2016 PAC-12 BEACH VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS Hosted by the University of Southern California Merle Norman Stadium • Los Angeles, Calif
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For Immediate Release \\ Friday, May 20, 2016 Contacts \\ Jesse Hooker ([email protected]) 2016 PAC-12 BEACH VOLLEYBALL PAIRS OF THE WEEK March 7...........Nicolette Martin & OVERALL PAC-12* vs. AVCA . .Allie Wheeler, USC W-L Pct. H A N STREAK W-L Pct. AVCA Top 10 DiG March 14............Julie Consani & USC 34-2 .944 9-1 6-1 19-0 W30 7-0 1.000 1 19-2 1 . Laurel Weaver, UCLA Arizona 20-7 .741 8-0 2-4 10-3 L1 7-3 .700 6 3-7 6 March 21..............Kelly Claes & . .Sara Hughes, USC UCLA 22-8 .733 3-0 4-2 15-6 L1 4-3 .571 3 13-8 3 March 28............Jenna Belton & California 17-11 .607 4-2 3-5 10-4 L2 5-4 .556 - 0-4 16 . Abril Bustamante, USC Arizona State 12-13 .480 6-3 0-6 6-4 L1 2-8 .200 - 0-8 - April 4 ..........Megan McNamara & . .Nicole McNamara, UCLA Washington 5-6 .455 1-0 1-0 3-6 L1 3-2 .600 - 0-3 RV April 11 ...............Kelly Claes & Stanford 5-12 .294 3-8 1-1 1-3 L6 2-4 .333 - 0-1 - . Sara Hughes, USC (2nd) Oregon 2-10 .167 0-0 2-4 0-6 L3 1-7 .125 - 0-1 - April 18 ...........Sophie Bukovec & . Alexa Strange, USC TOTAL 117-69 .629 31-31 .500 35-34 April 25 ...............Kelly Claes & . Sara Hughes, USC (3rd) *NOTE: The Pac-12 Conference did not record official league standings during the inaugural season of TEAM TOTALS Beach Volleyball. These league records are for reference only and reflect all contests between members. USC...........................6 **UTAH will become the ninth Pac-12 member to sponsor beach volleyball in 2017. UCLA..........................2 #PAC12BVB YEAR IN REVIEW THE PAC-12 VS... USC TITLES CAP INAUGURAL SEASON OF PAC-12 & NCAA BEACH VOLLEYBALL Atlantic Sun .................3-0 Big West ..................26-7 As the Pac-12 celebrated its storied past throughout the Centennial campaign, the Conference looked to the future while CCSA.....................16-5 also adding to its history in 2015-16 with the addition of Beach Volleyball as the league’s 23rd sponsored sport. In con- West Coast Conf. ...........22-13 junction with the first year of sponsorship by the NCAA, the Pac-12 was among four other beach volleyball conferences vs. NCAA BVB Conf. ..67-25 (.728) in the sport’s inaugural season along with the Atlantic Sun Conference, Big West Conference, Coastal Collegiate Athletic Association, and West Coast Conference. Independents - West .........7-12 Independents - Midwest........5-0 The first-ever Pac-12 Beach Volleyball Championships were held at USC’s Merle Norman Stadium Independents - South..........2-1 in Los Angeles and dominated by the host Trojans as Pac-12 Pair of the Year Kelly Claes and Sara 1 Independents - East...........0-0 Hughes captured the Pairs title and top seeded USC rolled to the Team crown. Independents - Texas..........2-0 The Pac-12 set the tone on the sand as it sent a national-best three teams to the first-ever NCAA vs. NCAA Varsity Tms..83-38 (.686) Championship in No. 2 seed USC, No. 4 seed UCLA and No. 6 seed ARIZONA. The Trojans won all 1, 3, T5 four of their dual matches at the event, including two triumphs over No. 1 seed Florida State, en route Two-Year Colleges ............1-0 to a 34-2 final record and the inaugural NCAA team championship, while UCLA finished third and Non-Varsity .................2-0 ARIZONA tied for fifth. vs. ALL NON-CONF. OPP. ..86-38 (.694) The number of Pac-12 beach volleyball teams in the final AVCA Top 10 poll, tied with the Coastal Col- NATIONAL POLLS legiate Sports Association (CCSA) for the conference with the most teams in the national poll. 3 AVCA (5/10) . RANK ... DiG (5/12) The Conference also led the nation with six AVCA All-America selections in USC’s Claes and Hughes, USC..........1...........USC Florida State....2.....Florida State ARIZONA’s Madison Witt and McKenna Witt and UCLA’s Megan McNamara and Nicole McNamara. 6 UCLA.........3..........UCLA NCAA All-Tournament Team selections for the Pac-12 out of 10 honorees: USC No. 1 pair Kelly Claes Hawai’i........4.........Hawai’i and Sara Hughes, ARIZONA No. 2 pair Jianna Bonomi and Katarina Schulz, UCLA No. 4 pair Zano Pepperdine ....5......Pepperdine 8 Muno and Jessyka Ngauamo, USC No. 5 pair Jo Kremer and Zoe Nightingale. ARIZONA......6.......ARIZONA Georgia State ...7.....Georgia State Stetson .......8.........Stetson AVCA ALL-AMERICANS DiG ALL-AMERICANS Long Beach St. 9...Long Beach St. LSU ......... 