Oct. 12, 2011
Competle Release and Statistics
AZTECS HOSTS AIR FORCE & BOISE STATE FOR CONFERENCE MATCHES
San Diego State returns home this week for a pair of Mountain West matches. The Aztecs will be in action on Thursday, Oct. 13, when they host Air Force at 7:00 p.m. (PT) on Aztec Court in Peterson Gym. SDSU continues league play on Saturday, Oct. 15, with a contest against conference newcomer Boise State at 1:00 p.m.
SERIES RECORDS
San Diego State holds a 27-2 mark in its previous 29 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 season when they won a four-set decision in Colorado Springs. The Aztecs are 14-0 vs. the Falcons in San Diego, 12-2 in Colorado Springs and 1-0 at neutral sites.
The Aztecs and Boise State have just once previously. That match occurred at the Red Raider Classic in Lubbock, Texas, during the 2005 season with SDSU taking a three-set win.
SHELTON EARNS CONFERENCE AWARD
Sophomore Raegan Shelton earned Mountain West Volleyball Co-Player of the Week honors for matches played from Oct. 3-9, 2011. It is the first weekly honor for Shelton, who shared the award with Wyoming outside hitter Jodi Purdy. She had a career-high 21 kills and 58 attempts on .241 hitting against the Horned Frogs, the most kills by an Aztec this season. Against New Mexico on Sunday, Shelton had 19 kills on .267 hitting and tied her career-high with eight digs. For the week, Shelton averaged 4.00 kills, 0.40 blocks and 1.50 digs per set, while hitting .252. She averaged 4.20 points per set over 10 total sets.
HANNASCH LEADS THE OFFENSE
Junior middle blocker Andrea Hannasch set or tied five personal career highs in the win at TCU on Oct. 6. She had new career bests of 20 kills and 30 points against the Horned Frogs. Hannasch tied her Aztec bets with three assists, three solo blocks and 11 total blocks. Her 20 kills and 11 blocks at TCU were her third double-double of the season and sixth of her career. Her .486 hitting percentage against TCU was her second-highest mark in a match this season. Hannasch ranks 33rd in blocking in this week's NCAA Division I statistics.
HARRIS HEATS UP
Middle blocker Emily Harris, a sophomore transfer from Western Michigan, has started each of the last 10 matches after not appearing in SDSU's first five contests of the year. She set career highs with eight blocks, 19.0 points and a .522 hitting percentage in the win at new Mexico on Oct. 9. She also tied her career highs with 15 kills vs. the Lobos in that match. Over the last three matches she is hitting .493
FOUCH ASSISTS
Setter Johnna Fouch set a career high 65 assists in the victory at TCU on Oct. 6. She leads the conference in all games with an average of 11.24 assists per set. That mark ranks 19th in NCAA Division I this week. She has recorded seven double-doubles (assists-digs) in 2011, the latest being a 53 assist-14 dig effort at New Mexico last Sunday (Oct. 9). Fouch is hitting .362 (32k-7e-69att) from her setter position and has had only one attack error in SDSU's last four matches.
JACKELS DIGGIN' IT
Junior libero Kristi Jackels totaled 50 digs in last week's two road matches to average 5.00 per set in that pair of contests She has joined the 1,000 dig club for her two-plus year career as an Aztec and enters the week with 1,152 digs to rank fifth on the SDSU all-time list She ranks second in the conference this week with an average of 0.35 service aces per set in league matches. She is also second in digs in Mountain West play at 4.55 per set.
WORKING OVERTIME
Last week's wins at TCU and New Mexico marked only the time the Aztecs have won back-to-back five-set matches on the road. The other occasion came during the 1988 season when they won at Fresno State and Pepperdine on consecutive days (Sept. 16-17). SDSU has only had three consecutive five-set matches once in school history. That came in 1986 when they defeated San Jose State, UCLA (away) and Cal State Fullerton from Sept. 29 to Oct. 3. San Diego State has a record of 4-1 in five-set matches this season.
THE RECORD BOOK
A trio of Aztecs will make their marks in the SDSU career record listings before the end of the 2011 season. Libero Kristi Jackels' 1,152 digs is fifth on the Aztec top 10. Fourth place is currently held by Ginger Ernest (1993-96) with 1,154 career digs. Sophomore setter Johnna Fouch has moved into the No. nine spot in career assists with 1,902. Former Aztec Melissa Stokes (1986-88) ranks ninth on the list with 2,239 assists. In addition, Andrea Hannasch needs eight block assists to catch Rene Pankopf (1983-86) for the No. 10 spot on that list.
AZTEC NOTES
As a team San Diego State stands second in the conference in kills, assists and service aces in all matches ... SDSU is averaging 14.38 kills per set over its last five matches ... Summer Nash had only one kill on one attempt in the win at TCU (Oct. 6), but it was an important one as it was the match winner in the fifth and deciding set ... Kyla Oropeza tied her career high with two service aces at TCU ... San Diego State's .387 hitting percentage in that match vs. Wyoming on Sept. 29 was its highest of the season. ... Eleven different players have started matches for the Aztecs this season (not including libero Kristi Jackels).