YPSILANTI, Mich. (EMUEagles.com) -- The Eastern Michigan University volleyball team opens up the Mid-American Conference season by welcoming Ball State (3 p.m., Fri. Sept. 22) and Toledo (7 p.m., Sat. Sept. 23) to the friendly confines of the Convocation Center this weekend.
EMU is coming off a 1-2 weekend at the Chicago State Tournament where it defeated Southeast Missouri State in straight sets, but fell to host Chicago State in five sets and Louisiana-Lafayette in four.
Freshman Franki Strefling (Niles, Mich.-Buchanan) was named to the Chicago State Tournament all-tournament team after turning in an average of 3.