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BUIES CREEK, N.C. – Campbell visits the West Coast this weekend to participate in the Long Beach State Mizuno Invitational, taking on the host Friday at 2 p.m. EST in Walter Pyramid. The Camels will also go up against San Francisco on Friday at 8 p.m. and Army on Saturday at 8 p.m.
Each game Campbell plays will be a first-time meeting with its opponent.
"The style of volleyball is different and we'll get to see a different way the games are played and that's going to be a challenge," said head coach Greg Goral. "It's an opportunity to see what we can do on a national scale."
Live stats for each match of the tournament, as well as video and audio streams for CU's game against Long Beach State, will be available through the links above and on the Campbell Volleyball schedule page.
Campbell (3-1)
The Camels are 3-1 after their first week of play, taking the championship Saturday at the NCCU Invitational before dropping its first game of the year to Duke on Tuesday.
Campbell opened its season with two-straight 3-0 wins over NC Central and Wofford, capping off its Saturday with a gutty 3-2 win over Valparaiso. The team's only loss came at the hands of No. 19 Duke, 3-1, in Durham.
CU is led offensively by redshirt junior Alexis Hein. The outside hitter has tallied 41 kills in four games (2.73/set) and has added five services aces and 31 digs.
Freshman setter Summer Schuitema has made an immediate impact in her first collegiate games, totaling 116 assists (8.29/set) and 27 digs.
Defensively, junior libero Mary Crema leads Campbell with 73 digs and six aces, while senior middle blocker Lorin Thomas, the Big South Defensive Player of the Week, has amassed 18 total blocks (1.29/set), five solo, and 30 kills (2.14/set).
As a team, the Camels have totaled 161 kills on 515 attacks and 234 digs (15.6/set).
Long Beach State (1-2)
The Beach dropped its first seven sets of the year, falling to Illinois and North Carolina, 3-0, at the Illini Classic in the opening weekend of 2014. After trailing Southern Illinois, 1-0, LBSU came back to take the 3-1 win on Saturday.
Bre Mackie and Joy Miley each own 23 kills for LBSU, and Jenelle Hudson has totaled 84 assists in three games. Alex Reid and Tyler Jackson both have 23 digs, and Reid also has 21 kills.
The Beach averages 11.8 kills per set on 10.5 assists per set.
San Francisco (3-0)
The Dons are coming off a championship at their own San Francisco Invitational, defeating SMU and Fordham, 3-0, and Georgia, 3-1.
Valentina Zaloznkik is an offensive force for the Dons, totaling 38 kills with a .493 attack percentage, also contributing four service aces. Anja Segota has added 39 kills and 32 digs.
Setter Kiara McKibben has set up 103 kills, while Kim Gutierrez secures the back line with 42 kills total.
USF has racked up 151 kills in three games on 141 assists, and the defense has tallied 166 digs.
Army (2-3)
The Black Knights opened the year 2-2 at Bryant's Hampton Inn-vitational, securing wins over Bryant, 3-1, and UMass Lowell, 3-0, but falling to St. John's, 3-1, and Towson, 3-0. Army fell Tuesday to Santa Clara, 3-0, at home.
Amber Clay and Carolyn Bockrath are Army's leaders at the net, totaling 50 and 49 kills, respectively, in 17 sets. Vanessa Edwards has accumulated 147 assists and leads the team with 36 digs.
The Black Knights own a .214 attack percentage, tallying 198 kills on 182 assists.
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