LAKE CHARLES—McNeese volleyball returns home to close out the regular season by hosting Southeastern Louisiana at 6:30 p.m. Thursday and Northwestern State at 11 a.m. Saturday.
 
Thursday's match is designated as the Cowgirls' black out match. T-shirts will be given to McNeese students in attendance. Saturday's match is Senior Day. Seniors Ebony Lewis and Alexandra Aguilera will be honored.
 
McNeese (8-21, 6-8 SLC) enters Thursday's match in a three-way tie for eighth place, the final spot for next week's Southland Conference Tournament in Natchitoches.
 
New Orleans and Incarnate Word are also 6-8 heading into the final two matches of the season. UNO will host Central Arkansas and Stephen F. Austin while Incarnate Word will host Houston Baptist and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi.
 
Southeastern La. (2-25, 1-13 SLC) comes into the match having lost its last eight matches including a 3-1 home loss to McNeese on Oct. 13.