WKU volleyball is back on the Hill on Friday Oct. 4 and Saturday Oct. 5 as they take on the 4-9 Kennesaw State Owls.

The Hilltoppers come into this weekend riding a five-game win streak, most recently knocking off Jacksonville State last weekend on the road to open up Conference USA play. 

“Great start to conference play, anytime you start on the road it’s hard and we knew it would be a challenge down at Jacksonville,” Hudson said. “We played well, we did some good things and the theme has been the same, we continue to get better and that’s the hope moving forward.”

The Hilltoppers are led by the swing of senior outside hitter Kaylee Cox who has racked up 192 kills. The Hilltoppers have found success with other attackers as well. Both senior right side hitter Kenadee Coyle and freshman outside hitter Alivia Skidmore have put up 123 kills. 

The Owls are led by junior outside hitter Manu Johnsen who has nearly 100 more kills than everyone on the team with 183. Last game Johnsen came away with 13 kills in a losing effort to New Mexico State. Kennesaw State went 1-1 last weekend against NMSU for their welcome into C-USA after leaving the Athletic Sun conference last season.

The Hilltoppers and Owls have met one time prior to this weekend, in 2019 where WKU swept Kennesaw State 3-0 in the NCAA tournament.