Volleyball Visits IUPUI Tuesday for ESPN3 Showdown

TUESDAY'S LINKS
Tuesday, Sept. 5 at IUPUI (7 p.m.) | Live Stats | ESPN3

WHAT TO WATCH FOR TUESDAY
• THE WEEK AHEAD: The Ball State women's volleyball team opens a four-match week Tuesday, when it travels down I-69 to battle in-state rival IUPUI for a 7 p.m. first serve at The Jungle ... From there, the Cardinals will hop on a plane and travel to Fort Collins, Colorado, for the Colorado State University Tournament ... Ball State will battle the host Rams (2 p.m. ET / Noon MT) and Idaho State (10 p.m. ET / 8 p.m. MT) on Friday, and after a day off, will square off against Michigan (Noon ET / 10 a.m. MT) Sunday.

• SERIES VS. IUPUI: While the Cardinals hold a 14-5* lead in the all-time series, the Jaguars have won the last two meetings in the series ... Last season, IUPUI picked up a 3-1 (25-23, 15-25, 25-21, 25-16) victory in Muncie on Aug. 31 ... In its last trip to The Jungle, Ball State suffered an 0-3 (27-29, 19-25, 18-25) setback on Sept. 2, 2015 ... Ball State is 5-3* in matches played at The Jungle.
ALL-TIME SERIES VS. IUPUI

10/31/1981	Ball State	3-1 (15-12, 15-12, 6-15, 15-7)	H
10/29/1982	Ball State	2-0 (15-7, 15-8)	H
9/3/1988	Ball State	3-2 (11-15, 15-4, 4-15, 15-8, 15-8)	H
11/2/1999	Ball State	3-0 (15-7, 15-8, 15-7)	H
9/14/2000	Ball State	3-0 (15-12, 15-10, 15-6)	A
9/5/2001	Ball State	3-0 (30-15, 30-23, 30-18)	H
9/16/2003	Ball State	3-1 (30-32, 30-27, 30-23, 30-28)	A
9/21/2004	Ball State	3-0 (30-11, 30-22, 30-22)	H
9/6/2005*	IUPUI	3-1 (30-28, 28-30, 30-23, 30-21) - Vacated	A
9/6/2006	Ball State	3-2 (30-23, 28-30, 26-30, 30-22, 16-14)	H
9/11/2007	IUPUI	3-0 (30-23, 30-20, 30-21)	A
9/9/2008	IUPUI	3-1 (23-25, 25-19, 25-19, 25-20)	H
9/15/2009	Ball State	3-0 (25-20, 25-22, 25-23)	A
9/7/2010	Ball State	3-0 (25-19, 25-22, 25-11)	H
8/30/2011	Ball State	3-0 (25-12, 25-18, 27-25)	A
9/1/2012	Ball State	3-0 (25-19, 25-16, 25-21)	A
9/17/2013	Ball State	3-0 (25-21, 25-15, 25-23)	H
9/2/2015	IUPUI	3-0 (29-27, 25-19, 25-18)	A
8/31/2016	IUPUI	3-1 (25-23, 15-25, 25-21, 25-16)	H

Series: Ball State leads the series 14-5* (Home: 9-2 | Away: 5-3* | Neutral: 0-0)
*Denotes the IUPUI home win in 2015 was vacated

• FOLLOW THE ACTION: Ball State fans not able to make it to Indianapolis for Tuesday's match can watch the contest live on ESPN3 and the WatchESPN app ... Live stats will be available for the match ... In addition, fans can follow the Cardinals on twitter (@BallStateWVB) for regular updates ... Links for Tuesday's ESPN3 broadcast and live stats can be found above.

• IN-STATE ACTION: Tuesday's match will be Ball State's fourth against an in-state opponent so far this season ... After a season-opening loss at Indiana (Aug. 25), Ball State has topped Indiana State (Aug. 26) and Fort Wayne (Sept. 2) ... Following IUPUI, the Cardinals have two more matches versus in-state competition as it hosts Evansville (Sept. 14) and travels to Butler (Sept. 16).
• Ball State boasts an 876-576-2 (.603) all-time record in women's volleyball over 45-plus seasons of play ... The Cardinals have won eight MAC Regular Season Championships, six MAC Tournament Championships and made eight appearances in the NCAA Tournament.

BALL STATE VOLLEYBALL QUICK HITS
• By winning all three matches in the Ball State Active Ankle Challenge, the Cardinals improved to 251-78 (.763) all-time record in Worthen Arena.

