The USD women's volleyball team saw their dream of an NCAA championship dissolve against the USC Trojans last Saturday in a heartbreaking defeat. But the Toreros began their postseason with a vengeance, as they advanced to the second round of the tournament after their win over the Long Beach State University 49ers three sets to zero last Friday in the first round.
The USD women's volleyball team, after being left out of the NCAA playoffs last season, vowed to do everything in their power to avoid deja vu this year. The women kept their promise and earned a spot in the post-season after capturing the outright WCC title with a 13-1 conference record, which is the second best ever recorded in the WCC.
Toreros win 14th match in a row
The USD women's volleyball
team claimed at least a share of the
WCC championship with wins over
both Santa Clara and San Francisco
this past week. With these sweeps, the
Toreros improve their record to 22-4
overall, remain perfect in WCC action
at 12-0 and put their winning streak
to 14. USD will look to claim the
WCC championship outright when
they return to action on Thursday as
they head to Malibu for a 7 p.m. WCC
match against Pepperdine University.
The USD women's volleyball team (19-4, 9-0 WCC) jumped up one spot in the most recent AVCA Top 25 Coaches Poll, taking over at No. 18. This marks the 11th week in a row this season that the Toreros have been ranked in the Top 25 and their highest ranking of the year after spending the previous two weeks at No. 19.
The No. 19 ranked USD women's volleyball continued its dominance last week in WCC play by defeating the University of Portland Pilots and the Gonzaga Bulldogs.
Toreros tame Lions and ride out the Waves to move up Top 25 rankings
The No. 19 ranked USD women's volleyball team finished another outstanding week, defeating the Loyola Marymount University Lions last Thursday. They then went on to beat the Pepperdine University Waves last Saturday.
The USD women's volleyball team continues their dominance in WCC play, going 2-0 this last week with a double sweep over the University of San Francisco and Santa Clara. As a result of yet again another undefeated week, the Toreros sit steady at No. 19 in the latest Top 25 poll, but they set their sights higher with goals to be number one.
Once again, the Torero women's volleyball team continues their dominance in the WCC with two victories this week over Utah and the No. 25 ranked Gaels of St. Marys. Behind a 15-kill and 13-dig performance from Ali Troost and a 14-kill game from Chloe Ferrari, the No. 23 ranked University of San Diego volleyball team cruised to a 3-0 WCC win over No. 25 Saint Mary's College Saturday afternoon at the McKeon Pavilion. With the (25-19, 25-16, 25-13) win, the Toreros improve to 13-4 overall, and remain perfect inWCC action at 3-0 and improve their winning streak to five matches.
The San Diego women's volleyball team capped off a great week by sweeping the Portland Pilots in three straight sets (25-15, 25-20, 25-22.) The No. 24 ranked Toreros took down UC Riverside and Gonzaga before hosting the Pilots on Oct. 2, where they didn't hesitate to show their dominance.
With the win over No. 12 Golden Gophers of Minnesota, the Lady Torero volleyball team claimed victory of the USD-SDSU Tournament. Overcoming a 2-0 deficit, the Torero women battled back to take the win by 3 sets to 2. With this win, the Toreros move to 8-3 overall and have now won seven consecutive matches.
Ashton Basch and Ali Troost led all players with the 20 kills apiece and Amy DeGroot adding in 19 digs to post her fifth double-double of the season.
The University of San Diego Women's Volleyball team began WCC play this Thursday against the Loyola Marymount University Lions and continued their week with a match against the Pepperdine University Waves on Saturday. The Toreros, even with the added motivation of having Ali Troost named the WCC co-player of the month, looked vulnerable against LMU and were finally defeated by Pepperdine.
The University of San Diego Women's Volleyball team began WCC play this Thursday against the Loyola Marymount University Lions and continued their week with a match against the Pepperdine University Waves on Saturday. The Toreros, even with the added motivation of having Ali Troost named the WCC co-player of the month, looked vulnerable against LMU and were finally defeated by Pepperdine.
The University of San Diego Women's Volleyball team began WCC play this Thursday against the Loyola Marymount University Lions and continued their week with a match against the Pepperdine University Waves on Saturday. The Toreros, even with the added motivation of having Ali Troost named the WCC co-player of the month, looked vulnerable against LMU and were finally defeated by Pepperdine.
Last week turned out slightly bittersweet for the USD women's volleyball team. In their first match of the week the Toreros were victorious over the Santa Clara Broncos. Taking the match after all five sets, the team improved their record to 16-5 overall and 8-2 in West Coast Conference competition.
Many students feel that athletes sometimes get special benefits just because they are good at sports. Actually many athletes stress about the pressure not only to perform on the field, but in the classroom as well. Every student has their own challenges that make school difficult at times, but when athletes have to be successful in the classroom in order to do what they want on the field, it sometimes does work on their brains.
I will always be a Torero. I just want to make that clear, because I plan on making a yearly pilgrimage to the Jenny Craig Pavilion to watch the Toreros take on Gonzaga. I challenge anyone graduating this semester to do the same. Although the students at this school are the heart and soul of the team, it is important as an alumnus that you continue to support our athletic program.
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