LIBERTY, Mo. - The William Jewell volleyball team is back in action this weekend for two single matches on Friday at Rockhurst and Saturday at Drury.
ADMISSION 🎟
❌ Spectators are not permitted at matches at this time, per GLVC policy.
BROADCAST 🎥
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Friday vs. Rockhurst
• Saturday vs. Drury (video not available)
LIVE STATS 📊
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Friday vs. Rockhurst
• Saturday vs. Drury (livestats not available)
CARDINAL NOTES
- Jewell is coming off a split last weekend as they earned their first win over Illinois Springfield in a 3-0 sweep.
- Over the weekend, Elizabeth Quinn asserted herself as Jewell's NCAA era blocks queen, breaking Christina Pratt's seven-year-old record with her 311th career block. The senior also owns the marks for career block assists, total blocks, block assists and blocks per set in a single season and total blocks in a match.
- Setter Hannah Cope enters the week averaging 6.17 assists per set which is ninth in the GLVC. The sophomore has posted a team-high four double-doubles this year.
- Haidan Baade posted her ninth straight game with double-digit digs on Tuesday against Missouri S&T, and her 12th of the season. The sophomore is currently sixth in the conference with 4.70 digs per set and is second with 268 overall.
- Maddie Wingert surpassed the 800 mark for her career with her fifth kill against Missouri-St. Louis last weekend. The senior now owns 804 career kills, just 65 off the NCAA-era record, held by Kaylee Marquardt.
ABOUT ROCKHURST
- Rockhurst, a traditional powerhouse, enters the weekend at 7-6 overall and winners of their previous two matches over Maryville and Illinois Springfield but have not played since March 13.
- Freshman Kenzie Hines leads the offense with 2.39 kills per set while Justice Wingate is ninth in the GLVC with a .301 attack percentage.
- Dani Prusha and Gabbie Inman have split setting duties, accounting for 5.14 and 4.67 assists per set, respectively.
- Defensively, Morgan Conner is one of the GLVC's top blockers, coming in at No. 3 in the league with 1.27 per set. Sophomore libero Jadyn Makovicka is tenth in the conference with 4.02 digs per set.
- Trent Jones is in his first season with the Hawks, after spending nine years as Kansas City, spending the last six as the associate head coach.
ABOUT DRURY
- The Panthers come into the week at 7-7 overall and have split their last six matches, 3-3, including a win over No. 13 Southern Indiana.
- As a team, Drury is second in the GLVC with 2.48 blocks per set, led by Makina Wratten's 1.03.
- Chloe Rear leads the offensive attack with a 3.48 kills per set, good enough for third in the GLVC while also adding 0.35 service aces per set.
- Libero Kayla Allison boasts 4.46 digs per set which is eighth in the league.
- Head coach Jenifer Bahner is now in her seventh season at the helm of the Panther program and owns more than 120 wins, including an NCAA Tournament appearance in 2018.