MOBILE, Ala. | South Alabama will open up postseason play this weekend versus Georgia Southern Friday night at 7 p.m. in the quarterfinal round of the Sun Belt Conference Championship held at the Foley Event Center.

South Alabama (15-11, 11-5 SBC) – seeded third in the West Division – enters the postseason after closing out the regular season with a series split with Coastal Carolina as both matches went five sets. Georgia Southern (20-5, 10-4 SC) also closed out the season with a series split at Louisiana, winning the opener (3-0) and falling (3-1) in the finale, and earned the second seed in the East Division.

Tickets may be purchased online through the Foley Sports Tourism Box Office, and are sold on a daily basis and are $10 per day for adults and $5 per day for children ages 12 and under. Students of Sun Belt Conference institutions are admitted free with a valid student ID. 

Live stats for each tournament game, as well as the ESPN+ stream will be available on the schedule page at USAJaguars.com and on the conference tournament central page.

MATCH INFORMATION
Sun Belt Conference Championship
Site: Foley Event Center (Foley, Ala.)

(W3) South Alabama JAGUARS
AVCA: -- | RPI: 113
Record: 15-11, 11-5 SBC

(E2) Georgia Southern EAGLES
AVCA: -- | RPI: 52
Record: 20-5, 10-4 SBC

THE SERIES
All-time series: 21st Meeting (USA, 13-7)
Home: 7-3 | Away: 5-4 | Neutral: 1-0
3-set: 8-0 | 4-set: 3-4 | 5-set: 2-3 
Current Streak: USA 9

Last Meeting: USA, 3-0 (11/17/23)

Last Time in Foley: USA, 3-0 (11/17/23)

NOTES
•    South Alabama and Georgia Southern have met 20 previous times in the all-time series, and one time in the postseason
•    The Jaguars defeated the Eagles in straight-sets in the opening round of the 2023 SBC Championship
•    With the win a year ago, South extended its series win streak to nine
•    Five of the nine wins by the Jags during the streak have been in straight sets, and of the club's 13 wins in the series, eight have been in straight sets
•    South Alabama holds a 9-0 record in the series in matches played in the state of Alabama
•    Since the Eagles joined the Sun Belt Conference (2014), South has won 13 of the 17 meetings
•    The two clubs have not met during the regular season since 2021
•    Abryanna Cannon – a first-team all-Sun Belt selection – currently leads the club in kills (327), kills per set (3.43), points (385.0) and points per set (3.93)
•    Cannon ranks among the league leaders in both kills (eighth) and points (fifth)
•    Sarah Gooch ranks second on the team in kills (276) and kills per set (2.82), and 316.0 points and 3.22 points per set coming off the bench, while also recording 17 aces, 95 digs and 36 total blocks
•    In league play, she has averaged 3.23 kills per set, which ranked 10th in the league, and on Wednesday, she was one of three Jaguars to earn all-SBC honors as she was selected to the second team
•    Anna Loberg ranks second in the Sun Belt in assists (991) and assists per set (10.11), and in league play, the first-team selection is averaging 10.77 assists per set, while South's offense ranks second in assists and hitting percentage, and third in kills
•    The redshirt junior has recorded 30 or more assists in 19 of her 26 matches, 10 with 40 or more, a pair of 50-assists performances, and a career-high 65 assists in the season finale versus Coastal Carolina
•    Middle hitter Lillie Simons ranks among the Top 10 in the league in blocks as she is fifth averaging 1.13 per set
•    As a team, the Jaguars rank second in the conference in blocks, averaging 2.53 per set, and their 2.77 blocks per set against league foes lead the Sun Belt
•    Libero Briana Wilson leads the team in digs with 4.48 per set – fifth best in the SBC

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