QUINCY, Ill. – The Lincoln Memorial University men's volleyball team (3-3) plays its first true road games of the season this weekend when the Railsplitters travel to Quincy (6-3) at 8 p.m. on Friday and Lindenwood (5-2) at 5 p.m. on Saturday. LMU lost to Quincy in four sets in Harrogate on March 16 of last season and has never faced Lindenwood.
 
Schedule/Gameday Links:
 
Friday, February 2 at Quincy (8 p.m.) – Live Stats
Saturday, February 3 at Lindenwood (5 p.m.) – Live Stats / Video
 
Quick Hits:
 
- The Railsplitters will play their first two true road games of the season. The team is 0-2 away from Mary Mars Gymnasium this season with both games taking place in Nashville, Tenn. at the inaugural Grow the Game Classic. Those two losses came to McKendree—ranked No. 4 in the most recent Off the Block/Springbak, Inc. Division II National Coaches Poll—and Hawai'i, who is ranked No. 3 in the AVCA National Coaches Poll.
 
- Lincoln Memorial went 2-12 playing away from Mary Mars Gymnasium in 2017, including 2-9 in true road games.
 
- LMU had its three-game win streak snapped Tuesday night by King at Mary Mars Gymnasium with set scores of 23-25, 16-25 and 19-25. The Railsplitters were held to a season-low .088. attack percentage, and the Tornado racked up 41 kills to Lincoln Memorial's 26.
 
- The Railsplitters are yet to have any match extend beyond three sets. The team was swept by McKendree and Hawai'i at the season-opening Grow the Game Classic and most recently at home by King. LMU has swept Alderson Broaddus, Belmont Abbey and Brewton-Parker—all at home.
 
- Evan Cory has recorded a double-digit kill total in four of six matches and leads the team with 58 kills, 3.22 kills per set (25^th nationally) and seven service aces. However, the sophomore from Metairie, Louisiana was held to season-lows of seven kills and a .050 attack percentage against King Tuesday.
 
Notes on Quincy:
 
- The Hawks improved to 6-3 with a straight-set sweep at Culver-Stockton College (Mo.) Tuesday. Anthony Winter led the team with 15 kills, and Adam Rogan finished with 34 assists. 
 
- Winter is 13^th nationally with 3.46 kills per set and 12^th with a .397 attack percentage. He leads the team with 97 kills total and has pitched in 10 service aces, 53 digs and 14 blocks.
 
- Quincy has held opponents to the fourth-lowest attack percentage in the nation at .175.
 
- The team is also ninth nationally with 9.15 digs per set and eighth with 1.76 service aces per set.
 
- A win Friday would tie the Hawks' total from the 2017 season when the team went 7-22. Quincy has not finished a season with a winning record since 2012.
 
Notes on Lindenwood:
 
- Lindenwood is ranked No. 5 in the most recent Off the Block/Springbak, Inc. Division II National Coaches Poll with nine points.
 
- The Lions play Grand Canyon, ranked No. 10 in the AVCA National Coaches Poll, at home on Friday night.
 
- Lindenwood also participated in the Grow the Game Classic and went 3-0 with straight-set sweeps over Erskine, North Greenville and Barton. The team has also beaten Quincy at home and Sacred Heart on the road—both in four sets. Lindenwood's two losses have been straight-set sweeps at home to McKendree and on the road at New Jersey Institute of Technology.
 
- Lindenwood has held opponents to the second-lowest attack percentage in the nation at .148. Only Long Beach State (.147) has been better. The team is also second nationally with 10.22 digs per set.
 
- The Lions' five wins already matches their win total from each of the last two seasons. Lindenwood went 5-19 in 2017 and 5-17 in 2016. Prior to those two seasons, the program posted a winning record for at least 10 straight seasons dating back to 2006, including an NAIA national championship in 2009.
 
- The team features four players with at least 40 kills led by Nathan Van Dellen's 68 and 2.96 kills per set. Adam Brewster is ranked tenth nationally with 10.22 assists per set. Connor Hipelius is fourth nationally with 1.3 blocks per set.