LAKE CHARLES—League leading McNeese volleyball will play its final two regular season road matches this weekend when the Cowgirls travel to Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (10-18, 10-4 SLC) Thursday for a 6:30 p.m. match followed by a 10 a.m. match at Incarnate Word (6-18, 5-9 SLC) Saturday.
McNeese (15-13, 11-3 SLC) moved into sole possession of first place with its 3-2 home win over Houston Christian Tuesday night and will look to pick up a season sweep over both the Islanders and Cardinals. The Cowgirls defeated TAMU-CC in five sets and UIW in four sets nearly a month ago.
The Islanders enter the match in a three-way tie for second place with HCU and Southeastern, all three teams are one match out of first place. UIW enters its Thursday match at HCU in eighth place.
Kendall Glueck continues to lead the Cowgirls with 325 kills, but Skyeler Embry has emerged as another offensive threat for the Cowgirls in the last couple of matches. Embry has recorded a double double in the last three matches and is coming off a career high 19 kills and a career high 21 digs in the win over HCU.
Other Cowgirl leaders are Mia Perales with 627 assists,
Bailey Tillman (512 digs) and Sanni Rantanen has a team high 120 blocks and 32 service aces.
McNeese will close out the regular season next week against Southeastern and Lamar.
McNEESE NOTES
• The last time McNeese has won 10 or more conference matches was in 2017
• McNeese has won its last seven matches, longest winning streak this season
• Have won 10 of last 11 matches
• Seven of last 10 wins have been in straight sets
• Have a 30-8 won-loss set record in last 11 matches
