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Caitlin Racich
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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 04/28/2012 2012 AVCA Collegiate Sand Volleyball National ChampionshipPepperdine wins 2012 AVCA Collegiate Sand Volleyball National Championship 04/28/2012 AVCA Collegiate Sand Championships - Day OneAVCA Collegiate Sand Championships - Day One Photos by Colette Boehm CAREER: Through two seasons on the indoor squad, appeared in 23 matches and 67 sets ... Averaged 1.70 kills, 1.60 digs and .36 blocks ... Became Pepperdine's first sand volleyball scholarship recipient when the Waves announced they would sponsor the sport in its first season at the NCAA level. SAND 2012: Won the first-ever AVCA Collegiate Sand Volleyball National Pairs Championship along with partner Summer Ross ... Rallied back from a 11-14 deficit in the third set of the title match to win 16-14 vs. Tara Roenicke and Caitlin Ledoux ... Member of the inaugural AVCA All-American class ... Went 35-3 overall including 15-2 in duals ... Went 20-1 in pairs play ... 29-0 in two set matches ... 6-3 in three set matches ... Battled Roenicke and Ledoux six times throughout the course of the year, and won the season series 4-2 ... Placed second to Aurora Newgard and Brittany Tiegs of Florida State during the pairs championship of the USC Tournament ... Won pairs titles at the USA Volleyball Collegiate Challenge and the Pepperdine vs. USC dual ... Won the No. 1 Flight at the USC Tournament on March 17 ... Finished the season on a 16 match win streak ... Posted a season high 20 kills versus Roenicke and Ledoux on March 17 ... Credited with a season-high 35 digs against Elyse Chubb and Lizzie Theesfeld on April 28 ... Handed out 11 aces to Haleigh Hampton and Libby Fontanilla on April 5 ... Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete. INDOOR 2010: Appeared in four matches and five sets ... Recorded one kill vs. Eastern Kentucky (9/11) at the UNLV Invitational ... Tallied a dig against Stanford (8/28) at the MCM Elegante Classic, and against Eastern Kentucky (9/11) at the UNLV Invitational ... During spring 2011, won the "gold" bracket of the USA Volleyball Collegiate Challenge, a sand event, with Kim Hill ... Earned WCC Commissioner's Honor Roll "bronze" honors. INDOOR 2009: Won a starting position midway through the year as a freshman ... Averaged 1.82 kills and 1.69 digs ... Started 15 of 19 matches and played in 62 sets ... Had four matches with double-figure kills and five with double-figure digs ... Had two kill-dig double-doubles ... Recorded season highs of 15 kills vs. San Francisco (10/22), 12 digs at Loyola Marymount (11/13), three blocks (several times) and two service aces (twice) ... Part of a freshman class ranked #12 by prepvolleyball.com ... Earned WCC Commissioner's Honor Roll "bronze" honors ... During spring 2010, took second place in the "gold" bracket of the USA Volleyball Collegiate, a sand event, with Kiah Fiers. USA VOLLEYBALL: Played on the USA Beach Volleyball Youth National Team in 2008 and 2009 ... Was a member of the U.S. Junior National Beach Volleyball Team and competed at the 2011 FIVB Junior World Beach Championships in Nova Scotia, Canada. CLUB: Played five years with the Santa Barbara Volleyball Club ... Team took fifth place at the 2006 Junior Olympics and first place at the 2009 MLK Tournament. HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Dos Pueblos High School, located in Goleta, Calif., in 2009 ... Played three years on the varsity ... Ranked #70 on prepvolleyball.com's "Senior Aces" list ... A three-time All-Channel League first teamer ... Made multiple all-tournament teams ... Earned a Phil Womble Sportsmanship Award ... Team won Channel League titles in 2007 and 2008 and was a CIF finalist in 2008 ... Named Dos Pueblos' Senior of the Year and was a member of the National Honors Society and the California Scholastic Federation. PERSONAL: Born in Santa Barbara, Calif. ... Daughter of Randy and Linda Racich ... Has four siblings: Chase, Tristan, Taylor and Cole ... Sister Taylor is a member of Pepperdine's indoor and sand volleyball teams ... Chase plays water polo at UC Santa Barbara ... Tristan is a member of the Azusa Pacific volleyball squad ... Named the 2007 East Beach Junior Lifeguard of the Year ... Spent a portion of the 2012 summer studying abroad in Buenos Aires, Argentina ... Aspires to play professional beach volleyball after college and to coach and teach after that ... Chose Pepperdine because of "the volleyball program, the coaches, great academics and the beautiful location." FAVORITES: Enjoys the beach, surfing, beach volleyball, boating to the Channel Islands and tennis ... Favorite pro volleyball player is Nicole Branagh ... Favorite pro sports team is the Los Angeles Lakers ... Favorite movies are Bridesmaids and Wedding Crashers ... Favorite TV shows are Planet Earth and So You Think You Can Dance ... Favorite musical artists are John Mayer and Coldplay ... Favorite foods are frozen yogurt and Mexican... Favorite things about volleyball are "it's fast paced and exciting." |
 
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