Date: Oct. 2, Oct. 5, 2015
First Serve: 7 p.m., 7 p.m.
Location: Wichita, Kan., Evansville, Ind.
Arena: Charles Koch Arena, Meeks Family Court
Free Audio: www.goshockers.com/watch
Talent: Mike Kennedy
Free Video: www.espn3.com (Oct. 2 only)
Talent: Chris Solwecki and Denning Gerig
Series: Missouri State leads WSU 43-27; WSU leads Evansville 34-9

On the Web
Both of Wichita State's matches this week will be on the internet at www.goshockers.com/watch with Mike Kennedy calling the action. Friday's match will also be on espn3.com with Chris Solwecki and Denning Gerig.

Scouting Missouri State
The Bears are 11-4 overall and 2-0 in the Missouri Valley Conference. Wins this season have come against Furman, Western Michigan, Milwaukee, Miami, Oral Roberts, Western Kentucky, Middle Tennessee, UMKC, South Dakota State, Illinois State and Indiana State. Losses have come against Marquette, Arkansas State, Northwestern and No. 17 Kansas. As a team, MSU is hitting .226, while opponents are hitting .204. They are led by Lily Johnson who is averaging 4.23 kills and 2.67 digs per set. The Bears are led by head coach Melissa Stokes.

Series History vs. the Bears
Missouri State leads the overall series with the Shockers 43-27.  The Bears also lead the series in Wichita 17-12.  WSU head coach Chris Lamb is 21-16 overall against the Bears and 10-7 in Wichita.  The Shockers are 21-8 against the Bears since 2004.    

Last Meeting vs. MSU
The last meeting between the two teams was Nov. 7, 2014, in Wichita. The Shockers won 3-2 by scores of 23-25, 25-21, 19-25, 25-19 and 15-11. Ashlyn Driskill led the Shockers with 17 kills, while Emily Hiebert had 50 assists and Dani Mostrom had 25 digs.

Scouting Evansville
The Purple Aces are 6-10 overall and 0-2 in the Missouri Valley Conference. Wins this season have come against Tennessee Tech, Niagara, Austin Peay, Jackson State, Western Illinois and Central Michigan. Losses have come against Wright State, Eastern Illinois, DePaul, Toledo, Tennessee, Northern Kentucky, San Jose State, Omaha, Drake and UNI. As a team, UE is hitting .183, while opponents are hitting .222. They are led by Genesis Miranda who is averaging 4.25 kills and 2.37 digs per set. The Purple Aces are led by head coach Manolo Concepcion.

Series History vs. the Purple Aces
Wichita State leads the overall series with the Purple Aces 34-9.  The Shockers also lead the series in Evansville 14-7.  WSU head coach Chris Lamb is 26-4 overall against the Purple Aces and 12-3 in Evansville.  The Shockers have won 26 of the last 27 meetings overall.  

Last Meeting vs. UE
The last meeting between the two teams was Nov. 14, 2014, in Wichita. The Shockers won 3-0 by scores of 25-10, 25-13 and 25-10. Abbie Lehman led the Shockers with 16 kills, while Emily Hiebert had 39 assists and Dani Mostrom had 14 digs.

Last Time Out
The Shockers went 2-0 last week with wins over Indiana State and Illinois State to begin Valley play. WSU beat INS 3-1 by scores of 22-25, 25-23, 25-18 and 25-22 and beat ILS 3-1 by scores of 25-27, 25-23, 25-23 and 25-22. Abbie Lehman and Katie Reilly led the Shockers with 25 kills each, while Emily Hiebert had 98 assists and Dani Mostrom had 35 digs.

Shocks in the NCAA Stats
Wichita State is ranked in the top-75 nationally in several statistical categories as of Sept. 28. WSU is 43rd in assists per set, 56th in hitting percentage, 22nd in assists, 36th in digs, 24th in kills, 67th in digs per set, and 61st in kills per set. Individually, Emily Hiebert is 13th in assists and 42nd in assists per set. Abbie Lehman is 23rd in blocks and 31st in hitting percentage and Dani Mostrom is 53rd in digs.

WSU Ranked 17th in Attendance
Wichita State is ranked 17th nationally in average attendance. The Shockers are averaging 2,127 fans per match, while national leader Nebraska is averaging 8,137 fans per match.

Lehman Named MVC Defensive Player of the Week
Wichita State volleyball student-athlete Abbie Lehman has been named the Missouri Valley Conference Defensive Player of the Week for the week of Sept. 21-27.
Lehman, a sophomore middle blocker from Newton, Kan., led the Shockers to a 2-0 record over the weekend to begin Valley play and helped WSU average 2.75 blocks per set as a team in the two wins. She averaged 1.62 blocks, 3.12 kills and 3.94 points per set, while hitting .442.
In the four-set win over Indiana State, she had a team-high 14 kills on 28 swings and hit .429. She also added a match-high seven blocks and one assist. In the four-set win over Illinois State, she had 11 kills on 24 swings and hit .458. She also had six blocks.
It is Lehman's second-straight MVC Defensive Player of the Week honor.

Hiebert's Double-Doubles
Sophomore setter Emily Hiebert currently has a streak of five-straight double-doubles. She leads the Shockers with nine this season and now has 19 in her career, which ranks tied for 23rd in the Shocker career record books.

MVC Start
Wichita State earned four-set wins over Indiana State and Illinois State over the weekend to start 2-0 in Missouri Valley Conference play. With the two wins, WSU got off to the eighth 2-0 start in Valley play under Head Coach Chris Lamb. The Shockers started 10-0 in 2004, 18-0 in 2005, 4-0 in 2006, 18-0 in 2008, 2-0 in 2009, 2-0 in 2011 and 5-0 in 2013.

Moving on Up
Two Shockers continue to move up the career records list. Sophomore setter Emily Hiebert collected 98 assists over the weekend and is now 10th in the Shocker record books in career assists with 1,771. Junior libero Dani Mostrom had 35 digs over the weekend and is now ninth in the Shocker record books in career digs with 1,224.

Reilly Heating Up
Senior right-side hitter Katie Reilly continued her impressive play over the weekend to open Valley play. Over her last 13 matches, she is averaging 2.98 kills, 1.06 digs and 0.74 blocks per set, while hitting .377. She has had double-digit kills in eight of the 13 matches and has been named to two all-tournament teams during that stretch.