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Volleyball Continues League Slate At SDSU, Denver

| By: WIU Athletic Communications

The Leathernecks play SDSU Friday (7 p.m.) and Denver Sunday (2 p.m.)

Gameday Setup
 
Live Stats vs. South Dakota State
Live Stats vs. Denver
 
Dates
Oct. 12 at South Dakota State 7 p.m.
Oct. 14 at Denver 2 p.m.
 
  • Western Illinois is coming off 3-1 defeats against North Dakota State and Oral Roberts
  • WIU and South Dakota State are each looking for their first league win of the 2018 slate
  • The last time that the Leathernecks played on Oct. 12 (Oct. 12. 2014), they played South Dakota State
  • The road trip continues Pinktober, in which WIU and Linda's Fund are partnering to raise money for breast cancer awareness
 
Series History
WIU vs. South Dakota State (SDSU leads 16-8)
WIU vs. Denver (Denver leads 8-0)
 
  • Claire Grove ranks fourth in The Summit League in digs per set (4.09)
  • Mackenzie Steckler checks in at second in the league in blocks per set (1.11)
  • Cassie Hunt is currently fourth among Summit League players in service aces per set (.33)
  • Melanie Patenaude is 148th in the nation in total attacks (634)
  • Against NDSU and Oral Roberts, the Leathernecks collected 54 and 46 kills, respectively
  • Before last weekend, Western Illinois had not registered back-to-back matches with at least 45 kills
  • The seven service aces the Leathernecks recorded against Oral Roberts were the squad's most since Sept. 11 against SEMO
  • Oral Roberts hit at a .222 clip against the Leathernecks, the lowest hitting opponent hitting percentage since Sept. 21 against North Dakota (.189)
  • Jaime Johnson and Patenaude are the only Leathernecks to record double-doubles, as each of them have six such performances on the year
  • Patenaude leads the Leathernecks with 2.42 kills per set
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