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WVU to Cap Nonconference Play at RMU
October 11, 2016 06:23 PM | Volleyball
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Looking to end a three-game skid, the West Virginia University volleyball team travels to Robert Morris to cap its nonconference schedule on Wednesday. First serve is scheduled for 6 p.m. inside the Charles L. Sewall Center in Moon Township, Pennsylvania.
The Mountaineers (10-9, 2-4) are coming off back-to-back losses to Big 12 foe Oklahoma at home, while the Colonials (9-12, 3-3 Northeast Conference) swept LIU Brooklyn at home.
“Robert Morris is a solid team,” said WVU coach Reed Sunahara. “They went to the NCAA Tournament in 2015, so it will be a good challenge for us. We need to get better every day, and Wednesday will be a good opportunity.”
West Virginia is 19-5 all-time against Robert Morris, falling to the Colonials by a score of 3-1 in Morgantown last season. They Mountaineers registered a 3-0 sweep in their last trip to Moon Township back in 2014, and are 4-3 on the road against the Colonials. The series dates back 36 years to 1980, with WVU taking a 2-0 win in the inaugural matchup before claiming the next10 meetings as well.
The Mountaineers enter the match with an 8-5 mark in nonconference play and 2-2 on the road this year. They are 221-105 all-time in non-league matches.
Payton Caffrey earned her fourth Big 12 Rookie of the Week accolade on Monday. The freshman outside hitter led the WVU this past weekend, averaging 4.29 kills per set against the Sooners to rank fourth among all Big 12 players for the week. She was fifth in points at 4.64 per set. Caffrey is the first WVU player to earn more than three honors in one season and the nine Big 12 player to earn the rookie of the week award four times since the awards inception in 2008.
Following their return from Pennsylvania, WVU will host Baylor in a Big 12 match on Saturday at 3:30 p.m. at the WVU Coliseum in Morgantown.
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