The Lincoln Memorial women's volleyball team is set to host Lenoir-Rhyne at Mars Gym on Saturday at 2 p.m. for the Homecoming match. The Railsplitters (5-12, 3-6 South Atlantic Conference) are coming off a loss on the road to Carson-Newman on Tuesday night and are looking for their first win since Sept. 17 against UVA Wise. Lincoln Memorial has only played once in the last two weeks due to the contest at Catawba originally scheduled for Sept. 30 being postponed due to Hurricane Ian.
 
Railsplitter Strikes

• LMU ranks seventh in the conference in total attacks (1,961) and eighth in total assists (558), blocks (87), digs (799) and kills (601) entering this weekend's matchups.
• Freshman setter Amana Lisi is second in the conference in total assists with 487. Lisi is fourth in the conference in assists/set (8.12).
• Junior libero MJ Trujillo ranks 12^th in the conference at 3.16 digs per set.

SCOUTING LENOIR-RHYNE: The Bears are coming off a 3-1 loss to Tusculum last Saturday but enter the weekend at second in the SAC Piedmont Division standings with a 12-5 (8-2 SAC) record. Lenoir-Rhyne leads the league in aces per set (2.22) while ranking second in both total aces (131) and kills/set (13.41).
 
Individually, Braelyn Faust stands at second place in the SAC with 28 service aces. Jaden Vaughn (0.49 aces/set) and Ashley Hawkins (535 total attacks) both rank third in their respective statistical categories in the conference.
 
South Atlantic Conference Standings (as of 10/7)
 
Mountain Division
Team                          SAC    Overall
Carson-Newman         9-1       16-2
Mars Hill                      8-2       13-2
Tusculum                     6-4       6-7
Limestone                    4-5       7-5
Lincoln Memorial       3-6       5-12
Emory & Henry            2-8       2-16
UVA Wise                    1-9       4-10    
 
Piedmont Division
Team                          SAC    Overall
#22 Wingate               11-0       20-1
Lenoir-Rhyne               8-2       12-5
Anderson                     7-3       13-4
Newberry                     2-7       7-11
Catawba                      1-6       3-11
Coker                          1-10     4-13    
 
Up Next
The Railsplitters take to the road to face Catawba, Coker and Wingate on back-to-back-to-back nights (Thursday-Saturday).