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The Missouri State volleyball team (22-5, 14-0 Missouri Valley Conference) celebrates a special senior class and looks to secure a second consecutive MVC title this weekend when it welcomes second-place UNI (23-6, 13-2) to Hammons Student Center for a noon Saturday first serve and hosts Drake (23-6, 12-3) at 2 p.m. Sunday. The Bears can secure at least a share of the conference title with a victory over UNI on Saturday, and will clinch an outright championship with two victories. For both matches, fans wearing BearWear gain free admission, and ticket vouchers are also available at area Price Cutter locations. MSU’s four seniors will be honored after Sunday’s match. THE OPPONENTS UNI is 23-6 overall and 13-2 in MVC play with losses to MSU and Illinois State. The Panthers have been ranked as high as 20th in the AVCA Coaches Poll this season, and Karlie Taylor, Piper Thomas and Bri Weber all average at least 3.31 kills per set. As a team, UNI hits .245 and holds opponents to a .170 efficiency with averages of 15.15 kills, 1.04 aces, 19.28 digs and 1.77 blocks per set. Drake is having one of its best seasons in school history with a 23-6 record and 12-3 league mark. The Bulldogs are led by senior outside hitter Kyla Inderski, who averages 3.34 kills and 3.88 digs per set, and hit .205 as a team compared to .174 for the opposition. The Bulldogs average 13.44 kills, 1.00 aces, 19.05 digs and 1.80 blocks per set. SERIES HISTORIES The all-time series with UNI is 49-24 in favor of the Panthers. MSU has won the last four meetings after UNI won 13 of 14. MSU is 60-9 against Drake and has won 36 of the last 37 meetings, the exception being a loss in Springfield in 2010. FIRST MEETINGS THIS SEASON Missouri State grabbed a pair of hard-fought road wins in October, beating Drake 3-2 on the 13th and UNI in four sets on the 14th. Against Drake, the Bears set school single-match records for digs (153) and attacks (266), while Lily Johnson finished with 28 kills and 32 digs and Emily Butters added 44 digs of her own for the second-best total MSU history. The next night, Johnson went for 22 more kills and 18 digs to help the Bears win in Cedar Falls for the second consecutive season. LAST WEEK The Bears hit .326 as a team for a 3-0 home win against Southern Illinois on Nov. 4. Lily Johnson had 16 kills and 17 digs, Lynsey Wright hit .478 with 12 kills, and Emily Butters lifted 22 digs. COACH MELISSA STOKES Head Coach Melissa Stokes is 486-227 (.682) in her 22nd season at Missouri State. She became the MVC’s all-time winningest coach in league matches Sept. 30, 2011, when the Bears beat Bradley 3-1 for her 197th conference victory, and won her 400th career match against Miami (Fla.) on Sept. 13, 2014. A native of El Cajon, Calif., the MVC Coach of the Year in 2003 and both MVC and AVCA Midwest Region Coach of the Year in 2016 has guided Missouri State Volleyball Game Notes ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS Rick Kindhart, Director of Athletics Communications Ben Adamson, Assistant Director, Volleyball Contact Eric Doennig, Assistant Director 901 S. National Ave., Springfield, MO 65897 Phone (417) 836-5402 MissouriStateBears.com 2017 MISSOURI STATE SCHEDULE (22-5 Overall, 14-0 MVC) August 25 Fri. at Appalachian State W, 3-2 NC State Tournament 26 Sat. vs. #8 Kansas L, 1-3 26 Sat. at NC State (ESPN3) W, 3-2 September D.C. Koehl Classic Classic 1 Fri. at #20 Ohio State W, 3-1 2 Sat. vs. Lipscomb L, 2-3 2 Sat. vs. Oakland W, 3-0 Pepperdine Asics Classic 8 Fri. vs. #8 Washington L, 1-3 8 Fri. vs. Wyoming W, 3-0 9 Sat. at Pepperdine W, 3-1 Dr. Mary Jo Wynn Invitational 14 Thu. Chattanooga (ESPN3) W, 3-0 15 Fri. Washington State (ESPN3) L, 2-3 16 Sat. Illinois (ESPN3) L, 2-3 16 Sat. Tennessee State (ESPN3) W, 3-0 22 Fri. at Illinois State* (ESPN3) W, 3-2 23 Sat. at Bradley* (ESPN3) W, 3-1 25 Mon. Loyola* (ESPN3) W, 3-0 29 Fri. Indiana State* (ESPN3) W, 3-0 30 Sat. Evansville* W, 3-0 October 7 Sat. at Southern Illinois* (ESPN3) W, 3-0 13 Fri. at Drake* (ESPN3) W, 3-2 14 Sat. at #20 UNI* (ESPN3) W, 3-1 20 Fri. Bradley* (ESPN3) W, 3-2 21 Sat. Illinois State* (ESPN3) W, 3-1 27 Fri. at Evansville* (ESPN3) W, 3-0 28 Sat. at Indiana State* (ESPN3) W, 3-0 30 Mon. Valparaiso* (ESPN3) W, 3-1 November 4 Sat. Southern Illinois* (ESPN3) W, 3-0 11 Sat. UNI* (ESPN3) 12 p.m. 12 Sun. Drake* (ESPN3) 2 p.m. 17 Fri. at Valparaiso* (ESPN3) 7 p.m. 18 Sat. at Loyola* (ESPN3) 7 p.m. MVC Tournament 23 Thu. TBD% (ESPN3) 5/7:30 p.m. 24 Fri. TBD% (ESPN3) 5/7:30 p.m. 25 Sat. TBD% (ESPN3) 4 p.m. (*) MVC match; Bold home matches; all times are Springfield times; % - MVC Tournament in Normal, Ill.; ESPN3 indicates that match will carried live on ESPN3. The Valley on ESPN3 is available for free at ESPN.com/watch or on the ESPN App. Missouri State BEARS • 2017 Record 22-5 • MVC 14-0 • NCAA RPI 51 • AVCA Rank RV (27) PrepVolleyball Rank 33 • Kills Leader Lily Johnson (4.44/set) • Digs Leader Emily Butters (5.67/set) MSU CELEBRATES SENIORS, SEEKS MVC TITLE VS. UNI, DRAKE Opponents: UNI Saturday, Nov. 11, 12 p.m. Drake Sunday, Nov. 12, 2 p.m. Location: Springfield, Mo. Site: Hammons Student Center Live Stats: MissouriStateBears.com Live Video: The Valley on ESPN3 (ESPN.com/watch) @MissouriStBears @MissouriStateVB /MissouriStBears /MissouriStateVB /MissouriStBears /MissouriStateVolleyball

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Page 1: Missouri State Volleyball Game Notes...2017 Missouri State Volleyball Notes 2 2017 MVC sTandings Team MVC Pct. OverallPct. Missouri State14-0 1.00022-5 .815 UNI 13-2 .867 23-6 .793

The Missouri State volleyball team (22-5, 14-0 Missouri Valley Conference) celebrates a special senior class and looks to secure a second consecutive MVC title this weekend when it welcomes second-place UNI (23-6, 13-2) to Hammons Student Center for a noon Saturday first serve and hosts Drake (23-6, 12-3) at 2 p.m. Sunday. The Bears can secure at least a share of the conference title with a victory over UNI on Saturday, and will clinch an outright championship with two victories. For both matches, fans wearing BearWear gain free admission, and ticket vouchers are also available at area Price Cutter locations. MSU’s four seniors will be honored after Sunday’s match.

The OppOnenTsUNI is 23-6 overall and 13-2 in MVC play with losses to MSU and Illinois State. The Panthers have been ranked as high as 20th in the AVCA Coaches Poll this season, and Karlie Taylor, Piper Thomas and Bri Weber all average at least 3.31 kills per set. As a team, UNI hits .245 and holds opponents to a .170 efficiency with averages of 15.15 kills, 1.04 aces, 19.28 digs and 1.77 blocks per set. Drake is having one of its best seasons in school history with a 23-6 record and 12-3 league mark. The Bulldogs are led by senior outside hitter Kyla Inderski, who averages 3.34 kills and 3.88 digs per set, and hit .205 as a team compared to .174 for the opposition. The Bulldogs average 13.44 kills, 1.00 aces, 19.05 digs and 1.80 blocks per set.

series hisTOriesThe all-time series with UNI is 49-24 in favor of the Panthers. MSU has won the last four meetings after UNI won 13 of 14. MSU is 60-9 against Drake and has won 36 of the last 37 meetings, the exception being a loss in Springfield in 2010.

FirsT MeeTings This seasOnMissouri State grabbed a pair of hard-fought road wins in October, beating Drake 3-2 on the 13th and UNI in four sets on the 14th. Against Drake, the Bears set school single-match records for digs (153) and attacks (266), while Lily Johnson finished with 28 kills and 32 digs and Emily Butters added 44 digs of her own for the second-best total MSU history. The next night, Johnson went for 22 more kills and 18 digs to help the Bears win in Cedar Falls for the second consecutive season.

LasT WeekThe Bears hit .326 as a team for a 3-0 home win against Southern Illinois on Nov. 4. Lily Johnson had 16 kills and 17 digs, Lynsey Wright hit .478 with 12 kills, and Emily Butters lifted 22 digs.

COaCh MeLissa sTOkesHead Coach Melissa Stokes is 486-227 (.682) in her 22nd season at Missouri State. She became the MVC’s all-time winningest coach in league matches Sept. 30, 2011, when the Bears beat Bradley 3-1 for her 197th conference victory, and won her 400th career match against Miami (Fla.) on Sept. 13, 2014. A native of El Cajon, Calif., the MVC Coach of the Year in 2003 and both MVC and AVCA Midwest Region Coach of the Year in 2016 has guided

Missouri State Volleyball Game NotesATHLETICS

COMMUNICATIONS

Rick Kindhart, Director of Athletics CommunicationsBen Adamson, Assistant Director, Volleyball Contact

Eric Doennig, Assistant Director901 S. National Ave., Springfield, MO 65897

Phone (417) 836-5402MissouriStateBears.com

2017 MissOuri sTaTe sCheduLe (22-5 Overall, 14-0 MVC) August 25 Fri. at Appalachian State W, 3-2

NC State Tournament 26 Sat. vs. #8 Kansas L, 1-3 26 Sat. at NC State (ESPN3) W, 3-2

SeptemberD.C. Koehl Classic Classic

1 Fri. at #20 Ohio State W, 3-1 2 Sat. vs. Lipscomb L, 2-3 2 Sat. vs. Oakland W, 3-0

Pepperdine Asics Classic 8 Fri. vs. #8 Washington L, 1-3 8 Fri. vs. Wyoming W, 3-0 9 Sat. at Pepperdine W, 3-1

Dr. Mary Jo Wynn Invitational 14 Thu. Chattanooga (ESPN3) W, 3-0 15 Fri. Washington State (ESPN3) L, 2-3 16 Sat. Illinois (ESPN3) L, 2-3 16 Sat. Tennessee State (ESPN3) W, 3-0 22 Fri. at Illinois State* (ESPN3) W, 3-2 23 Sat. at Bradley* (ESPN3) W, 3-1 25 Mon. Loyola* (ESPN3) W, 3-0 29 Fri. Indiana State* (ESPN3) W, 3-0 30 Sat. Evansville* W, 3-0 October 7 Sat. at Southern Illinois* (ESPN3) W, 3-0 13 Fri. at Drake* (ESPN3) W, 3-2 14 Sat. at #20 UNI* (ESPN3) W, 3-1 20 Fri. Bradley* (ESPN3) W, 3-2 21 Sat. Illinois State* (ESPN3) W, 3-1 27 Fri. at Evansville* (ESPN3) W, 3-0 28 Sat. at Indiana State* (ESPN3) W, 3-0 30 Mon. Valparaiso* (ESPN3) W, 3-1 November 4 Sat. Southern Illinois* (ESPN3) W, 3-0 11 Sat. UNI* (ESPN3) 12 p.m. 12 Sun. Drake* (ESPN3) 2 p.m. 17 Fri. at Valparaiso* (ESPN3) 7 p.m. 18 Sat. at Loyola* (ESPN3) 7 p.m.

MVC Tournament 23 Thu. TBD% (ESPN3) 5/7:30 p.m. 24 Fri. TBD% (ESPN3) 5/7:30 p.m. 25 Sat. TBD% (ESPN3) 4 p.m. (*) MVC match; Bold home matches; all times are Springfield times; % - MVC Tournament in Normal, Ill.; ESPN3 indicates that match will carried live on ESPN3. The Valley on ESPN3 is available for free at ESPN.com/watch or on the ESPN App.

Missouri State BEARS• 2017 Record 22-5• MVC 14-0• NCAA RPI 51• AVCA Rank RV (27)• PrepVolleyball Rank 33• Kills Leader Lily Johnson (4.44/set)• Digs Leader Emily Butters (5.67/set)

MSU CELEBRATES SENIORS, SEEKS MVC TITLE VS. UNI, DRAKE

Opponents: UNI Saturday, Nov. 11, 12 p.m.Drake Sunday, Nov. 12, 2 p.m.Location: Springfield, Mo.

Site: Hammons Student CenterLive Stats: MissouriStateBears.comLive Video: The Valley on ESPN3 (ESPN.com/watch)

@MissouriStBears@MissouriStateVB

/MissouriStBears/MissouriStateVB

/MissouriStBears/MissouriStateVolleyball

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2017 Missouri State Volleyball Notes 2

2017 MVC sTandingsTeam MVC Pct. Overall Pct.Missouri State 14-0 1.000 22-5 .815UNI 13-2 .867 23-6 .793Drake 12-3 .800 23-6 .793 Illinois State 10-5 .667 17-11 .607Valparaiso 6-8 .429 15-13 .536Indiana State 5-9 .357 7-19 .269Evansville 4-10 .286 10-16 .385Southern Illinois 4-10 .286 5-20 .200Loyola 2-12 .143 3-22 .080Bradley 2-13 .133 9-20 .310Thru Nov. 6

arOund The MVCMonday, Oct. 30*Missouri State 3 vs. Valparaiso 1*Loyola 3 at Southern Illinois 1

Wednesday, Nov. 1Valparaiso 3 at Chicago State 0

Friday, Nov. 3*Drake 3 vs. Indiana State 1 *UNI 3 vs. Evansville 0*Illinois State 3 at Valparaiso 0*Loyola 3 vs. Bradley 2

Saturday, Nov. 4*Missouri State 3 vs. Southern Illinois 0*Valparaiso 3 vs. Bradley 0*Illinois State 3 at Loyola 0*Drake 3 vs. Evansville 0*UNI 3 vs. Indiana State 0

Friday, Nov. 10*Loyola at Indiana State, 4*Valparaiso at Evansville, 7

Saturday, Nov. 11*UNI at Missouri State, 12 *Drake at Southern Illinois, 2*Valparaiso at Indiana State, 6*Loyola at Evansville, 7*Illinois State at Bradley, 7

Sunday, Nov. 12*Drake at Missouri State, 2 *UNI at Southern Illinois, 2

Missouri State to an overall record of 411-168 (.710) and 246-74 (.769) mark in the Missouri Valley Conference since 2000. The Bears have won MVC regular season championships in 2003 and 2016 under Stokes, making NCAA Tourna-ment appearances in 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2015 and 2016. MSU’s lone postseason victory came at Arkansas in 2006. In MVC history, Stokes currently ranks third in total victories, first in MVC wins (286), sixth in win percentage and second among active coaches, and seventh in league win percentage (.730). Stokes came to Missouri State from the Uni-versity of Idaho, where she helped the Vandals to four straight NCAA Tournament berths. As a setter at San Diego State, Stokes played four seasons and helped the Aztecs to two NCAA appearances. Stokes ranked 35th among active Division I coaches in both total victories and win percentage entering 2017. Only four coaches ahead of Stokes on the wins list have coached fewer seasons.

