Friday, August 26
Portland, Ore.
11:00 AM
Long Beach State University
vs
Oregon State
Photo by: John Fajardo
The New Era of Long Beach State Women’s Volleyball Begins on the Road
8/25/2022 9:48:00 AM | Women's Volleyball
The Beach open the 2022 season at the Portland State Tournament
Long Beach State (0-0) vs. Oregon State (0-0)
Friday, Aug. 26 • 11:00 a.m. • Portland, Ore. • Viking Pavilion
Live Stats: StatBroadcast.com
Long Beach State (0-0) at PORTLAND State (0-0)
Friday, Aug. 26 • 6:00 p.m. • Portland, Ore. • Viking Pavilion\
Live Stats: StatBroadcast.com
TV: ESPN+
Talent: Ben Creighton
Long Beach State (0-0) vs. #19 Oregon (0-0)
Saturday, Aug. 27 • 2:00 p.m. • Portland, Ore. • Viking Pavilion
Live Stats: StatBroadcast.com
COMPLETE LBSU MATCH NOTES (PDF)
The New Era of Long Beach State Women's Volleyball Begins on the Road
The Long Beach State Women's Volleyball team kicks off the 2022 campaign under first year head coach Tyler Hildebrand in Portland, Ore., as the Beach take part in the Hotel Vance Rose City Showdown hosted by Portland State. The Beach open the tournament on Friday, Aug. 26 against Oregon State at 11 a.m., before closing the day against the host Vikings. LBSU concludes the tournament on Saturday, Aug. 27 at 2 p.m. against No. 19 Oregon.
Catch All The Action
Live stats for all Portland State Tournament matches will be available via StatBroadcast.com. Only Portland State matches will be live streamed via ESPN+.
Staying Social
Follow Long Beach State women's volleyball on Instagram and Twitter at @LongBeachWVB and @LBSU_WVB, respectively. Fans can stay up-to-date on all things Long Beach State by following @LBSUAthletics. Be sure to "like" us on Facebook and follow us on Instagram at @LBSU.
About the Beach
• Long Beach State opens the 2022 season under head coach Tyler Hildebrand to begin a new era of LBSU Women's Volleyball.
• Hildebrand has revamped the Beach bringing in a whole new coaching staff featuring assistant coaches Cursty Le Roux and Kim Hill, while also adding volunteer assistant coach Jordan Molina to the mix.
• The Beach return nine letterwinners from a year ago, while also bringing back three redshirts. Leading the charge of the returners is 2021 Big West All-First Team selection Katie Kennedy as well as senior libero/defensive specialist Dylan Dela Cruz, and juniors Nicole Hoff and Tia Chavira.
• LBSU also welcomes nine newcomers to the squad in seven transfers and two incoming freshman.
• Seniors Callie Schwarzenbach and Victoria O'Sullivan, along with sisters Morgan Chacon and Savana Chacon, and redshirt freshman setter Zayna Meyer look to make an immediate impact.
• Long Beach State is looking to improve upon their 2021 record of 16-15 and their 10-10 Big West Conference mark.
• Last week, the Big West Conference released the 2022 Preseason Coaches Poll and Long Beach State was picked to finish fourth behind Hawaii, UC Santa Barbara, and Cal Poly.
• Additionally, the Beach had a pair of players named to the Big West Conference Preseason Team in junior Katie Kennedy and redshirt freshman Zayna Meyer.
Scouting Oregon State
• Oregon State features a very young roster with five freshmen, 10 sophomores, and lone senior Inna Balyko, a transfer from Rutgers.
• The Beavers were chosen to finish 11th in the Pac-12 Preseason Poll.
• Head coach Mark Barnard returns to the helm for his seventh season.
• Last year, the Beavers finished the year with a 5-25 overall record and a 3-17 Pac-12 mark.
The Series: The Beach vs. The Beavers
Long Beach State and Oregon State will meet for the sixth time in program history and the Beavers hold the slight lead 3-2 in the all-time series. The two teams last faced off in 2015 and the Beach earned the sweep over the Beavers in Long Beach, Calif.
Scouting Portland State
• Portland State is coming off of a 20-11 record in 2021 marking the Vikings' first 20-win season since 2017.
• The Vikings went 12-4 in the Big Sky and made it to the NIVC where they lost to Weber State in the Second Round.
• Returning for Portland State are Makayla Lewis, Zoe McBride, and Parker Webb who all play on outside hitter. Middle blocker Ashleigh Barto and libero Ellie Snook also round out the five returning starters.
