Emporia State Hornets (13-9, 5-4 MIAA)
at Missouri Western (13-9, 7-2 MIAA) •
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Friday, Oct. 20 • 7:00 p.m. • St. Joseph, Mo. • MWSU Fieldhouse
Series Record: ESU Leads 43-42 Last Meeting: ESU 3, MWSU 2 (Oct. 30, 2016)
at Northwest Missouri (11-10, 5-4 MIAA) •
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Saturday, Oct. 21 • 6:00 p.m. • Maryville, Mo. • Bearcat Arena
Series Record: ESU Leads 43-15 Last Meeting: ESU 3, NWMSU 2 (Oct. 29, 2016)
Up Next: at Washburn • Tuesday, Oct. 24
6:00 p.m. • Topeka, Kan. • Lee Arena
ON THE ROAD AGAIN
Emporia State travels to St. Joseph, Mo. on Friday October 20 to take on Missouri Western. On Saturday October 21 the Hornets travel to Maryville, Mo. to take on Northwest Missouri.
LAST TIME OUT
Emporia State won 3-1 over Southwest (22-25, 25-7, 25-14, 25-11). The Hornets were led in hitting by Tatum Graves with 16 kills on .600 hitting percentage followed by Yuchen Du with 9 and Jamie Hauptman with 8. Emma Dixon led all players with 27 assists while Du added 17 for the Hornets. Allie Maloney led all players with 17 digs followed by Julia Joseph with 12 and Dixon with 11. Emma Dixon completed a double double with her 27 assists and 11 digs in the match.
THE COACHES
Bing Xu is 265-142 in his 13th year as head coach for Emporia State. He has led the Hornets to five NCAA Tournaments. He is 9-6 against Missouri Western and 17-3 against Northwest Missouri.
Marian Carbin is 89-57 in her fifth year as head coach for Missouri Western.
Amy Woerth is 86-87 in her sixth year as head coach for Northwest Missouri.
SCOUTING THE HORNETS
Emporia State is 13-9 on the season, 5-4 in the MIAA. Yuchen Du, who is second in the nation with six triple doubles this year, leads the Hornets with 264 kills, followed by Tatum Graves with 202 and Jamie Hauptman with 180. Emma Dixon leads the Hornets in assists with 465 while Du adds 416. Allie Maloney is leading Emporia State with 323 digs followed by Emma Dixon with 193 and Julia Joseph with 185. Graves leads the Hornets with 85 total blocks (16 solo, 69 assists) followed by Du with 51, Valerie Golder with 41 and Mikayla Simons with 31.
ABOUT MISSOURI WESTERN
Missourii Southern is 13-9 on the season, 7-2 in the MIAA. The Griffons are led by Stephanie Doak with 303 kills followed by Ali Tauchen with 234. Lauren Murphy leads the Griffons with 807 assists. Kayla Ruff leads the Griffons with 419 digs followed by Ali Tauchen with 214 and Audrey Keim with 209. This will be the 86th meeting between Emporia State and Missouri Western. The Hornets lead the series 43-42 over the Griffons.
LAST TIME AGAINST THE GRIFFONS
Emporia State won 3-2 in five sets over the Griffons ((22-25, 12-25, 29-27, 25-23, 15-7). The Hornets had three players with double digit kills, Tayor Otting led the Hornets with 17 kills while Jamie Hauptman added 13 and Shayla Cotman had 11.Kimberly Bell led with 31 assists while Emma Dixon added 22. Allie Maloney led all players with 31 digs while Julia Joseph added 17.
ABOUT NORTHWEST MISSOURI
Northwest Missouri is 11-10 on the season, 5-4 in the MIAA. The Bearcats are led by Maddy Bruder with 262 kills followed by Darcy Sunderman with 153. Sarah Dannettell leads the Bearcats with 514 assists while Maddy Ahrens adds 162. This will be the 59th meeting between Emporia State and Northwest Missouri. The Hornets lead the series 43-15 over the Bearcats.
LAST TIME AGAINST THE BEARCATS
The Hornets beat the Bearcats 3-2 (18-25, 25-21, 21-25, 25-14, 15-13). Josie Williams and Jamie Hauptman led the Hornets with 12 kills eaach while Taylor Otting and Tatum Graves each added 11. Kimberly Bell led with 25 assists while Emma Dixon recorded a double double with 21 assists and 16 digs.
NEXT SERVE
Emporia State travels to Topeka, Kan. to take on Washburn in the 101st volleyball turnpike tussle.
