Bulls Open MAC Play at Western Michigan on Friday

BUFFALO, N.Y. – The University at Buffalo women's volleyball team (8-4, 0-0 MAC) will get set to open MAC play on Friday, Sept. 23 at Western Michigan (8-4, 0-0) at 6 p.m. Saturday's match will begin at 3 pm. This will be the first time the Bulls travel to Kalamazoo, Mich. in the fall since Oct. 12, 2018, when the Bull won, 3-1. UB did visit the Broncos on March 4 during the 2020-21 COVID season.

QUICK FACTS

The Bulls head into conference play with an 8-4 record.
Only Kent State has more wins that UB, with 9. Western Michigan and Ball State also have 8 wins.
In MAC openers, UB is 5-19 all-time.
UB has their most wins through 12 games of a season since 2018 when the team also started 8-4.
Western Michigan leads the all-time series, 26-5.

Katrin Trebichavska continues to lead the Bulls offensively as she averages 3.89 points per set. She has 123 kills on the season. Trebichavska also leads the conference with 27 service aces (.68/set). Abby Leigh is averaging 3.60 points per set as she has 109 kills through 12 matches. Mandy Leigh is second in the conference with an average of 10.63 assists per set. She trails just Logan Case of Western Michigan who averages 11.57 per set.

Mandy Leigh is just 10 assists away from tying Sani Harrigan (1991-93) for 10^th all-time in program history with 1,536 assists. Cheryl Glose (1986-89) sits ninth with 2,174 assists.

Western Michigan enters the weekend with an 8-4 record, having won three in a row. The Broncos went 3-0 at the CEFCU Classic in Peoria, Ill. where they picked up wins against St. Thomas, Bradley, and IUPUI. They only dropped one set at the classic.

WESTERN MICHIGAN	*BY THE NUMBERS*	BUFFALO
.231 – 5^th	Hitting %	.232 – 4^th
.214 – 9^th	Opponent Hitting %	.197 – 6^th
13.05 – 1^st	Assists Per Set	12.23 – 6^th
14.02 – 2^nd	Kills Per Set	13.52 – 3^rd
1.36 – 10^th	Blocks Per Set	1.98 – 6^th
1.64 – 4^th	Service Aces Per Set	2.02 – 1^st
15.39 – 6^th	Digs Per Set	13.82 – 11^th

WHERE THE BULLS RANK

2.02 Aces Per Set / 20^th in NCAA / 1^st in MAC
89 Team Service Aces / 21^st in NCAA / 1^st in MAC
13.52 Kills Per Set / 49^th in NCAA / 3^rd in MAC
Katrin Trebichavska, .68 Aces Per Set / 10^th in NCAA / 1^st in MAC
Katrin Trebichavska, 27 Service Aces / 9^th in NCAA / 1^st in MAC
Abby Leigh, .391 Hitting Percentage / 36^th in NCAA / 2^nd in MAC
Abby Leigh, 49 Total Blocks / 64^th in NCAA / 1^st in MAC
Mandy Leigh, 10.63 assists per set / 20^th in NCAA / 1^st in MAC

Both matches will be streamed on ESPN3, click here for live stats.

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