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Midwestern State (8-19) at SWOSU (8-15) Senior Night Monday, November 3, 6:00 pm Weatherford, Okla. (Pioneer Cellular Event Center) Live Stats  |  Watch Live SWOSU (8-15, 5-8 GAC) at Northwestern Oklahoma State (15-8, 7-5 GAC) Thursday, November 6, 7:00 pm Alva, Okla. (Percefull Fieldhouse) Live Stats  |  Watch Live SWOSU Weekly Notes (pdf)

Setting the Scene
- SWOSU Volleyball enters the week with just three matches remaining in the regular season, starting with Senior Night on Monday against Midwestern State, the final home game of the 2014 season
- The Bulldogs then go on the road to Northwestern Oklahoma State on Thursday for the final GAC contest of the season
- Both teams are foes that the Bulldogs have faced previously this season with MSU sweeping SWOSU at the Midwestern State Hampton Inn-vitational back in September and Northwestern earning a four-set victory over the Dawgs last month in Weatherford
- Monday's match will be the final home game for six Bulldog seniors: Kiley Brennfoerder, Joey Collins, Shayne Haley, Brandy Mader, Alyssa Olson and Taylor VanderWerff
- Haley, Mader, Olson and VanderWerff are all two-year players at SWOSU while Brennfoerder has played three years for the Bulldogs. Collins is the only four-year player in the senior class and just the sixth in SWOSU Volleyball history
 
The Opponents
Midwestern State
- Entering the week 8-19 following a four-set defeat at Cameron on Halloween
- 2-4 against GAC foes this season with victories over SWOSU and Southern Nazarene
- At the bottom of the Lone Star Conference standings at 3-12 in league play
- Have a record of 1-10 in road matches, including 10 consecutive defeats
- Six players have more than 125 kills on the year with Sarah Garfield (231), Hunter Porter (208) and Nicole Marzik (204) leading the way
- Averaging almost two blocks per set behind Garfield, who has 107 (0.99/set) for the year
- Setter Sarah Rosinke has totaled 877 assists (8.05/set) for the year, including 33 against the Bulldogs in their previous meeting this season
 
Northwestern Oklahoma State
- Enter the week 15-8 with a triangular against Panhandle State and Newman upcoming on Tuesday
- Looking for their first season-sweep of the Bulldogs after SWOSU swept the season series against the Rangers the past two years
- Have a record of 7-3 on their home court at Percefull Fieldhouse this season
- Alone in fifth place in the Great American Conference standings a 7-5 in conference play, but they are still ineligible for the conference tournament as they transition to NCAA Division II
- Led by Asia Pipkin, who has 310 kills (3.48/set) on the year while Ashanti Banks is also averaging over three kills per set with 292 for the year
- Elisa Bentsen has 102 blocks (1.15/set) on the year, helping the Rangers rank second in the GAC in blocks at 2.06 per set
- NWOSU holds opponents to a .130 hitting percentage, tied for the conference lead in that category
 
The Coaches
SWOSU: Josh Collins (34-56, 3rd season)
- Named second head volleyball coach in SWOSU history on January 1, 2012
- Enters his third season with a 26-41 record with back-to-back 13-win seasons
- Has coached five All-GAC selections and one GAC Freshman of the Year
- SWOSU has finished fourth in the GAC in each of his seasons
 
Midwestern State: Venera Flores Stafford (178-170, 11th season)
- Winningest coach in program history
- Averaging 17 wins per season and has led MSU to the LSC Championships in seven of ten seasons
- Led MSU to first NCAA Division II postseason appearance in 2007
- Had a 10-win improvement from 2012 to 2013
 
Northwestern Oklahoma State: Gene Krieger (19-34, 2nd season)
- Came to Northwestern Oklahoma State prior to last season after coaching in the high school ranks in California since 2000
- Previously coached at California Baptist, Cal Poly Pomona and Western Oregon
- Has tripled the Rangers win total in his second season
 
Last Time Out
- SWOSU went 0-2 last week, dropping a non-conference match at home to Cameron in four sets before being swept at Harding on Saturday
- Kaila Lancaster set a new career-high with 31 digs against Cameron, becoming the all-time leader at SWOSU in the process
- Joey Collins led the Dawgs with 14 kills against Cameron while Shayne Haley had a team-best seven at Harding
 
Checking the Standings
- SWOSU clinched their spot in the GAC Tournament with a victory over East Central On October 21
- The Bulldogs are currently tied for eighth with Arkansas-Monticello at 5-8 in conference play
- SWOSU will face Northwestern Oklahoma State, the fifth-place team in the standings, on Thursday for the final GAC match of the year
- A SWOSU win, coupled with an Arkansas-Monticello loss, would propel the Bulldogs into the seventh seed at the GAC Tournament
 
SWOSU Notes
- Six seniors will be playing their final home match on Monday
- Joey Collins is just the sixth four-year player in SWOSU Volleyball history and she will leave as one of the most decorated players in program history
- Collins ranks second in career kills, first in attack attempts, eighth in blocks and tenth in digs
- Kiley Brennfoerder has played three seasons at SWOSU and she ranks second in career blocks with 266
- Brennfoerder enters the week with 96 blocks and on the verge of becoming just the third player in SWOSU Volleyball history to record 100 blocks in multiple seasons
- Alyssa Olson has appeared in 25 matches this season and ranks second on the team with 160 assists
- Taylor VanderWerff is one of three players to start all 23 matches this season and she ranks second on the team with 68 blocks
- Shayne Haley ranks third on the team in kills with 164 this season and she has career totals of 283 kills, 129 digs and 88 blocks
- Brandy Mader leads SWOSU with 648 assists this year but she's become an all-around threat with career totals including 285 digs, 129 kills and 69 blocks
- Kaila Lancaster became SWOSU's all-time leader in digs last week, moving past Janna Green (1,196, 2005-07). Lancaster leads the Bulldogs with 422 digs this season, giving her 1,227 for her career
- Carly Zak is holding steady in fifth-place on the career kills list. She enters this week with 671 kills, needing 30 more to move past Tennessee Brown (700, 2005-07) and into fourth
- Kenya Williams ranks second on the team with 286 digs this season and she now ranks eighth in career digs and sixth in career service aces at SWOSU
 
Looking Ahead
- SWOSU concludes the regular season next Tuesday at Cameron before heading to the GAC Tournament, which will be played November 13-15 in Hot Springs, Ark.