Nov. 16, 2010
Complete Release and Season Statistics in PDF Format
AZTECS WRAP UP 2010 HOME SEASON VS. UNLV & AIR FORCE
San Diego State will conclude its 2010 home season with a pair of Mountain West Conference matches this week. On Thursday, Nov. 18, the Aztecs will host UNLV at 7:00 p.m. in Peterson Gym. On Saturday, Nov. 20, SDSU will face Air Force in a match scheduled to get underway at 1:00 p.m. in Peterson Gym.
SENIOR DAY
Saturday's contest vs. Air Force has been designated Senior Day for a pair of Aztecs who will be playing their final home match for the Red and Black. Middle blocker Lauren Salisbury and outside hitter Kelsey Manasco will be honored prior to the contest against the Falcons.
SERIES RECORDS
San Diego State holds a 26-2 mark in its previous 28 meetings with Air Force. The teams first met in 1996 while both were members of the Western Athletic Conference. Air Force's wins over SDSU came in Colorado Springs in 1999. The Falcons ended a 22-match losing streak at the hands of the Aztecs last month when they won a four-set decision in Colorado Springs. The Aztecs are 13-0 vs. the Falcons in San Diego, 12-2 in Colorado Springs and 1-0 at neutral sites.
San Diego State's all-time record against UNLV stands at 19-12 since the teams first met in 1985. The Rebels have won nine of the last 14 against SDSU although the Aztecs have been victorious in the most recent three encounters. That SDSU run includes a sweep last year's two matches as well as a win the contest in Las Vegas on Oct. 23. San Diego State is 11-3 vs. UNLV at home, 8-8 in Las Vegas and 0-1 at neutral venues.
AZTECS ON THE BLOCK
SDSU's team blocking total (15.0 blocks - 1 solo, 28 assists) against Cal State Bakersfield on Nov. 13 was its highest of the season. The 28 assists was the team's highest total in a match since recording the same figure at Air Force on Nov. 13, 2009. As a team SDSU has finished in double figures in blocking in 11 matches this fall including the last three in a row.
CRACKING THE TOP 10
In addition to Lauren Salisbury being among the top 10 in career hitting percentage (fifth), the SDSU record book will have a couple of other new top 10 entries by the end of the season.
Andrea Hannasch is tied for ninth in career block assists with 341 (Shannon Matthew is No. 8 at 358).
With 119 this fall, Hannasch is also seven block assists away from adding her name to the single-season top 10 in that category (Jennifer Hamilton and Megan Schauermann are tied for 10th with 126).
Freshman setter Johnna Fouch enters the week with 1,094 assists and needs to average just 27 assists per match over SDSU's final four contests to crack the top 10. Andrea Clark currently ranks 10th with 1,211 assists in 1996.
Salisbury has moved into the 10th spot in career block assists with 334 and needs seven move into the No. 9 position.
With 380 digs, Kristi Jackels is only four away from entering the Aztec single season top 10 in that stat.
AZTECS IN THE OVERALL MWC STATS
Johnna Fouch leads the league's setters at 10.52 assists per set.
Andrea Hannasch is third in blocking (1.27 per set).
Kristi Jackels is fifth in digs at 3.65 per set.
Lauren Salisbury is sixth in hitting percentage (.300).
AZTECS IN THE LEAGUE-ONLY MWC STATS
In league-only matches, Johnna Fouch ranks fifth in assists at 10.00 per set.
Andrea Hannasch is fourth in blocks at 1.30 per set and 10th in points at 3.70 per set.
Raegan Shelton stands 10th in kills at 2.98 per set.
Kristi Jackels ranks sixth in digs at 3.60 per set.
SALISBURY'S RETURNS
Senior middle blocker Lauren Salisbury made an unexpected return to the court last Saturday (Nov. 13) in the match against Cal State Bakersfield. She had suffered a wrist injury on Sept. 28 and was expected to miss the remainder of the 2010 season. In limited action in the second and third sets against the Roadrunners last weekend, she recorded three kills on three attempts and also contributed four blocks.
JACKELS DIGS CAREER BEST
Over SDSU's last four matches, sophomore libero Kristi Jackels has been in double figures in digs and averaged 4.67 per set during that span. She set her SDSU career high with 32 digs in the match against Brigham Young on Nov. 6. Jackels becomes just the seventh Aztec to ever record 30 or more digs in a match, joining current teammate Johnna Fouch (who had 30 vs. UC Irvine in September) on that list.
PEARSON PROVIDES SPARK
Junior outside hitter Paije Pearson totaled 10 blocks in the Aztecs' two matches last week for an average of 1.67 per set. Her six block assists at Cal State Fullerton was her second-highest total of the season.
AZTEC NOTES
With wins in their final two homes games this week, the Aztecs can ensure that they will finish at .500 or better this season. It would be the first time they have done so since the 2005 campaign when they ended the year at 16-14 ... Freshman defensive specialist Justine Ricigliano tied her season high with seven digs in the win at Brigham Young on Nov. 6 ... As a team, the Aztecs have hit .300 or better in seven matches, their highest total since it reached that mark in nine matches during the 2005 campaign ... The Aztecs are 3-3 in five-set matches this season ... The win over BYU was only the second one this season in which SDSU has trailed in kills and digs ... Andrea Hannasch is the lone Aztec to have recorded at least one block in each of SDSU's matches this season .. Johnna Fouch is the only Aztec to have started every match this season. Fouch and libero Kristi Jackels are the only players to have appeared in every set in 2010.