Follow the Matches
The Omaha volleyball team plays its first home matches at Baxter Arena this season with two matches against Kansas City. The Mavericks take on the Roos on Sunday, Feb. 7 at 11 a.m. and on Monday, Feb. 8 at 6:30 p.m.
Links to live stats and video are available on OMavs.com.
Socially-distanced single-game tickets are available for purchase through Ticketmaster.com, OMavs.com/MyMav or by phone at (402) 554-MAVS. Tickets must be purchased in advance, as walkup sales will not be permitted at Baxter Arena.
Quick Hits
- Omaha is 2-2 (1-1 Summit League) on the season after a split last weekend at Denver.
- The Mavericks are coming off their first-ever win in Denver with a 3-1 victory over the Pioneers on Monday.
- Freshman McKenna Ruch had her second double-double of the season with a season-high 17 kills and 11 digs while Sami Clarkson had her 12th career double-double with season-high totals of 44 assists and 12 digs.
- Ruch and Sadie Limback pace the Maverick attack with 3.62 and 3.29 kills per set, respectively.
- Senior Claire Mountjoy is seventh in the Summit League with 4.36 digs per set.
- Head coach Matt Buttermore is in his second season at Omaha and is one win shy of 200 career victories.
Scouting the Kansas City Roos
- Kansas City is 2-0 (2-0 Summit League) on the season after sweeping North Dakota State at home last weekend.
- Maddie Renn was named Summit League Defensive Player of the Week after tallying 5.1 digs per set in KC's weekend sweep vs. NDSU.
- Melanie Brecka leads the Summit League with 4.75 kills per set.
- The Roos were picked fourth in the Summit League Preseason Poll after going 17-12 in 2019 while competing in the WAC.
- Head coach Christi Posey is in her 10th season at Kansas City and has a record of 147-118 with the Roos.
All-Time Against Kansas City
Kansas City leads the all-time series over the Mavericks, 7-6-1. In their last meeting, Omaha posted a 3-1 win over the Roos in the Omaha Challenge on August 31, 2018 in Baxter Arena.
Mavericks in Home Openers at Baxter
Omaha is 3-2 all-time in home openers at Baxter Arena. The Mavericks swept Western Illinois in three matches in their debut at Baxter on Nov. 1, 2015.
Omaha has won the last two home openers in Baxter with victories over Abilene Christian in 2019 and Kansas City in 2018.
Looking Ahead
The Mavericks travel to Vermillion, S.D., for two matches at South Dakota on Sunday and Monday, Feb. 14-15.
