PLAYOFF OPENER
• Michigan Tech opens the GLIAC Tournament at Wayne State on Wednesday.
• First serve is set for 7 p.m. at the Matthaei Center.
• The Huskies are the No. 5 seed and the Warriors are the No. 4 seed.
• Tech went 16-11 overall and 10-7 in the GLIAC during the regular season, winning five of the last six matches.
• WSU won the only matchup of the regular season, 3-0 in Detroit.
 
GLIAC TOURNAMENT
• Other first round matchups are No. 8 Purdue Northwest at No. 1 Ferris State, No. 7 Davenport at No. 2 Grand Valley State, and No. 6 Parkside at No. 3 Northern Michigan.
• The GLIAC Tournament Semifinal is on Saturday and the Championship is Sunday.
 
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GLIAC SETTER OF THE WEEK
• Tess Hayes is the GLIAC Setter of the Week for the second time this season.
• Hayes averaged 11.57 assists per set in two wins last weekend. She tallied 48 assists and seven digs in a 3-1 victory at Saginaw Valley State on Friday and followed it up with 33 assists and seven digs in a sweep at Lake Superior State on Saturday.
• Hayes leads the GLIAC in assists per set (10.65) and also averages 2.6 digs per set.
 
GLIAC DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
• Libero/defensive specialist Amelia Albers anchored the defense of the Huskies on the weekend, averaging 4.86 digs per set and was named the GLIAC Defensive Player of the Week.
• She tallied 20 digs in the 3-1 victory at SVSU on Friday and notched 14 digs in the sweep at LSSU on Saturday.
• Albers leads the Huskies and ranks eighth in the GLIAC in digs per set (3.51).

SCOUTING THE WARRIORS
• Wayne State is 14-12 overall and 11-5 in the GLIAC.
• The Warriors are 7-4 on their home court and rank third in the GLIAC in hitting percentage (.249) and fourth in assists per set (11.9), blocks per set (1.9) and kills pet set (12.83).
• Kayla Giroux leads the GLIAC in hitting percentage (.410), is third in blocks per set (1.12), and fifth in kills pet set (3.62). Molly Miller is sixth in the conference in kills pet set (3.60).
• WSU was picked sixth in the GLIAC Preseason Poll after going 10-19 overall and 5-13 in the GLIAC last season.
 
FIRST MEETING
• Tech fell 3-0 at Wayne State on Oct. 25 in the only meeting of the regular season between the two teams. The Warriors won 25-17, 25-18, and 25-22.
• Meg Raabe finished with a match-high 16 kills. Kaycee Meiners notched five kills and four blocks. Rachel Zurek also added four blocks. Tess Hayes set the offense with 28 assists while Brynn Erickson tallied 11 digs.
 
GLIAC STATISTICAL RANKING
• Tess Hayes leads in assists per set (10.65)
• Tess Hayes is third in aces per set (0.43)
• Paige Wagner is third in hitting percentage (.360)
• Meg Raabe is fourth in kills per set (3.71)
• Kaycee Meiners is fifth in blocks per set (1.04)
• Amelia Albers is eighth in digs per set (3.51)
• Brynn Erickson is 10th in digs per set (2.94)
 
FINAL GLIAC STANDINGS
1. Ferris State
2. Grand Valley State
3. Northern Michigan
4. Wayne State
5. Michigan Tech
6. Parkside
7. Davenport
8. Purdue Northwest
9. Saginaw Valley State
10. Lake Superior State
11. Roosevelt
 
LAST TIME OUT
• Tech wrapped up the regular season with a pair of wins on the road. The Huskies defeated Saginaw Valley State 3-1 Friday and swept Lake Superior State 3-0 on Saturday.
• Meg Raabe led the offense (3.57 k/s), Tess Hayes set the attack (11.57 a/s), and Amelia Albers led the defense (4.86 d/s).
 
GLIAC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
• Nov. 18 – Tess Hayes – GLIAC Setter of the Week
• Nov. 18 – Amelia Albers – GLIAC Defensive Player of the Week
• Sept. 9 – Tess Hayes – GLIAC Setter of the Week
 
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.
 
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 222 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