MOBILE, Ala. | South Alabama will open a four-match road stretch this weekend when it heads to James Madison to take on the Dukes at the Convocation Center.

The Jaguars (12-8, 8-2 SBC) will open the series with JMU (10-10, 4-4 SBC) on Friday at 4 p.m. (CT), and then close it out on Saturday at 11 a.m. (CT).

South Alabama extended its season-best eight-match win streak and swept its fourth-straight SBC series with a pair of straight-set wins versus Louisiana last week. James Madison was swept on the road by Georgia Southern, falling 3-1 and 3-0 to the Eagles.

SERIES INFORMATION
Site: Convocation Center (Harrisonburg, Va.)

SOUTH ALABAMA Jaguars
AVCA: -- | RPI: 127
Record: 12-8, 8-2 SBC

vs. JAMES MADISON Dukes
AVCA: -- | RPI: 68
Record: 10-10, 5-5 SBC

SERIES SCHEDULE
Match 1: Fri., Nov. 1, 2024 | 4 p.m. (CT)
Match 2: Sat., Nov. 2, 2024 | 11 a.m. (CT)

THE SERIES
All-time series: 5th & 6th Meetings (Tied, 2-2)
Home: 2-0 | Away: 0-2 | Neutral: 0-0
3-set: 1-1 | 4-set: 0-1 | 5-set: 1-0 
Current Streak: USA 2

Last Meeting: 
USA, 3-2 (11/10/23)
USA, 3-0 (11/9/23)

Last Time in Harrisonburg: 
JMU, 3-0 (11/12/22)
JMU, 3-1 (11/11/22)

NOTES
•    The meetings this weekend will mark just the fifth and sixth in the all-time series and just the second series in Harrisonburg
•    South Alabama has swept it's last four Sun Belt Conference series, and won eight-straight matches and 11 of its last 14 entering the series
•    The home team has won all four meetings in the series
•    Anna Loberg – who earned her second-straight SBC Setter of the Week honor on Tuesday – is averaging 9.89 assists per set, which is second-best among league setters
•    In league play, Loberg is averaging 10.81 assists per set, just 0.05 behind category leader Ryann Torres (10.86)
•    South Alabama is also hitting .252 – second-highest – against conference foes
•    Abryanna Cannon currently leads the team in points (3.91) and kills (3.30) per set, ranking sixth and eighth in the league in both categories, respectively
•    Cannon has posted double-digit kill 15 times this fall and has led the club in kills on 13 occasions, to go along with nine double-doubles, including each of her last five
•    Middle hitter Lillie Simons has climbed to sixth in the SBC in blocks (1.17 per set), and as a team, the Jaguars rank second in the conference in blocks, averaging 2.52 per set
•    Libero Briana Wilson leads the team in digs with 4.20 per set – seventh best in the SBC  

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