This Week in Peacock Volleyball… Upper Iowa has a busy week ahead as they head out on the road for three Northern Sun Conference matches. The Peacocks will face Winona State University on Tuesday at 6 p.m. in Winona, Minn. before heading west to battle the University of Sioux Falls on Friday at 6 p.m. and line up with No. 7 Southwest Minnesota State University on Saturday at 2 p.m. All three matches will feature several live options for fans to follow all the action. Each match will stream live on the Stretch Internet app on Roku, Amazon Fire, Apple and Android televisions and will have live stats and a webcast.
 
Peacocks Among NCAA/NSIC Stat Leaders… Team – Digs/Set (18.8/19th NCAA/ 1st NSIC), Attacks/Set (39.4/16th NCAA/1st NSIC), Aces/Set (1.7/4th NSIC) and Total Digs (658/2nd NSIC). Malissa LeClaire – Aces/Set (0.6/28th NCAA/2nd NSIC), Total Aces (20/20th NCAA, 2nd NSIC), Assists/Set (10.2/57th NCAA/5th NSIC) and Digs/Set (3.6/12th NSIC). Anna Winter – Attacks/Set (10.3/58th NCAA/4th NSIC), Kills/Set (3.2/14th NSIC). Bethany Lovhaug – Blocks/Set (1.2/26th NCAA/3rd NSIC). Gabby Holmes – Digs/Set (4.3/7th NSIC).
 
To the Polls... The American Volleyball Coaches Association has released their weekly regular season Division II Coaches Top 25 Poll and Upper Iowa is one of eight Northern Sun Conference schools in the rankings or receiving votes. The Peacocks are receiving votes for the 15th straight time but fell to the 32nd team in the nation. Upper Iowa joins seven other Northern Sun Conference members in the preseason poll including four of the top seven teams ranked programs in the nation; No. 2 Northern State University, No. 3 Concordia University, St. Paul, No. 6 University of Minnesota Duluth, No. 7 Southwest Minnesota State University and No. 18 Wayne State College. Augustana University and Minnesota State University, Mankato are also receiving votes.
 
A Quick Look in the Rearview… The Peacocks lost their two matches last week to open the Northern Sun Conference season with a home defeat at the hands of No. 2 Concordia-St. Paul and a road loss at Minnesota State. The Peacocks held a four-point lead late in their opening set with the Golden Bears, but CSP rallied to control the second and third sets. UIU and MSU bounced back and forth exchanging wins over the first four sets before the Mavericks won the final set. The loss on Saturday marked the first loss to a team not appearing in the AVCA Top 25 or receiving votes in the poll since Nov. 4, 2016. The Mavericks began receiving votes after defeating Winona State University and Upper Iowa last week.
 
Leaders for UIU's Opponents…

	WSU	USF	#7 SMSU
Kills	Megan Flom – 130	Bria Barfnecht – 129	Taylor Reiss – 193
Digs	Becca Pagel - 130	Kasandra Springer - 115	Kaylee Burmeister – 142
Assists	Bre Maloney – 340	Krista Goerger – 385	Emma Thompson – 441
Blocks	Sophie Wilker - 39	Lexi Scott – 44	Taylor Riess – 25
Aces	Bre Maloney - 11	Krista Goerger – 18	Kaylee Burmeister - 15

 
Next Time in Dorman… Upper Iowa will return to Prochaska Court in Dorman Gym on Sept. 21-22. The Peacocks will face the No. 18 Wildcats of Wayne State at 6 p.m. on Friday and then welcome the Viking of Augustana at 2 p.m. on Saturday.