DELAND, Fla. – EKU's volleyball team will make its final road trip of the regular season to face Stetson in Florida on Saturday.
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The match will begin at 6 p.m.
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THE COLONELS
-Â EKU (18-8, 9-4 ASUN) picked up its eighth win in the last nine matches on Tuesday against Bellarmine, beating the Knights 3-1 to complete the season sweep of its in-state rival.
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Sarah Mitchell had 13 kills each against Bellarmine. Vandagriff made only three errors in 22 attempts for a .455 attack percentage. Mitchell hit .393 after committing just two errors in 28 attempts.
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- EKU hit .345 against Bellarmine on Tuesday. It's the highest hitting percentage in a 4-set match this season by any ASUN team.
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Paige Wagers now has 111 blocks this season, nine more than any other player in the conference. She also leads the ASUN with 1.17 blocks per set.
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- EKU is second in the league in points (17.01/set) and assists (12.60/set). The Colonels are third in kills (13.46/set).
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SCOUTING THE OPPONENTS
- Stetson is 5-19 overall and 2-11 against conference competition. The Hatters are coming off a 3-0 victory at West Georgia on Sunday and are 2-2 in their last four matches. Â
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-Â Anabelle Standish, a 5-foot-10 outside hitter, leads the team with 3.33 kills and 0.28 aces per set.Â
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- The duo of 6-foot-2 Ayala Halfon (1.05) and 6-foot Kayla Balfour (1.04) both average more than one block per set. They rank fifth and seventh respectively in the conference.
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- Stetson ranks 11th out of 12 teams in the ASUN in hitting percentage (.119) and kills (10.67/set). The Hatters are first in the conference in blocks (2.41/set).
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INSIDE THE SERIES
- EKU is 4-Â2 all-time against Stetson. The two teams met for the first time in 1992. The Hatters have won two of the last three, but the Colonels won last season's match in Richmond, 3-1.Â
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Sarah Mitchell led all players with 22 kills in last year's match. Amaris Carter had 18 kills for Stetson.
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