serve as the fourth full-time Commissioner H Women’s Soccer: 11 NAISMITH HALL OF FAME in the 66-year history of the West Coast H Volleyball: 17 COACHES Conference. H Volleyball Final Four: 2018 BYU Al Duer - Pepperdine* H NCAA Cross Country Runner-Ups Pete Newell – San Francisco*/LMU Nevarez, who started her post at the Men: 2018 - BYU; 2017 - Portland Eddie Sutton – San Francisco WCC in March of 2018, is one of 10 fe- Women: 2017 - USF; 2019 - BYU Jerry Tarkanian – UNLV male conference commissioners serving Phil Woolpert – San Francisco in Division I Athletics and is the first Latin H From 2016-19, the WCC sent multiple American woman to ascend to the com- teams to the NCAA Postseason in ALL PLAYERS missioner’s chair in Division I. of its sponsored Fall Sports: M/W Cross Dennis Johnson – Pepperdine Country, M/W Soccer & Volleyball. K.C. Jones – San Francisco Nevarez joins the WCC after spending Steve Nash – Santa Clara the last eight years with the Pac-12 where “BOXING OUTSIDE OUR Bill Russell – San Francisco she served as the senior associate com- WEIGHT CLASS...” John Stockton – Gonzaga missioner and senior woman administra- The WCC owns a proud tradition of suc- *Coached at member institutions before the creation of the WCC tor overseeing all Pac-12 championships cess across the board in multiple sports. with the exception of football. The Pac- Consider the following... #WCCHOOPS IN THE... 12’s primary liaison for men’s basketball, Since 2014 the WCC has turned in 10 NATIONAL COLLEGIATE BASKETBALL Nevarez played a comprehensive role NCAA Championship Runner-Up finishes HALL OF FAME overseeing officiating, scheduling, in eight sports COACHES television issues management, event 2021 Women’s Tennis (Pepperdine) Al Duer - Pepperdine* management and the student-athlete 2021 Men’s Basketball (Gonzaga) Pete Newell – experience. 2019 Women’s XC (BYU) San Francisco*/Loyola Marymount While at the Pac-12, Nevarez played a 2018 Men’s XC (BYU) Eddie Sutton – San Francisco key role in the creation and execution 2018 Women’s Tennis Singles (Pepperdine) Phil Woolpert – San Francisco 2017 Women’s XC (San Francisco) of league expansion, taking the Pac-12 2017 Men’s XC (Portland) PLAYERS membership from 10 schools to 12, and 2017 Beach Volleyball (Pepperdine) K.C. Jones – San Francisco the launch and development of the Pac- 2017 Men’s Basketball (Gonzaga) Bill Russell – San Francisco 12 Networks. In addition, Nevarez moved 2014 Women’s Volleyball (BYU) John Stockton – Gonzaga basketball championships to Las Vegas (men’s) and Seattle (women’s) and was #WCCHOOPS IN THE... #WCCSPORTS ALUMNI REPORT instrumental in creating a six-conference FIBA HALL OF FAME H Portland’s Megan Rapinoe won the 2019 men’s basketball officiating consortium, Pete Newell – LMU/San Francisco FIFA Golden Boot and Golden Ball awards which includes the Pac-12 and West Bill Russell – San Francisco H Santa Clara’s Julie Ertz won the 2019 Coast Conference. USWNT Player of the Year award H Santa Clara’s Steve Nash inducted into A veteran athletics administrator with the Naismith Hall of Fame (2018) more than 25 years of experience in Divi- sion I, Nevarez has served on campus at ABOUT THE WEST COAST CONFERENCE Oklahoma (2007-10) as the Senior Wom- The West Coast Conference was formed in 1952 and has evolved and grown to an Administrator, California (1999-01) become a nationally recognized and competitive force in Division I intercollegiate where she served as the Assistant Ath- athletics, with 15 conference-sponsored sports: baseball, men’s and women’s basket- letic Director for Compliance and Legal ball, women’s beach volleyball, men’s and women’s cross country, men’s and women’s and at San Jose State (1998-99) as the golf, women’s rowing, men’s and women’s soccer, softball, men’s and women’s tennis first full-time director of compliance. Her and women’s volleyball. initial foray into conference work was at the WCC (2002-07) where she served as The WCC is characterized by the stability of its membership and its unique emphasis the Associate Commissioner and Senior on combining excellence in athletics with excellence in academics. For more informa- Women’s Administrator. tion, visit WCCsports.com or follow the WCC on Twitter @WCCsports.

