Cal State San Bernardino hopes to take care of business Friday and Saturday to (1) capture its third straight California Collegiate Athletic Association women's volleyball championship and (2) earn the top seed for next week's NCAA West Regional. 
    CSUSB, 23-3 overall, 15-3 in the CCAA is in the driver's seat on the road to accomplish both goals unless the team runs into a roadblock in the form of the Cal State L.A. Golden Eagles, who defeated the Coyotes, 3-1, in their first meeting at L.A. last month. 
    The Coyotes are ranked No. 2 in the nation by the American Volleyball Coaches Assn. L.A. is No. 19 in Division II. 
    Friday's 7 p.m. matchup pits the region's No. 1 team (CSUSB) against the No. 7 team (Cal State L.A.). The Coyotes want to protect their No. 1 status while the Golden Eagles are seeking a higher seed in the tournament. 
    Saturday's match features Cal State Dominguez Hills, a team that could make its season by upsetting the Coyotes. The Toros are just 3-24 overall and 2-17 in the CCAA after losing to region No. 3 Cal Poly Pomona, 3-0, on Wednesday night. 
    Six Coyotes seniors – Jessica Granados, Meghan Haas, Sara Rice, Deanna Bathauer, Alicia Karver and Jennifer Washington -- will be honored before Saturday's match since they will be playing the final regular season home match of their collegiate careers. 
    WEBSTREAMING – Both matches this weekend will be webstreamed and shown live on San Bernardino community access channel 3 via Charter Cable at 7 p.m. To watch the match on the CSUSB website go to www.csusb.edu and click on Multimedia and Live volleyball video on right-hand menu. 
    LIVE STATS – Follow the Coyotes via Live Stats on the home page at www.csusbathletics.com. 
    CSUSB VS. CAL STATE L.A. – Golden Eagles lead the series 19-18, moving ahead when they beat the Coyotes earlier this season at home, 3-1. CSUSB has won 10 of the last 13 meetings dating back to 2003. 
    HISTORIC CSUSB-L.A. MATCHES: Coyotes upset the then unbeaten (30-0) and No.1-ranked Golden Eagles, 3-2, in the NCAA regional semifinals in L.A. in 2000. L.A. defeated CSUSB, 3-2, in the 2005 regional title match, also at L.A. CSUSB beat L.A. 3-1 in the 2007 regional semifinals in Coussoulis Arena. 
    CSUSB VS. DOMINGUEZ HILLS – Coyotes have dominated the series 33-5 and haven't lost a match to the Toros since 1992, a win streak spanning 32 matches. 
    ON A ROLL – The Coyotes are 77-8 overall since the start of the 2006 season and 51-5 in the CCAA. 
    HOUSE OF PAIN – Coussoulis Arena has been a tough place for visitors to win volleyball matches. Since 1997, the Coyotes are 143-18 in Coussoulis Arena and 102-11 in CCAA conference matches at home. CSUSB has a 72-3 record at home in CCAA matches since the start of the 2001 season, 99-9 overall in that span. Only CCAA home losses in that span have been to UCSD (2004, 2007) and Cal Poly Pomona (2005). 
    NCAA INDIVIDUAL LEADERS – Senior Sara Rice ranks No. 6 in the nation in hitting percentage (.407)….Sara Hoffman ranks No. 7 in the nation in assists per set (11.73)….Jessica Granados is No. 8 in the nation in kills per set (4.19)…..Meghan Haas is No. 46 in the nation in digs per set (4.66)…. 
    NCAA TEAM LEADERS – Coyotes rank No. 7 in hitting percentage (.278), No. 8 in assists per set (13.26), and No. 10 in kills per set (14.07). 
    CCAA TEAM LEADERS – Coyotes are No. 1 in the CCAA in hitting percentage (.278), assists (13.26), kills (14.07) and opponent hitting percentage (.134)…the team ranks fourth in blocks (1.91/set), 6th in service aces (1.68/set) and sixth in digs (14.6/set). 
