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• Basketball• Cross Country • Soccer • Swimming & Diving • Tennis • Volleyball 
• Basketball• Cross Country • Golf • Soccer • Swimming & Diving • Tennis • Volleyball
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2002-2003 News Archive November 11, 2002 SANTA CRUZ -- For the past four season, Senior Setter Lilly Hallock has been the lone mainstay of the UCSC Women's Volleyball Program. During Saturday's season finale against Notre Dame de Namur, Hallock was honored by her coach, teammates, friends and family, the lone Senior on this year's team. "I can't believe to tell you how many coaches have come up to me and expressed how they wished that they had 15 girls like her playing on their teams." gushes Head Coach Jay Hosack. "She is the spark plug that this team needed, often throwing her body across the court to save a ball. This team is where it is today because of her leadership, and [it] will be sorely missed." During her tenure at UCSC, Hallock played under three different head coaches and was teamed with nearly 40 different teammates. In 2001-2002, Coach Hosack's first season guiding the program, she was the lone returning player from the year before. She also spent a season playing for the Women's Basketball team. "There hasn't been consistency with the program until these last 2 years under Jay [Hosack]." Hallock said in regards to all the transistion that took place during her career. "[With Jay], it gives the players something to look forward to." After seeing the the team go 7-25 and 6-26 her first two years of the program, Hallock say the team improve to 14-13 in 2001-2002 and 14-12 this season. During the 2001 campaign the team qualified for the postseason for the first time in school history. Saturday's match against Notre Dame ended in a loss for the Slugs, losing in four highly competitve games to a team favored to win the conference championship this year. Hallock had 29 assists in the loss, and Sophomore Middleblocker April Vogt led UCSC with 8 kills and 6 total blocks. UCSC wraps up its season at 14-12 with a 10-5 conference record. Though the team narrowly misses the playoffs, there are great expectations for the future of the program. Hallock will be the only player lost to graduation, and a majority of the team's key players are in their first or second year. Coach Jay Hosack, meanwhile, continues to recruit some of the best prospects the school has ever seen. Congratulations to the team on a great season!
October 28, 2002 SANTA CRUZ -- The Women's Volleyball team defeated the Pioneers of Pacific Union, 30-23, 27-30, 30-23 and 30-17 Sunday night at the West Field House. The win is the fourth consecutive for UCSC, which is looking to repeat last year's run into the Cal Pac Conference Playoffs. Sophomore Outside Hitter Amy Strang lead UCSC with a career high 19 kills and five block assists. Junior Middle Blocker Tristan Menz had 2 solo blocks and 6 block assists. Senior Lilly Hallock continued her great play at the setter position, accumulating 46 assists. The team has a 8-3 conference record and a 12-9 record overall. They have five matches remaining, four of those against Cal Pac opponents. Their next match comes in a non-conference match against CSU Hayward, Thursday night at the West Field House. The match will be critical in assesing the team's chances of qualifying for the NCAA playoffs.
October 26, 2002 SANTA CRUZ -- Coming into Saturday night's Cal Pac conference match against Bethany College, the UCSC Women's Volleyball knew it had to come up strong to maintain its place in the standings. The Lady Slugs delivered, sweeping the Bruins of Bethany College in three straight games, 30-26, 30-28 and 30-23. Freshman Outside Hitter Briana Williford had 10 kills with a .304 hitting percentage and Senior Setter Lily Hallock had 30 assists to lead UCSC to their third straight win, and their fourth in their last five matches played. The team has a 7-3 conference record with six matches remaining, five of those against Cal Pac opponents.
9/28/02 SANTA CRUZ-- The Women's Volleyball team played a combined six matches in two days Friday and Saturday, going 2-2 at the CSU Hayward Invitational and winning both home matches against Cal Pac Conference opponents. Friday afternoon the team lost to Colorado College at the Hayward Invitational, losing 3-2. They rebounded against Whittier College, winning in three straight games. Afterwards the Slugs rushed back to UCSC, where they defeated Menlo College, 3-0. On Saturday, the team fell to the host Pioneers of Hayward, 3-0, before again defeating Whittier, 3-1. Back at UCSC the team, resting most of its exhausted starters, defeated Mills College, 3-0. The team's record now stands at 7-7 with a 3-1 record in conference play. They play their next match on Friday at Notre Dame de Namur. 9/1/02 SANTA CRUZ -- The Women's Volleyball team played well for stretches in its two matches against Division II Southern Oregon on Saturday and Sunday, but ultimately came up short both times, losing on Saturday night, 3-0 (30-17, 30-21, 30-18) and Sunday afternoon, 3-1 (30-24, 27-30, 30-26, 30-28). Sophomore Outside Hitter Amy Strang played well for the Slugs, amassing 21 kills in seven games. Sophomore Middle-blocker April Vogt came back from a tough first match to hit .219 with 12 kills in the second. Vogt also had 4 total blocks on Sunday, to give her a two match total of 6. Senior Setter Lilly Hallock is averaging 9.57 assists/game, and also leads the team in total service aces, with 5. The team showed considerable improvement on defense from the first to the second matches. Southern Oregon hit for .317 against the Slugs on Saturday, but that fell to .177 in Sunday's match. The Women's Volleyball team's record now stands at 0-2. They play their next match next weekend at the Whittier Classic Invitational.
8/27/02 SANTA CRUZ-- The Women's Volleyball team gave a good effort against Division II Southern Oregon, winning the first game of the match before falling 29-31, 30-26, 30-18, 30-17 Monday night at the West Field House. Freshman Middle-blocker Marisol Visalli led the Slugs with 12 kills, hitting .189 in her debut at the UCSC West Fieldhouse. Sophomores Amy Strang and Kristin Onorato both added 8, and Strang had a match-high 4 service aces. Senior Setter Lily Hallock had 39 assists. Kristin Matchett of Southern Oregon was dominant throughout the match. She recorded 21 kills and had a .405 kill percentage. Her 21 kills represented nearly 38% of Oregon's total offense. UCSC, playing mostly Freshmen and Sophomores, showed its inexperience at times, giving up 17 service aces. Overall, however, Head Coach Jay Hosack was well-pleased with the effort. The Slugs open their regular season this Saturday against Oregon Tech, another Division II team. They begin conference play September 20 at Bethany College. UCSC made the postseason for the first time in school history last year with an 11-4 record against the Cal Pac. When the Women's Volleyball team plays at Bethany College on Saturday night, there may be far more than regional pride at stake. Going into Friday night, UCSC is ranked just one match ahead of Bethany College in the Southern Division Cal Pac rankings. This creates a number of scenarios in which the team's match on Saturday may become critical. Should Bethany College (9-4 in conference play) defeat the College of Notre Dame on Friday night, UCSC (10-3 in conference play) would then have to beat Menlo College tonight at the West Field to maintain their one match advantage. UCSC would then play Bethany on Saturday, will a loss leading to a tie in the standings. The team's record currently stands at 13-11 and 10-3 in Cal Pac play, with only two matches remaining. ronger competition Saturday night at Dominican College (8-6 overall record). Match start time is at 7:30 pm.
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