Women's Volleyball Opens Summit League Play on the Road

Friday, September 22

Tulsa, Okla.

8 p.m.

Purdue Fort Wayne

Oral Roberts

Women's Volleyball Opens Summit League Play on the Road

9/21/2017 11:45:00 AM | Women's Volleyball

Fort Wayne Match Notes (pdf)

FORT WAYNE, Ind. - The Fort Wayne women's volleyball team opens Summit League play when the Mastodons travel to Oral Roberts on Sept. 22 and Denver on Sept. 24.

Fort Wayne Mastodons   8-7, 0-0 Summit league
Coach: Steve Florio | 4th Season
Kills: 192 | Nicole Rightnowar
Assists: 455 | Madison Jaqua
Digs: 213 | Elizabeth Britner
Blocks: 51 | Sydney Boerst
Aces: 14 | Nicole Rightnowar
Attack %: .331 | Sydney Boerst

Gameday Information
When: Friday, September 22 | 8 p.m. ET
Where: Tulsa, Okla. | Kenneth H. Cooper Aerobics Center (500)
Live Video: Oral Roberts Broadcast
Live Stats: Oral Roberts Live Stats
Series History: Oral Roberts leads 13-7
Last Meeting: Oral Roberts 3, Fort Wayne 0 | November 18, 2016 | Denver, Colo.

Oral Roberts Golden Eagles   3-9, 0-0 Summit league
Coach: Sheera Sirola | 14th Season
Kills: 220 | Laura Milos
Assists: 229 | Bria Bergman
Digs: 149 | Tori Roe
Blocks: 19 | Morgan Blomquist
Aces: 14 | CeCe Madison and Laura Milos
Attack %: .296 | Bria Bergman

Gameday Information
When: Sunday, September 24 | 3 p.m. ET
Where: Denver, Colo. | Hamilton Gymnasium (2,500)
Live Video: Denver Broadcast
Live Stats: Denver Live Stats
Series History: Denver leads 6-2
Last Meeting: Denver 3, Fort Wayne 1 | October 28, 2016 | Denver, Colo.

Denver Pioneers   9-3, 0-0 Summit league
Coach: Tom Hogan | 2nd Season
Kills: 125 | Becca Latham
Assists: 237 | Piyusha Boteju
Digs: 128 | Cassidy Rooke
Blocks: 51 | Emma Willis
Aces: 9 | Three tied
Attack %: .331 | Becca Latham

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

All-Time Results vs. Oral Roberts

9/8/2006	N	Oral Roberts	L, 0-3	Orem, Utah	24-30,27-30,29-31
9/28/2007	A	Oral Roberts	L, 0-3	Tulsa, Okla.	23-30,15-30,30-32
11/3/2007	H	ORAL ROBERTS	L, 1-3	Fort Wayne, Ind.	27-30,30-25,28-30,28-30
9/27/2008	A	Oral Roberts	L, 0-3	Tulsa, Okla.	25-27,17-25,18-25
10/31/2008	H	ORAL ROBERTS	W, 3-0	Fort Wayne, Ind.	25-20,25-23,25-22
11/21/2008	A	Oral Roberts	L, 1-3	Tulsa, Okla.	12-25,22-25,25-21,23-25
9/25/2009	A	Oral Roberts	L, 1-3	Tulsa, Okla.	23-25,35-33,19-25,18-25
10/24/2009	H	ORAL ROBERTS	W, 3-2	Fort Wayne, Ind.	23-25,26-24,17-25,25-14,15-10
10/8/2010	H	ORAL ROBERTS	W, 3-2	Fort Wayne, Ind.	14-25,25-23,18-25,25-22,15-10
10/24/2010	A	Oral Roberts	W, 3-1	Tulsa, Okla.	26-24,25-22,17-25,28-26
9/29/2011	A	Oral Roberts	L, 2-3	Tulsa, Okla.	25-18,25-20,19-25,21-25,8-15
10/29/2011	H	ORAL ROBERTS	W, 3-1	Fort Wayne, Ind.	25-16,25-21,23-25,25-18
11/18/2011	H	ORAL ROBERTS	L, 2-3	Fort Wayne, Ind.	25-18,21-25,25-22,22-25,8-15
10/10/2014	H	ORAL ROBERTS	W, 3-1	Fort Wayne, Ind.	25-23,25-22,23-25,26-24
11/2/2014	A	Oral Roberts	W, 3-0	Tulsa, Okla.	25-17,25-21,25-23
10/4/2015	A	Oral Roberts	L, 0-3	Tulsa, Okla.	22-25,18-25,22-25
10/30/2015	H	ORAL ROBERTS	L, 1-3	Fort Wayne, Ind.	21-25,22-25,25-22,14-25
10/15/2016	H	ORAL ROBERTS	L, 0-3	Fort Wayne, Ind.	22-25,20-25,18-25
11/11/2016	A	Oral Roberts	L, 0-3	Tulsa, Okla.	27-29,23-25,21-25
11/18/2016	N	Oral Roberts	L, 0-3	Denver, Colo.	11-25,18-25,23-25

Overall: 7-13
League: 7-9
Home: 5-4
Away: 2-7
Neutral: 0-2

All-Time Results vs. Denver

9/29/2013	A	Denver	L, 0-3	Denver Colo.	19-25,21-25,12-25
10/25/2013	H	DENVER	W, 3-0	Fort Wayne, Ind.	25-17,25-18,26-24
10/17/2014	H	DENVER	L, 2-3	Fort Wayne, Ind.	23-25,21-25,25-21,25-18,10-15
11/16/2014	A	Denver	L, 0-3	Denver, Colo.	23-25,28-30,17-25
9/25/2015	H	DENVER	L, 0-3	Fort Wayne, Ind.	22-25,21-25,17-25
11/8/2015	A	Denver	L, 0-3	Denver, Colo.	18-25,15-25,16-25
9/30/2016	H	DENVER	W, 3-0	Fort Wayne, Ind.	27-25,27-25,25-8
10/28/2016	A	Denver	L, 1-3	Denver, Colo.	17-25,17-25,25-22,19-25

Overall: 2-6
League: 2-6
Home: 2-2
Away: 0-4
Neutral: 0-0

On This Date...September 22 (11-4)

1979	vs Purdue-Calumet	W, 3-0
1980	at Grace (IN)	L, 0-2
1980	vs St. Mary's (IN)	W, 2-1
1981	HUNTINGTON	W, 3-1
1982	OHIO NORTHERN	W, 3-2
1984	at Grand Valley State	L, 0-2
1984	vs Oakland	L, 0-2
1984	vs Ashland	W, 2-0
1989	vs Wayne State (MI)	W, 3-0
1990	vs Wayne State (MI)	L, 2-3
1992	ASHLAND	W, 3-1
1995	at Southern Indiana	W, 3-1
2006	TEXAS-PAN AMERICAN	W, 3-0
2006	SOUTH DAKOTA STATE	W, 3-0
2007	NORTH DAKOTA STATE	W, 3-1

September 24 (7-6)

1986	IUPUI	W, 3-1
1988	at Oakland	W, 3-1
1988	vs Saginaw Valley	W, 3-0
1991	at Ashland	W, 3-2
1993	NORTHERN KENTUCKY	L, 1-3
1994	LEWIS	L, 1-3
1997	HILLSDALE	W, 3-0
1999	#5 NORTHERN KENTUCKY	L, 2-3
2002	at Eastern Michigan	L, 0-3
2004	ST. JOHN'S (NY)	L, 1-3
2005	CORNELL	L, 1-3
2010	SOUTHERN UTAH	W, 3-0
2011	NORTH DAKOTA STATE	W, 3-1