Eastern Michigan Athletics
Thursday, September 21
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ON THE SCHEDULE: Volleyball Opens MAC Play in "Glass City"
9/19/2023 4:03:00 PM | Volleyball
Eagles travel to Toledo, Ohio to face the Rockets, Thursday-Friday, Sept. 21-22
| Volleyball at CHATTANOOGA CLASSIC | |
| Date | Thursday, Sept. 21 at 6 p.m. | Friday, Sept. 22 at 6 p.m. |
| Venue | Savage Arena | Toledo, Ohio |
| Preview Info | EMU Notes |
| Watch | ESPN+ |
| Live Stats | Live Stats |
| @EMUVolleyball | @EMUAthletics | |
TOLEDO, Ohio (EMUEagles.com) - The Eastern Michigan University volleyball team will open Mid-American Conference play for the 2023 season in the "Glass City" when the Eagles face the University of Toledo Thursday-Friday, Sept. 21-22, inside the Savage Arena in Toledo, Ohio.
The Green and White closed out its 2023 non-conference schedule at the Chattanooga Classic, Sept. 15-16, hosted by the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga. The Eagles fell in all three matches of the tournament taking losses to the tournament hosts, Gardner-Webb University, and Morehead State University, respectively.
Both Thursday and Friday's match against the Rockets are scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. and will be aired on ESPN+ with Jeremy Otto (play-by-play) on the call. Fans can also follow along for free via live stats at EMUEagles.com/livestats.
QUICK SERVES:
» The program's 48th season began with the announcing of a new coaching staff. Head coach Kevin Foeman joined the Eagles in March and added Lainey Stephenson as his assistant coach. Additionally, the program named Remy Foeman as the Director of Volleyball Operations.
» This season, the Eagles opened their nest to four "true" freshmen and five transfers to complete their "soar of eagles".
» Sept. 2, 2023, marked the day first-year head coach Kevin Foeman earned his first win as an Eastern Michigan Eagle as he and his team overcame Western Illinois University, 3-2, in the Popcorn Classic, for the first win of the 2023 season. Since then, the Eagles earned their second win of the season in a 3-0 sweep over the Cougars of Chicago State University, Sept. 8. Additionally, that contest marked Foeman's 250th career match.
» Callie Minshew led the Eagles for the 12th consecutive match over the weekend, posting double-figure kills in all three performances for her 10th, 11th, and 12th double-digit kill matches of the season, respectively, at the Chattanooga Classic, hosted by UTC.
» Additionally, Callie Minshew recorded her fifth and sixth double-double of the season, the 11th and 12th of her career, after displaying 13 kills and 12 digs against Gardner-Webb before posting 13 kills and 14 digs against Morehead State later in the day, Sept. 16.
» The Green and White registered one other Eagle with two double-double performances over the weekend in Elle McLoughlin, who earned 34 set assists and 16 digs versus the Runnin' Bulldogs before grabbing 25 assists and 10 digs against the Eagles of Morehead State, Sept. 16.
» Hannah Howard was named to the Chattanooga Classic All-Tournament Team, marking the second time this season in which the rookie earned the honor.
» Eastern Michigan will open MAC play with a road match in Toledo. It marks the 43rd season in which EMU has been a member of the Mid-American Conference posting a 284-376-1 all-time record.
» This season marks the seventh time in program history EMU has opened MAC play against the Toledo Rockets and the fifth on UT's home court. In those six MAC openers against Toledo, EMU stands an even 3-3.
THE RETURN OF THE MAC: The Eagles will begin their conference season with a pair of road matches against the Rockets, Thursday-Friday, Sept. 21-22.
In the 2022 season, the Green and White were victorious in four of its 18 MAC matches. Overall, the program is just 16 league wins short of 300 with an all-time record of 284-376-1 in the Mid-American Conference. Eastern has won a MAC West Title in 2005, and a MAC Tournament Title in 2018.
WEEKEND IN REVIEW: Hannah Howard was named to the all-tournament team for the second consecutive non-conference tournament for her efforts in all three matches of the Chattanooga Classic. The freshman finished the tournament with 60 total digs in 11 sets played, averaging 5.45 digs per set with six service aces. Additionally, two Eagles recorded double-doubles over the weekend as both Callie Minshew and Elle McLoughlin were in sync grabbing one each versus Gardner-Webb and Morehead State, respectively. Overall, the Eagles fell in all three matches finishing the 2023 non-conference schedule 2-10, an improvement from last year's 1-11 non-conference record.
