Friday, September 30
Carbondale, IL
6 p.m.
Southern Illinois University
vs
Drake
Salukis return to Davies Gym to host Drake and Northern Iowa
09/30/2022 | 9:31:00 | Women's Volleyball
The Southern Illinois volleyball team returns home after opening Missouri Valley Conference play 2-0 on the road last weekend with a pair of five-set victories at Murray State and Belmont. The Salukis will host Drake at 5 p.m. Friday followed by a match with Northern Iowa Saturday evening with first set for 6 p.m. Both games will be the played at Davies Gym for the first time this season.Â
Scouting DrakeÂ
All-Time vs. the Bulldogs
Scouting Northern Iowa
All-Time vs. the Panthers
Salukis End StreakÂ
Dishing Out Dimes
Scouting DrakeÂ
- Drake currently sits at 10-5 (1-1 MVC) on the season including a highlight win against the Iowa Hawkeyes.
- The Bulldogs split the first weekend of Valley play, beating UIC in four-sets and falling to Valparaiso 3-2Â on Saturday.
- Mariana Rodrigues (185) and Haley Bush (176) currently lead the Bulldogs in kills.Â
- Defensively, Drake leads the Valley with 133 total blocks averaging 2.25 per set.
All-Time vs. the Bulldogs
- SIU leads the all-time series 22-17, including a 12-7 record against the Bulldogs at home.
- Drake, however, has won seven of the last 10Â matchups and each of the last four.
- The Salukis last defeated the Bulldogs on Nov. 2, 2019, in Des Moines in four sets.Â
Scouting Northern Iowa
- Northern Iowa (9-6) was one of four teams to start conference action 2-0 in the Valley last weekend, defeating Valparaiso and UIC.
- After a slow start, UNI has won 8 of its last 9 matches with its only loss coming to Iowa.
- The Panthers have the third-highest hitting percentage in the Valley this season (.236) behind UIC and SIU
All-Time vs. the Panthers
- UNI leads the all-time series 38-6.
- The last time the Salukis took down UNI was Sept. 23, 2016, in a five-set match.
- A season ago, the Salukis fell to Panthers in Carbondale in a close five-set match (25-18, 25-17, 15-25, 23-25, 15-11).
Salukis End StreakÂ
- Southern Illinois starts out Valley play going 2-0 on its way to snapping a 31-match MVC losing streak with the win at Murray State Friday.
- The win was the Salukis first Valley win since Feb. 14, 2021, at Valparaiso when Southern won in five-sets during the COVID spring season. Â
- The Salukis sit 2-0 in league play for the first time since 2016, when SIU opened league play 4-0.
Dishing Out Dimes
- Sophomore setter Anna Jaworski tallied 59 assists and three aces in the five-set victory at Belmont last Saturday, both marking new highs on the year.
- Jaworski averaged 10.8 assists per set in the first two Valley wins and currently leads the Valley averaging 10.61 assists per set on the season.Â
- Along with Jaworski's new season-high on Saturday, outside hitter Nataly Garcia finished the match with 25 kills and a .420 hitting percentage, both season-highs.
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