For Immediate Release \\ Tuesday, April 23, 2019 Contacts \\ Pac-12: Natalia Ciccone ([email protected]); USC: Jeremy Wu ([email protected]) 2019 PAC-12 BEACH VOLLEYBALL NATIONAL POLLS AVCA ......RANK .........DiG OVERALL vs. PAC-12* vs. Ranked UCLA.........1..........UCLA W-L Pct. H A N STREAK W-L Pct. Teams AVCA/DiG USC..........2...........USC Arizona 24-4 .857 13-2 5-1 6-1 W14 4-1 .800 2-4 13/12 Florida State....3.....Florida State Arizona State 19-12 .613 4-6 2-3 13-3 W4 2-3 .400 1-12 RV/19 LSU ..........4............LSU California 19-7 .731 7-0 7-3 5-4 W2 6-1 .857 7-7 12/T7 Pepperdine ....5.........Hawai’i Hawai’i........6......Pepperdine Oregon 4-9-1 .321 1-0 0-3-1 3-6 W1 0-3 .000 0-6 -/- Cal Poly ......7/7 ....CALIFORNIA Stanford 10-16 .385 4-7 2-4 4-5 L2 3-7 .300 1-11 20/RV FIU .........8/7 ........Cal Poly UCLA 28-1 .966 6-0 5-0 17-1 W3 10-1 .909 23-1 1/1 Long Beach St. 9.........Stetson USC 24-4 .857 7-1 4-2 13-1 W8 8-2 .800 21-4 2/2 Stetson ...... 10 . Loyola Marymount South Carolina . 11 ...........FIU Utah 5-7 .417 1-1 0-4 4-2 L1 0-3 .000 0-4 -/- CALIFORNIA .. 12 ......ARIZONA Washington 8-14 .364 0-2 0-3 8-0 L1 1-4 .200 0-13 -/- ARIZONA..... 13 ..Long Beach St. Loyola Marymount 14 ...Grand Canyon *NOTE: The Pac-12 Conference is not recording official league standings. League records listed are for refer- Grand Canyon . 15 ....Georgia State ence only and reflect all contests between members. Georgia State .. 16 ...South Carolina Florida Atlantic. 17 .......... TCU SCHEDULE OF EVENTS TCU......... 18 .Saint Mary’s (CA) Saint Mary’s (CA) 19 .ARIZONA STATE DATE EVENT TIME (Local to site) Television STANFORD ... 20 .Coll. of Charleston Thurs., April 25 Championship opening rounds 9 a.m. Pac-12 Network PAIRS OF THE WEEK Fri., April 26 Championship play continues 9 a.m. Pac-12 Network Feb. 26 .............Lily Justine and . .Sarah Sponcil, UCLA Mar. 5 .........Abril Bustamante and Sat., April 27 Championship play continues 11 a.m. Pac-12 Network . .Tina Graudina, USC Champion awards ceremony 3 p.m. Mar. 12 ..........Haley Hallgren and * Full brackets schedule is on pages 3. Times local to site. Alexandra Poletto, USC Pac-12 Network Spring Championships Viewing Guide on page 7. Mar. 19 .......... Oluoma Okaro and . .Ashley Wenz, ASU Mar. 26 ........Abril Bustamante and PAC-12 BEACH VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS . .Tina Graudina, USC Apr. 2 ........Megan McNamara and . Nicole McNamara, UCLA The fourth-annual Pac-12 Beach Volleyball Championship takes place at Merle Norman Stadium on the cam- Apr. 9 ..............Savvy Simo and pus of the USC, Thursday-Saturday, April 25-27, featuring one of the strongest fields in the short history of . Lea Monkhouse, UCLA the event with three top-10 ranked teams for the second time. Defending Pac-12 and NCAA Champion UCLA Apr. 16 ..........Terese Cannon and . Sammy Slater, USC earned the top seed for the second year in a row, based on a coaches vote, and host Trojans are the No. 2 seed. Apr. 23 ........... Alexia Inman and The Bruins are looking to capture a second-straight Pac-12 crown after being No. 1 in the country all . Mia Merino, CAL season, boasting a 28-1 record. The second-seeded Trojans look to get back on top of the podium after winning ALL-TIME TEAM TOTALS the first two league crowns in 2016 and 2017. USC handed UCLA its only loss of the season earlier this month. Arizona State ....................1 Five of the nine Pac-12 teams are ranked heading