Middle Tennessee State University Athletics
Friday, October 21
Murfreesboro, TN
6:00 PM
Middle Tennessee
vs
University of Alabama at Birmingham
MTSU Set to Play UAB and WKU This Weekend
10/20/2022 2:54:00 PM | Women's Volleyball
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – The Middle Tennessee volleyball team is set to play two Conference USA matches this week. The Blue Raiders will play host to the UAB Blazers on Friday, October 21 at 6:00 p.m. CT. They'll then travel to Bowling Green on Sunday, October 23 for a matchup with WKU at 12:00 p.m. CT. Friday's match will be streamed on ESPN+ while Sunday's match will be streamed by WKU on Facebook.
Last week the Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders (13-7, 2-4 C-USA) played possibly their best ball of the season in a sweep over the FAU Owls. A couple days later they dropped a five-set thriller with FIU to split their weekend series.
Scouting the UAB Blazers | ESPN+ | Live Stats
The UAB Blazers (8-11, 3-4 C-USA) survived a five-set thriller against MTSU on their home court, just barely winning the last set 16-14. Since then, the Blazers have gone 1-3 in conference, winning their last match in four sets over Louisiana Tech.
UAB leads the all-time series 17-12 and are currently on a one-match win streak against the Blue Raiders.
Scouting the WKU Hilltoppers | Facebook Live | Live Stats
The #23 WKU Hilltoppers (19-2, 7-0 C-USA) are taking on the Blue Raiders for the second and last time of the regular season. The Hilltoppers beat the Blue Raiders in three sets, which included two sets where the Blue Raiders held 18-14 leads.
WKU Volleyball's 51-match conference winning streak is the longest of the sort in NCAA Division I. Louisville (37), Creighton (21), and Florida A&M (20) are the only other programs with at least a 20-match conference winning streak.
WKU leads the all-time series 53-16 and is on a 20-match win streak, last topping the Blue Raiders this September.
Quick Facts
» Rhoda earned her fourth C-USA Freshman of the Week honor this Monday, becoming the only Blue Raider to earn at least four weekly honors since joining the conference in 2013. The Hutchinson, Minnesota native led all freshmen in conference this week in kills (25), aces (5), points (33.0), and points per set (4.13).
» Rhoda has 49 service aces on the season already, giving her first place on the 25-point scoring era records list. Rhoda sits in sole possession of 10th on the all-time single season list, just one ace away from tying Alicia Lemau'u who had 50 aces in 2007.
» Banton currently sits at 1,164 career digs, needing 30 more digs to tie the current 25-point era program record for digs in a career at 1,194.
» Rhoda ranks second in the nation for total aces and third for aces per set so far this season. She is the only player in the nation averaging at least 2.9 kills per set and .68 aces per set.
» Junior Taylor Eisert will be recognized at this Friday night's match with UAB for reaching the 2,000-career assists milestone. The presentation is set to happen at 5:55 p.m. CT.
Keep Up with the Blue Raider Volleyball Team
Follow the Blue Raiders on Twitter (@MT_Volleyball), Instagram (@mt_volleyball), and Facebook (Middle Tennessee Blue Raider Volleyball).
Last week the Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders (13-7, 2-4 C-USA) played possibly their best ball of the season in a sweep over the FAU Owls. A couple days later they dropped a five-set thriller with FIU to split their weekend series.
Scouting the UAB Blazers | ESPN+ | Live Stats
The UAB Blazers (8-11, 3-4 C-USA) survived a five-set thriller against MTSU on their home court, just barely winning the last set 16-14. Since then, the Blazers have gone 1-3 in conference, winning their last match in four sets over Louisiana Tech.
UAB leads the all-time series 17-12 and are currently on a one-match win streak against the Blue Raiders.
Scouting the WKU Hilltoppers | Facebook Live | Live Stats
The #23 WKU Hilltoppers (19-2, 7-0 C-USA) are taking on the Blue Raiders for the second and last time of the regular season. The Hilltoppers beat the Blue Raiders in three sets, which included two sets where the Blue Raiders held 18-14 leads.
WKU Volleyball's 51-match conference winning streak is the longest of the sort in NCAA Division I. Louisville (37), Creighton (21), and Florida A&M (20) are the only other programs with at least a 20-match conference winning streak.
WKU leads the all-time series 53-16 and is on a 20-match win streak, last topping the Blue Raiders this September.
Quick Facts
» Rhoda earned her fourth C-USA Freshman of the Week honor this Monday, becoming the only Blue Raider to earn at least four weekly honors since joining the conference in 2013. The Hutchinson, Minnesota native led all freshmen in conference this week in kills (25), aces (5), points (33.0), and points per set (4.13).
» Rhoda has 49 service aces on the season already, giving her first place on the 25-point scoring era records list. Rhoda sits in sole possession of 10th on the all-time single season list, just one ace away from tying Alicia Lemau'u who had 50 aces in 2007.
» Banton currently sits at 1,164 career digs, needing 30 more digs to tie the current 25-point era program record for digs in a career at 1,194.
» Rhoda ranks second in the nation for total aces and third for aces per set so far this season. She is the only player in the nation averaging at least 2.9 kills per set and .68 aces per set.
» Junior Taylor Eisert will be recognized at this Friday night's match with UAB for reaching the 2,000-career assists milestone. The presentation is set to happen at 5:55 p.m. CT.
Keep Up with the Blue Raider Volleyball Team
Follow the Blue Raiders on Twitter (@MT_Volleyball), Instagram (@mt_volleyball), and Facebook (Middle Tennessee Blue Raider Volleyball).
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