The Series: The Beach vs. The Vikings
Long Beach State and Portland State will face each other for the 10th time in program history. In the all-time series, Long Beach State leads 7-2. The Beach were victorious over the Vikings in their last meeting as LBSU swept Portland State last season at the Long Beach State Tournament.
Scouting Oregon
• Oregon comes in to the 2022 season ranked No. 19 in the AVCA Preseason Coaches Poll.
• Last season, the Ducks went 22-9 and made their fourth NCAA appearance in five seasons.
• The Ducks posted a 13-7 record in Pac-12 action.
• Brooke Nuneviller and Hannah Pukis were named to the Preseason All-Pac-12 Team as he squad was chosen to finish fourth in the preseason poll.
The Series: The Beach vs. The Ducks
Long Beach State and Oregon will meet for the 10th time in program history. The Beach lead the all-time series 6-3, however, the Ducks won the last two meetings, 3-0, in 2018 and 3-1, in 2006. LBSU will be looking for its first win over Oregon since 1994 when the Beach swept the Ducks in Santa Barbara, Calif.
LBSU in Season Openers
Long Beach State owns a 34-14 record in season openers dating back to 1972. This is the first time in program history the Beach will open the season against Oregon State.
The Hildebrand Era
In December 2021, Executive Director of Athletics Andy Fee has announced that Tyler Hildebrand would be returning to his Alma Mater to lead the Women's Volleyball program at Long Beach State. A three-time First Team All-American at Long Beach State, Hildebrand has developed into a tremendously respected and well-rounded coach with experience coaching both women and men at the collegiate, international and professional levels.
Hildebrand spent three full seasons on the staff at Nebraska over the course of five years, reaching the Elite Eight in all three campaigns. In 2017 during his first season at Nebraska, the Huskers would win the NCAA Championship behind All-Americans Annika Albrecht and Mikaela Foecke. Responsible for the Nebraska defense in that season, the Huskers led the Big Ten in opponent hitting percentage at .154. Returning to the squad in 2020, the Huskers made the Elite Eight in the COVID-19 impacted spring season.
This year, recently promoted to Associate Head Coach, Hildebrand helped the 10th seeded Huskers on a deep run to the National Championship match, where Nebraska fell in five sets in a hard-fought battle with Wisconsin.
During that period, Hildebrand also spent two years as a team consultant while he went through his second Olympic cycle as the Director of Coaching for the USA Volleyball Beach National Team. In that role, he was responsible for identifying and recruiting athletes to join the Beach National team as well as working with the four Beach teams that represented the United States at the Tokyo Olympic Games.
Hildebrand had previously gone to the 2016 Rio Olympics as a coach while concurrently working at Long Beach State. Hildebrand at the time was coaching Jake Gibb and Casey Patterson, but has also worked with April Ross and Jen Kessy, April Ross and Kerri Walsh Jennings and Emily Day and Summer Ross on the professional circuit.
Hildebrand made his name both coaching and as a player at Long Beach State though, and has a deep history with the university. Coming to the Beach as a star setter, Hildebrand would start for four years and is still the program's career leader in assists. A three-time First Team All-American, he was also the AVCA Newcomer of the Year as a freshman, and helped the 2004 team reach the NCAA Championship Match, earning All-Tournament honors.
After his collegiate career, Hildebrand played professionally on the Men's AVP Tour for two years, and then moving on to play Internationally, Hidlebrand would routinely earn a callup to play for the USA Men's National Team from 2006 to 2012, winning four Pan American Cup championships over that period.
While continuing his playing career, Hildebrand returned to the bench for the first time in 2008 as a Volunteer Assistant Coach for Long Beach State under Alan Knipe, helping the program win the MPSF Championship and make the program's seventh NCAA Tournament appearance in his first season.
Joining the staff full-time after his playing retirement in 2013, Hildebrand played a large part in building the current success of the Beach Men's Volleyball program. Building from a 24-8 overall record in his first season, the Beach would make their return to the NCAA Tournament in 2016, as TJ DeFalco was named the AVCA Newcomer of the Year, just as Hildebrand was.
One year later in 2017, Long Beach State again reached the Final Four and finished the season ranked No. 3 in the nation as DeFalco was named the AVCA Player of the Year and setter Josh Tuaniga was named a first-team All-American under Hildebrand's direct tutelage. Hildebrand himself was honored as the AVCA Assistant Coach of the Year for his role in setting the stage for LBSU to claim back-to-back National Championships in the next two seasons despite his imminent departure to join Nebraska.
