Toledo Hits the Road for Two MAC Matches this Weekend

Friday, October 11

Ypsilanti, Mich.

7:00 p.m.

University of Toledo

Eastern Michigan

Toledo visits a pair of MAC West foes this weekend. The Rockets will face Eastern Michigan on Friday and Central Michigan on Saturday.

Photo by: Evan Procaccini

Toledo Hits the Road for Two MAC Matches this Weekend

10/10/2019 11:32:00 AM | Women's Volleyball

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TOLEDO, Ohio — The University of Toledo volleyball team will be on the road this weekend, visiting MAC foes Eastern Michigan and Central Michigan.

Friday's match against the Eagles will begin at 7:00 p.m., while Saturday's match against the Chippewas will start at 8:00 p.m. Links for live stats and live streams are available below, and updates are also be available on Twitter at @Toledo_VB.

Toledo at Eastern Michigan, 7:00 p.m. ET | Live Stats | Watch
Toledo at Central Michigan, 8:00 p.m. ET | Live Stats

Last Time Out
Toledo dropped both of its matches at home last weekend, falling to MAC West opponents Western Michigan and Northern Illinois.

The Rockets were right there with the Broncos in all three sets on Friday, but WMU was able to pull away each time to come away with the victory. It was a back-and-forth affair, with the two teams fighting to 39 tie scores and 15 lead changes in three sets. Chloee Kleespies led the team with 12 kills and hit .300, while Zoe Birnbrich added eight terminations and Emma Swope tallied six.

The match against the Huskies was tied at 1-1 before a marathon third set ended at 28-26 in favor of NIU. The Huskies then won the fourth set handily to take home the victory. Birnbrich was terrific, hitting .520 and tallying a match-high 16 kills. Kleespies added 12 kills, while Ryann Jaqua and Emma Swope each recorded nine. Megan Beasley tied a career high with 44 assists and also contributed 13 digs

Quick Hits

Zoe Birnbrich's career hitting percentage sits at .313 entering this weekend. That would tie her for the highest all-time in program history (Dakota Harkins, .313, 2010-13).
Birnbrich is second in the MAC in hitting (.366) and teammate Megan Beasley is fourth in the conference in assists per set (9.49).
Beasley has registered at least 40 assists in five matches this season, including two of the last three.
Olivia Vance has had multiple blocks in each of her last four matches.

Scouting the Opponents
Eastern Michigan: The Eagles are 6-10 coming into play this weekend and they are 1-3 in conference play. EMU's lone MAC victory came last Saturday in a four-set win against Ohio. Eastern Michigan is the top blocking team in the league, averaging 2.21/set. Individually, Raeven Chase (1.08 blocks/set) and Cassie Haut (0.98 blocks/set) lead the team in blocks. Haut is among the top producers in the MAC, averaging 3.96 points/set.

Central Michigan: The Chippewas sit atop the MAC with a 14-2 overall record and a 4-0 record in league play. They have won nine straight matches, tied with Akron for the longest current winning streak in the conference. CMU has pummeled opponents with 13.48 kills/set, tops in the MAC, and opponents are hitting just .151 against them. Kalina Smith is third in the league in kills/set (3.57) and is fourth in points/set (3.93).