DETROIT -- Riding a season-long four-match winning streak, the Wayne State University volleyball team (9-13 overall, 4-7 GLIAC) will be at No. 16 Ferris State (19-4 overall, 12-0 GLIAC) on Wednesday night before hosting Purdue Northwest (9-13 overall, 4-7 GLIAC) on Friday evening.

COACH KOTH
"We have won a few matches in a row and this opportunity to play in Big Rapids will give us a chance to see just how much we have improved.  We're looking forward to the opportunity."

GLIAC SETTER OF THE WEEK
WSU's freshman Kayla Dulgar was named GLIAC Setter of the Week for the second week in a row on Monday.  The most-recent honor comes after Dulgar racked up a total of 84 assists (10.5 per set) while leading Wayne State to a 2-0 record in league play.  Starting with the sweep of Northern Michigan on Friday night, the rookie finished with 30 assists.  Then, she dished out a personal-best 54 assists on Saturday afternoon for the five-set victory against Michigan Tech.  Dulgar also tacked on seven kills (only one error), six service aces, 13 digs and three total blocks.  This season, the 5-9 floor general ranks first in the league for assists per set with 9.89 and second in total assists with 791.  She's finished a match with at least 30 assists in 16 of the Warriors' 22 contests and notched 40 or more in eight outings.

LAST TIME OUT - OCT. 21 VS. MICHIGAN TECH (W, 3-2:  -21, -18, 19-25, 21-25, -11)
- Just like Friday night against Northern Michigan, Wayne State came out of the gates hot taking the first two sets to go up 2-0 in the match.
- The Warriors hit .290 in the first on Saturday thanks to 15 kills and six errors on 31 total attacks.
- As good as they were in the opening stanza, they built on that by hitting .407 in the next period with 14 kills and only three errors on 27 swings.
- WSU trailed MTU by five to start, 18-13, before scoring 12 of the next 15 points to come back and win.
- In the second, the home team faced another deficit, this time it was 6-0.
- The Warriors responded with a 15-4 spurt to lead by five, 15-10.
- After that, the Huskies could never get closer than three, 15-12 and 16-13.
- Michigan Tech hit a match-best .371 in the third before a .303 clip in the fourth.
- With the Huskies carrying all of the momentum to the fifth, the Warriors punched back with a match-high .471 hitting percentage in the fifth.
- The fifth and final period was tied four times before Wayne State took the lead (6-5) for good.

SEPT. 14 VS. FERRIS STATE (L, 2-3:  13-25, -18, -21, 14-25, 7-15)
- Ferris State got just the start it wanted hitting .524 (11 kills, 0 errors, 21 total attacks) to Wayne State's .107.
- In that set, the Warriors were never able to put a run together scoring back-to-back points four times, but never a third in a row.
- WSU punched back in the second and third periods, though.
- In that second stanza, the home team ended it with a 13-4 spurt, and led the third by as many as six (14-8, 15-9).
- In the fourth, the visitors rattled off 14 of the first 20 total points for a 14-6 advantage.
- After that, the closest the hosts could get was six (15-9, 16-10, 17-11).
- Ferris State was eager to put the match away in the fifth and deciding set with 14 of the first 19 scores.
- Wayne State responded with back-to-back points to stay alive before the Bulldogs sealed it in the end.

SEPT. 16 AT PURDUE NORTHWEST (L, 1-3:  23-25, -21, 17-25, 16-25)
- Wayne State scored 11 of the match's first 15 points and maintained that seven-point lead until the score was 15-8.
- Then, Purdue Northwest answered with 14 of the next 17 scores to open up a four-point advantage, 22-18.
- The Warriors used a brief 5-1 run to tie it for a final time at 23-23 before the Pride tallied the next two points to seal it.
- In the second set, Wayne State turned in a match-high .320 hitting percentage (11 kills, 3 errors, 25 total attacks).
- The Warriors led that period wire to wire, including a lead as big as six at 8-2.
- The third set was book ended by big Pride runs, including 11-2 at the start and 8-0 to end it.
- The fourth stanza was the home team's best offensively at .364 (10 kills, 2 errors, 22 total attacks).
- Aside from a lone tie at 1-1, the hosts started and ended that set with the lead, finishing it with six of the last seven points.