WICHITA STATE (16-8, 8-4 American)

Friday, November 7 (7:00 p.m. CT) vs. East Carolina (11-12, 3-9 American)
Wichita, Kan. (Charles Koch Arena)
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Sunday, November 9 (1:00 p.m. CT) vs. Charlotte (15-9, 6-6 American)
Wichita, Kan. (Charles Koch Arena)
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Wichita State hosts East Carolina on Fri., Nov. 7 at 7 p.m. and Charlotte on Sun., Nov. 9 at 1 p.m. Both matches are inside Charles Koch Arena.
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 Florida Atlantic in four sets on Friday and South Florida in three sets on Sunday.
•WSU leads the series with East Carolina 10-1.
•Wichita State leads the series with Charlotte 3-0.
•Redshirt senior right side hitter Brooklyn Leggett had a streak of 14 matches with 10 or more kills snapped on Sunday 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.
•ECU assistant coach Sina Uluave played for the Shockers from 2019-20.
•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 542-258, good for a .678 winning percentage and the most wins in the American Conference.

PROMOTIONS THIS WEEKEND    
•Friday is Hometown Heroes Night — honoring local Military, Police, Fire, EMS & Healthcare workers.
•Sunday is SCHEELS Junior Shocker Club Day & Shocksgiving! Fans can bring canned food items for discounted tickets.

WEEKEND RECAP    
•The Shockers defeated Florida Atlantic 3-1 on Friday and defeated South Florida 3-0 on Sunday.
•At Florida Atlantic, the Shockers won by scores of 25-22, 25-19, 15-25 and 25-18. Brooklyn Leggett led the Shockers with 19 kills, while Jordan Heatherly had 36 assists and Gabi Maas had 20 digs.
•At South Florida, the Shockers won by scores of 25-21, 25-21 and 25-19. Sydney Dunning led the Shockers with 16 kills, while Jordan Heatherly and Hannah Hawkins each had 16 assists and Gabi Maas had 12 digs.
•In the two matches, Leggett averaged 4.00 kills per set, while Heatherly averaged 7.43 assists per set and Maas averaged 4.57 digs per set.

SHOCKS IN THE NCAA STATS    
•In the November 5 NCAA stat report, the Shockers are ranked 57th in assists per set, 78th in digs per set, 85th in hitting percentage, 44th in kills per set, 75th in match win-loss percentage, 79th in opponent hitting percentage, 39th in team assists, 82nd in team attacks per set, 63rd in team digs, 35th in team kills and 69th in team total attacks.
•Individually, Jordan Heatherly is 79th in total assists, Sydney Dunning is 72nd in points, 69th in total attacks and 69th in total kills, and Maddie Wilson is 54th in total blocks.

RPI UPDATE    
•The fifth RPI report of the season was released on November 3. The Shockers are 60th, while East Carolina is 159 and Charlotte is 110.
•South Florida is the top American team at 28, while the American has six teams in the top-100.
•WSU is 1-4 against the top-50 and 4-7 against the top-100.

LEGGETT NAMED TO HONOR ROLL    
•Wichita State volleyball student-athlete Brooklyn Leggett has been named to the American Conference Honor Roll for the week of October 27-November 2.
•The senior right-side hitter from Draper, Utah, led the Shockers to two road wins at Florida Atlantic and South Florida. She averaged 4.00 kills per set, 0.86 digs per set and 0.43 blocks per set, while hitting .431.
•In the four-set win at Florida Atlantic, she finished with a match-high 19 kills and hit .417. She also added four digs and three blocks.
•In the three-set win at South Florida, she finished with nine kills and two digs and hit .467.

LAST 15 FOR BROOKLYN    
•The Shockers are 10-5 in their last 15 matches and during that span Brooklyn Leggett has averaged 3.51 kills per set and 0.95 blocks per set, while hitting .302.
•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-ECU SERIES    
•Wichita State leads the overall series with East Carolina, 10-1. The Shockers lead the series in Wichita 4-0. Head Coach Chris Lamb is 10-1 against the Pirates.
•The last meeting between the two teams was Oct. 20, 2024 in Greenville, N.C. with the Pirates winning 3-2.
•In that meeting, the Pirates won by scores of 22-25, 25-18, 25-21, 18-25 and 15-10.
•Brooklyn Leggett led the Shockers with 21 kills, while Izzi Strand had 50 assists and 16 digs.

SCOUTING THE PIRATES    
•East Carolina is 11-12 overall and 3-9 in the American with wins over Florida A&M, Maryland Eastern Shore, Hampton, Furman, UNC Asheville, West Georgia, William & Mary, Wake Forest, Tulane, Temple, and Charlotte and losses to Liberty, Kansas State, No. 25 North Carolina, South Florida twice, Florida Atlantic twice, Charlotte, North Texas, UTSA, Rice and Temple.
•Ellie Pate leads the Pirates with 3.28 kills per set, while Taryn Gilreath averages 7.99 assists per set and Brooklyn Allison averages 4.46 digs per set.
•East Carolina finished 19-10 in 2024 and 11-5 in the American.
•Head coach Adler Augustin is in his sixth season with ECU.

WSU-CHARLOTTE SERIES    
•Wichita State leads the overall series with Charlotte, 3-0. The Shockers lead the series in Wichita, 1-0. Head Coach Chris Lamb is 3-0 against the 49ers.  
•The last meeting between the two teams was Oct. 18, 2024 in Charlotte with the Shockers winning 3-0.
•In that meeting, the Shockers won by scores of 25-22, 25-16 and 25-15.
•Alyssa Gonzales led the Shockers with 13 kills, while Izzi Strand had 29 assists and eight digs.

SCOUTING THE 49ERS    
•Charlotte is 15-9 overall and 6-6 in the American with wins over Bradley, College of Charleston, Western Carolina, UNCG, West Georgia, UNCW, Furman, Ohio, Maryland Eastern Shore, North Texas, East Carolina, Tulane, Florida Atlantic twice, and Temple and losses to William & Mary, Winthrop, Davidson, UTSA, South Florida twice, East Carolina, Temple, and Rice.
•Kristen Birmingham leads the 49ers with 4.03 kills per set, while Lauren Nixon averages 7.16 assists per set and Annika Thompson averages 5.14 digs per set.
•Charlotte finished 5-24 in 2024 and 2-14 in the American.
•Head coach Benavia Jenkins is in her first season with Charlotte.

CAREER-HIGHS    
•The Shockers had four players with career-highs over the weekend.
•Gabi Maas had a career-high 10 assists at Florida Atlantic on Oct. 31.
•Allie Paulsen had a career-high two solo blocks at Florida Atlantic on Oct. 31.
•Nadia Wasilewski had a career-high five kills, three digs and a .444 hitting percentage at South Florida on Nov. 2.
•Maddie Wilson had a career-high six digs at Florida Atlantic on Oct. 31 and hit a career-best .750 at South Florida on Nov. 2.

UP NEXT    
•The Shockers host Rice on Fri., Nov. 14 and travel to Temple on Sun., Nov. 16.