THIS WEEK IN GRIFFON VOLLEYBALL
Tuesday, Sept. 18, 7 p.m. at Northwest Missouri (10-3)
Friday, Sept. 21, 6 p.m. at Southwest Baptist (4-11)
Saturday, Sept. 22, noon at Missouri Southern (0-11)

ST. JOSEPH – This week, Griffon Volleyball (8-5) begins a stretch of four-straight road matches with a trip to rival Northwest Missouri (10-3).
 
Missouri Western plays the first of three-straight on the road this week at Northwest on Tuesday before heading to Southwest Baptist (4-11) and Missouri Southern (0-11) this weekend.
 
5 THINGS TO WATCH

• Northwest's Maddy Bruder (4.36) and Missouri Western's Stephanie Doak (4.02) rank one and two in the MIAA in kills per set
• Missouri Western has won the last five in Maryville and has won 10 of 11 against its rival
• Northwest leads the MIAA with a .271 team hitting percentage
• Missouri Western Libero Audrey Keim ranks second in the MIAA in digs and will face a Northwest Missouri team that allows the fewest digs per set in the conference
• Missouri Western has won 11 of 13 first sets this season and lost both matches when they dropped the first set

 
MISSOURI WESTERN LAST WEEK

• Lost 3-2 to #9 Central Missouri at home
• Won 3-1 over Lindenwood at home

 
NORTHWEST LAST WEEK

• Defeated Lindenwood 3-0 at home
• Defeated #9 Central Missouri 3-0 at home

 
SOUTHWEST BAPTIST LAST WEEK

• Lost 3-0 at #15 Central Oklahoma
• Lost 3-1 at Pittsburg State

 
MISSOURI SOUTHERN LAST WEEK

• Lost 3-0 at Pittsburg State
• Lost 3-0 at #15 Central Oklahoma

 
MISSOURI WESTERN HEAD COACH MARIAN CARBIN

• 6^th season at MWSU and 6^th season overall
• 109-64 overall and 63-31 in the MIAA
• 2017 MIAA Coach of the Year
• 2007 MWSU graduate

 
NORTHWEST HEAD COACH AMY WOERTH

• 7^th season at Northwest and 7^th season as a head coach
• 102-95 overall and 54-60 in the MIAA
• 2003 graduate of Graceland University

 
SOUTHWEST BAPTIST HEAD COACH CAIRA DORTCH

• 3^rd season at SBU and 3^rd overall
• 19-55 overall and 8-34 in the MIAA
• 2009 graduate of the University of Arkansas

 
MISSOURI SOUTHERN HEAD COACH KALIE MADER

• 1^st season at Missouri Southern, 4^th season as a head coach (Blinn College)
• 73-54 overall record, 0-2 in the MIAA
• Graduate of Southwestern Oklahoma State

 
SCOUTING THE GRIFFONS

• Stephanie Doak ranks second in the MIAA, averaging 4.36 kills per set
• Lauren Murphy leads the MIAA with 11.37 assists per set
• Audrey Keim is second in the MIAA with 5.57 digs per set in her first season as the team's Libero
• The Griffons hit .221 as a team and are allowing opponents a .180 hitting percentage
• Missouri Western is 11-2 in the first set and 10-3 in the second this season

 
SCOUTING NORTHWEST

• Northwest leads the MIAA with its .271 team hitting percentage
• The Bearcats rank third in the MIAA with 13.82 kills per set
• Northwest is third in the MIAA with 1.77 aces per set and first in opponent aces with 0.52 per set
• Maddy Bruder leads the MIAA with 4.36 kills per set
• Bethany Elkins is fourth in the MIAA, averaging 1.05 blocks per set

 
SCOUTING SOUTHWEST BAPTIST

• The Bearcats are hitting .107 as a team and allowing opponents a .207 percentage
• SBU averages 10.5 kills per set while opponents average 12.5
• SBU is 4-11 in first sets and 3-12 in the second
• Greysen Roster leads the team, hitting .204 with 2.25 kills per set
• Delanie Tipton averages 1.02 blocks per set

 
SCOUTING MISSOURI SOUTHERN

• The Lions are hitting .099 as a team while their opponents are hitting .256
• Southern's opponents average 14 kills per set while the team averages 9.7
• Lions have made it to four sets twice this season
• Janelle Brehm leads the team with a .135 hitting percentage, 3.11 kills per set, 3.03 digs per set