EMU IN THE CHATTANOOGA CLASSIC: The Green and White competed in the Chattanooga Classic for the first time in program history. It marked the first meeting with the hosts Mocs who sported a 9-2 overall record leading into the tournament. Eastern and Gardner-Webb met for the first time as well while the Eagles of EMU took on the Eagles of Morehead State for the sixth time in program history. The Eagles held a clean 5-0 record over the Morehead State Eagles dating back to their first meeting in 1981 until last weekend when MSU took its first program win over the Green and White.
CAN YOU DIG IT?: Three Eagles registered double-digit digs in a single match in two occasions over the weekend as Callie Minshew posted 12 (vs. Gardner-Webb) and 14 (vs. Morehead State), Elle McLoughlin put up 16 (vs. Gardner-Webb) and 10 (vs. Morehead State) and Hannah Howard led in both matches with 23 (vs. Gardner-Webb) and 21 (vs. Morehead State). It was the fourth and fifth time this season in which three different members of the team recorded double-digit digs in a single match with four against WIU, Sept. 2, serving as the team's season high. Last season, the Eagles managed to record four Eagles all with double-digit digs in the same match just one time, the 3-2 upset over Bowling Green State University, Oct. 21, 2022.
SEEING DOUBLE: Two Eagles contributed double-double performances throughout the tournament for the second time this season. Callie Minshew recorded 13 kills and 12 digs against Gardner-Webb before grabbing 13 kills and 14 digs against Morehead State to record her fifth and sixth double-double of the season and the 11th and 12th of her career, respectively. Elle McLoughlin joined Minshew on the double-doubles train for the second time this season as she also posted a double-double in both the Gardner-Webb and Morehead State matches (34 assists/12 digs vs. GWU; 25 assists/10 digs vs. MSU).
Additionally, it marked just the second and third times this season in which two Eagles accomplish the double-double feat in the same match. Earlier in the season, both Minshew (20 kills/11 digs) and McLoughlin (46 assists/13 digs) combined for two double-doubles in the 3-0 sweep over Western Illinois University, Sept. 2.
BETTER THAN LAST YEAR: Last season, the double-double mark was reached a total of eight times by three different Eagles (Sabrina Gremm (4), Kendall Burk (3), Raeven Chase (1)). This season, the mark has been exceeded as three different Eagles (Hannah Kivett (1), Elle McLoughlin (3), Callie Minshew (6)) have combined for 10 double-double performances on the season after Minshew's and McLoughlin's two each in the Chattanooga Classic.
ACE-ACE-BABY: Eastern Michigan defeated Morehead State in service aces as the Green and White recorded seven to the opposing five. It marked the fifth time (2-3) EMU has aced its opponent this season after doing so against SIUE, Aug. 25, WIU, Sept. 2, Chicago State, Sept. 8, and Chattanooga, earlier in the tournament, respectively. Last season, the Green and White aced its opponent in nine meetings, holding a 5-4 record in such games.
HUNGRY HOWIE: Hannah Howard was named to the Chattanooga Classic All-Tournament Team for the second consecutive non-conference tournament for her efforts in all three matches of the weekend. The freshman finished the tournament with 60 total digs in 11 sets played, averaging 5.45 digs per set with six service aces. Howard led the team in digs in both matches for the fourth and fifth time of her early career with a career-high 23 against the Runnin' Bulldogs attack. The 23 digs topped her previous career-high 19 set in the victory over Chicago State University, Sept. 8. Additionally, it was the rookie's fifth double-digit dig performance and the fourth with 15 or more before she posted 21 digs against the Eagles of Morehead State for her sixth double-digit dig performance and the second consecutive with 20 or more.
CONSISTENT CALLIE: Callie Minshew led the Eagles for the 12th consecutive match this season after posting 10 kills at Chattanooga, 13 against Gardner-Webb, and 13 versus Morehead State. Last season, teammate Samantha Basham led the team in kills in 10 matches, the most of any Eagle that year. Minshew is now ahead of where Basham was by two team-leading matches.
CALLIE'S CORNER: Callie Minshew earned her fifth and sixth season double-double against both Gardner-Webb and Morehead State, Sept. 16, and the 11th and 12th of her career after posting six as a Bulldog at Mississippi State (2019). Minshew's two double-double performances in the tournament marked her 29th career contest in which she has hit the double figure mark in kills and 25th time hitting the mark in digs.
