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TERRE HAUTE, Indiana -- The Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology volleyball team hosts Transylvania on Saturday at 6:00 PM to round out a busy Homecoming day. We will also be celebrating National Girls & Women in Sports Day at the volleyball game. It will be free admission for all fans at the game, and the Indiana Pacers' mascot, Boomer, will be there to celebrate with the fans.
Following the game, all fans will be able to get FREE team photos and team autographs as well as autographs from Boomer and friends.
ROSE-HULMAN NOTES:
* Rose-Hulman stands 9-8 and 2-1 in HCAC play entering Saturday's match.
* The Fightin' Engineers six match win-streak came to an end on Wednesday night against Mount St. Joseph.
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Sophia Koop (141),Â
Megan Korte (141), and
Allie Fults (139) lead the team in kills.
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Sophia Harrison leads the team in assists with 318.
* Harrison leads the team in service aces with 44, and Koop also has 30 service aces on the season.
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Lily Ebright - three-time HCAC Defensive Player of the Week this season - leads Rose-Hulman with 367 digs. She is averaging 6.93 digs per set in the last seven games.
TRANSYLVANIA NOTES:
* Transylvania comes in to the match at 14-5 on the season and 2-0 in the HCAC.
* The Pioneers started the season 2-4, but they are 12-1 since that point in the season.
* Transylvania has not dropped a set since their loss to #11 Wittenberg on September 20.
* The Pioneers are 2-3 against top 25 teams and 2-0 against teams receiving votes with wins over #17 Otterbein, #25 Birmingham Southern, Chicago, Whitworth.
* Cate Scheper leads Transylvania with 238 kills on the season.
* Grace Ward leads the team with 699 assists and 10.59 assists per set.
SERIES NOTES:
* Rose-Hulman leads the all-time series 13-10.
* The Lions have won four consecutive matches in straight sets.
* Prior to the last four matches, Rose-Hulman had won eight matches in a row.
* The Fightin' Engineers are also 7-2 all-time at home against Transylvania.
CAREER STATS NOTES:
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Elizabeth Canon - 13th in Attack Attempts (2568), 14th in Kills (796)
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Sophia Harrison - 11th in Assists (862)
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Jillian Gregg - 12th in Assists (859)
HCAC STANDINGS:
T1. Mount St. Joseph (2-0)
T1. Transylvania (2-0)
3. Rose-Hulman (2-1)
T4. Hanover (1-1)
T4. Franklin (1-1)
T4. Bluffton (1-1)
T4. Anderson (1-1)
T4. Earlham (1-1)
9. Defiance (0-2)
10. Manchester (0-3)