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AZTECS TRAVEL TO ALBUQUERQUE AND FORT WORTH FOR MWC MATCHES
*** San Diego State begins a string of three consecutive away matches when it visits Albuquerque to take on Mountain West Conference foe New Mexico on Friday, Oct. 12, at 7:00 p.m. (MDT).
*** The next night (Saturday, Oct. 13), the Aztecs will be in Fort Worth to face the TCU Horned Frogs at 7:00 p.m. (CDT).
*** The series of road contests will continue next weekend with a trip to UNLV on Oct. 19.
SERIES RECORDS
*** The Aztecs are 27-11 in the series against New Mexico, including wins in 14 of the last 16 meetings between the teams. The series goes back to 1976 when the Lobos claimed a 3-1 victory in Peterson Gym. The schools have met annually since 1990 when both were members of the Western Athletic Conference. Last season, each team posted a 3-0 win on its home floor. SDSU has a 9-7 against the Lobos in Albuquerque, 13-4 in San Diego and 5-0 on neutral courts.
*** San Diego State has won five of its previous six matches against TCU with the Frogs recording their first-ever win over SDSU in Fort Worth last season. The first two contests between the teams came during the 1997 season when SDSU and the Horned Frogs were members of the Western Athletic Conference. San Diego State won 3-0 in Peterson Gym and 3-1 in Fort Worth. In 2005, TCU's first as a member of the MWC, saw SDSU triumph over the Horned Frogs both at home (3-1) and away (3-0). The Aztecs defeated TCU in three games in San Diego in 2006.
SCOUTING THE OPPOSITION
*** New Mexico enters the week with an overall record 13-5 and 4-2 in the Mountain West Conference as it begins the week in second place in the league standings. The Lobos are led by outside hitters Jeanne Fairchild (4.58 kpg, 1.11 dpg) and Lisa Meeter (3.11 kpg, 3.17 dpg). Fairchild leads the MWC in kill average while Meeter tops the conference in service aces (0.42/game). Both Anna Lehne (1.12 bpg) and Kerri Beck (1.02 bpg) average over a block a game for the Lobos.
*** TCU's overall record stands at 16-6 as it heads into a Friday match against UNLV prior to hosting San Diego State on Saturday. The Horned Frogs are 3-3 in conference play. TCU has three players averaging over three kills a game including Kourtney Edwards (3.47 kpg, 1.21 bpg), LeMeita Smith (3.12 kpg) and Lauren Otto (3.11 kpg, 2.47 dpg). The Horned Frogs ended a four-match losing streak with a 3-2 come-from-behind victory at Utah last Saturday.
WARNER GETS NUMBER 200
*** San Diego State head coach Mark Warner recorded his 200th career win with the Aztecs' victory over Air Force last Thursday.
*** Warner is in his 13th season at the helm of the Aztec women's program. His career record over that span stands at 200-185 (.519).
*** Over the past 12 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.
LAST WEEK
*** San Diego State split a pair of Mountain West conference matches at home last week.
*** On Thursday, the Aztecs defeated Air Force in three games by scores of 30-13, 30-16, 30-17. Stephanie Darnall and Hannah Evans led SDSU with nine kills each. Freshman Lauren Salisbury topped all players with five blocks while Leah Lathrop and Aime Cordeiro contributed three services aces apiece.
*** Two days later, the Aztecs dropped a 3-1 (30-28, 21-30, 29-31, 26-30) decision to Wyoming. Three players finished in double figures in kills for SDSU led by Lindsey Mahan with 16. Darnall and Evans chipped in with 14 and 10 kills respectively. Cordeiro had a match-high 20 digs and was joined in double figures by Lathrop with 11.
MAHAN MAKING HER MARK
*** Senior Lindsey Mahan led the Aztec with 16 kills against Wyoming last Saturday.
*** Her .560 hitting percentage in that contest was her highest this season.
*** She had a career-best 18 kills in the win over UNLV last Sept. 21. It was the third time this season that she has set a personal best in that category.