With her six this season along with Elle McLoughlin's three, and Hannah Kivett's one during the CEFCU Invitational, a double-double has been recorded 10 times in the 2023 campaign from three different Eagles. Last season, the double-double mark was reached a total of eight times by three different Eagles (Sabrina Gremm (4), Kendall Burk (3), Raeven Chase (1)).
BUILDING BLOCKS: Eastern Michigan displayed a better blocking performance than GWU, stopping a total of 19 opposing attacks to their 11, Sept. 16. It marked the fifth time the Eagles have defeated their opponent in the blocking battle this season going 2-3 in such games.
ALL-TIME VS. TOLEDO: Eastern currently holds an impressive 61-21 record over the Rockets dating back to 1976. The domination began with the first seven matches of the rivalry favoring the Eagles. Toledo managed to break what would have been a 19-year win streak, in 1983 before losing the next 11 consecutive meetings from 1984 to 1990, which included 7 sweeps and zero fifth set reaches. From 2001 to 2006, EMU came out victorious in eight straight meetings for their second longest win streak against the Rockets. Eastern has won five of the last 10 matchups.
LAST TIME AGAINST THE ROCKETS: EMU put up a valiant fight in the third set, but the Eagles were unable to extend the match past the minimum in a 3-0 MAC setback to Toledo Friday, Sept. 23, inside the George Gervin GameAbove Center. Raeven Chase finished with nine kills on the day to lead the Eagles' offense while finishing with a hitting percentage of .444. The team received seven digs from Kendall Burk to lead them defensively.
THE EAGLES IN THE GLASS CITY: The Green and White hold a 22-14 record when playing the Rockets in the "Glass City" of Toledo, Ohio. The last time the Eagles were in the Rockets' town was in the 2021 season when EMU dropped both matches of the series, Nov. 5-6, in the Savage Arena.
ON THE HORIZON: Following the pair of matches in Toledo, the team will open its home to in-state rivals, Central Michigan University, Tuesday, Sept. 26, for EMU's 2023 season home opener. The single match is scheduled to be aired on ESPN+ with a 6 p.m. start time inside the George Gervin GameAbove Center. Following the midweek match with the Chippewas, the Eagles are slated to host the Cardinals of Ball State University, Friday-Saturday, Sept. 29-30.
FOLLOW THE ACTION ALL SEASON LONG: Stay connected with the Eagles all season long by following @EMUVolleyball and @EMUAthletics on Twitter for all of the latest EMU volleyball updates. Be sure to also follow the Green and White on Instagram, @EMU_Volleyball.
The Green and White closed out its 2023 non-conference schedule at the Chattanooga Classic, Sept. 15-16, hosted by the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga. The Eagles fell in all three matches of the tournament taking losses to the tournament hosts, Gardner-Webb University, and Morehead State University, respectively.
Both Thursday and Friday's match against the Rockets are scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. and will be aired on ESPN+ with Jeremy Otto (play-by-play) on the call. Fans can also follow along for free via live stats at EMUEagles.com/livestats.
QUICK SERVES:
» The program's 48th season began with the announcing of a new coaching staff. Head coach Kevin Foeman joined the Eagles in March and added Lainey Stephenson as his assistant coach. Additionally, the program named Remy Foeman as the Director of Volleyball Operations.
» This season, the Eagles opened their nest to four "true" freshmen and five transfers to complete their "soar of eagles".
» Sept. 2, 2023, marked the day first-year head coach Kevin Foeman earned his first win as an Eastern Michigan Eagle as he and his team overcame Western Illinois University, 3-2, in the Popcorn Classic, for the first win of the 2023 season. Since then, the Eagles earned their second win of the season in a 3-0 sweep over the Cougars of Chicago State University, Sept. 8. Additionally, that contest marked Foeman's 250th career match.
» Callie Minshew led the Eagles for the 12th consecutive match over the weekend, posting double-figure kills in all three performances for her 10th, 11th, and 12th double-digit kill matches of the season, respectively, at the Chattanooga Classic, hosted by UTC.
» Additionally, Callie Minshew recorded her fifth and sixth double-double of the season, the 11th and 12th of her career, after displaying 13 kills and 12 digs against Gardner-Webb before posting 13 kills and 14 digs against Morehead State later in the day, Sept. 16.
