EAST LANSING, Mich. – Michigan State volleyball is back in action this weekend for a pair of matches. First hosting No. 24-ranked Michigan in the Breslin Center at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, October 14 before traveling to Bloomington, Ind. For a 1:00 p.m. matchup with Indiana on Sunday, October 16. The first 500 fans in attendance on Friday will receive an exclusive ‘Battle at Breslin’ t-shirt. Parking on Friday is complimentary in Lot 63 and Ramp 7, while the lot in Jenison has a $5 charge due to a home event in Munn Ice Arena.
Back playing in the Breslin Student Events Center for the first time since 2010, the Spartans are set to host the Battle at Breslin on Friday when the team takes on Michigan. The event has held multiple names throughout the years, including Bust Breslin when the teams last met in the 14,797 seat arena in 2010. Michigan State hosted Jam Jenison in the years since, prior to the 2022 season. The two programs combined to set the all-time Michigan State volleyball Breslin Center attendance record in 2010, hosting 6,824 fans. That record was broken at Jam Jenison in 2016 when MSU housed 6,838 fans in Jenison Field House.
About Michigan
No. 24-ranked Michigan is 12-4 overall and 3-3 in Big Ten play this season. The Wolverines have conference victories over Rutgers, Penn State and Northwestern, while dropping matches to Ohio State, Minnesota and Nebraska. Michigan has lost two-straight with a pair of 3-0 losses over the weekend to the Golden Gophers and the Cornhuskers. UM is coached by Mark Rosen in his 24th season at Michigan and 31st overall. Rosen has a career coaching record of 463-290 with the Wolverines and 627-327 overall. Michigan is No. 23 in the latest NCAA RPI rankings and No. 20 in the KPI.
As a team the Wolverines rank No. 21 in Division I in hitting with a .268 hitting percentage. Michigan’s defense is solid limiting opponents to .172 hitting, ranking No. 40 nationally. UM is No. 38 in assists per set (12.58) and No. 41 in kills per set (13.60). Jess Robinson is the nation’s leader in hitting percentage, hitting .483 through 16 matches.
On the outside, Jess Mruzik leads the Wolverines with 4.26 points per set and 3.75 kills per set hitting .236. Mruzik is second on the team in digs with 113 on 2.42 digs per set. Kendall Murray is second on the team with 3.13 points per set…
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