Friday, October 7
Los Angeles, Calif.
7:00 PM
UCLA
vs
Arizona State
Senior Taylor Formico has five aces in her last eight matches.
UCLA Hosts Arizona State and Arizona at Pauley
October 04, 2016 | Women's Volleyball
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Friday, Oct. 7
Arizona State at #18 UCLA
7 p.m.
Pauley Pavilion
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TV: Pac-12 Los Angeles and Arizona
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Sunday, Oct. 9
Arizona at #18 UCLA
11 a.m.
Pauley Pavilion
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TV: Pac-12 Network and Los Angeles
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#18 UCLA HOSTS ARIZONA STATE AND ARIZONA AT PAULEY
The 18th-ranked Bruins return to Pauley Pavilion this weekend to host Arizona State on Friday at 7 p.m. and Arizona on Sunday at 11 a.m. Both matches will air live on Pac-12 Los Angeles and will also feature free live audio at UCLABruins.com.
WHAT'S NEXT
The busy Bruins will conclude a four matches in eight days swing next week when they travel to #20 Oregon on Wednesday, Oct. 12 at 7 p.m. and Oregon State on Friday, Oct. 14 at 6 p.m. The UCLA-UO match will air on Pac-12 National and Los Angeles, while the UCLA-OSU contest will be televised on Pac-12 Los Angeles.
BRUINS IN THE POLLS
Despite a sweep of a nationally-ranked team in their house and a four-set loss at another nationally-ranked team, the Bruins fell six spots in this week's AVCA Top 25 Coaches poll, going from 12th to 18th. Eight Bruin opponents are in the Top 25 (#5 San Diego, #7 Stanford, #8 Washington, #10 Washington State, #12 Hawai'i, #19 Colorado, #20 Oregon and #22 USC), while Utah (#27) is also receiving votes.
CLIMBING THE CHARTS
Senior Taylor Formico continues to climb up the UCLA career charts in digs. She has 1,270 as a Bruin, putting her in sixth place. Next up on the list are Bojana Todorovic (5th, 1,275), Nellie Spicer (4th, 1,299) and Samantha Shaver (3rd, 1,405). Formico's career total is now at 2,062 (792 at UCSB in 2012) ... senior Jordan Anderson's 4.06 kills per set would rank her in a tie for third in Bruin history ... junior Reily Buechler is 107 kills away from becoming the 28th Bruin to reach the 1,000-kill mark ... senior Claire Felix's .338 hitting percentage currently ranks sixth in school history.
TEAM NOTES
UCLA started its season at 7-0, its best start since 2006 when it began with 20 consecutive victories. The previous two times the Bruins opened a year with at least six straight wins, they have reached the third weekend of the NCAA Tournament (2006 - National Semifinals; 2011 - National Champions) ... ten of the Bruins' 11 wins have seen them hold their opponent under a .200 hitting percentage ... in all 11 UCLA wins, it has won the hitting battle, while it has lost all three matches when it hit lower than its opponent ... the Bruins are 9-0 when winning the second set ... UCLA is 8-0 when either leading or tying its opponent in blocks.
PLAYER NOTES
Senior Jordan Anderson extended her streak of matches with double figures in kills to 12 after posting 15 in each contest last weekend at Utah (Sept. 30) and Colorado (Oct. 2). She also has three double-doubles in her last four matches since the Bruins switched to the 6-2 offense. Anderson, who had 20 double-doubles in two years at West Virginia, had a season-best 19 digs against Washington State on Sept. 23 ... junior Reily Buechler is tied for the team lead with six double-doubles, her last coming against WSU (15 kills/13 digs). Her season high in kills came in the Pac-12 opener at USC (Sept. 21) when she had 21. Buechler has at least eight digs in seven matches in a row ... freshman Torrey Van Winden has at least five kills in all eight of her matches, producing 2.33 per set. She has double figures in half of her contests, including a season-best 14 versus WSU and 10 at Colorado ... freshman Kylie Miller posted the first double-double of her career when she went for 19 assists and 13 digs at Colorado. She has three aces in her last four matches, averaging 5.56 assists and 1.81 digs during that span ... sophomore Zana Muno has nine kills in two of her last three matches against WSU and Colorado. She also has nine blocks in her last four, including a career-best five at USC ... senior Claire Felix has four double-figure kills matches, including 16 at Long Beach State (Sept. 14) and Washington State. Felix hit at least .300 in five matches in a row (Sept. 13-23), including a .588 percentage at Pepperdine (Sept. 13). Defensively, she has six matches with at least four blocks and tied a career high with seven digs versus WSU ... senior Jennie Frager had a streak of five-straight matches with double figures in kills snapped on Sunday at CU, but she averaged 2.80 kps from Sept. 13-30 with a .356 hitting percentage. She tied a career high with 14 kills against WSU. Defensively, Frager has at least four blocks on 10 occasions ... senior Taylor Formico has double figures in digs in 36 in a row after notching 15 in both matches last weekend. She ended non-conference play with two contests with at least 20 digs and then did it two more times to start Pac-12 action, including 28 at Pepperdine and 25 versus Washington State. Formico, who has 102 double-figure digs matches in her career, also has aces in five of her last eight contests ... junior Ryann Chandler is now tied for the team lead with six double-doubles after recording 26 assists and 12 digs at Utah and 27 assists and 11 digs at Colorado. She also had aces in each of those matches to give her seven on the season.
