LBSU Hosts Texas Tech Before Traveling East For Towson Invite

Match #8
Long Beach State vs. Texas Tech
Date: Monday, September 3
Time: 11 a.m.
Arena: Walter Pyramid (4,200)
Location: Long Beach, Calif.
Live Stats: BeachLiveStats.com
Listen: 22WestMedia.com
Watch: Beach Vision
Twitter: @LBSU_WVB

TOWSON INVITATIONAL
Match #9
Long Beach State vs. Princeton
Date: Thursday, September 6
Time: 9 a.m. (PT)

Match #10
Long Beach State at Towson
Date: Friday, September 7
Time: 10 a.m. (PT)

Arena: SECU Arena (5,200)
Location: Towson, Md.
Live Stats: StatBroadcast.com
Listen: 22WestMedia.com
Twitter: @LBSU_WVB

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LBSU Hosts Texas Tech Before Traveling East For Towson Invite
The Long Beach State women's volleyball team welcomes Texas Tech for a Monday morning contest inside the Pyramid to kick off the week, before traveling East to compete in the Towson Invitational. The Beach and the Red Raiders will go head-to-head at 11 a.m. on Labor Day. Following that match, LBSU will go up against Princeton on Thursday, September 6 at 9 a.m. (PT) and Towson on Friday, September 7 at 10 a.m. (PT) at the Towson Invitational.

About The Beach
• Long Beach State put together three-straight wins, before dropping a pair of contests to No. 18 Oregon and Utah Valley at the Oregon Classic last week.
• The Beach went 1-2 at the Oregon Classic with their lone win coming at the hands of Arkansas-Pine Bluff (3-0).
• Junior Hailey Harward was named to the All-Tournament Team at the Oregon Classic for her efforts. She lef the Beach in scoring as she averaged 3.56 kills per set, while also contributing 2.89 digs and 0.33 blocks per set.
• YiZhi Xue had a solid week as she led the Beach at the net posting a total of nine blocks (one solo, eight block assists), while also registering 1.20 kills per set.
• Freshman Carly Hill continued her stout defense in the backrow as she paced the Beach with 4.20 digs per set last week. She is now averaging 4.31 digs per set on the year.
• The Beach were selected to finish fourth in the Big West Conference preseason poll behind Cal Poly, Hawaii, and UC Irvine.

Getting Social
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Scouting the Red Raiders
• Texas Tech comes into the match against Long Beach State boasting a 6-1 record.
• The Red Raiders' lone loss of the year came against Georgia, 3-0 [13-25, 19-25, 14-25].
• Texas Tech is 1-0 against Big West teams this season thus far, as the Red Raiders collected a 3-1 [23-25, 25-13, 25-18, 25-22] victory at UC Irvine on Saturday.
• As a team, the Red Raiders are hitting .237, while averaging 12.6 kills per set on 11.1 assists per set.
• The Red Raiders' offense is led by Emily Hill who averages just under 3.00 kills per set. She also contributes 2.50 digs per set and leads the team with 12 aces.
• Missy Owens is Texas Tech's setter as she has dished out 206 assists on the year for an average of 8.96 per set.
• Defensively, Emerson Solano leads the squad with 4.08 digs per set, while Katy Keenan and Allison White patrol the net for averages of 1.42 and 1.14 blocks per set, respectively.

Series vs. Texas Tech
Long Beach State and Texas Tech will meet for the seventh time in program history and the Beach lead the all-time series 6-0. The series dates back to 1978 and the majority of the meetings occurred during the 1980s. However, the two teams most recently went head-to-head two years ago in Portland, Ore., and Long Beach State picked up a 3-0 win.

Scouting the Tigers
• Princeton heads into the Towson Invitational with a 3-0 record after having started the season with victories over Northwestern (3-0), Stephen F. Austin (3-0), and Colgate (3-0).
• With three sweeps to open the year, the Tigers have not lost a set yet and are hitting .274 on the season.
• The Tigers have a pair of hitters who average more than 3.00 kills per set in Devon Peterkin (4.22) and Maggie O'Connell (3.00).
• Peterkin is also hitting .349 on the year and adding 2.67 digs per set.
• Cameron Dames lead the backrow with 4.00 digs per set, while Clare Lenihan and Nnenna Ibe lead the Tigers at the net with five blocks each for an average of 0.83 per set.

Series vs. Princeton
Long Beach State and Princeton will meet for the first time in program history on Thursday, September 6.

Scouting the Tigers
• Towson hosts the Towson Invitational and brings a 3-3 overall record into the tournament.
• The Tigers are coming off of a 3-0 sweep against Xavier at the Puerto Rico Clasico in which they defeated the Musketeers by scores of 25-20, 27-25, 25-17.
• Jocelyn Kuilan is Towson's leading scorer with 2.67 kills per set.
• Anna Holehouse has distributed 5.33 digs per set in the backrow, while Olivia Finckel has posted 0.86 blocks per set thus far.

Series vs. Towson
Long Beach State and Towson will meet for the first time in program history on Friday, September 7.

Up Next
Following the Towson Invitational, Long Beach State hosts No. 10 UCLA in the LBSU Baden Showcase on Thursday, September 13 at 7 p.m. inside the Walter Pyramid, before welcoming Southern Utah, Fresno State, UC Irvine, and Loyola Marymount for the LBSU Mizuno Invitational on Friday, September 14 - Saturday, September 15.

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LBSU Hosts Texas Tech Before Traveling East For Towson Invite

Players Mentioned

Hailey Harward

Carly Hill

YiZhi Xue

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