CBU Volleyball Match 30 - November 20, 2019 2019 CBU Volleyball THREE NATIONAL TITLES 25 ALL-AMERICANS 81-42 IN POSTSEASON PLAY 44th SEASON OF VOLLEYBALL DID YOU KNOW? California Baptist University Lancers (13-16) vs. UC Riverside Highlanders (6-20) • CBU is in year two of four of its reclas- Wednesday, November 20, 2019 sification to NCAA Division I. • The Lancers finished fourth in the SRC Arena (Riverside, Calif.) Western Athletic Conference a year ago, qualifiying for the NIVC and Series vs. UCR: UCR 3-1 winning its first postseason match in Division I. Last Meeting vs. UCR: CBU 3-2 at CBU (10/23/18) • CBU returns six starters and 11 letter- At UCR: UCR 1-0 winners from 2018. Under Higa: CBU 1-0 Notes 2019 SCHEDULE/RESULTS >> Date Opponent W/L Score/Time SERIES NOTES >>> CBU and UC Riverside met for just the fourth time and the first time 8.30 vs. Illinois - Chicago^ L 3-0 in 21 years last October 23 in the CBU Events Center. The Highlanders won the first three matches in the series, which played out from 1994-97. The Lancers got closer and closer 8.30 at Idaho^ L 3-1 to a win each year, as UCR won the first match at a neutral site in three sets on Sept. 8.31 vs. Eastern Washington^ L 3-2 3, 1994 and then won on its home floor in four sets on Sept. 11, 1996. CBU pushed the 9.5 at Pepperdine# L 3-0 Highlanders to five sets on its home court in the last meeting on Oct. 24, 1997 and then 9.6 vs. Fairfield# W 3-2 defeated UCR in five sets in 2018 (25-21, 25-18, 18-25, 21-25, 15-13). 9.6 vs. Texas A&M# L 3-0 9.13 vs. Jackson State@ W 3-0 OFFENSIVE LEADERS >>> Sydney Marks has led CBU’s offense with 305 kills (2.72 a set) 9.13 at Southeastern Louisiana@ W 3-1 while transitioning from middle blocker to outside hitter. The junior has at least nine kills 9.14 vs. Texas A&M-CC@ L 3-0 in 19 of 30 matches, has hit double digits 15 times, 14 or more eight times and at least 18 9.20 vs. Gonzaga% W 3-1 three times. She logged a season and career high of 20 kills at Nevada on Sept. 21. 9.20 vs. Southern Utah% W 3-0 9.21 at Nevada% L 3-2 True freshman Christine Graf has had an impressive debut season for the Lancers. She 9.26 Saint Katherine W 3-0 ranks second on the team with 268 kills. She also had 54 blocks on the season. She’s 9.28 at Kansas City* L 3-0 eclipsed double-digit kills 13 times, with at least 12 in seven matches and a season high 9.30 at Chicago State* W 3-1 of 22 coming in three sets against Southern Utah on Sept. 20. 10.5 UT Rio Grande Valley* L 3-2 10.7 NM State* L 3-1 HISTORIC GROUP OF SENIORS >>> CBU is saying goodbye to four influential seniors 10.12 at Utah Valley* W 3-2 today: senior Natalie Zimmerer, middle blocker Yagoda Jedrzejczak, libero Nicole Abreu 10.14 at Seattle U* W 3-0 and outside hitter Elizabeth Gilley. 10.19 Grand Canyon* L 3-2 Gilley ranks first in CBU’s NCAA era and 10th all-time with 122 aces and is also 10th all- 10.21 CSU Bakersfield* W 3-2 time and second in the NCAA era (just two off the record) with 416 sets played. She is also 10.26 at UT Rio Grande Valley* L 3-1 a three-time confrence all-academic honoree. 10.28 at NM State* L 3-2 11.2 Chicago State* W 3-0 Jedrzejczak is the Lancers’ NCAA-era leader in blocks and currently ranks fourth all- 11.4 Kansas City* L 3-1 time, with 342. She also ranks third in the NCAA era and sixth all-time with a 1.04 per set 11.9 at CSU Bakersfield* W 3-0 average. The middle blocker has had two matches with at least 10 blocks in her career, 11.11 at Grand Canyon* L 3-1 which both rank in the top-six of the Lancers’ single-match history, with her career-high 11.16 Utah Valley* W 3-1 12 ranking third. 11.17 Seattle U* L 3-0 11.20 at UC Riverside 7 p.m. Abreu reached her 1,000th dig on Nov. 11 at Grand Canyon. In just two seasons, the libero *denotes WAC match ^ Idaho Classic #Pepperdine ranks ninth in program history and second in the NCAA era with 1,034 digs. She is the Tourney @ SLU Lion Up Classic % Nevada Tourney all-time leader in digs per set, with 4.34. Her career high of 33 digs in a match ranks third in Lancer history. WAC STANDINGS as of Nov. 17, 2019 >> WAC Overall Zimmerer ranks seventh all-time and second in CBU’s NCAA era record book with 2,173 School Record Record Streak assists and ninth all-time and third in the NCAA era with an 8.23 per set average. She NM State 16-0 25-3 W17 holds the NCAA-era record for assists in a match with 60 on two occassions and has two Grand Canyon 13-3 23-5 W2 other matches that rank in the top-10. Her 1,316 assists last season are also an NCAA-era Kansas City 12-4 16-10 L1 record, and helped her earn All-WAC honors last year and this preseason. She’s also a UT Rio Grande Valley 8-8 14-16 W1 four-time all-academic