COLUMBIA, Mo. -- The Mizzou volleyball squad, in conjunction with the Susan G. Komen Foundation, will host a `Dig for the Cure' match on Sept. 16 when the Tigers square off against arch rival Kansas in the fall's first installment of the M&I Bank Border Showdown. $1 from each ticket sold will go directly to breast cancer research while Susan G. Komen breast cancer survivors will receive free admission to the event. Also, an announcement will be made during the match, recognizing the survivors in attendance for their courageous battle with breast cancer. Donations to the Susan G. Komen Foundation will also be accepted on the concourse level throughout the match.

In addition to all of the events that will be held during the match, an online auction will also be held on MUTigers.com following the event. Fourteen pink autographed Mizzou volleyball jerseys will be up for bid and the proceeds from the auction will go directly to the Susan G. Komen Foundation. Fans will also be able to purchase pink and black Mizzou volleyball t-shirts at the event for $10, once again with all proceeds going to aid breast cancer research.

The Susan G. Komen Foundation will also have a booth available at the event to help educate the general public in this disease. Fans are encouraged to come help support the Tigers in their `Border Showdown' and help the community in its showdown with cancer. For more information on this event, stay tuned to www.MUTigers.com.

This Week
With a perfect 3-0 record at home in 2009, the Tiger volleyball squad returns to the friendly confines of the Hearnes Center this Wednesday (Sept. 16) to take on arch rival Kansas in the first M&I Bank Border Showdown of the fall. The match will also serve as the program's first-ever `Dig for the Cure' match which will work in conjunction with the Susan G. Komen Foundation to help raise breast cancer awareness.

`Dig for the Cure'
The match with Kansas marks the first-ever `Dig for the Cure' match for the Mizzou volleyball program. In conjunction with the Susan G. Komen Foundation, $1 from each ticket sold will go directly to breast cancer research while Susan G. Komen breast cancer survivors will receive free admission to the event. Also, an announcement will be made during the match, recognizing the survivors in attendance for their courageous battle with breast cancer. Donations to the Susan G. Komen Foundation will also be accepted on the concourse level throughout the match.

In addition to all of the events that will be held during the match, an online auction will also be held on MUTigers.com following the event. Fourteen pink autographed Mizzou volleyball jerseys will be up for bid and the proceeds from the auction will go directly to the Susan G. Komen Foundation. Fans will also be able to purchase pink and black Mizzou volleyball t-shirts at the event for $10, once again with all proceeds going to aid breast cancer research. The Susan G. Komen Foundation will also have a booth available at the event to help educate the general public on this disease.

Last Time Out
The Tigers went 3-1 and earned second place out of five teams at the Michigan/Pepsi Challenge last weekend. The Tigers topped VCU, Morehead State and Fairfield, but fell to No. 7 Michigan on its home floor. Both Julianna Klein and Paola Ampudia were named to the All-Tournament team after they combined for 84 kills while hitting .254 in the Tigers' four matches during the weekend. Klein led the Tigers with 50 kills while hitting .280 on the weekend.

With the 3-1 record, the Tigers now stand at 7-3 overall as they begin Big 12 play this week.

Rookie of the Week
Junior Paola Ampudia was tabbed as the Big 12 Rookie of the Week for her performance during the Michigan/Pepsi Challenge. Ampudia posted 34 kills - including a career-best 12 against Morehead State - en-route to being named to the All-Tournament team. The honor is Ampudia's first career weekly honor. Along with her career-best 12 kills, Ampudia set career-bests in hitting percentage (.500), attacks (32), digs (seven) and total blocks (4.0) during the four-match tournament.

Mr. 400
With the Tigers' win over Fairfield on Saturday, head coach Wayne Kreklow earned his 400th victory as a head coach. Dating back to his time at Columbia College where he coached both the men's and women's teams, Kreklow has compiled a 400-104 record as a head coach, including a 347-80 mark coaching women's volleyball. 80 of his 347 wins in women's volleyball have come during his time at Mizzou. For a complete list of Kreklow's coaching records, see the complete release link at the top of this page and take a look at page 16.

