Troy Travels To The Carolinas To Finish Four-Game Road Trip

TROY, Al. – Troy Volleyball wraps up a four-game road trip as they travel to take on Coastal Carolina Friday night at 5:00 from Conway SC. They will then make the 281-mile drive north and head to Boone, NC, to face Appalachian State on Sunday morning with an 11:30 first serve.

"This is always one of the most challenging road trips of the season," head coach Josh Lauer said. "Our team is working through some lineup changes, and we have had great focus and effort in practice this week. We are looking forward to our first weekend of matches against eastern division opponents and will be looking forward to great competition both Friday and Sunday."

The Matchup: Troy (9-6, 2-2) vs. Coastal Carolina (10-4, 4-0)
Where: Conway, SC. – HTC Center
When: Friday, Oct. 8 – 5:00 p.m.
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The Matchup: Troy (9-6, 2-2) vs. Appalachian St. (5-11, 1-3)
Where: Boone, NC. – Holmes Convocation Center
When: Sunday, Oct. 10 – 11:30 a.m.
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Quick Hitters:

Troy is 9-6 on the 2021 season, and 2-2 in Sun Belt play after beating Little Rock and falling to Arkansas St. in five sets in their first Sun Belt Conference road trip of the year. Head coach Josh Lauer is now 65-65 in his career leading the Trojans. This weekend matches at Coastal Carolina and Appalachian State wraps up a four-game road trip for the Trojans
Amara Anderson moved into fourth all-time in program history this season and second during the Rally Scoring era with 3973 assists. Anderson needs 998 assists to become the Trojan all-time assists leader. She is also 124 digs away from 1000 digs. Anderson would become the fourth Trojan in program history to reach 3000 assists and 1000 digs.
Anderson averages 10.81 assists per set, which sits first in the Sun Belt Conference and 21st in the entire country. Her 616 total assists sit at 16th in the nation.
Julia Brooks has a .316 hitting percentage which puts her third among all players in the Sun Belt. Her 3.21 kills are per set ranks seventh to go along 3.86 points per set, good enough for fourth among all players in the SBC, and climbs into the top 10 in blocks with 55 total averaging .96 per set.
History: Cheyenne Hayes became the Trojan's all-time leader in kills in the rally-scoring era during Troy's 3-1 match win over Chattanooga earlier in the season. Hayes passed Meghan Gilroy. Hayes now has 1539 kills in her career and is 105 kills away from being the all-time leader in Trojan history. Earlier in the year, Tory Cheyenne Hayes became the fifth Trojan in program history to record 1,000 kills and 1,000 digs in her career.
Cheyenne Hayes matched her season-high of 17 kills coming against Texas State. She also led the Trojans with 12 kills and a .321 hitting percentage against UT Arlington. With 29 kills in the opening weekend of conference play, Hayes has surpassed 1500 career kills, becoming the only third Trojan ever to reach that mark.
Leading the Belt: As a team, Troy ranks first in the conference in kills per set, averaging 13.50, second in assists per set, averaging 12.55. Troy currently ranks 37th in the country in assists (12.54), 51 in kills per set (13.50), and 103 in the country in hitting percentage (.227)

Know Your Opponent:
Coastal Carolina (10-4, 4-0): The Chanticleers are one of the two remaining teams unbeaten in the Sun Belt Conference. They currently lead the league in blocks per set (2.46) and service aces per set (1.82) which is 30^th in the country. They also give up the least amount of opponent assists (10.20) and opponent kills (11.24). Troy holds a 6-9 record in the series, with the first meeting in 1994 and the last in 2020. Troy last beat the Chanticleers in 2018.

Appalachian St. (5-11, 1-3): The Mountaineers picked up their lone conference win thus far, defeating Georgia St. They currently rank last in the conference in hitting percentage (.133), assists per set (9.56), and digs (13.19 per set) The first match in this series came in 2007, and the Trojans are currently on a three-game win streak against Appalachian St. after seeing them three times in 2020 and winning all three matches.

Troy Travels To The Carolinas To Finish Four-Game Road Trip

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Amara Anderson

Julia Brooks

Cheyenne Hayes

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