Thursday, October 20
USAFA
6:00 pm MT
Air Force Academy
vs
Fresno State
Photo by: Trevor Cokley
Falcons Split Week to Wrap First Half of MW Play
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Air Force will host Fresno State (Oct. 20) and travel to San Diego State (Oct. 22)
The Air Force volleyball team closes out the first half of the Mountain West season this week, as it faces Fresno State and San Diego State for the only time this year. The Falcons will host the Bulldogs in a brief stopover at the Academy on Thursday, Oct. 20, before heading back out on the road for a matchup with the Aztecs in San Diego on Saturday, Oct. 22.
MATCH INFORMATION
Thursday's match against Fresno State will begin at 6:00 p.m. (MT) inside Cadet East Gym, with Jason Carter and George Egan on the call for FalconVision. Saturday's contest at San Diego State is slated for a 1:00 p.m. (PT) start inside Peterson Gym. Live stats and video will be available for both matches, with direct links available below. Both matches will also be streamed on the Mountain West App (available on Android, IOS, Apple TC, Roku, and Android TV).
MATCH 21 | OCT 20 | 6:00 PM MT
Fresno State at Air Force
USAFA | Cadet East Gym
Watch Live | Live Stats
MATCH 22 | OCT 22 | 1:00 PM PT
Air Force at San Diego State
San Diego, Calif. | Peterson Gym
Watch Live | Live Stats
SCOUTING THE OPPONENTS
Fresno State is 6-14 on the year and, like Air Force, still searching for its first conference win. The Bulldogs are coming off a pair of home losses to Colorado State (2-3) and Wyoming (1-3) last week. As a team, Fresno State is ranked second in the conference in blocks with a 2.44 per-set average in Mountain West contests, while Kasey Purry is the league leader in that category with 1.41 stops per set. San Diego State, who will travel to New Mexico before hosting Air Force, enters the week with a 4-15 record and a 2-6 mark in conference play. The Aztecs, who dropped a pair of contests to Wyoming (1-3) and Colorado State (0-3) last week, are led by McKenna Douglas, who is ranked second in the Mountain West with 0.45 aces-per-set in conference matches.
BY THE NUMBERS
The Falcons are 10-12 all-time against Fresno State, but hold a 10-8 advantage in the series since the Bulldogs joined the Mountain West in 2012. Eight of Air Force's 10 victories over Fresno State have come at the Academy, including five of the last six. The Falcons are 9-39 lifetime against San Diego State, with just one of those nine victories coming at Peterson Gym.
JUMPING FOR JOI
Joi Harvey is ranked among the top 50 in NCAA Division I with a 1.25 blocks-per-set average (46th). Her 20 solo stops are tied for second in the nation, while her 99 total blocks are tied for sixth and her 79 assisted stops are tied for 10th.
AROUND THE CONFERENCE
Air Force enters the week ranked second in the conference in blocks-per-set (2.49), while holding a top-five ranking in service aces (1.63) in overall matches. Individually, Joi Harvey leads the MW in blocks (1.25) and is ranked third in hitting (.362), while Caroline Reinkensmeyer is ranked ninth in assists with a 5.50 per-set average.
WHAT'S ON DECK
Air Force begins the second half of the conference's home-and-home schedule next week, as it hosts San Jose State (Thursday, Oct. 27) and Nevada (Saturday, Oct. 29) at the Academy's Cadet East Gym.
MATCH INFORMATION
Thursday's match against Fresno State will begin at 6:00 p.m. (MT) inside Cadet East Gym, with Jason Carter and George Egan on the call for FalconVision. Saturday's contest at San Diego State is slated for a 1:00 p.m. (PT) start inside Peterson Gym. Live stats and video will be available for both matches, with direct links available below. Both matches will also be streamed on the Mountain West App (available on Android, IOS, Apple TC, Roku, and Android TV).
MATCH 21 | OCT 20 | 6:00 PM MT
Fresno State at Air Force
USAFA | Cadet East Gym
Watch Live | Live Stats
MATCH 22 | OCT 22 | 1:00 PM PT
Air Force at San Diego State
San Diego, Calif. | Peterson Gym
Watch Live | Live Stats
SCOUTING THE OPPONENTS
Fresno State is 6-14 on the year and, like Air Force, still searching for its first conference win. The Bulldogs are coming off a pair of home losses to Colorado State (2-3) and Wyoming (1-3) last week. As a team, Fresno State is ranked second in the conference in blocks with a 2.44 per-set average in Mountain West contests, while Kasey Purry is the league leader in that category with 1.41 stops per set. San Diego State, who will travel to New Mexico before hosting Air Force, enters the week with a 4-15 record and a 2-6 mark in conference play. The Aztecs, who dropped a pair of contests to Wyoming (1-3) and Colorado State (0-3) last week, are led by McKenna Douglas, who is ranked second in the Mountain West with 0.45 aces-per-set in conference matches.
BY THE NUMBERS
The Falcons are 10-12 all-time against Fresno State, but hold a 10-8 advantage in the series since the Bulldogs joined the Mountain West in 2012. Eight of Air Force's 10 victories over Fresno State have come at the Academy, including five of the last six. The Falcons are 9-39 lifetime against San Diego State, with just one of those nine victories coming at Peterson Gym.
JUMPING FOR JOI
Joi Harvey is ranked among the top 50 in NCAA Division I with a 1.25 blocks-per-set average (46th). Her 20 solo stops are tied for second in the nation, while her 99 total blocks are tied for sixth and her 79 assisted stops are tied for 10th.
AROUND THE CONFERENCE
Air Force enters the week ranked second in the conference in blocks-per-set (2.49), while holding a top-five ranking in service aces (1.63) in overall matches. Individually, Joi Harvey leads the MW in blocks (1.25) and is ranked third in hitting (.362), while Caroline Reinkensmeyer is ranked ninth in assists with a 5.50 per-set average.
WHAT'S ON DECK
Air Force begins the second half of the conference's home-and-home schedule next week, as it hosts San Jose State (Thursday, Oct. 27) and Nevada (Saturday, Oct. 29) at the Academy's Cadet East Gym.
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