IRVINE, Calif. - Before you know it, the first serve of a brand new women's volleyball season will be upon us!
This week the PacWest Conference Preseason Polls are being announced for all the fall sports with women's volleyball leading things off. Concordia University Irvine was voted third by the league's volleyball coaches, coming off a tie for fourth place a yar ago in head coach
Eryn Leja-Martin's first season at the helm.
The Golden Eagles welcome back a good portion of last year's team including a pair of former All-PacWest honorees. First Team All-Conference selection
Kayden Croy is now a junior and led CUI last fall with over 350 kills and 410 points. She also racked up 1.79 digs per set.
CUI senior
Caitlin Jarrell was a Second Team All-PacWest selection in 2023 as a sophomore, and hit .291 with 230 kills as a junior with 79 total blocks.
Delaney Gregg returns as another key middle blocker entering her sophomore campaign. Gregg was first on the team a year ago with 20 solo blocks and averaged 0.90 blocks per set as well.
Redshirt sophomores
Dominique VadeBoncoeur and
Celia Dowell are also back for the 2025 campaign. Dowell is the leading returner with 259 digs last year (2.42 digs/set) and played a chunk of games in the libero jersey. Meanwhile, sophomore setter
Macy Scheer handed out 110 assists as a true freshman.
Twin sisters Mattie and
Cassie Prior join
Ally Scheidle as part of a strong senior class.
Mattie Prior serves as the team representative on the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, and is also the SAAC President at Concordia as well as the PacWest SAAC President.
In addition to those nine talented returners, CUI added a crop of 11 new Golden Eagles.
CLICK HERE for the Full Article on Coach Leja-Martin's First Recruiting Class
The ladies are gearing up to host the Golden Eagle Classic and begin the regular season the first week of September. It is a three-day tournament from Thursday, Sept. 4 to Saturday, Sept. 6 with six games being played at Concordia.
The Golden Eagles will play their first two games on Friday, Sept 5 at 12:30 p.m. against Western Oregon and then at 7:00 p.m. that night against Cal State Dominguez Hills.
CLICK HERE for the full CUI women's volleyball schedule
CLICK HERE for the full PacWest Preseason Poll for Women's Volleyball
