This Week for SHU Women's Volleyball 

Wednesday, August 31

Spring Arbor

7:00 PM | Adrian, Mich. | SHU Fieldhouse

Friday, September 2

Cardinal Stritch & Thomas More

3:00 PM & 7:00 PM | Adrian, Mich. | SHU Fieldhouse

Saturday, March 6

Mount Vernon Nazarene & Roosevelt

10:00 AM & 12:00 PM | Adrian, Mich. | SHU Fieldhouse 

Upcoming for Saints Women's Volleyball: Conference play begins on Wednesday, September 7, when SHU hosts UM-Dearborn inside the Fieldhouse at 7:00 p.m. The Saints will host 15 home matches during the regular season. All home matches will be streamed live. Links for the video feed, live stats, and tickets for home contests can be found on the team's schedule page.

Head Coach: Kim Berrington enters her eighth season as the head coach of the Siena Heights women's volleyball team. Berrington earned a career milestone last season when she cracked 600 wins after the win over Adrian College. Berrington's 122-81 record at Siena Heights makes her the winningest coach in program history.

At Home: The saints are 76-36 at home since 2013. SHU has not started 1-3 for a season since before 2013.

On the Road: The Saints are 1-3 on the road this season. They played their first match away from the SHU Fieldhouse last Friday (Aug. 19) against Indiana Northwest At the Onset Invitational in Fort Wayne.

The Team: The Saints women's volleyball team returns a list of starters for the 2022 season, including junior setter Aubrey Bates and sophomore middle blocker Olivia Norman.

Bates was the 2021 WHAC Setter of the Year and first-team All-WHAC member. She reached the 1,000 career assists milestone in just her second season with SHU. The Grand Haven, Michigan native currently sits sixth in career assists with 1,633.

Norman was named to the All-WHAC second team as well as the all-freshman squad. She led the Saints at the net with 95 total blocks and was second on the team in kills with 232.

Along with Bates and Norman, three returning members from the 2021 team played in 100 sets or more, Payton Osborne (Jr., DS/L), Kadie Carsten (Jr., OH), and Sammy Huddleston (Sr., DS), to provide veteran leadership to SHU.

Setting the Tone: Junior setter Aubrey Bates reached the sixth spot in career assists in 2021 season currently holding 1,633 along with a season high of 52 aces taking the fifth spot on the leader board only four away from tying the fourth spot.

Last Week Recap: Huntington 3, SHU 2

The Saints (1-1 overall, 0-0 WHAC) lost a five-set nailbiter to Huntington on Saturday in the Onset Invitational, 15-25, 25-22, 21-25, 25-23,11-15. Devyne Eisenhauer had 13 kills, Aubrey Bates had 43 assists, Claire VanDyke held 19 digs, and Olivia Norman had four solo blocks.

Grace 3, SHU 2

The Saints (1-2 overall, 0-0 WHAC) fell to Grace in five sets, 25-22, 26-28, 25-20, 21-25, 8-15. Taylor Wegener held 19 kills, Aubrey Bates had 49 assists, Devyne Eisenhauer had 23 digs, and Olivia Norman held three solo blocks.

Series History: Spring Arbor: Facing each other three times SHU has never lost to the Cougars.

Cardinal Stritch: This is the first meeting between these two teams, since at least 2013.

Thomas More: The first meeting was during the 2021-22 season when SHU fell 1-3.

Mount Vernon Nazarene: Going into the second meeting the Saints trail 0-1. Having lost in 2016 1-3 on the road at the Concordia tournament.

Roosevelt: Siena leads the matchup 4-0, only dropping three sets in total.

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