PAC-10 CONFERENCE PAC-12 CONFERENCE 1350 Treat Blvd., Suite 500, Walnut Creek, CA 94597 // PAC-12.COM // 925.932.4411 For Immediate Release \\ Monday, September 9, 2013 Contact \\ Natalia Ciccone ([email protected]); Kyra Geithman ([email protected]) 2013 PAC-12 CONFERENCE WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL STANDINGS Conference Overall W L PCT HOME AWAY W L PCT HOME AWAY NEUT 3G 4G 5G STREAK Utah 0 0 .000 0-0 0-0 7 0 1.000 3-0 1-0 3-0 2-0 4-0 1-0 W 7 Washington State 0 0 .000 0-0 0-0 7 0 1.000 4-0 1-0 2-0 4-0 2-0 1-0 W 7 Arizona State 0 0 .000 0-0 0-0 6 0 1.000 0-0 2-0 4-0 6-0 0-0 0-0 W 6 USC 0 0 .000 0-0 0-0 6 0 1.000 0-0 3-0 3-0 3-0 3-0 0-0 W 6 California 0 0 .000 0-0 0-0 5 0 1.000 2-0 1-0 2-0 5-0 0-0 0-0 W 5 Washington 0 0 .000 0-0 0-0 4 0 1.000 2-0 0-0 2-0 3-0 0-0 1-0 W 4 Colorado 0 0 .000 0-0 0-0 5 1 .833 1-1 1-0 3-0 3-0 2-1 0-0 W 5 Arizona 0 0 .000 0-0 0-0 5 1 .833 5-1 0-0 0-0 4-0 1-1 0-0 W 3 UCLA 0 0 .000 0-0 0-0 5 1 .833 0-0 1-1 4-0 3-1 2-0 0-0 L 1 Oregon State 0 0 .000 0-0 0-0 4 2 .667 1-0 3-2 0-0 2-1 1-1 1-0 L 2 Oregon 0 0 .000 0-0 0-0 3 3 .500 3-1 0-2 0-0 3-2 0-1 0-0 L 2 Stanford 0 0 .000 0-0 0-0 2 2 .500 1-0 1-1 0-1 2-0 0-2 0-0 L 2 VOLLEYBALL TRAVELS ACROSS THE NATION FOR THIRD WEEK OF PLAY All but one of the 12 Conference teams hit the road for tournament action, as the Pac-12 volleyball season continues its non-conference schedule. Only CALIFOR- NIA remains on their home court as the other squads are spread across the nation, with ARIZONA traveling to the Hawai’i Tournament and STANFORD represent- ing on the East Coast as it competes in Washington, D.C. ... Six Pac-12 teams remain undefeated with UTAH and WASHINGTON STATE holding a 7-0 record. ARIZONA STATE and USC are 6-0, and CALIFORNIA and WASHINGTON are 5-0 and 4-0, respectively ... Six Conference teams were ranked in this week’s AVCA top-25 poll. The Trojans are the No. 1 team in the nation, followed by the Huskies at sixth, the Cardinal at 8th, UCLA at 11th, and OREGON at 20th. California broke into the rankings, placing 23rd after a weekend that saw three-consecutive sweeps, including a straight-set victory over then-ranked No. 19 Creighton. The Pac-12 has had at least five teams ranked in the top 25 for 177-consecutive weeks ... The week features contests against six ranked teams for the league. Arizona State will face No. 2 Texas in the Illini Classic, their highest-ranked opponent so far this season ... ASU’s Macey Gardner, UW’s Jenna Orlandini and WSU’s Kyra Holt all earned Pac-12 Player of the Week honors. Gardner was named Offensive Player of the Week, while Orlandini took home Defensive Player of the Week honors and Holt was tabbed for Freshman of the Week. UPCOMING SCHEDULE Tuesday, September 10 Saturday, September 14 #20 Oregon vs. Seattle .................................. P12N .......................7 p.m. PT Arizona vs. #10 Hawaii (1) ............................................................ 7 p.m. HT #23 California vs. Kansas State (3) .................................................1 p.m. PT Thursday, September 12 Colorado at Baylor (6) ....................................................................6 p.m. CT Arizona vs. Northwestern (1) ......................................................... 5 p.m. HT #20 Oregon vs. Belmont (7) .........................................................10 a.m. PT Arizona State vs. Youngstown State (2) ...........................................8 p.m. CT #20 Oregon vs. Fresno State (7) ................................................7:30 p.m. PT #23 California vs. Cal Poly (3) .........................................................7 p.m. PT Oregon State vs. UC Davis (8) ......................................................10 a.m. PT #8 Stanford vs. Air Force (4) ..........................................................4 p.m. ET Oregon State vs. Portland (8) ..........................................................7 p.m. PT #11 UCLA at Denver (5) ................................................................7 p.m. MT #11 UCLA vs. #24 Creighton (5) ..................................................12 p.m. MT #1 USC vs. UC Santa Barbara (9) .................................................12 p.m. PT Friday, September 6 #1 USC vs. Eastern Washington (9) ................................................5 p.m. PT Arizona vs. Portland State (1) ........................................................ 5 p.m. HT Utah vs. Idaho State (10) ............................................................ 