2022 WCC Beach Volleyball Almanac 2 2021 WCC BEACH VOLLEYBALL

WCC AVCA All-Americans 2021 2015 Selena Marolf (2) LMU Betsi Metter (1) LMU Reka Orsi Toth (2) LMU Sarah Sponcil (1) LMU Kelley Larsen (1) PEP 2019 Kellie Woolever (1) PEP Brook Bauer (1) PEP Heidi Dyer (1) PEP 2014 Lindsey Knudsen SMC Litara Keil (1) LMU Betsi Metter (1) LMU 2018 Lara Dkystra (1) PEP Deahna Kraft PEP Kelley Larsen (1) PEP Corinne Quiggle PEP Becca Strehlow (1) PEP Kellie Woolever (1) PEP 2017 Delaney Knudsen (1) PEP 2013 Lindsey Knudsen SMC Lara Dykstra (1) PEP Madalyn Roh (1) PEP Lilla Frederick (1) PEP 2021 WCC BEACH HIGHLIGHTS Payton Rund SMC Kim Hill (1) PEP Savannah Slattery LMU Caitlin Racich (1) PEP • LMU won the WCC title for the second straight Sarah Sponcil LMU time and advanced to the program’s first NCAA 2012 Nationals appearance. 2016 Caitlin Racich (1) PEP Heidi Dyer (1) PEP Summer Ross (1) PEP • The Lions opened day one of Nationals in im- Taylor Racich (1) PEP Lilla Frederick (1) PEP pressive fashion, upending LSU and then took Kim Hill (1) PEP down two-time defending NCAA Champions UCLA for a spot in the Semifinals *HM unless noted () • Three WCC squads - LMU, Pepperdine & Saint Mary’s - appeared in 2021 AVCA Coaches Polls • A pair of Lions earned AVCA All-American honors - the first in LMU program history

Final 2021 AVCA Coaches Poll Rk Team Record 1. USC 30-4 2. UCLA 32-5 3. LMU 31-8 4. LSU 27-9 5. Florida State 33-6 #WCCSPORTS BY THE NUMBERS 6. Cal Poly 24-11 7. Stanford 23-13 33 - AVCA All-Americans 8. TCU 26-10 18 - Postseason Team Wins 9. Grand Canyon 18-11 2 - AVCA National Championships 10. Arizona 22-6 (Pepperdine: 2012, 2014) 11. California 16-13 1 - AVCA Coach of the Year 12. FAU 23-10 1 - NCAA National Runner-Up 13. Hawai’i 17-10 (Pepperdine, 2017) 14. Pepperdine 14-17 15. FIU 25-7 TABLE OF CONTENTS 16. South Carolina 23-9 2021 Year in Review...... 2-3 17. Georgia State 23-13 2021 All-WCC Honors...... 4 18. Stetson 19-13 2021 WCC Championship Preview...... 5 19. Long Beach State 19-14 Past All-WCC Teams...... 6 20. North Florida 24-10 WCC Tournament Results...... 7 WCC Postseason Results...... 8 WCC Receiving Votes: Saint Mary’s WCC on the AVP...... 9 WCC 2020-21 Year In Review...... 10

