UTSA (12-7, 5-1 C-USA) vs. Southern Miss Golden Eagles (1-18, 0-5 C-USA)
6 p.m. | Oct. 18, 2019
Reed Green Coliseum | Hattiesburg, Miss.
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UTSA Roadrunners (12-7, 5-1 C-USA) vs. WKU Lady Toppers (19-1, 5-0 C-USA)
1 p.m. | Oct. 20, 2019
Diddle Arena | Bowling Green, Ky.
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FIRST SERVE
• UTSA and Southern Miss meet for the 11th time Friday.
• The Roadrunners are 10-0, including 2-0 in Hattiesburg, Miss., against the Golden Eagles.
• UTSA owns six shutouts and have dropped just five games in the 10 previous meetings.
• The Roadrunners and WKU meet for the eighth time Sunday.
• WKU holds a 6-1 advantage, including each of the last six matches, with a 2-0 mark at home.
• UTSA fell 3-0 the last trip to Diddle Arena, Oct. 22, 2017 – the only match not decided 3-1.
SETTING THE SCENE
• UTSA finishes the first half of the 14-game Conference USA schedule Friday at Southern Miss – which is winless through the first five conference games - before finishing the weekend at WKU, which is tied for the league lead with Rice at 5-0.
• The Roadrunners need one win this weekend to start league play with at least six wins in the first eight league contests for the sixth time since joining Conference USA in 2013.
SCOUTING Southern Miss
• Ranks last in C-USA in hitting percentage, opponent hitting percentage, blocks and aces
• The 10.38 assists and 11.31 kills sit 12th in the 13-team league, while the 15.31 digs is fifth.
• Madison Lawler is fourth with 4.88 digs, while Piper Matsumoto is seventh with 8.19 assists.
• Gillian Hidalgo leads the team in kills at 2.92 per set, good for 17th best in the league.
LAST MEETING
• UTSA claimed a 3-1 (21-25, 25-17, 25-22, 25-21) comeback victory at home Sept. 21, 2018.
• Kirby Smith led the Roadrunners with 14 kills and adding six digs.
• Hannah Lopez finished with 13 kills and eight digs.
• Brianna McCulloch tallied 10 kills.
• Kara Teal filled the stat sheet with eight kills, three blocks, two aces and two digs.
SCOUTING WKU
• Leads C-USA in hitting percentage (.325) and hold opponents to the second lowest at .155.
• Averages 14.47 kills and 1.88 service ace, are third in the league.
• Their 13.12 assists and 2.24 blocks per set are fourth best in the conference.
• Lauren Matthews is second in C-USA, with a .518 hitting percentage and 4.82 kills.
- Matthews 1.24 blocks is third best.
• Paige Briggs is 10th in kills (3.29), 16th in hitting percentage (.296) and aces (.29)
• Sophie Cerino is eighth in aces (.41) and her .291 hitting percentage is 17th.
• Nadia Dieudonne is second in assists (11.65), while Hallie Shelton sits in seventh in aces (.47).
LAST MEETING
• UTSA fell to WKU in four sets (19-25, 17-25, 25-22, 23-25) in San Antonio Oct. 28, 2018.
• Brianna McCulloch finished with 14 kills and two blocks.
• Kara Teal had nine kills and two blocks.
• Hannah Lopez had five kills and four digs.
• Kirby Smith added 11 kills, three blocks and seven digs.
• Mia Perales added 18 assists and five digs.
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