10 a.m. MT Arizona State vs. #14 Illinois (2) ...................................................12 p.m. CT Utah at Utah Valley (10) ................................................................7 p.m. MT Arizona State at #2 Texas (2) ..........................................................7 p.m. CT Washington State vs. Lamar (11) ..................................................10 a.m. CT #23 California vs. Santa Clara (3) ...................................................7 p.m. PT Washington State at Sam Houston State (11) ..................................7 p.m. CT Colorado vs. Appalachian State (6) ...............................................10 a.m. CT Colorado vs. Northwestern (6) ...................................................4:30 p.m. CT Sunday, September 15 #20 Oregon vs. Cal State Bakersfield (7) ....................................7:30 p.m. PT #6 Washington vs. Loyola Chicago ..................................................6 p.m. ET Oregon State vs. Toledo (8).............................................................5 p.m. PT #8 Stanford vs. Army (4) .............................................................. 10 a.m. ET P12N - televised match on Pac-12 Networks. 1 - Hawaii Tournament, Honolulu, Hawaii; #8 Stanford vs. Yale (4) ..................................................................5 p.m. ET 2 - Illini Classic, Champaign, Ill.; 3 - Hilton Garden Inn Invitational, Berkeley, Calif.; 4 - Pentagon Tournament, Washington, D.C.; 5 - Denver Invitational, Denver, Colo.; #11 UCLA vs. Cal State Northridge (5) ......................................4:30 p.m. MT 6 - Baylor Classic Tournament, Waco, Texas; 7 - Fresno State Classic, Fresno, Calif.; #1 USC at #9 San Diego (9) ......................................................7:30 p.m. PT 8 - Portland Tournament, Portland, Ore.; 9 - USD Tournament, San Diego, Calif.; 10 - Utah vs. UC Irvine (10) ............................................................4:30 p.m. MT Wolverine Classic, Orem, Utah; 11 - Sam Houston State Invitational, Huntsville, Texas. #6 Washington vs. #14 Illinois ........................................................8 p.m. ET Washington State vs. Jackson State (11) .........................................4 p.m. CT RANKINGS PAC-12 PLAYERS OF THE WEEK OFFENSIVE: Karsta Lowe, UCLA AVCA (SEPT. 9) DEFENSIVE: Erin Redd-Brandon, UTAH 1. USC (37) 1451 6-0 3 2. Texas (16) 1432 4-1 6 FRESHMAN: Ebony Nwanebu, USC 3. Penn State (6) 1386 3-1 1 4. Minnesota 1254 7-0 4 WALNUT CREEK, Calif. - The Pac-12 Conference office announced today the Pac-12 Volleyball Players 5. Florida 1182 5-1 8 of the Week for the week of Sept. 2-8. ARIZONA STATE’s Macey Gardner was named the Conference’s 6. WASHINGTON 1173 4-0 5 Offensive Player of the Week, WASHINGTON’s Jenna Orlandini was voted the Defensive Player of the 7. Michigan 1167 5-0 7 Week and WASHINGTON STATE’s Kyra Holt was tabbed the league’s Freshman of the Week. 8. STANFORD 1097 2-2 2 9. San Diego (1) 1042 4-1 1 4 Sophomore outside hitter Macey Gardner (Gilbert, Ariz.) was named the Most Valuable Player of the 10. Hawai’i 1023 5-1 9 Gonzaga Invitational over the weekend where she averaged 5.94 kills and 7.06 points per game, while 11. UCLA 841 5-1 1 0 hitting .367 over three matches. Gardner had three-consecutive 20-kill outings, including 22 in a 3-0 win 12. Nebraska 758 4-1 1 3 over UNLV. She hit .452 in that match, committing just three errors. She opened the weekend with 20 13. Ohio State 704 6-0 2 3 kills and a .395 hitting percentage against Seattle University, then closed the weekend with 20 kills and 14. Illinois 659 3-2 1 8 a .250 hitting percentage against host Gonzaga. All three matches were three-set victories. Gardner also 15. Michigan State 582 5-1 2 0 added 2.22 digs per set. 16. Florida State 529 4-2 1 5 17. Iowa State 517 4-2 1 1 Senior libero Jenna Orlandini (La Cañada, Calif.) averaged 5.36 digs per set in three wins last week, 18. North Carolina 434 6-0 2 4 including a pair of exhibition matches versus the Canadian National Team. Orlandini recorded 10 digs 19. Kentucky 352 4-2 2 1 against Seattle University, helping the Huskies to a straight-set win. In back-to-back exhibitions against 20. OREGON 284 3-3 1 2 the Canadian National Team, Orlandini totaled 49 digs in two days as UW held a team featuring several 21. Western Kentucky 261 4-3 1 6 former NCAA All-Americans to a .237 attack mark in the first match and .166 in match two, winning both 22. Purdue 253 3-2 2 2 in four sets. She also had five aces in the exhibition wins. 23. CALIFORNIA 220 5-0 NR 24. Creighton 180 4-1 1 9 Freshman Kyra Holt (Hercules, Calif.) led WSU to four victories at the Cougar Challenge, averaging 3.92 25. Wisconsin 142 6-0 NR kills per game on a .294 hitting percentage, while also recording five aces, six blocks and 3.00 digs per set. She had double-digit kills in each match, including a high of 17 in the win over Montana where she Also Receiving Votes: Colorado State 125; ARIZONA also added 19 digs and three blocks.