FIRST SERVE –
ULM Volleyball (6-11) travels to Arkansas-Pine Bluff (3-13) for its final nonconference matchup of the regular season on Monday, October 5. First serve is set for 6 p.m. in Pine Bluff.
FOLLOW THE WARHAWKS –
A link to live stats can be found on ulmwarhawks.com. Navigate to the volleyball schedule and select the desired match.
SCOUTING THE LADY LIONS –
UAPB enters the match having lost its last six straight. The Lady Lions dropped their most recent match, 1-3, to Grambling. The loss was their first home match of the season.
Ashanti Butler leads UAPB with 111 kills and 40 blocks on the season. Martyna Lubowicz has a team-high 179 assists, while libero Kinsley Hooper has 150 digs.
SERIES HISTORY –
The Warhawks and Lady Lions have met six times in program history, and ULM is undefeated in the series. The two teams last met in 2022 in Pine Bluff, when the Warhawks swept the match. ULM has won each meeting 3-0, except for the first between the two programs, when the score was 3-1. This will be the second time the teams meet in Pine Bluff.
LAST TIME OUT –
The Warhawks enter the matchup after splitting their weekend conference series against Marshall, earning their first Sun Belt win of the season. The Warhawks fell 1-3 on Friday (Oct. 2) but came storming back to win 3-2 on Saturday (Oct. 3).
Second-year Aniya Hall led ULM's offense, combining for 27 kills on the weekend, while setter
Bre Perrin notched 42 assists with no errors.
Kenzie Behl contributed a career-high 13 kills during Saturday's win, for her first double-digit match of the year. Libero
Eden Pietrzak made 27 digs between the two matches, and added 14 assists on the offensive end.
WARHAWK LEADERS –
Freshman Tatum Clay is the only Warhawk to have started in each match this season. The middle blocker leads the team in blocks (62) and aces (24). She also has 75 kills and is hitting .329.
Aniya Hall has a team-high 174 kills, is second to Clay with 18 aces and ranks third with 128 digs.
The setter duo of Morgan Howard (324) and Bre Perrin (236) lead the team in assists, and Perrin has added 113 digs and 12 aces.
UP NEXT –
ULM picks back up with Sun Belt play on the road this weekend. The Warhawks will face Troy in Alabama on Friday (Oct. 9) at 6 p.m. and on Saturday (Oct. 10) at 2 p.m.
