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May 23, 2013 - Volleyball Volleyball Releases 2013 Schedule, Includes Tournaments at Fresno State, Hawaii and Cal Coming off of a strong 2012 season, in which the Santa Clara volleyball team earned the school’s 14th NCAA Tournament bid, the Broncos will have to work just as hard in the 2013 season, as their schedule has only increased in difficulty. [more]
May 9, 2013 - Volleyball Hosted by Bronco Volleyball, Fifth Annual Walk 4 Pancreatic Cancer on Mission Campus Sat., May 11 at 8:30 am It is that time of year again to come out and walk for pancreatic cancer so come out and join the Bronco volleyball team and a number of other Bronco student-athletes, coaches and staff. The Fifth Annual Walk 4 Pancreatic Cancer will take place on the Santa Clara University campus on Sat., May 11 at 8:30 am. It's a 5K walk that will start and end at the campus library, across from Benson. [more]
Apr 15, 2013 - Volleyball Quick Break with Danielle Rottman While most teams are preparing for fall volleyball season, this freshman from Santa Barbara, Calif. is in the midst of playing the squad’s newest obsession, beach volleyball. During the past fall season, Rottman played in 48 sets and earned 33 digs, and three blocks. SantaClaraBroncos.com (SCB) was able to sit down with Danielle Rottman (DR) and talk about her time as a Bronco so far, some of her training tips, and memorable experiences. [more]
Feb 22, 2013 - Volleyball Coming Off 14th NCAA Tournament, Santa Clara Volleyball Adds Six+ Sand Volleyball Dates to Indoor Spring Schedule Santa Clara volleyball, fresh off its 14th NCAA appearance in 2012, has hit the ground running this winter and is looking forward to both its indoor spring schedule and the sand volleyball schedule as well. After playing in an informal sand tournament last year in Malibu, Santa Clara will add at least six dates of sand volleyball during the months of March-April with the schedule to be released later. In addition to their training schedule and competition dates, Santa Clara’s volleyball team will host the Fifth Annual Walk For Pancreatic Cancer on Sat., May 11, 2013 at 8 am on the Mission campus (more details to come so mark your calendar today!). The team has raised more than $90,000 over the past five years for cancer research. [more]
Jan 18, 2013 - Volleyball Volleyball and Sustainability Recap with Megan Anders SANTA CLARA, Calif. – Junior Megan Anders (MA) had one of her best seasons this past fall as a part of the Santa Clara volleyball team. Anders played in 127 sets with 383 kills and had a hitting percentage of .361. SantaClaraBroncos.com (SCB) had the chance to sit down with Anders and discuss her season as well as how she plans to prepare for senior year. [more]
Dec 7, 2012 - Women's Soccer EYEBRONCO: Behind-the-Ball With Bronco Award Winners EYEBRONCO reporter Lauren Matheson talked with a few of Santa Clara's award-winning Broncos to get an inside look on how they prepared for their respective seasons. She asked them three questions and got some really interesting feed-back! She spoke with All-Americans Erik Hurtado (men's soccer) and Julie Johnson (women's soccer). Larry Jackson, the WCC Goalkeeper of the Year also checked in. She also spoke to Megan Anders of the volleyball team who was named All-WCC First Team after leading her team to the school's 14th NCAA tournament. Finally, Lauren also caught up with Santa Clara's West Coast Conference Players of the Month Katie Le (women's tennis) and Kevin Foster (men's basketball). [more]
Nov 30, 2012 - Volleyball Broncos Fall To No. 8 Hawaii In NCAA First Round Playing in the school’s 14th NCAA tournament, Santa Clara fell in the first round 3-0 to No. 8 Hawaii. Hawaii, who ran through its conference undefeated this year with an 18-0 record, advances to Saturday night’s second round to play the winner of the No. 5 Washington – Central Arkansas being played later Friday. [more]
Nov 30, 2012 - Volleyball Bronco Volleyball Match To Be Televised On NCAA.Com; Locally in Seattle and Hawaii. Santa Clara volleyball’s first round match up at the NCAA tournament with No. 8 Hawaii can be seen tonight at 5 pm Pacific by clicking here. It will be televised live locally on Comcast in Seattle and on Time Warner in Hawaii. [more]
Nov 26, 2012 - Volleyball Volleyball's Anders Named First Team All-WCC, Milton Tabbed As Honorable Mention All-WCC Leading Santa Clara to the school’s 14th NCAA tournament, junior middle blocker Megan Anders was named to the West Coast Conference First Team on Monday. It is the 15th straight season the Santa Clara volleyball team has placed at least one player on the West Coast Conference First Team. In addition, sophomore Taylor Milton was named to the All-WCC Honorable Mention team. Last week Kayla Lommori was named to the 12-member All-Academic Team with two others being named Honorable Mention: junior Katherine Douglas and sophomore Katy Schatzman. [more]
Nov 25, 2012 - Volleyball Volleyball Receives 14th NCAA Tournament Bid; To Play No. 8 Hawaii in Seattle on Friday The Broncos volleyball team can’t wait to take the practice court this afternoon at 3 pm. The Santa Clara volleyball team received the school’s 14th NCAA tournament bid on Sunday and will be play No. 8 Hawaii on Fri., Nov. 30. The Broncos are 20-11 this season and Hawaii, who plays out of the Big West Conference, is 25-2. The winner will advance to the play the winner of No. 5 Washington (23-6) vs. Central Arkansas (30-4) game on Sat., Dec. 1. [more]
Nov 19, 2012 - Volleyball Lommori Leads Three Broncos Named to WCC All-Academic Teams Excelling both in the classroom and on the court, Santa Clara senior Kayla Lommori was named to the 2012 West Coast Conference Volleyball All-Academic Team on Monday. Junior Katherine Douglas and sophomore Katy Schatzman were both named to the All-Academic Honorable Mention team. [more]
Nov 17, 2012 - Volleyball Volleyball Drops Final Regular Season Match at Saint Mary's Finishing off the regular season, Santa Clara dropped a 3-0 match at Saint Mary’s on Saturday. Set scores were 14-25, 18-25 and 13-25. Santa Clara finishes the regular season at 20-11 and 9-8 in the WCC. Saint Mary’s is 17-10 and 12-4 in the WCC. Santa Clara will now wait until next Sunday (Nov. 25) to see if it receives an at-large NCAA tournament berth. [more]
Nov 15, 2012 - Volleyball Broncos Fall to LMU on Senior Night for Volleyball On Bronco Senior Night in the Leavey Center, Santa Clara fell 3-0 Thursday night in West Coast Conference action to LMU. Set scores were 18-25, 19-25 and 22-25. Santa Clara is 20-10 and 9-6 in the West Coast Conference. LMU is 18-11 and 8-7 in the WCC. [more]
Nov 14, 2012 - Men's Basketball EYEBRONCO Bronco Weekly Sports Wrap for Nov. 14, 2012 The Bronco Weekly Sports Wrap this week features hosts John Nash and Lauren Matheson. EYEBRONCO reporters checked in from all over the Bronco Athletic Department this week including women's basketball, women's soccer, women's tennis, men's golf, men's basketball and men's water polo. [more]
Nov 13, 2012 - Volleyball Volleyball Hosts Senior Night Thursday vs. LMU; Watch Video With Coach Wallace, Lexi and Kayla! Santa Clara hosts LMU for its Senior Night on Thurs., Nov. 15 at 6 pm before travelling to Saint Mary’s for its final regular season match of the year on Sat., Nov. 17 at 1 pm. The Broncos will say goodbye to seniors Lexi Williamson and Kayla Lommori, both four-year starters. Santa Clara enters the week at 20-9 and 9-5 in the West Coast Conference. Santa Clara is in fourth place. LMU is 17-11 and 7-7 in the WCC. Saint Mary’s enters Thursday’s match at USF with a 15-10 record and 10-4 in the WCC. [more]
Nov 13, 2012 - Volleyball EYEBRONCO: Watch Volleyball's Megan Anders Talk Sustainability When Santa Clara University junior Megan Anders isn't leading the Broncos on the volleyball court, she's been putting her efforts into helping the Bronco Athletic Department become more environmentally aware. On the court and off, Anders is leaving quite a mark around the Leavey Center and the Mission campus. [more]
Nov 11, 2012 - Volleyball Volleyball Splits Season Series With No. 14 BYU After defeating No. 14 BYU at home on Oct. 20, BYU returned the favor on Saturday when No. 14 the Cougars defeated Santa Clara 3-0. Set scores were 9-25, 19-25 and 20-25. Santa Clara returns home Thursday to host LMU in the final regular season home match of the year and it will honor its seniors that night as well. [more]
Nov 8, 2012 - Volleyball Volleyball Wins 20th Match of the Year With 3-2 Win Over USF Santa Clara won its 20th match of the year on Thursday night with a 3-2 win over USF. Santa Clara is 9-3 in five set matches this year, including 4-1 in West Coast Conference play. Set scores were 25-21, 25-27, 25-15, 17-25 and 15-12. SCU is 20-8 and 9-4 in the WCC. USF is 14-12 and 5-8 in the WCC. Santa Clara will travel to No. 14 BYU on Saturday before returning home next Thursday night for its final home match of the year – Senior Night. [more]
Nov 7, 2012 - Women's Soccer EYEBRONCO: Bronco Weekly Sports Wrap for Nov. 7, 2012 It's a busy week on the Mission campus for Bronco Athletics and here is this week's edition of the Bronco Weekly Sports Wrap. Hosts John Nash and Lauren Matheson, pictured to the right, talked Bronco Athletics. [more]
Nov 7, 2012 - Volleyball Volleyball Hosts USF on Thursday; Wear PURPLE and get in FREE! Continuing West Coast Conference play, Santa Clara will host USF on Thursday night at 6 pm in the Leavey Center and then travel to Provo, Utah to face No. 14 BYU on Saturday at 12 pm. Prior to the match with the Dons, the Santa Clara volleyball team will join the women’s golf team and the women’s and men’s basketball teams in presenting a check to UCSF for Pancreatic Cancer research. Click here for more information and wear your purple and get in free on Thursday night! [more]
Nov 3, 2012 - Volleyball Volleyball To Participate in National Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month vs. USF Match Thurs., Nov. 8. WEAR PURPLE! As part of their four-year partnership with Walk 4 Pancreatic Cancer on the Santa Clara campus, the Bronco volleyball team is participating in National Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month on Thurs., Nov. 8 when they host USF at 6 pm at the Leavey Center. [more]
Nov 3, 2012 - Volleyball Volleyball Defeats Portland For Its 19th Win Of The Year Led by the talented play of junior middle blocker Megan Anders and Haley Cameron, Santa Clara defeated Portland 3-1 Saturday afternoon in the Leavey Center. Set scores were 25-19, 21-25, 25-20 and 25-18. Santa Clara is 19-8 and 8-4 in the WCC. Portland is 6-21 and 0-13 in the WCC. [more]
Nov 2, 2012 - Volleyball Volleyball Wins 18th Match of the Year with 3-2 Win At USF; Host Portland Saturday Proving it knows how to finish a five-set match this year, Santa Clara was led by a career-high 28 kills by Megan Anders in its 3-2 win at San Francisco Thursday night. Santa Clara is now 8-3 in five-set matches this year, including 3-1 in West Coast Conference play. [more]
Oct 31, 2012 - Volleyball Energized Volleyball Travels To USF Thursday; Hosts Portland at 1 pm Saturday Fresh off its 3-2 win at No. 14 San Diego on Saturday, handing the Toreros their first home loss this season and just its fourth in three plus years, Santa Clara will head up I-280 on Thursday to play at USF at 6:30 pm. The Broncos will return home on Saturday when they host Portland at 1 pm. [more]
Oct 27, 2012 - Volleyball Volleyball Defeats Third Top 20 Team In Last Month, Finishing Off No. 14 San Diego in Five On the Road Defeating its third top 20 team in the past month, Santa Clara was victorious in San Diego Saturday when it finished off No. 14 San Diego in five sets. Set scores were 20-25, 28-26, 19-25, 25-22 and 15-13. Santa Clara is now 7-3 this season in five-set matches. [more]
Oct 25, 2012 - Volleyball Volleyball Falls to No. 25 Saint Mary's Santa Clara fell 3-0 Thursday night to No. 25 Saint Mary’s. Set scores were 15-25, 20-25 and 23-25. Santa Clara is 16-8 and 5-4 in the WCC. Saint Mary’s is 12-9 and 7-3 in the WCC. Santa Clara travels to No. 14 San Diego for a 1 pm match on Saturday. [more]
Oct 23, 2012 - Volleyball Volleyball Hosts Rival No. 25 Saint Mary's Thursday, Travel to No. 14 San Diego Saturday Santa Clara will play two top 25 teams this week in West Coast Conference action, hosting No. 25 Saint Mary’s on Thurs., Oct. 25 at 6 pm. The Broncos will then travel to No. 14 San Diego to play a 1 pm match on Sat., Oct. 27. Santa Clara enters the week at 16-7 and 5-3 in the WCC. [more]
Oct 22, 2012 - Volleyball Volleyball's Anders Named West Coast Conference Player of the Week Junior middle blocker Megan Anders hit for a .500 clip with 39 kills, averaging 4.88 kpg and 0.50 bpg, leading Santa Clara to a 2-0 record this past week and for her efforts, she was named the West Coast Conference Player of the Week. With the victories, the Broncos improve to 16-7 overall and 5-3 in WCC play. [more]
Oct 20, 2012 - Volleyball Santa Clara Volleyball Knocks Out No. 16 BYU In Five Defeating its second top 20 West Coast Conference team in less than a month, Santa Clara beat No. 16 BYU 3-2 on Saturday afternoon in the Leavey Center, handing the Cougars just their second loss of the year. Set scores were 31-29, 20-25, 25-21, 13-25 and 16-14 Santa Clara is 16-7 and 5-3 in league play. BYU falls to 19-2 and 7-2 in the WCC. [more]
