DENVER, CO. - Omaha volleyball takes to the road Thursday night for a Summit League match in Denver against the Pioneers at 7 p.m. CT. The game will be televised on the Summit League Network. Live Stats can be followed on denverpioneers.com.

Omaha (6-10, 4-1 Summit League) is coming off their third sweep in Summit League play, a 25-14, 25-18, 25-13 win over visiting North Dakota State Saturday. Denver (7-8, 2-3) has claimed two straight wins in the conference (3-2 at North Dakota State, 3-2 at home over St. Thomas) after dropping their first three Summit League matches this year. 

The Mavericks lost the most recent meeting between these two teams, (3-2, in Denver, 11/8/23) but have claimed wins in five of the last six clashes. 

Omaha is led by their impressive kill squad of junior Kali Jurgensmeier (180 kills), grad student McKenna Ruch (178), senior Shayla McCormick (136) and sophomore Amanda Hardt (108). Ruch (1,020) recently joined McCormick (1,050) in Omaha's 1,000 career kills club. Sophomore Ivy Leuck is fifth in the league in assists (62 sets, 464 assists, 7.48 assists per set). Ruch's 405 career blocks rank 35th in NCAA DI among active players. 

The Mavericks are alone in second place in the Summit League standings, just back of unbeaten South Dakota State (15-0, 5-0). 

All Summit League matches are broadcast live on the Summit League Network.

Tickets are on-sale now at OMavs.com/Tix.

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