QUICK SETS
The Cleveland State volleyball team will close out non-league play with a pair of matches this week, hosting Kent State on Thursday, September 18 before traveling to Akron on Friday, September 19.
 
ENTERING THE WEEK…
The Vikings will be looking to extend their win streak after picking up their first win of the 2025 campaign last time out…Cleveland State will be closing out an 11-match non-league slate.
 
AGAINST THE OPPONENTS
Thursday's match against Kent State will mark the 59th meeting between the two teams, with the Flashes owning a 32-26 edge in the all-time series. Friday's contest will be the 44th meeting between Akron and the Vikings, and the second matchup this season. Earlier this year, Akron picked up a 3-1 victory over Cleveland State as part of the CSU Invitational.
 
TOUGH NON-LEAGUE SLATE
Cleveland State is starting the 2025 season with a tough non-league slate, facing a trio of Power Four opponents and another four opponents from Group of Five conferences. This marks the toughest non-league slate for the Vikings since the 2019 season, when they faced five Power Four opponents.
 
…POWER FOUR VICTORY
Last time out, the Vikings picked up their first win of the season in dramatic fashion, earning a 3-1 victory over Power Four opponent Duke at the Wolfpack Invitational. Cleveland State has now picked up a Power Four win in each of the last two seasons after defeating Virginia Tech during the 2024 campaign.
 
DUO NAMED TO ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM
Vayda Delventhal and Bryn VanVleet each earned a spot on the Wolfpack Invitational All-Tournament Team last weekend, marking the first all-tournament honors for the Vikings this season. Delventhal averaged 5.09 digs per set on the weekend, while VanVleet averaged 4.00 kills per set throughout the three-day tournament.
 
…DELVENTHAL NAMED #HLVB PLAYER OF THE WEEK
In addition, Vayda Delventhal was also named one of the Horizon League Players of the Week, picking up the first weekly accolade of her career. Delventhal, who combined for 56 digs on the weekend, recorded a career-high 24 digs against Coastal Carolina and then posted a 20-dig performance against Duke in the weekend finale.
 
NEW LOOK VIKINGS
This year's edition of the Vikings features just eight returners from last year's team, while they are joined by seven newcomers – six true freshmen and one senior transfer. Throughout the first three weeks of play, 14 Vikings have been on the court, including 11 that have appeared in the starting lineup at least once.
 
…NEWCOMERS MAKING AN IMPACT
Through the first nine matches, Cleveland State's newcomers have been making an impact, including Madisyn Green who has appeared in every set for the Vikings. Green, who is part of Cleveland State's defense, is averaging 1.97 digs per set on the year. Bryn VanVleet has been a large part of the Viking offense so far this season, averaging a team-best 3.37 kills per set, while Isabella Gibbons (6.96 assists/set) and Allison Salazar (4.42 assists/set) have been captaining the CSU offense.
 
DELVENTHAL AMONG #HLVB PLAYERS
Entering the fourth week of the 2025 season, sophomore libero Vayda Delventhal leads the Horizon League averaging 4.90 digs per set on the year. Delventhal, who has posted double-digit digs in all nine matches this season, has recorded 20+ digs in two of the last three contests for the Vikings.
 
VOSS CLOSING IN ON 1,000 CAREER KILLS
After averaging 2.70 kills per set throughout the first three weeks of the season, senior Laken Voss is closing in on 1,000 career kills, entering the final week of non-league play with 993 total kills. Voss, who currently sits sixth in the CSU Career Record Book with 3,683 attack attempts last weekend, would be the second Viking in as many years to reach the 1,000-kill milestone.
 
HEAD COACH CHUCK VOSS
Chuck Voss is in his 26th season at the helm of the Vikings, and owns a 431-311 (.580) overall record at Cleveland State. Under Voss the Vikings have recorded 19 winning seasons, including a streak of 10 straight from 2009-2018. Cleveland State has eclipsed the 20-win mark nine times since Voss took over the program, and has captured Horizon League Tournament titles six times under his guidance.
 
LOOKING AHEAD
Cleveland State will open #HLVB play with three straight road matches, traveling to Northern Kentucky (September 26-27) and Oakland (September 30).