Oct 18, 2012 - Volleyball Junior Setter Alyssa Anderson Hopes To Lead The Volleyball Team To A Victory Over No. 16 BYU By: Shelby Soltau ‘16 SANTA CLARA, Calif. – The Santa Clara volleyball team impressively beat No. 18 Pepperdine University on September 29th. Junior setter Alyssa Anderson (AA) helped the team with 28 assists and 13 digs. As the team readies to host No. 16 BYU, Anderson leads the team with 6.39 apg and is tied for the team lead with 0.33 sapg. She also collects 2.00 dpg. Recently, www.SantaClaraBroncos.com had the chance to talk to Anderson about the team’s goals, her responsibilities on the team and the 2012 Summer Olympics. [more]
Oct 18, 2012 - Volleyball Volleyball Hosts Alumni Day and Breast Cancer Awareness Event vs. No. 16 BYU Saturday Santa Clara will host second-year West Coast Conference member and No. 16 BYU on Saturday at 1 pm. The Cougars play at Saint Mary’s on Thursday night and the Broncos come into the match after a 3-0 beating of Sac State on Tuesday night. Immediately following the match, the men’s basketball team will host its annual Red & White Scrimmage. [more]
Oct 17, 2012 EYEBRONCO: Bronco Weekly Sports Wrap: Oct. 17, 2012 This week on the Bronco Weekly Sports Wrap John Nash and Lauren Matheson show us highlights from cross country's Bronco Invitational and an inside look at men's basketball practice with John McArthur and Denzel Johnson. [more]
Oct 16, 2012 - Volleyball Volleyball Handles Sac State 3-0 Santa Clara defeated Sacramento State 3-0 Tuesday night in its last non-conference match of the year. Set scores were 25-22, 25-14 and 25-14. Santa Clara returns to West Coast Conference action on Saturday when it hosts No. 16 BYU at 1 pm in the Leavey Center. [more]
Oct 15, 2012 - Volleyball Bronco Volleyball Hosts Sac State on Tuesday; Hosts Alumni Day and Breast Cancer Awareness Event vs. No. 16 BYU Saturday Santa Clara hosts its last non-conference match of the year on Tues., Oct. 16 when it hosts Sac State at 6 pm at the Leavey Center. Santa Clara is 14-7 and 4-3 in the WCC. Sac State is 7-12 and 3-7 in the Big Sky Conference this year. [more]
Oct 15, 2012 - Volleyball Women's Volleyball Breast Cancer Awareness Match This Saturday In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness month, the Santa Clara women's volleyball team will host a PINK theme match Sat., Oct. 20 vs. BYU. It is meant to spread Breast Cancer Awareness and inspire fans to become more involved in the fight against the disease. In addition to pink decor, there will be pink foam fingers handed out to the first 50 fans. Please join us for this event and assist us in spreading the word. [more]
Oct 13, 2012 - Volleyball Volleyball Falls In Fifth Set At No. 24 Pepperdine Santa Clara, playing its fourth straight West Coast Conference match on the road, fell in five at No. 24 Pepperdine on Saturday. Santa Clara returns home next week to host Sac State on Tuesday night at 6 pm and then No. 16 BYU next Saturday at 1 pm. Set scores were 16-25, 25-19, 16-25, 25-17 and 10-15. Santa Clara is now 14-7 and 4-3 in WCC play. Pepperdine is 14-7 and 3-4 in WCC play. [more]
Oct 11, 2012 - Volleyball Bronco Volleyball Falls at LMU Traveling to Los Angeles for its third straight West Coast Conference road match, Santa Clara fell 3-0 at LMU Thursday night. Set scores were 21-25, 22-25 and 20-25. Santa Clara finishes its fourth straight WCC road match with a 1 pm match on Saturday vs. No. 24 Pepperdine. [more]
Oct 11, 2012 - Volleyball Bronco Weekly Sports Wrap Oct. 10, 2012 The Bronco Weekly Sports Wrap is back again with highlights from the SCU men's soccer game and updates from cross country as things start to heat up for both teams. Lauren Matheson and John Nash talk with men's basketball and Denzel Johnson catches up with the women's basketball team. Sarah Safir also checks in with rowing coach John Wojtkiewicz on "Jog For Jill" as part of the Bronco Invitational this weekend with cross country. And as usual Ali Rambis gives us the inside scoop with the volleyball team. In addition, Sarah Safir talks about her special report on Ezana Tesfu. [more]
Oct 10, 2012 - Volleyball Volleyball Travels South This Weekend To Play At LMU and At No. 24 Pepperdine After finishing 2-0 in its trip Northwest last weekend, the Bronco volleyball team travels south this weekend when they face LMU in Los Angeles at 7 pm on Thur., Oct. 11 and then play No. 24 Pepperdine in Malibu on Sat., Oct. 13 at 1 pm. [more]
Oct 9, 2012 - Volleyball Volleyball’s Haley Cameron Shares Her Experience and Excitement about SCU With a (14-5) record, the Bronco volleyball team is off to a solid start of their fall season. Santaclarabroncos.com (SCB) had the opportunity to catch up with Haley Cameron (HC) and discuss her love for the sport as well as what she is looking forward to here at Santa Clara University. [more]
Oct 8, 2012 - Volleyball Anderson Helping Lead Broncos To Successful WCC Start The Santa Clara volleyball team impressively beat No. 18 Pepperdine University on Sept. 29 and went to the Northwest this weekend and swept Portland and Gonzaga. Running the 6-2 system with setter Chelsea Heier, junior setter Alyssa Anderson (AA) is playing very well this season. [more]
Oct 7, 2012 - Volleyball Volleyball Handles Gonzaga, Hitting .579 The Bronco volleyball team finished a successful West Coast Conference trip to the Northwest this weekend with a 3-0 victory over host Gonzaga on Saturday. Santa Clara moves to 14-5 and 4-1 in the WCC. Gonzaga is now 9-9 and 1-4 in the WCC. Set scores were 25-10, 25-13 and 25-17.o [more]
Oct 5, 2012 - Volleyball Volleyball Wins 3-1 At Portland; Travels to Gonzaga Saturday The Santa Clara volleyball team won 3-1 at Portland on Thursday night, moving its record to 13-5 and 3-1 in West Coast Conference action. The Broncos travel to Spokane, Wash. for a Noon match at Gonzaga on Saturday. [more]
Oct 3, 2012 - Volleyball Volleyball Travels to Portland and Gonzaga This Weekend Playing its first three West Coast Conference matches at home and collecting a 2-1 record, including a 3-1 victory over No. 18 Pepperdine last Saturday, Santa Clara travels to Portland on Thursday night for a 7 pm match and then to Gonzaga for a Noon match on Saturday. [more]
Oct 3, 2012 Bronco Weekly Sports Wrap Oct. 3, 2012 This week on the Bronco Weekly Sports Wrap former Bronco great Kurt Rambis '81 opens the show. Hosts John Nash and Lauren Matheson give us updates on another successful weekend for the Broncos on the pitch and we get an inside look from Cali Reis who talked to Larry Jackson and Eric Hurtado. We also get an update from Paige Robertson, a new host for the show, from the baseball team's new assistant coach and head coach Dan O'Brien and Ali Rambis talks Volleyball with Alyssa Anderson and Kayla Lommori. [more]
Sep 29, 2012 - Volleyball Santa Clara Volleyball Defeats No. 18 Pepperdine; Anders Hits .545 With 12 Kills, 0 Errors In what Bronco head coach Jon Wallace termed as "a total team effort", Santa Clara defeated No. 18 Pepperdine 3-1 on Saturday at the Leavey Center. Set scores were 25-18, 25-22, 21-25 and 25-17. It is Santa Clara's first volleyball win over a top 20 team since the Broncos defeated No. 13 Kansas State 3-2 in the first round of the NCAA tournament on Dec. 5, 2008. [more]
Sep 27, 2012 - Volleyball Volleyball Hosts No. 18 Pepperdine on Saturday After playing multiple matches each week the last five weeks, including four in 24 hours, Santa Clara has just one this week and it’s a big one as the Broncos host No. 18 Pepperdine at 1 pm on Sat., Sept. 29 at the Leavey Center. [more]
Sep 26, 2012 Bronco Weekly Sports Wrap! This week in the Bronco Weekly Sports Wrap we catch up with anchors John Nash and Lauren Matheson to catch up on last weekend's match-ups and what is coming up this week. New BWSW hosts Denzel Johnson and John McArthur from the men's basketball team and Ali Rambis from volleyball team are also featured! This week's edition includes interviews with women's soccer (Sophia Huerta and Julie Johnston), volleyball (Megan Anders and Coach Wallace) and men's tennis (Coach Mills and Ilya Osintsev). [more]
Sep 22, 2012 - Volleyball Volleyball Falls in Four vs. No. 18 San Diego; Host No. 14 Pepperdine Next Saturday Despite battling back in the fourth set to serve set point four times for a fifth set, Santa Clara fell 3-1 to No. 18 San Diego on Saturday in West Coast Conference play in the Leavey Center. In their next match, the Broncos host No. 14 Pepperdine on Sat., Sept. 30 at 1 pm in the Leavey Center. [more]
Sep 20, 2012 - Volleyball Volleyball Opens WCC Play With 3-1 Win Over Gonzaga; Host No. 18 San Diego Saturday at 1 pm Opening the 2012 West Coast Conference season at home, Santa Clara defeated Gonzaga 3-1 on Thursday night. The Broncos host No. 18 San Diego on Sat., Sept. 22 at 1 pm in the Leavey Center. Set scores were 25-16, 25-15, 22-25 and 27-25. Santa Clara is 11-4 and 1-0 in WCC play and Gonzaga is 8-6 and 0-1 in the WCC. [more]
Sep 17, 2012 - Volleyball EYEBRONCO VIDEO: Bronco Volleyball MTV Cribs Style! Bronco volleyball players Lexi Williamson, Katherine Douglas and Kayla Lommori open their house up to EYEBRONCO for an MTV Cribs Style look inside their lives. [more]
Sep 18, 2012 - Volleyball Volleyball Finally Returns Home to Host WCC Openers vs. Gonzaga Thursday, No. 18 San Diego Saturday Home Sweet Home! The Santa Clara volleyball team finally returns home this weekend to open 2012 West Coast Conference play vs. Gonzaga on Thurs., Sept. 20 at 6 pm and then No. 18 San Diego on Sat., Sept. 22 at 1 pm. The Broncos enter the weekend with a 10-4 record, posting a 3-1 record at the Fullerton Classic last weekend. [more]
Sep 15, 2012 - Volleyball Volleyball Defeats Host Cal State Fullerton In Five; Open WCC Play Thursday vs. Gonzaga Going five sets seems to be the way to win for the Broncos. Winning its fifth five set match in seven tries this season, the Santa Clara volleyball team came back after being down 2-1 to defeat host-Cal State Fullerton in its final match of the Fullerton Classic on Saturday afternoon. Playing its fourth match in 24 hours, including a 3-2 win over San Diego State on Friday, the Broncos defeated the Titans 11-25, 25-22, 25-16, 25-23 and 15-9. Santa Clara moves to 10-4 and Cal State Fullerton, who plays its second match tonight, is 6-6. [more]
Sep 15, 2012 - Volleyball Volleyball Crushes Brown in Three; Three Broncos Hit .444 Or Better Santa Clara won 3-0 over Brown Saturday morning in its third match of the Fullerton Classic. Santa Clara will turn around in a couple hours to play its fourth match in 26 hours at host Cal State Fullerton. Set scores were 25-17, 25-14 and 25-21. Santa Clara is now 9-4 and Brown is 3-5. [more]
Sep 14, 2012 - Volleyball Volleyball Defeats No. 28 San Diego State in Five Santa Clara played its sixth five-set match this season and defeated No. 28 San Diego State 3-2 in its first match of the Fullerton Classic in Fullerton, Calif. The Broncos move to 8-3 and San Diego State moves to 6-3. Santa Clara is to play three more matches in the next 24 hours vs. Oregon State, Brown and host-Cal State Fullerton. [more]
Sep 12, 2012 - Men's Basketball Bronco Basketball's Johnson Joins Bronco Weekly Sports Wrap; All-Star Line-up of Student-Athlete Side-Line Reporters Join the EYEBRONCO Network Beginning the second season of The Bronco Weekly Sports Wrap (BWSW) as part of the EYEBRONCO Network, with Santa Clara senior water polo player John Nash and senior women's soccer player Lauren Matheson serving as co-shots, Bronco Athletics announced Wednesday that sophomore men's basketball Denzel Johnson will join the Bronco Weekly Sports Wrap this season as its newest co-host. The BWSW will premiere this season on Sept. 24. All EYEBRONCO videos can be found on the Bronco website, SantaClaraBroncos.com and also the department's YouTube Channel, SantaClaraBroncos. [more]
Sep 11, 2012 - Volleyball SCU Travels To Fullerton Classic For Four Matches in 26 Hours; Visit 49ers New Stadium On Tuesday! The Bronco volleyball team will travel to Southern California to play in their final preseason tournament this weekend in Fullerton, Calif. Santa Clara will open its West Coast Conference slate with Gonzaga on Thurs., Sept. 20 at 6 pm and then host No. 16 San Diego on Sat., Sept. 22 at 1 pm. [more]
Sep 10, 2012 - Volleyball Volleyball's Schatzman Re-lives MVP Weekend in Families Hometown, Including Visit to Arch SANTA CLARA, Calif. - Katy Schatzman (KS) traveled back with the Bronco volleyball team to her roots of St. Louis, Mo. She showcased her talent in front of friends and family from the area, took her teammates and coaches to the Arch, and better yet, was named MVP of the SIUE tournament. SantaClaraBroncos (SCB) caught up with Schatzman and got the low down on the tournament and found out some of her favorite moments from the trip. [more]
Sep 9, 2012 - Volleyball Bronco Volleyball Defeats Loyola Chicago In its final match of the Stanford Invitational Saturday night, Santa Clara defeated Loyola Chicago in in three sets. Set scores were 25-23, 25-20 and 25-21. Santa Clara is 7-3 and Loyola Chicago is 5-5. [more]
Sep 8, 2012 - Volleyball Volleyball Falls in Five To Undefeated Pacific Team At Stanford Invite Pushing it to a fifth set for the fifth time this season, Santa Clara fell 3-2 to Pacific on Saturday afternoon at the Stanford Invitational. Santa Clara moves to 6-3 and Pacific is a perfect 8-0. The Broncos close out play tonight in the Stanford Invitational vs. Loyola Chicago at 8 pm. Set scores were 19-25, 26-24, 18-25, 25-18 and 9-15. [more]
Sep 8, 2012 - Volleyball Volleyball Falls In Three at No. 8 Stanford Santa Clara hung tough for three sets, but fell at No. 8 Stanford 3-0 on Friday night. Set scores were 10-25, 15-25 and 14-25. Santa Clara plays Pacific at 12 pm Saturday before closing out play in the Stanford Invitational vs. Loyola Chicago at 8 pm. Santa Clara moves to 6-2 and No. 8 Stanford is now 4-2. [more]
