Thousand Oaks, Calif. - The Centenary volleyball team dropped a pair of matches on Friday in the 12th Annual Cal Lu Fornia Invitational, hosted by Cal Lutheran in the greater Los Angeles area. 

The Maroon and White fell to Chapman, 3-0, and Whittier by a 3-1 count. The Ladies (1-6) will play two matches on Saturday, as the Ladies face Linfield at 1 p.m. central time (11 a.m. local time) and then play Occidental at 3:30 p.m. central time (1:30 p.m. local time). 

The field for the event in addition to Centenary is comprised of: Chapman, Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, Colby-Sawyer, Concordia (Texas), Occidental, Texas Lutheran, Linfield, Puget Sound, UC Santa Cruz, Whittier, and the host Cal Lutheran. 

Senior DS Marissa Sandoval (San Antonio, Texas) collected 41 digs on Friday and is nearing the school record in that category. Sophomore OT Lauren Kelley (Fort Worth, Texas) had 15 digs and fellow sophomore Rachel Demerjian (Glendora, Calif.) had 11 digs against Whittier in the second match of the day for the Ladies. 

Centenary welcomes St. Thomas to the Gold Dome on Saturday, Sept. 14 for its home opener in a match set for 5 p.m. Go Ladies! #CTheOpportunity

Remaining schedule for Cal Lu Fornia Invitational: 

Saturday, September 7
Gilbert Arena Court #1 (Main Gym)
11:00 am Linfield vs. Centenary
1:30 pm Centenary vs. Occidental 
3:45 pm CSU vs. LC
6:00 pm OXY vs. CSU

Gilbert Arena Court #2 (Main Gym)
11:00 am CU vs. UCSC
1:30 pm UCSC vs. WC
3:45 pm TLU vs. CU
6:00 pm WC vs. TLU

Soiland Recreation Center (Practice Gym)
11:00 am CMS vs. Concordia
1:30 pm CLU vs. Concordia
3:45 pm CMS vs. UPS
6:00 pm CLU vs. UPS