HARROGATE, Tenn. – The Lincoln Memorial University men's volleyball team will close out Mary Mars Gymnasium this week by hosting Quincy on Thursday and Limestone on Friday.
 
The Railsplitters (8-14) are back in action for the first time since dropping two matches to Charleston last weekend, and will be looking for just their second win in their past six matches. Quicy (3-14) arrives at Mary Mars Gym aiming to halt a 10-game losing streak and win for the first time since January 28, while Limestone (8-6) comes to Harrogate following a 3-0 loss at Warner University.
 
Schedule/Gameday Links:
 
Thursday, March 16 vs. Quincy (7pm) – Live Stats
Friday, March 17 vs. Limestone (6pm) – Live Stats / Video
 
Quick Hits:
 
-The Railsplitters lost both of its weekend matches against Charleston at Mary Mars Gym to fall to 1-4 in its last five appearances. Prior to that stretch, Lincoln Memorial had won four of five matches at the back end of a six-game home stand.
 
-Lincoln Memorial was scheduled to host North Greenville on Tuesday, but that match was postponed.
 
-In Friday night's match against the Golden Eagles, the Railsplitters produced 37 kills on a respectable .206 attack percentage, but Charleston collected 48 kills and 13 service aces to take down Lincoln Memorial in four sets. Joshua Riblett (Torrence, Calif.) led the Railsplitters with 15 kills on a .273 attack percentage while Pedro Carvalho (Sao Paulo, Brazil) chipped in eight kills with a team-high three blocks.
 
-The Railsplitters had a lead late in every set in Saturday afternoon's match against the Golden Eagles, but couldn't get the job done in a 25-23, 28-26, 27-25 loss. Lincoln Memorial allowed Charleston to tally a mere 38 kills on a .146 attack percentage, but was held to 33 kills on a paltry .083 percentage. Evan Cory (Metaire, La.) led LMU in that one with 12 kills. Riblett chipped in seven kills but also finished with a career-high 13 errors.
 
-Both Riblett and Cory surpassed the 200-kill mark this past weekend. Ribeltt leads the team in both kills (211) and kills per set (2.93), but is hitting just .173 because of his team-leading 119 attack errors. Cory has produced 205 kills with 2.41 per set on a .200 hitting clip. Carvalho is closing in on 200 kills as well, as he has accumulated 165 on a team-best .326 attack percentage.
 
-Freshman libero Jorge Collazo (San Juan, Puerto Rico) is ranked 14th in the country in digs per set with 2.36. He leads the team by a wide margin in that category with 201, followed by Cory (133) and Ryan Iskandar (Tempe, Ariz.) (113).
 
-The Railsplitters have won the opening set in just eight of their 22 matches this season. Lincoln Memorial is also 7-15 in the second set as compared to an 11-11 mark in the third. The Railsplitters won their only set of the Charleston weekend doubleheader in the third frame of Friday night's contest.
 
-Despite losing twice at home last weekend, the Railsplitters are 6-4 inside of Mary Mars Gym as compared to a 2-10 mark everywhere else.
 
Notes on Quincy:
 
-The Hawks were sitting at 3-4 through their first seven games and entered the month of February riding a three-game winning streak, but haven't tasted victory since beating Lindenwood on January 28. Quincy's 10-game skid includes two losses to Lewis, two losses to Loyola Chicago, two losses to Grand Canyon and another one against Ohio State, all of whom are represented in the AVCA national poll.
 
-Quincy is ranked third from the bottom in the nation in attack percentage with a .178 clip. The Hawks produce just 10.44 kills per set, which is ranked 37th out of 42 teams in the country. In addition to that, opponents are hitting .309 and averaged 12.0 kills per set against the Hawks.
 
-David Siebum and Jarrod Kelso lead the Quincy offensive attack with 2.98 and 2.21 kills per set, while Anthony Winter is putting up 1.67 kills per set. Shane McAdams is just off of that pace with 1.63 kills per frame. Kelso leads that quartet by a wide margin in hitting percentage with a .273 clip. Siebum is ranked 28th in the country in attacks per set with 7.32.
 
Notes on Limestone:
 
-The Saints suffered a 3-0 loss at Warner University last Friday, but had five of six matches prior to that. That stretch included wins over Pfeiffer, Lees-McRae, Emmanuel and Erskine.
 
-Limestone is currently in fourth place in the Conference Carolinas standings with an 8-4 league record.
 
-The Saints are not a particularly good offensive team, ranking 37th in the country in hitting percentage (.193) and 36th in kills per set (10.58). However, Limestone is a solid defensive unit that ranks sixth nationally in opponent attack percentage (.199) and 10th in digs per set (9.06). Limestone also produces 1.56 aces per set, the seventh-most in the nation.
 
-Bruno Kretzshmar leads Limestone with 147 total kills and 2.83 per set, while Kevin Rocklein has accounted for 122 kills with 2.44 per set on a .230 attack percentage. Three other players – Dylan Lavner, Drew Davis and Joel Muhlbach – are chipping in over 1.50 kills per set.
 
-Limestone is 5-2 at home this season, but just 3-4 on the road.