Spearfish, S.D.,   The Western Colorado Volleyball team travels to Black Hills State University to take on the Yellow Jackets in an RMAC match up on Saturday October 12 at 5:30 PM MT.


WESTERN COLORADO GOING INTO THE WEEKEND | 2024 STATS

• Western Colorado Volleyball comes off a split weekend, defeating Westminster University 3-2 then dropping close game to Colorado Mesa University.
• The Mountaineers placed 13th in the RMAC Volleyball Preseason Poll. They go into the weekend 4-11 overall and 1-3 in conference.
• WCU has a total of 703 kills, 640 assists, 73 aces, 939 digs, and 78 blocks so far this season.
• Senior setter Nur Turkmenoglu has control on both sides of the ball with 541 total assists (9.17 per set), 44 kills, 19 service aces, 115 digs and 14 blocks. Senior Seyun Park paves the way with 141 total kills (2.61 per set). Juniors Pelin Aksoy (2.44 per set) and Olive Rolseth (2.25 per set) tie for second with 117 kills. A close fourth is senior Kennedy Kelly with 114 total kills (2.04 per set).
• Sophomore Chinaru Inoue is the front runner for digs with 264 (4.47 per set). Right behind her is sophomore Kacee Garcia with 119 digs (2.16 per set). Contributing to the defense is sophomore Kyra Kidd with 39 total blocks.
• Western Colorado played well on both sides of the ball in their previous games and are ready for more conference play.

BLACK HILLS GOING INTO THE WEEKEND | 2024 STATS

• The Yellow Jackets placed 14th in the RMAC Volleyball Preseason Poll. They go into the weekend with an overall record of 4-10 overall and 0-4 in conference.
• Black Hills is coming off two home losses to RMAC Regional Pod opponents South Dakota Mines and Chadron State.
• BHSU has accumulated 645 total kills, 594 total assists, 87 total aces, and 926 total digs so far this season.
• Senior Brooke Miller paces the offense with 162 total kills (3.38 per set). Right with her is graduate student Abigail Renner contributing 146 kills (2.75 per set).
• Junior setter Sydnie Tuioti-Mariner has racked up 347 assists (6.55 per set).
• The defense is controlled by junior Ellie Thomas with 247 digs (4.66 per set) then Miller with 160 digs (3.33 per set) along with red-shirt junior Randi Wellhoefer who is top in blocks with 38.

 
UP NEXT
Mountaineer Volleyball will travel to Durango, Colo., to compete against Fort Lewis College on Tuesday, October 15 at 6 PM MT for an RMAC match-up.

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