SAN DIEGO — San Diego volleyball (9-8, 4-3 WCC) closes its four-match road trip this week at Pacific (4-16, 0-8 WCC) on Thursday night and West Coast Conference leader Saint Mary's (12-8, 7-1 WCC) on Saturday afternoon. The Toreros swept both of last week's stops in the Pacific Northwest and will see the Gaels for the first time since a five-set loss at the Jenny Craig Pavilion on Sept. 24.

First serve is set for 6 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 22, at the Alex G. Spanos Center in Stockton and 2 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 24, at UCU Pavilion in Moraga. Both matches will be streamed live on ESPN+.

Live statistics will be available on PacificTigers.com on Thursday and StatBroadcast on Saturday.

LAST TIME OUT: TOREROS DOMINATE PNW ROAD TRIP WITH TWO SWEEPS
• San Diego swept both stops on its Pacific Northwest swing, winning 25-17, 25-23, 25-11 at Seattle U on Oct. 15 and 25-17, 25-10, 25-11 at Portland on Oct. 17. All four of the Toreros' WCC wins have come in straight sets, and the Portland win was their 19th straight over the Pilots.

• At Seattle U, San Diego hit .321, held the Redhawks to .083 and out-blocked them 7.0-4.0. Nemo Beach led all players with 13 kills on .385 hitting and 14.0 points, Meghan Scholz hit .533 with 10 kills on 15 swings and Lauren Lynch had a match-high 18 digs.

• In the second set, Seattle U turned an 18-13 deficit into a 21-19 lead by taking eight of nine points and still led 22-20 before San Diego scored five of the last six, the last on a Ryann Knuth ace. The Toreros then hit .515 in the third set and held the Redhawks to five kills and .034 hitting.

• Two days later, San Diego hit .453 at Portland, its best mark in WCC play this season, and held the Pilots to .047, the lowest by any Torero opponent this season. Portland came in leading the WCC and ranking 17th nationally in hitting (.278).

• Kierstyn Barton led all players with 12 kills and 13.5 points at Portland, hitting .524 (12-1-21), and eight of her kills came in the first set. Beach hit .667 with nine kills and two aces, BayLea Sparks had eight kills on nine error-free swings and Lynch had a team-high 10 digs.

• The Toreros served a season-high nine aces at Portland to the Pilots' one, and every one of Portland's 10 serves in the second set ended in a San Diego point. Knuth passed 15-for-15 in serve receive in both matches.

SCHOLZ AND MUNDAY EARN WEEKLY WCC HONORS
• San Diego volleyball's Meghan Scholz and Kylie Munday have been named the WCC Defensive Player and Setter of the Week for Oct. 19, the West Coast Conference announced Monday.

• In on 12 of San Diego's 17 blocks last week, Scholz averaged 2.00 blocks per set and led all players in blocks at both Seattle U and Portland. She had five block assists at Seattle U on Oct. 15, including one with Nemo Beach that capped four straight Torero points for a 17-8 first-set lead. At Portland on Oct. 17, she posted seven blocks, three of them solo, with a solo block in every set, and she was in on all five San Diego blocks in the first set. Scholz also put down 16 kills on .387 hitting (16-4-31) and served two aces for the week, and her 25.5 points led the team. This marks Scholz's first career West Coast Conference honor, and she joins Lauren Lynch (Oct. 5) as the second Torero to receive the WCC's weekly defensive recognition this season.

• On the other side of the ball, San Diego hit .376 (87-19-181) for the week with Munday setting all six sets. She handed out 65 assists, an average of 10.83 per set, and added four kills on nine error-free swings, 11 digs, six block assists and two aces. At Seattle U on Oct. 15, Munday had 35 assists and set Kierstyn Barton for three kills in the final six rallies of the second set as the Toreros came back from 22-20 down to win it 25-23. Two days later at Portland, she added 30 assists and two aces as the offense hit .453, including .542 and .583 in the last two sets. She served the final four points of the second set, ending it with an ace, and served four more in a row, with another ace, during an 11-1 run in the third. This is her second WCC Setter of the Week award this season after also receiving it on Aug. 31. Munday, the reigning back-to-back WCC Setter of the Year, has now earned the weekly honor six times in her college career.

