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This Week in Peacock Volleyball… The Peacocks look to return to .500 in conference this weekend when they host a pair of NSIC matches during UIU's Homecoming weekend. The weekend kicks off at 7 p.m. in Dorman Gym where the Peacocks will take on the Huskies of St. Cloud State University. SCSU comes in at 7-7 on the year and 1-5 in conference play, having dropped their last four matches. On Saturday, Dorman Gym will play host to a top-ranked team
for the second straight week when the Peacocks line up with the #2 Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs. UMD is a perfect 6-0 in NSIC play and 13-1 overall, dropping their only match to #1 University of Tampa.
Diggin' The Beat... Senior libero Amanda Weiss continues to rank among the best in the nation in digs. The West Bend, Wis. native is 40th in the country with 244 digs this season and 105th in digs/set at 4.52. As a team, UIU ranks
9th nationally and 1st in the NSIC in digs with 967, while coming in at 23rd in NCAA DII and 2nd in the conference with 17.91 digs/set.
867-5309... Junior hitter
Jennifer Mundt leads the Peacock attack which ranks 23rd best in the nation and 3rd best in the NSIC. Mundt flexes her muscles to the tune of 11.3 attacks/set and 3.98 kills/set, which ranks 15th and 22nd in NCAA DII, respectively.
The Utica, Minn. product is 10th nationally in total attacks (610) and 9th in total kills (215).Home Sweet Home... Since Head Coach
Aaron Nelson took over the Peacock volleyball program prior to the 2011 season, UIU has amassed a .575 winning percentage (23-17) in confines of Dorman Gym.
Husky Leaders... Erin Ohlemann ranks seventh in the league in assists, averaging 10.37 per set. Ohlemann has recorded 477 assists on the season... Brianne Stamer is still ranked second in the league, averaging 5.39 digs per set... Shannon Klink leads the team in kills with 118 on the season. Klink averages 2.62 kills per set... St. Cloud State holds a .213 attack percentage as a team.
Bulldog Leaders... Mariah Scharf led the UMD attack with 37 kills on the week (4.11 per-set average) while hitting .244 through a trio of three-set sweeps for the Bulldogs and tied her season-high with 18 kills against Minnesota-Crookston on Tuesday evening while also adding a pair of blocks to lead the UMD offense... Julie Rainey averaged 6.33 digs per set, hauling in 57 on the week without a single reception error through three matches and collected 24 digs in UMD's 3-0 victory over #17 Wayne State on Saturday afternoon, her second-highest total for the season... Ashley Hinsch continued to put up career-best numbers with 119 assists in three matches, averaging 13.22 per-game and posted double-doubles in both matches over the weekend against a pair of ranked opponents with 35 assists and 11 digs against No. 21 Augustana and 41 assists and 11 digs against WSC.
