Final regular season weekend for Volleyball, Senior Night Friday

DAYTON — The Wright State volleyball team wraps up its regular season home schedule with a pair of matches inside McLin Gymnasium this weekend, hosting IUPUI on Friday for Senior Night before a Saturday matchup with Purdue Fort Wayne. Friday action will get underway at 6 p.m. with senior ceremonies postgame, while Saturday will be a 4 p.m. start. Friday's match is expected to be streamed on ESPN+.

MATCH INFORMATION
Friday, November 4 - vs. IUPUI - 6 p.m. - Watch - Live Stats
Saturday, November 5 - vs. Purdue Fort Wayne - 4 p.m. - Live Stats

LAST TIME OUT
Wright State came back to win the final two sets on Tuesday night for a five-set victory over Northern Kentucky as the Raiders won their 17th consecutive game to set a new program record. The Raiders were led by Megan Alders and Taylor Bransfield, who each finished with a match-high 16 kills, while receiving double-doubles from Callie Martin (12 kills, 17 digs) and Katie Meyer (50 assists, 21 digs). Sam Ott just missed a double-double of her own, tallying nine kills with 16 digs. Jenna Story collected 20 digs while adding three service aces.

RECENT SERIES HISTORY
Wright State has won a combined 15 straight matches against this weekend's two opponents. The Raiders have won six in a row against Purdue Fort Wayne going back to a 2015 neutral site matchup as non-conference opponents, while Wright State has won nine in a row against IUPUI after dropping the first two meetings as Horizon League foes back in 2017.

KNOW THE FOES
- IUPUI is 9-17 overall with a 3-11 Horizon League record. IUPUI has dropped its last nine matches dating back to early October, with the first Raider matchup being the second loss in the current stretch. The Jaguars have actually faired better away from home than in Indianapolis, sporting just a 2-8 home record but having a 4-6 away record and going 3-3 in neutral matchups. Wright State won the first meeting of the season in three sets.
- Purdue Fort Wayne is 8-17 overall with a 4-10 record in Horizon League action. Four of the Mastodons' eight wins have come at home, including two of the last three home contests. Purdue Fort Wayne is coming off a midweek loss at Milwaukee and lost to the Raiders in three sets back on October 7 in the first meeting.

NATIONAL MARKS
Entering the weekend, Wright State is No. 47 the country with its 12.60 assists/set mark, aided by Lainey Stephenson's 10.66 assists/set average, which is No. 25 nationally. In Stephenson's absence, Katie Meyer passed out a career-high 52 assists on Sept. 3 against Indiana State and 50 assists on Nov. 1 against Northern Kentucky. The solid setting has led the Raiders to the No. 17 mark nationally with 1,295 kills, aided by their 37.12 attacks/set ratio, No. 24 nationally. Defensively, Wright State is No. 5 nationally with a 17.61 digs/set average and No. 5 nationally with 1,708 total digs. Jenna Story's 5.35 digs/set average is No. 11 nationally and her 519 total digs are No. 5 nationally.

A MEYER ASSIST
Katie Meyer recorded her fourth career double-double on Nov. 1 in a five-set win over Northern Kentucky, passing out 50 assists to go along with a career-high 21 digs. Meyer has recorded assist totals of 50 (Nov. 1, NKU) and 52, her career-best, from back on September 3 in a win over Indiana State this season.

TAYLOR-MADE
Taylor Bransfield was named the Horizon League Player of the Week on Nov. 2 after a career week, notching a career-high 19 kills against Green Bay as she tallied 24.5 points, also a career-best, as she narrowly missed a double-double with her career-high nine blocks. Bransfield followed up that effort with a match-high 11 kills in a sweep of Milwaukee before leading the Raiders to a five-set win on Nov. 1 against Northern Kentucky with a match-best 16 kills.

Final regular season weekend for Volleyball, Senior Night Friday

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