By RICK PETERSON
TopSports.news
No. 10-ranked Washburn volleyball will be on the road for a pair of MIAA matches Thursday and Friday. [File photo/TSN]Senior Austin Broadie leads the Washburn offense with 154 kills (3.50 per set) while hitting .384, third best on the team. She has started all 13 matches and also has logged 27 blocks with 32 digs.
Broadie has seven double-digit kill matches and ranks 26th nationally in hitting percentage and third in the MIAA. She is third amlong conference players in kills per set.
Alex Dvorak leads the Ichabods with 46 blocks on the season while starting all 13 matches. Offensively she has made 83 kills along with hitting .422, second best on the team. She has recorded five or more blocks in six matches. The senior ranks 11th in the nation and second in the MIAA in hitting percentage. Dvorak is also sixth in the MIAA in blocks per set.
Corinna McMullen has started all 13 matches this season to lead Washburn with 277 assists. She has also chipped in 14 service aces while ranking second on the team with 105 digs. The senior has seven matches of 20-plus assists and five double-doubles. She ranks sixth in the conference in assists per set.
Junior libero Taylor Rottinghaus leads the Ichabods with 177 digs and has also chipped in 53 assists while serving 15 aces, tied for a team best. Rottinghaus has two matches with at least 20 digs.
Bella Limback is slashing a team-high .579 with 87 kills while starting all 13 matches. She has also added 43 blocks, second most on the team and served six aces. She has hit over .400 in all but one match this season with two double-digit kill efforts. She leads the nation in hitting percentage and is ninth in the MIAA in total blocks and blocks per set.
Washburn is third in the nation and leads the MIAA with a .307 team hitting percentage.
On the defensive side Washburn is limiting opponents to a .125 hitting percentage, good for 13th nationally.
The Ichabods are dishing out 13.84 assists per set on offense, good for third in the nation and second in the MIAA.
Pittsburg State fell to 7-5 overall and 1-1 in the MIAA after dropping a three-set match to No. 2 Central Oklahoma last time out.
Maliyah Johnson has started 11 of 12 matches to lead the Gorillas with 131 kills while hitting .245. On the defensive end she has added 34 blocks with 32 digs. She is 10th in the MIAA in total kills.
Josie McCroskey leads the Gorilla defense with 235 digs and has also served 13 aces and made 52 assists. She is second in the MIAA in digs per set.
Anna Dean leads Pittsburg State's defense at the net with 62 blocks on the year (1.44 per set). She has started all 12 matches with 76 kills while hitting .253 with 11 aces. She ranks 10th in the nation and leads the MIAA in blocks per set.
Washburn leads the all-time series between the two teams, 66-22. The Ichabods have won the last 31 meetings in the series overall.
Newman has lost seven matches in a row after a 3-0 loss to No. 2 Central Oklahoma last time out.
Isabella Limb is leading the team with 119 kills while hitting a team-best .311. She has served six aces with a team-high 30 blocks.
Brooklyn Lane paces Newman with 180 digs. The libero has also served a team-high 20 aces and added 38 assists.
Madalyn Hoot controls the Jets offense with 390 assists, a team high.
Washburn leads the all-time meeting with Newman 23-5 with wins in the last 21 meetings, including a 3-0 win at home earlier this season.
Washburn has a quick turnaround next week, traveling to Emporia State on Tuesday, Oct. 7, at 6 p.m.
