Liz Holmes set to attack against Lewis

HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ky. - The Northern Kentucky University volleyball team will play a non-conference road match at Wheeling Jesuit at 7 p.m. Thursday.

NKU is 16-4 overall after rallying to defeat Lewis in five games last Saturday in a key Great Lakes Valley Conference match. The Norse are 5-2 in the GLVC.

Wheeling Jesuit owns a 10-13 overall record. Wheeling Jesuit is a member of the West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.

Freshman right-side hitter Kristina Eisenmenger recorded 21 kills last Saturday as NKU handed Lewis its first loss in GLVC play. Eisenmenger also had seven blocks and hit .280 for the match. Tristen Dye collected 18 kills for NKU, while teammate Liz Holmes added 15 kills and 22 digs.

Holmes leads the GLVC in hitting percentage (.347) and kills (4.20 kpg), and the sophomore middle hitter ranks second in service aces (0.55 sapg). Eisenmenger ranks second in hitting percentage (.337).

Junior setter Andrea Lanham dished out 71 assists in the win over Lewis. She also added 22 digs and five kills. Lanham enters Thursday with 2,918 career assists, which ranks fifth in NKU history. She is third in the GLVC in assists at 12.08 apg.

NKU senior Lynne Fischesser leads the GLVC in service aces at 0.57 sapg. The Norse continue to lead the GLVC in aces at 2.78 sapg.

The Norse will resume GLVC play Oct. 14 with a match against defending league champion Southern Indiana at Evansville, Ind. NKU will also meet preseason GLVC favorite Southern Illinois at Edwardsville on Oct. 15 at Edwardsville, Ill.