SAN DIEGO—No. 25 San Diego will make its home debut against Arkansas and No. 2 Nebraska this weekend.
 
The Toreros (1-2) open the weekend against the Razorbacks (3-0) on Friday at 7 p.m. (PT) and take on the 2018 national runner-up Huskers (2-0) on Saturday at 7 p.m. 
 
The matches are part of a six-team invitational co-hosted by USD and San Diego State which also features Arizona and West Virginia. 
 
Arizona and Nebraska will kick off the weekend on Friday at 4 p.m. and Arizona will face West Virginia on Saturday at 11 a.m.
 
Both of San Diego's matches will be streamed on the WCC Network while all neutral matches will be streamed on FloVolleyball.com. Live statistics will be available via USDToreros.com.
 
LAST TIME OUT
• The Toreros went 1-2 to open the season at the Hawaiian Airlines Rainbow Wahine Classic in Honolulu, Hawai'i.
 
• USD dropped hard-fought matches to Hawai'i (2-3) on Friday and No. 13 Washington (1-3) on Saturday before closing out the weekend with a 3-0 sweep over St. John's on Sunday.
 
• Thana Fayad paced the Toreros offensively, collecting a team-high 43 kills (3.58/set) in three matches. Megan Jacobsen was second on the team with 35 kills (3.50/set) and a team-high 12 blocks to earn a spot on the all-tournament team.
 
• Freshman Grace Frohling was efficient in her debut with the Toreros, collecting 22 kills in two matches (4.40/set) and hitting .349 on the weekend.
 
• Anna Newsome tallied 108 assists and challenged opponents at the net all weekend, collecting 15 kills from the setter position (.583 hitting percentage).
 
 
ALL-TIME SERIES AGAINST ARKANSAS
• The Toreros are 2-0 in the all-time series with the Razorbacks. Most recently the teams met in 2005—a 3-1 victory for USD inside the Jenny Craig Pavilion.
 
 
ALL-TIME SERIES AGAINST NO. 2 NEBRASKA
• Nebraska leads the all-time series with the Toreros 5-0. The most recent meeting took place in 2013 with the No. 10 Cornhuskers winning 3-0. 
 
• This will be the first visit to the JCP for the Cornhuskers after three matches in Lincoln and two at neutral sites. 
 
IN THE RANKINGS
• USD is ranked 25th in the first week of the AVCA Coaches Poll after debuting at No. 21 in the preseason poll. 
 
COACH COOK'S TORERO TIES
• Nebraska head coach John Cook is no stranger to USD and its coaches. The longtime Huskers coach completed his undergrad at the University of San Diego in 1979. Coach Cook also has connections to the Torero coaching staff, having previously coached both head coach Jennifer Petrie (high school club team) and associate head coach Brent Hilliard (U.S. Men's National Team).
 
WCC PRESEASON COACHES POLL
• USD was picked to finish second overall in a poll of WCC coaches with 71 points and one first-place vote, while BYU led the way with 81 points and nine first-place votes. Pepperdine was picked to finish third with 66 points, followed by Loyola Marymount (58 points), Saint Mary's (42), Pacific (33), Portland (33), Gonzaga (32), Santa Clara (18) and San Francisco (16).
 
STRONG CONFERENCE SHOWING
• Five WCC Teams were selected to the 2018 NCAA Tournament including San Diego, BYU, Loyola Marymount, Saint Mary's and Pepperdine, with BYU advancing to the tournament semifinal.
 
TORERO ADD TALENTED DUO FOR 2019
• USD added two players to its roster for the 2019 season. Freshman Grace Frohling joins the Toreros from Los Angeles, CA where she prepped at Marymount High School and played club for Sunshine Volleyball Club (18 Westside). The 6'5" opposite/setter was named a 2018 Under Armour All-America third team selection and 2018 PrepVolleyball Senior Ace.
 
• The Toreros also added libero Camryn Tastad, a native of Solana Beach, CA, who transferred to USD after playing her freshman season at Oregon. Tastad appeared in 32 matches and 111 sets for the Ducks last season. She was third among Oregon players with 46 assists and fifth with 204 digs.
 
WIBLIN NAMED TO U.S. COLLEGIATE TEAM
• Roxie Wiblin was one of 28 players selected to the U.S. Women's Collegiate National Team-Anaheim roster in April of 2019. The CNT-Anaheim roster is comprised of current collegiate players who trained and competed at the U.S. National Team Training Center in Anaheim, CA from June 23-29. The team is part of USA Volleyball's High Performance pipeline and is considered a tryout for the U.S. Women's National Team.
 
TOUGH COMPETITION AHEAD
• USD consistently schedules top opponents and 2019 is no different. The Toreros will play five matches against four teams selected in the AVCA preseason top-25. USD will face No. 13 Washington at the Rainbow Wahine Classic at Hawaii on Aug. 31 before hosting No. 2 Nebraska in the JCP on Sept. 7.
 
• The Toreros will host No. 14 USC on Sept. 19 as part of their second invitational of the season and will take on 2018 WCC champion No. 8 BYU in Provo on Oct. 18 and at home on Nov. 15.
 
LEADING THE WAY
• Jen Petrie is in her 21st year with the program and holds a career record of 390-147 (.727). She won her fifth WCC Coach of the Year award in 2017 and has led the Toreros to the NCAA Tournament 19 times in her career. USD made its eighth straight NCAA Tournament appearance in 2018.
 
• Brent Hilliard enters his 19th season with the Toreros. He was inducted into the Southern California Indoor Volleyball Hall of Fame on May 6, 2018.
 
• Jimmy Lundgren enters his second season with USD, taking over for Marie Zidek who took a head coaching position with DePaul after the 2017 season. Lundgren joins the Toreros from Point Loma Nazarene where he coached for four seasons.