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COLLEGE ROUNDUP: MERIWETHER HAS RECORD HITTING DAY.


Byline: Daily News

Senior middle blocker Nana Meriwether set a UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles
UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University)
UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX
 women's volleyball single-match record Saturday by committing only one hitting error in 24 attempts en route to a 22-kill effort, leading the Bruins to a 31-29, 30-28, 30-15 victory over Florida in the Hawaiian Airlines Wahine wa·hi·ne   also va·hi·ne
n.
1. Hawaii A Polynesian woman.

2. Sports A woman surfer.



[Hawaiian, from Proto-Polynesian *fafine.
 Classic in Honolulu.

Meriwether hit .875 to help UCLA (5-0), ranked 10th in the American Volleyball Coaches Association/College Sports TV national poll, rally from six-point deficits in the first two games.

Sophomore outside hitter Ali Daley added 15 kills and 11 digs and sophomore setter Nellie Spicer contributed 53 assists for the Bruins, who buried the fifth-ranked Gators (3-1) in third by scoring 22 of the match's final 29 points.

Florida had swept No. 7 Hawaii earlier in the day. UCLA closes the tournament against Hawaii (2-1) at 8 p.m. PDT PDT
abbr.
Pacific Daylight Time


PDT Pacific Daylight Time

PDT n abbr (US) (= Pacific Daylight Time) → hora de verano del Pacífico

PDT 
 today.

Pepperdine survives in five: Sophia Milo Milo, athlete of ancient Greece
Milo (mī`lō) or Milon (mī`lŏn), fl. 500 B.C., athlete of ancient Greece, b. Crotona.
 recorded a career-high 21 kills and blocked Cal Poly's Kylie Atherstone on match point to lead Pepperdine's women's volleyball team to a 26-30, 30-20, 26-30, 30-22, 16-14 victory in the final match of the Asics Classic at Firestone Fieldhouse.

Milo, a senior middle blocker who was selected tournament MVP (Multimedia Video Processor) A high-speed DSP chip from Texas Instruments, introduced in 1994. Officially introduced as the TMS320C80, it combines RISC technology with the functionality of four DSPs on one chip. , added seven blocks to help the 19th-ranked Waves (2-3) share the tournament title with Cal Poly (5-1) and Texas (3-1).

The eighth-ranked Longhorns defeated Pepperdine in four games Friday and Cal Poly stunned Texas with a come-from-behind five-game victory earlier Saturday.

Sophomore outside hitter Julie Rubenstein had 16 kills and nine digs, senior libero Libero can refer to:
  • Libero (soccer), a more versatile type of centre back in soccer
  • Libero (volleyball), a player specialized in defensive skills in volleyball
  • Mitsubishi Libero, the Japanese market name of the Mitsubishi Lancer wagon
 Kekai Crabbe contributed 35 digs and freshman setter Kiah Fiers recorded 60 assists for Pepperdine, which fought off a match point at 14-13 in the fifth to score the final three, all on Cal Poly errors.

Rubenstein had 12 kills and Milo added 10 in the Waves' 30-17, 30-17, 30-26 victory over Long Island earlier Saturday.

Freshman setter Taylor Carico recorded 62 assists, eight digs, three kills and two blocks as USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code.  defeated No. 24 Utah 30-25, 30-21, 30-32, 30-24 at the USC/LMU Classic.

Diane Copenhagen led No.14 USC (5-0), which defeated its first ranked opponent this season, with 23 kills and Jessica Gysin added 14 kills and 10digs.

USC plays No. 11 Tennessee (5-0) at 4 p.m. today at the Lyon Center.

Loyola Marymount (4-2) rebounded from a four-game loss Friday to Tennessee to record two victories Saturday at Gersten Pavilion in the USC/LMU Classic, defeating North Carolina 26-30, 30-24, 30-27, 30-28, which followed a 30-15, 30-20, 30-26 sweep of Fresno State.

Christianna Reneau led the Lions with 22 kills and 21 digs against North Carolina. Heather Hughes had 17 kills and 15 digs, and Emily Day and Jania Motton added 12 kills each for LMU LMU Ludwig Maximilians Universität (München)
LMU Loyola Marymount University
LMU Leeds Metropolitan University (UK)
LMU Lincoln Memorial University
LMU Location Measurement Unit
.

Hughes contributed 13 kills and nine digs and Motton recorded 10 against Fresno State.

Bruins no match for No.1: UCLA surrendered goals four minutes apart midway through the first half Saturday and never recovered, dropping a 4-1 men's soccer decision in front of 4,020 at reigning NCAA NCAA
abbr.
National Collegiate Athletic Association
 champion Maryland in a game postponed a day to escape heavy rains produced by Tropical Storm Eduardo.

Former Highland High of Palmdale star Maxwell Griffin scored in the 60th minute for the No. 6 Bruins (0-1-1), trimming top-ranked Maryland's lead to 3-1. The Terrapins (3-0-0), who recovered from a 4-0 early-season loss to UCLA last season to win their first title, took command on goals by Jason Herrick in the 25th minute and Stephen King in the 29th.

No. 19 Cal State Northridge (0-1-1) also fell in the East, losing 2-1 at West Virginia despite outfiring the Mountaineers 22-9. Dan Stratford set up goals by Andy Wright and Jarrod Smith in the first 20 minutes. Ferie Fe´rie

n. 1. A holiday.
 Agwu halved the Matadors' deficit 11 minutes into the second half.

Loyola Marymount, ranked 14th by Soccer America, won its home opener, beating Marquette 2-1 behind goals by Bobby Burling Burling may refer to:
  • Carroll Burling
  • Daniel Burling
  • Robbins Burling

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 and Brad Stisser.

The Master's routed Simpson 8-0 as Ewout Van Rhee scored four goals and Rob Miller added two goals and three assists.

LMU runner starts strong: Loyola Marymount's Laura Mickelson won Cal State Fullerton's annual Season Opener cross country meet at Brea's Carbon Canyon Park, covering 5,000 meters in 17 minutes, 10seconds to capture the women's title by more than a minute.
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