MAGNOLIA, Ark. – The Southern Arkansas Volleyball team will continue their five-game road swing as they travel to Memphis, Tennessee for a 6 p.m. matchup inside Canale Arena with Christian Brothers of the Gulf South Conference.
 
The Lady Muleriders (9-8, 3-2 GAC) are currently in a five-way tie for third place in the Great American Conference standings and tonight's out of conference matchup is one of only three non-league games remaining on the 2015 schedule. The league office announced on Monday that Southern Arkansas swept the Volleyball Player of the Week honors as senior Taylor Reaume (Setter) and juniors Serena LeDuff (Offensive Player) and Hannah Rice (Defensive Player) took home the weekly honors.
 
SAU boasts the second-best attack percentage in the GAC at .213, while holding opponents to a third-best clip of .176. For CBU (5-9), the Lady Bucs average an attack percentage of .175, while allowing opponents to hit at an average of .228.
 
Led by LeDuff, seniors Shelby Lauterbach and Emilie Aase and sophomore Alli O'Banion, the Lady Muleriders are third in the GAC averaging almost 13 kills per set. Reaume is averaging over 10 assists per set as the offense's facilitator leading SAU to an assist per set average of 11.97. Junior Paige Mays' .41 service aces per set lead four other Lady Muleriders that have double-digit service ace totals as SAU is tops in the GAC in that category producing 1.71 per set.
 
Defensively, Rice ranks third in the conference averaging 5.42 digs per set. O'Banion and junior Gillian Newman pace the front row in blocks as both have produced 30+ blocks this season.
 
Fans interested in following the Lady Muleriders tonight in Memphis can do so here via live stats:  http://www.sidearmstats.com/cbu/wvball and here through live video: http://portal.stretchinternet.com/cbu/.
 
Be sure to check out muleriderathletics.com for your Lady Mulerider pregame and postgame updates, match results and the weekly coach's show with Head Coach Steven Gream.