University of San Francisco Athletics

SAN FRANCISCO — The San Francisco volleyball team plays its first home matches of the season Friday and Saturday when it plays host to both Hofstra and Southern Utah for a total of three matches in War Memorial at the Sobrato Center as part of a co-hosted tournament with the Dons and Saint Mary's across the Bay.
 
MATCH 7 INFORMATION
Date/Time: Friday, Sept. 7, 6 p.m.
Opponent: Hofstra
Site: War Memorial at Sobrato Center
Live video: https://www.facebook.com/usfdonsvball/
Live stats: https://stats.statbroadcast.com/statmonitr/?id=230438
 
NEUTRAL SITE MATCH INFORMATION
Date/Time: Saturday, Sept. 8, 11 a.m.
Teams: Southern Utah vs. Hofstra
Site: War Memorial at Sobrato Center
Live stats: https://stats.statbroadcast.com/statmonitr/?id=230439
 
MATCH 8 INFORMATION
Date/Time: Saturday, Sept. 8, 7 p.m.
Opponent: Southern Utah
Site: Save Mart Center, Fresno, Calilf.
Live video: https://watchstadium.com/live/143509/
Live stats: https://stats.statbroadcast.com/statmonitr/?id=230440
 
TOURNAMENT INFORMATION
The annual cross-bay competition hosted by both San Francisco and Saint Mary's starts Friday and runs to Saturday. Two teams – this year Hofstra and Southern Utah – come to the Bay Area to play both schools while also playing a neutral site match against each other at one of the schools. This season, the neutral site match will occur in War Memorial at the Sobrato Center, with Hofstra facing Southern Utah at 11 a.m. Saturday.
 
SERIES HISTORY
 
San Francisco is 2-3 all-time against Hofstra, last meeting the Pride in 2004. The Dons beat Southern Utah, 3-1, in their only meeting three years ago during the 2015 season.
 
TRIPLE DOUBLE-DOUBLE
 
Kathya Garcia tallied three consecutive double-doubles at the Fresno State Invitational last week, averaging more than 3.5 kills and 4 digs per set, while also setting new season highs in both categories. On Friday she posted an 11 kills, 14 digs double-double against American. Later that afternoon, she again had 11 kills while also recording a season-high 18 digs.
 
Saturday she led all players with a season-high 22 kills to go with 17 digs against host Fresno State in a narrowly decided five-set match. Garcia also had three blocks, four assists and a service ace on the weekend.
 
HOME, SWEET HOME
 
San Francisco has won four straight home openers dating to 2014. All four of their consecutive home opener victories have been via 3-0 sweeps. The Dons have not lost a home opener since 2013, when they fell in five sets to Long Beach State on Sept. 6, 2013.
 
COMING UP
 
The Dons travel to their final non-conference tournament of the season next weekend in Fullerton, Calif. There, they will face Idaho (Sept. 14), host Cal State Fullerton (Sept. 14) and UC Riverside (Sept. 15). West Coast Conference play opens at home versus Bay Area rival Santa Clara on Sept. 20.