Friday, October 2
7 p.m. – Kennesaw State vs. Jacksonville
Saturday, October 3
3 p.m. – Kennesaw State vs. North Florida
Location: KSU Convocation Center | Kennesaw, Ga.
Links: Live Stats | A-Sun TV | Game Notes
Social Media: Twitter | Facebook
 
Game Preview
At 1-0 in the Atlantic Sun Conference, the Kennesaw State volleyball team welcomes Jacksonville and North Florida to the KSU Convocation Center this weekend. Both matches will be televised on A-Sun TV.
 
Jacksonville is two-time defending A-Sun Champions, but faced a tough non-conference schedule to start the 2015 season.
 
North Florida is off to a great start at 13-3 and topped Jacksonville in five sets last weekend to start conference play at 1-0.
  
Kennesaw State Team Notes
• Against USC Upstate, KSU played in their third five-set match of the season. The Owls moved to 3-0 in those matches after topping the Spartans.
• Kennesaw State is 5-1 at home in the KSU Convocation Center this season. A large part of that are the energetic crowds that have been there for each match. In Schunzel's three seasons, his record at the KSU Convocation Center is 19-10.
• The 1,556 fans in attendance against the Yellow Jackets set a new Kennesaw State volleyball record. In the Schunzel era, the support has been climbing as four of the top five matches attendance wise have come since he's been the head coach. Through five matches this season, the average crowd has been just over 695 people.
• Freshman outside hitter Sydni Shelton was named A-Sun Player of the Week and Freshman of the Week for her stellar play against USC Upstate. Shelton led the team with 23 kills hitting .377. Out of 61 attacks, she had zero errors in the match. This is the second time the freshman has had at least 17 kills with zero errors in a match.   
• Since getting her first start against Georgia Tech, Liesl Engelbrecht has come up huge in the middle as she has blocked 17 attacks in the two matches. Engelbrecht blocked seven against the Yellow Jackets and 10 against the Spartans. The 10 blocks against USC Upstate was one off the school record that Cierra Royster set against Jacksonville in 2012.
• Katarina Morton tied a Kennesaw State record with 31 digs against USC Upstate last Saturday. It is the second time in her career she has posted at least 30 digs and both have come against the Spartans.
• KSU leads the A-Sun in hitting percentage at .244 and is paced by Shelton who is fourth in the A-Sun hitting .339 for the year. Royster is also sixth in hitting percentage at .301.
• Shelton has led the team in kills five times this season. Four of those five have been at home.
• In the nine wins that the Owls have had this season, they have swept five of their opponents. In Schunzel's first two seasons, his team has had six sweeps combined.
• In three wins this season against Georgia Southern, Georgia State and USC Upstate, KSU faced a 2-1 deficit in the match and came back to win. In the previous two seasons, the Owls were 2-3 in matches where they trailed 2-1.

Promotions
Friday is Family Fun Friday and little Owls are encouraged to come take advantage of inflatables during pregame!
 
Saturday is CARE Day with a food drive to benefit the CARE Center on campus.  Fans are encouraged to bring non-perishable food items to the game to support the CARE Center food pantry.  The most needed items are dry milk, peanut butter, jelly, crackers, and cereal.  Please visit their website to learn more: http://www.kennesaw.edu/studentsuccessservices/care/
 
Next Up
The Owls will get back on the road and head to Florida Gulf Coast and Stetson. KSU will take on FGCU on Friday, October 9 and Stetson on Saturday, October 10.
 
Stat Leaders (2015)
Kills: 126, Sydni Shelton
Assists: 404, Kristi Piedimonte
Digs: 166, Katarina Morton
Blocks: 32, Rachel Taylor
Aces: 11, Kristi Piedimonte
Attack Percentage: .339, Sydni Shelton
 
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Fans are reminded that tickets to all 2015 home volleyball contests are free throughout the year.