MONTICELLO, Ark. – The University of Arkansas at Monticello volleyball team will conclude its regular season on Thursday night in Arkadelphia, Arkansas with a 6 p.m. game at Ouachita Baptist University. The Blossoms will aim for a victory and hope for an Arkansas Tech loss for a chance to make the Great American Conference Championship Tournament.
LIVE COVERAGE LINKS
UAM AT
OUACHITA BAPTIST – 11/14 – 6 P.M. –
LIVE STATS
UAM INFORMATION
Overall Record: 11-17
GAC Record: 6-9
GAC Standings: Ninth Place
Streak: Lost Two
PLAYOFF SCENARIOS
The Blossoms will need a win over Ouachita Baptist and a Southern Arkansas win over Arkansas Tech for the team to make the GAC Tournament.
UAM NOTES
UAM is coming off a 3-1 loss against Henderson State on Tuesday in its final home game of the season.
If UAM makes the GAC Championship Tournament, it will be the first time the Blossoms have played in it since 2016.
Thursday's contest against Ouachita Baptist will be the second time the teams will meet this season. The Blossoms first home game of the season was a 3-1 loss against Ouachita.
Leslie Polanco and
MarKayla Dickie are the team's top attackers with Polanco providing 323 kills and Dickie adding 281. The pair average 3.23 and 2.90 kills per set, respectively.
Katie Pearson continued her impressive setting skills despite the loss on Tuesday and remains one of the best in the conference averaging 8.94 assists per set. She is fourth in the GAC in total assists at 840.
Jessica Mahan has been another key offensive and defensive player on the UAM roster. Mahan is second in the conference in service aces at .43 per set and is fifth in digs with at 5.02 per set.
Other impressive UAM defenders are Polanco, Pearson,
Katelyn Richbourg,
Zealia Kleitz,
Taylor Calhoun and Dickie.
Polanco has added 349 digs and she also adds 25.0 total blocks. Richbourg and Pearson rank third and fourth on the team in digs with 262 and 248.
At the net, UAM's key blockers are Kleitz, Calhoun and Dickie. Kleitz paces the team with 82.0, while Calhoun has posted 75.0 and Dickie adds 71.0.
MATCHUP
Opponent: Ouachita Baptist University
Overall Record: 13-13
GAC Record: 8-7
GAC Standings: Seventh Place
Streak: Won two
OBU NOTES
The Tigers have already clinched a GAC Championship Tournament spot this season, but its seeding in the tournament is yet to be determined.
OBU is currently on a two-game win streak with victories against Arkansas Tech and at Southern Arkansas. Both games went five sets.
Katie Camp, Emily Low and Adrianna Nolly are each over 200 kills for the year with 209, 208 and 201, respectively.
The Tigers have a pair of setters that they look to in Temi Fayiga and Joni Schneider. Fayiga has 559 total assists while Schneider has 380.
Lexie Castillow has managed 5.20 digs per set and has a total of 525 digs, while Camp adds 357 total digs.
OBU has one player with at least 80.0 blocks this season in Emily Low who has combined for 85.0
UP NEXT
If UAM is able to make the GAC Tournament, they will play an opponent to be determined in the first round on Thursday, November 21.
