Friday, April 14
San Luis Obispo, Calif.
1:45 P.M.
vs
TCU
Photo by: Kyle Calzia / Cal Poly Athletics
Mustangs Host Seven Ranked Teams Friday, Saturday for Fourth Annual Center of Effort Challenge
4/12/2023 1:13:00 PM | Beach Volleyball
FULL TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. — The premiere regular season college beach volleyball event in the country is getting even bigger this year. This Friday and Saturday, April 14 & 15, Cal Poly will host seven nationally ranked teams, five that are ranked in the top six in the nation, at Swanson Beach Volleyball Complex for the fourth annual Center of Effort Beach Volleyball Challenge. The Mustangs (11-19) will welcome some of the best teams in the country to San Luis Obispo this weekend in No. 1 TCU, last year's NCAA champion in No. 2 USC, No. 3 UCLA, No. 4 Florida State, No. 6 LMU, No. 11 Long Beach State, and No. 19 Pepperdine.
This year's COE format will be a bit different than years past. This year, there will be two pools of four teams. Each team will play the three others that are in their pool and based on results, the fourth place team in pool A will play the fourth place team in pool B, third place in Pool A will be third place in Pool B, second place in Pool A will face second place in Pool B, and the championship match will pit the winners of each pool against each other.
Pool 'A' will consist of Cal Poly, No. 1 TCU, No. 3 UCLA, and No. 19 Pepperdine. Pool 'B' will feature No. 2 USC, No. 4 Florida State, No. 6 LMU, and No. 11 Long Beach State. Each team will play two matches each day.
On Friday, the Mustangs will face No. 1 TCU at 1:45 p.m. and No. 19 Pepperdine at 6:45 p.m. Friday will also be senior night with seven Mustangs being honored in a ceremony prior to the start of the match against Pepperdine. The seven players being honored are Erika Foreman, Brooke Golik, Kalee Graff, Susie Lloyd, Jayelin Lombard, Delaney Peranich, and Josie Ulrich.
Saturday, Cal Poly will wrap up pool play at 11:30 a.m. against No. 3 UCLA. They will then have one more match later that day with the time and opponent depending on the results of their first three matches and the matches in Pool 'B'.
A heads up for fans planning to attend that Cal Poly's Open House will be happening Friday and Saturday and will cause heavy traffic on campus and road closures. For more info, click HERE. There will be eight total matches played each day of the tournament. A full schedule of each day's matches can be found below. All the matches will be have courts one and two streamed live by the AVP with Cal Poly's matches airing on ESPN+ and the non-Cal Poly matches streamed on the Bally Sports Live App. There will also be live stats for each match. Links to all those can be found HERE. The Center of Effort Beach Volleyball Challenge is an annual event, attracting top collegiate volleyball programs to San Luis Obispo and has become a premier in-season tournament in collegiate beach volleyball. Center of Effort's vintners, Bill and Cheryl Swanson, are supporters of the Swanson Beach Volleyball Complex and have been instrumental in the vision for this weekend's event. The No. 1 Horned Frogs are in the midst of an historic season. They are undefeated at 28-0 and have been ranked No. 1 in the AVCA poll for six straight weeks. They have 13 wins over ranked opponents, including having already beat No. 2 USC, No. 4 Florida State, and No. 19 Pepperdine earlier this season. They have seven pairs who have at least 20 wins on the season. The Mustangs are 3-3 all-time against TCU, although the Horned Frogs won the last meeting last season 3-2. The No. 19 Waves come in 15-7 overall and winners of four of their last five matches. Their No. 2 pair of Kate Clermont and Savannah Standage lead the team in wins with a 14-3 record. Cal Poly has won the last three matchups with Pepperdine but the Waves lead the all-time series 7-4. The No. 3 Bruins, two-time NCAA champions in 2018 and 2019, come in 26-2 and winners of five straight matches. They are coming off wins last weekend over No. 9 Cal, No. 10 Stanford, No. 13 Washington, and Arizona. Their primary No. 4 pairing this season of Rileigh Powers and Haley Hallgren are undefeated this season at 25-0. The Mustangs will be seeking their first win over the Bruins as they are 0-11 all-time. This weekend will be good preparation for the Mustangs for the postseason as it will mark the final regular season matches of the season before next week's Big West Championships in Honolulu where the team will be seeking to win its fourth consecutive conference title.
Friday, April 14
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. — The premiere regular season college beach volleyball event in the country is getting even bigger this year. This Friday and Saturday, April 14 & 15, Cal Poly will host seven nationally ranked teams, five that are ranked in the top six in the nation, at Swanson Beach Volleyball Complex for the fourth annual Center of Effort Beach Volleyball Challenge. The Mustangs (11-19) will welcome some of the best teams in the country to San Luis Obispo this weekend in No. 1 TCU, last year's NCAA champion in No. 2 USC, No. 3 UCLA, No. 4 Florida State, No. 6 LMU, No. 11 Long Beach State, and No. 19 Pepperdine.
This year's COE format will be a bit different than years past. This year, there will be two pools of four teams. Each team will play the three others that are in their pool and based on results, the fourth place team in pool A will play the fourth place team in pool B, third place in Pool A will be third place in Pool B, second place in Pool A will face second place in Pool B, and the championship match will pit the winners of each pool against each other.
Pool 'A' will consist of Cal Poly, No. 1 TCU, No. 3 UCLA, and No. 19 Pepperdine. Pool 'B' will feature No. 2 USC, No. 4 Florida State, No. 6 LMU, and No. 11 Long Beach State. Each team will play two matches each day.
