Tuesday, September 27
Fullerton, Calif.
7:00 PM
Long Beach State University
at
Cal State Fullerton
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The Beach Set to Play at Cal State Fullerton on Tuesday Night
9/26/2022 12:38:00 PM | Women's Volleyball
Long Beach State and Cal State Fullerton face off on Tuesday at 7 p.m. at Titan Gym
LONG BEACH (6-4, 1-1) at CAL STATE FULLERTON (7-3, 2-0)
Date: Tuesday, Sept. 27
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Location: Fullerton, Calif.
Venue: Titan Gym
Live Stats: FullertonTitans.com
TV: ESPN+
Twitter:Â @LBSU_WVB
COMPLETE LBSU MATCH NOTES (PDF)
The Beach Set to Play at Cal State Fullerton on Tuesday Night
The Long Beach State Women's Volleyball team will continues its road swing as the Beach head to Fullerton, Calif., to face the Titans on Tuesday, Sept. 27 at 7 p.m.
Catch All The Action
The Long Beach State match at Cal State Fullerton will be broadcast live on ESPN+. Fans can sign up for ESPN+ for $5.99 per month ($59.99 per year) at ESPN.com, ESPNPlus.com, or on the ESPN App. It is also available as part of The Disney Bundle that gives subscribers access to Disney+, ESPN+, and Hulu for $13.99 per month (Hulu with ads) or $19..99 per month (Hulu without ads). Fans can also follow stats updates on BeachLiveStats.com.Â
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.Â
About the Beach
• This season, Long Beach State owns a 6-4 overall record and is 1-1 in Big West action.
• LBSU opened Big West Conference play last weekend and went 1-1 with a 3-1 loss at Cal Poly, followed by a sweep at CSU Bakersfield.
• In his first year at the helm, Tyler 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.
• Long Beach State is averaging 12.05 kills per set, while hitting .191 as a team on 11.23 assists per set.
• The Beach defense has been on point this season as LBSU ranks second in the league in opponent hitting percentage as the Beach has held its counterparts to a .176 attack percentage. In the backrow, LBSU averages 14.13 digs per set, while on blocking defense, the Beach averages 2.50 blocks per set.
• When playing at the Walter Pyramid this year, Long Beach State is undefeated with a 3-0 record. The Beach's three home victories came against a talented Boise State squad (3-1), a tough Notre Dame team (3-0), and a gritty LMU team (3-2).
• 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 Cal State Fullerton
• Cal State Fullerton brings a 7-3 overall record and a 1-1 Big West mark into the match against the Beach.
• The Titans have won six of their last seven matches, as Saturday's sweep at Cal Poly snapped their six-match winning streak.
• As a team, the Titans are hitting .202 on the year, while averaging 12.63 kills per set on 10.79 assists per set.
• Defensively, Cal State Fullerton is averaging 16.32 digs per set in the backrow, while posting 1.84 blocks per set at the net.Â
• Julia Crawford and Lyla Traylor lead the Titans in scoring with 3.00 kills per set each.Â
• Crawford is also adds 2.84 digs per set, 0.47 blocks per set on a .218 clip, while Traylor contributes 2.97 digs per set and 0.21 blocks per set.
• Elizabeth Schuster is the team's setter as she has distributed 357 assists this season for an average of 9.39 per set. She also is second on the Titans with 3.05 digs per set.
• At libero, Nadia Koanui leads the way with 3.87 digs per set. She also leads the team with 10 aces on the year.
• On blocking defense, Bianca Martinez has posted 30 blocks to average 0.81 blocks per set. Additionally, she registers 1.41 kills per set on a .291 attack percentage.
The Series: The Beach vs. The Titans
Long Beach State and Cal State Fullerton will face off for the 104th time in a series that dates back to 1966. Overall, the Beach hold the lead in the all-time series, 97-6. LBSU has won the last three meetings against the Titans, as Cal State Fullerton is looking for its first win over the Beach since 2019. When playing each other at Titan Gym, Long Beach State leads the series 44-4.
Beach Player Notes
• Redshirt freshman Zayna Meyer has been very efficient since making her collegiate debut. She has recorded a team-leading six double-doubles and has led the Beach in blocks on five separate occasions. On the year, she is averaging 9.40 assists per set, which ranks second in the Big West. She also adds 2.78 digs per set, 1.00 blocks per set, and has notched nine aces, all while hitting .225.