BRUINS IN THE NATIONAL AND PAC-12 RANKINGS
UCLA is one of only three teams in the country which is ranked in the top 17 nationally in four statistical categories (through Oct. 2 matches), joining #1 Minnesota and #11 Florida. The Bruins are fifth in both digs (18.06) and kills (14.62) per set, seventh in assists per set (13.63) and 17th in opponent hitting percentage (.152), also chiming in at 47th in blocks per set (2.44). As far as conference teams go, the Bruins are first among Pac-12 foes in aps, kps and dps and second in opponent hitting. Junior Reily Buechler is ninth in both kps (3.38) and points per set (3.86), while senior Taylor Formico is third in dps (4.69). Junior Ryann Chandler is fifth in aps (9.53), seniors Jennie Frager (.372) and Claire Felix (.365) are seventh and ninth, respectively, in hitting percentage and senior Jordan Anderson is 10th in kps (3.31).
SCOUTING THE ARIZONA STATE SUN DEVILS
Arizona State (7-9, 0-4 Pac-12) has dropped six matches in a row and will play at USC on Wednesday before coming across town to Westwood. Two of the Sun Devils' four losses in Pac-12 play have been in five sets against Utah and Oregon. ASU is hitting .189 as a team, averaging 12.41 kills, 0.95 service aces, 13.20 digs and 2.22 blocks per set. Five players are averaging over 2.00 kps, led by senior Cassidy Pickrell (2.95), junior Oluoma Okaro (2.72) and sophomore Lexi MacLean (2.68). Sophomores Kylie Pickrell (6.98 assists per set) and Caroline Pearson (6.02) split the setting duties. Okaro has a team-leading 27 of ASU's 61 service aces to go with a team-best 1.17 bps. Junior Halle Harker is tops with 3.62 dps.
THE MATCHUP: BRUINS VS. SUN DEVILS
UCLA leads the all-time series against Arizona State 69-10 and won both meetings last season (3-0 in Westwood, Oct. 18 and 3-2 in Tempe, Nov. 20). The Bruins have won 36 of the 38 matchups versus the Sun Devils at UCLA. The Bruins had won 17-straight contests at home versus ASU until the Sun Devils claimed a five-setter in 2013. UCLA is 62-1 against ASU when winning the opening set.
SCOUTING THE ARIZONA WILDCATS
Arizona (10-6, 2-2 Pac-12) has alternated wins and losses in its last four and is at USC on Friday. The Wildcats have defeated Arizona State and Oregon State, while losing to Colorado and Oregon. Arizona is hitting .229 as a team, averaging 13.16 kills, 1.49 service aces, 15.05 digs and 2.11 blocks per set. Four players are posting at least 2.00 kps, led by sophomore Kendra Dahlke's 4.08 kps and senior Kalei Mau's 3.31 kps. Senior Penina Snuka handles the setting duties and is recording 9.56 assists per set to go with a team-best 24 aces. Senior Laura Larson is tops in dps (3.81), while junior McKenzie Jacobson is first in bps (0.76).
THE MATCHUP: BRUINS VS. WILDCATS
UCLA and Arizona won on each other's home court a year ago, with the Bruins sweep the Wildcats in Westwood and losing in five in Tucson. The Bruins lead the all-time series 54-23 and are 29-9 at home against Arizona.ย
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