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Match Week Preview
CSU Bakersfield (0-0) at San Diego State (0-0)
Friday, Aug. 24 | 7 p.m. PT | Mountain West Network | Live Stats | Peterson Gym | San Diego Calif.
Seattle at San Diego State (0-0)
Saturday, Aug. 25 | 11:30 a.m. PT | Live Stats | Peterson Gym | San Diego Calif.
Portland (0-0) at San Diego State (0-0)
Friday, Aug. 25 | 7 p.m. PT | Mountain West Network | Live Stats | Peterson Gym | San Diego Calif.
Storylines
A LOOK AT 2018: San Diego State begins its 43rd season of women's volleyball in 2018 and enters the fall having posted back-to-back winning seasons for the first time since 2012-13. Head coach Deitre Collins-Parker begins her 11th season on the Mesa and has compiled a 146-127 record over her Aztec career.
AZTEC INVITATIONAL HISTORY: The Aztecs are 13-6 in Aztec Invitational action since 2009, Collins-Parker's first year as head coach. It will be the third consecutive year SDSU has hosted the Aztec Invitational and the eighth time in the last 11 years.
PRESEASON POLL: For the second consecutive year, SDSU was selected to finish third in the Mountain West in the league's annual preseason poll. Colorado State and Wyoming were selected to finish first and second in the conference, respectively, while Boise State finished in a tie for third place with the Aztecs.
| Year | Preseason | Actual Finish |
| 2018 | T-3rd | ? |
| 2017 | 3rd | T-3rd |
| 2016 | 5th | 6th |
| 2015 | 6th | T-5th |
| 2014 | 4th | 6th |
ALL-MW (AGAIN): SDSU's lone senior, Deja Harris, was named to the preseason all-MW team for the second consecutive season, being one of just three student-athletes in the MW (Colorado State's Kirstie Hillyer and Katie Oleksak) to be on both the 2017 and 2018 preseason all-MW team. Last season, Harris became the third three-time all-MW selection in SDSU history and has an opportunity to become the first-ever four-time honoree in 2018. The Las Vegas native was the only student-athlete in the Mountain West to finish in the top seven in points per set (3.84), blocks per set (1.28) and hitting percentage (.344) in 2017. Harris' .322 career hitting percentage ranks eighth best in program history.
A LOOK AT THE FIELD: San Diego State is a perfect 9-0 against its three opponents for the 2018 Aztec Invitational, owning a 5-0, 3-0, and 1-0 record against CSU Bakersfield, Seattle, and Portland, respectively.
SDSU will play CSU Bakersfield for the first time since 2015, when the Aztecs rallied from a two-set deficit to win in five sets (21-25, 30-32, 25-15, 25-14, 15-7). Then a freshman, Deja Harris posted a match-best .520 attack percentage and a team-high in kills (16).
On Saturday, SDSU will play a pair of programs from the Pacific Northwest, meeting with Seattle for the first time since 2010 and Portland for the first time 2011.
All-Time Results vs. CSU Bakersfield
Aug. 29, 2015 - W (21-25, 30-32, 25-15, 25-14, 15-7)
Nov. 13, 2010 - W (25-14, 25-22, 25-16)
Nov. 15, 2009 - W (25-12, 25-22, 25-17)
Oct. 24, 2009 - W (25-17, 22-25, 25-21, 26-24)
Oct. 29, 1992 - W (15-12, 15-7, 15-10)
All-Time Results vs. Seattle
Oct. 15, 2010 - W (25-20, 25-21, 26-24)
Sep. 4, 2010 - W (25-21, 25-18, 25-18)
Aug. 28, 2009 - W (25-19, 25-19, 25-19)
All-Time Results vs. Portland
Aug. 27, 2011 - W (21-25, 25-20, 24-26, 26-24, 15-9)
A NEW LOOK: SDSU's roster of 20 is split evenly between 10 returners (eight letter winners, two redshirts) and 10 newcomers (five transfers, five true freshmen).
SDSU's 10 newcomers is the most it has had on a roster since having 11 in 2010. SDSU's roster of 20 is tied for the largest roster since Collins-Parker arrived at SDSU, and SDSU's five transfers is the most for an Aztec recruiting class since Collins-Parker's first season on the Mesa.
2018 SCHEDULE: SDSU will play four non-conference tournaments featuring 12 matches before starting Mountain West play against Fresno State on Sept. 21.
SDSU's non-conference finale on Oct. 2 features a home match against crosstown foe San Diego, which appeared at No. 14 in the AVCA preseason rankings. SDSU will also face No. 25 Colorado State at home on Sept. 27 and Oregon State on Sept. 14, which is receiving votes in the AVCA national rankings. On the road, SDSU takes on RV Hawai'i on Sept. 9 and No. 25 Colorado State on Oct. 25.