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Nov. 1, 2006
AZTECS VISIT WYOMING FOR FINAL ROAD MATCH OF THE SEASON
*** San Diego State volleyball makes it final regular-season road trip of the season when it visits Laramie on Saturday, Nov. 4, to take on the Wyoming Cowgirls. That match is scheduled for a 7:00 p.m. (MST) start and will be played at the UniWyo Sports Complex.
*** Following that contest, the team will return to San Diego where it will play its final three conference matches of the 2006 campaign.
SERIES RECORD
*** SDSU has lost just five times in its previous 31 meetings with the University of Wyoming to lead the series, 26-5. All five Aztec losses in the series have come in Laramie.
*** The teams first played each other during the 1984 season and have met annually (with the exception of 1998) on a home-and-home basis since 1990. Over the past three seasons, each team has won on its home floor. SDSU is 8-5 in matches played in Laramie, last winning there during the 2002 campaign.
*** The Aztec defeated the Cowgirls in three games in Peterson Gym in early October.
SCOUTING THE OPPOSITION
*** Wyoming enters the week with an overall record of 9-12 and a league mark of 3-7. The Cowgirls ended a seven-match losing streak with a 3-0 victory at Air Force last Saturday. The Cowgirls will host UNLV on Thursday (Nov. 2) prior to facing SDSU.
*** UW's offense is led by outside hitter Rachel Smith, whose average of 3.68 kills per game ranks sixth in the MWC this week. Outside hitter Annie Meyers is averaging 3.01 kpg and 2.84 digs per game. Freshman libero Micah Lines averages 3.77 digs per game while teammate Andrea Seele is averaging 1.16 blocks per game.
HEAD COACH Mark Warner
*** San Diego State head coach Mark Warner is in his 12th season at the helm of the Aztec women's program. His career record over that span stands at 187-175 (.517).
*** Over the past 11 years, Warner has led his teams to a pair of NCAA Tournament berths and a Western Athletic Conference championship. His tutelage has produced 15 all-conference players and he was named the Mountain West Conference co-coach of the year in 2002.
MOST RECENTLY
*** Last week, San Diego State won a pair of Mountain West Conference matches at home.
*** On Friday (Oct. 27), the Aztecs defeated New Mexico in three games (30-24, 30-27, 30-22). Melanie Greene led the way with 14 kills and 11 digs while Audra Dent contributed 13 kills. SDSU hit .362 for the match while the Lobos had a .302 percentage.
*** Two days later (Sunday, Oct. 29), SDSU recorded a 3-1 win over TCU (30-26, 30-28, 23-30, 30-25). Greene again led all players with 19 kills while middle blocker Lindsey Mahan chipped in with 14. Aime Cordeiro also had 19 digs for the Aztecs.
MAHAN SETS CAREER HIGH
*** Junior Lindsey Mahan had a career-best 14 kills in last weekend's match against TCU. She also had five blocks in that contest.
*** Mahan's previous high as an Aztec was a dozen kills, a mark she accomplished against TCU last season in Peterson Gym.
*** On Friday vs. New Mexico, she had six kills and hit .556 for the match.
*** Mahan's six blocks (one solo, five assists) at BYU on Oct. 21 was her personal best in 2006.
CORDEIRO DIGGIN' IT
*** Aime Cordeiro had 26 digs in last weekend's two matches to bring her career total to 1,190.
*** That number puts her in third place on the SDSU career list in that category.
*** She is only the seventh player in SDSU history to reach the 1,000-dig plateau in her career.
*** She needs to record 179 more digs to reach the number-two spot currently occupied by Juliana Cezar (1,369 digs; 1993-96).
*** Cordeiro's 2006 season total is 447 digs, the fourth-most ever in a season by an Aztec.
*** Cordeiro continues to lead the Mountain West Conference in digs both in all matches at 5.45 dpg and she is second in league-game only statistics (5.14 dpg).
*** In this week's NCAA statistics, Cordeiro is ranked 30th in the nation among Division I players in digs.
WAHLIN ON THE BLOCK
*** Junior Kelley Wahlin recorded 12 blocks over San Diego State's two matches last weekend, an average of 1.71 per game. Over the past four matches, she is averaging 1.92 bpg (25 blocks in 13 games).
*** She continues to rank among the top 10 blockers in the Mountain West Conference. She ranks fourth in the MWC overall stats this week (1.40 bpg) and third in league matches only (1.43 bpg).
*** She set a career high with 15 kills in the win over Wyoming on Oct. 5. Her previous best was eight kills in a match, which she has done on three occasions this season.
