MOBILE, Ala. | South Alabama returns home this week to host Louisiana in a two-match home series at Jag Gym. 

The Jaguars (10-8, 6-2 SBC) will open the series with the Ragin' Cajuns (6-11, 2-4 SBC) on Thursday night at 6 p.m., and then close it out on Friday at 6 p.m.

Coming into the series with Louisiana, South Alabama has won a season-best, six-straight matches, and have won nine of their last 12. The Jaguars have also swept their last three SBC series (vs. ULM, vs. Texas State and at Southern Miss)     

PROMOTIONS
Thursday – Dig Pink Giveaway - 100 Pink Shirts & 100 Jacqueline Beville Cards
Friday – Alumni Game / Costume Contest Giveaway, volleyball pins, candy, and 100 Emily Ready Cards

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

SOUTH ALABAMA Jaguars
AVCA: -- | RPI: 127
Record: 10-8, 6-2 SBC

LOUISIANA Ragin' Cajuns
AVCA: -- | RPI: 205
Record: 6-11, 2-4 SBC

SERIES SCHEDULE
Match 1: Thu., October 24, 2024 | 6 p.m.
Match 2: Fri., October 25, 2024 | 6 p.m.

THE SERIES
Series: 60th & 61st Meetings (UL, 36-23)
Home: 13-11 | Away: 8-19 | Neutral: 2-6
3-set: 3-24 | 4-set: 15-8 | 5-set: 3-4 
Current Streak: USA 5

Last Meeting: 
USA, 3-1 (10/14/23)
USA, 3-2 (10/13/23)

Last Time in Mobile: 
USA, 3-1 (10/14/22)
USA, 3-0 (10/13/22)

NOTES
•    South Alabama and Louisiana have met 59 previous times in the all-time series, and all of them have been in regular-season league play
•    Louisiana holds a 36-23 series advantage in those meetings, but South Alabama has won five-straight coming into the weekend match up
•    The Jags have won four of the last five series meetings in Mobile
•    South holds a slim 13-11 advantage in the 24 series meetings at Jag Gym
•    Abryanna Cannon currently leads the team in points (3.78) and kills (3.20) per set, ranking ninth in the league in both categories
•    Cannon has posted double-digit kill 13 times this fall and has led the club in kills on 12 occasions, to go along with seven double-doubles
•    Sarah Gooch (2.23 kps) and Maradith O'Gorman (2.28 kps) rank second and third offensively for the Jags
•    Middle blocker Lillie Simons was a force on both sides of the net as she had 12 block assists (1.50 bps) and 20 kills (2.50 kps), and a .500 hitting percentage, while also leading the club with five aces
•    Simons leads the club in blocks with 73.0, while O'Gorman (48.0), Dalayla Blackwell (43.0) and Cannon (38.0) follow
•    Simons has climbed to sixth in the SBC in blocks (1.12 per set), and as a team, the Jaguars rank second in the conference in blocks, averaging 2.46 per set
•    Anna Loberg – who was named SBC Setter of the Year on Tuesday – is averaging 9.69 assists per set, second-best in the SBC in the category
•    Libero Briana Wilson leads the team in digs with 4.15 per set - eighth best in the SBC

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