MONROE, La. – ULM volleyball (9-17, 3-9 SBC) hosts the Ragin' Cajuns (12-13, 7-5 SBC) for its final home series of the season. The two teams will face off on Friday, November 6 at 6 p.m. and on Saturday, November 7 at 1 p.m. The team's seniors will be honored before the start of Saturday's match. 

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 RAGIN' CAJUNS – 
Louisiana-Lafayette enters the weekend coming off of a split series against Southern Miss. The Ragin' Cajuns fell in five sets in the opener, but even the series with a five-set win in the second match. Sarah Schnell ranked sixth in the conference in hitting percentage on the weekend (.376) and tied for eighth in kills per set (4.20). Kennedy Gustafson placed sixth in the Sun Belt with her 4.50 digs per set as well. 

The Ragin' Cajuns rank second in the conference and 13th in the nation for team assists this season (1,202). Setter Rhyan Miciotto leads the way with 578 on the year, accounting for 48% of the team's assists. 

Louisiana-Lafayette sits atop the Sun Belt in team digs with 1,446, and second in team kills (1273), a total that's good for 21st nationally. 

SERIES HISTORY – 
Friday's and Saturday's matches will be the 76th and 77th in program history against the Ragin' Cajuns. Louisiana-Lafayette has won the last sixteen matchups, and ULM is searching for its first victory over the Jaguars since a 2018 3-0 win at home. 

During last season's series in Lafayette, returners Bri Raney (24 digs) and Morgan Howard (38 assists)  led the Warhawks' effort.  

LAST TIME OUT – 
The Warhawks enter the match up after falling in both matches to South Alabama, 3-0 and 3-1 on the road. 

In the first match,the Warhawks were led by second-year Aniya Hall, who had her fifth double-double of the season with 11 kills and digs. She added two assists and blocks to her night as well. Second-year libero Eden Pietrzak made 12 digs, a mark that saw her surpass 500 career digs. Setter Morgan Howard totaled 18 assists, eight digs and an ace.  

South Alabama outhit ULM .302% to .172, and made 10 more kills on the match.  

In the series, finale, the Jaguars outhit the Warhawks .242 to .075, and made 11 blocks to ULM's two. Each team made seven aces during the match, but South Alabama committed 14 service errors, while the Warhawks only had six.  

Abby Cunningham led the ULM attack with ten kills, and Morgan Howard notched her sixth double-double of the year with 19 assists and tied her season-high of 14 digs. She added four aces, three kills and a block.  

FAMILIAR FOE –
ULM's Abby Cunningham joined the team from Louisiana-Lafayette ahead of the 2026 season after spending the first three years of her career as a Ragin' Cajun. While at Louisiana-Lafayette, Cunningham notched 177 kills in 43 matches played. So far during her lone season as a Warhawk, she's made 209 kills in 22 matches played. Cunningham is hitting a career-best .178 this season, has a career-high 10 assists, 34 blocks, 67 digs, and 229.5 points. 

DIGGING DEEP – 
The Warhawks rank fifth in the conference in team digs with 1,397. Libero Eden Pietrzak led the Sun Belt with 5.67 digs per set in ULM's sweep over Louisiana Tech. 

Pietrzak leads the team with 330 total digs, and ranks ninth in the conference. She is also ninth in digs per set (3.71). OH Aniya Hall follows with 202. While at the top of the conference in fending off attacks, ULM is third in the Sun Belt in total team attacks (3289), led by Hall, who is fifth with 9.73 attacks per set.

ACED IT! –
The Warhawks are making strides at the service line, moving up to fourth in the Sun Belt in team aces with 154. First-year middle Tatum Clay accounts for a team-high 35, which places her fifth in the conference. Clay is also seventh in aces per set (0.38). 

Setter Morgan Howard's five aces across seven sets of play against South Alabama last weekend tied her for second-best aces per set in the conference (0.71). 

ULM made 19 aces across the series (six sets) against Louisiana Tech, with a team season-high 12 coming in the second match. Setter Bre Perrin made 1.17 aces per set (seven total), with a career-high five against the Bulldogs (10/24). OH Aniya Hall totaled six on the series, a tied for second in the conference with 1.00 per set. The Warhawks' 3.17 aces p/s led the Sun Belt in both total and average. Troy tied the weekend total at 19 aces, but accomplished it in three more sets than ULM.

UP NEXT –
The team will wrap up the season on the road against Old Dominion on Friday, Nov. 13 and Saturday, Nov. 14.