MATCH #14
Milwaukee | Friday, October 4 | Woodling Gymnasium | 6:00 p.m.
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MATCH #15
Green Bay | Saturday, October 5 | Woodling Gymnasium | 4:00 p.m.
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QUICK SETS
The Cleveland State volleyball team will return to the friendly confines of Woodling Gymnasium for the first time during #HLVB play this weekend, hosting Milwaukee and Green Bay in a pair of matches. The Vikings will face the Panthers at 6:00 p.m. on Friday, October 4, and will then take on the Phoenix at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, October 5.
HOME COURT ADVANTAGE
This weekend's matches against Milwaukee and Green Bay will be the first of eight Horizon League matches in Woodling Gymnasium for the Vikings during the 2019 campaign. Over the last five seasons, Cleveland State has enjoyed playing on its home court, as the Vikings own a 44-8 record in Woodling Gym during this span. Under head coach Chuck Voss, the Vikings stand at 153-73 when playing at home.
VIKINGS FACE TOUGH NON-LEAGUE SCHEDULE
Throughout the first part of the 2019 campaign, Cleveland State faced one of its hardest non-league schedules in recent years. The Vikings went up against a pair of top-15 teams, two teams that were receiving votes in the top-25 poll, six teams that made a postseason appearance last year, and five teams that recorded 20+ wins during the 2018 campaign.
POSTSEASON HONOREES RETURN
The 2019 Vikings welcome back four Horizon League postseason honorees, as Trinniti Hall (First Team), Emily DeGeorge (Honorable Mention), Hannah Greene (Honorable Mention), and Christina Grecol (All-Freshman Team) were all honored last fall. DeGeorge enters the 2019 campaign as the only Viking to earn multiple #HLVB postseason honors, as she was also named to the All-Freshman Team in 2017.
GRECOL MOVES UP CAREER ASSIST TOP-10 LIST
After combining for 76 assists against IUPUI and NKU last time out, sophomore Christina Grecol moved into ninth place on the CSU Career Assist List with 1,570 total helpers. Entering Friday's match against Milwaukee, Grecol ranks second among Horizon League players averaging 9.98 assists per set.
HALL LEADING THE VIKING OFFENSE
After five weeks of the 2019 season, Trinniti Hall has combined for a team-best 168 total kills, ranking second among league players averaging 3.43 kills per set. Hall has recorded double-digit kills in all but two matches this season, including a season-high 23-kill performance against Charlotte. The senior also leads the team and ranks ninth in the #HLVB standings with a .287 hitting percentage on the year.
DeGEORGE CLOSING IN ON 1,000 CAREER DIGS
Entering this weekend's matches, Emily DeGeorge is closing in on the 1,000-dig mark for her career, standing at 925 after the first five weeks of the season. DeGeorge, who set a CSU freshman class record with 325 digs as a rookie, is averaging 3.33 digs per set this year and has posted a pair of 20-dig performances. DeGeorge would become the 20th Viking to reach the 1,000-dig plateau, and would make 2019 the fifth straight year that a Viking has joined the 1K dig club.
CLEVELAND STATE POSTS STRONG DEFENSIVE EFFORT
As a team, the Vikings currently rank second in the Horizon League averaging 17.00 digs per set, a mark that also ranks them 20th nationally. Sophomore libero Lindsey Tout has been leading the Viking defense so far this season, averaging 4.37 digs per set to rank sixth among league players. Tout, along with Emily DeGeorge (3.33 dps) and freshman Audrey McConihe (2.50 dps) have been anchoring the backline through the first part of the season.
HEAD COACH CHUCK VOSS
Chuck Voss is in his 20th season at the helm of the Vikings, and owns a 358-224 (.615) overall record at Cleveland State. Under Voss the Vikings have recorded 16 winning seasons, including 10 straight entering the 2019 season. Cleveland State has eclipsed the 20-win mark eight times since Voss took over the program, and has captured Horizon League Tournament titles five times (2007, 2012, 2015, 2016 & 2017) under his guidance. During the 2016 season Voss became the all-time winningest coach in program history, and then last season became the only active Horizon League coach to reach the 350-win mark at their current school.
UP NEXT
The Vikings will split their time at home and on the road next week, traveling to Wright State on Wednesday, October 9 and hosting UIC on Sunday, October 13.