2022 WCC Beach Volleyball Almanac 3 2021 BEACH VOLLEYBALL YEAR IN REVIEW

2021 All-WCC 2021 WCC Beach Volleyball Standings W L Pct. Team LMU3 31 8 .795 Saint Mary’s 12 11 .522 FIRST TEAM Pepperdine14 14 17 .472 Elena Baka SMC Pacific 6 8 .429 Brook Bauer PEP Santa Clara 5 7 .375 Iya Lindahl LMU San Francisco 3 9 .250 Selina Marolf LMU Portland 1 9 .100 Reka Orsi Toth LMU Rankings based on final AVCA Collegiate Beach Poll Melanie Paul PEP Jessie Prichard LMU Megan Rice LMU Carly Skjodt PEP WCC BEACH VOLLEYBALL INDIVIDUAL AWARDS Savannah Slattery LMU

SECOND TEAM Chandler Cowell SMC Emma Doud LMU Darby Dunn LMU Alexis Filippone PEP Madi Firnett LMU Hawley Harrer SMC Crash Parker SMC Julia Sangiacomo SCU

ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM Jordan Bennett SCU Pair of the Year Coach of the Year Alexa Edwards UOP Jessie Prichard & John Mayer, LMU Madi Firnett LMU Makenna Joyce SMC Savannah Slattery - LMU Gracie Pedersen PEP Jacinda Ramirez LMU Sammie Sheppard UOP

Freshman of the Year Defensive Player of the Year Madi Firnett, LMU Emma Doud, LMU

LIONS CHAMPS AGAIN! No. 5 LMU became the second WCC program to win multiple beach volleyball championships, defending its 2019 trophy. With the win, the Lions secured their first trip to NCAA Nationals at Gulf Shores, Ala.

2022 WCC Beach Volleyball Almanac 4 2021 BEACH VOLLEYBALL YEAR IN REVIEW 2020-21 WEST COAST CONFERENCE BEACH VOLLEYBALL REGULAR SEASON RECAP | 4.28.21

@WCCsports | #WCCsports Contact: Ryan McCrary | @RyMac_26 WCCsports.com Asst. Commissioner Communications | [email protected] WCC BY THE NUMBERS 26 8 31 2 Regular season wins for LMU - Top-15 Victories for WCC AVCA First Team AVCA National Titles for a new program record WCC Programs All-Americans Pepperdine WCC BEACH VOLLEYBALL DIGS MEET THE CHAMPIONSHIP COURSE H Two WCC programs are ranked in the top-25 in the most current AVCA beach volleyball rankings: defending WCC Champion No. 5 LMU and No. 13 Pepperdine. Saint Mary’s appears in the “Receiving Votes” category. H Defending champion LMU (26-6) enters the 2021 WCC Beach Volleyball Championship as the No. 1 seed and is on a six-match winning streak. Five of the Lions’ six losses came to teams ranked in the top-10 nationally. H Pepperdine (11-15) enters championship weekend after dispatching WCC foe Saint Mary’s in its final match of the Stanford Tournament. The Waves have played a schedule fea- turing 17 top-20 opponents with three wins against nationally elite foes. Pepperdine went 7-4 in April. Dockweiler Beach H Saint Mary’s (9-9) has gone 5-5 in its last 10 matches, highlighted by a split against No. 11 Pepperdine at the Stanford The 2021 West Coast Conference Beach Volleyball Champi- Invitational. The Gaels earned the No. 3 seed this season. onship will be held at Dockweiler Beach in El Segundo, Calif. The event runs Friday, April 30 to Saturday, H San Francisco’s Frank Lavrisha announced his retirement May 1. following the conclusion of the beach volleyball season. Located 15 minutes south of LAX, Dockweiler State Beach H NCAA TOURNAMENT HISTORY: Pepperdine owns virtually features 3.7 miles of ocean frontage and 288 acres of beach. all of the WCC postseason history, highlighted by two AVCA This is the first year the tournament will be hosted there after National Championships in 2012 and 2014. The Waves have all previous events were played in Santa Monica. competed in all four NCAA Nationals (2016-19), highlighted by a NCAA Runner-Up showing in 2017. The Waves boast LMU is the defending WCC Champion after capturing 22 All-Americans in program history, 20 of them first team its inaugural title in 2019 upending three-time champion selections. Pepperdine who did not drop a point in winning the debut event in 2016 and repeating in 2017 and 2018. The Lions beat H BEACH REPORT: Friday - high of 76 degrees with sunny skies Pepperdine twice in elimination matches on day two of the and winds running West at 10 to 20 mph; Saturday - high of 2019 tournament to take the crown.

