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For Immediate Release \\ Thursday, May 5, 2016Contacts \\ Jesse Hooker ([email protected])

March 7. . . . . . . . . . . Nicolette Martin & . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Allie Wheeler, USCMarch 14. . . . . . . . . . . . Julie Consani & . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Laurel Weaver, UCLAMarch 21. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kelly Claes & . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sara Hughes, USCMarch 28. . . . . . . . . . . . Jenna Belton & . . . . . . . . . . . . . Abril Bustamante, USCApril 4 . . . . . . . . . . Megan McNamara & . . . . . . . . . . . .Nicole McNamara, UCLAApril 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kelly Claes & . . . . . . . . . . . . Sara Hughes, USC (2nd)April 18 . . . . . . . . . . . Sophie Bukovec & . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alexa Strange, USCApril 25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kelly Claes & . . . . . . . . . . . . Sara Hughes, USC (3rd)

TEAM TOTALSUSC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6UCLA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

PAIRS OF THE WEEK2016 PAC-12 BEACH VOLLEYBALL

OVERALL PAC-12* vs. AVCAW-L Pct. H A N STREAK W-L Pct. AVCA Top 10 DiG

USC 30-2 .938 9-1 5-1 16-0 W26 7-0 1.000 1 15-2 1Arizona 19-5 .792 8-0 2-4 9-1 L1 7-3 .700 6 2-5 6UCLA 19-6 .760 3-0 4-2 12-4 L1 4-3 .571 4 10-6 4California 17-11 .607 4-2 3-5 10-4 L2 5-4 .556 RV 0-4 15Arizona State 12-13 .480 6-3 0-6 6-4 L1 2-8 .200 RV 0-8 -Washington 5-6 .455 1-0 1-0 3-6 L1 3-2 .600 RV 0-3 -Stanford 5-12 .294 3-8 1-1 1-3 L6 2-4 .333 - 0-1 -Oregon 2-10 .167 0-0 2-4 0-6 L3 1-7 .125 - 0-1 -TOTAL 109-65 .626 31-31 .500 27-30

*NOTE: The Pac-12 Conference did not record of�cial league standings during the inaugural season of Beach Volleyball. These league records are for reference only and re�ect all contests between members.**UTAH will become the ninth Pac-12 member to sponsor beach volleyball in 2017.

#PAC12BVB FIRST SERVE

The number of Pac-12 beach volleyball teams in the latest AVCA Top 10 poll (5/2), tied with the Coastal Collegiate Sports Association (CCSA) for the conference with the most teams in the national poll.3

11 The number of Pac-12 alumnae to compete in beach volleyball at the Olympic Games, including med-alists Kerri Walsh Jennings (STAN), Jen Kessy (USC), Holly McPeak (CAL/UCLA), April Ross (UCLA) and Elaine Youngs (UCLA).

7 The number of Pac-12 alumnae currently among the 28 professionals of the AVP Beach Volleyball Tour, the most for any conference in the country:>> Kerri Walsh Jennings (STAN), April Ross (USC), Lauren Fendrick (UCLA), Jen Kessy (USC), Geena Urgano (USC), Morgan Miller (CAL), Rachel Scott (COLO)

Atlantic Sun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-0Big West . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25-5CCSA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-4West Coast Conf. . . . . . . . . . . . 20-12vs. NCAA BVB Conf. . .59-21 (.738)

Independents - West . . . . . . . . . 7-12Independents - Midwest. . . . . . . . 5-0Independents - South. . . . . . . . . . 2-1Independents - East . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0Independents - Texas. . . . . . . . . . 2-0vs. NCAA Varsity Tms. .75-34 (.688)

Two-Year Colleges . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0Non-Varsity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-0vs. ALL NON-CONF. OPP. . .78-34 (.696)

THE PAC-12 VS...

