Portland State at Sacramento State & Eastern Washington
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	Kaeli Patton Senior / Outside Hitter Patton had a killer weekend from start to finish against both Idaho State (10/17) and Weber State (10/19). She tallied a team-high 28 kills (4.00 kps) while hitting .520 from the floor.
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This Weekend
The Portland State Vikings (11-9 overall, 8-2 Big Sky Conference) head out on the road this week to begin the second half of conference play. They begin the week at Sacramento State (10-11, 5-5) Friday, Oct. 25, before heading to Eastern Washington (7-14, 4-6) Monday, Oct. 28, for the second installment of the Dam Cup rivalry series.

Live Stats
Live Stats will be available for both matches. Links can be found by visiting the volleyball schedule page on GoViks.com.

Live Video/Audio
Both matches will also be streamed live online at WatchBigSky.com. It is free to watch but viewers need to create a user name and password through the website, and tune in about five minutes before the match begins.

Last Week
The Vikings stayed perfect at home last week with wins over Idaho State (3-1) and Weber State (3-0). Kaeli Patton led the way for the Vikings with a career-high 18 kills in the win over the Bengals. PSU took the first two sets before ISU forced a fourth. The Vikings took the fourth by a score of 25-20.

Portland State wrapped up the weekend with a monster hitting performance against Weber State. PSU hit a staggering .542 against the Wildcats, committing just four errors in the match. The Vikings did not trail in the match and won by scores of 25-9, 25-11, and 25-15. It was the first time this season that PSU had held an opponent to less than 10 kills in a set.

All-Time Series Marks
Portland State improved its series marks with Sacramento State and Eastern Washington with wins against each to start conference play. SAC leads the series 36-21 overall and 25-10 in Big Sky play but PSU has won eight of the last 10. EWU leads the series 26-24 overall and 23-12 in conference but PSU has won 10 straight.

Up Next
Portland State remains on the road next weekend when it travels to Big Sky country to take on the Montana schools. It heads to Montana State on Nov. 1 and then on to Montana on Nov. 2. Both matches are 6 p.m. PT starts. 

Looking at Sacramento State
Sacramento State dropped its first two Big Sky matches on the road before winning three of the next four at home. The Hornets have gone 2-2 over the last two weeks and enter this week's play 10-11 overall and 5-5 in Big Sky action. They are 5-4 at home this season and 4-2 at home in conference play.

The Hornets are hitting .240 as a team this season, second in the Big Sky but are allowing opponents to hit .232, second worst in the conference. They are in the bottom half of the conference in just about every statistical category other than service aces. SAC is second only to PSU in the conference with 1.49 aces per set. The Hornets are not a particularly strong blocking team, averaging just 1.85 per set.

Sloan Lovett leads the team with 3.41 kills per set while Kayla Beal is second with 3.07 pet set. Hanna Hettinga is sixth in the conference with 9.95 assists per set. Lovett leads the conference with 28 aces (0.37 per set) while Lexie Skalbeck is eighth with 0.30 per set.

Last time vs. SAC
Portland State swept Sacramento State in the team's first meeting on Sept. 21 at the Peter W. Stott Center. PSU took the match by scores of 25-20, 25-14, and 25-11. PSU held SAC to a .022 hitting percentage while hitting .224 as a team. The Hornets tallied just 19 kills in the match. Aubrey Mitchell led the team with 11 kills while Kaeli Patton and Cheyne Corrado added 10. Patton tallied a double-double with 10 digs. 

Looking at Eastern Washington
Eastern Washington begins the second half of conference play at Sacramento State Saturday night. The Eagles are 7-14 overall and 4-6 in conference play. EWU is 3-2 at home this season. The Eagles have won back-to-back matches just once this season and have yet to do it in conference play.

The Eagles are hitting just .168 as a team while opponents are hitting .225. Allie Shumacher leads the team in kills with 187 (3.02 kps) with a substantial 45 kill margin. Lindsay Niemeier leads the team with 520 assists (6.84 aps). EWU averages 2.05 blocks per set which is ninth in the conference. They are ninth in the league in digs with 12.42 per set.

Last time vs. EWU
The Vikings easily took the first meeting of the season in straight sets. They won by scores of 25-17, 25-19, and 25-15 on Sept. 23 at the Peter W. Stott Center. Cheyne Corrado led the way with a match-high 16 kills for the Vikings while hitting .407 in the match. She tallied a double-double by adding 11 digs. Garyn Schlatter posted 31 assists while the Vikings tallied a then-season-high 11 service aces.

