2022 Santa Clara Volleyball News
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Khrystenko Joins Volleyball Staff as Assistant Coach
April 17, 2023An experienced Power-5 coach, a veteran of international competition and a long-time, seasoned professional player, Anna Khrystenko is joining the Santa Clara University volleyball program’s staff as an assistant coach, as announced Monday by head coach Erin Lindsey. -
Volleyball adds to Offense with Transfer Setter Lietzke
March 23, 2023The Santa Clara University volleyball program welcomed a new addition this winter, with sophomore setter Lauren Lietzke joining the Broncos after transferring from Marist College.
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Volleyball Lands Program-Record Seven on WCC All-Academic Teams
December 20, 2022The Santa Clara University volleyball team had a program-record seven student-athletes honored Tuesday with 2022 West Coast Conference All-Academic awards, including Julia Sangiacomo, who landed on the WCC All-Academic first team for the third time in her career.
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Sangiacomo Named AVCA Pacific North All-Region Honorable Mention
December 06, 2022Santa Clara University volleyball senior outside hitter Julia Sangiacomo earned her third consecutive American Volleyball Coaches Association all-region honor Tuesday, landing on the Pacific North Region honorable mention list for 2022.
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Volleyball's Hard-Fought Season Ends in Second Round of NIVC Against Pacific
December 03, 2022The Santa Clara University volleyball team hung tough with West Coast Conference foe Pacific Saturday, but the Tigers’ serve game carried them to a 3-1 (25-18, 21-25, 25-12, 25-15) victory in the second round of the National Invitational Volleyball Championship at Portland State’s Viking Pavilion.
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Women's Volleyball Surges Past Portland State in First Round of NIVC
December 02, 2022The Santa Clara University volleyball team extended its winning streak to five Friday, beating host Portland State on the road in the first round of the National Invitational Volleyball Championship, 3-1 (27-25, 25-23, 26-28, 25-21), at Viking Pavilion.
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Four Broncos Collect all-WCC Volleyball Honors
November 28, 2022The Santa Clara University women’s volleyball team earned five total all-West Coast Conference honors Monday, highlighted by senior outside hitter Julia Sangiacomo being named to the 2022 all-WCC first team, as announced by the conference office.
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Volleyball Earns Postseason Trip to NIVC
November 27, 2022The Santa Clara University volleyball team will get a chance to continue its hot streak that concluded the 2022 regular season, as it will make its second postseason appearance in the last four years with a bid to the 2022 National Invitational Volleyball Championship.
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Volleyball Stops Saint Mary's to Extend Winning Streak, Wrap Regular Season
November 22, 2022The Santa Clara University volleyball team – on a roll in the season’s last month – closed their regular season Tuesday staying hot, winning their fourth match in a row by beating East Bay rival Saint Mary’s on the road, 3-1 (25-22, 25-18, 16-25, 25-12), in a West Coast Conference matchup at University Credit Union Pavilion.
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Volleyball Sweeps San Francisco on Senior Night
November 18, 2022The Santa Clara University volleyball team fed off that energy Friday, completing a season sweep over rival San Francisco on the same night it honored seniors Julia Sangiacomo and Grace Wee, beating the Dons in straight sets, 3-0 (25-19, 25-18, 25-16), in West Coast Conference action at Leavey Center.
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Sangiacomo Earns WCC Offensive Player of the Week Award
November 14, 2022Two double-doubles, two road wins and averaging 4.00 kills per set earned Santa Clara University volleyball senior outside hitter Julia Sangiacomo the West Coast Conference Offensive Player of the Week award Monday for the week of Nov. 7-13.
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Volleyball Tops Portland to Win Again in Five on the Road
November 12, 2022Another five-set marathon battle ensued Saturday afternoon – the Santa Clara University volleyball team’s second in three days – and the Broncos again emerged victorious, holding off the Pilots to win, 3-2 (25-20, 23-25, 25-15, 24-26, 15-13 ), in a West Coast Conference match at the Chiles Center.
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Volleyball Storms Back to Beat Bulldogs
November 10, 2022The Santa Clara University volleyball team was up against it Thursday on the road in Spokane, down two sets to none. But it takes three set victories to win the match, and the Broncos grabbed their opportunity in the third – never trailing – then dominated the fourth set before rolling into the fifth with all the momentum to earn the come-from-behind West Coast Conference victory, beating Gonzaga in five, 3-2 (21-25, 22-25, 25-23, 25-15, 15-3), at the Martin Centre.
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No. 18 BYU Uses Late Rallies to Down Volleyball
November 05, 2022It was a tighter battle this time around on Saturday between the Santa Clara University volleyball team and No. 18 BYU, but the nationally ranked Cougars still managed to come away with a sweep, beating the Broncos, 3-0 (25-15, 25-17, 25-17), in a West Coast Conference match at Leavey Center.