Crown `Jules'
After getting off to a rocky start during the season-opening Tiger Invitational, junior outside hitter Julianna Klein has been named to two consecutive All-Tournament teams after her performance at the Michigan/Pepsi Challenge. Over her last six matches, Klein has posted 81 kills, 45 digs, six total blocks (three solo, three assists), five service aces and has hit .269 from the left side. She also hit better than .300 in back-to-back matches last weekend for the first time in her career, including a season-best .357 against Fairfield.

She has also posted a pair of double-doubles in that span - against Morehead State (16 kills, 10 digs) and at Michigan (12 kills, 11 digs) - to tie for the team lead in that category. She has also been nearly perfect on service receptions, committing only one reception error on 79 attempts. She has been perfect in her last five matches on 56 attempts.

Milestone for Wang-Francisco
Senior setter Lei Wang-Francisco has passed out 329 assists this season, moving her into sole possession of third-place on the all-time career assist list at Mizzou. She now has 4,006 in her career, which passed former Tiger Cindy Atteberry. She now needs 948 assists to tie Michelle Gerber for second place. If she stays at her average of 32.9 assists per match, she would need 28 matches to do so. With only 22 matches left this season, it is a record to keep an eye on. Passing that mark would also rank her in the Big 12 all-time top five.

Following in her Footsteps?
As Wang-Francisco's time winds down at Mizzou, freshman setter Kate Harris seems up to the task of taking over for her in the future. Harris has seen her playing time increase as of late, highlighted by the Tigers' match with Fairfield at the Michigan/Pepsi Challenge. After Wang-Francisco quarterbacked the offense in the first set, Harris came on and passed out 28 helpers in the final two sets, averaging 14.00 per frame, a career-high total. Harris now has 57 assists on the season and has gained plenty of valuable experience after coming off of the bench this season.

Settin' `Em Up
Lei Wang-Francisco and Kate Harris have led a Tiger offense that ranks 17th in the nation in kills per set this season. The pair have assisted on 13.44 of the team's 14.12 kills per set, a mark that ranks ninth in the nation this season as well. Wang-Francisco ranks 37th in the nation in assist per set with 10.61

...It's Wendy's!
Tiger junior Weiwen Wang currently ranks fourth in the Big 12 with a .400 hitting percentage this season. Wang has committed only five errors on the season while posting 37 kills. Last weekend, Wang hit .435 with 12 kills to pace the Tigers in the middle. Wang is averaging 2.00 kills per set this season.

An Ace in the Hole
Junior libero Caitlyn Vann, who leads the team with 134 digs this season, has added another element to her game this season. Vann has served up 15 aces this season, which ranks tops in the Big 12 this season while her 0.44 per set ranks her second in the league. Vann posted seven aces at the Michigan/Pepsi Challenge last weekend and now has 61 aces in her career, the second-most all-time among active players. She trails only Lei Wang-Francisco, who has 62 and an entire extra season under her belt compared to Vann, who is a junior.

Scouting Kansas
The Jayhawks are coming off of a tournament win at Arkansas in which they did not drop a set while defeating North Texas, Jacksonville State, and finally, Arkansas in the tournament championship match. It was the first time that the team had swept three straight matches since 2005. Kansas (7-2) has won four straight after falling to Florida International during the Jayhawk Invitational September 4. Senior middle blocker Paige Mazour was named the Arkansas tournament MVP and leads the team in attack percentage at .383 and is second on the team in blocks. Also leading the way for the Jayhawks have been junior outside hitter Karina Garlington and sophomore right side hitter Allison Mayfield, who rank first and second on the team in kills at 116 and 101, respectively. Both were named to the Arkansas All-Tournament team.

The Jayhawks and Tigers split last season's series, as Kansas won the first match in Columbia, with Missouri returning the favor later that season with a five-set win in Lawrence. Mizzou leads the overall series with the Jayhawks, 46-33, and have won 10 of the last 14 meetings with Kansas, dating back to Oct. 19, 2002.

Killin' `Em Softly
Entering this weekend, Mizzou currently ranks third in the Big 12 in kills per set with 14.12. Combine that with the Tigers' .243 hitting percentage, which ranks fourth in the league, the Tigers boast one of the top attacks in the league. Mizzou has also assisted on 13.44 of its 14.12 assists per set. What is even more impressive about this stat is that Mizzou does not have a single player in the Big 12's top 10 in kills per set. Instead, the Tigers have five student-athletes that average better than 2.00 kills per set. Mizzou joins Nebraska, Oklahoma and Baylor as the only schools in the Big 12 to have five individuals average at least 2.00 kills per set.

