BEAUMONT, Texas - Hitting the road after a big win at home, Lamar University's volleyball team (6-8, 1-3 SLC) travels to Northwestern State (11-7, 3-1 SLC) on Tuesday looking to snap the Lady Demons' three-game win streak.

The Last Time Out - Stephen F. Austin (Oct. 4) and Abilene Christian (Oct. 6)

SFA
In front of another loud and supportive crowd, LU put up a valiant effort Thursday against Stephen F. Austin (15-1, 3-0 SLC). The Cards at one point outscored the Ladyjacks 22-17 in the second set and led several times in the third set, but LU came up just short against the Southland Conference-leading Jacks.

Abigale Nash continued to demonstrate her offensive prowess Thursday with a team-leading 12 kills, though she wasn't the only Cardinal in double digits in kills. Kayla Neumann had 10 kills, and Bre'Ala Box came up just short of double digits with nine. Erin Pequeno led in digs with 17 and was followed by Neumann (eight digs) and Nash (seven digs). Dannisha House had four blocks including a monster solo block in the third set, and Annika Slovak had 30 assists as the team's primary setter.

ACU

Fueled by stellar serving and 22 kills from Kayla Neumann, Lamar University took down Abilene Christian University (4-10, 2-2 SLC) in four sets Saturday. The Cards had 13 aces in the game including five in the opening set.

Neumann had 22 kills on a .271 hitting percentage along with nine digs, a block, and two service aces. The junior from Sandpoint, Idaho, had the most individual kills in four sets since Kaci Brewer had 22 against Louisiana-Lafayette in 2007.

Abigale Nash had her 10th double-double in 14 matches with 12 kills and 16 digs. Malaysia Murdock had 11 kills and three blocks, Dannisha House had eight kills and four blocks, and Annika Slovak had 54 assists; that's the most assists in a single four-set match since Ashley Ellis had 53 against Louisiana Tech on Sept. 19, 2014.

Lamar at Northwestern State - October 8 at 6:30 p.m.

The Lady Demons of Northwestern State are 11-7 so far this year with a 3-1 mark in SLC play. The only common opponent through this point of the season between NSU and LU is Grambling State; both teams defeated Grambling in three sets.

Sean Kiracofe is in his fifth season as the head coach of the Lady Demons and is 57-81 overall in that time with a 33-35 record against SLC opponents.

NSU is a middle-of-the-road team statistically, ranking around the league average in hitting percentage (fifth, .215), assists per set (sixth, 11.71 per set), kills per set (seventh, 12.35), aces (fifth, 1.59 per set), and digs (fourth, 16.59 per set).

Alexis Warren has been one of the best outside hitters in the league this season, averaging over 3.59 kills per set in conference play - the fourth-highest mark in the league. She was recognized as the SLC Offensive Player of the Week on Monday, Oct. 7, after turning in 38 kills in two matches with a .420 hitting percentage. Hannah Brister is just behind Warren with an average of 3.47 kills a set.

Megan Lohmiller has an average of 5.18 digs a set, the second-highest average in the conference, and Reagan Lee is 10th-best in the SLC in blocks per set (1.18).

Up Next

The road trip continues with Sam Houston State (8-8, 4-0 SLC) on Saturday before returning home to host Central Arkansas (7-10, 1-3 SLC) on Oct. 17 and Nicholls (8-7, 2-2 SLC) on Oct. 19. The second half of the conference slate will begin Oct. 22 at McNeese (8-8, 1-3 SLC), and another road match at Houston Baptist (10-9, 2-2 SLC) will precede a four-game home stand for Lamar against UIW (4-14, 0-4 SLC), Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (9-9, 2-3 SLC), New Orleans (9-9, 2-2 SLC), and Southeastern Louisiana (8-10, 3-2 SLC).