First Serve
• After playing on the road in nine of its first 11 matches of the season, the Aggies finally return to Las Cruces for an extended homestand to begin conference play.
• The Aggies will open WAC competition by hosting UT Rio Grande Valley on Thursday before welcoming California Baptist, Southern Utah and Utah Tech over the next nine days.
• Thursday's match will mark the fourth time in the Aggies' history that they will open WAC play with a contest against the Vaqueros as NM State also started the conference season against UTRGV in 2013, 2015 and 2017.