14 NCAA Tournament Teams
1986
WCAC Champions | NCAA Second Round
1994
WCC Champions | NCAA First Round
1995
WCC Champions | NCAA First Round
1996
WCC Champions | NCAA Sweet Sixteen
1997
NCAA Second Round
1999
NCAA Second Round
2000
NCAA First Round
2003
NCAA Second Round
2004
NCAA First Round
2005
NCAA First Round
2012
NCAA First Round
2014
NCAA First Round
2015
NCAA Sweet Sixteen
2018
NCAA Second Round
Five Retired Jerseys
A total of five LMU volleyball players have had their jersey numbers retired after stellar careers at LMU. The five individuals, Mardell Wrensch (2), Tracy Holman (9), Sarah McFarland (14), Sarah Noriega (16), and Kealani Kimball (18), not only distinguished themselves as some of the best athletes in the country, but also represented LMU with dignity and pride. Their names, numbers and accomplishments will forever be etched into LMU history.
#2 - Mardell Wrensch
Wrensch was a WCC first team selection for three straight seasons, earning WCC Scholar-Athlete honors all four years. She was also voted team MVP twice and named the LMU Student-Athlete of the Year as a junior.
She ranks among LMU’s top-10 in 10 career and season statistical categories.
#9 - Tracy Holman
Holman set the all-time career LMU assists record with 5,362. After leading the Lions to their third-straight WCC title as a junior, Holman garnered Volleyball Magazine All-American honorable mention accolades.
She was a four-time All-WCC first team selection and 1994 WCC Freshman of the Year. She was the WCC and LMU Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year in 1998, an honor she also earned at LMU in 1997.
14 - Sarah McFarland
McFarland was LMU’s first two-time All-American, while also being named the school’s Female Athlete of the Year twice. She was a three-time first team All-WCC and AVCA All-Region selection.
She led the nation in kills for two straight years, posting an incredible 762 kills in 2000. McFarland’s single-season kill total is tops in the LMU and WCC record books. She still holds five NCAA records, including
kills/set in a season (7.78 in 2000), kills/set in a career (6.43), attempts/set in a season (17.04 in 2000), attempts/set in a career (14.03), and attempts in a four-set match (111 vs. Notre Dame on 9/21/00).
16 - Sarah Noriega
Noriega became just the fifth volleyball player in LMU history to have her number retired on October 13, 2007. She was an AVCA first team All-American, a Volleyball Magazine All-American, a three-time
All-West Coast Conference first team selection and the 1997 WCC Player of the Year. She was also a three-time All-District VIII honoree and was LMU’s Female Athlete of the Year for the 1997-98 school year.
Noriega was a member of three WCC Championship teams with the Lions, and still pervades the LMU career record books, placing in the top-10 of 14 career and season statistical categories.
She also still holds the NCAA record for kills in a four-set match, when she recorded 47 kills on November 7, 1997 against San Diego.
18 - Kealani Kimball
An All-WCC first team selection for three straight seasons, Kimball also received Academic All-District VIII honors for her achievements on the court and in the classroom.
She was just the fifth LMU volleyball player to receive the first-team honor three consecutive seasons, and the fourth Lion to surpass both the 1,000 kill and the 1,000 dig milestone in her career.
