HAMMOND, La. – With a Southland Conference Tournament bid within reach, Southeastern Louisiana heads out on the road for a pair of conference volleyball matches. 

The Lady Lions (12-14, 6-6 Southland) travel to Lake Charles, Louisiana for a 6:30 p.m. Thursday match at McNeese (10-14, 3-9 Southland) and then head to Beaumont, Texas for a 1 p.m. contest Saturday at Lamar (8-15, 3-10 Southland).

Live stats are available for both matches and McNeese will provide streaming video of Thursday's contest. Links for live stats and video can be found on the volleyball schedule page at www.LionSports.net.

Southeastern sits tied for sixth in the conference standings with tournament-host Central Arkansas (12-13, 6-6 Southland). The top eight teams in the conference standings qualify for the Southland Tournament, Nov. 22-24.

One game back, in eighth place, lies New Orleans (12-15, 5-8 Southland). Nicholls (10-13, 4-8 Southland) sits two games back of the Lady Lions and one out of the last tournament spot. McNeese and Abilene Christian (5-17, 3-9 Southland) are three games back of Southeastern with four Southland matches remaining in the regular season.

The Lady Lions magic number to clinch a bid is three. Any combination of three Lady Lion wins or losses by Nicholls, McNeese, ACU and Lamar are needed to eliminate each of the four opponents from catching Southeastern. 
 
NOTEWORTHY

• Jodi Edo a senior from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, leads the Southland in solo blocks (24) while ranking third in attack percentage (.333), fourth in total blocks (90) and sixth in total points (323).
• Edo (2.88 k/set), Caroline Golden (2.47 k/set) and Sam Gomez (2.43 k/set) are Southeastern's top attackers.
• Baylee Laskoskie, a freshman from Spring, Texas, ranks fifth in the Southland with 8.91 assists per set.
• Golden, a junior from Mandeville, Louisiana, ranks third in service aces (0.39 sa/set).
• Alexis Pratt (3.05 d/set), Lizzy Low (2.66 d/set), Golden (2.57 d/set) and Jolie Hidalgo (2.42 d/set) represent the Lady Lions' top defenders along the back line.
• Against conference competition, the Lady Lions have allowed the fourth-fewest kills (11.98 k/set) and the fourth-lowest opponent attack percentage (.182).

UP NEXT
The Lady Lions return to the University Center next week, wrapping up the regular season by hosting Nicholls, Tuesday at 7 p.m., and Sam Houston State (13-11, 9-3 Southland), Nov. 16.
 
LAST MATCH
A career-high 26 kills from Edo was not enough Saturday for Southeastern Louisiana as the Lady Lions fell to Central Arkansas in five sets, 23-25, 25-23, 17-25, 25-18, 15-7, in Southland Conference action at the University Center.

Edo also led the Lady Lions with a .489 attack percentage, swinging over .300 for the fourth-straight match and the 15th time this season. She also had a hand in four of the teams' 10 total blocks, including a pair of solos.
 
Gomez, a junior from Mandeville, Louisiana, added 12 kills and five blocks. Laskoskie dished out a career-high 52 assists. Pratt contributed a game-high 17 digs and Low chipped in 10 more for Southeastern.

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.
 
SOCIAL MEDIA
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