DAYTON — The Wright State volleyball team returns home this weekend with a pair of matches against Youngstown State inside McLin Gymnasium. Friday night's match is set for a 6 p.m. start before a 2 p.m. first serve on Saturday afternoon. Friday night's match will be streamed on ESPN+.

MATCH INFORMATION
Friday, October 10 - vs. Youngstown State - 6 p.m. - Watch - Live Stats
Saturday, October 11 - vs. Youngstown State - 2 p.m. - Live Stats

LAST TIME OUT
Wright State tallied a pair of four-set road wins last weekend at Cleveland State The Raiders were paced by Mya Ayro's match-best 14 kills on Friday as she finished the win hitting .303 individually, while Katie Sowko turned in her eighth double-double of the campaign with 12 kills and 15 digs. Lauren Yacobucci passed out 35 of Wright State's 47 assists, narrowly missing her own double-double with eight digs, as she added a pair of service aces. Ayro turned in 14 kills on Saturday as Sowko notched 13 kills with seven digs and a trio of service aces. Bransfield hit .818 and found the floor with nine kills in 11 total swings as Yacobucci passed out 41 of Wright State's 53 assists, adding 12 digs for another double-double, with Taygan Corstange collecting a match-best 17 digs.

HORIZON LEAGUE FOUR-PACK
This weekend marks the first of two back-to-back home weekends for Wright State, its longest home stretch of the season. The Raiders also had four straight home contests last November in HL play against Robert Morris and Purdue Fort Wayne, taking all four matches. 

SERIES OF WINS
Wright State leads the all-time series 45-12 over Youngstown State thanks in part to a pair of Raider road sweeps last season. The Raiders have won the last 10 meetings against the Penguins dating back to November 2018 and 14 of the 16 matchups overall.

WE KNOW YOU!
Wright State will see a familiar face on the Youngstown State bench this weekend in former Raider standout Sam Ott, who is currently a graduate assistant coach with the Penguins. Ott was part of four HL regular-season championships and three NCAA appearances in her five-year career, finishing with 1,200 kills, 111 aces, 974 digs and 118 blocks.

KNOW THE FOE
- Youngstown State is 7-9 overall and is coming off of a 1-1 weekend at home against Northern Kentucky, falling in three sets on Friday before a five set Saturday win.
- Youngstown State has tallied four of its seven wins at home, including both of its HL wins, while the Penguins are just 1-3 in true road matches to date.

LEADING THE PACK
Wright State is led offensively by Mya Ayro and Katie Sowko. Ayro leads the Raiders with 245 kills and a 3.89 kills per set average while Sowko follows her with 184 kills and a 2.97 kills per set average. Lauren Yacobucci has passed out 579 assists and has a current 9.19 assists per set average.