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Setting the Scene
- SWOSU Volleyball (11-16, 6-5 GAC) has its lightest week of the season with just one home contest against Southeastern inside the event center on Thursday
- As it stands, the Dawgs are currently tied for sixth place in the GAC standings with just five matches left before the regular season wraps up
- The Bulldogs earned their first 3-0 victory of the year when they took on the Savage Storm earlier in the season and will now be looking to sweep the regular-season series against SE
- Starting Thursday, SWOSU will alternate its final five games at home and on the road to close out the schedule
- First serve against Southeastern is set for 7 pm

The Opponent
Southeastern (8-17, 4-7 GAC)
- SE is fighting for its playoff lives, sitting tied for the eighth and final postseason spot with Henderson State  
- The Savage Storm will come into Thursday riding a small two-game winning streak, with victories over Southern Arkansas and Arkansas-Monticello in last week's action
- They are very capable of keeping rallies alive, averaging 18.53 digs/set which ranks SE third in the conference in that category  

Checking The Standings 
(School.. overall record, conference record)
1. Arkansas Tech.. 27-0, 11-0
2. Harding.. 22-3, 10-1
3. Oklahoma Baptist.. 13-11, 8-3
4. Northwestern.. 17-8, 7-4
5. Ouachita.. 12-8, 5-4
6. Southern Nazarene.. 11-14, 6-5
    SWOSU.. 11-16, 6-5   
8. Henderson State.. 11-13, 4-7
    Southeastern.. 8-17, 4-7
10. Arkansas-Monticello.. 10-15, 2-9
      East Central.. 7-19, 2-9
12. Southern Arkansas.. 7-19, 0-11

SWOSU Notes
- Sophomore libero Kaitlyn Dillon set a new single-match school record for digs in a four-set match with 39 digs on Friday against Ouachita
- Dillon has risen to fourth in SWOSU's career list for digs with 1,062 and she's currently third on the single-season digs list with 579 to date this season
- Making her first career start at setter, freshman Allie Hoang dished out 53 assists on Friday against Ouachita, the third-most in school history for a four-set match
- Hoang was named Bulldog of the Week for her efforts, which included 13.2 assists, 2.86 digs and 1.43 kills per set in two conference matches last weekend
- DeLayni Fine used a big week to move into the Top 10 list for career kills at SWOSU with 552 kills to her credit
- SWOSU is ranked fourth in the Great American Conference in both digs (18.52 per set) and service aces (1.41 per set)
- Senior defensive specialist Lindsey McCauley is also climbing up the digs list, moving into ninth last week with 824 career digs in her three years at SWOSU

Looking Ahead
- Next week, the Bulldogs have a Tuesday/Thursday slate of games against Oklahoma Baptist on the road and East Central at home – both set for 7 pm start times