Women's Volleyball Looks to Continue to Roll Sunday Afternoon

Sunday, October 8

Fort Wayne, Ind.

1 p.m.

Purdue Fort Wayne

Western Illinois

Women's Volleyball Looks to Continue to Roll Sunday Afternoon

10/7/2017 1:11:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

FORT WAYNE, Ind. - The Fort Wayne women's volleyball team looks to continue its winning ways when the Mastodons host Western Illinois Sunday, October 8 at 1 p.m.

Gameday Information
When: October 8 | 1:00 p.m.
Where: Fort Wayne, Ind. | Arnie Ball Court (1,800)
Live Stats: Fort Wayne Sidearm Live Stats
Live Video: Fort Wayne Sidearm All-Access (Mike Maahs, play-by-play)
Live Audio: Fort Wayne Stretch Internet
Series History: Fort Wayne leads 17-5
Last Meeting: Fort Wayne 3, Western Illinois 0 | Oct. 21, 2016 | Fort Wayne, Ind.

Fort Wayne Mastodons 9-11, 1-4 Summit league
COACH: Steve Florio | 4th Season
KILLS: 261 | Nicole Rightnowar
ASSISTS: 655 | Madison Jaqua
DIGS: 282 | Elizabeth Britner
BLOCKS: 75 | Sydney Boerst
ACES: 22 | Katie Crowe
ATTACK %: .332 | Sydney Boerst

Western Illinois Leathernecks 6-12, 1-3 Summit league
COACH: Kelly Richardson | 3rd Season
KILLS: 176 | Mackenzie Steckler
ASSISTS: 635 | Jaime Johnson
DIGS: 303 | Claire Grove
BLOCKS: 69 | Mackenzie Steckler
ACES: 12 | Jaime Johnson
Attack %: .348 | Mackenzie Steckler

1K Career Kill Watch...
Fort Wayne junior outside hitter Nicole Rightnowar is close to becoming the 18th player in program history to reach 1,000 career kills. Former teammate Somer Johnson was the last Mastodon to reach the plateau, doing so last season. Rightnowar is looking to become the 9th player to reach the mark while coach Steve Florio has been at Fort Wayne. Below is a list of those players.

Year	Player
2016	Somer Johnson
2013	Emily Spencer
2010	Maya Schlindwein
2008	Rebekah Roehm
2008	Jessica Miller
2007	Cynara Martins
2004	Janelle Pollard
2003	Fabiana Souza

On This Date…October 8 (18-4)

1976	at Indiana Tech	W, 2-0
1977	at Earlham	W, 2-1
1977	vs Vincennes	W, 2-1
1979	FORT WAYNE BIBLE	W, 2-0
1979	ST. JOSEPH'S (IN)	L, 0-2
1981	at Bethel (IN)	W, 2-1
1981	vs Manchester	W, 2-1
1983	vs St. Joseph's (IN)	L, 1-2
1983	vs Xavier	L, 1-2
1988	vs Grand Valley State	W, 3-0
1988	vs New Haven	W, 3-2
1988	vs Springfield	W, 2-0
1993	at Kentucky State	W, 3-0
1994	at Kentucky Wesleyan	W, 3-0
1999	MISSOURI-ST. LOUIS	W, 3-1
2005	at South Dakota State	W, 3-2
2006	at Chicago State	W, 3-1
2010	ORAL ROBERTS	W, 3-2
2011	UMKC	W, 3-1
2012	WESTERN ILLINOIS	W, 3-1
2013	TOLEDO	W, 3-0
2016	at South Dakota	L, 2-3

All-Time Results vs. Western Illinois

9/21/2002	H	WESTERN ILLINOIS	W, 3-0	Fort Wayne, Ind.	30-25,30-28,30-16
9/9/2005	A	Western Illinois	W, 3-1	Macomb, Ill.	32-34,30-23,30-18,30-22
10/13/2007	A	Western Illinois	W, 3-2	Macomb, Ill.	30-23,26-30,30-26,22-30,17-15
11/9/2007	H	WESTERN ILLINOIS	W, 3-1	Fort Wayne, Ind.	30-21,30-23,25-30,30-26
10/17/2008	A	Western Illinois	W, 3-0	Macomb, Ill.	25-22,25-17,25-21
11/15/2008	H	WESTERN ILLINOIS	W, 3-0	Fort Wayne, Ind.	25-18,25-20,25-22
10/9/2009	H	WESTERN ILLINOIS	L, 2-3	Fort Wayne, Ind.	25-14,25-15,29-31,22-25,8-15
11/7/2009	A	Western Illinois	W, 3-0	Macomb, Ill.	25-23,25-20,25-22
9/17/2010	A	Western Illinois	L, 1-3	Macomb, Ill.	25-17,20-25,20-25,18-25
11/5/2010	H	WESTERN ILLINOIS	W, 3-0	Fort Wayne, Ind.	25-19,25-15,25-9
10/10/2011	A	Western Illinois	W, 3-2	Macomb, Ill.	25-19,23-25,22-25,25-23,15-12
11/11/2011	H	WESTERN ILLINOIS	W, 3-0	Fort Wayne, Ind.	25-18,30-28,25-16
10/8/2012	H	WESTERN ILLINOIS	W, 3-1	Fort Wayne, Ind.	27-25,18-25,25-15,25-22
11/9/2012	A	Western Illinois	W, 3-0	Macomb, Ill.	26-24,25-23,25-19
10/5/2013	H	WESTERN ILLINOIS	W, 3-2	Fort Wayne, Ind.	20-25,21-25,25-15,25-23,15-10
11/1/2013	A	Western Illinois	L, 2-3	Macomb, Ill.	25-17,27-29,22-25,25-23,12-15
10/3/2014	A	Western Illinois	L, 0-3	Macomb, Ill.	27-29,26-28,14-25
10/26/2014	H	WESTERN ILLINOIS	L, 1-3	Fort Wayne, Ind.	23-25,25-21,16-25,18-25
10/2/2015	A	Western Illinois	W, 3-2	Macomb, Ill.	24-26,25-15,21-25,26-24,15-6
11/10/2015	H	WESTERN ILLINOIS	W, 3-0	Fort Wayne, Ind.	25-19,25-15,25-19
9/25/2016	A	Western Illinois	W, 3-0	Macomb, Ill.	25-18,25-9,25-20
10/21/2016	H	WESTERN ILLINOIS	W, 3-0	Fort Wayne, Ind.	25-9,25-23,25-19