Volleyball Concludes Regular Season with Home Duel Against Old Dominion

Friday, November 10

Southern Miss Wellness Center

6 p.m.

Southern Miss

Old Dominion

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Volleyball Concludes Regular Season with Home Duel Against Old Dominion

11/9/2023 9:00:00 AM | Women's Volleyball

Game Notes vs. ODU

HATTIESBURG, Miss.- Southern Miss Volleyball (11-14, 6-8 Sun Belt) is set to close the regular season with a pair of matches at home against Old Dominion (13-15, 5-9 Sun Belt) on Nov. 10-11. The Golden Eagles will battle the Monarchs on Friday at 6 p.m., followed by an 11 a.m. contest on Saturday.

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Southern Miss will celebrate six players in its Senior Day celebration after Saturday's match, the final home match of the season.

With two games remaining in the regular season, the Golden Eagles hold a two-game advantage over Arkansas State to hold the fifth seed in the West Division. One win this weekend will secure the fifth seed for Southern Miss and guarantee a first-round bye in the 2023 Sun Belt Conference Volleyball Championships next week in Foley, Ala.

Southern Miss split two games with Louisiana at home last week, taking a 3-1 victory Thursday night before falling in straight sets to the Ragin' Cajuns Friday.

Libero Megan Harris reached a career milestone during the series, becoming just the 18th player in program history to surpass 1,000 career digs.

Outside hitter Mia Wesley also climbed program leaderboards, surpassing Ashley Mell for the eighth most kills in program history. The Orem, Utah native stands at 1,333 career kills and counting.

Southern Miss Quick Hits

Harris leads the Sun Belt with five digs per set in conference play and has tallied 378 total digs on the season.

Wesley trails Kelly Tribble for the seventh most kills in program history by 14 kills and Andrea Bush's spot at No. 6 by 37 kills.

Coming off of a career performance against Georgia State, freshman setter Franky Panunzio again orchestrated the Southern Miss attack with a career-high 43 assists along with 11 digs for her fourth double-double on Thursday versus Louisiana.

Junior Ari Barksdale has the fifth-highest hitting percentage across all games this season with a .324 clip, a career-best mark. Barksdale has also hit a career-high 81 kills this season.

Old Dominion Quick Hits

Old Dominion is led by fourth-year head coach Fred Chao, who is also the program's first-ever head coach. Chao has posted a 45-55 record with the Monarchs.

Right side hitter Myah Conway ranks third in conference play with 220 kills in 50 sets, an average of 4.40 kills per set. Conway has a total of 401 kills this season, and is only 19 kills away from reaching 1,000 career kills.

Setter Teresa Atilano's 10.23 assists per set rank third in conference play this season.

LeeAnne Lowery's .342 clip in conference play ranks second in the Sun Belt; the redshirt sophomore is also second in the conference in blocks per set.

The Monarchs have allowed opponents to hit at a .239 clip this season, the lowest ranking in the Sun Belt this season.

Series History

The two programs met for the first time last season in Norfolk, Va, splitting the series. While Southern Miss won in five sets in the first match, the Monarchs regrouped and took the following match 3-1.