Liberty Travels to California for UC San Diego Tournament
9/7/2022 1:24:44 PM | Women's Volleyball
The Liberty volleyball team heads to La Jolla, Calif., competing in the UC San Diego Tournament against the host Tritons, Pacific and New Mexico.
Liberty (4-2) went a perfect 3-0 at its home tournament last weekend, needing just 10 sets combined to defeat Winthrop (3-1), UNCW (3-0) and Murray State (3-0). The Lady Flames averaged 15.10 kills per set, outhitting opponents .275-.151.
UC San Diego Tournament
LionTree Arena
La Jolla, Calif.
Liberty at San Diego
Match Date: Friday, Sept. 9
Match Time: 1 p.m. ET
Live Video: ESPN+
Liberty vs. Pacific
Match Date: Friday, Sept. 9
Match Time: 7:30 p.m. ET
Live Video: Tritons All-Access
Liberty vs. New Mexico
Match Date: Saturday, Sept. 10
Match Time: 2:30 p.m. ET
Live Video: Tritons All-Access
Liberty's opponents this weekend bring a combined 12-5 (.706) record into the weekend. Pacific is one of three opponents on this year's schedule who qualified for postseason play in 2021, as Pacific competed in the 2021 Postseason NIVC.
Liberty makes its first appearance in California since 2010, when the Lady Flames went 2-3 in a weekend trip to Irvine and Fullerton.
Delaney Dilfer, the Top Setter at Liberty's home tournament, was named ASUN Setter of the Week on Monday. She totaled 12.80 assists per set and 3.10 digs per set last week. Dilfer currently ranks sixth nationally with 11.52 assists per set.
Trinity Watts was named Liberty's Tournament MVP, while Erica Lowery was Top Libero and Lydia Burts was Top Blocker.
Lydia Burts leads the ASUN with 1.42 blocks per set. She holds the ASUN single-season record for blocks per set (1.57), set during the spring of 2021.
This year's 19-player roster features 10 newcomers (seven freshmen plus three transfers). Additionally, Amelia Preston and Julia Mangum return from injuries that caused them to miss most (Preston) or all (Mangum) of the 2021 fall campaign.
Liberty has won nine sets in a row, its longest streak of consecutive sets won since posting three straight 3-0 sweeps, March 13-20, 2021.