PREVIEW: Women's Volleyball back in action at Carson-Newman

JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – The Catawba College women's volleyball team is back in action at Carson-Newman for a South Atlantic Conference match on Tuesday at 7 p.m.

Schedule Changes

- Due to the effects of Hurricane Helene, the Catawba Indians' last scheduled match at home against Mars Hill was postponed. A potential make-up date is being considered as MHU returns to normal operations and regional infrastructure is restored

- The Emory & Henry-Newberry and Lincoln Memorial-Limestone conference contests slated for last Friday were also affected by the storm

- Catawba's non-conference match at Augusta on Saturday, Oct. 5 has been canceled due to power as the Jaguars' campus will not reopen until Oct. 7

Last Tuesday at Newberry

- Catawba came close to winning two sets but could not prevail in a 3-0 loss to the Newberry Wolves last week

- Hitting errors doomed the Catawba Indians who hit .117 in the match while posting just one fewer kill than the Wolves

- Jordan Danielson led the offensive attack with eight kills, followed by Katrina Misra and Sofia Beard with seven and six, respectively

- Katie Clark and Natalie Rehm contributed one solo block apiece

- Beard, Kary Hales, and Riley Hill each chipped in a service ace

Check the Stats

- Misra holds the squad's top kills per set value at 2.56, contributing 41 kills in 16 periods

- Kelcie Love is the overall kills leader with 64 while logging a .172 hitting percentage

- Beard's 20 kills on 53 swings gives her Catawba's best hitting percentage at .283

- Freshman setter Sydney McCutcheon is two helpers away from the 200-assist mark and slots third with 69 digs

- After a rookie season worthy of All-SAC honors, Hill appears atop team dig standings with 91

- The defensive effort is powered by Clark with 12 total blocks as Lauren Patrick has recorded nine stops in her sophomore campaign

All-Time Series

- Catawba possesses a narrow 40-35 advantage in the series that began in 1989

- Last season's matchup resulted in a 3-1 victory for the blue and white at Goodman Arena

- When at home, Carson-Newman has the edge by a 18-13 margin

- The Eagles have successfully defended home court in the past five meetings, taking two wins via sweep

Scouting the Eagles

- Carson-Newman comes into the duel 9-3 overall with a perfect 5-0 record in SAC competition

- Two of the Eagles' blemishes occurred against nationally ranked foes; 3-2 vs. No. 6 Missouri-St. Louis and 3-0 vs. No. 25 Augusta

- C-N has four consecutive triumphs, three of which were sweeps

- Blair Cherry was named the SAC Offensive Player of the Week after posting two double-doubles last week. The sophomore setter paces the league and ranks 23rd in Division II with 494 assists, averaging 10.08 per set

- Emerson Ahsmuhs and Maddie Hurst have combined for 287 kills to stand in the SAC's top five, while Hurst and Keeran have top-three marks of 51 and 46 blocks, respectively

Follow Along

The match will be streamed live from Holt Fieldhouse on FloSports ($) with stats provided by cneagles.com.