SAN MARCOS, Texas – Texas State Volleyball will bring October to a close on Saturday, hosting the Boise State Broncos for their 11th Pac-12 match of the season.

MATCH INFO

• Saturday, Oct. 31 vs. Boise State (12 p.m. CT)
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ABOUT THE BOBCATS

• Texas State is currently 7-14 on the year and has a 2-8 mark in Pac-12 play.
• The Bobcats pushed Gonzaga to five sets on Oct. 22 for Texas State's fifth five-set match of the season. The Bulldogs came away with the win 3-2.
• Texas State played Washington State on Oct. 24, pushing the Cougars to four sets, but suffered the loss 3-1.
• Once again, senior Brooke Bentke led the Bobcats' offense during the two-match span against the two Washington-based teams with 30 kills in nine sets played for an average of 3.33 kills per set. 
• Of the players with five or more kills over the weekend, redshirt freshman Ashley Euston was the most efficient offensively, turning in a .304 hitting percentage thanks to 19 kills on 46 total attacks with only five attacking errors.
• Bentke also had the best single-match performance of any of the Bobcat offensive options with 19 kills against Gonzaga on .286 efficiency [19-5-49].
• Fifth year India Bennett was responsible for the best offensive performance against Washington State, turning in a total of 16 kills on .414 hitting efficiency. 
• Defensively, Bennett turned in the best performance at the net with seven blocks, including a solo effort, against Washington State. On the back line, Jasmine Purakal led the Bobcats in single-match digs against Gonzaga with 22. Purakal's 22 digs is just the second time this season the fifth year has recorded 20 or more digs in a single match.
• Junior Anna Blaine took the reins this weekend, helping the Bobcats to a .199 hitting percentage with 65 assists while senior Dylan Gilkey rounded out the setting duties with 32 assists.
• Jasmine Purakal reached her 1,000-dig mark against Oregon State on Wednesday, Oct. 14.
• Euston still holds the season-high in single-match blocks with 10 in a four-set match against UNT on Sept. 12. 
• Defensively, Texas State is currently outblocking their opponents, 152-151.
• Breaking down the matches by set, the Bobcats are 1-4 in five-set matches, 2-5 in four-set matches, and 4-6 in three-set matches. 
• While junior Anna Blaine crossed the 1,000 career assists threshold on Sept. 5, senior Dylan Gilkey is working her way towards that milestone, needing just 90 assists to reach that mark. 
• Sophomore Peyton McKee is also working on the 500 career kills mark, needing 18.

SERIES INFO

• This will be the second meeting of the two squads this season. Texas State visited Boise State on Oct. 3 in Boise, Idaho. The Broncos took the match 3-0.
• All-time, Texas State has the advantage with a 2-1 record against Boise State. 
• Saturday's meeting will be the first in San Marcos, Texas.

ABOUT THE BRONCOS

• The Broncos currently have a 14-9 overall record and a 6-4 mark in Pac-12 play. Boise State is also currently ranked fourth in the conference standings. 
• Boise State recently suffered a 3-0 loss to San Diego State on Thursday, Oct. 29. Sydney Dreves led the offense with 14 kills on a .314 hitting percentage. Kendall Hastings led at the net with six blocks while Melia Barlow anchored the back row with 15 digs. 
• Sydney Dreves leads the Broncos offense with 239 kills on the season with a .197 hitting percentage [197-89-762]. Dreves' best match was on Oct. 17 with 20 kills against Gonzaga.
• Kendall Hastings has posted the most blocks of any Bronco this season with 106. On Sept. 24, Hastings posted a career-best 10 blocks against Gonzaga.
• On the back row, Melia Barlow has started at libero for all 82 sets in Boise State's season so far and leads with 302 digs for an average of 3.69 digs per set. Her best defensive performance came on Aug. 28 when the Broncos took on Middle Tennessee.
• At the service line, Barlow also leads the Broncos in service aces with a team-high 31.