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Colonel Volleyball Concludes Regular Season With Intrastate Dual Against Bellarmine

11/11/2021 2:34:00 PM

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. –
Eastern Kentuckywill host its regular season finale against Bellarmine on Saturday.
 
The match-up in Richmond will begin at 1 p.m. ET and air live on ESPN+.
 
INSIDE THE SERIES
-  EKU is 6-1 all-time against Bellarmine. 
 
-  Bellarmine defeated the Colonels, 3-1, on Oct. 16 in Louisville. 
 
THE COLONELS
-  Eastern Kentucky (9-20, 6-9 ASUN) has won three of its past four matches, including a sweep this past weekend against Lipscomb and Central Arkansas in Richmond.
 
-  Sarah Mitchell recorded her 10th double-double of the season Saturday, tying her season-high with 24 kills and notching 13 digs against Central Arkansas.
 
-  EKU leads the ASUN in kills (1,359) and assists (1,262), and is second in digs (1,601).
 
-  Molly Michalak is second the ASUN with 337 kills this season and Mitchell is fourth with 324 kills. 
 
-  Sydney Schoen is second in the ASUN with 473 total digs this season and fifth in the conference with an average of 4.11 digs per set.
 
SCOUTING THE OPPONENT
-  Bellarmine is 6-21 this season with a 2-13 mark in conference matches.  The Knights dropped a pair of matches against Lipscomb and Central Arkansas in Louisville over the weekend.
 
-  Jayme Scott leads Bellarmine with 295 kills and is second on the team with 243 digs.  Scott tallied 14 kills and 17 digs against the Colonels earlier this season.
 
-  Anna Lococo is third in the conference with a team-best 4.31 digs per set.  On Friday against Central Arkansas, Lococo logged a team-high 24 digs.
 
-  Bellarmine is fourth in the ASUN with 1,428 digs. The Knights are also third in digs per set (14.28) and eighth in total assists (1,063).

 
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