By coming back from Nebraska to Long Beach State, Hildebrand moves between a pair of the programs with the most tradition and success in NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball.
Only Stanford, Penn State and Nebraska have more than Long Beach State's three NCAA Division I championships, and Long Beach State ranks 9th all-time in Division I victories. Only six programs have been #1 in the country more times than Long Beach State, and the Beach boasts six National Players of the Year behind only Stanford and Nebraska. That list includes three of the NCAA's greatest women's players of all-time, Tara Cross-Battle, Danielle Scott and Misty May-Treanor.
New Year, New Gear
Long Beach State Athletics has announced that Women's Volleyball and Beach Volleyball have entered into a five-year deal for apparel, adding two more programs into the continuing partnership here at the Beach.
"Long Beach State is an outstanding brand and we believe our student-athletes deserve the very best in their pursuit of comprehensive excellence," said Executive Director of Athletics Andy Fee. "We now have a partner that aspires to greatness and aligns with our athletic goals and we look forward to competing for championships wearing the 'Swoosh' for years to come."
The new deal will provide product support for both the beach and indoor women's volleyball program as the exclusive provider for footwear, apparel and related volleyball accessories and equipment starting this year and running through the 2026-27 athletic season.
"We are thrilled with the partnership with Nike to outfit our program with some of the best training and competition apparel," said Beach Volleyball Head Coach Mike Campbell. "I am extremely excited to work with Nike as they have always been a champion of women's sports and our program will proudly align with their efforts to ensure a healthy and equitable future for women's sports."
"We are beyond excited to be joining forces with Nike," added Women's Volleyball Head Coach Tyler Hildebrand. "The quality and aesthetic of their products are second to none. Our women and our program can't wait to represent in the Swoosh!"
With the addition of Beach Volleyball and Women's Volleyball into the Nike stable, 18 of Long Beach State's 19 Division I programs are now primarily outfitted by Nike.
Next Up
Long Beach State will return home to the Walter Pyramid for the team's home opener in which they will host Boise State and Notre Dame in the Long Beach State Tournament. The Beach kick off the tournament against Boise State on Thursday, Sept. 1 at 7 p.m., before closing the tournament with Notre Dame on Saturday, Sept. 3 at 7 p.m.
Friday, Aug. 26 • 11:00 a.m. • Portland, Ore. • Viking Pavilion
Live Stats: StatBroadcast.com
Long Beach State (0-0) at PORTLAND State (0-0)
Friday, Aug. 26 • 6:00 p.m. • Portland, Ore. • Viking Pavilion\
Live Stats: StatBroadcast.com
TV: ESPN+
Talent: Ben Creighton
Long Beach State (0-0) vs. #19 Oregon (0-0)
Saturday, Aug. 27 • 2:00 p.m. • Portland, Ore. • Viking Pavilion
Live Stats: StatBroadcast.com
COMPLETE LBSU MATCH NOTES (PDF)
The New Era of Long Beach State Women's Volleyball Begins on the Road
The Long Beach State Women's Volleyball team kicks off the 2022 campaign under first year head coach Tyler Hildebrand in Portland, Ore., as the Beach take part in the Hotel Vance Rose City Showdown hosted by Portland State. The Beach open the tournament on Friday, Aug. 26 against Oregon State at 11 a.m., before closing the day against the host Vikings. LBSU concludes the tournament on Saturday, Aug. 27 at 2 p.m. against No. 19 Oregon.
Catch All The Action
Live stats for all Portland State Tournament matches will be available via StatBroadcast.com. Only Portland State matches will be live streamed via ESPN+.
Staying Social
Follow Long Beach State women's volleyball on Instagram and Twitter at @LongBeachWVB and @LBSU_WVB, respectively. Fans can stay up-to-date on all things Long Beach State by following @LBSUAthletics. Be sure to "like" us on Facebook and follow us on Instagram at @LBSU.
About the Beach
• Long Beach State opens the 2022 season under head coach Tyler Hildebrand to begin a new era of LBSU Women's Volleyball.
• Hildebrand has revamped the Beach bringing in a whole new coaching staff featuring assistant coaches Cursty Le Roux and Kim Hill, while also adding volunteer assistant coach Jordan Molina to the mix.
