TOLEDO, Ohio – The University of Toledo women's volleyball team (14-4, 5-1 MAC) hosts MAC West Division foe Western Michigan (13-5, 6-1 MAC) this weekend for a pair of matches at Savage Arena.

Friday's contest will begin at 6:00 p.m. on ESPN+, while Saturday's tilt is set for a 3:00 p.m. start on ESPN3.

The Rockets have won five straight matches, all in three sets, and will face a WMU team that currently holds the top spot in the MAC West.

Last Time Out
Toledo extended its winning streak to five with victories at Buffalo and Akron last weekend.

Toledo was dominant offensively on Friday night, hitting a season-best .385 against Buffalo, its highest attack percentage since 2019 (.394 vs. Western Illinois, Sept. 13). Taylor Alt had a match-high 14 kills while hitting .423, and Sina Uluave hit .435 with 11 terminations.

Against the Zips on Saturday, the Rockets held their opponents to a .099 attack percentage and were led by Taylor Alt once again, who hit .429 and had 13 kills. Elaine Redman added 34 assists while Rhyenne Filisi and Sina Uluave added eight kills apiece.

Quick Hits

• With Friday's win at Buffalo, Toledo was officially off to its best start in school history at 13-4. The previous best was 2004, when the Rockets started 12-5.
• UT has won 15 straight sets, which is the second-longest streak in program history. The 2005 team had a streak of 18 straight sets won.
• Ryann Jaqua is averaging 5.17 digs/set this year, one of two MAC players averaging at least five digs per set (Aly Gurtiza, Central Michigan – 5.45 digs/set).
• Jaqua enters the weekend with 986 digs, 14 away from becoming the 16^th player in program history with 1,000 career digs.
• Rhyen Neal now has 1,209 career digs, which puts her in eighth place all-time. She will likely pass Wendy Vogel (1984-87, 1,215 digs) to move into seventh place this weekend.
• Toledo has been in the habit of playing quick matches as of late; nine of the last 10 contests have finished in three sets.
• During its five-match winning streak, Toledo is out-hitting opponents .249 to .094 and averaging 14.0 kills/set while allowing opponents just 9.9 kills/set. The Rockets have been closing out matches well, with an average third-set score of 25-17 during the last five contests.
• Individually, the following players have performed exceptionally well during the Rockets' five-match winning streak: Taylor Alt is averaging 4.00 kills/set; Rhyenne Filisi is averaging 1.47 blocks/set and 1.53 kills/set; Ryann Jaqua is averaging 6.20 digs/set; Sina Uluave is averaging 3.07 kills/set and 2.40 digs/set.

 
About Western Michigan
The Broncos hold a half-game lead in the MAC West over Toledo and Ball State. WMU had won its first six conference matches before falling to Bowling Green in three sets last Saturday. Maggie King leads the MAC in kills (3.83/set) and is third in scoring (4.37 points/set), while setter Logan Case is the league's leader in assists (11.54/set).