SALT LAKE CITY - Westminster volleyball (3-14, 1-7 RMAC) gets set to host its next two RMAC opponents this weekend as it takes on South Dakota Mines (8-8, 2-6 RMAC) on Friday night at 6 p.m. and Black Hills State (3-14, 1-7 RMAC) on Saturday at 4 p.m.

Match Info: 
-  Tickets for all Westminster volleyball home matches can be purchased at westminstergriffins.com/tickets. 
-  General admission into Behnken Field House is $8.
-  Current Westminster College students, faculty and staff are offered free admission into all WC home events but are required to present an active Westminster Identification Card to gain entry. 
-  All Westminster volleyball  matches are available for FREE streaming on the RMAC Network.  Viewers can watch live online or download the RMAC Network app from all major video streaming app stores.

About the Griffins:
- The Griffins narrowly missed sending Wednesday night's home match vs. Texas A&M Kingsville into a fifth set, falling 3-1 (25-22, 25-21, 25-17, 26-24) to begin the week.
- Westminster won the first set 25-22 after hitting a match-high .227 and holding the Javelinas to just .122 offensively in the opening set.
- The Griffins had set point in the four, leading 24-23, but dropped the final three sets in a 26-24 set that ended the match.
- Katie Jacox is third in the RMAC in total aces with 26 (.38 a/s) so far this season and Westminster ranks fifth in the conference as a team with 1.69 aces/set.
- Westminster also ranks fifth in digs at 14.93 digs/set.
- Avery Alger (.320) leads the team and ranks eighth in the conference with a .320 hitting percentage.
- Bri Mortensen ranks ninth in the RMAC in assists at 7.21 assists/set.

About the Hardrockers:
- Westminster is 3-3 all-time against South Dakota Mines winning the last match between the two sides, 3-2, at home back in March.
- South Dakota Mines begins the week on a three-match losing skid after going 0-2 last weekend with 3-0 home losses to second-ranked MSU Denver and Colorado Christian.
- The Hardrockers are 3-2 overall away from home this season including their first RMAC win of the season at Chadron State back on Sept. 25 which they won, 3-1, in Chadron, Neb.
- Addie Stanley (3.98 d/s) and Emma Grimm (3.69 d/s) rank ninth and 13th in the RMAC, respectively, in digs.
- The Hardrockers are sixth in the RMAC in opponent hitting percentage (.175) and are second in the conference in digs at 17.36 digs/set.
- S.D. Mines ranks 11th, just ahead of Westminster, in hitting percentage (.152) this season and rank seventh in assists (10.98) as a team.

About the Yellow Jackets:
- Westminster is 2-4 all-time against BHSU but have dropped the last two, both in five sets.  The Griffins' last win came in four sets on the road in Spearfish, S.D., back in 2018.
- Black Hills State went 1-2 over a three-match home stretch with its lone win coming in straight sets over Colorado Christian last Friday.  BHSU was taken out in straights by second-ranked MSU Denver in its last match this past Saturday.
- The Yellow Jackets defeated South Dakota Mines, 3-0, in their first RMAC match of the season but have since dropped five of its last six conference matches.
- Black Hills State have allowed the most aces to opponents at 1.77 aces/set.  They rank sixth in digs at 14.93 d/s as Haedyn Rhoades ranks fourth individually at 4.47 d/s.
- Setter Karly Marx ranks eighth in the conference with 7.28 assists/set and Madison Hoopman is eighth in the RMAC with 3.19 kills/set.
- Peyton Bodemann ranks 12th in the RMAC with .89 blks/set.

Up Next:
Westminster will be back on the road next week as it heads into the back half of the season with away RMAC matches at CSU Pueblo and UCCS on Friday, Oct. 22, and Saturday, Oct. 23, respectively.

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