• The Beach return nine letterwinners from a year ago, while also bringing back three redshirts. Leading the charge of the returners is 2021 Big West All-First Team selection Katie Kennedy as well as senior libero/defensive specialist Dylan Dela Cruz, and juniors Nicole Hoff and Tia Chavira.
• LBSU also welcomes nine newcomers to the squad in seven transfers and two incoming freshman.
• Seniors Callie Schwarzenbach and Victoria O'Sullivan, along with sisters Morgan Chacon and Savana Chacon, and redshirt freshman setter Zayna Meyer look to make an immediate impact.
• Long Beach State is looking to improve upon their 2021 record of 16-15 and their 10-10 Big West Conference mark.
• Last week, the Big West Conference released the 2022 Preseason Coaches Poll and Long Beach State was picked to finish fourth behind Hawaii, UC Santa Barbara, and Cal Poly.
• Additionally, the Beach had a pair of players named to the Big West Conference Preseason Team in junior Katie Kennedy and redshirt freshman Zayna Meyer.
Scouting Oregon State
• Oregon State features a very young roster with five freshmen, 10 sophomores, and lone senior Inna Balyko, a transfer from Rutgers.
• The Beavers were chosen to finish 11th in the Pac-12 Preseason Poll.
• Head coach Mark Barnard returns to the helm for his seventh season.
• Last year, the Beavers finished the year with a 5-25 overall record and a 3-17 Pac-12 mark.
The Series: The Beach vs. The Beavers
Long Beach State and Oregon State will meet for the sixth time in program history and the Beavers hold the slight lead 3-2 in the all-time series. The two teams last faced off in 2015 and the Beach earned the sweep over the Beavers in Long Beach, Calif.
Scouting Portland State
• Portland State is coming off of a 20-11 record in 2021 marking the Vikings' first 20-win season since 2017.
• The Vikings went 12-4 in the Big Sky and made it to the NIVC where they lost to Weber State in the Second Round.
• Returning for Portland State are Makayla Lewis, Zoe McBride, and Parker Webb who all play on outside hitter. Middle blocker Ashleigh Barto and libero Ellie Snook also round out the five returning starters.
The Series: The Beach vs. The Vikings
Long Beach State and Portland State will face each other for the 10th time in program history. In the all-time series, Long Beach State leads 7-2. The Beach were victorious over the Vikings in their last meeting as LBSU swept Portland State last season at the Long Beach State Tournament.
Scouting Oregon
• Oregon comes in to the 2022 season ranked No. 19 in the AVCA Preseason Coaches Poll.
• Last season, the Ducks went 22-9 and made their fourth NCAA appearance in five seasons.
• The Ducks posted a 13-7 record in Pac-12 action.
• Brooke Nuneviller and Hannah Pukis were named to the Preseason All-Pac-12 Team as he squad was chosen to finish fourth in the preseason poll.
The Series: The Beach vs. The Ducks
Long Beach State and Oregon will meet for the 10th time in program history. The Beach lead the all-time series 6-3, however, the Ducks won the last two meetings, 3-0, in 2018 and 3-1, in 2006. LBSU will be looking for its first win over Oregon since 1994 when the Beach swept the Ducks in Santa Barbara, Calif.
LBSU in Season Openers
Long Beach State owns a 34-14 record in season openers dating back to 1972. This is the first time in program history the Beach will open the season against Oregon State.
The Hildebrand Era
In December 2021, Executive Director of Athletics Andy Fee has announced that Tyler Hildebrand would be returning to his Alma Mater to lead the Women's Volleyball program at Long Beach State. A three-time First Team All-American at Long Beach State, Hildebrand has developed into a tremendously respected and well-rounded coach with experience coaching both women and men at the collegiate, international and professional levels.
Hildebrand spent three full seasons on the staff at Nebraska over the course of five years, reaching the Elite Eight in all three campaigns. In 2017 during his first season at Nebraska, the Huskers would win the NCAA Championship behind All-Americans Annika Albrecht and Mikaela Foecke. Responsible for the Nebraska defense in that season, the Huskers led the Big Ten in opponent hitting percentage at .154. Returning to the squad in 2020, the Huskers made the Elite Eight in the COVID-19 impacted spring season.
This year, recently promoted to Associate Head Coach, Hildebrand helped the 10th seeded Huskers on a deep run to the National Championship match, where Nebraska fell in five sets in a hard-fought battle with Wisconsin.
