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Volleyball Howie Thompson, Director of Sports Communication

Peacocks Prep for Powerful Opponents this Week

Upper Iowa will face three nationally-ranked opponents in conference this week beginning with a home match against #22 Winona State and then traveling to #22 Augustana and #5 Wayne State on Friday and Saturday.

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THIS WEEK IN PEACOCK VOLLEYBALL... The #22 Warriors of Winona State University come to Dorman Gym Tuesday night for a Northern Sun Conference match against Upper Iowa.  WSU is coming off an upset of then-ranked #3 Concordia University, St. Paul on Saturday, while UIU will look to bounce back from the near upset of Minnesota State University, Mankato over the weekend.  Following the early match this week, the teams will resume their normal Friday-Saturday match schedule.  Upper Iowa will head west to face #22 Augustana University and #5 Wayne State College on Friday (7 p.m.) and Saturday (3 p.m.), Sept. 26-27.
 
NSIC GAUNTLET... The Northern Sun Conference has always been widely known as the top volleyball conference in all of NCAA Division II; but this year they are even better.  The NSIC is currently boasting seven teams in the AVCA's Top 25 Poll and one more receiving votes.  Included in the nationally-ranked octet is #1 Minnesota Duluth, #3 Southwest Minnesota State, #5 Wayne State, #8 Concordia-St. Paul, #19 Northern State, #22 Augustana, #22 Winona State and Minnesota State is receiving votes.
 
RECORD WATCH... Senior outside hitter Jennifer Mundt climbed into second place all-time in kills at Upper Iowa last week thanks to her 11 against the Golden Bears on Thursday night.  She now has 1,233 kills in her four seasons passing Sara Vance (1,208).  Mundt is now just 72 kills shy of the all-time mark held by Shea Meyerman (1,305).  The Utica, Minn. product has registered 172 kills through the first ten matches averaging 4.3 kills per set with a .204 hitting percentage.  Both her total kills and kills/set are the second highest tally in the conference behind Minnesota State's Krista Hassing.
 
LEADERS... 
 UPPER IOWAWINONA STATEAUGUSTANAWAYNE STATE
KILLSJennifer Mundt – 172Taylor Goar - 112Dani Magdzas - 87Alyssa Frauendorfer - 115
ASSISTSJenna Hermsen – 319McKenna Larsen - 314Anna Sykora - 183Leisa McClintock - 377
BLOCKSSarah Frisch – 17Lauren Kudronowicz - 24Becca Finley - 29Elizabeth Gebhardt - 30
DIGSTaylor Williams – 185Jamie Cairncross - 132Tahlyr Banks - 236Katie Hughes - 157
ACESKelsey Hinrichs – 11Taylor Goar - 16Marissa Johnson - 11Elizabeth Gebhardt - 12
HIT %Lauren Wombles - .293McKenna Larsen - .350Dani Magdzas - .272Alyssa Frauendorfer - .395
 
 
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Players Mentioned

Sarah Frisch

#7 Sarah Frisch

MB
5' 11"
Senior
Jenna Hermsen

#5 Jenna Hermsen

S
5' 7"
Graduate Student
Kelsey Hinrichs

#2 Kelsey Hinrichs

OH
5' 10"
Junior
Jennifer Mundt

#15 Jennifer Mundt

OH
5' 11"
Senior
Taylor Williams

#9 Taylor Williams

DS/Lib.
5' 7"
Senior
Lauren Wombles

#12 Lauren Wombles

MB
5' 10"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Sarah Frisch

#7 Sarah Frisch

5' 11"
Senior
MB
Jenna Hermsen

#5 Jenna Hermsen

5' 7"
Graduate Student
S
Kelsey Hinrichs

#2 Kelsey Hinrichs

5' 10"
Junior
OH
Jennifer Mundt

#15 Jennifer Mundt

5' 11"
Senior
OH
Taylor Williams

#9 Taylor Williams

5' 7"
Senior
DS/Lib.
Lauren Wombles

#12 Lauren Wombles

5' 10"
Freshman
MB
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