An Efficient Attack
Mizzou hit .354 in its four-set win over Utah Valley last weekend, its best hitting efficiency of the season in a single match. That mark currently ranks as the second-best team hitting-percentage in a three-set match this season. Six Tigers hit better than .300 in the match while two - Paola Ampudia and Weiwen Wang - hit better than .400. Additionally, in the Tigers' three-set sweep of Ole Miss at the Tiger Invitational, the team hit .333. Five of the Tigers' top six attackers in the match hit better than .286 while Catie Wilson had six kills on seven attacks, hitting at a career-best clip of .857. Mizzou hit better than .333 just twice last season - .337 at Texas Tech (10/4) and .427 against Texas Tech at home (11/1). The Tigers efficient hitting is one of the reasons that Mizzou ranks fourth in the Big 12 in digs allowed per set in 2009 at 13.65.

Hitting 70
Mizzou posted 70 kills in that match against Utah Valley as well, which is still the top mark in a single match in the Big 12 this season. The next seven spots in the top 10 were all posted in five-set matches, making Mizzou's 70 kills in a four-set match that much more impressive.

Shutting `Em Down
Mizzou held its opponents to a .135 hitting percentage during the Tiger Invitational, including holding Texas State to a clip of .061, the Tigers' best opponent attack percentage since Sept. 5, 2008 when they held Maryland to a .019 hitting percentage. The Tigers also held BYU to a .130 hitting percentage, due in large part to a season-high 63 digs and 11.0 blocks. Libero Caitlyn Vann collected 18 digs in the match to lead the team. MU also held Morehead State to a .075 hitting percentage last weekend.

Big Night for Brit
Tiger sophomore Brittney Brimmage tallied 13 kills with only one error on 20 swings in the Tigers' four-set loss to No. 17 Utah. That stat line gave Brimmage a .600 hitting percentage in the match, which is the fourth-best single match mark in the Big 12 this season. The .600 clip is also a career-best for Brimmage as she becomes one of only 26 athletes in school history to post a .600 hitting percentage with more than 10 kills.

Ninth Time in Ten Seasons?
Since the Kreklows took over the Mizzou program in 2000, the Tigers have appeared in eight NCAA Tournaments and have ranked amongst the Big 12 and national elite. This season will mark Wayne and Susan Kreklow's 10th year at the helm as they will look to make it nine out of 10 in 2009. The Tigers' best NCAA Tournament run came back in 2005 when they advanced to the NCAA Regional Final after topping Hawaii in the round of 16.

From Colombia to Columbia
Junior transfer Paola Ampudia joins the 2009 Tiger roster after spending two years at Miami Dade Community College. Ampudia, a Cali, Colombia, native, was dubbed Preseason Big 12 Newcomer of the Year by the Big 12's coaches earlier this month. In 2007, Ampudia led Miami Dade to the National Junior College Athletics Association (NJCAA) national title game and helped the Sharks to a 30-0 regular season record that season. For her efforts, Ampudia was named NJCAA National Player of the Year as she ranked in the nation's top 10 in both hitting efficiency (.578) and kills per set (3.85). Ampudia currently has 64 kills, 22 digs and 15.0 total blocks.

A New Addition
There is a fresh new face on the Tiger bench this season and that face is assistant coach Chirs Muscat. Muscat joins the Tiger staff after spending two years as an assistant under coach John Dunning with the Stanford Cardinal women's volleyball team. At Stanford, Muscat was a part of two Pac-10 championship teams and two national runner-up squads. Muscat's many duties while at Stanford included player development, video analysis and opponent scouting. Stanford posted a 63-7 record during Muscat's tenure with the Cardinal and produced seven All-Americans.

As a player, Muscat was a member of two national championship teams at UCLA in 1998 and 2000 as a middle and outside hitter. Due to injury, he sat out during his last season and graduated with a degree in Biology. Muscat's primary responsibilities will be working with the Tigers at the net, working with outside hitters and middle blockers on their attacking and blocking technique, as well as playing a large role in the recruitment of future players to the Missouri program.

