LIBERTY, Mo. - The William Jewell volleyball team return to the Mabee Center this weekend for Homecoming as they host Indianapolis on Friday followed by Illinois Springfield on Saturday.  

ADMISSION 🎟
🟢 Spectators are permitted at both games.  

BROADCAST 🎥 
• GLVCSN 

LIVE STATS 📊
• Friday vs. UIndy
• Saturday vs. Illinois Springfield

CARDINAL NOTES

• The Cardinals are coming off a 3-2 midweek loss at Maryville on Tuesday. 
• In the loss to the Saints, two freshmen, Katy Garrison and Chloe Robison shined as the former put down 16 kills, which marks the most by a freshman since Paityn Hardison's 17 in 2018. Robison, meanwhile, posted eight blocks, tied for sixth best in a single match in the NCAA-era and most by a freshman. 
• As a team, Jewell is sixth in the GLVC with 113.5 total blocks and 1.96 per set. Lily Johnson leads the team with 0.88 per set, followed by Robison's 0.72 while Garrison and Tatum Ernt each average 0.53. 
• Johnson continues to lead the team with 2.43 kills per set and 136 total. Overall, the Cardinals are balanced on offense with four other players who have at least 70 kills on the season, including three freshmen.
• The Thompson twins continue to wreak havoc from behind the service line, combining for 23 of Jewell's 60 aces.
• Defensively, Haidan Baade is up to 2.39 digs per set while Jordan Collard, who had 16 against Maryville, is 11^th in the GLVC with 3.59 and 201 total. 

 
ABOUT UINDY

• Indianapolis comes into Friday's match at 8-8 overall and 4-3 in league play but is coming off a tough five set loss to Southern Indiana, in a match where the Greyhounds held a two-set lead. 
• Alex Equihua runs the show, with 10.34 assists per set, good for third in the gLVC while also digging up 2.82 balls. 
• Grace Hegwood is third in the conference with 3.15 kills pet set, followed closely by Lauren Cullison at 2.80. As a team, the Greyhounds are 10^th in the GLVC with a team attack percentage of .189 but have taken more attempts than any other conference team.
• Jason Reed is now in his ninth season with the Greyhounds and was a two-time Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year as a libero for the Michigan State club team. 
   

ABOUT ILLINOIS SPRINGFIELD

• After a slow start to the season, Illinois Springfield has won four of their last five matches and nearly pulled off an upset of No. 13 Lewis on Tuesday, falling in five sets. 
• The Prairie Stars are one of the top blocking teams in Division II entering the week ninth nationally with 139 total and 16 with 2.44 per set. Brianna Bush leads the way with 1.12 per set, while Hannah Nicolaisen averages just under one (0.98). 
• Angela Denney is the go-to attacker on the outside, ranking sixth in the GLVC with nearly 10 swings per set. The freshman leads the team with 2.55 kills per set. 
• Meanwhile, Amanda McConnell, another freshman, is tops on the team and third best in the GLVC with 4.79 digs per set.  
• The Stars are under new direction this season as Kamille Jones was hired in the offseason after as the interim head coach at Gardner-Webb.