Air Force Remains at Home for Two MW Matches

The Air Force volleyball team caps its three-match homestand this week with conference contests against UNLV (Thursday, Oct. 26) and San Diego State (Saturday, Oct. 28) at the Academy's Cadet East Gym.

MATCH INFORMATION
Air Force and UNLV will face off at 6:00 p.m. (MT) on Thursday, while Saturday's 1:00 p.m. (MT) contest against San Diego State. Both matches will be broadcast on the Mountain West Network, with FalconVision's Jason Carter and George Egan on the call. Direct links for stats and video are available on the team's schedule page, while both matches can also be streamed on the Mountain West App (available on Android, IOS, Apple TV, Roku, and Android TV).

MATCH 22 | OCT 26 | 6:00 PM (MT)
UNLV at Air Force
USAFA | Cadet East Gym
Live Stats | Watch on Mountain West Network

MATCH 23 | OCT 28 | 1:00 PM (MT)
San Diego State at Air Force
USAFA | Cadet East Gym
Live Stats | Watch on Mountain West Network

SCOUTING THE REBELS
UNLV is 12-10 on the year and 4-6 in conference play after dropping a home match to Utah State (2-3) and a road contest to Boise State (1-3) last week. The Rebels are ranked second in the conference in hitting (.254), while holding a top-five placement in aces (1.78). Individually, Isabel Martin is ranked second in the Mountain West in kills (4.15), while Jordyn Freeman is ranked fourth in blocks (1.18) and Livvy Setla is ranked fifth in aces (0.44).

SCOUTING THE AZTECS
San Diego State, who will play at New Mexico on Thursday, enters the week 8-13 overall and 3-7 in league play after splitting a home match with Boise State (3-1 win) and a road contest at Utah State (1-3 loss). The Aztecs are ranked within the league's top five in assists (12.40, third), digs (13.63, third) and kills (13.21, fifth), while Taylor Underwood is ranked third in kills (3.60) and McKenna Douglas is ranked fourth in digs (3.77).

AIR FORCE IN THE CONFERENCE
Joi Harvey leads the Mountain West in hitting during conference matches, holding a .463 average that is nearly 60 points higher than the rest of the conference, while also maintaining top-10 rankings in kills (3.34, seventh) and points (4.00, fifth). Air Force, which is ranked third in team hitting (.245), boasts two of the four most accurate attackers in the league, with Mac Russ ranked fourth with a .361 average. A full list of Falcons in the conference rankings can be found on Page 3 of this release.

AIR FORCE IN THE NATION
Joi Harvey's current .406 hitting percentage is ranked among the nation's Top 20 (19th), while Mac Russ' 14.0 blocks against UT Arlington during the first weekend is tied for the fourth-best single-match outing of the year.

BARNETT PICKS UP AIR FORCE WIN #50
Keith Barnett earned his 50th Air Force coaching victory during the Falcons' sweep of San Jose State on Oct. 21 – becoming the fastest coach in program history to collect that milestone number of Division I wins. Just the fourth coach to reach the 50-win plateau in any division (11 coaches) and second at Division I (four coaches), Barnett recorded Win #50 in just over four years – with one season drastically shortened due to the pandemic, bettering the previous DI speed by two years and 59 matches.

WHAT'S ON DECK
The Falcons head back out on the road next week, as it opens the month of November with conference matches at Utah State (Nov. 2) and Boise State (Nov. 4).

Players Mentioned

Joi Harvey

Mac Russ

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