SCOUTING THE MASTODONS: The Mastodons enter Friday with a 13-12 overall record and 5-4 Summit League mark. Emily Spencer leads the Mastodons with 415 kills this season, which is tops in the league. Spencer has been named The Summit League's 'Offensive Player of the Week' the last two weeks. Madison Spence has 922 assists this season. Jen Miligan leads Fort Wayne with 321 digs this season while Spencer has posted 214 digs. The head coach of the Mastodons is Kelley Hartley Hutton who is in her 15th year at Fort Wayne.

SERIES HISTORY: Fort Wayne leads the overall series, 13-2. The two teams met earlier this season in Fort Wayne with the Mastodons coming away with a 3-2 victory. The last Leatherneck victory over Fort Wayne came in 2010, a 3-1 win in Macomb. 

SCOUTING THE JAGUARS: IUPUI enters Sunday's match with a 13-12 record and 7-2 mark in league play. Moriah Fair and Kaitlyn Hickey lead the Jags in kills this season with 354 and 310, respectively. Alexis Meeks has a league leading 991 assists for the Jags. Beth Howard has 461 digs while Hickey has 305. The head coach of the Jaguars is Steve Payne, who is in his 17th season at the helm. 

SERIES HISTORY: The Jaguars lead the overall series, 23-9. IUPUI defeated Western, 3-0, in Indianapolis earlier this season. The last Leatherneck win over IUPUI came in 2007, a 3-0 sweep for Western in Indianapolis. 

SWEET HOME MACOMB: For the first time in the program's Division 1 history, Leatherneck volleyball has swept its first four matches at home. Western defeated Chicago State on September 10 in the teams first home match of the year. A month later the Leathernecks took down both South Dakota State and North Dakota State in the same weekend, marking the first time that the Leathernecks defeated both Dakota's in the same season. Last weekend the Leathernecks remained perfect at home with the sweep over Omaha. Western has four matches left this season inside Western Hall.

IN THE SUMMIT LEAGUE (Last Updated 10/31): Samantha Fournier ranks fourth in the league in kills/set (3.75) and sixth in kills (281). Ann Miller ranks fifth in the league in kills (292) and sixth in kills/set (3.48). Molly Murphy leads the conference in service aces/set with a 0.40 average, while Kaitlynn Novak ranks fourth with a 0.37 average. Sarah Fetter ranks fourth in the conference in both assists (849) and assists/set (10.11). 

IN THE NATION (Last Updated 10/31): Kaitlynn Novak is 57th nationally in service aces/set with 0.37. Samantha Fournier is 71st nationally in kills/set with 3.75 and 79th in points per set with 4.17.

PLAYERS OF THE WEEK: Molly Murphy was named The Summit League's 'Defensive Player of the Week' on Oct. 14 for her performances last weekend. The junior recorded 43 total digs in the matches against SDSU and NDSU, including 17 digs in the opening set against SDSU. The honor is the first for Murphy, who ranks third in the league in digs/set with a 3.87 average. The Chicago native also leads the league in service aces per set with a 0.46 average. Samantha Fournier was named The Summit League's 'Offensive Player of the Week' following her performance in Western's win over Omaha on Sept. 28. The junior notched 15 kills (5.0/set) in the match with a career-high .650 hitting percentage. She also posted a career-high four service aces for the Leathernecks. The Coal City, Ill. native becomes the first Leatherneck volleyball player to receive the honor since Patty Melinauskas in Oct. 2006.

CAREER LIST: Setter Sarah Fetter now has 2,966 career assists at Western, which ranks third in program history. Fetter posted 32 assists against Omaha last Saturday to move from fifth to third place all-time. Fetter moved past Tracy Benson, who finished her career with 2,940 assists, and Laura Haaning who recorded 2,941 assists in her career. 

CAREER-BESTS: Mallory Gibson posted a new career-high on August 30th versus Bradley when she stuffed 10 total blocks. During the Leathernecks' September 5th match at Northern Illinois, Bailey Kaloupek bettered her career-high in digs with 29. Sarah Fetter recorded a career-best 65 assists in September 14's loss to Drake, while Ann Miller also bettered her career-high in kills that game, finishing with 27. Fetter also recorded a new career high versus Oakland when she notched 23 digs. Samantha Fournier recorded a career-high .650 hitting percentage at Omaha and a career-best four service aces. 

SCHOLAR-ATHLETES OF THE WEEK: Molly Murphy was named Papa John's Scholar-Athlete of the Week on October 14 for her performance on the court and in the classroom. The junior notched 43 total digs in the Leathernecks back-to-back wins over SDSU and NDSU last weekend. She was also named The Summit League's 'Defensive Player of the Week' following the weekend. Murphy owns a 3.135 GPA and is majoring in RPTA. Ann Miller was named Papa John's Scholar-Athlete of the Week on September 3rd of this year marking the second time in her career she has received the honor. In the classroom, Miller is a two-time Summit League Fall Academic All-League Distinguished Scholar. The Bettendorf, Iowa native owns a 3.909 GPA and is majoring in Supply Chain Management. 

THE SCHEDULE: Western's 2013 schedule features six more matches in the regular season including this weekend. Four of those matches will be at home while two will be on the road. All six matches will be against conference members as the Purple & Gold look to return to the conference tournament for the first time since 2007. 

THE COACHING STAFF: Head coach April Hall enters her second season at Western and has hired a pair of new coaches. Laura DeBruler, who concluded her collegiate volleyball career at Illinois in 2010 is the Leathernecks' full-time assistant, while Bridget Murphy, who completed a decorated career at Western Illinois as a defensive specialist last fall is the team's graduate assistant.