DENTON, Texas -- Midwestern State opens play at the Denton Volleyfest by taking on Ouachita Baptist and Northwestern Oklahoma State Friday at Kitty Magee Arena.

Midwestern State vs. Ouachita Baptist

Friday, September 2 | 10 a.m.
Kitty Magee Arena | Denton, Texas

Series History | Midwestern State leads, 4-2

Last Meeting | In the final game of the Arkansas Tech Tournament on Sept. 12, 2015, Meghan Bettis led Midwestern State with 18 kills and a .378 hitting percentage, but Ouachita Baptist committed just six errors and finished with an attack percentage of .375 to defeat the Mustangs in three tight sets, 25-22, 28-26, 27-25.

Match Notes | Midwestern State earned its first win of the Stephanie Radecki era with a five-set win over Minot State (22-25, 25-11, 19-25, 25-20, 15-12) to close out the Nebraska-Kearney Fall Classic… Aaliya Burras was named to the All-Tournament team after averaging 2.62 kills per set with a .274 hitting percentage… Burras hit more than .300 in each of the final three matches… Sadie Portmann leads Midwestern State with 38 points through four matches… Autumn Roach has five service aces and 57 assists for the Mustangs… Ouachita Baptist is coming off a 25-20, 25-17, 25-18 win over Cameron in the final match of the Reddie-Tiger Invitational… Kayla Steinmeyer leads Ouachita Baptist with 2.93 kills per set and 47 points. Emily Adams is hitting .348 with just six errors on 92 attacks through 15 sets and four matches.

Midwestern State vs. Northwestern Oklahoma

Friday, September 2 | 10 a.m.
Kitty Magee Arena | Denton, Texas

Series History | Midwestern State leads, 2-1

Last Meeting | Sarah Rosinke finished with 21 assists and 10 digs for the Mustangs, who suffered a fifth consecutive road loss on Sept. 30, 2014. Northwestern Oklahoma prevailed at Percefull Fieldhouse in Alva, Oklahoma, 25-16, 25-14, 28-26. The Rangers hit .379 in the opening two sets. Outside hitter Ashanti Banks had 14 kills in the victory for NWOSU.

Match Notes | The two schools are meeting at a neutral site for the first time… The first-ever meeting was at D.L. Ligon Coliseum, and the Mustangs breezed past the Rangers, 25-14, 25-19, 25-22, in the second match of the 2013 season at the Hampton Inn-vitational…In an encounter at Percefull Fieldhouse in Alva, Oklahoma, in November of 2013, MSU dropped the opening set but rebounded for a 21-25, 25-15, 25-22, 25-13 victory…The Mustangs are spending the first of two weekends at Kitty Magee Arena… Next week, Midwestern State will face four conference foes in the LSC Crossover event at Texas Woman's University…Northwestern Oklahoma won three of its four matches at the Missouri Southern State Tournament last week, dropping a five-set decision to the host school, 20-25, 25-20, 25-23, 21-25, 12-15…The Rangers hit .270 through their first four matches of the season…Freshman OH Addison Wimmer entered the Denton Volleyfest with 4.33 kills per set and 67.5 points through four matches and 15 sets for NWOSU…Sophomore MH Carmae Jones entered the event with a hitting percentage of .393 with just three errors on 28 attacks for the Rangers.

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