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GAMEDAY BASICS

GAME TIME: 7:00pm
SERIES: Concordia leads 22-15-0
SERIES STARTED: 1978
LAST YEAR’S MATCH RECAP: Concordia made quick work of St. Catherine, sweeping the Wildcats in three games (30-11, 30-15, 30-18) The Cobbers only trailed one time during the entire match and that was for a single point at 2-1 in the third game. Becca Shane was the individual offensive leader for the Cobbers, piling up a match-high 10 kills in limited action. Jacki Barten and Amy Fitzner had seven kills each as the top three Cobber players accounted for more kills than the entire Wildcat team. Emily Gilbertson led the team in digs.
SERIES HISTORY: Concordia has won 17 of the last 18 contests in the series, including a current 12-match winning streak. The last time St. Kate’s beat Concordia was back in 1993.

GAMEDAY OPENING SERVE
(What you need to know about today’s CC-CSC

match-up)

-- Tonight’s match is the final regular season home match for Concordia’s lone senior, Mackenzie Close. She has only been in maroon and gold for one season, she is a transfer student from MSU-Moorhead, but has made the most of her time to help the Cobbers to another record-setting season.
-- Concordia has won ten straight matches and clinched its fifth straight MIAC playoff berth.
-- With two wins in their final two regular-season matches, the Cobbers could post their best record, by winning percentage, in the history of the program. Concordia is 20-2 and two victories would push their winning percentage to .917. The previous top winning percentage was last season when they had a winning percentage of .875.
-- Concordia has posted its fourth straight 20-win season. That is a program record for most consecutive seasons with at least 20 wins. In the past four years, the Cobbers have amassed a 91-24 record. Concordia’s .791 winning percentage over that time is the highest of any team in the conference.
-- The Cobbers will have a week off before their next match. Following the school’s mid-semester break, Concordia will face St. Ben’s in a match that could determine the third seed in the conference tournament.
-- St. Catherine enters tonight’s match having lost their last eight outings. In their last match, they dropped a 3-1 decision to Carleton. The Wildcats won the second game of that match 30-22.
-- The Wildcats are led by sophomore Emily Van Hon and freshman setter Whitney Sparby. Van Hon has a team-high 238 kills and Sparby is sixth in the MIAC in assists per game (8.38 a/gm) in conference games.