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Volleyball to Host UT Martin to Close Out Regular Season

11/17/2025 8:30:00 AM

By: Dean Hardin, Athletic Media Relations
Schedule Page (Links to Live Video, Live Stats) | Match Notes
 
Morehead, Ky.-- Morehead State Volleyball will close out the regular season with a two-game series against UT Martin Wednesday and Thursday in Johnson Arena.   

Morehead State comes into the match after dropping two matches to Eastern Illinois last week in Charleston, Illinois. The Eagles are in second place in the Ohio Valley Conference standings, a game behind EIU.  

UT Martin comes into Morehead on a two-match winning streak after their series sweep over Tennessee State last week. The Skyhawks swept TSU last Thursday and then outlasted the Tigers in a five-setter on Friday.

The matches are scheduled for 5:00 p.m. ET, Wednesday and 12:00 p.m. ET Thursday. Both matches can be seen on ESPN+.
 
RECORDS/STREAK

Morehead State           (19-8, 13-3 OVC)/ L 2
UT Martin                        (4-23, 3-13 OVC)/ W 2
 
SERIES HISTORY

Record vs. UTM                           50-14
Streak                                              W 4
Last Meeting                                W, 3-2 (20-25, 25-14, 20-25, 25-14, 15-9) on October 12, 2024, in Martin, Tennessee
First Meeting                                W, 2-0 on October 4, 1975, in Cookeville, Tennessee.
Record in Morehead                 25-6
Record in Martin                        18-8
Neutral Sites Record                5-0
 
NOTABLES
  • Morehead State ranks first statistically in service aces (94, 1.81 aces per set) and blocks (2.37 blocks per set) in the OVC. The Eagles are second in the OVC statistically with 14.12 kills per set and hitting a .256 attack percentage on the season.
  •  M.E. Hargan has piled up 408 kills this season: that's the 8th-highest tally in the modern, 25-point rally scoring era. She needs six more for the 7th-highest tally and 24 for the 6th-highest kills total.
  • Hargan's name is littered about the MSU record book for the modern era: 4,086 Total Attacks (2nd), 97 Service Aces (t-10), 36 Block Solos (10th), 903 Digs (9th).
  • Hargan leads the OVC in kills (4.48 kills per set) and points (5.28 points per set). She ranks 5th in the OVC with 35 service aces (0.38 aces per set)
  • Amelia Nott is also prominent in the record book: career 278 Total Blocks (9th), career Block Assists (9th), 104 career Service Aces (t-4th), her .284 career Hitting Percentage (3rd) and her .345 Hitting Percentage this season (2nd).
  • Nott ranks 2nd in the OVC with her .345 hitting percentage. She ranks 8th with 33 service aces (0.36 aces per set). In conference play, she ranks 10th in the OVC with 49 total blocks (0.94 blocks per set).
  • Hollan Everett has 37 Block Solos in her career, which is tied for 8th in the record book for the modern era with Maddie Fella (2015-18).
  • Everett's 19 Block Solos this season ranks tied for 10th in a season with Emma Keough's tally set in the 2009 season.
  • Everett ranks 7th in the OVC in conference matches averaging 3.25 kills per set.
  • Everett has hit 2,434 Total Attacks in her career (8th in modern era).
  • Sydney Sennett has piled up 1,836 assists in her career, which ranks 7th in the modern era in the MSU record book.
  • Sennett's 903 assists this season is the 10th-highest season total in the modern era.
  • Courtney Fitzgerald has 910 career digs. That's ranks 8th in the modern era in the MSU record book. 
  • Senior Bailey Brashear ranks 8th in the OVC with 82 total blocks, averaging 0.90 blocks per set.
  • Sophomore Tinsley Brown is tied with teammate Nott for 5th in the OVC with 20 aces in conference matches.
 
SCOUTING THE SKYHAWKS
  • The UT Martin attack is led by the one-two punch of Kayla Bryant and Kylie Surratt. Bryant has smacked 279 kills, averaging 2.76 kills per set. Surratt has notched 239 kills per set averaging 2.52 kills per set.
  • Bryant ranks second in the OVC this season with 42 service aces, averaging 0.42 aces per set.
  • Freshman Carly Mueller leads the Skyhawks up front with 85 total blocks this season.
  
MILESTONE WATCH
  • Hargan is three blocks away from 200 for her career.
  • Hargan is 14 attacks away from 4,100 swings in her career.
  • Nott has notched 599 kills in her career, just one away from the 600-kill plateau.
  • Everett is 12 kills away from 800 in her career.
  • Everett has scored 882 career points, 18 away from 900.
  • Bailey Brashear has compiled 196 career Block Assists, four shy of 200.
 
 
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