NATCHITOCHES, La. – Southeastern Louisiana concludes the 2018 season this coming week with Southland Conference volleyball matches Tuesday at Northwestern State, Thursday at McNeese and Saturday at Lamar.
 
First serve Tuesday at Northwestern State (10-13, 6-7 Southland) is set for 5:30 p.m. at Prather Coliseum.
 
The Lady Lions (2-24, 1-12 Southland) match up against McNeese (8-21, 6-8 Southland) at 6:30 p.m. Thursday in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Saturday's contest against Lamar (6-19, 3-11 Southland) is slated for 10 a.m. in Beaumont, Texas.
 
Southeastern faced each of its three upcoming opponents earlier this season at the University Center, defeating Lamar Oct. 11 to snap a 16-match skid.
 
Video streams are available for the Northwestern State and McNeese matches. All three opponents will provide live statistics. Links for stats and video can be found on the volleyball schedule page at www.LionSports.net.

OPPONENT NOTES

• Reagan Rogers (3.08 kills/set), Hannah Brister (2.94 k/s), Alexis Warren (2.18 k/s), Skylar Besch (9.14 assists/set) and Cayman Sutton (4.04 a/s) pace the Northwestern State offensive attack.
• The Lady Demons are narrowly out-hitting their opponents .195-to-.192 this season.
• Channing Burleson (5.08 digs/set), Warren (2.64 d/s) and Rogers (2.58 d/s) are Northwestern State's top defenders along the back line.
• Brooke Wood (1.15 blocks/set), Madeline Drake (0.90 b/s) and Brister (0.60 b/s) are the squad's leading blockers.

 
SLU NOTES

• Jodi Edo (2.16 k/s) and Elyssa Purcell (1.99 k/s) lead the Lady Lions' offense under the direction of setters Haley Baker (4.71 a/s) and Michelle Mirarchi (3.88 a/s).
• Southeastern has posted a rapidly-improving .139 attack percentage this season, while opponents are hitting .266 against the Lady Lion defense.
• Lexie Torres (3.27 d/s) anchors the defense along the back line.
• Sam Gomez (0.85 b/s) and Tempestt Vaughn (0.57 b/s) are Southeastern's top blocking threats.

 
LAST MATCH
Southeastern won a marathon set but dropped a grinding Southland Conference match to Houston Baptist, 25-22, 32-34, 25-22, 25-13, Saturday at the University Center.
 
The Lady Lions had set point at 24-21 in the second before HBU (14-14, 7-7 Southland) scored four-straight points to take the lead. The two teams continued to trade the lead – 9 times in the set, dealing with 17 ties – before Southeastern outlasted the Huskies to even up the match.
 
After an exhausting second set, HBU jumped out to a 10-2 advantage in the third. Southeastern came roaring back with a 13-2 run to take the lead before running out of gas.
 
Purcell, a redshirt junior from Alvin, Texas, led the Lady Lions' offensive attack, picking up eight of her season-high 15 kills in the second set. Edo, a junior from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, added 11 kills.
 
DIGGIN' IT CLUB / S CLUB
Fans interested in becoming active supporters of the Southeastern volleyball program are encouraged to join the Diggin' It Club. 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.
 
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