Volleyball | 10/22/2015 9:38:00 AM

Georgia Southern (8-13, 3-6)
Dates/Opponents: vs. Appalachian State (15-4, 8-0), Oct. 23 - 6:30 p.m.; vs. UT Arlington (13-8, 4-5), Oct. 24 - 6:30 p.m.
Arena: Hanner Fieldhouse
TV: Friday's match vs. App. St. will be broadcast live on ESPN3
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Live video vs. App 
Live video vs. UTA
Promotions: Saturday's match will be the Eagles annual Think Pink match to support the fight against breast cancer.
Probable GS Lineup:
#3 Crysten Curry
#4 Stephanie Spencer
#6 Lauren Reichard
#7 Megan Chevalier
#8 Alex Beecher
#10 Cathrine Murray
#13 Katie Bange

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The Eagles have won three of their last four matches and return home to take on Appalachian State Friday and UT Arlington Saturday in a pair of Sun Belt contests. First serve for both tilts is set for 6:30 p.m. in Hanner Fieldhouse. Following the weekend, Georgia Southern caps the season with four of its final five contests on the road.

Georgia Southern is 15-31 all-time against Appalachian State and dropped both meetings last season. The Eagles' last victory over the Mounatineers came in the 2013 Southern Conference Tournament semifinals, and Georgia Southern went on to top Samford in the title match. The Eagles are 0-4 against UT Arlington, and the Mavs won both meetings last season as well as a 3-1 decision in Arlington Oct. 1.

The Eagles downed ULM 3-0 and UL Lafayette 3-1 on the road last weekend.

Alex Beecher, who is ranked eighth in the nation in digs per set, has 1,590 career digs, 117 away from the Georgia Southern career record, which was set in 2003. The redshirt junior needs 172 to break her own single-season record of 604, set in 2012.

Setter/right side Katie Bange has eight double-doubles this season, and five of the eight have included double-figure kills. The redshirt junior setter averaged 9.43 assists, 1.14 kills, 2.71 digs and 1.14 blocks a set last week.

Setter Kat Minnerly ranks fifth on the school's career assist list with 2,773. The senior played in her 100th career match against Chicago State Sept. 12.

Redshirt junior Crysten Curry collected her 300th career block at UL Lafayette as she notched six in the match and 10 in two matches last weekend. She ranks seventh in career blocks at Georgia Southern.

Cathrine Murray posted a season-high 16 kills at UL Lafayette Friday. The sophomore outside hitter has 48 kills in her last four matches.

Three juniors who received medical redshirts last season - Beecher, Curry and Bange - have returned to the lineup this season and played in every match.

Georgia Southern will host the Sun Belt Conference Tournament in Hanner Fieldhouse Sept. 20-22. The top-8 teams will battle for the league's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. It's the first time the Eagles are hosting their conference tournament since 2005, when Georgia Southern hosted the Southern Conference Championship in Hanner. Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased by visiting GSEagles.com/SBCVBall. Passes for the entire tournament are available for just $25 for adults and $10 for youth 12-and-under. Single-day passes can be purchased for $10 (adults) or $5 (youth) and students at all Sun Belt Conference schools gain free admission with their student IDs. Single-day group tickets (25 or more people) are available for $7 but can only be purchased in advance by calling 1-800-GSU-WINS.

Georgia Southern Athletics provides up-to-date information on all its sports through its official Web site, GSEagles.com, through social media channels facebook.com/GSAthletics, twitter.com/GSAthletics, iOS app Georgia Southern Eagles and Android app Eagles GATA. Fans can order tickets online at GSEagles.com/tix.