During that period, Hildebrand also spent two years as a team consultant while he went through his second Olympic cycle as the Director of Coaching for the USA Volleyball Beach National Team. In that role, he was responsible for identifying and recruiting athletes to join the Beach National team as well as working with the four Beach teams that represented the United States at the Tokyo Olympic Games.
Hildebrand had previously gone to the 2016 Rio Olympics as a coach while concurrently working at Long Beach State. Hildebrand at the time was coaching Jake Gibb and Casey Patterson, but has also worked with April Ross and Jen Kessy, April Ross and Kerri Walsh Jennings and Emily Day and Summer Ross on the professional circuit.
Hildebrand made his name both coaching and as a player at Long Beach State though, and has a deep history with the university. Coming to the Beach as a star setter, Hildebrand would start for four years and is still the program's career leader in assists. A three-time First Team All-American, he was also the AVCA Newcomer of the Year as a freshman, and helped the 2004 team reach the NCAA Championship Match, earning All-Tournament honors.
After his collegiate career, Hildebrand played professionally on the Men's AVP Tour for two years, and then moving on to play Internationally, Hidlebrand would routinely earn a callup to play for the USA Men's National Team from 2006 to 2012, winning four Pan American Cup championships over that period.
While continuing his playing career, Hildebrand returned to the bench for the first time in 2008 as a Volunteer Assistant Coach for Long Beach State under Alan Knipe, helping the program win the MPSF Championship and make the program's seventh NCAA Tournament appearance in his first season.
Joining the staff full-time after his playing retirement in 2013, Hildebrand played a large part in building the current success of the Beach Men's Volleyball program. Building from a 24-8 overall record in his first season, the Beach would make their return to the NCAA Tournament in 2016, as TJ DeFalco was named the AVCA Newcomer of the Year, just as Hildebrand was.
One year later in 2017, Long Beach State again reached the Final Four and finished the season ranked No. 3 in the nation as DeFalco was named the AVCA Player of the Year and setter Josh Tuaniga was named a first-team All-American under Hildebrand's direct tutelage. Hildebrand himself was honored as the AVCA Assistant Coach of the Year for his role in setting the stage for LBSU to claim back-to-back National Championships in the next two seasons despite his imminent departure to join Nebraska.
By coming back from Nebraska to Long Beach State, Hildebrand moves between a pair of the programs with the most tradition and success in NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball.
Only Stanford, Penn State and Nebraska have more than Long Beach State's three NCAA Division I championships, and Long Beach State ranks 9th all-time in Division I victories. Only six programs have been #1 in the country more times than Long Beach State, and the Beach boasts six National Players of the Year behind only Stanford and Nebraska. That list includes three of the NCAA's greatest women's players of all-time, Tara Cross-Battle, Danielle Scott and Misty May-Treanor.
New Year, New Gear
Long Beach State Athletics has announced that Women's Volleyball and Beach Volleyball have entered into a five-year deal for apparel, adding two more programs into the continuing partnership here at the Beach.
"Long Beach State is an outstanding brand and we believe our student-athletes deserve the very best in their pursuit of comprehensive excellence," said Executive Director of Athletics Andy Fee. "We now have a partner that aspires to greatness and aligns with our athletic goals and we look forward to competing for championships wearing the 'Swoosh' for years to come."
The new deal will provide product support for both the beach and indoor women's volleyball program as the exclusive provider for footwear, apparel and related volleyball accessories and equipment starting this year and running through the 2026-27 athletic season.
"We are thrilled with the partnership with Nike to outfit our program with some of the best training and competition apparel," said Beach Volleyball Head Coach Mike Campbell. "I am extremely excited to work with Nike as they have always been a champion of women's sports and our program will proudly align with their efforts to ensure a healthy and equitable future for women's sports."
"We are beyond excited to be joining forces with Nike," added Women's Volleyball Head Coach Tyler Hildebrand. "The quality and aesthetic of their products are second to none. Our women and our program can't wait to represent in the Swoosh!"
With the addition of Beach Volleyball and Women's Volleyball into the Nike stable, 18 of Long Beach State's 19 Division I programs are now primarily outfitted by Nike.
Next Up
Long Beach State will return home to the Walter Pyramid for the team's home opener in which they will host Boise State and Notre Dame in the Long Beach State Tournament. The Beach kick off the tournament against Boise State on Thursday, Sept. 1 at 7 p.m., before closing the tournament with Notre Dame on Saturday, Sept. 3 at 7 p.m.
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