WCC BEACH VOLLEYBALL 2021 DETAILS 2021 WCC PRESEASON POLL 2021 WCC PRESEASON ALL-WCC TEAM 2021 WCC CHAMPIONSHIP SEEDS Team (First Place Votes) Points Name Team Year 1. LMU Loyola Marymount (6) 36 Brook Bauer Pepperdine Sr. 2. PEPPERDINE Pepperdine (1) 31 Chandler Cowell Saint Mary’s Jr. 3. SAINT MARY’S Saint Mary’s 25 Emma Doud Loyola Marymount Gr. 4. SANTA CLARA Santa Clara 21 Alexis Fillipone Pepperdine Sr. 5. PACIFIC San Francisco 13 Selina Marolf Loyola Marymount Jr. 6. SAN FRANCISCO Pacific 12 Reka Orsi Toth Loyola Marymount Jr. 7. PORTLAND Portland 9 Melanie Paul Pepperdine Jr. Jessie Prichard Loyola Marymount Gr. 2021 PAIRS OF THE MONTH Simone Priebe Pepperdine Jr. MARCH Megan Rice Loyola Marymount Jr. Simone Priebe & Melanie Paul, Pep- Carly Skjodt Pepperdine Gr. perdine

2022 WCC Beach Volleyball Almanac 5 All-WCC Honors MAJOR INDIVIDUAL AWARDS FIRST TEAM Gigi Hernandez PEP 2021 Carly Lowry USF Elena Baka SMC PLAYER/PAIR OF THE YEAR Brook Bauer PEP 2018 2021 Prichard / Slattery LMU Iya Lindahl LMU Emily Bible SMC 2019 Knudsen / Chase SMC Selina Marolf LMU Gigi Hernandez PEP 2018 Corinne Quiggle PEP Reka Orsi Toth LMU Sara Kovac LMU 2017 Sarah Sponcil LMU Melanie Paul PEP Maycie LaBass UOP Andie Shelton UOP 2016 Dalas Dodd SMC Jessie Prichard LMU Megan Rice LMU Savannah Slattery LMU COACH OF THE YEAR Carly Skjodt PEP Julia Toper USF 2021 John Mayer LMU Savannah Slattery LMU Skylar Wine UOP 2019 John Mayer LMU 2017 Nina Matthies PEP 2019 2018 Brook Bauer PEP Emily Bible SMC 2017 Nina Matthies PEP Sarah Chase SMC Skylar Caputo PEP 2016 Nina Matthies PEP Heidi Dyer PEP Sarah Chase SMC Lindsey Knudsen SMC Heidi Dyer PEP DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR Sara Kovac LMU Emma Doug LMU Sara Kovac LMU 2021 Deahna Kraft PEP Jessie Prichard LMU 2019 Brook Bauer PEP Megan Nash LMU Emily Reed USF 2018 Deahna Kraft PEP Reka Orsi Toth LMU Tani Stephens POR 2017 Lindsey Knudsen SMC Jessie Prichard LMU 2016 2016 Mary Hernandez SMC Savannah Slattery LMU Skylar Caputo PEP Sabrina Clayton SCU FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR 2018 Brook Bauer PEP Lexi Elman UOP 2021 Madi Firnett LMU Mary Hernandez SMC 2019 Reka Orsi Toth LMU Sarah Chase SMC Heidi Dyer PEP Katarina Pilepic USF 2018 Brook Bauer PEP Taylor Racich PEP Savannah Slattery LMU McKayla Ferris LMU 2017 Lindsey Knudsen SMC Payton Rund SMC 2016 Lindsey Knudsen SMC Deahna Kraft PEP Anika Wilson PEP Jessie Prichard LMU FRESHMAN TEAM WCC PAIR OF THE MONTH - MARCH Corinne Quiggle PEP 2021 2021 Priebe/Paul PEP Madalyn Roh PEP Jordan Bennett SCU 2019 Caputo/Filippone PEP Payton Rund SMC Alexa Edwards UOP Madi Firnett LMU 2018 Kraft/Quiggle PEP 2017 2017 Howard/Quiggle PEP Lexi Elman UOP Makenna Joyce SMC 2016 Wilson/Roh PEP Brittany Howard PEP Gracie Pedersen PEP Delaney Knudsen PEP Jacinda Ramirez LMU Sammie Sheppard UOP WCC PAIR OF THE MONTH - APRIL Lindsey Knudsen SMC 2021 Prichard/Slattery LMU Corrine Quiggle PEP 2019 2019 Prichard/Kovac LMU Maddy Roh PEP Ella Boehle LMU 2018 Bauer/Roh PEP Payton Rund SMC Selbie Christensen SMC Howard/Quiggle PEP Andie Shelton UOP Chandler Cowell SMC 2017 Savannah Slattery LMU Quiggle/Caputo PEP Madelyn LaFollette USF 2016 Sarah Sponcil LMU Gabby Leo UOP Reka Orsi Toth LMU 2016 Kaity Bailey PEP Simone Priebe PEP Avery Bush LMU 2018 Dalas Dodd SMC Brook Bauer PEP Nikki Hess SCU Anna Dalla Vecchia USF Delaney Knudsen PEP Hanna De Schrijver UOP Lindsey Knudsen SMC Alexis Filippone PEP Kirsten Mead SCU Kelsey Knudsen SMC Oluoma Okaro USF Jennifer Boo Laird SMC Madalyn Roh PEP Kaitlyn Lines UOP Rachelle Suaava LMU 2017 SECOND TEAM Emily Baptista UOP 2021 Sarah Chase SMC Chandler Cowell SMC Deahna Kraft PEP Emma Doud LMU Alexsa Parker SMC Darby Dunn LMU Jessie Prichard LMU Alexis Filippone PEP Savannah Slattery LMU Madi Firnett LMU Cali Thompson POR Hawley Harrer SMC 2016 Crash Parker SMC Skylar Caputo PEP Three-time WCC Coach Julia Sangiacomo SCU Sascha Dominique LMU of the Year, Nina Matthies 2019 Heidi Dyer PEP Emily Bible SMC Lindsey Knudsen SMC Lindsey Calvin SMC Madalyn Roh PEP Skylar Caputo PEP Payton Rund SMC Bo Culo LMU Kekai Whitford LMU Anna Dalla Vecchia USF Emma Doud LMU

