Probable GS Lineup:
#6 Rebekah Farthing
#7 Mya Wilson
#9 Chamblee Russell
#10 Maddie Bryant
#13 Baylor Bumford
#18 Madison Brown
#25 Lauren Hager
• Georgia Southern travels to the Sun Belt Conference Championship this week at the Foley Sports Complex in Foley, Alabama.
• This will be the Eagles third appearance in the Sun Belt Championship, and Georgia Southern owns an 0-2 record with losses against Arkansas State (2015) and Coastal Carolina (2016).
• Georgia Southern is the fifth seed in the East Division and will compete in Pool B with Troy, the second seed in the East Division, and UTA, the third seed in the West Division. Teams play the two opponents in their pool, and the winner of the pool advances to the single-elimination semifinals. The winner of Pool B will play the winner of Pool C, which features Texas State, South Alabama and ULM.
• The Eagles play Troy in their first match Wednesday at 8:30 p.m. ET and take on UTA Thursday at 8:30 p.m. ET. Georgia Southern took two of three against Troy last week in the final regular-season series for both teams. The Eagles own a 13-6 all-time record against the Trojans, and the teams have never met in the Sun Belt Tournament. Georgia Southern has never beat UTA in nine tries, and the teams have never played in the Sun Belt Tournament.
• Georgia Southern finished the regular-season conference slate with a 4-9 record and had three matches against Appalachian State canceled because of COVID-19 related issues. GS won two of three against Troy in Hanner Fieldhouse last week, while UTA split a pair of matches with Texas State and dealt the Bobcats their lone conference loss of the season.
• Junior setter
Madison Brown was named the Sun Belt Setter of the Week Tuesday. Brown averaged 11.56 assists, two digs and 0.44 blocks a set in a 2-1 week for the Eagles. It's the second time she has earned the honor this season (Oct. 6). She has moved into seventh on the Georgia Southern career assist list with 2,303, which is 223 shy of Susan Winkelman (2002-04) in sixth.
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Chamblee Russell was named the Sun Belt Freshman of the Week Nov. 3 after averaging four kills and three digs a set while hitting .295 in two matches against Georgia State. It was the second time the freshman earned the honor this season.
• Senior defensive specialist
Landon Jones is 306 digs away from 1,000 for her career, and junior
Maddie Bryant crossed the 500 career kill mark last week at Coastal Carolina and now has 508. Bryant is 60 digs away from 500 for her career.
