Posted: Apr 21, 2022
THE TEAMS
Santa Clara (9-16, 3-4 WCC) vs. *San Francisco (3-13, 2-5 WCC)
Santa Clara (9-16) at **UC Davis (9-14)
*Plays Saint Mary's on Thursday before facing Santa Clara.
**Plays Sacrament0 State on Saturday before facing Santa Clara.
MATCH INFO
vs. San Francisco
When: Saturday, April 23 at 1 p.m.
Where: UC Davis Beach Volleyball Courts (Davis, California)
Where: UC Davis Beach Volleyball Courts (Davis, California)
vs. UC Davis
When: Saturday, April 23 at 3 p.m.
Where: UC Davis Beach Volleyball Courts (Davis, California)
Where: UC Davis Beach Volleyball Courts (Davis, California)
NOTES
- Santa Clara closes out the regular season with a pair of matches in Davis, California, first a West Coast Conference match against San Francisco followed by a nonconference match against UC Davis.
- The Broncos are 1-3 in true road contests this season, 6-12 at neutral sites and 2-1 at home.
- SCU is coming off a 4-1 loss at Saint Mary's on Wednesday where four of the five matches went the full three sets.
- Three Bronco seniors - Alexia Inman, Natalia Rentsch and Michelle Shaffer - will be playing their final regular season matches.
- Julia Sangiacomo and Shaffer have the most wins as a pair at 9-1, all coming atop the lineup.
- Individually, Shaffer tops the team with an 19-6 record.
- SCU has a 19-6 record at No. 1 pairs for the best record at any spot in the lineup.
- The Broncos are led by Associate Head Coach Jeff Alzina who is in his third season with the program.
- Last season, the Broncos finished 5-7 including 3-5 in West Coast Conference action.
- The squad is comprised of 14 players with eight returners and six first-year players.
- Returners include: Alexia Gallegos, Julia Sangiacomo, Michelle Shaffer, Jordan Bennett, Kat Georgiadis, Natalie Rentsch, Elena Radeff and Claire Doud.
- First-year players include: freshmen Nicole Robison and Alexie Epstein; redshirt freshmen Casey Campbell, Elyse Erickson and Sophia Tulino and graduate student Alexia Inman who transferred from Cal.
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