ABOUT THE MARAUDERS
• Millersville women's volleyball is in the PSAC Tournament, but there is still plenty to play for on Friday and Saturday--the final two matches of the regular season. The Marauders can win the PSAC Southeast Division with two wins or with a win over East Stroudsburg and two East Stroudsburg losses. The Marauders are 9-7 in PSAC play and East Stroudsburg is 10-6. Millersville won the first meeting of the season between the teams and a win Saturday would give the Marauders the tiebreaker.
• The last time Millersville won a division was in 1999 when the PSAC was two divisions. The conference split into four divisions in 2016. Millersville will make its first playoff appearance since 2013 and just its fourth since 2002.
• Millersville has won three consecutive matches and five of the last seven. Millersville is 11-1 at home, which is its most home wins since posting a 14-7 record in 2011.
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Jayci Suseland has won the PSAC Southeast Division Athlete of the Week award twice in October. Against West Chester on Tuesday, Suseland totaled a career-high 24 kills to just four errors while hitting .385. In her last three matches, Suseland has totaled 57 kills while hitting .447. She has totaled double-digit kills in 12 consecutive matches. Suseland ranks second in the PSAC in hitting percentage (.333) and second in kills (4.02 per set). She is six kills away from cracking Millersville's single-season top 10 list. Her current hitting percentage would also rank fourth-best all-time, trailing only three entries from Millersville hall of famer Abby Hafer.
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Katie Laughman's 55 assists in Tuesday's four-set match vaulted her to No. 4 in the PSAC in assists per set with 10.03. At her current pace, Laughman has an opportunity to become the fifth player in program history to total 1,000 assists in a season. Laughman also totaled three aces in the match and has eight matches with two or more aces this season. She leads the team with 29 aces.
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Lindsey Blevins has a team-leading 14 double-doubles and has hit double-digits in both kills and digs in 12 of the last 16 matches.
SERIES HISTORY
Series vs. KU: 32-24
Series Streak: Ville, 2
First Meeting: 1990 (L, 2-3)
Last Meeting: 2018 (W, 3-1)
Last 10 Meetings: 8-2
Brian Smith vs. KU: 8-6
Series vs. ESU: 42-20
Series Streak: Ville, 2
First Meeting: 1990 (L, 0-3)
Last Meeting: 2018 (W, 3-0)
Last 10 Meetings: 8-2
Brian Smith vs. ESU: 15-2
• Millersville has won seven of the last match-ups with Kutztown. The Golden Bears' last win in the series came by a 3-1 score in 2016. On Oct. 13, Millersville traveled to Kutztown and won in four sets (25-14, 12-25, 25-21, 25-15). Millersville hit .193 while Kutztown posted a .145 hitting percentage.
Kat Forry totaled 30 digs and 10 assists.
Katie Laughman had a 35 assists and a season-high 16 digs. Millersville totaled 14 block assists.
• With 61 all-time meetings, Millersville has played East Stroudsburg more than any other opponent. Millersville has won five of the last six meetings. Millersville went to East Stroudsburg on Oct. 12 and downed the Warriors in three sets (25-23, 25-14, 25-23). Suseland led Millersville with 14 kills and Blevins added 13 kills and 15 digs. ESU committed 25 errors and hit just .110 in the match. ESU also had a season-low one service ace.
SCOUTING KUTZTOWN
• Kutztown has lost four in a row but took one set from California (Pa.) on Oct. 27 and took East Stroudsburg to five sets on Oct. 30. Kutztown has won at least one set in every match against a Southeast Division opponent. Kutztown ranks 14th in the 16-team league in kills per set but ranks fifth in blocks per set (1.91).
SCOUTING EAST STROUDSBURG
• East Stroudsburg's team .181 hitting percentage ranks seventh in the PSAC. The Warriors give teams trouble at the net as they lead the league in blocks per set with 2.56. The majority of those have come from tandem blocks (463 block assists leads the PSAC). Jasmine Williams (1.30 per set) and Trea-sure Ketter (1.12 per set) rank first and third in the PSAC in blocks per set. Sarah Smith leads the PSAC in kills per set at 4.08.
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