TOLEDO, Ohio — The University of Toledo volleyball team is on the road for the second straight weekend with matches scheduled at Kent State and Ohio.

The Rockets will visit the Golden Flashes on Friday before traveling down to Athens to face the Bobcats on Saturday. Both matches will start at 6:00 p.m. and both are also available on ESPN+. Links for live stats and live streams are available below, and updates are also be available on Twitter at @Toledo_VB.

Toledo at Kent State, 6:00 p.m. ET | Live Stats | Watch
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Last Time Out
The Rockets had two tough matches last weekend, falling at Eastern Michigan and Central Michigan.

After dropping the first two sets against EMU, the Rockets extended the match with a 26-24 win in the third set. However, the Eagles handily won the fourth and final frame of the night to take the match. Three Rockets tied for the team lead with 11 kills. Zoe Birnbrich, Chloee Kleespies, and Emma Swope all tallied 11 terminations, and Kleespies added 12 digs as well.

Toledo was able to take a 2-1 lead over the first-place Chippewas in last Saturday's match, but dropped the final two sets of the night. The win was CMU's 11th in a row, but just the second time during that streak that a team was able to push them to five sets. Birnbrich had a match-high 17 kills and also tied a career high with nine total blocks.

Quick Hits

• Zoe Birnbrich has averaged 3.13 kills/set in MAC matches, putting her fourth in the league in that category. Her 4.02 points/set are third among MAC players in conference matches.
• Maddie Fogg became the sixth Rocket this season to tally a double-double when she recorded 22 assists and 15 digs against CMU last Saturday.
• As a team, the Rockets registered 13 total blocks against the Chippewas, the third time this season they've had double-digit blocks in a match this season.
• Toledo has won its last three matches against Ohio and two of the last three against Kent State.

Scouting the Opponents
Kent State: The Golden Flashes are 8-10 entering Friday's match and are 1-5 in conference play. Their lone MAC victory came last Friday at Buffalo in a three-set romp over the Bulls. Kent State is first in the MAC in digs/set at 18.76, a figure that ranks third in the country. Erin Gardner leads the league with 5.79 digs/set, which puts her fifth in the nation. Offensively, Ashley Makruski (2.62) and Melissa Kolurbasi (2.43) lead the team in kills/set.

Ohio:  The Bobcats are 12-7 entering the weekend and will host Ball State on Friday before welcoming the Rockets to Athens. At 4-2, OU sits in a three-way tie for second in the MAC East, a game back of Akron for the top spot. Setter Vera Giacomazzi leads the league and is 11^th in the country with 11.24 assists/set. Tia Jimerson leads the MAC in hitting (.401) and is fourth in kills/set (3.31).