LAST MATCH: It was a tale of two matches last week, as the Warriors cruised by Cal Poly Humboldt in 3-0 victory, then took an 0-3 loss themselves against Sonoma State. The team stayed on the road for both matches and will continue their away matches until their Title IX 50^th Anniversary game on Friday, Oct. 7^th.
 
UPDATE ON THE WARRIORS:  Stanislaus State is now 12-5 overall this season with a 4-2 at home and 4-3 record on the road. 
 
AMONGST THE CCAA LEADERS: Warrior volleyball jumped up a spot in the CCAA rankings to #5 and are currently tied with Sonoma State, San Francisco State, and Cal State San Marcos at 4-4 in the conference. Defensively, Stan State has been one of the better teams in the CCAA at defending the net. The team is 2^nd in digs per set (15.56) and 2^nd in total blocks (136.0). Alex Byrd has stepped up big as teams have started game planning for the Warriors' hitters, moving up to 3^rd in hitting percentage (.374) and 2^nd in total blocks for the season. Gabby Rawson is still leading the conference in total digs (295) and digs per set (4.76).
 
WILDCATS IN REVIEW: Chico State and Stanislaus State will have a "mi casa es su casa" situation on their hands as the two teams will go head-to-head in each other's arenas on Oct. 5^th and 7^th. Chico is currently the top CCAA team in digs per set (15.61) and have two top ten hitters in Zoe DiNardo and Grace Shepherd. Their setter Brooke Ono is also 3^rd in assists per set (8.74).
 
ALL-TIME SERIES: The Wildcats command the all-time record at 20-9 against the Warriors since 2007. This will be the Warriors' first meeting of the season against the Wildcats, a team they defeated twice last season to add on to a three-game winning streak dating back to pre-COVID competition in 2019.
 
PENGUINS IN REVIEW: Dominican University gives Stan State a quick break from conference competition in their Saturday matchup. The team has struggled historically, having failed to get any wins so far this year after a 1-28 record in 2021. They faced a tough slate of CCAA teams early in the season and have had similar rough patches in PacWest play as well. 

ALL-TIME SERIES: Since 2009, the Warriors are 7-0 against their non-conference foe. They saw three-straight matches go to five sets in 2012, 2013, and 2015.
 
LIVE STATS/VIDEO:  To view the live stats from this week's matches, go to https://warriorathletics.com/sidearmstats/wvball/summary and for the CCAA network go to www.ccaanetwork.com/Stan.
 
The CCAA network has a monthly subscription rate of $9.95, where viewers can watch any CCAA sport that is hosted at any CCAA institution during that 30-day period.
 
UP NEXT: A tough back-to-back home stand is on the horizon for the Warriors, who play #20 Cal Poly Pomona Friday, Oct. 14^th for Dig Pink Night. Then on Saturday, Oct. 14^th they will face #16 Cal State San Bernardino. Both matches will kick-off at 5pm.