Western Michigan Broncos at Ohio Bobcats
Saturday, October 20 // 7 p.m.
Western Michigan leads 30-17-1 // WMU is 14-8-1 in Athens
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PASS AND SERVE

• This will be the 45th meeting between the Broncos and the Golden Flashes, with WMU holding a 34-11 advantage in the all-time series and a 12-9 advantage in Kent
• This will be the 49th meeting between the Broncos and the Bobcats, with WMU holding a 30-17-1 advantage in the all-time series and a 14-8-1 advantage in Athens
• WMU defeated both the Golden Flashes and Bobcats in 3-0 sweeps at home in 2011
• The Broncos are 38-18 against MAC opponents on the road under Colleen Munson
• Richelle Ranney leads the Broncos with a 2.86 kills/set average and .364 hitting percentage in conference play, and recorded a career-high 20 kills against Akron on Oct. 12
• Ranney leads the Broncos with a 3.64 kills/set average in home matches, and her hitting percentage improves all the way to .425
• Ali Gossen had her second double-double of the season against Akron on Friday, recording 12 kills and 10 digs
• Terin Norris recorded her team-high 10th double-double of the season with 47 assists and 10 digs against Akron
• Kaycee Acree notched 20 digs against Akron, her first match over 20 digs since she did it in back to back matches against Northwestern and Eastern Michigan
• Five Broncos reached double-digit digs against Akron, the first time the team has accomplished the feat since the team's win over Milwaukee.
• Jessica Brown passed Katie Eberling for fifth on the career kills list at Western Michigan, and now has 1,381 career kills; she needs seven more to pass WMU Hall of Famer Sarah Powers for fourth on the list
• Richelle Ranney (.364) and Jessica Brown (.298) each rank in the top-10 in hitting percentage in MAC matches
• Terin Norris needs 174 more assists to enter the top-10 in career assists at Western Michigan, passing Sam Viox

This Week
The Western Michigan volleyball team will look to gain separation from the rest of the pack as they travel to take on the Kent State Golden Flashes and the Ohio Bobcats on Friday and Saturday, respectively.

This will be the 45th meeting between the Broncos and the Golden Flashes, with WMU holding a 34-11 advantage in the all-time series and a 12-9 advantage in Kent.  The Broncos are 5-2 against Kent State under Colleen Munson, including wins in the last four meetings; the Broncos have not lost to the Golden Flashes since the 2007 season, and have not dropped a set to Kent State since a 3-1 win in 2009.

This will be the 49th meeting between the Broncos and the Bobcats, with WMU holding a 30-17-1 advantage in the all-time series and a 14-8-1 advantage in Athens.  The Broncos are 4-6 against the Bobcats under Munson, but have won each of the last two meetings, including a 3-0 sweep in Athens in 2010.  In fact, the Broncos did not drop a set to the Bobcats in either of the last two meetings.

Oliver Among the Elite
Lena Oliver became just the second player in program history to reach 1,700 career digs this past weekend, recording 21 digs in the Broncos’ 3-0 win over Buffalo.  Oliver ranks second on the career digs list at Western Michigan, trailing just Caitlin Strimel.

Two Way Player
Terin Norris set a team record with 18 Assists-Digs double-doubles in 2011, and appears to be off to the same kind of start in 2012.  Norris has recorded 10 double-doubles already in 2012, most recently against Akron on Oct. 12.

Top Five - Go!
Jessica Brown passed Katie Eberling for fifth on the career kills list at Western Michigan, and now has 1,381 career kills; she needs seven more to pass WMU Hall of Famer Sarah Powers for fourth on the list.  Should Brown record 43 more kills, she will pass Stefanie Rotunno for third.

So Money, You Don’t Even Know
Ali Gossen decided to double down against the Akron Zips last weekend, recording her first double-double since the second weekend of the season.  Gossen notched 12 kills and 10 digs for her second double-double of the year.

Feasting on the MAC
Richelle Ranney ranks second in the MAC with a .364 hitting percentage in MAC matches, and leads the Broncos with a 2.86 kills/set average in conference play as well.  Ranney’s averages are buoyed by a sterling performance against Akron on October 12, when the sophomore recorded a career-high 20 kills in the Broncos’ 3-1 victory.