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WIU Travels to ORU, Hosts St. Thomas

| By: WIU Athletic Communications

WIU plays ORU, UST

Who | Western Illinois VS Oral Roberts | St. Thomas

When | Tuesday (Oct. 11) & Saturday (Oct. 15)

Where | Tulsa, Ok | Macomb, Ill

Social Media | @WIUVolleyball (Twitter) + wiu_volleyball (Instagram) + WIU Volleyball (Facebook)


Last Week | Western Illinois dropped their conference matches against South Dakota State and South Dakota last week. WIU fell in straight sets to both 22-25, 13-25, 12-25 and 27-29, 16-25, 13-25. Elizabeth Ziegler had a team-high .600 hitting percentage on Thursday (Oct. 6) against SDSU.

Ahead of the Pack | Heading into week four of conference play, Brittany Wulf leads the Summit League on service aces per set. Wulf, who averages 0.52 aces per set, has had 33 aces this season. Karli Wenzel is also near the top of the statistical category. Wenzel is in second place in digs per set. Wenzel has 253 digs in 59 sets giving her an average of 4.29 digs per set.

Scouting Oral Roberts | Oral Roberts comes into Tuesday's matchup on a four-game losing streak. The Golden Eagles fell to Denver and Omaha last week. Trinity Freeman leads ORU in kills averaging 3.16 kills per set.

Scouting St. Thomas | St. Thomas comes into week four of conference play still looking for their first Summit League win. The Tommies lost to USD and SDSU in four sets last week. UST is led by Lauren Galvin, who has 208 kills this season, averaging over 3 kills a set.

What's Next | WIU will start the second half of conference play with a trip to North Dakota to take on North Dakota State and the University of North Dakota.
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