LAKE CHARLES—McNeese volleyball returns to Memorial Gym Saturday to host Central Arkansas at 11 a.m. in its Dig Pink match.
 
The match is the second of three straight home matches for McNeese. The Cowgirls will conclude the regular season by playing four of their final five matches at home before heading to the Southland Conference Tournament slated for Nov. 16-18 in Natchitoches.
 
McNeese has joined The Side-Out Foundation to help raise money that will go towards clinical trials specifically for patients with stage 4 breast cancer. Information about donating will be distributed at the entrance to the gym or individuals may go to https://giving.side-out.org/campaigns/14800#/ to donate online.
 
The Cowgirls (7-19, 5-6 SLC) are coming off a solid outing despite a 3-0 loss to league leading Stephen F. Austin on Thursday.
 
McNeese will enter the match in a fifth place tied with Houston Baptist and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, all who are 5-6 in league play.
 
Stephen F. Austin is atop the standings with a perfect 11-0 record followed by Sam Houston State at 10-1 then Central Arkansas in a third place tie with Abilene Christian at 9-2.
 
The Sugar Bears (19-5, 9-2 SLC) are coming off a straight set win at Lamar Thursday night and lead the SLC in hitting percent (.282), kills (13.83 per set), and assists (12.86 per set) in conference matches. Savanah Allen leads the SLC with a .370 hitting percent, Samantha Anderson is second ranks second in kills, and Bailey Waddington is second in assists and service aces.
 
McNeese's Paige Havel leads the league in blocks with 61 for an average of 1.45 per set.