AVCA (5/2) . . RANK . . . DiG (4/26)USC. . . . . . . . . . 1. . . . . . . . . . . USCFlorida State. . . . 2. . . . . . PepperdinePepperdine . . . . 3. . . . . Florida StateUCLA. . . . . . . . . 4. . . . . . . . . . UCLAHawai’i. . . . . . . . 5. . . . . . . . . Hawai’iARIZONA. . . . . . 6. . . . . . . ARIZONAGeorgia State . . . 7. . . . .Georgia StateLong Beach St. . 8. . . Long Beach St.Stetson . . . . . . . 9. . . . . . . . . . . .LSULSU . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . Stetson 11 . . . Grand Canyon 12 . . . . . . . . . . . FIU 13 . . . .North Florida 14 . . . San Francisco 15 . . . .CALIFORNIA 16 . . . . New Mexico 17 . . . . .Saint Mary’s 18 . . . . . . . . .Tulane 19 . . . . . . . . . . FAU 20 . Loyola Marymount

NATIONAL POLLSPac-12 programs selected to the inaugural NCAA Beach Volleyball Championship, the most of any conference in the country - #2 seed USC, #4 seed UCLA, #6 seed ARIZONA.3

Pair of the Year (Pac-12 Pairs Champion)Kelly Claes & Sara Hughes, USC

Player of the YearKelly Claes, USC

Freshman of the YearMegan McNamara, UCLA

Coach of the YearSteve Walker, ARIZONA

All-Pac-12 First TeamBianca Arellano, ASUSophie Bukovec, USC

Kelly Claes, USCWhitney Follette, ASU

Sara Hughes, USCMegan McNamara, UCLANicole McNamara, UCLA

Alexa Strange, USCMadison Witt, ARIZONAMcKenna Witt, ARIZONA

All-Pac-12 Second TeamJianna Bonomi, ARIZ

Abril Bustamante, USCHayley Hodson, STANCrissy Jones, WASHZana Muno, UCLA

Tia Scambray, WASHKatarina Schulz, ARIZ

Courtney Schwan, WASHCassie Strickland, WASH

Kamila Tan, UCLA

Pac-12 All-Freshman TeamAbril Bustamante, USC

Megan McNamara, UCLANicole McNamara, UCLA

Mia Merino, CALZana Muno, UCLA

Pac-12 All-Tourney TeamKelly Claes & Sara Hughes, USCMadison & McKenna Witt, ARIZMegan & Nicole McNamara, UCLAZana Muno & Jessyka Ngauamo, UCLABianca Arellano & Whitney Follette, ASUCrissy Jones & Tia Scambray, WASH

The combined record of the Pac-12’s three NCAA Championship participants against the tournament �eld, including duals versus league opponents (USC - 12-2, UCLA - 6-6, ARIZONA - 2-4).>> The rest of the NCAA teams are a combined 13-21 versus the �eld (Florida State - 5-1, Georgia State - 1-5, Hawai’i - 2-8, Pepperdine - 5-3, Stetson - 0-4).

20-12Combined record of Pac-12 programs against East Region opponents entering the NCAA Champion-ship (USC - 10-1, UCLA - 5-2, ARIZONA - 4-0, ARIZONA STATE - 1-1).>> Among the eight-team NCAA �eld, West Region teams are a combined 33-4 vs. the East Region.(UH - 7-0, PEPP - 6-0).>> Among the eight-team NCAA �eld, East Region teams are a combined 11-6 vs. the West Region (FSU - 10-1, STET - 1-3, GSU - 0-3).

20-4

2016 marks the inaugural season of beach volleyball sponsorship by the NCAA and Pac-12 Confer-ence. The Pac-12 hosted its �rst-ever conference championship at Merle Norman Stadium in Los Angeles from April 28-May 1. Host USC won all four of its duals to claim the Pac-12 Team title, while Trojan juniors Kelly Claes and Sara Hughes swept all four matches to earn the Pac-12 Pairs crown.

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2016 PAC-12 ALL-CONFERENCE TEAMS & AWARDS

#1 Florida St. (29-1)

Match No. 1Friday9 a.m. Winner 1

#8 Stetson (26-7)Match No. 7

Friday Winner 7#5 Hawaii (16-8) 3 p.m.

