WICHITA STATE (17-9, 9-5 American)

Friday, November 14 (6:00 p.m. CT) vs. Rice (17-8, 13-1 American)
Wichita, Kan. (Charles Koch Arena)
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Sunday, November 16 (11:00 a.m. CT) at Temple (16-13, 5-9 American)
Philadelphia, Pa.
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Wichita State hosts conference champion Rice on Fri., Nov. 14 at 6 p.m. inside Charles Koch Arena and travel to Temple on Sun., Nov. 16 at 11 a.m CT.
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 1-1 weekend after defeating East Carolina in three sets on Friday and falling to Charlotte in four sets on Sunday.
•Rice leads the series with Wichita State 6-3.
•Wichita State leads the series with Temple 9-2.
•Wichita State will honor seniors Katie Galligan, Brooklyn Leggett and Emerson Wilford before the match against Rice on Friday.
•Redshirt senior right side hitter Brooklyn Leggett had a streak of 14 matches with 10 or more kills snapped on Nov. 2 at South Florida. She collected her 500th kill as a Shocker in the Oct. 19 match at Rice.
•Redshirt junior libero Gabi Maas had her first career double-double at Florida Atlantic on Oct. 31. She finished the match with 20 digs and a career-high 10 assists.
•With the win at USF on Nov. 2, the Shockers clinched a spot in the American Championship Nov. 21-23 in Tampa, Fla.
•The Nov. 14 match vs. Rice has been moved to a 6 p.m. start time inside Charles Koch Arena.
•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 543-259, good for a .678 winning percentage and the most wins in the American Conference.

PROMOTIONS THIS WEEKEND    
•Friday is Senior Night and Fan Appreciation Night. The first 250 fans receive a free T-shirt courtesy of AR Roofing. Seniors Katie Galligan, Brooklyn Leggett and Emerson Wilford will be honored before the match.

SENIOR NIGHT    
•On Friday against Rice, the Shockers will celebrate Senior Night. Katie Galligan, Brooklyn Leggett and Emerson Wilford will all be honored before the match.
•This class has an overall record of 79-44 and a 47-21 record in conference play and has participated in one NCAA Tournament and two NIVC Tournaments, won one American Conference Tournament title and one NIVC Championship.
•Katie Galligan has collected 890 digs, 50 service aces and 101 assists in 405 sets played.
•Brooklyn Leggett has collected 637 kills, 12 service aces, 169 digs and 168 blocks in 263 sets played.
•Emerson Wilford has collected 663 kills, 25 service aces, 394 digs and 183 blocks in 332 sets played.

WEEKEND RECAP    
•The Shockers defeated East Carolina 3-0 on Friday and lost to Charlotte 3-1 on Sunday.
•Against East Carolina, the Shockers won by scores of 25-11, 25-19 and 25-14. Brooklyn Leggett led the Shockers with 12 kills, while Jordan Heatherly had 35 assists and Gabi Maas had 13 digs.
•Against Charlotte, the 49ers won by scores of 25-21, 25-20, 22-25 and 26-24. Brooklyn Leggett led the Shockers with 13 kills, while Jordan Heatherly had 32 assists and Gabi Maas had 19 digs.
•In the two matches, Leggett averaged 3.57 kills per set, while Heatherly averaged 9.57 assists per set and Maas averaged 4.57 digs per set.

SHOCKS IN THE NCAA STATS    
•In the November 12 NCAA stat report, the Shockers are ranked 59th in assists per set, 66th in digs per set, 100th in hitting percentage, 50th in kills per set, 83rd in match win-loss percentage, 72nd in opponent hitting percentage, 37th in team assists, 66th in team attacks per set, 61st in team digs, 36th in team kills and 62nd in team total attacks.
•Individually, Gabi Maas is 98th in digs per set, Jordan Heatherly is 75th in total assists, Sydney Dunning is 87th in total attacks, and Maddie Wilson is 68th in total blocks.

RPI UPDATE    
•The sixth RPI report of the season was released on November 10. The Shockers are 60th, while Rice is 29 and Temple is 135.
•Rice is the top American team at 29, while the American has six teams in the top-100.
•WSU is 1-6 against the top-50 and 4-8 against the top-100.

LAST 17 FOR BROOKLYN    
•The Shockers are 11-6 in their last 17 matches and during that span Brooklyn Leggett has averaged 3.52 kills per set and 0.94 blocks per set, while hitting .293.
•She had her streak of 14-straight matches with 10 or more kills snapped on Nov. 2 at South Florida when she finished with nine in three sets. 

WSU-RICE SERIES    
•Rice leads the overall series with Wichita State, 6-3. The Shockers are 0-1 against the Owls in Wichita. Head Coach Chris Lamb is 3-4 against the Owls.  
•The last meeting between the two teams was Oct. 19, 2025 in Houston with the Owls winning 3-2.
•In that meeting, the Owls won by scores of 23-25, 25-22, 25-22, 20-25 and 15-10.
•Sydney Dunning led the Shockers with 19 kills, while Jordan Heatherly had 29 assists and Grace Hett had 22 digs.

SCOUTING THE OWLS    
•Rice is 17-8 overall this season and 13-1 in the American with wins over Central Arkansas, Saint Mary's, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, Cornell, Tulsa, UAB, Memphis, South Florida, UTSA twice, Tulane twice, Wichita State, East Carolina, Charlotte, North Texas and Florida Atlantic 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 4.26 kills per set, while Kaia Mateo averages 9.13 assists per set and Gaby Mansfield averages 4.11 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.

WSU-TEMPLE SERIES    
•Wichita State leads the overall series with Temple, 9-2. The Shockers lead the series in Philadelphia, 3-2. Head Coach Chris Lamb is 9-2 against the Owls.  
•The last meeting between the two teams was Sept. 27, 2024 in Wichita with the Shockers winning 3-1.
•In that meeting, the Shockers won by scores of 25-20, 20-25, 25-16 and 27-25.
•Alyssa Gonzales led the Shockers with 17 kills, while Izzi Strand had 48 assists and Annalie Heliste had 18 digs.

SCOUTING THE OWLS    
•Temple is 16-13 overall and 5-9 in the American with wins over North Dakota, George Washington, North Carolina Central, Georgetown, FDU, Fordham, Presbyterian, Quinnipiac, Dartmouth, Penn, Rice, UAB, Memphis, Charlotte, East Carolina, and Howard and losses to Bowling Green, North Dakota State, Villanova, Hofstra, Tulane, South Florida twice, Florida Atlantic twice, East Carolina, Charlotte, UTSA and North Texas.
•Christiana Greene leads the Owls with 3.41 kills per set, while Lexi Yoza averages 5.44 assists per set and Qairo Bentley averages 2.63 digs per set.
•Temple finished 14-16 in 2024 and 6-10 in the American.
•Head coach Linda Hampton-Keith is in her fourth season with Temple.

UP NEXT    
•The Shockers travel to Tampa, Florida for the American Conference Championship Nov. 21-23.