SETTING THE SCENE
• The Central Michigan volleyball team will entertain two Mid-American Conference opponents at McGuirk Arena this weekend.
• Northern Illinois (7-20, 6-6 MAC) visits Mount Pleasant on Friday and Western Michigan (14-9, 7-5) comes to town on Saturday. Both matches are scheduled to begin at 7 p.m.
• The Chippewas sit in ninth place overall in the MAC. The top eight teams make the conference tournament. CMU is one game behind Northern Illinois and Toledo, both of whom are 6-6.
LAST WEEKEND
• CMU is 13-11, 5-7 after winning five-set league road matches last weekend against Ball State and Toledo.