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Nevada Hosts Two WAC Matches This Week
    The University of Nevada (10-10, 4-3 WAC) volleyball team will host second place New Mexico State (13-9, 7-1 WAC) on Thursday and Louisiana Tech (10-12, 0-7 WAC) on Saturday in a pair of Western Athletic Conference matches.  Both matches start at 7 p.m. at the Virginia Street Gym.
    In a strange quirk in the schedule the Wolf Pack will be playing NMSU for the second match in a row.  The Aggies knocked of the Pack in three sets in Las Cruces, N.M. on Sunday by scores of 28-26, 27-25 and 25-20.  Nevada had set point at 24-23 in both of the first two sets but did not convert.
    Louisiana Tech comes to Reno with an overall record of 10-12 and is 0-7 in WAC play.  This will be the first of two meetings with the Lady Techsters as Nevada ends the season in Ruston, La. on Nov. 18.

Thursday Faith and Family Night
    Fans that bring a church bulletin to Thursday’s match with New Mexico State will be admitted free.  Up to four family members will be admitted free with each church bulletin.  Thursday’s match gets underway at 7 p.m.

Team Notes:  Nevada split its two matches last week downing Utah State 3-1 on Friday then fell in three at NMSU on Sunday...Nevada won its first true road match of the season downing Boise State 3-1 on Oct. 7...Nevada snapped a season-high five-match losing skid defeating SJSU 3-0 on Sept. 30 which was also the first WAC win of the season...the Pack are 8-1 at home, 1-6 on the road and 1-3 at neutral sites...the Pack won the Nevada (Sept 3-4) and Wolf Pack Invitationals (Sept. 10-11) that were played at home in the Virginia Street Gym...Nevada had its season-high four-match win streak snapped in a 3-1 loss to #24 Arizona, Sept. 3...Nevada was picked to finish seventh in the Preseason Western Athletic Conference Coaches’ Poll...the Pack rank fifth in hitting (.182%), fifth in assists (11.31 aps), sixth in blocking (2.08 bps), ninth in digs (12.97 dps), eighth in opponent hitting percentage (.215%), fifth in kills (12.43 kps) and seventh in service aces (1.05 saps) in the WAC...in WAC play Nevada ranks third in hitting (.236%), second in assists (13.76 aps), sixth in blocking (1.86 bps), second in digs (14.20 dps), fifth in opponent hitting percentage (.201%), first in kills (14.88 kps) and fifth in service aces (1.04 saps).