    CCAA INDIVIDUAL LEADERS – Rice is No. 1 in hitting percentage (.407) and Granados is No. 2 (.304)….Hoffman leads in assists (11.73)….Granados leads in kills (4.19)….Haas is No. 3 in digs (4.66). 
    YOTES NOTES – Head Coach Kim Cherniss, in her 18th season at CSUSB, now has 375 wins and 172 losses. However, since 1996 her teams are 306-60 overall…Sara Rice was named the CCAA player of the week for her sterling performance in 3-0 wins over Sonoma State and Humboldt State on the road last week…Rice hit at a .541 clip with 23 kills and seven blocks in the two matches….CSUSB has a 4-3 record against current top 25 teams in Division II…Coyotes are the only team to beat No. 1 Concordia-St. Paul (29-1), the 2007 D-2 national champion….junior Ashtin Hall is one of team's most consistent performers, averaging 2.30 kills and 2.48 digs per set with 36 blocks, 11 of them solo to lead the team in that category and she is No. 3 in service aces with 24….6-1 freshman middle blocker Samantha Middleborn has 10 solo blocks and is hitting .369 with 87 kills in 61 sets and she leads the team in total blocks with 54, one head of Rice…..Meghan Haas has taken the team lead in service aces with 27….. 
    EAGLES' WINGS -- .Cal State L.A. ranks No. 38 in the nation in blocks per set (2.07)…Amy McMahon is No. 13 in the nation in blocks per set at 1.18….Gabriela Bulawczyk is No. 15 in the nation in kills per set (3.85)…..L.A. is No. 2 in the CCAA in hitting percentage (.220), No. 4 in assists (11.56), No. 3 in blocks (2.07), No. 3 in kills (12.67); and No. 2 in opponent hitting percentage (.139)….Keslie Brown is No. 10 in the CCAA in assists (5.47/set)….McMahon is No. 3 in blocks per set (1.18)…..Bulawczyk is No. 3 in kills per set (3.85) and No. 3 in service aces with 42 (0.47/set)….Ursula Vieira is No. 6 in kills per set (3.02)…..Stefanie Gay ranks No. 5 in digs per set in the CCAA (4.25)…. 
    TOROS TIPS – Rebekah Wolfgramm is No. 8 in the CCAA in service aces with 34 (0.39/set)….Melissa Velasco is No. 9 in digs in CCAA (3.28/set)….Toros are 11th and last in hitting percentage, assists, kills and 10th in digs and opponent hitting percentage but No. 4 in service aces (1.65/set) and No. 8 in blocks per set (1.58)…two Toros were players at nearby Cajon HS in San Bernardino – Marissa Anderson, a sophomore, and Angelo Ho, a freshman. Anderson leads the Toros in kills at 2.10 per set….Ho has played sparingly as a defensive specialist-libero with 30 digs ot her credit…. 
    OTHER CCAA MATCHUPS THIS WEEK 
    WEDNESDAY NIGHT – Cal Poly Pomona 3, Dominguez Hills 0; Sonoma State 3, Humboldt State 0 
    FRIDAY NIGHT – UC San Diego at Humboldt State; Chico State at CS Monterey Bay, CS Stanislaus at S.F. State. 
    SATURDAY NIGHT – UCSD at Sonoma State; Cal State L.A. at Cal Poly Pomona; Chico State at S.F. State; CS Stanislaus at CS Monterey Bay. 
    CCAA STANDINGS (as of Thursday, Nov. 13)
1. COYOTES – 15-3 (23-3); 2. UCSD – 14-4 (20-5); 3. (tie) Sonoma State – 14-5 (22-6) and Cal Poly Pomona – 14-5 (17-7); 5. Cal State L.A. – 13-5 (20-5); 6. Chico State – 11-7 (18-10); 7. Humboldt State – 7-12 (9-17); 8. San Francisco State – 5-13 (12-15); 9. (tie) Monterey Bay – 3-15 (7-22) and CS Stanislaus – 3-15 (6-22). 11. CS Dominguez Hills – 2-17 (3-24).