Volleyball Heads North for Weekend Action

DAYTON – The Wright State volleyball program will kick off the month of October on the road, traveling up to Michigan to take on Oakland Friday night, before continuing to face Cleveland State Saturday afternoon.

MATCH INFORMATION
Friday, October 2 – 6 p.m. - WATCH (ESPN+) | FOLLOW LIVE STATS
Saturday, October 3 – 4 p.m. - FOLLOW LIVE STATS

KNOW THE FOES
Oakland
The Golden Grizzlies enter the weekend at 5-9 on the season, and 0-2 in Horizon League play. Oakland is coming off back-to-back losses to Green Bay to open conference play last weekend, losing in five sets both nights. Friday will mark the 37th all-time meeting between Wright State and Oakland, a series the Raiders lead 22-14. Wright State picked up a pair of sweeps when the two squads met in McLin Gym a season ago.

Cleveland State
The Vikings enter the weekend at 3-10 on the season, and 0-2 in Horizon League play. Cleveland State opened conference play with a pair of losses at Purdue last weekend, falling 3-2 on Friday and 3-1 on Saturday. Saturday will mark the 90th all-time meeting between Wright State and Cleveland State, a series the Raiders lead 49-37. Wright State picked up a pair of four-set wins when Cleveland State came to McLin Gym a season ago.

HORIZON LEAGUE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Wright State senior setter Lauren Yacobucci has been named the Horizon League Player of the Week following her stellar weekend against Northern Illinois.

Yacobucci orchestrated the high-powered Raider offense this weekend as they picked up a pair of sweeps over Northern Illinois. Over the weekend, Yacobucci picked up 81 assists to lead the league in assists per set with 13.5. This helped power the Raider offense to lead the Horizon League in hitting percentage at .388 and kills per set at 16.0. The senior also got it done on the defensive end with 1.0 blocks and 1.67 digs per set.

This is the first weekly honor of the season for Yacobucci, joining fellow senior Mya Ayro who earned Player of the Week honors on August 31.

DEFENDING THE HORIZON
Wright State was picked first in the Horizon League's preseason poll, tallying 117 points. The Raiders have been selected at the top of the preseason poll in six of the last seven seasons dating back to the COVID-altered Spring 2021 campaign.

ALL-LEAGUE RETURNEES
The reigning Horizon League champions return four All-League award winners from a season ago, led by a pair of first teamers in Lauren Yacobucci and Reilly Zegunis. Returning alongside Yacobucci and Zegunis are a pair of All-League Second Team selections in Mya Ayro and Katie Sowko. This marked the second-straight first-team honors for Yacobucci and Zegunis, while Sowko adds the second-team recognition to her All-Freshman nod from a season ago.

IN CASE YOU FORGOT…
Wright State finished 2025 with a 21-11 overall record en route to its fifth NCAA tournament appearance in the last seven seasons. The Raiders have five Horizon League regular season titles in that span, adding HL tournament titles to their resumes in 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2025 for automatic bids to the NCAA Tournament, along with their 2019 at-large selection. The five NCAA appearances in the last seven seasons are the only tourney appearances in program history.

SIZING UP THE 2026 SQUAD
Wright State welcomes four newcomers – including three freshmen – to this season's roster. The Raiders' 16-player roster includes three freshmen, five sophomores, three juniors, four seniors, and one graduate student.

UP NEXT
Following this weekend, the Raiders will return home to McLin Gym to host Green Bay on Friday and Saturday. The Raiders will get the weekend started at 6 p.m. on Friday night and wrap up the two-game set on Saturday at 2 p.m.

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Players Mentioned

Mya Ayro

Katie Sowko

Lauren Yacobucci

Reilly Zegunis

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