Charger Volleyball Weekend Preview: Oct. 5-6

Oct 02, 2018

LINKS

G-MAC Volleyball Standings

G-MAC Volleyball Statistics

OVERVIEW

The first-place Hillsdale College volleyball team will look to extend its current winning streak to double figures with a pair of home matches this weekend, against the two southern-most programs in the G-MAC
Hillsdale has won nine in a row overall and 24 straight conference matches, dating back to last season...The G-MAC winning streak now extends more than one full calendar year
The Chargers have yet to play a five-set match this year...The team has won 18 straight sets, a streak that began in the second set of the Sept. 14 win at Findlay
The last time Hillsdale lost a set by more than three points was the first set at Ferris State back on Aug. 25 (25-17)
These two matches end a three-match homestand...Starting with next weekend's Midwest Region Crossover, the Chargers will play eight straight matches away from home, spanning from Oct. 12-27
Two players - setter Lindsey Mertz and right-side hitter Paige VanderWall - lead the conference in individual statistics...Mertz averages 11.44 assists per set while VanderWall averages 3.85 kills per set
Junior libero Taylor Wiese notched back-to-back 30-dig matches in last weekend's wins over Cedarville and Tiffin...She's the first Charger player to achieve that since the NCAA went to the rally score format in 2001
Wiese was named the G-MAC West Player of the Week Monday...She's a rarity in a libero winning the award...She's the first Charger libero to be named a conference player of the week since Megan Howard in 2005
Hillsdale's 55 kills and 51 assists as a team vs. Tiffin last Saturday were a single-match highs in the conference this year for a three-set match
Kentucky Wesleyan has three matches this season with 100 or more digs as a team
Trevecca ranks 13th in the conference in opponents' service aces per set (2.11)

SERIES HISTORY

2-0 vs. Kentucky Wesleyan since 2017
2-0 vs. Trevecca Nazarene since 2017