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TERRE HAUTE, Ind. -- The Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology women's volleyball team travels up US-40 to Greencastle, Indiana for the second time this season. The Fightin' Engineers will battle the DePauw Tigers on Tuesday at 7 PM.
ROSE-HULMAN NOTES:
* Rose-Hulman comes into the weekend at 10-6 on the season.
* The Fightin' Engineers have won five consecutive games with a win over Webster and a 4-0 weekend in their home invitational.
* The 4-0 perfect weekend was the first of its kind for Rose-Hulman since 2012.
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Lily Ebright picked up where she left off in 2022 by winning the HCAC Defensive Player of the Week award in three consecutive weeks and for the seventh time in the last 11 weeks dating back to last year. She recorded 109 digs in fourth matches with a whopping 9.08 digs per set in those matches. She also had two matches with over 12 digs per set.
* Ebright, the defending HCAC Defensive Player of the Year, was leading every player in all divisions of the NCAA in digs per set prior to this weekend's games. She has recorded 395 digs with 6.93 digs per set this season.
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Allie Fults also helped lead the defense with outstanding blocking efforts. Fults has recorded 52 blocks this season to lead the big Rose-Hulman front line. Fults also had 47 kills with a hitting percentage over .400 in last week's games.
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Kate Wood and
Jillian Gregg lead the offensive attack for the Fightin' Engineers. Wood has totaled 156 kills with a .261 hitting percentage on the year. Gregg has 368 assists and 6.46 assists per set as well as adding 22 service aces.
* The Fightin' Engineers will return to action on Saturday afternoon as they open HCAC play on the road at #17 Transylvania.
DEPAUW NOTES:
* The DePauw Tigers come into this match at 6-6 on the season.
* DePauw opened NCAC play over the weekend with a 3-0 win over Denison.
* The Tigers and Fightin' Engineers both went 3-0 in the NCAC-MIAA Challenge held at DePauw University earlier this season.
* DePauw's offensive attack is led by their 3-headed monster of Katie Gansle, Olivia Karwin, and Kaiden Harrington as they all have between 87 and 93 kills this season.
* Grace Myers leads the Tigers' defense this year with 174 digs. She has also added 21 service aces for over 0.50 aces per set.
* DePauw returns to action this weekend for another NCAC road trip as they head to Wooster.
SERIES HISTORY:
* DePauw leads the all-time series 34-4 over Rose-Hulman.
* The Fightin' Engineers won last year's meeting in Terre Haute in four sets.
* The 2022 win was the first for Rose-Hulman since 2011.
* Rose-Hulman has never beaten DePauw in Greencastle as they are 0-13 all-time.
2023 STAT LEADERS:
KILLS -
Kate Wood (156)
ATTACK % -
Kate Wood (0.261)
ASSISTS -
Jillian Gregg (368)
SERVICE ACES -
Sophia Koop (23)
DIGS -
Lily Ebright (395)
BLOCKS -
Allie Fults (52)
CAREER STAT NOTES:
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Allie Fults - 7th in Attack Percentage (0.243), 8th in Total Blocks (254), and 10th in Solo Blocks (83)
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Jillian Gregg - 7th in Assists (1385)
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Sophia Koop - 9th in Service Aces (133), 15th in Attack Attempts (2474)
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Kate Wood - 15th in Attack Percentage (.202)