WICHITA, Kan. – The Newman volleyball teams to Missouri for its last weekend tournament of the regular season for the 2016 Peggy Martin Crossover Challenge, where they'll be going up against four nonconference opponents in Southern Arkansas, Henderson State, Arkansas Tech and Central Missouri.
SCOUTING NEWMAN
The Jets (7-3), played their second home game of the season against Bethel College on Tuesday night and won swept the match 3-0 over the Threshers. NU had a remarkable .416 team hitting percentage against Bethel. Before the match on Tuesday, the Jets were in Kearney, Nebraska for a weekend tournament and went 3-1 during that four-game span.
LEADERS
Emily Harvey, Junior- 136 kills, 4.00 kills per set, .213 hitting percentage, 18 blocks
Laura Hageman, Senior-85 kills, 2.74 kills per set, 6 aces, 90 digs, 9 blocks
Aliya Higginbotham, Junior-67 kills, 2.68 kills per set, 4 aces, 79 digs, 7 blocks
Anna Burton, Junior-197 digs, 7.04 digs per set, 27 assists, 2 aces
Brook Conley, Junior-325 assists, 10.48 assists per set, 11 aces, 97 digs, 3 blocks
SCOUTING THE MULERIDERS
Southern Arkansas played on Tuesday against Arkansas Tech who is also in this tournament and lost 3-0. Before that match the Muleriders (3-6 overall) went to a tournament in Arkadelphia, Arkansas last weekend and lost to Lindenwood, West Alabama and Northern State, but beat Missouri Southern to go 1-3 over the weekend.
SCOUTING THE REDDIES
Henderson State played Tuesday night as well and lost to Harding at home 3-1. Before that match the Reddies (5-5 overall) hosted a tournament last weekend at home and went 2-2, losing to Northern State and Drury but beat Missouri Southern and Pittsburg State to finish their weekend.
SCOUTING THE GOLDEN SUNS
Arkansas Tech went up against Southern Arkansas for its home opener Tuesday night and swept the match 3-0. Last weekend the Golden Suns (6-3 overall) attended the same tournament as Southern Arkansas and Henderson State and went 3-1 over the weekend. Arkansas Tech lost to Northern State but beat Drury, Lindenwood and Pittsburg State.
SCOUTING THE JENNIES
The host team Central Missouri played last weekend at the Colorado Premier Challenge in Denver, Colorado. The Jennies (6-2 overall) went 3-1 last weekend by beating Metro State, Colorado School of Mines and Regis but lost to top 25 Angelo State.
LEADERS
Courtney Bolf, HSU-141 kills, 3.62 kills per set, 7 aces, 115 digs, 12 blocks
Sharon Tukuaoga, HSU-137 kills, 3.61 kills per set, 3 aces, 21 blocks
Hunter Eshnaur, ATU-111 kills, 3.26 kills per set, 17 aces, 101 digs, 13 blocks
Cheyanne Lyons, CMU-95 kills, 3.28 kills per set, 4 aces, 32 digs, 11 blocks
Kasey Hohlen, CMU-87 kills, 3.00 kills per set, 2 aces, 7 digs, 19 blocks
Serena LeDuff, SAU-87 kills, 2.56 kills per set, 14 aces, 113 digs, 4 blocks
NOTES
-Newman as a team remains out in front in the Heartland Conference in hitting percentage (.197), kills (528), kills per set (14.27), assists (496), assists per set (13.41), digs (815) and digs per set (22.03).
-Harvey still leads the Heartland Conference in kills (136) and kills per set (4.00), Conley still leads the conference in assists per set (10.48) and Burton remains in front in digs per set (7.04).
-Burton won the Heartland Conference Libero of the Week award for her play throughout week two of the season.
COVERAGE
Live statistics will be available Friday and Saturday at www.newmanjets.com.