• Morgan Chacon, a redshirt junior outside hitter, is leading the Beach with 3.63 kills per set, a mark that is good for fourth in the Big West. Chacon had an outstanding outing at the service line last weekend as she tied her career-high with six aces at Cal Poly. This season, she is averaging 2.05 digs per set, 0.45 blocks per set, and 0.30 aces per set.
• Jaylen Jordan came off the bench at Cal Poly and turned in a career-high 13-kill performance. The redshirt freshman outside hitter also added eight digs in the match at SLO to bring her season averages to 3.00 kills per set, 2.58 digs per set, and 0.67 blocks per set.
• Sophomore middle blocker Kameron Bacon has seen action in 23 sets this season and is currently averaging 1.00 blocks per set to rank in the Top 10 in the Big West. She also adds 1.30 kills per set, while posting a .244 attack percentage.
• Tia Chavira came off the bench in the match against Notre Dame and made an immediate impact as she served up an ace to help the Beach to a 3-0 sweep of the Fighting Irish.
• Savana Chacon, a sophomore defensive specialist, has been an asset to the Beach coming off the bench in each set this season. She leads the Beach in service aces as she has racked up 19 to average 0.48 which ranks her second in the conference. Chacon also averages 2.15 digs per set as she provides solid defense in the backrow.
• Kailia Lopez has been a key component to Long Beach State this season. The sophomore has come off the bench in 33 sets this year and is averaging 0.33 digs per set to go along with 0.12 aces per set.
• Katie Kennedy has shown her versatility this season as the 6-foot-1 junior has seen action at both middle blocker and opposite. She is averaging 2.00 kills per set and 1.00 blocks per set which ranks her ninth in the conference.
• Senior libero Dylan Dela Cruz kicked off her final year in Black and Gold with a career-high 24 digs against Oregon State. Since then, she has paced the Beach backrow averaging 3.88 digs per set to rank third in the Big West. She has also logged nine double-digit dig performances including three 20-plus dig showings.Â
• Victoria O'Sullivan has played in 21 sets for the Beach this season and has started in six matches. She had a solid outing at No. 2 Nebraska as she led the Beach hitting .308 with six kills. Her 2.05 kills per set are good for third on the squad, while she is hitting .209 on the year. Additionally, she has posted 0.33 digs per set and 0.29 blocks per set.
• Sophomore defensive specialist Jenna Giambi has returned to the Beach and has done a solid job coming off the bench in six sets this season. She is averaging 0.67 digs per set thus far.
• Senior middle blocker Callie Schwarzenbach has been a force at the net this season. Her 1.18 blocks per set lead the Beach and rank her fifth in The Big West. Meanwhile, she leads the team with a .312 attack percentage to rank seventh in the league, while averaging 1.35 kills per set.
• Natalie Glenn is a sophomore outside hitter and is currently the Beach's second leading scorer with 2.46 kills per set. She contributes on both sides of the ball adding 2.14 digs per set and 0.46 blocks per set.
The Long Beach Connection
Tuesday's match at Cal State Fullerton will feature an array of familiar faces on the opposing bench. The Titans' head coach is Nicole Polster, formerly Vargas, who played at Long Beach State from 2005-08. She is also the daughter Debbie Green who served as an assistant coach at the Beach for 23 years. Additionally, the Titans' assistant coach is Sabrina Hernandez, who played for the Beach from 1989-92 and coached from 2017-21. Lastly, Cal State Fullerton is also assisted by former Long Beach State men's volleyball player Andrew Sato, who played at LBSU from 2013-17.
Aces Wild
Long Beach State opened Big West Conference action with a solid showing at the service line. The Beach tallied 19 aces over two matches to average 2.71 aces per set which leads the Big West in conference matches this season. Leading the way for LBSU were the Chacon sisters as Morgan served up nine aces to average 1.29 per set and Savana posted six to average 0.86 per set. Six of Morgan's aces came at Cal Poly on Friday night as she tied her career high with half a dozen aces in a single match. Savana, however, leads the team with a total of 19 aces on the year as she averages 0.48 aces per set, which ranks second in the league.