Dam Cup Series
Monday's match with Eastern Washington will be the second installment of the Dam Cup rivalry for the volleyball teams this season. The Portland State Vikings and Eastern Washington Eagles began a five sport rivalry cup called The Dam Cup in 2010-11. The Dam Cup celebrates the friendly rivalry between the states of Oregon and Washington within the Big Sky Conference. The five sports competing for the cup are football, women's soccer, women's volleyball, women's basketball and men's basketball. PSU is up 5-0 so far this season in The Dam Cup Standings.

Moving to .500
With its sweep last weekend, the Portland State volleyball program is back at .500 since moving to the Division I level and joining the Big Sky Conference in 1996. The Vikings are 251-251 in Division I play and 138-138 in Big Sky play.

Monster Hitting Night
Portland State hit a season-high .542 against Weber State (10/19). It was the highest hitting percentage performance under seventh-year head coach Michael Seemann and was the first time the Vikings hit over .500 for a match since hitting .571 against Centenary College on September 16, 2005. The Vikings hit .500 or better in each of the three sets including hitting .600 in the final stanza. The Vikings were also a perfect 12-for-12 in side out chances in the second set.

Patton's Career Night
Senior OH Kaeli Patton led the Vikings to a three-set sweep of Idaho State (10/17) with a career-high 18 kills. She hit a staggering .457 in the match with just two attacking errors in 35 swings. She added three digs, four blocking assists and a service ace in the win.

Patton's Weekend
Senior OH Kaeli Patton had a killer weekend from start to finish against both Idaho State (10/17) and Weber State (10/19). She tallied a team-high 28 kills (4.00 kps) while hitting a ridiculous .520 from the floor. She had just two errors on 50 attempts for the weekend. She added a team-high five service aces including four against Weber State. She recorded a pair of double-digit kill performances on the weekend giving her 11 for the season and four straight.

Just Say No
Portland State did not hit into a single block for the first time this season against Weber State (10/19). In fact, they hit into just four against Idaho State (10/17) which matched the previous season low.

Schaltter's One of the Best
Senior S Garyn Schlatter has been a staple for the Vikings since coming to the Park Blocks. Schlatter is currently 17th in the country among active career assists leaders. She has 3,970 career assists which puts her third all-time at Portland State.

Climbing the Charts
Portland State's match against Pacific (9/7) marked the 100th career match for senior S Garyn Schlatter. She has now played in 113 career matches, which moves her into a tie for sixth on Portland State's Division I era career matches played list with Christie Hamilton (2007-10). Jessica Brodi and Diana Villalpando hold the record for the most matches played during the Division I era with 117. She has also played in 421 career sets which third on PSU's DI career sets played list. She is nine sets away tying Sarah Sirianni (2003-06) for the DI sets played record of 430.

Nationally Ranked
The Vikings are ranked 19th in the country as a team in aces per set with a mark of 1.70. Kasimira "Kasi" Clark is ranked 37th in the nation in digs per set with a mark of 4.87.

Haataja's Career Day
Junior MB Leigh-Ann Haataja put together a career day against North Dakota (10/12). Haataja led the Vikings with a season-high 13 kills. She also recorded a career-high 11 blocking assists for her first career double-double. It was the first time a Viking recorded double-digit blocks since Katie O'Brien had 11 against Northern Arizona in 2011.

Team Blocks
The Vikings recorded a season-high 18.0 blocks as a team at UND (10/12) which included season highs in solo blocks (3) and blocking assists (30). Their previous team high was 13.0 set against Arizona on Sept. 13.

Digging Away
The Vikings also set a season high in digs with 95 at UND (10/12). They were led by Kasimira "Kasi" Clark's season-high 30 digs. Jaklyn Wheeler (18), Cheyne Corrado (12), and Garyn Schlatter (11) all had double-digit digs in the match. 

Middles Leading the Charge
PSU had four players with double-digit kills at North Dakota (10/12). It was the first time since the Vikings did it against Southern Utah last season. Junior MB Leigh-Ann Haataja led the way with a season-high 13 while fellow junior MB Katie O'Brien matched her career high with 12. Senior OHs Aubrey Mitchell and Kaeli Patton each added 12.

Moving On Up
Junior Kasimira "Kasi" Clark continues to move up the career digs list at Portland State. She currently has 1,160 career digs which moves her into eighth all-time at PSU and third during PSU's Division I era (1996-present). Clark is 139 away from tying Therese Mariolle (1984-87) for seventh on the all-time list at 1,299. Clark surpassed the 1,000-career dig mark earlier this season against Eastern Washington (9/23).

Double-Doubles
Senior S Garyn Schlatter leads the Vikings with five double-doubles this season, which is tied for 10th in the Big Sky. She posted back-to-back double-doubles at Northern Colorado (45 assists, 12 digs) and at North Dakota (50 assists, 11 digs). Kaeli Patton is second on the team with four and was the first Viking to record a double-double with 17 kills and 10 digs against Oklahoma (9/7). Cheyne Corrado has two, Jaklyn Wheeler has one, and Leigh-Ann Haataja picked up her first career double-double at North Dakota with 13 kills and 11 blocks.