Match No. 2Friday10 a.m. Winner 2

#4 UCLA (19-6)Match No. 11

Saturday Winner 11#3 Pepperdine (19-3) 3 p.m.

Match No. 4FridayNoon Winner 4

Loser 11#6 Arizona (19-5) Match No. 14

Match No. 8 Sunday NATIONAL Friday 1 pm. CHAMPION4 p.m.

#7 Georgia St. (25-8) Winner 8

Match No. 3 Match No. 13Friday Sunday11 a.m. Winner 3 10:30 a.m.

#2 Southern California (30-2)

Winner 13Loser 8

Match No. 9Loser 1 Saturday Winner 9

1 p.m or 2 p.m.**Match No. 5

Friday Winner 51 p.m.

Match No. 12Loser 2 Saturday

4 p.m. Winner 12

Loser 3

Match No. 6Friday Winner 62 p.m.

Match No. 10Loser 4 Saturday Winner 10

1 p.m. or 2 p.m.**

**Order for matches 9 and 10 will be determined after match 8 is completed.

All match times are "not before" times with a minimum of a 10 minute on court warmup.

© 2015 National Collegiate Athletic Association. No commercial use without the NCAA's written permission. The NCAA opposes all forms of sports wagering.

2016 National Collegiate Beach Volleyball Championship

Gulf PlaceGulf Shores, Alabama

May 6-8, 2016

All times are Central time.Information subject to change.

#NCAABeachVB CHAMPIONSHIP // May 6-8, 2016 5

2016 PAC-12 BEACH VOLLEYBALL SCOREBOARDARIZONA WILDCATSOverall: 19-5, .792

Thu., March 3 Colorado Mesa W, 5-0Fri., March 4 TCU W, 4-1Fri., March 4 California W, 3-2Sat., March 5 Loyola Marymount W, 5-0Fri. March 11 at Concordia (Calif.) W, 5-0Sat., March 12 at #3 UCLA L, 3-2Fri., March 25 CSU Bakers�eld W, 5-0Fri., March 25 New Mexico W, 5-0Sat., March 26 CSUN W, 5-0Fri., April 1 at #7 Long Beach State L, 4-1Sat., April 2 Loyola Marymount W, 3-2Sat., April 2 CSU Bakers�eld W, 5-0Sun., April 3 at #1 Pepperdine L, 3-2Fri., April 8 vs. Spring Hill W, 5-0Sat., April 9 vs. LSU W, 3-2Sat., April 9 vs. #8 Georgia State W, 3-2Thu., April 14 Arizona State W, 4-1Wed., April 20 at Arizona State W, 3-2Fri., April 29 vs. Stanford* W, 4-1Sat., April 30 vs. #4 UCLA* L, 4-1Sat., April 30 vs. Arizona State* W, 5-0Sun., May 1 vs. Washington* W, 5-0Sun., May 1 vs. #4 UCLA* W, 3-2Sun., May 1 at #1 USC* L, 3-0

Rankings listed are AVCA.* - Pac-12 Championships (Merle Norman Stadium, Los Angeles, Calif.)

ARIZONA STATE SUN DEVILSOverall: 12-13, .480

Fri., March 4 New Mexico L, 3-2Fri., March 4 #6 Florida State L, 5-0Sat., March 5 Colorado Mesa W, 5-0Sat., March 5 South Carolina W, 4-1Thu., March 10 vs. Loyola Marymount W, 5-0Thu., March 10 at #2 USC L, 5-0Fri., March 11 at #4 Long Beach State L, 4-1Fri., March 18 vs. Colorado Mesa W, 4-1Sat., March 19 vs. New Mexico State W, 5-0Sat., March 19 at New Mexico L, 4-1Fri., March 25 CSU Bakers�eld W, 4-1Fri., March 25 CSUN W, 5-0Sat., April 2 at #4 Hawaii L, 5-0Sat., April 2 vs. #5 UCLA L, 5-0Sat., April 9 vs. Oregon W, 3-2Sat., April 9 at Stanford L, 3-2Sun., April 10 vs. Boise State W, 3-2Sun., April 10 vs. California L, 4-1Thu., April 14 at #7 Arizona L, 4-1Sat., April 16 San Diego State W, 5-0Sat., April 16 Grossmont College W, 5-0Wed., April 20 #7 Arizona L, 3-2Fri., April 29 vs. California* L, 3-2Sat., April 30 vs. Oregon* W, 3-2Sat., April 30 vs. #6 Arizona* L, 5-0


