HARROGATE, Tenn. – The Lincoln Memorial University men's volleyball team (3-2) concludes its four-game homestand at Mary Mars Gymnasium Tuesday night in search of a program-record fourth straight win as in-state rival King (4-2) pays a visit. The Tornado won both of last year's meetings 3-0.
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Tuesday, January 30 vs. King (7 p.m.) –
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Quick Hits:
- Lincoln Memorial is on a program record-tying three-game win streak after Friday night's 3-0 thrashing of Brewton-Parker. LMU never trailed against an overmatched Barons squad that was playing just its second game in program history and finished with set scores of 25-11, 25-9 and 25-6 to move above .500 for the first time in program history.
- LMU set team program records with a .571 attack percentage and 17 service aces in the win. Nine Railsplitters registered at least one kill led by
Evan Cory's eight.
Lucas Kerley added five in his LMU debut, while four other players contributed three apiece. All six Railsplitters that totaled at least three kills hit at least .500.
NyJaee Washington tied a program individual record with four service aces.
- The Railsplitters are yet to have any match extend beyond three sets. The team was swept by McKendree and No. 4 Hawai'i at the season-opening Grow the Game Classic in Nashville and has swept Alderson Broaddus, Belmont Abbey and Brewton-Parker on its current homestand.
- The team is 3-0 at Mary Mars Gymnasium this season and 11-5 all-time. Its current four-game home win streak dating back to last season is a program record that surpassed a three-game streak set February 17-25, 2017 that included wins over St. Andrews, Campbellsville and Emmanuel.
- Cory has recorded a double-digit kill total in four of five matches and leads the team with 51 kills and seven service aces on a .426 attack percentage. The sophomore from Metairie, Louisiana has been particularly dominant at home with at least a .500 attack percentage in all three home matches.
Notes on King:
- The Tornado also enter the match on a three-game win streak with straight-set victories over Alderson Broaddus, Lees-McRae and Belmont Abbey. King won all nine of those sets by at least five points and eight sets by at least seven points.
- Kiel Bell and Jeff Sprayberry account for over half of the team's kills, total attacks, service aces and attack errors. Bell leads the team with 65 kills and 3.25 kills per set and nine service aces but also 28 attack errors. Sprayberry has attempted more attacks and has 56 kills, nine service aces and 21 errors.
- The Tornado went 1-2 on their season-opening trip to Los Angeles. The team kicked off its season with a straight-set sweep at the hands of No. 4 UCLA before topping McKendree and falling to UC San Diego in four sets apiece.
- King and Lincoln Memorial have already played three common opponents in McKendree, Alderson Broaddus and Belmont Abbey. The Tornado are 3-0, while the Railsplitters are 2-1 with a loss to McKendree. Both teams swept Alderson Broaddus and Belmont Abbey.
- The Tornado fell out of the top five of the most recent Off the Block/Springbak Division II Coaches poll after earning the fifth spot the week prior.
- King is coming off its most successful season in program history at 28-4. The Tornado went 16-2 in the conference but were eliminated by Mount Olive in the Conference Carolinas Tournament semifinal. The defending Conference Carolinas regular-season champions only lost one starter from last year's squad.
