Women's Volleyball | 9/22/2017 4:35:00 PM

WICHITA, Kan. — With one of its most impressive wins of the season in the rearview mirror, the Newman volleyball team opens Heartland Conference action in the first part of a twinbill Saturday against Lubbock Christian, followed by a nonconference matchup against Southern Nazarene.

Both matches, against LCU at noon and SNU at 4 p.m., will be played at Wichita Hoops, 5260 N. Toler Drive in Bel Aire, Kansas.

SCOUTING NEWMAN

The Jets (5-9, 0-0 Heartland) are coming off a 3-1 victory Tuesday over Park, the No. 4 NAIA team in the country. Newman bounced back after falling in the first set to close the convincing win, getting 10 kills from five different players, including a triple-double out of Megan Pedersen.

                Leaders

                Emily Harvey-13 MP, 3.70 k/set, .278 attack%, 0.41 blk/set
                Kayla Turner-14 MP, 2.12 k/set, 10 aces, 2.98 d/set, 0.24 blk/set
                Megan Pedersen-14 MP, 2.52 k/set, .248 attack%, 5.92 ast/set, 2.06 d/set, 0.48 blk/set
                Anna Burton-5.82 d/set

SCOUTING THE CHAPARRALS

LCU (3-8, 0-1 Heartland) opened conference play on Thursday, taking a game from Arkansas-Fort Smith, but falling 3-1. Two close sets started the match, but UAFS closed with wins of 25-6 and 25-10 to seal it. Channing Stewart posted nine kills to match a season high in the match.

                Leaders

                Lauren Zoller-40 SP, 2.70 k/set, 2.60 d/set, 8 aces
                Kelsey French-40 SP, 5.82 d/set, 3 aces
                Emily Hanaway-24 SP, 2.42 k/set, .200 attack%, 4 aces
                Jaiden Kennedy-40 SP, 1.48 k/set, 1.08 b/set

SCOUTING THE CRIMSON STORM

SNU (6-7) split its first two Great American Conference games this week, topping Southwestern Oklahoma State 3-1 on Tuesday before falling 3-0 to Oklahoma Baptist on Thursday. That followed a weekend that saw the Storm pick up wins over Missouri Southern and Pittsburg State.

                Leaders

                Bailee Turang-46 SP, 3.76 k/set, .213 attack%, 16 aces, 2.43 d/set
                Kayla Thomas-44 SP, 2.73 k/set, .301 attack%, 6 aces, 0.39 blk/set
                Kylie Smith-46 SP, 9.28 ast/set, 9 aces, 2.87 d/set, 0.33blk/set
                Elyse Berlin-47 SP, 4.43 d/set

NOTES

-Lubbock Christian got the best of the Jets twice last year, one of just two teams to do so. The Lady Chaps won 3-1 in Wichita, and 3-0 in Lubbock.

COVERAGE

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