RedHawks Travel to Kent State for Friday/Saturday Matches

Friday, November 12

Kent, Ohio

6 p.m.

Miami University

Kent State University

Photo by: Ellison Neumann

RedHawks Travel to Kent State for Friday/Saturday Matches

11/11/2021 9:59:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

Miami Notes (12)

THIS WEEK: The RedHawks round out the season with a three-match road stretch, beginning with a Friday/Saturday series at Kent State. Miami battles the Golden Flashes at 6 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 12 and at 4 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 13.

ABOUT KENT STATE & THE SERIES WITH THE GOLDEN FLASHES: Kent State enters the weekend with a 10-17 overall record and a 5-10 Mid-American Conference mark. The Golden Flashes dropped a pair of matches at Bowling Green last weekend and have lost six of their last seven. Miami is 66-20 in the series with Kent State and is 29-9 when playing in Kent, Ohio. The RedHawks split a two-match series at Kent State last season, capturing the last meeting on March 5, 2021 in four sets after dropping a three-set decision the night before in the M.A.C. Center.

TELEVISION: Both of Miami's matches at Kent State will be streamed on ESPN+.

UP NEXT: Miami concludes its season at Bowling Green at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 17.

HARPER JOINS 1,000 DIG CLUB: Senior Gaby Harper recorded her 1,000th career dig against Western Michigan on Oct. 8. She became the 18th player in program history to reach 1,000 career digs and currently owns 1,161. She is 62 away from breaking onto Miami's career Top-10 dig list.

HARPER CLOSING IN ON 1,000 CAREER KILLS: Senior Gaby Harper owns 998 career kills entering the weekend and needs just two more to become the 22nd member of the 1,000-kill club. She would become the ninth player in program history to hit the 1,000 milestone for both kills and digs and the first to do so since Carli Reihman (2004-07).

ODDS 'N ENDS:

Senior Gaby Harper has played in 106 career matches, eclipsing the 100-match mark against Bowling Green on October 20. Senior Sophie Riemersma has played in 95 career matches.
Sophomore Maggie McCrary ranks fifth in the MAC in hitting percentage in conference matches, hitting .339.
Senior Gaby Harper has produced 11 kill/dig double-doubles this season, including seven of Miami's last 10 matches. Senior Sophie Riemersma has eight kill/dig double-doubles, including five of MU's last seven matches.
RedHawk players have put together five 20-plus dig matches this season with three coming from sophomore Taylor Nomanson and two from freshman Margo Lawson. Nomanson's 25 digs against Marshall on Aug. 28 are the most by a RedHawk this season. She notched her last 20-dig outing with 23 at Toledo on Oct. 29. Lawson posted 23 against Western Michigan on Oct. 8.
Freshman Brooke Cirigliano leads Miami with 69 blocks this season and has recorded at least one block in each of the 23 matches she's played in. She has posted 17 multi-block matches, including a seven-block outing at Toledo on Oct. 29 and two six-block efforts against Howard on Sept. 4 and Northern Illinois on Oct. 9.
Miami boasts seven newcomers on its 2021 roster, comprising 41% of the MU roster.

ECLIPSING 750 CAREER WINS: With a 3-0 win versus Buffalo on Jan. 22, 2021, Miami head coach Carolyn Condit posted her 750th career win. Condit owns a 768-585 career record entering her 42nd season as a head coach. Condit's 768 total victories are tied for eighth among active NCAA Division I coaches, and tied for 24th all-time. Owning more victories than any coach in the history of the Miami Athletic Department, Condit holds a 669-507 record and is in her 38th season in charge of the Red and White. Condit is the only volleyball coach in the history of the Mid-American Conference to win over 300 league matches, holding a conference mark of 370-227.

HONORS/AWARDS
Sophie Riemersma
   Marshall All-Tournament Team
   Duke All-Tournament Team
Taylor Nomanson
   Duke All-Tournament Team
Maggie McCrary
   Miami/Best Western All-Tournament Team
Brooke Cirigliano
   Miami/Best Western All-Tournament Team