MTSU Set to Host the UTSA Roadrunners on Friday

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – The Middle Tennessee volleyball team is hosting the UTSA Roadrunners this Friday, October 7 at 6:00 p.m. The match will be streamed on the Conference USA network for free.

The Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders (12-5, 1-2 C-USA) saw their first loss streak of the season after losing to WKU a week prior to dropping a five-set battle with UAB. The Blue Raiders bounced back two days later with a four-set win over FIU at home.

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The UTSA Roadrunners (6-9, 1-2 C-USA) are making their way to Murfreesboro on a season where the team is 0-3 in away matches. When it comes to blocking and serving, the Roadrunners are near the bottom in the nation with averages of 1.72 blocks per set (261^st) and 1.23 service aces/set (279^th). Because of the lowe block numbers, the team has a digs per set ranking of 26^th in the nation with an average of 15.91 digs/set.

The standout player for UTSA is freshman Ava Camacho who won Conference USA Defensive Player of the Week for her performances against Florida Atlantic and Louisiana Tech last week. Against FAU Camacho posted a 37-dig performance boosting her to a 4.74 digs/set on the season and a 6.27 digs/set average in C-USA matches. Against Rice, Ava only racked up eight digs in three sets, a team with a more statistically similar attack to the Blue Raiders as both teams rank in the top-three in conference.

For the starters, junior Alicia Coppedge has led the Roadrunners offensively and defensively in C-USA matches so far. Coppedge is hitting .333 to go along with averaging 0.82 blocks per set to lead the UTSA starting lineup. Freshman Caroline Krueger leads the team with a 0.56 service aces/set in conference through three matches.

UTSA leads the all-time series 2-7, last playing each other in 2019.

Quick Facts

Freshman Adri Rhoda has 40 service aces on the season already, giving her sole possession of second place on the 25-point scoring era records list. She is four away from tying the current-record holder, Dora Peonia, with 44 in a single season.
Banton needs one more service ace to become the 25-point era record holder for career aces at 106 and just 86 more digs to set the career-digs record at 1,194.
Junior Taylor Eisert set her 2000th-career assist in last week's win over FIU. She is just the third in the 25-point era to reach this feat, and the ninth in program history.
The first RPI rankings of the season came out this week, ranking the Blue Raiders at 125^th, a 31-spot improvement from last season's end. Middle Tennessee is the fourth highest ranked team in conference behind Rice (11^th), WKU (40^th), and UTEP (108^th).

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