TERRE HAUTE, Ind. -- The Rose-Hulman women's volleyball team will wrap up the 2026 regular season with a weekend doubleheader. The team will travel to face Hanover on Saturday, November 7, at 2 PM in their final HCAC match of the regular season. Then the team will return home to host #3 WashU on Sunday, November 8, at 1 PM. 

ROSE-HULMAN VOLLEYBALL NOTES:
* The Fightin' Engineers currently rank tied for eighth in the HCAC with a record of 6-18 overall and 2-6 in the conference.
* Rose-Hulman currently holds the tiebreaker over Bluffton, who is also in eighth place, defeating the Beavers in their regular-season match earlier this season with a score of 3-0.
* The top eight teams will advance to the HCAC Tournament. 
* Greta Carlson has been a weapon offensively with a team-high 270 kills, averaging 3.70 kills per set.
* Emma Blanton follows her with 175 kills, averaging 2.08 kills per set.
* Julia Irmen is the top setter for the Fightin' Engineers with 628 assists on the season, averaging 7.66 assists per set.
* Irmen has been deadly at the service line with a team-high 45 service aces. 
* Shae Clements has been the difference maker on defense with 338 digs, averaging 4.33 digs per set.
* Keira Ohse has also been a force at the net defensively with a team-high 34 blocks. 
* Rose-Hulman has been picked to finish fifth in the HCAC Preseason Poll, earning 48 points.
* The Fightin' Engineers are led by Head Coach Rachel Delsi in her ninth season at Rose-Hulman.
* After facing Hanover and WashU, Rose-Hulman will look to enter the HCAC Tournament as the #8 seed depending on the results across the league during the final week of the season.

HANOVER VOLLEYBALL NOTES:
* Hanover stands in a three-way tie for second place in the conference with a record of 20-7 overall and a conference record of 6-2 in the HCAC. 
* The Panthers are coming off a win over Mount St. Joseph with a final score of 3-1. 
* Abbey McCoy leads the team with 376 kills and 3.88 kills per set. 
* Molly Welborn follows her with 296 kills and 3.15 kills per set.
* Hanover has two star setters led by Brooke Bervers with 480 assists, averaging 5.00 assists per set.
* Megan Vogel is the other option at setter, totaling 454 assists, averaging 5.22 assists per set.
* Madison Schicker leads the defense with 442 digs, averaging 4.56 digs per set.
* Emmerson Gott is another great defender, leading the team with 38 blocks. 
* The Hanover Panthers have been selected to finish second in the HCAC Preseason Poll, earning 71 points and two first-place votes.
* The team is led by Head Coach Peter Preocanin in his 28th season with the Panthers.
* After facing Rose-Hulman, the Panthers will look to compete in the HCAC Tournament, starting on Wednesday, November 11. 

#3 WASHU VOLLEYBALL NOTES:
* The WashU Bears stand at 21-3 overall this season and 6-1 in the UAA. 
* The team currently ranks #3 in the country across NCAA Division III in the AVCA Top-25 Poll. 
* The Bears have won their last 11 matches, recently picking up two ranked wins over #14 Wis. Eau Claire and #1 Illinois Wesleyan.
* Wash U will travel to DePauw on Saturday, November 7, to face Millikin and DePauw, before facing Rose-Hulman on their way back to St. Louis on Sunday.
* Leah Oyewole leads the team with 323 kills, averaging 3.67 kills per set.
* Abby Krause follows her with 207 kills this season, averaging 2.33 kills per set.
* Anya Mikhailenko is the team's top setter with 869 assists this season, averaging 9.66 assists per set.
* Ellie Laird leads the WashU defense with 452 digs, averaging 5.02 digs per set.
* Nia Jones has been a force at the net with 102 blocks this season. 
* The team is led by Head Coach Vanessa Walby in her 13th season with the Bears.
* After facing Rose-Hulman, WashU will look ahead to compete in the UAA Tournament starting on Saturday, November 14.  

HCAC STANDINGS:
1) Earlham (13-14, 8-0 HCAC)
T2) Franklin (21-5, 6-2 HCAC)
T2) Hanover (20-7, 6-2 HCAC)
T2) Manchester (11-8, 6-2 HCAC)
5) Mount St. Joseph (13-10, 4-4 HCAC)
T6) Anderson (13-13, 3-5 HCAC)
T6) Transylvania (12-15, 3-5 HCAC)
T8) Rose-Hulman (6-18, 2-6 HCAC)
T8) Bluffton (11-15, 2-6 HCAC)
10) Berea (2-22, 0-8 HCAC)