Panthers hit the road

The Panthers (10-11, 4-9 Ohio Valley Conference) will travel this weekend to play against Morehead State (16-8, 10-3) and Eastern Kentucky (3-20, 2-11).

Eastern swept EKU 3-0 on Sept. 28 but lost to the Eagles 1-3 on Sept. 29.

EKU has not had good overall luck against the Panthers, who lead the all-time series (18-8).

MSU is currently ranked in second place in the OVC standings, right behind Jacksonville State (11-3, 14-7). Since MSU beat the Panthers, Morehead has gone 4-3.

The Panthers lost their Tuesday match at Southeast Missouri in a five-game match. Three Panthers had double-digit kill numbers with outside hitters Eliza and Alex Zwettler, with 18 and 19 kills, and junior middle hitter Lauren Sopcic, with 15.

The big blocking numbers continued for another week with freshman outside Kelsey Orr, freshman middle blocker Jorie Dieter and Eliza Zwettler all finishing with five blocks against SEMO.