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Ryan Wilkens
Jess Stanfill

Women's Volleyball

PREVIEW: Volleyball Heads to Omaha for Regular Season Finale

DU looking to get split with Mavs

DENVER - The University of Denver Volleyball team heads on the road for its final contest of the regular season. The Pioneers will play the Omaha Mavericks at Baxter Arena on Saturday at 11:30 am MT. 

WHO: Denver (18-10, 12-5 SL) at Omaha (18-9, 13-4 SL)
WHERE: Omaha, Neb. (Baxter Arena)
WHEN: November 19 (11:30 a.m. MT)
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SERIES HISTORY 
• This is the 23rd meeting in the all-time series against Omaha. 
• The Pioneers hold an 18-5 advantage in the series. 
• The Mavericks took the first meeting this year, 3-0 in Denver back on Oct. 4. 

NEWS & NOTES
• The Crimson and Gold lead the Summit League in aces per set (1.66), blocks per set (2.78), opp. hitting percentage (.156), team service aces (174) and total blocks (291.5).
• Denver ranks two in all of the NCAA in total blocks with 291.5, and eighth in the country in blocks per set (2.78).
• The duo of Brianna Green (first, 1.47) and Cadi Boyer (fifth, 1.13) rank in the top five in the Summit League in blocks per set. 
• Green's 1.47 blocks per set ranks ninth in all  of the NCAA.
Cadi Boyer ranks second in the Summit League in hitting percentage at .412. 
Lorrin Poulter currently ranks third in the Summit League in assists with 1040. 
• Poulter currently ranks second in the Summit League in aces with 47, 28th in the country. 
• Poulter also ranks sixth all-time in assists with 2099 in the program's DI era. 
• Poulter also has made history as a server, becoming just the 10th player in the program's D1 history to record at least 100 career aces. 
• Green has been a force at the net in her career at DU, ranking fifth all-time with 439 career blocks.
• Denver has a home record of 117-15 (.886) since 2014.
• Since Jan. 1, 2021, The Pioneers have a 24-5 (.827) road record. 
Andrea Beaty recorded her first career coaching win at Air Force on Sept. 15.
• Hogan enters his seventh season in charge of the Pioneers.
• Hogan has a career record of 133-39 (.773) (Matches won and lost this year have been credited to Jim Stone and Andrea Beaty)
• Hogan's .773 winning percentage is the highest by a head coach in program history.
• Entering the 2022 season, Denver has the 13th best win percentage (.803) in all of Division I, with a record of 110-27 in the last five years. 
• The Crimson and Gold have won five of the last seven Summit League Tournament Championships.
• The Pioneers a 14-4 mark in Summit League play last season, its eighth straight year with at least 12 league victories.
• The Crimson & Gold went 23-6 last year to mark the program's ninth straight winning season.

ELITE-LEVEL DEFENSE
• The Pioneers have been elite on the defensive end of the court this year, especially in Summit League play.
• DU is first in the Summit League in opp. hitting percentage (.156), opp. assists (10.32), opp. kills (11.13 per set), blocks (2.50 per set).

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Players Mentioned

Brianna Green

#5 Brianna Green

Middle Blocker
6' 1"
Senior
Lorrin Poulter

#1 Lorrin Poulter

Setter
5' 11"
Senior
Cadi Boyer

#12 Cadi Boyer

Middle Blocker
6' 3"
Senior

Players Mentioned

Brianna Green

#5 Brianna Green

6' 1"
Senior
Middle Blocker
Lorrin Poulter

#1 Lorrin Poulter

5' 11"
Senior
Setter
Cadi Boyer

#12 Cadi Boyer

6' 3"
Senior
Middle Blocker