Unbeaten Little Rock ready for next step at Wooo Pig Invitational

Little Rock Volleyball is off to its best start since 2021 thanks to a three-match sweep at the Lion Invitational last weekend. The competition steps up a notch this weekend when Little Rock heads to Fayetteville, where the 3-0 Trojans will play four times in three days during the Wooo Pig Invitational.
 
Little Rock will open Friday with matches against Louisiana Tech at 11 am and Rutgers at 4:30 pm. The Trojans take on Wichita State at 4 pm on Saturday and conclude the event with a showdown against 21st-ranked Arkansas on Sunday at 2 pm. All matches will be played at Barnhill Arena with live stats available at LRTrojans.com. However, only the match against Arkansas will be available for streaming on ESPN+/SECN+.
 
LAST TIME OUT
Little Rock topped Texas A&M-Commerce (3-1), Tarleton State (3-2) and Central Arkansas (3-0) at last weekend's Lion Invitational. Co-captains Jeila Fullerton and Kaila Harris were named to the All-Tournament team. Fullerton recorded her first career 20-20 game when she totaled 23 kills and 20 digs (both career highs) against Tarleton State. Fullerton entered the season with four career double-doubles and almost matched that in one weekend, recording three in as many matches. Harris set a new career mark with 14 kills against Tarleton to go with 11 digs. She also had 13 kills and 7 blocks against A&M-Commerce.
 
MATCH HISTORY
The Trojans have never faced Rutgers or Wichita State, but have a 20-10 all-time record against Louisiana Tech and will face Arkansas for the fifth time in program history – all in Fayetteville. Little Rock has won four of its last five meetings against Louisiana Tech, including a 3-1 win last year in Ruston, La. To finish a sweep of the La Tech Invitational. The Trojans lost the last meeting with Arkansas in 2022 and have been swept in all three losses to the Hogs.
 
SCOUTING REPORT
Louisiana Tech enters the weekend at 3-1 with a three-game win streak following a sweep of Alcorn State on Tuesday night. They have also swept a pair against Cal State Fullerton. Rutgers comes in with a 1-2 record and a lineup boasting eight players standing at least 6'2". Wichita State is 2-1 heading into the weekend with a pair of wins over Kennesaw State. The Shockers are 23^rd nationally in hitting percentage (.292). Host team Arkansas is 3-0 but fell two spots in this week's NCAA/AVCA rankings. The Razorbacks are 19^th nationally in assists per set (13.3) and 25^th in digs per set (17.2).