EVANSVILLE, Ind. - University of Southern Indiana Volleyball (8-7, 2-5 GLVC) rides the bus to Kansas City for more Great Lakes Valley Conference action this weekend.

The Screaming Eagles take on #14 Rockhurst University on Friday, head to William Jewell College on Saturday, then make a quick stop back to campus before heading east to Louisville for a Tuesday match with Bellarmine University.

The Eagles
 

• Junior Elexis Coleman (Joliet, Illinois) continues to lead the attack for USI in 2018 with a 2.64 kills/set mark and a .309 hitting percentage, good for ninth in the GLVC...Coleman is also third among Eagles in blocks per set (.79)
• Freshman Taylor Litteken (Foristell, Missouri) leads the Eagles with a .325 hitting mark (fourth in the GLVC)...Litteken is second in kills per set (2.12) and third in blocks per set (.76)
• Sophomore Casey Cepicky (St. Louis, Missouri) leads the Eagles in assists (6.93/set) and is second in digs (2.72/set)...Cepicky has five double-doubles in 2018, including one in each of her last three matches
• Senior Haley Limper (Springfield, Illinois) takes a 3.17 digs/set mark with her on the road this weekend...Limper is also sixth in the GLVC in service aces with .33/set, 16 total
• Freshman Sidney Hegg (Menasha, Wisconsin) leads USI in blocks (.83/set) and carries a .290 hitting percentage

The Foes

#14 Rockhurst University (14-2, 5-1 GLVC); Friday, 7 p.m.:
 

• USI dropped last year's meeting in three sets...Coleman and junior Mikaila Humphrey (Floyd Knobs, Indiana) led that match with eight kills and two blocks each...Cepicky notched 24 assists and eight digs...junior Lizzy Gardner (Lafayette, Indiana) led all returning Eagles with ten digs
• The Hawks' lone loss in GLVC play came on the road at #10 Drury University on September 8 in four sets...Rockhurst has yet to drop a home match to USI since joining the GLVC in 2005 and maintain a five-match winning-streak over the Eagles
• Rockhurst's attack is arguably the best in the GLVC, leading the conference in hitting percentage (.273), third in kills/set (13.88) and features four names in the GLVC's individual attacking leaderboard
• Emily Matio sits second in the GLVC with a .361 hitting percentage, followed by Mary Rolf in ninth (.306)...Rolf led last year's match with 11 kills and two blocks
• Kalie Arnold is fifth in the GLVC in digs (5.22) as Rockhurst's libero
• Alyssa Woodman is sixth in the GLVC in kills (3.55/set) and tenth in aces (.28/set)... Karli Reichert follows Woodman from eighth in the GLVC in kills with 3.37/set
• Dani Prusha sits ninth in the GLVC in assists (8.15/set) as the Hawk's primary setter

William Jewell College (3-13, 0-6 GLVC); Saturday, 3 p.m.:
 

• Last year's meeting between the Cardinals and Eagles went to five sets, in favor of USI...Mikaila Humphrey posted 20 kills, five digs and three blocks...Casey Cepicky led the Eagles in assists (58) and digs (14)...Elexis Coleman and junior Amanda Jung (Belleville, Illinois) combined for 27 kills and three blocks
• While the Cardinals have yet to claim a match in GLVC play, one of their three non-conference victories came against Emporia State Univeristy in four sets...Emporia State is the other of Rockhurst's two losses in 2018
• USI has had William Jewell's number since it joined the GLVC in 2011...The Eagles hold a 6-0 record over the Cardinals as conference foes
• William Jewell has one individual representative in the GLVC statistics leaderboard: Olivia Tolberd...Tolberd is the Cardinals' libero, sitting fourth in the conference in digs (5.46/set)
• Megan Rhule guides the offense as the setter, averaging 6.52 assists/set...Harper Auman has added 4.16 assists/set over 25 sets in relief of Rhule
• The Cardinals are at the bottom of the GLVC in opponent hitting percentage (.225), a mark which is higher than USI's offensive attack percentage
• Of all William Jewell players averaging three attacks or more per set, only one (Jenna Rau) has a hitting percentage above .200...the kills are supplied by Paityn Hardison (2.85/set) and Maddie Wingert (2.70/set)...Hardison is also second among Cardinals in digs (2.50/set)

Bellarmine University (8-7, 2-5 GLVC); Tuesday, 6 p.m.:
 

• The Knights hold a four-match winning-streak over the Eagles, dating back to a four-set USI win at the Physical Activities Center in 2015...Despite the streak, USI has a 10-7 record against Bellarmine over the last 10 years
• Mikaila Humphrey led the Eagles in kills in both matches against the Knights in 2017 with 19 total between them...Casey Cepicky picked up a double-double in the home match in September...Coleman and junior Shawntel James (Elkhart, Indiana) were solid at the net, respectively posting five blocks on the road and four blocks at home
• The Knights have mirrored USI's record so far in 2018, and even feature the same 3-0 loss to Malone University in the non-conference portion...Bellarmine has only been swept once out of its five GLVC losses, by the University of Illinois-Springfield, which currently sits third in the GLVC standings
• Bellarmine sits second in the conference in digs, averaging 18.78/set, thanks in large part to Jordyn Kuchenbrod who currently leads the GLVC in digs individually...Kuchenbrod is also second in aces with 20 (.37/set)
• Kristen O'Toole is the Knights' primary setter, sitting seventh in the GLVC in assists (10.32/set)
• Bellarmine currently features two attackers averaging over three kills per set in 2018...Jacquie Hornug leads with a 3.21 kills/set mark, while Bailey Roszman chases with 3.02/set

In The Distance

USI will return to the PAC after this weekend's three-match road trip. The Eagles will host #11 Lewis University and the University of Indianapolis on October 5 and 6 in a pair of GLVC rematches.