Nov. 10, 2010

Game Notes

SIUE at Western Illinois
7 p.m. at Macomb, Ill.

Quick Hits
NEXT OPPONENT: This is the second meeting this season between the Leathernecks and the Cougars. Western Illinois defeated SIUE in five sets at the Vadalabene Center on Oct. 11. SIUE has gone 2-6 since that matchup. Western Illinois is 2-7 over the same time frame.

SERIES STUFF: SIUE is 0-3 all-time against Western Illinois.

HOME SCHEDULE: SIUE completed its home schedule with a 6-7 record. The Cougars closed out the home part of the schedule with a five-set loss to Murray State. SIUE had won the first two sets before the Racers raced back to win the next three.

VS. OHIO VALLEY: SIUE is 2-4 this season against OVC competition with wins against Southeast Missouri and UT Martin. SIUE has two more matches against OVC teams this season - Austin Peay and Tennessee State.

CAREER BEST: Senior libero Karie Downing recorded a career-best 36 digs in the five-set loss at Eastern Kentucky. It is the second most digs in school history for a single match. Downing's 4.40 digs per set currently is the third best rate of digs all-time at SIUE. Allison Buss averaged better than five digs per game in both the 2004 and 2005 season.

FIVE MORE: Senior Sydney Winslow needs five more service aces to become the 13th player in school history to record 100 or more service aces.

TWICE MVP: Winslow, who has been the Most Valuable Player at two tournaments this season, is now sixth on the all-time kills list with 1,125. She needs 55 more kills in the final five matches to pass Kindra Westendorf for fifth on the all-time list.

RPI AND PABLO: SIUE is 257 in the latest RPI (Western Illinois is 303). The website RichKern.com has a separate ranking system called the "Pablo" with SIUE ranked No. 248 (Western Illinois is 303).

FRESHMAN LEADS IN BLOCKS: Kelsey Augustine leads the Cougars in blocking with 0.74 per set. She could become the third freshman in school history to lead the team in blocks (Michelle Gilman in 1995 and Andrea Voss in 2000).

ONE MORE TRIP: SIUE's final two matches this season also are on the road. The trip continues Friday at Austin Peay and Saturday at Tennessee State.

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