| This Week's Information: San Jose State (14-4, 8-0) | |
| Matches | Nevada (10-9, 4-4) | Tuesday, Oct. 18 | 6:00 p.m. PT at UNLV (16-3, 7-1) | Thursday, Oct. 20 | 6:30 p.m. PT |
| Where | Spartan Gym, YUH Complex, San Jose, Calif Cox Pavilion, Las Vegas, Nev. |
| TV Information & Statistics | Live Stats - Tuesday Live Stats - Thursday Live Stream - Tuesday | Thursday |
| Game Notes | San Jose State | Nevada | UNLV |
| Rosters | San Jose State | Nevada | UNLV |
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| Social Media | Twitter: @SanJoseStateVB Instagram: @sanjosestatevb YouTube: San Jose State Spartans Tik Tok: @sanjosestatevb |
The Mountain West leaders are big risk takers this week as the San José State volleyball team faces both teams from the state of Nevada. The Spartans host Nevada on Tuesday and then travel to UNLV on Thursday.
Nevada enters the night with a three-match winning streak and are tied for sixth in the MW standings at 4-4. UNLV has won seven straight matches and is just one match behind the Spartans in the conference standings at 7-1.
San José State brings a 14-4 overall record and 8-0 MW mark into the week. The Spartans have an eight-match winning streak, the longest since 2001.
BUMP, SET, SPIKE
The Spartans find themselves among the top-100 statistical leaders in eight categories.
- Assists per set 26th 12.77 ps
- Kills per set 36th 13.67 ps
- W-L Pct. 30th .778
- Aces per set 43rd 1.77 ps
- Hitting Percentage 54th .248
- Team Aces 71st 124
- Team Assists 80th 894
- Team Kills 84th 957
- The Spartans are off to their best conference record since joining the Mountain West in 2013. The program has not started 8-0 in any conference season since 1985 when the Spartans won the NorPac with a perfect 12-0 record. The Spartans have started the conference schedule 5-0 or better in seven seasons since 1982.
- 1982 - Started 11-0 in the NorPac
- 1983 - Started 6-0 in the NorPac
- 1984 - Started 11-0 in the NorPac/Conference Champion
- 1985 - Won the NorPac at 12-0
- 1987 - Started 5-0 in the NorPac
- 1999 - Started 5-0 in the WAC
- 2022 - Started 6-0 in the Mountain West
- With eight straight wins to start Mountain West play, San José State has eclipsed last year's seven-match winning streak. The Spartans have not won eight consecutive matches since 2001 and have not won seven consecutive matches or more in back-to-back seasons since 2000 & 2001 when they won eight straight each year (and the last time the program made an NCAA appearance). The 1999 team set the school record for consecutive matches won at 14.
- Setter Mia Schafer begins the week with 1,996 assists and needs just four assists to reach 2,000. She would be the 13th Spartan in school history to reach the milestone.
- Haylee Nelson sits firmly in seventh place on the San José State career kills at 1,308 kills. Nelson now needs 51 kills to move into sixth place with former All-American Lisa Ice.
- Sarah Smevog continues her hold on third place on the San José State career digs list with 1,534 digs in her Spartan career. She needs 119 digs to move into second place with Luiza Andrade.
- The Spartans hit a blistering .413 in the sweep over Air Force on October 15. The team recorded 50 kills on 92 attempts and only 12 errors. It is the third-best hitting match by a team in the Mountain West this season.
- Individually, Amethyst Harper hit a season-high .682 with 16 kills on 22 attempts and one hitting error. Jiana Lawson hit .545 with seven kills on 11 attempts and one error, while Yazmin Pitpit hit .455 with six kills on 11 attempts and one error.
UP NEXT: San José State continues on the road with matches at Air Force on Thursday the 27th and at New Mexico on Saturday the 29th.