One of Mizzou's Finest
Freshman Annie Lopez was recently named to the Omicron Delta Kappa list of top freshmen at the University of Missouri. Only the best 14 students in their first year of college are selected to the group and Lopez had no idea at the time that one of her fellow teammates believed she had the credentials to make the group.

"I received an e-mail one day and found out I had been selected a finalist for the award, and that Lei (Wang) had nominated me," Lopez said. "I was honored that one of my teammates would think so highly of me."

Getting nominated was the first step, but it was far from the last, as Lopez would need to write an essay and submit a resume to make it to round two. She made it to round two, which consisted of an hour-long interview where she, and 20 other people, would be asked questions about themselves and any obstacles they've overcome in their lifetime. Soon after she completed the entire application process, Lopez received word that she had been selected as one of the 14 Omicron Delta Kappa honorees for the 2009 class. Lopez' current major is Textile Apparel Management with minors in Spanish and possibly Business.

All-Access Video and Radio
Be sure to follow the Tiger volleyball program all season long on www.mutigers.com. The matches will be streamed live on Mizzou All-Access and KCOU, Mizzou's student radio station, will provide play-by-play of each home match over the video. Also, all Big 12 road matches will be available for radio streaming on www.mutigers.com.

Tigers on Television
Mizzou will play in three matches that will be televised this season - at home against Colorado on Oct. 7, at Kansas State on Oct. 14 and at Nebraska on Nov. 4. Mizzou's match with Colorado will air on the Mizzou Sports Network while the match against Kansas State will air on FSN-Kansas City. The Tigers' match with Nebraska will air in Lincoln, Neb., on Nebraska Education Television.

Next Up
Mizzou will travel to Norman, Okla., to take on the Sooners at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday (Sept.19).

Updated Player Bios

Lei Wang-Francisco
Handed out 109 assists and posted eight kills and eight total blocks at the Michigan/Pepsi Challenge last weekend ... Passed out a season-high 51 assists against Utah Valley, helping the Tigers to a four-set win ... Totaled 329 assists this season which moved her career total to 4,006, passing Cindy Atteberry and moving into third-place all-time on the Mizzou career assist list ... Her 10.61 assists per set this season rank her fourth amongst setters in the Big 12 this season and 37th nationally ... Named to the Tiger Invitational All-Tournament team after passing out 102 assists during the three matches, good enough for 10.20 per set ... Handed out a then season-best 41 assists in the Tigers' sweep of Ole Miss ... Currently ranks third-best on the team with 65 digs, including a season-best 12 in the Tigers' season-opening match against Texas State ... Pitched in eight kills while hitting .350 at the Tiger Invitational and posted four service aces and five block assists, accounting for 14.5 total points ... Her 10.64 career assists per set also ranks third on the all-time Mizzou assist list ... Needs to play in 18 matches and 45 more sets to move into 10th place in both matches played and sets played all-time at Mizzou ... Entering her fourth season as the Tigers' setter and has posted two triple-doubles in her career and boasts nine matches with at least 60 assists during her career.

Brittney Brimmage
Totaled 54 kills on 111 attacks while committing only 17 errors on the season ... Posted 16 kills and five blocks at the Michigan/Pepsi Challenge last weekend ... Had one of her finest weekends in a Tiger uniform at the UVU La Quinta Invite, finishing with 26 kills while hitting .458 ... Tallied a season- and career-best 13 kills while hitting a career-high .600 in the Tigers' match against Utah ... Her .600 attack percentage in that match is tied for the fourth-best mark in the Big 12 this season and is the best four-set mark ... Totaled 14.0 total points in that match as well, also a career-best ... Pitched in five total blocks on the weekend as well and totaled a season-best two digs against Utah ... Posted 12 kills at a clip of .269 during the opening weekend of play at the Tiger Invitational ... Played in nine sets during the weekend and earned starts in the each of the three matches ... Has accounted for 46.5 total points this season, which ranks fourth on the team ... Has posted 16 blocks this season, which ranks second on the team while her 38 kills ranks her fourth ... Averaging 0.72 blocks per set and has yet to commit a blocking error this season.