• In total, San Diego has received five WCC weekly awards this season, including two Defensive Player of the Week nods, one Freshman of the Week honor and two Setter of the Week recognitions.

ALL-TIME SERIES VERSUS PACIFIC
• The Toreros lead the all-time series, 26-1, and most recently played the Tigers earlier this season on Sept. 26, earning a 3-0 sweep at the Jenny Craig Pavilion.

• USD's lone all-time loss to the Tigers came back on Nov. 20, 2021, when it dropped a 3-1 decision at the Alex G. Spanos Center.

• Since then, San Diego has won nine straight matches against Pacific, including seven sweeps.

• The Toreros prevailed in straight sets last time they visited the Tigers, winning 3-0 on Oct. 4, 2025, in Stockton.

ALL-TIME SERIES VERSUS SAINT MARY'S
• The Toreros lead the all-time series, 64-15.

• USD has won 14 of its last 15 matchups with Saint Mary's dating back to 2019, a streak that has included 10 San Diego sweeps.

• San Diego and Saint Mary's most recently met earlier this season on Sept. 24, when the Gaels earned a 3-2 win at the Jenny Craig Pavilion.

• The Toreros last visited UCU Pavilion on Oct. 2, 2025, when they earned a 3-0 sweep of the Gaels. USD last lost to the Gaels in Moraga on Nov. 17, 2018 — a 3-0 Saint Mary's sweep.

STATISTICAL STANDOUTS: LAST TIME OUT AGAINST PACIFIC AND SAINT MARY'S
• San Diego opened WCC play against this week's opponents with back-to-back home matches, falling 3-2 to Saint Mary's on Sept. 24 before sweeping Pacific two days later. Across the two matches, the Toreros hit .286 (97-30-234) to their opponents' .133 (82-47-263) and out-blocked them 25.0-9.0.

Vs. Pacific (Sept. 26)
• San Diego won 25-20, 25-17, 25-15, hitting .360 (44-13-86) to Pacific's .126 (26-15-87), serving seven aces to one and out-blocking the Tigers 8.0-4.0. The Toreros hit .462 in the second set, and Pacific hit .069 in the third.

• Kierstyn Barton led all players with 10 kills and 12.0 points, hitting .304 with two aces and six digs. BayLea Sparks put down nine kills on 12 error-free swings (.750), two of them during a four-point Kylie Munday service run that made it 22-17 in the first set.

• Emma Brewer had nine kills in two sets, six of them on eight swings in the second, when she ended four straight rallies — three kills and a solo block — during a 5-0 run. Ryann Knuth had six kills and a match-high three aces, two of them while serving the last six points of a 7-0 third-set run that turned a 7-6 lead into 14-6.

• Belle Groomes made her college debut at setter in the third set and finished it with seven assists, two kills, five digs and an ace on match point. Lauren Lynch had a match-high 11 digs, and Vanessa Zussino led Pacific with eight kills and 9.5 points.

Vs. Saint Mary's (Sept. 24)
• San Diego fell 25-10, 19-25, 25-12, 20-25, 14-16 in the WCC opener for both teams. The Toreros out-hit the Gaels .243 (53-17-148) to .136 (56-32-176), recorded a season-high 17.0 blocks to the Gaels' 5.0 and served eight aces to six, but Saint Mary's scored the final six points after trailing 14-10 in the fifth set.

• The Toreros won the first and third sets by a combined 28 points, hitting .489 with one attack error in 45 swings and holding Saint Mary's to negative hitting in both.

• Kierstyn Barton had a match-high 16 kills on .375 hitting, five aces, seven block assists and seven digs for 24.5 points, tied for the most by a Torero in a match this season. Her five aces are a Torero season high, and she served back-to-back aces to close the first set and again for a 14-10 lead in the fifth.