CALIFORNIA GOLDEN BEARSOverall: 17-11, .607

Fri., March 4 vs. Loyola Marymount W, 3-2Fri., March 4 at #9 Arizona L, 3-2Sat., March 5 vs. Cal Poly W, 5-0Sun., March 6 vs. New Mexico L, 3-2Sun., March 6 at Grand Canyon L, 3-2Sat., March 12 at Sacramento State W, 3-2Sat., March 12 vs. Santa Clara L, 3-2Tue., March 15 Paci�c W, 4-1Tue., March 15 San Francisco W, 4-1Sat., March 19 vs. Saint Mary’s W, 3-2Sat., March 19 at Sacramento State W, 5-0Tue., March 22 at #3 USC L, 5-0Fri., March 25 vs. Loyola Marymount W, 5-0Fri., March 25 at #6 Long Beach State L, 4-1Sat., April 2 vs. San Jose State L, 3-2Sat., April 2 vs. Sacramento State W, 4-1Tue., April 5 at Stanford W, 3-2Fri., April 8 Oregon W, 5-0Sat., April 9 vs. Oregon W, 5-0Sat., April 9 vs. Saint Mary’s W, 3-2Sun., April 10 vs. Boise State W, 4-1Sun., April 10 vs. Arizona State W, 4-1Fri., April 15 San Jose State L, 3-2Sat., April 16 Saint Mary’s W, 3-2Sat., April 16 Santa Clara L, 4-1Fri., April 29 vs. Arizona State* W, 3-2Sat., April 30 at #1 USC* L, 5-0Sat., April 30 vs. Washington* L, 4-1


OREGON DUCKSOverall: 2-10, .167

Sat., April 2 vs. Stanford L, 3-2Sat., April 2 vs. Boise State L, 4-1Sun., April 3 vs. Portland W, 5-0Fri., April 8 at California L, 5-0Fri., April 8 at Santa Clara L, 4-1Sat., April 9 vs. California L, 5-0Sat., April 9 vs. Arizona State L, 3-2Sun., April 10 vs. Saint Mary’s L, 3-2Sun., April 10 at Stanford W, 3-2Sat., April 16 at Washington L, 3-2Fri., April 29 at #1 USC* L, 5-0Sat., April 30 vs. Arizona State* L, 3-2


#NCAABeachVB CHAMPIONSHIP // May 6-8, 2016 6

2016 PAC-12 BEACH VOLLEYBALL SCOREBOARDSTANFORD CARDINALOverall: 5-12, .294

Sat., March 5 Sacramento State W, 5-0Sat., March 5 San Jose State W, 3-2Sun., March 6 Paci�c L, 4-1Sun., March 6 Saint Mary’s L, 4-1Tue., March 29 at San Francisco L, 4-1Sat., April 2 vs. Oregon W, 3-2Sat., April 2 vs. Portland W, 4-1Sun., April 3 vs. Boise State L, 3-2Tue., April 5 California L, 3-2Sat., April 9 Boise State L, 3-2Sat., April 9 Arizona State W, 3-2Sun., April 10 Oregon L, 3-2Sun., April 10 Saint Mary’s L, 4-1Thu., April 14 San Jose State L, 4-1Thu., April 14 Santa Clara L, 4-1Fri., April 29 vs. #6 Arizona* L, 4-1Sat., April 30 vs. Washington* L, 3-2


