EVANSVILLE, Ind. - University of Southern Indiana Volleyball faces its final road trip of 2018 and a Great Lakes Valley Conference rematch this week when it travels to the University of Illinois-Springfield Tuesday night, then hosts Bellarmine University at the Physical Activities Center on Saturday.

Last Time Out

The Screaming Eagles (10-15, 2-12 GLVC) dropped a pair of GLVC matches last weekend as they hosted Missouri University of Science & Technology and No. 8 Drury University Friday and Saturday, respectively.

The Week Ahead

@ University of Illinois-Springfield (20-4, 11-1 GLVC); Tuesday, 7 pm:
 

• The Prairie Stars sit atop the GLVC standings as the regular season finds the final stretch: a half-match ahead of Drury and a 1.5-match lead over third-place Rockhurst University...UIS is also riding a 12-match winning streak that dates back to a September road-loss to Rockhurst, the Prairie Stars' only GLVC loss.
• The Eagles hold a 9-3 all-time series record over UIS...two of the three USI losses have occurred the last two matches in Springfield
• There are only two team statistical categories that the Prairie Stars are not among the top three in the GLVC; UIS is sixth in digs and 13th in service aces...
• Alyssa Hasler dominates the net for the Prairie Stars ranking fourth in NCAA Division II with 1.47 blocks/set
• Alli Split is the most efficient on the attack, sitting 10th in the country with a .404 hitting percentage, which leads the GLVC...Brianna Bush and Taylor Bauer lead the scoring for UIS, averaging 3.01 and 2.94 kills/set, respectively
• Tiffany Wentworth is 19th in the nation with 11.17 assists per set this season, second in the GLVC to University of Indianapolis' Alyssa Spears

Bellarmine University (17-8, 8-6 GLVC); Saturday, 3 pm:
 

• The Knights hold the second-longest winning streak in the GLVC at eight-straight matches, including a four-set victory over No. 8 Drury last Friday...Just the same as UIS, Bellarmine's last loss was a road match against Rockhurst in September
• Bellarmine is currently in the cut-off spot of making the GLVC tournament with a 1.5-match lead over Missouri S&T
• The Eagles are 31-17 all-time against the Knights, though USI is on a five-match losing-streak to Bellarmine that dates back to a home victory in November of 2015
• The Knights rank third in the GLVC in digs at 18.37/set which counters their 12th-place ranking at the net with just 1.70 blocks/set
• Jordyn Kuchenbrod is sixth in DII in digs this season (6.65/set) and is third in the GLVC in service aces (0.36/set)
• Abbie Oetting is eighth in the GLVC with a .296 hitting clip (2.33 kills/set)...Bailey Roszman and Jacquie Hornug lead the Bellarmine attack at 2.86 and 2.79 kills/set, respectively
• Kristen O'Toole is ninth in the GLVC in assists with 9.16/set this season

On The Horizon

USI finishes the 2018 season next weekend, hosting UIS and McKendree University.