2022 WCC Beach Volleyball Almanac 6 WCC All- WCC Tournament Results 2021 - El Segundo, Calif. - Dockweiler State Beach Academic MATCH 1 No. No. 5 Pacific 3, No. 4 Santa Clara 2 MATCH 2 No. 3 Saint Mary’s 5, No. 6 San Francisco 0 MATCH 3 No. 2 Pepperdine 5, No. 7 Portland 0 2021 MATCH 4 No. 1 LMU 5, No. 5 Pacific 0 Brook Bauer PEP MATCH 5 No. 2 Pepperdine 5, No. 3 Saint Mary’s 0 Sydnie Hermann LMU MATCH 6 No. 6 San Francisco 3, No. 7 Portland 2 Jennifer Laird SMC MATCH 7 No. 3 Saint Mary’s 5, No. 4 Santa Clara 0 Gabby Leo UOP MATCH 8 No. 5 Pacific 4, No. 6 San Francisco 1 Selina Marolf LMU MATCH 9 No. 1 LMU 4, No. 2 Pepperdine 1 Jessie Prichard LMU No. 3 Saint Mary’s 5, No. 5 Pacific 0 Simone Priebe PEP MATCH 10 Megan Rice LMU MATCH 11 No. 2 Pepperdine 4, No. 3 Saint Mary’s 1 Julia Sangiacomo SCU MATCH 12 No. 1 LMU 3, No. 2 Pepperdine 0 Carly Skjodt PEP 2019 - Santa Monica, Calif. - Ocean Park 2020 MATCH 1 No. 4 San Francisco 3, No. 5 Santa Clara 2 Claire Danna UOP MATCH 2 No. 3 Saint Mary’s 5, No. 6 Portland 0 Hannah Frohling PEP MATCH 3 No. 2 LMU 5, No. 7 Pacific 0 Peyton Lewis PEP MATCH 4 No. 1 Pepperdine 5, No. 4 San Francisco 0 Jessie Prichard LMU MATCH 5 No. 2 LMU 4, No. 3 Saint Mary’s 1 Simone Priebe PEP MATCH 6 No. 7 Pacific 3, No. 6 Portland 2 Liz Reich POR MATCH 7 No. 3 Saint Mary’s 5, No. 5 Santa Clara 0 Megan Rice LMU MATCH 8 No. 4 San Francisco 4, No. 7 Pacific 1 Michelle Shaffer SCU No. 1 Pepperdine 3, No. 2 LMU 2 Savannah Slattery LMU MATCH 9 Sienna Young SMC MATCH 10 No. 3 Saint Mary’s 5, No. 4 San Franicsco 0 MATCH 11 No. 2 LMU 4, No. 3 Saint Mary’s 1 2019 MATCH 12 No. 2 LMU 3, No. 1 Pepperdine 1 Brook Bauer PEP MATCH 13 No. 2 LMU 3, No. 1 Pepperdine 0 Lindsey Calvin SMC Sarah Chase SMC 2018 - Santa Monica, Calif. - Ocean Park Maddie Dilfer PEP MATCH 1 No. 4 Pacific 4, No. 5 San Francisco 1 Alex Holt UOP MATCH 2 No. 3 Saint Mary’s 5, No. 6 Portland 0 Lindsey Knudsen SMC MATCH 3 No. 2 LMU 5, No. 7 Santa Clara 0 Chloe Loreen SCU MATCH 4 No. 1 Pepperdine 5, No. 4 Pacific 0 Carly Lowry USF MATCH 5 No. 3 Saint Mary’s 3, No. 2 LMU 2 