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Pair of WHAC Games Set For Women's Volleyball This Weekend

Pair of WHAC Games Set For Women's Volleyball This Weekend

LIVE STATS VS. LOURDES

LIVE STATS VS. MICHIGAN-DEARBORN

OFFICIAL NOTES

 

THE MATCHES
The Siena Heights women's volleyball team will play its first Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference road match on Friday at 7 p.m. at the Tam-O-Shanter Fieldhouse against Lourdes (Ohio). On Saturday, the Saints host Michigan-Dearborn at 10 a.m. in the SHU Fieldhouse.

SHU is coming off a 3-1 home victory over Northwestern Ohio, which it earned in a WHAC matchup on Sept. 9. Set scores were 25-17, 25-11, 23-25, 25-15.

Lourdes is 7-0, 2-0 in the WHAC and are off to the best start in program history.

Michigan-Dearborn is currently 4-7 overall and 1-1 in the WHAC. The Wolverines lost their first four matches before earning their first victory against NCAA Division III opponent Oberlin (Ohio). That win snapped a 43-match losing streak for the program.

THE SERIES
Siena Heights holds a 6-5 series lead against Lourdes (Ohio). The teams have split their two-match series in each of the last three years, 1-1.

Against Dearborn, SHU has won seven straight matches; UMD's last win was a 3-0 sweep on Nov. 4, 2010. The Wolverines hold a 13-8 edge since 2005.

FOLLOW THE MARCH
The Siena Heights Sports Network will webcast a total of 10 Siena Heights home matches, continuing with a WHAC match against Madonna on Wednesday, Sept. 23, at 7 p.m.

The SHSN can be accessed via the Stretch Internet link on WWW.SHUSAINTS.COM. Live stats will be available for every home match at WWW.SHUSAINTS.COM.

NEXT UP
The Saints will be on the road against Cornerstone for a WHAC contest on Wednesday, Sept. 16, at 7 p.m.

The Golden Eagles (4-3, 1-1) have a pair of WHAC matches this weekend: Lawrence Tech on Friday and Marygrove on Saturday.