ST. PAUL, MINN. – The St. Catherine University volleyball team has been right on the cusp of winning its first Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) match of the season for weeks. Each week, the Wildcats continue to improve on the court but have been unable to close out the win against conference opponents.

On Wednesday, St. Kate's looks to turn the tides in its 7 p.m. match against Concordia-Morehead.  Last season, the Wildcats lost to the Cobbers at home in heartbreaking fashion. After dropping the first set 25-18, St. Kate's roared back to win the second 25-22, lost the third by the same score, and then won the fourth 27-25 to force a fifth set. Unfortunately, the Wildcats were unable to complete the comeback, falling 15-8 in the final set.

This year, the Wildcats will travel to Concordia, where live stats and video will be available to view during the match. Score updates will also be made on St. Kate's Twitter account (@stkateswildcats).

Here are the numbers to know before the Wildcats match up at Concordia:

505 – St. Kate's does most of its scoring in the second and third sets of matches. This season, the Wildcats have scored 505 points in each of the two middle sets and have outscored opponents by 35 points in the third.

23 – St. Kate's has played in 23 matches this season, the most of any other team in the MIAC. As a result, the Wildcats lead the conference in sets played (88) and have played in 14 matches that went four sets or more.

1482 – Coming into the season, St. Kate's was projected to be one of the best defensive teams in the conference. So far, the Wildcats have lived up to expectations. The team leads the conference in overall digs (1482) and is third in digs versus conference opponents (388). Leading the way for St. Kate's in both categories is Shanee Herd (Alexandria, Minn. / Jefferson). The senior libero currently leads the conference in overall digs (560), digs against conference opponents (155), digs/set average (6.36) and conference digs/set average (6.91).

9 – Not far behind Herd is fellow senior Abby Palmer (Pequot Lakes, Minn. / Pequot Lakes). Palmer ranks No. 9 in the MIAC in digs (263) and ranks in the top-20 in digs/set average (3.25). She also is one of the top hitters for the Wildcats this season and led the team in kills (15) in its 3-1 (25-19, 22-25, 18-25, 24-26) loss to Saint Ben's last week.

7 – Kelly Breuer (St. Paul, Minn. / St. Croix Lutheran) recorded seven blocks in St. Kate's match against the Blazers on Saturday.  The Wildcats out-blocked Saint Ben's 8-5 in the four set effort, and Breuer assisted on seven of those eight blocks. Libby Kreuser (White Bear Lake, Minn. / Totino-Grace) and Hannah Flatness (Elk Mound, Minn. / Elk Mound) also had a hand in six of the eight blocks, as both had three block assists in the match.