10 ...........LSU Kelly Claes, USC DiG PLAYER OF THE YEAR FIRST TEAM 11 ...Grand Canyon Sara Hughes, USC Sara Hughes, USC Kelly Claes, USC 12 ....North Florida Megan McNamara, UCLA Sara Hughes, USC 13 ...........FIU Nicole McNamara, UCLA DiG FRESHMEN OF THE YEAR Alexa Strange, USC 14 .........Tulane Madison Witt, ARIZONA Megan McNamara & Madison Witt, ARIZONA 15 ...San Francisco McKenna Witt, ARIZONA Nicole McNamara, UCLA McKenna Witt, ARIZONA 16 ....CALIFORNIA 17 .....Saint Mary’s SECOND TEAM 18 .... New Mexico Kamila Tan, UCLA 19 .......... FAU Sophie Bukovec, USC 20 ...South Carolina 2016 ALL-PAC-12 CONFERENCE TEAMS FIRST TEAM Name ................................................School .........................................Year .......................................Ht ...............................................Hometown Bianca Arellano ........................................ ASU ................................................Jr. ............................................5-8 .............................................. Phoenix, Ariz. Sophie Bukovec ....................................... USC ................................................Jr. ............................................6-1 .......................................... Toronto, Canada Kelly Claes ............................................... USC ................................................Jr. ............................................6-2 ............................................ Fullerton, Calif. Whitney Follette ....................................... ASU ................................................Jr. ............................................6-2 ....................................... St. Albert, Canada Sara Hughes ............................................ USC ................................................Jr. ...........................................5-10 .......................................Costa Mesa, Calif. Megan McNamara .................................. UCLA .............................................. Fr. ............................................5-9 ......................................Vancouver, Canada Nicole McNamara ................................... UCLA .............................................. Fr. ............................................5-9 ......................................Vancouver, Canada Alexa Strange ........................................... USC ................................................Jr. ............................................6-0 .................................... San Clemente, Calif. Madison Witt ............................................ARIZ ................................................Jr. ............................................6-0 .............................................Glendale, Ariz. McKenna Witt ..........................................ARIZ ................................................Jr. ...........................................5-11 ............................................Glendale, Ariz. SECOND TEAM Name ................................................School .........................................Year .......................................Ht ...............................................Hometown Jianna Bonomi .........................................ARIZ ............................................... Sr. ............................................5-6 ..............................Huntington Beach, Calif. Abril Bustamante ..................................... USC ............................................... Fr. ............................................6-0 .................................Redondo Beach, Calif. Hayley Hodson ........................................ STAN .............................................. Fr. ............................................6-3 ..................................Newport Beach, Calif. Crissy Jones ............................................WASH ..............................................So. ...........................................6-2 ...................................... Los Alamitos, Calif. Zana Muno ............................................. UCLA .............................................. Fr. ...........................................5-10 ................................Hermosa Beach, Calif. Tia Scambray ..........................................WASH ..............................................So. ...........................................6-0 .........................................Dana Point, Calif. Katarina Schulz ........................................ARIZ ............................................... Sr. ............................................6-1 .............................................. Phoenix, Ariz. Courtney Schwan ....................................WASH ..............................................So. ...........................................6-1 ............................................ Auburn, Wash. Cassie Strickland .....................................WASH ...............................................Jr. ............................................5-8 ..............................Huntington Beach, Calif. Kamila Tan .............................................. UCLA .............................................