WICHITA, Kan. – After getting their first taste of conference play this past weekend, the Newman volleyball team heads back home to host its first-two conference matches of the season against St. Edward's Thursday and Dallas Baptist Saturday.
 
SCOUTING NEWMAN
 
The Jets (12-5, 1-1 Heartland) had a sweeping 3-0 victory over Oklahoma Panhandle State to open conference play last Thursday. But Newman didn't fair as easy against Lubbock Christian last Saturday afternoon though, falling 3-1 to the Lady Chaps to wrap-up its first weekend of conference play.
 
            LEADERS
 
            Emily Harvey- 3.68 kills/set, .209 hitting percentage, 36 blocks
            Hailey Braddy- 3.33 kills/set, .233 hitting percentage, 13 blocks
            Jarin Braithwait- 2.61 kills/set, .289 hitting percentage, 11 aces, 31 blocks
            Brook Conley- 10.45 assists/set, 21 aces, 2.91 digs/set, 10 blocks
            Anna Burton- 6.26 digs/set, 39 total assists, 3 aces
 
SCOUTING THE HILLTOPPERS
 
The Hilltoppers (4-8, 2-0 Heartland) played their first-two conference matches two weeks ago on Sept. 15 against St. Mary's and Sept. 17 against Texas A&M International. St. Edward's beat St. Mary's in a closely contested 3-2 match but swept Texas A&M International 3-0 to open up conference play. The most recent match for the Hilltoppers came against Texas A&M-Commerce on Sept. 24, which they lost 3-1.
 
            LEADERS
 
            Katie Martin- 2.59 kills/set, .115 hitting percentage, 3.10 digs/set, 14 blocks
            Alexa McAndrew- 2.31 kills/set, .140 hitting percentage, 14 aces, 2.71 digs/set
            Madison McClurg- 2.29 kills/set, .175 hitting percentage, 26 blocks
            Avalon Frantz- 4.87 assists/set, 10 aces, 1.58 digs/set
            Morgan Beckham- 5.94 digs/set, 19 total assists, 8 aces
 
SCOUTING THE PATRIOTS
 
The Patriots (3-11, 1-1 Heartland) opened up their conference season two weeks ago as well playing on Sept. 15 against Texas A&M International and Sept. 17 against St. Mary's. Dallas Baptist swept Texas A&M International 3-0 but lost a contested 3-2 match to St. Mary's to open up conference play. The most recent matches for the Patriots came on Sept. 24 against Texas A&M-Kingsville and Sept. 27 against Texas Woman's. Dallas Baptist got swept by Texas A&M-Kingsville and lost 3-2 to Texas Woman's.
 
            LEADERS
 
            Sidnee Fitzpatric- 2.40 kills/set, .221 hitting percentage, 8 aces, 39 blocks
            Carly Hess- 2.46 kills/set, .161 hitting percentage, 10 aces, 19 blocks
            Madeline Dolberry- 2.33 kills/set, .213 hitting percentage, 25 blocks
            Strealy Sizelove- 8.25 assists/set, 16 kills, 5 aces, 2.56 digs/set
            Lauren Nicks- 4.15 digs/set, 7 blocks, 13 aces, 59 kills
 
NOTES
 
-Newman has won three-straight conference home openers dating back to the 2013 season.
-The Jets are currently on a two-game winning streak over St. Edward's dating back to last season.
-As a team Newman still stands in first in the Heartland Conference in these statistical categories hitting percentage (.205), kills (857), kills per set (13.82), assists (798), assists per set (12.87), digs (1204) and digs per set (19.42).
-Conley still leads the conference in assists (554) and assists per set (10.45), while Harvey still leads the conference in kills (190).
-Yemima Buana leads the conference in total blocks with 56.
 
 
COVERAGE
 
Both matches this weekend will feature live statistics, with live video for the St. Edward's match, at www.newmanjets.com.