PREVIEW: Eagles Set for Texas Swing

Friday, October 11

Arlington, Texas

7:30 p.m.

Georgia Southern University

UTA

10/10/2019 5:29:00 AM | Volleyball

GS faces UTA and Texas State this weekend.

By: Marc Gignac

Ga. Southern (6-9, 1-3) vs. UTA (10-7, 2-3) Date: Oct. 11 - 7:30 p.m. ET - College Park Center Series: GS trails 8-0, L8		Ga. Southern (6-9, 1-3) vs. Texas State (12-7, 4-1) Date: Oct. 12 - 7:30 p.m. - Strahan Arena TV: ESPN+ Series: GS trails 6-0, L6
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Probable GS Lineup:
#4 Skylar Ball
#7 Mya Wilson
#10 Maddie Bryant
#11 Carly Turner
#13 Baylor Bumford
#18 Madison Brown
#22 Landon Jones

• Georgia Southern travels to the Lone Star State to face UTA and Texas State this weekend. The Eagles will be searching for their first win against either opponent.

• The Eagles split a pair of Sun Belt matches last weekend in Hanner Fieldhouse, their first home league contests. GS topped Troy 3-1 and fell 3-0 to South Alabama.

• Middle Baylor Bumford set the school record for single-match blocks against the Trojans. The sophomore's total of 15 topped the mark of 14, set by Megan Pfeiffer in a five-set match against Charleston Southern in 1995. Bumford added two blocks against South Alabama and averaged 2.43 per set to earn Sun Belt Defensive Player of the Week accolades. She also notched 14 kills and hit a team high .565 for the week.

• Madison Brown ranks sixth in the Sun Belt in assists (9.17 per set), and Landon Jones ranks sixth in digs (4.30 per set).

• The defending conference champion, Texas State is off to a 4-1 start in league play and is coming off a 3-0 win at UTA Tuesday night. The Bobcats are 6-0 all-time against the Eagles, including 3-0 at home. GS has won just one set in the series, which came at home last October.

• UTA has lost its last two but is 8-0 all-time against the Eagles, including 3-0 in the College Park Center.

• Following this weekend's matches, the Eagles return home to face ULM (Oct. 17) and Louisiana (Oct. 18) in Hanner Fieldhouse.