{"id":427297,"date":"2026-10-14T04:54:22","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T04:54:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/427297\/"},"modified":"2026-10-14T04:54:22","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T04:54:22","slug":"miami-hits-the-road-for-a-pair-of-matches-at-emu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/427297\/","title":{"rendered":"Miami Hits the Road for a Pair of Matches at EMU"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>THIS WEEK: Miami continues Mid-American Conference play by traveling to Eastern Michigan on Thursday, Oct. 15 at 6 p.m. and Friday, Oct. 16 at 6 p.m.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>ABOUT EASTERN MICHIGAN: In the 2025 season, Eastern Michigan went 13-18 and 5-13 in the MAC. The Eagles are currently 8-10 (2-4 MAC) after most recently dropping two matches at Buffalo. Eastern Michigan was selected to finish ninth overall in the MAC Preseason Poll.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Red and White are 47-22 when facing off with the Eagles. Miami split a pair of matches with Eastern Michigan last season, as the RedHawks earned a 3-1 win on Friday, Nov. 14 and fell 2-3 on Saturday, Nov. 15.<\/p>\n<p>TELEVISION: Each match against Eastern Michigan will be available to watch on ESPN+.<\/p>\n<p>UP NEXT: The Red and White continue conference play by returning home to Millett Hall against the Ball State Cardinals on Tuesday, Oct. 20 at 6:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>RECENT ACTION: The Miami University volleyball team defeated Central Michigan in a three-set match (25-21, 25-9, 25-17) on Friday evening. <a href=\"https:\/\/miamiredhawks.com\/sports\/womens-volleyball\/roster\/molly-creech\/10193\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"10193\" target=\"_blank\">Molly Creech<\/a> led the RedHawks with 13 kills, and <a href=\"https:\/\/miamiredhawks.com\/sports\/womens-volleyball\/roster\/grace-kreutz\/10194\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"10194\" target=\"_blank\">Grace Kreutz<\/a> added 11 of her own. <a href=\"https:\/\/miamiredhawks.com\/sports\/womens-volleyball\/roster\/kamryn-utley\/9806\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"9806\" target=\"_blank\">Kamryn Utley<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/miamiredhawks.com\/sports\/womens-volleyball\/roster\/holland-van-deusen\/11153\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"11153\" target=\"_blank\">Holland Van Deusen<\/a> each produced 17 assists for the RedHawks; Van Deusen also served three aces, which led the match. <a href=\"https:\/\/miamiredhawks.com\/sports\/womens-volleyball\/roster\/rachel-morgan\/11156\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"11156\" target=\"_blank\">Rachel Morgan<\/a> had a team-high nine digs, while Michelin and <a href=\"https:\/\/miamiredhawks.com\/sports\/womens-volleyball\/roster\/lauren-coyne\/10191\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"10191\" target=\"_blank\">Lauren Coyne<\/a> both had two blocks to lead Miami defensively. The Red and White hit .441 in this evening&#8217;s match. This win extended Miami&#8217;s win streak to four in a row.<\/p>\n<p>MAC WEEKLY AWARDS: On Monday afternoon, the Mid-American Conference announced that Miami University volleyball sophomore outside hitter <a href=\"https:\/\/miamiredhawks.com\/sports\/womens-volleyball\/roster\/molly-creech\/10193\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"10193\" target=\"_blank\">Molly Creech<\/a> was named the MAC Offensive Player of the Week, and freshman setter <a href=\"https:\/\/miamiredhawks.com\/sports\/womens-volleyball\/roster\/holland-van-deusen\/11153\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"11153\" target=\"_blank\">Holland Van Deusen<\/a> and junior setter <a href=\"https:\/\/miamiredhawks.com\/sports\/womens-volleyball\/roster\/kamryn-utley\/9806\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"9806\" target=\"_blank\">Kamryn Utley<\/a> were named the MAC Setter Pair of the Week following their performances last week. Creech recorded 4.71 kills per set while maintaining a .431 hitting percentage to help Miami take down Ball State on the road in four sets and Central Michigan at home in three sets. Van Deusen and Utley combined for 75 assists (5.36 assists\/set) over the week, helping Miami to 102 kills (14.57 kills\/set) with a .327 attack percentage across the two victories. The win over Ball State marked the RedHawks&#8217; first road victory versus the Cardinals since Oct. 25, 2019. In total, the Red and White have earned three weekly awards this season.<\/p>\n<p>CONFERENCE\/NATIONAL RANKINGS:\u00a0&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tThe RedHawks are third in the MAC and 19th in the country in digs per set (16.29\/set)&#13;<br \/>\n\tMiami holds the third spot in the MAC and 29th ranking among Division I teams for opponent hitting percentage (0.169)&#13;<br \/>\n\tThe Red and White are fourth in the MAC and 26th in the country in attacks per set (36.64\/set)&#13;<br \/>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/miamiredhawks.com\/sports\/womens-volleyball\/roster\/rachel-morgan\/11156\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"11156\" target=\"_blank\">Rachel Morgan<\/a> sits at fifth in the MAC and 96th in the nation in digs per set (4.07\/set)&#13;<br \/>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/miamiredhawks.com\/sports\/womens-volleyball\/roster\/molly-creech\/10193\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"10193\" target=\"_blank\">Molly Creech<\/a> ranks first in the MAC and 13th overall in attacks per set (11.63\/set)&#13;<br \/>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/miamiredhawks.com\/sports\/womens-volleyball\/roster\/molly-creech\/10193\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"10193\" target=\"_blank\">Molly Creech<\/a> holds the number one rank in the MAC and 42nd overall rank in the nation in kills per set (3.98\/set)&#13;<br \/>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/miamiredhawks.com\/sports\/womens-volleyball\/roster\/molly-creech\/10193\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"10193\" target=\"_blank\">Molly Creech<\/a> is first in the MAC and 64th in the country in points per set (4.39\/set)&#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"THIS WEEK: Miami continues Mid-American Conference play by traveling to Eastern Michigan on Thursday, Oct. 15 at 6&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":427298,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-427297","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427297","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=427297"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427297\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/427298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=427297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=427297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=427297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}