Block Party
This season Long Beach State has been solid at the net as the Beach are averaging 2.50 blocks per set to rank third in The Big West Conference. Leading the way, for LBSU in blocking defense is senior middle blocker Callie Schwarzenbach who ranks fifth in the league with 1.18 blocks per set. Coming in behind her are Katie Kennedy and Kameron Bacon who have posted 1.00 blocks per set each to rank in the Top 10 in the conference.Â
Brian Gimmillaro Locker Room Dedication
On Saturday, Oct. 1, the Long Beach State Women's Volleyball program will dedicate their locker room to former head coach Brian Gimmillaro who coached at the Beach from 1985-2016.
The winningest coach in Long Beach State Women's Volleyball history concluded his Beach career with a total of 835 wins and a .791 winning percentage. During his time at the helm of the women's volleyball program, Gimmillaro led the Beach to three NCAA National Championships (1989, 1993, 1998), eight Final Four appearances, 13 NCAA Regional showings, and 27 NCAA Tournament appearances. He concluded his collegiate coaching career at LBSU with 27 20-win seasons and nine 30-win seasons.Â
A three-time National Coach of the Year, Gimmillaro was named 1999 U.S. Olympic Committee's Coach of the Year, the only non-Olympic coach to receive such an honor. In 2003, he was given the USA Volleyball All-Time Great Coach Award and was presented the Excellence in Leadership Award by Leadership Long Beach. Additionally, Gimmillaro is a four-time Regional Coach of the Year and a nine-time Big West Coach of the Year.
Throughout his three-decade career, Gimmillaro coached some of the greats in women's volleyball such as Misty May-Treanor, Tara Cross-Battle, and Danielle Scott-Arruda. All three were Olympians in Sydney in 2000 and Athens in 2004, all three were National Players of the Year, and all three led the Beach to a National Title.
Gimmillaro has coached four AVCA National Players of the Year. Cross-Battle and May-Treanor have each won the award twice, while Scott-Arruda and Antoinette White each earned the honor once. Cross-Battle is a former player and coach for the National team, a four-time Olympian, and a two-time World Player of the Year. Scott-Arruda was named to a record fifth Olympic squad in 2012, the only player to have that honor in USA women's indoor volleyball history, passing Cross-Battle who represented Team USA four times. May-Treanor is regarded as the top beach volleyball player in the world as she capped an unprecedented run in Beach Volleyball with her partner Kerri Walsh, capturing a third-straight Gold Medal after winning in 2008 in Beijing and 2004 in Athens.
Scott-Arruda and Tayyiba Haneef-Park repeated as medalists after winning the Silver in Beijing and another Silver Medal for the USA in London. Those finishes followed the 2004 squad, where the Beach had the most players from any college in Cross-Battle, Scott-Arruda, and Haneef-Park, as Cross-Battle was making her fourth Olympic appearance, setting a mark that was only passed in London by Scott-Arruda. In all, Gimmillaro's players have represented the United States in volleyball in six-consecutive Olympiads.
Gimmillaro's finest season at the helm of Long Beach State came in 1998, when the Beach became the first NCAA Division-I volleyball team ever to finish the season undefeated. The Beach captured their third National title in Madison, Wisc., finishing 36-0.Â
Prior to Long Beach State, Gimmillaro coached at perennial volleyball powerhouse Gahr High School in Cerritos, Calif. (1978-1985). During his tenure, he led his team to four CIF-Southern Section Championships (1978, 1979, 1983 and 1984) and Division-I State Championships in 1983 and 1984. In 1984 and 1985, Gahr won the CIF Southern Section 5-A Division Championship and was a Division-I state finalist. In eight years, Gimmillaro compiled a stellar 142-15 (.905) record. All told, Gimmillaro sent eight consecutive teams to the CIF Playoffs. A national No. 1 ranking in 1984 was a testament to his success at Gahr.
During the same period, Gimmillaro served as the business manager for the United States Women's Volleyball Olympic Team (1982-84). His duties included organization and development of publicity, budget, fundraising and promotion. He has also been the president and owner of the California Juniors Volleyball Club since 1978.
A 2008 AVCA Hall of Famer, Gimmillaro graduated from Long Beach State in 1970 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics.
