PORTLAND PILOTS (3-0, 0-0 WCC) 
vs FRESNO STATE (2-1, 0-0 MWC)
Day: Friday
Date: Sept. 1, 2017
Location: Portland, Ore.
Time: 2:00 p.m.
Arena: Chiles Center
Live Stats: portlandpilots.com
Live Video: theW.tv
 
POR vs. FSU
Overall Series: 3-3-1
Here: 0-2
There: 3-0
Neutral: 0-0-1
Last: POR 3, @FSU 0 (9/3/16)
 
 
PORTLAND PILOTS (3-0, 0-0 WCC) 
vs ALABAMA STATE (2-1, 0-0 SWAC)
Day: Saturday
Date: Sept. 2, 2017
Location: Portland, Ore.
Time: 9:30 a.m.
Arena: Chiles Center
Live Stats: portlandpilots.com
Live Video: theW.tv
 
POR vs. ASU
Overall Series: 0-0
Here: 0-0
There: 0-0
Neutral: 0-0
Last: None
 
PORTLAND PILOTS (3-0, 0-0 WCC) 
vs OREGON STATE (3-0, 0-0 PAC12)
Day: Saturday
Date: Sept. 2, 2017
Location: Portland, Ore.
Time: 6:00 p.m.
Arena: Chiles Center
Live Stats: portlandpilots.com
Live Video: theW.tv
TV: CSN-NW
 
POR vs. OSU
Overall Series: 8-40
Here: 5-18
There: 3-18
Neutral: 2-0
Unknown: 0-4 
Last: POR 3, @OSU 2 (8/26/16)
 
THIS WEEK 
• The Pilots will host their first tournament of the 2017 season, the North Harbour Marriott Challenge, this weekend. The tournament will feature competition against Fresno State, Alabama State, and Oregon State. 
• Portland will first take on Fresno state in their home opener on Friday at 2:00 p.m. 
• On Saturday, Portland will continue tournament play, facing Alabama State for the first time in program history at 9:30 a.m., and later in-state rival Oregon State in a televised tournament finale at 6:00 p.m. The Oregon State match is also a camper reunion. Free admission will be given to campers who wear their camp or club volleyball T-shirt. 
• Live stats will be available for all three matches on portlandpilots.com and all Portland matches will be streamed on theW.tv. Saturday night's match will be televised on CSN-NW.
 
ABOUT THE PILOTS
• The Pilots come off another historic year, returning eight Letterwinners and four starters this season.
• The program welcomes six true freshmen to The Bluff as one of the top Portland recruiting classes in Pilot history. The newcomers rank in the top-55 nationally and top-three in the West Coast Conference. Red-shirt freshman Izzy Guzik will also be making her first career appearance this season.
• Head coach Brent Crouch is in his fourth year at the helm and looks to build upon last year's accomplishments. 
• Again, back with the Pilots are second-year assistant coaches Jeff Baxter and Betsy Sedlak, as well as volunteer coach.
• The Pilots are picked to place third in conference going into preseason, marking the highest ever vote for the Pilots in the Preseason Poll.  Senior Hannah Troutman was also named to the All-WCC Preseason team. 
• The Pilots are currently undefeated, with two sweeps over Abilene Christian and South Dakota, and a comeback win over Rumble in the Rockie's tournament host Wyoming last weekend. The Pilots were named Rumble in the Rockies tournament champion with Hannah Troutman named as tournament MVP and Reghan Pukis and Carey Williams earning All-Tournament Honors. 
• Pukis recorded a career high in the match against Wyoming with 22 kills and currently leads the WCC in kills per set (4.36). The Pilot also rank second in league in attacks per set (11.09), points per set (4.55), and total kills (48). 
• Cali Thompson also had an impressive opening weekend, ranking 20th in the nation and third in conference in assists per set (11.73).
 
SCOUTING THE OPPONENTS
• Fresno State enters the weekend at 2-1. The Bulldogs posted a 3-2 win against Utah Valley and swept San Francisco in the SJSU/USF Tournament. The Pepperdine Waves give Fresno their only loss, sweeping the Bulldogs in their final match.  
• Junior Taylor Slover leads the Bulldogs offensively with a total of 52 kills to start the season.
•  Alabama State also starts the season 2-1, with a 3-0 win over Savannah Stae and a 3-2 win over North Carolina A&T. The Hornet's swept in the final match of their first tournament by Auburn.
• Ni'yesha Brown leads Alabama State in kills with 38.
• Oregon State also enters the weekend undefeated, with a sweep against Kansas State and Idaho in their home tournament the Beaver Classic. 
• Mary-Kate Marshall and Kory Cheshire head the Beaver attack with 49 and 30 kills this season. 
• Maddy Gravely and Haylie Bennett hold down OSU's defense with 11 and 12 blocks in their combined stats.