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Wildcats take on two in-state rivals this week
9/18/2019 4:19:00 PM | Women's Volleyball
• The Weber State volleyball team continues the 2019 season with two in-state rival matches this week. WSU will take on Utah Valley on the road Thursday at 6:00 pm and will host Utah State Saturday at 6:00 pm.
• First serve for the Utah Valley match will be Sept. 19 at 6:00 p.m.
• The game will be streamed at: https://www.wacdigitalnetwork.com/
• Live stats will be at http://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=267627
• First serve for the Utah State match will be Sept. 21 at 6:00 p.m.
• The game will be streamed at WatchBigSky.com
• Live stats will be at https://missouristatebears.com/sidearmstats/wvball/summary
QUICK HITS
• Weber State currently holds a 7-2 record. Weber State is on a three match winning streak.
• Sam Schiess is the current Big Sky Defensive Player of the Week for her stellar performance at the MSU Fall Invitational.
• WSU hosted the Wildcat Invitational to start the season and came away as tournament champions. There were three teams with a 2-1 record but the Wildcats overall set winning percentage gave them the tournament title.
• The Wildcats were picked No. 2 in the Big Sky preseason polls.
• Head Coach Jeremiah Larsen is in his fifth season leading the Wildcats and brought back assistant coach Kayla Morgan and hired on a new assistant coach in Matt Kuelpman.
• Weber State is bringing back two First Team All-Conference players in Megan Gnieiting and Hannah DeYoung.
NATIONAL RANKINGS
• Weber State currently sits at No. 25 in the nation in team total blocks with 89.0 total on the year.
• WSU is also No. 17 in the nation in blocks per set averaging 2.78.
• Sam Schiess is No. 25 in the nation in hitting percentage with a .439 average and Hannah Hill-DeYoung is No. 23 in the nation with a .442 average.
DOUBLE UP
• Weber State has had three Wildcats record double-doubles.
• Ashlyn Power leads the way with four double-doubles this season.
• Most recently Rylin Roberts recorded 10 kills and 15 digs against Missouri State
Utah Valley Quick Hits:
• UVU comes into the weekend with a 2-8 overall record.
• They are on a four game losing streak.
• Sam Atoa leads the Wolverines and is entering his 21st season.
Wolverines vs. Wildcats
• Weber State trails the all-time series against UVU with a 9-11 record.
• WSU is on a two game winning streak in the series.
• WSU is 2-7when taking on UVU in Orem.
• WSU is 2-2 against the Wolverines under head coach Jeremiah Larsen's tenure.
• The last time the two teams met up was in 2018. WSU won in five sets in Orem.
USU Quick Hits:
• USU comes into the weekend with a 0-10 overall record.
• They are on a 10 game losing streak.
• Grayson DuBose leads the Aggies and is in his 14th year as Head Coach.
Aggies vs. Wildcats:
• Weber State trails in the all-time series against USU with a 22-37 record.
• WSU is on a one game winning streak in the series.
• WSU is 10-15 when taking on USU in Ogden.
• WSU is 1-2 against the Aggies under head coach Jeremiah Larsen's tenure.
• The last time the two teams met up was in 2018. WSU won in three sets in Logan.
• USU comes into the weekend with a 0-10 overall record.
• They are on a 10 game losing streak.
• Grayson DuBose leads the Aggies and is in his 14th year as Head Coach.
Aggies vs. Wildcats
• Weber State trails in the all-time series against USU with a 22-37 record.
• WSU is on a one game winning streak in the series.
• WSU is 10-15 when taking on USU in Ogden.
• WSU is 1-2 against the Aggies under head coach Jeremiah Larsen's tenure.
• The last time the two teams met up was in 2018. WSU won in three sets in Logan.