Sep 6, 2012 - Volleyball Bronco Volleyball Travels to Stanford Invite For Three Matches; Face Host No. 8 Stanford Friday Night After playing the last two weekends one the road, Santa Clara will return to the Bay Area this weekend to play in near-by Palo Alto at the Stanford Invitational. The Broncos, 6-1 on the year, have notched their best start since 2008 when they advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament at Washington (advanced to the Elite Eight). [more]
Sep 4, 2012 - Volleyball Anders, Milton Named To Aggie Invite All-Tournament Team; No. 8 Stanford Next Santa Clara had two volleyball players named to the Aggie Invitational last weekend at UC Davis. Middle blocker Megan Anders and outside hitter Taylor Milton were named to the team after leading the Broncos to a 6-1 record. Anders was also named to the SIUE Invitational All-Tournament team two weeks ago after leading the Broncos to a 3-0 record. [more]
Sep 1, 2012 - Volleyball Broncos Play Third Five-Set Match in 24 Hours, Defeat Host UC Davis Playing its third five-set match in just 24 hours, Santa Clara outlasted host-UC Davis Saturday morning and won its sixth match in seven tries to start the 2012 season. SCU is already 3-1 in five-set matches this season. Santa Clara is 5-1 and UC Davis moves to 2-3. Santa Clara will play at the Stanford Invitational next weekend, fist matching up with the No. 9 Cardinal at 7 pm on Fri., Sept. 7. They will play Pacific at Noon on Sat., Sept. 8 and Loyola Chicago at 8 pm. [more]
Aug 31, 2012 - Volleyball Broncos Play Second Fifth-Set Match in 8 Hours Falling to a Fresh UNC Team Playing its second match five-set match in eight hours, Santa Clara fell 3-2 to North Carolina in the Aggie Invitational on Friday in Davis, Calif. Santa Clara moves to 5-1 and North Carolina, playing its first match in the tournament after watching SCU defeat Utah 3-2 in the morning match, is now 3-1. [more]
Aug 31, 2012 - Volleyball Bronco Volleyball Takes Down Undefeated Utah in 5 With three Bronco players scoring double-digit kills, the Santa Clara’s volleyball team defeated previously-unbeaten Utah 3-2 Friday morning at UC Davis. The Broncos are 5-0 and Utah is 5-1. The set scores were 21-25, 25-21, 20-25, 25-20 and 18-16. [more]
Aug 30, 2012 - Volleyball NEW! 2012 Virtual Guides Released Today For Bronco Volleyball, Men's Soccer and Women's Soccer Featuring an updated and fresh design with new videos and game-day action photos and snaps of behind-the-scenes Bronco fun, Santa Clara Athletics released three new virtual guides today for Bronco men's soccer, Bronco women's soccer and Bronco volleyball. [more]
Aug 29, 2012 - Volleyball Bronco Volleyball Takes Perfect Record To Aggie Invite to Face Utah, UNC and UC Davis After opening its season 4-0 in its trip to the Midwest, the Santa Clara volleyball team will travel a couple hours north to play at UC Davis in the Aggie Invitational. The Broncos don’t have an easy road once there as they start quickly with a 5-0 Utah team at 11 am on Friday and then face North Carolina at 5 pm. On Saturday Santa Clara finishes its weekend play at host UC Davis at 11 am. [more]
Aug 29, 2012 - Volleyball Taylor Milton of the Volleyball Team Shares Her Excitement About Their Success in Illinois The Bronco Volleyball team had a great start to their season over the weekend posting a 4-0 record. Taylor Milton (TM) caught up with SantaClaraBroncos.com (SCB) after their great weekend and shared with us how the team is doing with their new coaches. The Broncos has a double header on August 31st in the UC Davis tournament against University of Utah and North Carolina. [more]
Aug 28, 2012 - Volleyball Santa Clara Volleyball's Schmidt Named Top 30 for NCAA Woman of the Year Award; Top 9 To Be Named In Mid-September Assuming that the "extremely urgent" UPS express envelope delivered to her house was for her parents, when she looked at the package more closely Tanya Schmidt was surprised to see her own name as the recipient. She opened the envelope slowly, careful not to make any unnecessary rips to the package. As she read the letter on official NCAA paper, a huge smile appeared on her face. Santa Clara's Tanya Schmidt had been named one of the Top 30 nominees for the 2012 NCAA Woman of the Year Award. The Top 30 were selected from a list of almost 430 university nominees that had been paired down to 133 conference nominees in early August. Ten nominees from each NCAA division are represented in the Top 30, and on the list, Schmidt is one of just two Division I volleyball players. Click here for the release on the Top 30 list. [more]
Aug 28, 2012 - Volleyball Volleyball Wins In Three At St. Louis To Wrap Up 4-0 Weekend Santa Clara won 3-0 at Saint Louis Monday night to wrap up a 4-0 swing through the Midwest in three days. The Broncos defeated Saint Louis 25-20, 25-23 and 25-20. They return to California to play North Carolina and Utah on Friday and then host-UC Davis on Saturday. [more]
Aug 27, 2012 - Volleyball Schatzman Named Tournament MVP As Bronco Volleyball Wins First Tournament of the Year In Illinois Behind sophomore libero Katy Schatzman, who averaged 21 digs this weekend and was named the MVP of the Tournament, Santa Clara swept the SIU Edwardsville Tournament this weekend, collecting a final-match 3-0 win vs. Western Illinois on Sunday. Megan Anders and Katherine Douglas were both named to the SIUE All-Tournament team. Santa Clara travels to St. Louis University for a 5:30 pm match on Monday night before returning to the Mission Campus. [more]
Aug 25, 2012 - Volleyball Volleyball Opens 2012 With Two Wins the First Day Santa Clara's volleyball team opened its 2012 season on the road this weekend with a 3-1 win over host SIU Edwardsville and a 3-2 win over Montana State a couple hours later on Saturday. Santa Clara closes out its play in the SIUE Tournament with Western Illinois at 10 am Pacific on Sunday before playing at Saint Louis on Monday at 5:30 pm Pacific. [more]
Aug 23, 2012 - Volleyball Volleyball Opens Up Season in Midwest; Complete Schedule for Weekend Starting a new season with a totally new look, the Santa Clara volleyball team will play its first four weekends on the road, starting off in the Saint Louis metro area this weekend. It will open the season on Sat., Aug. 25 at host SIU Edwardsville in the morning and then play Montana State later in the afternoon. On Sun., Aug. 26 the Broncos will play Western Illinois. Santa Clara will close out the weekend with a match at St. Louis on Mon., Aug. 27. [more]
Aug 9, 2012 - Volleyball Bronco Volleyball Starts Practice For 2012 Opener Santa Clara, Calif. - The Santa Clara volleyball team is back in action in the gym today, looking forward to its season opener at Southern Illinois-Edwardsville on Aug. 25. The Broncos will play in four tournaments on the road prior to returning home to open the West Coast Conference slate on Sept. 20 vs. Gonzaga. SantaClaraBroncos.com sat down with Bronco head coach Jon Wallace to talk about what the team is working on the next few days, how good it feels to be back in the gym and who is impressing him thus far. [more]
Aug 6, 2012 - Volleyball West Coast Conference Nominates Bronco Volleyball's Schmidt For NCAA Woman of the Year Graduating senior Tanya Schmidt '12 has another feather to add to her cap as she has been named as one of the West Coast Conference nominees for the 22nd annual Woman of the Year Award. Schmidt was named the West Coast Conference Post-Graduate Scholarship winner in June after being awarded an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship in March. Schmidt is one of two women nominated by the WCC for the award. [more]
Jul 19, 2012 - Volleyball Lexi Williamson Prepares to Go Out with a Bang Senior outside hitter Lexi Williamson is busy making every improvement possible this offseason to ensure a successful campaign on the Mission Campus. From daily workout videos to practicing with her younger sister, an incoming freshman on the Regis University volleyball team, the Carlsbad, Calif. native is determined to finish her final campaign on a high note. As her summer workouts continue, Williamson gave www.santaclarabroncos.com her thoughts on the team’s offseason growth, her most grueling volleyball match ever and funniest moment during her time on the Bronco volleyball squad. [more]
Jul 18, 2012 - Men's Soccer VIDEO: The Broncos Summer Check-In On the Mission Campus; Follow the Broncos On Social Media Too! John Nash '13 and Sarah Safir '12 chronicle all the summer happenings in the Santa Clara Athletic Department. Nash and Safir talk about sports camps, athletic media relations new camera (FANTASTIC quality!) and catch up with Bronco men's soccer head coach Cam Rast and senior volleyball player Lexi Williamson. [more]
Jul 16, 2012 - Volleyball Bronco Volleyball Names Former All-American Aaron Mansfield As An Assistant Coach With great pride and excitement, Bronco head coach Jon Wallace announced Monday that he has hired Aaron Mansfield as an assistant coach for the Santa Clara volleyball team. The Sunnyvale, Calif. native, who will start immediately, comes to Santa Clara after working for three of the last five years at UC Santa Barbara with the men’s volleyball program. He was also training with the US National team and playing on the AVP during that span as well. [more]
Jul 11, 2012 - Volleyball Bronco Volleyball Great Returns To Mission Campus To Give Back After Four Years in Europe Welcome Back Bronco Great Anna Cmaylo '08. A three-time All-American on the Bronco volleyball team, Anna is the career blocks leader for Santa Clara and was also named to the All-WCC First Team three years. Anna is back on campus working the Bronco volleyball camp and having a blast! This video is a little long, but you will want to rewatch it when you are done - she is terrific! [more]
Jul 11, 2012 Welcome Back to Mission Campus Anna Cmaylo Welcome Back Bronco Great Anna Cmaylo '08. A three-time All-American on the Bronco volleyball team, Anna is the career blocks leader for Santa Clara and was also named to the All-WCC First Team three years. Anna is back on campus working volleyball camp and having a blast! This video is a little long, but you will want to rewatch it when you are done - she is terrific! [more]
Jul 9, 2012 - Volleyball Bronco Volleyball Players Climb Half Dome Two Days After Graduation! Bronco volleyball players come to Santa Clara to play the sport they love, attend classes on the Mission campus and bond with their teammates on and off with the court on a daily basis. Sometimes the bonding goes to a whole another level. Graduating senior Tanya Schmidt and rising junior Megan Anders bonded as they climbed the 5,000 foot Half Dome in Yosemite National Park on the Monday after Santa Clara’s graduation, June 18. [more]
Jun 28, 2012 - Volleyball What Lies Ahead Katherine Douglas (KD) hasn’t been thrown off by the outcome of last season on the volleyball court. With an entire summer in front of her, Douglas – and her teammates - will prepare to make another push at the WCC Tournament title. [more]
Jun 25, 2012 - Volleyball SCU Volleyball Helps Raise More Than $32,000 for Pancreatic Cancer Research & $85,000+ In Last Four Years; National Call In Day Tuesday! The grand total this year is in and it’s pretty amazing! The Walk 4 Pancreatic Cancer, hosted on the Mission Campus on May 12, 2012 in cooperation the Bronco volleyball team, raised more than $32,000 this year! The Bronco volleyball team has worked with Arlene Mariani and UCSF to raise almost $85,000 in donations as part of the Walk 4 Pancreatic Cancer in the past four years! [more]
Jun 21, 2012 - Volleyball Bronco Volleyball Welcomes Five Players in 2012 Santa Clara head volleyball coach Jon Wallace is proud to welcome the 2012 class of signees as announced on Thursday. The class includes three true freshmen from California, a junior transfer from Texas and a sophomore transfer for Marquette with both hailing from California high schools. Santa Clara reports Aug. 4 and will begin the season at Southern Illinois-Edwardsville on Sat., Aug. 25. Its first home match, the WCC opener, is vs. Gonzaga on Thurs., Sept. 20 at 6 pm. [more]
Jun 19, 2012 - Volleyball Bronco Volleyball Looking For 14th NCAA Tournament Bid Looking for its 14th NCAA tournament bid in the last 21 years, including the 12th under Bronco head coach Jon Wallace, the Santa Clara volleyball team will travel to four preseason tournaments this season as part of its 2012 schedule, before returning home to host its first three West Coast Conference games against two 2011 NCAA tournament teams in late September. [more]
Jun 19, 2012 VIDEO: 10th Annual Bronco Volleyball Bocce Ball Tournament ! A behind-the-scenes look at the 2012 Santa Clara Volleyball Bocce Fundraiser. Fantastic job to the volleyball team who recently helped raise almost $30,000 for pancreatic cancer research! [more]
Jun 19, 2012 - Volleyball VIDEO TOO: Bocce Ball Makes For Fun Night and Fundraiser for Bronco Volleyball The Santa Clara volleyball team hosted its 10th annual Bocce Ball Fundraiser at Campo di Bocce in Los Gatos May 31. Bronco head coach Jon Wallace (JW) reflected below about how it came about, what he loves most about it and who he would love to see compete against each other. [more]
Jun 15, 2012 - Cross Country Congrats to All Bronco Student-Athletes Who Graduated This Past Weekend! (CHECK OUT ALL THEIR GRADUATION PHOTOS!) Congratulations to all Santa Clara University graduates this past weekend, especially the many Bronco student-athletes who are finishing their time on the Mission Campus. The Bronco student-athletes wore a special sash that said they are a Bronco student-athlete. [more]
