PREVIEW: Huskies head to NMU for Halloween matchup

TUESDAY AT NMU
• Michigan Tech wraps up its three-and-a-half-week road trip on Tuesday at Northern Michigan.
• First serve at Vandament Arena is set for 6:30 p.m.
• The Huskies are 11-13 overall and 7-6 in the GLIAC.
• Tech wraps up the week hosting Wayne State on Friday and Saginaw Valley State on Saturday at the SDC Gym.

WATCH ON TV
• Tuesday's match will be televised locally on Grit TV.
• Fans can tune in to channels WLUC 6.3 or Charter 192.
• Mark Evans (play-by-play) and Dave Ellis (color) will provide the commentary.
• TV6 and FOX-UP began broadcasting the Tech versus NMU rivalry during the 2013-14 season.

WATCH THE HUSKIES
• All home and GLIAC matches, will be streamed on FloSports.
• Michigan Tech fans can watch all home and conference games in volleyball, basketball, football, soccer, and hockey with one subscription.
• FloSports provides each subscriber with access to all content and events with the purchase of a monthly or yearly subscription.
• Subscriptions are offered in two different billing packages - monthly and annual.
• Discounts are available for students enrolled at GLIAC member and associate member institutions. You must subscribe with a .edu email address to be eligible.
• FloSports is available on iOS, Android, Apple TV, Roku, Amazon Fire, and Chromecast.

LAST WEEKEND
• Tech volleyball split its weekend downstate with a sweep at Davenport Friday and a 3-1 loss at Grand Valley State on Saturday.
• Lindy Oujiri led the offense (3.71 k/s), Tess Hayes set the attack (10.71 a/s), and Amelia Albers (4.71 d/s) anchored the defense.

SCOUTING THE WILDCATS
• NMU is 8-16 overall and 5-8 in the GLIAC. The conference wins are over Davenport, Tech, Lake Superior State, Purdue Northwest, and Saginaw Valley State.
• Jacqueline Smith leads the GLIAC in points per set (4.39) and is second in kills per set (3.74). Meghan Meyer is third in the conference in hitting percentage (.339).
• The teams split last season's matches with each squad sweeping on its home floor.
• NMU was 23-9 overall and 14-4 in the GLIAC last season and made an NCAA Tournament appearance. The GLIAC coaches placed them third in the preseason poll.
• Meghan Meyer, Jacqueline Smith, and Lauren Van Remortel are returning All-GLIAC selections from last season.

FIRST MEETING
• Tech fell 3-0 to Northern Michigan on September 26 at the SDC Gym.
• The first two sets went to extra points and the Wildcats came out on top 27-25, 26-24, and 25-19.
• Meg Raabe led the Huskies with 13 kills and Lindy Oujiri finished with 11. Tess Hayes led in assists (27) and digs (14). Alayna Corwin tallied 13 digs.

CURRENT GLIAC STANDINGS
1. Ferris State, 13-1
2. Grand Valley State, 11-2
3. Parkside, 9-4
4. Michigan Tech, 7-6
    Davenport, 7-6
6. Purdue Northwest, 6-7
7. Northern Michigan, 5-8
8. Wayne State, 4-9
9. Lake Superior State, 3-11
10. Saginaw Valley State, 1-12

200 WINS FOR COACH
• Head Coach Matt Jennings won his 200th game on October 14 against Findlay.
• He ranks second in the program history in career wins behind Mary Kaminski (258).

COACH JENNINGS
• Head coach Matt Jennings is in his 11th season with the Huskies and has won 202 matches overall.
• Jennings is on the NCAA Women's Volleyball National Committee and represents the Midwest Region.
• Under Jennings, the Huskies have gone from last place in the conference to nationally ranked and consistently in the NCAA Tournament.
• Jennings coached the Huskies to four straight NCAA tournament appearances from 2017-21.
• He was named the GLIAC Coach of the Year in 2019 and 2017 and led the team to a program record of 10 straight wins to start the 2016 season.
• The 2021 spring team won a GLIAC Regular Season title for the second time in program history with the 2021 team repeating the feat in outright fashion.

KIDS DAY
• Saturday is the annual Tadych's Marketplace Foods Kids Day at Michigan Tech. Tadych's of Houghton has purchased 100 youth tickets for Saturday's volleyball match and 400 tickets for the hockey game.
• The volleyball Huskies host Saginaw Valley State on Senior Day at 3 p.m.
• Tadych's will give away the tickets on Wednesday at noon.
• Vollerth's will be giving away hot dog coupons for the first 100 at the volleyball match.

GLIAC STATISTICAL RANKING
• Kaycee Meiners – 1st in total blocks (97)
• Kaycee Meiners – 1st in blocks per set (1.09)
• Lindy Oujiri – 3rd in total kills (317)
• Tess Hayes – 4th in assists per set (9.98)
• Kaycee Meiners – 4th in hitting percentage (.327)
• Lindy Oujiri – 5th in kills per set (3.6)
• Rachel Zurek – 6th in blocks per set (.87)
• Amelia Albers – 9th in assists per set (3.26)

UPCOMING SENIOR DAY
• Michigan Tech will recognize its five seniors after Saturday's match against SVSU.
• Lindy Oujiri, Zoe Rhines, Lauren Richards, Leiya Rybicki, and Kate Walch will be honored in their last regular season home match.

GLIAC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
• Oct. 9 – Lindy Oujiri – GLIAC Offensive Player of the Week
• Oct. 9 – Tess Hayes – GLIAC Setter of the Week

ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM
• Lindy Oujiri was named to the Midwest Region Crossover All-Tournament Team. She helped lead the Huskies to a 2-1 record at the Crossover, leading the offense with 43 kills, averaging 4.3 per set while hitting .298.
• Kaycee Meiners was named to the UP Open All-Tournament Team after averaging 2.29 kills per set while hitting .410 and tallying nine blocks.
• Lindy Oujiri was named to the Up North All-Tournament Team after leading the Huskies with 3.62 kills per set while adding eight blocks.

GLIAC PRESEASON POLL
1.   Ferris State - 79 (7)
2.   Grand Valley State - 70 (1)
3.   Northern Michigan - 67 (2)
4.   Michigan Tech - 53
5.   Wayne State - 51
6.   Davenport - 44
7.   Saginaw Valley State - 34
8.   Lake Superior State - 24
9.   Parkside - 18
10. Purdue Northwest – 10

NEW ASSISTANT
• Mallory Nickelson was named an Assistant Coach with Michigan Tech volleyball in February.
• Nickelson was a four-year starting libero and setter at future GLIAC member Roosevelt University and was recently an assistant coach for two seasons at UW-Stevens Point.

CAPTAINS
Senior outside hitter Lindy Oujiri, redshirt junior middle blocker Kaycee Meiners, and sophomore defensive specialist Alayna Corwin are team captains for 2023.

LAST SEASON
• Tech finished the 2022 season 20-10 overall record, winning 20 matches for the fifth consecutive season.
• The Huskies went 11-7 in GLIAC play and advanced to the GLIAC Tournament Semifinal for the sixth straight season.

UPCOMING SCHEDULE
• The Huskies host Wayne State (Nov. 3) and Saginaw Valley State (Nov. 4) in the final home matches of the regular season.
• The regular season wraps up at Ferris State (Nov. 10) and Lake Superior State (Nov. 11).
• The GLIAC Tournament begins on November 15 in the quarterfinal round with the semifinals on November 18 and the championship match the following day.