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SENIOR NIGHT Southern Nazarene (15-10, 9-5 GAC) at SWOSU (12-15, 8-6 GAC) Tuesday, Nov. 8, 7:00 pm Weatherford, Okla. (Pioneer Cellular Event Center) Live Stats  |  Watch Live

Setting the Scene
- Five SWOSU Volleyball seniors will play their final game at home in the Pioneer Cellular Event Center on Tuesday night when the Bulldogs face Southern Nazarene at 7:00 pm
- SWOSU's senior class consists of one five-year member (Ariana Olson), one four-year player (Carly Zak) and a trio of player who transferred in for their final two seasons of eligibility (Kayla Hebert, Paige Holt and Kelsi Schmidtberger)
- The Bulldogs have won two straight matches and seven of their last nine to improve to 8-6 in Great American Conference play and secure their spot in the 2016 GAC Tournament, held in Hot Springs next weekend
- SWOSU is one game behind Southern Nazarene in the league standings and the Dawgs are hoping to avenge a four-set defeat suffered at SNU on September 20th
 
The Opponent
Southern Nazarene (15-10, 9-5 GAC)
- The Crimson Storm are one game ahead of SWOSU in the conference standings and they bring a three-game winning streak into Tuesday's match
- One of the top defensive teams in the league, holding opponents to a .158 hitting percentage while ranking fifth in the GAC with 1.83 blocks per set
- SNU also ranks first in the conference with 12.43 assists per set and second in kills with 1,196 (13.29 per set) for the year
 
The Coaches
SWOSU: Josh Collins (68-87, 5th season)
- Led the Bulldogs to the best season in program history in 2015, winning 22 games and the GAC Tournament Championship
- Has coached nine All-GAC selections, one GAC Freshman of the Year and one AVCA All-Central Region selection in four seasons
- His teams have earned two AVCA Team Academic Awards and one GAC Sportsmanship Award
- Added the duties of Director of Gameday Operations at SWOSU in the fall of 2014.
 
Southern Nazarene: Kevin Ingram (320-226, 16th season)
- In 15 years at Southern Nazarene, Ingram has had 11 winning seasons and only suffered four losing records
- Prior to his head coach position, Coach Ingram spent one year as a graduate assistant and four years as an assistant coach for SNU's former coach Stephane Shellenberger
-  Ingram also serves as the Athletics Department Facilities Manager
 
Checking the Standings
- SWOSU enters the week alone in sixth place in the GAC standings, one game out of fifth place but also just one game ahead of seventh
- Harding and Oklahoma Baptist are tied for the conference lead at 11-3, one game ahead of Ouachita and Arkansas Tech, who are tied for third at 10-4
- Southern Nazarene is alone in fifth place at 9-5, one game ahead of the Bulldogs in sixth at 8-6
 
SWOSU Notes
- Five Bulldog seniors will be playing their final home game on Tuesday evening after leaving a lasting impact on the SWOSU Volleyball program
- Kelsi Schmidtberger has played two years for the Bulldogs, earning All-GAC honorable mention and GAC All-Tournament Team honors last season and she ranks seventh in career blocks at SWOSU with 167
- Paige Holt has spent two years at SWOSU and she is just above Schmidtberger and ranked sixth in career blocks for the Bulldogs with 168
- Kayla Hebert is in her second season at SWOSU, where she earned Second Team All-GAC honors and was named the MVP of the 2015 GAC Tournament, and she's ranked second in career assists at SWOSU with 2,052
- Ariana Olson is the longest tenured member of the Bulldog Volleyball program, spending five years at SWOSU and totaling 470 digs and 48 assists
- Carly Zak is the most decorated player in SWOSU Volleyball history, earning All-GAC honors in each season as a Bulldog and last season she became the first player in program history to earn all-region honors when she was named Second Team All-Central Region by the D2CCA
- For her career, Zak currently ranks first in school history for kills (1,597), first in points (1,768.5), fourth in blocks (193), seventh in digs (840) and ninth in service aces (66)
 
Looking Ahead
- SWOSU concludes the regular season on Thursday evening in Alva against Northwestern Oklahoma State
- The Bulldogs then head to Hot Springs, Arkansas, for the 2016 GAC Tournament held on November 17-19