Caitlyn Vann
Ranks second in the Big 12 this season, averaging 0.44 service aces per set and is first with 15 overall ... Her 3.94 digs per set ranks seventh in the league ... Pulled in 54 digs and dealt out seven service aces at the Michigan/Pepsi Challenge ... Collected 41 digs - including 17 against Utah Valley - at the UVU La Quinta Invitational ... Led the Tigers with 39 digs during the three-match Tiger Invitational, averaging 3.90 per set ... Posted a season-high 18 digs in the Tigers' win over BYU ... Added 11 digs in the Tigers' sweep of Texas State and posted 10 in the three-set win over Ole Miss ... Helped limit Texas State to a .061 hitting percentage in the first match of the Tiger Invitational ... The .061 hitting percentage was the Tigers' best hitting percentage allowed since holding Maryland to .019 on Sept. 5, 2008 ... Led the team with five service aces during the opening weekend of play, posting a pair of aces against both Ole Miss and BYU and adding another against Texas State ... Added six assists to her ledger, highlighted by three against Texas State ... Has 1,010 career digs and currently ranks 10th place all-time at Mizzou ... Her 3.81 career digs per set currently is the second-best career total for any Tiger, trailing only former Big 12 Libero of the Year Tatum Ailes ... Posted 560 digs in 2008, the third-most in a single season in Mizzou history, trailing only Ailes ... Had the point structure still been to 30, she would have passed Ailes' single-season record by more than 90 digs - according to her percentage of digs per points played.

Amanda Hantouli
Moved her career average blocks per set to 0.92 over the weekend, which now ranks third all-time at Mizzou behind only All-Americans Christy Myers and Nicole Wilson ... Posted five kills on 10 attacks for a season-best .500 hitting percentage against Morehead State during the Michigan/Pepsi Challenge ... Has 320 total blocks in her career and needs just two this week to move into sole possession of fifth place all-time at Mizzou Posted nine kills during the Tiger Invitational and led the team with 13 total blocks (one solo, 12 assists) ... Her eight total blocks (one solo, seven assists) is the seventh-best total in a single match in the Big 12 this season and is the second-best total in the a three-set match in 2009 ... ... Needs 18 solo blocks this season to gain sole possession of 10th place on the career solo block list ... Is 20 matches shy of moving into 10th place all-time on the matches played list as well ... Is one of only two seniors on this season's squad and led the Tigers with a .253 hitting percentage last season and has led the Tigers in attack efficiency in each of the last two seasons.

Julianna Klein
Earned a spot on her second-straight All-Tournament team after being named to the Michigan/Pepsi Challenge team ... Tallied 50 kills while hitting .280 on the weekend and pitched in 13 digs ... Hit a season-best .357 against Fairfield, her best hitting percentage since Nov. 1, 2008, when she hit .444 against Texas Tech at the Hearnes Center, and hit .324 the match before against Morehead State ... Posted two double-doubles on the weekend - at Michigan (12 kills, 11 digs) and vs. Morehead State (16 kills, 10 digs) - for her first two of the season ... Did not commit a reception errors on 41 chances ... Posted 30 digs and five service aces on the weekend as well ... Named to the UVU La Quinta All-Tournament team after finishing with 38 kills, 18 digs and six blocks while hitting .229 ... Hit .286 with a season-best 16 kills in the Tigers' win over Utah Valley ... Posted 15 kills against No. 17 Utah, her second-best total of the season ... Pitched in three solo blocks and three block assists during the UVU Invite as well ... Finished in a tie for second on the team after posting 21 total kills in the Tigers' three matches during the Tiger Invitational, good enough for 2.10 per set ... Added 15 digs in the opening weekend of play as well ... Added a then season-best two total blocks (two assists) in that match ... Has 815 career kills - the most among active Mizzou players - and ranks 10th all time with 3.55 points per set and 3.09 kills per set in her career ... Had six kill-dig double-doubles in 2008 and led the team with 3.46 kills per set ... Finished the season with 393 kills, including four matches with more than 20 kills ... Finished the season with a total of 1,257 attacks, the third-most in a single season ever by a Tiger ... Had a career-high 66 attacks at Texas A&M last season, finishing the five-set match with 20 kills ... Finished 2008 with 258 total digs as well, which ranked third on the team behind Lei Wang-Francisco and Caitlyn Vann.

