Indiana State University Athletics

Match 29 vs. Drake | Match 30 vs. (RV) Northern Iowa
Match 29: Drake	Friday, Nov. 16, 2018 | 7 p.m. ET | Terre Haute, Ind. | ISU Arena | Alumni Night
	TV/Video: ESPN+ | Live Stats
Match 30: Northern Iowa	Saturday, Nov. 17, 2018 | 7 p.m. ET | Terre Haute, Ind. | ISU Arena | Senior Night
	TV/Video: ESPN+ | Live Stats
Full Match Notes	Indiana State
Series History
	Drake: Drake leads, 38-27 | Last match: DU won, 3-1, on 10/8/2018 | Streak: Drake, 1
	Northern Iowa: Northern Iowa leads, 61-4 | Last match: UNI won, 3-0, on 9/24/2018 | Streak: UNI, 6
Social Media	@IndStVB | #MarchOn | Facebook | @IndStVB | YouTube

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – Indiana State will wrap up the 2018 season this weekend at ISU Arena as the Sycamores host Drake and Northern Iowa in a pair of Missouri Valley Conference matches.
 
Friday's match against Drake will be Alumni Day as past Sycamore players will be honored before the match while Saturday's match against Northern Iowa will be Senior Day when the program recognizes the lone senior, Laura Gross.
 
QUICK HITS
• Indiana State is back at home for the remainder of the season.
• The Sycamores could play spoiler to both Drake and Northern Iowa this weekend.
• A win Friday or Saturday would match last year's win total for the Sycamores.
• Laura Gross ranks 44th nationally with 1,144 total attacks.
• Jade York ranks 109th nationally with 457 total digs this season.
• Melina Tedrow has moved to setter, filling in for Makayla Knoblauch over the few weeks, and has posted a double-double in two straight matches.
• The 2018 campaign marks the second season for the Sycamores under the direction of Lindsay Allman.
 
SPOIL SPORT
Indiana State may be eliminated from the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament but that doesn't mean the Sycamores will have an impact on the teams headed to Springfield, Missouri. Drake heads to Terre Haute this weekend one game out of a top-six seed while Northern Iowa enters in a battle with Illinois State for the top seed.
 
DEFENSIVE TREES
Indiana State is among one of the better defensive teams in the nation, entering this week's action ranked 51st nationally in digs per set (16.69) while ranking 63rd nationally in total digs (1,752).
 
HOME, SWEET, HOME
Indiana State is back at home for the remainder. The Sycamores will end the 2018 season in the friendly confines of ISU Arena.
 
FRESH START (NOT BY CHOICE)
Sometimes adversity thrusts you into a role you didn't expect. That has never been truer than for Indiana State Volleyball lately as an injury has sidelined setter Makayla Knoblauch and witnessing Melina Tedrow transition from defensive specialist to setter. While she did practice the position in preseason, it wasn't until Knoblauch's injury nearly midway through the conference season that Tedrow took the reins of the Sycamore offense.
 
IT'S A MAD, MAD, MAD, MAD WORLD
Indiana State freshman Madeline Williams has not been intimidated by the collegiate level of play in her true freshman season. She currently leads the Sycamores with a .265 hitting percentage and is second on the team with 73 total blocks entering this week's action.
 
For the latest information on the Sycamore Volleyball team, make sure to check out GoSycamores.com. You can also find the team on social media including Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.