QuiCk seTs• MSU’s Lily Johnson and Lynsey Wright have combined for 3,456 career kills, the highest for any pair of teammates nationally, while Johnson and Emily Butters rank as the No. 3 duo in the country with 3,280 combined career digs.

• Missouri State is off to its second-best MVC start in school history after the 2003 club won its first 15 league matches.

• Missouri State has won at least 20 matches in 18 of the last 19 seasons while posting win-ning records both overall and in Missouri Valley Conference play for 19 consecutive years.

• Missouri State ranks third all-time among Division I schools with 1,244 victories.

• Missouri State is 53-37 in five-set matches since the beginning of the 2006 season and has rallied from 0-2 deficits to win seven times since then as well.

• MSU is 222-37 since the beginning of 2006 when winning set two.

• The Bears have a veteran roster, with combined college playing experience of 3,417 sets and 1,067 matches, as well as totals of 5,241 kills, 3,252 assists, 369 aces, 5,570 digs and 814.5 blocks.

2017 aWards & hOnOrs Emily Butters • D.C. Koehl Classic all-tournament • MVC Def. Player of the Week (9/11, 10/16) • HERO Sports HERO of the Week (9/15) Aubrey Cheffey • NC State all-tournament Lily Johnson • Preseason all-MVC • NC State all-tournament • D.C. Koehl Classic all-tournament • Dr. Mary Jo Wynn Invitational all-tournament • Pepperdine Asics Classic all-tournament • MVC Scholar-Athlete of the Week (8/30, 9/13, 10/18, 10/25, 11/8) • MVC Player of the Week (9/11, 9/18, 10/16, 10/23, 11/6) • MVC Defensive Player of the Week (10/2) • AVCA National Player of the Week (10/17) • VolleyMob National Player of the Week (9/12) • VolleyMob National Player of the Week (10/17) • Senior CLASS Award Finalist Daniele Messa • Preseason all-MVC • Pepperdine Asics Classic all-tournament Lynsey Wright • D.C. Koehl Classic MVP • MVC Player of the Week (9/5)

2017 MissOuri sTaTe rOsTer

No. Numerical Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown (High School) 1 Brianne Dixon DS 5-7 Sr. Springfield, Mo. (Kickapoo High) 2 Emelie Orlando S 5-8 Fr. Wildwood, Mo. (Lafayette High) 3 Veronica Snelling RS 5-10 Fr. Glen Ellyn, Ill. (Benet Academy) 4 Alyssa Doucette MB 6-0 Fr. Eagan, Minn. (Eagan High) 5 Lynsey Wright MB 6-0 Sr. Glen Carbon, Ill. (Edwardsville High) 6 Lauren Boone S 6-1 Sr. Branson, Mo. (Branson High) 7 Laynie Dake MB 6-2 RFr. Mount Vernon, Mo. (Mount Vernon High) 8 Emily Butters L 5-8 Jr. Richmond, Texas (Travis High) 9 Maddie Back DS 5-9 Fr. Hot Springs, Ark. (Jessieville High)10 Aubrey Cheffey OH 6-2 So. Nixa, Mo. (Nixa High)11 Ashley Ophoven OH 6-1 Jr. Ozark, Mo. (Ozark High)13 Gerri Idos DS 5-1 So. Springfield, Mo. (Kickapoo High)14 MacKenzie Irwin MB 6-1 Jr. Joplin, Mo. (Carl Junction High)15 Sam Brinkmann DS 5-8 Fr. St. Louis, Mo. (Lutheran High School South)16 Sydney Wright DS 5-8 So. Glen Carbon, Ill. (Edwardsville High)17 Lily Johnson OH 5-11 Sr. Wildwood, Mo. (Lafayette High)19 Mikaela Mosquera MB 6-1 Jr. West Chicago, Ill. (St. Charles East High)21 Ashley Dudenhoeffer DS 5-6 RFr. Jefferson City, Mo. (Helias Catholic High)22 Daniele Messa S 5-7 So. Bartlett, Ill. (St. Francis High)23 Cambree Villarreal OH 6-2 Jr. Amarillo, Texas (Amarillo High)Head Coach: Melissa Stokes (San Diego State, 1991), 22nd yearAssistant Coach: Jake Barreau (Wisconsin, 2013), 4th yearAssistant Coach: Jeannette Waldo (William Jewell, 2006), 1st yearDirector of Operations: Karen Rivatto (Missouri State, 2014), 3rd yearTechnical Coordinator: Hannah Werth (Nebraska, 2012), 1st yearVolunteer Assistant: Adam Rollman (Nebraska, 2012), 1st yearPronunciations: Barreau (Buh-ROO), Cheffey (CHEFF-ee), Doucette (doo-SET), Dudenhoeffer (DO-den-hoff-err), Emelie (Emily), Idos (EE-dose), Ophoven (OP-hoe-vin), Mikaela (Mih-KAY-luh), Mosquera (Moss-CARE-uh), Cambree (CAMM-bree), Villarreal (VILL-uh-ray-all)

2017 MVC preseasOn pOLL Team Total 1. Missouri State (9) 99 2. UNI (1) 89 3. Illinois State 76 4. Loyola 67 5. Southern Illinois 64 6. Drake 48 7. Valparaiso 33 8. Bradley 32 9. Indiana State 2610. Evansville 16

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32017 Missouri State Volleyball Notes

Winning sTreaksThe Bears carry a number of notable winning streaks into this weekend’s match: • 15 straight overall wins, the seventh-longest in school his-tory and third-best since 1983. MSU has had a nine-plus match win streak in three consecutive seasons. Last loss: Sept. 16, 2017 vs. Illinois. • 30 consecutive MVC wins, the fifth-longest in league his-tory. Last loss: Sept. 26, 2016 vs. Southern Illinois. • 20 straight road wins, the longest active streak in the NCAA and a school record. Last loss: Sept. 17, 2016 at Marquette. • 18 consecutive MVC road wins. Last loss: Oct. 24, 2015 at Illinois State. • 17 straight October wins. Last loss: Oct. 31, 2015 vs. Wichita State.

2017 sChOOL reCOrdsMissouri State has a number of school records and firsts to its credit so far in 2017: • 153 digs on Oct. 13 at Drake, the most in MSU history and the NCAA this season. • 266 attacks on Oct. 13 at Drake, the most in MSU history. • Five attack errors on Oct. 28 at Indiana State, tying two matches from 2009 and another from 1990 for the fewest in MSU history. • Emily Butters (44), Lily Johnson (32) and Daniele Messa (29) became the first MSU trio with at least 25 digs in a match on Oct. 13 at Drake. Messa’s total also represents the most for a setter in school history.

pOWer FiVe Wins a reguLariTyWith wins on Aug. 26 at North Carolina State and Sept. 1 at No. 20 Ohio State, Missouri State now has 26 victories over schools from Power Five football schools under Melissa Stokes.

pLayers OF The WeekLily Johnson earned MSU’s first weekly award of 2017 with an MVC Scholar-Athlete of the Week honor on Aug. 30, the sixth of her career. Johnson average 4.57 kills, 3.21 digs, 0.36 aces, 0.43 blocks and 5.18 points per set during the season’s opening weekend. Lynsey Wright averaged 3.08 kills and 0.92 blocks per set with a .462 attack efficiency and .569 kill percentage to earn MVC Player of the Week on Sept. 5. Wright surpassed 1,000 kills on a weekend that was highlighted be her error-free 15-kill performance in a win at 20th-ranked Ohio State. Johnson was MVC Player of the Week award on Sept. 11 after averaging 4.45 kills and 4.45 digs at Pepperdine’s tournament, including 15 kills, 18 digs and four aces versus No. 8 Washington and 26 kills on .383 hitting at Pepperdine. Emily Butters earned Defensive Player of the Week recognition Sept. 11 following a week in which she averaged 6.36 digs per set and 27 digs against both Pepperdine and eighth-ranked Washington. Johnson set the MVC record with her 11th career Player of the Week award on Sept. 18 following a weekend in which she set the MSU record for career kills. Johnson had 75 total kills

Missouri State Individual TeamKills 29, Lily Johnson at Appalachian State, 8/25 82 at Drake, 10/13Attacks 88, Lily Johnson vs. Illinois, 9/16 266 at Drake, 10/13 88, Lily Johnson at Drake, 10/13Hitting Pct. .650, Lynsey Wright vs. Chattanooga, 9/14 .394 at Bradley, 9/23Points 33, Lily Johnson at Appalachian State, 8/25Assists 55, Daniele Messa at Bradley, 9/23 70 vs. Washington State, 9/15Aces 4, Lily Johnson vs. #8 Washington, 9/8 10 vs. Wyoming, 9/8 4, Daniele Messa vs. Wyoming, 9/8Digs 44, Emily Butters at Drake, 10/13 153 at Drake, 10/13Block Solos 2, by three players on six occasions 4 vs. Illinois, 9/16 4 vs. Bradley, 10/20Block Asst. 7, MacKenzie Irwin vs. Evansville, 9/30 22 vs. Evansville, 9/30Total Blocks 7, MacKenzie Irwin vs. Evansville, 9/30 14 vs. Evansville, 9/30 14 vs. Bradley, 10/20Opponent Individual TeamKills 30, Erica Haslag, Bradley, 10/20 78, NC State, 8/26Attacks 83, Erica Haslag, Bradley, 10/20 255, Drake, 10/13Hitting Pct. .435, Kaitlyn Kearney, NC State, 8/26 .292, NC State, 8/26Points 31.5, Erica Haslag, Bradley, 10/20 Assists 57, Hannah Angeli, Bradley, 10/20 75, NC State, 8/26Aces 3, Hannah Frohling, Pepperdine, 9/9 8, Pepperdine, 9/9 3, Alexis Dirige, Washington State, 9/15Digs 36, Courtney Pence, Illinois State, 9/22 105, Illinois State, 9/22 Block Solos 3, Maddie Phillips, Lipscomb, 9/2 5, #8 Kansas, 8/26Block Asst. 10, Lauren Sanders, #8 Washington, 9/8 33, Illinois, 9/16 10, Megan Cooney, Illinois, 9/16Total Blocks 11, Lauren Sanders, #8 Washington, 9/8 19.5, Illinois, 9/16

2017 MissOuri sTaTe singLe MaTCh highs

aLL-TiMe WinningesT diVisiOn iWomen’s Volleyball Programs

Rank School Wins1. Nebraska 1,2962. UCLA 1,2853. Missouri State 1,2444. Brigham Young 1,2435. Penn State 1,2366. Hawai’i 1,2207. Long Beach State 1,2138. Texas 1,2069. Minnesota 1,17410. Portland State 1,128Through Nov. 5, 2017 - Min. 10 years in DI

2017 Double-Doubles

Player ..................K-D K-A K-B A-D TotalLily Johnson.........19 0 0 0 19Daniele Messa .....0 0 0 16 16Total ....................19 0 0 16 35 Career Double-Doubles

Player ..................K-D K-A K-B A-D Total Lauren Boone ......0 0 0 1 1Lily Johnson.........76 0 0 0 76Daniele Messa .....0 0 0 33 33Total ....................76 0 0 34 110 2017 Double-Figure matChesPlayer ......................... K D A B Lauren Boone ..............3 0 0 0Emily Butters ...............0 26 0 0Aubrey Cheffey ............9 0 0 0Brianne Dixon ..............0 13 0 0Gerri Idos .....................0 3 0 0Lily Johnson................22 21 0 0Daniele Messa .............0 16 27 0Ashley Ophoven ..........2 0 0 0Emelie Orlando ............0 0 19 0Cambree Villarreal .......2 0 0 0Lynsey Wright .............22 0 0 0Total ...........................60 76 46 0 Career Double-Figure matChesPlayer ......................... K D A B Lauren Boone ..............6 1 5 0Emily Butters ...............0 89 0 0Aubrey Cheffey ...........12 0 0 0Brianne Dixon ..............0 30 0 0Gerri Idos .....................0 3 0 0Lily Johnson...............117 81 0 0Daniele Messa .............0 33 57 0Ashley Ophoven .........14 0 0 0Emelie Orlando ............0 0 19 0Cambree Villarreal .......7 0 0 0Lynsey Wright .............72 0 0 0Total ..........................228 237 79 0

bears in the Polls NCAA RPI: 51 AVCA Coaches: RV (27th) PrepVolleyball: 33 VolleyMob: RV Volleyball Mag Mid-Major: 8 Nov. 7

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Msu indiViduaL MVC rankings Thru 11/6(OVeraLL)

Category Player Rank StatHitting % Lynsey Wright 3 .322Kills/Set Lily Johnson 1 4.44Assists/Set Daniele Messa 6 8.70Aces/Set Lily Johnson 3 0.31Blocks/Set MacKenzie Irwin 9 0.85Digs/Set Emily Butters 3 5.67Points/Set Lily Johnson 1 5.03

Msu TeaM MVC rankings Thru 11/6(OVeraLL)

Category Rank (of 10) StatHitting % 1 .248Opponent hitting % 5 .183Assists/set 2 13.76Kills/set 2 14.42Blocks/set 4 1.83Aces/set 4 1.04Digs/set 4 19.10

Msu indiViduaL nCaa rankings Thru 11/5Category Player Rank StatAttacks/Set Lily Johnson 6 13.27Digs/Set Emily Butters 12 5.67Kills/Set Lily Johnson 16 4.44Points/Set Lily Johnson 16 5.03Total Aces Lily Johnson 87 33Total Assists Daniele Messa 104 914Total Attacks Lily Johnson 3 1,393Total Digs Emily Butters 5 595 Lily Johnson 111 421Total Kills Lily Johnson 5 466 Lynsey Wright 135 331Total Points Lily Johnson 4 528 Lynsey Wright 139 377

