Murray State University Athletics
Racers Travel To Tennessee State and Austin Peay to End Regular Season
11/12/2009 2:30:00 PM | Women's Volleyball
The Murray State volleyball team will play the final two games of the regular season this weekend when the Racers travel to Nashville, Tenn., and Clarksville, Tenn. MSU faces the Lady Tigers, Friday, Nov. 13 at 7 p.m. in Kean Hall and then battles with the Lady Govs, Saturday, Nov. 14 at 2 p.m. in the Dunn Center.
Scouting Tennessee State
The Lady Tigers are 3-25 on the season and 2-14 in the Ohio Valley Conference. TSU has lost its last eight matches, a streak that the Racers started Oct. 17, 2009, with a 3-0 win in Racer Arena.
The Lady Tigers have four main offensive threats. Shaquita Williams is the go-to hitter for TSU, with a team-leading 725 attempts and 249 kills on the season. Vicmari Prospero is next on the kills list with 213 and has the highest hitting percentage on the squad at .216 (213k-89e-573ta). Prospero is also a threat at the service line and blocking, as she leads the team with 35 aces and 68 (7-61) total blocks. Terakka Walker and Santia Sanders are the remaining top athletes for the Lady Tigers with 209 and 149 kills, respectively. Walker has a team-high 324 digs.
TSU trails its opponents in all statistical categories, but is the closest in digs and service aces. The Lady Tigers have combined for 100 service aces on the year for a 1.0/set margin, with their opponents landing 1.1 aces/set. TSU is also just 0.9 behind its competition in digs/set, with a 12.0 mark.
Scouting Austin Peay
The Lady Govs are coming off a 3-1 win over Tennessee Tech that snapped their longest losing streak of 2009 at two matches. APSU is 20-8 on the year and 13-3 in the OVC standings. The Lady Govs are one of four teams that have clinched a spot in the 2009 OVC Tournament and are currently in the No.2 position.
Stephanie Champine is the main hitter for APSU. She taken 1226 attempts, landed 443 kills and has a .255 hitting percentage on the season. Champine has also added 358 digs. Ilyanna Hernandez is the next on the list of attempts and kills for the Lady Govs, with 778 attempts and 239 kills. Defensively APSU is led by Taylor Skinner with 72 (9-63) total blocks and 32 service aces.
The Lady Govs will be the second team in three matches that the Racers will face who rank in the top-5 in the nation in digs/set. APSU ranks fifth, with 18.3 digs/set and also ranks in the top-100 in five other statistical categories.
Two Earn OVC Weekly Honors
Sophomore Cassie Chesney and sophomore Kayleah Sauer each tallied their 1,000 career digs to become the 12th and 13th members of the 1,000 Dig Club. Chesney tallied her mark, Saturday, Nov. 7 against SIU Edwardsville on senior night, while Sauer garnered her's against Southeast Missouri, Tuesday, Nov. 10.
Swinging To Eliminate Cancer
For the second straight season the Racers held Swinging To Eliminate Cancer, a fund raiser to help those effected by cancer. This season the team raised money to help closer to home, as all the funds raised will go to Ashley's Angels, a donation account set up to help the Gesler Family of Murray, Ky.
The Racers raised a total of $3678.75 for the Gesler family, $1100 more than the team raised a season ago for the National Brain Tumor Society.
“I want to thank everyone who donated to our fund raiser for the Gesler family,” said head coach David Schwepker. “I know that the team is proud to be able to help a local family during a time of need. For us to be able to help the family with the support of the community is better than any win that we get on the court.”
Block Party
Junior Sara Hayden has been making moves on the MSU career blocking charts this season. The Louisville, Ky., native has 219 total blocks, including 176 block assists and 43 block solos.
Her 219 total blocks moved her up to the No. 8 spot on the Racer Total Blocks list. She needs 17 more to move into seventh, currently held by Kristi Hoffman (236). Hayden is also on the career Block Assists List in the No. 6 position. She needs two to move up to fifth (178 - Sarah Ernst). Hayden is also three block solos away from making the top ten for block solos (46).
Ashley Nenninger is also inching closer to a spot on the block assist and total blocks charts after recording 130 (22-108) total blocks.
Becca Lamb also has a chance to make the total blocks and block assists charts. She currently has 141 (24-117) total blocks.
