WEEKEND MATCHES
• Michigan Tech opens GLIAC play downstate this weekend.
• The Huskies play at Ferris State on Friday at 5 p.m.
• The weekend wraps up at Davenport on Saturday at 2 p.m.
• The teams will meet in Houghton on Nov. 7-8.
• Tech is 3-4 on the season.

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SCOUTING FERRIS STATE
• Ferris State is 5-3 with wins over Texas-Tyler, Mississippi College, Texas-Dallas, Regis, and Concordia-St. Paul.
• The Bulldogs are ranked No. 12 in the AVCA Top 25 Poll. They were No. 7 last week and No. 5 in the Preseason Poll.
• FSU was picked second in the GLIAC Preseason Poll behind Grand Valley State.
• The Bulldogs went 34-1 in 2024 and advanced to the Elite Eight after their 13th straight NCAA Tournament appearance.
• Gabby Piazza leads the GLIAC in kills per set (4.23).
 
SCOUTING DAVENPORT
• Davenport is 3-4 with victories over South Dakota Mines, Colorado Christian, and Tiffin.
• The Panthers were picked seventh in the GLIAC Preseason Poll after going 10-19 overall and 6-11 in the GLIAC last season.
• Madison Berry leads the GLIAC in assists per set (10.52), Hayley Carr is second in digs per set (4.63), and Abby Alan is second in aces (14).
 
GLIAC STATISTICAL RANKING
• Brooke Dzwik is fourth in aces per set (0.48)
• Tess Hayes is eighth in assists per set (7.91)
• Tricia Kennedy is seventh in blocks per set (1.00) and eighth in hitting percentage (.293)
 
LAST WEEKEND
• Tech went 1-3 at the Up North Tournament in Minnesota.
• The Huskies fell 3-2 at Minnesota Duluth on Thursday, lost 3-0 to No. 17 Barry on Friday, fell 3-0 at No. 10 St. Cloud on Friday, and swept Adelphi 3-0 on Saturday.
• Jacqueline Yancy averaged 2.5 kills per set, Madelynn Kreider and Tess Hayes set the attack with over six assists per set, and Julia Fledderjohn led the defense with 2.93 digs per set.
 
UP NORTH ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM
• Tricia Kennedy was named to the Up North All-Tournament Team after she averaged 1.57 kills per set and 1.14 blocks per set in the four matches while hitting .333.
• In the 3-0 sweep of Adelphi on Saturday, Kennedy tallied 11 kills and six blocks (three solo blocks and three block assists) while hitting .550. In the tournament opener at Minnesota Duluth, the junior middle blocker had seven kills and seven blocks. She added three kills on four attempts against No. 17 Barry.
 
McKENDREE ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM
• Brooke Dzwik led the Huskies with 32 kills in the three sets, averaging 3.2 per set. Also led the Black and Gold with seven aces, and 54 receptions while ranking second with 28 digs, averaging 2.8 per set.
• Rachel Zurek led the Huskies with 11 blocks on the weekend and put down 27 kills, averaging 3 per set. She had over eight kills in all three matches.

COACH PINDRAL
• Cindy Pindral was named the eighth Head Coach of the Michigan Tech volleyball program on December 2, 2024.
• Pindral returned to the Huskies after being an Assistant Head Coach, Assistant Coach, and Volunteer Coach with the Huskies for seven seasons from 2016 to 2022.
• During her seven years with the Huskies, the team held a 139-62 overall record. Tech went to four straight NCAA Tournaments from 2017-21 and won a pair of regular-season GLIAC championships in the spring of 2021 and then repeated in the fall of 2021.
• As a freshman student-athlete at the University of Florida, Pindral was the starting setter for the Gators who went to the NCAA Sweet 16, won an SEC Championship, and were ranked as high as No. 10.
• She finished her collegiate career as a three-time starter at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. She was an Academic All-American and All-RMAC selection.
 
PRESEASON GLIAC POLL
1. Grand Valley State 98 (8)
2. Ferris State 92 (3)
3. Wayne State 76
4. Northern Michigan 68
5. Michigan Tech 67
6. Parkside 59
7. Davenport 42
8. Purdue Northwest 38
9. Saginaw Valley State 34
10. Lake Superior State 18
11. Roosevelt 13

LAST SEASON
• Tech finished the 2024 season with a 17-12 overall record.
• The Huskies advanced to the GLIAC semifinal for the eighth consecutive time last season, with a 10-7 GLIAC record and a fifth-place finish in the conference.

ALL-GLIAC RETURNERS
• Tess Hayes – 2024 All-GLIAC First Team, 2023 GLIAC Freshman of the Year, 2023 All-GLIAC Second Team
• Rachel Zurek – 2024 All-GLIAC Second Team, 2023 All-GLIAC Honorable Mention
• Paige Wagner – 2024 All-GLIAC Second Team
 
NCAA D1 TRANSFERS ON ROSTER
• Avery Brown – University of Akron
• Alayna Corwin – Marshall University
• Julia Fledderjohn – Charleston Southern University

UPCOMING SCHEDULE
• Tech hosts Roosevelt on Sept. 26 in the home opener followed by Parkside the next day. It will be Alumni Weekend at the SDC Gym.
• The Huskies travel to Lake Superior State (Oct. 3) and Saginaw Valley State (Oct. 4) to begin October.