TOLEDO, Ohio – The Toledo women's volleyball team returns home this weekend to host Buffalo for a pair of Mid-American Conference matches.

Friday's match begins at 6:00 p.m. and Saturday's match will start at 4:00 p.m.. Both will be streamed live on ESPN+.

The Rockets and Bulls each enter this weekend with 5-1 MAC records, making them two of five conference programs sitting at 5-1 or 6-0 entering the fourth week of league play.

Last Time Out
Toledo went 2-0 last weekend with wins at Miami and at Bowling Green.

Backed by the play of fifth-year senior Ryann Jaqua, who eclipsed 2,000 career digs during the match, Toledo had no problem dispatching Miami on Thursday night. It marked the second straight season the Rockets defeated the RedHawks, the first time they have won back-to-back matches in the series since winning three in a row from 2004-06. After a close first set that came down to the wire, Toledo wasn't seriously challenged in the second and third sets. The Rockets never trailed in the final two sets and hit a combined .362 over the final two frames to make quick work of the RedHawks.

In Friday's Battle of I-75 matchup at Bowling Green, the Falcons won the first set, 25-17, to take an early lead in the match before Toledo won a marathon second set by a score of 28-26. The Rockets needed less time to win the third set, 25-18, to take a 2-1 lead in the match, but BGSU won the fourth set, 25-22, to even the match and force a fifth set. Toledo dominated the final frame and won, 15-9, to win the match. The Rockets have won two of their last three rivalry matches in the Stroh Center.

Rocket Notes

• Ryann Jaqua was named MAC West Defensive Player of the Week for the second time this season on Monday and the sixth time in her career.
• Jaqua's 2,033 career digs are seventh-most among active Division I players and second most in school history behind Maurissa Leonard (2,260 digs, 2015-18).
• Taylor Alt enters the weekend with 1,486 career kills, just six away from moving past DeSeana Williams (1,491 kills, 1990-93) for third-most in school history. L.G. Bass (1984-87) holds the school record for career kills with 1,546.
• Alt is averaging 3.99 kills/set for her career, which is currently the best mark in school history and ranks eighth among active Division I players.
• Rhyenne Filisi is averaging 0.88 blocks/set for her career, which would be tied for third in Toledo history.
• Filisi was incredibly efficient at Bowling Green, tallying 10 kills on 11 attacks with zero errors. Her .909 attack percentage was the second-highest ever in a match in school history by a player with a minimum of 10 attack attempts.

About Buffalo
Buffalo brings a 15-3 overall record and a 5-1 league mark into Savage Arena this weekend. The Bulls have won three straight matches against three different MAC opponents, defeating Ohio, Central Michigan, and Eastern Michigan. Katrin Trebichavska and Mandy Leigh earned MAC East Offensive Player and Setter of the Week awards this week, respectively. Courtney Okwara has not only been the most efficient weapon in the MAC this season, but she leads the country with a .520 attack percentage.

Next Up
Toledo visits Ball State next Tuesday before heading to Akron next weekend.