WEEKEND MATCHES
• Michigan Tech begins GLIAC play this weekend on the road.
• Tech plays at Purdue Northwest on Friday at 7 p.m. Eastern.
• The trip wraps up at Parkside on Saturday at 5 p.m. Eastern.
• The Huskies are 4-3 on the season.

WATCH THE HUSKIES
• All home and GLIAC matches, will be streamed on FloSports.
• Michigan Tech fans can watch all home and conference games in volleyball, basketball, football, and soccer with one subscription.
• FloSports provides each subscriber with access to all content and events with the purchase of a monthly or yearly subscription.
• Subscriptions are offered in two different billing packages - monthly and annual.
• Discounts are available for students enrolled at GLIAC member and associate member institutions. You must subscribe with a .edu email address to be eligible.
• FloSports is available on iOS, Android, Apple TV, Roku, Amazon Fire, and Chromecast.

HUSKIES IN THE POLL
• Tech is receiving votes in this week's AVCA/Taraflex Top 25 Poll.
• The Huskies were No. 20 last week.
• Other GLIAC teams in the top 25 are No. 9 Ferris State and No. 16 Grand Valley State.

LAST TIME OUT
• Tech went 0-3 at the UP North Tournament at the SDC Gym falling to No. 7 St. Cloud State, 14 Minnesota Duluth, and Findlay.
• Meg Raabe led the offense, averaging 3.5 kills per set. Tess Hayes set the offense (9.6 a/s) and Brooke Dzwik and Amelia Albers led the defense (2.5 d/s).

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.

GLIAC STATISTICAL RANKING
• Tess Hayes leads in assists per set (10.36)
• Kaycee Meiners is third in blocks (28)
• Rachel Zurek is third in hitting percentage (.385)
• Amelia Albers is sixth in digs per set (3.84)
• Meg Raabe is seventh in kills per set (3.56)

GLIAC PLAYER OF THE WEEK
• Sept. 9 – Tess Hayes – GLIAC Setter of the Week

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
• In the 2024 Preseason Coaches' Poll, the Huskies were picked third in the GLIAC behind Ferris State and Grand Valley State which both received first-place votes.
• The Bulldogs had 97 points, including seven first-place votes. The Lakers were a close second with 94 points and four first-place nominations. The Huskies had 79 points followed by Parkside (71), Northern Michigan (67), Wayne State (48), Davenport (46), and Purdue Northwest (44) in the top eight. Lake Superior State (27), Saginaw Valley State (18), and Roosevelt (14) rounded out the poll.

SCOUTING THE PRIDE
• Purdue Northwest is 2-5 on the season with wins over Newman and Arkansas Monticello.
• Arra Cottrell leads the offense with 3.15 kills per set, Livia Thomsen (4.12 d/s) anchors the defense and Olivia Brooke (4.58 a/s) and Marina Gronkiewicz (4.31) set the attack.
• Tech is 8-0 all-time against PNW with a five-set win and sweep over the Pride last season.
• PNW went 13-17 overall and 8-10 in the GLIAC last season. The Pride were picked eighth in the GLIAC Preseason Poll ahead of Lake Superior State, Saginaw Valley State, and Roosevelt.

SCOUTING THE RANGERS
• Parkside is 4-4 with wins over Truman State, Lake Erie, Ohio Dominican, and Upper Iowa.
• Ava Irvin was All-GLIAC First Team last season and is second in the GLIAC with 4.1 kills per set. Karlee Lois is second in the GLIAC in assists per set (10.1) and Natalie Harris is third in the conference in digs per set (4.4).
• The Rangers were 19-12 overall and 12-6 in the GLIAC last season and were picked fourth in the GLIAC Preseason Poll just behind the Huskies. Coach Leigh Barea was named the GLIAC Coach of the Year in 2023.
• Tech is 9-5 all-time against Parkside with each team winning on its home court last season.

COACH JENNINGS
• Head coach Matt Jennings is in his 13th season with the Huskies and has won 210 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
• Tech returns to the SDC Gym next weekend with its first two home GLIAC matches against Ferris State on Friday at 6 p.m. and Davenport on Saturday at 3 p.m.
• The Huskies stay at home by hosting Lake Superior State (Oct. 4) and Saginaw Valley state (Oct. 5).