Grand Junction, Colo.   The Western Colorado Volleyball team travels to Colorado Mesa University to take on the Mavericks in an RMAC match up on Friday September 20 at 6 PM.

Salt Lake City, Utah   The Western Colorado Volleyball team travels to Westminster University to take on the Griffins in an RMAC match up on Saturday September 21 at 6 PM.
 
WESTERN COLORADO GOING INTO THE WEEKEND | 2024 STATS

• Western Colorado Volleyball just hosted the Mountaineer Volleyball Classic on Friday September 13 and Saturday September 14.
• The Mountaineers placed thirteenth in the RMAC Volleyball Preseason Poll. They go into the weekend 2-7.
• WCU has a total of 431 kills, 394 assists, 54 aces, 593 digs, and 46 blocks so far this season.
• Senior setter Nur Turkmenoglu controls the ball on offense with 338 total assists and 16 service aces. Senior Seyun Park paves the way with 88 total kills. After her is senior Kennedy Kelly with 75 total kills. A close third is junior Pelin Aksoy with 60 kills.
• Sophomore Chinaru Inoue is the front runner for digs with 176. Contributing to the defense is sophomore Kyra Kidd with 26 total blocks.
• Western Colorado played well on both sides of the ball in their previous games and are ready for conference play.

COLORADO MESA GOING INTO THE WEEKEND | 2024 STATS

• The Mavericks placed ninth in the RMAC Volleyball Preseason Poll. They go into the weekend with an overall record of 6-2.
• Colorado Mesa is on a one game winning streak after defeating Cal State Dominguez Hills 3-0.
• CMU will being conference play hosting Western Colorado on Saturday September 20.
• The Mavericks have a total of 410 kills, 383 assists, 49 aces and 351 digs on the year.
• The offense is guided by senior Sydney Leffler with 119 kills (4.41 per set), red shirt junior Sierra Hunt with 91 kills (3.37 per set) and sophomore Nicole Martin with 83 kills (3.07 per set). Red shirt senior setter Sabrina VanDeList is the front runner for assists with 328.
• Leading the defense is junior Allison Waller with 108 digs. She is accompanied by VanDeList with 69 digs. Martin also plays a big role on defense, adding 19 total blocks to her stats.

WESTMINSTER GOING INTO THE WEEKEND | 2024 STATS

• The Griffins placed ninth in the RMAC Volleyball Preseason Poll. They go into the weekend with an overall record of 4-3.
• They are on a two-game win streak after games versus Saint Martin's and Northwest Nazarene.
• They begin conference play on Friday September 20 at 6 p.m. as they host Fort Lewis College.
• WU has accumulated 345 total kills, 322 total assists, 63 total aces, and 450 total digs so far this season.
• Junior Breegan Huntsman paces the offense with 77 total kills (2.75 per set). Right behind her is sophomore Cook Claire contributing 66 kills (2.44 per set).
• Junior setter Leila Cornejo has racked up 149 assists (5.32 per set).
• The defense is controlled by senior Alanna Lee with 119 digs (4.25 per set) and Huntsman with 68 digs (2.43 per set) along with junior Mailei Myers who is top in blocks with 20.

 
UP NEXT
Mountaineer Volleyball will host conference home games Friday September 27 at 6 p.m. versus Chadron State College and Saturday September 28 at 5 p.m. versus Colorado Christian University.
Friday's game against Chadron State is WCU's CODE RED game.

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