WICHITA, Kan. – After playing a slew of nonconference matches to start the season the Newman volleyball team gets set for its first action in Heartland Conference play this weekend, heading to Oklahoma Panhandle State Thursday and Lubbock Christian Saturday.
 
SCOUTING NEWMAN
 
The Jets (11-4 overall) won their final home nonconference match last night against Bacone College 3-0 and attended the 2016 Peggy Martin Crossover Challenge in Warrensburg, Missouri last weekend, beating Southern Arkansas, Henderson State and Arkansas Tech before losing to the host team Central Missouri to go 3-1 in the tournament.
 
            Leaders
           
            Emily Harvey- 3.50 kills/set, .221 hitting percentage, 31 blocks
            Hailey Braddy- 3.18 kills/set, .254 hitting percentage, 12 blocks
            Jarin Braithwait- 2.15 kills/set, .286 hitting percentage, 9 aces, 28 blocks
            Brook Conley- 10.51 assists/set, 16 aces, 2.89 digs/set, 9 blocks
            Anna Burton- 6.26 digs/set, 39 total assists, 3 aces
 
SCOUTING THE AGGIES
 
The Aggies (1-9 overall) haven't gotten out to a very good start to the 2016 campaign leading up to Heartland Conference play. Oklahoma Panhandle State participated in two weekend tournaments to start the season, losing the first eight matches of the year before getting its first win of the season on Sept. 12 at home against Langston University. The Aggies last match was on Sept. 16 against the University of the Southwest, which they fell 3-1.
 
            LEADERS
 
            Kayln Moore- 2.06 kills/set, .122 hitting percentage, 5 aces, 2.10 digs/set
            Emily Goeken- 1.90 kills/set, .041 hitting percentage, 1.93 digs/set, 6 blocks
            Bristen Graves- 1.20 kills/set, .069 hitting percentage, 4 aces, 8 blocks
            Julia Ibarra- 6.14 assists/set, 10 aces, 2.34 digs/set, 4 blocks
            Abigail Reinick- 2.39 digs/set, 28 assists, 4 aces
 
SCOUTING THE LADY CHAPS
 
The Lady Chaps (5-5 overall) played in two tough weekend tournaments to open up their season going 3-5 over those weekends. Lubbock Christian also played two nonconference matches at home winning them both, one on Sept. 6 against Southwestern Oklahoma State and the other against Eastern New Mexico on Sept. 13. The Lady Chaps open up Heartland Conference play against Arkansas-Fort Smith Thursday at home before taking on Newman Saturday afternoon.
 
            LEADERS
 
            Emily Hanaway- 3.16 kills/set, .215 hitting percentage, 7 aces, 30 blocks
            Christiana Tavo- 2.18 kills/set, .158 hitting percentage, 28 blocks
            Lauren Zoller- 2.03 kills/set, .153 hitting percentage, 7 aces, 2.56 digs/set, 9 blocks
            Mallory Powell- 9.08 assists/set, 34 kills, 4 aces, 2.84 digs/set, 16 blocks
            Kelsie French- 5.21 digs/set, 35 assists, 6 aces
 
NOTES
 
-The Jets are a perfect 16-0 in matches against Oklahoma Panhandle State since coming into the Heartland Conference.
-Newman is on a four-game winning streak against Lubbock Christian dating back to the 2014 season.
-The Jets are still leading the Heartland Conference in these categories heading into conference play: Hitting percentage (.211), kills (777), kills/set (14.13), assists (720), assists/set (13.09), digs (1088) and digs/set (19.78).
-Yemima Buana is now leading the conference in hitting percentage at .303.
-Harvey still leads in the conference in kills at 175.
-Conley still leads the conference in assists (494) and assists/set (10.51), while Burton still leads the conference in digs (269).
 
COVERAGE
           
Both matches this weekend will feature live statistics, with live video available for the Lubbock Christian match, at www.newmanjets.com.