Posted: Sep 16, 2021
Mitchell, S.D. – RV Dakota Wesleyan volleyball set to welcome non-conference opponent York College and GPAC opponent Morningside College to the Christen Family Athletic Center Friday and Saturday. The match between DWU and York is a varsity-only match set to begin at 7 p.m., Saturdays, match against Morningside the junior varsity squads will face off at 1:30 p.m. while the varsity squads are set to serve up a 3 p.m. start time.
ABOUT THE TIGERS
- Dakota Wesleyan volleyball enters the weekend with records of 11-1 overall and 2-0 in league play.
- After Wednesday's win against No. 9 Northwestern, the Tigers are averaging 14.05 kills per set and hitting with .253 percent.
- DWU is allowing opponents to hit .127 percent while notching 91 total blocks through 12 matches.
- Ady Dwight leads the Tigers in kills per set with 4.10 and a hitting percentage of .355 percent.
- Mariah Gloe and Mackenzie Miller are second and third in kills per set with 2.93 and 2.49, respectively.
- With 41 and 42 total blocks on the season, Gloe and Dwight have dominated at the net.
ABOUT THE PANTHERS
- York College arrives in Mitchell with an overall record of 4-10, dropping their last five matches.
- York is averaging 8.89 kills per set and hitting .078 percent.
- The Panthers have tallied 777 total digs, averaging 16.89 digs per set.
- With 2.35 and 2.30 kills per set, Danielle Armendariz and Shiloh Lively lead the pack.
- Alexandria Garcia has tallied 160 total digs through 14 matches, averaging 3.48 digs per set.
- Crystal Nething leads the Panthers volleyball program in her third year.
LAST MEETING
- Dakota Wesleyan and York College met last week at the Bobcat Classic in Peru, Neb.
- The Tigers swept the Panthers in three-set while hitting.370 percent.
- Dwight and Gloe led the effort on the road with 12 kills each.
ABOUT THE MUSTANGS
- Morningside University enters the weekend GPAC match-up with an 8-8 overall record and 1-3 in conference play.
- The Mustangs dropped a three-set match to No. 2 Jamestown last week at home.
- Morningside is clipping 11.81 kills per set and hitting .164 percent thus far.
- The Mustangs are averaging 16.97 digs per set and 1.62 blocks per set through 16-matches.
- Leading the attack for Morningside is Sydney Marlow, notching 2.66 kills per set.
- With 295 total digs, Payton Shoquist; tops the team's leader board, averaging 5.09 digs per set.
- In her second year at the helm is Jessica Squier.
LAST MEETING
- Dakota Wesleyan and Morningside split the two meetings last year DWU grabbed the win on the road, then dropped a three-set match at home.
- After the Mustangs ran away with the first set, the Tigers picked up the final three while keeping Morningside under 20-points in each set.
- Dwight was the leading returner from the road win last year, hitting .341 percent with six block assists.
- Last year, at home, the Tigers were outhit .427 to .143 percent.
- DWU only grabbed 30 kills on 105 total attempts in the loss.