West Region women's volleyball

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Noticed LaVerne hasn't lost too much of its' step. That squad's made it to the Finals at least twice in the last several years.

[OshDude]

Noticed LaVerne hasn't lost too much of its' step. That squad's made it to the Finals at least twice in the last several years.

ULV had a rough weekend, losing three of four. Hard to imagine the Leos being as good as last year without Brianna Gonzales, who was probably the best OH I saw last year. Crista Jones can't be the only one putting the ball away. We'll find out soon enough if ULV is once again in the national mix. It doesn't get much tougher than the Teri Clemens Invite at Wash U. ULV plays the Nos. 1, 6 and 7 teams in the nation this weekend. My guess is the rankings hold up and ULV goes winless.

All of the traditional West powers – ULV, Trinity, Pac Lu, Cal Lutheran, Puget Sound – appear to be down a bit. My money is still on Southwestern despite its own iffy start. Upstarts UT-Dallas and Austin are intriguing though.

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Pacific Lutheran's record is deceptive in that that squad has already played a boatload of ranked opponents.

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LaVerne's website indicates that squad lost to 3 nationally ranked oppenents 9/18-19/

In contrast, Pacific Lutheran goes 2-0, defeating George Fox and Pacific-OR

[SJSUPhil]

I just wanted to say the Women's Volleyball is one of the most exciting college sports there is. Non-stop action and lots of fun. I was a fan when I went to San Jose State, and now I root for Redlands. Great job ladies!

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Here's the account of last night's Puget Sound/Pacific Lutheran match:

http://ww.golutes.com/sports/wvball/2009-10/releases/092309ups

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Pacific-OR comes from behind to beat Willamette 3-1 last night:

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Final just in:

Whitworth over Puget Sound (25-18, 25-17, 25-19)

(Per Whitworth stats Kaimi Rocha led the home squad with 12 kills, B Bickenstaff had 7 for Puget Sound.(

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10/6 SCIAC final just in:

Pomona-Pitzer over Whittier (23-25, 25-15, 25-17, 25-23)

(stats: Pomona-Pitzer attack pct. .407--

      PP-Amos 17 kills; Whittier--Nakano 17 kills)

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#16 Ranked Pacific Lutheran/Pacific-OR on deck:

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Final just in:

Pacific Lutheran over Pacific-OR (25-12, 25-17, 25-23)

Stats:  Pacific Lutheran--Archibald 14 digs, Joynt 13 kills
           Pacifc OR --Alexa Block-10 kills

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Cal Lutheran vs. Whittier on deck:

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Final just in:

Cal Lutheran over Whittier 3 games to 1

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10/23 finals:

Puget Sound over Willamette (25-21, 25-21, 25-19)
Per Logger stats:  UPS-- Boyce & Kamphaus 9 kills each
                             Willamette-- Abeloe-- 9 kills, 3 players with double digit digs.

Whitworth over George Fox (25-20, 26-24, 25-17)
Per stats:  Whitworth --Ka'ipo Rocha  11 kills
                  GFU-- Hovee 9 kills
                             

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2 Northwest Conference finals:

Pacific Lutheran ov4er Whitman  (25-20, 25-20, 25-21)
   per Pacific Lutheran stats-- Joynt 13 kills, 21 digs
                               Whitman --Graves 15 kills


Puget Sound over Whitworth (25-14, 18-25, 22-25, 25-14, 16-14)
      per Puget Sound stats--  Sumida 20 digs
                         Whitworth--  Obert 21 digs