Women's Volleyball to Open Homestand Against FAU

HATTIESBURG, Miss. – Opening a four-game homestand, the Southern Miss women's volleyball team will host FAU in a Conference USA battle on Friday night. First serve at Reed Green Coliseum is scheduled for 6 p.m.

The Last Time Out
The Golden Eagles are six days removed from falling at Charlotte in straight sets. Ashley Chapman paced the Golden Eagles with 10 kills in a career-day. Chapman added 18 digs to secure the first double-double outing of her career. Junior libero Madison Lawler dished out 22 digs while Piper Matsumoto and Lindsey Legg each had five digs.

Matsumoto and Summer Johnson combined for 31 assists and two kills. Offensively, Liana Guillemaud had six kills, while Kess Krutsinger and Kaile Tuisamatatele had five kills each. Freshman Hallie Phelan also added four kills to the 33 total kills Southern Miss registered. Tuisamatatele finished with a team-high .286 hitting percentage.

Match Notes

A pair of former West Virginia Mountaineers will duke it out on Friday night when Southern Miss sophomore Chloe Klusman and FAU redshirt senior Zuri Smith hit the floor. Both competed at West Virginia before transferring to their respective C-USA schools.
Senior Ashley Chapman caught fire en route to her first double-double as a Golden Eagle against Charlotte.
The three-headed monster of freshmen Gillian Hidalgo (125), Kess Krutsinger (111), and Liana Guillemaud (100) lead the Golden Eagles with a combined 336 kills.

Scouting FAU
The Owls begin a two-game C-USA road trip with a 10-7 record and 4-2 C-USA record. FAU is riding a two-game winning streak after a pair of 3-0 wins against UTEP and Charlotte.

FAU ranks third in C-USA in hitting percentage and assists, while ranking fourth in kills. Cailea Gibbs ranks 10th in C-USA with a .323 hitting percentage while averaging 1.96 kills per set. Sydney Nemtuda joins Gibbs in the offensive charge with a team-high 163 kills and 24 service aces. Redshirt senior Zuri Smith has blocked a team-high 57 attacks and her 1.10 blocks per set rank her sixth in C-USA.

All-Time Series
In the 10th installment of a series that FAU leads 6-3, the Golden Eagles have only one win at Reed Green Coliseum against the Owls. The last Southern Miss win came in 2014, a 3-0 sweep at home. The Golden Eagles won three of the first four meetings before dropping the last five meetings.

Match Info
Live Stats and C-USA TV can be found at southernmiss.com.

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Women's Volleyball to Open Homestand Against FAU

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Players Mentioned

Ashley Chapman

Liana Guillemaud

Gillian Hidalgo

Summer Johnson

Chloe Klusman

Kess Krutsinger

Madison Lawler

Lindsey Legg

Piper Matsumoto

Hallie Phelan

Kaile Tuisamatatele

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