CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. – Following a 5-set loss in its first conference home match of the season, the Eastern Kentucky University volleyball team will travel to Tennessee for a pair of road matches this weekend.
 
EKU will play at Austin Peay in Clarksville on Friday and in Nashville against Lipscomb on Saturday.  Both matches will begin at 7 p.m. ET and air live on ESPN+.
 
THE COLONELS
-  The Colonels split their first two Atlantic Sun Conference matches of the season, winning 3-1 at Bellarmine before falling 3-2 at home to Florida Gulf Coast last weekend.  EKU is 9-5 overall this season.
 
-  Emilee Hill had a career-high 17 kills against FGCU.  She made only three errors in 32 attempts and posted a .438 attack percentage.  She also led the team with 29 assists and 21 digs.
 
-  EKU leads the ASUN in assists (12.93/set) and kills (13.50/set).
 
-  Freshman Addison Burke is sixth in the conference with 3.13 kills per set, seventh with 3.63 points per set and eighth with 0.34 aces per set.
 
-  Freshman Cassidy Trahan is third in the ASUN with 4.04 digs per set.
 
SCOUTING THE OPPONENTS
-  Austin Peay is 2-12 overall and 0-2 in ASUN matches.  The Lady Govs opened the league schedule with a pair of shutout losses at North Alabama and Central Arkansas.  
 
-  Taly Cloyd, a sophomore transfer from Louisiana-Monroe, leads APSU with 2.35 kills per set.  Reagan Anderson is contributing 4.06 digs per set.  The Lady Govs rank 12th in the ASUN with 10.21 kills per set. 
 
-  Lipscomb sits at 4-8 overall and 0-2 in conference matches.  The Bisons have three losses to top-15 ranked teams – No. 1 Nebraska, No. 7 Kentucky and No. 14 Minnesota.  Lipscomb was shutout in two road matches over the weekend at Central Arkansas and at North Alabama.
 
-  Courtney Jones averages a team-high 3.95 kills and a 0.28 aces per set.  The senior outside hitter has 154 more attack than anyone else on the team.  . 
 
INSIDE THE SERIES
-  The Colonels are 47-27 all-time against Austin Peay, and have won five straight between the two programs. 
 
-  EKU is 11-5 all-time against Lipscomb.  The Bisons swept the season series last year and have won four of the last five.