Rosa Medrano
Finished the Michigan/Pepsi Challenge with 27 kills and 13 digs while pitching in two service aces and seven total blocks ... Tallied 23 kills, six digs and two blocks at the UVU La Quinta Invitational ... Named Tiger Invitational Tournament Most Valuable Player after totaling 43 kills (4.30 per set) and 28 digs (2.80 per set) and accounting for 47.5 total points ... Posted 19 kills, 14 digs and a .424 hitting percentage in the Tigers' sweep of Ole Miss, all career-best numbers ... Had a career-best 43 attacks in the Tigers' four-set win over BYU ... Added a season- and career-best three aces in that match as well ... Hit a respectable .221 from the left side during the weekend and led Mizzou with 104 total attacks, 27 more than the next-closest attacker ... Her 19 kills against Ole Miss are the third-best three-set mark in the Big 12 this season ... Her three total aces in the BYU match is the third-best single-match mark in the league this season and tops in the a four-set match in the Big 12 ... Posted a team-best eight kills while hitting .500 at the annual Black and Gold scrimmage ... Teammate of current Tiger Paola Ampudia at Miami Dade Junior College before attending Mizzou.

Kate Harris
Played in five sets during the Michigan/Pepsi Challenge and passed out 34 assists, including a career-best 28 in the Tigers' win over Fairfield ... Played each of the final two sets of that match at setter and averaged 14.00 helpers per frame ... Passed out 15 assists while playing in the final two sets of the Tigers' match against No. 17 Utah ... Entered the Utah match in the third set when the score was 19-14 in favor of Utah and finished the set with five assists, four of which were to different attackers ... Came back and started the fourth set at the setter position and passed out a then set career-best 10 helpers ... Nine of those assists came on quick sets to middle hitters Brittney Brimmange and Weiwen Wang ... The other came on a right-side set to Paola Ampudia ... Added a dig in the Utah match as well, tying her career-best, set earlier in the tournament against Washington State ... Handed out five assists in that match against WSU while playing in only the final 11 points of the third set.

Paola Ampudia
Named to the Michigan Pepsi/Challenge All-Tournament Team after posting 34 kills, 10 blocks and 13 digs and was named Big 12 Rookie of the Week ... Hit a season-best .500 with 11 kills against VCU during the tournament and followed that with a 12-kill performance against Morehead State while hitting .250 ... Tallied 23 kills while hitting .274 at the UVU La Quinta Invitational ... Collected six digs and added two blocks in the tournament and registered the first service ace of her career ... Overall, she accounted for 25.0 total points while playing primarily on the right side ... Played in 10 of the 11 Tiger sets at UVU and posted eight kills against both Utah and Washington State ... Had seven kills with only one attack error while hitting .400 against Utah Valley ... Played in six sets during the Tiger Invitational and posted seven kills while adding three total blocks (two solo, one assist) while accounting for 9.5 total points on the weekend ... Best match of the Tiger Invite came against BYU when she tallied five kills while hitting .200, two solo blocks, three total blocks, two digs and 7.5 total points, which at the time were all season-best marks ... Was named Big 12 Preseason Player of the Year and was the 2007 National Junior College Athletics Association (NJCAA) Player of the Year ... Played on the same team - Miami Dade College - as current Tiger junior Rosa Medrano.

Priscilla Armendariz
Added 33 digs to her ledger at the Michigan/Pepsi Challenge last weekend, moving her season total to 82, which ranks second on the team ... Had 10 digs against VCU, nine against Michigan and eight against Fairfield ... Served a career-best two aces against both Morehead State and VCU, tying her career-best in points and aces ... Had seven aces during the tournament, moving her season total to nine, which is tied for second on the team ... Had 26 digs at the UVU Invitational, highlighted by a season-best 14 against Utah Valley ... Pitched in eight digs against Utah and added four against Washington State ... Added a service ace to her ledger against Washington State ... Posted 23 digs in three matches at the Tiger Invitational, averaging 2.30 per set, both of which ranked third on the team behind Caitlyn Vann and Rosa Medrano, during the Tiger Invitational ... Had a then season-best 12 digs in the Tigers' win over BYU and posted six against Ole Miss and five against Texas State ... Added an ace in the Tigers' match against Texas State ... Played in all 115 sets during the 2008 season while starting in 21 contests ... Racked up 250 total digs on the season and finished the campaign with the fourth-most digs on the team.

