Women's Volleyball | November 15
DeKALB, Ill. – To conclude the regular season, the Northern Illinois University volleyball team faces Western Michigan Wednesday night in Kalamazoo at 5 p.m. CT.
NIU (17-10, 10-7 MAC) remains in control of its own destiny as the team hunts a bid to the 2022 Mid-American Conference Tournament. Since the MAC takes the top-6 seeds and NIU is currently the No. 6 seed, if the Huskies beat Western Michigan, a bid is guaranteed.
NIU is coming off a two-win weekend against Eastern Michigan (18-10, 11-6 MAC) where two Huskies surpassed massive milestones.
Katie Jablonski (Elburn, Ill./Kaneland) and
Ella Mihacevich (Brunswick, Ohio/Padua Franciscan) cracked 1,000-career kills and assists, respectively.
The History: WMU owns a slight edge in the all-time series as NIU trails 33-34. Earlier this season, the Huskies wrangled WMU in a five-set thriller (27-25, 21-25, 25-14,19-25, 15-9) on Sept. 27, 2022, at Victor E. Court. Jablonski (17),
Brianna Scuric (10),
Sammi Lockwood (11),
Charli Atiemo (11) and
Emily Dykes (19) all reached double-digit kills. The last time NIU beat Western Michigan in Kalamazoo was Oct. 31, 2018.
Scouting WMU: Western Michigan (16-13, 8-9 MAC), No. 8 in the MAC, heads into its Senior Night matchup with NIU coming off a pair of losses to Central Michigan (18-10, 11-6 MAC) last weekend - the Broncos dropped each match in five frames. The weekend prior to those contests however, WMU swept Eastern Michigan twice on its home floor.
Wednesday's match will broadcast live on ESPN3, click
here to watch it.
