KIRKSVILLE, Mo.—After going 1-2 in their matchups at the regional crossover, the Truman Volleyball team resumes their conference schedule this weekend with matches at conference leading Drury and Southwest Baptist.
All-time Truman owns the edge on Drury 16-5-1, and has split the last four meetings with the Panthers—including a win over them in the 2016 GLVC Tournament. Against SBU Truman is a staggering 53-6 all-time, with the last SBU win coming in 1988. The two have not played since 2012, a 3-0 win for the Bulldogs in Kirksville.
In the match against Wayne State, Lauren Wacker moved into second all-time in career digs with 2129. Her mark of 4.96 digs per set is the top mark in program history. She is also seventh in program history in aces with 136, two behind Ashley Petak for sixth. Morgan Smith racked up 51 kills in the crossover, which increased her average to 3.30 per set, tenth in the GLVC.
Drury enters the match at 13-10 overall, but on top of the GLVC with a 7-0 conference mark. Makina Wratten leads the team in blocks with 99, and at 1.29 per set is third highest in the GLVC. She is second on the team in kills with 230, behind Julia McCown with 281. Paige Perry leads the team in digs with 370, 4.35 per set. She led the Crossover Tournament with 6.18 digs per set.
Southwest Baptist is still searching for their first conference win as they sit at 0-7 in the GLVC. Overall they are 4-18 but are winners of two straight after defeating Alderson Broaddus and Purdue-Northwest in their last two matches of the crossover. Rebecca Rabius leads the team with 184 kills and Mackenzie Bouse leads them with 673 assists—her 8.74 assists per set is tenth best in the GLVC.
After these two matches, the team returns home for matches against William Jewell on November 1st and Rockhurst on the 2nd.
