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Thu, Oct 22, 2009 - [Volleyball]
From left, Courtney Flory, Kristin Waechter and Stacie Muir will cheer for a win Oct. 24
From left, Courtney Flory, Kristin Waechter and Stacie Muir will cheer for a win Oct. 24

It's another chance for a quality win for the Indiana University East volleyball team.

The Red Wolves (20-9, 4-0 Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) head to College of Mount St. Joseph on Oct. 24 for a noon match.

The NCAA Division III Lions are 16-8 overall. MSJ has won four matches in a row and eight of its last nine.

IU East seeks its first win against a team with a winning record since a victory against Kentucky Christian University on Oct. 3. The Red Wolves have lost their last four matches against teams with winning records.

"We put together a very tough schedule, and we're kind of paying for that right now," said IU East coach Charlie Brown. "If we were playing at the level we need to be playing at and are capable of playing at, these matches would be wins. But right now, we are still trying to figure out who we are. We're trying to find that continuity on the court.

"We've got individual players doing really well, but we need all six players on the court doing well. When we do that, we're a tough team to beat."

The Red Wolves can match the program's NAIA-era record for wins in a season with a victory on Oct. 24. The 2007 team won 21 matches.

IU East freshman setter Lauren Crump is 41st in the NAIA in assists per game with 9.6.

MSJ's Jamie Grauvogel is eighth in the NCAA's Division III in kills per game with 4.48.