MOBILE, Ala. | After being on the road for eight-straight matches, South Alabama (4-8, 0-2 SBC) returns home this weekend for the first time in a month to host ULM (4-10, 0-2 SBC) at Jag Gym in the program's Sun Belt Conference home opener. The Jaguars will open the series on Friday at 6 p.m. and then close out the series on Saturday at 1 p.m.

Both matches will be streamed on ESPN+ and live stats can be accessed on the schedule page at www.USAJaguars.com.

HURRICANE HELENE DISASTER RELIEF
South Alabama Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) is asking the community to come together for all those affected by Hurricane Helene. We will be collecting relief supplies at the Soccer and Volleyball game on Friday night. Relief items can include water, canned goods, toilet paper, cleaning supplies, and first aid supplies.

MATCH PROMOTIONS
Friday Night – Taylor Swift Night  
Promotions: Friendship Bracelets and 100 Lillie Simons Player Trading Cards

Saturday Night – Pajama Day  
Promotions: Doughnuts (while supplies last) and 100 Evie Taylor Player Trading Cards

GAME INFORMATION
Site: Jag Gym (Mobile, Ala.)

vs. ULM Warhawks
AVCA: -- | RPI: --
Record: --

Date: 10/4
Time: 6 p.m.

Date: 10/5
Time: 1 p.m.

THE SERIES
Series: 28th & 29th Meeting (USA, 20-7)
Home: 11-0 | Away: 7-4 | Neutral: 2-3
3-set: 13-1 | 4-set: 5-3 | 5-set: 2-2
Current Streak: USA 9

Last Meeting: 
USA, 3-1 (9/29/23) 
USA, 3-0 (9/28/23) 

Last Time in Mobile: 
USA, 3-1 (10/1/22)         
USA, 3-0 (9/30/22)

NOTES
•    South Alabama and ULM have met 27 previous times in the all-time series with the Jaguars holding a 20-7 series record in those meetings and are a perfect 11-0 in the series at Jaguar Gym
•    Since 2007, South has won 19 of the last 21 series meetings, including a current nine-match win streak
•    12 of the last 21 matches have been decided in straight sets (all South wins)
•    South Alabama swept ULM (3-1 and 3-0) in last season's two matches in Monroe
•    The Jags have won seven of their last 10 Sun Belt Conference home openers
•    Under head coach Jesse Ortiz, South Alabama is a perfect 3-0 in SBC home openers, and also 6-0 under Ortiz in SBC home opening series
•    Over the last three-plus seasons, South has posted a 37-13 mark in Sun Belt play and has won 21 of its 23 league home matches
•    Since 2021, the 37 SBC wins are tied with Coastal Carolina and second only to Texas State (42), and the .740 league winning percentage is tied for third-highest
•    Abryanna Cannon leads the team in points (3.79) and kills (3.19) per set, ranking 10th in the league in points
•    Cannon has posted double-digit kill eight times this fall and has led the club in kills on seven occasions, to go along with four double-doubles
•    Cannon (397) is three kills shy of reaching 400 at South Alabama and eight (742) kills shy of reaching 750 for her collegiate career
•    Cannon (190) is also 10 total blocks shy of 200 for her career
•    Anna Loberg is averaging 8.98 assists per set, third-best in the SBC in the category this fall
•    Maradith O'Gorman (370) is 30 kills shy of 400 for her career
•    Lillie Simons (269) is 31 kills shy of 300 and (186) 14 block assists shy of 200 for her career
•    Over her last five matches, Simons has recorded 49 kills and 35 total blocks
•    Libero Briana Wilson leads the team in digs with 3.95 per set – ninth in the SBC 

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