SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – The Augustana volleyball team will attempt to start a new winning streak Tuesday night as they play their final midweek match of the regular season. The Vikings will be traveling to Wayne, Neb. to take on the Wildcats of Wayne State at 7 p.m.
 
First Serve
• Bailey Koch set a career-high in blocks against Upper Iowa with 8
• This will be Augustana's eighth match this season against an AVCA Top-25 team
• This will be the second meeting between the two schools this season
• The Vikings are going for their first season sweep against Wayne State since 1996
 
Series History vs Wayne State
• Augustana will be looking to sweep the season series against the Wildcats for the first time since 1996
• The Vikings lead the all-time series 24-18-1. The lone tie came back in 1981
• After losing four of the first five matches in the series, Augustana won 18 straight before losing a match in 2005
• The Vikings have won three of the past 10 matches
• Wayne State has been ranked in the AVCA Top-5 in each of the last three matches and have been ranked in the top-25 in 14-straight meetings
 
Last Time They Played
• Augustana vs Wayne State: Sept. 20, 2016 in Sioux Falls; Augustana defeated Wayne State 3-1 (22-25, 25-11, 25-20, 25-10)
 
A Look at Wayne State
Wayne State enters Tuesday's match with a 15-5 overall record and a 6-5 record in the NSIC. Their five conference losses this season is the most they have had since 2013 when they lost eight conference matches. In their last three matches the Wildcats are 1-2. Their two losses came to Concordia-St. Paul and Winona State. They won their last match 3-0 over Upper Iowa.
 
The Wildcats have been led this season by Michaela Mestl who has a team leading 205 kills in 20 matches. She is averaging 3.06 kills be set on a hitting percentage of .182. She has added 16 assists and 33 service aces to her offensive totals. Defensively Wayne State is by Alex Opperman who has 86 total blocks this season. Of her 86 blocks 14 were solo blocks. She is averaging 1.28 blocks per set.
 
Augustana in the Rankings
• Augustana dropped to No. 8 in this week's AVCA Top-25
• The Vikings have been ranked in the AVCA Top-25 poll a total of 210 times of the possible 392 polls. Only Central Missouri has been ranked in every AVCA Poll.
• Augustana trails North Dakota State by just six weeks for the eighth spot for most weeks ranked in history
• The Vikings 210 appearances in the AVCA Poll is the 9th most all-time. The only NSIC team to have more appearances is Minnesota Duluth, who have been ranked the third most times with 316
• The Vikings have been ranked in the AVCA Top-10 for four straight weeks
• Augustana's highest rank in school history was second back on Dec. 5, 2000
• The Vikings have had a lot of success in program history and it shows with the number of top-10 rankings the program has earned. Augustana has been ranked in the top-10, 73 times. That is the 22nd most top-10 rankings in Division II history
 
When Playing AVCA Top-25 Opponents
• In 2016 Augustana is 4-3 against team's ranked in the AVCA?Top-25
• The Vikings are 3-1 against the AVCA?Top-5 in 2016
• Over the last two season's the Vikings have complied a 7-12 record against teams ranked in the AVCA Top-25. During that time Augustana is 4-7 against the AVCA?Top-5