MAC Opponent Kent State Next up for 'Dons

PRE-MATCH NOTES

Fort Wayne, IN - The IPFW Mastodons close out its 10-game road trip to open the 2011 season on Thursday night, as the squad travels East to Kent, Ohio to face off against the Kent State Golden Flashes with a 7:00 PM first serve.

Opponent: Kent State Golden Flashes (7-6)
When: Thursday, September 15, 7:00 PM EST
Where: Kent, Ohio; Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center (6,327)
All-Time Series: Kent State leads 2-1
Radio: IPFW Broadcast (Mike Maahs play by play)
Live Stats: Kent State
Streaming Video: MAC Sports Video

• 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 32 digs against DePaul on September 10, Tessa McGill now has six 30+ dig efforts in her career at IPFW.
• Emily Spencer became the first player since Fabiana Souza in 2002 to record double figure kill games in her first nine contests as a freshman at IPFW.
• Junior libero Tessa McGill has recorded double-figure digs in each of her last 17 games dating back to last season, the third 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 now has 1,093 for her career, 10th most in program history.
• Emily Spencer has seven double-doubles in her nine matches at IPFW, while Megan Steenhuysen has picked up two, giving her 28th in her career, the ninth most over a career in program history.
• IPFW assistant coach Jasmine Fullove is the niece of Ball State head coach Steve Shondell, and her younger sister, Jaclyn is a freshman setter on the Cardinal squad. The coaching family continues as two other of Jasmine's uncles are coaches at Purdue, Dave Shondell the head coach and John Shondell an assistant coach.

SCOUTING THE GOLDEN FLASHES...
Kent State comes into the mid-week meeting with an even 7-6 overall record, and is 0-2 this season against teams from The Summit League (lost 3-2 to Western Illinios and 3-0 to IUPUI).

Maigan Larsen leads the way for the Golden Flashes with 190 kills in 50 sets (3.80 per set), while Kathy Krupa has 128 (2.56 per set). Aleksandra Nowak has given out 464 assists (9.47 per set), while Maigan Larsen leads a trio of Golden Flashes in double-digit aces with 14.

Four student-athletes, Hanna Herc (137), Brooke Zeigler (134), Bridget Grdina (129), and Larsen (104) have eclipsed the century mark in digs, with Nowak closing in with 82. Krupa is the team's leading blocker with 51 total blocks (1.02 per set), while Liz Reikow has 37 blocks.

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