Jun 15, 2012 - Volleyball Athletic's Janice DeMonsi Named Sustainability Champion for SCU Staff; Volleyball's Megan Anders Works As Sustainability Intern Working to become a champion in Sustainability, including environmental conservation, social justice and fiscal responsibility, Santa Clara’s own Janice DeMonsi was named the Sustainability Champion for SCU Staff. DeMonsi is the Director of Recreation as part of Bronco Athletics. [more]
Jun 14, 2012 - Women's Soccer VIDEO: With A Surprise Visit, Senior Bronco Student-Athletes Thank Santa Clara Coaches, Staff and Administration A smile and a thank you goes a long way! In a surprise visit on Wednesday morning, eight Bronco student-athletes came to Santa Clara's monthly athletic department to do just that - thank the entire department for everything they did to help them throughout their careers on and off the fields and courts as they prepared to take final exams. [more]
Jun 11, 2012 - Volleyball Dream Moment for Bronco Student-Athlete Tanya Schmidt Includes NCAA President Imagine on one of your last days as an NCAA Division I student-athlete, after speaking to a room full of college presidents and administrators, the President of the NCAA applauds your efforts by personally stopping by your table. As he continues to acknowledge all you have done, he tells you he will make sure the NCAA increases the NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship award so you can receive matching funds at your dream graduate school, NYU. It’s enough to make you run outside the building and do your happy dance! That’s exactly what happened to Tanya Schmidt last Wednesday night. [more]
Jun 6, 2012 - Volleyball Leavey Center Wins First-Ever Sports Gear Drive This year featured Santa Clara’s first-ever sports gear drive between the Malley Center and the Leavey Center with the Leavey Center being crowned the champion! Sustainability intern Megan Anders, a rising junior middle block on the Bronco volleyball team, was there every step of the way! [more]
Jun 6, 2012 - Volleyball SAAC Hands Out 2012 Senior Student-Athlete Awards The Student Athelete Advisory Committee, known as SAAC, handed out the Santa Clara Senior Student-Athlete Awards last week. Women's Basketball's Alyssa Shoji and men's tennis' Kyle Dandan were named the top student-athletes, while Austin Jones and Tanya Schmidt were recognized for the top individual cumulative grade point average. [more]
Jun 11, 2012 - Volleyball Brad Keller Resigns to Take Position With UCLA Men’s Volleyball Brad Keller, who has been with the Santa Clara volleyball program since Feb. 6, 2012, resigned his position with the Broncos on June 9 to take a similar position with the UCLA men’s volleyball team. [more]
May 23, 2012 - Volleyball Volleyball Continues To Make Huge Strides In Spring Play Santa Clara’s volleyball team finished a busy spring season on May 12 with the Walk 4 Pancreatic Cancer, where the Broncos helped raise almost $30,000 for cancer research and then closed out play on the court on May 13 with seven straight wins vs. Cal Poly. [more]
May 11, 2012 - Volleyball Santa Clara Volleyball's Walk 4 Pancreatic Cancer May 12 (TOMORROW!) on the Mission Campus! On May 12, TOMORROW, SATURDAY!, the Santa Clara volleyball team, along with the Bronco Athletic Department, will host the fourth annual Walk 4 Pancreatic Cancer on the beautiful Santa Clara University campus. Last year's event - which featured the Bronco volleyball, women's golf and men's and women's basketball teams - was bigger and better than ever and this year we need your participation even more. [more]
May 3, 2012 - Volleyball Lexi Williamson Reflects on Immersion Trip to Peru Lexi Williamson sat on the roof of San Estaban Church in Lima, Peru and gazed out over the entire San Juan de Miraflores District. But instead of feeling at peace, concern crept up on her. All her eyes could observe were the countless homes without electricity and running water. [more]
May 2, 2012 - Volleyball Bronco Volleyball Student-Athletes Compete in Iron Bronco Each year during spring quarter, students hit the gym, the pavement, and the pool, more than ever to participate in the annual Iron Bronco. This event is a spinoff of the well-known Iron Man, a triathlon consisting of a 2.4 mi swim, 112 mi bike ride, and 26.2 mi run. Santa Clara students, as well as staff, are able to compete on their own or in groups of 3 over the two weeks. This year, a number of Bronco volleyball players decided to test out the race and compete together. SantaClaraBroncos.com SCB: was able to catch up with one of the team members, Kayla Lommori (KL), to discuss her training and why she chose to compete. [more]
Apr 25, 2012 - Volleyball Bronco Volleyball Competes In Sand Volleyball Tournament in Malibu Another first for Bronco Athletics! The Santa Clara volleyball team travelled down to Malibu last weekend to compete in its first-ever sand volleyball tournament with Pepperdine and UC Santa Barbara. A day Bronco assistant coach Matt Lyles termed as a ”typical spring tournament where there were no winners or losers”, Santa Clara’s team came away with a little sand in its hair and a lot of smiles. [more]
Apr 23, 2012 - Volleyball Schatzman Hopes to Help Broncos Back to NCAA Tournament Rising sophomore Katy Schatzman had an immediate impact for the Broncos in her freshman year. The defensive specialist played in 42 sets and collected 70 digs during her first season at SCU. With two new additions to the coaching staff, Schatzman spoke with www.SantaClaraBroncos.com (SCB) about what the Broncos are doing to improve in the off-season. [more]
Apr 18, 2012 - Cross Country Trade Your Bronco Colors for Green As We Celebrate Earth Day In Many Ways! Santa Clara University Athletics and Recreation are gearing up for the 42nd anniversary of Earth Day, Sun., April 22 with a number of active participants, including the Malley Center on the SCU campus. Just in time, the Malley Center's weight room is becoming a lot greener. In addition to Bronco volleyball player Megan Anders working as the SCU Sustainability intern (see article here), Bronco cross country runner Ezana Tesfu is the president of the SCU GREEN Club. With the hard work of Tesfu, the GREEN Club (which stands for Grass Roots Environmental Efforts Now) is hosting an Earth Day Festival on Fri., April 20 from 11 am – 2 pm on the Santa Clara Mall (between Benson and Kenna lawns) on the SCU campus. It's free and everyone is invited! [more]
Apr 17, 2012 - Volleyball Ali Rambis Ready to Get Back on the Court Ali Rambis (AR) played in 35 sets this fall and recorded service aces in four different matches, but she was sidelined for a large part of the season with an elbow injury. The rising junior is preparing to make her return in the fall as she trains with the Broncos throughout the spring. She recently spoke with www.SantaClaraBroncos.com (SCB) about the state of the volleyball program and her father’s induction into the WCC Hall of Fame. [more]
Apr 4, 2012 - Volleyball Register Today for Santa Clara Volleyball's Walk 4 Pancreatic Cancer May 12 on the Mission Campus! On May 12, the Santa Clara volleyball team, along with the Bronco Athletic Department, will be hosting the fourth annual Walk 4 Pancreatic Cancer right here on our beautiful Santa Clara University campus. Last year's event - which featured the Bronco volleyball, women’s golf and men's and women’s basketball teams - was bigger and better than ever and this one promises to be even more successful. [more]
Apr 3, 2012 - Volleyball Santa Clara Athletic Director Dan Coonan Makes Good On Promise, Joins Volleyball Team in First Spring Practice While a number of fall sports may have started spring practice around the country on Monday, it’s very unlikely many teams had the special guest Santa Clara volleyball hosted on its first day. Bronco Athletic Director Dan Coonan, in his eighth year at the Santa Clara, kept good on a promise and went through the full practice in the Leavey Center, including wind sprints to start day. [more]
Apr 2, 2012 - Volleyball 10th annual Bronco Volleyball Bocce Ball Tournament Set For Thursday May 31! Calling all Bronco fans, friends and alums! The Santa Clara volleyball team will host its 10th annual Bocce Ball tournament and Fundraiser on Thurs., May 31 at 4:30pm at Campo di Bocce in Los Gatos. [more]
Mar 23, 2012 - Volleyball Volleyball Releases 2012 Spring Schedule; Includes a Beach Tournament in Malibu Revitalized with a re-tooled coaching staff under Bronco head coach Jon Wallace, Santa Clara released its 2012 spring volleyball schedule on Friday. Included on the schedule will be Santa Clara’s first-ever appearance in a Beach Tournament in Malibu and a spring season finale visit with Stanford. [more]
Mar 21, 2012 - Volleyball Local Girl Kaleigh Durket Looks to Impress One Last Time on Volleyball Court The Santa Clara women’s volleyball team is hungry to get back on the court and rising senior Kaleigh Durket has high expectations for the upcoming season. She is ready to make an impact on the court and help lead the Bronco squad back to the postseason. [more]
Mar 19, 2012 - Volleyball Talented Taylor Milton Committed to Improving The Bronco volleyball squad looked to young talent last year to contribute and Taylor Milton took on that responsibility. With a year on the Mission campus under her belt, Milton is committed to raising her level of play and helping the Broncos compete day in and day out. [more]
Mar 15, 2012 - Volleyball Volleyball's Anders Making Sustainability Contributions Felt Bronco volleyball’s rising junior Megan Anders discovered a way to combine her love for sports and sustainability when she landed the position of Sustainability Intern, Athletics and Recreation on the Mission Campus. Being involved as a student-athlete always appealed to her, and when the opportunity to apply for an internship position in the Sustainability Office popped up on BroncoLink, she couldn’t pass. [more]
Mar 8, 2012 - Volleyball Volleyball's Schmidt Awarded NCAA Post-Graduate Scholarship Santa Clara University senior volleyball player Tanya Schmidt was one of 29 female student-athletes awarded a prestigious one-time, nonrenewable $7,500 NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship this week. Schmidt was named twice to the All-WCC team during her Bronco career, including first team in 2010. She was also named three times to the WCC All-Academic Team and twice to the Capital One Academic All-District All-American team. The team captain last fall, Schmidt was also named one of 30 finalists for the Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award this past fall. [more]
Feb 6, 2012 - Volleyball Brad Keller Joins Santa Clara Volleyball As An Assistant Coach Bronco head volleyball coach Jon Wallace is proud to announce that Brad Keller, a 2002 graduate of Loyola Marymount University, is joining his staff effective immediately. Bringing a resume of helping build national championship teams, Brad Keller spent the last six seasons on the collegiate level; including helping lead Southern California to the 2009 NCAA men’s volleyball title match. [more]
Jan 18, 2012 - Volleyball Former National Team Player Matt Lyles Returns As An Assistant Coach with Santa Clara Volleyball Welcome Back! Playing an important role in the Broncos’ Final Four run in 2005, Matt Lyles has returned to the Mission Campus as an assistant coach with the Bronco volleyball program. He will be involved in all aspects of the program, including the overall training of the team on a daily basis. This will include practice planning and match preparation. [more]
Nov 24, 2011 - Volleyball Five Volleyball Players Honored by the WCC, including First Team Member Dana Knudsen For the 14th straight season the Santa Clara volleyball team has placed at least one player on the West Coast Conference First Team and this year’s entry is junior Dana Knudsen. In addition, senior Schmidt posted the highest GPA of the 12-member All-Academic Team with three others being named Honorable Mention: juniors Kayla Lommori, Alexandra Palmer and Kaleigh Durket. [more]
Nov 19, 2011 - Volleyball Volleyball Finishes Season With Loss to Saint Mary's on Senior Day; Schmidt Interviewing for Rhodes Scholarship Despite Bronco Senior Day for Bridget O’Hara and Tanya Schmidt, Saint Mary’s defeated Santa Clara 3-0 in the Leavey Center on Saturday. Set scores were 26-24, 25-22 and 25-20. Santa Clara ends the 2011 season at 11-16 and 6-10. Saint Mary’s ends its season at 16-12 and 10-6 in the WCC. Schmidt wasn’t at Senior Day because she was in San Francisco interviewing for the Rhodes Scholar. [more]
Nov 17, 2011 - Volleyball No. 20 San Diego Edges SCU In WCC Volleyball Action Thursday Night The 20th-ranked University of San Diego women’s volleyball team got past visiting Santa Clara University Thursday night at USD’s Jenny Craig Pavilion. [more]
Nov 16, 2011 - Volleyball Volleyball Finishes Season at USD on Thursday and vs. Saint Mary's on Saturday Santa Clara looks to finish the season with a bang as it travels to San Diego on Thurs., Nov. 17 at 7 pm before returning to the Leavey Center Sat., Nov. 19 at 1 pm vs. St. Mary’s for its final match of the season. [more]
