LOS ANGELES – For the 14^thtime in program history, the Loyola Marymount University women's volleyball team has been selected to continue their season and compete in the NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament.
 
The Lions (20-9, 10-8 WCC) open against a Duke Blue Devils team that went 16-11 overall and posted an identical conference record at 10-8 in the ACC. Game time is set for 4:30 p.m. on Friday afternoon, with the second game of the regional, #1 Stanford versus Alabama State to follow at 7:00 p.m. from Maples Pavilion on the Stanford Campus.
 
The game will feature both live stats and a live stream through the NCAA. Links will be posted on LMULions.com when available.
 
Scouting Duke
DUKE BLUE DEVILS (16-11, 10-8 ACC)
Team Stats - K/S: 13.56 | A/S: 12.81 | SA/S: 1.08 | D/S: 14.00 | B/S: 2.71
All-Time Series: 4-2 (LMU W3) | Last Meeting: LMU Won, 3-1 (9/16/17 at Duke)
Notable: LMU has won three-straight matches over Duke, including last season in Mansfield's first year. 
About Duke: Duke enters the NCAA Tournament as a fellow at-large selection... including a 10-8 mark in ACC play ... Winners of two-straight matches to close out the regular season, defeating both Notre Dame and Miami in five sets at home... Holds a 6-2 record in five-set matches... Duke is one of five ACC teams in the tournament, joining Pittsburgh, Louisville, Syracuse and Florida State... Duke last made the NCAA Tournament in 2014 and owns a 13-19 record in its 19 previous tournament appearances... Duke redshirt junior middle blocker Leah Meyer and graduate student setter/ hitter Andie Shelton earned first team All-ACC honors while outside hitter Ade Owokoniran was named to the ACC All-Freshman Team. 
 
QUICK HITS
◊ LMU's hit the 20-win mark in Aaron Mansfield's second season and first time since 2015
◊ LMU made its 14th NCAA Tournament appearance in 2018, and has reached the Tournament in four of the last seven years (2012, 2014, 2015, 2018)
◊ LMU won the Stanford Regional in the 2015 NCAA Tournament to advance to the Sweet 16
◊ LMU handed BYU their only loss of the season with a three-set sweep over the then top-ranked team in the country ◊ LMU's win over BYU was the first win over a number one team in program history
◊ The Lions hit the 10 win mark in the WCC this season after falling a win short of posting 10 WCC wins a year ago. LMU has posted 10+ WCC wins in five of the last six years
◊ LMU led the WCC in five categories: aces per set, assists per set, kills per set, team assists, and team services aces
◊ The Lions rank sixth nationally in aces per set with 1.75
◊ LMU ranks seventh nationally in assists per set with 13.77
◊ The Lions rank ninth nationally in kills per set with 14.43
◊ Three Lions led the WCC in statistical categories: Tess Reid in assists per set, Kekai Whitford in digs per set, and Tess Reid in total assists
◊ Tess Reid ranks third nationally with 12.07 assists per set.
◊ LMU had a season-high seven-match win streak snapped on 9/20 at Gonzaga
◊ LMU won the Kansas Invitational from 9/7 - 9/8 (3-0) ... Tess Reid was named Tournament MVP, while Savannah Slattery and Meredith Teague garnered All-Tournament honors
◊ Tess Reid has registered 12 of LMU's 22 double-doubles
◊ Tess Reid and Kekai Whitford were named to the Utah State Invitational All-Tournament team after LMU went 2-1
◊ LMU won the Hilton Penn's Landing Temple Invitational Tournament Championship (3-0) to start the year ... Savan- nah Slattery was named MVP, while Emma Johnson and Tess Reid also found spots on the All-Tournament Team
◊ The Lions served up 12 aces in a sweep of Rhode Island - 7th-most in a three-set match in LMU history
◊ LMU is 6-1 this year in neutral matches ... is 134-60 (.691) in neutral contests since the 1983 season
◊ LMU is picked to finish third in the WCC – the best preseason mark since 2004
◊ With a sweep over Rhode Island, LMU improved to 18-4 in season openers over the last 22 seasons
◊ The Lions went 16-13 overall last year, including 9-9 in the WCC to claim a share of fourth place in the conference standings
◊ Eight of LMU's 13 losses last year came to a team that at least received votes in the AVCA poll (USC, Michigan, Oregon, UCLA, San Diego, BYU) ... four of the six losses this year have also come to teams who have received votes in the AVCA poll (Cal Poly, San Diego, Pepperdine, BYU)
◊ The Lions are 318-168 (.654) at home since 1982