Little Rock set to host conference leader SEMO on Wednesday

Little Rock returns home Wednesday evening to host Southeast Missouri for a conference match at the Jack Stephens Center. It's the first of three home matches this week for the Trojans (4-13, 1-5 OVC), who will also host Tennessee State on Friday and Saturday. First serve against the Redhawks (15-4, 7-1 OVC) is schedule for 6 pm. The match can be seen on ESPN+ and live stats will be available at LRTrojans.com.

The Trojans have 12 matches remaining on the regular season schedule, but sit last in the conference standings and two games out of the eighth pace position. The top eight teams qualify for the OVC Championship in November.
 
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SERIES HISTORY
Little Rock leads the overall series with SEMO, 6-5, and won the most previous meeting 3-2 last season at The Jack. In fact, the Trojans are 2-0 all-time against the Redhawks. The teams split their conference series in 2022, with each team winning at home. Before joining the same conference a year ago, the teams had not faced one another since 2013.
 
LITTLE ROCK
Freshman Carolina Rodriguez has a coming out party of sorts last weekend at Western Illinois, registering a career-high 16 kills and hitting .378 in Friday's match, then following it with 13 kills on Saturday. Her previous best was 12 kills against Louisiana Tech back on Sept. 7. Daedrianna Cail also had 13 kills Saturday to go with seven blocks, tying a career high. Cail hit an outstanding. 500 in Saturday's contest.
 
SOUTHEAST MISSOURI
Marisa Guisti should get plenty of chances to attack on Wednesday, as she enters the match leading the conference with a .374 hitting percentage with 203 kills. Izzy Lukens (663 assists) loves to set for Guisti and Lucy Arndt (242 kills) and ranks second in the OVC with 10 assists per set. The Redhawks are 4-1 in their last five and enter the match hitting .220 for the season.