TOLEDO, Ohio – The Toledo women's volleyball team (13-6, 6-2 MAC) hosts Ball State (14-6, 6-2 MAC) on Wednesday night in a battle of the top two teams in the MAC West Division.

Wednesday's match will start at 6:00 p.m. in Savage Arena and be streamed live on ESPN+.

The Rockets and Cardinals enter the match tied for first place in the MAC West Division, with the winner taking sole possession of the top spot entering this upcoming weekend.

Following Wednesday's match, Toledo returns to the court to host Northern Illinois (13-6, 6-3 MAC) on Friday and Saturday.

Last Time Out
Toledo visited Western Michigan last weekend and came away with a series split.

Taylor Alt collected her 1,000th career kill on Friday, reaching that milestone in Toledo's three-set  loss at Western Michigan. Unfortunately it was not enough to overcome a balanced WMU offensive attack that saw four different players tally at least nine kills. The Broncos won the first two sets by identical 25-22 margins before handing the Rockets (12-6, 5-2 MAC) a 25-16 defeat in the third and final set.

The Rockets avenged Friday's loss by hitting .293 to win Saturday's contest to win in four sets. Taylor Alt led the Rockets with 21 terminations and hit .349 while adding 11 digs, her fifth double-double of the year. Sina Uluave contributed 12 kills and 12 digs while Ryann Jaqua (14 digs) and Claire Eiden (12 digs) cracked double digits in digs as well. Rhyenne Filisi had a productive match, collecting nine kills and seven blocks, and Payton Morman paced the offense with 46 assists.

Rocket Notes

• The Rockets face Ball State on Wednesday, Northern Illinois this weekend, and Bowling Green next Friday. The combined conference record of those three teams is 19-6.
• Opponents are hitting just .171 against Toledo, the lowest opponent attack percentage in the MAC and 35^th lowest in the country. The Rockets have held opponents to an attack percentage of .200 or lower 13 times and have held an opponent to an attack percentage less than .100 four times.
• The Rockets have done damage at the service line this year, ranking third in the MAC in aces/set (1.57). That figure has increased to 1.79 aces/set in conference play and Claire Eiden ranks fourth in the league in that category (0.42 aces/set) against MAC competition.
• Taylor Alt leads the MAC in scoring (4.55 points/set) and kills (3.95/set). One of the most prolific outside hitters in the country, she ranks 12^th among active players in career kills/set (3.95).
• Alt became the 11th player in program history to reach 1,000 career kills last weekend at WMU, the first Rocket to reach that milestone since Saige Thomas (2014-17).
• Ryann Jaqua sits at 1,472 career digs, good for fourth all-time in program history. She is 51 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 6.07 digs/set in MAC play so far, which ranks third in the league.
• Overall, Jaqua is averaging 5.17 digs/set this year, which ranks third in the MAC and 17^th in the country.

 
About Ball State
Ball State enters Wednesday's match having won six in a row, its last loss coming during the opening weekend of conference play at Central Michigan. The Cardinals rank second in the MAC in attack percentage (.246) and boast the individual lead in that category in Marie Plitt (.389). Plitt also leads the team in kills (2.52/set), while setter Megan Wielonski ranks third in the MAC in assists (10.58/set)