TOLEDO, Ohio — The University of Toledo volleyball team visits MAC West foes Northern Illinois and Western Michigan this weekend, the final road trip of the season for the Rockets.

Friday's match against NIU will be available on ESPN3 and Saturday's tilt at WMU will be streamed on ESPN+. Links for live stats, live streams, and live audio are available below, and updates are also be available on Twitter at @Toledo_VB.

Toledo at Northern Illinois, 7:00 p.m. | Live Stats | Watch
Toledo at Western Michigan, 5:00 p.m. | Live Stats | Watch

Last Time Out
Toledo dropped a road contest at Ball State on Halloween night and lost at home to Akron last weekend.

The five-setter at Ball State was one of the longest matches in recent memory for the Rockets. The final set of the night ended at 23-21, far and away the longest fifth set in program history since the NCAA switched to rally scoring in 2001. Fourteen ties scores and six lead changes highlighted the epic final set of the night and there were 10 match points before Ball State tallied the game-winner.

In Saturday's match against the Zips, Zoe Birnbrich tallied 10 kills and three blocks while hitting .400. Chloee Kleespies led the team with 12 kills and five blocks. Rhyen Neal recorded a match-high 23 digs and Megan Beasley added 28 assists. Liz Beasley set a new career high in kills with nine.

Quick Hits

• Zoe Birnbrich hit .400 against Akron last Saturday, her seventh match of the season where she's hit at least .400.
• Rhyen Neal has averaged 5.14 digs/set over her last seven matches. She has tallied at least 20 digs in five of those seven contests.
• Olivia Vance had one of her most productive matches this season in the five-setter at Ball State last Thursday. The freshman recorded a career-best 13 kills and added six blocks.
• Liz Beasley set a new career high in kills with eight last Thursday, then did it again two nights later against Akron when she registered nine kills.

Scouting the Opponents
Northern Illinois: The Huskies won the previous meeting at Savage Arena in four sets on Oct. 5. Sitting at 8-18 on the season with a 5-7 conference record, NIU lost both of its matches last weekend in three sets. Kennedy Wallace is hitting .357 in MAC play, which ranks third in the conference.

Western Michigan: The Broncos defeated the Rockets on Oct. 4 in three sets at Savage Arena. They are 13-11 overall and own a 4-8 record in league play. Rachel Bontrager leads the conference in kills/set (3.78) and Kathleen Reilly is third in the MAC with 5.32 digs/set.