Match 29
Long Beach State at Cal State Fullerton
Date: Friday, Nov. 18
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Location: Titan Gym (Fullerton, Calif.)

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Video: FullertonTitans.com
Audio: FullertonTitans.com

Match 30
Cal State Fullerton at CSUN
Date: Saturday, Nov. 19
Time: 4:00 p.m.
Location: The Matadome (Northridge, Calif.)

Live Stats: FullertonTitans.com
Video: FullertonTitans.com

Weekly Release (.pdf)

LONG BEACH STATE || AT CSUN
The final week of the 2016 regular season has arrived. The Titans (6-22, 1-13 BWC) are currently ninth in the Big West Conference standings, two matches behind eighth-place UC Riverside. Fullerton will complete its season hosting Long Beach State at Titan Gym at 7 p.m., Friday, followed by 4 p.m., start on the road Saturday at CSUN.

WEEKLY RECAP
Cal State Fullerton dropped a pair of matches on the road last week, falling 3-1 to UC Santa Barbara on Friday, and suffering a 3-0 sweep at Cal Poly on Saturday.

PROMOTIONS
Following Friday's final home match, the Cal State Fullerton women's volleyball team will be available for a postmatch autograph session.

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
Cal State Fullerton home volleyball matches will be broadcast live over the internet at FullertonTitans.com. The Titans also offer live streaming video for home volleyball matches courtesy of Big West TV. Fans can catch all the exclusive action from the comfort of their home computers. To access the links, click on the audio or live video links on the schedule page.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18 VS LONG BEACH STATE || 7:00 PM
Long Beach State at Cal State Fullerton
Series Record: LBSU leads 69-5
Big West Series Record: LBSU leads 68-5
Home vs. LBSU: 4-33
First Meeting: L, 3-0 (Oct. 10, 1980) || Long Beach State
Last Meeting: L, 3-0 (Nov. 1, 2016) || Walter Pyramid
Current Streak: Lost 8
Last 10 Meetings: 1-9

LONG BEACH STATE NOTES
• With two matches remaining, Long Beach State enters the week two matches behind Hawai'i at second in the Big West Conference standings. The 49ers and Rainbow Wahine split their season series.
• The protested Long Beach State at UC Irvine women's volleyball match from September 24, was replayed on Tuesday. The match resumed with UC Irvine leading one set to none and serving in the second set with the score UCI-20, LBSU-18. UCI won the match in five.
• Long Beach State ranks in the top three of three Big West Conference statistical categories: hitting percentage (.248, 2nd), opponent hitting percentage (.207, 3rd) and blocks per game (2.34, 3rd).

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19 AT CSUN || 7:00 PM
Cal State Fullerton at CSUN
Series Record: CSUN leads 32-11
Big West Series Record: CSUN leads 25-7
Away vs. CSUN: 3-17
First Meeting: L, 3-0 (Nov. 16, 1980) || CSUN
Last Meeting: L, 3-1 (Nov. 8, 2016) || Titan Gym (Fullerton, Calif.)
Current Streak: Lost 10
Last 10 Meetings: 0-10

CSUN NOTES
•  CSUN (9-17, 5-9 BWC) enters the final weekend at seventh in the Big West Conference standings. 
• Aeryn Owens' 3.45 kills per game rank sixth in the Big West, and Juile Haake's 3.24 kills per set rank ninth in the league.
• Lauren Conati's 9.51 assists per game rank fifth in the Big West.
• Katie Sato's 4.22 digs per set rank fourth in the league.

ABOUT THE TITANS
• Cal State Fullerton (6-22, 1-13 BWC), who was winless in 2015, has secured six victories this season.
• The Titans are currently on a 13-match losing streak, their longest of the season, winning five sets in their last 44.
• 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 5-23 record in the first set this season and a 2-21 mark after a first-set loss.
• Summer Kerins '.287 hitting percentage leads Cal State Fullerton and ranks eighth in the Big West. 
• Shimen Fayad's 3.27 kills per set rank eighth in the conference, and her 0.28 service aces per set rate eighth in the league.
• Fayad leads the Titans with 14 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 Nov. 8.
• Friday's 3-1 loss at UC Santa Barbara marked the first time that the Titans won a first set since Sep. 9. It was also Fullerton's first loss of the year after winning the first set.

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.