Msu TeaM nCaa rankings Thru 11/5Category Rank (of 329) StatAces/set 263 1.04Assists/set 8 13.76Blocks/set 234 1.83Digs/set 4 19.10Hitting % 52 .248Kills/set 13 14.42Winning % 24 .815Opponent Hitting % 84 .183Total Assists 4 1,445Total Digs 8 2,005Total Kills 6 1,514Total Aces 203 109Total Attacks 13 4,137Total Blocks 175 192.5

nCaa aCTiVe Leaders Thru 11/5Category Player Rank StatKills Lily Johnson 2 2,185 Lynsey Wright 42 1,271Kills/Set Lily Johnson 7 4.40Total Attacks Lily Johnson 1 6,298Attacks/Set Lily Johnson 2 12.67Total Aces Lily Johnson 5 158Total Digs Emily Butters 18 1,741 Lily Johnson 36 1,539Digs/Set Emily Butters 20 4.67Matches played Lily Johnson 11 129Sets played Lily Johnson 4 497 Lynsey Wright 12 470

in four matches, average 4.69 per set, including 27 against Illinois and a 23-kill, 22-dig performance vs. Washington State. Johnson picked up Defensive Player of the Week honors Oct. 2 after averaging 4.44 digs and 0.89 blocks per set in three home sweeps. She also tallied 3.22 kills and 4.39 points on the offensive side while recording her 2,000th career kill against Indiana State on Sept. 29. Johnson earned MVC Player and Scholar-Athlete, as well as AVCA and VolleyMob National Player of the Week honors Oct. 16 after averaging 5.56 kills and 5.56 digs per set in wins at Drake and No. 20 UNI, including a 28-kill, 32-dig per-formance at DU and finishing the UNI match with 12 kills in the fourth set alone. Butters scooped 7.44 digs per set and went 97-for-97 on serve receive at Drake and UNI to win defensive honors on Oct. 16, including 44 digs at Drake, the second-most in MSU and fifth-highest total in MVC history. Johnson added another MVC Player and Scholar-Athlete of the Week Oct. 23 after she to-taled 40 kills, 48 digs, 47.5 points, four aces and five blocks in wins against Bradley and Illinois State. Johnson was honored again as MVC Player and Scholar-Athlete of the Week Nov. 6 after averaging 5.29 kills, 5.57 digs and 5.71 points per set in home victories over Valparaiso and Southern Illinois.

greaT resuMeThe Bears own three RPI top 50 road wins on the year (Ohio State, UNI, NC State), and a pair victories against AVCA top-20 teams. Additionally, MSU has won eight total sets in its five losses, three of which have been to top-25 RPI teams. The Bears have played four teams ranked in the AVCA top-25 and three more versus teams receiving votes, with one more match schedule against ranked opponents.

usa! usa!MSU’s Emily Butters, Lily Johnson and Lynsey Wright have each played for Team USA the last two summers after attending U.S. Women’s National Team Open Tryouts at the Olympic Train-ing Center in Colorado Springs. Johnson played with the Collegiate National Team in Europe in 2016 and Thailand in 2017, while Butters and Wright played in Indianapolis and Minneapolis as part of USA Volleyball’s High Performance pipeline.

aLL-aMeriCansSeveral players on the MSU roster can call themselves All-Americans at either the college or high school level. Senior Lily Johnson is a three-time AVCA Honorable Mention All-America selection during her time as a Bear, and she is joined by Sam Brinkmann, Aubrey Cheffey, Ashley Dudenhoeffer, Emelie Orlando, Veronica Snelling and Cambree Villarreal as players who earned the distinction during their prep careers.

six is the magiC numberThe number six has been a milestone number the last 19-plus seasons in terms of winning streaks, as the Bears have strung together at least six consecutive wins a total of 23 times since the beginning of the 1999 season. In fact, Missouri State has 75 separate streaks of at least six consecutive wins in its history, along with 21 double-figure streaks, with five of those coming during Stokes’s tenure.

hOMeCOMingMissouri State has been dominant at home since 2000, compiling a record of 196-47 for an .807 winning percentage at Hammons Student Center. The Bears are 9-2 in 2017 and have won at least 64 percent of their home matches in 17 consecutive seasons.

LOCaL FLaVOrMissouri State boasts two players from Springfield on its 2017 roster (Brianne Dixon and Gerri Idos from Kickapoo High) and a total of seven players from southwest Missouri, including Lau-ren Boone (Branson), MacKenzie Irwin (Joplin), Laynie Dake (Mount Vernon), Ashley Ophoven (Ozark), and Aubrey Cheffey (Nixa). In all, 11 of MSU’s 20 players hail from the Show-Me State.

The VaLLey On espn3The Valley on ESPN3, part of the Missouri Valley Conference’s media rights agreement with ESPN, will feature most home volleyball matches from all 10 MVC institutions on the ESPN3 streaming platform. The HD-quality telecasts are available for free at www.WatchESPN.com or on the ESPN App.

msu Volleyball majors

Accounting - Lauren Boone, Sam BrinkmannBiology - Lynsey Wright, Sydney WrightCell & Molecular Biology - Brianne Dixon, Gerri Idos, Lily JohnsonChild & Family Development - Emelie OrlandoExercise & Movement Science - Emily Butters, Aubrey Cheffey, Daniele Messa, Mikaela MosqueraFashion Design & Merchandising - Veronica SnellingHospitality Leadership - Ashley DudenhoefferMarketing Research - Ashley OphovenPolitical Science - Maddie BackPsychology - Cambree VillarrealSpeech-Language Pathology - Laynie DakeSport & Park Administration - MacKenzie IrwinUndeclared - Alyssa Doucette

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MissOuri sTaTe seasOn Leaders KILLS

1. Michelle Witzke (1997) . . . . . . . . . . . 667 2. Lily Johnson (2015) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 620 3. Lily Johnson (2016) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 604 4. Michelle Witzke (1996) . . . . . . . . . . . 581 5. Amanda Omar (1998) . . . . . . . . . . . . 515 6. Maureen Manda (1982) . . . . . . . . . . . 510 7. Joleen Meservy (1997) . . . . . . . . . . . 503 8. Lily Johnson (2014) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 495 9. Amanda Omar (1999) . . . . . . . . . . . . 48510. Joleen Meservy (1999) . . . . . . . . . . . 47011. Lily Johnson (2017) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 466

KILLS PER SET 1. Michelle Witzke (1997) . . . . . . . . . . . 5.70 2. Michelle Witzke (1996) . . . . . . . . . . . 5.19 3. Joleen Meservy (1997) . . . . . . . . . . . 4.88 4. Lily Johnson (2015) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.59 5. Lily Johnson (2016) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.54 6. Lily Johnson (2017) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.40 7. Amanda Omar (1998) . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.36 8. Kathy Crotty (1985) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.22 9. Katie Werges (2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.1210. Lily Johnson (2014) . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.99211. Joleen Meservy (1998) . . . . . . . . . . 3.991

DIGS 1. Cara Hackmann (2009) . . . . . . . . . . . 671 2. Adeana McAfee (2006) . . . . . . . . . . . 653 3. Terri Del Conte (2008) . . . . . . . . . . . . 605 4. Emily Butters (2017) . . . . . . . . . . . . 595 5. Jane Parker (2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 596 6. Emily Butters (2016) . . . . . . . . . . . . 578 7. Emily Butters (2015) . . . . . . . . . . . . 568 8. Ashley Mason (2013) . . . . . . . . . . . . 559 9. Maddy Hogan (2014) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54710. Adeana McAfee (2005) . . . . . . . . . . . 544

DIGS PER SET 1. Cara Hackmann (2009) . . . . . . . . . . . 5.71 2. Emily Butters (2017) . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.67 3. Adeana McAfee (2006) . . . . . . . . . . . 5.14 4. Jane Parker (2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.97 5. Adeana McAfee (2005) . . . . . . . . . . . 4.95 6. Ashley Mason (2013) . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.78 7. Ashley Mason (2011) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.71 8. Ashley Mason (2012) . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.59 9. Susan Ruch (1989) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.4510. Maddy Hogan (2014) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.41

MissOuri sTaTe Career Leaders KILLS

1. Lily Johnson (14-pr.) . . . . . . . . . . . 2185 2. Michelle Witzke (94-97) . . . . . . . . . . 1919 3. Kathy Crotty (83-86) . . . . . . . . . . . . 1570 4. Joleen Meservy (96-99) . . . . . . . . . . 1513 5. Jennifer Seveland Box (79-82) . . . . 1444 6. Erin Murphy (00-03) . . . . . . . . . . . . 1432 7. Maureen Manda (81-84) . . . . . . . . . 1400 8. Mary Beck (81-84) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1280 9. Lynsey Wright (14-pr.) . . . . . . . . . . 127110. Erin O’Connor (03-06) . . . . . . . . . . . 1244

KILLS PER SET 1. Michelle Witzke (94-97) . . . . . . . . . . . 4.55 2. Lily Johnson (14-pr.) . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.40 3. Amanda Omar (98-99) . . . . . . . . . . . 4.12 4. Joleen Meservy (96-99) . . . . . . . . . . . 3.94 5. Kathy Crotty (83-86) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.33 6. Erin Murphy (00-03) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.31 7. Katie Werges (02-05) . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.16 8. Erin O’Connor (03-06) . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.11 9. Linette White (00-03) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.0810. Maureen Manda (81-84) . . . . . . . . . . 2.94

ATTACKS 1. Lily Johnson (14-pr.) . . . . . . . . . . . 6298 2. Michelle Witzke (94-97) . . . . . . . . . . 4944 3. Erin Murphy (00-03) . . . . . . . . . . . . 3919 4. Kathy Crotty (83-86) . . . . . . . . . . . . 3720 5. Joleen Meservy (96-99) . . . . . . . . . . 3697 6. Erin O’Connor (03-06) . . . . . . . . . . . 3664 7. Katie Werges (02-05) . . . . . . . . . . . 3335 8. Jennifer Seveland Box (79-82) . . . . 3288 9. Maureen Manda (81-84) . . . . . . . . . 315710. Christine McCartney (10-13) . . . . . . 3151

DIGS 1. Cara Hackmann (07-10) . . . . . . . . . 1913 2. Emily Butters (15-pr.) . . . . . . . . . . 1741 3. Ashley Mason (10-13) . . . . . . . . . . . 1712 4. Susan Ruch (86-89) . . . . . . . . . . . . 1583 5. Adeana McAfee (03-06) . . . . . . . . . 1546 6. Lily Johnson (14-pr.) . . . . . . . . . . . 1539 7. Michelle Witzke (94-97) . . . . . . . . . . 1343 8. Erin Murphy (00-03) . . . . . . . . . . . . 1298 9. Melinda Bingham (87-90) . . . . . . . . 129410. Tina Noelke (90-93) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1293

DIGS PER SET 1. Emily Butters (15-pr.) . . . . . . . . . . . 4.67 2. Ashley Mason (10-13) . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.05 3. Cara Hackmann (07-10) . . . . . . . . . . 3.95 4. Adeana McAfee (03-06) . . . . . . . . . . 3.84 5. Terri Del Conte (07-08) . . . . . . . . . . . 3.83 6. Susan Ruch (86-89) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.49 7. Tina Noelke (90-93) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.23 8. Amanda Omar (98-99) . . . . . . . . . . . 3.21 9. Michelle Witzke (94-97) . . . . . . . . . . . 3.1810. Kris Oglesby-Agee (90-93) . . . . . . . . 3.15

ACES 1. Mary Beck (81-84) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198 2. Susan Ruch (86-89) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186 3. Maureen Manda (81-84) . . . . . . . . . . 165 4. Stephanie Brown (87-91) . . . . . . . . . 161 5. Kathy Crotty (83-86) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 6. Lily Johnson (14-pr.) . . . . . . . . . . . . 158 7. Mindy Struckhoff (85-88) . . . . . . . . . . 155 8. Jennifer Seveland Box (79-82) . . . . . 138 9. Melinda Bingham (87-90) . . . . . . . . . 13710. Debbie Allin (78-81) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

MissOuri sTaTe Career Leaders MATCHES WITH 20+ KILLS

1. Lily Johnson (14-pr.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 2. Michelle Witzke (94-97) . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 3. Joleen Meservy (96-99) . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 4. Amanda Omar (98-99) . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 5. Erin O’Connor (03-06) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Vanessa Wouters (94-95) . . . . . . . . . . . 7 7. Katie Werges (02-05) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 8. Olivia Brand (11-14). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Erin Murphy (00-03) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Rese McNatt (99-01) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 511. Lynsey Wright and 3 others tied at . . 4

CONSECUTIVE MATCHES WITH 10+ KILLS 1. Lily Johnson (11/15-11/16) . . . . . . . . 45 2. Lily Johnson (10/14-10/15) . . . . . . . . 36 3. Michelle Witzke (11/95-11/96) . . . . . . . 23 4. Michelle Witzke (9/97-11/97) . . . . . . . . 20 Amanda Omar (10/98-9/99) . . . . . . . . 17 6. Joleen Meservy (10/99-11/99) . . . . . . . 15 Michelle Witzke (11/96-9/97) . . . . . . . . 15 8. Michelle Witzke (9/95-10/95) . . . . . . . . 10 Jamie Adams (9/07-10/07) . . . . . . . . . 1010. Johnson (9/14)/Wright (9/17) . . . . . . . 9

CAREER HITTING PERCENTAGE 1. Linette White (00-03) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .352 2. Sabrina Apker (02-05) . . . . . . . . . . . . .338 3. Simone House (13-pr.) . . . . . . . . . . .311 4. Jennifer Seveland Box . . . . . . . . . . . .306 5. Kelley Michnowicz (08-11) . . . . . . . . .2994 6. Casey Young (99-02) . . . . . . . . . . . . .2990 7. Calli Norman (08-11) . . . . . . . . . . . . .2987 8. Lynsey Wright (14-pr.) . . . . . . . . . . . .296 9. Maureen Manda (81-84) . . . . . . . . .2926810. Chenille Bayless (00-03) . . . . . . . . .2926611. Kaitlin Jaeger (11-13) . . . . . . . . . . . . .289

SETS PLAYED 1. Mary Beck (81-84) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 577 2. Jennifer Seveland Box (79-82) . . . . . 550 3. Lily Johnson (14-pr.) . . . . . . . . . . . . 497 Cara Hackmann (07-10) . . . . . . . . . . 484 5. Maureen Manda (81-84) . . . . . . . . . . 477 6. Kathy Crotty (83-86) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 471 7. Lynsey Wright (14-pr.) . . . . . . . . . . . 470 8. Tatum Marshall (13-16) . . . . . . . . . . . 468 9. Brooke Karges (97-00) . . . . . . . . . . . 46610. Calli Norman (08-11) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465

