MATCH #20
Western Oregon (5-14, 2-8 GNAC) vs. Seattle Pacific (6-12, 4-6 GNAC)
Thursday, Oct. 22, at. 7 p.m.
Monmouth, Ore. – New P.E. Building
 
MATCH #21
Western Oregon (5-14, 2-8 GNAC) vs. Saint Martin's (2-14, 1-9 GNAC)
Saturday, Oct. 24, at. 7 p.m.
Monmouth, Ore. – New P.E. Building
 
THIS WEEK: The Wolves host two matches in GNAC play. On Thursday, WOU faces the Falcons of Seattle Pacific before welcoming Saint Martin's on Saturday. Both matches from the New P.E. Building are slated to begin at 7 p.m.
 
PROMOTIONS THIS WEEK: The WOU Volleyball Team will have a PINK OUT on Thursday to help raise awareness levels of breast cancer and to help in finding a cure to the disease. On Saturday, we welcome back those who attended a summer volleyball camp with CAMPER APPRECIATION NIGHT. Free admission to campers who wear their camp shirt for the match against SMU.
 
TELEVISION: Saturday's match vs. Saint Martin's will be broadcast on KWVT Valley 17 in Salem and on Comcast channel 318 locally.
 
LIVE VIDEO: All Great Northwest Athletic Conference matchups will be broadcasted through Stretch Internet. A link can be found on the home page and volleyball schedule page on WOUWolves.com.
 
LIVE STATS: Fans can follow the action for both GNAC matches online via live stats through WOU's Stretch Internet portal. 
 
FOLLOW THE WOLVES: The Western Oregon volleyball team can be followed on Twitter. Follow @WOUVolleyball for all the latest news and behind the scenes photos. Follow @WOUWolves for the latest news on all 11 Western Oregon athletic programs.
 
LAST TIME OUT
- Western Oregon split GNAC matches last week – falling in four sets at home to Concordia before winning at Montana State Billing in straight sets.
- Amanda Short led WOU offensively for the week with 27 kills combined. She hit .222 with 13 kills against Concordia. Short added a match-high 14 kills and sparkling .444 hitting percentage at MSUB.
- Christie Colasurdo matched her season-high with 33 digs in the four-setter against Concordia. Her previous 33-dig effort came in a five-set road match against Saint Martin's on Sept. 24.
 
ABOUT SEATTLE PACIFIC
- SPU is currently 6-12 overall and 4-6 in conference play. The Falcons have dropped two consecutive matches at home to Central Washington (3-0) and Northwest Nazarene (3-2).
- The Falcons are hitting .136 with 11.5 kills per set, while their opponents are hitting .208 with 13.0 kills per set.
- Three players have over 100 kills for SPU, led by Hannah Lautenbach with 177. Following with 170 kills is Lexi Biondi while Ellie Britt had 137. Symone Trans sets up the offense by averaging 9.37 assists per game. Defensively, SPU is led by Lautenback with 156 digs and Tran with 140.

VS. SPU: Seattle Pacific extended their all-time series lead to 26-16 by defeating WOU in straight sets on Sept. 26 in Seattle. The Falcons have won two of the last three meetings.
 
ABOUT SAINT MARTIN'S
- The Saints are currently 2-14 on the season and 1-9 in GNAC competition. SMU is on a seven-match skid that included a four-set loss to NNU and a sweep at the hands of CWU last week.  
- Saint Martin's is hitting .089 with 10.2 kills per set. Their opponents are hitting .221 with 11.7 kills per set.
- Julie Wabinga is the lead attacker for SMU with 141 kills. Kyra Davidson (108) is the only other Saint with over 100 kills on the year.

VS. SMU: Western Oregon has the advantage in the series, 32-5, but lost to Saint Martin's earlier this season in five sets.
 
WOU TEAM NOTES: Here are some tidbits about the Western Oregon volleyball team through 19 matches:
- Western Oregon is 5-14 overall this season with four victories coming at home – against Lewis & Clark (Sept. 8), Adelphi (Sept. 10), Notre Dame de Namur (Sept. 12), Alaska (Sept. 19). The Wolves broke a 10-match string of losses away from Monmouth dating back to the 2014 season on Oct. 15.
- The Wolves are hitting .186 as a team with 10.9 kills per set. They hit over .300 twice - a season-best .386 in the three-game sweep at MSUB on Oct. 15 and .302 at home against Alaska on Sept. 19.
-  Western Oregon matched its win total from the entire 2014 season with a three-game road sweep at MSUB on Oct. 15.
 
SCHEDULE NOTES: A peek into the games on the Wolves' 2015 schedule.
- Western Oregon opened the season at the Oredigger Volleyball Classic hosted by Colorado School of Mines. WOU dropped all four matches, including two matches to teams ranked inside the AVCA National Top 25 (No. 19 Cal State San Bernardino, No. 8 Colorado Mines).
-  After a hiatus in 2014, WOU hosted the Western Oregon Invitational from Sept. 10-12 at the New P.E. Building. This year, WOU went 2-2 with victories over Adelphi in four games and Notre Dame de Namur in five games. Since 2012, Western Oregon is 7-5 as tournament hosts.
- The Great Northwest Athletic Conference added Concordia-Portland as a full member in 2015. With the Cavaliers joining the league, they become Western Oregon's travel partner when both teams hit the road. Since 2009, Western Oregon and Saint Martin's had been coupled as a road trip for visiting teams.
 
ON THE GNAC HORIZON: The Wolves hit the road for one of the toughest trips in the GNAC. WOU plays at Northwest Nazarene on Thursday, Oct. 29 (7 p.m. MT) and at Central Washington on Halloween night at 7 p.m.