Opponent: Southeastern
Date: Thursday, Oct. 3
Time: 6:30 p.m.
Location: Lake Charles (Legacy Center)
Stream: ESPN+
Series Record: McNeese leads the series 23-19 (Southeastern has won the last five matches)
Promotion: Dig Pink match (To Donate: https://giving.side-out.org/campaigns/20556)
 
 
 
LAKE CHARLES—McNeese volleyball (4-9, 0-1 SLC) will host Southeastern (11-4, 3-0 SLC) Thursday, Oct. 3 at 6:30 pm. in its Dig Pink match.  The match will be streamed on ESPN+ and will be the first of two home matches for the Cowgirls this week.  McNeese will host New Orleans at 1 p.m. Saturday.
 
The Cowgirls are coming off its SLC opening loss at Texas A&M-Commerce last Saturday in a 3-1 loss.
 
Southeastern, the two-time reigning Southland Conference regular season and conference tournament champions, will look to extend its SLC 20-match winning streak dating back to last season.  The Lady Lions also enter the match on an 11-match winning streak after its straight set win at UNO on Tuesday.
 
MATCH NOTES
• It's the SLC home opener for the Cowgirls
• It's also the Cowgirls' Dig Pink Match
• It's the first of two home matches for the Cowgirls this week.  McNeese will host UNO at 1 p.m. Saturday
• Cowgirls will look to snap a four-match losing streak
• McNeese has been hit with the injury bug this season.  Taylor Thomas, Emareee Harris, and Kayla Wilson will miss the rest of the season due to injuries.
• Senior McKenzie Moore leads the team with 193 kills and is second with 31 blocks and third with 116 digs.
• Megan Grose leads McNeese with 265 assists
• Lacie Schooley leads the team with 10 aces
• Naterah Moore leads the Cowgirls with 38 blocks
• Bailey Tillman has a team best 205 digs and moved into fourth place in McNeese career digs at Texas A&M-Commerce.  Tillman enters tonight's match with 1,572, needing 130 to move into third place.
 
ABOUT SOUTHEASTERN
• Picked to finish 3rd in the SLC preseason poll
• Are on an 11-match winning streak and have won its last 20 SLC matches dating back to last season
• The Southeastern coaching staff consists of two former McNeese coaches (head coach Jeremy White, assistant coach Lee McBride)
• Head coach Jeremy White and assistant coach under form former McNeese head coach Lee McBride
• White is a two-time graduate of McNeese who spent two years (2015, 2016) as assistant coach with the Cowgirls
• McBride spent 14 years at McNeese and is the winningest coach in program history with 254 wins.  McBride led McNeese to its only SLC title in 1997 and is a five-time Louisiana "Coach of the Year"