ASSISTS 1. Chenille Bayless (00-03) . . . . . . . . . 5431 2. Carly Thomas (10-13) . . . . . . . . . . . 4708 3. Ashley Warren (02-05) . . . . . . . . . . 3232 4. Kinsey Batten (12-pr.) . . . . . . . . . . . 2976 5. Katelyn Panzau (06-07) . . . . . . . . . . 2809 6. Melinda Bingham (87-90) . . . . . . . . 2770 7. Janell Shamet (91-94) . . . . . . . . . . . 2518 8. Jamalee Roberts (93-96) . . . . . . . . . 2467 9. Kim Flieg (89-92) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243210. Daniele Messa (16-pr.) . . . . . . . . . . 2247

msu 1,000-Kill, 1,000-Dig Club

Kathy Crotty (83-86) . . . . .1570 kills/1133 digsSusan Ruch (86-89) . . . . .1130 kills/1583 digsLaura Graham (87-90) . . . . 1086 kills/1116 digsMichelle Witzke (94-97) . . .1919 kills/1343 digsErin Murphy (00-03). . . . . .1432 kills/1298 digsLily Johnson (14-pr.) . . .2185 kills/1539 digs*MSU match-by-match records date through 1987

Missouri State School Records

MissOuri sTaTe MaTCh Leaders KILLS

1. Michelle Witzke (10/17/97) . . . . . . . . . 36 2. Four players tied at . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 6. Lily Johnson & three others . . . . . . . 3310. Five players tied at . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

DIGS 1. Cara Hackmann (10/10/09) . . . . . . . . . 46 2. Emily Butters (10/13/17) . . . . . . . . . . 44 3. Adeana McAfee (10/27/06) . . . . . . . . . 38 4. Adeana McAfee (9/29/06) . . . . . . . . . . 37 Cara Hackmann (10/31/09) . . . . . . . . . 37 6. Terri Del Conte (11/8/08) . . . . . . . . . . . 36 7. Emily Butters (10/21/17) . . . . . . . . . . 35 8. Leah Johnson (11/9/02) . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Jane Parker (9/25/04) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3310. Lily Johnson (10/13/17) . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Terri Del Conte (10/10/08) . . . . . . . . . . 32 Laura Scafidi (10/7/89) . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

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MVC Career Leaders KILLS

1. Lily Johnson, MSU (14-pr.) . . . . . . 2185 2. Lindsay Stalzer, BU (02-05) . . . . . . 1948 3. Michelle Witzke, MSU (94-97) . . . . . 1919 4. Molly O’Brien, UNI (00-03) . . . . . . . 1779 5. Chris Rehor, ILS (85-88) . . . . . . . . . 1773 6. Jenny Pavlas, BU (93-97) . . . . . . . . 1732 7. Cheryl Berg, INS (98-01) . . . . . . . . . 1725 8. Kate Galer, UNI (00-03) . . . . . . . . . . 1720 9. Jessica Kiefer, UE (98-01) . . . . . . . . 170610. Kendra Haselhorst, ILS (97-00) . . . . 1667

ATTACKS 1. Lily Johnson, MSU (14-pr.) . . . . . . 6298 2. Michelle Witzke, MSU (94-97) . . . . . 4944 3. Ashley Rosch, ILS (12-15) . . . . . . . 4913 4. Mallory Leggett, ILS (07-10) . . . . . . 4772 5. Jan Meloy, WSU (97-00) . . . . . . . . . 4746 6. Cheryl Berg, INS (98-01) . . . . . . . . . 4745 7. Lindsay Stalzer, BU (02-05) . . . . . . 4712 8. Angela Bys, DU (07-10) . . . . . . . . . 4687 9. Chris Rehor, ILS (85-88) . . . . . . . . . 461410. Sarah Larson, WSU (96-99) . . . . . . 4550

DIGS 1. Ellie Blankenship, UNI (07-10) . . . . 2656 2. Alana Wittenburg, DU (07-10) . . . . . 2423 3. Katie Klages, UE (10-13) . . . . . . . . . 2215 4. Kelly Broussard, WSU (05-08) . . . . 2202 5. Julie Walroth, UE (04-07) . . . . . . . . 2095 6. Kasey Mollerus, ILS (06-09) . . . . . . 2060 7. Julie Groves, UE (97-00) . . . . . . . . . 2055 8. Amie Held, UNI (13-16) . . . . . . . . . . 2002 9. Dani Mostrom, WSU (13-16) . . . . . . 199110. Jenny Menendez, ILS (09-12) . . . . . 196311. Courtney Pence, ILS (15-pr.) . . . . . . 193212. Kristy Elswick, SIU (06-08) . . . . . . . 193013. Cara Hackmann, MSU (07-10) . . . . 191314. Kristy Cox, INS (05-08) . . . . . . . . . . 184115. Chris Rehor, ILS (85-88) . . . . . . . . . 180616. Emily Butters, MSU (15-pr.) . . . . . 174117. Candice Burke, UNI (09-12) . . . . . . 173718. Samantha Butler, UE (98-01) . . . . . 173419. Cheryl Berg, INS (98-01) . . . . . . . . . 171320. Ashley Mason, MSU (10-13) . . . . . . 1712

MATCHES WITH 10+ KILLS 1. Lily Johnson, MSU (14-pr.) . . . . . . . 117 2. Michelle Witzke, MSU (94-97) . . . . . . . 96 Jenny Pavlas, BU (93-97) . . . . . . . . . . 96

nCaa LeadersSEASON ATTACKS (25-point scoring)

1. Leah Sully, U Santa Barbara (2012) 1798 2. Katie Staiger, Baylor (2016) . . . . . . 1773 3. Carnae Dillard, North Texas (2015) . 1768 4. Lily Johnson, MSU (2016) . . . . . . . 1737 5. Kayla Neto, Cal St. Fullerton (2012) 1730 6. Lily Johnson, MSU (2015) . . . . . . . 1726 7. Lexi Erwin, Michigan (2012) . . . . . . 1701 8. Ariel Turner, Purdue (2011) . . . . . . . 1682 9. Michelle Bartsch, Illinois (2011) . . . . 167610. Rachel Iaquaniello, E. Mich. (2012) 1666

CAREER ATTACKS (Overall) 1. Michelle Collier, USF (98-02) . . . . . 6633 2. Lily Johnson, MSU (2014-pr.) . . . . 6298 3. Carnae Dillard, N. Texas (12-15) . . . 6063 4. Stacey Gordon, Ohio St. (01-04) . . . 6051 5. Ori Zuzic, ORU (03-06) . . . . . . . . . . 6041 6. Priscilla Pacheco, UGA (91-94) . . . . 6006 7. Svetlana Vtyurina, GW (92-95) . . . . 5975 8. Javonne Brooks, N. Orleans (89-92) .5939 9. Lauren Mackey, Morehead St. (95-98) . 593310. Fabiana Souza, Ft. Wayne (02-05) . 5837

CONSECUTIVE SETS PLAYED 1. Tuba Meto, SEMO (94-97) . . . . . . . . 551 2. Hannah Kirk, Jacksonville St. (14-pr.) 518 3. Katie Eberling, W. Michigan (06-09) . 516 Michelle Moore, W. Michigan (06-09) 516 5. Heather Watts, Memphis (01-04) . . . 515 Jeanne Asper, Hofstra (88-91) . . . . . 515 7. Lauren Smith, Creighton (13-16) . . . . 511 8. Lindsey Gould, WKU (06-09) . . . . . . 510 9. Lexi Zimmerman, Michigan (07-10) . . 50910. Lori Rowe, South Carolina (83-86) . . 50711. Ashley Mason, E. Michigan (08-11) . . 50612. Taryn Surbaugh, Winthrop (03-06) . . 50313. Duygu Duzceler, Florida St. (09-12) . 500 Laura Cote, Memphis (05-08) . . . . . . 50015. Allyson Doyle, W. Michigan (07-10) . 49816. Lily Johnson (14-pr.) . . . . . . . . . . . . 497

Missouri State MVC and NCAA RecordsnCaa LeadersCAREER KILLS

1. Svetlana Vtyurina, GW (92-95) . . . . 3043 2. Javonne Brooks, N. Orleans (89-92) .2932 3. Stacey Gordon, Ohio St. (01-04) . . .2798^ 4. Tara Cross, Long Beach St. (86-89) .2767^ 5. Michelle Collier, USF (98-02) . . . . .2729^ 6. Priscilla Pacheco, UGA (91-94) . . . . 2675 7. Kim Willoughby, Hawaii (00-03) . . . .2598 8. Tyler Henderson, Tulsa (09-12) . . . . 2525 9. Kelly-Anne Billingy, Marshall (04-07) .248110. Aline Pereira, George Mason (00-03) . 247811. Ogonna Nnamani, Stanford (01-04) . 245012. Jill McCreary, Akron (01-04) . . . . . .2439^13. Lauren Wicinski, NIU/Mich. St. (10-13) . 242414. Nicole Branagh, Minnesota (97-00) . 237915. Carnae Dillard, N. Texas (12-15) . . . 232716. Fabiana Souza, Ft. Wayne (02-05) 230517. Ori Zuzic, ORU (03-06) . . . . . . . . . . 230418. Katrien DeDecker, Minn. (93-96) . . . 230019. Lauren Mackey, Morehead St. (95-98) .2293^20. Jenna Wrobel, Mich. St. (95-98) . . . 229221. Kori Barberich, Penn St. (81-84) . . . 228222. Sarah-Jane Mungo, UGA (88-91) . . 228123. Jill Haas, UCSB/Sac. St. (93-96) . . .2273^24. Elisha Polk, Baylor (96-99) . . . . . . .2272^25. Lisa Pikalek, VT (89-92) . . . . . . . . .2270^26. Kelly Wing, UC Irvine (01-04) . . . . . 226727. Kristee Porter, UCLA (98-01) . . . . . . 225528. Becky Howlett, CSF/Wash. St. (90-93) . 224129. Colleen Hunter, SLU (99-02) . . . . . . 223030. Nia Kiggundu, Louisiana (93-96) . . .2227^31. Jennifer Joines, Pacific (00-03) . . . . 222532. Corina Magina, UNT (00-03) . . . . . . 221133. Laura Milos, ORU (14-pr.) . . . . . . . . 219534. Nina Foster, Bama/Florida (94-97) . 219435. Dylann Duncan, BYU (85-88) . . . . . 218836. Kim Diehlmann, Hartford (89-92) . .2186^37. Lily Johnson, MSU (14-pr.) . . . . . 2185^ Krystal Osborne, Arkansas (94-97) . 218539. Renata Menchikova, UCF (95-97) . . 215140. Megan Hodge, Penn State (06-09) . 214241. Andrea Gonzalez, Minn. (85-88) . . . 2140^Player also has 1,500+ digs

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2017 Missouri State Season Results (22-5, 14-0 MVC)

2017 Missouri State Miscellaneous StatisticsDouble-Figure Kill Matches (60): Johnson 22, L. Wright 22, Cheffey 9, Boone 3, Ophoven 2, Villarreal 2; Opponents- 5320-Kill Matches (12): Johnson 11, Wright 1; Opponents- 7 25-Kill Matches (4): Johnson 4; Opponents- 130-Kill Matches (0): Opponents- 1Double-Figure Dig Matches (79): Butters 26, Johnson 21, Messa 16, Dixon 13, Idos 3; Opponents- 8320-Dig Matches (28): Butters 18, Johnson 7, Messa 4; Opponents- 1925-Dig Matches (13): Butters 9, Messa 2, Johnson 2; Opponents- 630-Dig Matches (5): Butters 4, Johnson 1; Opponents- 235-Dig Matches (2): Butters 2; Opponents- 140-Dig Matches (1): Butters 1; Opponents- 0Double-Figure Block Matches (0): Opponents- 0Double-Figure Kill-Dig Matches (19): Johnson 19; Opponents- 2020-Kill, 20-Dig Matches (4): Johnson 4; Opponents- 025-Kill, 25-Dig Matches (1): Johnson 1; Opponents- 0Double-Figure Kill-Block Matches: (0): Opponents- 0Double-Figure Kill-Block-Dig Matches (0): Opponents- 0Double-Figure Kill-Dig-Assist Matches (0): Opponents- 1Matches Leading MSU in Kills: Johnson 20, L. Wright 5, Cheffey 1, Boone 1Matches Leading MSU in Digs: Butters 24, Dixon 3, Johnson 2Matches Leading MSU in Blocks: Irwin 15, L. Wright 11, Cheffey 6, Johnson 3, Dake 1, Villarreal 1, Boone 1Matches Leading MSU in Aces: Johnson 14, Messa 10, Dixon 6, Butters 6, Orlando 5, L. Wright 3, Dudenhoeffer 2, Idos 1, Snelling 1

