University of Southern Indiana Volleyball begins a five-match Great Lakes Valley Conference road trip to end the 2016 regular season Friday at 7 p.m. when it visits the University of Missouri-St. Louis.
The Screaming Eagles (9-16, 3-10 GLVC), who have lost five straight and seven of their last eight, also visit Maryville University Saturday at 3 p.m. in St. Louis.
USI concludes the regular season with trips to GLVC East Division foes Bellarmine University, November 8 at 6 p.m. (CST) in Louisville, Kentucky; the University of Illinois Springfield, November 11 at 7 p.m. in Springfield, Illinois; and McKendree University, November 12 at 5 p.m. in Lebanon, Illinois.
Live stats as well as GLVC Sports Network coverage for all five matches can be accessed at GoUSIEagles.com.
USI Volleyball Notes
Farrell ties USI record. Junior libero Shannon Farrell tied Amber Gogel’s nine-year old single-match school record for digs this past Friday when she racked up 37 in USI’s four-set loss versus Missouri S&T. Farrell, who averaged 7.86 digs per set last weekend, had 21 of those 37 digs in the fourth set.
Gogel originally set the USI single-match record when she racked up 37 digs in a four-set win over Quincy University September 7, 2007, back when sets were played to 30, not 25.
Farrell about to move up USI record book, again. Farrell needs just four digs to move past Jamie Roth (1994-97) for fourth all-time at USI. Farrell enters the weekend with 1,258 career digs, including 467 this season. She needs just 33 digs to become the first player in program history to reach 500 digs in back-to-back seasons.
Zwissler in the record books. Senior middle/outside hitter Amy Zwissler (Bloomington, Illinois) ranks seventh all-time at USI with 252 career block assists and is sixth in total blocks (282) since 2000. Zwissler needs just two block assists to match Laura Ellerbusch (2002-05) for sixth all-time, and three blocks to tie Margaret Buschman (2005-08) for fifth in total blocks.
Shoultz in the record books. Senior setter Quin Shoultz (Columbus, Indiana) moved past Michelle Weesies (1991-93) for sixth all-time at USI in career assists this past Saturday. Shoultz now has 2,162 career assists during her three seasons at USI.
GLVC Tournament picture. With five matches remaining in the regular season, an 18th straight trip to the GLVC Tournament is beginning to look like a long shot for USI. The Eagles are four games behind the eighth and final spot in the GLVC Tournament field.
