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Three long-time in-state rivals sit on this week’s schedule for the Truman volleyball team, as the Bulldogs look for additional ways to improve upon their post-season résumé with just two weeks to play in the regular season.

Truman (17-11, 6-6 MIAA) will open the week with a chance for a gold star quality win when the squad travels to No. 7 Central Missouri on Wednesday (Nov. 2) night at 7:00 pm.

From there, the Bulldogs will celebrate Senior Night on Friday (Nov. 4) evening in Pershing Arena at 7:00 pm against Northwest Missouri before traveling to St. Joseph on Saturday (Nov. 5) night for a date with Missouri Western.

The Bulldogs are coming off a 1-2 week of play, having been swept by both Emporia State and No. 5 Washburn last Wednesday and Friday before coming through with a five-set thrilling victory on Saturday against Fort Hays State.

The week kept the Bulldogs alone in fourth in the MIAA at 6-6 but just one game ahead of MWSU and two games up on Southwest Baptist and NWMSU.

Truman is now three games back of ESU for third.

The individual highlight of the week came via junior Megan Sharpe’s inclusion in Truman’s 1,000-kill club, achieved on Saturday in the third set against FHSU. Sharpe, a two-time all-American from Edwardsville, Ill., became just the 13th player in Bulldog history to reach the milestone and only the fifth to have paired her 1,000 kills with more than 300 blocks.

On the season, Sharpe is averaging 2.99 kills and 1.15 blocks per set, while also hitting .336. All three marks put her in the MIAA’s top-ten.

Sharpe, freshman Allie Brak (2.57 k/s, 3.23 d/s) and senior Molly Sinclair (2.26 k/s, 2.97 d/s) have helped the Bulldogs average nearly 13 kills/set on the season as a team and a .201 hitting percentage, while freshman Abby Moser (5.51 d/s) has helped pace the MIAA’s second-best back line at 18.27 digs/set.

Truman remains the league’s best serving team with 1.35 aces/set and is one of the MIAA’s best blocking units at 2.16/set.

Up Next:

The regular season will draw to a close with three matches next week, starting with a Wednesday (Nov. 9) night home match against Southwest Baptist. Truman then hits the road for its final two, traveling to Missouri Southern on Friday (Nov. 11) and Pittsburg State on Saturday (Nov. 12).

Courtesy Tuman State University