Date Site Att. Opponent W/L Scores Record Kill Leader Dig Leader8/25 Away 200 Appalachian State& W 25-23, 20-25, 22-25, 25-15, 15-13 1-0 Johnson - 29 Dixon - 15 8/26 Neutral 243 #8 Kansas& L 23-25, 23-25, 25-21, 25-19 1-1 Cheffey - 17 Butters - 26 8/26 Away 483 North Carolina State& W 19-25, 25-21, 27-25, 15-25, 15-13 2-1 Johnson - 20 Butters - 26 9/1 Away 1088 #20 Ohio State@ W 25-18, 25-21, 21-25, 25-20 3-1 Wright - 15 Butters - 24 9/2 Neutral 1323 Lipscomb@ L 25-23, 25-11, 19-25, 24-26, 10-15 3-2 Johnson - 15 Butters - 22 9/2 Neutral 1323 Oakland@ W 25-18, 25-20, 25-23 4-2 Johnson - 14 Butters - 18 9/8 Neutral 151 #8 Washington# L 20-25, 25-21, 12-25, 23-25 4-3 Johnson - 15 Butters - 27 9/8 Neutral 138 Wyoming# W 25-21, 25-12, 25-18 5-3 Boone - 10 Butters - 16 9/9 Away 191 Pepperdine# W 20-25, 25-17, 25-13, 25-21 6-3 Johnson - 26 Butters - 27 9/14 Home 1192 Chattanooga^ W 25-18, 25-12, 25-18 7-3 Wright - 14 Butters - 17 9/15 Home 905 Washington State^ L 25-18, 22-25, 15-25, 25-23, 12-15 7-4 Johnson - 23 Butters - 30 9/16 Home 470 Illinois^ L 25-23, 25-21, 23-25, 21-25, 12-15 7-5 Johnson - 27 Butters - 29 9/16 Home 821 Tennessee State^ W 25-18, 25-10, 25-17 8-5 Johnson - 16 Butters/Dixon - 11 9/22 Away 1075 Illinois State* W 17-25, 25-13, 26-24, 14-25, 15-11 9-5, 1-0 Johnson - 20 Butters - 30 9/23 Away 254 Bradley* W 25-11, 25-15, 23-25, 25-22 10-5, 2-0 Wright - 20 Butters - 23 9/25 Home 487 Loyola* W 25-15, 25-15, 25-19 11-5, 3-0 Wright - 10 Dixon - 9 9/29 Home 689 Indiana State* W 25-14, 25-19, 25-10 12-5, 4-0 Johnson - 11 Butters/Johnson - 20 9/30 Home 726 Evansville* W 25-18, 25-10, 25-14 13-5, 5-0 Johnson - 12 Butters - 14 10/7 Away 505 Southern Illinois* W 25-17, 25-21, 25-22 14-5, 6-0 Johnson - 14 Johnson - 15 10/13 Away 563 Drake* W 22-25, 25-20, 25-18, 30-32, 15-9 15-5, 7-0 Johnson - 28 Butters - 44 10/14 Away 2919 #20 UNI* W 25-23, 29-27, 20-25, 25-22 16-5, 8-0 Johnson - 22 Butters - 23 10/20 Home 1226 Bradley* W 25-17, 20-25,19-25, 25-14, 19-17 17-5, 9-0 Johnson - 22 Butters - 24 10/21 Home 1186 Illinois State* W 25-20, 22-25, 25-22, 25-18 18-5, 10-0 Johnson - 18 Butters - 35 10/27 Away 265 Evansville* W 27-25, 25-23, 25-18 19-5, 11-0 Johnson - 23 Butters - 14 10/28 Away 123 Indiana State* W 25-14, 25-17, 25-16 20-5, 12-0 Wright - 15 Butters - 17 10/30 Home 977 Valparaiso* W 25-21, 22-25, 25-18, 25-19 21-5, 13-0 Johnson - 21 Butters - 24 11/4 Home 1309 Southern Illinois* W 25-20, 25-22, 25-21 22-5, 14-0 Johnson - 16 Butters - 22 11/11 Home UNI* 11/12 Home Drake* 11/17 Away Valparaiso* 11/18 Away Loyola* * Missouri Valley Conference matches; # - indicates AVCA ranking at time the match was played; & -NC State Tournament in Raleigh, N.C.; @ - D.C. Kohl Classic in Columbus, Ohio; #Pepperdine Asics Classic in Malibu, Calif.; ^ Dr. Mary Jo Wynn Invitational in Springfield, Mo.;

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2017 Individual Match-by-Match Statistics

2017 Team Match-by-Match Statistics

Boone Butters Cheffey Dake Dixon Dudenhoeffer Idos Irwin Johnson Messa Mosquera Ophoven Orlando Snelling Villarreal L. WrightDate Opponent K-A-D-B K-A-D-B K-A-D-B K-A-D-B K-A-D-B K-A-D-B K-A-D-B K-A-D-B K-A-D-B K-A-D-B K-A-D-B K-A-D-B K-A-D-B K-A-D-B K-A-D-B K-A-D-B8/25 Appalachian State 4-0-1-0 0-2-11-0 2-0-2-2 2-1-0-2 0-3-15-0 0-0-2-0 0-0-12-0 3-0-1-0 29-0-11-3 1-53-12-1 DNP 11-0-0-0 DNP DNP DNP 13-0-2-58/26 #8 Kansas 7-0-0-1 0-7-26-0 17-0-1-2 0-0-0-1 0-1-14-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-3-0 2-1-0-4 15-0-16-2 1-30-14-0 DNP 9-0-4-0 1-18-7-0 DNP DNP 8-0-1-1 8/26 NC State 7-1-1-0 0-6-26-0 13-0-0-1 DNP 0-1-12-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-2-0 7-0-0-1 20-1-18-1 2-32-9-0 0-0-0-0 2-0-1-1 0-22-4-0 5-1-4-3 DNP 9-0-1-49/1 #20 Ohio State 6-0-0-1 0-1-24-0 9-0-1-5 DNP 0-0-5-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-1-0 5-0-0-5 9-1-17-2 0-32-7-1 DNP 7-0-1-0 1-19-1-0 2-0-1-0 DNP 15-0-2-49/2 Lipscomb 9-1-4-1 0-6-22-0 11-0-0-5 0-0-0-0 0-0-5-0 0-0-1-0 0-0-2-0 0-0-0-5 15-0-8-3 0-29-11-0 DNP 10-0-4-1 0-22-5-0 0-0-1-0 DNP 13-0-2-49/2 Oakland 5-0-0-0 0-3-18-0 5-0-0-3 1-0-0-0 0-1-2-0 0-0-0-0 DNP 1-0-0-0 14-1-8-0 1-11-4-0 DNP 4-0-1-1 1-22-4-0 DNP DNP 9-0-1-39/8 #8 Washington 3-0-3-2 0-7-27-0 4-0-1-2 1-0-0-1 0-1-11-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-1-0 2-0-2-3 15-3-18-1 2-20-7-0 3-0-1-0 0-0-1-0 2-16-9-0 0-0-0-0 6-0-2-1 11-0-3-09/8 Wyoming 10-0-0-2 0-4-16-0 1-0-1-1 DNP 0-0-4-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-3-0 4-1-0-3 8-0-14-0 1-25-13-3 DNP 0-0-1-0 DNP DNP 3-0-1-2 8-1-1-59/9 Pepperdine 7-0-0-2 0-2-27-0 1-0-0-1 DNP 0-1-8-0 0-0-1-0 0-1-5-0 3-0-2-4 26-1-17-1 2-51-5-1 DNP DNP 0-2-0-0 DNP 12-0-5-2 10-0-5-39/14 Chattanooga 4-0-2-2 0-3-17-0 5-0-1-4 2-0-0-0 0-0-5-0 0-0-1-0 0-0-1-0 7-0-1-5 9-0-8-2 0-26-8-0 DNP 4-0-0-0 0-13-4-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-1-1 14-0-0-39/15 Washington State 7-0-2-0 0-6-30-0 7-0-2-0 0-0-0-0 0-1-11-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-1-0 1-0-0-0 23-0-22-0 1-37-15-0 6-0-0-0 7-0-1-0 0-26-4-0 0-0-0-0 7-0-2-0 13-0-1-19/16 Illinois 6-0-2-3 0-9-29-0 1-0-0-0 DNP 0-0-11-0 0-0-1-0 0-3-12-0 0-0-1-6 27-2-12-3 5-48-25-2 2-0-1-2 9-0-2-0 0-2-0-0 DNP 1-0-1-0 15-0-2-29/16 Tennessee State 3-0-0-0 0-2-11-0 9-0-2-2 4-0-1-3 0-1-11-0 0-0-0-0 DNP DNP 16-0-3-1 1-31-7-0 1-0-0-0 DNP 0-11-4-0 3-0-1-2 DNP 11-0-1-19/22 Illinois State* 10-0-1-1 1-2-30-0 2-0-0-0 DNP 0-1-16-0 0-0-1-0 0-0-8-0 4-0-0-2 20-0-17-1 1-51-23-1 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 1-4-0-0 0-0-0-0 9-0-3-2 14-0-4-29/23 Bradley* 7-0-2-2 0-1-23-0 0-0-0-0 DNP 0-1-4-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-4-0 5-0-0-4 19-3-20-2 1-55-6-0 1-0-0-0 3-0-1-0 1-4-2-0 1-0-0-0 7-0-2-0 20-0-3-19/25 Loyola* 3-0-0-0 0-5-8-0 9-0-1-1 DNP 0-0-9-0 0-0-0-0 DNP 5-0-0-2 6-0-7-3 0-18-6-0 DNP 8-0-1-1 1-18-4-0 0-0-1-0 DNP 10-0-0-19/29 Indiana State* 3-0-1-1 0-3-20-0 10-0-1-1 1-0-0-0 0-0-10-0 0-0-0-0 DNP 2-0-0-2 11-3-20-2 2-18-7-0 DNP 2-0-0-1 1-19-4-0 DNP 3-0-2-2 10-1-2-29/30 Evansville* 2-0-0-5 0-3-14-0 5-1-0-4 DNP 0-0-9-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 2-0-1-7 12-2-13-3 2-19-11-1 1-0-0-0 7-0-3-1 0-10-1-0 0-0-0-0 DNP 6-0-0-410/7 Southern Illinois* 4-1-0-0 0-3-13-0 8-0-1-0 DNP 0-0-6-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 3-0-1-2 14-2-15-1 2-32-11-0 DNP DNP 0-10-4-0 DNP DNP 12-0-1-310/13 Drake* 11-2-3-0 0-7-44-0 4-0-5-2 DNP 0-2-16-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-10-0 4-0-1-5 28-2-32-4 4-52-29-1 DNP 0-0-0-0 0-13-4-0 DNP 15-0-8-0 16-0-1-310/14 #20 UNI* 4-0-3-0 0-3-23-0 14-0-0-2 2-0-2-1 0-0-12-0 DNP 0-1-7-0 0-1-1-1 22-1-18-2 3-31-16-1 DNP 3-0-1-1 0-24-5-0 DNP 5-0-1-0 11-0-2-410/20 Bradley* 2-0-3-1 0-4-24-0 12-0-0-5 DNP 0-1-19-0 0-0-1-0 0-0-2-0 2-0-0-1 22-0-21-2 0-48-14-3 4-0-2-3 0-0-0-0 1-12-4-0 DNP 8-0-4-4 16-0-3-510/21 Illinois State* 5-0-0-0 0-9-35-0 10-0-1-3 DNP 0-2-9-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-4-0 2-0-2-3 18-1-27-3 1-27-18-0 2-0-0-2 DNP 1-15-4-0 DNP 7-1-4-1 12-0-3-110/27 Evansville* 1-0-1-0 0-1-14-0 9-0-2-4 DNP 0-0-7-0 0-0-2-0 0-1-9-0 2-0-2-4 23-0-12-0 0-41-8-2 DNP 5-0-6-1 0-7-2-0 DNP DNP 13-0-1-210/28 Indiana State* 0-0-0-0 0-5-17-0 14-1-1-2 DNP 0-0-6-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-3-0 6-0-1-2 8-0-8-0 1-36-14-1 DNP 0-0-0-0 1-3-0-0 0-0-0-0 2-0-0-1 16-0-0-310/30 Valparaiso* 5-0-0-0 0-9-24-0 17-0-2-2 DNP 0-0-14-0 0-0-1-0 0-0-2-0 4-0-1-4 21-0-22-2 1-41-20-0 0-0-0-0 1-0-3-1 0-13-2-0 DNP 2-0-1-1 14-0-0-211/4 Southern Illinois* 8-0-7-2 0-5-22-0 7-1-3-0 DNP 0-1-4-0 0-0-1-0 0-0-0-0 3-0-1-1 16-1-17-0 2-20-11-0 DNP DNP 2-24-4-0 DNP 5-0-1-0 12-0-1-111/11 UNI*11/12 Drake*11/17 Valparaiso*11/18 Loyola*K-Kills, A-Assists, D-Digs, B-Blocks; DNP-Did Not Play; *-MVC match

< Missouri State > < Opponents >Date Opponent K E TA Pct. A SA SE Dig Blk. Score K E TA Pct. A SA SE Dig Blk.8/25 Appalachian State 65 23 173 .243 59 4 8 69 8.0 3-2 63 30 173 .191 58 2 5 75 4.08/26 #8 Kansas 60 31 189 .153 57 3 6 86 7.0 1-3 56 19 164 .226 52 1 7 80 19.08/26 NC State 65 28 190 .195 64 4 2 78 6.0 3-2 78 22 192 .292 75 1 5 86 14.09/1 #20 Ohio State 54 9 135 .333 53 8 8 60 9.0 3-1 61 18 148 .291 58 2 12 65 6.09/2 Lipscomb 58 26 152 .211 58 4 4 65 10.5 2-3 63 32 175 .177 59 5 8 60 15.09/2 Oakland 41 13 99 .283 38 3 6 38 4.0 3-0 37 18 98 .194 35 1 10 38 7.59/8 #8 Washington 49 27 177 .124 47 5 8 86 5.5 1-3 53 19 164 .207 50 6 7 88 15.09/8 Wyoming 38 19 105 .181 31 10 1 54 9.0 3-0 29 18 105 .105 27 2 8 40 6.09/9 Pepperdine 61 9 157 .331 58 6 7 75 8.0 3-1 51 23 155 .181 50 8 4 73 5.09/14 Chattanooga 45 10 99 .354 42 5 3 49 9.0 3-0 32 18 107 .131 32 2 7 41 4.09/15 Washington State 72 37 205 .171 70 3 2 91 1.0 2-3 56 21 179 .196 53 6 2 78 18.0 9/16 Illinois 66 27 207 .188 64 3 8 99 11.0 2-3 68 31 205 .180 65 5 5 97 19.59/16 Tennessee State 48 7 107 .383 45 4 5 46 5.0 3-0 33 17 109 .147 34 0 5 42 3.09/22 Illinois State* 62 20 196 .214 58 1 7 103 5.0 3-2 68 22 199 .231 63 2 9 105 4.09/23 Bradley* 65 13 132 .394 64 7 3 67 5.0 3-1 51 20 145 .214 49 4 3 52 6.09/25 Loyola* 42 11 85 .365 41 3 5 37 5.0 3-0 31 19 90 .133 30 1 10 27 7.09/29 Indiana State* 45 10 117 .299 44 4 4 67 7.0 3-0 26 19 120 .058 24 1 3 57 7.09/30 Evansville* 37 14 94 .245 35 6 4 52 14.0 3-0 20 25 104 -.048 18 2 2 38 8.010/7 Southern Illinois* 49 11 124 .306 48 5 5 55 5.0 3-0 39 14 114 .219 32 0 1 55 4.010/13 Drake* 82 30 266 .195 78 1 7 153 8.0 3-2 63 27 255 .141 62 0 6 130 9.010/14 #20 UNI* 64 21 185 .232 61 2 3 91 7.0 3-1 64 23 188 .218 58 2 7 93 9.010/20 Bradley* 67 20 203 .232 65 3 6 97 14.0 3-2 69 31 209 .182 66 2 5 107 9.010/21 Illinois State* 58 18 188 .213 55 3 5 107 7.5 3-1 56 27 212 .137 53 4 6 99 6.510/27 Evansville* 53 15 123 .309 50 1 2 66 8.0 3-0 47 14 132 .250 46 1 3 48 6.010/28 Indiana State* 48 5 110 .391 45 2 6 50 5.0 3-0 33 19 113 .124 31 2 4 47 1.010/30 Valparaiso* 65 26 181 .215 63 7 4 92 6.0 3-1 45 20 163 .153 43 3 4 83 10.011/4 Southern Illinois* 55 10 138 .326 52 2 3 72 3.0 3-0 46 11 140 .250 44 1 4 68 3.011/11 UNI*11/12 Drake*11/17 Valparaiso*11/18 Loyola*K-Kills, E-Errors, TA-Total Attack Attempts, Pct.-Hitting Percentage, A-Assists, SA-Service Aces, SE-Service Errors, Dig-Digs, Blk.-Blocks, *-MVC match

