Wrapping Up Nonconference Play: The Towson University volleyball team wraps up nonconference play by heading to Michigan to take part in the Golden Grizzlies Invitational hosted by Oakland. The Tigers will take on Fort Wayne on Friday, Sept. 15 and then face Kent State and Oakland on Saturday, Sept. 16. Links to the live stats for all three matches can be found on the schedule page of TowsonTigers.com. Fans can also follow the Tigers on Twitter (@Towson_VB) for updates.

Looking at the Tigers: The Tigers dropped just one set en route to the Towson Tiger Invitational title last weekend. Junior Jocelyn Kuilan paces the Towson offense with 121 kills, 53 digs and 13 service aces. Fellow junior Carola Biver is adding 107 kills, 84 digs and 20 assists. Sophomore Marrisa Wonders has dished out a team-high 279 assists with 100 digs while redshirt junior Anna Holehouse leads the defensive efforts with 211 digs. Junior Olamide Sonuga leads Towson at the net with 40 blocks.

Scouting the Opponents: Fort Wayne enters the tournament with a 7-5 record and having won four straight. Nicole Rightnowar leads the way with 155 kills, 139 digs and 23 blocks. Madison Jagua has handed out 328 assists for Fort Wayne.

Kent State comes into the weekend with a a record of 1-7 and will face Oakland on Friday before taking on the Tigers on Saturday morning. The Golden Flashes are paced by Kelsey Bittinger with 97 kills and 63 digs. Challen Geraghty leads the defensive efforts with 147 digs.

Oakland comes into the tournament with a 4-5 record. Darien Bandel leads the Golden Grizzlies with 137 kills and 54 digs while Jordan Lentz has 349 assists and 106 digs.

Series History: Friday's contest with Fort Wayne will be the first ever between the Tigers and the Mastodons. Towson is 3-0 this year when facing an opponent for the first time ever (Jacksonville State, Eastern Tennessee State, Eastern Michigan).

Saturday morning's contest will be the fifth meeting all-time between the Tigers and the Golden Flashes. Kent State leads the series, 3-1 and the two squads will be facing each other for the first time since 2014 when the Tigers earned their only win in the series as part of the Towson Invitational.

Towson is 1-1 all-time against Oakland. It will be the first meeting between the Tigers and Golden Grizzlies since 2009 when both took part in the West Virginia Invitational. Oakland earned a five-set win that year.

Strong Starts: Towson captured its third straight tournament title after going 5-0 at the Towson Tiger Invitational last weekend. The Tigers improved to 11-0 on the year with the wins. This year's team now holds the school record for best start to a season. The previous record was 10 straight wins to start a season by the 2010 squad.

I'm Honored: Junior Olamide Sonuga was named the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) Co-Defensive Player of the Week on Monday. Sonuga led the Tigers with 32 kills (2.00 per set), 23 blocks (1.44 per set) and a .448 hitting percentage in the five matches combined. She is the second Tiger to earn defensive player of the week accolades this season (Anna Holehouse -Aug. 28).

In the Poll: Riding their early season success, the Tigers found themselves ranked in the Volleyball Magazine Mid-Major Top 25 Poll this week. The Mid-Major Top 25 features teams not part of one of the power five conferences (ACC, SEC, Big Ten, Big 12 and Pac-12). After receiving votes for each of the last two weeks, the Tigers jumped into the poll at No. 25 this week. The Tigers received 49 points in the poll.

Take Me to Your Leader: The Tigers, who are on an 11-game win streak and off to the best start to a season in school history, are one of just 11 remaining undefeated teams in the country. In statistics released by the NCAA on Monday, the Tigers rank first in the national in opponents' hitting percentage (0.92). The Tiger are also third in digs per set (19.24), fifth in assists per set (14.24), sixth in kills per set (14.97) and 10th for both team digs (731) and team kills (569).

Individually, redshirt junior Anna Holehouse ranks 10th for total digs (211) and 17th in digs per set (5.55).

Aced It: Junior Jocelyn Kuilan led the Tigers with seven service aces last weekend and now has 13 for the season and 92 for her career. Kuilan needs three more aces to crack the top 15 for career service aces at Towson. She would become the first Tiger since Paige Sekerak (2011-14) to join that list.

Up Next: Towson will be back in action when CAA play begins next weekend. The Tigers travel to Elon on Friday, Sept. 22 and William & Mary on Sunday, Sept. 24.