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LOUISVILLE, Ky. – It won't be the first time these two teams have met, but Saturday's match will be the first time the Eastern Kentucky and Bellarmine volleyball teams meet as conference rivals.
 
The match-up in Louisville will begin at 1 p.m. ET and air live on ESPN+.
 
INSIDE THE SERIES
-  EKU is 6-0 all-time against Bellarmine. 
 
-  The two teams first met in 1977 and have not played each other since 1990. 
 
THE COLONELS
-  Eastern Kentucky (6-15, 3-4 ASUN) split a pair of road matches last weekend, beating Central Arkansas 3-2 and falling to Lipscomb 3-1.
 
-  Sarah Mitchell had a match-best 19 kills against Lipscomb.  She had just three errors in 43 attempts for a .372 attack percentage.
 
-  EKU leads the ASUN in kills (981) and assists (917), and is second in digs (1,152).
 
-  Molly Michalak is second the ASUN with 254 kills this season and Mitchell is tied for third with 231 kills.  Michalak is 19th in the nation in total attacks (781).
 
-  Sydney Schoen is fifth in the ASUN with 4.05 digs per set and is first with a total of 332 digs.
 
SCOUTING THE OPPONENT
-  Bellarmine is 5-14 this season with a 1-6 mark in conference matches.  The Knights suffered a pair of 3-0 shutouts on the road at Lipscomb and Central Arkansas last weekend.  
 
-  Jayme Scott recorded a match-high 15 kills in the loss at Central Arkansas.  
 
-  Scott leads the team, and is fifth in the ASUN, with 3.25 kills per set.  She also leads the team with 17 service aces.  Anna Lococo has a team-best 4.23 digs per set.  Bailey Roszman contributes a team-high 0.56 blocks per set.
 
-  Bellarmine is 12th in the ASUN Conference with 93 blocks.  EKU ranks fourth in the league with 137 blocks.