EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. – SIUE volleyball will head to St. Charles, Missouri, this Wednesday and Friday to face the top-seeded Lindenwood Lions for their fourth OVC series of the season. Both Wednesday and Friday's contest are set to begin at 6 p.m.
 
SERIES: SIUE and Lindenwood have met just eight times since the Lions joined the Ohio Valley Conference in 2022, with the two being tied in the all-time series with four victories apiece.  
 
STANDOUT SERVES: SIUE ranks first in the OVC in service aces per set (1.75), recording 114 total on the season. The Cougars also place two players among the conference's top 10 in service aces per set. Kinley Quast ranks fifth with 20 aces (0.37 per set), while Ally Hughes sits eighth in the conference with 22 aces (0.34 per set).
 
LAST WEEK: The Cougars are coming off their lone bye week of the season following their series against Tennessee State, who they defeated via back-to-back sweeps.  
 
ABOUT LINDENWOOD: Lindenwood enters this matchup with a 17-3 overall record, including a 7-1 mark in OVC play, with their lone conference loss coming against Southeast Missouri State.
 
The Lions have the top offense in the OVC, owning the most kills per set at 14.18 per set (1007 total), and three players within the top ten in the conference in kills per set, including Susanna Beretti at sixth with 3.30 (234 total), Lauren Ortwerth at eighth with 3.01 (214 total), and Autumn Bax at tenth with 2.82 (200 total). Setter Kaci Johnson also leads the OVC in both total assists (765) and assists per set (10.77).