Women's Volleyball | November 11

DeKALB, Ill.— Hosting their final two matches of the regular season, the Northern Illinois University volleyball team will welcome Oakland and Cleveland State to Victor E. Court on Nov. 12-13. The Huskies (8-16, 2-12 Horizon) will face the Oakland Golden Grizzlies (11-15, 6-8 Horizon) at 6 p.m. Nov. 12 before closing out the regular season against the Cleveland State Vikings (4-21, 1-13 Horizon) at 5 p.m. Nov. 13.
 
To purchase tickets, please click here or call the NIU Athletics Tickets Office at 815-753-PACK (7225).
 
Andy Garcia will bring you the action both days on ESPN+ and is joined by Stephanie Zobac (Nov. 12) and Kristin Hoffman (Nov. 13) on the call.
 
Thursday's (Nov. 12) meeting between the Huskies and Golden Grizzlies will be the third all-time meeting and first since the 2013 season. The Huskies have never dropped a game to the Golden Grizzlies, winning the first game 3-1 in 2010, and the second 3-0 in 2013 with both matches played in DeKalb.
 
Oakland is led offensively by Molly Reck with 3.38 kills per set, a total of 338 kills this season. Reck continues to be an asset to the Golden Grizzlies, with 31 aces (team leader). On the defensive side of the ball, Kalli Cook leads the team with 4.14 digs per set (414 digs this season) while Grace Cooney leads the team with .80 blocks per set.
 
Friday's (Nov. 13) season finale will feature the 25th meeting between the Huskies and Vikings, the first since 2008. NIU holds a 21-4 series lead over the Vikings, winning the last 18.
 
Bryn VanVleet leads the team with 2.53 kills per set with three other Vikings with 2.01 or more kills per set.  Jazen Debina leads the team with 37 aces, .47 per set, and leads the league in this statistic. Vayda Delventhal takes charge of the defensive efforts with 4.22 digs per set, fourth in the league.  
 
For the Huskies, Ava Grevengoed (Shorewood, Ill./Joliet West) leads the team with 239 kills this season, an average of 2.91 per set. Katie Pahl (Perrysburg, Ohio/Perrysburg) and Autumn Flynn (Luxemburg, Wis./Luxemburg-Casco) are averaging 2.49 and 2.38 kills per set to round out the top-3 for NIU.  
 
At the service line, Pahl leads the way with 22 aces this season. Grevengoed and Charlotte Gramzow (Royal Oak, Mich./Lutheran Northwest) have added 19 aces apiece. Flynn and Rylea Alvin (Randolph, Wis./Randolph) continue to be the steady presences in the middle with 65 blocks each, averaging .79 blocks per set.
 
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