Hot Hitting Mitchell
Senior OH Aubrey Mitchell hit .588 (10-0-17) connecting on 10 of her 17 attacks with no errors against Southern Utah (10/5). It was the first time this season that she was error free and the third time that she hit over .500 with 10+ kills in a match.

Lefty Leading the Way
Senior OH Aubrey Mitchell has excelled through the first part of the Big Sky Conference season. She leads the Vikings with 107 kills (3.06 kps) while hitting .302. She leads the team with 122.0 points (12.20 points per match) . Mitchell is eighth in the conference during Big Sky play in kills. 

Inside the RPI
The first NCAA RPI (Rating Percentage Index) was released for volleyball on Oct. 7. The RPI is a quantity used to rank sports teams based upon a team's wins and losses and its strength of schedule. The Vikings debuted at 89 and are now 92nd in the country. They are the highest ranked Big Sky school thanks to a tough non-conference schedule. North Dakota (119) and Idaho State (125) are the only other Big Sky schools ranked in the top 150. 

Aces, Aces, and More Aces
Serving tough has been one of head coach Michael Seemann's focal points since taking over the program in 2007. The Vikings began conference play with three straight double-digit ace performances. They posted 11 aces in their first two matches before increasing their season high to 12 against Montana. It was the first time that Portland State recorded 10-plus aces in three straight matches since 2006 when they did it against North Dakota State (10), Maryland-Baltimore County (12), and Weber State (12). PSU added a fourth double-digit ace performance with 10 against Weber State (10/19)

Comeback
Portland State's four-set win over Montana State was the first time the Vikings had lost the first set and won since winning in five sets at Northern Colorado last season (11/10/12). PSU dropped the first set against the Bobcats 21-25 before winning the next three by scores of 25-19, 25-17, and 25-23.

Home Sweet Home
Portland State has fared very well at the Peter W. Stott Center under head coach Michael Seemann. The Vikings are 69-14 (.831) overall under Seemann at home and 52-4 (.929) in Big Sky play. They are 9-3 overall at home this season.

Road Win
Portland State's win at Southern Utah (10/5) was its first away from the Peter W. Stott Center this season. The Vikings started the season 0-3 on the road and 0-2 at neutral sites before defeating the Thunderbirds in Cedar City, UT.

Spreading it Around
Portland State had seven players with six or more kills against Montana State (9/28). All seven had 10 or more attacks with three having over 20. Six of the seven recorded 10 or more points. Senior S Garyn Schlatter distributed the ball around the court with 42 assists. Senior OH Aubrey Mitchell was the only Vikings with double-digit kills (11).

PSU vs. The Ranked
Portland State has faced four ranked opponents this season. The other 10 Big Sky Conference schools have combined for five matches against ranked opponents. Eastern Washington is the only team to have played more than one ranked opponent. North Dakota and Northern Colorado are the only other conference schools to face a ranked opponent.

Terminal Velocity
Senior OH Kaeli Patton led the Vikings to a 2-1 record on the opening weekend of the season at the Northwest Challenge with 31 total kills. Patton has emerged as an offensive weapon for the Vikings after playing much of 2012 as a service specialist and recording just one kill a year ago. Patton averaged 3.44 kps on the opening weekend while hitting .349 (31-9-63). Patton added a pair of assists, two service aces, 12 digs (1.33 dps), and six blocking assists.

Hot Hitting Vikings
The Vikings opened the 2013 season with team hitting percentage of .457 (48-11-81). It was the first time the Vikings hit over .400 since hitting .432 against Seattle on Oct. 7, 2010.

Three Over .500
Three Vikings hit over .500 with 10 kills each in their season-opening sweep of Gonzaga. Senior OH Kaeli Patton hit .524 with 13 kills, senior OH Aubrey Mitchell hit .600 with 11 kills, and senior OH Jaklyn Wheeler hit .615 with 10 kills.

Weekly Roundup

Week 1 – Northwest Challenge
The Vikings went 2-1 to open the season after hosting the Northwest Challenge. They opened with a straight sets win over Gonzaga (25-17, 25-19, 25-13). PSU then fell to No. 5 Washington in straight sets (22-25, 17-25, 10-25). A sweep of Boise State wrapped up the weekend for Portland State. The Vikings defeated the Broncos 25-15, 27- 25, and 25-16.

Week 2 – Midweek at Oregon and the PSU Volleyball Tournament
The Vikings fell in straight sets to No. 12 Oregon. After Oregon took the first set 25-10, the Vikings had set point in the second but could not finish out the set losing 28-26. Oregon took the final set 25-14 to complete the sweep. Senior OH Kaeli Patton led the Vikings with seven kills. She also racked up a career-high 18 digs along the way.
Portland State went 1-2 at the 2013 Portland State Volleyball Tournament.

