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MSU Volleyball Heads to Nashville to Face Off with Tennessee State

10/22/2026 12:30:00 PM

By: Dean Hardin, Athletic Media Relations
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Morehead, Ky.-- The Morehead State volleyball team returns to action Friday and Saturday in Nashville, Tennessee, to face off with the Tennessee State Tigers.  
 
The series tips off the second half of the Ohio Valley Conference schedule for the Eagles, who sit alone in sixth place in the OVC standings, a half of a game behind SIUE in fifth place and a game behind Eastern Illinois and UT Martin who are tied for third in the conference standings at 4-4 in league play.
 
Friday's match is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. ET and can be watched on ESPN+. Saturday's match is scheduled for 1:00 p.m. ET. There is no media coverage scheduled for Saturday's tilt; live stats can be accessed on msueagles.com.
 
RECORDS/STREAK

Morehead State                          7-11, 3-5 OVC/ L 3
Tennessee State                         0-17, 0-6 OVC/ L 17           
 
SERIES HISTORY

Record vs. TSU                            67-14
Streak                                            W5
Last Meeting                                W, 3-0 (25-13, 25-12, 25-18) 10/21/25 in Morehead.
First Meeting                                W, 3-0, (15-5, 15-1, 15-6) 10/1/87 in Morehead.
Record in Morehead                    37-3
Record in Cape Girardeau           27-9                   
Neutral Sites                                  2-2



NOTABLES
 
  • Morehead State ranks fifth in the OVC heading into the weekend with 766 kills (11.97 kills per set). The Eagles rank third in the conference with a .188 hitting percentage. MSU ranks sixth in the OVC allowing a .229 opponent hitting percentage.
  • Heading into the weekend, the Eagles are fifth in the OVC with 98 aces on the season, averaging 1.55 aces per set. Freshman Ella Warrick leads the Eagles (and ranks fourth in the OVC) with 24 service aces. Senior Amelia Nott ranks sixth in the OVC with 23 aces this season.   Nott's 138 career aces are the second-most in the modern era at Morehead State. Aryn Bohannon (2009-13) posted 175 career aces for the most in the modern era.
  • Morehead State ranks second in the Ohio Valley Conference with 126.5 total team blocks, averaging 1.98 blocks per set. Freshman Haidyn Carter leads the Eagles and ranks sixth in the OVC with 53 total blocks averaging 0.88 blocks per set. Nott ranks 10th in the OVC with 51 total blocks, averaging 0.80 blocks per set.
  • Senior outside hitter Hollan Everett ranks second in the Ohio Valley Conference with 237 kills heading into the weekend, averaging 3.89 kills per set. Last season, Everett was a Second-Team All-OVC selection after smacking 335 kills while posting a .213 hitting percentage and adding 62 total blocks, including 21 block solos.
  • Senior setter Sydney Sennett was an All-OVC First Team selection last season after posting 1,089 assists in the 2025 campaign, which ranks as the eighth-highest season total in the modern era at MSU. Her 10.18 assists per set rate ranked second in the Ohio Valley Conference.
  • Sennett has 2,376 career assists, which ranks fourth in program history for the modern, 25-point rally scoring era. Her 5.53 assists per set rate currently ranks sixth in the OVC.
  • Senior Amelia Nott has smacked 169 kills this season, averaging 2.64 kills per set, ranking third on the team. Her .343 hitting percentage ranks second in the OVC. Her career .299 hitting percentage is the highest in the Morehead State record book for the modern era and ranks fourth all-time in program history.
  • Amelia Nott has posted 304 career block assists, ranking seventh in the MSU record book for the modern era. Her 339 career total blocks tally also ranks seventh in the Eagle record book for the modern era.
  • Freshman Ella Warrick has slammed 186 kills to date, averaging 2.64 kills per set, which ranks second on the club and ninth in the Ohio Valley Conference. She has posted double figure kill totals in nine of MSU's 16 matches. She has been named the OVC's Rookie of the Week twice this season.
  • Freshman Haidyn Carter has been a fixture in the middle for the Eagles. Last Saturday at Southern Indiana, she set a new career high with nine kills.
  • Senior Courtney Fitzgerald joined the 1,000-dig club in the opening weekend of the season against Fairfield. She became the 30th Eagle to amass over 1,000 digs. Heading into play this week, she ranks fifth in the MSU record book for the modern era with 1,214 digs.
 
SCOUTING THE TIGERS
 
  • Tennessee State is led by Donnika Sutton, who is in her 10th season as the Tigers' head coach. Sutton has a record of 80-186 at TSU.
  • Junior middle Gabrielle Washington is a force up front: she leads the Ohio Valley Conference with 46 total blocks, averaging 0.98 blocks per set. Her .341 hitting percentage heading into this weekend ranks third in the OVC.
  • The Tiger attack is led by Wiktoria Jakubik with 132 kills on the season, averaging 2.40 kills per set. She ranks third on the team with 32 total blocks.
  • Freshman setter Triniti Jackson ranks third in the OVC with 358 kills, averaging 6.51 kills per set.
 
EAGLE MILESTONE WATCH
 
  • Hollan Everett needs just 22 kills to reach the 1,100 career-kill milestone. She would become just the sixth Eagles to reach that milestone in the modern era.
  • Everett needs five total blocks to hit the 200 mark for her career. Her 44 career block solos rank 6th in the modern era in the MSU record book.
  • Amelia Nott needs four block assists to pass Hanna Sigala (2012-15) for sixth place in the MSU record book for the modern era.
  • Sydney Sennett is 24 assists away from reaching the 2,400-assist plateau for her career. Her 2,376 career assists is fourth-most in the modern era at MSU.
 
 
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