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The Lincoln Memorial men's volleyball team opens its season with a west coast trip to face off with four California teams from Wednesday through Saturday. The Railsplitters play at Pepperdine on Wednesday night at 10 p.m. ET (7 p.m. PT) in Malibu before heading up the coast to Santa Barbara for contests against UC San Diego on Thursday, UC Santa Barbara on Friday and CSUN on Saturday at the ASICS Invitational.
 
Head coach John Cash and the Railsplitters are coming off a 2022 season when they went 20-7, beat two ranked foes (No. 11 Loyola-Chicago on Jan. 28 and at No. 14 McKendree on March 12), and won the Independent Volleyball Association Tournament Championship.
 
Railsplitter Strikes

• Senior outside hitter Cole Campisano led the 2022 Railsplitters in total kills (211) and kills per set (3.15).
• Junior setter Kohl Kutsch paced last year's teams in assists per set (9.42) and digs per set (1.71).
• Freshman Zadyn Lebreche and sophomore transfer Asa Labreche trained with the USAV Beach National Team Development Program this fall and look to be impact additions to this year's team.

2022 RECORDS
Pepperdine Waves – 19-10 (7-5 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation)
UC San Diego Toreros – 13-11 (5-5 Big West)
UC Santa Barbara Gauchos – 19-9 (6-4 Big West)
CSUN Matadors – 6-16 (1-9 Big West)
 
Up Next
The Railsplitters return to Harrogate to play Mount Olive on Friday, Jan. 13 at 7 p.m. in the home opener before hosting Barton College the following day at 2 p.m. in Mars Gym.