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HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ky. - Northern Kentucky University plays host to Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference power Findlay at 7 p.m. Tuesday in Regents Hall in a key regional volleyball match. Findlay is currently ranked 25th nationally in the Division II poll, and the Oilers enter Tuesday’s match with a 20-6 record. NKU is 17-11 overall after posting a four-game win at Wisconsin-Parkside on Saturday. NKU and Findlay last met on Sept. 4, 2004, and the Oilers posted a 30-25, 35-33, 30-21 win over the Norse at Findlay, Ohio. Findlay owns a 3-2 lead in the all-time series with NKU and has won the last three regular-season meetings with the Norse. NKU’s last regular-season win against Findlay came on Oct. 23, 2002, when the Norse pulled out a 30-22, 28-30, 30-24, 31-29 victory at Findlay, Ohio. In 2003, the two teams played in the NCAA Division II Great Lakes Regional at Marquette, Mich., and NKU defeated Findlay in four games. NKU junior middle hitter Liz Holmes leads the Great Lakes Valley Conference in hitting percentage at .385. Holmes ranks No. 6 in kills per game at 3.65 and is No. 9 in service aces at 0.46 sapg. Holmes, a graduate of Mercy High School in Cincinnati, enters Tuesday night with 1,215 career kills, which ranks eighth in school history. NKU is currently tied with Indianapolis for fourth place in the GLVC standings with 9-5 records, and it appears those two teams will meet in the first round of the GLVC Tournament. Southern Illinois at Edwardsville has already clinched the No. 1 seed in the GLVC Tournament, which begins Nov. 2. NKU closes out its GLVC regular-season schedule at home this weekend with matches against Drury (Friday at 7 p.m.) and Rockhurst (Saturday at 3 p.m.). NKU will hold Senior Night festivities prior to Friday’s match and recognize Norse seniors Andrea Lanham and Jennifer Wirtz. The Norse will also play host to Charleston (W. Va.) on Oct. 30 at 7 p.m. before leaving for the GLVC Tournament.
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