FIRST SERVE –
ULM hosts Louisiana Tech for the inaugural volleyball matchup in that Radiance Technologies I-20 Showdown. The two teams will face off on Friday, October 23 at 6 p.m. and Saturday, October 24 at 1 p.m. in the ULM Activity Center.

FOLLOW THE WARHAWKS – 
Live streaming on ESPN+ will be available for each match. Links to the live stream can be found at ulmwarhawks.com, and a link to live stats can be found on ulmwarhawks.com as well. Navigate to the volleyball schedule and select the desired match.

SCOUTING THE BULLDOGS – 
Louisiana Tech enters the match up coming off a series loss to Troy at home . The Bulldogs fell 1-3 in the first match after winning the first set, and dropped the second match 0-3. Kylie Rodriguez led Louisiana Tech will 20 kills on the weekend, and Sydnee Carter recorded 52 assists. Violet Morrandez picked up 15 blocks between the two matches as well. 

Libero Riley Steubing ranks second in the conference in total digs (338) and third in digs per set (4.57). 

The Bulldogs are winless in Sun Belt play so far this season, and are also still searching for their first win on the road. Both ULM and Louisiana Tech were swept in series against Southern Miss and Troy, but the Warhawks have defeated McNeese and Northwestern State, who the Bulldogs fell to. 

SERIES HISTORY – 
Friday's and Saturday's meetings bewteen the Warhawks and the Bulldogs will be the 46th adn 47th in program history. The Warhawks won the first straight 12 matchups between the two schools (1985-1990), but Louisiana Tech the won the next 23 in a row (1991-2015). Since then, the series has been more even, with the Bulldogs leading 6-4. 

The two teams split the series last season, with ULM coming away with a 3-2 reverse sweep for a neutral-site victory, but Tech took the second 3-1 in Ruston. 

LAST TIME OUT – 
The Warhawks enter the match up after dropping both matches to Southern Miss last weekend. Despite falling in 3-0 fashion in the first match, the Warhawks played a tight first two sets against the Golden Eagles. USM edged out ULM 26-24 and 25-23 in the first two sets, but the Golden Eagles won the third more decisively, 25-17. 

The Warhawks were able to close out one of those close sets in the second match, winning the first 25-23. But Southern Miss rebounded quickly, taking the next three - 25-20, 25-18, and 25-17. 

In match one, Aniya Hall led all players with 14 kills on .371 hitting (14-1-35), while Tatum Clay hit .444 with eight kills and no errors (8-0-18). The match was Clay's sixth of the season with no attack errors. Setter Morgan Howard made a season-high two kills and added 14 assists with two aces.   

In match two, Hall notched a double-double, making 10 kills and 10 digs, while freshmen middle blockers Zharia Alleyne and Clay each hit efficiently for the Warhawks. Alleyne made a career-high eight kills, hitting .353, while Clay made seven kills on .375 hitting, as well as making five blocks. Howard made a season-high four aces, in addition to a double-double (17 assists and 14 digs). 
 
DIGGING DEEP –
The Warhawks rank 26th nationally in team digs with 1200, a mark that  leads the Sun Belt. Libero Eden Pietrzak leads the team with 274, a total that ranks her ninth in the conference for total digs. OH Aniya Hall follows with 174, while setters Morgan Howard and Bre Perrin are contributing 149 and 136, respectively. While leading the conference in fending off attacks, ULM is third in the Sun Belt in total team attacks (2849), which is also 26th nationally. 

CLEAR THE HALL –
Outside Hitter Aniya Hall is up to 227 kills on the season, a mark that puts her at tenth in the Sun Belt with 3.26 kills per set. Her 9.97 attacks per set place her fifth in the conference, and she's sixth on total attacks (698). 

Hall recorded 24 kills across the Warhawks' two matches last weekend, and has put up double-digit kills in 15 of ULM's 22 matches so far this season. She tallied her fourth double-double of the season in the second match against Southern Miss, making ten kills and 11 digs. The outside hitter has the second-most digs on the team, coming in with 174, second only to libero Eden Pietrzak. Hall also has the second-most aces for the Warhawks at 21, after recording just two her freshman season. 

FRESHMAN PHENOM –
Tatum Clay has established herself as a pillar of ULM's lineup during her freshman season. The first-year is the only Warhawk to have played in every set (79) of each match so far this season (22). Clay is up to 85 total blocks on the season, and 30 aces, both of which are team-highs for the Warhawks. Her 85 blocks ranks sixth best for total blocks in the Sun Belt, and her 1.14 blocks per set place her eighth. Clay's 0.39 aces per set each earns her ninth in the conference. The middle blocker is hitting .309 (89-25-207) on the season. She's made six blocks in five matches so far this season, a team single-game high this season. Clay is hitting .324 so far this season, which is tenth-best in the conference. 

She hit .571 (9-1-14) in ULM's win over Marshall, adding three aces and three blocks (10/3). This hitting percentage is third-best in program history in a five-set match. The middle blocker made a career-best four digs, and rejected a team-high five Lady Lion swings against Arkansas-Pine Bluff, four of which were solo blocks (10/5). 

Against North Dakota, Clay hit .636 (7-0-11), which is the second best mark during a four-set match in program history. She also made four aces, which ties her for third-most in a four-set match in program history. Both of her matches with four solo blocks (Sam Houston 9/18 and Arkansas Pine Bluff 10/5) place her in the record book as well. In the three-set match against Arkansas-Pine Bluff, her four solo stuffs are most in program history.