KALAMAZOO, Mich. – The Western Michigan volleyball team begins a three-match road trip with a pair of matches in Ohio this weekend. The Broncos are set to battle Ohio on Friday evening in Athens and then visit Kent State on Saturday.

WEEKEND SCHEDULE
Match One: Friday, Oct. 30 | 6 pm | WMU at Ohio | WATCH LIVE | LIVE STATS
Match Two: Saturday, Oct. 31 | 4 pm | WMU at Kent State | WATCH LIVE | LIVE STATS

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ON THE ROAD AGAIN
The Western Michigan volleyball team begins a three-match road trip this weekend with contests at Ohio and Kent State. The Brown and Gold are 6-6 away from home so far this season.

SERIES HISTORY
The Broncos enter Friday's contest against Ohio with a 38-27-1 advantage in the all-time series. The two teams split a pair of four-set contests to wrap up the regular season last year in Athens. WMU owns a 45-16 lead in the all-time series against Kent State heading into Saturday's match. The Brown and Gold have won eight straight meetings with the Golden Flashes. 

LAST TIME OUT
Western Michigan wrapped up a 3-1 homestand by splitting a pair of contests against Buffalo last weekend in Kalamazoo. Leah Richmond helped the Brown and Gold hit .295 for the series, leading the team in both assists (68, 8.50/set) and digs (36, 4.50/set) on the way to a pair of double-doubles. Gabby Weihe paced the WMU attack 22 kills (2.75/set) on a blistering .422 hitting percentage. 

RICHMOND REACHES 2,000
Leah Richmond eclipsed 2,000 assists for her collegiate career in last Saturday's match against Buffalo. The redshirt sophomore leads the MAC and ranks 44th in NCAA Division I with an average of 10.17 assists per set this season. Behind her distribution, Western Michigan is ranked 39th in the nation with a .258 hitting percentage. WMU owns a league-leading .262 mark in conference play.

BALANCED BRONCOS
Leah Richmond has been spreading the ball around for WMU, with six different Broncos having recorded double-digit kills at least once this season. Western Michigan has five players averaging more than 2.05 kills per set, led by Annalise Patchett's average of 3.19, which ranks eighth in the conference. The junior has bumped her average to 3.36 kills per set in MAC matches, the sixth-best mark in the conference. Gabby Weihe has been the most efficient hitter for the Brown and Gold, ranking third in the league and 37th nationally with a .393 hitting percentage. 

DOUBLE-DOUBLE MACHINES
Western Michigan had two players record double-doubles in each match against Buffalo, with Leah Richmond registering one in both contests, and both Annalise Patchett and Izzy Swiercz collecting one apiece. Richmond set a single-season program record with 26 double-doubles last season and leads the Brown and Gold with 11 so far in 2026. Patchett has notched seven this year, Swiercz has four and Carley Piercefield has one.