• BayLea Sparks had 10.0 blocks (one solo, nine assists) and hit .625 with five kills and no errors, and Meghan Scholz added six kills on .417 hitting and seven block assists, including a fifth-set stuff of Layne Dent with Barton. Emma Brewer had 12 kills and 13 digs, three of the kills coming in a span of four rallies for a 5-3 fifth-set lead, and Kylie Munday had 43 assists and 16 digs.

• Antonie Kelnárová had 15 kills and a match-high 20 digs for Saint Mary's, Layne Dent added 15 kills and Sadie White had 40 assists. Libero Alayna Pearson had 17 digs and served the match's final five points.

2026 WCC WEEKLY HONORS
• Kylie Munday, Setter of the Week (Aug. 31): 115 assists (11.50 per set), 33 digs, 6.0 blocks and three aces as USD went 2-1 in Honolulu. Fifth career Setter of the Week honor.

• Emma Brewer, Freshman of the Week (Sept. 21): 23 kills (3.29 per set), 16 digs, 7.0 blocks and two aces in wins over Arizona and San Diego State. First career weekly honor.

• Lauren Lynch, Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 5): 11 digs, four assists and an ace in a 3-0 win over Denver, passing 5-for-5 in serve receive. First career weekly honor.

• Meghan Scholz, Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 19): 12.0 blocks (2.00 per set), 16 kills on .387 hitting and two aces in sweeps at Seattle U and Portland. First career WCC weekly honor.

• Kylie Munday, Setter of the Week (Oct. 19): 65 assists (10.83 per set), 11 digs, 6.0 blocks and two aces as USD hit .376 in sweeps at Seattle U and Portland. Sixth career Setter of the Week honor.

NATIONALLY RELEVANT NUMBERS
• San Diego is holding opponents to .152 hitting, eighth in the nation and tops in the WCC, according to NCAA statistics through Oct. 20.

• Nationally, San Diego also ranks 55th in blocks per set (2.45), 85th in digs per set (14.74), 97th in assists per set (12.02) and 98th in kills per set (13.00).

• Meghan Scholz ranks 46th nationally in blocks per set (1.31), Kylie Munday is 47th in assists per set (10.00) and Lauren Lynch is 52nd in digs per set (4.35).

• San Diego has hit .310 (421-111-999) over its last nine matches, starting with the Sept. 17 sweep of Arizona, after hitting .163 through its first eight. In seven WCC matches, the Toreros are hitting .298 to their opponents' .147 and averaging 2.64 blocks per set to 1.34.

HOW THEY STACK UP IN THE WCC
• San Diego leads the WCC in opponent hitting percentage (.152) and ranks second in the league in blocks (2.45), digs (14.74), kills (13.00) and assists (12.02) per set, according to NCAA statistics through Oct. 20. The Toreros are also third in attacks per set (34.48) and fifth in both hitting percentage (.232) and aces per set (1.44).

• Kylie Munday (10.00 assists per set), Meghan Scholz (1.31 blocks per set) and Lauren Lynch (4.35 digs per set) each rank second in the WCC. Munday's 610 assists and Scholz's 72 total blocks this season are both fourth in the league, and Lynch's 270 digs are tied for fourth.

• Kierstyn Barton is fifth in the WCC in points per set (4.01) and sixth in kills per set (3.42), and Nemo Beach is 10th in kills per set (3.00). BayLea Sparks ranks sixth in the league in blocks per set (1.05).

• In seven WCC matches, Sparks is hitting .519 (46-5-79) and Scholz is hitting .404 (48-10-94). Barton has 81 kills on .343 hitting and 12 of her 16 aces in 25 league sets.

