LOGAN, Utah – Utah State volleyball (2-23, 2-11 MW) continues its week of home matches on Saturday, Nov. 9, when it hosts UNLV (14-10, 10-3 MW) at 1 p.m.
All 2019 Mountain West matches, along with all of Utah State's home matches, will be broadcast as a USU Athletics Production on the Mountain West Network. All video feeds will be available live and in archive form at utahstateaggies.com/watch. Live stats will also be provided by SIDEARM for all home games, while road contests will also have live stats available. Links to each option will be available online prior to every match. In-match updates will also be provided through the team's social media outlets.
UNLV comes to Logan having won 10 of its last 11 matches, including a 3-2 win at Boise State Thursday. As a team, UNLV is hitting .231 (1,340-534-3,485), with middle blocker Kate Brennan leading the group at .307 (146-40-345) outside hitter Mariena Hayden averaging a team-best 3.53 kills per set. Running a 6-2, setters Antonette Rolda and Lauryn Burt are averaging 5.86 and 4.89 assists per set, respectively. Defensively, outside hitter Shelby Capllonch leads the Rebels with 3.12 digs per set, while Brennan is the top blocker with 0.83 blocks per set.
The teams met in Las Vegas earlier this season, with the Rebels claiming the 3-0 win.
Utah State is hitting .135 (820-442-2,809) on the season. Senior opposite side hitter
Izzie Belnap leads the USU attack, hitting .194 (119-45-382). The Aggies run a 6-2, with senior
Heidi Carpenter and freshman
Kalena Vaivai averaging 5.36 and 3.77 assists per set, respectively. Defensively, freshman libero
Grace DuBay is averaging a team-high 3.14 digs per set, while sophomore middle blocker
Autumn Spafford is the leading the Aggies with 1.24 blocks per set.
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