» The Green and White registered one other Eagle with two double-double performances over the weekend in Elle McLoughlin, who earned 34 set assists and 16 digs versus the Runnin' Bulldogs before grabbing 25 assists and 10 digs against the Eagles of Morehead State, Sept. 16.
» Hannah Howard was named to the Chattanooga Classic All-Tournament Team, marking the second time this season in which the rookie earned the honor.
» Eastern Michigan will open MAC play with a road match in Toledo. It marks the 43rd season in which EMU has been a member of the Mid-American Conference posting a 284-376-1 all-time record.
» This season marks the seventh time in program history EMU has opened MAC play against the Toledo Rockets and the fifth on UT's home court. In those six MAC openers against Toledo, EMU stands an even 3-3.
THE RETURN OF THE MAC: The Eagles will begin their conference season with a pair of road matches against the Rockets, Thursday-Friday, Sept. 21-22.
In the 2022 season, the Green and White were victorious in four of its 18 MAC matches. Overall, the program is just 16 league wins short of 300 with an all-time record of 284-376-1 in the Mid-American Conference. Eastern has won a MAC West Title in 2005, and a MAC Tournament Title in 2018.
WEEKEND IN REVIEW: Hannah Howard was named to the all-tournament team for the second consecutive non-conference tournament for her efforts in all three matches of the Chattanooga Classic. The freshman finished the tournament with 60 total digs in 11 sets played, averaging 5.45 digs per set with six service aces. Additionally, two Eagles recorded double-doubles over the weekend as both Callie Minshew and Elle McLoughlin were in sync grabbing one each versus Gardner-Webb and Morehead State, respectively. Overall, the Eagles fell in all three matches finishing the 2023 non-conference schedule 2-10, an improvement from last year's 1-11 non-conference record.
EMU IN THE CHATTANOOGA CLASSIC: The Green and White competed in the Chattanooga Classic for the first time in program history. It marked the first meeting with the hosts Mocs who sported a 9-2 overall record leading into the tournament. Eastern and Gardner-Webb met for the first time as well while the Eagles of EMU took on the Eagles of Morehead State for the sixth time in program history. The Eagles held a clean 5-0 record over the Morehead State Eagles dating back to their first meeting in 1981 until last weekend when MSU took its first program win over the Green and White.
CAN YOU DIG IT?: Three Eagles registered double-digit digs in a single match in two occasions over the weekend as Callie Minshew posted 12 (vs. Gardner-Webb) and 14 (vs. Morehead State), Elle McLoughlin put up 16 (vs. Gardner-Webb) and 10 (vs. Morehead State) and Hannah Howard led in both matches with 23 (vs. Gardner-Webb) and 21 (vs. Morehead State). It was the fourth and fifth time this season in which three different members of the team recorded double-digit digs in a single match with four against WIU, Sept. 2, serving as the team's season high. Last season, the Eagles managed to record four Eagles all with double-digit digs in the same match just one time, the 3-2 upset over Bowling Green State University, Oct. 21, 2022.
SEEING DOUBLE: Two Eagles contributed double-double performances throughout the tournament for the second time this season. Callie Minshew recorded 13 kills and 12 digs against Gardner-Webb before grabbing 13 kills and 14 digs against Morehead State to record her fifth and sixth double-double of the season and the 11th and 12th of her career, respectively. Elle McLoughlin joined Minshew on the double-doubles train for the second time this season as she also posted a double-double in both the Gardner-Webb and Morehead State matches (34 assists/12 digs vs. GWU; 25 assists/10 digs vs. MSU).
Additionally, it marked just the second and third times this season in which two Eagles accomplish the double-double feat in the same match. Earlier in the season, both Minshew (20 kills/11 digs) and McLoughlin (46 assists/13 digs) combined for two double-doubles in the 3-0 sweep over Western Illinois University, Sept. 2.
BETTER THAN LAST YEAR: Last season, the double-double mark was reached a total of eight times by three different Eagles (Sabrina Gremm (4), Kendall Burk (3), Raeven Chase (1)). This season, the mark has been exceeded as three different Eagles (Hannah Kivett (1), Elle McLoughlin (3), Callie Minshew (6)) have combined for 10 double-double performances on the season after Minshew's and McLoughlin's two each in the Chattanooga Classic.
