NEW ORLEANS – The New Orleans Privateers will host two matches in their penultimate week of competition for the regular season. A 6:30 p.m. tilt against HBU is up first on Thursday with an 11 a.m. match against McNeese to follow on Saturday.
WHERE TO WATCH
HBU
PRE-MATCH MOMENT OF SILENCE
We will observe a moment of silence before Thursday's match for HBU volleyball assistant coach Molly Howard Gerwig who tragically passed away last month.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
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Tara Goolsby has assumed the setter duties for the last four matches. In that span, Goolsby has 118 total assists (8.42 per set). She also added four blocks against UIW.
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Sh'Diamond Holly and
Kai Williams co-led the team in kills with nine each in the first match against HBU in Houston.
-One of the Privateers' four matches with double digit blocks as a team came in the first meeting vs. McNeese when New Orleans registered 10 rejections.
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Sheilah Purcell has gone for 10+ digs in 18 of the team's 19 matches this year. Her season-high was 30 against Northwestern State.
-The Privateers will have Senior Night on Thursday, Nov. 11 when they close the regular season against Nicholls at the Human Performance Center.
THE COMPETITION
-HBU is first in the league in opponent attack percentage. The Huskies have limited opponents to just a .142 clip.
-Anna Gadway is the reigning Southland Offensive Player of the Week. Gadway had 29 kills in six sets last week.
-McNeese is currently sitting in third place in the league with a 7-4 mark heading into the week.
-The Cowgirls lead the Southland as a team in aces per set with 1.59. They also have allowed the fewest kills per set.
-Jaylin Gordon paces the Southland in attack percentage with a .363 clip in 237 attempts this season.
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