Volleyball plays at San Jose State Thursday, at Nevada Saturday

Thursday, October 26

San Jose, CA

6:00 PM

Fresno State

San Jose State

Volleyball plays at San Jose State Thursday, at Nevada Saturday

10/24/2017 2:20:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

By: Andrew Tomsky / Assistant Director of Communications

Fresno State at San Jose State
Oct. 26, 2017 • 6:00 PM PDT • Spartan Gym (1,000) • San Jose, Calif.
Video: Mountain West Network
Live: Live Stats • Live Updates on Twitter (@FresnoStateVB)
Series History: SJSU leads 50-33

Fresno State at Nevada
Oct. 28, 2017 • 1:00 PM PDT • Virginia Street Gym (1,800) • Reno, Nev.
Video: None
Live: Live Stats • Live Updates on Twitter (@FresnoStateVB)
Series History: NEV leads 26-25

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Scouting San Jose State (14-7, 6-4 MW)
• Picked to finish eighth in the preseason MW Coaches' Poll, San Jose State enters the week in third place in the league as one of just three MW teams with a winning conference record.
• The Spartans are 5-2 overall and 3-1 in the Mountain West in home matches this season.
• San Jose State earned home wins over Nevada and Air Force last week after a pair of 3-0 losses at league-leading Colorado State and Wyoming. The team has three 3-2 wins in league play.
• On Sept. 30 in Fresno the Bulldogs won the first set over the Spartans, 25-17, but SJSU took the next three in a 3-1 win. San Jose State hit .405 in the match, the highest hitting percentage against the Bulldogs this year by 87 points. Taylor Slover hit .514 with 21 kills to lead the 'Dogs.
• On the season San Jose State leads the MW in service aces but is last in the league in blocks.

Scouting Nevada (6-16, 4-6 MW)
• Nevada ended a four-match losing streak with a 3-1 win over Air Force last Saturday. The Wolf Pack is 1-5 in road MW matches but 3-1 in home conference games, including 3-1 wins over San Jose State and New Mexico, with its only home loss in league play in five sets against UNLV.
• Nevada ranks last in the league in both hitting percentage (.157) and opposing hitting percentage (.219) but does rank fourth in the MW in aces per set (1.37) and digs per set (14.19).
• The Bulldogs beat Nevada, 3-1, in their Mountain West home opener on Sept. 28. The 'Dogs held the Wolf Pack to .104 hitting and had 13.0 blocks in the win, with Lauren Torres tallying seven blocks and Taylor Slover recording a double-double with 12 kills and 10 digs.
• Fresno State hasn't won at Nevada since 2013 with the Pack winning the last three in Reno.

Going Long
• Fresno State has played nine straight matches that have gone longer than three sets, a new program record. The previous high was eight straight 4+ set matches in 2003.
• Of the team's 22 matches this season, 15 have gone four or more sets. Just one of the 'Dogs first 10 MW contests was completed in only three sets as the team has played 41 sets in MW play, second most in the league and just one shy of the lead.

Block Party
• Entering the week Fresno State leads the Mountain West and is 12th in NCAA Div. I with 238.0 blocks this season. The 'Dogs average of 2.77 blocks per set is also third best in the league and 21st in the nation.
• The Bulldogs have had the same or more blocks than their opponent in all but one Mountain West match, averaging 2.98 blocks per set in league play (second best in the MW behind only No. 20 Colorado State).
• Fresno State has recorded double-digit blocks in 14 matches this year, including eight of the last nine, and has had more blocks than its opponent 13 times.
• Haile Watson and Lauren Torres are both averaging better than 1.10 blocks per set this season while Taylor Slover, Aubrey Folk, Brielle Hefner, and Montez Uigaese average better than half a block. Seven Bulldogs have totaled double-digit blocks this year.

Liking the Work Week
• Fresno State is 8-5 this season playing on weekdays. The squad is 4-2 on weekdays in Mountain West play.
• The 'Dogs are undefeated (3-0) playing on Tuesday, which they will do for the last time this year next Tuesday at San Diego State.

