WICHITA STATE (12-6, 4-2 American)

Friday, October 17 (6:00 p.m. CT) at UTSA (10-7, 3-3 American)
San Antonio, Texas (Convocation Center)
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Sunday, October 19 (1:00 p.m. CT) at Rice (10-8, 6-1 American)
Houston, Texas (Tudor Fieldhouse)
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Wichita State travels to San Antonio, Texas on Oct. 17 to face UTSA at 6 p.m. and to Houston, Texas on Oct. 19 to face Rice at 1 p.m.
The matches will be streamed live on ESPN+. Live stats for all matches can be found at shockerstats.livestats.us.

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SCENE SETTERS    
•Wichita State is coming off a 2-0 weekend after defeating Memphis in three sets on Friday and UAB in four sets on Sunday.
•WSU leads the series with UTSA 6-3.
•Rice leads the series with Wichita State 5-3.
•WSU has three players on the roster from the state of Texas in Olivia Cohee (McKinney), Ashlynn Hollis (Spring) and McKenzie Jones (Duncanville).
•Redshirt senior right side hitter Brooklyn Leggett has a streak of nine matches with 10 or more kills.
•The Shockers finished the non-conference portion of their schedule with an 8-4 record. 
•WSU had 2,681 fans in attendance at the Kansas match on Sept. 16. It was the largest home attendance since 2023.
•The Shockers tied a program record by allowing just four points in the first set against Tennessee Tech on Sept. 11.
•The Shockers are coming off an 18-14 season in 2024 that culminated in a dominant run to the American Conference Tournament championship and an appearance in the NCAA Tournament. 
•The Shockers appeared in the NCAA Tournament for the 12th time overall and the first since 2017.
•The Shockers were picked third in the American Conference preseason poll. Rice was tabbed as the conference's preseason favorite, garnering nine first place votes to South Florida's four. Brooklyn Leggett was named preseason all-conference.
•Wichita State returns three starters and the libero from the 2024 team including senior outside hitters Brooklyn Leggett and Emerson Wilford, junior middle blocker Maddie Wilson and senior libero Katie Galligan. 
•Head coach Chris Lamb is in his 26th season at the helm of the Shockers. Known affectionately as "Lambo," the veteran head coach owns a career record of 538-256, good for a .678 winning percentage and the most wins in the American Conference.

WEEKEND RECAP    
•The Shockers defeated Memphis 3-0 on Friday and UAB 3-1 on Sunday at Charles Koch Arena.
•Against the Tigers, the Shockers won by scores of 30-28, 25-17 and 25-16. Brooklyn Leggett led the Shockers with 15 kills, while Jordan Heatherly had 21 assists and Grace Hett had 13 digs.
•Against the Blazers, the Shockers won by scores of 25-14, 21-25, 25-23 and 25-13. Sydney Dunning led the Shockers with 19 kills, while Jordan Heatherly had 30 assists and Emerson Wilford and Dunning each had nine digs.
•In the two matches, Dunning averaged 4.00 kills per set and hit .377, while Leggett averaged 3.86 kills per set, 1.29 blocks per set and hit .310.

SHOCKS IN THE NCAA STATS    
•In the October 15 NCAA stat report, the Shockers are ranked 54th in assists per set, 82nd in digs per set, 83rd in hitting percentage, 43rd in kills per set, 83rd in match win-loss percentage, 52nd in team assists, 70th in team attacks per set, 85th in team digs, 42nd in team kills and 86th in team total attacks.
•Individually, Jordan Heatherly is 62nd in total assists, Sydney Dunning is 76th in points, 88th in total attacks and 77th in total kills, Maddie Wilson is 25th in blocks per set and 16th in total blocks and Gabi Maas is 79th in digs per set.

RPI UPDATE    
•The second RPI report of the season was released on October 13. The Shockers are 78th, while UTSA is 147 and Rice is 49.
•Tulsa is the top American team at 44, while the American has six teams in the top-100.
WSU is 0-4 against the top-50.

LAST NINE FOR BROOKLYN    
•The Shockers are 6-3 in their last nine matches and during that span Brooklyn Leggett has averaged 3.38 kills per set and 1.15 blocks per set, while hitting .292. 

ACES FOR DUNNING    
•Junior outside hitter Sydney Dunning set a career-high with seven service aces against Memphis on Oct. 10.
•It was the most aces by a Shocker since Sara Younes had seven against Bradley on Oct. 29, 2004.

WSU-UTSA SERIES    
•Wichita State leads the overall series with UTSA, 6-3. The Roadrunners lead the series in San Antonio, 1-0. Head Coach Chris Lamb is 4-3 against the Roadrunners.
•The last meeting between the two teams was Nov. 17, 2024, in Wichita. UTSA won 3-1.
•In that meeting, the Roadrunners won by scores of 23-25, 25-21, 25-20, and 26-24.
Morgan Stout led the Shockers with 23 kills, while Izzi Strand had 48 assists and Katie Galligan had 19 digs.

SCOUTING THE ROADRUNNERS    
•UTSA is 10-7 overall this season and 3-3 in the American with wins over DePaul, Lindenwood, North Dakota, Idaho, UT Arlington, North Florida, Prairie View, Charlotte, Memphis and UAB and losses to Stephen F. Austin, Texas State, Missouri State, Kent State, Tulsa, North Texas and Rice.
•Ally Tribe leads the Roadrunners with 2.86 kills per set, while Megan Hawkins averages 4.87 assists per set and Giado Obregon averages 3.02 digs per set.
•UTSA finished 11-18 in 2024 and 5-11 in the American.
•Head coach Carol Price-Torok is in her fourth season with UTSA.

WSU-RICE SERIES    
•Rice leads the overall series with Wichita State, 5-3. The Shockers are 2-3 against the Owls in Houston. Head Coach Chris Lamb is 3-3 against the Owls.  
•The last meeting between the two teams was Nov. 8, 2024 in Houston, Texas, with the Owls winning 3-2.
•In that meeting, the Owls won by scores of 20-25, 25-22, 25-22, 22-25, and 16-14.
•Morgan Stout led the Shockers with 20 kills, while Izzi Strand had 50 assists and Katie Galligan had 20 digs.

SCOUTING THE OWLS    
•Rice is 10-8 overall this season and 6-1 in the American with wins over Central Arkansas, Saint Mary's, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, Cornell, Tulsa, UAB, Memphis, South Florida, UTSA and Tulane and losses to No. 9 Texas A&M, No. 2 Texas, No. 20 Baylor, Northern Iowa, No. 18 Creighton, No. 4 Louisville, No. 9 TCU and Temple.
•Taylor Preston leads Rice with 4.14 kills per set, while Savannah Skopal averages 8.08 assists per set and Gaby Mansfield averages 3.79 digs per set.
•Rice finished 19-8 in 2024 and 13-3 in the American.
•Head coach Genny Volpe is in her 22nd season with Rice.

CAREER-HIGHS    
•The Shockers had five players with career-highs over the weekend.
•Sydney Dunning had a career-high seven service aces against Memphis on Oct. 10.
•Grace Hett had a career-high four assists and 13 digs against Memphis on Oct. 10.
•McKenzie Jones had a career-high 22 attack attempts and six digs against UAB on Oct. 12.
•Sarah Musial had a career-high 18 assists and two service aces against UAB on Oct. 12.
•Allie Paulsen had a career-high six total blocks and six block assists against UAB on Oct. 12.

UP NEXT    
•The Shockers host Tulane on Oct. 24 and North Texas on Oct. 26.