Who: Denver (0-0) vs CSUN (0-0), USC (0-0) and Campbell (0-0)
What: The Trojan Invitational
Where: The Galen Center (Los Angeles, Calif.)
When: August 27-28 (11:30 AM MT & 8:30 PM MT August 27, 6 PM MT August 28)
Links:  Video | Live Stats
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Series History

• The Pioneers are 0-1 all-time vs Cal State Northridge, a 3-1 loss back on Sept. 14, 2013.
• DU and Southern California are meeting for the first time in the all-time series.
• This will be the first matchup all-time between the Crimson and Gold and Campbell.

Last Meeting
This is the first tournament of the year.

Summit League Preseason Poll

• Denver was picked second in the Summit League Preseason Poll and received four first-place votes by the coaches on Aug. 25.
• Graduate student Ellie Anderson and Brianna Green were tabbed as "Players to Watch" by the league.

News & Notes

• Head coach Tom Hogan enters his sixth season in charge of the Pioneers.
• Hogan has a career record of 110-30 (.785).
• Hogan picked up his third Summit League Coach of the Year award last season.
• The Pioneers have won their last four season-opening matches with Hogan having a career record of 4-1 in the opener.
• Lydia Bartalo picked up her 800th career kill last season, becoming just the 15th player in program history to hit the mark.
• The Crimson and Gold have won five of the last six Summit League Tournament Championships.
• The Pioneers finished first in the Summit League with a 13-2 record and .866 winning percentage last year, including posting the first unbeaten road record in school history.
• The Crimson & Gold ranked third in the NCAA in aces/set (2.28), 26th in blocks/set (2.58) and 23rd in hitting percentage (.267)
• Bartalo ranked third in NCAA in aces/set (.68) last year.
• Tina Boe and Brianna Green ranked second and third in the Summit League in blocks/set last season.
• The Crimson & Gold went 14-3 last year to mark the program's eighth straight winning season
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