West Liberty, W.Va. – The West Liberty University volleyball team is set to play their final game in a stretch of three consecutive road games on Tuesday night, making the trip north to South Euclid, Ohio, to face Notre Dame. The Hilltoppers and Falcons are set for a 7 p.m. first serve inside Murphy Gymnasium.

GAME DETAILS

• Location: South Euclid, Ohio (Murphy Gymnasium)
• First Serve: 7 P.M.

WEST LIBERTY STORYLINES

• West Liberty enters Tuesday's match with a record of 18-6 (7-2 MEC) following a pair of road wins last weekend against Glenville State and Concord. The Hilltoppers are in sole possession of second place in the North Division of the Mountain East Conference standings.
• Through 24 matches this season WLU is hitting .195 while averaging 12.2 kills, 11.2 assists, 1.7 aces, 16.7 digs, and 1.6 blocks per set.
• Katelynn Fritz and Liv McAtee lead the attack for the Black & Gold, totaling 242 and 183 kills on the season and averaging 2.69 and 2.13 kills per set respectively. Riley Cudnik and McAtee have the two highest attack percentages on the team at .284 and .228.
• Dakoda Keni has been among the top setters in the country throughout her freshman season, having tallied 727 assists which is third in the MEC. Keni has been averaging 7.82 assists per set.
• Bella Dart and Nyia Setla lead the Hilltoppers at the service line, recording 34 and 33 service aces respectively. They are averaging 0.40 and 0.35 aces per set.
• Setla, the leader of the West Liberty defense, has collected 453 digs on the season, which ranks second in the MEC and is among the nation's leaders in NCAA Division II. She is also second in the conference with 4.87 digs per set.
• Grace Hill leads the Hilltoppers at the net, totaling 75.0 blocks while ranking seventh in the conference, and is averaging 0.97 blocks per set. Page Gross has added 43.0 blocks and is averaging 0.55 blocks per set.
• Riley Jarrett is in her fourth season as the head coach at West Liberty with a career record of 67-36 with the Hilltoppers.

NOTRE DAME STORYLINES

• Notre Dame enters Tuesday's match with a record of 6-12 (4-5 MEC) following a pair of losses in straight sets on the road to West Virginia State and Charleston. The Falcons are in sole possession of fourth place in the North Division of the Mountain East Conference standings.
• Through 18 matches this season NDC is hitting .164 while averaging 11.9 kills, 11.1 assists, 1.7 aces, 15.3 digs, and 1.6 blocks per set.
• Sydney Bray is the top attacker in the MEC, leading the league with 4.12 kills per set with a .262 hitting percentage. Bray is also the conference leader with 4.85 points per set.
• Samantha Comer is among the league leaders with 3.17 kills per set, ranking ninth in the conference.
• Jayme Zoeckler leads Notre Dame with 628 assists on the year and is second in the conference with 9.52 assists per set. She has also tallied a team-high of 30 service aces and is sixth in the league with 0.45 aces per set.
• With 253 digs this season, Kiley Kalina leads the team and ranks seventh in the MEC with 3.89 digs per set. Bray is also a factor on the defensive side of the net, with 183 digs, averaging 2.77 per set.
• At the net, Kelsie Palmer and Bray are tied with a team-best 38.0 total blocks while averaging 0.60 and 0.58 blocks per set.
• Erica Kostelac is in her first season as the head coach at Notre Dame, holding a career record of 6-12 during her time with the Falcons.

SERIES HISTORY

• Since 2010 West Liberty holds a 15-9 advantage in the series and has won four of the past six meetings.
• In the first match-up this season on September 26, the Hilltoppers defeated the Falcons in four sets in the ASRC with set scores of 25-17, 25-12, 25-16, and 26-24.
• Liv McAtee and Leah Driscoll led the Black & Gold with 15 and 12 kills respectively, while Dakoda Keni notched 36 assists and Nyia Setla had 18 digs.