LR Hosts GS, GSU in Crucial Sun Belt Matches

Match 24: Little Rock vs. Georgia Southern
Date	Friday, Oct. 27, 2017
Time	6:30 p.m.
Location	Little Rock, Ark.
Arena	Jack Stephens Center
Stats	StatBroadcast
Video	Little Rock All-Access
Notes	Little Rock

LITTLE ROCK – A crucial pair of home matches await Little Rock volleyball (7-16, 3-8 Sun Belt) as the Trojans welcome Georgia Southern (7-15, 3-7 Sun Belt) and Georgia State (8-15, 2-8 Sun Belt) to the Jack Stephens Center this weekend. The Trojans and Eagles will square off on Friday at 6:30 p.m., before the Trojans take on the Panthers on Saturday at 6:30 p.m.
 
Saturday is Camp Reunion/Costume Competition Night at the Jack Stephens Center. All campers who wear their camp shirts from head coach Van Compton's summer camp will receive

Match 25: Little Rock vs. Georgia State
Date	Saturday, Oct. 28, 2017
Time	6:30 p.m.
Location	Little Rock, Ark.
Arena	Jack Stephens Center
Stats	StatBroadcast
Video	Little Rock All-Access
Notes	Little Rock

free admission. Students should wear their best Halloween costumes for a chance to win lunch for four at Potbelly Sandwich Shop.
 
Little Rock has an all-time record of 5-0 against Georgia Southern since the Eagles joined the Sun Belt in 2014. At home, the Trojans are 2-0 against the Eagles. Both matches at the Jack Stephens Center have gone at least four sets while there has only been one three-set match to occur in both squads' five meetings.
 
Against Georgia State, Little Rock has an all-time record of 6-1 and is 2-0 at the Jack Stephens Center. This will be the Panthers' first visit to Little Rock since 2014. The Trojans have all six consecutive against the Panthers since they joined the league in 2013. Little Rock's only loss to Georgia State occurred in non-conference action in 2011.
 
Wins against the East Division foes this weekend are crucial to the Trojans' chances of making the Sun Belt Tournament since whoever wins will own the tiebreaker.
 

• Little Rock has never lost at home to Georgia Southern or Georgia State.
• The Trojans are a combined 11-1 all-time against the Eagles and Panthers.
• At 404 digs for the season, Sydnee Martin is eight shy of passing Sonja Milanovic (2013-14) for the ninth-most digs in a single season at Little Rock. She's 18 shy of passing Amilia Barokovic for the eighth-most in a single season.
• At 902 career digs, Martin ranks 10th all-time at Little Rock and is 32 away from passing Kelsey Leech (2013-16) for the ninth-most in program history.
• Marina Avram leads the team with nine double-doubles this season.
• Little Rock has had at least one player record a double-double in 10 of its last 12 matches.
• Little Rock has had no trouble with putting up the block this season as the team ranks first in the Sun Belt with 212 total blocks — 38th-most nationally.
• With 2,082 assists for her career, Taylor Lindberg is 80 away from moving to sixth all-time at Little Rock.