MOBILE, Ala. | South Alabama will head back out on the road as the Jags travel to Southern Miss for a pair of matches at the Southern Miss Wellness Center. 

The Jaguars (8-8, 4-2 SBC) will open the series with the Golden Eagles (8-10, 4-2 SBC) on Thursday at 7 p.m. and then close out the series on Friday at 6 p.m.

South Alabama enters the SBC series versus Southern Miss after sweeping previously unbeaten Texas State over the weekend. With the series sweep, the Jags have won four-straight and are currently in a three-way tie for second place in the West Division with the Golden Eagles and the Bobcats, and just a match behind division leader Arkansas State

Live stats will be available on the schedule page at USAJaguars.com, while both matches will also be streamed on ESPN+.

MATCH INFORMATION
Site: Southern Miss Wellness Center (Hattiesburg, Miss.)

SOUTH ALABAMA Jaguars
AVCA: -- | RPI: 125
Record: 8-8, 4-2 SBC

SOUTHERN MISS Golden Eagles
AVCA: -- | RPI: 227
Record: 8-10, 4-2 SBC

SERIES SCHEDULE
Match 1: Thu., 17, 2024 | 6 p.m.
Match 2: Fri., 18, 2024 | 6 p.m.

THE SERIES
All-time series: 56th & 57th Meetings (USA, 34-21)
Home: 16-8 | Away: 11-13 | Neutral: 7-0
3-set: 12-9 | 4-set: 7-8 | 5-set: 6-4 
Current Streak: USA 2

Last Meeting: 
USA, 3-1 (9/22/23)
USA, 3-0 (9/21/23)

Last Time in Hattiesburg: 
USM, 3-2 (9/24/22)
USA, 3-1 (9/23/22)

NOTES
•    South Alabama and Southern Miss have met 55 previous times in the all-time series
•    The Jaguars hold a 34-21 series advantage in those meetings and are 11-13 in Hattiesburg versus the Golden Eagles
•    Since USM joined the Sun Belt Conference, South has won three of the four meetings
•    Since the 2012 season the Jaguars have also won nine of the last 11 series meetings
•    Abryanna Cannon leads the team in points (3.75) and kills (3.21) per set, ranking 10th in the league in both categories
•    Cannon has double-digit kill tallies in 11 of her 16 matches, including six of her last seven
•    Cannon has also had nine or more digs in seven of her last nine matches
•    Lillie Simons leads the club in blocks with 61.0, ranks 10th in the SBC in blocks (1.07 per set), and as a team, the Jaguars rank fourth in the conference in blocks, averaging 2.37 per set
•    Over her last seven matches, Simons has recorded 76 kills and 59 total blocks, recording eight or more kills in six of those matches
•    Anna Loberg is averaging 9.39 assists per set, third-best in the SBC in the category
•    Loberg has had at least one service ace in five of her last six, recording eight over that stretch
•    Libero Briana Wilson leads the team in digs with 4.02 per set - ninth best in the SBC  
•    Wilson has recorded 13 or more digs in nine-straight entering the series
•    Blackwell has had five or more kills in four of her last five and hit over .400 in each of her last two matches
•    In her last two matches, Blackwell has committed just two attack errors in her 32 offensive attacks
•    Blackwell has had three matches with five blocks over her last five
•    Sarah Gooch has recorded nine or more kills in eight of her last 10 matches, including each of her last five, and four in double figures over the 10-match stretch
•    Addison Hurst has had nine or more digs in each of her last two matches, totaling 21 off the bench over that stretch
•    Maradith O'Gorman has recorded eight or more kills in nine of her last 10 outings
•    O'Gorman has had three or more blocks in six of her last seven matches, including five straight, and totaled 24 total blocks over that stretch
•    O'Gorman has also had three matches of two service aces over her last five

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