Player Notes:   Senior outside hitter Kylie Harrington has led or tied for the team leading in kills in 14-of-20 matches this season...Harrington has a team-high five double-doubles with the most recent being a 20 kill, 12 dig outing in a 3-1 win over Utah State on Oct. 15...the 20 kills by Harrington is the high by a Pack player this season...freshman outside hitter Grace Anxo produced a double-double in her first collegiate match vs. Utah Valley on Aug. 27 with 12 kills and 11 digs then added a second vs. FS on Oct. 2 with 15 kills and 11 digs...junior setter Tatiana Santiago has the Pack’s other double-double with 33 assists and 10 digs vs. Maryland...Santiago dished out a career-high 59 assists vs. FS on Oct. 2...Santiago became the 10th setter in school history to reach the 1,000 assist mark in her career this season...Harrington recorded her 1,000th career kill vs. UNLV (Sept 7) making her the 10th Nevada player to accomplish the feat...senior middle blocker Lindsay Baldwin (8 ba), Anxo (1 bs, 7 ba) and sophomore middle blocker Janelle Batista (8 ba) all had eight blocks  in the Pack’s 3-2 victory over Notre Dame (Sept. 4) ...Baldwin surpassed 400 career total blocks after her 8 blocks (1 bs, 7 ba) vs. Northern Arizona (Sept. 3) and last week reached 400 block assists in her career...Baldwin hit .667 in the Pack’s 3-0 victory over Weber State (Sept. 3)...Harrington (Sept. 4 vs. ND, Oct. 2 vs. FS, Oct. 9 at Idaho),  Baldwin (Oct. 2 vs. FS) and Anxo (Sept. 27 at UNLV) each have 17 kills in a match which was the previous high by a Nevada player prior to Harrington’s 20 vs. Utah State on Oct. 15...Baldwin surpassed 900 career kills in the Pack’s 3-1 win over FS on Oct. 2...Baldwin’s nine blocks (1 bs, 8 ba) is a Pack season-high...junior right side hitter Erin Garvey produced a career-high 15 kills at Boise State on Oct. 7 and her .319 attack percentage in WAC play is eighth in the conference...sophomore Janelle Batista totaled a career-high 11 kills in Nevada’s 3-1 over Utah State on Oct. 15...Santiago ranks eighth averaging 9.85 assists per set in the conference but in WAC only play is first with 12.08 per set...Harrington is sixth in kills (3.34 kps) and points (3.82 pps) per set in the conference but in WAC play is  fourth in kills (4.12 kps) and points (4.72 pps)...Baldwin ranks ninth in hitting (.316) and kills (3.12 kps) in WAC play...Harrington is sixth in WAC action averaging .32 service aces per set...senior libero Nicole Link has led Nevada in digs 16 times this season with a season-high 23 dig effort vs. Northern Arizona (Sept. 3)...six times Link has posted match-highs in digs...Link ranks sixth in the WAC averaging 3.77 digs per set and seventh in WAC only matches at 3.92 per set...Harrington, Baldwin, Link and Santiago have started all 20 matches this season...reserve setter Dana Holt came off the bench at UNLV (Sept. 27) and nearly lead the Pack to a victory after they trailed 2-0 before falling 3-2 as she topped the team with 23 assists...freshman Brianna Heinen had a career-high 12 digs at Idaho on Oct. 9.

Pack Players Climbing Career Lists: 
    Four Pack players are current ranked in the top 10 in various career lists and continue to climb the charts this season.     Senior middle blocker Lindsay Baldwin is fifth in career points with 1,263, is third with 400 block assists and fourth with 442 total blocks.  Her .243 attack percentage is ninth on the career list.  One more solo block will move her into a tie with Carla Busalacchi (1990-93) for 10th.  She recorded her 900th career kill in the Pack’s 3-1 victory over FS on Oct. 2 and 36 would give her 1,000 for her career.
    Senior outside hitter Kylie Harrington is ranked in the Pack career top 10 in two categories.  Harrington is sixth with 1,229.5 points and 10th with 1,101 career kills.  She became just the 10th Nevada player to reach 1,000 career kills in the UNLV match on Sept. 27.
    Another senior Nicole Link recently moved into third in career digs with 1,293 moving past Tiffany Neumeier’s (1994-97) 1,243.  Seven more digs will give her 1,300 for her career, becoming just the third player in school history to hit the mark.
    Junior setter Tatiana Santiago dished out her 1,000th career assist in the Hawai’i match on Sept. 24 becoming the 10th setter in Pack history to reach the lofty mark.  Santiago recorded her 1,300th assist at NMSU on Oct. 17 and currently has 1,319 assists in two plus seasons.

Pack Down USU, Fall At NMSU
    The University of Nevada volleyball team split a pair of Western Athletic Conference matches last week.  The Wolf Pack improved to 8-1 at home downing Utah State 3-1 on Friday then fell in three at New Mexico State on Sunday.
    Nevada and USU split the first two sets on Friday with the Pack winning 26-24 in set one and falling 25-22 in set two.  The Pack won the final two sets 25-19 and 25-16.  Kylie Harrington posted her fifth double-double with 20 kills and a 12 digs.  The 20 kills was the best total for a Nevada player this season.   Lindsay Baldwin added 16 kills and Janelle Batista posted a career-high 11.  Setter Tatiana Santiago’s 58 assists was one off her career-high and libero Nicole Link finished with a match-high 17 digs.
    In Sunday’s match Nevada had set point leading 24-23 in both of the first two sets but was unable to get the final point and fell 28-26 and 27-25.  NMSU won the final set 25-20.  Erin Garvey and Harrington had 11 kills each to lead the team.  Santiago dished out 31 assists and Link had 11 digs.