UNI Volleyball Travels to Marquette Invitational

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Women's Volleyball

vs Tennessee Tech

Sep 18

3 p.m.

Green Bay, Wisc.

Women's Volleyball

vs Western Michigan

Sep 19

3 p.m.

Green Bay, Wisc.

Women's Volleyball

at Green Bay

Sep 20

2 p.m.

Green Bay, Wisc.

Women's Volleyball

at UIC

Sep 26

6 p.m.

Chicago, Ill.

Women's Volleyball

at Valparaiso

Sep 27

5 p.m.

Valparaiso, Ind.

Women's Volleyball

at Drake

Sep 30

6 p.m.

Des Moines, Iowa

Women's Volleyball

vs Murray State

Oct 4

1 p.m.

Cedar Falls, Iowa

Women's Volleyball

vs Evansville

Oct 10

6 p.m.

Cedar Falls, Iowa

Women's Volleyball

vs Bradley

Oct 11

5 p.m.

Cedar Falls, Iowa

Women's Volleyball

at Indiana State

Oct 17

5 p.m.

Terre Haute, Ind.

Women's Volleyball

at Evansville

Oct 18

5 p.m.

Evansville, Ind.

Women's Volleyball

vs Illinois State

Oct 24

6 p.m.

Cedar Falls, Iowa

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This Weekend's Action:
Marquette Invitational (Marquette, Wright State, UTSA, UNI)

UNI vs Wright State | Sept. 17 | 10:00 am
UNI vs UTSA | Sept. 17 | 5:30 pm
UNI vs Marquette | Sept. 18 | 6 pm

The Panthers:
- UNI wraps up nonconference action at the Marquette Invitational. The Panthers play the Wright State Raiders and UTSA Roadrunners on a busy Friday before facing the Marquette Golden Eagles, who are receiving votes in the AVCA Top 25 poll, Saturday in the tournament finale.

- The Panthers are coming off a loss in their home opener Wednesday versus Iowa State. The official attendance was 4,123 which gave UNI its biggest crowd for any match since hosting 6,415 fans in its first-ever McLeod Center sellout August 29, 2018 against the Cyclones.

- Tayler Alden led UNI with 12 assists (tied), seven digs, and six kills (tied) Wednesday. Jenna Brandt, a former Iowa State Cyclone, matched the team high in assists with 12. Inga Rotto topped UNI with four blocks including one solo stuff.

- Inga Rotto (101), Kaylissa Arndorfer (67), and Emily Holterhaus (67) are on consecutive match playing streaks to begin their college careers. Also, Tayler Alden is five assists shy of 1,000 career assists going into this week.

- During this past week, the Panthers went 2-1 at the Cougar Challenge and finished in second place behind tournament host Washington State (3-0).

- UNI started the tournament with a dominant sweep of Gonzaga last Thursday. The Panthers hit .444 as a team which represented the best mark for a single match since hitting .471 against George Washington (August 25, 2012).

- The Panthers also tallied 10 aces in their 3-0 win over the Zags. UNI has reached double digits 14 times within the 25-point rally-scoring era (2008 to present) with seven of those instances coming in the 2021 calendar year.

- Tayler Alden and Kaylissa Arndorfer made the Cougar Challenge All-Tournament Team. Alden led UNI with 48 assists and posted 17 of those assists along with eight kills and six digs in the victory against Long Beach State. Arndorfer hit .341 (20-5-44) and recorded her 500th career kill within the tournament.

- The Panthers are back to a regular nonconference slate in terms of size and strength. The Panthers will have 13 matches before Missouri Valley Conference play, and six opponents were ranked or receiving votes in the AVCA Preseason Poll (No. 3 Kentucky, No. 18 Washington State, RV USC, RV Creighton, RV Marquette, RV Wright State).

- UNI returns 13 women that were with the program for the spring season including 2020-21 All-MVC honorees Emily Holterhaus (First Team), Inga Rotto (Second Team), and Tayler Alden (All-Freshman Team).

- Despite the challenges of the delayed 2020 campaign, the Panthers still qualified for the MVC Championship and made it to league semifinals. UNI has earned tournament bids and semifinal berths for a league-record 36 seasons in a row.

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