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KALAMAZOO, Mich. – The Western Michigan volleyball workforce heads out west this weekend for the LMU Invitational to tackle three different squads which participated within the 2024 NCAA Tournament.
TOURNAMENT INFO
Match One: Thursday, Sept. 11 | 6:30 pm | WMU at LMU | LIVE VIDEO | LIVE STATS
Match Two: Friday, Sept. 12 | 6:30 pm | WMU vs. #16 USC | LIVE STATS
Match Three: Saturday, Sept. 13 | 3 pm | WMU vs. #19 BYU | LIVE STATS
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ON THE ROAD AGAIN
Western Michigan begins a stretch of six in a row away from house to shut out non-conference play this week with three matches in three days on the LMU Invitational. The Broncos begin event play with host LMU on Thursday, get #16 USC on Friday after which face #19 BYU in Saturday’s finale.
LAST TIME OUT
The Broncos are coming off of a four-set loss to Michigan State on Monday night time at University Arena. WMU claimed the opening set, however the Spartans bounced again to take the following three. Molly Brown paced the Brown and Gold in kills for the night with 12, whereas Leah Richmond totaled 35 assists and contributed seven digs.
THE OPPONENTS
Like Western Michigan, every of the opposite three groups on this weekend’s LMU Invitational made the NCAA Tournament final season. The Broncos performed LMU in 2024, defeating the Lions in final yr’s season opener in Kalamazoo, to even the all-time sequence up at one apiece. Both USC and BYU enter the weekend ranked contained in the top-20 of this week’s AVCA Coaches Poll. WMU has met up with the Trojans simply as soon as previous to this weekend, with that lone encounter coming at a event hosted by Hawaii in 2005. Western Michigan owns an 0-2 all-time report towards the Cougars, together with going through them within the 1982 NCAA Tournament, which was the Brown and Gold’s first-ever look within the Big Dance.
WMU VS RANKED FOES
USC and BYU function the primary top-25 foes Western Michigan has confronted in 2025. The Broncos had 4 common season video games towards ranked opponents final season, and received at #24 Marquette in 4 units to choose up their first win over a top-25 opponent since defeating #18 Ohio State in 2003.
LEAGUE LEADING LIBERO
Elana Erickson has excelled within the libero function for WMU within the first couple weeks of the season. The sophomore leads the convention in whole digs (126), which ranks 14th in NCAA Division I. She can be the league chief in digs per set, tallying 4.67 per body, which is Thirty fifth-best within the nation.
SETTING THE TABLE
Redshirt freshman setter Leah Richmond has been among the many MAC’s finest as nicely, rating second within the league (and tenth nationally) in whole assists with 253. Her 9.37 assists per set mark are ranked third within the convention. The Indianapolis native has additionally been racking up the digs, main her to a team-best 4 double-doubles in seven contests.
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