ACE-ACE-BABY: Eastern Michigan defeated Morehead State in service aces as the Green and White recorded seven to the opposing five. It marked the fifth time (2-3) EMU has aced its opponent this season after doing so against SIUE, Aug. 25, WIU, Sept. 2, Chicago State, Sept. 8, and Chattanooga, earlier in the tournament, respectively. Last season, the Green and White aced its opponent in nine meetings, holding a 5-4 record in such games.
HUNGRY HOWIE: Hannah Howard was named to the Chattanooga Classic All-Tournament Team for the second consecutive non-conference tournament for her efforts in all three matches of the weekend. The freshman finished the tournament with 60 total digs in 11 sets played, averaging 5.45 digs per set with six service aces. Howard led the team in digs in both matches for the fourth and fifth time of her early career with a career-high 23 against the Runnin' Bulldogs attack. The 23 digs topped her previous career-high 19 set in the victory over Chicago State University, Sept. 8. Additionally, it was the rookie's fifth double-digit dig performance and the fourth with 15 or more before she posted 21 digs against the Eagles of Morehead State for her sixth double-digit dig performance and the second consecutive with 20 or more.
CONSISTENT CALLIE: Callie Minshew led the Eagles for the 12th consecutive match this season after posting 10 kills at Chattanooga, 13 against Gardner-Webb, and 13 versus Morehead State. Last season, teammate Samantha Basham led the team in kills in 10 matches, the most of any Eagle that year. Minshew is now ahead of where Basham was by two team-leading matches.
CALLIE'S CORNER: Callie Minshew earned her fifth and sixth season double-double against both Gardner-Webb and Morehead State, Sept. 16, and the 11th and 12th of her career after posting six as a Bulldog at Mississippi State (2019). Minshew's two double-double performances in the tournament marked her 29th career contest in which she has hit the double figure mark in kills and 25th time hitting the mark in digs.
With her six this season along with Elle McLoughlin's three, and Hannah Kivett's one during the CEFCU Invitational, a double-double has been recorded 10 times in the 2023 campaign from three different Eagles. Last season, the double-double mark was reached a total of eight times by three different Eagles (Sabrina Gremm (4), Kendall Burk (3), Raeven Chase (1)).
BUILDING BLOCKS: Eastern Michigan displayed a better blocking performance than GWU, stopping a total of 19 opposing attacks to their 11, Sept. 16. It marked the fifth time the Eagles have defeated their opponent in the blocking battle this season going 2-3 in such games.
ALL-TIME VS. TOLEDO: Eastern currently holds an impressive 61-21 record over the Rockets dating back to 1976. The domination began with the first seven matches of the rivalry favoring the Eagles. Toledo managed to break what would have been a 19-year win streak, in 1983 before losing the next 11 consecutive meetings from 1984 to 1990, which included 7 sweeps and zero fifth set reaches. From 2001 to 2006, EMU came out victorious in eight straight meetings for their second longest win streak against the Rockets. Eastern has won five of the last 10 matchups.
LAST TIME AGAINST THE ROCKETS: EMU put up a valiant fight in the third set, but the Eagles were unable to extend the match past the minimum in a 3-0 MAC setback to Toledo Friday, Sept. 23, inside the George Gervin GameAbove Center. Raeven Chase finished with nine kills on the day to lead the Eagles' offense while finishing with a hitting percentage of .444. The team received seven digs from Kendall Burk to lead them defensively.
THE EAGLES IN THE GLASS CITY: The Green and White hold a 22-14 record when playing the Rockets in the "Glass City" of Toledo, Ohio. The last time the Eagles were in the Rockets' town was in the 2021 season when EMU dropped both matches of the series, Nov. 5-6, in the Savage Arena.
ON THE HORIZON: Following the pair of matches in Toledo, the team will open its home to in-state rivals, Central Michigan University, Tuesday, Sept. 26, for EMU's 2023 season home opener. The single match is scheduled to be aired on ESPN+ with a 6 p.m. start time inside the George Gervin GameAbove Center. Following the midweek match with the Chippewas, the Eagles are slated to host the Cardinals of Ball State University, Friday-Saturday, Sept. 29-30.
FOLLOW THE ACTION ALL SEASON LONG: Stay connected with the Eagles all season long by following @EMUVolleyball and @EMUAthletics on Twitter for all of the latest EMU volleyball updates. Be sure to also follow the Green and White on Instagram, @EMU_Volleyball.
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