ST. PAUL, Minn. - The Wildcat volleyball team heads to Superior, Wisconsin for their last non-conference road match of the season. The University of Wisconsin-Superior Yellowjackets are 13-6, 8-1 in the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) and undefeated at home. 

After dropping a set of matches last week to conference opponents Augsburg University and Gustavus Adolphus College and picking up a non-conference win at Martin Luther College, the Wildcats are now 7-7 overall and 0-5 in the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC). 

Wednesday's 7 p.m. match will be the first of two on the schedule this season, as the Yellowjackets will travel to St. Paul just nine days after they compete tomorrow for a 1 p.m. game on Friday, October 12. The Wildcats and Yellowjackets faced each other twice in the 2017 season as well going 1-1. In the first meeting, the Wildcats defeated the Jackets 3-1 in the Macalester College tournament early in the season. Senior right side hitter Mackenzie Peper (Osecola, Wis.) and junior setter Meagan Schwarzrock (Hutchinson, Minn. / Valley City State) both had remarkable performances with Peper collecting 14 kills and Schwarzrock with 25 digs and 24 assists. In their second match of the season, the Yellowjackets traveled to St. Paul to sweep the Wildcats in three sets with Peper leading the team in kills with 12. 

Both Peper and Schwarzrock have had impressive season's so far ranking second on the team in each of their respective statistical categories. Peper ranks 36th in the conference for kills at 100 this season and Schwarzrock comes in 13th for assists with 197. 

Following tomorrow's road match at UW-Superior, the Wildcats return home on Saturday, October 6 for "Wash-Out Cancer" Day in support of breast cancer awareness. The St. Catherine University Wildcat athletic department will be hosting three on campus events Saturday starting with Cross Country at 11:00 a.m. followed by a 1 p.m. soccer game and closing out the day with volleyball at 3 p.m. Each team will be collecting donations to bring to the American Cancer Society-Hope Lodge. A list of donations Hope Lodge is in need of can be found here: Hope Lodge Wish List.