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Season and Career Match Highs2017 (27 matches) .....................#1 Brianne Dixon ....Career (114 matches)NA .............................................................Kills (3 sets) .....................................1, 9/3/16 vs. Pacific NA .............................................................Kills (4 sets) ............................... 1, 9/17/16 at MarquetteNA .............................................................Kills (5 sets) ............................................................... NA19, 10/20/17 vs. Bradley ...........................Digs ......................................... 19, 10/20/17 vs. Bradley 3, 8/25/17 at Appalachian State ................Assists .......................... 3, 8/25/17 at Appalachian State 2, 2x, last 9/2/17 vs. Lipscomb .................Aces ...............................2, 4x, last 9/2/17 vs. LipscombNA .............................................................Blocks ........................................................................ NA

2017 (25 matches) .....................#2 Emelie Orlando ... Career (25 matches)2, 11/4/17 vs. Southern Illinois ..................Kills (3 sets) .................... 2, 11/4/17 vs. Southern Illinois2, 9/8/17 vs. #8 Washington .....................Kills (4 sets) ........................2, 9/8/17 vs. #8 Washington1, 2x, last 10/20/17 vs. Bradley ................Kills (5 sets) ................... 1, 2x, last 10/20/17 vs. Bradley9, 9/8/17 vs. #8 Washington .....................Digs ....................................9, 9/8/17 vs. #8 Washington26, 9/15/17 vs. Washington State .............Assists ....................... 26, 9/15/17 vs. Washington State2, 4x, last 9/30/17 vs. Evansville ..............Aces ............................ 2, 4x, last 9/30/17 vs. EvansvilleNA .............................................................Blocks ........................................................................ NA

2017 (12 matches) .....................#3 Veronica Snelling Career (12 matches)3, 9/16/17 vs. Tennessee State ................Kills (3 sets) ...................3, 9/16/17 vs. Tennessee State 2, 9/1/17 at #20 Ohio State .......................Kills (4 sets) ......................... 2, 9/1/17 at #20 Ohio State5, 8/26/17 at NC State ..............................Kills (5 sets) .................................5, 8/26/17 at NC State4, 8/26/17 at NC State ..............................Digs .............................................4, 8/26/17 at NC State1, 8/26/17 at NC State ..............................Assists .........................................1, 8/26/17 at NC State1, 2x, last 9/1/17 at #20 Ohio State ..........Aces ........................1, 2x, last 9/1/17 at #20 Ohio State3, 8/26/17 at NC State ..............................Blocks ..........................................3, 8/26/17 at NC State

2017 (27 matches) .....................#5 Lynsey Wright ....Career (124 matches)16, 10/28/17 at Indiana State ...................Kills (3 sets) ...................... 16, 10/28/17 at Indiana State20, 9/23/17 at Bradley ..............................Kills (4 sets) ................................. 20, 9/23/17 at Bradley16, 2x, last 10/20/17 vs. Bradley ..............Kills (5 sets) ....................24, 10/5/15 at Southern Illinois5, 9/9/17 at Pepperdine ............................Digs .................................. 8, 10/31/15 vs. Wichita State 1, 2x, last 9/29/17 vs. Indiana State .........Assists ........................................... 2, 10/8/16 vs. Loyola 1, 6x, last 10/14/17 at #20 UNI .................Aces ............................3, 2x, last 11/18/16 at Evansville5, 4x, last 10/20/17 vs. Bradley ................Blocks ................... 6, 3x, last 9/9/16 vs. #12 Ohio State

2017 (27 matches) .....................#6 Lauren Boone ....Career (111 matches)10, 9/8/17 vs. Wyoming ............................Kills (3 sets) ...............................10, 9/8/17 vs. Wyoming7, 3x, last 9/23/17 at Bradley ....................Kills (4 sets) ................................... 15, 10/29/16 vs. UNI 11, 10/13/17 at Drake ...............................Kills (5 sets) ...................... 12, 10/23/15 at Indiana State7, 11/4/17 vs. Southern Illinois ..................Digs .................................... 11, 11/21/14 at Illinois State2, 10/13/17 at Drake .................................Assists ......................................... 40, 8/26/16 vs. Xavier NA .............................................................Aces .......................................................................... NA5, 9/30/17 vs. Evansville ...........................Blocks .......................... 5, 2x, last 9/30/17 vs. Evansville

2017 (12 matches) .....................#7 Laynie Dake ........ Career (18 matches)4, 9/16/17 vs. Tennessee State ................Kills (3 sets) ...................4, 9/16/17 vs. Tennessee State 2, 10/14/17 at #20 UNI .............................Kills (4 sets) ................................ 2, 10/14/17 at #20 UNI2, 8/25/17 at Appalachian State ................Kills (5 sets) ......2, 2x, last 8/25/17 at Appalachian State2, 10/14/17 at #20 UNI .............................Digs ............................................ 2, 10/14/17 at #20 UNI1, 8/25/17 at Appalachian State ................Assists .......................... 1, 8/25/17 at Appalachian State NA .............................................................Aces .......................................................................... NA3, 9/16/17 vs. Tennessee State ................Blocks ............................3, 9/16/17 vs. Tennessee State

2017 (27 matches) .....................#8 Emily Butters ...... Career (97 matches)NA .............................................................Kills (3 sets) ........................ 1, 10/15/16 at Indiana State NA .............................................................Kills (4 sets) ............................................................... NA 1, 9/22/17 at Illinois State .........................Kills (5 sets) ............................1, 9/22/17 at Illinois State44, 10/13/17 at Drake ...............................Digs ..............................................44, 10/13/17 at Drake9, 3x, last 10/30/17 vs. Valparaiso ............Assists .......................9, 3x, last 10/30/17 vs. Valparaiso 2, 9/9/17 at Pepperdine ............................Aces .......................3, 2x, last 10/15/16 at Indiana StateNA .............................................................Blocks ........................................................................ NA

2017 (27 matches) .....................#10 Aubrey Cheffey . Career (50 matches)14, 10/28/17 at Indiana State ...................Kills (3 sets) ...................... 14, 10/28/17 at Indiana State17, 2x, last 10/30/17 vs. Valparaiso ..........Kills (4 sets) .............17, 2x, last 10/30/17 vs. Valparaiso13, 8/26/17 at NC State ............................Kills (5 sets) ...............................13, 8/26/17 at NC State5, 10/13/17 at Drake .................................Digs ................................................5, 10/13/17 at Drake1, 9/30/17 vs. Evansville ...........................Assists ....................... 2, 2x, last 10/10/16 vs. Evansville NA .............................................................Aces .......................................................................... NA5, 3x, last 10/20/17 vs. Bradley ................Blocks ............................ 5, 4x, last 10/20/17 vs. Bradley

2017 (22 matches) .....................#11 Ashley Ophoven ..Career (82 matches)8, 9/25/17 vs. Loyola ................................Kills (3 sets) .............................10, 8/27/16 vs. Arkansas 10, 9/1/17 at #20 Ohio State .....................Kills (4 sets) ............................. 16, 9/5/15 vs. Marquette11, 8/25/17 at Appalachian State ..............Kills (5 sets) .....................20, 11/28/15 vs. Wichita State6, 10/27/17 at Evansville ..........................Digs ......................................... 6, 10/27/17 at EvansvilleNA .............................................................Assists ................................ 2, 10/23/15 at Indiana State NA .............................................................Aces .......................................................................... NA2, 10/7/17 at Southern Illinois ...................Blocks ..............................3, 3x, last 9/2/16 vs. #8 UCLA

2017 (24 matches) .....................#13 Gerri Idos .......... Career (54 matches)NA .............................................................Kills (3 sets) ............................................................... NA NA .............................................................Kills (4 sets) ............................................................... NA NA .............................................................Kills (5 sets) ............................................................... NA12, 2x, last 9/16/17 vs. Illinois ...................Digs ................................. 12, 2x, last 9/16/17 vs. Illinois 3, 9/16/17 vs. Illinois .................................Assists ............................................3, 9/16/17 vs. Illinois 1, 2x, last 9/16/17 vs. Illinois .....................Aces ................................ 3, 9/10/16 vs. Western IllinoisNA .............................................................Blocks ........................................................................ NA

2017 (27 matches) .....................#14 MacKenzie Irwin . Career (54 matches)7, 9/14/17 vs. Chattanooga ......................Kills (3 sets) ......................... 7, 9/14/17 vs. Chattanooga5, 2x, last 9/23/17 at Bradley ....................Kills (4 sets) .......................5, 2x, last 9/23/17 at Bradley 7, 8/26/17 at NC State ..............................Kills (5 sets) .................................7, 8/26/17 at NC State 2, 3x, last 10/27/17 at Evansville ..............Digs .............................2, 4x, last 10/27/17 at Evansville1, 2x, last 9/8/17 vs. Wyoming ..................Assists ............................ 1, 3x, last 9/8/17 vs. WyomingNA .............................................................Aces .................................................4, 10/9/15 at Drake7, 9/30/17 vs. Evansville ...........................Blocks ...................................... 7, 9/30/17 vs. Evansville

2017 (27 matches) .....................#17 Lily Johnson ....Career (129 matches)23, 10/27/17 at Evansville ........................Kills (3 sets) ...............23, 2x, last 10/27/17 at Evansville26, 9/9/17 at Pepperdine ..........................Kills (4 sets) .............................26, 9/9/17 at Pepperdine 29, 8/25/17 at Appalachian State ..............Kills (5 sets) ....................................33, 10/1/16 at Drake32, 10/13/17 at Drake ...............................Digs ..............................................32, 10/13/17 at Drake 3, 2x, last 9/29/17 vs. Indiana State .........Assists ............................... 4, 2x, last 8/26/16 vs. Xavier 4, 9/8/17 vs. #8 Washington .....................Aces .......................................5, 11/15/14 vs. Evansville3, 6x, last 10/21/17 vs. Illinois State .........Blocks .............................. 4, 6x, last 10/7/16 vs. Bradley

2017 (11 matches) .....................#19 Mikaela Mosquera . Career (33 matches)1, 9/16/17 vs. Tennessee State ................Kills (3 sets) .............. 3, 9/19/15 vs. South Dakota State 3, 9/8/17 vs. #8 Washington .....................Kills (4 sets) ........................3, 9/8/17 vs. #8 Washington6, 9/15/17 vs. Washington State ...............Kills (5 sets) ................. 6, 9/15/17 vs. Washington State2, 10/20/17 vs. Bradley .............................Digs .................................... 4, 9/23/16 vs. Wichita StateNA .............................................................Assists ....................................................................... NA NA .............................................................Aces .......................................................................... NA3, 10/20/17 vs. Bradley .............................Blocks ............................ 3, 2x, last 10/20/17 vs. Bradley

2017 (26 matches) .....................#21 Ashley Dudenhoeffer Career (26 matches)NA .............................................................Kills (3 sets) ............................................................... NA NA .............................................................Kills (4 sets) ............................................................... NA NA .............................................................Kills (5 sets) ............................................................... NA2, 2x, last 10/27/17 at Evansville ..............Digs .............................2, 2x, last 10/27/17 at EvansvilleNA .............................................................Assists ....................................................................... NA1, 5x, last 10/20/17 vs. Bradley ................Aces .............................. 1, 5x, last 10/20/17 vs. BradleyNA .............................................................Blocks ........................................................................ NA

2017 (27 matches) .....................#22 Daniele Messa ..... Career (62 matches)2, 3x, last 10/7/17 at Southern Illinois .......Kills (3 sets) .......................5, 11/11/16 vs. Indiana State3, 10/14/17 at #20 UNI .............................Kills (4 sets) .......................6, 11/26/16 vs. Wichita State 5, 9/16/17 vs. Illinois .................................Kills (5 sets) ....................................5, 9/16/17 vs. Illinois29, 10/13/17 at Drake ...............................Digs ..............................................29, 10/13/17 at Drake55, 9/23/17 at Bradley ..............................Assists ......................................... 55, 9/23/17 at Bradley4, 9/8/17 vs. Wyoming ..............................Aces ....................................6, 11/12/16 vs. Illinois State3, 2x, last 10/20/17 vs. Bradley ................Blocks ............................ 3, 4x, last 10/20/17 vs. Bradley

2017 (16 matches) .....................#23 Cambree Villarreal .. Career (63 matches)6, 9/8/17 vs. Wyoming ..............................Kills (3 sets) ................................. 17, 11/5/16 at Bradley12, 9/9/17 at Pepperdine ..........................Kills (4 sets) .....................14, 11/26/16 vs. Wichita State 15, 10/13/17 at Drake ...............................Kills (5 sets) ..................................15, 10/13/17 at Drake8, 10/13/17 at Drake .................................Digs ................................................8, 10/13/17 at Drake1, 10/21/17 vs. Illinois State ......................Assists ....................1, 3x, last 10/21/17 vs. Illinois State NA .............................................................Aces .......................................................................... NA4, 10/20/17 vs. Bradley .............................Blocks ........................................ 4, 10/20/17 vs. Bradley

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Seniors...#1 Brianne Dixon, 5-7, Sr., DS, Springfield, Mo.► MVC Elite 18 Award winner in 2015 and 2016, given to the player with the highest GPA in the MVC tournament title match► CoSIDA Academic All-District VI First Team in 2016► 30 career matches with at least 10 digs

#5 Lynsey Wright, 6-0, Sr., MB, Glen Carbon, Ill.► Played for the US Collegiate National Team in the summers of 2016 and 2017► Hit .300 or better in 63 career matches, over .400 35 times► Second-team all-MVC in 2016; MVC all-Freshman team in 2014► MVC all-tournament pick in 2015 and 2016► MVC Player of the Week on Sept. 12, 2016 and Sept. 5, 2017► Became 21st MSU player with 1,000 career kills on Sept. 2, 2017, currently ranks 9th on career list with 1,271► Joined by younger sister Sydney as second set of siblings to play for the Bears concurrently (Courtney and Kinsey McCarter, 2012)► Career .296 hitting percentage ranks 8th in MSU history

#6 Lauren Boone, 6-1, Sr., S, Branson, Mo.► Made more than 40 starts on the right side in her career► Neared a triple-double with 8 kills, 18 assists and 11 digs against Illinois State as a freshman► Hit .219 or better in each of her four seasons