into the championship for the second-straight year. California .......................2 After UCLA’s stranglehold on the top position in the poll, USC is No. 2 in both the AVCA and DiG Magazine Stanford........................2 USC..........................17 polls. CALIFORNIA is ranked No. 10 by the coaches, ARIZONA is No. 13 and STANFORD is No. 20. In the UCLA.........................11 DiG polling, the Golden Bears are tied for No. 7 while the Wildcats are No. 15 and ARIZONA STATE is No. Washington .....................1 19. In 2016, three Pac-12 teams were ranked in the AVCA’s top 10 heading into the championship. The No. 3 seed in the championship for the second-straight year, the Bears have knocked off two top- FOLLOW THE PAC-12 10 opponents this season already as they look to make a strong case for a postseason bid. Cal earned its Pac-12............. Twitter: @pac12 first-ever top-10 AVCA ranking this week. No. 4-seeded UA is the hottest team in the league, winning its last . .Instagram: pac12conference 14-consecutive duals. No. 5-seed Stanford and No. 7-seeded WASHINGTON are the youngest teams in the . .Facebook: Pac-12 Conference Conference carrying eight and 12 underclassmen, respectively, on their respective rosters. ASU is the No. Hashtag............... #Pac12BVB 6 seed, posting a program-record 19 wins this season. UTAH is the No. 8 seed and OREGON is the No. 9 Arizona ..............@UABeachVB seed. Both have strong contenders at the No. 1 pair. Arizona State ..... @SunDevilBeachVB The championship features some of the nation’s top pairs, including USC’s Tina Graudina and Abril Busta- California ...........@CalBeachVball mante, and UCLA’s twins Nicole and Megan McNamara, ranking Nos. 1 and 2, respectively, in the country at Oregon................ @OregonVB court one. UA’s Natalie Anselmo and Madison Rigdon are the top pair at court three, going 20-0 this season. Stanford..........@StanfordBeachVB Merle Norman Stadium has three courts with sand from the U.S. Olympic Training Center. It is located UCLA............... @uclabeachvb on the east side of University Park Campus on Figueroa Street across from Galen Center. Home to the Tro- USC..................@USCBeach Washington ......... @UW_BeachVB jans beach volleyball team, ground was broken for the venue in July 2012. All of the championship action will be televised live on Pac-12 Network with Anne Marie Anderson, For brackets, results and live updates, visit Holly McPeak, Kevin Barnett and Camryn Irwin calling the action over the three days. pac-12.com/beach-volleyball/championship 2018 PAC-12 BEACH VOLLEYBALL REVIEW STANFORD, Calif. - No. 1-ranked and top-seeded UCLA defeated USC to claim the Bruins’ first-ever Pac-12 Beach Volleyball Championship crown at the Stanford 2018 TEAM BRACKET Beach Volleyball Stadium. The Bruins did not drop a dual in the three-day event, THURSDAY-SATURDAY, APRIL 26-28, 2018 extending their program-record win streak to 30 in a row. OPENING ROUND The Bruins won points at the No. 1, 2 and 4 pairs. Elise Zappia and Mac May #8 UTAH def. #9 OREGON, 4-1 claimed the team’s first point but the USC pair of Alexandra Poletto and Haley Hall- #2 USC def. #7 ARIZONA STATE, 4-1 gren won a close match at No. 5 to even the score, 1-1. In the second round, twins #3 CALIFORNIA def. #6 WASHINGTON, 4-1 Nicole and Megan McNamara held off USC’s top pair of Tina Graudina and Abril #4 STANFORD def. #5 ARIZONA, 4-1 Bustamante to win the first set, 21-19, then