Portland at Pacific
First serve: 7 p.m. Thursday, Spanos Center
Records: Pilots 7-5, Tigers 6-6
Broadcast: pacifictigers.com, TheW.tv
The skinny: Pacific begins its 18-match conference season Thursday against Portland with Gonzaga coming to Spanos Center at noon Saturday. The Tigers will play four of their first five WCC matches at home. … Pacific split its matches in the WCC/Pac-12 Showdown last week. The Tigers swept Cal and were swept by Stanford to finish the pre-conference portion of the schedule at .