#17 Lily Johnson, 5-11, Sr., OH, Wildwood, Mo.► Missouri State’s only multiple-time All-American as an AVCA honorable selection each of her first three seasons► MVC Player of the Year in 2015 and 2016► MVC Freshman of the Year in 2014► First-team all-MVC three times, fourth MSU player to do so► 14-time MVC Player of the Week, the most in league history► 10-time MVC Scholar-Athlete of the Week► AVCA National Player of the Week on Oct. 17, 2017► Two-time VolleyMob National Player of the Week► CoSIDA Academic All-America Second Team in 2016► Two-time CoSIDA Academic All-District VI First Team► Holds MVC records for career kills (2,185), attacks (6,298) and matches with at least 10 kills (117)► NCAA active leader in attacks, second in kills, fifth in aces► Second in NCAA history in career attacks, 16th with 497 con-secutive sets played, and 37th in kills► 620 kills in 2015 ranked 3rd nationally as the second-best total in MSU history; 604 kills in 2016 ranked 3rd on MSU’s single-season list and 5th nationally► Owns two longest streaks of at least 10 kills in MSU history: 45 consecutive matches from Nov. 2, 2015-Dec. 2, 2016, and 36 matches from October 2014-October 2015► First at Missouri State with 45 career matches of 20+ kills► First sophomore in MSU history to reach 1,000 career kills► First MVC player to lead league in kills as a freshman, sopho-more and junior, fourth to do so three times overall► Played for the US Collegiate National Team in summer 2016 and 2017► Had 33 kills on Oct. 1, 2016 at Drake, the 6th-best total in school history and most since 1998► Had 28 kills and 32 digs on Oct. 13, 2017 at Drake, the second 25/30 match in MSU history and first since 1989► Ranks 6th in MSU history in career digs, and is the sixth member of MSU’s 1,000-kill, 1,000-dig club► Five career matches with at least 20 kills and 20 digs; 2017 total of four such matches is an MSU single-season record► Fourth in school history with 81 career matches with 10 or more digs► One of 11 players in NCAA Division I history with at least 2,100 kills and 1,500 digs

Juniors...#8 Emily Butters, 5-8, Jr., L, Richmond, Texas► Set MSU’s freshman record for digs in 2015 as an MVC all-Freshman selection► Played for the US Collegiate National Team in the summers of 2016 and 2017► First player in MSU history to reach 1,000 career digs as a sophomore. Currently ranks 2nd at MSU and 16th in MVC history with 1,741 career digs.► Ranks 18th among active NCAA players in career digs and second among non-seniors► Her 44 digs on Oct. 13, 2017 at Drake ranked 2nd in MSU and 5th in MVC history, and are the 3rd-most in NCAA this season► Missouri State’s libero for every match of her career► Had 10+ digs in 31 consecutive matches from Oct. 10, 2016-Sept. 23, 2017► Ranks second in MSU history with 89 career matches with at least 10 digs► Two-time MVC Defensive Player of the Week► MSU’s career leader in dig average at 4.67 per set► Owns three of the 12 total 500-dig seasons in school history, including the Nos. 4, 6 and 7 totals► Has four career matches with at least 30 digs, all in 2017 to tie MSU single-season record; career record is five, held by Adeana McAfee; there have been 25 such matches in school history

#11 Ashley Ophoven, Jr., OH, Ozark, Mo.► 278 kills in 2015 ranked 10th all-time among MSU freshmen► Reached 100 kills in 9th career match, 2nd-quickest in school history► One of 10 freshmen at MSU with 20 or more kills in a match

#14 MacKenzie Irwin, 6-1, Jr., MB, Joplin, Mo.► Started three matches as a freshman► Set high school records with 759 career kills and 166 blocks

#19 Mikaela Mosquera, Jr., MB, West Chicago, Ill.► Helped high school team to 86 wins in four seasons► Won the 2014 national championship in club volleyball playing for Sports Performance 18 Red

#23 Cambree Villarreal, Jr., OH, Amarillo, Texas► High school All-American according to both PrepVolleyball and the AVCA► MVC all-tournament team in 2016

Sophomores...#22 Daniele Messa, So., S, Bartlett, Ill.► Guided St. Francis High to four consecutive state titles and a 109-10 cumulative record, and was a finalist for the Andi Collins Award as a senior, given annually to the nation’s top setter► MVC Freshman of the Year, first-team all-MVC and MVC all-freshman team in 2016► Seven-time MVC Freshman of the Week in 2016, the most in the history of the award► Has three career matches with at least 50 assists and 20 digs; there have been 19 such matches in MSU history► Her 29 digs on Oct. 13, 2017 at Drake; most ever for an MSU setter► Ranked second all-time among MSU freshmen and 10th overall with 1,333 assists in 2016 ► Ranks 10th in school history with 2,247 career assists

#10 Aubrey Cheffey, 6-2, So., OH, Nixa, Mo.► AVCA Under Armour All-America honorable mention as a high school senior► First-team all-state selection as a junior and senior► MVC Freshman of the Week on Sept. 6, 2016

Player Summaries

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Updated Career Statistics for Players Active Before 2017Lauren Boone, 6-1, Sr., S, Branson, Mo.Year M-MS SP K E Att. Pct. Ast. SA SE Dig BS BA KPS DPS BPS 2014 23-10 55 58 15 170 .253 36 0 0 26 0 18 1.05 0.47 0.33 2015 29-13 91 99 28 309 .230 17 0 1 34 3 41 1.09 0.37 0.48 2016 32-22 110 127 39 402 .219 192 0 4 93 2 40 1.15 0.85 0.38 2017 27-9 99 143 34 410 .266 5 0 0 36 2 24 1.44 0.36 0.26Total 111-54 355 427 116 1291 .241 250 0 5 189 7 123 1.20 0.53 0.37

Brianne Dixon, 5-7, Sr., DS, Springfield, Mo.Year M-MS SP K E Att. Pct. Ast. SA SE Dig BS BA KPS DPS BPS 2014 18-0 25 0 0 0 .000 0 0 5 17 0 0 0.00 0.68 0.00 2015 34-6 117 0 0 0 .000 11 6 11 135 0 0 0.00 1.15 0.00 2016 35-29 132 2 0 7 .286 13 14 23 302 0 0 0.02 2.29 0.00 2017 27-22 104 0 0 2 .000 18 9 10 255 0 0 0.00 2.45 0.00Total 114-57 378 2 0 9 .222 42 29 49 709 0 0 0.01 1.88 0.00

Lily Johnson, 5-11, Sr., OH, Wildwood, Mo.Year M-MS SP K E Att. Pct. Ast. SA SE Dig BS BA KPS DPS BPS 2014 32-32 124 495 210 1442 .198 23 39 62 312 3 42 3.99 2.52 0.36 2015 35-35 135 620 212 1726 .236 28 40 54 398 5 43 4.59 2.95 0.36 2016 35-35 133 604 208 1737 .228 26 46 49 408 14 34 4.54 3.07 0.36 2017 27-27 105 466 116 1393 .251 24 33 42 421 14 30 4.44 4.01 0.42Total 129-129 500 2185 746 6298 .228 101 158 207 1539 36 149 4.40 3.10 0.37

Lynsey Wright, 6-0, Sr., MB, Glen Carbon, Ill.Year M-MS SP K E Att. Pct. Ast. SA SE Dig BS BA KPS DPS BPS 2014 29-27 111 246 94 522 .291 3 10 43 57 5 64 2.22 0.51 0.62 2015 33-29 127 350 135 769 .280 5 14 34 50 7 83 2.76 0.39 0.71 2016 35-33 127 344 127 749 .290 6 23 34 60 10 67 2.71 0.47 0.61 2017 27-27 105 331 99 721 .322 2 7 27 43 7 64 3.15 0.41 0.68Total 124-116 470 1271 455 2761 .296 16 54 138 210 29 278 2.70 0.45 0.65

Player Summaries#13 Gerri Idos, 5-1, So., DS, Springfield, Mo.► Accumulated more than 900 career digs in high school, averag-ing 5.9 digs per set as a senior

Freshmen and Newcomers...#2 Emelie Orlando, 5-8, Fr., S, Wildwood, Mo.► Member of three state championship teams at Lafayette High, starting at setter two of those seasons, and earning first-team all-state and PrepVolleyball All-America honors as a senior

#3 Veronica Snelling, 5-10, Fr., RS, Glen Ellyn, Ill.► Three-year starter for Benet Academy teams that ranked in the top 100 nationally each of her four seasons► PrepVolleyball All-America selection her senior year► Hit .538 in the 2014 state title match

#4 Alyssa Doucette, 6-0, Fr., MB, Eagan, Minn.► Part of three state championship clubs and one runner-up fin-isher in high school, including a 25-0 record her senior year► Made the European Global Challenge all-tournament team and won a national championship while playing with her AAU squad

#7 Laynie Dake, 6-2, RFr., MB, Mount Vernon, Mo.► Owns HS records for kills (1,190), blocks (213), hitting percent-age (.389) and kill percentage (.517)► All-state as a high school junior and senior

#9 Maddie Back, 5-9, Fr., DS, Hot Springs, Ark.► Served 515 career aces in high school with at least 100 in each of her four seasons, leading Arkansas and ranking 28th nationally with 145 as a junior► Four-time all-state and all-conference pick

#15 Sam Brinkmann, 5-8, Fr., DS, St. Louis, Mo.► MaxPreps Medium Schools Second-Team All-American and first-team all-state as a senior with a 7.2 digs per set average► Recognized on the PrepVolleyball.com Defensive Dandies fifth team following her senior year, ranking her among the top 60 defen-sive specialists nationally

#16 Sydney Wright, 5-8, So., DS, Glen Carbon, Ill.► Spent freshman season playing at Central Arkansas► Joins older sister Lynsey as second set of siblings to play for the Bears concurrently. Courtney and Kinsey McCarter were on the roster together in 2012.

#21 Ashley Dudenhoeffer, 5-6, RFr., DS, Jefferson City, Mo.► Attended MSU but did not play volleyball during the 2016 season► PrepVolleyball All-American as a junior in high school after lead-ing Helias Catholic to 43 wins and the Class 3 state title

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Updated Career Statistics for Players Active Before 2016 (cont’d)

Emily Butters, 5-8, Jr., L, Richmond, TexasYear M-MS SP K E Att. Pct. Ast. SA SE Dig BS BA KPS DPS BPS 2015 35-0 135 0 1 3 -.333 92 15 23 568 0 0 0.00 4.21 0.00 2016 35-0 133 1 1 10 .000 101 21 28 578 0 0 0.01 4.35 0.00 2017 27-0 105 1 1 3 .000 118 12 19 595 0 0 0.01 5.67 0.00Total 97-0 373 2 3 16 -.062 311 48 70 1741 0 0 0.01 4.67 0.00

MacKenzie Irwin, 6-1, Jr., MB, Joplin, Mo.Year M-MS SP K E Att. Pct. Ast. SA SE Dig BS BA KPS DPS BPS 2015 13-3 27 15 8 42 .167 0 4 4 2 0 8 0.56 0.07 0.30 2016 15-1 30 23 6 46 .370 1 0 1 5 0 11 0.77 0.17 0.37 2017 26-23 89 79 37 212 .198 3 0 0 18 9 67 0.89 0.20 0.85Total 54-27 146 117 51 300 .220 4 4 5 25 9 86 0.80 0.17 0.65

Mikaela Mosquera, Jr., MB, West Chicago, Ill.Year M-MS SP K E Att. Pct. Ast. SA SE Dig BS BA KPS DPS BPS 2015 9-0 10 7 4 19 .158 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.70 0.10 0.10 2016 12-2 24 16 12 44 .091 0 0 0 6 0 9 0.67 0.25 0.38 2017 11-1 19 20 8 49 .245 0 0 0 4 2 5 1.05 0.21 0.37Total 32-3 53 43 24 112 .170 0 0 0 11 2 15 0.81 0.21 0.32

Ashley Ophoven, Jr., OH, Ozark, Mo.Year M-MS SP K E Att. Pct. Ast. SA SE Dig BS BA KPS DPS BPS 2015 34-17 121 278 150 751 .170 6 0 1 58 4 26 2.30 0.48 0.25 2016 28-2 60 105 70 302 .116 0 0 1 22 1 11 1.75 0.37 0.20 2017 22-2 59 98 64 285 .119 0 0 0 34 2 9 1.66 0.58 0.19Total 84-21 240 481 284 1338 .147 6 0 2 114 7 46 2.00 0.47 0.22

Cambree Villarreal, Jr., OH, Amarillo, TexasYear M-MS SP K E Att. Pct. Ast. SA SE Dig BS BA KPS DPS BPS 2015 17-3 38 41 24 153 .111 2 0 0 10 0 8 1.08 0.26 0.21 2016 30-3 85 147 52 482 .197 3 0 1 35 1 16 1.73 0.41 0.20 2017 16-1 51 95 32 339 .186 1 0 0 38 5 12 1.86 0.75 0.33Total 63-7 174 283 108 974 .180 6 0 0 83 6 36 1.63 0.48 0.24

Aubrey Cheffey, So., OH, Nixa, Mo.Year M-MS SP K E Att. Pct. Ast. SA SE Dig BS BA KPS DPS BPS 2016 23-7 62 93 45 256 .188 7 0 0 16 0 24 1.50 0.26 0.39 2017 27-17 87 206 78 521 .246 3 0 1 28 4 50 2.37 0.32 0.62Total 50-24 149 299 123 777 .227 10 0 1 44 4 74 2.01 0.30 0.52

Gerri Idos, So., DS, Springfield, Mo.Year M-MS SP K E Att. Pct. Ast. SA SE Dig BS BA KPS DPS BPS 2016 30-1 76 0 0 0 .000 2 6 10 27 0 0 0.00 0.36 0.00 2017 24-3 66 0 0 0 .000 6 4 6 97 0 0 0.00 1.47 0.00Total 54-4 142 0 0 0 .000 8 10 16 124 0 0 0.00 0.87 0.00

Daniele Messa, So., S, Bartlett, Ill.Year M-MS SP K E Att. Pct. Ast. SA SE Dig BS BA KPS DPS BPS 2016 35-29 128 49 15 139 .245 1333 22 33 338 0 26 0.38 2.64 0.20 2017 27-22 105 37 5 99 .323 914 23 15 331 1 17 0.35 3.15 0.17Total 62-51 233 86 20 238 .277 2247 45 48 669 1 43 0.37 2.87 0.19

Laynie Dake, RFr., MB, Mount Vernon, Mo.Year M-MS SP K E Att. Pct. Ast. SA SE Dig BS BA KPS DPS BPS 2016 8-1 12 9 5 19 .211 0 0 0 1 0 4 0.75 0.08 0.33 2017 10-2 16 13 9 42 .095 1 0 0 3 1 7 0.81 0.19 0.50Total 18-3 28 22 14 61 .131 1 0 0 4 1 11 0.79 0.14 0.43

Sydney Wright, So., DS, Glen Carbon, Ill.Year M-MS SP K E Att. Pct. Ast. SA SE Dig BS BA KPS DPS BPS 2016* 10-0 15 0 0 0 .000 0 0 3 4 0 0 0.00 0.27 0.00Total 10-0 15 0 0 0 .000 0 0 3 4 0 0 0.00 0.27 0.00 *Wright’s 2016 statistics from University of Central Arkansas

