Panthers Volleyball Will Journey One Remaining Time Earlier than Residence Opener

Eastern Illinois (6-2) vs. Iowa State (7-1)

Date & Time: September nineteenth at 6:00 p.m.

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All Time Series: 0-1

Eastern Illinois (6-2) vs. Illinois (4-3)

Date & Time: September twenty first at 1:00 p.m. 

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All Time Series: 2-11

Eastern Illinois has been on a protracted street journey to start out their 2025 season marketing campaign, which featured journeys to Athens, Ohio, Carbondale, Illinois, and Terre Haute, Indiana. With the heavy mileage thought-about, EIU has been off to an incredible begin, holding a 6-2 report. They could have two last street matches earlier than lastly taking part in on dwelling territory, the place they may begin convention play in opposition to Lindenwood. Although this previous weekend was a tricky stretch record-wise, EIU got here away with a few particular person awards. Ariadna Pereles and Tori Mohesky have been awarded All-Tournament Team choices for the Pepsi Sycamores Volleyball Invite. 

About the Panthers: After going through the primary true take a look at of the season, EIU will look to appropriate issues subsequent weekend. The Panthers, at 6-2 total, dropped two matches in opposition to Montana and Indiana State earlier than they went on to beat Butler University. Both Ariadna Pereles and Tori Mohesky led the Panthers over the weekend, incomes their All-Tournament workforce choices. Mohesky totaled 21 kills, 2 blocks, and 23 digs. Her associate in crime, Pereles, additionally was awarded the OVC defensive participant of the week along with her event choice. Ariadna was dominant, recording 82 digs and 21 assists, an incredible vibrant spot for head coach Ryan Millar. However, this weekend, the Panthers will want extra contributions across the courtroom to finish the street journey on a excessive be aware. As a workforce, EIU is averaging 12.2 kills, 11.5 assists, 17.26 digs, and a couple of.2 blocks per set. The Panthers stay on the high of the OVC in profitable proportion, opponent hitting proportion, and digs per set. Outside of the OVC, the 17.26 digs per set is ranked sixth within the nation. 

About Iowa State: The Cyclones will enter the weekend with a formidable 7-1 report, with the loss coming from the University of Northern Iowa. Iowa State was in the identical Ohio Bobcat Tournament to start out the 12 months as Eastern Illinois, however the two packages would wait till this upcoming weekend to face off. Iowa State dealt with Bucknell and Ohio fairly swiftly with back-to-back match sweeps. The Cyclones are led by head coach Christy Johnson-Lynch, who’s in her twenty first season with Iowa State. Johnson-Lynch has a profession teaching report of 380-219, and her key contributors come from three completely different courses: a freshman, sophomore, and senior. Freshman outdoors hitter Alea Goolsby is the workforce chief on offense. She has recorded 88 kills and 94.5 factors in 25 units performed. The sophomore chief is Rachel Van Gorp, a libero/outdoors hitter who leads the workforce defensively with 116 digs. The senior lead for the Cyclones is Morgan Brandt, who leads the workforce with 298 assists. The earlier assembly in opposition to Iowa State was on September 14th, 1996. Iowa State gained the primary and solely match between these two packages 1-3. 

About Illinois: The Fighting Illini come into the weekend at 4-3 with wins over Notre Dame, Vanderbilt, Cincinnati, and Illinois State. One of their losses got here from the third-ranked workforce within the nation, Louisville. Illinois is led by head coach Chris Tamas getting into in his ninth season. Tamas is led by a number of key performers throughout the board. Offensively, Taylor de Boer leads this system with 92 kills and 96.5 factors. Kenna Phelan, a junior from Arkansas, holds the highest spot on the workforce in assists with 254. Lastly, on the defensive aspect, Taryn Kirsch has totaled 76 digs to steer the Illini. The historical past of those packages has the all-time sequence slotted at 2-11 favoring the Illini. The final match between these two groups was on September sixteenth, 2005, which Illinois gained 3-2. 

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