BEAUMONT, Texas – Lamar University returns home from a three-match road swing for a rare Tuesday match when they host Nicholls. The road swing, LU's (8-16/2-11 SLC) longest of the conference season, was a tough one as the Cardinals dropped all three matches. The Cardinals will now turn their focus to getting back on track with home matches against Nicholls and Southeastern Louisiana.
 
The Cardinals enter the week currently ninth in the league just a win up on Nicholls in the standings. The chase to move up the ladder became just a bit tougher after LU's three matches on the road. LU sits three wins back of UIW for eighth with just five matches remaining in the season.
 
The Colonels have found the 2022 campaign to be just as tough entering the week 10^th overall. Nicholls (4-21/1-12 SLC) has dropped 12 straight since a victory at UIW to open conference play. The match against Nicholls will be the first of two over the course of the next five days.
 
Big Red leads the all-time series over Nicholls, 30-12 (.714), a mark that the includes a 16-5 (.762) all-time record in Beaumont. The Cardinals have won four of the previous six meetings, but Nicholls got the lone head-to-head matchup last season, 3-2, in Thibodaux.
 
Two days later, the Cardinals will turn around and host Southeastern Louisiana. The Lions (19-6/9-4 SLC) are currently in a two-way tie for third just a win back of Houston Christian and McNeese. The Lions come to town as one of the league's hottest teams having won four straight. SLU will be in Natchitoches, La., Tuesday to face Northwestern State before traveling to Beaumont.
 
The Cardinals lead the all-time series, 29-12 (.707), over Southeastern, and that includes a 16-4 (.800) record in Beaumont. Big Red will be looking to reverse a recent trend in the series as SLU has won consecutive matches and four of the previous six. Thursday match against SLU will begin at 6 p.m. from McDonald Gym.