WICHITA, Kan. — Entering November with three more regular season matches on the road, the Newman volleyball team heads south for Heartland Conference matchups at Texas A&M International and St. Mary's this weekend.

SCOUTING NEWMAN

The Jets (10-18, 3-6 Heartland) started off last week with an impressive 3-0 nonconference victory over Friends, but suffered a pair of tough losses in conference play, falling to Dallas Baptist 3-0 despite three close sets, and dropping a heartbreaker to St. Edward's 3-2.

                Leaders

Kayla Turner-2.40 k/set, 29 aces, 3.54 d/set, 0.27 blk/set
Hailey Braddy-2.16 k/set, 10 aces, 1.85 d/set, 0.21 blk/set
Anna Burton-22 aces, 5.50 d/set
Emily Harvey-3.61 k/set, .262 attack%, 0.45 blk/set
Reagen Roth-5.94 ast/set, 24 aces, 1.58 d/set, 0.13 blk/set

SCOUTING THE DUSTDEVILS (Thursday, 7 p.m.)

Texas A&M International (2-21, 0-9 Heartland) has had a rough go of it, falling in its last four matches since facing Newman in Wichita. The Dustdevils got a set off of St. Edward's two weeks ago, but suffered a 3-0 loss to Lubbock Christian last weekend.

Leaders

Leah McManus-2.19 k/set, 25 aces, 1.73 d/set, 0.24 blk/set
Ronnie Fountain-7.20 ast/set, 11 aces, 2.13 d/set
Alejandra Bustamante-20 aces, 2.41 d/set
Panebi Shirey-1.91 k/set, 0.62 blk/set
Megan Unrath-1.68 k/set, .188 attack%, 0.27 blk/set

SCOUTING THE RATTLERS (Saturday, noon)

St. Mary's (15-10, 7-2 Heartland) continued its hot start into the second half of the conference season, and is currently on a four-match league winning streak and solidly in second place in the standings. They snagged a 3-2 win over Lubbock Christian last week, pushing their overall winning streak to seven straight before they fell to Southwestern (Texas) on Saturday.

                Leaders

                Bree Perry-9.76 ast/set, 20 aces, 2.41 d/set
                Monica Ramon-37 aces, 4.81 d/set
                Channing Hankins-3.29 k/set, .219 attack%, 0.31 blk/set
                Tarine Grace-2.68 k/set, .252 attack%, 0.70 blk/set
                Mandee Eberle-2.36 k/set, 18 aces, 3.00 d/set, 0.41 blk/set

NOTES

-St. Mary's has locked up a spot in the Heartland Conference postseason, and has a shot to catch first-place Arkansas-Fort Smith, but needs to beat the Lions this week.

-The next four teams in the standings, including the Jets, are all within two and a half games, with three matches left to be played.

COVERAGE

Both matches this weekend will feature live video and statistics, available at www.newmanjets.com.