*** Mahan set a career high with 10 blocks in the match vs. Northern Illinois on Sept. 8.
*** Here .321 overall hitting percentage is second on the team and ranks seventh in the Mountain West Conference this week.
*** She is second on the squad with a season average of 1.29 blocks per game. Her blocking average over her previous three seasons as an Aztec was 0.88 bpg.
LATHROP DOUBLES UP
*** Setter Leah Lathrop had her third double-double of the season with 25 assists and 11 digs vs. Wyoming last weekend.
*** It marked the seventh double-double effort of her three-year Aztec career.
*** Her three service aces against Air Force raised her average in league play to 0.42 per game. She ranks fourth in the league this week in that stat category.
EVANS SOLID UP FRONT
*** Redshirt freshman Hannah Evans reached double figures in kills for the sixth time this season with 10 against Wyoming on Saturday.
*** In last week's two matches she had a hitting percentage of .342.
*** In conference play she is average over two kills, two digs and a half block a game.
*** Evans has started 16 of SDSU's 17 matches in 2007.
SALISBURY SHINES
*** First-year Aztec Lauren Salisbury (Southlake, Texas, Carroll HS) has started all 17 matches this season and continues to impress.
*** She enters the week as the overall team leader in blocking at 1.38 per game as well as hitting percentage (.330).
*** She has averaged at least one block per game in every match this season.
*** She set a personal best with 25 kills in the win over UNLV on Sept. 21. Her previous high was 17 against Northern Illinois on Sept. 8.
*** Her .600 attack percentage in that match is the highest for an Aztec this season.
*** Salisbury opened her SDSU career with a 10- kill, seven-block effort vs. UC Santa Barbara on Aug. 24.
*** Her overall hitting percentage ranks sixth in the MWC this week.
*** In league games, she is hitting .361, third best in the conference.
DARNALL LEADS THE OFFENSE
*** Sophomore Stephanie Darnall recorded her best hitting percentage of the season when she turned in a .538 in the win over Air Force last Thursday.
*** She has reached double figures kills in 13 of the team's 17 matches.
*** On Sept. 21 vs. UNLV, she tied her career high with 23 digs, a mark she accomplished last year at Cal State Fullerton.
*** Darnall, who recorded 10 double-doubles in her first season at SDSU last year, has added eight more in 2007.
*** She leads the Aztecs in kill average at 3.37 per game.
*** Darnall's 25 kills vs. Long Island on Aug. 25 was a new career best, surpassing her previous high of 19 set twice in 2006.
ON THE BLOCK
*** San Diego State has been out-blocked in a match in only two of its 17 contests this season.
*** Individually, the Aztecs are the only team with three players who appear among the top 10 in the MWC blocking stats, either overall or in league matches only.
*** In all matches, SDSU is averaging 3.26 blocks per game, second-best in the MWC.
*** In conference play, the Aztecs' average is at 3.15 bpg, a figure that stands second in the MWC as well.
*** Last week, San Diego State ranked 12th in the nation in blocking. NCAA statistics are posted on Tuesday afternoons (at www.ncaa.org).
*** The Aztecs have three players who are among the top 10 in the league's overall stats in blocking led by freshman Lauren Salisbury (1.38 bpg-3rd) and senior Lindsey Mahan (1.29 bpg-4th). In addition, senior Sydney De Turk ranks seventh at 1.16 bpg.
*** In league-game stats, De Turk is fourth at 1.33 bpg followed while Mahan and Salisbury are tied for fifth at 1.29 bpg.
CORDEIRO SETS CAREER MARK
*** With 27 digs in the match against UNLV on Sept. 21, senior Aime Cordeiro set a new San Diego State career record in that category.
*** Her current total of 1,731 digs has surpassed the total of 1,678 set by Jackie Mendez (1985-88) and moved her into the all-time top spot.
