After opening the regular season on the road for two weekends, the Warriors volleyball team will finally make its 2014 home debut this Friday, and Saturday, as the Warriors host a pair of California Collegiate Athletic Association contests.

Friday, 7 p.m.
vs. Cal State Monterey Bay, Ed & Bertha Fitzpatrick Arena, Turlock | [Live Video] [Live Stats]

Saturday, 7 p.m.
vs. Cal State East Bay, Ed & Bertha Fitzpatrick Arena, Turlock | [Live Video] [Live Stats]

Home Match Promotions: Friday is Junior High Social with junior high students will meet and greet the team and receive a free posters. Teams will sign autographs after the match. Saturday night, fans will receive a free cyclone fan.

Series Notes: The Warriors swept the Otters in 2013 as two of their four CCAA wins. Stanislaus still trails the head to head series 13-7 but has a three-match winning streak over Cal State Monterey Bay … Cal State East Bay was also on of the Warriors' victims last season as the teams split the series, each wining the home match. Cal State Stanislaus has won three of the last four matches in this head to head match-up.

Last Time Against the Opponents: The Warriors sweep the weekend series last Oct. 25-26 over Cal State Monterey Bay and Cal State East Bay in Turlock. The Warriors beat CSUMB in four, 26-24, 21-25, 25-23, 25-14, behind 27 kills from Blair Ehrlich. Sarah Crowl had 28 digs and Hannah Green 48 assists in that match … Stanislaus also took down the Pioneers in four, 20-25, 25-17, 25-21, 25-20 with Ehrlich putting away 20 kills and Jocelyn Cervantes had 13. Crowl recorded 31 digs, which is 7th best on the single-match digs list.

Ehrlich's 27: In last year's win over CSUMB, Blair Ehrlich nearly tied a school record with kills in a match. The now sophomore had 27 kills, which was one shy of the record set by Chrissy Ford (Nov. 10, 2000) and Lianne Vicchio (Oct. 8, 2011).

Tough Way to Start the Year: As if the CCAA schedule isn't tough enough, the Warriors challenged themselves in a preseason tournament in Ellensburg, Wash., to start the year and faced regional powers from the Great Northwest Athletic Conference and the Pacific West Conference. Stanislaus matched up against NCAA regional tourament teams Central Washington and No. 12 Western Washington, as well as Hawaii Pacific, one of the top teams in the PacWest. Then, the Warriors had to start the conference season on the road at No. 14 UC San Diego and Cal Poly Pomona.

Early Season Team Leaders: Blair Ehrlich, who average 3.54 kills per set and finished with 375 for the year as a freshman, is leading the team with 2.90 kills per set and 58 total so far this season. Lindsay Skadeland follows with 35 kills and 1.75 per set … Hannah Green and Rachel Parsons split time setting, each with 81 assists … Hailey Gruetzmacher has 68 digs and 3.40 digs per set so far while record holder Sarah Crowl is ta 2.78 per set (she set school record with 5.47 last year).

About the Otters: Cal State Monterey Bay (0-6, 0-2 CCAA) is also off to a terrible start. The Otters dropped a pair of home matches last week to Humboldt State and No. 7 Cal State San Bernardino … Jessica Malcom leads the team with 77 kills (3.50 k/set) … Janai Johnson is averaging nearly a block per set (0.95).

About the Pioneers: Cal State East Bay (4-3, 1-1 CCAA) split its CCAA opening week with a loss to Cal State San Bernardino and a four-set win over Humboldt State … Two players, Amber Hall (93 kills, 3.44 k/set) and Samantha Bruno (73, 2.61) are leading the team offensively … Ashia Joseph, who leads the team with 203 assists, is second in the CCAA in service aces while Brandi Brucato is fourth with 99 digs.