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INDIANAPOLIS - The Butler women's volleyball team is set to play Milwaukee and No. 19 UCLA on Friday and Western Michigan on Saturday as part of the Bulldog Brawl hosted at Hinkle Fieldhouse. This will be the Bulldogs' final nonconference tuneup before BIG EAST Conference play begins.

Bulldog Brawl Schedule
Friday
Butler vs. Milwaukee - 10 a.m.
Milwaukee vs. Western Michigan - 3 p.m.
Butler vs. #19 UCLA - 6 p.m.

Saturday
Milwaukee vs. #19 UCLA - 1 p.m.
Butler vs. Western Michigan - 6 p.m.

Bulldog Bites
- Melody Davidson and Jaymeson Kinley were named to the All-Tournament Teams for consecutive weekends at the Cal Tournament and Chippewa Invitational.
- Mariah Grunze leads the BIG EAST and ranks No. 40 nationally in total attacks (362).
- Kinley ranks second in the BIG EAST and No. 16 nationally in total digs (136) and digs per set (5.31).
- The Bulldogs are second in the BIG EAST in total attacks (1,333) and third in digs (581).
- Butler surpassed its win total of the Spring 2021 season with the win over Cal.
- The Bulldogs had their two best blocking performances of the season against Nevada (13) and Cal (11) including a season-best four solo blocks at Cal.
- Butler's opponents are narrowly outscoring the Bulldogs this season (22.6 to 22.1 average score per set through 35 sets).
- Davidson leads the team with 120 kills (fifth in BIG EAST) and 27 blocks (eighth in BIG EAST).
- Grace Boggess stuffed the stat sheet throughout the Cal Tournament. Including a season-high four aces vs. Nevada, she averaged 6.3 kills, 3.7 blocks, 2.3 aces and 3.3 digs per match.
- Amina Shackelford contributed steady production over the weekend, averaging 8.7 kills and 4.7 blocks per match while recording a season-high seven blocks vs. Nevada and scoring in double-digits each match.
- Home State Matchup: Grunze (Milwaukee) and Madison Friebel (UCLA) will be facing opponents from their home states this weekend.

SCOUTING MILWAUKEE: The Panthers are 4-5 and coming off a 2-1 weekend at the South Dakota classic where they beat Bradley and Central Arkansas while losing in five sets to South Dakota. Milwaukee is 0-3 in five-set matches, with the other losses coming to Vaparaiso and Bowling Green. Ari Miller and Madi Malone lead the Panther offense in both kills (122 and 116) and hitting percentage (.333 and .291), respectively. The Panthers were projected to finish fourth out of 11 teams in the Horizon League Preseason Poll.

Milwaukee leads the all-time series over Butler 31-13, with the old conference rivals having last matched up on Nov. 6, 2010 (four-set win for the Panthers).

SCOUTING UCLA: The 19th-ranked Bruins are 5-1 after dropping a five-set match to the host in the San Diego Invitational last weekend. UCLA has not dropped a set this season other than against San Diego and Georgia Tech in the opening weekend's Long Beach State Tournament, where the Bruins won 3-1. The Bruins are coming off a Spring 2021 season when they advanced to the NCAA Tournament before beating Rider then losing to BYU in the second round. Outside hitter Mac May ranks second in the Pac-12 in both scoring (5.40 points per set) and kills (4.67), with the scoring average coming in at No. 9 nationally. In addition to May, Zoe Fleck and élan McCall were selected to the preseason All-Pac-12 team, while the Bruins were picked to finish second in the conference.

This will be the second matchup between Butler and UCLA, with the Bruins winning the first match 3-1 on Nov. 29, 2002.

SCOUTING WESTERN MICHIGAN: The Broncos sport a 6-3 record after taking two out of three matches in each of their first three nonconference tournaments in East Lansing, Mich., Kalamazoo, Mich., and Terre Haute, Ind. Western Michigan had a five-set loss to Indiana State last weekend sandwiched between sweeps over Austin Peay and IUPUI. Setter Logan Case and outside hitter Maggie King were selected to the West Division Preseason All-MAC Team. Case's 10.64 assists per set rank second in the MAC and No. 29 in the nation. King has filled up the stat sheet with 122 kills, 12 blocks, 10 aces and 81 digs.

The Broncos lead the series 1-0 over the Bulldogs thanks to a five-set win in the first match on Sept. 13, 2019.

DOUBLE-DOUBLE MACHINES: Madison Friebel (five) and Mariah Grunze (four) have both recorded multiple double-doubles in the first nine contests of the season. Friebel averages 39.2 assists and 10 digs per match, while Grunze has recorded 10.7 kills and 9.8 digs per match through the first three weekends.

Friebel ranks third in the BIG EAST and No. 25 nationally in total assists (353), while Grunze ranks second in the conference and No. 85 in the nation in attacks per set (10.34).

KINLEY PLAYING WITH CONFIDENCE: Libero Jaymeson Kinley recorded 50 digs in the Cal Tournament and has posted 14+ digs in each of the season's opening nine matches.

Kinley secured a career-high 31 digs in the opening match of the Chippewa Invitational against Youngstown State.

DAVIDSON DOMINATES: Melody Davidson hit a cool .408 at the Cal Tournament including season-best hitting percentages of .448 and .409 against Cal and Nevada, respectively. She recorded a season-high eight kills vs. Nevada.

Davidson has posted 9+ kills in every match this season and double-digit kills in 7 of 9.

BACK IN ACTION: Brittany Robinson and Amina Shackelford have made significant contributions since missing the opening weekend of the season due to injury.

Robinson averages 2.26 kills and 1.57 digs per set, while Shackelford averages 2.08 kills, 0.96 blocks and 0.5 digs per set so far.

SIGNATURE WIN: Butler defeated No. 24 Marquette during the spring season on March 5. The five-set match featured Butler winning the first and fourth sets. In the finale, BU controlled the action by winning 15-7.

BU posted 21 total blocks in that match, just two shy of tying the school record.

UP NEXT: Butler will begin BIG EAST Conference play with matches against Creighton and Providence next weekend. The Bulldogs will host the No. 17 Bluejays on Friday before matching up with the Friars on Saturday at Hinkle Fieldhouse.

The Bulldogs will be looking for their first win against the Bluejays since Oct. 4, 2013. Butler is undefeated vs. Providence with a 13-0 record.