Volleyball embarks on three-match road trip this week

Thursday, September 30

Chicago, IL

7:00 PM

Wright State University

UIC

Photo by: Joseph Craven

9/29/2021 12:15:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

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DAYTON - The Wright State volleyball team hits the road for three straight road matches in Horizon League play this week, beginning Thursday night at UIC before taking on Milwaukee Friday night and wrapping up the trip against Green Bay on Sunday afternoon.

Fans can follow the action via live stats and live video for all matches via the links below.

UIC MATCH: LIVE STATS | WATCH ON ESPN+
MILWUAKEE MATCH: LIVE STATS | WATCH ON ESPN+
GREEN BAY MATCH: LIVE STATS | WATCH ON ESPN+

LAST TIME OUT
Wright State fell in five sets in its Horizon League opener last Saturday afternoon against Northern Kentucky. After dropping the first two sets, the Raiders responded with wins in set three and four before slipping in the fifth set. Nyssa Baker finished with a team-leading 15 kills for the Raiders, while Celia Powers recorded 12 kills of her own and both Teddie Sauer and Sam Ott added 10 each. Sauer added five blocks, wile Baker and Powers tallied four each, while Lainey Stephenson passed out 52 of Wright State's 62 assists.

KNOW THE FOES
-UIC is off to a 3-0 Horizon League start, including a pair of HL wins on the road, while the Flames are 7-8 overall. UIC opened the season with back-to-back 1-2 weekends in early tournament play before a 2-1 weekend in the tournament it hosted. The Flames wrapped up non-conference play with three losses in the Chicago Cup in mid-September before the three straight wins to open HL play. UIC finished spring 2021 with a 14-6 overall record and a 13-1 Horizon League mark. The Raiders and Flames did not meet during the regular season, but did meet in the HL Championship match inside McLin that sent Wright State to its second straight NCAA Championship.

-Milwaukee is off to a 2-0 Horizon League start, with wins over Purdue Fort Wayne and IUPUI on the road. The Panthers are 8-6 overall, but winless at home in three matches, all three of which came the opening weekend of the season as they hosted the Panther Invitational. Milwaukee closed the remainder of the non-conference schedule with three consecutive 2-1 weekends in tournament play. Milwaukee was 8-6 overall in spring 2021, with all matches coming in HL play. Wright State won both meetings this spring to begin the shortened season, and have won three straight overall in the series.

-Green Bay is 2-1 in Horizon League play to date, opening with wins of Purdue Fort Wayne and IUPUI before falling at UIC on Tuesday night. The Phoenix are 7-8 overall, but only 1-3 at home so far this season. Green Bay dropped three of four matches at home to open the season as it hosted a tournament and followed that up with a 3-3 combined record over the next two weekends of action. Green Bay was 4-12 overall last spring, with all matches coming in the Horizon. Wright State won both meetings in the spring to close the regular season, clinching the Horizon League regular season title for the second straight season.

NUMBERS WATCH
Entering the week's action, Wright State has three players approching statistical milestone numbers. Celia Powers is 101 digs away from reaching 1,000 in her career, while Teddie Sauer is 33 kills away from 1,000. Jenna Story is on the verge of a pair of milestones - she begins the week 63 digs shy of 2,000, while she is 152 digs away from recording the most digs in Wright State volleyball history.

3,000 HANDOUTS
Lainey Stephenson notched her 3,000th career assist on September 11 in the match against Marshall. Stephenson currently sits sixth all-time in Wright State program history. Mandy Gels (1999-2002) is the program leader with 5,044 assists in her career.

1,000 MARKS
Celia Powers and Lainey Stephenson both reached a pair of milestones in the September 4 win over Marshall, with Powers recording her 1,000th kill and Stephenson tallying her 1,000th dig. Both milestones came early in the second set.