HARROGATE, Tenn. -- The Railsplitters (3-9) will attempt to snap a season-long four-game losing streak when they host the St. Andrews Knights (3-7) at 7 p.m. on Friday night inside of Mary Mars Gymnasium. Lincoln Memorial is coming off of a 3-0 loss to King on Tuesday night, while St. Andrews is back in action after pummeling Bluefield in three sets on February 7.
 
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Quick Hits:
-Lincoln Memorial allowed its second-highest attack percentage of the season in a 3-0 loss to the red-hot King Tornado on Tuesday night at Mars Gym. The Railsplitters hit just .103 as a unit, while the Tornado posted a sizzling .342 effort in a 25-15, 25-15, 25-21 victory. It marked the second consecutive opponent to hit above .300 against the Railsplitters, as Alderson Broaddus amassed a ridiculous .404 mark last Friday.
 
-The Railsplitters have hit a lull offensively and now rank 40th in the nation in hitting percentage with a .159 clip and 39th in kills per set with 9.53. LMU has not hit above .200 once during its four-game losing streak, posting .000, .185, .119 and .103 marks over that span.
 
-Freshman outside hitter Joshua Riblett (Torrence, Calif.) has led the Railsplitters in kills in two of the last three matches. He recorded a program-record 17 kills in the second match at Sacred Heart on February 5 and matched a game-high mark with eight kills in Tuesday's loss to King.
 
-The Railsplitters can't get anything going with their serve, ranking 40th out of 42 teams in the country in aces per set with 0.84. For the season, Lincoln Memorial has mustered just 36 aces with 155 service errors. It's been even worse of late, as LMU has eight aces with 48 errors over the past four matches.
 
-Despite their recent struggles, the Railsplitters are ranked 20th in the nation in opponent hitting percentage with a .250 mark. That is due in large part to a gritty approach that has seen LMU compile the 14th-most digs per set in the nation with 8.81.
 
-Friday is the second game of a six-match homestand. In total, the Railsplitters will play 11 of their next 13 matches at Mary Mars Gymnasium, where they are 2-1 on the season.
 
Notes on St. Andrews:
-The Knights travel to Harrogate sporting a 3-7 overall record and a 1-3 mark on the road. St. Andrews snapped a five-match losing streak on February 7 with a dominant 25-10, 25-13, 25-14 win over Bluefield, who the Railsplitters also bludgeoned back on January 24.
 
-Lincoln Memorial and St. Andrews share two other common opponents in Lees-McRae and Cincinnati Christian. The Knights won a set and lost another in a preseason scrimmage against Lees-McRae and fell in four frames to Cincinnati Christian back on February 4. The Railsplitters split the regular-season series against the Bobcats and suffered a 3-1 loss to Cincinnati Christian on January 21.
 
-St. Andrews - a NAIA member - is hitting .188 as a unit with 11.39 kills per set. Defensively, the Knights are allowing opponents to hit .233 and rack up 12.17 kills per frame.
 
-Junior outside hitter Robin Imar is responsible for nearly half of the Knights' total kills this season with 173 of the team's 410. He is averaging 4.81 per set on a spectacular .313 attack percentage. Jacob DeSouza has contributed 78 kills and 2.17 per set, while Nate Blackwell and Luke Armbruster have piled up 60 and 57 kills, respectively.
 
-Freshman Jackson Stark leads the Knights in assists with 363 and assists per set with 10.08. In addition to standing as the bona fide leader of the offensive attack, Imar has racked up a team-high 92 digs and 2.56 per frame.
 
-The Knights have piled up 57 total blocks and average 1.58 per set. By comparison, Lincoln Memorial has posted 1.9 blocks per set, the 27th-most in the nation.