Follow The Matches
The Omaha volleyball team opens Summit League play this weekend with a pair of matches at Denver. The Mavericks take on the Pioneers on Sunday, Jan. 31 at 4 p.m. and on Monday, Feb. 1 at 3 p.m.
Both matches will be played at Hamilton Gymnasium in Denver, Colo. Links to live stats and video for both matches are available on OMavs.com.
Quick Hits
- Omaha is 1-1 on the season after splitting with No. 15 Creighton and UNI last weekend.
- Freshman McKenna Ruch posted a double-double (13 kills, 12 digs) in her Maverick debut at Creighton before totaling 14 kills in 3-1 win vs. UNI.
- Senior Claire Mountjoy was named Summit League Defensive Player of the Week after tallying 36 digs and 5.14 digs per set last weekend.
- Mountjoy is seventh all-time in program history and ranks No. 10 among NCAA's active career leaders with 1,494 digs.
- Sami Clarkson notched her 11th career double-double with 39 assists and 10 digs in a 3-1 victory vs. UNI.
- Omaha returns four starters from last year, including 10 letterwinners.
- Head coach Matt Buttermore is two wins shy of No. 200 in his career.
- Buttermore is in his second season at the helm of the Maverick program and ninth season overall as a head coach.
Scouting the Denver Pioneers
- Denver was selected second in the Summit League Preseason Coaches' Poll while receiving two first-place votes.
- The Pioneers advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the sixth straight year and won their fifth Summit League Championship with a 23-9 overall record in 2019.
- Lydia Bartalo and Tina Boe were named to the Summit League's Players to Watch List.
- Bartalo was named AVCA All-American, AVCA Midwest All-Region Team and Summit League Player of the Year in 2019 while Boe was selected to the All-Summit League Team.
- Denver returns 12 players from last season and welcomes four newcomers to this year's team.
- Head coach Tom Hogan enters his fifth season at Denver and holds a record of 96-27 with the Pioneers.
All-Time Against Denver
Sunday's matchup marks the 17
th all-time meeting between Omaha and Denver. The Pioneers lead the series over the Mavericks, 15-1.
Omaha's lone victory came in a three-set sweep at Baxter Arena on Oct. 24, 2015.
Mavericks in Summit League Openers
Omaha is 5-3 in Summit League openers since its first season in the Summit League in 2012. The Mavericks are 3-0 in Summit League openers on the road and currently have a three-match win streak in the conference openers with two wins over South Dakota State and a victory vs. North Dakota in 2019.
Looking Ahead
Omaha continues Summit League play next weekend as the Mavericks host Kansas City. The teams begin the two-match series on Sunday, Feb. 7 at 11 a.m. before wrapping up the series on Monday at 6:30 p.m.