Annie Lopez
Notched 17 digs at the Michigan/Pepsi Challenge, good for 1.55 per set, moving her season total to 46, which ranks sixth on the team ... Posted an individual tournament-best seven digs in the Tigers' match at Michigan ... Collected 16 digs at the UVU La Quinta Invitational ... Her best match of the tournament came against No. 17 Utah when she tallied seven digs and posted a season-high two service aces ... Boasted a .947 reception percentage at the UVU Invite while committing just one reception error on 19 attempts ... Finished the Tiger Invitational with 13 total digs, including a season-best nine in the Tigers' four-set win over BYU ... Pitched in three digs against Texas State, helping limit the Bobcats to a .061 hitting percentage, and posted one dig against Ole Miss ... Saw action in nine of 10 sets over that weekend and handed out one assist ... Totaled 242 digs in her first season as a Tiger, a mark that ranked fifth on the team in 2008.

Weiwen Wang
Currently ranks fourth in the Big 12 with a .400 hitting percentage on the season ... Hit a season-best .500 with six kills against Morehead State at the Michigan/Pepsi Challenge with six kills, also her best of the season ... Passed out three assists against Morehead State, a season-high and hit the six-kill mark against Michigan as well ... Pitched in a season-best two total blocks against No.7 Michigan ... Hit .435 with 12 kills at the Michigan/Pepsi Challenge ... Key contributor for the Tigers at the UVU La Quinta Invitational after playing in only five sets at the Tiger Invite ... Posted a .412 hitting percentage and totaled 16 kills on 34 attacks with only two errors ... Her .412 attack efficiency was second on the team during the weekend ... Posted nine kills while hitting .348 during the Tiger Invitational while playing in five sets throughout the tournament ... Had a season-best six kills while hitting .333 against BYU, a match in which she added a dig and accounted for 6.0 total points ... Posted a season-high 18 attacks in the Tigers' four-set win over BYU ... One of the Tigers' top attackers during the 2008 season, finishing ranked second on the team in both kills (246) and hitting efficiency (.242) ... 2007 Big 12 Freshman of the Year and finished 2008 with 90 total blocks, ranking her second on the team.

Catie Wilson
Currently leads the team with 30 total blocks (six solo, 24 assists) this season ... Finished the Michigan/Pepsi Challenge with an impressive stat line as she posted 30 kills at a .289 clip with 12 blocks, 11 digs and four service aces ... Posted 11 kills at a .455 clip, both of which are her second-best totals of the season, against Fairfield ... Collected a four digs in that match as well and finished the Morehead State match with a career-best six digs ... Hit .338 with 31 kills and eight blocks (four solo, four assists) during the Utah Valley La Quinta Invitational ... Had a career-best 12 kills and a season-high 29 total attacks in the Tigers' match against Washington State ... Added a career-best two solo blocks against Utah Valley and added 11 kills in that match while hitting at a clip of .381 ... Tied a career-best with 15.0 total points in that match as well ... Named to the Tiger Invitational All-Tournament team after finishing the Tigers' three matches with 21 kills while hitting a team-best .385 and pitching in 10 blocks (two solo, 10 assists) ... Hit an impressive .857 with six kills in the Tigers' win over Ole Miss to pace the team; her .857 hitting percentage is a career-best and the third-best in a single match in Mizzou history ... Had a then season-best eight kills against BYU while hitting .429 and had seven kills against Texas State ... Posted a team-high two solo blocks and accounted for 10.0 total blocks after adding eight block assists at the Tiger Invitational ... Served three aces, moving her weekend point total to 30.0, which ranked second on the team behind only Rosa Medrano ... Earned 83 kills despite only seeing action in 57 sets in 2008 ... Posted a career-best 12 kills at Kansas State last season and finished 2008 averaging nearly 1.46 kills per set while hitting .239, third-best on the team.