GREENEVILLE, Tenn. — The Catawba College women's volleyball team is back in action on Friday night, hitting the road for a South Atlantic Conference tilt against Tusculum at 6 p.m.
What a Weekend
- The Catawba Indians are coming off a near-perfect weekend in which they went 2-0 with a pair of sweeps against Emory & Henry and Lincoln Memorial
- Lillie Kate Rogers and Sofia Beard totaled over 20 kills apiece and both averaged over three strikes per set
- Tamie Boudot's 6.33 assists per set and Haley Moffett's 5.50 dimes per stanza were vital in the blue and white attack
- Catawba posted a hitting percentage of .241 while holding opponents to a meager .072 mark
Hill on High
- Riley Hill ranks 39th in Division II and third in the SAC with 4.87 digs per set
- Averaging 7.67 digs per set at Emory & Henry was a major contributor to her lofty season mark as 23 total stops was her fourth-highest tally of the year
- The junior from Salisbury recorded her 1,000th career dig in the home sweep of Lincoln Memorial on Saturday; standing seventh during the rally era, she is now 12 digs behind former teammate Kary Hales
All-Time Series
- Tusculum possesses a slight lead in the series at 29-27, pulling ahead in the last two seasons
- Catawba has suffered losses to the Pioneers in the last nine tries, but the previous two matchups went to five sets
- The Pioneers have been similarly successful on home court, winning 15 of the 27 meetings held in Greeneville
Scouting the Pioneers
- Tusculum is riding a three-match hot streak, pulling out a five-set victory over Mars Hill on Tuesday to improve to 6-7 overall and 4-3 in the SAC
- Thus far, the Pioneers have assembled a mixed bag of results highlighted by a sweep of UVA Wise (Catawba lost to the Cavs, 3-2) and a sweeping loss to LMU (Catawba won, 3-0)
- In the latest KPI ranking, Catawba slots at No. 158 while Tusculum sits at No. 169 of the 284 Division II programs
- Karris Oller has been super efficient for TU with 84 kills on a team-high .264 hitting percentage in addition to a team-leading 24 total blocks
Follow Along
- All South Atlantic Conference matches are broadcast live on FloCollege
- Live stats will be available via StatBroadcast at the link HERE