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2017 Missouri State VolleyballMissouri State Combined Team Statistics (as of Nov 04, 2017)

All matches

Overall record: 22-5 Conf: 14-0 Home: 9-2 Away: 11-0 Neutral: 2-3

Attack Set Serve Dig Blocking

## Player sp k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa se sa/s re dig dig/s bs ba total blk/s be bhe points

17 Johnson,Lily 105 466 4.44 116 1393 . 2 5 1 24 0.23 33 42 0.31 - 421 4.01 14 30 44 0.42 1 0 528.05 Wright,Lynsey 105 331 3.15 99 721 . 3 2 2 2 0.02 7 27 0.07 - 43 0.41 7 64 71 0.68 5 1 377.010 Cheffey,Aubrey 87 206 2.37 78 521 . 2 4 6 3 0.03 0 1 0.00 - 28 0.32 4 50 54 0.62 3 1 235.06 Boone,Lauren 99 143 1.44 34 410 . 2 6 6 5 0.05 0 0 0.00 - 36 0.36 2 24 26 0.26 5 0 157.011 Ophoven,Ashley 59 98 1.66 64 285 . 1 1 9 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 - 34 0.58 2 9 11 0.19 0 1 104.523 Villarreal,Cambree 51 95 1.86 32 339 . 1 8 6 1 0.02 0 0 0.00 - 38 0.75 5 12 17 0.33 2 0 106.014 Irwin,MacKenzie 89 79 0.89 37 212 . 1 9 8 3 0.03 0 0 0.00 - 18 0.20 9 67 76 0.85 5 0 121.522 Messa,Daniele 105 37 0.35 5 99 . 3 2 3 914 8.70 23 15 0.22 - 331 3.15 1 17 18 0.17 5 23 69.519 Mosquera,Mikaela 19 20 1.05 8 49 . 2 4 5 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 - 4 0.21 2 5 7 0.37 0 0 24.52 Orlando,Emelie 78 14 0.18 0 25 . 5 6 0 349 4.47 14 7 0.18 - 82 1.05 0 0 0 0.00 1 4 28.07 Dake,Laynie 16 13 0.81 9 42 . 0 9 5 1 0.06 0 0 0.00 - 3 0.19 1 7 8 0.50 1 0 17.53 Snelling,Veronica 19 11 0.58 7 36 . 1 1 1 1 0.05 2 1 0.11 - 8 0.42 1 4 5 0.26 0 0 16.08 Butters,Emily 105 1 0.01 1 3 . 0 0 0 118 1.12 12 19 0.11 - 595 5.67 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 13.01 Dixon,Brianne 104 0 0.00 0 2 . 0 0 0 18 0.17 9 10 0.09 - 255 2.45 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 9.021 Dudenhoeffer,Ashley 67 0 0.00 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0.00 5 4 0.07 - 12 0.18 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 5.013 Idos,Gerri 66 0 0.00 0 0 . 0 0 0 6 0.09 4 6 0.06 - 97 1.47 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 4.0

MISSOURI STATE 105 1514 14.42 490 4137 . 2 4 8 1445 13.76 109 132 1.04 66 2005 19.10 48 289 192.5 1.83 28 30 1815.5Opponents 105 1338 12.74 577 4158 . 1 8 3 1267 12.07 66 152 0.63 109 1872 17.83 43 365 225.5 2.15 55 29 1629.5

Team Statistics MSU OPPATTACK K i l l s 1514 1338 E r r o r s 490 577 Total Attacks 4137 4158 Attack Pct . 2 4 8 . 1 8 3 K i l l s / S e t 14.4 12.7SET A s s i s t s 1445 1267 A s s i s t s / S e t 13.8 12.1SERVE A c e s 109 66 E r r o r s 132 152 A c e s / S e t 1.0 0.6SERVE RECEPTIONS E r r o r s 66 109 E r r o r s / S e t 0.6 1.0 A t t e m p t s 1954 2264 Reception Pct . 9 6 6 . 9 5 2DEFENSE D i g s 2005 1872 D i g s / S e t 19.1 17.8BLOCKING Block Solo 48 43 Block Assist 289 365 Total Blocks 192.5 225.5 B l o c k s / S e t 1.8 2.1 Block Errors 28 55Ball handling errors 30 29ATTENDANCE T o t a l 9988 7666 Dates/Avg Per Date 11/908 11/697 Neutral site #/Avg 5/636 Current win streak 15 - Home win streak 8 -

Date Opponent Score Score by set Att.08-25-17 at Appalachian State W 3-2 25-23,20-25,22-25,25-15,15-13 20008-26-17 vs #8 Kansas L 1-3 23-25,23-25,25-21,19-25 24308-26-17 at NC State W 3-2 19-25,25-21,27-25,15-25,15-13 48309-01-17 at #20 Ohio State W 3-1 25-18,25-21,21-25,25-20 108809-02-17 vs Lipscomb L 2-3 25-23,25-11,19-25,24-26,10-15 132309-02-17 vs Oakland W 3-0 25-18,25-20,25-23 132309-08-17 vs #8 Washington L 1-3 20-25,25-21,12-25,23-25 15109-08-17 vs Wyoming W 3-0 25-21,25-12,25-18 13809-09-17 at Pepperdine W 3-1 20-25,25-17,25-13,25-21 19109-14-17 CHATTANOOGA W 3-0 25-18,25-12,25-18 119209-15-17 WASHINGTON STATE L 2-3 25-18,22-25,15-25,25-23,12-15 90509-16-17 ILLINOIS L 2-3 25-23,25-21,23-25,21-25,12-15 47009-16-17 TENNESSEE STATE W 3-0 25-18,25-10,25-17 821

*09-22-17 at Illinois State W 3-2 17-25,25-13,26-24,14-25,15-11 1075*09-23-17 at Bradley W 3-1 25-11,25-15,23-25,25-22 254*09-25-17 LOYOLA W 3-0 25-15,25-15,25-19 487*09-29-17 INDIANA STATE W 3-0 25-14,25-19,25-10 689*09-30-17 EVANSVILLE W 3-0 25-18,25-10,25-14 726*10-07-17 at Southern Illinois W 3-0 25-17,25-21,25-22 505*10-13-17 at Drake W 3-2 22-25,25-20,25-18,30-32,15-9 563*10-14-17 at #20 UNI W 3-1 25-23,29-27,20-25,25-22 2919*10-20-17 BRADLEY W 3-2 25-17,20-25,19-25,25-14,19-17 1226*10-21-17 ILLINOIS STATE W 3-1 25-20,22-25,25-22,25-18 1186*10-27-17 at Evansville W 3-0 27-25,25-23,25-18 265*10-28-17 at Indiana State W 3-0 25-14,25-17,25-16 123*10-30-17 VALPARAISO W 3-1 25-21,22-25,25-18,25-19 977*11-04-17 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS W 3-0 25-20,25-22,25-21 1309

Record in 3-set matches:11-0 • Record in 4-set matches:6-2 • Record in 5-set matches:5-3

2017 Overall Season Statistics (22-5, 14-0 MVC)

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2017 Missouri State VolleyballMissouri State Combined Team Statistics (as of Nov 04, 2017)

Conference matches

Overall record: 14-0 Conf: 14-0 Home: 7-0 Away: 7-0 Neutral: 0-0

Attack Set Serve Dig Blocking

## Player sp k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa se sa/s re dig dig/s bs ba total blk/s be bhe points

17 Johnson,Lily 52 240 4.62 53 707 . 2 6 4 15 0.29 15 27 0.29 - 249 4.79 7 18 25 0.48 1 0 271.05 Wright,Lynsey 52 182 3.50 50 380 . 3 4 7 1 0.02 4 15 0.08 - 21 0.40 3 32 35 0.67 4 0 205.010 Cheffey,Aubrey 45 121 2.69 38 307 . 2 7 0 3 0.07 0 0 0.00 - 17 0.38 2 24 26 0.58 3 0 135.06 Boone,Lauren 47 65 1.38 12 181 . 2 9 3 3 0.06 0 0 0.00 - 21 0.45 1 11 12 0.26 4 0 71.523 Villarreal,Cambree 35 63 1.80 22 234 . 1 7 5 1 0.03 0 0 0.00 - 26 0.74 5 6 11 0.31 1 0 71.014 Irwin,MacKenzie 47 44 0.94 15 107 . 2 7 1 1 0.02 0 0 0.00 - 11 0.23 5 35 40 0.85 3 0 66.511 Ophoven,Ashley 24 35 1.46 23 114 . 1 0 5 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 - 18 0.75 2 6 8 0.33 0 0 40.022 Messa,Daniele 52 20 0.38 4 59 . 2 7 1 489 9.40 10 6 0.19 - 194 3.73 0 10 10 0.19 1 17 35.02 Orlando,Emelie 40 9 0.22 0 17 . 5 2 9 176 4.40 6 3 0.15 - 40 1.00 0 0 0 0.00 1 0 15.019 Mosquera,Mikaela 10 8 0.80 4 24 . 1 6 7 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 - 2 0.20 1 4 5 0.50 0 0 11.07 Dake,Laynie 3 3 1.00 1 6 . 3 3 3 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 - 2 0.67 0 1 1 0.33 0 0 3.58 Butters,Emily 52 1 0.02 0 1 1.000 60 1.15 3 6 0.06 - 311 5.98 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 4.03 Snelling,Veronica 6 1 0.17 2 5 - . 2 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 - 1 0.17 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 1.013 Idos,Gerri 34 0 0.00 0 0 . 0 0 0 2 0.06 1 2 0.03 - 49 1.44 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 1.021 Dudenhoeffer,Ashley 30 0 0.00 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0.00 4 3 0.13 - 6 0.20 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 4.01 Dixon,Brianne 51 0 0.00 0 0 . 0 0 0 8 0.16 4 2 0.08 - 141 2.76 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 4.0

MISSOURI STATE 52 792 15.23 224 2142 . 2 6 5 759 14.60 47 64 0.90 25 1109 21.33 26 147 99.5 1.91 18 17 938.5Opponents 52 658 12.65 291 2184 . 1 6 8 619 11.90 25 67 0.48 47 1009 19.40 20 139 89.5 1.72 20 19 772.5

Team Statistics MSU OPPATTACK K i l l s 792 658 E r r o r s 224 291 Total Attacks 2142 2184 Attack Pct . 2 6 5 . 1 6 8 K i l l s / S e t 15.2 12.7SET A s s i s t s 759 619 A s s i s t s / S e t 14.6 11.9SERVE A c e s 47 25 E r r o r s 64 67 A c e s / S e t 0.9 0.5SERVE RECEPTIONS E r r o r s 25 47 E r r o r s / S e t 0.5 0.9 A t t e m p t s 954 1158 Reception Pct . 9 7 4 . 9 5 9DEFENSE D i g s 1109 1009 D i g s / S e t 21.3 19.4BLOCKING Block Solo 26 20 Block Assist 147 139 Total Blocks 99.5 89.5 B l o c k s / S e t 1.9 1.7 Block Errors 18 20Ball handling errors 17 19ATTENDANCE T o t a l 6600 5704 Dates/Avg Per Date 7/943 7/815 Neutral site #/Avg 0/0 Current win streak 14 - Home win streak 7 -

Date Opponent Score Score by set Att.*09-22-17 at Illinois State W 3-2 17-25,25-13,26-24,14-25,15-11 1075*09-23-17 at Bradley W 3-1 25-11,25-15,23-25,25-22 254*09-25-17 LOYOLA W 3-0 25-15,25-15,25-19 487*09-29-17 INDIANA STATE W 3-0 25-14,25-19,25-10 689*09-30-17 EVANSVILLE W 3-0 25-18,25-10,25-14 726*10-07-17 at Southern Illinois W 3-0 25-17,25-21,25-22 505*10-13-17 at Drake W 3-2 22-25,25-20,25-18,30-32,15-9 563*10-14-17 at #20 UNI W 3-1 25-23,29-27,20-25,25-22 2919*10-20-17 BRADLEY W 3-2 25-17,20-25,19-25,25-14,19-17 1226*10-21-17 ILLINOIS STATE W 3-1 25-20,22-25,25-22,25-18 1186*10-27-17 at Evansville W 3-0 27-25,25-23,25-18 265*10-28-17 at Indiana State W 3-0 25-14,25-17,25-16 123*10-30-17 VALPARAISO W 3-1 25-21,22-25,25-18,25-19 977*11-04-17 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS W 3-0 25-20,25-22,25-21 1309

Record in 3-set matches:7-0 • Record in 4-set matches:4-0 • Record in 5-set matches:3-0

2017 MVC Season Statistics (22-5, 14-0 MVC)

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TV/Radio Roster

#1 Brianne DixonSr. • DS • Springfield, Mo.

Kickapoo High

#2 Emelie OrlandoFr. • S • Wildwood, Mo.

Lafayette High

#3 Veronica SnellingFr. • RS • Glen Ellyn, Ill.

Benet Academy

#4 Alyssa DoucetteFr. • MB • Eagan, Minn.

Eagan High

#5 Lynsey WrightSr. • MB • Glen Carbon, Ill.

Edwardsville High

#6 Lauren BooneSr. • S • Branson, Mo.

Branson High

#7 Laynie DakeRFr. • MB • Mount Vernon, Mo.

Mount Vernon High

#8 Emily ButtersJr. • L • Richmond, Texas

Travis High

#9 Maddie BackFr. • DS • Hot Springs, Ark.

Jessieville High

#10 Aubrey CheffeySo. • OH • Nixa, Mo.

Nixa High

#11 Ashley OphovenJr. • OH • Ozark, Mo.

Ozark High

#13 Gerri IdosSo. • DS • Springfield, Mo.

Kickapoo High

#14 MacKenzie IrwinJr. • MB • Joplin, Mo.Carl Junction High

#15 Sam BrinkmannFr. • DS • St. Louis, Mo.

Lutheran High School South

#22 Daniele MessaSo. • S • Bartlett, Ill.

St. Francis High

Melissa StokesHead Coach, 22nd season

Jake BarreauAssistant Coach, 4th season

Jeannette WaldoAssistant Coach, 1st season

Karen RivattoOperations Director, 3rd season

#21 Ashley DudenhoefferRFr. • DS • Jefferson City, Mo.

Helias Catholic High

#19 Mikaela MosqueraJr. • MB • West Chicago, Ill.

St. Charles East High

#17 Lily JohnsonSr. • OH • Wildwood, Mo.

Lafayette High

#16 Sydney WrightSo. • DS • Glen Carbon, Ill.

Edwardsville High

#23 Cambree VillarrealJr. • OH • Amarillo, Texas

Amarillo High