LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Little Rock takes the floor at the Jack Stephens Center for the final time this season when the Trojans host Tennessee Tech on Thursday and Friday, with both teams tied in the Ohio Valley Conference standings.
With just four games remaining in the regular season, this series will go far in determining where each of the teams will be seeded during the OVC Championships later this month. As it currently stands, the Trojans and Golden Eagles are tied in fourth place, one game out of third place.
Both matches this week are scheduled for 6:00 pm and are available for streaming on ESPN+.
GAME INFO
Who: Little Rock (14-12, 9-5 OVC) vs Tennessee Tech (12-14, 9-5)
When: 6 pm Thursday and 6 pm Friday
Where: Jack Stephens Center
Video: ESPN+
Stats: LRTrojans.com
SERIES HISTORY
• The all-time series is tied, 4-4.
• The Trojans are 1-1 all-time at home against Tennessee Tech.
• Little Rock lost the most recent meeting when the teams met in the opening round of the 2024 OVC Championships.
COACH SPEAK
"We're heading in an upward direction, which is exactly where you want to be with the conference tournament just ahead of us. We still need to go out and take care of business over these last four matches, but we're playing some outstanding volleyball."
– head coach Van Compton
TROJAN REPORT
• Little Rock ranks among the top teams in the OVC in several categories, including opponents' hitting percentage (2nd), team digs (2nd), team kills (3rd), team assists (2nd), and team blocks (5th).
Andrea Roman is the OVC individual leader in total digs and digs per set, while
A'lanae Margaritha is second in hitting percentage.
Jaycee Kennedy ranks second in the OVC in total blocks.
• Roman's 35 digs at Western Illinois moved her into second all-time in program history for career digs with 1449, and she is just 176 digs from becoming the all-time program record-holder. She currently ranks 4th nationally in digs per set and 9th in total digs.
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A'lanae Margaritha is on pace to have one of the most efficient seasons the program has seen for hitting percentage. Currently at .329, which ranks as the 6th-best single-season mark in program history. She is first on the all-time program leaderboard for career hitting percentage at .322.
• Little Rock's 3-0 win at Western Illinois last Thursday was the 600th career win for head coach
Van Compton with the Little Rock program. She currently has 673 total wins across her 45-year career.
• Little Rock got out to its best start in conference play since the 2014 season. The Trojans started 6-0 in the OVC, which is also the longest conference winning streak since 2014, when Little Rock finished 20-0 in the Sun Belt Conference.
