Game Day Info
No. 8 Lindenwood (11-15, 7-11 OVC) at No. 1 Eastern Illinois (21-7, 15-3 OVC)
Sunday, November 23rd | 4:00 p.m. 
Charleston, Ill. | Gardella Family Court
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First Serve
The Lindenwood women's volleyball team opens post-season play this weekend. The Lions are the No. 8 seed in the OVC Tournament and will face No. 1 seed Eastern Illinois in the opening round. LU enters the field as defending tournament champions.

Quick Hitters

• Lindenwood is hitting a conference fourth-best .201 as a team while allowing an opponent hitting percentage of .218.
• The Lions are fifth in the OVC with an average of 12.80 kills per set.
• Autumn Bax is fourth in the league in kills per set (3.46) and seventh in points per set (3.80).
• Alayna Rudebeck is second in the conference with an average of 0.42 service aces per set.
• Dana Grib's average of 4.36 digs per set is fifth best in the OVC.

All Conference 
Autumn Bax was named a First Team All-OVC selection on Saturday morning. The sophomore has now garnered all-conference acclaim in each of her first two seasons in the black and gold after being named OVC Freshman of the Year in 2024. In conference play, she was third in the OVC in total kills (248), kills per set (3.82), and points per set (4.18).

Scouting the Panthers

• Little Rock is hitting .229 as a team while limiting their opponents to a conference second-best .176 attack percentage.
• The EIU attack is led by Destiny Walker with 392 kills for an average of 4.04 kills per set, which is second best in the OVC. She is also second in the conference in points per set (4.49).
• Katie Kopshever is ninth in the OVC in kills per set (3.17) and points per set (3.65).
• Ariadna Pereles in second in the league in total digs (519) and digs per set (4.99), while Emma Schroeder posts a conference best 1.13 blocks per set.
• The Panthers are a perfect 9-0 on their home court this season.

Series History
Record vs. EIU: 4-4
First Meeting: Nov. 11, 2022 (W, 3-0)
Last Meeting: Sep. 27, 2025 (L, 1-3)
Away Record: 1-3

2025 Leaders
Kills: Autumn Bax (336)
Assists: Amelia Thro (532)
Aces: Alayna Rudebeck (40)
Digs: Dana Grib (423)
Blocks: Jade Roth (78.0)

Last Time Out
Lindenwood concluded the regular season with a 3-2 win over Little Rock on Wednesday evening. The victory snapped a five-game skid for the Lions and pushed their record at Hyland Arena to 5-4 on the year. Autumn Bax ended the match with a team-high 18 kills on a .311 attack percentage. She was followed by Ashley Geluck with 16 kills on an even better .333 percentage. Geluck also posted two service aces and two blocks for 19.5 total points, which matched Bax who added a pair of rejections to her performance.

Next Up
The winner of Sunday's match with play the winner of No. 4 Southeast Missouri and No. 5 Little Rock on Monday at 6:00 p.m.