SCHEDULE
MOREHEAD, Ky. – With the regular season right around the corner, the Morehead State volleyball team is set to put the finishing touches on the preseason Saturday in an exhibition match at Miami (OH).
The Eagles and Redhawks are set to face off in Oxford, Ohio at 3:00 p.m. ET.
Morehead State comes into the season ready to open a new era, as Head Coach
Kyrsten Becker-McBride enters her first season at the helm of the Eagle volleyball program. MSU was picked to finish fifth in the OVC in the conference's official preseason release.
2022 RECORDS
- Morehead State: 14-16 (10-8 OVC)
- Miami (OH): 7-22 (2-16 MAC)
SERIES RECORDS
- In regular season action, Morehead State is 5-7 vs. Miami (OH), with the last meeting coming in 2007.
NOTABLE
- Morehead State comes into the season with a nearly even ratio of returning players and new faces. Seven Eagles returned from the 2022 squad with six freshmen joining the team in 2023.
- First year Head Coach Kyrsten Becker-McBride is not a newcomer to the MSU volleyball program, having spent 12 seasons as an assistant under former Head Coach Dr. Jaime Gordon.
- The last time Morehead State had a new coach take over the volleyball program, Dr. Jaime Gordon led MSU to an OVC Regular Season Championship (2003).
- Returning middle blocker Irene Wogenstahl comes into her redshirt junior season off two campaigns that saw her named Second Team All-OVC. In 2022, Wogenstahl registered 212 kills and 115 total blocks. She set the program single-match block assists record vs. SEMO with 13 on Nov. 11, 2022, and comes into the season on the Preseason All-OVC Team.
- Also returning is junior middle blocker Sydney Wyman, who was named Preseason All-OVC as well after being named Second Team All-OVC in her first season at MSU. Wyman finished third on the team in both kills (221) and blocks (52) last season.
- Defensive specialists Peighton Isley and Shea Hefner are both back for the 2023 campaign. In 2022, the pair combined for 646 digs in 107 sets, with Isley leading the team with 384 digs of her own.
- Junior hitter Maycie Welborn finished second on the team in points (304.5) and first on the team in points per set (3.27).
