CLARKSVILLE – Austin Peay State University's volleyball team brings its 2016 regular-season schedule to an end when it hosts SIUE and Eastern Illinois in a pair of Ohio Valley Conference contests, Friday and Saturday, at the Dunn Center.
The Govs will host SIUE in a 6 p.m, Friday contest that is part of a day-night doubleheader with the women's basketball team (1 p.m. tipoff against Miami). Friday's contest will feature senior night recognition for outside hitter Sammie Ebright, the Govs lone senior, prior to the start of the contest. In addition, the matchup with SIUE is an opportunity for APSU to move up to second place in the OVC standings.
Austin Peay then will close the regular-season slate with a 1 p.m., Friday contest that is the opening half of a doubleheader with the Governors football team (4 p.m. kickoff against Eastern Kentucky). A Govs sweep of the two contests would assure it at least a tie for second place in the OVC race and would guarantee it the No. 2 seed in next week's OVC Volleyball Championship.
Austin Peay will look to carry forward the momentum it built during an impressive October that saw it post a 10-1 record. The Governors have won 17 of their last 19 contests.
MEET THE TEAMS
A ROTATION OF KNOWLEDGE
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FINAL HOME MATCHES. This week's volleyball matches will bring the Govs regular-season schedule to a close. So it's one last opportunity for APVB fans to get to the Dunn Center and see their team in action.
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SECOND PLACE UP FOR GRABS. Friday's contest against SIUE is a battle for second place in the OVC standings. A Govs victory moves them into a tie with SIUE (and holding the tiebreaker) with one match remaining for each team the next day.
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EBRIGHT'S LAST HOME HURRAH. Sammie Ebright (pictured left) will play her final home indoor matches in a Governors uniform with this week's contests. The Govs will recognize their lone senior prior to the start of Friday's match, so fans should arrive early as the team show its appreciation of her four-year career.
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STUCKER STILL SETTING PACE. Setter Kristen Stucker leads all OVC setter with 1,168 assists this season – 4th among all Division I setters (42 behind the leader). Her 10.34 assists per set also leads the OVC and is 71st nationally.
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CHARGING CARGER. Middle blocker Logan Carger put together the best week of her career last week, setting her career high in kills in consecutive matches. She wrapped the week with 15 kills against Morehead State, the period on a 29-kill, 3.63 kill per set week.
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TWENTY AND TEN. The Govs 20-win campaign is their 11th in program history and first since 2010. APSU's also posted 10 OVC wins for the 10th time in program history and for the first time since 2012.Â
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FLIPPING THE SCRIPT. Entering this weekend's action, Austin Peay is the 4th most-improved club in Division I, its 22-9 record an 12½-game improvement over last season's 9-21 mark at the same time. The Govs finished 2015 with a 10-22 record.
