KALAMAZOO, Mich. – The Western Michigan volleyball team wraps up its three-match road swing on Tuesday night as it travels to DeKalb, Ill., to face NIU.

WMU (6-11, 3-1 MAC) vs NIU (9-4, 2-2)
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END OF THE ROAD
Western Michigan wraps up its stretch of three consecutive road contests on Tuesday evening as it heads to DeKalb, Ill., to face Northern Illinois.

LAST TIME OUT
The Broncos split the first two matches of this road swing, winning at Miami in four on Thursday and falling at Ball State in four on Friday. Leah Richmond collected two more double-doubles for the Brown and Gold, averaging 10.88 assists per set and 3.50 digs per set for the week. Mary Clare Brusek paced WMU in kills for the week, putting down 3.13 per set on a .311 hitting percentage.

DOUBLE-DOUBLE MACHINE
Leah Richmond continues to rack up the double-doubles for the Broncos, and picked up two more last week to run her double-double streak to eight consecutive matches. The redshirt freshman recorded 45 assists and 16 digs in Thursday's win at Miami, and followed that up with 42 assists and 12 digs on Friday at Ball State to increase her season double-double total to 13. For the year, Richmond now leads the MAC in both total assists (626) and assists per set (9.63), with her assist total ranking as the fourth-highest in NCAA Division I. She also ranks just outside of the top-10 in the Mid-American Conference in digs per set at 3.22.

LEAGUE-LEADING LIBERO
Elana Erickson has flourished as WMU's new libero this season. The sophomore has won a pair of MAC Defensive Player of the Week awards and currently sits atop the conference in both total digs (309) and digs per set (4.75). Erickson's 309 digs rank 13th in all of NCAA Division I, while her 4.75 digs per set are 26th nationally. Led by their new libero, the Broncos rank fifth in the nation in total digs (1,125) and ninth in digs per set (17.31).

BRONCO BLOCK PARTY
Western Michigan has recorded double-digit blocks in each of its four conference matches. After recording 16 blocks in the two matches last week, including a season-high 10 in the win at Miami, senior Amanda Glanton leads the conference with 28 total blocks and an average of 1.65 blocks per set in MAC play. As a team, WMU (2.71) is just behind league leader Bowling Green (2.73) in blocks per set in conference play and ranks third in league play in opposing hitting percentage at .143.

SERIES HISTORY
Western Michigan enters Tuesday's contest with a 41-29 lead in the all-time series against Northern Illinois. The Broncos have won five straight in the series, including season sweeps over the Huskies each of the last two seasons.