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Volleyball Set to Host Eastern Illinois Thursday and Friday in Johnson Arena

10/28/2026 9:00:00 AM

By: Dean Hardin, Athletic Media Relations
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Morehead, Ky.-- The Morehead State volleyball team returns home to Ellis T. Johnson Arena Thursday and Friday to square off with Eastern Illinois in a series with Ohio Valley Conference Tournament seeding implications on the line.  
 
Morehead State comes into the week at 5-5 in OVC play, alone in third place in the conference standings. Eastern Illinois comes into the week at 4-4 in league play, tied with Southern Indiana a game behind MSU in fourth on the league table.
 
Thursday's match is scheduled for 5:00 p.m. ET. Morehead State will celebrate Education Day on Friday with a noon start with several hundred area school children taking in the action. Both matches will be aired on ESPN+.
 
RECORDS/STREAK

Morehead State                          9-11, 5-5 OVC/ W 2
Eastern Illinois                            5-14, 4-4 OVC/ W 3

SERIES HISTORY

Record vs. EIU                            27-24
Streak                                           L3
Last Meeting                               L, 3-0 (19-25, 14-25, 21-25) 11/25/25 in the OVC Tournament Final in Charleston, Ill.
First Meeting                               W, 2-0, 9/25/81 in Richmond, Ky.
Record in Morehead                  15-7
Record in Cape Girardeau        11-13                 
Neutral Sites                               1-4



NOTABLES
 
  • Morehead State ranks fourth in the OVC heading into the weekend with 858 kills (12.26 kills per set). The Eagles rank third in the conference with a .200 hitting percentage. MSU ranks fifth in the OVC allowing a .224 opponent hitting percentage.
  • With four weeks left in the regular season, Morehead State has a 5-5 conference record and is alone in third place in the conference standings. The Eagles are a game ahead of Eastern Illinois and Southern Indiana who are both 4-4 in league play.
  • Heading into the weekend, the Eagles are fifth in the OVC with 113 aces on the season, averaging 1.61 aces per set. Senior Amelia Nott and freshman Ella Warrick pace the Eagles (and rank tied for fourth in the OVC) with 26 service aces apiece. Nott's 141 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 third in the Ohio Valley Conference with 133.5 total team blocks, averaging 1.91 blocks per set. Freshman Haidyn Carter leads the Eagles and ranks fourth in the OVC with 57 total blocks averaging 0.88 blocks per set.
  • Senior outside hitter Hollan Everett leads Morehead State and ranks third in the Ohio Valley Conference with 253 kills heading into the weekend, averaging 3.78 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 has 2,409 career assists, which ranks fourth in program history for the modern, 25-point rally scoring era.
  • Senior Amelia Nott has smacked 187 kills this season, averaging 2.67 kills per set, ranking third on the team. She has been efficient: her .358 hitting percentage ranks second in the OVC. Her career .303 hitting percentage is the highest in the Morehead State record book for the modern era and ranks fourth all-time in program history.
  • 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 was named the Ohio Valley Conference Rookie of the Week Monday for her play last weekend at Tennessee State. She opened the weekend with 10 kills and a sparkling .500 hitting percentage. She capped the weekend in the Music City tying for match honors with nine kills and nine digs. She also smacked a service ace in both matches in Nashville. This was Warrick's third Rookie of the Week honor this season.
  • Warrick has slammed 205 kills to date, averaging 2.93 kills per set, which ranks second on the club and ninth in the Ohio Valley Conference. She has posted double figure kill totals in 11 of MSU's 20 matches and has recorded six double-doubles this season.
  • Freshman Haidyn Carter has been a solid performer in the middle for Morehead State in her first season in Morehead.  Two weeks back at Southern Indiana, she set a new career high with nine kills.
  • Carter set her career high of six blocks in the series opener at UT Martin on October 2.
  • Sophomore Riley McCloskey set a new career high with 11 kills last Friday at Tennessee State. The Newport, Kentucky native had 20 swings with no errors for a .550 hitting percentage.
  • 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 1,229 digs.
 
 
SCOUTING THE PANTHERS
 
  • Eastern Illinois is led by Ryan Millar, who is in his second year in Charleston and is 29-22 overall and 19-7 in Ohio Valley Conference play. In his inaugural season at EIU last fall, he guided the Panthers to a 24-8 record. In OVC play the Panthers went 15-3, tying Morehead State for the regular season crown. The EIU upended MSU in the finals of the OVC Tournament last November for the OVC Championship. Millar was named the OVC Coach of the Year last fall.
  • Widely considered one of the greatest middle blockers the United States has ever produced, Millar had a playing career that stretched 15 years as a member of the USA Men's National Team. He is a three-time Olympian, representing the United States in the 2000 Sydney Games, the 2004 Athens Games and the 2008 Beijing Games, where the USA won the gold medal.
  • Junior outside/opposite hitter Katie Kopshever leads the Panther attack with 227 kills, averaging 3.66 kills per set, which ranks fourth in the Ohio Valley Conference. Her 17 service aces lead the club. Last season she was a First Team All-OVC selection after recording 326 kills, averaging 3.02 kills per set and 26 service aces.
  • Junior libero Ariadna Pereles leads the OVC with 279 digs (4.29 digs per set). She was a Second Team All-OVC selection last season after posting 563 digs, ranking second in the OVC, and tied for second on the team with 24 service aces.  
  • Junior opposite Albana Teran is second on the Panther club with 137 kills, averaging 2.21 kills per set. She's second on the team with 33 total blocks.
 
EAGLE MILESTONE WATCH
 
  • Hollan Everett needs just six kills to reach the 1,100 career-kill milestone. She would become just the sixth Eagle 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 three block assists to pass Hanna Sigala (2012-15) for sixth place in the MSU record book for the modern era.
 
 
 
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