Match 17 | New Orleans (2-14, 0-4 SLC) at Southeastern (12-4, 4-0 SLC)
Oct. 8, 2024 | 6:30 p.m. | University Center (7,500) | Hammond, La.
Series History: New Orleans leads, 39-25
Last Meeting: Southeastern 3, New Orleans 0 (25-15, 25-18, 25-13) (Oct. 1, 2024 – New Orleans, La.)
Television: ESPN+
Radio: 90.9 FM The Lion
 
Match 18 | Nicholls (6-8, 1-2 SLC) at Southeastern (12-4, 4-0 SLC)
Oct. 10, 2024 | 6:30 p.m. | University Center (7,500) | Hammond, La.
Series History: Nicholls leads, 52-45
Last Meeting: Southeastern 3, Nicholls 0 (25-12, 25-10, 25-11) (Oct. 26, 2023 – Hammond, La.)
Television: ESPN+
Radio: 90.9 FM The Lion
 
Match 19 | McNeese (5-10, 1-2 SLC) at Southeastern (12-4, 4-0 SLC)
Oct. 12, 2024 | 12 p.m. | University Center (7,500) | Hammond, La.
Series History: McNeese leads 47-39
Last Meeting: Southeastern 3, McNeese 1 (25-21, 24-26, 25-14, 25-17) (Oct. 3, 2024 – Lake Charles, La.)
Television: ESPN+
Radio: None

HAMMOND, La. – The reigning, two-time Southland Conference Champion Southeastern Louisiana University volleyball team face three Southland Conference foes in a span of five days in the University Center, welcoming in New Orleans, Nicholls, and McNeese to Hammond, America this week.
 
The Lady Lions (12-4, 4-0 SLC) will host the UNO Privateers (2-14, 0-4 SLC) with opening serve set for 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday for the annual Think Pink match in support of breast cancer awareness. Thursday's match against the Nicholls Colonels (6-8, 1-2 SLC) is also set for 6:30 p.m. and it will be throwback night in the University Center. The match Saturday against the McNeese Cowgirls (5-10, 1-2 SLC) is scheduled for a 12 p.m. start and it will be reunion day for all campers who participated in volleyball camps this year.
 
All three matches will be televised on ESPN+ while the matches against UNO and Nicholls will be available on the radio at 90.9 FM The Lion in the Hammond/Ponchatoula area, online at LionSports.net/ListenLive and LionUpRadio.org, and on smart devices through the Lions Gameday Experience app, the TuneIn Radio app, or the MyTuner Radio app. Live stats will also be available on LionSports.net.
 
Southeastern continues to ride a wave of momentum, currently holding the longest win streak in the Southland at 12 victories in a row. SLU has won 21 SLC matches in a row and 24 matches in a row against SLC competition, regardless of its status as a conference match.
 
The Lady Lions will also attempt to finish two season series sweeps during the week, having beaten both the Privateers and Cowgirls on the road last week. SLU has won the last four matches against UNO and Nicholls, each, while the Lady Lions have won six straight matches against McNeese. Southeastern has not dropped a set to the Privateers in the last four match-ups between the two teams. SLU has won 12 of the 13 sets played during the current four-match win streak over Nicholls. McNeese has forced at least a fourth set in five of the six matches during the Lady Lions' current win streak over the Cowgirls.
 
Cicily Hidalgo continues to be Southeastern's top offensive threat, averaging 3.96 points per set this season, having seen her kills per set average fly up to 3.46 while her hitting percentage also continues to rise, now sitting at .254 on the year. She also has 11 service aces and 31 total blocks to account for her scoring on the season. Hidalgo is also one of the top players in the back for the Lady Lions as her 3.05 digs per set is the second-highest average on the team.
 
Hannah Brewer has also seen her offensive action grow as she's now averaging 3.01 points per set on the season. She averages 2.34 kills per set while her 21 service aces leads the team. She also has 30 total blocks on the team to round out her scoring and is credited with 2.59 digs per set on the year.
 
Alexis Logarbo has also become a top threat on the attack for the Lady Lions, averaging 2.46 points per set on 2.08 kills per set with a .265 attack percentage. She has accounted for 43 total blocks this season.
 
