South Alabama (7-6, 2-0 SBC) vs. ULM (9-7, 0-2 SBC)
Location: Monroe, La. (Fant-Ewing Coliseum)

MATCH 1
Date: Friday, Oct. 3
First Serve: 6 p.m. CT
Live Stats: USAJaguars.com
Watch: ESPN+
Social: @SouthAlabamaVB

MATCH 2
Date: Saturday, Oct. 4
First Serve: 1 p.m. CT
Live Stats: USAJaguars.com
Watch: ESPN+
Social: @SouthAlabamaVB

THE SERIES
All-time series: 30th & 31st Meetings (USA, 22-7)
Home: 13-0 | Away: 7-4 | Neutral: 2-3
3-set: 14-1 | 4-set: 6-3 | 5-set: 2-2
Current Streak: USA 11
Last Meeting: USA swept the series: 3-1 (10/5/24) and 3-0 (10/4/24) 
Last Time in Monroe: USA swept the series:3-1 (9/29/23) and (9/28/23)

JAG NOTES
•    South Alabama (7-6, 2-0 SBC) enters the SBC series with ULM after sweeping Troy in Mobile last weekend
•    The Jaguars picked up a pair of 3-1 victories over the Trojans and posted their top two offensive performances of the season versus in the series
•    Sarah Gooch was outstanding in the series finale as the junior outside hitter recorded 23 kills and had a .513 hitting percentage
•    Gooch's best performance in the match came with the Jags trailing in the second set as she recorded seven of South's last eight points and ended the set with a career-best 11 kills in the frame
•    Gooch leads the club and ranks 10th in the league in kills with 3.29 kills per set
•    Cambria Gaier is averaging just under three kills a set with 2.98
•    The freshman outside hitter leads South with 23 aces and is fourth in the Sun Belt with 0.45 aces per set
•    Gaier has led the club offensively in eight matches, while Gooch has paced the club offensively six times
•    On the defensive side of the net, South is fourth in the Sun Belt in both blocks (2.31) and aces (1.65)
•    Redshirt freshman Alexa Strandberg has 54 total blocks this fall, including 15 solo blocks, and ranks sixth in the conference with 1.10 per set
•    Strandberg has led South in blocks in nine matches and has had three or more blocks in seven of her last nine and 10 of her 13 matches this season
•    Senior libero Briana Wilson is averaging 4.27 digs per set, which ranks fourth in the league

SERIES NOTES VS. THE WARHAWKS
•    ULM (9-7, 0-2 SBC) enters week two of conference action after being swept in straight sets at Southern Miss last weekend 
•    Offensively, the Warhawks are led by Aniya Hall who is averaging 4.03 kills per set, who ranks in the Top 5 of the league in both kills and points
•    Morgan Hall (33) has recorded one-third of ULM's 99 aces this fall
•    ULM and the Jags faced one common opponent during the non-conference portion of the season in Southeastern Louisiana
•    The Warhawks fell 3-0 to the Lions on the road in the season opener, while the Jags defeated SELA 3-0 in Mobile during week three of the season

A QUICK LOOK AT ULM
•    South Alabama and ULM have met 29 previous times in the all-time series
•    The Jaguars lead the all-time series, 22-7
•    South holds a perfect 13-0 record at Jag Gym versus the Warhawks in the series
•    Since the 2017 season, South Alabama has won 11 straight - seven in straight sets
•    The Jaguars have also won 20 of the last 22 since the 2007 season, with both losses during that stretch coming in Monroe

SOUTH IN SBC ROAD OPENERS
•    South Alabama holds an all-time record of 12-21 in Sun Belt Conference road openers
•    Since the league began series play in 2020, South is 8-2 during its first road conference series weekend
•    Under head coach Jesse Ortiz, the Jaguars are 3-1 in SBC road openers and 4-3 in conference road-opening series

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