BACK IN ACTION
Utah State volleyball (22-5, 15-1 MW) wraps up its regular season with a pair of road matches, facing Fresno State (16-11, 10-6 MW) on Thursday, Nov. 16, at 7 p.m. (MT), and Nevada (7-20, 3-13 MW) on Saturday, Nov. 18, 2 p.m. (MT).
FOLLOW ALONG
Both matches will be on the Mountain West Network. Live stats will be available via Sidearm and StatBroadcast. Links to all options will be posted on the team's social media pages and listed on the Utah State Athletics website.
3PEAT
Utah State became the outright Mountain West regular season champions after defeating Boise State 3-1 on Nov. 6. The Aggies have won three-straight MW championships, all of which came under head coach
Rob Neilson, after sharing the MW regular season title in 2021 and winning the MW tournament in 2022.USU has won eight regular season conference titles in program history, including the WAC in 2012 and five consecutive titles in the Intermountain Athletic Conference from 1977 through 1981.
BACK-TO-BACK-TO-BACK 20 WIN SEASONS
The sweep over New Mexico (Nov. 4) was Utah State's 20th win of the season, marking the 15th time in program history the Aggies have crossed the 20-win plateau. It is the first time USU has won at least 20 matches in three-straight seasons since doing so over a six-season stretch from 1977-82.
The Aggies have now recorded 22 wins in each of the last three seasons. The 22 wins tie for the eighth most in program history.
RPI TOP 25
Utah State ranks 16th in the RPI as of Nov. 12, the highest-ranked Mountain West team. The next highest conference opponent in the RPI is Colorado State, coming in at 67th.
AGGIES IN THE POLL
The Aggies have received votes in the AVCA coaches poll in three-straight weeks, most recently on Nov. 13. Utah State earned votes in back-to-back weeks earlier this season (Sept. 4, Sept. 11).
HOT IN CONFERENCE PLAY
- Utah State's 15-1 start in Mountain West play is the second-best start in program history, behind the 1979 squad that went an undefeated 10-0 in the Intermountain Athletic Conference. The 15 wins in conference play are the most since USU joined the Mountain West and are tied for the most in program history with the 2012 WAC team.
- Utah State is currently five games ahead of the second-place team in the MW. Two teams in Mountain West history have finished the conference season five games ahead of the second-place team as Colorado State finished 19-1 while New Mexico finished 14-6 in 2013, while the Rams were 17-1 and Wyoming was 12-6 in 2017.
NOT SO SPOOKY OCTOBER
Utah State has won 12-straight matches and 14 of its last 15. The Aggies did not lose a match during the month of October.
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