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Volleyball Pushes No. 2 San Diego
November 03, 2022The Santa Clara University volleyball team battled Thursday with the No. 2-ranked team in the country, but visiting San Diego brought too much fire power with it, eventually sweeping the Broncos, 3-0 (25-16, 25-22, 25-16) in a West Coast Conference match at Leavey Center.
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Volleyball Fights 'till the End at LMU
October 29, 2022The Santa Clara University volleyball team battled hard in Saturday’s final set, but host LMU was still able to pull off a sweep, beating the Broncos, 3-0 (25-16, 25-13, 25-20), in a West Coast Conference match at Gersten Pavilion.
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Volleyball Downed on the Road at Pepperdine
October 27, 2022The Santa Clara University volleyball team ran into a frustrated Pepperdine team on Thursday night, with the Waves coming off a loss to last-place Gonzaga last weekend. The Waves exercised their frustrations on the Broncos, sweeping them, 3-0 (25-16, 25-13, 25-20), in a West Coast Conference matchup at Firestone Fieldhouse.
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Volleyball Goes Stride-for-Stride with Saint Mary's
October 22, 2022A sweep Saturday didn’t tell the whole story, as the West Coast Conference match between visiting Saint Mary’s and the Santa Clara University volleyball team was much closer than what the Gaels’ 3-0 (27-25, 25-22, 25-19) victory at Leavey Center would spell.
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Volleyball Endures Another Tough Battle vs. Pacific
October 20, 2022Like their first meeting in September, two sets were decided by only two points and the match went to four sets, but this time it was Pacific who came out on top, holding off a late charge by the Santa Clara University volleyball team to win, 3-1 (25-23, 25-19, 20-25, 25-23) at the Leavey Center.
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Georgiadis Named WCC Defensive Player of the Week
October 17, 2022Santa Clara University volleyball’s Kat Georgiadis was named the West Coast Conference Defensive Player of the Week Monday for the week of Oct. 10-16 after she anchored the Broncos’ defense in two WCC victories at Leavey Center.
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Lindsey Picks Up 100th Career Victory As Broncos Blank Gonzaga
October 15, 2022Santa Clara volleyball was dominant from start to finish on Saturday, defeating Gonzaga 3-0 with scores of 25-13, 25-22 and 25-15. The victory was career No. 100 for head coach Erin Lindsey, who is in her fourth year at the helm of the program.
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Volleyball Beats Portland in Five Sets
October 13, 2022The Broncos topped the Pilots 3-2 in a tight match from Leavey Center.
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No. 4 Toreros Take Down Volleyball
October 08, 2022Another challenge on the road Saturday and another tough, nationally ranked opponent for the Santa Clara University volleyball team, as No. 4 San Diego held the Broncos’ offense at bay in a 3-0 (25-16, 25-18, 25-19) West Coast Conference victory at Jenny Craig Pavilion.
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Volleyball Falls at No. 14 BYU
October 06, 2022On the road Thursday and facing its second consecutive nationally ranked opponent, the Santa Clara University volleyball team was overcome by a powerful BYU team, as the No. 14-ranked Cougars swept the Broncos, 3-0 (25-13, 25-13, 25-12), in a West Coast Conference matchup at Smith Fieldhouse.
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Volleyball Continues Tough Schedule on the Road
October 05, 2022The Santa Clara University volleyball team continues its tough schedule by heading on the road to face two top-15 teams in No. 14 BYU on Thursday and No. 4 San Diego on Saturday.
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Volleyball Challenges No. 20 Waves
October 01, 2022The Santa Clara University volleyball team started its Saturday unfazed while facing its first of three consecutive nationally ranked opponents, but No. 20 Pepperdine adjusted and came from behind to beat the Broncos in four sets, 3-1 (19-25, 25-21, 25-14, 25-14), in a West Coast Conference match at Leavey Center.
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Lions Cool off Broncos in Volleyball's WCC Home Opener
September 29, 2022A strong LMU team came into the Leavey Center Saturday and stopped a hot Santa Clara University volleyball team, sweeping the Broncos, 3-0 (25-11, 25-16, 25-19), in a West Coast Conference matchup.
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Volleyball Tops Tigers to Start WCC Play Unbeaten
September 27, 2022The Santa Clara University volleyball team continued its recent rise Tuesday with its second consecutive West Coast Conference road win, beating a scrappy Pacific team, 3-1 (28-26, 27-25, 21-25, 25-17), at Alex G. Spanos Center.
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Volleyball Starts WCC Play with Sweep Over San Francisco
September 23, 2022The Santa Clara volleyball team swept rival San Francisco, 3-0 (25-21, 25-19, 25-22), on the road Friday at War Memorial at Sobrato Center to snap an eight-season losing streak in WCC openers and start off conference play with a 1-0 record.
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Volleyball Opens WCC Play on the Road
September 22, 2022The Santa Clara University volleyball teams begins West Coast Conference with two matches on the road, first at rival San Francisco on Friday, then at Pacific on Tuesday.
