Volleyball Hosts Oakland in the Unveiling of Renovated Gates Center

PRE-MATCH NOTES

Fort Wayne, IN - After a ten-match road trip to open the 2011 season, the IPFW Mastodons finally get a chance to play in front of their home crowd in the unveiling of the newly-renovated Gates Sports Center.

Among the highlights of the renovation include 750 seat-back chairs, new court-seperating curtains, and making the facility temperature controlled.

Opponent: Oakland Golden Grizzlies (5-4, 0-0 Summit League)
When: Saturday, September 17, 7:00 PM EST
Where: Fort Wayne, Indiana; Hilliard Gates Sports Center (1,800)
All-Time Series: IPFW leads 28-17
Radio: IPFW Broadcast (Mike Maahs play by play)
Live Stats: Sidearm Live Stats
Streaming Video: IPFW All-Access (Subscription Required)

QUICK HITTERS
•    A year ago, Oakland snapped an IPFW 17-match win streak in the all-time series between the two teams with a 3-1 win in Rochester, Michigan.
•    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 has recorded double-figure kills in each of her first ten matches this season, the longest streak by a freshman 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 18 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.
•    McGill reached 1,000 career digs in just 69 matches, the quickest to the milestone of any player in program history.
•    Emily Spencer has seven double-doubles in her ten 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 GRIZZLIES
Oakland heads into Fort Wayne for each squads' 2011 Summit League opener, the Grizzlies with a 5-4 overall record, with common opponents against Wright State (2-0) and Loyola (0-1).

Meghan Bray leads the way for the Grizzlies with 137 kills, third most in the Summit League, while Allison Bell has 109 and Brittany Holbrook 90. Alissa Valentine has been the primary setter for Oakland, and leads the way with 368 assists on the year (9.95 per set).

Two players, Bray and Alli Kirk, each have seven service aces to lead the team, as Kirk has 166 digs, twice as many as Bray, who has 82, second highest total on the team. Holbrook has a team-leading 36 blocks (1.03 per set), with Jenna Lange close behind with 29 total blocks (0.94 per set).

~Dons~

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