Matches 16-17: UC Irvine & at No. 13 Hawai'i
Cal State Fullerton vs. UC Irvine
Date: Wednesday, September 28
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Location: Titan Gym (Fullerton, Calif.)
Cal State Fullerton at No. 13 Hawai'i
Date: Friday, September 30
Time: 10:00 p.m.
Location: Stan Sheriff Center (Honolulu, Hawaii)
Live Stats: FullertonTitans.com
Video: FullertonTitans.com
Audio: FullertonTitans.com
Tickets: FullertonTitans.com/Tickets
UC IRVINE || AT HAWAI'I
The Cal State Fullerton volleyball team (6-9, 1-0 BWC) returns to action at Titan Gym on Wednesday to host UC Irvine (5-11, 0-2 BWC) in Big West Conference play. Following their home match with the Anteaters, the Titans will travel to Hawai'i for a road match with the No. 13 ranked Rainbow Wahine (9-4, 2-0 BWC).
QUICK RECAP
On Saturday, Shimen Fayad's match and career-high 27 kills cemented a 3-1 (23-25, 28-26, 25-22, 25-17) victory for the Cal State Fullerton women's volleyball team over UC Riverside in the Big West Conference opener for both teams at Titan Gym. The win for the Titans ended a 19-match conference losing streak that dated back to Nov. 15, 2014, which was also a win over UCR. In addition, Fullerton won its first Big West Conference opener since 2011.
PARTY LIKE A ROCKSTAR
The Cal State Fullerton volleyball match on Wednesday will feature an in-game DJ and tech wallets will be given away to all fans while supplies last.For CSF students, Give More, Get More T-shirts will be given away while the first 200 students in attendance will receive Jersey Mike's sandwiches.
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.
FOLLOW THE TITANS
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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.
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 28 vs. UC Irvine || 7:00 p.m.
Cal State Fullerton vs. UC Irvine
Series Record: UCI leads 41-29
Big West Series Record: UCI leads 36-26
Home vs. UCI: 18-16
First Meeting: W, 3-0 (Oct. 22, 1980) || Location Unknown
Last Meeting: L, 3-1 (Oct. 21, 2015) || Titan GymCurrent
Streak: Lost 6
Last 10 Meetings: 4-6
UC IRVINE NOTES
• UC Irvine (5-11, 0-2 BWC) lost a pair of Big West Conference matches at home last week, falling in five sets to CSUN on Thursday, before losing another five-set battle with Long Beach State on Saturday.
• The Anteaters are 1-4 in five-set matches in 2016.
• Victoria Dennis leads UCI to average 3.81 kills per set as the Anteaters attack at a clip of .222.
FRIDAY, SEPT. 30 at No. 13 HAWAI'I || 10:00 p.m.
Cal State Fullerton at Hawai'i
Series Record: UH leads 35-0
Big West Series Record: UH leads 30-0
Away vs. UH: 0-14
First Meeting: L, 2-0 (Nov. 5, 1982) || UCLA (Los Angeles)
Last Meeting: L, 3-0 (Nov. 1, 2015) || Hawai'iCurrent
Streak: Lost 35Last 10 Meetings: 0-10
HAWAI'I NOTES
• Hawai'i (9-4, 2-0 BWC) is currently ranked No. 13 in this week's American Volleyball Coaches Association top-25 poll. The Titans are 0-1 against top-25 opponents in 2016.
• The Rainbow Wahine are on a four-match win streak after suffering a five-set loss to then No. 6 Washington on Sept. 11.
• UH opened Big West play with a sweep at UC Santa Barbara and a four-set victory at Cal Poly. UH is at the top of the league standings with Long Beach State and CSUN.
• The Rainbow Wahine lead the Big West Conference in hitting percentage (.262), kills per set (13.38), assists per set (14.28) and service aces per set (1.62).
• Nikki Taylor leads the league averaging 5.35 kills per set and 0.79 service aces per set. Norene Iosia leads the Big West averaging 11.17 assists per set.
ABOUT THE TITANS
• Cal State Fullerton (6-9, 1-0 BWC), who was winless in 2015, has already secured six victories this season.
• The Titans ended a 19-match BIg West Conference losing streak with a 3-1 victory over UC Riverside on Saturday.
• Cal State Fullerton's 15.31 digs per set rank third in the Big West Conference.
• Summer Kerins ' .358 hitting percentage leads Cal State Fullerton and ranks fifth in the Big West.
• Shimen Fayad's 3.59 kills per set rank sixth in the conference, and her 0.31 aces per set rate eighth in the league.
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 Saturday which dated back to Nov. 15, 2014, when they captured a 3-0 victory over the Highlanders…Shimen Fayad's 27 kills 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...the Titans and Highlanders have opened up Big West Conference play against one another three times with UCR winning meetings at SRC Arena in 2015 and 2002 and the Titans wining at Titan Gym in 2016.
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
After hosting UC Irvine on Wednesday and traveling to Hawaii for a match on Friday, the Titans will play three consecutive home matches hosting UC Davis at 3 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 8 on ESPN3, Cal Poly at 7 p.m., Friday, Oct. 14 and UC Santa Barbara at 7 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 15.
FALL TV DATES
The Cal State Fullerton women's volleyball team will be featured once as part of the Big West Conference's fall television schedule on ESPN3.The Titans will appear on ESPN3 on Saturday, Oct. 8, when the Titans welcome UC Davis to Titan Gym for a 3 p.m. match.ESPN3 is ESPN's live multi-screen sports network, a destination that delivers thousands of exclusive sports events annually. It is accessible on computers, smartphones, tablets and connected devices through WatchESPN. The network is currently available nationwide at no additional cost who receive their high-speed Internet connection or video subscription from an affiliated service provider. It is also available at no cost to U.S. college students and U.S.-based military personnel via computers, smartphones and tablets connected to on-campus educational and on-base military broadband and Wi-Fi networks.