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MOREHEAD, Ky. -- The Morehead State volleyball team will host Tennessee State and Belmont this weekend in Ohio Valley Conference matches at Wetherby Gym. TSU heads to town for a 7 p.m. ET match Friday, while MSU entertains Belmont Saturday at 5 p.m.
TSU enters the weekend with a 10-13 overall mark and a 6-6 ledger in the conference. Belmont, which has won eight straight matches, sits at 16-12 and 9-3 in the league prior to a Friday night tilt at Eastern Kentucky.
With a pair of victories this weekend, Morehead State will secure its fourth consecutive OVC regular season championship. Only one other league team, Southeast Missouri from 1993-97, has more consecutive titles than MSU. The MSU teams from 1987-90 also claimed four straight conference championships. A win on Friday would claim at least a share of the regular-season title.
Live stats will be available via links on MSUEagles.com. Live Twitter updates are also available by following @MSUAthletics. Live video is also available for the TSU match on the OVC Digital Network.
Here are notes heading into the weekend:
OVC Dominance Continues
Morehead State continues to possess the nation's longest active winning streak for regular season conference matches. The Eagles have won 34 straight Ohio Valley Conference contests since 2011. LIU Brooklyn ranks second with a 29-match winning streak in the Northeast Conference. MSU also unofficially owns the nation's longest conference road winning streak at 32 matches. The OVC record is held by the teams from Southeast Missouri from 1999-2001, who won 37 straight league contests.
That's Pretty Good
MSU is 64-2 in OVC regular-season matches the last four years for a 96.9 percent success efficiency. That figure leads all Division I teams.
The Man in Charge
Morehead State Head Coach Jaime Gordon is in his 11th season in Morehead, leading the Eagles to a 222-129 mark. He has guided MSU to six Ohio Valley Conference championships, one NCAA Tournament appearance and has been tabbed OVC Coach of the Year three times (2003, 2010, 2012).
The 300 Club
Jaime Gordon recorded career win No. 300 on Oct. 26 at UT Martin. He had 80 wins at his first job, West Virginia Wesleyan, and has 222 currently at MSU.
A Look at the Series
According to the MSU record book, Morehead State leads the TSU series 45-8 and has won 11 straight against the Tigers. The Eagles lead the Belmont series 4-1. The only loss came in the 2012 OVC Tournament championship match.
Schell is Doing Well
Senior libero Leslie Schellhaas is the third player in program history with more than 2,000 career digs. She currently has 2,051 and needs just 31 to tie Cherelle Lampkins in second place. Kristina Schoo (2007-10) owns the record at 2,215. Schellhaas ranks ninth in OVC history in digs and is sixth among active Division I player in career digs.
Eight Straight With 20
Morehead State is 21-6 this season, marking the Eagles' eighth consecutive 20-win season.
Charting a Course
Senior outside hitter Aryn Bohannon is the 10th player in program history to join the double grand club (1,000 career kills and digs). Bohannon also now ranks tied for eighth in program history in aces (168) and 10th in sets played (472) and total attacks (3,405).
The Mac Attack
Junior middle blocker Laura McDermott recorded a career-best .455 hitting percentage while collecting 12 kills at Jacksonville State on Nov. 2. That was one night after getting 12 kills via a .364 efficiency at Tennessee Tech. Her effort helped the Eagles tally a season-best .421 team hitting percentage at JSU.
Double-Double Days
Three players, Colbey Cameron, Courtney Smith and Aryn Bohannon, have combined for 29 double-double efforts this year. Cameron and Bohannon lead the way with 10 each.
NCAA Rankings
In the latest NCAA rankings (as of Oct. 28), Leslie Schellhaas is 29th nationally in digs per set. As a unit, Morehead State ranks 41st in Division I with 16.26 digs per set.
A Well-Honored Program
Morehead State has earned four OVC weekly honors in 2013, including three Defensive Player of the Week nods for senior libero Leslie Schellhaas. She now has five career weekly honors. Junior middle blocker Laura McDermott earned her first-ever Offensive Player of the Week accolade this season. MSU also had six all-tournament team selections in the non-conference season. With its four OVC awards this season, the Eagles now have a conference-best 39 weekly honors in the last four years.
