Murray State University Athletics
Murray State
Tennessee Tech
Racers Return Home to Face TTU and JSU
10/17/2018 10:18:00 PM | Women's Volleyball
Dates:Â Oct. 19th and 20th
Match Time: 7 p.m. and 2 p.m.
Opponents:Â Tennessee Tech and Jacksonville State
Site (Venue):Â Murray State (Racer Arena)
Live Stats:Â TTU | JSU
Watch: TTU | JSU
MSU Record (Streak):Â 11-9, 5-3 OVC (W5)
TTU Record (Streak):Â 9-13, 3-5 OVC (W2)
JSU Record (Streak): 11-10, 4-4 OVC (W1)
All-Time Series vs. TTU (Streak): 39-25 (W7)
All-Time Series vs. JSU (Streak): 8-15 (W1)
MSU Next Matches:Â Oct. 26 vs. Southeast Missouri and Oct. 27 vs. UT Martin
This Weekend
The Murray State volleyball team brings its five-match winning streak back to Racer Arena to take on Tennessee Tech and Jacksonville State. The Racers will battle the Golden Eagles, Friday at 7 p.m., before hitting the court with the Gamecocks, Saturday at 2 p.m.
Previous Match
The Racers won their first OVC road matches of the season last weekend as they defeated Tennessee State and Belmont and in the process extended their overall win streak to five matches. The Racers won a hard-fought five-set battle with TSU, Friday, before downing Belmont in four sets, Saturday. Senior Dacia Brown led the Racers in kills in both matches and junior Rachel Giustino recorded two more double-doubles to bring her personal streak to eight straight matches. Sophomore Becca Fernandez recorded a career-high 34 digs against TSU before a 22-dig performance against Belmont, while fellow sophomores Callie Anderton and Ashley McBee tallied 44 assists and 48 assists, respectively, against the Tigers and Bruins.
Home Sweet Home
After winning their first three home matches of 2018, the Racers are now 43-2 at Racer Arena since 2014.
Conference Leaders
Murray State currently has the top two kills leaders in the OVC. Junior Rachel Giustino averages 4.12 kills per set, the only player in the OVC to be above four, while senior Dacia Brown is second in the conference, averaging 3.78.
Giustino Closing in on 1K
After a strong performance last weekend, Rachel Giustino sits just 19 kills shy of 1,000 for her career. She would become just the 14th player in Racer history to accomplish the feat.
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Scouting Tennessee Tech
Tennessee Tech is coming off a 2-0 weekend as they swept SIU Edwardsville before outlasting Eastern Illinois in five sets. It was the Golden Eagles first home OVC sweep since 2014. Ali Verzani was named Ohio Valley Conference Co-Offensive Player of the Week and Newcomer of the Week after totaling 31 kills and hitting an efficient .338. She also had 15 digs against EIU for her ninth double-double of the season. Susie Jeziorowski leads the Golden Eagles in assists while Kristen Brugere leads in digs. Bruger was the OVC Defensive Player of the Week back on September 3.
Scouting Jacksonville State
The Gamecocks are coming off a 1-1 weekend where they swept SIU Edwardsville, Saturday, after getting swept by Eastern Illinois, Friday. Freshman Addie Halverson led the Gamecocks with 20 kills and 14 digs last week. She had a team-best 13 kills in the win over the Cougars. Lena Kinderman leads JSU in kills and Lexie Libs is top-50 in the country in assists.
