LR Squares Up for Texas Two-Step with TXST, UTA

Match 17: Little Rock vs. Texas State
Date	Friday, Oct. 6, 2017
Time	6:30 p.m.
Location	Little Rock, Ark.
Arena	Jack Stephens Center
Stats	StatBroadcast
Video	Little Rock All-Access
Full Notes	Little Rock

LITTLE ROCK – Volleyball returns to the Jack Stephens Center this weekend as Little Rock (5-11, 1-3 Sun Belt) faces Texas State (11-7, 3-1 Sun Belt) on Friday before taking on UT Arlington (8-9, 2-2 Sun Belt) on Saturday. Both matches are set for 6:30 p.m.
 
Friday night will also be USA Volleyball Club Night at the Jack Stephens Center.
 
Little Rock is 5-4 all-time against Texas State and 2-1 against the Bobcats at the Jack Stephens Center. Little Rock has won

Match 18: Little Rock vs. UT Arlington
Date	Saturday, Oct. 7, 2017
Time	6:30 p.m.
Location	Little Rock, Ark.
Arena	Jack Stephens Center
Stats	StatBroadcast
Video	Little Rock All-Access
Full Notes	Little Rock

the past two matches at home — both in four sets. Last year's match at the Jack snapped a two-match skid. The most notable match in the series came in 2014 as Little Rock swept the Bobcats on their home floor to win the Sun Belt Conference Tournament.
 
Against UT Arlington, Little Rock is 11-13 overall and is tied at 2-2 when playing at the Jack Stephens Center. The Trojans are currently on a three-match losing streak against the Mavericks as UTA won all three matches last season. Little Rock's last win against UT Arlington was a 3-0 sweep in the quarterfinals of the Sun Belt Tournament in 2015.
 

• Saturday will be head coach Van Compton's 800th Division I match.
• A win against Texas State and UT Arlington would be the first time since 2014 that Little Rock has defeated both Texas State and UT Arlington at least once in the same season.
• A win against UT Arlington would be Little Rock's first over the Mavericks at home since Sept. 2015.
• Little Rock has had at least one player record a double-double in five of its last six matches.
• Taylor Lindberg has recorded two consecutive double-doubles.
• In Sun Belt action, Marina Avram has recorded the third-most kills and kills per set with 58 and 3.62, respectively.
• Maritza Mesa's 0.40 aces per set in Sun Belt play ranks fourth in the league.
• Little Rock's 148 total blocks and 2.43 blocks per set for the year rank second in the Sun Belt.
• Veronica Marin's 81 total blocks for the season lead the Sun Belt and rank 25th nationally.
• Marin's .341 hitting percentage ranks third in the league.
• Lindberg's 559 assists for the season rank third in the conference.
• Lindberg is eight assists shy of 1,800 and 12 away from passing Cassie Olsen (1992-93) for the ninth-most assists in program history.
• Little Rock is holding its opponents to a .195 hitting percentage this season — third best in the Sun Belt.
• Little Rock has the third-best home attendance average in the Sun Belt with 600 fans per match.