Herd Volleyball Set to Host EKU for Home Opener

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HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – The Marshall University Volleyball team (6-3) returns from the Rocket Invitational to host the Eastern Kentucky Colonels (6-3) for the team's home opener on Tuesday night at the Henderson Center. First serve is set for 6 p.m.

"This weekend was a huge success for our program," Herd Volleyball Head Coach Ari Aganus said after the Rocket Invitational heading into the home opener on Tuesday. "We battled three very tough teams and had some things exposed that we hadn't seen yet this season. We strive to win every match we play, but to walk away from a hard weekend having learned and added a tool our tool kit, it's a success and what we strive for in the preseason. I'm excited for the quick turnaround to play at home this Tuesday. EKU has had a great season thus far and I expect it to be an intense, very electric match. We'll need everyone to come give us the amazing home court advantage our fans give us in the CAM for our first home match!"

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Have You Herd
Brynn Brown finished the Rocket Invitational on the all-tournament team after finishing with 70 assists, 33 digs and 27 kills. The native of Toledo, Ohio, registered a triple-double against Northern Kentucky, her third of the season, and a double-double against Eastern Washington.

With 33 kills, Audrey Geer led The Herd over the weekend to go with 36 digs and double-doubles against NKU and EWU.

Peyton Neal finished the tournament with a team-high 46 digs across the three matches.

MU took down NKU in five sets to open the Rocket Invitational before falling to Toledo to conclude the tournament.

Scouting The Colonels
EKU is 6-3 this season after going 2-1 at the Chippewa Invitational this weekend. The Colonels picked up victories over of Central Michigan and Southeast Missouri while falling to Green Bay.

Sarah Mitchell is averaging 3.55 kills per set on a team-high 117 kills through the team's first nine matches.

Emilee Hill has 228 assists this season equating to 6.91 per set.

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