#16 Mines vs. Fort Lewis, Friday, 7 p.m. [Live Stats] [Video]
#16 Mines vs. Adams State, Saturday, 5 pm. [Live Stats] [Video]

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HOMECOMING
This weekend's game will be a part of Homecoming Weekend, which also features home football and women's soccer games. For the full schedule of Homecoming festivities visit MinesAlumni.com. 

QUICK LOOK BACK
The Orediggers dropped a hard-fought 3-2 (15-25, 25-16, 25-21, 19-25, 14-16) non-conference road match at Regis this past Tuesday. Mines got double-digit kills from LaRose Currie (15), Alanna Winfield (11) and Abby Tiesman (10), and Marina Hansen had 49 assists.

IN THE POLLS
Mines remained #16 in the latest AVCA NCAA Division II Coaches poll that was released earlier this afternoon. For the first time this season, there is a new top-ranked team in Minnesota Duluth who gave Concordia-St. Paul its first loss. RMAC rival MSU Denver sits one spot outside the top-25 with 90 points.

IN THE RMAC STATS
Another week of play sees the Orediggers continue rise in prominence in the RMAC statistical rankings. Mines leads the league in hitting percentage (.256) and are third in assists (12.96), kills (13.88) and blocks (2.04).

TERRIFIC TARYN
Taryn Huber has really taken her game to a new level this season. Huber is averaging a career-high 5.32 digs per frame for a total of 282 in 53 sets played. She put up double-digit digs in 14-of-15 matches and has six 20-plus digs outing which includes a season-high 32 against West Florida. Huber has 1,592 career digs which is third most in program history. 

RECORD WITHIN SIGHT
Alanna Winfield is also having a banner season and where it's really showing up is in the Mines career record books. Winfield now has 1,474 career kills which currently places her third all-time, but she is only 43 kills away from passing Jackie Stabell(2009-12) for the program all-time record of 1,514. 

SERIES RECORD
Mines leads the all-time series with Fort Lewis 24-12, have won eight straight in the series and haven't lost to the Skyhawks since 2007. The series with Adams State is dead even with both teams having won 15 matches in the series. The Orediggers have also won the last two matches in the series; both 3-0 sweeps.

SCOUTING FORT LEWIS/ADAMS STATE
Fort Lewis enters Friday's match 4-10 overall but are an even 3-3 in league matches. While struggling on offense, the Skyhawks are exceptional on the service line where they have three players within the top-10 in the conference among the category. Ally Dell'Amico is also sixth in the league in digs at 4.88 per set. Adams State is 9-6 and there 4-2 RMAC record places them three-way tie fourth place. The Grizzlies are led by Mallory Grimsrud who is third in the RMAC with 64 blocks for a 1.08 b/s average.