Nov 16, 2011 - Volleyball Tanya Schmidt Interviews for Rhodes Scholarship Tanya Schmidt will miss Senior Day tomorrow, Sat., Nov. 19, vs. rival Saint Mary’s, not due to an injury or a cold floating around campus but rather, because she will be interviewing for a Rhodes Scholarship to study at the University of Oxford. She will be one of 15 interviewing in San Francisco for two coveted spots. If selected, she will begin at Oxford next fall. Other finalists in her district attend colleges at Harvard, Cornell, MIT, Brown, Georgetown, Stanford and Cal-Berkeley, to name a few. [more]
Nov 12, 2011 - Volleyball Volleyball Tops Portland in Three Finishing a perfect 2-0 weekend with two 3-0 wins, Santa Clara swept Portland in three on Saturday at the Leavey Center. Set scores were 25-23, 25-20 and 25-21. Santa Clara is 11-14 and 6-8 in the WCC. Portland is 8-20 and 2-13. [more]
Nov 11, 2011 - Volleyball Schmidt Named to CoSIDA All-District Academic Team; Only WCC Player to Make List Last Two Years Senior middle blocker Tanya Schmidt, who carries a 3.971 grade point average, was named Friday to the Capital One CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team. She is the only West Coast Conference Player on the First Team and the only volleyball player from the WCC to be recognized the past two years on the All-District team. Her name will now be forwarded to the Academic All-American national committee. [more]
Nov 10, 2011 - Volleyball Volleyball Defeats Gonzaga in Straight Sets Santa Clara won in straight sets vs. Gonzaga on Thursday night. Santa Clara won 25-21, 25-19 and 25-20. Santa Clara moves to 10-14 and 5-8 WCC and Gonzaga falls to 7-18 and 1-13 WCC. Santa Clara will host Portland on Sat., Nov. 12 at 1 pm. [more]
Nov 9, 2011 Jon Wallace Talks Bronco Volleyball: Nov. 9, 2011 Santa Clara head coach Jon Wallace Talks Bronco Volleyball on Nov. 9, 2011. Santa Clara hosts Gonzaga and Portland this week. [more]
Nov 6, 2011 - Volleyball Volleyball Falls in Four at LMU Santa Clara fell in four at LMU on Saturday. Set scores of 25-18, 24-26, 25-19, 25-19 in Gersten Pavilion. LMU hit .315 over the course of the match, including .340 or better in three of the four sets. Santa Clara is 9-13 and 4-8 in the WCC. LMU is 14-12 and 7-6 in the WCC. The two spilit the season series with the home winning both times. [more]
Nov 4, 2011 - Volleyball Volleyball Falls in Three at No. 14 Pepperdine Matching up with the only undefeated league team, Santa Clara's volleyball team fell in straights sets at No. 14 Pepperdine on Thursday night. Set scores were 25-15, 25-21 and 25-14. Santa Clara is now 9-13 and 4-7 in the WCC and Pepperdine is 18-5 and 12-0 in the WCC. [more]
Nov 2, 2011 - Volleyball Volleyball Travels to Southern California to Face LA-Based WCC Foes Santa Clara travels south this weekend to take on the two Los Angeles-based West Coast Conference schools. Santa Clara (9-12, 4-6 WCC) will play in Firestone Fieldhouse at No. 14 Pepperdine (17-5, 11-0 WCC) on Thurs., Nov. 3 at 7 pm. It will then travel to LMU on Sat., Nov. 5 at 1 pm in attempt to sweep the season series with the Lions (13-11, 6-5 WCC). [more]
Nov 1, 2011 Jon Wallace Talks Bronco Volleyball Oct. 31, 2011 Bronco head volleyball coach Jon Wallace Talks Santa Clara volleyball. A lot of cute video of the team's costumes they wore to practice on Halloween! [more]
Oct 29, 2011 - Volleyball BYU Tops Bronco Volleyball Hosting BYU for the first time since it joined the WCC, Santa Clara fell in straight sets Saturday at the Leavey Center. Set scores were 25-11, 25-19 and 25-22. Santa Clara is 9-12 and 4-6 in league play. BYU is 18-7 and 7-4 in WCC play. [more]
Oct 25, 2011 - Volleyball Volleyball Hosts BYU on Sat., Oct. 29 at 1 pm in the Leavey Center Santa Clara plays just one match this week and it’s a big one! The Broncos host BYU on Sat., Oct. 29 at 1 pm for the first time since the Cougars joined the West Coast Conference. Santa Clara is 9-11 and 4-5 in the WCC and BYU is 16-7 and 5-4 in the WCC. Santa Clara enters the week on a two-match winning streak, while BYU dropped two 3-1 matches at home last week to No. 18 Pepperdine and No. 17 San Diego. [more]
Oct 24, 2011 - Volleyball Lommori Hits Hard More than half way done with the season, the Santa Clara volleyball team has gone through some ups and downs this season. After winning handily their past two games versus LMU (3-0) and long-time rival USF (3-1), the Broncos have bounced back and look stronger than ever. Junior Kayla Lommori (KL) has stepped up and helped the women to success. [more]
Oct 24, 2011 - Volleyball Volleyball's Knudsen Named WCC Player of the Week for Fourth Time in Her Bronco Career For the fourth time in her Bronco career, Santa Clara junior Dana Knudsen was named the West Coast Conference Player of the Week on Monday after hitting .548 last week in the team’s 3-0 win vs. LMU and its 3-1 win over rival USF. She was chosen over five other WCC nominees and was named to the All-WCC Preseason Coaches Team. [more]
Oct 22, 2011 - Volleyball Volleyball Crushes Dons in Four; Host BYU Oct. 29 at 1 pm! Playing long-time Bay Area rival USF, Santa Clara had four hitters with double-digit kills in its 3-1 win over the Dons on Saturday afternoon in the Leavey Center. Set scores were 26-24, 20-25, 25-19 and 25-16. Santa Clara is 9-11 and 4-5 and USF is 13-9 and 5-4 in the WCC. [more]
Oct 20, 2011 - Volleyball Volleyball Defeats LMU in Straight Sets; Host USF on Saturday at 1 pm Winning in straight sets Santa Clara won 3-0 over LMU on Thursday night. Set scores were 25-21, 25-18 and 25-23. Santa Clara is 8-11 and 3-5 in the WCC and LMU is 10-11 and 3-5 in the WCC. Santa Clara hosts USF on Sat., Oct. 22 at 1 pm in its DIG PINK match to raise funds and awareness for breast cancer research. [more]
Oct 19, 2011 - Volleyball Volleyball Hosts LMU Thursday and DIG PINK vs. USF on Saturday Santa Clara returns home to host two matches this weekend at the Leavey Center, including its DIG PINK match on Saturday. First on the schedule is LMU on Thurs., Oct. 20 at 6 pm. The Broncos are 7-11 and 2-5 in the WCC while LMU enters the match 10-10 and 3-4 in the WCC. [more]
Oct 18, 2011 - Volleyball Bronco Volleyball Coach Jon Wallace Talks Santa Clara Volleyball Santa Clara Head Coach Jon Wallace Talks Bronco Volleyball on Oct. 18, 2011. The Broncos host LMU on Thurs., Oct. 20 at 6 pm and then USF on Sat., Oct. 22 at 1 pm. [more]
Oct 16, 2011 - Volleyball Volleyball Falls in Five to Saint Mary's Battling the entire match, Santa Clara fell in five sets at Saint Mary’s Saturday night. Set scores were 25-27, 16-25, 25-18, 25-11 and 15-12. Santa Clara is 7-11 and 2-5 in the WCC. Saint Mary’s is 9-11 and 3-5 in the WCC. [more]
Oct 13, 2011 - Volleyball Volleyball Falls 3-1 to No. 19 Pepperdine Winning the first set wasn’t enough as Santa Clara fell 3-1 to No. 19 Pepperdine Thursday night in the Leavey Center. Santa Clara is 7-10 and 2-4 in the WCC. Pepperdine is 12-5 and 6-0 in the WCC. Set scores were 23-25, 25-16, 25-16 and 25-7. Pepperdine is the only team in the West Coast Conference to start 6-0. [more]
Oct 12, 2011 - Volleyball Katy Schatzman Reveals Why Santa Clara is a Special Place Freshman Katy Schatzman (KS) joined the Broncos this summer from Presentation High School in San Jose, Calif. Prior to her college career, she was the captain of a Presentation team that was the No. 1 ranked high school team in the country for four weeks during her senior year. [more]
Oct 12, 2011 - Volleyball Volleyball Hosts No. 19 Pepperdine Thursday at 6 pm After playing its first 13 of 16 matches on the road this season, Santa Clara returns home to host four of its next five matches in the Leavey Center. Santa Clara will start by welcoming the West Coast Conference’s top team, No. 19 Pepperdine, on Thurs., Oct. 13 at 6 pm. [more]
Oct 8, 2011 - Volleyball Volleyball Falls in Four at USF Playing its 13th match of out its first 16 to start the season, Santa Clara fell 3-1 to USF on Saturday afternoon in San Francisco. Santa Clara is 7-9 and 2-3 in the WCC. USF is 12-6 and 4-1 in the WCC. [more]
Oct 7, 2011 - Volleyball Playing For Just Second Time in School History, Broncos Fall 3-0 at BYU PROVO, Utah—Playing BYU for just the second time in school history and the first time as West Coast Conference mates, Santa Clara lost 3-0 on Thursday night at BYU (25-14, 25-19, 25-13). Santa Clara plays at USF on Saturday at 1 pm. [more]
Oct 5, 2011 - Volleyball Volleyball Travels to BYU, USF This Weekend for WCC Play Santa Clara continues life on the road as the Broncos travel to Provo, Utah to play at new West Coast Conference member BYU for a 6 pm match on Thurs., Oct. 6 and then to Bay Area rival USF on Sat., Oct. 8 at Noon. The BYU match, played in Smith Field House, will be shown on BYU TV. [more]
Oct 1, 2011 - Volleyball Volleyball Defeats Gonzaga in Four Santa Clara won its second straight West Coast Conference match on the road to defeat Gonzaga 3-1 Saturday afternoon. Set scores were 25-22, 23-25, 25-23 and 25-15. The Broncos move to 7-7 and 2-1 in the WCC. Gonzaga falls to 6-9 and 1-4 in the WCC. [more]
Sep 29, 2011 - Volleyball Santa Clara Volleyball Tops Portland 3-1 Santa Clara defeated Portland 3-1 Thursday night in the Broncos first West Coast Conference road match this season. The set scores were 25-17, 25-17, 19-25 and 25-19. Santa Clara is now 6-7 overall and 1-1 in the WCC. Portland is 6-10 overall and 0-3 in the WCC. [more]
Sep 28, 2011 - Volleyball Volleyball Travels North for Two Key WCC Matches Playing its next four West Coast Conference matches on the road, Santa Clara travels to the Northwest this weekend to play at Portland at 7 pm on Thurs., Sept 29 and then to Gonzaga to play the Zags at 1 pm on Sat., Oct. 1. Santa Clara is 5-7 and is 0-1 in West Coast Conference after falling to then-No. 16 San Diego 3-2 on Sept. 24 in the Leavey Center. [more]
Sep 24, 2011 - Volleyball Volleyball Falls 3-2 vs. No. 16 San Diego Playing its third straight fifth-set match, Santa Clara was topped 3-2 by No. 16 San Diego Saturday afternoon at the Leavey Center. Set scores were 22-25, 22-25, 25-23, 25-18 and 15-11. Santa Clara is 5-7 and 0-1 in the WCC, while San Diego moves to 14-1 and 1-1 in the WCC after falling in straight sets at USF on Sept. 22. [more]
Sep 20, 2011 - Volleyball Volleyball Home Saturday at 1 pm vs. No. 16 San Diego Santa Clara returns home for an important match this weekend as it hosts the 2011 West Coast Conference home opener vs. No. 16 San Diego on Sat., Sept. 23 at 1 pm. The Toreros, the defending WCC champions, came to the Bay Area flying high with unblemished 13-0 record, a first in school history, but were swept by USF on Thursday night 3-0. USD now travels to the Mission Campus for its match with the Broncos. The Broncos will then travel to Portland (Sept. 29), Gonzaga (Oct. 1), BYU (Oct. 6) and USF (Oct. 8) before returning home to host four of the next five matches with Pepperdine starting the streak at 6 pm on Thurs., Oct. 13. [more]
Sep 17, 2011 - Volleyball Volleyball Finishes in Texas With Another 5-Set Win; Durket and Douglas Named All-Tournament; Host No. 17 San Diego Next Saturday Playing its second fifth-set match in a matter of hours Saturday, Santa Clara defeated SMU in five sets to finish the Time Warner Cable Texas Invitational with a 2-1 record. The set scores were 22-25, 27-25, 25-20, 19-25 and 15-12. The Broncos are now 5-6. [more]
Sep 17, 2011 - Volleyball Volleyball Battles From Behind to Defeat UTSA in Five Down two sets to one with the Roadrunners serving match point twice, Santa Clara battled back down from 14-10 in the fifth set to defeat UT-San Antonio 3-2 early Saturday morning (match began at 7 am Pacific in Austin, Texas). It was Santa Clara’s first five set match this season. Santa Clara holds a 4-1 career records vs. the Roadrunners. The Broncos are 4-6 and UTSA is 6-7. [more]
Sep 16, 2011 - Volleyball Santa Clara Falls 3-0 at No. 8 Texas Playing in front of almost 2,000 Longhorn fans, Santa Clara fell 3-0 to No. 8 Texas in the first match of the Time Warner Cable Texas Invitational. Texas won 25-13, 25-23 and 25-19.Saturday the Broncos will play University of Texas-San Antonio (UTSA) at 7 am (Pacific) before finishing the tournament with a 2:30 pm (Pacific) match vs. SMU later that afternoon. [more]
Sep 13, 2011 - Volleyball Volleyball Travels to Lonestar State for Televised Match at No. 8 Texas; Play in the Time Warner Cable Texas Invitational Santa Clara travels to Austin, Texas this weekend to compete in the Time Warner Cable Texas Invitational Sept. 16-17. Santa Clara will play host Texas, ranked No. 8 nationally this week, at 4:30 pm (Pacific) on Fri., Sept. 16. The Broncos will then play University of Texas-San Antonio (USTA) at 7 am (Pacific) on Sat., Sept. 17 before finishing the tournament with a 2:30 pm (Pacific) match vs. SMU later that afternoon. The Texas match will be shown on Longhorn TV. [more]
Sep 13, 2011 - Volleyball Alyssa Anderson Returns to Home State Sophomore Alyssa Anderson transferred to Santa Clara last spring after an impressive freshman volleyball season at Villanova University. A native of Hermosa Beach, Calif. the 5’10 setter led the Wildcats in assists and was third in digs as the team finished with a 23-7 overall record. With her first official matches as a Bronco in the books, www.santaclarabroncos.com talked with Anderson about joining the Santa Clara community, her success as a freshman and her goals for the season. [more]
Sep 10, 2011 - Volleyball Katherine Douglas Has 23 Kills for SCU in Close Loss to North Dakota The Santa Clara University volleyball team dropped its second and final match of its own early-season tournament, losing to Great West Conference favorites North Dakota 3-1. [more]
Sep 10, 2011 - Volleyball Gauchos Rally to Beat Broncos in Volleyball Action Friday Night The visiting UCSB Gauchos used 14 blocks and a late comeback in the fourth and final set to knock off the homestanding Broncos of Santa Clara 3-1. [more]
