HUNTSVILLE, Texas – Southeastern Louisiana embarks on a three-match road trip, kicking it off with Southland Conference contests at Sam Houston State and Abilene Christian this weekend.
 
The Lady Lions (2-18, 1-7 Southland) travel to Sam Houston State (15-5, 7-1 Southland) for at 6:30 p.m. match Thursday that will be available on ESPN3.
 
Saturday's contest at Abilene Christian (10-10, 7-1 Southland) gets underway at 1 p.m. A video stream of the match will be provided through the Wildcats' website.
 
Live stats are also available for both matches. Links for stats and video are available on the volleyball schedule page at www.LionSports.net.

Both Abilene Christian and Sam Houston State sit one game back of conference-leader Stephen F. Austin (21-2, 8-0 Southland), tied for second place in the standings halfway through the Southland slate.
 
OPPONENT NOTES

• Taylor Cunningham (3.93 kills/set), Breanne Chausse (2.50 k/s), Caroline Sheaff (2.17 k/s) and Jaclyn Ward (8.51 assists/set) pace the Sam Houston State offense. Madison Wallace leads the squad with 30 service aces.
• The Bearkats are hitting .211 on the attack, while holding opponents to a .144 attack percentage.
• Wallace (4.48 digs/set), Cunningham (3.29 d/s) and Addison Miller (2.78 d/set) are Sam Houston State's top defenders along the back line. Cunningham (1.06 blocks/set) is also the team's leading blocker.

SLU NOTES

• Jodi Edo (1.84 k/s), Caroline Golden (1.82 k/s), Elyssa Purcell (1.76 k/s) and Maddy Katchen (1.71 k/s) lead Southeastern's offensive attack under the direction of setters Haley Baker (3.88 a/s) and Michelle Mirarchi (3.62 a/set). Mirarchi leads the team with 15 service aces.
• Southeastern has compiled a .124 attack percentage and opponents are hitting at a .268 clip.
• The Lady Lion defense is anchored by Lexie Torres (3.13 d/s), Golden (2.33 d/s) and Alexis Pratt (2.11 d/s). Up front, Sam Gomez (0.83 b/s) and Tempestt Vaughn (0.61 b/s) lead the blocking effort at the net.

 
LAST MATCH
Southeastern Louisiana took the opening set in convincing fashion this past Saturday, but McNeese bounced back to claim the final three sets and a Southland Conference win, 16-25, 25-19, 25-18, 25-23, at the University Center.
 
Edo (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) led the Lady Lions with a career-best 13 kills. Katchen (Fox River Grove, Illinois) added eight more. Baker (Elkton, Maryland) handed out 25 assists and Mirarchi (Plano, Texas) dished out another 17 for Southeastern. Torres (San Antonio, Texas) served up a pair of aces while Mirarchi and Pratt (Houston, Texas) each contributed one.
 
UP NEXT
Southeastern wraps up its three-match road trip Tuesday at Southern Miss. First serve is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. The Lady Lions then return to the University Center for their final homestand of the season, which begins Oct. 27 against Northwestern State and also features conference matches Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (Nov. 1) and Houston Baptist (Nov. 3).
 
DIGGIN' IT CLUB / S CLUB
Fans interested in becoming active supporters of the Southeastern volleyball program are encouraged to join the Diggin' It Club. Lady Lion volleyball alums are encouraged to join the exclusive S Club, which is restricted to Southeastern athletic letter winners.
 
All membership fees and donations to both the Diggin' It Club and S Club (volleyball) are available for the exclusive use of the Southeastern volleyball program. Membership information is available by contacting the Lion Athletics Association at laa@southeastern.edu or (985) 549-5091 or visiting www.LionUp.com.
 
SOCIAL MEDIA
For more information on Lady Lions Volleyball, follow @SLU_VBall on Twitter, @Southeastern_vb on Instagram, like /SLUathletics on Facebook and subscribe to the SLUathletics YouTube channel.