University of Nevada Athletics

Upcoming Nevada Matches

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pack At Idaho and Boise State: For the second week in a row the University of Nevada (7-13, 3-4 WAC) volleyball team will play the same two opponents just in reverse order on the road at Idaho (9-11, 5-3 WAC) Thursday evening at 7:00 p.m. and at Boise State (2-18, 2-6 WAC) on Saturday afternoon at 1:00 p.m.  Last week the Wolf Pack defeated BSU 3-1 on Thursday and lost 3-0 to Idaho on Saturday at the Virginia Street Gym.

Baldwin Reaches 300, Sei 1500, Harrington and Staker Still Climbing:  Junior Lindsay Baldwin and senior Sonnie Sei reached milestones last week for the Pack. Baldwin recorded her 300th career block assist and currently ranks four all-time at Nevada with 303.  She also is sixth in points with 915.5 and fifth with 335 total blocks. 
Sie dished out her 1500th career assist and her total of 1,520 is ninth in school history.
Junior outside hitter Kylie Harrington's 775.5 career points ranks sixth behind Baldwin.
Senior Jorgan Staker is seventh with 218 career block assists and ninth with 223 total blocks on Nevada's career lists.

Team and Player Notes

Team Notes:  Nevada's season-high two-match win streak was snapped on Saturday falling 3-0 to Idaho...The Pack will play Idaho in back-to-back matches as they are in Moscow, Idaho on Thursday... Nevada is 5-0 in five set matches this season but 0-9 in three set matches...for the ninth consecutive year Nevada opened WAC play with a win downing Fresno State 3-1 on Sept. 29 and the Pack are 9-1 in WAC openers since joining the conference in 2000...Nevada's four set wins over Fresno State and Boise State are the only Pack victories this season that did not go five sets...Nevada's loss at LA Tech (Oct. 3) was the first to the Lady Techsters in 13 WAC meetings...the Pack played in four tournaments to start the season and went 1-2 in all four...Nevada snapped a season-high four-match losing skid downing Houston 3-2 in the final match of the Wildcat Classic on Sept. 5...for the first time since 2003 Nevada won its season opener downing Connecticut 3-2 on Aug. 28...the Pack were picked to finish fifth in the WAC Preseason Coaches' Poll...Nevada ranks sixth in hitting (.172%), sixth in assists (10.61 aps), eighth in blocking (1.74 bps), ninth in digs (12.42 dps), seventh in opponent hitting percentage (.212%), sixth in kills (11.53 kps) and sixth in service aces (1.04 saps) in the WAC while in conference only action the team ranks seventh in hitting (.158%), fifth in assists (11.32 aps), eighth in blocking (1.52 bps), third in digs (14.72 dps), sixth in opponent hitting percentage (.203%), fifth in kills (12.20 kps) and sixth in service aces (1.04 saps).

Player Notes:  Junior Kylie Harrington leads the team with five doubles-doubles on the season which is tied for the fifth most by a player in the WAC this season...Harrington posted career highs with 22 kills and 20 digs in Nevada's 3-1 WAC opening win over Fresno State (Sept. 26)... Harrington has led the Pack in kills in 14 matches this season and tied for the team lead once...14 times Harrington has reached double figures in kills...eight times Harrington has either posted or tied for the match-high in kills...twice this season Harrington has totaled 20 or more kills with the 22 vs. FS and 21 vs. Houston...three Pack players recorded double-doubles in the Fresno State win Harrington, junior Lindsay Baldwin (10k,10blocks) and freshman Elissa Ji (15k,14d)... sophomore setter Tatiana Santiago's 40 assists vs. FS was the high by a Pack player this year...Santiago is second on the team with two double-doubles...Santiago and senior Sonnie Sei have split time at setter as they average 5.08 and 4.32 assists per set respectively...Sei dished out her 1500th career assist in the Pack's 3-0 loss vs. Idaho (Sept. 22) and her 1,502 ranks ninth in school history...Santiago averages 6.17 assists per set in WAC play and 5.08 on the season which both rank ninth in the conference...Baldwin is ninth in the WAC averaging 1.09 blocks per set and her 3.43 points per set ranks eighth and her 3.20 points per set on the season is ninth in the league...Harrington is eighth averaging 3.40 points per set in WAC action and sixth overall averaging 3.57 while her 3.16 kills in conference play is seventh and 3.24 on the season ranks fifth...junior libero Nicole Link continues to lead the WAC in conference only matches averaging 4.88 digs per set and overall ranks third at 3.96 per set...Link's 30 dig performance in Nevada's 3-2 victory of CSU Bakersfield on Sept. 19 established a new career-high and ranks as the fourth best total in school history...Link's 29 digs vs. Utah State (Oct. 10) and at FS (Sept. 11, 2008) is the tied for the fifth best total in school history...Link's 30 digs vs. CSUB (Sept. 19) and 29 vs. Utah State (Oct. 10) are the top two performances in the WAC this season... Baldwin's 10 blocks vs. FS (Sept. 26) is tied for the sixth most in the WAC...Harrington's 22 kills and 25 points versus FS (Sept. 26) is tied for seventh and sixth best match total respectively in the conference... Harrington's five service aces vs. UCONN (Aug. 28) is tied for the most by any WAC player...Link has led the Pack in digs 15 times this season including the last 11 matches... eight times Link has either tied or posted the match high in digs...six times Link has surpassed 20 digs in a match this season which includes the 30 dig performance...senior Jorgan Staker came off the bench and totaled 12 kills versus Portland State (Sept. 12) which is one off her career-high...Staker hit .588 in the PSU match which is the high by any Pack player this season...sophomore Erin Garvey has twice posted career highs with 12 kills this season vs. Sam Houston State (Sept. 12) and Utah State (Oct. 10)...sophomore middle blocker Brittni Yates saw her first action since injuring her ankle on Sept. 4 vs. Eastern Washington coming off the bench vs. Utah State on Oct