Volleyball continues homestand with pair of home matches this weekend

Friday, October 8

Dayton, OH

6:00 PM

Wright State University

IUPUI

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Volleyball continues homestand with pair of home matches this weekend

10/7/2021 2:05:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

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DAYTON - The Wright State volleyball team continues its five-match homestand Friday night, as the Raiders take on IUPUI inside McLin Gymnasium before hosting Purdue Fort Wayne on Saturday afternoon. The Raiders and IUPUI will get underway at 6 p.m., while Saturday's contest against Fort Wayne will be a 4 p.m. start.

Fans can follow the action via live stats for both matches, while Saturday's match will also be on ESPN+

IUPUI MATCH: LIVE STATS
FORT WAYNE MATCH: LIVE STATS | WATCH ON ESPN+

LAST TIME OUT
Wright State turned in a three-set sweep over visiting Youngstown State on Tuesday night. The Raiders were led by Megan Alders' match-high nine kills, while Nyssa Baker and Callie Martin each tallied seven kills. Jenna Story recorded a match-leading 19 digs to eclipse the 2,000-career dig mark for her career, while Lainey Stephenson passed out 29 of the Raiders' 37 assists. Ellee Ruskaup had three of Wright State's six aces, while Celia Powers and Teddie Sauer each had two blocks in the sweep.

KNOW THE FOES
IUPUI is 2-15 on the season and has lost its last 12 entering Friday's match, while the Jaguars are 0-6 in Horizon League play to date. IUPUI tallied its first victory back on August 28 over Bellarmine as part of a 1-2 weekend at the Eastern Illinois Invitational, and then added a second win on September 4 in a five-set victory over Western Illinois as part of the Jaguars home tournament. The IUPUI offense has shown promise of late, hitting nearly .200 in each of its last three contests, all on the road. The Jaguars dropped a five-set thriller at Cleveland State on a night in which they hit .188 and followed by hitting .172 at Robert Morris. The road trip ended with a four-set loss at Youngstown State in which IUPUI connected on .173 attacking. IUPUI finished spring 2021 with an 0-12 overall record, all in Horizon League play. The Raiders swept both meetings this spring and have won four in a row in the series overall.

Purdue Fort Wayne is 4-5 entering the weekend, with a 2-4 Horizon League mark entering its Friday meeting with Northern Kentucky and Saturday matchup with the Raiders. The Mastodons are riding a two match winning streak, downing Robert Morris and Youngstown State last weekend on the road. Prior to the two wins, Fort Wayne had lost nine in a row. Katie Crowe has led the Mastodons in kills in all but two matches this season. She has 257 kills, 71 more than the next player on the team: Maggie Castleman. The only matches where Crowe did not lead the team, at No. 9 Purdue and at Robert Morris, Castleman led the team. Fort Wayne finished with a 10-7 overall record, all in League play, in spring 2021 in its first season in the Horizon. Wright State won the lone meeting, a three-set sweep inside McLin, in the Horizon League semifinal.

NUMBERS WATCH
Entering the weekend's action, Wright State has three players approaching statistical milestone numbers. Celia Powers is 74 digs away from reaching 1,000 in her career, while Teddie Sauer is 15 kills away from 1,000. Jenna Story is on the verge of a huge milestone - she begins the weekend 85 digs away from recording the most digs in Wright State volleyball history.

2,000 SHOVELS
Early in the third set in Wright State's win over Youngstown State on October 5, Jenna Story eclipsed the 2,000-career dig mark for her career. A two-time Horizon League Defensive Player of the Year, Story is rapidly approaching setting the mark to become the all-times digs leader in program history.