*** Cordeiro's 30 digs vs. San Diego on Sept. 18 was the 10th time in her career that she has posted at least 30 digs in a match, the most in SDSU history. Former Aztec Jackie Mendez ranks second with four 30-dig contests.
*** Cordeiro's average of 6.29 digs per game leads the MWC this week.
*** She ranked third in the NCAA Division I stats this week (updated NCAA stats available Tuesday afternoon at www.ncaa.org).
DE TURK AT THE NET
*** Sydney De Turk, a senior transfer from Concordia University in Irvine, who appeared in just seven games a year ago in her first season as an Aztec, has started nine of SDSU's last 10 matches.
*** She set her personal high in kills with 10 against Utah (Sept. 13) and then bettered that with 12 in the match vs. Brigham Young two days later.
*** De Turk also had a career-best nine blocks in each of those matches.
*** In league play, she leads the team in blocking at 1.33 per game, a mark that ranks fourth in the MWC this week.
WORKING LONG HOURS
*** Six of San Diego State's 17 matches this season have gone five games. The Aztecs are 4-2 in those contests.
*** Last season, SDSU went 2-3 in five-game matches.
*** Since going to rally scoring in 2001, the highest number of five-game matches in a season for the Aztecs had been five (2002, 2003, 2006).
*** The team's best season record in those matches was 2-3 in both 2002 and 2006.
*** The last time SDSU had six five-game matches in a season was in 1999. It played seven five-game contests in 1996.
DUAL SETTERS
*** With the exception of the match vs. UNLV on Sept. 21, the Aztecs have been rotating Kristen Castillo and Leah Lathrop at the setter position. Lathrop missed the match on Sept. 21 due to injury.
*** Because they are splitting time, neither has accumulated spectacular numbers, but together they are averaging 12.15 assists and 2.81 digs per game.
*** Between the two, they are hitting .411 with 34 total kills in 73 attempts.
*** Castillo notched her fifth career double-double with 63 assists and 15 digs vs. UNLV on Sept. 21.
*** Lathrop recorded the sixth double-double of her SDSU career with a 22-assist, 10-dig performance vs. Texas-Pan American on Sept. 8, then had a 25-kill, 11-dig outing vs. Wyoming last weekend.
MOVING UP THE CHARTS
*** Senior setter Kristen Castillo has moved into fifth place on the career assist list with 2,452. She is 321 assists away from the number-four spot occupied by Liane Sato (1985-86) with 2,773 assists.
*** With 1,867 career assists, junior Leah Lathrop has moved up to the number-eight spot. She needs only 19 assists to move up one spot by passing Erin Tomblin (1988-89) who recorded 1,886 assists as an Aztec.
RECORD SETTER
*** Libero Aime Cordeiro, who set an SDSU and Mountain West Conference record with 46 digs against Northern Illinois on Sept. 8, followed that up with a 44-dig outing in the team's next match against Cal State Fullerton on Sept. 11.
*** Despite falling two digs shy of tying her own record, the 44 digs established a new MWC mark for digs in a five-game match.
AZTEC NOTES
*** Lauren Salisbury, Lindsey Mahan and Stephanie Darnall are the only three Aztecs to have started every match this season.
*** Redshirt freshman Kate Ammerman made her first career appearance in the match against Air Force on Oct. 4.
*** SDSU has won the opening game in 13 of its 17 matches in 2007.
*** The Aztecs' six-match winning streak, which ended with the loss to BYU on Saturday Sept. 15, was their longest since 2003 when they recorded four consecutive victories twice during the season.
*** SDSU's 3-0 loss at Colorado State was the first time this season it has failed to win a game in match.
*** Setter Kristen Castillo has recorded at least one kill in six of SDSU's last seven matches.
*** Lauren Salisbury, Sydney De Turk and Hannah Evans have at least one block in every match this season. Lindsey Mahan ended a streak of 14 matches in a row with a block when she was shut out at Colorado State on Sept. 27.