Volleyball Preview: Eagles Cap Five-Match Road Swing in Arkansas

Friday, October 27

Little Rock, Ark.

7:30 p.m.

Georgia Southern University

Little Rock

Volleyball Preview: Eagles Cap Five-Match Road Swing in Arkansas

10/26/2017 2:18:00 PM | Volleyball

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GS finishes the season with four out of five at home starting Nov. 2.

By: Marc Gignac

Georgia Southern (7-15, 3-7) at Little Rock (7-16, 3-8) Date: Oct. 27 - 7:30 p.m. ET Series: GS trails 5-0, L5		Georgia Southern (7-15, 3-7) at Arkansas State (15-9, 8-3) Date: Oct. 28 - 7:30 p.m. ET Series: GS trails 6-1, L6
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Probable GS Lineup:
#2 Joscelin Morrow
#4 Skylar Ball
#6 Lauren Reichard
#7 Megan Chevalier
#10 Cathrine Murray
#17 Anna Wenger
#22 Landon Jones

The Eagles cap a five-match road trip at Little Rock and Arkansas State this week. It's the end of a stretch in which the Eagles played 10 of 12 on the road. GS plays four of its final five matches in Hanner Fieldhouse, starting with a four-match homestand Nov. 2, against Coastal Carolina.

The Eagles are searching for their first win against both Little Rock and Arkansas State since joining the Sun Belt Conference in 2014. The Eagles are 0-5 against Little Rock and 1-6 against Arkansas State. The Eagles defeated Arkansas State 3-1 at the Magnolia Invitational at Ole Miss in 2013.

These are the only meetings against Little Rock and Arkansas State this season. Both squads traveled to Statesboro last year with Arkansas State topping GS 3-0 and Little Rock winning 3-2 in Hanner Fieldhouse.

Little Rock is fifth in the West Division, and Arkansas State is third. Georgia Southern is tied for third in the East Division.

Georgia Southern is coming off a pair of Sun Belt setbacks in Texas last weekend. Little Rock lost to Troy and South Alabama, while Arkansas State swept the Trojans and Jaguars. Arkansas State hosts Georgia State Friday night before facing the Eagles.

Cathrine Murray has 945 kills and is 47 away from cracking the top-10 on the school's career chart. The senior also has 756 digs and 109 blocks.

Classmate Anna Wenger has 691 career kills, and Megan Chevalier has 743.

Lauren Reichard has 597 career kills and 324 blocks. The junior ranks seventh on the school's career block list.

Georgia Southern had four matches canceled or postponed because of Hurricane Irma. GS has already made up two of those matches and will make up a third when Savannah State visits Hanner Fieldhouse Nov. 6 for a 6:30 p.m. contest.

Following the weekend, GS opens a four-match homestand against Coastal Carolina Thursday, Nov. 2, at 6:30 p.m.

The volleyball program has launched a crowdfunding campaign to benefit Eagle Volleyball for years to come. It will be active until Friday, November 10, 2017, giving Eagle Volleyball only six weeks to reach their goal of $104,030. Contributions to the volleyball program fund commemorative gifts for graduating volleyball players, student-athlete trips to the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, recruiting efforts, volleyball-specific training tools, locker room upgrades and overall experience for volleyball student-athletes.

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