Next Up
Long Beach State will host Hawaii on Saturday, Oct. 1 at 7 p.m. at the Walter Pyramid. The contest marks the Beach's home conference opener and will be broadcast live on ESPN+.
Date: Tuesday, Sept. 27
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Location: Fullerton, Calif.
Venue: Titan Gym
Live Stats: FullertonTitans.com
TV: ESPN+
Twitter:Â @LBSU_WVB
COMPLETE LBSU MATCH NOTES (PDF)
The Beach Set to Play at Cal State Fullerton on Tuesday Night
The Long Beach State Women's Volleyball team will continues its road swing as the Beach head to Fullerton, Calif., to face the Titans on Tuesday, Sept. 27 at 7 p.m.
Catch All The Action
The Long Beach State match at Cal State Fullerton will be broadcast live on ESPN+. Fans can sign up for ESPN+ for $5.99 per month ($59.99 per year) at ESPN.com, ESPNPlus.com, or on the ESPN App. It is also available as part of The Disney Bundle that gives subscribers access to Disney+, ESPN+, and Hulu for $13.99 per month (Hulu with ads) or $19..99 per month (Hulu without ads). Fans can also follow stats updates on BeachLiveStats.com.Â
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.Â
About the Beach
• This season, Long Beach State owns a 6-4 overall record and is 1-1 in Big West action.
• LBSU opened Big West Conference play last weekend and went 1-1 with a 3-1 loss at Cal Poly, followed by a sweep at CSU Bakersfield.
• In his first year at the helm, Tyler 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.
• Long Beach State is averaging 12.05 kills per set, while hitting .191 as a team on 11.23 assists per set.
• The Beach defense has been on point this season as LBSU ranks second in the league in opponent hitting percentage as the Beach has held its counterparts to a .176 attack percentage. In the backrow, LBSU averages 14.13 digs per set, while on blocking defense, the Beach averages 2.50 blocks per set.
• When playing at the Walter Pyramid this year, Long Beach State is undefeated with a 3-0 record. The Beach's three home victories came against a talented Boise State squad (3-1), a tough Notre Dame team (3-0), and a gritty LMU team (3-2).
• 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 Cal State Fullerton
• Cal State Fullerton brings a 7-3 overall record and a 1-1 Big West mark into the match against the Beach.
• The Titans have won six of their last seven matches, as Saturday's sweep at Cal Poly snapped their six-match winning streak.
• As a team, the Titans are hitting .202 on the year, while averaging 12.63 kills per set on 10.79 assists per set.
• Defensively, Cal State Fullerton is averaging 16.32 digs per set in the backrow, while posting 1.84 blocks per set at the net.Â
• Julia Crawford and Lyla Traylor lead the Titans in scoring with 3.00 kills per set each.Â
• Crawford is also adds 2.84 digs per set, 0.47 blocks per set on a .218 clip, while Traylor contributes 2.97 digs per set and 0.21 blocks per set.
• Elizabeth Schuster is the team's setter as she has distributed 357 assists this season for an average of 9.39 per set. She also is second on the Titans with 3.05 digs per set.
• At libero, Nadia Koanui leads the way with 3.87 digs per set. She also leads the team with 10 aces on the year.
• On blocking defense, Bianca Martinez has posted 30 blocks to average 0.81 blocks per set. Additionally, she registers 1.41 kills per set on a .291 attack percentage.
The Series: The Beach vs. The Titans
Long Beach State and Cal State Fullerton will face off for the 104th time in a series that dates back to 1966. Overall, the Beach hold the lead in the all-time series, 97-6. LBSU has won the last three meetings against the Titans, as Cal State Fullerton is looking for its first win over the Beach since 2019. When playing each other at Titan Gym, Long Beach State leads the series 44-4.
Beach Player Notes
• Redshirt freshman Zayna Meyer has been very efficient since making her collegiate debut. She has recorded a team-leading six double-doubles and has led the Beach in blocks on five separate occasions. On the year, she is averaging 9.40 assists per set, which ranks second in the Big West. She also adds 2.78 digs per set, 1.00 blocks per set, and has notched nine aces, all while hitting .225.
