KALAMAZOO, Mich. – The Western Michigan volleyball team concludes a three-match road swing on Tuesday night at Eastern Michigan.

WMU (14-9, 6-6 MAC) at EMU (10-14, 4-8)
Tuesday, Nov. 3 | 6 pm | WATCH LIVE | LIVE STATS

FOLLOW ALONG: @WMUVolleyball

END OF THE ROAD
The Western Michigan volleyball team wraps up its three-match road swing on Tuesday night with a visit to Ypsilanti to take on Eastern Michigan.

SERIES HISTORY
Western Michigan comes into Tuesday night with a 79-24 advantage in the all-time series against Eastern Michigan and has won 14 consecutive matchups against the Eagles. The Brown and Gold swept EMU in this season's first meeting back on Oct. 2 in Kalamazoo, with the Broncos notching a season-high tying 13 blocks in the victory.  

LAST TIME OUT
WMU is coming off of a pair of five-set losses at Ohio and Kent State over the weekend. Izzy Swiercz paced the Broncos with 36 kills (3.60/set) for the weekend, which included a new career-high 20 kills on Saturday at KSU. Annalise Patchett had double-doubles in both contests, and also recorded 20 kills, matching her career high, against the Golden Flashes. Leah Richmond handed out 100 assists (10.00/set) in the two matches and racked up a new career-high 62 helpers while registering her team-leading 12th double-double of the campaign on Saturday. 

SETTING THE TABLE
Leah Richmond leads the MAC and ranks 42nd in NCAA Division I with an average of 10.15 assists per set this season. Behind her distribution, Western Michigan is second in the conference and 60th in the nation with a .248 team hitting percentage. 

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 four players averaging at least 2.10 kills per set, led by Annalise Patchett's average of 3.21, which ranks seventh in the conference. The junior has bumped her average to 3.35 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 with a .369 hitting percentage. 

DOUBLE-DOUBLE MACHINES
Western Michigan has been racking up the double-doubles this season and collected four more over the weekend, including one in each contest by Annalise Patchett. Leah Richmond and Izzy Swiercz also had double-doubles on Saturday against Kent State, marking the third time this year three Broncos recorded double-doubles in the same match. Richmond set a single-season program record with 26 double-doubles last year and paces WMU with 12 this season. Patchett has notched nine, Swiercz has five and Carley Piercefield has recorded one.