The Vikings opened the weekend with a straight set loss to No. 25 BYU. They took the first set against Oklahoma before dropping the final three, falling to the Sooners in four sets. Senior OH Kaeli Patton posted the Vikings' first double-double of the season with a career-high 17 kills and 10 digs. Portland State took the first two sets against their final opponent of the weekend, Pacific. The Tigers then took the next two, forcing a fifth set. The Vikings came back to win the fifth set 17-15 and take the match. Three Vikings, Kaeli Patton, Cheyne Corrado, and Garyn Schlatter, all recorded double-doubles against Pacific.

Week 3 - Outrigger Hotels & Resorts Volleyball Challenge
Portland State went 0-3 at the Outrigger Hotels and Resorts Volleyball Challenge in Honolulu. The Vikings opened the week by being swept by No. 10 Hawaii. PSU took the first set against Arizona before dropping the match in four. The Vikings dropped their final match of the challenge to Northwestern in straight sets. Senior outside hitter, and Honolulu native Kaeli Patton was named to the all-tournament team.

Week 4 - Big Sky Opening Weekend
The Vikings opened Big Sky Conference play with back-to-back wins against Sacramento State and Eastern Washington. It was the first time this season that they won consecutive matches.

The Vikings easily dispatched the Sacramento State Hornets in straight sets. They took the match by scores of 25-20, 25-14, and 25-11. Aubrey Mitchell led the Vikings with 11 kills while posting a season-high six blocks. Kaeli Patton recorded her fourth double-double of the season with 10 kills and 10 blocks.

Portland State moved to 2-0 in Big Sky Conference play with a sweep of Eastern Washington. They won by scores of 25-17, 25-19, and 25-15. Junior OH Cheyne Corrado led the Vikings with 16 kills, one shy of her career high. She also added 11 digs for her second double-double of the season. The Vikings tallied 11 aces in the three sets, matching their season high set in the previous match against Sacramento State. They had back-to-back double-digit aces for the first time this season.

Week 5 - Welcoming the Montana Schools
Portland State stayed perfect in conference play with wins over Montana and Montana State last week at the Peter W. Stott Center. Three Vikings tallied 12 kills apiece as they defeated Montana in straight sets, 25-12, 25-17, and 25-11. Jaklyn Wheeler picked up her first double-double of the season and hit a career-high .476 for the match. PSU also recorded its third straight 10+ ace performance with a season-high 12.

After dropping their first set in Big Sky play, the Vikings won three straight sets to win in four by scores of 21-25, 25-19, 25-17, and 25-23. Aubrey Mitchell led the team with 11 kills but it was a complete team effort as seven Vikings recorded six or more kills. Six Vikings had 10+ points in the match as well; senior S Garyn Schlatter spread the ball around with 42 assists.

Week 6 - First Big Sky Road Test
The Vikings split their last road trip by falling in three sets to Northern Arizona before winning in three against Southern Utah. Aubrey Mitchell led the Vikings with 13 kills in the loss to NAU while Garyn Schlatter picked up her third double-double of the season, 40th of her career, with 30 assists and 10 digs. Jaklyn Wheeler was the kills leader against SUU with 13 while Mitchell added 10 while hitting .588. It was the third time this season that Mitchell hit over .500 while recording 10+ kills. It was also the Vikings' first road win of the season.

Week 7 - Road Spit
The Vikings split their second straight Big Sky Conference road weekend. PSU defeated Northern Colorado in four sets before dropping a five-setter to conference undefeated North Dakota. The Vikings took a tough first set against UNC 31-29 before dropping the second set. They then took the final two to win in four. Aubrey Mitchell and Kaeli Patton each had 13 kills to lead the Vikings.

PSU then dropped a five-setter at North Dakota. UND took the first two sets before the Vikings took the next two, forcing a decisive fifth set. The Vikings had three match points but were unable to finish out the match losing 18-16 in the fifth. Leigh-Ann Haataja led PSU with a season-high 12 kills and a career-high 11 blocks. 

Week 8 - Solid at Home
The Vikings stayed perfect at home last week with wins over Idaho State (3-1) and Weber State (3-0). Kaeli Patton led the way for the Vikings with a career-high 18 kills in the win over the Bengals. PSU took the first two sets before ISU forced a fourth. The Vikings took the fourth by a score of 25-20.

Portland State wrapped up the weekend with a monster hitting performance against Weber State. PSU hit a staggering .542 against the Wildcats committing just four errors in the match. The Vikings did not trail in the match and won by scores of 25-9, 25-11, and 25-15. It was the first time this season that PSU had held an opponent to less than 10 kills in a set.