Sep 8, 2011 - Volleyball Bronco Volleyball Takes On UCSB in Home-Opener Friday Night The Santa Clara volleyball team will return home this weekend after two weeks on the road to begin the season. [more]
Sep 3, 2011 - Volleyball Volleyball Falls 3-1 to No. 24 Michigan In its second match of the La Quinta Inn & Suites Invitational at Utah Valley State, No. 24 Michigan defeated Santa Clara 3-1. Santa Clara is now 4-2 this season and Michigan moves to 5-0. Set scores were 21-25, 25-20, 15-25 and 13-25. Santa Clara will finish the tournament on with a 6 pm match with Utah State Valley later today. [more]
Sep 3, 2011 - Volleyball Volleyball Falls in Four to Utah Valley State Santa Clara dropped its final match of the weekend to host-Utah Valley State by a score of 3-1. Set scores were 20-25, 25-21, 21-25 and 22-25. Santa Clara is 3-3 and Utah Valley is 5-1. [more]
Sep 2, 2011 - Volleyball Volleyball Defeats Rival Cal Poly in 4; Plays No. 24 Michigan Saturday Morning In its first match of the La Quinta Inn & Suites Invitational at Utah Valley State, Santa Clara defeated rival Cal Poly 3-1. Santa Clara is now 4-1 this season and Cal Poly falls to 3-2, with a win at WCC rival Saint Mary’s Tuesday. Set scores were 25-22, 25-23, 20-25 and 25-22. [more]
Sep 1, 2011 - Volleyball Volleyball Heads to Utah for La Quinta Inn & Suites Invitational at Utah Valley State With the current WCC Player of Week in Dana Knudsen, The Santa Clara volleyball team enters the second week of its season, continuing play non-conference tournaments. The Broncos (2-1) travel to Utah to play in the La Quinta Inn & Suites Invitational at Utah Valley State. The Broncos open up the tournament against Cal Poly on Fri., Sept. 3 at 4:30 p.m. Santa Clara will continue the tournament on Sat., Sept. 4 with matches vs. Michigan (3-0) and Utah Valley State (2-1). They will play Michigan at 10 am and then host-Utah Valley State at 7 pm. Michigan is No. 24 in the latest AVCA national poll and Cal Poly received votes this week. [more]
Aug 30, 2011 - Volleyball Women's Volleyball Update with Jon Wallace SCU head volleyball coach Jon Wallace talks about the upcoming Utah Valley State Tournament, Dana Knudsen's 'Player of the Week' award, the return of Kat Douglas from injury and what the team is working on. [more]
Aug 29, 2011 - Volleyball Knudsen Collects WCC Player Of the Week For Third Time in Her Career Hitting .545 this past weekend, Bronco junior Dana Knudsen was named the West Coast Conference Player of the Week in the first week of play. Knudsen, who was selected over seven other WCC players, led Santa Clara to a 2-1 record and was named to the All-Tournament team at the Seattle University Fall Volley. Tanya Schmidt was also named to the All-Tournament team. It is the third straight year Knudsen has received WCC Player of the Week honors early in the season. [more]
Aug 27, 2011 - Volleyball Douglas, Knudsen Shine in Win over Eastern Washington Playing its third match in 24 hours to start the season, Santa Clara defeated Eastern Washington 3-0 Saturday. The Broncos won 25-19, 25-19 and 25-18. Earlier in the day Eastern Washington defeated Washington State in five sets. Santa Clara finishes the tournament at 2-1 and heads to Utah Valley State next weekend for three matches. [more]
Aug 26, 2011 - Volleyball Volleyball Falls In Season Opener to Washington State; Plays Host-Seattle Later The Santa Clara volleyball team opened the 2011 season with a 3-1 loss to the Pac-12s Washington State this afternoon in Seattle, Wash. The game scores were 27-25, 26-24, 17-25 and 20-25. Santa Clara plays Seattle this evening at 7 pm. [more]
Aug 26, 2011 - Volleyball Volleyball Led by All-WCC Middles in 3-0 Win Over Seattle Crushing the ball and hitting .720 in the third set, Santa Clara defeated tournament host Seattle tonight 3-0. The Broncos won 25-15, 28-26 and 25-14. Santa Clara, 1-1, plays Eastern Washington tomorrow at 1 pm to finish out its play in the Emerald City. [more]
Aug 25, 2011 - Volleyball On Eve of Bronco Volleyball Kicking Off Season Schmidt Named as Candidate for Lowe's Senior CLASS Award On the eve of Santa Clara’s first 2011 volleyball match in Seattle, senior Tanya Schmidt was named as a candidate for the 2011 Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award. Schmidt, one of just two from the WCC on the list, is a returning All-WCC First Team Middle Blocker for the Broncos who also excels in the classroom, sporting a 3.97 GPA as she enters her final season - one of the highest GPAs among the candidates. Click here to read Schmidt’s read Lowe’s Senior Class Bio. [more]
Aug 24, 2011 - Volleyball Setting It Up With Alexandra Palmer With the season opening in a couple days, setter Alexandra Palmer and the rest of the Santa Clara volleyball team has spent their two-week preseason in full force. As an upperclassman Palmer is excited for her expanded role as a leader and has set high standards for herself and her teammates. The junior setter has shaken off past injuries and is ready for the season to begin. [more]
Aug 22, 2011 - Volleyball A Commitment to Excellence with Tanya Schmidt Senior volleyball player Tanya Schmidt (TS) is well known for her prowess on the volleyball court and in the classroom. What some may not realize however is that she is as dedicated to serving her community and helping others as she is to her athletic and academic endeavors. In the midst of double days on the court, santaclarabroncos.com (SCB) talked with Schmidt about the upcoming season, her off the court experiences and her favorite memory from Santa Clara volleyball thus far. [more]
Aug 11, 2011 - Volleyball Volleyball Begins Practice For 2011 Season The Santa Clara volleyball team, which opens its season in the Emerald City on Aug. 26 vs. Washington State as part of the Seattle University Tournament, began practice on Tues., Aug. 9 and even though it’s only two days into the preseason, Bronco head coach Jon Wallace likes what he sees so far. [more]
Aug 3, 2011 - Volleyball Schmidt and Knudsen Named to All-WCC Preseason Volleyball Team Standouts on the court and in the classroom, Santa Clara placed two volleyball players on the West Coast Conference Preseason All-Conference Team released Wednesday with 2010 All-WCC First Team member Tanya Schmidt and 2010 All-WCC Honorable Mention Team member Dana Knudsen making the 12-woman preseason team. [more]
Aug 2, 2011 - Volleyball Bridget O’Hara Continues Family Legacy The O’Hara last name is not an uncommon name when it comes to Santa Clara University. Junior Bridget O’Hara (BO), who currently plays on the women’s volleyball team, has two parents that attended SCU. [more]
Aug 2, 2011 - Volleyball Douglas Returns to the Court Almost one year after suffering a season-ending injury, Katherine Douglas (KD) is back in her hard-hitting form. During her freshman year, Douglas took on the appearance of a veteran, recording 281 kills and 252 digs in 29 matches. As a red-shirt sophomore, Douglas, who spent part of her summer competing in Beijing, is prepared to suit up as a Bronco and take to the court once again. Douglas sat down with SantaClaraBroncos.com (SCB) to discuss her previous injury, the trip to Beijing, and what the upcoming season might look like. [more]
Aug 2, 2011 - Volleyball Megan Anders Conquers Half Dome Six hours and approximately eight miles had passed when sophomore middle blocker Megan Anders accomplished the feat of reaching Half Dome’s summit. [more]
Jul 6, 2011 - Volleyball SCU Places Record Number on 10th annual WCC Commissioner's Honor Roll With the conclusion of the 2010-11 academic year, the West Coast Conference is proud to announce the 10th annual WCC Commissioner's Honor Roll, which recognizes those student-athletes that possess at least a 3.0 GPA on a 4.0 scale. A record number 122 Bronco student-athletes made the list, besting last year's mark of 118. Santa Clara had 21 on the Gold list, 21 on the Silver list and 80 on the Bronze list. Santa Clara's student-athletes recorded a school-best 3.14 GPA during the Spring 2011 quarter as well. [more]
Jun 17, 2011 - Volleyball DAY 14!!: Volleyball's Lommori and Douglas Blog Daily from China! DAY 14!! Two of Santa Clara’s volleyball players, Katherine Douglas (Kat) and Kayla Lommori (Kayla), are currently in China participating in a tournament in Beijing and Tainjin. They are teaming up to blog about their trip and their day-to-day experiences as they encounter a new culture and new opportunities while playing volleyball for the first time in China. [more]
Jun 2, 2011 - Volleyball Douglas and Lommori Travel to China On June 7 two of Santa Clara’s outside hitters from the Bronco volleyball team Katherine Douglas and Kayla Lommori, will have the chance of a lifetime when they travel to China and participate in a tournament in Beijing and Tainjin. This BIP/USA Development team is composed of 24 women from multiple schools all over the United States. [more]
May 25, 2011 - Volleyball Broncos Finish Spring on High Note, Release Fall Schedule The Santa Clara University volleyball team released its 2011-12 schedule, including preseason matchups against top opponents 2010 Final Four participant University of Texas, SMU and University of Michigan. [more]
May 9, 2011 - Volleyball Walk 4 Pancreatic Cancer Photos Available for Purchase; Proceeds to be donated to Pancreatic Cancer Research Santa Clara's Walk4Pancreatic Cancer on Sat., May 7 was a HUGE success with more than 300 walkers. Donations are still be counted, but they are expected to exceed more than $20,000. Photos from the event are available by clicking here. [more]
May 4, 2011 - Volleyball Volleyball hosts Cal Poly Saturday and Pancreatic Cancer Walk! Santa Clara finishes its spring season of competition on Sat., May 7 when it hosts Cal Poly at 10 am in the Leavey Center. The match is free and open to the public. Prior to hosting Cal Poly, the Santa Clara volleyball team will help host the third annual Walk 4 Pancreatic Cancer Walk on the Mission Campus. Registration for the walk begins at 7:30 am and walk-ups are welcome and encouraged! The walk begins at the Leavey Center at 8:30 am. The volleyball team has raised over $55,000 in the last three years for cancer research and support. [more]
Apr 27, 2011 - Volleyball Volleyball Continues Practice with Matches at USF Tournament Saturday Splitting with UOP and Saint Mary’s before defeating Stanford 2-0 on April 14 in Palo Alto, Santa Clara will take the courts again this weekend in San Francisco to continue its Spring schedule of play. Santa Clara will play San Jose State, UC Davis, San Francisco State and Cal in the tournament hosted by USF. [more]
Apr 27, 2011 - Volleyball Palmer Working Hard in Spring Season Sophomore setter Alexandra Palmer and the rest of the Santa Clara University volleyball team is working hard in its spring season, focusing on competing and conditioning. [more]
Apr 13, 2011 - Volleyball Volleyball Adds Villanova Transfer Alyssa Anderson to Roster Santa Clara head coach Jon Wallace announced this week that Alyssa Anderson has joined the Bronco volleyball team. Anderson is a sophomore transfer from Villanova University and is a Hermosa Beach, Calif. native. [more]
Apr 12, 2011 - Volleyball Broncos Get Ready for Play at Stanford on Thursday Santa Clara will play at Stanford on Thurs., April 14 as the Bronco volleyball team continues to play its spring volleyball schedule. Santa Clara will play two sets vs. Pacific and Saint Mary’s beginning at 6:30 pm (order hasn’t been set) and then finish the evening with Stanford at 8:30 pm. The matches will be two sets each to 25. [more]
Apr 8, 2011 - Volleyball Join the Broncos at the Walk 4 Pancreatic Cancer Event on the Mission Campus May 7! On May 7th, the Santa Clara Athletic Department will be hosting our third annual Walk 4 Pancreatic Cancer Event right here on our beautiful Santa Clara University campus. Last year's event was bigger and better than the first and this one promises to be even more successful. [more]
Apr 7, 2011 - Volleyball Volleyball Opens Spring Schedule at UOP Saturday Santa Clara opens the spring volleyball season on Sat., April 9 at Pacific in a nine-team tournament in Stockton. This spring will feature a twist on competition due to new NCAA rules, but it’s one rule that won’t effect the Broncos much due to such strong volleyball competition in the Bay Area. [more]
Mar 3, 2011 - Volleyball Bronco Volleyball Hosts Third Annual Walk 4 Pancreatic Cancer Please join Santa Clara Bronco Athletics to walk in the Third annual Walk 4 Pancreatic Cancer. It is organized by Bronco head volleyball coach Jon Wallace and volleyball program along with the Morey/Mariani Family. All are invited, especially the Santa Clara Community! The walk has generated $66,000 in the last three years. All proceeds go to UCSF Pancreas Cancer Research. [more]
Feb 16, 2011 - Volleyball Santa Clara Volleyball In The Gym Getting Better Every Day The Santa Clara volleyball team may not start spring practice until March 28, but the Broncos have been working hard in the gym and the weight room this winter by focusing on strength and conditioning and individual training. Head coach Jon Wallace (JW), who enters his 13th year at Santa Clara in 2011, leading the team to the NCAA Tournament in 11 of those years, talks below about the month of January, the teams resolve to get better and gives some insight to the spring schedule. [more]
