LAS CRUCES, N.M. – New Mexico State volleyball will close out the regular season home schedule as they welcome Grand Canyon and CSU Bakersfield on Thursday and Saturday. First serve on Thursday is scheduled for 7 p.m. and 1 p.m. on Saturday. The Aggies are two wins away from clinching a share of the Western Athletic Conference Regular Season title.
 
Both matches will be broadcast live. Fans can listen to the matches on KRUX 91.5 FM, TuneIn, or NMStateSports.com with Adam Young handling play-by-play duties.
 
The Aggies are currently riding a 23-match WAC win streak and have a three-match lead in the WAC. Last weekend, Ariadnne Sierra, the reigning WAC Player of the Week, set two career-highs as she posted 31 digs against Utah Valley on Thursday and served up six services aces against Seattle U on Saturday.
 
So far this season, Grand Canyon is led offensively by Katrice Pond with 160 kills, averaging 3.27 per set. Defensively, the Lopes are paced by Emma Ahern and Hannah Hicks who have 156 digs and 63 blocks, respectively.
 
On offense, the 'Runners look to the WAC leader in kills and service aces, Carol Grasso, who is averaging 3.87 kills per set and 0.55 service aces per set. On defense, CSUB is led by Jocelyn Rodriguez and Katie Dunbar-Lowe who have logged 264 digs and 56 blocks, respectively.
 
Schedule
NM State vs. Grand Canyon – Thursday, Oct. 27 – 7 p.m. MT
NM State vs. CSU Bakersfield – Saturday, Oct. 29 – 1 p.m. MT
 
Radio (with Adam Young)
KRUX 91.5 FM
TuneIn
NMStateSports.com