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(LEBANON, Ill., Oct. 10)--After a tough five-set home loss to Missouri Baptist University on Wednesday, the McKendree University volleyball team will look to bounced back against a pair of Great Lakes Valley Conference foes this weekend at the Harry M. Statham Sports Center. The Bearcats will take on the University of Southern Indiana Friday night at 7 p.m. before Bellarmine comes to town for a 3 p.m. match-up on Saturday. Both matches will be carried live on the Bearcat Sports Network, with the pre-game show beginning 15 minutes prior to first serve.

On Wednesday, McKendree won the first two sets before Missouri Baptist -- which is ranked No. 12 in the NAIA -- rallied to capture the final three sets and the match. The Bearcats lost by scores of 25-17, 25-22, 20-25, 26-28 and 15-13. The loss snapped a four-match win streak for McKendree. Now 9-7 overall on the season, the Bearcats will take a 6-3 GLVC record into the weekend. McKendree currently sits in third place in the GLVC East Division, two games behind Lewis University for the top spot and just one behind the University of Indianapolis for second. The Bearcats hold the tie-breaker on UIndy for the season thanks to a 3-2, come-from-behind victory last Friday evening in Indianapolis, Ind. Friday's match also begins the second half of the 2014 GLVC schedule for McKendree.

Heading into the weekend's play, McKendree ranks fifth in the GLVC in kills per set with an average of 13.61. The Bearcats sit just outside the top five in three other categories as they are sixth in hitting percentage (.206) and seventh in both assists (12.44 per set) and service aces (1.15 per set). Individually, sophomore middle hitter Sophie Fairman (Staunton, IL/Staunton) ranks fifth in the conference in attack percentage at .321. Freshman outside hitter Arela Williams (San Diego, CA/LaJolla Country Day) holds down eighth place in kills at 3.10 per set. In service aces, senior outside hitter Kelsey Johnson (Aviston, IL/Breese Central) ranks eighth in the GLVC at 0.29 per set, while Williams is right behind in ninth at 0.27 aces per set. 

Friday's match against Southern Indiana will also mark the Bearcats' Dig Pink match for 2014. The McKendree volleyball program will honor cancer survivors and those who have fought the battle against the disease in a special ceremony following the second set. There will also be special fund-raisers and silent auctions being held throughout the night, which all funds raised going to the Side-Out Foundation. 

Following this weekend's action, all 16 conference schools will head to Aurora, Ill., for next weekend's GLVC/GLIAC Crossover Challenge. Matches will be held Friday and Saturday, and will pit teams from the GLVC against schools from the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. McKendree has fared well in each of its first two GLVC/GLIAC Crossover Challenge visits, posting a record of 2-1 during the three-match event each time. 

ABOUT SOUTHERN INDIANA
The Screaming Eagles are 9-6 overall and 4-5 in the GLVC. Southern Indiana snapped a two-match skid by defeating Kentucky State University in four sets at home on Wednesday. Senior outside hitter Fawn Ryan led the way for USI with 17 kills in the Kentucky State match. She is also the Screaming Eagles' leader in attacks this season with 170. She averages 3.40 per set, which is good for fourth in the GLVC. Up front, junior middle blocker Abbey Winter paces Southern Indiana with 63 blocks, and her 1.26 blocks per set ranks second in the league entering the weekend. In addition, Winter has served up 23 aces, which is good for second in the conference. Sophomore middle blocker Amy Zwissler has added 49 blocks this season to rank eighth in the GLVC. Sophomore setter Quin Shoultz has handed out a team-best 464 assists to date, and her 9.47 assists per set currently places her seventh in the league. 

McKendree will be looking for its first victory against Southern Indiana since the Bearcats joined the GLVC prior to the 2012 season. In addition to last year's four-set loss in Evansville, Ind., the Screaming Eagles also swept a two-match series versus the Bearcats in 2012. 

ABOUT BELLARMINE
The Knights will take a 6-8 overall record and a 2-7 GLVC mark into its match Friday night at the University of Illinois Springfield. Bellarmine has won just two of its previous nine contests, but they were victorious in their last outing in a three-set sweep of Kentucky State on Tuesday. Sophomore outside hitter Emily McDaniel paced Bellarmine with 11 kills against the Thorobreds, and she holds the team lead in attacks this season with 150. McDaniel averages 3.39 kills on the year which is good for fifth in the GLVC. With 270 digs this year, senior libero Jaclyn Ohlmann holds down the No. 2 spot in the conference in the category, along with her 6.14 digs per set. Freshman setter Allie Muha has dished out 439 assists to date, a figure that places per sixth in the league at 9.98 per set. Up front, freshman middle blocker Margaret Horihan leads the Knights with 40 blocks. 

McKendree has a 1-2 record against Bellarmine since joining the GLVC. The Bearcats' lone victory came on Oct. 30, 2012 at the Statham Center, when McKendree notched a four-set win.