Weber State University Athletics
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Weber State hits the road for first Big Sky games of the season
9/25/2019 3:58:00 PM | Women's Volleyball
• The Weber State volleyball team continues the 2019 season with the start of Big Sky action. WSU will take on Northern Arizona on the road Thursday and Southern Utah on Saturday.
• First serve for the Northern Arizona match will be Sept. 26 at 7:30 p.m.
• The game will be streamed at: WatchBigSky.com or Pluto TV
• Live stats will be at http://stats.statbroadcast.com/statmonitr/?id=271905
• First serve for the Southern Utah match will be Sept. 28 at 1:00 p.m.
• The game will be streamed at WatchBigSky.com or Pluto TV
• Live stats will be at http://www.statbroadcast.com/events/statbroadcast.php?t=1&gid=suta
QUICK HITS
• Weber State currently holds a 9-2 record. Weber State is on a five match winning streak.
• Sam Schiess earned 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 brought back two First Team All-Conference players in Megan Gnieiting and Hannah DeYoung.
NATIONAL RANKINGS
• Weber State currently sits at No. 55 in the nation in team total blocks with 107.0 total on the year.
• WSU is also No. 16 in the nation in blocks per set averaging 2.74.
• Weber State is No. 32 in the nation in winnning percentage. They have a .818 winning percentage.
• Hannah DeYoung is No. 29 in the nation in hitting percentage with a .424 average.
• Ashlyn Power is No. 31 in the nation in assists per set averaging 10.74.
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.
Conference Openers
• Weber State is 19-26 in Conference openers. WSU is 10-14 in conference openers overall on the road and 9-11 at home and 0-1 at a neutral site.
• The Wildcats are 14-17 in Big Sky openers, posting a 7-10 record while opening Big Sky on the road and an even 7-7 record hosting.
• WSU is 2-2 in Big Sky openers under head coach Jeremiah Larsen. Larsen is 1-2 in conference openers on the road.
• The last time Weber State debuted conference play against Northern Arizona was in 2001. The Wildcats downed the Lumberjacks in five sets.
Northern Arizona Quick Hits:
• NAU comes into the weekend with a 7-5 overall record.
• They are on a four game losing streak.
• Sam Atoa leads the Wolverines and is entering his 21st season.
Lumberjacks vs. Wildcats
• Weber State trails the all-time series against UVU with a 9-11 record.
• WSU is on a two game losing streak in the series with NAU.
• WSU is 11-27 when taking on NAU in Flagstaff.
• WSU is 2-6 against the Lumberjacks under head coach Jeremiah Larsen's tenure.
• The last time the two teams met up was in 2018. WSU lost both matches in the series. Most recently in three sets.
SUU Quick Hits:
• SUU comes into the weekend with a 7-5 overall record.
• They are on a one game winning streak.
• Pete Hoyer leads the Thunderbirds and is in his second year as Head Coach.
T-Birds vs. Wildcats
• Weber State leads in the all-time series against USU with a 12-9 record.
• WSU is on a six game winning streak in the series.
• WSU is 3-5 when taking on USU in Cedar City.
• WSU is 6-2 against the T-Birds under head coach Jeremiah Larsen's tenure.
• The last time the two teams met up was in 2018. WSU won both matches. Most recently the Wildcats won in three sets.
