Match 27
Cal State Fullerton at UC Santa Barbara
Date: Friday, Nov. 11
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Location: The Thunderdome (Santa Barbara, Calif.)
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Match 28
Cal State Fullerton at Cal Poly
Date: Saturday, Nov. 12
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Location: Mott Athletics Center (San Luis Obispo, Calif.)
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AT UC SANTA BARBARA || AT CAL POLY
There are two weeks remaining in the regular season and Cal State Fullerton (6-20, 1-11) will play three of its last four matches on the road. The Titans are at UC Santa Barbara (16-9, 7-5) on Friday, followed by a match at Cal Poly (15-8, 8-4) on Saturday.
WEEKLY RECAP
Cal State Fullerton was swept on the road at UC Riverside last Friday before suffering a 3-1 defeat to CSUN on Tuesday at Titan Gym. Since winning their Big West Conference opener on Sept. 24, Cal State Fullerton has lost 11 consecutive matches, winning just four of 37 sets.
KIDS CLUB
The Titan Kids Club presented by Kaiser Permanente is an exclusive membership club for children in 8th grade and younger. Membership includes a Titan Kids Club T-shirt and free admission to all regular season Titan athletic events plus more (child must wear their Titan Kids Club shirt to receive free admission to games.) Read about the Kids Club HERE.
TICKETS
Tickets for all Titans home games can be purchased online at FullertonTitans.com, or at the Cal State Fullerton Athletics Ticket Office, located in the Titan House on campus off of Gymnasium Drive on the northeast side of Titan Gym. Game day sales and will call tickets will open one hour prior to the scheduled time at the specific venue. All Cal State Fullerton students with a school ID get free admission.
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CATCH THE TITANS
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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11 AT UC SANTA BARBARA || 7:00 PM
Cal State Fullerton at UC Santa Barbara
Series Record: UCSB leads 64-8
Big West Series Record: UCSB leads 55-8
First Meeting: L, 3-0 (Oct. 1, 1982) || Santa Barbara, Calif.
Last Meeting: L, 3-1 (Oct. 15, 2016) || Titan Gym
Current Streak: Lost 8
Last 10 Meetings: 1-9
UC SANTA BARBARA NOTES
• Freshman Lindsey Ruddins earned her fifth Big West Freshman of the Week on Monday as she averaged 1.38 aces per set. That mark is higher than the team averages of six Big West schools. Overall this season, Ruddins is second in the Big West and 48th in the nation at 4.02 kills per set. She also averages 0.25 aces (11th in BW) and 2.10 digs per set (30th).
• UCSB's freshmen have taken home Freshman of the Week honors in six out of 11 weeks.
• As a team, the Gauchos are currently second in the Big West with 2.43 blocks per set, behind only No. 14 Hawai'i. Elizabeth Sheffield and Phoebe Grunt both average 0.89 blocks per set to lead the team.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12 AT CAL POLY || 7:00 PM
Cal State Fullerton at Cal Poly
Series Record: CP leads 51-10
Big West Series Record: CP leads 41-10
First Meeting: L, 2-0 (Sep. 17, 1981) || San Diego, Calif.
Last Meeting: L, 3-0 (Oct. 14, 2016) || Titan Gym
Current Streak: Lost 5
Last 10 Meetings: 2-8
CAL POLY NOTES
• After beating UC Irvine 3-1 and UC Davis 3-2 last weekend, the Mustangs advanced to 15-8 overall and 8-4 in conference play, putting them in third place in the Big West Conference.
• Junior Raeann Greisen sits at the No. 2 spot in conference kills with 175 (3.98) and at the No. 6 spot in overall kills with 305. Sophomore Adlee Van Winden is fourth in conference kills with 172 (3.91) and overall kills with 321 (3.69).
ABOUT THE TITANS
• Cal State Fullerton (6-20, 1-11 BWC), who was winless in 2015, has secured six victories this season.
• The Titans are currently on an 11-match losing streak, their longest of the season, winning just four sets in their last 37.
• The Titans ended a 19-match Big West Conference losing streak with a 3-1 victory over UC Riverside on Sept. 24.
• The Titans are often battling from behind with a 4-22 record in the first set this season and a 2-20 mark after a first-set loss.
• Summer Kerins '.288 hitting percentage leads Cal State Fullerton and ranks ninth in the Big West.
• Shimen Fayad's 3.42 kills per set rank eighth in the conference, and her 0.29 service aces per set rate sixth in the league.
• Fayad leads the Titans with 13 double-doubles.
2016 SEASON HONORS
Career highs in kills and digs from Shimen Fayad helped the Titan volleyball team win its first conference opener in five years and earned her Big West Women's Volleyball Player of the Week honors on Sept. 26.The 6-foot outside hitter tallied 27 kills and 22 digs to spearhead Fullerton to a four-set victory over UC Riverside on Sept. 24. It was Fayad's team-leading ninth double-double of the year.The win over the Highlanders snapped a 19-match Big West Conference losing streak that dated back to Nov. 15, 2014.
Fayad, who hit a torrid .390 for the match with just four errors in 59 attempts, became even more productive as the match wore on. She was responsible for 10 of Fullerton's 13 kills, including match point, in the fourth and final set. She hit .769 in that set.
GAME NOTES
• The Titans' 19-match Big West Conference losing streak was snapped in the 3-1 win over UCR on Sept. 24 which dated back to Nov. 15, 2014, when they captured a 3-0 victory over the Highlanders.
• Shimen Fayad's 27 kills against UCR were the most for any Titan in 2016• Dating back to 1980, Cal State Fullerton is 5-32 in conference opening matches...playing at home in conference openers, the Titans are 4-14…Cal State Fullerton won its first Big West Conference opener since a 3-0 sweep of Cal Poly at Titan Gym on Sept. 23, 2011.
• Annie Ellis set career highs in kills (3), attempts (8), assists (34), digs (7) and blocks (4), in a 3-1 loss at UC Davis on Oct. 22.
• Fullerton's 12-set losing streak was ended with a 25-21 win in the third game against CSUN on Tuesday.
ACES WILD
Shimen Fayad had quite a day at the line in the opening weekend as she served up six aces in one match to help Cal State Fullerton defeat Mississippi Valley State. With her half-dozen service aces, Fayad made her way into the Titans' single-match record book as she tied for fourth most aces in a single match. She now leads the team with 16 aces on the year to average 0.32 per set.
UP NEXT
Following its matches at UC Santa Barbra and at Cal Poly, Cal State Fullerton will host Long Beach State on Friday, Nov. 18 in its final match of the year at Titan Gym before ending the season at CSUN on Saturday, Nov. 19.