SLU has three other players who have joined Brewer and Hidalgo with at least 10 service aces on the season, Lexi Gonzalez with 15, Gracie Duplechein with 13, and Ashley Richardson with 11. Duplechein is the team's top setter, currently sitting at 5.8 assists per set, while Gonzalez is the top player along the back line at 3.19 digs per set.
 
India Bennett leads the team on the block with 72 total blocks, 14 solo, this season while she's joined by Keira Beverly with 52.
 
The Privateers enter Tuesday's match trying to get off of a nine-match losing streak, the last six of which have all ended in three sets, including all four of their Southland Conference matches so far.
 
Courtney Roundtree is UNO's top scorer, averaging 2.8 points per set on the year. She scores 2.19 kills per set on a .230 attack percentage to go with six service aces and a team-leading 40 total blocks on the year.
 
Chelsea Daffin averages 2.4 points per set for the Privateers, scoring 2.15 kills per set on a .124 attack percentage with a team-best 11 service aces. She is second on the team in digs per set average with 2.48 while also tallying a trio of blocks this year.
 
Defne Eciroglu is UNO's top setter, averaging 4.7 assists per set with Alexis Belarmino at 3.88 and Vera Beltrame at 3.29 assists per set, all three of which played in the match against Southeastern last week.
 
Molly Kehoe is the only other Privateer, besides Daffin, with double-digit service aces this season, right at 10.
 
Lani Alleman leads the back line for UNO, averaging 2.5 digs per set on the year.
 
Nicholls enters its match Tuesday against McNeese looking to build off their own straight-sets win over UNO, which ended a three-match losing streak for the Colonels. Nicholls has lost six of its last eight matches after a 4-2 start to the season.
 
Leah Linares Castro leads the Colonels on offense with 4.08 points per set, scoring 3.33 kills per set on a .294 attack percentage with 23 service aces and 25 total blocks.
 
Makila Billingsley is the next top threat for Nicholls, averaging 2.97 points per set. She scores on 2.6 kills per set with a .186 attack percentage while tallying five service aces and 22 total blocks.
 
While Castro leads the Colonels in service aces, she is joined by Kenley Nonato with 18 and Jordan Gamble with 12 on the year.
 
Ava-Claire Calais is the top setter for Nicholls, averaging 5.31 assists per set while Evelyn Trivino Espinosa averages 4.68 assists per set.
 
Gamble is the biggest defensive presence at the net for Nicholls, accumulating 45 total blocks this season while Khara Morton has 31.
 
Nonato leads the back line for the Colonels, averaging 4.27 digs per set while Tierney Terrell averages 2.85.
 
McNeese saw its own five-match losing streak end in its last match out prior to the start of this week's action, also doing so with a three-set win over the Privateers on Saturday. The Cowgirls are looking to turn that into more as they host Nicholls on Tuesday before going to UNO on Thursday and then Saturday's game in Hammond.
 
McKenzie Moore continues to be the top threat for the Cowgirls, offensively, averaging 4.71 points per set while putting down 4.23 kills per set on a .237 attack percentage. She also has seven service aces and 36 total blocks while collecting 2.6 digs per set as well.
 
Naterah Moore is the next biggest piece available for McNeese, averaging 2.09 points per set on 1.56 kills per set with a .198 attack percentage while leading the team with 48 total blocks on the year.
 
Lacie Schooley leads the Cowgirls on the serve with 11 service aces while Kendall Osgood is the only other Cowgirl in double-digits in aces with 10.
 
Megan Grose is McNeese's top setter, averaging 5.58 assists per set on the year.
 
The biggest helpers on the block for Naterah and McKenzie Moore are Kimaya Webb, with 29 total blocks on the year, and Schooley, with 24.
 
Bailey Tillman remains the top back line defender for McNeese, averaging 4.55 digs per set this season. Osgood helps her in that regard with 3.04 digs per set.
 
The end of this three-match-in-five-day homestand leads into a run of two weeks and four matches on the road to close out the month of October.
 
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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