Nov. 24, 2015
SAN DIEGO, Calif. -- The San Diego State volleyball team will wrap up its 2015 campaign this evening when it hosts Mountain West foe Nevada at 6:00 p.m. (PT) on Aztec Court.
The Wolf Pack enters this evening's match with a record of 12-17 overall and 7-10 in conference play. They feature one of the league kill leaders in Madison Morell, who is averaging 4.43 kills per set in Mountain West matches.
The Aztecs, meanwhile, will try to extend their late-season surge that has seen them win four of their last five matches and move up to fifth place in the league standings. A win tonight would ensure at least a fifth-place finish after they were picked to place sixth in the coaches' preseason poll.
SDSU's record stands at 11-19 overall and 8-9 in conference action. A win tonight would also mean that the Aztecs will have finished at .500 or better in league play each of the past six seasons.
With tonight marking the end of the season, the match has been designated as Senior Night and the Aztecs will honor a pair of athletes making their final appearances for the Red and Black. That duo includes outside hitter Ciara Brown and middle blocker Kaja Sandberg.
Brown is a two-year letterwinner at SDSU who came to the Aztecs from South Florida last season. Sandberg, meanwhile, is a four-year letterwinner for San Diego State after arriving from Desert Ridge HS in Mesa, Ariz. in 2012.
Sophomore libero Devyn Pritchard tied her season high with a pair of service aces in the win at San Jose State on Saturday. She also had 15 digs in the three-set match, her highest total in SDSU's last seven matches.
Redshirt freshman Deja Harris led the Aztecs with nine kills in the win at San Jose State. Emma Fuzie matched Harris' nine kills and added four blocks and three digs during that SDSU victory.