HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ky. – With a break in Horizon League action following a pause from IUPUI, the Northern Kentucky volleyball team will host Cincinnati in a 6 p.m. match on Tuesday, Feb. 23, at Regents Hall.
 
Game Information
Northern Kentucky University Norse (3-3 Overall, 3-3 Horizon League)
University of Cincinnati Bearcats (4-2 Overall, 2-0 American Athletic)
Tuesday,  Feb. 23 – 6 p.m. (ET)
Highland Heights, Ky. | Regents Hall (1,346)
Stats: Live Stats
 
Quick Hitters
• NKU split two games at Green Bay last week, winning in four on Monday before losing in five on Tuesday
• Northern Kentucky hosts local-foe Cincinnati on Tuesday night at Regents Hall.
• NKU and UC are all tied up at 7-7 in the series, but the Norse have won 2-of-3 in the DI era, including a five-set thriller in 2019.
• NKU ranks 56th in digs per set (16.57).
• NKU is coming off of a 19-13 season in which it won the Horizon League Tournament championship and played in its first-ever NCAA Tournament.
• NKU also earned its first top-50 RPI finish, checking in at No. 49 in the final rankings of the 2019 season. In the first ranking of the 2019 season, NKU was 43rd, which is its highest ever.
• NKU had 423 days between matches, lasting from Dec. 6, 2019 until its match versus Wright State on Feb. 1, 2021. It waited an even lengthier 456 days between home contests (Nov. 10, 2019-Feb. 8, 2021).
• The Norse were picked to finish second in the #HLVB Preseason Poll for the second-straight year, garnering three first-place votes and 111 points, one behind favorite Wright State.
• S/RS Miranda Wucherer has two triple-doubles on the year, which are the second most in the nation. She is also riding a streak of three-straight matches with a double-double.
• Wucherer was named Horizon League Player of the Week on Feb. 11 after averaging 3.00 kps, 5.88 aps, 2.00 dps, 0.88 bps and hitting .300, as well as recording a triple-double against Cleveland State.
• All-Horizon League honoree OH Anna Brinkmann has opened the 2020-21 campaign with four-straight double-doubles. She's averaging 3.06 kps and 2.94 dps.
• Brinkmann was a 2019 AVCA All-North Region honoree, the second Norse to earn the honor.
• L/DS Ashton Terrill is coming off a campaign in which she earned her second-straight postseason accolade. She was named an all-league honorable mention in 2019 after being a first-team performer in 2018.
• Terrill is working her way up the Norse annals, scooping 1,730 digs in her career to rank 2nd all-time at NKU.
• Terrill's 5.13 dps rank 39th in the country.
• MB/OPP Abby Kanakry was both a Horizon League All-Freshman and All-Tournament honoree in 2019 after averaging 2.38 kills per set behind a .274 hitting percentage. She was also stout at the net with 0.69 bps.
• Kanakry has 10 aces on the year so far and is averaging 2.70 kps.
• MB/OPP Kaelin Gentile boasts a .347 attacking percentage, good for 99th-best in the nation.
• OH Reilly Briggs returns for her second season with the Norse. Briggs was a #HLVB All-Freshman Team performer last year and is averaging 2.50 kps.

*** Please note that Horizon League regulations due not permit fan attendance at volleyball matches this year due to COVID-19.