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Wildcat volleyball team prepares to take on tigers tonight

Published: Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Updated: Wednesday, October 14, 2009 02:10

The K-State volleyball team returns home tonight, seeking to halt a seven-game losing streak.

The Wildcats (6-10, 0-6 Big 12 Conference) will face the Missouri Tigers (12-6, 4-3), who are coming off wins against Texas Tech and Colorado. K-State leads the all-time series between the two schools 39-30 and holds a commanding 21-5 record since the inception of the Big 12 Conference in 1996.

Hoping to continue the current four-game winning streak against the Tigers, the Wildcats are excited to be back home.

"It's great to be home," senior middle blocker Kelsey Chipman said. "It's tough playing road games. Especially with the talent in the Big 12, it's really nice to have the opportunity to have two home games in a row."

Missouri, who is looking to rebound from missing its first NCAA tournament in eight years, comes in with a 1-5 (0-3 Big 12 Conference) record on the road this year.

"We're working on [Missouri] a lot today, but they're kind of a new team," Chipman said. "They're working some new junior college players in and they're very good. They just beat [Texas] A&M not too long ago, so they're a very good team. We have to play well to beat them."

Leading the Tigers is redshirt junior outside hitter Julianna Klein with 3.24 kills per set, along with her 1.97 digs per set. Junior middle blocker Catie Wilson has been a consistent contributor and has a .353 hitting percentage.

K-State will counter with junior outside hitter JuliAnne Chisholm, who leads the team with 190 kills, and with junior libero Lauren Mathewson, who averages 4.14 digs per set.

Tonight's match features Greek Night, a competition between fraternity and sorority houses to see who can bring the most members to the match.

Tonight's match is the first of a two-game homestand for the Wildcats and will be aired on Fox Sports Kansas City. First serve is set for seven.

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