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INDIANAPOLIS – The Bulldogs will host the Indiana State Sycamores on Tuesday night. Admission to the 6 PM match inside Hinkle Fieldhouse will be free of charge courtesy of PPG Paints.
 
Bulldog Bits
- Makayla Ferguson was tabbed Tournament MVP at the Butler Classic
- Ferguson, Anna Logan and Brooke Gregory made the All-Tournament Team
- BU hit .400 or better as a team in two of the three matches over the weekend
- Ferguson averaged 10.67 assists per set during the Butler Classic
- Gregory set new season-high marks vs. Murray State with 17 kills and a .400 attack %
- Logan leads the NCAA in total kills (216) and in total points (243.5)
- Butler leads the nation in total assists (603), and in total kills (639)
- The Bulldogs rank 4th in the NCAA in total attacks (1,625) and 6th in blocks (106)
- Logan notched 29 kills for BU in the season opener, just four shy of the school record
- Newcomer Taylor Takeda recorded a season-high seven service aces at Ball State
- Butler leads the all-time series over Indiana State 16-7
- The Bulldogs are on a six-match winning streak, the longest since the 2013 season
- Butler is a young team that doesn't have a single senior on the roster
- The Bulldogs will host the 2016 Butler Invitational this weekend

Logan Leads the Nation in Multiple Categories
Anna Logan is one of the top offensive talents in the country after the first three weeks of the season and she has the numbers to prove it. Heading into Tuesday night's contest, Logan leads the NCAA in both total kills (216) and points (243.5). The focal point of the BU offensive attack is hitting .286 on the year to average 4.60 kills per set. The single-season kills per set school record at Butler is held by Kali Carter, a 2004 graduate that averaged 4.57 kills per set her senior year.
 
Takeda with the Ace
Service aces would tell the story in Butler's game at Ball State with the Bulldogs posting a season-high 11 aces in the 3-0 sweep. Taylor Takeda finished the match with seven aces, just two shy of tying the school record. The last Bulldog to post seven service aces in a single-match was Lynn Hardin (vs. Baylor) in a five-set match during the 1993 season. The school record of nine belongs to Laura Baire who played at Butler from 1992-1995. Baire dominated the match against Wright State during the 1995 campaign to collect her nine aces in a three-set win.
 
Bulldogs Winning Streak Continues
BU took their three-match winning streak into the Butler Classic last weekend and doubled it after dominating the competition over a two-day span. Butler improved to 8-4 overall and extended their win streak to six matches after defeating Tennessee State (3-0), Murray State (3-1) and Wright State (3-0). The Bulldogs have only lost one set through their last six matches. The current six match winning streak is almost a duplicate of the program's last six match win streak which came during the tail end of the 2013 season. Butler won six-straight vs. BIG EAST competition while only losing one set (at DePaul) from Nov. 2-22.
 
Bulldogs Place Three on All-Tournament Team
Butler had three players make the 2016 Butler Classic All-Tournament Team. MVP honors went to setter Makayla Ferguson who averaged 10.67 assists per set over the weekend to go along with 2.11 digs per set. She posted a double-double in the win over Murray State with 44 assists and 13 digs. Anna Logan and Brooke Gregory joined Ferguson on the All-Tournament Team. Gregory set a new season-high total with 17 kills in the win over Murray State. Her .400 attack percentage doubled as a season-high. Logan also played a large role for Butler in the 2016 Classic. The sophomore led the team with 41 kills, averaging 4.10 kills per set. She took 100 swings and only committed 10 errors to post a .310 attack percentage.
 
'Dawgs Control the Net In Butler Classic
Butler hit .341 as a team over the weekend to sweep the competition in the Butler Classic. The tournament got underway with a 3-0 sweep against Tennessee State, a match where Butler posted a season-high .419 attack percentage. They reached 50 kills on 93 attempts with just 11 errors. The following day against Wright State, Butler posted a .407 attack percentage in the win over the Raiders. In that contest, Butler recorded 44 kills on 91 attempts with just seven errors. The Bulldogs were just as impressive defensively by recording 24.5 blocks over the three-game stretch. An impressive total compared to just 10 from the opposition.
 
You Can Count on Klingensmith
Jessica Klingensmith has more blocks after the first 12 matches of the 2016 season than she recorded during the entire 2015 campaign. The switch to the middle of the Butler defense has worked with the redshirt-junior leading the team with 54 blocks. Klingensmith still ranks fourth on the team in kills (72) and is coming off an impressive weekend where she averaged 2.40 kills and 1.60 blocks per set.
 
Up Next
The Bulldogs will host the 2016 Butler Invitational this weekend. The tournament field will include Northern Kentucky, Loyola, and Arizona. The Bulldogs will play two matches on Friday (11 AM, 6 PM) and end the round-robin tournament with a showdown vs. Arizona on Saturday evening (6 PM).
 
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