Friday, October 28
Fort Wayne, Ind.
7:00 PM
Purdue Fort Wayne
vs
Southern Utah
Volleyball Hosting Southern Utah for Final Time in Summit League Action
10/28/2011 9:02:00 AM | Women's Volleyball
FORT WAYNE, Ind. - The Southern Utah University Thunderbirds make its final regular season appearance at the Gates Sports Center as members of The Summit League, as next year the school will become a member of the Big Sky Conference.
Opponent: Southern Utah University (8-16, 5-8 Summit League)
When: Friday, October 28, 7 p.m.
Where: Fort Wayne, Indiana; Gates Sports Center (1,900)
All-Time Series: IPFW leads 3-2
Radio: Internet-only broadcast (Mike Maahs, play-by-play)
Live Stats: IPFW Sidearm Live Stats
Streaming Video: IPFW All-Access
SCOUTING THE THUNDERBIRDS...
Southern Utah, in its final regular season appearance against the Mastodons, come into the Gates Sports Center with an 8-16 record, while going 5-8 in the league, but have won four of its last five matches.
Leading the attack for the Thunderbirds is Analaine Mailoto, who has 401 kills on the season (4.13 per set), as Kylie Schofield and Cashaana Renfro have 207 and 187, each. Gabi Mirand has dished out 818 assists for an average of
9.40 per set, while Jordan Anderson has a team-leading 24 service aces, with Mailoto (21) and Mirand (20) close behind.
Mailoto leads a close battle for team leader in digs with 284, as two others, Davia Lee (253) and Alissa Youart (234) are within 50 digs of the leader, while Anderson (174) and Mirand (144) have each eclipsed the triple-figure plateau. Renfro is the team leader in blocks with 96 (1.01 per set), with Hailey Moore close behind with 73.
SWEEPING THE WEEK AWARDS...
After their performances against North Dakota State and South Dakota State, IPFW juniors Megan Steenhuysen and Tessa McGill were named the Summit League Offensive and Defensive Players of the Week, respectively. For Steenhuysen, it was her second career award, while McGill picked up her second of the season and fifth career honor.
QUICK HITTERS
• Megan Steenhuysen and Tessa McGill were named the Summit League Offensive and Defensive Player of the Week on October 24
• Tessa McGill was named to the Collegiate Volleyball.com National Top Performer List on October 18
• Emily Spencer has 16 double-doubles in her 23 matches at IPFW, a freshman record, while Megan Steenhuysen has picked up six this season, giving her 33 in her career, tied for the eighth most over a career in program history
• Against South Dakota, IPFW head coach Kelley Hartley Hutton picked up her 400th career coaching victory
• Tessa McGill has climbed into 13th in Summit League history in career digs, now with 1,416
• IPFW junior libero Tessa McGill was named the Summit League Defensive Player of the Week on September 12, the fourth time in her career she has earned the honor
• Freshman outside hitter Kendall Wienkes tied the IPFW single-match three-set record with seven service aces against the Cowgirls of Wyoming
• With 34 digs against South Dakota State on October 22, Tessa McGill now has nine 30+ dig efforts in her career at IPFW.
• Emily Spencer has recorded double-figure kills in each of her first 23 matches this season, the longest streak by a player to open her IPFW career in program history, passing the former mark of nine held by IPFW career kill leader Fabiana Souza.
• Junior libero Tessa McGill has recorded double-figure digs in each of her last 31 games dating back to last season, the second longest such streak in program history which gives her two of the three longest such streaks
• McGill became the program's 14th member of the 1,000-dig club against Milwaukee, and she reached 1,000 career digs in just 69 matches, the quickest to the milestone of any player in program history
Dons done did it #HLVB
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