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Western Michigan comes into Wednesday night’s match with a 3-2 record featuring victories over Loyola Marymount (3-1), Loyola Chicago (3-1) and Marquette (3-1). The Broncos two losses came at the hands of Clemson (3-1) and then No. 13-ranked Kansas (3-0). When WMU defeated then No. 24-ranked Marquette last weekend it marked the Broncos first victory over a ranked opponent since defeating No. 18 Ohio State in 2003.
The Broncos swept the weekly MAC volleyball awards this week with Andelyn Simkins earning Defensive Player of the Week, Keona Salesman earning Offensive Player of the week and Logan Case adding Setter of the Week accolades.
Colleen Munson is in her 20th season as head coach of Western Michigan, owning a 383-225 record in the Brown & Gold and a 435-324 career record. Since taking over, Munson has led the Broncos to 10 20+ win seasons and four NCAA tournaments.
Salesman leads the team in kills (74) hitting .280, followed by Julia Marr’s 65 kills on .215 swinging. Mary Clare Brusek is hitting .333 in the middle averaging 2.95 kills/set. Simkins is No. 2 nationally in digs per set averaging 5.95, and Case has posted 11.95 assists per set to date. As a team the Broncos are No. 4 nationally in digs per set (19.00), No. 3 in attacks per set (41.37) and No. 16 in assists per set (13.37).
Western Michigan is a veteran-led team featuring one graduate student, three fifth years (Case, Salesman, Simkins) and two seniors.
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