On Tap For This Weekend
Fri., Oct. 25
Minnesota Crookston at Sioux Falls • 7 p.m. • Stewart Center
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Sat., Oct. 26
Minnesota Crookston at #6 SW Minnesota State • 3 p.m. • P.E. Gym
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Golden Eagle Quick Hits

Can't Stop Looker
UMC outside hitter Brittany Looker (Jr., OH, Rochester, Minn./Health Sciences) is having her strongest season as a Golden Eagle in 2013 as she is averaging 3.70 kills per set and 2.75 digs per set. Looker has tallied three matches with 20 or more kills this season and has 10 double-doubles this season. Looker is coming off one of her strongest weekends this season as she had 20 kills in a 3-1 win against U-Mary and nine kills against Minot State in a 3-0 win for an average of 4.14 kills per set.

On A Roll
The Golden Eagles have won five of their last six matches dating back to Oct. 5 when they defeated Minnesota State University, Mankato. The Golden Eagles were 1-5 in the NSIC at that point and quickly turned the tide on the season to now sit at 6-6 and in a tie for seventh place. The next eight matches will be crucial for the Golden Eagles as they fight to stay in the top eight, as the top eight teams advance to the NSIC Championship.

Climbing Up The Charts
In addition, Looker is moving up the record books for the Golden Eagles as she surpassed former teammate Amanda Swann to move into seventh all-time for kills as she currently has 884 career kills. Looker needs 44 kills to move past Katie Carlson in sixth place all-time. The record for all-time kills is 1,276 by Allison Kluck from 2001-04. Looker currently needs 393 kills to move past Kluck which isn't out of the possibility. To put that in persepctive, Looker has 270 kills this year with eight matches left and still has her entire senior year left at UMC. Looker also surpassed the 1,000 point-mark over the weekend, becoming the seventh player to tally 1,000 points in a career and currently ranking seventh all-time in career points. She needs 4.5 points to surpass Swann for sixth place.

Filling In
The University of Minnesota Crookston has developed strong depth in the 2013 team, as was evidenced Tuesday against Bemidji State. Injuries forced Maggie Perrel (Fr., RS, New Germany, Minn./Biology) to miss the match while Alyssa Schneider (Sr., MH/RS, Racine, Wis./Elementary Education) went down with an injury in the first set. In their absence, Erin Schwarz (Fr., MH, Eden Prairie, Minn.) and Stephanie Pearson (So., OH, Frankfort, Ill.) stepped up. Pearson had the best match of her two-year career with 11 kills, 11 digs and four blocks while Schwarz added five kills and four blocks off the bench in the 3-1 win over the Beavers.

Trust In Trost
UMC freshman setter Sierra Trost (Fr., Ham Lake, Minn./Biology) has made a lot of progress through her first season in the Maroon and Gold and is coming off a strong weekend against U-Mary and Minot State, averaging 10.7 assists per set including 46 assists against U-Mary in a four-set match. Trost comes in averaging 9.63 assists per set this season. Trost has tallied nine matches with over 40 assists including two over 50 with 56 against St. Cloud State University Sept. 21 and 55 against Upper Iowa University Sept. 27. She is coming off 42 assists Tuesday versus Bemidji State.