MORRIS, Minn. - The University of Minnesota Morris (8-4) volleyball team will hit the road on Friday afternoon to open up UMAC play.  This weekend the Cougars will play Martin Luther (6-7) on Friday night, with the first set scheduled to begin at 7 pm.  The following day the team will head to Mankato to take on Bethany Lutheran (1-12) with the scheduled start time of 1 pm, as the Cougars look to start conference play off 2-0. LIVE STATS
 
The women will try and get back to their winning ways after having their five match winning streak snapped last weekend at the Macalester Invitational.  The Knights of Martin Luther are coming in on a 3 game win streak that hopefully the Cougars can snap tonight.  While for the Vikings of Bethany Lutheran they are coming in losing eight straight, and UMM will look to extend that with the help of Emily Auch who looks to continue to lead the team in kills. Kaylie Clark, fresh off being named to the Macalester Invite All-Tournament Team today will continue to dig balls in the back row.
 
This will be the first time the Cougars will see the Knights or the Vikings before they come to Morris later in the season.  Last season the Knights took both matches against the Cougars, while UMM took both matches from the Vikings.
 
In other news Brita Humphrey and Abby Tietz were named to the All-Tournament team at the Cal Poly Tournament earlier this month.