SWOSU at Oklahoma City
Tuesday, Oct. 3 | Oklahoma City, Okla (Abe Lemons Arena) | 7 pm
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Setting the Scene
- SWOSU Volleyball (6-12, 3-2 GAC) will look to take last week's 2-0 momentum into Tuesday's non-conference match against NAIA foe Oklahoma City
- The Bulldogs snapped a seven-game losing streak with a 3-0 sweeping of Southeastern last week and followed it up by taking down Oklahoma Baptist in five sets to close out the perfect week
- Thanks to the 2-0 week, the Dawgs moved into a tie for fourth place in the GAC standings
- Tuesday's match against the Stars will get underway at 7 pm inside Abe Lemons Arena in OKC

The Opponent
Oklahoma City (9-5, 6-1 SAC)
- OCU comes into the contest riding a five-game winning streak
- They have played four top-10 ranked NAIA opponents this season, taking at least one set from every team but one despite an 0-4 record
- This is the Stars first contest against a Division II opponent this season
- Marijana Bjelobrk and Stefani Nell are Oklahoma City's top two scoring threats, posting 160 and 154 kills respectively to lead the team in the category
 
The Coaches
SWOSU: Josh Collins (76-101,6th season)
- Led the Bulldogs to the best season in program history in 2015, winning 22 games and the GAC Tournament Championship
- Has coached 12 All-GAC selections, one GAC Freshman of the Year and two AVCA All-Central Region selections 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.
 
OCU: Jason Munoz (9-5, 1st season)
- Enters his first season as the head coach for Oklahoma City, previously serving eight years as an assistant for Oklahoma Baptist
- Muñoz was recognized as the 2012 NAIA assistant coach of the year and among the 30 under 30 coaches by the American Volleyball Coaches Association
- Muñoz guided seven NAIA all-Americans, three NCCAA all-Americans, 35 all-conference performers, two SAC player of the year award winners, three SAC setters of the year, one SAC hitter of the year, an SAC libero of the year recipient and a GAC defensive player of the year

Checking The Standings 
(School.. overall record, conference record)
Arkansas Tech.. 18-0, 5-0
Harding.. 15-2, 4-1
Oklahoma Baptist.. 9-8, 4-1
Northwestern.. 12-5, 3-1
Southern Nazarene.. 8-8, 3-1
Ouachita.. 10-6, 3-2
SWOSU.. 6-12, 3-2
Henderson State.. 9-9, 2-3
Arkansas-Monticello.. 6-10, 1-4
Southeastern.. 5-12, 1-4
Southern Arkansas.. 6-13, 0-5
East Central.. 4-13, 0-5

SWOSU Notes
- A pair of Bulldogs posted new career highs last week in the 3-2 victory against Oklahoma Baptist
- Kaitlyn Dillon collected 37 digs, beating her previous high of 33 set earlier this season to lead SWOSU in the category
- Dillon now sits third in all of the GAC with 394 total digs in 77 sets (5.12/set)
- Addie Aman set her new kill number, hitting home 16 kills to help lead the Bulldog attack at the net
- Kodee Avery came within two assists of tying her career best, picking up 53 assists against OBU while also adding 14 digs, two service aces, and two blocks
- SWOSU is 4-6 this season in matches that go the distance, while only sweeping one team which came last Tuesday against Southeastern
- The Dawgs trailed late in the first two sets against the Savage Storm, but rallied in both to collect the come-from-behind set wins and eventually go on to win the contest
- Jenny Tackett led the Bulldogs in blocks on the week, coming up with three in each game while adding 13 kills
- Danusia Sipa Borgeaud continues to lead the offense in kills overall with 202 (2.69/set) on the year, followed by DeLayni Fine with 176 (2.29/set)

Looking Ahead
- SWOSU will shift its focus back to GAC play when they host back-to-back contests against Southern Arkansas and Arkansas-Monticello later on in the week
- The Bulldogs will take on SAU on Friday at 6 pm inside the Pioneer Cellular Event Center, and then turnaround and welcome UAM the following afternoon at 1 pm