• Morgan Chacon, a redshirt junior outside hitter, is leading the Beach with 3.63 kills per set, a mark that is good for fourth in the Big West. Chacon had an outstanding outing at the service line last weekend as she tied her career-high with six aces at Cal Poly. This season, she is averaging 2.05 digs per set, 0.45 blocks per set, and 0.30 aces per set.
• Jaylen Jordan came off the bench at Cal Poly and turned in a career-high 13-kill performance. The redshirt freshman outside hitter also added eight digs in the match at SLO to bring her season averages to 3.00 kills per set, 2.58 digs per set, and 0.67 blocks per set.
• Sophomore middle blocker Kameron Bacon has seen action in 23 sets this season and is currently averaging 1.00 blocks per set to rank in the Top 10 in the Big West. She also adds 1.30 kills per set, while posting a .244 attack percentage.
• Tia Chavira came off the bench in the match against Notre Dame and made an immediate impact as she served up an ace to help the Beach to a 3-0 sweep of the Fighting Irish.
• Savana Chacon, a sophomore defensive specialist, has been an asset to the Beach coming off the bench in each set this season. She leads the Beach in service aces as she has racked up 19 to average 0.48 which ranks her second in the conference. Chacon also averages 2.15 digs per set as she provides solid defense in the backrow.
• Kailia Lopez has been a key component to Long Beach State this season. The sophomore has come off the bench in 33 sets this year and is averaging 0.33 digs per set to go along with 0.12 aces per set.
• Katie Kennedy has shown her versatility this season as the 6-foot-1 junior has seen action at both middle blocker and opposite. She is averaging 2.00 kills per set and 1.00 blocks per set which ranks her ninth in the conference.
• Senior libero Dylan Dela Cruz kicked off her final year in Black and Gold with a career-high 24 digs against Oregon State. Since then, she has paced the Beach backrow averaging 3.88 digs per set to rank third in the Big West. She has also logged nine double-digit dig performances including three 20-plus dig showings.Â
• Victoria O'Sullivan has played in 21 sets for the Beach this season and has started in six matches. She had a solid outing at No. 2 Nebraska as she led the Beach hitting .308 with six kills. Her 2.05 kills per set are good for third on the squad, while she is hitting .209 on the year. Additionally, she has posted 0.33 digs per set and 0.29 blocks per set.
• Sophomore defensive specialist Jenna Giambi has returned to the Beach and has done a solid job coming off the bench in six sets this season. She is averaging 0.67 digs per set thus far.
• Senior middle blocker Callie Schwarzenbach has been a force at the net this season. Her 1.18 blocks per set lead the Beach and rank her fifth in The Big West. Meanwhile, she leads the team with a .312 attack percentage to rank seventh in the league, while averaging 1.35 kills per set.
• Natalie Glenn is a sophomore outside hitter and is currently the Beach's second leading scorer with 2.46 kills per set. She contributes on both sides of the ball adding 2.14 digs per set and 0.46 blocks per set.
The Long Beach Connection
Tuesday's match at Cal State Fullerton will feature an array of familiar faces on the opposing bench. The Titans' head coach is Nicole Polster, formerly Vargas, who played at Long Beach State from 2005-08. She is also the daughter Debbie Green who served as an assistant coach at the Beach for 23 years. Additionally, the Titans' assistant coach is Sabrina Hernandez, who played for the Beach from 1989-92 and coached from 2017-21. Lastly, Cal State Fullerton is also assisted by former Long Beach State men's volleyball player Andrew Sato, who played at LBSU from 2013-17.
Aces Wild
Long Beach State opened Big West Conference action with a solid showing at the service line. The Beach tallied 19 aces over two matches to average 2.71 aces per set which leads the Big West in conference matches this season. Leading the way for LBSU were the Chacon sisters as Morgan served up nine aces to average 1.29 per set and Savana posted six to average 0.86 per set. Six of Morgan's aces came at Cal Poly on Friday night as she tied her career high with half a dozen aces in a single match. Savana, however, leads the team with a total of 19 aces on the year as she averages 0.48 aces per set, which ranks second in the league.
