South Dakota (0-3) will travel to Tucson to compete in the Arizona Invitational Friday and Saturday. The Coyotes start the tournament against the home team, the 16^th ranked Wildcats (3-0) at 8 p.m. On Saturday, USD is back in action against Cal State Northridge (0-3) at 2 p.m. and Florida A&M (0-4) at 7 p.m.
 
There will be a free web stream for all the games online at http://pac-12.com/videos/university-arizona, you can also view live stats at http://www.statbroadcast.com/events/statbroadcast.php?gid=ariz&t=1.
 
A week ago, junior Audrey Reeg led the Coyotes with 28 kills and was selected to the all-tournament team at Wyoming's Rumble in the Rockies. Seniors Sidney Dimke had 24 kills and Kelsey Biltoft added 17. Sophomore setter Brittany Jessen aided the Coyotes attack with 77 assists and had 8.52 per set.
 
On the defensive side, Biltoft had eight total blocks while Reeg and freshmen Lauren Mattison had 25 digs apiece.
 
The Series
South Dakota has played Arizona one time, last year in Green Bay Wis. The Coyotes put up a good fight but lost to the Wildcats in four sets (25-20, 20-25, 25-20, 25-19). This is the first meeting USD will have with both Cal State Northridge and Florida A&M.
 
A Look at the Teams
Arizona: The Wildcats (24-10 and a NCAA Sweet 16 team a year ago) competed in the SMU Invite this past weekend and won all three of its matches by defeating SMU 3-1, Texas State 3-0 and Abilene Christian 3-0. Junior outside hitter Kalei Mau was named Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week with 37 digs and four blocks in seven sets. On offense, the team is led by senior Nikki Attea with 33 kills. Freshmen Tyler Spriggs and Mau are second and third on the team in kills with 29 and 26, respectively. Junior Penina Snuka leads the Wildcats on defense with 56 digs and senior Halli Amaro has 11 total blocks.
 
Cal State Northridge: The Matadors (19-9, 10-6 in conference) are picked to finish fourth in the Big West Conference. They competed in the Utah Classic this past weekend where they lost to Lipscomb 3-2, No. 23 Utah 3-0 and Idaho State 3-0. Senior Cieana Stinson leads her squad with 53 kills and 4.82 kills per set, while sophomore Lauren Conati has 72 assists. Sophomore Katie Sato is the defensive leader with 34 digs and senior Alia Casino has 28.
 
Florida A&M: The Lady Rattlers (13-15, 9-1) are the preseason favorite to win the southern division of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC). Sophomore Pamela Soriano and junior Ginna Lopez were selected to the MEAC preseason team and Soriano was named the preseason player of the year. FAMU started their season at Miami's Hurricane Invitational last weekend and were swept by Kansas State, Miami and Illinois State. Soriano leads the team with 34 kills and classmate Valeria Lopez has 48 assists. On defense, freshman Valentina Carrasco has 41 digs and Lopez has seven total blocks.