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Lara Dykstra
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05/05/2013 Racich, Dykstra Make Early Exit at AVCA Pairs Championship2013 season comes to a close for the Pepperdine sand volleyball team. 05/04/2013 Long Beach State Stuns Waves in AVCA National Championship FinalFrederick, Hill, Dykstra and Caitlin Racich earn AVCA All-American honors, Matthies voted Coach of the Year. 05/04/2013 Waves Advance to AVCA National Championship Title MatchPepperdine bounces back from an 0-2 deficit to beat Florida State 3-2 and move on to the national championship match. 05/03/2013 Waves Top USC 4-1 in AVCA National Championship QuarterfinalsPepperdine fights off the Trojans to advance to the semifinals of the AVCA National Championship. 05/01/2013 Pepperdine Opens AVCA Collegiate Sand Volleyball National Championship on FridayThe Waves play either North Florida and USC in the quarterfinals on Friday morning. 05/09/2013 2013 AVCA National Championship - Saturday vs. Long Beach StatePepperdine falls to Long Beach State 3-2 in the national championship finals. Photos by Eric Bouscher 05/08/2013 2013 AVCA National Championship - Saturday vs. Florida StatePepperdine def. Florida State 3-2 in the semifinals of the AVCA National Championship 05/03/2013 2013 AVCA National Championship - Friday vs. USCWaves def. USC 4-1 in the quarterfinals of the AVCA National Championship. Photos by Eric Bouscher PEPPERDINE 2013: Transferred to Pepperdine in January 2013 ... Academically a sophomore. NEBRASKA 2012: Helped Nebraska to a 26-7 record and an appearance in the NCAA Regional Finals ... Totaled 371 digs as a sophomore for a 3.09 digs/set average ... Surpassed double-digit digs totals on 23 occasions and met the 20+ dig plateau three times ... Picked up a season-best 24 digs against Michigan (11/2) ... Saw action in 32 matches and 120 sets ... Credited with a kill vs. Minnesota (10/14) and Michigan (11/2) ... Tallied 24 total aces and registered two aces in a single match on six occasions ... Distributed six assists against Notre Dame (8/26) ... Totaled 50 assists on the season. NEBRASKA 2011: Led the Huskers to a 25-5 record and an appearance in the NCAA Regional Semifinals ... Set the NU freshman single-season digs record with 399 and finished second on the freshman single-season digs/set list with 3.59 ... Averaged 3.59 digs, 0.33 assists and 0.14 service aces per set ... Recorded 15 or more digs eight times in 2011 • Appeared in all 30 matches ... Opened the season with one of her most impressive matches, recording 28 digs against New Mexico State in helping the Huskers to a 3-2 win ... Reached double figures 22 times, including her season-high performance against New Mexico State ... Recorded a season-best two aces twice in 2011, with the last coming at Iowa, in helping the Huskers clinch their first Big Ten title ... Ranked third on the team in service aces. HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Redondo Union High School and enrolled at Nebraska in January 2011 ... CIF Division I-AA Player of the Year in 2010 ... Made the Under Armour Girls' High School All-American watch list ... ESPN RISE Volleyball All-American honorable mention ... Led high school squad to a Harbor League title in 2010 with a 29-8 record and carried team to the state semifinals ... Placed ninth alongside Rebecca Strehlow at the 2010 FIVB Beach Youth World Championships in Portugal ... Represented the USA at the 2008 FIVB Youth/Junior World Championship in the The Hague, Netherlands ... Played indoor club volleyball for Sports Shack, and won the 2010 USAV Girls' Junior National Championship. PERSONAL: Daughter of Lisa and Joe ... Has three sisters, Jenna, Devon and Skylar, and one brother, Joey ... Father played basketball at Western Illinois and was a ninth-round draft pick for the Phoenix Suns in 1983. Later went on to play professionally in Europe ... Jenna played collegiate volleyball at Davidson ... Devon and Skylar both played indoor volleyball for UCLA ... Brother Joey played volleyball for USC for two seasons before turning to professional beach volleyball ... Chose Pepperdine because "I wanted to be a part of a great sand volleyball team, get a great education and be closer to home" ... Majoring in creative writing ... Hopes to play professional beach volleyball after college while writing for a magazine. FAVORITES: Favorite movie is The Notebook ... Favorite foods are salmon and asparagus ... Favorite professional sports team is the Los Angeles Lakers ... Favorite book is the Bible ... Favorite sport other than volleyball is basketball ... Favorite professional volleyball player is Misty May-Treanor ... Favorite professional athlete is Stephen Curry ... Favorite TV show is New Girl ... Favorite musical artist is Of Monsters and Men. |
 
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