Wednesday, November 7
Cookeville, Tenn.
7 p.m.
Jacksonville State University
at
Tennessee Tech
Jax State Travels to Tenn. Tech for Pivotal Midweek Match
11/6/2018 1:00:00 PM | Volleyball
JACKSONVILLE – With conference tournament implications on the line, the Jacksonville State volleyball team makes its final road trip of the regular-season to Cookeville, Tenn., to face Tennessee Tech on Wednesday night.
The Gamecocks (15-13, 7-7 Ohio Valley Conference) currently sit sixth in the league standings, while the Golden Eagles (11-17, 5-9 OVC) are in the midst of a four-way tie for the eighth and final spot in next week's tournament. TTU improved its chances last weekend with a pair of wins over Tennessee State and Belmont, but will need more this weekend if they are going to extend the season.
The conference chaos features 11 of the 12 teams still alive to make the tournament field entering the final week of action.
JSU posted a 3-1 win over Tech back on Oct. 2 inside Kennamer Hall for its fifth-straight win over TTU. A win on Wednesday would secure the third consecutive season-sweep of JSU's travel partners from Cookeville.
At 7-7 in OVC play, JSU sits just a game behind both SIU-Edwardsville and Southeast Missouri. Any season-ending tie with SIUE would give the tie-breaker nod to JSU after the Gamecocks' Oct. 13 victory. JSU also controls it fate against SEMO, who it will host for Saturday's Senior Day in the season finale.
A success so far this season for Jax State has been the balanced attack of its offense. Sophomore setter Lexie Libs ranks ninth in the nation with 1,145 assists and has helped six different Gamecocks reach triple-digit kills. Four Gamecocks have surpassed 200 kills led by freshman Lena Kindermann. Junior Kaylee Frear has tallied 261 on a team-best .300 hitting percentage, but the Colorado Springs, Colo., native has had just as large of an impact on defense leading JSU with 97 blocks.
Behind Frear, senior Mackenzie Rombach has 75 blocks in her final campaign bringing her career tally to 465 and just 24 away from the school's Division I mark. However, the Ottawa, Ill., product is quickly closing in on another career milestone, now just 15 kills shy of 1,000.
The Gamecocks' defense has been the foundation of its efficient offense. Led by Kaylie Milton's 264 and Dani Steele's 234 digs, JSU rolls out seven players with 100 or more digs. Libs and and Steele are coming off career-high 28 dig performances. The offense has offense seen recent breakouts with Sadie Anderson and Shayla Schmidt collecting new career-highs in kills last weekend.
Wednesday's match will take place at the Eblen Center on the campus of Tennessee Tech at 7 p.m. Live stats and video stream will be available at JSUGamecockSports.com.
The Gamecocks (15-13, 7-7 Ohio Valley Conference) currently sit sixth in the league standings, while the Golden Eagles (11-17, 5-9 OVC) are in the midst of a four-way tie for the eighth and final spot in next week's tournament. TTU improved its chances last weekend with a pair of wins over Tennessee State and Belmont, but will need more this weekend if they are going to extend the season.
The conference chaos features 11 of the 12 teams still alive to make the tournament field entering the final week of action.
JSU posted a 3-1 win over Tech back on Oct. 2 inside Kennamer Hall for its fifth-straight win over TTU. A win on Wednesday would secure the third consecutive season-sweep of JSU's travel partners from Cookeville.
At 7-7 in OVC play, JSU sits just a game behind both SIU-Edwardsville and Southeast Missouri. Any season-ending tie with SIUE would give the tie-breaker nod to JSU after the Gamecocks' Oct. 13 victory. JSU also controls it fate against SEMO, who it will host for Saturday's Senior Day in the season finale.
A success so far this season for Jax State has been the balanced attack of its offense. Sophomore setter Lexie Libs ranks ninth in the nation with 1,145 assists and has helped six different Gamecocks reach triple-digit kills. Four Gamecocks have surpassed 200 kills led by freshman Lena Kindermann. Junior Kaylee Frear has tallied 261 on a team-best .300 hitting percentage, but the Colorado Springs, Colo., native has had just as large of an impact on defense leading JSU with 97 blocks.
Behind Frear, senior Mackenzie Rombach has 75 blocks in her final campaign bringing her career tally to 465 and just 24 away from the school's Division I mark. However, the Ottawa, Ill., product is quickly closing in on another career milestone, now just 15 kills shy of 1,000.
The Gamecocks' defense has been the foundation of its efficient offense. Led by Kaylie Milton's 264 and Dani Steele's 234 digs, JSU rolls out seven players with 100 or more digs. Libs and and Steele are coming off career-high 28 dig performances. The offense has offense seen recent breakouts with Sadie Anderson and Shayla Schmidt collecting new career-highs in kills last weekend.
Wednesday's match will take place at the Eblen Center on the campus of Tennessee Tech at 7 p.m. Live stats and video stream will be available at JSUGamecockSports.com.
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