Jessie Prichard LMU MATCH 6 No. 6 Portland 3, No. 7 Santa Clara 2 Morgan Robinson POR MATCH 7 No. 2 LMU 5, No. 5 San Francisco 0 No. 4 Pacific 4, No. 6 Portland 1 2018 MATCH 8 Lindsey Calvin SMC MATCH 9 No. 1 Pepperdine 5, No. 3 Saint Mary’s 0 Sarah Chase SMC MATCH 10 No. 2 LMU 4, No. 4 Pacific 1 Maddie Dilfer PEP MATCH 11 No. 3 Saint Mary’s 3, No. 2 LMU 2 Alex Holt UOP MATCH 12 No. 1 Pepperdine 5, No. 3 Saint Mary’s 0 Lindsey Knudsen SMC Kirsten Mead SCU 2017 - Santa Monica, Calif. - Ocean Park Jessie Prichard LMU MATCH 1 No. 4 Pacific 3, No. 5 Portland 2 Corinne Quiggle PEP MATCH 2 No. 3 LMU 5, No. 6 Santa Clara 0 Madalyn Roh PEP MATCH 3 No. 2 Saint Mary’s 5, No. 7 San Francisco 0 Cali Thompson POR MATCH 4 No. 1 Pepperdine 4, No. 4 Pacific 0 MATCH 5 No. 3 LMU 3, No. 2 Saint Mary’s 2 2017 MATCH 6 No. 6 Santa Clara 3, No. 7 San Francisco 2 Emily Bible SMC No. 2 Saint Mary’s 5, No. 5 Portland 0 Delaney Knudsen PEP MATCH 7 Lindsey Knudsen SMC MATCH 8 No. 6 Santa Clara 4, No. 4 Pacific 1 Kirsten Mead SCU MATCH 9 No. 1 Pepperdine 4, No. 3 LMU 1 Dane Miller USF MATCH 10 No. 2 Saint Mary’s 5, No. 6 Santa Clara 0 Lauren Naatz POR MATCH 11 No. 3 LMU 4, No. 2 Saint Mary’s 1 Corinne Quiggle PEP MATCH 12 No. 1 Pepperdine 4, No. 3 LMU 1 Madalyn Roh PEP Payton Rund SMC 2016 - Santa Monica, Calif. - Ocean Park Sarah Sponcil LMU MATCH 1 No. 4 Saint Mary’s 3, No. 5 Pacific 2 MATCH 2 No. 6 LMU 4, No. 3 Santa Clara 1 2016 MATCH 3 No. 2 San Francisco 5, No. 7 Portland 0 Samantha Cash PEP No. 1 Pepperdine 3, No. 4 Saint Mary’s 2 Mia Feiner UOP MATCH 4 Jessica Gaffney USF MATCH 5 No. 6 LMU 5, No. 2 San Francisco 0 Mary Hernandez SMC MATCH 6 No. 3 Santa Clara 4, No. 7 Portland 1 Alex Holt UOP MATCH 7 No. 2 San Francisco 5, No. 5 Pacific 1 Delaney Knudsen PEP MATCH 8 No. 4 Saint Mary’s 4, No. 3 Santa Clara 1 Kirsten Mead SCU MATCH 9 No. 1 Pepperdine 5, No. 6 LMU 0 Danielle Rottman SCU MATCH 10 No. 4 Saint Mary’s 3, No. 2 San Francisco 2 Sara Staengle USF MATCH 11 No. 4 Saint Mary’s 3, No. 6 LMU 2 Kimmy Whitson UOP MATCH 12 No. 1 Pepperdine 5, No. 4 Saint Mary’s 0