Alternators
• The Bulldogs have alternated wins and losses over nine straight matches. That streak ties the program record, set in 1987 and matched over the first nine games of the 2011 season.
• In the last eight matches (four wins and four losses) the 'Dogs have both won and lost the same number of sets (17).

Happy Homecoming
• Playing in her home state, Aubrey Folk had a career-high 17 kills while hitting a season-best .406 last Saturday at New Mexico.
• The Aztec, N.M. native totaled 11 kills over the last two sets with six in the third set to help force the fourth. She had 11 kills and no errors in 21 swings over the last two sets for a .524 hitting percentage.

Crowded Mountain
• Entering the week just three of the 11 Mountain West teams have a winning record in conference play. No. 20 Colorado State is 10-0, Wyoming is 7-3, and San Jose State is 6-4 but after that are two 5-5 teams, four 4-6 teams, and two 3-7 teams.
• The two MW teams that the Bulldogs play just once this season happen to be the two teams atop the league.

Super Serving
• Freshman Sydney Lostumo leads the Mountain West with 17 service aces and an average of 0.41 aces per set in conference matches.
• She has had at least one ace in eight of 10 league matches and multiple aces five times. Since making her collegiate debut starting in the 'Dogs MW opener at Boise State Lostumo has also averaged 5.15 assists and 1.37 digs per set.

Beating Tournament Teams
• Fresno State picked up its second win this season against a 2016 NCAA Tournament Team with a 3-2 victory at UNLV Oct. 12. The Rebels reached the second round of the NCAA Tournament last season with an at-large bid.
• The Bulldogs also had a 3-1 win over Alabama State earlier this season, beating a Lady Hornets team that won the SWAC last season to earn an NCAA bid.

Big Time Blocker
• Junior Haile Watson ranks 27th in NCAA Div. I with 108.0 total blocks this season. She has recorded at least five blocks in 14 matches this year and for the season ranks fifth in the Mountain West with 1.26 blocks per set.
• Watson became the first player in program history to tally 10 blocks in a three-set match, topping the previous record of nine achieved twice, on Sept. 5 vs. CSU Bakersfield. Watson had four solo blocks, including a stuff on match point, to lead the Bulldogs.

6-2 Shift
• Fresno State changed to a 6-2 lineup in its last eight matches and has seen strong results, specifically in hitting and serving.
• Madelyn Halteman and Sydney Lostumo split time as setter in the formation and have combined for 9.85 assists per set with 22 service aces. Both setters have averaged better than 4.35 assists per set and 0.20 aces per set.

Home Cooking
• Fresno State is 4-3 at home this season averaging 3.39 blocks per set on its home floor, tallying at least 12.0 blocks in six of the seven home matches.
• The 'Dogs have outblocked their opponents 95.0-570 at home while outhitting the opposition .210-.177 over 28 home sets.

Taylor Terrific
• Junior Taylor Slover put together one of the best matches of her career against San Jose State, hitting .514 with 21 kills and just two attack errors. She finished just shy of her career-high of 25 kills tallied in the 2017 season opener vs. Utah Valley.
• For the season Slover ranks seventh in the Mountain West averaging 3.85 points per set. She has led the team in kills in 13 matches, tallying double-digit kills 15 times.

Success in the SMC
• Dating back to last season the Bulldogs have won six of their last nine home matches.
• The squad has had a winning home record in each of the last two years and in five of the last six seasons.

Brielle Hitting Well
• Junior Brielle Hefner has been a consistent offensive threat all season as she leads the team's outside hitters swinging .259 and is second with 2.70 kills per set.
• Hefner had her best match at San Francisco, recording a career-high 25 kills while hitting .404. She had 13 kills and no errors on her first 26 swings of the match as she more than doubled her previous career high of 12 kills and tied for the most kills by a Bulldog this season.

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