FAYETTE, Iowa - Peacock volleyball (13-12, 6-7 GLVC) starts postseason play on Thursday, Nov. 12, at the GLVC Tournament against No. 22 Indianapolis (24-4, 11-2 GLVC). First serve is scheduled for 11:30 a.m. at the Williamsville High School Fieldhouse in Williamsville, Illinois.

The winner between the Peacocks and the Greyhounds will face the winner of Maryville (Mo.) (15-13, 9-4 GLVC) and Drury (Mo.) (20-8, 9-4 GLVC) on Friday, Nov. 13 at 2:30 p.m. The GLVC Championship is scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 14 at noon.

LIVE OPTIONS
Fans unable to attend the games this weekend can stay connected with a pair of live options available at UIUPeacocks.com/Live, featuring access to live stats and a pay-per-view webcast through GLVCSN. Fans can also refer to the links attached to this story for all live options. 

In addition to GLVCSN.com, viewers can catch the Peacocks on the GLVCSN iOS and Android mobile app, as well as the GLVCSN app on Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV and Android TV.

LAST TIME OUT
The Peacocks wrapped up the regular season with a three-set loss to Truman State (Mo.) (14-12, 8-5 GLVC) this past Saturday. The Peacocks were outhit .320-.104 in the loss with Truman State having a 40-31 kills advantage. 

Erica Conger led the Peacocks with nine kills on a .368 hitting percentage. Kailey Porter added six kills in the middle on a .308 hitting percentage. Grace Fruzen totaled 21 assists with a team-high 12 digs and three service aces.

Upper Iowa celebrated senior day after the match, honoring both Abby Buchanan-Kenzinger and Alexis Moses. 

STATISTICS SUMMARY
Upper Iowa's attack is led by Natalie Bystol, totaling 221 kills (2.70/set) as a freshman. Porter isn't far behind with 206 kills (2.51/set) and a team-best .301 hitting percentage. She ranks 12th in the GLVC in hitting percentage. Conger has added 195 kills (2.60/set) and Marissa Becker has 175 kills (2.22/set).

Fruzen has tallied 781 assists (8.88/set) this season with a team-high 36 service aces (0.41/set). She ranks fifth in the GLVC in total assists and assists per set. The junior is also eighth in the conference in aces per set. Nationally, she ranks 59th in assists per set. 

Morgan Block is up to 491 digs on the season (5.40/set). She continues to lead the GLVC and rank 12th nationally in digs per set. The junior is on pace to surpass her program-record 5.32 digs per set that she hit last season. Her 491 digs are the seventh-most in a season in program history. 

Moses leads the team with 46 blocks, while Porter has 43, with a team-high eight solo blocks. Fruzen is second on the team in digs with 270, ranking 17th in the GLVC. Addy Vaughn has 34 service aces while Block has 30. 

UIU leads the GLVC in service aces per set, averaging 2.03, which also ranks 43rd nationally. As a team, the Peacocks allow the second-fewest opposing kills in the GLVC at 11.56 per set. UIU's 16.15 digs per set ranks fifth in the conference.

GLVC TOURNAMENT PREVIEW
The Peacocks enter the 44th GLVC Volleyball Tournament as the No. 8 seed, set to face No. 1 seed UIndy. Maryville and Drury are facing each other at 2:30 p.m. after the Peacocks and Greyhounds.

Rockhurst (Mo.) (20-7, 11-2 GLVC) earned the No. 2 seed and is set to face No. 7 Truman State (Mo.) (14-12, 8-5 GLVC) at 5 p.m. Missouri-St. Louis (19-7, 11-2 GLVC) enters as the No. 3 seed facing No. 6 Lewis (Ill.) (15-13, 8-5 GLVC) in the nightcap at 8:30 p.m.

The top three seeds in the conference all finished the regular season with the same GLVC record, tying for the regular season title. UMSL enters as the defending champs after beating Quincy (Ill.) in last season's championship. Lewis has the most conference championships with 14, UIndy has five and Rockhurst has four.

Entering the conference tournament, the GLVC has four teams qualifying for the NCAA Tournament based on NPI rankings. UIndy is No. 2, Rockhurst is No. 4, UMSL is No. 5 and Drury is No. 7. 

UPPER IOWA GLVC TOURNAMENT HISTORY
This is only the second time the Peacocks have made the GLVC Tournament, as UIU qualified during its first season in the conference in 2023. The Peacocks also earned the No. 8 seed in that tournament, losing to No. 1 seed UMSL in three sets.

The 2026 GLVC Tournament marks Upper Iowa's sixth appearance in a conference tournament since joining the NCAA. UIU is 1-5 in postseason play during that time, upsetting No. 1 seed Northern State (S.D.) in the 2019 NSIC Tournament. 

ABOUT THE GREYHOUNDS
UIndy is the lone ranked team in the GLVC, entering at No. 22 in the AVCA Coaches' Poll and being ranked for the third straight week. The Hounds are ranked second in the Midwest Region NPI Rankings for the NCAA Tournament entering GLVC postseason competition.

The Greyhounds entered the final weekend of the season a game ahead in first place, but a three-set loss to Drury and a three-set win over Southwest Baptist tied them with UMSL and Rockhurst for the regular season championship. UIndy's other loss in conference play was to Truman State on Sept. 25 in five sets.

UIndy leads the conference in assists per set (13.73), hitting percentage (.286), kills per set (14.52) and opposing hitting percentage (.154). The Greyhounds are second in the conference in blocks per set (2.19) and team assists (1,333). 

The offense is led by outside hitter Maddie Lynch, who recently became the 15th player to reach 1,000 career kills in program history. The junior has totaled 365 kills (4.35/set) while hitting .350 and leads the GLVC in kills per set while coming in at sixth in hitting percentage. Senior outside hitter Makenzie Pflederer has totaled 222 kills (2.34/set), and senior middle Allison Jansen has 218 kills (2.32/set). 

Macy Bruton is just behind Block in digs per set in the conference, averaging 5.22 to also rank 19th nationally. She had a career-high 29 digs against Drury this past weekend. Jansen is fourth in the GLVC in blocks per set, averaging 1.01. 

Freshman setter Amaree Haralson leads the Greyhounds in assists with 601 (6.39/set), and sophomore Carly Fonda has 485 assists (5.45/set). Haralson also leads the team with 31 service aces. 

The Peacocks hosted UIndy during their opening weekend in Dorman Memorial Gymnasium on Sept. 26, falling in four sets. The Hounds outhit UIU .400 to .105, with Lynch totaling a match-high 16 kills. Conger led the Peacock attack with 10 kills, Block totaled 19 digs and Fruzen had a double-double with 27 assists and 16 digs. 

Head coach Haley Case is in her second season with the Greyhounds. She led UIndy to 22 wins last season, the most since 2013. Case is 46-16 at UIndy entering the GLVC Tournament.