FORT MYERS, Fla. – The No. 3 seeded Eastern Kentucky University volleyball team will face No. 4 seed Central Arkansas in the 2025 Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament championship game on Sunday at Alico Arena in Fort Myers, Florida.
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The match will begin at 1 p.m. ET and air live on ESPN+.
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The two teams played each other twice during the regular season. EKU swept the Sugar Bears in Conway on Oct. 26. UCA returned the favor with a sweep of the Colonels at Baptist Health Arena on Nov. 13.
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THE COLONELS
- EKU is 22-8 overall, the most wins in a season for the program since the 2005 team won 23 matches. The Colonels had a 12-4 ASUN record and tied for second. The team has won nine of its last 10 matches, with the only loss coming to Central Arkansas.
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- The Colonels are looking for their first conference tournament championship since winning the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament in 2004. EKU beat No. 6 Queens (3-1) and No. 2 Jacksonville (3-1) to advance to the championship match.
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-Â Junior setter, and 2025 ASUN Player of the Year,
Emilee Hill has posted a triple-double in both tournament matches. She is averaging 3.43 points, 2.63 kills, 4.38 assists, 4.00 digs and 1.25 blocks per set in the ASUN Tournament.
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- In its two tournament matches, EKU has held its opponents to a .150 attack percentage. The Colonels lead the ASUN in opponent hitting percentage on the season at .187.
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-Â Over her last eight matches, senior middle blocker
Carson Ledford is averaging 1.41 blocks per set.
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SCOUTING THE OPPONENTS
- Central Arkansas is 17-11 and has won four in a row. The Sugar Bears posted a 12-4 ASUN record, tying for second place. UCA beat No. 5 Lipscomb (3-0) and No. 8 North Florida (3-2) to reach the title match.
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- Laci Bohannan, a junior outside hitter, leads the team with 3.45 kills per set. She is fourth in the ASUN in kills and third in points (4.02/set).Â
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-Â Redshirt freshman McKinzee Haas (1.13) and junior Greyson Button (1.04) both average more than 1.00 blocks per set.
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-Â As a team, UCA leads the conference in blocks with 2.42 per set and opponents blocks (1.61/set).Â
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INSIDE THE SERIES
-Â The Colonels are 5-4 all-time against Central Arkansas.Â
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-Â In the last meeting between the two teams,
Addison Burke led EKU with 11 kills. Bohannan had a match-best 13 kills for the Sugar Bears.
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