JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – Winners of seven of its last eight matches, the sizzling-hot Lincoln Memorial women's volleyball team begins the final week of the regular season on Tuesday night with a trip to rival Carson-Newman.  
 
The Lady Railsplitters (16-7, 12-5 SAC) picked up a pair of massive wins last weekend, knocking off No. 5 regionally-ranked Lenoir-Rhyne in four sets on Saturday after taking down No. 9 regionally-ranked Mars Hill in four sets on Friday night at Mary Mars Gym. LMU enters the final week alone in third place in the SAC standings. 
 
Carson-Newman (13-11, 9-8 SAC) has been up and down of late, but defeated both Catawba and Queens in four sets this past weekend. The Eagles are fifth in the SAC standings and were ranked 10th in the initial Southeast Region poll. 
 
The Basics 
 
Tuesday, October 30 at Carson-Newman – 7pm
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Quick Hits 
 
- Rylee Storms had 15 kills, Kai Wesemann and Lindsey Nartker added 13 apiece, and Tone Gill chipped in 11 to lead the Lady Railsplitters in a 3-1 win over Lenoir-Rhyne on Saturday. LMU hit .257 and piled up 60 kills while limiting the visiting Bears to only 46 kills on a .168 clip to snap a three-match losing streak in the series. 
 
- Erica Whiteaker amassed a program four-set record 47 digs as the Lady Railsplitters rolled over the Mars Hill Lions in four sets on Friday night. Nartker had a double-double with 13 kills and 16 digs. 
 
- The Lady Railsplitters have already well exceeded their win total from the 2017 campaign, when they finished 13-16 overall. On Wednesday, LMU will seek its fourth winning streak of at least three this season after only accomplishing that once last season. 
 
- LMU is ranked third in the SAC in kills per set with 12.53 and attack percentage with a .192 mark. On top of that, the Lady Railsplitters have accounted for a league-leading 1.93 aces per set. 
 
- With Whiteaker on track to break the single-season program record for digs per set with 6.92, the Lady Railsplitters are averaging 19.13 digs per set as a team, which is the second-highest number in program history. That stands as the highest digs per set average for the Lady Railsplitters since the 2006 team set a program record with 20.13. 
 
- No LMU player is in the top 10 in the SAC in kills per set but five are in the top 35. Storms leads the team in kills with 234 and kills per set with 2.82, while Emma Flowers (2.38), Nartker (2.24), Wesemann (2.06), Alicia Kessler (2.04) and Gill (2.03) are all over two kills per frame. 
 
- After Tuesday, the Lady Railsplitters will close out the regular season with trips to Coker and Wingate this weekend. 
 
Know the Opponent 
 
- The Eagles have had some major highs and major lows of late. On October 12, C-N knocked off second-place Anderson in straight sets, but later dropped back-to-back matches against Coker and Tusculum, who are now a combined 8-26 in SAC play. The Eagles did, however, win against both Catawba and Queens in four sets last weekend. 
 
- Sophomore outside hitter Megan Oldenburger leads the Eagles with 256 kills and 3.01 per set, while junior outside Marnie Streeter has compiled 226 kills and 2.66 kills per set. Erin Edwards is the only other player with over 100 kills this season, accounting for 168 total and 1.93 per set. 
 
- Junior libero Morgan Ballard leads the SAC with 7.60 digs per set and 661 total. 
 
- Carson-Newman is 6-3 at Holt Fieldhouse compared to 7-8 outside of Jefferson City. The Eagles average 11.5 kills per set on a .182 attack percentage at home, a minor improvement from their 10.92 kills per set average and .152 hitting percentage on the road. 
 
- C-N leads the SAC in block assists, total blocks and blocks per set. Opponents are hitting just .141 against the Eagle defense, which is led by Katie Parnell's 1.34 blocks per set.
 
Series History 
 
- The Lady Railsplitters defeated Carson-Newman in four sets back on October 9 at Mars Gym to improve to 38-19 in the all-time series. It also marked LMU's fifth win in the last six meetings against the Eagles. 
 
- Nartker led LMU with 15 kills, while Storms and Flowers had 13 apiece. Oldenburger paced the Eagles with 12 kills, while Streeter had 10. 
 
- The Lady Railsplitters are 16-10 all-time in Jefferson City and have won their last two trips there. LMU came out victorious in four sets in 2017 and in five sets in 2016.