SAN MARCOS, Calif. –  The Cal State San Marcos volleyball team (8-15, 6-10 CCAA) will wrap up its 2024 regular season this week with stops at No. 19 San Francisco State (20-4, 14-2 CCAA) on Thursday at 5 p.m. and (RV) Cal State San Bernardino (14-9, 10-6 CCAA) on Saturday at 7 p.m. 

LAST WEEK

• CSUSM went 2-0 for the second consecutive weekend. 
• The Cougars swept Cal State Dominguez by scores of 25-18, 25-15 and 26-24 on Friday evening in The Sports Center. 
• On Saturday, CSUSM put together an upset sweep over then-No. 24 Cal State LA by scores of 25-23, 25-16 and 25-19. 
• Isabelle Bakken finished the weekend with 19 kills on 55 attempts and two hitting errors for a .515 hitting percentage and seven blocks. 

BY THE NUMBERS

• CSUSM is averaging 1.92 blocks per set, ranking fifth in the CCAA. 
• The Cougars' 173 total blocks and 1,340 total digs rank fifth in the conference.  
• Jackie Phillips ranks third in the CCAA in digs per set with 3.83.
• Isabelle Bakken moved into sixth in the conference with a .269 hitting percentage. 

  
THURSDAY AT SF STATE

• The Gators enter Thursday's match on a six-game win streak and are 12-0 when playing at home this season. 
• SF State registered two consecutive sweeps last weekend, defeating Chico State by scores of 25-23, 25-21 and 25-18 on Friday before closing out the weekend with a victory (25-22, 25-21, 26-24) over Stanislaus State on Saturday afternoon. 
• The Gators have already punched their ticket to the CCAA Tournament and will finish second in the CCAA standings since they enter the weekend with a four-match lead over current third-place teams Stanislaus State and Cal State San Bernardino. 
• SF State owns the all-time series lead at 10-3 and is 5-0 when playing in The Swamp. 
• The Gators are the CCAA leaders with a 14.31 kills per set average (10th in Division II) and 13.33 assists per set (11th in Division II). 
• SF State averages 2.05 aces per set, ranking them second in the CCAA. 
• Six-time CCAA Setter of the Week Kimberly DeBoer is the conference leader in assists per set (11.55), which ranks her eighth in the nation. 
• Middle blocker Anastacia Garza and outside hitter Tamiya Wilson are second and third in the CCAA in hitting percentage at .322 and 3.05, respectively. 
• The Gators were picked to finish fourth in the 2024 CCAA Volleyball Preseason Coaches Poll.

REGULAR-SEASON FINALE

• Prior to facing CSUSM on Saturday, the Coyotes will host No. 3 Cal Poly Pomona at 5 p.m. on Thursday. 
• This will be the 16th time CSUSM and CSUSB have faced each other, all in the NCAA Division II era (2015-present). 
• The Coyotes hold a 14-1 lead in the all-time series.
• CSUSM's only win over CSUSB came in 2017 with a five-set victory in The Sports Center. 
• Earlier this season, the Cougars dropped a four-set match (25-23, 16-25, 18-25, 15-25) at home. 
• Entering the weekend, the Coyotes are tied for third in the CCAA standings with Stanislaus State and have already clinched their berth into the CCAA Tournament. 
• CSUSB is on a three-match win streak with sweeps over Chico State and Cal State Monterey Bay and a four-set victory last Saturday at Cal State East Bay. 
• The Coyotes are recording a .224 hitting percentage while holding opponents to a .189 clip, both ranking third and fourth in the CCAA, respectively.
• Ashley Robinson is averaging 4.67 kills per set, ranking second in the CCAA and sixth in Division II. 
• CSUSB was picked to finish third in the 2024 CCAA Volleyball Preseason Coaches Poll.

LOOK INSIDE THE COUGARS

• The 2024 CSUSM roster consists of nine players competing in their final collegiate season with five being four-year members of the Cougar family – Mya Galvan, Alyssa Gurrola, Kelli Miechowicz, Jackie Phillips and Jessica Thomas. 
• Two new Cougars will only play one season for CSUSM – Danielle McCasland, a graduate transfer from Concordia University Irvine, and Gracie Zaitz. 
• Five others are donning Cougar Blue for the first time with three being true freshmen and two junior college transfers. 
• The Cougars finished their 2023 campaign with a 12-15 overall record, were 10-8 in CCAA play and returned to the CCAA Tournament for the program's fifth appearance. 
• As a team in the CCAA statistics, CSUSM concluded 2023 ranked seventh in blocks per set (1.93) while holding opponents to 1.74, the third lowest in the conference. 
• In the 2024 CCAA Volleyball Preseason Coaches Poll, the Cougars were picked to finish seventh.

THE LEONARD FILE

• Head coach Andrea Leonard enters her 14th season in charge of the Cougar volleyball team, a program she has built from the ground up since arriving on campus in 2010.
• Leonard has a 216-176 (.551) record as CSUSM's head coach.
• In 20 seasons as a collegiate head volleyball coach, Leonard holds a 308-302 (.505) career record.
• Leonard was CSUSM's first-ever CCAA Coach of the Year after guiding the Cougars to a third-place finish in the overall standings during the 2017 season.