Bruins on the Road at No. 20 Cal, No. 4 Stanford

Friday, November 15

Berkeley, CA

2:00 PM

UCLA

California

Photo by: Han Duong (herewegobru.com)

Bruins on the Road at No. 20 Cal, No. 4 Stanford

November 11, 2019 | Women's Volleyball

Match Notes

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Match 24
Friday, November 15
RV UCLA at No. 20 California
2 p.m.
Haas Pavilion
Berkeley, Calif.
Live Video
Live Stats

Match 25
Sunday, November 17
RV UCLA at No. 4 Stanford
12 p.m.
Maples Pavilion
Stanford, Calif.
TV: Pac-12 Network Bay Area
Live Stats

UCLA TRAVELS TO NO. 20 CAL, NO. 4 STANFORD
The Bruins head to Northern California this weekend, taking on No. 20 California on Friday at 2 p.m. and No. 4 Stanford on Sunday at 12 p.m. The UCLA-Cal match will feature a free video stream on UCLABruins.com, while the UCLA-Stanford contest will be televised on Pac-12 Network Bay Area.

WHAT'S NEXT?
The Bruins host their final home weekend of the regular season next week. UCLA entertains Oregon on Friday, Nov. 22 at the John Wooden Center at 6 p.m. and Oregon State on Sunday, Nov. 24 at Pauley Pavilion presented by Wescom at 1 p.m. Both matches will be televised on Pac-12 Network. Seniors Savvy Simo and Cali Thompson will be honored prior to the UCLA-OSU match.

BRUINS IN THE RANKINGS
Junior Mac May is 11th in the nation in both kills per set (4.72) and points per set (5.32) and 36th in attacks per set (11.24). As a team, the Bruins are 23rd in the country in assists per set (13.03) and 28th in kps (13.86). Among Pac-12 teams, UCLA ranks third in aps and kps. May is first with 0.34 aces per set, second with 5.32 points per set and third in kps, while sophomore Kelli Barry is eighth in digs per set (3.63).

TEAM NOTES
Ten of UCLA's 13 victories have been by sweep ... the Bruins were the last undefeated team in Pac-12 play, starting at 3-0, which marked their first such start since 2007 ... UCLA had eight aces in consecutive matches against USC (Sept. 25) and Arizona State (Sept. 29). It marked the first time since October 2012 that UCLA had at least eight aces in back-to-back contests ... Michael Sealy won his 200th career contest as a head coach on Sept. 6 against Texas State.

PLAYER NOTES
**On the milestone alert, junior Mac May became the 29th Bruin to reach 1,000-career kills on Sunday against No. 16 Utah. She is seven aces away from becoming the 19th to reach 100 aces. May would be the 13th Bruin to post at least 1,000 kills and 100 aces.
**Senior Savvy Simo is 30 digs away from becoming the 25th member of the 1,000-dig club.
**May reached the 20-kill mark for the eighth time in her career and the fifth time this season when she produced 20 last Friday against Colorado. She posted her team-best seventh double-double of 2019 on Oct. 25 versus then-No. 2 Stanford, adding 21 kills two days later against then-No. 15 California. May is tops on the squad with 20 double-figure kills matches, setting a new career high with 29 against Washington on Oct. 6. She also leads the team with 26 service aces, having posted at least one in 12 of her last 14 matches and multiple aces six times on the season.
**Simo produced a season-best 20 digs at Washington State on Nov. 1, the fifth time in her career she has reached the 20-dig plateau. In her last eight contests, she has at least eight digs every time, averaging 3.46 per set. Simo has 13 double-figure digs matches, 11 double-figure kills contests and six double-doubles. The senior, who set a new career high in kills (19) in the home match against Washington, also has seven aces in her last eight contests.
**A good barometer of the result of a match is the hitting percentage, and the Bruins have hit at least .280 in six of their last seven wins behind the setting of senior Cali Thompson and sophomore Devon Chang. Thompson has five double-doubles and has at least one ace in eight of her 14 Pac-12 matches. Chang notched her second double-double of the year at Oregon State on Oct. 20.
**Redshirt freshman Lexi Hadrych has double figures in kills in five of her last seven, averaging 2.96 kills per set during her last seven contests. Hadrych posted a career-best 15 kills at Oregon State. She has hit over .300 in four of her recent double-figure kills contests.
**Redshirt sophomore Emily Ryan produced 11 kills in three matches in a row against OSU, Stanford and Cal, recording just three errors in 53 attempts for a .566 percentage. She was error-free against Oregon State in 20 swings. Over the last seven contests, Ryan has tallied at least five blocks three times, including tying a personal best with seven versus OSU.
**Sophomore Kelli Barry posted the first double-double of her Bruin career with 17 digs and 10 assists against California. She has double figures in digs in six of her last eight, averaging 3.48 digs per set during that span, giving her 16 double-figure digs matches this season. Barry also has an ace in five of her last nine.
**Junior Jenny Mosser notched her third double-figure kills match of the season with 10 against Cal. Her season high in kills is 14 versus Washington State (Oct. 4). Mosser tied a career high with four aces on Oct. 18 at Oregon.
**Redshirt sophomore Sabrina Smith had 12 blocks in two matches last weekend, tying a career high with seven against Utah on Sunday. It marks the second time she has produced seven blocks in a match this season (home versus Cal).

SCOUTING THE CALIFORNIA GOLDEN BEARS
California (20-4, 10-4 Pac-12), which won seven in a row after dropping its conference opener and then lost three straight, comes into Friday's contest with three consecutive victories over Oregon State, Arizona and Arizona State. The Golden Bears are averaging 13.70 kills, 1.27 aces, 15.09 digs and 2.19 blocks per set, hitting .297 as a team. Junior Mima Mirkovic is first with 3.35 kills per set, while senior Maddie Haynes is second at 2.72 kps. Junior Isabel Potter quarterbacks the offense and is posting 8.55 assists per set. Senior Emma Smith is first with 3.38 digs per set, while junior Preslie Anderson is tops with 0.90 blocks per set.

THE SERIES: UCLA VS. CALIFORNIA
The Bruins improved to 65-9 all-time against California, winning in four sets at Pauley on Oct. 27. Mac May had a match-high 21 kills, Kelli Barry added 17 digs and Lexi Hadrych and Jenny Mosser each posted 10 kills. UCLA has won nine of its last 10 versus the Golden Bears overall and five in a row in Berkeley, where it has a record of 29-4.

SCOUTING THE STANFORD CARDINAL
Stanford (18-4, 12-2 Pac-12), which hosts USC on Friday, has won five in a row since getting swept by UCLA on Oct. 25. The Cardinal are averaging 14.70 kills, 1.28 aces, 15.33 digs and 2.80 blocks per set, hitting .289 as a team. Senior Kathryn Plummer, who returned from injury last week, is first with 4.82 kills per set, while senior Audriana Fitzmorris is second at 2.88 kps. Senior Jenna Gray handles the setting duties and is posting 11.62 assists per set. Senior Morgan Hentz is first with 5.03 digs per set, while graduate student Madeleine Gates (1.35) and sophomore Holly Campbell (1.28) are both averaging over one block per set.

THE SERIES: UCLA VS. STANFORD
The Bruins snapped a four-match losing streak to Stanford with a sweep of the Cardinal at Pauley on Oct. 25. Mac May had a double-double with 12 kills and 10 digs, Cali Thompson produced 23 assists and eight digs and Emily Ryan added 11 kills. Stanford leads the all-time series, 53-41, and is 27-14 at home versus UCLA.