PLAYERS TO WATCH
#7 Kierstyn Barton | Senior | 6-1 | Outside Hitter | Chandler, Ariz. | Corona Del Sol HS
Through 17 Matches (2026)
• Barton leads the Toreros in kills (212, 3.42 per set) and points (248.5, 4.01 per set) through 62 sets. Her points per set rank fifth in the WCC and her kills per set rank sixth. She is hitting .249.

• She led all players with 12 kills and 13.5 points at Portland, hitting .524 (12-1-21), the second-best mark by a Torero with at least 12 kills this season. At Seattle U, she had nine kills, 10 digs and three assists and served four straight points to turn a 4-2 second-set deficit into a 6-4 lead.

• She reached 200 kills for the season at Seattle U and has led San Diego in kills in three of the last four matches, with 14 against LMU, 11 against Pepperdine and 12 at Portland.

• Her season high is 20 kills against SMU, followed by 19 in her USD debut against Baylor and 18 against San Diego State, and she had double-doubles in all three matches leading into WCC play. She has 154 digs and 41.0 blocks and has been charged with eight reception errors on 154 serve-receive attempts (.948).

#12 Kylie Munday | Junior | 5-10 | Setter | Post Falls, Idaho | Post Falls HS
Through 17 Matches (2026)
• Munday has 610 assists through 61 sets. Her 10.00 assists per set rank 47th nationally and second in the WCC, behind Santa Clara's Macy Hinshaw (10.75), and she was named WCC Setter of the Week for Aug. 31 and again for Oct. 19.

• Her 55 assists against UC Davis are a season high and one shy of her career high of 56, set in the five-set win over Arizona on Sept. 13, 2025. She set a season high with 25 digs against UC Davis and added 5.0 blocks and two aces while running an offense that produced 66 kills.

• According to Evollve/Avid Volleyball, that line made her just the second player in the past seven seasons to finish a match with at least 55 assists, 25 digs and five blocks.

• She has seven double-doubles in 2026 — 39 assists and 12 digs against Baylor, 42 and 19 against Georgia Southern, 55 and 25 against UC Davis, 35 and 10 against Oregon, 38 and 10 against San Diego State, 43 and 16 against Saint Mary's, and 40 and 14 against LMU.

• Munday ranks second on the roster with 163 digs (2.67 per set) and 17 service aces, including a season-high three against LMU, and has added 34.0 blocks and 24 kills.

#1 Nemo Beach | Senior | 5-11 | Outside Hitter | Chandler, Ariz. | Hamilton HS
Through 17 Matches (2026)
• Beach reached 1,000 career kills, all at San Diego, in the Sept. 6 match against USC. She ranks second on the team with 180 kills through 60 sets, and her 3.00 kills per set rank 10th in the WCC. She is hitting .225.

• She led all players with 13 kills on .385 hitting (13-3-26) and 14.0 points at Seattle U, her most kills in a three-set match this season, and twice served four straight points in the third set. At Portland, she hit .667 with nine kills and two aces, including five kills on five swings in the second set.

• Her season high is 22 kills, set against UC Davis on a season-high 61 attempts, and her 12 digs that night made it one of her three double-doubles in 2026. The other two came in sweeps, with 11 kills and 11 digs apiece at Hawaii and against Arizona.

• Beach ranks second on the team with 204.5 points (3.41 per set) and third with 220 serve-receive attempts (.914), and has added 106 digs, 13 aces, 11 assists and 19.0 blocks. Against LMU, she served eight straight points to turn a 4-1 first-set lead into 12-1.

#13 Emma Brewer | Freshman | 6-1 | Outside Hitter | Salem, Ore. | Sprague HS
Through 17 Matches (2026)
• The WCC Freshman of the Week for Sept. 21, Brewer shares third on the team in kills per set (2.02) with Ryann Knuth and ranks fourth in points per set (2.38), with 85 kills and 100.0 points through 42 sets. She has added 62 digs and 21.0 blocks.

• Her first two career double-doubles came in back-to-back matches: a career-high 13 kills on .440 hitting with 14 digs against San Diego State, then 12 kills and 13 digs