EVANSVILLE, Ind.--- The University of Southern Indiana volleyball team heads on its first road trip of the regular-season, meeting Great Lakes Valley Conference West Division opponents Drury University Saturday at 5 p.m. in Springfield, Missouri, and Missouri University of Science & Technology Sunday at 1 p.m. in Rolla, Missouri.
The Screaming Eagles (5-2, 1-1 GLVC) are coming off a 2-1 week, which featured a three-set win against regional opponent Kentucky Wesleyan College. USI opened its GLVC slate at home last week Saturday with a 3-1 win against William Jewell College before falling in three to the undefeated Rockhurst University.
In USI's match against the Cardinals, senior
Lauren DeShaney (Appleton, Wisconsin) tallied her 1,000
th career-kill, being only one of twelve people in USI Volleyball history to accomplish such a milestone.
Eagle Notes: USI is averaging 12.8 kills/set and have an attack percentage of .180. The Eagles are holding their opponents to a .134 hitting percentage, which is second best in the league behind Rockhurst.
Leading the Eagle offense is senior outside hitter
Fawn Ryan (Batesville, Indiana) with 3.09 kills/set while DeShaney follows, averaging 2.82 kills per set.
Sophomore setter
Quin Shoultz (Columbus, Indiana) is averaging 9.36 assists/set while freshman libero
Jessica Lee (Mackinaw, Illinois) is averaging 4.77 digs/set on the defensive side of the ball.
USI currently leads the GLVC in blocks per set with 2.43 and are ranked 18th in Division II, thanks in part to work by junior middle blocker
Abbey Winter (Germantown, Illinois) who is averaging 1.36 blocks/set and sophomore
Amy Zwissler (Bloomington, Indiana) with .95 blocks/set.
Panther Notes: Drury (5-2, 0-2 GLVC) is looking for its first conference win, having dropped its GLVC opener, on the road, to Indianapolis in straight-sets and then falling to St. Joseph's in four.
Miner Notes: Missouri S&T begins a three-match homestand, Wednesday, taking on Missouri-St. Louis in a non-conference meeting, before hosting Bellarmine and USI. The miners are coming off a 1-1 weekend, beating St. Joseph's, 3-0, then falling to Bellarmine in three.
Tracking both matches: Live statistics will be available on the web when the Eagles take on Drury; while both live stats and a live video feed will be available for Sunday's match against Missouri S&T. A link is provided on the Eagles' volleyball schedule page on
gousieagles.com.
