ROCHESTER, Mich. -- The Oakland volleyball team will travel to the CEFCU Bradley Invitational Friday, Sept. 6 through Saturday, Sept. 7 in Peoria, Ill.

The Golden Grizzlies will take on DePaul Friday at 11 a.m. ET to begin the tournament, then take on the invite's host, Bradley, later that night at 8 p.m. ET. The evening match against the Braves will be streamed live on ESPN+. Oakland will conclude the weekend with a match against Belmont Saturday at 11:30 a.m. ET.

Last time out, Oakland defeated Northern Arizona in four sets on Aug. 31 in its home opener as Taylor Dellinger recorded a career high 18 kills, hitting .351, plus added three digs and one block while Jamie Walling registered a match high 20 kills, hitting at a .364 clip, plus recorded a career high six service aces.

INSIDE THE SERIES

• Oakland has faced Bradley and Belmont just once previously in its history, both in 2005 at a tournament hosted by the Braves. Oakland fell to Belmont in three sets and dropped its contest to Bradley in four sets.
• Oakland will face DePaul for the first time in school history.

NOTES

• On Aug. 31 against Northern Arizona, Walling shined offensively, registering a match high 20 kills, hitting at a .364 clip, plus recorded a career high six service aces. The junior tallied her fifth career match of 20 kills or more and her six service aces are tied for the second-most all-time in a single match in program history.
• Rob Beam enters his 13th season as the head coach at Oakland compiling a 187-170 (.523) record.
• Oakland has finished fourth or higher in its league standings in eight of the last nine seasons.
• The Golden Grizzlies were picked fourth in the 2019 Horizon League Volleyball Preseason Poll announced by the league office on Aug. 28 and voted on by the league's nine head coaches. Oakland earned one first-place vote and 49 points overall.
• Oakland returns a first team all-league selection in Walling. She was the only player to appear in all 27 matches and play in all 108 sets last season and ranked second in the Horizon League in hitting percentage at .290.
• Walling also ranked third in the conference in points per set (3.87), fourth in kills per set (3.37) and recorded 20 kills or more in four matches.
• Wightman returns for her junior season as one of the league's top defensive specialists, ranking fourth in the conference last season in digs per set.
• Wightman also ranked inside the NCAA's top-50 in digs per set (45th) in 2018.
• Mackenzie Schneider returns for her senior campaign after playing in 84 sets a season ago and recording 1.70 kills and 0.63 blocks per set.
• The Golden Grizzlies also return key contributors Abby Neidinger, Jessica Riedl, Sydney Mann and Kenzie Dunn.
• Oakland added eight newcomers to the 2019 team, including three transfers in Dellinger (Western Kentucky), Kerra Cornist (Evansville) and Brittany Welch (New Mexico State).

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