WICHITA, Kan. — The Newman volleyball team heads to Nebraska for the weekend for the 2016 New Victorian Inn and Suites/Runza Fall Classic, where they'll be taking on four nonconference opponents in Black Hills State, University of Mary, Northwestern Oklahoma State and Nebraska-Kearney.

SCOUTING NEWMAN

The Jets (3-2 overall), played their home opener against Northwestern Oklahoma State on Tuesday night and won the match 3-1 over the Rangers. NU was helped by a career night in kills by Laura Hageman who finished the night 23 kills. Before the home opener the Jets were in Denton, Texas for a weekend tournament and finished 2-2 to start out their season.

LEADERS

                Emily Harvey, Junior- 68 kills, 3.78 kills per set, 72.5 pts, 4.03 pts per set, 8 blocks

                Laura Hageman, Senior– 51 kills, 3.00 kills per set, 5 aces, 50 digs, 9 blocks

                Aliya Higginbotham, Junior- 47 kills, 2.76 kills per set, 51 digs, 6 blocks

                Anna Burton, Junior- 74 digs, 5.69 digs per set, 12 assists

                Brook Conley, Junior – 175 assists, 10.94 assists per set, 7 aces, 57 digs

SCOUTING THE YELLOW JACKETS

Black Hills State opened its season last weekend at the Dixie State Tournament in St. George, Utah. The Yellow Jackets (0-3 overall) lost to Dixie State, Cal State Monterey Bay and Northwest Nazarene in their first outing of the season.

SCOUTING THE MARAUDERS

University of Mary opened up its season at the Washburn Invitational last weekend in Topeka, Kan. The Marauders (4-1 overall) played all MIAA opponents and beat Missouri Western State, Emporia State, Pittsburg State but lost to host Washburn. On Tuesday, UM traveled to Dickinson State and swept the Blue Hawks.

SCOUTING THE RANGERS

Northwestern Oklahoma State started its season at the OPSU tournament in Goodwell, Okla. last weekend. The Rangers (0-5 overall) lost all four matches to Texas-Permian Basin, Fort Hays State, Missouri Southern State and the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. After that the NWOSU took on Newman here inside Fugate Gymnasium Tuesday night and lost 3-1 to the Jets.

SCOUTING THE LOPERS

The host team Nebraska-Kearney opened its season at the Courtyard and Residence Inn by Marriott Oredigger Volleyball Classic in Golden, Colo. last weekend. The Lopers (4-0 overall) won the tournament by beating Edinboro University, Colorado Mesa University, Cal State L.A. and St. Cloud State University in dominating fashion.

LEADERS

                Annie Wolfe, UNK-46 kills, 3.54 kills per set, .519 hitting percentage, 10 blocks

                Lindsey Smith, UNK-149 assists, 11.46 assists per set, 4 aces, 34 digs

                Lauren Randall, UM- 80 kills, 4.44 kills per set, 12 aces, 38 digs, 4 blocks

                Thayna Silva, UM-57 kills, 3.17 kills per set, 8 aces, 42 digs, 4 blocks

                Ellise Lech, BHSU-30 kills, 2.50 kills per set, 3 aces, 37 digs

                Natalie Fahey, NWOSU- 40 kills, 2.35 kills per set, 3 aces, 10 digs, 12 blocks

NOTES

-The Jets take on NWOSU for the second time in a week.

-Conley is still the Heartland Conference leader in assists per set with 10.94, while Harvey leads the Heartland Conference in kills with 68.

-Harvey also won the first Heartland Conference Hitter of the Week award this season.

COVERAGE