DALLAS - After recording a pair of clean sweeps of Missouri State last weekend, WKU is the league's sole unbeaten team in conference play. Liberty, MTSU and Sam Houston are tied in second place with a 3-1 conference record. 

KEEPING IT 100   
Four CUSA teams rank within the top 100 of the NCAA D1 Volleyball RPI Rankings. WKU leads the pack with a ranking of 28, Missouri State is second at 71, Liberty sits at 77 and Middle Tennessee rounds out the list at 83.  

GIVE ME 10
Kennesaw State’s Olivia Burrage recorded her second career double-double on Friday with 10 kills and 10 blocks, while hitting .467. She had total of 15 blocks on the week, tallying five more blocks in the Owls 3-0 win over FIU on Saturday. Freshman Hunter Cook came off the bench on Saturday and recorded a career-high 10 kills in just two sets while hitting .571. She entered the weekend with just three career kills on nine attacks over nine sets played, then more than tripled her career kill total in one match.

PLAYING CLEAN VOLLEYBALL
Middle Tennessee had a pair of clean sweeps of Delaware last week. The Blue Raiders are now 4-1 at home and have won eight of their last nine. Middle Tennessee surpassed its win total from 2025, clinching a better record than last season. MTSU has swept four opponents in 2026. Michaela Dlouhá was efficient for the Blue Raiders tallying 24 kills on an impressive .625 hitting clip, while adding nine blocks and three service aces. She is sixth in the country in total blocks with 77.

KNIGHT AND SHINING ARMOR   
Freshman outside hitter/middle blocker Eliza McKnight has erupted as one of WKU’s most consistent scorers. She ranks second in CUSA in hitting percentage with .417.  McKnight earned her second consecutive Freshman of the Week honor after posting 17 kills on a .593 hitting clip in the Hilltoppers 2-0 weekend over Missouri State. On Saturday, the freshman put down nine kills with a match-best .643 hitting mark with zero attack errors.

FLAMES TURNING UP THE HEAT 
Liberty hit a season-best .454 in the Flames’ 3-0 win over Jax State on Saturday. Liberty’s .454 hitting percentage was its best in any true road match in rally-scoring history since 2001. Paige Overcash led the Flames with 24 kills, averaging 4.00 kills per set on a .525 hitting clip. Alison Bierwagen and Charli Crowson earned Setters of the Week honors after averaging a combined 12.84 assists per set, along with a .518 set conversion rate. Melis Ural played elite defensive averaging 4.50 digs per set, helping Liberty outdig the Gamecocks and hold them to .145 hitting percentage.