Volleyball Welcomes Florida Atlantic for Weekend Series

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – The Blue Raiders fresh off the bye week look to take on Florida Atlantic for Senior Night on Friday, October 29 and Saturday, October 31.

Middle Tennessee (5-3, 7-7) vs. Florida Atlantic (2-8, 10-13)

Friday, October 29 at 6 p.m. CT – C-USA.TV
Sunday, October 31 at 1 p.m. CT – CUSA.TV
Hosted at Alumni Memorial Gymnasium – Murfreesboro, Tennessee
Middle Tennessee leads the all-time series 16-11.
Florida Atlantic is on a eight game winning streak against MT.

Blue Raider's Quick Hitters

The Blue Raiders are undefeated at home (4-0) sweeping both of their weekend series with FIU and Charlotte.
Marley Banton is having a historically good season on the defensive side averaging 4.23 digs/set for the Blue Raiders, this would rank first in the record book for the new scoring era.
Samira Lawson Body had an efficient weekend against the Hilltoppers, leading the Blue Raiders with 26 kills.
Taylor Eisert filled the stat sheet up over the weekend, leading the team with 52 assists, 17 digs, and a .286 attack percentage.

Tale of the Tape: FAU Owls

Florida Atlantic is currently the only team in the East division of C-USA to be eliminated from postseason contention.
After starting the season 8-2 in non-conference play, the Owls have only won two of their last 13 matches.
The Owl's Klara Zarnovicka currently leads the conference in service aces and service aces per set. FAU has three student-athletes at or above 22 service aces this season.
The FAU offense is led by Christine Jarman and Klara Zarnovicka with a combined 406 kills.
Defensively, MB Lauryn Green leads the Owls with 63 blocks and L Camryn Vogler leads with 244 digs.

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Players Mentioned

Marley Banton

Taylor Eisert

Samira Lawson Body

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