Up Next
The Racers are one of four teams to qualify for the 2009 OVC Tournament to be held in Jacksonville, Ala., Nov. 19-21. MSU will have to wait until all the matches are completed this weekend to see what seed they will get. It is the 20th time that the Racers have participated in the OVC Tournament and the fourth-straight season that MSU has been one of the six to make the tournament field.
Scouting Tennessee State
The Lady Tigers are 3-25 on the season and 2-14 in the Ohio Valley Conference. TSU has lost its last eight matches, a streak that the Racers started Oct. 17, 2009, with a 3-0 win in Racer Arena.
The Lady Tigers have four main offensive threats. Shaquita Williams is the go-to hitter for TSU, with a team-leading 725 attempts and 249 kills on the season. Vicmari Prospero is next on the kills list with 213 and has the highest hitting percentage on the squad at .216 (213k-89e-573ta). Prospero is also a threat at the service line and blocking, as she leads the team with 35 aces and 68 (7-61) total blocks. Terakka Walker and Santia Sanders are the remaining top athletes for the Lady Tigers with 209 and 149 kills, respectively. Walker has a team-high 324 digs.
TSU trails its opponents in all statistical categories, but is the closest in digs and service aces. The Lady Tigers have combined for 100 service aces on the year for a 1.0/set margin, with their opponents landing 1.1 aces/set. TSU is also just 0.9 behind its competition in digs/set, with a 12.0 mark.
Scouting Austin Peay
The Lady Govs are coming off a 3-1 win over Tennessee Tech that snapped their longest losing streak of 2009 at two matches. APSU is 20-8 on the year and 13-3 in the OVC standings. The Lady Govs are one of four teams that have clinched a spot in the 2009 OVC Tournament and are currently in the No.2 position.
Stephanie Champine is the main hitter for APSU. She taken 1226 attempts, landed 443 kills and has a .255 hitting percentage on the season. Champine has also added 358 digs. Ilyanna Hernandez is the next on the list of attempts and kills for the Lady Govs, with 778 attempts and 239 kills. Defensively APSU is led by Taylor Skinner with 72 (9-63) total blocks and 32 service aces.
The Lady Govs will be the second team in three matches that the Racers will face who rank in the top-5 in the nation in digs/set. APSU ranks fifth, with 18.3 digs/set and also ranks in the top-100 in five other statistical categories.
Two Earn OVC Weekly Honors
Sophomore Cassie Chesney and sophomore Kayleah Sauer each tallied their 1,000 career digs to become the 12th and 13th members of the 1,000 Dig Club. Chesney tallied her mark, Saturday, Nov. 7 against SIU Edwardsville on senior night, while Sauer garnered her's against Southeast Missouri, Tuesday, Nov. 10.
Swinging To Eliminate Cancer
For the second straight season the Racers held Swinging To Eliminate Cancer, a fund raiser to help those effected by cancer. This season the team raised money to help closer to home, as all the funds raised will go to Ashley's Angels, a donation account set up to help the Gesler Family of Murray, Ky.
The Racers raised a total of $3678.75 for the Gesler family, $1100 more than the team raised a season ago for the National Brain Tumor Society.
“I want to thank everyone who donated to our fund raiser for the Gesler family,” said head coach David Schwepker. “I know that the team is proud to be able to help a local family during a time of need. For us to be able to help the family with the support of the community is better than any win that we get on the court.”
Block Party
Junior Sara Hayden has been making moves on the MSU career blocking charts this season. The Louisville, Ky., native has 219 total blocks, including 176 block assists and 43 block solos.
Her 219 total blocks moved her up to the No. 8 spot on the Racer Total Blocks list. She needs 17 more to move into seventh, currently held by Kristi Hoffman (236). Hayden is also on the career Block Assists List in the No. 6 position. She needs two to move up to fifth (178 - Sarah Ernst). Hayden is also three block solos away from making the top ten for block solos (46).
Ashley Nenninger is also inching closer to a spot on the block assist and total blocks charts after recording 130 (22-108) total blocks.
Becca Lamb also has a chance to make the total blocks and block assists charts. She currently has 141 (24-117) total blocks.
Up Next
The Racers are one of four teams to qualify for the 2009 OVC Tournament to be held in Jacksonville, Ala., Nov. 19-21. MSU will have to wait until all the matches are completed this weekend to see what seed they will get. It is the 20th time that the Racers have participated in the OVC Tournament and the fourth-straight season that MSU has been one of the six to make the tournament field.
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