• In improving to 5-1 with last Saturday's win over Fort Wayne, the Cardinals are off to their best start since the 2011 squad won its first nine matches ... In addition, the team's current five-match winning streak ties as the program's longest since an 11-match run from Sept. 7 to Sept. 28, 2013.

• Ball State's 17.0 total blocks in last Friday's win over Bradley were the most in a match for the Cardinals since a 19.0 blocking effort versus South Dakota on Sept. 19, 2015 ... Junior opposite Emily Holland and redshirt junior middle Avery Devoe were each credited with eight total blocks in the win ... Holland's eight block assists were a career high, while Devoe's eight total blocks (three solo and five assists) tied her career high set at Morehead State on Sept. 9, 2016.

• Ball State opened the Active Ankle Challenge with a dominating 25-7 opening set victory over Navy (Sept. 1) ... The 25-7 set victory ties as the second-largest in the 25-point rally scoring era (2008-present) in program history ... The only larger set victory was a 25-5 opening set win versus Tennessee State on Sept. 3, 2010 in another match Ball State swept at home.

• Junior outside attacker Brooklyn Goodsel was named the Most Valuable Player of the Ball State Active Ankle Challenge after leading the Cardinals offense with 43 kills and a 4.30 kill-per-set average for the event ... She smashed a season-high 18 kills in the sweep of Navy, while blasting 17 in the 3-1 victory over Bradley ... She closed the tournament with eight kills versus Fort Wayne ... Goodsel also served up a career-high four aces versus the Braves, while collecting 24 digs for a 2.40 digs-per-set average over the tournament.

• Junior outside attacker Ellie Dunn earned all-tournament honors at the Ball State Active Ankle Challenge after ranking second on the team in kills (34) and kills-per-set average (3.40) at the event ... She opened the tournament with 12 kills versus Navy, while adding a season-high 14 versus Bradley and eight against Fort Wayne ... Dunn also average 0.70 blocks and 0.40 digs per set during the tournament, while hitting .265 (34-8-98).

• Junior opposite Emily Holland was Ball State's final representative on the Active Ankle Challenge All-Tournament Team after averaging 2.20 kills and 1.00 block per set over the event ... She logged a career-high eight total blocks against Bradley, while smashing a match-high nine kills in the win over Fort Wayne ... Overall, she paced Ball State's attackers with a .320 (22-6-50) attack percentage in the tournament.

• Ball State's defense came to play at the Active Ankle Challenge, limiting its opponents to a combined .103 (116-75-397) attack percentage ... In fact, the Cardinals held all three opponents to season-low attack percentages; Navy at .155 (30-14-103), Bradley at .106 (53-34-179) and Fort Wayne at .052 (33-27-115).

• Four Cardinals finished the win over Indiana State (Aug. 26) with double digit kills; Brooklyn Goodsel (12), Ellie Dunn (10), Meg Starling (10) and Sydnee VanBeek (10) ... It's the first time four Ball State players have logged double digit kills in the same match since a 3-2 victory over Appalachian State on Sept. 10, 2016 ... It's also the first time Ball State has had four players log double digit kills in a three set match since Nov. 18, 2008 versus Eastern Michigan ... The players involved in that match were Alisha Green (12), Julie Breivogel (11), Elaina Kakatolis (10) and Jennifer Boyd (10).

• With her team-high 44 digs at the Ball State Active Ankle Challenge, sophomore libero Kate Avila raised her career total to 606 ... Avila is 308 digs shy of breaking into the top 20 in program history, with Kaylee Schembra's (2008-11) career total of 914 digs in her sights this season.

• In leading the Ball State offense with 43 kills last weekend, Brooklyn Goodsel raised her career total to 564 ... She needs 239 kills to catch Carin Zielinski's (1992-94) career total of 803 to break into the top 20 in program history.

• Sophomore setter Amber Seaman continues her climb up the Ball State record books, becoming just the 14th player in program history to eclipse 1,000 career assists versus Indiana State (Aug. 26) ... With 201 assists so far this season, Seaman ranks 12th in program history with 1,173 career assists ... She needs 424 more to catch Tiffany Steven's (1992-95) career total of 1,597 for 11th in program history.

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Players Mentioned

Kate Avila

Avery Devoe

Ellie Dunn

Brooklyn Goodsel

Emily Holland

Amber Seaman

Meg Starling

Sydnee VanBeek