The Lincoln Memorial women's volleyball team returns to South Atlantic Conference play by hosting Tusculum on Tuesday at 7 p.m. and Limestone on Saturday at 2 p.m. The Railsplitters had a successful weekend against Peach Belt Conference competition at the SAC/PBC Challenge with wins over USC Aiken and Georgia College & State University on Friday. Lincoln Memorial (8-17, 4-10 SAC) is in a battle with Limestone for the fourth and final spot in the SAC Mountain Division to make the conference tournament, entering the week two games back.
 
Railsplitter Strikes

• LMU ranks second in the conference in total attacks (2,971) and fifth in total assists (877) and digs (1,232) entering this week's matchups.
• Freshman setter Amanda Lisi leads the conference in total assists with 772 while ranking third in assists per set (8.77).
• Junior outside hitters Kristen Moehring (2.88) and Ketura Margaret (2.87) rank seventh and eighth in the SAC, respectively, in kills per set in conference play.
• Junior libero MJ Trujillo stands at seventh in the league in total digs with 280 and 12^th in digs per set (3.20).

SCOUTING TUSCULUM: The Pioneers are coming off a 1-2 weekend at the SAC/PBC Challenge, sandwiching a sweep over Georgia College between a pair of 3-0 setbacks to Augusta and USC Aiken. Tusculum enters the week with a 9-11 record (8-6 SAC) and ranks fourth in the conference in blocks per set (1.93) and fifth in both assists/set (11.75) and digs/set (15.72).
 
Individually, Carly Sosnowski is second in the conference in digs/set (5.21) and total digs (375), while Emiah Burrowes has posted the third-most kills per set (3.36) and total kills (242) on the season.
 
SCOUTING LIMESTONE: The Saints beat UVA Wise in four sets on Saturday after falling to Emory & Henry in a five-set match on Friday to enter the week at 9-8 (6-8 SAC). Limestone collectively leads the league in attacks per set (39.54), a mark that ranks No. 4 in NCAA Division II, and has the second-most digs/set in the conference (17.46).
 
Gabby Wessels ranks third in the SAC in digs per set (5.03) and total digs (352).
 
South Atlantic Conference Standings (as of 10/24)
 
Mountain Division
Team                          SAC    Overall
Carson-Newman        12-2     21-4
Mars Hill                     10-3     15-6
Tusculum                    8-6       9-11
Limestone                   6-8       9-8
Lincoln Memorial     4-10     8-17
Emory & Henry          3-11     4-20
UVA Wise                  1-13     4-15    
 
Piedmont Division
Team                          SAC    Overall
#21 Wingate               15-0     24-1
Anderson                    11-3     18-4
Lenoir-Rhyne             10-5     14-8
Newberry                     6-8       11-12
Catawba                     4-10     6-15
Coker                          2-13     5-16    
 
Up Next
The Railsplitters conclude the season with road matches at UVA Wise on Tuesday and Emory & Henry on Saturday next week.