FRESNO, Calif. – The Fresno Pacific University women's basketball team will play just one game this week, a road contest against Cal State Monterey Bay in non-conference action. 
 
THIS WEEK
Game #3
@ Cal State Monterey Bay
Fri, Nov. 18 •  5:30 p.m.
The Kelp Bed • Seaside, Calif.
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SCHEDULE NOTES
After Friday, the Sunbirds continue the non-conference schedule Chico State, San Francisco State, and Cal Maritime before opening PacWest play on Dec. 1 against Academy of Art. A pair of league games follow before a road exhibition against NCAA Division I CSU Bakersfield on Dec. 10.
 
The Sunbirds visit Riverside to take on California Baptist on Dec. 17 before wrapping up the non-conference portion of the schedule with Antelope Valley and UC Merced on the 19th and 30th respectively. The new year begins with Dixie State and Holy Names at home before a visit to Point Loma on Jan. 9.
 
Senior Day for the Sunbirds comes on Feb. 25 against Notre Dame de Namur, with the PacWest Conference Tournament beginning on Feb. 25 in Irvine. To view the schedule in its entirety, please click here.    
 
ABOUT THE SUNBIRDS
Fresno Pacific took part in the Sodexo Tipoff Classic in Seattle last week, falling to Seattle Pacific on Friday and host Western Washington on Saturday afternoon. Guard Bree Alvarez has averaged 11 points per game to this point in the young season, while teammate Hannah Ramirez leads the team with 10 rebounds.
 
ABOUT THE OTTERS
The Otters have also dropped their first two contests of the season, suffering defeats at the hands of Concordia-Portland and Central Washington last week. CSUMB will play its first PacWest Conference opponent (Notre Dame de Namur) on Wednesday before Friday's meeting. Victoria Dorn has been the premier scorer for the Otters so far, totaling 25 points through two games. CSUMB has also collected 86 rebounds as a team, highlighted by Aubri Smith's 16.
 
SERIES HISTORY
FPU claims a perfect 5-1 record in the all-time series, with CSUMB's lone victory coming last season in Fresno. Three Sunbirds scored in double-figures, but McKenna Hill's overtime three ultimately lifted the Otters to a 53-52 victory.
 
HEAD COACH TIM BEAUREGARD
In his first year as the head coach of the Sunbirds, Beauregard returned to FPU after previously serving as an assistant from 2006-10. During a head coaching transition following his final season as the lead assistant at FPU, Beauregard oversaw the program for a brief period, landing top recruit Jenay Herring who went on to become FPU's second all-time leading scorer.
 
Following his time at FPU, Beauregard was hired as the lead assistant at Azusa Pacific University where he was responsible for the day-to-day operations of the program, including scheduling, recruiting, scouting and practice planning. The Cougars went on to win the 2011 NAIA National Championship after finishing as the national runner-up in 2010.
 
Beauregard is well connected in the women's basketball world and has served as camp director for nationally-recognized NBC Camps since 2005. He has run over 50 overnight camps and clinics ranging from Canada to Colorado to Southern California, and several spots in between. While at NBC Camps, Beauregard combined and emphasized basketball training with psychological and spiritual training to develop integrity and confidence in his student-athletes.
 
SHOP FPU
The Fresno Pacific Department of Athletics is proud to announce the opening of a Team Store that can be accessed on ShopFPU.com. Fans and students can now purchase apparel for all 14 athletic teams, along with numerous other items, throughout of the 2016-17 season.
 
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