Old Dominion (6-19, 2-12 Sun Belt) vs ULM (9-19, 3-11 Sun Belt)
Match Info – Friday, Nov. 13 at 6:00 p.m. | Saturday, Nov. 14 at 1:00 p.m.
Location – ODU Volleyball Center (Norfolk, Va)
Watch – ESPN+ (Friday) | (Saturday)
Live Stats – Friday | Saturday
NORFOLK, Va. – Old Dominion volleyball welcomes ULM to the ODU Volleyball Center this weekend for the final Sun Belt series of the regular season. The Monarchs and Warhawks will play at 6 p.m. on Friday and at 1 p.m. on Saturday.
Both matches will be streamed on ESPN+ and live stats will also be available.
Saturday will also mark Senior Day for the Monarchs, and they will recognize Adrienne Peji, Elisa Maggi, and Wiktoria Zagumny in a pregame ceremony.
The Series
This weekend marks the first meeting between the two programs.
About ODU
The Monarchs (6-19, 2-12 Sun Belt) split their Sun Belt series at James Madison last weekend, defeating the Dukes, 3-1 on Friday before falling in straight sets on Saturday, 3-0. In the first match, JMU claimed the opening set, 25-17, but ODU grabbed the next three. Leilani Lawrence scored a team-high 18 kills, Kyra Hampton collected 29 assists with 17 digs, and Emma Schelah made seven blocks. In the second match, Lawrence finished with 16 kills, Hampton tallied 26 assists, Rita Benidio served two aces, and libero Ashlyn Gent recorded 10 digs.
Lawrence entered the week ranked third in the Sun Belt with 0.45 aces per set. The Tampa, Florida native is also fifth in the league in service aces (37), kills per set (3.51), and points per set (4.10) and is sixth in the SBC in attacks per set (9.65). Her 340.5 points and 291 kills are also team highs. Maggi follows Lawrence with 229 points (2.73 per set) and 194 kills (2.31 per set). The fourth year outside hitter needs 17 more kills to reach 1,000 for her career. Zagumny owns a team-high 395 assists, followed by Hampton with 274 and Erica Duffy at 181. On defense, Gent comes into the series as ODU’s leader in digs with 275. Maggi is next with 156 digs, while Peji and Lawrence are tied for third with 132 each. At the net, Schelah and Emma DiRocco have made 74 and 68 blocks, respectively.
The Monarchs are led by head coach Fred Chao, who is in his seventh season and has a record of 73-109 overall.
About ULM
The Warhawks (9-19, 3-11 Sun Belt) hosted the Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns last weekend. After opening the Sun Belt series with a 3-0 loss on Friday, ULM followed with another 3-0 setback last Saturday. In the first match, Grace Troxell tallied 11 kills while hitting .267, Bre Perrin finished the match with 18 assists and 12 digs, and Morgan Howard contributed 12 assists and four digs. Eiden Pietrzak led the back row with 16 digs, with Kenzie Behl and Zharia Alleyne recording three blocks each. Aniya Hall led ULM in the second match versus Louisiana with 14 kills and a .375 hitting percentage. Howard recorded a 13-assist, 11-dig double-double, Perrin added 12 assists, and Pietrzak recorded 12 digs.
Hall is ULM’s leading scorer with 340 points (3.82 per set) and 293 kills (3.29 per set). Abby Cunningham is second in kills with 216, Behl is third with 147, and Grace Troxell is fourth with 146. Howard is a regular starting setter for the Warhawks with 482 assists (5.02 per set) and has served 23 aces. Hall entered the week ranked fifth in the Sun Belt conference in attacks per set, averaging 9.75, and sixth in total attacks with 868. Middle blocker Tatum Clay is also sixth in the Sun Belt with 36 aces. Pietrzak leads ULM’s back row with 358 digs, and Clay has made a team-high 92 blocks.
As a team, the Warhawks started the week ranked fourth in the conference in total attacks (3,525), attacks per pet (35.97), service aces (162), and digs per set (15.31). The team is fifth in the Sun Belt with 1.65 aces per set and 1,500 digs.
In the Sun Belt Preseason Poll, ULM was picked to finish seventh in the West Division. The Warhawks are led by head coach Red Gann, who has compiled a 19-39 record in his two seasons in Monroe.