Freshman middle blocker Jayla Wesley battles to push the ball over the net on Oct. 29, 2016 in McGuirk Arena.
After dropping a five-set heartbreaker to Ball State to end last weekend 0-2, the Central Michigan volleyball team heads to Kalamazoo and DeKalb this weekend for matches against Western Michigan and Northern Illinois.
The Chippewas and Broncos sit in a three-way tie with Eastern Michigan — all 3-9 in the Mid-American Conference — for the eighth place slot in the league. The top eight teams advance to the MAC tournament.
"We're running out of time and I think we need to make something happen here," head coach Mike Gawlik said.