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Date Posted: 17:04:36 12/11/01 Tue
Author: Tiger Casey
Subject: Re: VB lost to Arizona
In reply to: Jon Ralston 's message, "VB lost to Arizona" on 11:56:55 12/07/01 Fri

The girls still did a great job this year. And Megan deserved to be an All-American. The Tigs would not have even come close to the tournament with her incredible ability to set up Jaime and Jenny for their huge kills, not to mention her little dump, which I've taken the liberty of calling the "Megan Move." Watch out for next year. I saw some good things out of Hayley and the other freshmen and sophomores that played. A banner to go next to the 85-86 ones will not be too much to ask for. GO TIGERS!!! GO MEGAN!!!


>Originally Published Friday, December 7, 2001
>-------------------------------------------------------
>-----------------
>
>
>Tigers lose catfight in L.A.
>
>By Bob Highfill
>
>Record Staff Writer
>
>LOS ANGELES -- From the first serve to the last point,
>it was obvious the University of the Pacific was
>outmatched in its regional semifinal of the 2001 NCAA
>Volleyball Championships.
>
>Arizona simply had too much size, experience and
>firepower, and the Tigers weren't able to adjust.
>Their season, which included two regular-season
>tournament championships and a second-place finish in
>the Big West, came to a screeching halt. The Wildcats
>rode their experience and superior skills into the
>Elite Eight with a 30-26, 30-24, 30-27 victory over
>the Tigers before a small crowd at the cavernous Los
>Angeles Sports Arena on Thursday.
>
>Arizona will meet fellow Pac-10 combatant USC (25-3)
>in the regional final at 6 p.m. today.
>
>Pacific (28-8) has lost in the regional semifinals in
>six of its last seven appearances, while Arizona
>(24-4) will play in a regional final for the second
>consecutive year.
>
>"We just had major breakdowns from the service line
>and passing," Pacific's first-year head coach Jayne
>McHugh said. "Our offense was potent when we did serve
>and pass well."
>
>But those instances were few and far between, and when
>the Tigers were able to string some points together,
>Arizona answered.
>
>"Pacific is a good ball-handling team and I thought we
>did a nice job of keeping them off balance," Arizona
>coach David Rubio said. "When we did that, I knew
>their offense could not be as deceptive as they can
>be. We were able to side out right away."
>
>Arizona's All-American setter Dana Burkholder started
>the match with an ace, and finished it with a dump
>into open space. She had good passes to work with and
>used them to set her big weapons -- outside hitter
>Shannon Torregrosa, and middle blockers Stefani
>Saragosa and Erin Sebbas. The trio combined for 34 of
>their team's 52 kills, and the Wildcats outhit the
>Tigers .299-.153. Burkholder, the 2000 Pac-10 player
>of the year, had 46 assists, eight digs and three
>block assists.
>
>Burkholder said her job was made easier because her
>teammates gave her some options.
>
>"It lets our offense open up with the balanced
>attack," Burkholder said. "I know I have to rely on my
>teammates instead of trying to do it all by myself."
>
>Torregrosa was unstoppable at times. The 6-foot-2
>junior, who suffered a serious ankle sprain two weeks
>ago, finished with a match-high 14 kills and hit .333.
>
>"Shannon was on fire (Thursday)," Rubio said. "She was
>as good as I have seen her. It's been a tough week for
>her and she did a good job coming back. She got us out
>of a lot of jams."
>
>Pacific appeared nervous and uptight early, and it
>carried through the entire match.
>
>"We didn't have any rhythm all three games and it was
>obvious," said Tigers' sophomore middle blocker
>Jennifer Joines, who had only eight kills and hit
>.059. "We wanted to focus on serve and pass and we
>didn't do either well. We didn't have that spark at
>times that we needed to have."
>
>Joines was held to single-digits in kills for only the
>second time this season. Senior outside hitter Jamie
>Hamm also struggled offensively with eight kills and
>eight errors in 31 swings (.000 attack percentage).
>Sophomore Misty Swails and senior Courtney Miller
>tried to pick up the slack with 12 kills each, but it
>wasn't nearly enough.
>
>Again, the reasons McHugh cited for the Tigers' woes
>were serving and passing.
>
>"The momentum always goes to the other side of the net
>when you don't serve and pass, and that's what
>happened in the match," McHugh said. "We were out of
>system all match long."
>
>When it was over, the Tigers were left to ponder if
>losing or losing the way in which they did was more
>disappointing.
>
>"There is only one team that will win the final game
>of the season," McHugh said. "But the postseason is
>something special. The further you go, the more
>exciting it is. It's devastating when your season is
>over."
>
>* To reach reporter Bob Highfill, phone 546-8299 or
>e-mail bhighfil@recordnet.com

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