Jan 26, 2011 - Volleyball SCU Lands Eight On WCC Fall All-Academic Teams; 11 More Earn Honorable Mention The WCC Fall All-Academic teams were released today by the West Coast Conference and Santa Clara boasts 19 student-athletes on the list; eight divided amongst the teams and another 11 receiving honorable mention. Only one other school, Portland, placed more student-athletes on the conference’s all-academic lists than Santa Clara. [more]
Jan 6, 2011 - Volleyball Schmidt Stands Out on the Court and in the Classroom Santa Clara has had many super-star student-athletes walk across the Mission Campus over the years. The volleyball team has one of those currently in junior Tanya Schmidt. Named All-WCC First Team this past fall, Schmidt also stands out on the campus and in the classroom as a leader. [more]
Nov 24, 2010 - Volleyball Three Broncos Named to All-WCC Volleyball Teams Three Bronco volleyball players were named to the West Conference all-conference teams on Wednesday, including junior Tanya Schmidt, who was named to the All-WCC First Team. It is the 13th year in a row Santa Clara has had at least one person on the All-WCC First Team. Sophomores Dana Knudsen and Kaleigh Durket were both named to the WCC Honorable Mention list. [more]
Nov 18, 2010 - Volleyball Volleyball Travels to USF for Last Match Friday Santa Clara travels to San Francisco for its last volleyball match of the season vs. the Dons on Fri., Nov. 19 at 7 pm. Santa Clara will need some things to happen in the WCC, but with a win the Broncos will help themselves finish in fourth place. [more]
Nov 14, 2010 - Volleyball Volleyball Falls in 3 to Saint Mary's Saint Mary's defeated Santa Clara in straight-sets, 25-22, 25-21 and 25-14 on Saturday night at McKeon Pavilion. Santa Clara will play its last match of the season at USF on Fri., Nov. 19 at 7 pm. [more]
Nov 11, 2010 - Volleyball Volleyball Falls in Three at No. 18 San Diego Santa Clara lost in three at No. 18 San Diego on Thursday night as USD stayed undefeated in WCC play with an 11-0 record. Game scores were 25-21, 25-14 and 25-8. The Broncos played without starter Kayla Lommori who is second on the team with 3.16 kpg. Lommori suffered an ankle sprain while warming up and is expected to be out the rest of the season. [more]
Nov 11, 2010 - Volleyball Volleyball Plays at No. 18 USD and Saint Mary's This Weekend Santa Clara’s volleyball hits the road this weekend with a tough task. First the Broncos play at No. 18 San Diego on Thurs., Nov. 11 at 7 pm and then they will play at Saint Mary’s on Sat., Nov. 13 at 7 pm. USD is in first place and Saint Mary’s holds down second place in the WCC. [more]
Nov 10, 2010 - Volleyball Volleyball Inks Two on National Signing Day Santa Clara Head Volleyball Coach Jon Wallace announced the 2011 Bronco signing class on Wed., Nov. 10, 2010. The 2011 Santa Clara class includes Katy Schatzman (Presentation HS, San Jose, Calif.) and Taylor Milton (Cathedral Catholic HS, San Diego, Calif.). [more]
Nov 6, 2010 - Volleyball Volleyball Defeats Portland 3-1 on Senior Day On Bronco Volleyball Senior Day, its last home match of the season, Santa Clara defeated Portland 3-1. Game scores were 30-28, 23-25, 25-21 and 25-14. Santa Clara is 14-11 and 5-6 in the WCC. Portland is 10-17 and 3-8 in the WCC. [more]
Nov 5, 2010 - Volleyball Volleyball Wins in 4 vs. Gonzaga In its last Thursday night home match of the year, Santa Clara defeated Gonzaga 3-1. Game scores were 25-13, 14-25, 25-21 and 25-17. Santa Clara hosts Portland in its final match of the year on Sat., Nov. 6 at 1 pm. [more]
Nov 5, 2010 - Volleyball Emily Burke Reflects on Bronco Career As a senior this year she averaged nearly 10 assists per set, 2.4 digs per game and posted a .243 hitting average. [more]
Nov 3, 2010 - Volleyball Volleyball Hosts Final Two Home Matches of the Year Santa Clara volleyball plays its final two home matches this weekend. It hosts Gonzaga on Thurs., Nov. 4 at 7 pm and then Portland on Senior Day on Sat., Nov. 6 at 1 pm. Santa Clara will be celebrating four seniors on their day: Emily Burke, Alex Scoffone, Krista Kelley and Morgan Doherty. Scoffone has been unable to play the last two seasons and Kelley didn’t play this year, both due to injury. [more]
Oct 30, 2010 - Volleyball LMU Defeats Volleyball in 4 The Santa Clara volleyball team fell 3-1 to LMU on Saturday in Los Angeles. Game scores were 25-21, 24-26, 25-20 and 25-15. Santa Clara is 12-10 and 3-6 in the WCC. LMU is 14-10 and 6-3 in the WCC. [more]
Oct 28, 2010 - Volleyball Volleyball Falls in 3 at Pepperdine Santa Clara fell 3-0 on the road Thursday night to Pepperdine. Game scores were 25-15, 25-15 and 25-12. Santa Clara travels to LMU for a 1 pm match on Sat., Oct. 30 before returning home to Santa Clara. [more]
Oct 26, 2010 - Volleyball Volleyball Travels to Pepperdine and LMU This Weekend The Santa Clara volleyball team, who has won three of its last five matches, will play at Pepperdine on Thurs., Oct. 28 at 7 pm and then at LMU on Sat., Oct. 30 at 1 pm. Santa Clara returns home next weekend to host its last two matches of the year, a 7 pm contest vs. Gonzaga on Thurs., Nov. 4 and then a 1 pm match vs. Portland on Sat., Nov. 6. [more]
Oct 22, 2010 - Volleyball Volleyball Cruises in Four over USF The Santa Clara volleyball team defeated rival San Francisco 3-1 on Friday night as the Broncos hosted DIG PINK! to raise money and awareness for Breast Cancer. Game scores were 25-11, 25-22, 25-27 and 25-17. Santa Clara is 12-9 and 3-4 in the WCC. USF is 3-17 and 1-6 in the WCC. [more]
Oct 20, 2010 - Volleyball Volleyball Hosts USF Friday Santa Clara’s volleyball team has a single match this week and it’s important. The Broncos will host DIG PINK! vs. rival San Francisco on Fri., Oct. 22 at 6 pm in the Leavey Center. Fans are encouraged to wear pink and donate money for Breast Cancer research at the Leavey Center table. [more]
Oct 19, 2010 - Volleyball Volleyball to Host DIG PINK match vs. USF Friday The Santa Clara volleyball team will host DIG PINK on Fri., Oct. 22 at 6 pm vs. rival USF. With Santa Clara wearing pink during the match, all proceeds collected from the DIG PINK match will be donated to a local Breast Cancer Care Center. Santa Clara is encouraging all fans to make a donation at the match at the Leavey Center on Friday; and of course, to wear pink! [more]
Oct 16, 2010 - Volleyball No. 23 San Diego defeats SCU in Volleyball The Santa Clara volleyball team fell 3-0 to No. 23 San Diego on Saturday. Game scores were 25-21, 25-20 and 25-18. Santa Clara is 11-9 and 2-4 in the WCC. San Diego is 15-4 and 5-0 in the WCC. Remaining at home, Santa Clara hosts rival USF Fri., Oct. 22 at 6 pm in the Leavey Center. [more]
Oct 15, 2010 - Volleyball Volleyball Falls in 4 to St. Mary's Santa Clara fell 3-1 to rival St. Mary’s on Thursday night. Game scores were 26-24, 21-25, 25-20 and 25-16. Santa Clara is 11-8 and 2-3 in the WCC. Saint Mary’s is 11-6 and 3-1 in the WCC. [more]
Oct 13, 2010 - Volleyball Volleyball Returns Home to Host 2 of the WCC’s Top Teams (Ruff Riders READ THIS!) Fresh off a 2-0 road weekend, Santa Clara, 11-7 and 2-2 in the WCC, returns home to host two of three teams in the WCC on the volleyball court. Santa Clara will host defending league champion Saint Mary’s, 10-6 and 2-1 in the WCC, on Thurs., Oct. 14 at 7 pm in the Leavey Center. No. 23 San Diego, currently in first place of the WCC standings, rolls into town on Sat., Oct. 16 for a 1 pm tilt with the Broncos. [more]
Oct 10, 2010 - Volleyball Volleyball Hands Gonzaga a 3-1 loss; Return Home Thurs. vs. No. 25 Saint Mary's Handing Gonzaga its 16th-straight loss, Zags have now lost 16-straight, Santa Clara finished off a 2-0 weekend on the road with a 3-1 win in Spokane. Santa Clara returns home for three straight matches starting Thurs., Oct. 14 when it hosts No. 25 Saint Mary's at 7 pm, No. 23 San Diego at 1 pm on Sat., Oct. 16 and finally USF at 6 pm on Fri., Oct. 22. [more]
Oct 8, 2010 - Volleyball Volleyball Wins in 3 at Portland The Santa Clara volleyball team defeated Portland 3-0 Thursday night in Portland. Game scores were 27-25, 25-18 and 25-20. Santa Clara is now 10-6 and 1-2 in the WCC. Porlant falls to 7-8 and 0-3 in the WCC. [more]
Oct 6, 2010 - Volleyball Volleyball Travels to Portland, Gonzaga This Weekend Santa Clara will travel to Portland and Gonzaga this weekend to open its 2010 WCC volleyball road schedule. It will play at Portland on Thurs., Oct. 7 at 7 pm and then at Gonzaga on Sat., Oct. 9 at Noon. [more]
Oct 2, 2010 - Volleyball Pepperdine Drops Santa Clara 3-1 Saturday Pepperdine University rallied from behind, scoring six-straight points to close out set three, claiming the momentum and eventually the match with Santa Clara University, beating the Broncos 3-1 Saturday at the Leavey Center. [more]
Oct 1, 2010 - Volleyball Standout Williamson Looks Forward to Conference Games A huge Southern California standout in high school and No. 2 on the team with 2.94 digs per game, Lexi Williamson (LW) discusses the 2010 season, her importance as an outside hitter and Coach Jon Wallace. [more]
Sep 30, 2010 - Volleyball Volleyball Falls in 3 to LMU Santa Clara fell 3-0 to LMU in its opening match of 2010 WCC play on Thursday night. Game scores were 25-22, 25-18 and 25-23. Santa Clara is 9-6 and 0-1 in the WCC and LMU is 8-7 and 1-0 in the WCC. Santa Clara hosts Pepperdine on Sat., Oct. 2 at 1 pm in the Leavey Center. [more]
Sep 29, 2010 - Volleyball Volleyball Opens WCC Slate at Home Thursday Santa Clara (9-5), winners of five league titles including 2005 and ’07, opens WCC play this weekend at home in Leavey Center. The Broncos host LMU (7-7) on Thurs., Sept. 30 at 7 pm and then Pepperdine (8-5) on Sat., Oct. 2 at 1 pm. [more]
Sep 26, 2010 - Volleyball Volleyball Defeats Seattle in 3 Santa Clara closed out its non-conference slate with a 3-0 win over Seattle in the Leavey Center on Sunday. Game scores were 25-21, 25-22 and 25-17. Santa Clara is 9-5 and Seattle is 7-10. Santa Clara will now prepare to open WCC play on Thurs., Sept. 30 at 7 pm vs. LMU, 6-6, and then Sat., Oct. 2 at 1 pm vs. Pepperdine. [more]
Sep 23, 2010 - Volleyball Volleyball Hosts Seattle Sunday Santa Clara, 8-5, plays its final non-conference match of the year vs. Seattle on Sun., Sept. 26 at 1 pm. Seattle, 7-8, plays USF prior to coming to Santa Clara and is already 2-0 vs. the WCC this year with 3-2 wins over at Gonzaga and vs. Portland. The Seattle match is the Broncos’ lone match of the week as they prepare to open WCC play on Thurs., Sept. 30 at 7 pm vs. LMU, 6-6, and then Sat., Oct. 2 at 1 pm vs. Pepperdine, 8-5. [more]
Sep 22, 2010 - Volleyball Rambis Hopes to Continue Father's Legacy at SCU One of Santa Clara University’s newest volleyball players, freshman Ali Rambis, is having a smooth transition from high school to college on and off the court. [more]
Sep 19, 2010 - Volleyball Volleyball Falls in 5 to Delaware Santa Clara fell in five sets to Delaware in its last match of the Notre Dame Invitational. Game scores were 18-25, 25-23, 25-22, 20-25 and 15-10. Santa Clara is 8-5 and Delaware is 8-5. Santa Clara is 2-3 in five game sets this year, including a 3-2 win at DePaul last Wednesday and a 3-2 loss to Notre Dame Invite champion No. 20 Dayton on Friday. [more]
Sep 18, 2010 - Volleyball Volleyball Wins in 3 at Notre Dame Behind the 15 kills of sophomore Kayla Lommori, Santa Clara defeated Notre Dame in straight sets in on Saturday night in the feature match of the Notre Dame Invitational. Game scores were 25-18, 25-19 and 26-24. Santa Clara moves to 8-4 and Notre Dame falls to 7-4. [more]
Sep 17, 2010 - Volleyball Volleyball Falls in 5 to No. 20 Dayton In its first match of the Notre Dame Invitational on Friday, Santa Clara fell in five sets to No. 20 Dayton. Game scores were 25-12, 25-19, 16-25, 21-25 and 15-9. Santa Clara is 2-2 in five-set matches this year and 0-2 vs. top 20 teams. [more]
Sep 15, 2010 - Volleyball Volleyball Wins in 5 at DePaul In its first of four matches in the Midwest the next five days, Santa Clara needed five sets to take care of Big East Conference foe DePaul Wednesday night in Chicago. Set scores were 25-20, 25-20, 23-25, 23-25 and 15-6 Santa Clara is 7-3 and DePaul is 1-8. [more]
Sep 15, 2010 - Volleyball O'Hara Key Component to Broncos Success this Season Santa Clara University’s volleyball team has started the 2010 season strong despite injuries at key positions. This is largely due to the play and leadership of junior captain from San Jose, Bridget O’Hara , who leads the Broncos with 166 digs as of September 13. [more]
Sep 14, 2010 - Volleyball Knudsen Named WCC Player of the Week Santa Clara sophomore middle blocker Dana Knudsen, a 6-3 native of Elk Grove, Calif., was named the West Coast Conference Player of the Week on Monday. She hit a combined .527 last weekend as the Broncos posted a 2-1 record at the Santa Clara Invitational. [more]
Sep 13, 2010 - Volleyball Volleyball Heads to Midwest for Play This Week Santa Clara, 6-3, travels to the Midwest this week to play four matches, including three as part of the Notre Dame Invitational in South Bend, Ind. After this weekend, the Broncos will have played 10 of its first 13 matches on the road. [more]
Sep 11, 2010 - Volleyball Volleyball Falls in 4 to CSU Northridge In its second match of the day, Santa Clara fell 3-1 to CSU Northridge. Set scores were 25-22, 25-22, 14-25 and 25-23. Santa Clara is 5-3 and CSU Northridge is 3-5. Santa Clara hosts CSU Bakersfield Sat., Sept. 11 at 11 am to close out play in the Santa Clara Invitational. [more]
Sep 11, 2010 - Volleyball Volleyball Defeats CSU Bakersfield in 3 Hitting a season-high .500 on the volleyball court, Santa Clara defeated CSU Bakersfield Saturday morning in the match of the Santa Clara Invitational. Game scores were 25-17, 25-12 and 25-20. Santa Clara is 6-3 and CSU Bakersfield is 0-10. [more]
