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Upcoming in Gray Wolves Volleyball: Lourdes plays its final matches prior to the start of Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference action this weekend, hosting its annual Gray Wolf Invitational.  Lourdes will entertain Shawnee State and Grace on Friday before facing West Virginia Tech in the tournament finale on Saturday.

Head Coach Greg Reitz: In his 10th season on the Lourdes bench, Greg Reitz has a 184-121 (.603) record at the helm of the Gray Wolves.  In his 11th season overall as a women's head coach, Reitz has a 204-156 (.567) career mark.  He is the only head coach in Lourdes program's history and was named WHAC Coach of the Year in 2015.

Series Notes: Lourdes will be meeting both Shawnee State and West Virginia Tech for the first time this weekend.  Grace holds a 2-0 all-time advantage against the Gray Wolves in a series that began Aug. 23, 2013.  The Lancers won the initial meeting in three sets in Dearborn, Mich. before downing Lourdes 3-1 on Aug. 25, 2017 in Winona Lake, Ind.

Wrapping Up Last Week: Lourdes dropped all four contests at the GoSarpy.com Labor Day Classic last weekend.  The Gray Wolves began the weekend falling 25-14, 25-9, 25-13 to host Bellevue on Thursday night.  Kylee McBride led the Gray Wolves with seven kills.  On Friday, Ottawa (Kan.) defeated Lourdes 25-21, 25-14, 25-21 despite 10 kills from McBride.  Morningside downed the Gray Wolves Friday evening 25-14, 25-22, 25-19 with McBride again leading the way with 12 kills.  McBride had 12 more kills on Saturday against Evangel, but the Gray Wolves fell 25-21, 25-21, 25-10.

Scouting Shawnee State: The Bears enter the week having won two straight matches after defeating Bluefield and Rio Grande in straight sets each last Saturday.  Shawnee State hosts Lindsey Wilson on Wednesday before visiting the Gray Wolf Invitational.  Macie Rhoads leads the Beards with 118 kills and is hitting .262 on the season while Maria Kolinoff has handed out 210 assists.  Emilee Cochran has a team-high 12 service aces.  Defensively, Stacia Martin leads Shawnee State with 125 digs while Isabella Gill has registered 17 total blocks.

Scouting Grace: The Lancers enter the weekend having dropped six straight matches after falling in four sets at Mount Vernon Nazarene on Tuesday night in the team's Crossroads League opener.  Anna Frey leads Grace with 108 kills on the year while Alexa Hill has handed out 290 assists.  Caroline Mayer has a team-best six service aces.  Gina Novotny leads the Lancers defensively with 130 digs while Makayla Bell has registered 31 blocks.

Scouting West Virginia Tech: The Golden Bears went 3-1 at last weekend's tournament, but had its four-match winning streak snapped in the finale with a five-set loss to Point Park.  Katelyn Byrd has a team-high 89 kills while Carolina Bologna is hitting .365 thus far this season.  Konstantina Pateli has dished out 293 assists for West Virginia Tech while adding 16 service aces.  Defensively, Sawyer Hawgood has tallied 179 digs while Bologna has 30 blocks, including eight solos.

Gray Wolves in Home Openers: Lourdes is 8-1 all-time in home openers, including 3-0 inside the Russell J. Ebeid Recreation Center. The Gray Wolves have won six consecutive home openers, with the lone loss coming in 2012 to 17th-ranked Madonna.  In last year's first home match, Lourdes scored a 3-1 victory over Taylor in the Gray Wolf Invitational.

McBride Paces the Offense: Kylee McBride led the Lourdes offense in kills in all four matches last weekend in her first action on the collegiate level.  The freshman finished the tournament with 41 total kills, an average of 3.42 per set, and tallied double figure kills in each of the final three matches.

Getting Defensive: Alli Plasencio had at least nine digs in all four contests last weekend for Lourdes, averaging 4.83 digs per set.  The sophomore set a career-high with 25 digs against Morningside in the third of the four contests on the weekend.

In the Record Books: Lourdes has several players who rank among the top-10 all-time in program history in various statistical categories.  Angelica Dippold is second all-time with 1,308 career digs and is sixth in both matches played (90) and sets played (312).  Sarah Wisser enters the weekend ranked ninth all-time with 329 career assists.

Mixing Up Lineups: Lourdes had 18 of the 20 players on its roster see action during the opening weekend, with 17 players appearing in at least three of the 12 sets.  Only Elise Sanford, Kylee McBride, and Alli Plasencio were on the floor in all 12 sets for the Gray Wolves.  

This and That: Lourdes is 31-6 all-time inside the Russell J. Ebeid Recreation Center ... Megan Vayansky had four of the Gray Wolves' 11 service aces last weekend ... Elise Sanford was involved in eight of Lourdes' nine blocks to open the year.