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The Lincoln Memorial men's volleyball team hosts Central State for matches Friday at 7 p.m. and Saturday at 2 p.m. at Mary Mars Gym this weekend. The Railsplitters (5-4) are coming off a sweep of in-state rival King last Tuesday night in Harrogate.
 
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

• The Railsplitters rank No. 18 nationally aces per set (1.52) and No. 22 in blocks per set (2.048) and hitting percentage (.271) as we enter the second month of the year.
• Freshman outside hitter Shay Spadaro's .440 hitting percentage is good for ninth in the NCAA, while redshirt junior middle hitter Matthew Gentry stands at 15^th nationally (.404).
• Junior setter Kohl Kutsch ranks 20^th in assists per set (9.18) so far this year.
• Lincoln Memorial defeated No. 7 UC Santa Barbara on Jan. 6 for its first win over a Top 10 team in program history.
• 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.

SCOUTING CENTRAL STATE: The Marauders enter the weekend at 3-5, with the two teams playing no common opponents so far this year. Central State went 14-13 (9-1 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) a season ago before winning the SIAC Tournament. The team ranks third in the country in digs per set at 9.52, while its 27.71 attacks per set ranks seventh nationally.
 
Sophomore libero Victor Scherer posts 3.52 digs per set, which is the second-most in NCAA men's volleyball. Sophomore middle blocker D'Aaron McCraney's .396 hitting percentage ranks No. 17 in the country so far this year.
 
Up Next
The Railsplitters will host Queens and Limestone on back-to-back days at Mary Mars Gym next week beginning with Queens on Friday at 5 p.m.