WEEKEND MATCHES
• Michigan Tech wraps up the regular season this weekend.
• The Huskies play at Saginaw Valley State on Friday at 7 p.m. and Lake Superior State on Saturday at 2 p.m.
• Tech is 14-11 overall and 8-7 in the GLIAC.
 
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GLIAC STANDINGS
1. Ferris State (clinched GLIAC Tournament spot)
2. Grand Valley State (clinched GLIAC Tournament spot)
3. Northern Michigan (clinched GLIAC Tournament spot)
4. Wayne State (clinched GLIAC Tournament spot)
5. Michigan Tech
6. Parkside
7. Davenport
8. Purdue Northwest
9. Saginaw Valley State
10. Lake Superior State
11. Roosevelt
 
SCOUTING THE CARDINALS
• Saginaw Valley State is 6-19 overall and 3-11 in the GLIAC. The conference wins are over Roosevelt (2) and Lake Superior State. The Cardinals are 2-4 on their home court.
• Sarah Veale is third in the GLIAC with 3.73 kills per set.
• Lana Rybkowski is in her first season as head coach after seven years as an assistant at Northwood.
• SVSU was picked tenth in the GLIAC Preseason Poll after going 5-24 overall and 2-16 in the GLIAC.
 
SCOUTING THE LAKERS
• Lake Superior State is 8-18 overall and 2-12 in the GLIAC.
• The Lakers' two GLIAC wins are from sweeps over Saginaw Valley State and Roosevelt at home. They have dropped six straight and are 2-4 on their home court.
• Mariana Velasque was an All-GLIAC First Team selection last season and leads the team with 2.78 kills per set.
• LSSU was picked ninth in the GLIAC Preseason Poll after going 8-22 overall and 5-13 in the conference last season.
 
FIRST MEETING
• Saginaw Valley State – Tech earned its third straight win with a five-set thriller over SVSU. The Huskies won 23-25, 27-25, 22-25, 25-14, and 15-13. Meg Raabe finished with a season-high 24 kills. Rachel Zurek tallied 14 kills and added a pair of blocks. Tess Hayes set the attack with 50 digs and led the Huskies with 23 digs.
• Lake Superior State – Tech picked up its second straight sweep by taking down LSSU 25-18, 25-17, and 25-20 at the SDC Gym. Rachel Zurek had a match-high 14 kills while hitting .522. Paige Wagner hit .533 and tallied 10 kills. Meg Raabe was also in double digits with 10 kills. Tess Hayes set the attack with 43 assists while adding eight digs.
 
GLIAC STATISTICAL RANKING
• Tess Hayes leads in assists per set (10.58)
• Tess Hayes is second in aces per set (0.44)
• Paige Wagner is second in hitting percentage (.368)
• Kaycee Meiners is fourth in blocks per set (1.04)
• Meg Raabe is fourth in kills per set (3.72)
• Amelia Albers is eighth in digs per set (3.40)
• Brynn Erickson is 10th in digs per set (2.94)
 
LAST TIME OUT
• Tech splits its weekend downstate with a 3-1 victory over Davenport on Friday and a 3-0 loss at No. 1 Ferris State on Saturday.
• Meg Raabe led the offense (3.57 k/s), Tess Hayes set the attack (11.29 a/s), and Amelia Albers led the defense (2.57 d/s).
 
CROSSOVER ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM
• Tess Hayes was named to the Midwest Regional Crossover All-Tournament Team. • Hayes averaged 10.8 assists and 2.7 digs per set.
• She tallied 24 assists and seven digs in a loss to No. 19 Quincy, 39 assists and eight digs in a sweep of Tiffin, and 45 assists and 12 digs in a victory over Findlay.
 
GLIAC PLAYER OF THE WEEK
• Sept. 9 – Tess Hayes – GLIAC Setter of the Week
 
UP NORTH ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM
• Rachel Zurek was named to the UP North All-Tournament Team.
• She hit .468 on the weekend while averaging 2.3 kills per set.
 
OREDIGGER CLASSIC MVP
• Junior Meg Raabe was named MVP on the All-Tournament Team after averaging 3.6 kills and 4.0 points per set on the weekend.
• She tallied 54 kills, 14 digs, 8 blocks, 2 assists, and 2 aces in the opening weekend.

PRESEASON GLIAC POLL
1. Ferris State – 97 (7)
2. Grand Valley State – 94 (4)
3. Michigan Tech – 79
4. Parkside – 71
5. Northern Michigan – 67
6. Wayne State – 48
7. Davenport – 46
8. Purdue Northwest – 44
9. Lake Superior State – 27
10. Saginaw Valley State – 18
11. Roosevelt – 14
 
COACH JENNINGS
• Head coach Matt Jennings is in his 13th season with the Huskies and has won 220 matches overall. He ranks second in wins in program history.
• Jennings is the chair of NCAA Volleyball Championships Committee. It's the sixth year working on NCAA postseason matters.
• Under Jennings, the Huskies have gone from last place in the conference to nationally ranked and consistently in the NCAA Tournament.
• Jennings coached the Huskies to four straight NCAA tournament appearances from 2017-21.
• He was named the GLIAC Coach of the Year in 2019 and 2017 and led the team to a program record of 10 straight wins to start the 2016 season.
• The 2021 spring team won a GLIAC Regular Season title for the second time in program history with the 2021 team repeating the feat in outright fashion.

LAST SEASON
• Tech finished the 2023 season 15-16 overall record with a 10-8 mark in the GLIAC.
• The Huskies advanced the GLIAC Tournament Semifinal for the seventh straight season as the fourth seed.

ALL-GLIAC RETURNERS
• Kaycee Meiners – 2023 All-GLIAC First Team
• Meg Raabe – 2023 All-GLIAC Second Team
• Tess Hayes – 2023 GLIAC Freshman of the Year, All-GLIAC Second Team
• Rachel Zurek – 2023 All-GLIAC Honorable Mention

UPCOMING SCHEDULE
• The GLIAC Tournament Quarterfinal is Wednesday (Nov. 20) followed by the Semifinal on Saturday (Nov. 23) and the Championship on Sunday (Nov. 24).