*** Her 10 kills against New Mexico last Friday was her second-best effort as an Aztec.
*** Wahlin's 10 total blocks (2 solo, 8 assists) at Oregon on Sept. 9 was a career high and is also the best for an Aztec in 2006.
*** Her current .299 hitting percentage overall is the eighth-best mark in the MWC while her .340 mark in league contests ranks six this week.
GREENE LEADS OFFENSE
*** Melanie Greene's 19 kills against TCU tied for the most by an Aztec in 2006 and was her second 19-kill effort of the season. She also had 19 kills at Oregon State in early September.
*** The 19 kills was one shy of her career best of 20, set last season in a match at Cleveland State.
*** She continues to lead SDSU in kills (3.79 kpg) and is third in digs (2.63 dpg).
*** Greene has led San Diego State in kills in 15 matches this season including nine of the last 11.
*** Her 3.79 kpg average overall ranks fifth in the Mountain West Conference this week, while her mark of 3.83 kpg in league play is fifth as well.
*** She has reached double figures in kills in 21 of SDSU's 24 matches this season.
*** Greene has a team-leading nine double-doubles (kills-digs).
*** Her .538 hitting percentage in the match vs. Lipscomb is a team best in 2006.
*** She is sixth in the MWC in points with an average of 4.20 per game in all matches.
DENT SOLID ALL-AROUND
*** Audra Dent has been in double figures in kills in six of SDSU's last seven contests.
*** Her average of 4.12 points per game in all matches is the seventh-best mark in the league entering the week.
*** Dent recorded a personal season-best 18 kills vs. Cal State Fullerton on Sept. 16 and followed that with 15 vs. Brigham Young on Sept. 21.
*** She is averaging over three (3.27) kills per game in all matches to rank 10th in the MWC this week.
*** Her 111 digs this fall surpasses her previous three-year total of 72. She is averaging 1.29 dpg after coming into the season with a 0.35 dpg career mark.
*** Her 15 digs in the match at Colorado State on Oct. 14 was a career best.
CASTILLO MOVIN' UP
*** Setter Kristin Castillo enters the week with a total of 1,945 assists in her three seasons as an Aztec and has moved into the number-six spot on the San Diego State career list.
*** She needs 294 more to take over the number-five spot currently occupied by Melissa Stokes (2,239 from 1986-88).
*** With 55 more assists, she will become only the sixth SDSU player to reach the 2,000 plateau in that stat category.
DARNALL COMES BACK
*** After missing three matches (at Colorado State, at Utah, at BYU) with an ankle sprain, freshman Stephanie Darnall came back to record double figures in kills in each of last weekend's two contests.
*** She had 11 kills against New Mexico on Friday, then added 10 in the match vs. TCU on Sunday. She hit .275 over those two contests and added a total of 14 digs.
*** Darnall has recorded seven double-doubles (kills-digs), second most on the team behind senior Melanie Greene.
*** She is second on the squad in kill average (3.29 kpg) and second in digs (2.84 dpg).
*** Her overall kill average ranks ninth in the conference this week while her mark of 3.35 kpg in MWC matches ranks seventh.
SERVING IT UP
*** Setter Leah Lathrop has moved into second place in this week's MWC league stats in service aces with an average of 0.42 per game.
*** In the overall league stats, Aime Cordeiro ranks sixth at 0.34 per game while Audra Dent has cracked the top 10 at 0.33 aces per game.
*** Dent had three aces against New Mexico last Friday, then matched that total two days later against TCU.
*** SDSU had a team-high 11 service aces in the match at Oregon on Sept. 9.
*** In that contest, Cordeiro recorded a career-best seven aces.
AZTEC NOTES
*** SDSU's .396 hitting percentage in last weekend's match vs. New Mexico was the team's highest this season. The Aztecs have surpassed the .300 mark in three other matches in 2006: .325 vs. Hofstra, .361 vs. Penn and .307 vs. Lipscomb.
*** The Aztecs had four players finish in double figures in kills in both matches last weekend, the fourth and fifth times that has occurred this fall.
*** Seniors Melanie Greene and Audra Dent are the only two Aztecs to start every match this season.
*** Leah Lathrop's average of 9.84 assists per game is eighth in the MWC this week.
*** Bailee Hellwig ranks ninth in the conference overall blocking stats with an average of 1.16 bpg.
*** SDSU ranks fourth in the MWC this week in blocking, both overall (2.73 bpg) and in league games only (2.71).
UP NEXT
*** The Aztecs host a pair of MWC matches next week beginning with a contest against Colorado State on Friday, Nov. 10, at 7:00 p.m. in Peterson Gym.
*** Two days later (Sunday, Nov. 12), SDSU will host Air Force in Peterson Gym at noon