CLARKSVILLE – Austin Peay's volleyball team begins a four-match homestand with two Week 6 contests. The Governors host Murray State in a 6 p.m., Tuesday contest that will serve as the kickoff for the 2018-19 Heritage Bank Battle of the Border. Morehead State then visits the Dunn Center for a 2 p.m. Saturday matchup.

MEET THE TEAMS

Austin Peay 10-2 (0-0 OVC) Clarksville, TN Roster Schedule Stats	Murray State 6-8 (0-2 OVC) Murray, KY Roster Schedule Stats	Morehead State 11-4 (2-0 OVC) Morehead, KY Roster Schedule Stats

FROM THE SERVE

• The Govs are one of four teams unbeaten in OVC play after the league schedule's opening week. Along with the Govs and Morehead State, Eastern Kentucky and Tennessee Tech opened with unblemished OVC records.
• Austin Peay leads all OVC teams in kills per set (14.46), attack percentage (.246), assists (13.60) and overall win percentage (.857) entering Week 6.
• Junior libero Ginny Gerig awas named OVC Defensive Player of the Week after her impressive weekend that saw her average 6.14 digs per set. She began the week with a 10-dig first-set performance at Southeast Missouri, finishing the match with 23 digs. Gerig followed that with 20 digs at UT Martin.
• Senior Cecily Gable led the Govs offense last week with 28 kills (4.0/set) while hitting .235. She was particularly impressive in the fourth set at UT Martin, recording five consecutive kills in a 6-0 run that broke open the set.
• Senior setter Kristen Stucker has been the OVC Setter of the Week three times this season.Last week, she led the Govs to a .219 team attack percentage while averaging 11.14 assists per set. Stucker also recorded her sixth and seventh double-doubles of the season.
• Head coach Taylor Mott became the first APSU head coach since 1992 to earn OVC Coach of the Year honors in 2017. She notched her 400th career win and became the second head coach to record 100 wins at APSU during the 2017 season.
• The Governors were picked second in the OVC's preseason poll of coaches and sports information directors. It is the second consecutive season APSU has been picked second in the poll.
• However, APSU was the top pick of more than half the voters in that preseason poll. The Govs 14 first-place votes outpaced preseason favorite Murray State's 10 first-place votes.