2022 WCC Beach Volleyball Almanac 7 WCC POSTSEASON RESULTS

NCAA Team Championships 2021 Round LMU 3, LSU 2 First LMU 3, UCLA 2 Second USC 3, LMU 1 Semifinal UCLA 3, LMU 0 Consolation Final

2019 Round LSU 3, Pepperdine 0 First USC 3, Pepperdine 0 Consolation Pepperdine Waves, 2014 AVCA Champions 2018 Round Pepperdine 3, LSU 0 First Hawaii 3, Pepperdine 2 Second USC 3, Pepperdine 2 Consolation First

2017 Round Pepperdine 3, LBSU 0 First Pepperdine 3, UCLA 1 Second USC 3, Pepperdine 0 Semifinal Pepperdine 3, Hawaii 0 Consolation Final USC 3, Pepperdine 2 Finals

2016 Round Pepperdine 3, Arizona 1 First USC 3, Pepperdine 0 Second UCLA 3, Pepperdine 2 Consolation First

AVCA Team Championships 2015 Round Pepperdine 5, Georgia St. 0 Round of 16 USC 3, Pepperdine 0 Quarterfinal Pepperdine 3, Hawaii 2 Back Draw QF Pepperdine 4, Florida Int’l 1 Back Draw SF Long Beach St. 3, Pepperdine 2 SF/Back Finals

2014 Round Pepperdine 4, Florida St. 1 Quarterfinal Pepperdine 3, USC 2 Semifinal Pepperdine 3, Florida St. 2 Finals

2013 Round Pepperdine 4, USC 1 Quarterfinal Pepperdine 3, Florida St. 2 Semifinal WCC POSTSEASON RECORDS

TEAM RECORD PCT. Pepperdine 16-11 .593 LMU 2-2 .500 Pacific 0-0 .000 Portland 0-0 .000 Saint Mary’s 0-0 .000 San Francisco 0-0 .000 Santa Clara 0-0 .000

2022 WCC Beach Volleyball Almanac 8 WCC ON THE AVP

LMU Summer Ross, Emily Day Pepperdine Betsi Flint 2012 AVCA All-American Pepperdine 2017, 2018 AVP Gold Se- Lara Dykstra ries Runner-Up Brittany Howard

