Trojans Wrap Up Regular Season With Weekend Trip to Georgia

TROY, Ala. – The Trojans wrap up the Sun Belt regular season with a trip to the peach state to take on Georgia Southern on November 12 at 5:00, followed by the regular-season finale against Georgia State November 13, at 5:30.

"This is an exciting weekend with seeding implications on the line for all the teams," head coach Josh Lauer said. "I'm expecting great competition as we finish up the regular season with two important matches."

Troy has squared off with both teams once thus far this season, with the Trojans winning a five-set thriller over Georgia Southern back on October 15 from Trojan arena and falling to the Panthers on October 16 in four sets.

The Matchup: Troy (15-10, 8-6) vs. Georgia Southern (15-9, 8-6)
Where: Statesboro, Ga.– Hanner Fieldhouse
When: Friday, November 13 – 5:00 pm.
Live Stats: gotroy.us/30jeaW3
Live Stream: gotroy.us/3H75hzA

The Matchup: Troy (15-10, 8-6) vs. Georgia State (7-17, 4-10)
Where: Atlanta, Ga.– GSU Sports Arena
When: Saturday, November 14 – 6:00 pm.
Live Stats: gotroy.us/30geRPW

Quick Hitters:

Troy is 15-10 on the 2021 season, and 8-6 in Sun Belt play after losing South Alabama last weekend, which ended a four-game win streak.
Head coach Josh Lauer is now 73-69 in his career leading the Trojans. He is the first coach in Trojan volleyball history to lead the Trojans to three consecutive seasons with an over .500 record in Sun Belt Conference play.
In the match against Louisiana, Amara Anderson surpassed Megan Henderson to become the Trojan's all-time leader in assists during the rally-scoring era. Anderson is now up to 4,296 assists in her career and needs 650 assists to become the all-time assist leader in program history.
In the match against Coastal Carolina, Amara Anderson became the fourth Trojan in program history to surpass 4,000 career assists. Anderson's 59 assists in Troy's win over Georgia Southern is the most by a player in the Sun Belt Conference this year.
Anderson is also 45 digs away from 1000 digs. Anderson would become the fourth Trojan in program history to reach 3000 assists and 1000 digs. In all 88 sets in all 24 matches played, Anderson averages 10.59 assists per set, sits second in the Sun Belt Conference and 27th in the entire country. Her 989 total assists sit at 14th in the nation.
Julia Brooks has a .296 hitting percentage which puts her sixth among all players in the Sun Belt. Her 3.23 kills per set ranks fifth to go along 3.84 points per set, good enough for fourth among all players in the SBC. She had a career-high 24 kills in the win against Georgia Southern in the last outing.
Alison Siersma ranks second in the Sun Belt with .45 aces per set
In the rally-scoring era, Cheyenne Hayes became the Trojan's all-time leader in kills during Troy's 3-1 match win over Chattanooga earlier in the season, passing Meghan Gilroy.
Hayes now has 1607 kills in her career, which puts her second all-time. Hayes is 37 kills away from being the all-time leader in Trojan history. Earlier in the year, Cheyenne Hayes became the fifth Trojan in program history to record 1,000 kills and 1,000 digs in her career. In addition, Hayes is the third Trojan ever to surpass 1500 kills in their career.

Know Your Opponent:
Georgia Southern (15-9, 8-6): Baylor Bumford of the Eagles has the second-highest hitting percentage in the Sun Belt, sitting at .359 percent. Madison Brown leads the conference in service aces per set at .50. The Eagles currently average 12.2 kills per set to go along with 15.1 digs per set.

Georgia State (7-17, 4-10): Meisheia Griffin of the Panthers leads the Sun Belt Conference with 120 total blocks averaging 1.20 blocks a set. Georgia State won three straight sets over the Trojans for their first conference win earlier in the year.

Trojans Wrap Up Regular Season With Weekend Trip to Georgia

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Amara Anderson

Julia Brooks

Cheyenne Hayes

Alison Siersma

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