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SALT LAKE CITY – The Westminster College women's volleyball team will conclude the 2013 regular season with a road trip to Idaho and Montana. Westminster plays at Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) on Thursday night at 8 p.m. MST before the season-finals at Montana tech on Saturday at 2 p.m. MST.

Both matches will be streamed on the internet and have live stats available. The live video at Montana Tech is a pay-per-view. Links for all of the live features can be found in the calendar section of Westminster Griffins.com.

GRIFFIN NOTEBOOK
Westminster hits the road riding a season-long four-match winning streak and sitting at 15-12 on the season. They have moved into fourth place in the Frontier Conference standings with a 9-6 record, just one-half game behind Lewis-Clark State for third. The Griffins have gone 6-9 away from home this season and 3-5 in road matches.

The Griffins average 12.5 kills per set while hitting .189 for the season. Over the past 11 matches they are hitting .213 while averaging 13.9 kills per set. They currently sit second in the Frontier in kills per set and fourth in assists per set with an average of 11.42. Westminster is fourth in the Frontier with 135 service aces and fourth by averaging 1.26 aces per set.

Westminster is holding the opposition to .166 hitting efficiency and 11.37 kills per set. They have posted more kills than the opposition in 18 matches with a 14-4 record. The Griffins rank 39th in the NAIA by posting 2.08 blocks per set and they also collect 15.98 digs per set.

AGAINST THE OPPOSITION
Lewis-Clark State has a 21-7 lead in the all-time series with the Griffins. The Warriors have won 16 straight against the Griffins, including a 3-1 win in Salt Lake City last month. Westminster is just 2-9 in Lewiston and they haven't won there since 2006.

Westminster leads Montana Tech 18-8 in the all-time series despite a 3-2 win by the Orediggers in Salt Lake City in September. The Griffins are 5-4 in meetings in Butte and they have won two straight at Sampson Court.

AALONA ON THE ATTACK
Outside hitter Alexis Aalona is averaging 2.99 kills per set to rank sixth in the Frontier Conference. She has been the team leader in kills in 18 matches and 17 times reached double figures in kills. Aalona matched her career high with 23 kills in the loss to Montana Tech and also posted 22 in the home win over Carroll (Mont.). She has 707 kills in her career to rank fifth in school history while her 320 kills this season is the sixth-most for a single season at Westminster.

Aalona also leads the team with 12 double-doubles and is second on the team with 313 digs. She has been in double figures in digs in 16 matches with back-to-back 20-dig matches at Dickinson State (N.D.) and Rocky Mountain (Mont.). The junior is 10th in school history with 619 career digs.

ALL ABOUT ATKINSON
Senior Emily Atkinson has recorded 834 assists this season and she is second in the Frontier with an average of 7.79 assists per set. In the match against Cornerstone (Mich.), Atkinson became the Westminster career leader in assists as she notched her 2,810th career assist. She enters this weekend with 3,570 career helpers.

Atkinson ranks third on the team with 209 digs and she has posted seven double-doubles. She has been in double figures in digs during seven matches, including a season-high 15 at Montana Western. Atkinson is second on the team lead with 36 service aces and became the Westminster all-time leader in that category against Rocky Mountain on Oct. 11. She begins this week's action with 117 career aces while her 36 for the current season is ninth-most at Westminster.

DIGGING WITH KORDAKIS
Senor libero Kyndall Kordakis has notched 561 digs on the season to sit second in the Frontier and 31st in the NAIA. Her average of 5.24 digs per set in second in the league and 22nd nationally. She has been the team leader in digs in 26 matches the team has played and 15 times she has reached 20 digs.

Kordakis used 12 digs at Dickinson State on Oct. 17 to reach 1,713 in her career and surpass Bree Riet as the Westminster all-time leader. Kordakis enters the weekend with 1,861 career digs.  Her 561 digs this season ranks second in school history for a single season and she is just the third Griffin to surpass 500 digs in a season.

REJECTED BY RAMIREZ
Junior Mayra Ramirez has recorded a team-best 102 blocks this season and she is averaging 0.98 blocks per set to rank fourth in the Frontier. Ramirez has led or tied for the team lead in blocks during 18 matches and she has totaled at least five blocks in 10 matches. Her 102 blocks this season rank fifth in school history for a single season and 90 block assists places tied for second in a season.

Ramirez has also been efficient on the offensive end. She leads the squad with a .89 hitting efficiency while averaging 2.18 kills per set. In conference matches, Ramirez is averaging 2.57 kills per set and hitting .313 with 47 blocks. Ramirez was named to the Julie Martin Memorial Classic All-Tournament Team after averaging 1.86 kills and 0.86 blocks per set during the four matches. She hit .231 during the weekend and also picked up six digs.

SISOVIC IS SCORCHING
Senior Jovana Sisovic enters the week with 196 kills to rank third on the team. She is ninth in the Frontier Conference with a .206 hitting efficiency while also ranking 10th in blocks with 68. Sisovic has recorded double figures in kills eight times this season. Over the past eight matches, Sisovic is averaging 2.72 kills per set and hitting .197 with 22 blocks.

FRONTIER CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT
The 2013 Frontier Conference Tournament will take place Nov. 14-16 at the McLaughlin Center on the University of Great Falls campus. All nine team will qualify for the event with the opening round between the No. 8 and No. 9 seeds being played at 5 p.m. on the 14th. Four quarterfinals matches are slated for Nov. 15 with the semi-finals and championship taking place on Nov. 16.

If the tournament started today, Westminster would be the No. 4 seed and face Carroll in a quarterfinal match at 2 p.m. Montana State-Northern is currently the conference leader with a 13-1 mark. Two wins this weekend would secure the No. 3 seed at the tournament for the Griffins.

FOLLOWING THE GRIFFINS
To keep up with all of the latest news and information about the Westminster women's volleyball team, fans are encouraged to "Like" the Griffins on Facebook and follow them on Twitter. And as always, make sure to visit
WestminsterGriffins.com for all things Griffins during the 2013 season.

LOOKING AHEAD
Westminster will travel to Great Falls, Mont. for the Frontier Conference Tournament. The event will take place from Nov. 14-16 at the McLaughlin Center.