San Diego (11-8, 7-2 WCC)  •  Loyola Marymount (14-5, 7-2 WCC) •  Saint Mary's (12-9, 6-3 WCC)

Thursday, October 26 • 7:30 P.M.  | Jenny Craig Pavilion (5,100) • San Diego, California

Saturday, October 28 • 1:00 P.M.  | UCU Pavilion (3,500) • Moraga, California

Television  •  ESPNU (Thursday) |  Streaming •  ESPN+ (Saturday) |  Live Statistics  • USDToreros.com & SMCGaels.com

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SAN DIEGO — San Diego volleyball (11-8, 7-2 WCC) is set to conclude a three-game homestand on Thursday night with a nationally televised matchup, hosting West Coast Conference rival Loyola Marymount (14-5, 7-2 WCC) at the Jenny Craig Pavilion before traveling to Moraga, California to over the weekend to take on Saint Mary's (12-9, 6-3 WCC).

Thursday night's clash with the Lions is set to begin at 7:30 p.m., and will be televised nationally on ESPNU with Anne Marie Anderson (Play by Play) and Nicole Branagh (Analyst) on the call.

Saturday afternoon's match at the UCU Pavilion against the Gaels is slated for a 1:00 p.m. first serve, and will be streamed live on ESPN+.

Live statistics for Thursday's and Saturday's contests will be available on USDToreros.com and SMCGaels.com.

LAST TIME OUT - SAN DIEGO SWEEPS PORTLAND, FALLS TO PEPPERDINE
• The Toreros split their matches last Thursday and Saturday against the Pilots and Waves at the Jenny Craig Pavilion as they went 1-1 for the second consecutive week.

Thursday, October 19 - San Diego 3, Portland 0 (Jenny Craig Pavilion)
• San Diego seized control early last Thursday night and never looked back, sweeping Portland for a dominant wire-to-wire win behind a match-high 10 kills from Amber Stivrins.

• The Toreros hung on for a 25-20 victory in the first frame, then rolled to 25-12 and 25-15 decisions to prevail in straight sets for the sixth time in their first eight West Coast Conference matches.

• USD — which did not trail at any point in last Thursday night's match and was tied with the Pilots just twice —  held Portland to a minuscule -.011 hitting percentage, a feat that was bolstered by four blocks (one solo) from Haylee Stoner.

Saturday, October 21, Pepperdine 3, San Diego 0 (Jenny Craig Pavilion)
• A tied-for-season-high 14 kills from Kylie Pries last Saturday afternoon wasn't enough for San Diego to stave off a sweep from Pepperdine, dealing the Toreros their second West Coast Conference loss of the season as they dropped a 3-0 decision to the Waves.

• USD came out on the wrong side of a hard-fought 26-24 first set, then fell 25-16 in the second. San Diego established a six-point lead midway through the third frame but couldn't hang on and extend the match, suffering a 25-21 defeat as it fell in straight sets for the first time in WCC play this year.

• Kylie Pries hit a team-high .290 as she added 10 digs to record her second double-double of the season. Haylee Stoner and Leyla Blackwell each totaled four blocks, with Blackwell adding the Toreros' lone solo effort of the afternoon Olivia Bennett tied her career high with 13 digs and tied the USD team high with a pair of service aces.

ALL-TIME SERIES AGAINST LOYOLA MARYMOUNT
• The Toreros are 49-42 against the Lions all-time, with the most recent meeting between the two teams coming earlier this season on October 12, a 3-1 USD loss at the Gersten Pavilion.

• The Toreros took the first set by a 25-23 margin that evening in Los Angeles, then fell by scores of 25-16, 25-22, and 25-18 as they suffered their first WCC defeat of the season.

• That loss at LMU snapped a four-game San Diego win streak against the Lions that dated back to October 2021, but USD has still won 13 of its last 15 games against the Lions.

• Both matchups between the Toreros and Waves last season went to five sets.

ALL-TIME SERIES AGAINST SAINT MARY'S
•The Toreros are 63-14 against the Gaels all-time, and have won each of the last nine matchups between the two teams.

• Seven of those last nine meetings (and each of the last three) have been San Diego sweeps.

• USD and SMC most recently met earlier this season on September 23. The Toreros beat the Gaels in straight sets that afternoon at the Jenny Craig Pavilion, prevailing by scores of 25-17, 25-18, and 25-22 in their first WCC match of 2023.

WEST COAST CONFERENCE DOMINANCE
•After going undefeated in WCC play last season, the Toreros enter Thursday evening's action having won 25 of their last 27 conference contests.

•San Diego is 300-75 (.800) in conference play since seven-time WCC Coach of the Year Jennifer Petrie took over in 1999. The Toreros have captured 10 WCC Championships in that span.

IN IT TO WIN IT
• San Diego was picked first in the 2023 WCC Volleyball Preseason Coaches Poll, the West Coast Conference announced on August 23.

• USD took home the top spot in the poll with 75 points and a commanding seven first-place votes, finishing six points ahead of second-place Pepperdine (two first-place votes). It's the first time that San Diego has been picked to win the conference since 2016, when the Toreros opened the season ranked No. 26 nationally and finished the year 24-6 (15-3 WCC).

A HELPING HAND
• After not seeing any game action last season, Isadora Terçariol has emerged as the WCC's top setter in 2023, leading the conference with 10.27 assists per set through 19 matches that ranks 38th nationally .

• A native of Säo Paulo, Brazil, Terçariol joined the Toreros as a transfer before the pandemic-modified Spring 2021 season.

• She has since totaled 1,606 assists in a San Diego uniform, including a team-high 535 in 2023.

• The 1,500th assist of her career came in USD's 3-0 sweep of Pacific at the JCP on October 7.

• Terçariol was named WCC Offensive Player of the Week on October 9, making her the first San Diego setter to earn the honor since first-team All-American Gabby Blossom was selected on November 7, 2022.

LEYLA BLOCKS WELL
• San Diego native and La Jolla High School alum Leyla Blackwell ranks 29th nationally with an average of 1.31 blocks per set.

• Her 88 total blocks through 19 matches in 2023 are the most on the USD roster and rank second in the WCC.

• Blackwell earned her sixth career WCC Defensive Player of the Week honor on September 11.

MILESTONE WATCH
• Leyla Blackwell notched her 450th career block last Thursday at LMU and is now just 42 away from reaching 500 in her career. She is also 17 points away from 900.

• Madi Allen, who has started the season with 15 consecutive games with at least 10 digs, earned her 1,000th career dig last Saturday at San Francisco. She is also just six aces away from notching her 100th during her collegiate career.

• Isadora Terçariol reached 1,500 assists on October 7 against Pacific. She now has 1,606 across three college seasons.

• Amber Stivrins notched her 1,000th career kill on September 28 at Gonzaga. She now has 1,086 across five college seasons after spending her freshman year (2019) at Louisville and her sophomore, junior, and senior years (2020-2022) at Georgia.

• Head coach Jennifer Petrie has a 489-173 record as USD's head coach, leaving her just 11 victories away from 500 in her career.