Block Party
This season Long Beach State has been solid at the net as the Beach are averaging 2.50 blocks per set to rank third in The Big West Conference. Leading the way, for LBSU in blocking defense is senior middle blocker Callie Schwarzenbach who ranks fifth in the league with 1.18 blocks per set. Coming in behind her are Katie Kennedy and Kameron Bacon who have posted 1.00 blocks per set each to rank in the Top 10 in the conference.Â
Brian Gimmillaro Locker Room Dedication
On Saturday, Oct. 1, the Long Beach State Women's Volleyball program will dedicate their locker room to former head coach Brian Gimmillaro who coached at the Beach from 1985-2016.
The winningest coach in Long Beach State Women's Volleyball history concluded his Beach career with a total of 835 wins and a .791 winning percentage. During his time at the helm of the women's volleyball program, Gimmillaro led the Beach to three NCAA National Championships (1989, 1993, 1998), eight Final Four appearances, 13 NCAA Regional showings, and 27 NCAA Tournament appearances. He concluded his collegiate coaching career at LBSU with 27 20-win seasons and nine 30-win seasons.Â
A three-time National Coach of the Year, Gimmillaro was named 1999 U.S. Olympic Committee's Coach of the Year, the only non-Olympic coach to receive such an honor. In 2003, he was given the USA Volleyball All-Time Great Coach Award and was presented the Excellence in Leadership Award by Leadership Long Beach. Additionally, Gimmillaro is a four-time Regional Coach of the Year and a nine-time Big West Coach of the Year.
Throughout his three-decade career, Gimmillaro coached some of the greats in women's volleyball such as Misty May-Treanor, Tara Cross-Battle, and Danielle Scott-Arruda. All three were Olympians in Sydney in 2000 and Athens in 2004, all three were National Players of the Year, and all three led the Beach to a National Title.
Gimmillaro has coached four AVCA National Players of the Year. Cross-Battle and May-Treanor have each won the award twice, while Scott-Arruda and Antoinette White each earned the honor once. Cross-Battle is a former player and coach for the National team, a four-time Olympian, and a two-time World Player of the Year. Scott-Arruda was named to a record fifth Olympic squad in 2012, the only player to have that honor in USA women's indoor volleyball history, passing Cross-Battle who represented Team USA four times. May-Treanor is regarded as the top beach volleyball player in the world as she capped an unprecedented run in Beach Volleyball with her partner Kerri Walsh, capturing a third-straight Gold Medal after winning in 2008 in Beijing and 2004 in Athens.
Scott-Arruda and Tayyiba Haneef-Park repeated as medalists after winning the Silver in Beijing and another Silver Medal for the USA in London. Those finishes followed the 2004 squad, where the Beach had the most players from any college in Cross-Battle, Scott-Arruda, and Haneef-Park, as Cross-Battle was making her fourth Olympic appearance, setting a mark that was only passed in London by Scott-Arruda. In all, Gimmillaro's players have represented the United States in volleyball in six-consecutive Olympiads.
Gimmillaro's finest season at the helm of Long Beach State came in 1998, when the Beach became the first NCAA Division-I volleyball team ever to finish the season undefeated. The Beach captured their third National title in Madison, Wisc., finishing 36-0.Â
Prior to Long Beach State, Gimmillaro coached at perennial volleyball powerhouse Gahr High School in Cerritos, Calif. (1978-1985). During his tenure, he led his team to four CIF-Southern Section Championships (1978, 1979, 1983 and 1984) and Division-I State Championships in 1983 and 1984. In 1984 and 1985, Gahr won the CIF Southern Section 5-A Division Championship and was a Division-I state finalist. In eight years, Gimmillaro compiled a stellar 142-15 (.905) record. All told, Gimmillaro sent eight consecutive teams to the CIF Playoffs. A national No. 1 ranking in 1984 was a testament to his success at Gahr.
During the same period, Gimmillaro served as the business manager for the United States Women's Volleyball Olympic Team (1982-84). His duties included organization and development of publicity, budget, fundraising and promotion. He has also been the president and owner of the California Juniors Volleyball Club since 1978.
A 2008 AVCA Hall of Famer, Gimmillaro graduated from Long Beach State in 1970 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics.
Next Up
Long Beach State will host Hawaii on Saturday, Oct. 1 at 7 p.m. at the Walter Pyramid. The contest marks the Beach's home conference opener and will be broadcast live on ESPN+.
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