NAIA GAME OF THE WEEK: No. 1 Fresno Pacific (Calif.) will host No. 2 Concordia (Calif.) on Saturday, Oct. 11 for the NAIA Game of the Week.  The Sunbirds won both matches last year against Concordia.

In other top-25 match ups this week: No. 22 Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) will host No. 17 Indiana Tech on Friday, Oct. 10 and No. 9 Georgetown (Ky.) on Saturday, Oct. 11.  No. 3 California Baptist will travel to No. 4 Biola (Calif.) on Saturday while No. 14 Azusa Pacific (Calif.) will head to No. 8 Vanguard (Calif.).

VIRGINIA-WISE SECOND ANNUAL ‘DIG FOR THE CURE' NIGHT SMASHING SUCCESS: A combined effort of many supporting individuals and three women's volleyball teams made the UVa-Wise Second Annual ‘Dig for the Cure' Night a smashing success.  UVa-Wise teamed up with its rival Virginia Intermont for a night of exciting collegiate volleyball but more importantly raised more than $3,500 for the Susan G. Komen Foundation by a team effort.

ROWLEY EARNS 400TH CAREER VICTORY: Ohio Dominican University head volleyball coach Sandy Rowley earned her 400th career victory on Saturday with a 3-1 victory over Grace College in Winona Lake, Indiana. 

The Panthers, now 11-9 on the year, got off to a rocky start in their second game of the day dropping the first game 25-21.  ODU used a solid defensive performance and took control of the net as they went on to three straight victories.  Ohio Dominican took the next three games 25-18, 25-20, 25-17 to earn the milestone victory.

Rowley is in her 20th season as they head coach at Ohio Dominican University and has compiled a record of 400-347.

PATEMAN REACHES CAREER MILESTONE: Union College senior volleyball player Stephanie Pateman recorded her 1,500th career kill in Tuesday's 3-0 home victory over Appalachian Athletic Conference foe Tennessee Wesleyan College.

Pateman, a Weyburn, Canada native, pushed her Union career kills record to 1,501 mark behind a match-high 13 kills. She also served four aces.