MANKATO, Minn.-- The Bethany Lutheran volleyball team (9-15 overall, 2-4 UMAC) travels to face Crown (3-14, 0-5) Tuesday at 7 p.m. to continue a three-game road swing. The Vikings are sixth in the conference standings and the Storm are ninth.

The Series
BLC owns the series lead at 34-0 as the teams have met at least twice a season since 2004.

Bethany Lutheran
Senior Megan Rutt (Le Center, Minn.) is the team's leading hitter with 252 kills and 3.04 kills/set. Classmate Mindy Poehler (Nicollet), and freshmen Alexis Morsching (Morristown, Minn.), and and freshman Kasidy Cacka (Brownton, Minn.) join her in triple digits with 155, 150, and 141 kills, respectively.

Junior Brittany Sanders (St. James, Minn.) has 529 assists and team-high 38 service aces. Senior Veeva Lee (St. Paul) follows with 31 aces and has a team-best 390 digs.

Career Record Watch
Rutt is third in kills (1,286) and senior Kalli Mathiasen (St. Cloud, Minn.) is seventh in assists (901). Senior Haley Domonoske (Waterville, Minn.) is seventh in solo blocks (43) and sixth in block assists (155) and sixth in total blocks (198). Lee is fourth in service aces (108) and eighth in digs (833). Sanders is 10th in assists (529).

Against the Conference
Rutt is second in kills (69) and Poehler is first in blocks (20)

Sanders is first in assists (157) and second in aces (11), while Lee is second in digs (84).

National Stat Rankings
BLC ranks in the top 100 of three national stat categories, the NCAA released Monday.

The Vikings are 58th in blocks (144.5), 91st in blocks/set (1.70), and 98th in service aces (168).

Individually, Lee is 83rd in digs (375).

Crown
Gracie Zieroth leads her team with 91 kills and 1.60 kills/set. Madeline Svoboda is the leading server with 14 aces.