<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=41GhXa_0vlV0x3s00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=41GhXa_0vlV0x3s00" width="1920" height="1080" ></figure>SCHEDULE PAGE (LINKS TO LIVE STATS, VIDEO) | CURRENT STATS PACKMOREHEAD, Ky. -- Fresh off a 3-0 sweep over Tennessee State to begin OVC play, Morehead State volleyball heads south for a matchup Saturday with the current OVC leader, Tennessee Tech. The Eagles and Golden Eagles will serve it up at 5 p.m. ET.The match will be on ESPN+.MSU is searching for its first true road win in 2024, having dropped all three so far.2024 RECORDS<ul><li>Tennessee Tech (11-1, 0-0 OVC)</li><li>Morehead State (5-7, 1-0 OVC) </li></ul>PREVIOUS MEETING &amp; SERIES HISTORY<ul><li>Morehead State and Tennessee Tech have met the most times of any current OVC member that MSU plays each year. The Eagles lead the series 78-23.</li><li>Since 2017, MSU has won 10 of the previous 13 matchups. However, recently TTU has had the advantage, winning three of the last four times. Prior to 2022, MSU had won nine straight over Tennessee Tech.</li><li>MSU owns a 32-11 all-time record in matches played in Cookeville, Tenn.</li></ul>NOTABLE<ul><li>MSU has now won five of its last seven OVC-opening matches.</li><li>Under head coach Kyrsten Becker-McBride (second season), MSU is: 12-8 in 3-set matches, 6-11 in 4-set matches, 4-2 in 5-set matches</li><li>Peighton Isley earned All-Tournament honors for the Bluegrass Battle at Kentucky on opening weekend, while M.E. Hargan earned All-Tournament for the Geri Polvino Invitational. Irene Wogenstahl and Sydney Wyman both were honored as All-Tournament for the Comfort Inn-Vitational.</li><li>M.E. Hargan and Irene Wogenstahl are both on the Ohio Valley Conference preseason All-Conference team.</li><li>Irene Wogenstahl has 80 kills and just 11 errors in her last seven matches. In that span, Wogenstahl hit .396, which is an OVC best in a seven-match span this year.</li><li>Irene Wogenstahl has a career .291 hitting percentage, which currently ranks fifth in program history. Her accuracy ranks first at MSU in the rally-scoring era (2001-present).</li><li>Irene Wogenstahl has 68 solo blocks in her career, which ranks third in program history during the rally scoring era. Her 373 total blocks in her career ranks fifth among all players since 2008 when the 25-point rally scoring era began.</li><li>Since taking over the primary libero role midway through the 2022 season, Peighton Isley has only had six out of 63 total matches without double-digit digs.</li><li>Since 2018, the program owns a 68-18 record in home matches, or a winning success of better than 80 percent.</li><li>Career double-double count: Brenna Bommer = 13, M.E. Hargan = 10, Sydney Sennett = 3</li><li>Morehead State hit a season-high .367 in the 3-0 win over Tennessee State Wednesday. The Eagles had eight of their 49 kills off TSU overpasses (a kill with no assist).</li><li>The Eagles have seven straight matches with 10+ block assists. In that span, MSU has been credited with 108 of its 144 total block assists in the 2024 season. </li><li>In the last seven matches, MSU has 61 total team blocks, or 8.7 per match. In the first five matches, MSU had just 27 blocks, or just more than 5.0 per set.</li><li>M.E. Hargan has produced 36 career matches with double-digit kill totals.</li><li>Defensive specialist Courtney Fitzgerald has seen her back row production ramp up recently. She has 10+ digs in three of her last six matches. Fitzgerald piled up a season-high 15 scoops against UC last Saturday.</li><li>Morehead State returned its entire roster from 2023. The Eagles also added three newcomers for one of the larger rosters in recent history with 16 players.</li><li>Morehead State is the only OVC program with more than 1,000 wins in the history of its program. The Eagles also boast 14 total conference championships (regular-season and tournaments). </li><li>MSU has 12 20+ win seasons in the last 20 years.</li><li>Head coach Kyrsten Becker-McBride is in her second season as the program's leader, guiding the team to 18 wins in her first campaign. But, she is in her 14th season overall on the MSU coaching staff.</li></ul>RECORD/CAREER MILESTONE WATCH<ul><li>Irene Wogenstahl needs 164 kills to reach 1,000 for her career.</li><li>Irene Wogenstahl needs 27 total blocks to become just the third MSU player since 2008 (25-point rally scoring era) with 400+ total career blocks.</li><li>Brenna Bommer needs 652 assists to get to 2,000.</li><li>Maycie Welborn needs 231 kills to get to 1,000.</li><li>M.E. Hargan needs 275 kills to get to 1,000</li></ul></div></body>

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SCHEDULE PAGE (LINKS TO LIVE STATS, VIDEO) | CURRENT STATS PACK. MOREHEAD, Ky. -- Fresh off a 3-0 sweep over Tennessee State to begin OVC play, Morehead State volleyball heads south for a matchup Saturday with the current OVC leader, Tennessee Tech. The Eagles and Golden Eagles will serve it up at 5 p.m. ET.