Sep 10, 2010 - Volleyball Volleyball Defeats Portland State in 3 Opening the 2010 home volleyball season at the Leavey Center, Santa Clara won in three sets vs. Portland State this morning. Game scores were 25-12, 25-20 and 25-13. Santa Clara is 5-2 and Portland State is 3-5. Santa Clara will continue play later this evening when it hosts CSU Northridge at 7 pm in the Leavey Center. [more]
Sep 9, 2010 - Volleyball Volleyball Opens 2010 Home Slate on Friday vs. Portland State Santa Clara’s volleyball team, 4-2, hosts its first three home matches of the season this weekend at the Leavey Center, starting off with Portland State at 11 am on Fri., Sept. 10. It will follow up with a match vs. CSU Northridge at 7 pm on Friday night and conclude play for the weekend with an 11 am match on Sat., Sept. 11 vs. CSU Bakersfield. [more]
Sep 5, 2010 - Volleyball Volleyball Loses in 5 at Pacific Playing in the final match of Pacific’s Bankers Classic, Santa Clara, playing its third match in four nights, fell 3-2 at Pacific on Saturday night. Since the Bankers Classic's inception in 1979, Pacific has won 17 of the tournament's 32 championships. Game scores were 25-20, 25-20, 23-25, 18-25 and 9-15. [more]
Sep 3, 2010 - Volleyball Volleyball Wins Fourth Straight, Defeats Idaho Playing its second straight weeknight match in its second city, Santa Clara defeated the Big Sky Conference member Idaho 3-1. Game scores were 25-23, 23-25, 25-21 and 25-23. Santa Clara is 4-1 and Idaho is 2-2. [more]
Sep 1, 2010 - Volleyball Volleyball Wins 3-0 at Sac State Santa Clara, led by the balanced attack of sophomore Kayla Lommori’s match-high 16 kills, collected a 3-0 win at Sacramento State Wednesday night in its first match of three to be played in the next four days. Santa Clara is 3-1 and Sac State moves to 2-2. [more]
Aug 31, 2010 - Volleyball Volleyball Plays at Sac State Wednesday, UOP This Weekend With defending WCC Player of the Week in tow this week in Kaleigh Durket, Santa Clara’s volleyball team, 2-1, will play at Sac State on Wed., Sept. 1 at 7 pm before heading to Stockton to take on Idaho Thurs., Sept. 2 at 7 pm and then-host Pacific on Sat., Sept. 4 at 7 pm. [more]
Aug 30, 2010 - Volleyball Durket Named WCC Player of the Week Kaleigh Durket, a sophomore transfer from Colgate who was named to the Fresno State Classic All-Tournament team after helping her team to a 2-1 record by posting back-to-back matches with 20+ kills in the Broncos’ last two matches, was named the West Coast Conference Player of the Week Monday. [more]
Aug 28, 2010 - Volleyball Volleyball Posts Wins Over Fresno State, UC Riverside Santa Clara posted a 2-0 record on Saturday in its final day of play at the Fresno State Classic with a 3-1 win over host-Fresno State and a 3-2 come-from-behind win over UC-Riverside. Santa Clara is 2-1 on the young season and plays at Sacramento State on Wed., Sept. 1 before playing Idaho and Pacific in Stockton next weekend. [more]
Aug 27, 2010 - Volleyball Volleyball Falls in Season Opener to No. 20 Oregon Opening the season on the road, Santa Clara fell 3-0 to No. 20 Oregon Friday evening. Game scores were 25-23, 25-20 and 25-14. Santa Clara plays Fresno State at Noon on Saturday and then UC Riverside at 5 pm to close out its play in the Fresno State Classic. [more]
Aug 27, 2010 - Volleyball Volleyball Opens 2010 Season vs. No. 20 Oregon The Santa Clara volleyball team will open its 2010 season vs. No. 20 Oregon on Fri., Aug. 27 at 5 pm at the Fresno State Classic in Fresno, Calif. Santa Clara has done a lot of work on and off the court to get ready for this season. [more]
Aug 16, 2010 - Volleyball Volleyball Gets Ready for Fall Season, Knudsen named to the All-WCC Preseason Team The Santa Clara volleyball team, in the midst of two-a-day practices in preseason, were picked by the West Coast Conference head coaches to finish fourth this season. Playing in 11 of the last 12 NCAA Tournaments, sophomore Dana Knudsen was also named to the preseason All-WCC volleyball team. [more]
Aug 12, 2010 - Volleyball Palmer, Healthy and Excited for Upcoming Season After an off-season of recuperation and tough training, Palmer is healthy and excited for what her and her teammates will bring to the court in the fall. [more]
Aug 3, 2010 - Volleyball SCU Bronco Season Tickets On Sale Now! Santa Clara University is happy to announce all, especially Bronco fans, families, alums and visiting opponents, they can now purchase 2010-11 season tickets and single game tickets on its athletic website (www.SantaClaraBroncos.com). [more]
Jul 13, 2010 - Volleyball Knudsen, Fresh off Trip to China, Ready for Season Sophomore Dana Knudsen took advantage of Santa Clara's unique opportunity for students and spent two weeks in China as part of a program for the Leavey School of Business. [more]
Jun 30, 2010 - Volleyball Kayla Lommori Gets Set for Sophomore Season Sophomore Kayla Lommori (KL) provided a much-needed spark as an outside hitter for the Bronco volleyball in her rookie campaign. [more]
Apr 27, 2010 - Volleyball Emily Burke, Transfer Making Big Impact at SCU Santa Clara volleyball player Emily Burke (EB), a junior, an outstanding Western Athletic Conference setter, transferred from San Jose State University and played the first season as the Bronco family last season. [more]
Apr 20, 2010 - Volleyball Come join us in the Walk for Pancreatic Cancer Sat., May 8! Please come join us for the 2nd annual Pancreatic Cancer Walk in Northern California! Take a stroll on one of California's most beautiful college campus', Santa Clara University. [more]
Apr 12, 2010 - Volleyball Volleyball Starts Spring Practice The Santa Clara volleyball team started spring practice on April 9. The Broncos will be looking to clinch their 12th NCAA Tournament bid in 13 years in 2010. [more]
Apr 8, 2010 - Volleyball Volleyball Begins Spring Practice Friday Retooling this spring with visions of clinching its 12th NCAA Tournament bid in 13 years in 2010, the Santa Clara volleyball team will begin spring practice on Fri., April 9. [more]
Feb 22, 2010 - Volleyball Volleyball Announces 2009 Team Awards at Team's Annual Banquet Santa Clara held its annual volleyball banquet to honor the seniors on Feb. 20, 2010 at the Adobe Lodge on campus. The banquet, attended by the entire team, coaching staff and and many members of their families and administration. [more]
Feb 10, 2010 - Volleyball Doherty sisters continue the athletic tradition [more]
Feb 2, 2010 - Volleyball 19 from Santa Clara named to All-WCC Academic Teams [more]
Nov 25, 2009 - Volleyball Davigeadono and Knudsen Named to All-WCC Volleyball Team [more]
Nov 21, 2009 - Volleyball Senior Day for Volleyball, SCU defeats LMU [more]
Nov 20, 2009 - Volleyball At The Net With Dana Knudsen [more]
Nov 19, 2009 - Volleyball Santa Clara Beats WCC Rival Pepperdine in Five [more]
Nov 18, 2009 - Volleyball Volleyball Closes Out Regular Season with 2 Home Matches [more]
Nov 16, 2009 - Volleyball Serving Aces With Volleyball's Katherine Douglas [more]
Nov 14, 2009 - Volleyball Volleyball Falls at Portland [more]
Nov 12, 2009 - Volleyball Volleyball defeats Gonzaga 3-1 [more]
Nov 11, 2009 - Volleyball Volleyball Travels to Pacific Northwest for two WCC Contests [more]
Nov 7, 2009 - Volleyball Volleyball Falls 3-1 to Saint Mary's [more]
Nov 5, 2009 - Volleyball Volleyball Falls 3-2 to No. 22 San Diego [more]
Nov 4, 2009 - Volleyball Volleyball to host WCC League Leaders USD and SMC [more]
Oct 30, 2009 - Volleyball Volleyball Tops USF 3-1 [more]
Oct 29, 2009 - Volleyball WHAT WILL YOU BE FOR THE BRONCO HALLOWEEN PARTY AT VOLLEYBALL? [more]
Oct 26, 2009 - Volleyball Volleyball's Davigeadono named WCC Player of the Week [more]
Oct 24, 2009 - Volleyball Volleyball Wins in Five at Pepperdine [more]
Oct 23, 2009 - Volleyball Santa Clara's Wallace Talks Volleyball [more]
Oct 22, 2009 - Volleyball Volleyball Travels to LMU, Pepperdine this weekend [more]
Oct 22, 2009 - Volleyball Santa Clara volleyball wins at LMU, 3-1 [more]
Oct 17, 2009 - Volleyball Santa Clara Volleyball Falls in 5 vs. Gonzaga [more]
Oct 16, 2009 - Volleyball PINK is the Santa Clara Broncos color of the day Saturday! [more]
Oct 15, 2009 - Volleyball Volleyball Defeats Portland 3-1 [more]
Oct 14, 2009 - Volleyball Santa Clara Volleyball Hosts Portland and Gonzaga [more]
Oct 11, 2009 - Volleyball Volleyball Falls 3-1 at No. 24 USD. [more]
Oct 8, 2009 - Volleyball Volleyball falls 3-2 at Saint Mary's [more]
Oct 7, 2009 - Volleyball Volleyball Gears Up for Road ... Again [more]
Oct 6, 2009 - Volleyball Broncos Featured on WCC Live Wednesday [more]
Oct 5, 2009 - Volleyball Volleyball Hosts Gonzaga on DIG PINK Day on Sat., Oct. 17 at 1 pm [more]
Oct 2, 2009 - Volleyball Volleyball Falls at USF [more]
Oct 1, 2009 - Volleyball Volleyball ready to open WCC season at USF [more]
Sep 28, 2009 - Volleyball Knudsen Named WCC Player of the Week [more]
Sep 26, 2009 - Volleyball Volleyball Defeats St. Francis 3-0 [more]
Sep 25, 2009 - Volleyball Volleyball Splits in Day One of Penn Tourney [more]
Sep 23, 2009 - Volleyball Volleyball Plays in City of Brotherly Love [more]
Sep 20, 2009 - Volleyball Volleyball defeats Seattle 3-0 [more]
Sep 18, 2009 - Volleyball Volleyball defeats Idaho 3-1 [more]
Sep 18, 2009 - Volleyball Volleyball Wins at Cal Poly [more]
Sep 17, 2009 - Volleyball Davigeadono Can't Believe She's a Senior! [more]
Sep 16, 2009 - Volleyball All in the Family [more]
Sep 16, 2009 - Volleyball Volleyball Falls 3-1 at UC Santa Barbara [more]
Sep 15, 2009 - Volleyball Volleyball Travels to UCSB and Cal Poly Tournament [more]
Sep 12, 2009 - Volleyball Santa Clara Volleyball Defeats Utah 3-0 [more]
Sep 11, 2009 - Volleyball Meet Santa Clara Volleyball's Krista Kelley [more]
Sep 10, 2009 - Volleyball Santa Clara Falls to No. 25 Arizona in Home Opener [more]
Sep 9, 2009 - Volleyball Bronco Sports TV Previews Soccer, Volleyball [more]
Sep 9, 2009 - Volleyball Meet Volleyball's Katherine Douglas! [more]
Sep 8, 2009 - Volleyball Volleyball's Kelley named Tournament Most Valuable Player [more]
Sep 5, 2009 - Volleyball SCU defeats CSU Bakersfield 3-1 at Sac State Invitational [more]
Sep 5, 2009 - Volleyball Volleyball defeats Hornets 3-2 to win Sac State Invitational [more]
Sep 4, 2009 - Volleyball Volleyball Travels to Sac State Tournament [more]
Sep 4, 2009 - Volleyball SCU wins 3-0 vs. UC Riverside in first match of Sac State Invite [more]
Aug 30, 2009 - Volleyball No. 25 Santa Clara Volleyball Falls 3-1 No. 7 Hawaii [more]
Aug 30, 2009 - Volleyball No. 25 Santa Clara defeats Western Michigan 3-2 [more]
Aug 29, 2009 - Volleyball No. 25 SCU Volleyball falls in season opener to No. 9 UCLA [more]
Aug 25, 2009 - Volleyball No. 20/25 Santa Clara travels to Hawaii Invitational [more]
Aug 18, 2009 - Volleyball Volleyball Ranked No. 25 in AVCA Coaches Preseason Poll [more]
Aug 12, 2009 - Volleyball Dowd and Scoffone Done Playing College Volleyball Due to Injury [more]
Aug 12, 2009 - Volleyball Volleyball Ranked in Top 20 by Volleyball magazine [more]
Aug 4, 2009 - Volleyball Santa Clara Tabbed Fourth in WCC Preseason Volleyball Coaches Poll [more]
Jul 30, 2009 - Volleyball Santa Clara Volleyball Hires Debra Robertson as an Assistant Coach [more]
Jul 23, 2009 - Volleyball Volleyball 2009 Season Preview [more]
Jul 14, 2009 - Volleyball How Santa Clara Volleyball's Schmidt is Spending Her Summer [more]
Jul 13, 2009 - Volleyball Volleyball's Krista Kelley Checks In [more]
SCU Athletics Launch Fall Editions of Interactive Virtual Guides With hundreds of pictures and tons of video, the Santa Clara University athletic department launched Monday morning the latest versions of its online, interactive, virtual guides for men’s and women’s soccer and volleyball. [more]
Bronco Weekly Sports Wrap: Oct. 25, 2011 Bronco Weekly Sports Wrap features Santa Clara student-athletes John Nash (water polo) and Lauren Matheson (women's soccer). This week the Wrap features interviews with WCC Player of the Week Dana Knudsen (volleyball), basketball assistant coach Sam Scholl and guard Kevin Foster, women's basketball players Megan Fulps and Alyssa Shoji, All-American James Case (water polo) and Bridgett Miller and All-American Bianca Henninger (women's soccer). [more]
May 22, 2012 - Volleyball Walk 4 Pancreatic Cancer Raises Almost $30,000! Helping raise almost $30,000 for cancer research (as of May 22), the Santa Clara volleyball team hosted the fourth annual Walk 4 Pancreatic Cancer on the Mission Campus on May 12. The Walk 4 Pancreatic Cancer has raised more than $83,000 since its start in 2009 with all proceeds being donated to the UCSF Foundation. [more]
Nov 8, 2011 - Volleyball Volleyball Returns Home to Host Gonzaga Thursday and Portland Saturday Santa Clara returns home to host three of its last four matches this season. Santa Clara will host Gonzaga on Thurs., Nov. 10 at 6 pm and then Portland on Sat., Nov. 12 at 1 pm. It will travel to San Diego on Thurs., Nov. 17 for a 6 pm match before returning home for Senior Day, its final match of the season, vs. Saint Mary’s at 1 pm Sat., Nov. 19. [more]
Feb 9, 2012 - Volleyball Volleyball's Kayla Lommori Pumped About Santa Clara's Future There are a lot of terrific changes going on with Santa Clara volleyball these days, including adding two new assistant coaches with fantastic backgrounds and a new sports performance coach as well. Rising senior Kayla Lommori, a three-year starter, is excited about the changes and looking forward to spring training. Check out her answers below. [more]

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