South Alabama (12-7, 7-1 SBC) vs. Louisiana (11-7, 3-5 SBC)
Location: Lafayette, La. (Earl K. Long Gym)

MATCH 1
Date: Friday, Oct. 24
First Serve: 6 p.m. CT
Live Stats: USAJaguars.com
Watch: ESPN+
Social: @SouthAlabamaVB

MATCH 2
Date: Saturday, Oct. 25
First Serve: 1 p.m. CT
Live Stats: USAJaguars.com
Watch: None
Social: @SouthAlabamaVB

THE SERIES
All-time series: 62nd & 63rd Meetings (UL, 36-25)
Home: 15-11 | Away: 8-19 | Neutral: 2-6
3-set: 5-24 | 4-set: 15-8 | 5-set: 3-4 
Current Streak: USA 7
Last Meeting: South Alabama swept the series in Mobile: 3-0 (10/25/24) and 3-0 (10/24/24)
Last Time in Lafayette: South Alabama swept the series: 3-1 (10/14/23) and 3-2 (10/13/23)

JAG NOTES
•    South Alabama (12-7, 7-1 SBC) enters the SBC series Louisiana coming off a series sweep of Southern Miss, one in which South didn't drop a set
•    For their play in the series with the Golden Eagles, Briana Wilson (Defensive Player of the Week) and Anna Loberg (Setter of the Week) were both honored by the Sun Belt Conference on Tuesday
•    Wilson was outstanding in the defensive back court in the series as she recorded 42 digs and averaged 7.00 digs per set
•    The senior libero has 48 sets of four or more digs in a set, including 24 of six or more this fall
•    Wilson is averaging 4.54 digs per set, which ranks third in the league and in conference play, she has been even better, raising that average to 4.71 per set, which is second-most in league play
•    Loberg averaged 13.50 assists per set as the Jaguars picked up a pair of 3-0 victories in their series sweep of Southern Miss 
•    South Alabama's offense has been led by the attack duo of Sarah Gooch (3.39 kps) and Cambria Gaier (3.15 kps)
•    Gooch is tied for eighth in the Sun Belt in kills and seventh in points (3.89)
•    In SBC action, Gooch is averaging just under four kills per set (3.71), which is fourth most among offensive players
•    In conference play, Gooch holds a .338 hitting percentage - seventh - and is also fourth in the league in points with 4.34 per set against conference foes
•    Gaier has led the club offense each of the last four matches, and the freshman leads South with 29 aces and is fifth in the Sun Belt with 0.40 aces per set
•    In SBC play, Gaier is averaging 3.45 kills per set, which is fourth most
•    Paced by the Jaguar duo, South Alabama holds a league-best .280 hitting percentage in conference play
•    Middle hitter Dalayla Blackwell is currently fifth in the SBC in blocks (1.27) and is an offensive threat averaging 2.06 kps
•    Redshirt freshman Alexa Strandberg has 69 total blocks this fall, including 16 solo blocks, and ranks just outside the Top 10 in the conference with 0.96 per set
•    As a team, South Alabama now ranks third in the conference in the category with 2.53 per set, and in SBC play the Jag defense is holding opponents to a sub-.200 hitting percentage (.192)

SERIES NOTES VS. LOUISIANA
•    Louisiana (11-7, 3-5 SBC) enters series versus the Jags after splitting its home series with Troy over the weekend
•    The Trojans took the series opener, 3-1, but the Ragin' Cajuns bounced back to sweep Troy in the finale
•    Cailin Demps ranks sixth in the Sun Belt in kills 3.51 per set, who is also eighth in the league in points (3.88)
•    Chelsea Gilmore is fourth in the conference with a .371 hitting percentage
•    Defensively, Kennedy Gustafson is fifth in digs (4.12) and Lindsey Henry is tied for eighth in blocks (1.05)

A QUICK LOOK AT THE RAGIN' CAJUNS
•    South Alabama and Louisiana have met 61 previous times in the all-time series, and all of them have been in regular-season league play
•    Louisiana holds a 36-25 series advantage in those meetings, but South Alabama has won seven-straight coming into the weekend match up
•    The Jags have won three-straight meetings on the Ragin' Cajuns' home floor
•    UL holds a 19-8 advantage in the 27 series meetings in Lafayette
•    Between 1996-2006, Louisiana won 19 of the 20 meetings, including a stretch of 13-straight to begin the streak
•    The series dates back to the 1977 season and the two clubs have faced each other at least once every season since 1989

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