BLOOMINGTON, Ill. - The Illinois Wesleyan University women's volleyball team travels west for the Coe College Invitational, Oct. 18-19, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The Titans will begin the weekend against host Coe, Friday night at 5 p.m., before wrapping up the tournament versus the University of St. Thomas and the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Saturday at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., respectively.
Illinois Wesleyan enters the weekend days removed from a 3-1 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin win at North Park, Oct. 16. Three Titans notched double-digit kills in the match, with junior
Jessica McCall (Wayne, Ill.-Wheaton St. Francis) leading the way with 16. Sophomore
Courtney McAuliffe (Lemont, Ill.-Lemont HS) added 10 kills on a whopping .529 attacking percentage, while freshman
Evy Makris (Orland Park, Ill.-Carl Sandburg HS) added 10 of her own on a .381Â clip.
Coe plays host to the Titans after seeing its record fall to 12-13 after a 3-1 setback at Wartburg, Oct. 16. St. Thomas checks in at 21-3 on the year and is amid a 10-match winning streak, while UWL is 10-11 ahead of its Friday night conference match at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville. IWU holds a 13-15 record against this weekend's opponents all-time. The Titans lead the tally 7-3 versus Coe, while trailing in the series with St. Thomas (0-1) and UW-La Crosse (6-11). IWU's weekend finale against UWL will mark the second meeting of the season between the two squads and give the Titans to avenge a 3-1 loss, Oct.11.
Links to live stream and live stats for the weekend can be found by visiting the IWU volleyball schedule page on IWUSports.com, or by clicking
here.
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