RUSTON – The Louisiana Tech volleyball team host No. 23 Western Kentucky for a weekend series inside the Thomas Assembly Center starting on Friday, Oct. 27 at 6 p.m.
MATCH INFORMATION
Date/Time:Â Friday-Saturday, Oct. 27-28 | 6:00 p.m. CT, 1:00 p.m. CT
Location:Â Thomas Assembly Center (Ruston, La.)
Stream:Â ESPN+
Stats:Â LATechSports.com/Stats
Series:Â WKU leads 15-7
Last Meeting:Â L, 3-0 | Bowling Green, Ky. (10/29/22)
QUOTABLES
Head coach Amber McCray
"WKU graduated a highly-decorated class last year, but they reloaded and still have plenty of firepower as evidenced by their ability to still post big wins against much larger schools all year. We are going to need to stay aggressive as we did early in our last match at UTEP, but we must maintain it throughout each set. It's not every day you get to compete against a top-25 ranked team in the country with the storied history of WKU Volleyball. These are the fun ones. Plus we get to do so at home on our Dig Pink weekend, competing for a cause much bigger than ourselves."
ABOUT LOUISIANA TECH (6-16, 1-9)
Louisiana Tech comes into the weekend after dropping both matches to UTEP on Oct. 20-21.
Lauren Albrecht surpassed the 1,000 career assists plateau against the Miners. Albrecht had 671 in her two seasons at Fairmont State and 334 at LA Tech, giving her 1,005 for her career.
Ashley Taylor had an all-around performance against UTEP with 10 kills and four blocks. Taylor has 109 kills and 78 blocks on the season.
Junior libero McKenzie Johnson has 320 digs on the season, 4.38 digs per set, which ranks 67th nationally and third in CUSA.
ABOUT WKU (20-4, 10-0)
Western Kentucky enters the matchup on a 15-game winning streak and has yet to drop a set since Oct. 4 against Liberty.
Paige Briggs leads the Hilltoppers with 308 kills for a 3.95 kills per-set average. Kaylee Cox is second on the team with 264 and an average of 3.22.
Logan Grevengoed and Abby Schaefer led WKU on the defensive side of the net. Grevengoed has 81 blocks on the year, and Schaefer has 250 digs.
THE SERIES
The Bulldogs are a 7-16 all-time against WKU. The Hilltoppers have won the previous 10 meetings between the programs. LA Tech's last win in the series came on Oct. 22, 1999, in Bowling Green, Ky.
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