On Friday, the Mustangs will face No. 1 TCU at 1:45 p.m. and No. 19 Pepperdine at 6:45 p.m. Friday will also be senior night with seven Mustangs being honored in a ceremony prior to the start of the match against Pepperdine. The seven players being honored are Erika Foreman, Brooke Golik, Kalee Graff, Susie Lloyd, Jayelin Lombard, Delaney Peranich, and Josie Ulrich.
Saturday, Cal Poly will wrap up pool play at 11:30 a.m. against No. 3 UCLA. They will then have one more match later that day with the time and opponent depending on the results of their first three matches and the matches in Pool 'B'.A heads up for fans planning to attend that Cal Poly's Open House will be happening Friday and Saturday and will cause heavy traffic on campus and road closures. For more info, click HERE. There will be eight total matches played each day of the tournament. A full schedule of each day's matches can be found below. All the matches will be have courts one and two streamed live by the AVP with Cal Poly's matches airing on ESPN+ and the non-Cal Poly matches streamed on the Bally Sports Live App. There will also be live stats for each match. Links to all those can be found HERE. The Center of Effort Beach Volleyball Challenge is an annual event, attracting top collegiate volleyball programs to San Luis Obispo and has become a premier in-season tournament in collegiate beach volleyball. Center of Effort's vintners, Bill and Cheryl Swanson, are supporters of the Swanson Beach Volleyball Complex and have been instrumental in the vision for this weekend's event. The No. 1 Horned Frogs are in the midst of an historic season. They are undefeated at 28-0 and have been ranked No. 1 in the AVCA poll for six straight weeks. They have 13 wins over ranked opponents, including having already beat No. 2 USC, No. 4 Florida State, and No. 19 Pepperdine earlier this season. They have seven pairs who have at least 20 wins on the season. The Mustangs are 3-3 all-time against TCU, although the Horned Frogs won the last meeting last season 3-2. The No. 19 Waves come in 15-7 overall and winners of four of their last five matches. Their No. 2 pair of Kate Clermont and Savannah Standage lead the team in wins with a 14-3 record. Cal Poly has won the last three matchups with Pepperdine but the Waves lead the all-time series 7-4. The No. 3 Bruins, two-time NCAA champions in 2018 and 2019, come in 26-2 and winners of five straight matches. They are coming off wins last weekend over No. 9 Cal, No. 10 Stanford, No. 13 Washington, and Arizona. Their primary No. 4 pairing this season of Rileigh Powers and Haley Hallgren are undefeated this season at 25-0. The Mustangs will be seeking their first win over the Bruins as they are 0-11 all-time. This weekend will be good preparation for the Mustangs for the postseason as it will mark the final regular season matches of the season before next week's Big West Championships in Honolulu where the team will be seeking to win its fourth consecutive conference title.
Friday, April 14
10:00 a.m.: No. 4 Florida State vs. No. 11 Long Beach State LIVE STATS
11:15 a.m.: No. 3 UCLA vs. No. 19 Pepperdine LIVE STATS
12:30 p.m.: No. 2 USC vs. No. 6 LMU LIVE STATS
1:45 p.m.: Cal Poly vs. No. 1 TCU LIVE STATS
3:00 p.m.: No. 2 USC vs. No. 4 Florida State LIVE STATS
4:15 p.m.: No. 1 TCU vs. No. 3 UCLA LIVE STATS
5:30 p.m.: No. 6 LMU vs. No. 11 Long Beach State LIVE STATS
6:45 p.m.: Cal Poly vs. No. 19 Pepperdine LIVE STATS
11:15 a.m.: No. 3 UCLA vs. No. 19 Pepperdine LIVE STATS
12:30 p.m.: No. 2 USC vs. No. 6 LMU LIVE STATS
1:45 p.m.: Cal Poly vs. No. 1 TCU LIVE STATS
3:00 p.m.: No. 2 USC vs. No. 4 Florida State LIVE STATS
4:15 p.m.: No. 1 TCU vs. No. 3 UCLA LIVE STATS
5:30 p.m.: No. 6 LMU vs. No. 11 Long Beach State LIVE STATS
6:45 p.m.: Cal Poly vs. No. 19 Pepperdine LIVE STATS
Saturday, April 15
9:00 a.m.: No. 1 TCU vs. No. 19 Pepperdine LIVE STATS
10:15 a.m.: No. 2 USC vs. No. 11 Long Beach State LIVE STATS
11:30 a.m.: Cal Poly vs. No. 3 UCLA LIVE STATS
12:45 p.m.: No. 4 Florida State vs. No. 6 LMU LIVE STATS
2:00 p.m.: 7th place match LIVE STATS
3:15 p.m.: 5th place match LIVE STATS
4:30 p.m.: 3rd place match LIVE STATS
5:45 p.m.: 1st place match LIVE STATS
10:15 a.m.: No. 2 USC vs. No. 11 Long Beach State LIVE STATS
11:30 a.m.: Cal Poly vs. No. 3 UCLA LIVE STATS
12:45 p.m.: No. 4 Florida State vs. No. 6 LMU LIVE STATS
2:00 p.m.: 7th place match LIVE STATS
3:15 p.m.: 5th place match LIVE STATS
4:30 p.m.: 3rd place match LIVE STATS
5:45 p.m.: 1st place match LIVE STATS
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