UCLA BRUINSOverall: 19-6, .760

Sat., March 5 vs. #4 Long Beach State W, 3-2Sat., March 5 vs. #3 Hawai’i W, 3-2Sun., March 6 vs. #1 USC L, 5-0Sun., March 6 at #2 Pepperdine L, 5-0Thu., March 10 vs. CSUN W, 5-0Thu., March 10 vs. #4 Florida State L, 3-2Sat., March 12 #7 Arizona W, 3-2Wed., March 23 vs. Tulane W, 5-0Wed., March 23 at Florida Atlantic W, 5-0Fri., March 25 vs. #10 FIU W, 5-0Fri., March 25 vs. #2 Florida State L, 4-1Sat., March 26 vs. Florida Atlantic W, 5-0Sat., March 26 at #9 Stetson W, 3-2Wed., March 30 #1 Pepperdine W, 3-2Sat., April 2 vs. Arizona State W, 5-0Sat., April 2 at #4 Hawai’i W, 3-2Sat., April 9 vs. San Francisco W, 5-0Sat., April 9 vs. #6 Long Beach State W, 5-0Wed., April 13 #6 Long Beach State W, 5-0Wed., April 20 vs. Loyola Marymount W, 4-1Wed., April 20 at CSUN W, 5-0Fri., April 29 vs. Washington* W, 4-1Sat., April 30 vs. #6 Arizona* W, 4-1Sun., May 1 at #1 USC* L, 3-2Sun., May 1 vs. #6 Arizona* L, 3-2


USC TROJANSOverall: 30-2, .938

Sat., March 5 vs. #3 Hawai’i W, 4-1Sat., March 5 at #2 Pepperdine L, 3-2Sun., March 6 vs. #6 UCLA W, 5-0Sun., March 6 vs. #4 Long Beach State W, 3-2Thu., March 10 vs. Arizona State W, 5-0Fri., March 11 vs. #4 Florida State L, 3-2Fri., March 11 vs. Loyola Marymount W, 5-0Tue., March 15 at #5 Hawai’i W, 4-1Thu., March 17 vs. Nebraska W, 4-1Sat., March 19 vs. Nebraska W, 5-0Sat., March 19 at #5 Hawai’i W, 3-2Tue., March 22 #6 Long Beach State W, 4-1Tue., March 22 California W, 5-0Fri., April 1 vs. #8 Georgia State W, 4-1Fri., April 1 vs. South Carolina W, 5-0Fri., April 1 vs. Tulane W, 5-0Sat., April 2 vs. #9 Stetson W, 4-1Sat., April 2 at #10 Florida International W, 5-0Sat., April 2 vs. Florida Atlantic W, 5-0Sat., April 9 vs. Loyola Marymount W, 5-0Sat., April 9 vs. #1 Pepperdine W, 3-2Thu., April 14 #2 Pepperdine W, 4-1Fri., April 15 vs. New Mexico W, 5-0Sat., April 16 vs. ULM W, 5-0Sat., April 16 at TCU W, 5-0Fri., April 22 vs. Grand Canyon W, 5-0Sat., April 23 at #5 Hawai’i W, 5-0Sat., April 23 at #5 Hawai’i W, 3-0Fri., April 29 Oregon* W, 5-0Sat., April 30 California* W, 5-0Sun., May 1 #4 UCLA* W, 3-2Sun., May 1 #6 Arizona* W, 3-0


WASHINGTON HUSKIESOverall: 5-6, .455

Sat., April 9 vs. New Mexico L, 5-0Sat., April 9 vs. CSU Bakers�eld W, 5-0Sun., April 10 at Sacramento State W, 5-0Sat., April 16 Oregon W, 3-2Fri., April 22 vs. #6 Long Beach State L, 4-1Fri., April 22 vs. Grand Canyon L, 4-1Sat., April 23 vs. Louisiana-Monroe L, 3-2Fri., April 29 vs. #4 UCLA* L, 4-1Sat., April 30 vs. Stanford* W, 3-2Sat., April 30 vs. California* W, 4-1Sun., May 1 vs. #6 Arizona* L, 5-0


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