Dunning has a current record of 416-100 at Pacific. The Tigers hold a 32-8 series advantage over the Mustangs. The Mustangs have lost the last 20 matches. Pacific will travel to UC Santa Barbara for a match on Saturday. Long Beach enters their Friday night match with UCSB with an 8-1 record.
Long Beach returns three starter and nine letterwinners from last year's squad.
Junior Tayyiba Haneef leads the way with 3.46 kills per game, hitting at a .409 clip. Junior Cheryl Weaver is playing big again this year with a team high 53 blocks. Lindsay Phillips, the heralded transfer from Peperdine, is out with a knee injury. Newcomer to Long Beach State, Chantae Weathers, has had an immediate impact on the team. The transfer from Oklahoma is hitting .402 and is averaging almost a block a game.