LITTLE ROCK – Coming into the weekend with a two-match winning streak, Little Rock volleyball (8-13, 4-4 Sun Belt) will look to keep up the momentum against Troy (6-18, 0-7) and South Alabama (12-8, 3-4) on Friday and Saturday at the Jack Stephens Center.
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Little Rock will be going for its third consecutive win when its faces Troy at 6:30 p.m., on Friday. Little Rock will have its annual Dig Pink match against South Alabama on Saturday at 6:30 p.m. During the match, a raffle will be held for an autographed volleyball, a team jersey, pink socks and
admission to the
Van Compton Volleyball Camp. Raffle tickets will cost $5, and all proceeds will go to the Side-Out Foundation for cancer research.
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A win against Troy on Friday would be Little Rock's third consecutive win – its longest streak since 2015. Little Rock is 11-3 all-time against Troy and has won five of the last six matches since 2013. Little Rock is 6-1 at home when playing Troy.
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Little Rock leads the series with South Alabama by a wide margin at 29-5 and has a 12-2 record when playing in Little Rock. Last year, South Alabama beat Little Rock in five sets at the Jack Stephens Center before Little Rock swept the Jaguars in Mobile.
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- Little Rock ranks sixth nationally for blocks per set (3.02) and total blocks (235.5).
- Carolee Dillard leads the conference for blocks per set (1.38) and total blocks (108).
- Dillard has the 11th-most blocks in Division I.
- Dillard is 28 blocks away from breaking the program's all-time record for blocks.
- Dillard is 12 blocks assists away from breaking the program record.
- Marina Avram leads the conference with 28 aces and ranks 62nd in Division I.
- In Sun Belt play, Avram has the fifth-most kills with 92.
- Avram has double-digit digs in her last six matches.
- At least one Trojan has recorded a double-double in five of the last six matches.
- Little Rock has the fourth-most aces per set in the Sun Belt at 1.41 per set.
- In conference play, Little Rock has the fourth-best hitting percentage at .224.
- Little Rock is 11-3 all-time against Troy and 29-5 all-time against South Alabama.
- Two wins this weekend would give Little Rock its longest winning streak since 2014.
- A win over South Alabama would be Little Rock's 30th of the series.Â