PITTSBURGH – The Point Park volleyball team will play three matches in five days, beginning with a non-conference matchup against Carnegie Mellon on Thursday evening at the Highmark Center on CMU's campus. First serve is set for 6 p.m.
The Pioneers will continue conference play on Friday evening with a road match at West Virginia Wesleyan. Friday's MEC match will get underway at 7 p.m.
The tough stretch will wrap up on Monday evening when Point Park hosts West Liberty at the PPU Student Center. First serve is set for 7 p.m.
Point Park at Carnegie Mellon (Thursday, Oct. 31)
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Point Park at West Virginia Wesleyan (Friday, Nov. 1)
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West Liberty at Point Park (Monday, Nov. 4)
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Storylines
- Point Park comes into Thursday's match with a record of 5-16 overall and 3-7 in league play. Carnegie Mellon currently has a record of 14-10 overall.
- West Virginia Wesleyan will enter Friday's match with a record of 12-12 overall (2-8 MEC). The Bobcats have lost seven-consecutive matches.
- Eden McElhaney currently leads the Pioneers with 192 kills and ranks second in digs with 210.
- Giulia Follador ranks second on the team in kills with 184. Follador is also third on the team in digs (191) and first in service aces (34).
- Follador ranks fifth in the MEC in aces per set (0.46).
- Rachele Tessari is third on the team in kills with 114.
- Patricia Calero-Irizarry leads the team with a .158 hitting percentage, and also ranks first on the team in total blocks (44.0).
- Senior setter Elise Wallace currently ranks fifth in the MEC in assists per set (7.62).
- Mia Arndt currently ranks eighth in the MEC in digs per set (3.66) this season.
