LAKE CHARLES—McNeese volleyball returns home Tuesday night to host Houston Christian in a battle for sole first place in the Southland Conference. Both teams will enter the match with a 10-3 conference record. First serve is set for 6:30 p.m. at the Legacy Center and admission is free.
 
The match is the first of three for the Cowgirls this week.  McNeese will travel to Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Thursday night and Incarnate Word on Saturday.
 
McNeese (14-13, 10-3 SLC) will look to avenge a straight set loss at Houston Christian on Oct. 8 as the Cowgirls enter the match on a six-match winning streak and have won nine of its last 10 matches.
 
The Cowgirls are coming off a straight set win at New Orleans last Saturday where Skyeler Embry recorded her second straight double double with 10 kills and a career high 18 digs.
 
Kendall Glueck leads the Cowgirls with 308 kills and is second on the team with 95 blocks.  Tillman has a team high 492 digs, Mia Perales leads the Cowgirls with 596 assists and Sanni Rantanen has a team best 113 blocks.
 
Houston Christian (18-8, 10-3 SLC) is led in kills Anna Gadway, this week's SLC Offensive Player of the Week. Gadway leads the Huskies with 292 kills while Audrey Pearce leads the team with 102 blocks.
 
 McNEESE NOTES
• Have won nine of last 10 matches
• Have won its last six matches, longest winning streak this season
• Seven of last nine wins have been in straight sets
• Have a 27-6 won-loss set record in last 10 matches
• Have 33 aces in last five matches
• Skyeler Embry enters the match with two double double (10 kills, 18 digs/career high) in the last two matches
• Libero Bailey Tillman was named the SLC Defensive Player of the Week for the second straight week