Utah Valley at Weber State
Monday, Oct. 26, 2015  |  7 p.m. MT
Ogden, Utah   |   Swenson Gym
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UVU OPENS FOUR-MATCH ROAD SWING MONDAY AT WEBER STATE
OREM, Utah – Fresh off of a pair of home Western Athletic Conference victories this weekend, the Utah Valley University volleyball team will open a four-match road stretch at in-state foe Weber State on Monday evening. The contest, which will mark UVU's final non-conference match of the season, will begin at 7 p.m. at WSU's Swenson Gym.
 
The Wolverines (11-10, 7-2 WAC) will make the short trek to Ogden riding a three-match winning streak and having won six of their last seven matches. Following a four-set win at UT Rio Grande Valley on Oct. 17, UVU took care of business at home this weekend with wins over the defending conference champion Missouri-Kansas City Kangaroos (3-1) and Chicago State (3-0).
 
Sophomore Lexi Thompson paced the Wolverine offense last week with 21 kills and a 3.50 kills per set average. Thompson was one of three players to finish in double digits in kills for UVU in the win over UMKC with 12. She also recorded a match-high nine in Saturday's sweep over the CSU Cougars.
 
As a team, the Wolverines outhit, outblocked and outserved both UMKC and Chicago State in the pair of victories last week with respective tallies of .295-157 and .289-.000, 14-11 and 10-4, and 4-3 and 8-3.
 
Senior Lauren Bakker leads Utah Valley in kills (197), blocks (96) and blocks per set average (1.28) on the season. Her blocks per set average is also good enough to lead the WAC and rank her 47th nationally.
 
UVU will enter Monday's matchup looking for its first win over a fellow in-state foe on the season, as it previously fell to the then ninth-ranked BYU Cougars at home in straight sets and Utah State in Logan in five.
 
ABOUT THE OPPOSITION
Weber State will enter Monday's contest with a 5-16 overall record and a 1-9 clip in Big Sky Conference play. The Wildcats have dropped nine straight as they last picked up a victory in their conference opener over Montana on Sept. 23. WSU was picked to take 10th in the Big Sky this season after tying for 11th a year ago with a 3-13 conference mark.
 
Amanda Varley leads the Wildcat offense with a team-high 185 kills and a 2.80 kills per set average. Megan Thompson is next with a 2.17 kills per set average and a 1.56 blocks per set clip.
 
Monday's contest against Weber State will be the 17th all-time meeting between the Wolverines and Wildcats. Despite falling to WSU in Orem last year, UVU will enter play with a 9-7 series advantage and having won five of the last six meetings against Weber State, including the last three in Ogden.

UP NEXT FOR UVU
The Wolverines will return to conference play and will continue their four-match road stretch at Grand Canyon and CSU Bakersfield this weekend. UVU will first take on GCU in Phoenix on Thursday (Oct. 29) before taking on CSUB in Bakersfield on Saturday (Oct. 31).