won in convincing fashion in the sec- #1 UCLA vs. #8 UTAH, 5-0 ond, 21-15, to give UCLA a 2-1 lead. It was the first time this season the twins had defeated the Trojan pair, including a loss in the morning semifinal. WINNER’S BRACKET #2 USC def. #3 CALIFORNIA, 4-1 The deciding point came from the No. 3 pair of Savvy Simo and Madi Yeomans. #1 UCLA def. #4 STANFORD, 5-0 The due did not lose a set all week, claiming the championship point by a score of 21-19, 21-16. CONTENDER’S BRACKET #7 ARIZONA STATE def. #9 OREGON, 5-0 Five pairs were named to the all-tournament team, as voted on by the Pac-12 beach #5 ARIZONA def. #8 UTAH, 5-0 volleyball coaches: UW’s Schwan and Julye (No. 2 pair); USC’s Graudina and Busta- # 6 WASHINGTON def. #7 ARIZONA STATE, 4-1 mante (No. 1 pair); UCLA’s Simo and Yeoman’s (No. 3 pair), Justine and Sponcil #3 CALIFORNIA def. #5 ARIZONA, 3-2 (No. 2 pair), and the McNamara twins (No. 1 pair). #6 WASHINGTON def. #4 STANFORD, 4-1w WINNER’S BRACKET SEMIFINAL #2 UCLA def. #1 USC, 3-2 CONTENDER’S BRACKET QUARTERFINAL #3 CALIFORNIA def. #7 WASHINGTON, 3-2 CONTENDER’S BRACKET SEMIFINAL #2 USC def. #3 CALIFORNIA, 5-0 CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH #1 UCLA def. #2 USC, 3-1 ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM #2 Courtney Schwan/Destiny Julye, WASH #1 Tina Graudina/Abril Bustamante, USC Pac-12 Championship All-Tournament team #3 Savvy Simo/Madi Yeomans, UCLA #2 Lily Justine/Sarah Sponcil, UCLA #1 Nicole McNamara/Megan McNamara, UCLA PAC-12 PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Nicole McNamara, UCLA PAC-12 FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR: Tina Graudina, USC PAC-12 PAIR OF THE YEAR: Megan McNamara and Nicole McNamara, UCLA PAC-12 COACH OF THE YEAR: Stein Metzger, UCLA ALL-PAC-12 TEAM First Team Second Team Abril Bustamante, JR, USC Adora Anae, SR, UTAH Terese Cannon, R, USC Jordan Anderson, SR, WASH Tina Graudina, FR, USC Dani Barton, SR, UTAH Lily Justine, SO, UCLA Courtney Bowen, JR, STAN Nicole McNamara, JR, UCLA Haley Hallgren, Fr, USC Megan McNamara, JR, UCLA Morgan Hentz, SO, STAN Mima Mirkovic, FR, CAL Destiny Julye, JR, WASH Kathryn Plummer, SO, STAN Iya Lindahl, SO, CAL Sarah Sponcil, JR, UCLA Savvy Simo, SO, UCLA Courtney Schwan, SR, WASH Sammy Slater, FR, USC ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM Tina Graudina, USC Mac May, UCLA Mima Mirkovic, CAL Sammy Slater, USC Sunny Villapando, STAN 2 2019 PAC-12 BEACH VOLLEYBALL // Tuesday, April 23, 2019 THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY APRIL 25 APRIL 26 APRIL 27 #2 USC Match #5 Thu., 3:00 pm PT Match #9 #7 Washington Fri., 10:30 am PT #3 California Match #4 Thu., 1:30 pm PT #6 Arizona State Match #13 #1 UCLA Fri., 4:30 pm PT Match #3 #8 Utah Thu., 12:00 pm PT Match #10 Match #1 Fri., 12:00 pm PT Thu., 9:00 am PT #9 Oregon #4 Arizona Match #16 Match #2 Sat., 1:30 pm PT Thu., 10:30 am PT PAC-12 CHAMPION #5 Stanford L13 L10 L1 Match #12 Match #15 Match #6 Fri., 3:00 pm PT Sat., 11 am PT Thu.,4:30 pm PT Match #8 L5 Fri., 9:00 am PT L4 Match #14 L2 Fri., 6:00 pm PT Match #7 Thu., 6:00 pm PT Match #11 L3 Fri., 1:30 pm PT L9 PAC-12 BEACH VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONSHI P APRIL 25-27, 2019 // MERLE NORMAN STADIUM // LOS ANGELES, CA 2019 PAC-12 BEACH VOLLEYBALL // Tuesday, April 23, 2019 2019 PAC-12 BEACH VOLLEYBALL SCOREBOARD ARIZONA WILDCATS ARIZONA STATE SUN DEVILS Overall: 24-4, ..857 Overall: 19-12, .613 Fri., Feb.