TOLEDO, Ohio – After two straight weekends at home, the Toledo women's volleyball team heads to Kalamazoo this weekend to face Western Michigan for a pair of Mid-American Conference contests.

The Rockets (12-5, 5-1 MAC) and Broncos (12-7, 4-3 MAC) will play on Friday at 3:30 p.m. and Saturday at noon. Both matches will be streamed live on Western Michigan's Bronco All-Access, a free streaming service.

Last Time Out
Toledo hosted MAC East foes Buffalo and Akron last weekend and came away with two victories.

In Friday's four-set win over Buffalo, the Rockets won the first set 25-22, but the Bulls came back to win the second set 25-23 to even the match at 1-1. Toledo then won a pair of close sets, 25-21 and 25-20, to clinch the match. Ryann Jaqua had a productive night, tallying 32 digs to lead all comers. Jaqua has now cracked 30 digs three times this season, including twice in the last three matches. Rhyenne Filisi was a force at the net, tying a career-high with eight blocks, and Taylor Alt led the way offensively with 13 kills while collecting 10 digs, her fourth double-double of the year.

The Rockets came back the next night and swept the Zips, winning the first two sets convincingly, 25-14 and 25-17, before fending off a frisky Zips squad in the third set to hold on for the sweep. Taylor Alt led Toledo's offensive attack with a match-high 14 kills and Olivia Vance was next up with nine. Ryann Jaqua tallied 16 digs and a pair of service aces, while Sina Uluave added 10 digs. Payton Morman stuffed the box score with 37 assists, eight digs, and four blocks.

Rocket Notes

• Taylor Alt leads the MAC in scoring (4.40 points/set) and kills (3.82/set). One of the most prolific outside hitters in the country, she ranks 11^th among active players in career kills/set (3.94).
• Alt has 993 kills entering the weekend, just seven away from 1,000 for her career. She would become the 11th player in program history to reach 1,000 career kills.
• Ryann Jaqua sits at 1,433 career digs, good for fourth all-time in program history. She is 90 digs away from passing Amber DeWeerdt (2008-11) to move into third place. Current assistant coach Maurissa Leonard is Toledo's all-time leader in career digs with 2,260.
• Jaqua is averaging 6.24 digs/set in MAC play so far, which ranks second in the league behind NIU's Francesca Bertucci (6.50).
• Overall, Jaqua is averaging 5.12 digs/set this year, which ranks third in the MAC and 19^th in the country.
• The magic number for Toledo this season has been .200; when the Rockets hit .200 or higher, they are 10-0.
• Payton Morman ranks fifth in the MAC in assists/set (9.64). Her 59 assists against Austin Peay are the second-most in a match by a MAC player this season (62, Logan Case of WMU, vs. Akron).
• Eleven of Toledo's 17 matches played this season have ended in three sets. The Rockets have played just one five-set match this year: vs. Austin Peay on Sept. 10.
• Opponents are hitting just .170 against Toledo, the lowest opponent attack percentage in the MAC and 34^th lowest in the country. The Rockets have held opponents to an attack percentage of .200 or lower 12 times and have held an opponent to an attack percentage less than .100 four times.

 
About Western Michigan
Western Michigan enters the weekend with a 12-7 overall record and a 4-3 ledger in MAC play. WMU split with its cross-divisional opponents last weekend, sweeping Miami on Friday before falling in five sets to Bowling Green on Saturday. The Broncos rank third in the MAC in attack percentage (.243) and boast two of the top four offensive weapons in the league in Maggie King (3.62 kills/set) and Keona Salesman (3.30 kills/set).