THE MATCHES:
• Utah Tech will host it's first home game of the season against Cal State Fullerton, Friday, Sept. 2 at 6:00 p.m. in the Burns Arena.
• The match will be streamed on ESPN+
• Live Stats for the match can be found at:
QUICK HITS:
• Utah Tech currently has an 2-1 record.
• Utah Tech is currently No. 5 in the WAC standings.
• UT is coming off a four set loss to Michigan.
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Camilla Hafoka is in her second season as head coach.
NOTES TO KNOW:
• Senior Libero
Mykenna Nelson has 1,175 career digs she sits at No.4 in school history in all-time digs.
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Kate Hardy currently sits at No. 2 in school history career hitting percentage with a .286 percentage.
• UT ended the season on a two game winning streak.
• Utah Tech is in its third year of the NCAA Division I transition.
UTAH TECH STAT QUICK NOTES:
• The Trailblazers are hitting .183 on the season
• Utah Tech averages 11.4 kills per set.
• UT is averaging .8 aces per set.
• Utah Tech have 170 digs and average 15.5 per set.
COACHING STAFF: Camilla Hafoka is in her second season as Utah Tech head coach. Hafoka has a 9-16 record as a head coach at UT and a 6-8 record in the WAC. Hafoka brought back with her assistant coach Whitney Tupe and added
Rob Berrett and volunteer assistant To'a Faleao.
SEASON OPENERS: Utah Tech has a 7-10 overall record in season openers in the NCAA era including this year's four set win over Northern Arizona. They are also 2-3 season openers while on the road, 2-1 at home and 3-6 in openers at a nuetral location.
HOME OPENERS: Utah Tech has an 11-5 overall record in home openers in the NCAA era.
STAT LEADERS:
Hannah Howard leads Utah Tech with 34 kills on the season and averages 3.09 per set. She's hitting an impressive .313 so far on the season.
Taela Laufiso leads the Trailblazers in hitting percentage with 18 kills from 34 attacks and just four errors for a .412. Laufiso also leads the team in assists with 88 on the season.
Defensively,
Mykenna Nelson leads with 57 digs averaging 5.18 per set.
Kate Hardy leads with seven total blocks.
KNOW YOUR FOE CAL STATE FULLERTON: CSF comes into the weekend with a 1-1 record. The Titans are on a ONE game losing streak. CSF has recorded 97 kills from 294 attacks with 42 errors for a .184 percentage on the season. The Titans have 91 assists and four service aces. Defensively, CSF averages 19.86 digs per set with 139 total. The Titans are averaging 2.14 blocks per set with 15 total on the season.
Nicole Polster is interim head coach of the Titans and is in her fourth year with the program.
The Titans are led by Julia Crawford who has 28 kills on the season and is hitting .253. Crawford also has six total blocks on the season. Nadia Koanui leads CSF in digs averaging five digs per set and has 35 total on the season.
TITANS vs. TRAILBLAZERS:
This is the first time the two teams have ever matched up.
