Friday, September 27
Dayton, OH
6:00 PM
Wright State University
vs
Oakland
Raiders open Horizon League play hosting Oakland and Youngstown State
9/26/2019 12:45:00 PM | Women's Volleyball
The Wright State volleyball team opens Horizon League play this weekend at McLin Gym, hosting Oakland on Friday night at 6:00 p.m. before continuing HL competition against Youngstown State at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday.
The Raiders have won their last 11 games, sweeping seven of those opponents, and enter conference play at 11-1 overall. They suffered their only loss against Bowling Green in the first match of the season at the Golden Dome Invitational. The Raiders were tournament champions at all four non-conference tournaments - the Golden Dome Invitational, the Xavier Invitational, the Wright State Invitational and the Ball State Tournament.
This will be the Raiders best record through 12 games to start a season since the 1981 campaign that also saw a 11-1 start. The 1981 team opened the season with eight wins before its first loss and finished 46-11 with a trip to the AIAW Division II National Championship. More recently, the Raiders opened the 2001 campaign at 10-2 on the way to a 21-7 overall and an 11-3 Horizon League record. The 1985 squad also jumped out to a 10-2 start to the season, dropping its first two games of the year before rolling off 16 straight wins, which still stands as the program record for consecutive victories. The 2019 team's current 11-game winning streak is only the fifth double-digit winning streak in program history.
Oakland Golden Grizzlies
Youngstown State Penguins
The Raiders have won their last 11 games, sweeping seven of those opponents, and enter conference play at 11-1 overall. They suffered their only loss against Bowling Green in the first match of the season at the Golden Dome Invitational. The Raiders were tournament champions at all four non-conference tournaments - the Golden Dome Invitational, the Xavier Invitational, the Wright State Invitational and the Ball State Tournament.
This will be the Raiders best record through 12 games to start a season since the 1981 campaign that also saw a 11-1 start. The 1981 team opened the season with eight wins before its first loss and finished 46-11 with a trip to the AIAW Division II National Championship. More recently, the Raiders opened the 2001 campaign at 10-2 on the way to a 21-7 overall and an 11-3 Horizon League record. The 1985 squad also jumped out to a 10-2 start to the season, dropping its first two games of the year before rolling off 16 straight wins, which still stands as the program record for consecutive victories. The 2019 team's current 11-game winning streak is only the fifth double-digit winning streak in program history.
Oakland Golden Grizzlies
- Last season, the Grizzlies finished 8th in Horizon League Standings and finished with a 10-17 overall record and 6-10 conference mark.
- Oakland was tabbed fourth for the 2019 HL Preseason Poll. The program has finished fourth or higher in HL standings for eight of the last nine seasons.
- Oakland competed in the Michigan Invitational (2-1), the CEFCU Bradley Invitational (2-1), and the Colorado Classic (2-1). They also hosted Bowling Green and Miami for midweek games, winning both matches. Overall the Grizzlies hold a record of 7-5 after finishing non-conference competition.
- Oakland's 2019 roster features 2018 All-Horizon League First Team selection Jamie Walling and Lindsay Wightman, who was ranked fourth in digs per set in the conference last season.
- Last season Wright State and Oakland split their two matchups, with the Raiders losing at Oakland 3-2 and winning at home 3-0 in McLin Gym.
Youngstown State Penguins
- In 2018, the Penguins finished 9th in Horizon League standings and finished with a 7-22 overall record and 1-15 in conference play.
- This season, Youngstown State is 6-7 overall, competing in two home tournaments, hosting the Penguin Classic (3-0) and YSU Red & White Invitational (2-1). The Penguins traveled to compete in the Cornell Invitational (1-2) and the Towson Invitational (0-3). Kent State traveled to YSU for a midweek match up and left with a 3-2 victory.
- Youngstown State added seven new members to its 2019 roster: five true freshmen, a redshirt freshman and junior college transfer. The team returns nine letterwinners from last year, including four of their top five attackers- Aleah Hughes, Margaux Thompson, Brooklen Pe'a and Erin Kalahar.
- Last season the Raiders split the two matchups with Youngstown State, losing at the Beeghly Center (3-1) and winning the home match (3-1) at McLin Gym.
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