By RICK PETERSON
TopSports.news
No. 9-ranked Washburn will go on the road Tuesday to face Emporia State at White Auditorium. [File photo/TSN]Washburn returns to home on Friday, hosting Fort Hays State at 6 p.m.
Senior Austin Broadie leads the Washburn offense with 175 kills (3.50 per set) while hitting .389, third best on the team. She has started all 15 matches and has also has logged 31 blocks with 37 digs.
Broadie has eight double-digit kill matches and ranks 16th nationally in hitting percentage and third in the MIAA. She is second among conference players in kills per set.
Bella Limback is slashing a team-high .552 with 98 kills (2.04 per set) while playing and starting in all 15 matches. She has also added 52 blocks, a team high, and served seven aces.
Limback has hit over .400 in all but two matches this season with two double-digit kill efforts. She leads the nation in hitting percentage and is sixth in the MIAA in total blocks and fifth in blocks per set.
Alex Dvorak is second on the team with 51 blocks (1.06 per set) on the season while starting all 15 matches. Offensively she has 91 kills (1.98 per set) along with hitting .428, second best on the team. She has recorded five or more blocks in seven matches.
The senior ranks eighth in the nation and second in the MIAA in hitting percentage among qualified hitters. She is also sixth in the MIAA in blocks per set.
Corinna McMullen has started all 15 matches this season to lead Washburn with 322 assists (6.57 per set). She has also chipped in 16 service aces while ranking second on the team with 124 digs (2.53 per set). The senior has delivered nine matches of 20-plus assists and six double-doubles. She ranks seventh in the conference in assists per set.
Junior libero Taylor Rottinghaus leads the Ichabods with 204 digs (4.08 per set). She has chipped in 61 assists while serving 19 aces, a team-high. Rottinghaus has two matches with at least 20 digs. She ranks seventh in the MIAA in digs per set and 11th in total digs.
Washburn is second in the nation and leads the MIAA with a .309 team hitting percentage.
The Ichabods are 12th nationally and second among MIAA teams with 2.55 blocks per set.
On the defensive side Washburn is limiting opponents to a .114 hitting percentage, good for sixth nationally and second in the MIAA.
The Ichabods are dishing out 13.82 assists per set on offense, good for third in the nation and second in the MIAA.
Washburn knocks down 14.68 kills per set to rank fifth in all Division II and second among MIAA programs.
The Hornets are receiving votes in the latest AVCA poll.
Nyia Anderson leads Emporia State with 155 kills (3.04 per set) while starting in 14 matches and playing in all 15. She is second on the team with 131 digs (2.57 per set) and has 12 blocks. She is sixth in the MIAA in kills per set.
Boglarka Rady tops the Hornets with 230 digs (4.26 per set) while playing in all 15 matches. She has added 66 assists with nine aces. She is sixth in the MIAA in digs per set.
Brailee Bogle controls the passing attack with 337 assists (6.24 per set) while starting in all 15 matches. She has served 13 aces and scooped 103 digs (1.91 per set).
Emporia State has a 55-43 edge in the all-time series. Washburn has won the last 14 meetings and is 17-24 against the Hornets in Emporia.
