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teams to play at Pyramid
Jon
Cook/On-line Forty-Niner
By
Karl Peterson
On-line Forty-Niner
Two
volleyball teams will enter The Pyramid
this weekend, each with a share of the Big
West Conference lead, and one will exit
the building on top.
The
25th ranked 49ers women's volleyball team
(10-3, 5-1) will face UC Irvine (14-4, 5-1)
Saturday at 7:30 p.m. in the only game of
the weekend for the women.
"It's
a big weekend for us," team captain
Erika Chidester said. "It's our
first time we play them in conference and
it is important we win."
No
one on the team doubts the importance of
this early season game.
"Everyone
is saying we're a young team so it gives
us something to prove," co-captain
Heather Laudato said. "UCI runs multiple
games...they'll be a more complex team.
Defensively they're tough. It should be
a good game."
Having
only one game this weekend may be a good
chance for the team to have a little extra
rest
for the many players who are competing while
injured but the injuries may
hamper the team during the match.
"We
always play through [injuries], people [on
our team] are tough," Laudato said.
"They
have the ability mentally to block out the
physical stuff."
The
Beach, winners of five straight, have just
one loss during the conference schedule,
losing at UC Riverside Sept. 19. UCI, also
losers of only one conference game, lost
to the University of Idaho last weekend.
"[The
game] will be a true test of how good we've
gotten," Laudato said.
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