Idaho (5-7)

» in Moscow, today
» in Honolulu, Oct. 22

Allison Walker and Alicia Milo are 4-5 in WAC kills and Cassie Hamilton leads all active WAC players in digs, but 6-foot-3 freshman Alyssa Schultz might be the most imposing Vandal. She leads the conference in blocking (1.52 per set) and is 10th nationally. … Idaho is 3-1 against opponents who made last year’s NCAA tournament. … UH has won all 17 meetings, and hasn’t lost a set in Moscow since 2006.

Utah State (5-8)

» in Logan, Saturday
» in Honolulu, Oct. 20

Aggies lost four seniors from last year’s WAC championship team, but beat defending Big West champ Cal State Fullerton last week using four freshmen. … Only senior is all-region hitter Liz McArthur — the 2010 WAC tournament MVP. … USU ranks second nationally, averaging 3.2 blocks, and has four blockers among the top seven in the WAC. It also leads the conference in digs with 17-plus. … Shay Sorensen and Josselyn White, who has six double-doubles, are on the preseason All-WAC team with McArthur. … Hawaii is 40-9 against Utah State and hasn’t lost at the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum in 20 years.

Nevada (2-9)

» in Honolulu, Sept. 29
» in Reno Oct., 29

Senior setter Tatiana Santiago just became the sixth Nevada player to reach 2,000 assists and was all-tournament at the Portland Nike Invitational. … Libero Kelly Chang had a career-high 21 digs against Butler and is seventh in the WAC. … Grace Anxo leads the conference in aces. … Wolf Pack is 1-35 against Hawaii.

Hawaii ties: Elissa Ji (Maryknoll), Tatiana Santiago (Kamehameha), Kelly Chang (HBA)

Fresno State (4-7)

» in Honolulu, Oct. 1
» in Fresno, Oct. 27

Junior Marissa Brand has earned two of the past five WAC player of the week honors. Her streak of double-digit kills ended at 13 matches Saturday. She is third in WAC kills at 3.94. … Two-time All-WAC senior Brianna Clarke is among the top five in FSU career blocks. … The Bulldogs have played Hawaii 49 times and lost to Hawaii 49 times.

San Jose State (5-7)

» in Honolulu, Oct. 8
» in San Jose, Oct. 25

Spartans are coming off their first tournament championship since 2007. Kylie Miraldi was MVP of the Hilton Stockton Invitational after tying school record for blocks in a match (14). … Caitlin Andrade was also on the all-tournament team after posting three double-doubles in four matches, including 51 assists and 21 digs in a win over Pacific. Andrade is fourth in the WAC in assists this year. … Alex Akana is eighth in the WAC in blocks. … Spartans are 4-64 against UH.

Hawaii ties: Brianna Amian (Moanalua), Alex Akana (Kamehameha), Capri Tirrell (Maryknoll), Andrade (Kamehameha), volunteer assistant Annie Feller (former UH assistant)

New Mexico State (10-4)

» in Las Cruces, Oct. 12 (ESPNU)
» in Honolulu, Nov. 12 (Senior Night)

Aggies opened the season by winning the first two sets against then-No. 5 Nebraska. They lost in five, fell to LSU the next weekend and won everything else until getting swept by Duquesne and Colgate last week. … Freshman Meredith Hayes leads WAC in kills (4.26) and ranks 28th nationally. She has taken twice as many swings as any other Aggie. … Senior setter Jennah DeVries, an all-region selection last season, has earned all-tournament honors three times this season and ranks fourth in career assists. DeVries, Kelsey Brennan and Desiree Scott are preseason All-WAC selections. … NMSU is 2-30 against the Wahine.

Hawaii ties: Madison Hardy (Hawaii Pacific)

Louisiana Tech (8-7)

» in Ruston, Oct. 14
» in Honolulu, Nov. 9

Techsters have 12 new faces and their roster has five players from Brazil, one from Guam and one from Bulgaria. … Transfer Stephany Salas leads WAC in digs (5.17) and ranks 30th nationally. … Clara Vido has a WAC-best eight double-doubles. … Of the 329 teams in richkern.com’s Pablo rankings, LaTech stands 232nd. … Techsters are 0-17 against UH.