EVANSVILLE, Ind. – The final three home matches of the season are on tap over the next five days when the University of Evansville volleyball team plays host to Murray State, Valparaiso, and Indiana State inside Meeks Family Fieldhouse.
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Senior Night
- On Friday, the Purple Aces are set to recognize five seniors including Carlotta Pascual Centelles, Lexi Owen, Holland Morris, Chloe Cline, and McKenzie Laubach
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Last Time Out
- Evansville faced Northern Iowa last weekend and gave the Panthers all they could handle in a 4-set contest
- UE came close to forcing a 5th set as the battled to a 26-24 decision in the 4th
- Wren Jones as the top performer for UE with 13 kills while Lyla Fisher added 11
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Top Performance
- On Oct. 24 at Drake, Lyla Fisher reset her career mark with 21 kills
- It passed her previous tally of 18, which came at UIC, and was the highest total for a Purple Aces player this season
- Fisher continues to pace the team while ranking 16th in the MVC with 2.62 kills per set
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Reaching 50
- In the Oct. 24 match at Drake, Carsyn Kelley registered 50 assists to reset her career mark
- She previously had 49 assists in the win over USI
- Kelley is third in the MVC with her season average of 8.67 assists and his improved that mark to 9.00 in MVC matches
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In a Zone
- Wren Jones has been on a roll as of late recording double digit kills in seven of the last 10 matches
- In Evansville's upset bid against UNI, Jones led the squad with 13 kills, matching her top mark against an MVC foe; she also had 13 against Drake and Illinois State
- With a season average of 2.49 kills per set, Jones is 18th in the MVC
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Doing It All
- Brooke Herdes set her season mark with 9 kills in the home match against UNI
- It more than doubled her season tally to 15
- She spent the middle portion of the season as the libero and posted 9+ digs in 10 out of 11 matches between Sept. 25 and Oct. 24
- Herdes recorded 21 digs in the win at Murray State before setting her career mark with 22 at Valparaiso
- She currently ranks 21st in the MVC with a season average of 2.35 digs per set
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Scouting the Opponent
- Murray State is 5-19 overall and 3-9 in MVC play entering the weekend
- They are led by Anne Makowski's' 3.30 kills per set
- Valparaiso stands at 12-12 on the season and 4-8 in the conference
- Ava Helming paces the Beacons with 3.71 kills per set
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