University of San Francisco (12-17, 5-12 WCC)
vs. Pacific (23-7, 12-5 WCC)
Tuesday, Nov. 25 | 5 p.m. | War Memorial Gym
SENIOR DAY
Part of a volleyball/women's basketbal doubleheader, bring a non-perishable food item in echange for a $5 ticket to attend both contests.

#WeAreSF

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San Francisco volleyball says goodbye to two seniors as it closes out the 2014 regular season against Pacific. The Dons bid farewell to Anja Segota, an opposite/outside hitter from Pula, Croatia, and Valentina Zaloznik, a middle blocker from Ljubno ob Savinji, Slovenia.

What 2 Watch 4

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San Francisco's Valentina Zaloznik continues to be a dominant force for the Dons in her senior season, compiling team highs of 337 kills on .319 hitting and 126 blocks. Currently, her total blocks figure stands at 78th in NCAA Division I volleyball.

Offensively, Katarina Pilepic leads the squad in kills per set with 3.33, or 333 total. Kiara McKibben took over primary setting duties in 2014 and has assisted on 1,004 scoring plays for the Dons, an average of 9.05 assists per set.

Freshman Kim Gutierrez is leading the defensive charge, amassing 488 digs. Nationally, Gutierrez' tally of 4.52 digs per set is ranked 87th in the country. As a team, USF's 1,710 total digs is second in the WCC.

Know the Foe

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Pacific enters the weekend with a 23-7 overall record, standing 12-5 in WCC action. After a pair of road wins against Pepperdine and Loyola Marymount, the Tigers have sewn up at least a second-place finish in the conference standings. Senior Gillian Howard is the reigning WCC Player of the Week after posting 28 kills on .490 hitting and 15 total blocks in the successful weekend in Southern California.

In the first meeting of the season against Pacific, Valentina Zaloznik powered down 12 kills on .414 hitting to go along with a match-high six blocks to lead the Dons in the three-set loss in Stockton. The Tigers finished with a trio of double-digit kill efforts, led by Lexi Elman's 12 kills.

Records Watch

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Career records
Senior Valentina Zaloznik is racing up the record books in myriad categories:
  2.    Total Blocks - 426
  6.     Aces - 109
  7.    Solo Blocks - 78
  7.      Kills - 1,180

Kiara McKibben, primary setter for the Dons in 2014, became the 14th woman in USF history to surpass 1,000 sets in a season.
  11.    Assists - 1,335

Single-season record books
  7.     Kim Gutierrez - 488 digs
  9.    Valentina Zaloznik - .319 pct.

*Zaloznik currently owns the sixth- and eighth-best season attack percentages (.341 - '13; .326 - '12)

Single-match records
After compiling 13 kills on 14 attempts with no errors, or .929, in USF's sweep of Fordham on Aug. 30, Zaloznik now owns the single-match record for hitting percentage. 

Last Time Out

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The season's road woes continued for the Dons, who finished its away schedule with a 3-0 loss at Santa Clara. USF finished the 2014 regular season slate with a 1-11 record in away contests, with its lone road win coming against Denver in non-conference action. 


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