The Northern Illinois and Miami (Ohio) volleyball teams have had eerily similar seasons.
With the two clashing at 7 p.m. Saturday in Oxford, the Huskies are 19-4 overall, 11-0 in the Mid-American West and are riding a 14-game winning streak, while the RedHawks are 19-4 overall, 11-0 in the MAC East and have a 18-game winning streak.
The two undefeated teams are also 1-2 in the conference in both hitting percentage (Miami is .300, NIU is .297) and opponent hitting percentage (Miami is .168, NIU is .177) and each team plays a two-setter system. Both teams rely on a balanced attack, with neither school having a player in the top seven in kills per set during conference play.