Delaney Knudsen Kelley Larsen Corinne Quiggle Betsi Flint, LMU Summer Ross Kellie Woolever 2016 AVP Gold Series Runner-Up Two-time AVCA All-American

“Legend of the Beach” Nina Matthies • 35 years overall as Pepperdine’s head coach with a 727-366 (.665) combined beach and indoor record • 2015 AVCA Hall of Fame inductee • 2013 AVCA Sand Coach of the Year • Three-time WCC Beach Volleyball Coach of the Year • Two-time AVCA Beach Volleyball Champion • 18 AVCA Beach Volleyball All-Americans • Three consecutive NCAA Beach Champion- ship appearances, including runner-up in 2017 • 137-23 (.856) record on the beach • 590-343 (.632) record in 31 years indoors

2022 WCC Beach Volleyball Almanac 9 WEST COAST CONFERENCE 2020-21 YEAR IN REVIEW FOUR TITLES HIGHLIGHT TRIUMPH OVER ADVERSITY WHAT A YEAR! WCC 2020-21 FIRSTS • BYU won the first NCAA women’s cross country team championship in WCC history (fifth program history) • BYU’s Conner Mantz is the first WCC student-athlete to win an NCAA individual cross country title • Pepperdine is the first women’s tennis team in WCC history to reach a NCAA semifinals and advanced to the program’s first-ever title match • Pepperdine men’s golf is the first WCC program to finish the season ranked No. 1 in the nation and have accomplished the feat in back-to-back years • Gonzaga men’s basketball set the conference single-season winning streak, opening 2020-21 at 31-0 WCC NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS – 2020-21 • Pepperdine Men’s Golf • BYU Women’s Cross Country FROM APRIL 5 to JUNE 5... • Santa Clara Women’s Soccer (Team) • Gonzaga men’s basketball played for • Conner Mantz, BYU Men’s Cross the NCAA Championship for the second time since 2017 (4/5/21) Country (Individual) • LMU beach volleyball advanced to the NCAA Semifinals (5/7/21) • Santa Clara women’s soccer won its second NCAA Championship in Cary, N.C. (5/17/21) • Pepperdine women’s tennis advanced to the NCAA Title match vs. Texas (5/22/21) • Pepperdine men’s doubles reached the NCAA Semis (5/27/21) • Pepperdine men’s golf won its second NCAA Championship (6/2/21) Second NCAA Title for Pepperdine Golf Fifth NCAA Title for BYU Women XC WCC NATIONAL HONORS - 2020-21 • Santa Clara’s Alex Loera won the 2021 Honda Sport Award for Women’s Soccer. Loera was named Defensive Most Out- standing Player at the 2020 College Cup • Gonzaga’s Corey Kispert was named a 2021 Academic All-American & Team Member of the Year for Men’s Basketball • BYU’s Conner Mantz was named the 2020 NCAA Division I Men’s Cross Coun- try National Scholar Athlete of the Year & National Men’s Athlete of the Year • Gonzaga’s Mark Few was named Na- NCAA Champion Conner Mantz Second NCAA Title Game since 2017 ismith & NABC National Coach of the Year • Three Gonzaga men’s basketball players earned consensus 2020-21 All-American WCC NCAA NATIONAL honors – Corey Kispert (1st), Jalen Suggs RUNNER-UPS – 2020-21 (2nd) & (2nd) Drew Timme • Gonzaga Men’s Basketball • BYU’s Diljeet Taylor was named the 2020 NCAA Division I Women’s Cross Country • Pepperdine Women’s Tennis Coach of the Year • BYU Women’s Cross Country named WCC NCAA NATIONAL 2020 National Scholar Team of the Year SEMIFINALISTS – 2020-21 CLOSING ARGUMENTS... • WCC programs produced at least one • LMU Beach Volleyball First NCAA Semis for LMU Beach All-American in 12 of 15 WCC-sponsored • Pepperdine Men’s Tennis - Doubles sports in 2020-21 2022 WCC Beach Volleyball Almanac 10