awardee. California Baptist 7-9 13-16 L1 Utah Valley 7-9 10-18 L1 HIGA AT THE HELM >>> Branden Higa is in year eight as CBU’s head coach, and was named the PacWest and NCAA Division II West Region Coach of the Year in 2017. With Seattle U 4-12 13-17 W1 Higa, CBU has logged a 156-74 record, reaped 24 all-conference and 15 All-West Region CSU Bakersfield 4-12 9-19 L1 and All-American honors each, with 12 All-Americans at the NCAA level, and sent three Chicago State 1-15 5-26 L3 Lancers onto professional careers overseas. CBULancers.com CBU Volleyball Match 30 - November 20, 2019 NCAA Division I Rankings 2019 WAC Preseason Poll >> School No. 1 Votes Points 1. New Mexico State 4 60 American Volleyball Coaches Association 2. Utah Valley 3 55 (as of November 18th) 3. Kansas City 2 52 T4. California Baptist - 41 School (1st-place votes) Points Record Prev. T4. UT Rio Grande Valley - 41 1 Texas (51) 1581 19-2 1 6. CSU Bakersfield - 26 2 Pittsburgh (11) 1514 26-1 2 7. Grand Canyon - 22 8. Seattle U - 13 3 Baylor (1) 1454 21-1 3 9. Chicago State - 10 4 Stanford (1) 1431 20-4 4 5 Wisconsin 1311 19-5 7 2019 Record... 6 Nebraska 1293 22-3 6 Home ........................................................................... 4-5 7 Minnesota 1231 20-4 5 Away .............................................................................5-7 8 Penn State 1183 21-4 8 Neutral ..........................................................................4-4 9 Marquette 1055 25-3 9 WAC ..............................................................................7-9 10 Washington 949 21-5 13 WAC Home/Road...............................................3-5/4-4 11 Colorado State 911 26-1 12 Non-Conference ........................................................6-7 Non-Conf. Home/Road/Neutral ............... 1-0/1-3/4-4 12 Creighton 829 22-4 14 vs. Ranked Teams ..................................................... 0-0 13 BYU 781 22-4 10 14 Kentucky 771 20-6 17 CBU’s record in 15 Florida 749 21-4 11 August ......................................................................... 0-3 16 Utah 638 19-8 15 September ..................................................................7-5 17 Purdue 613 18-7 16 October ....................................................................... 3-5 18 Hawaii 472 22-3 18 November....................................................................3-3 19 Western Kentucky 453 28-1 19 20 San Diego 373 21-5 24 CBU’s record on Monday ........................................................................3-4 21 Rice 334 24-2 21 Tuesday ....................................................................... 0-0 22 Washington State 264 22-6 22 Wednesday ................................................................ 0-0 23 Michigan 188 18-8 23 Thursday ........................................................................1-1 24 California 150 20-6 20 Friday ........................................................................... 5-3 25 Illinois 62 13-12 25 Saturday .......................................................................4-7 Sunday ......................................................................... 0-1 Receiving Votes: Southern California 49; UCLA 48; Stephen F. Austin 46; Missouri 34; Texas A&M 19 2019 WAC Players of the Week DATE Offensive Player Defensive Player Sept. 2nd Eve Kerschenbaum (Seattle U) Makaila Jarema (Utah Valley) Sept. 9th Barbara Silva (UTRGV) Julianna Salanoa (New Mexico State) Sept. 16th Savannah Davison (New Mexico State) Megan Klavitter (Chicago State) Sept. 23rd Christine Graf (California Baptist) Teagan DeFalco (Grand Canyon) Sept. 30th Ty Lukes (Kansas City) Klaire Mitchell (Grand Canyon) Oct. 7th Kazna Tarawhiti (Utah Valley) Julianna Salanoa (NM State) Oct. 14th Megan Hart (New Mexico State) Samaret Caraballo (UTRGV) Oct. 21st Kazna Tarawhiti (Utah Valley) Makaila Jarema (Utah Valley) Oct. 28th Savannah Davison (New Mexico State) Veronika Jandova (UTRGV) Nov. 4th Alicia Harrington (Kansas City) Annabelle Kubinski (Grand Canyon) Nov. 11th Julianna Salanoa (New Mexico State) Megan Klavitter (Chicago State) Nov. 18th Kazna Tarawhiti (Utah Valley) Rafa Bonifacio (CSU Bakersfield) CBULancers.com CBU Volleyball Match 30 - November 20, 2019 CALIFORNIA BAPTIST UNIVERSITY AT A GLANCE CBU is among the nation’s largest private Christian colleges and universities located in Southern California, with a fall 2019 enrollment of 11,045 students. It ranked eighth among the fastest-growing colleges in the United States during a recent 10-year period in “Almanac 2018- 19” published by the Chronicle of Higher Education and reflects the institution’s enrollment growth from 2006 through 2016.