Mustangs on the Road This Week at CSUN, UCSB

Friday, November 5

Northridge, CA

7 P.M.

CSUN

Photo by: Owen Main

Mustangs on the Road This Week at CSUN, UCSB

11/2/2021 1:27:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. — After finishing a four-match homestand last week, the third-place Cal Poly volleyball team goes back on the road this week for a pair of matches. The Mustangs (10-13, 8-4 BWC) will face CSUN on Friday, Nov. 5 and UC Santa Barbara on Saturday, Nov. 6. Both matches start at 7 p.m. Live streaming video and live stat links are available for both matches and can be found on the volleyball schedule page. Last week Cal Poly split a pair of home matches, falling in five-sets to Cal State Fullerton Friday before sweeping Long Beach State Saturday. In those two matches, redshirt freshman outside hitter Tommi Stockham averaged 4.63 kills per set while hitting .308 and 2.63 digs per set. Against the Titans, she had a season-high 23 kills and 14 digs for her second double-double of the year. Against Long Beach State she finished with a match-high 14 kills and seven digs. She has now recorded double-digit kills in eight of the last nine matches. In conference matches this season, Stockham is averaging 3.68 kills per set which ranks fourth amongst Big West players. Meantime, freshman libero Peyton Dueck leads the Big West in service aces with 34 which also ranks 43rd in the nation. She's also fifth in the conference in digs per set at 4.10. Junior setter Avalon DeNecochea is second this year in the Big West in assists per set at 10.12. Last week, she had matches of 54 and 40 assists which pushed her career assist total to 2,950. She has had eight matches this year of at least 40 assists. In conference play as a team, the Mustangs rank third in the Big West in hitting percentage (.239), third in opponent hitting percentage (.185), third in assists per set (12.12), fourth in kills per set (13.21), fourth in blocks per set (2.15), fifth in service aces per set (1.26), and fifth in digs per set (15.69). The Matadors (4-18, 3-9 BWC) are coming off a pair of losses last week to UC San Diego and UC Irvine. They fell to the Tritons in four-sets and the Anteaters in five-sets. They have been led by outside hitters Taylor Orshoff and Nicole Nevarez who are averaging 2.52 and 2.45 kills per set, respectively. The Mustangs are 38-25 all-time against CSUN and have won the last 11 meetings, sweeping CSUN earlier this season at Mott Athletics Center. The Gauchos (15-9, 11-1 BWC) head into the week on a four-match winning streak and are tied for first-place in the Big West standings with Hawai'i. Led by freshman outside hitter Michelle Ohwobete's 3.03 kills per set, UCSB has six players averaging more than 2.00 kills per set. Cal Poly is 34-51 all-time against UCSB, falling to the Gauchos in three-sets earlier this season. Following the matches this week, the Mustangs are back at Mott Athletics Center next week to host UC Davis on Friday, Nov. 12 at 7 p.m. and UC Riverside on Saturday, Nov. 13 at 2 p.m.