Volleyball Road Trip Concludes in Cedar City

PRE-MATCH NOTES

CEDAR CITY, Utah - After traveling nearly 2,200 miles, the IPFW Mastodon volleyball team concludes its longest road trip of the season on Saturday evening when the squad faces off against the Thunderbirds of Southern Utah University in a Summit League match-up at the Centrum Arena.

Opponent: Southern Utah Thunderbirds (4-12, 2-4 Summit League)
When: Saturday, October 1, 9:00 PM EST (7:00 MST)
Where: Cedar City, Utah; Centrum Arena (5,300)
All-Time Series: Series tied 2-2
Radio: None Available
Live Stats: Neulion Live Stats
Streaming Video: Southern Utah All-Access

SCOUTING THE THUNDERBIRDS...
The Southern Utah Thunderbirds are currently 4-11 on the team, and have fallen in three of its last four matches, including most recently a 3-1 loss in Indianapolis to IUPUI.

The team is led on offense by Analaine Mailoto, who has 244 kills, an average of 4.00 per set, while Kyle Schofield and Cashaana Renfro have 126 and 116, respectively. Alissa Youart and Hailey Moore are just off of the triple-digit
figure with 81 and 71, respectively. Gabi Mirand averages 9.24 assists per set (536 total), while Jordan Anderson leads four players in double-figure aces with 18, while Mailoto and Mirand have 14 each, and Moore 10.

Mailoto also leads the team in digs, and has 167 on the season while Youart has 144 and Jordan Anderson 120. Renfro averages 1.03 blocks per set (62 total), while Moore and Schofield have 48 and 40 blocks apiece.

QUICK HITTERS
• Freshman Emily Spencer ranks 33rd in NCAA Division I in kills per set, and is the third highest freshman total on the list.
• 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 15 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 23 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 now has 1,211 for her career, is ninth 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 12 double-doubles in her 15 matches at IPFW, while Megan Steenhuysen has picked up three this
season, giving her 30 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.

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