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Lobo Volleyball Starts Weekend At Utah
Oct. 28, 2008
Up Next For Lobo Volleyball
Match #22 --- at Utah Live Stats, Audio and Video: Links available on www.GoLobos.com. UNM vs. Utah: The Lobos are 25-42 against Utah in a series that dates back to 1975. The Lobos are 9-19 in Salt Lake City. UNM will be attempting to end a seven-match losing streak against Utah, including a 3-1 loss in Albuquerque on Oct. 4. Up Next: The Lobos stay in Utah for a return match at BYU. The Lobos beat the then-nationally ranked Cougars, 3-0 on Oct. 2. The match at BYU on Saturday, Nov. 1, will be telecast live on BYU-TV, and replayed on The Mtn. on Nov. 2. QUICK HITS • Fairchild Named MWC Player of the Week, Ranks 3rd in NCAA and Leads MWC ... Senior All-America candidate Jeanne Fairchild was named Mountain West Conference Player of the Week on Monday. Fairchild continues to lead the Mountain West Conference in kills (4.82 ps) and points (5.20 ps) this season. Fairchild ranks third in the nation in kills per set this week. The Albuquerque native reached the 1,000-kill career mark at UNM on Oct. 4 against Utah with her final kill of the third set. Fairchild now has 1,095 kills at UNM.
• Lobos Among Tops In Attendance ... New Mexico moved up to 21st in the national attendance rankings this week after great crowds of 1,772 and 1,809 last week against UNLV and San Diego State. UNM is averaging 1,500 fans over the first eight home matches of the season. The Lobos' season-high 2,236 fans showed up on Oct. 2 against BYU. The Lobos are second in the MWC behind Colorado State in 10th with 2,587 fans per match.
• Volley For The Cure Update ... Over $3,200 was raised for the American Cancer Society on Thursday, Oct. 23, on Volley For The Cure night, promoting breast cancer awareness. • UNM vs. NMSU ... The Rio Grande Rivalry match on Nov. 28 is set for 6 p.m. • Jam Johnson Right Around The Corner ... The Lobos annual Jam Johnson Night is set for Thursday, Nov. 6 at 7:30 p.m. UNM will face nationally-ranked Colorado State in a televised match on The Mtn. • Lobo Volleyblog ... This week's blog is from sophomore setter Jade Michaelsen from Tucson, Ariz. About New Mexico (17-4, 7-3 MWC) ... The Lobos are holding on to third place in the MWC, following Saturday's 3-0 win over San Diego State, giving UNM the 2008 series sweep ... All-America candidate Jeanne Fairchild leads the Lobos with 4.82 kills and 5.20 points per set, while sophomore Jade Michaelsen leads the setters with 10.89 assists per set ... Defensively, junior Anna Lehne leads the front row with 1.41 blocks per set, while senior Gayle Tripp runs the back row with 4.65 digs per set ... Sophomore Taylor Hadfield leads the team with the best hitting percentage of .315, while Lehne is close behind at .314 ... Sophomore Lisa Meeter leads the team will 15 aces, while senior Sarah Kwasigroch follows with 13 ... UNM leads the Mountain West Conference in opponent hitting percentage at .137 ... UNM did not drop a set to start the season at 24-0, a school record. The NCAA record is 105 consecutive by Florida in 2003 ... The 8-0 season start ranks fourth-best in program history ... UNM finished their 11-match September road trip with a 9-2 record ... The Lobos are racking up travel miles this season. UNM will add 1,334 miles this week travelling to Salt Lake City and Provo. The current mileage tally is 10,879 miles. Add on the 13,790 miles from the trip to Argentina at the beginning of Summer Break and the Lobos have logged 24,669 miles from May 27-Nov. 1, 2008 ... UNM ended an 8-match losing streak against UNLV on Sept. 27 and won for the first time in Vegas since 2000 with a 3-0 sweep ... The Lobos won for the first time in Laramie since 2001 with a 3-0 sweep on Oct. 9. About Utah (15-5, 7-2 MWC) ... The Utes are in second place in the MWC and are receiving votes in the national coaches poll ... Lori Baird leads Utah with 3.06 kills and 1.49 blocks per set ... Emillie Toone leads the conference in attack percentage at .396... Stephanie Shardlow is the lead setter for the Utes with 8.28 assists per set ... Keisha Fisher leads in digs per set with 3.11.
All-Time vs. Utah (25-42; H: 14-17, A: 9-19, N: 2-6) Fairchild Gaining On Top Five ... Senior outside hitter Jeanne Fairchild reached the 1,000-kill career plateau with 24 kills against Utah on Oct. 4. Fairchild now needs 28 kills to crack the top five on the UNM career kills list.
UNM Career Kills Digging With Tripp ... Senior libero Gayle Tripp needs 46 digs to become the Lobos' career leader, moving past Sharon Browning (1,504; 1989-92). Tripp moved into second place on the New Mexico career digs list in 2007 during Game Two of the Nov. 17 match against Colorado State. Tripp joined the UNM 1,000-Dig Club on Saturday, Oct. 13, against UNLV. She now has 1,459 career digs.
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