ROLLA, Mo. – A busy stretch of the schedule continues for Missouri S&T's men's volleyball team this week as the Miners will play three contests, including the first of two on the road Tuesday night when the Miners play at Quincy.

Following Tuesday's match at Quincy, the Miners will return to Gibson Arena to host Saint Xavier Friday evening at 7 p.m. before heading back to the road for a Saturday evening match at McKendree that will get underway at 5 p.m.

The Miners split four games at the Pirate Invitational, dropping a five-set decision to Morningside before recording straight set wins over Viterbo and Ottawa before falling in four sets to Park to finish the weekend.  S&T will take a 3-2 record into its contest on Tuesday against a Quincy team that has won its first three games of the season.

Aaron Sallade (Palatine, Ill./William Fremd) and Nate Meyer (Arlington Heights, Ill./Hersey) have paced the S&T offensive attack in the early stages of the season, with Sallade leading the Miners with 67 and Meyer right behind him with 61.  Sallade has a .305 attack percentage on his efforts, while Caleb Rohlwing (Barrington, Ill./Barrington) has recorded a .463 percentage on his 23 kills.  The Miners are hitting .293 as a team coming into the week.

Rohlwing has also been solid on the defensive side of things with a team-leading 21 blocks; his average of 1.31 blocks per set ranks seventh nationally.  Meanwhile, Grant Edmonds (Shawnee, KS/Edison) is fourth in the country in assists per set with 10.38 – he has 135 on the year – and Sallade has recorded 35 digs.

ABOUT THE OPPONENTS: Quincy improved to 3-0 on the year Friday with a three-set win over Thomas More; the Hawks have swept all three of their foes thus far on the year. Raje Alleyne leads the Hawks with 34 kills and has a .429 attack percentage, while Roman Deryckere had 10 blocks thus far. Quincy is hitting .332 as a team over its first trio of contests.

Saint Xavier is looking to break into the win column for the first time after dropped three weekend matches to begin its campaign.  The Cougars have three players with more than 20 kills thus far, led by Matt Pennala's 39, while Shane Ooms has 22 kills and a .594 attack percentage.  John Glennon has seven blocks and Andres Velez has 27 digs to lead the defensive effort.

McKendree is 2-3 heading into a Friday match against Lewis, but has won its last two outings that includes a win at Maryville on Saturday.  Kyle Wilson has a team-leading 61 kills and .250 attack percentage for the Bearcats, while D'Aaron McCraney is one of three McKendree players that have reached double figures in blocks with a team-high 13.