CONWAY - The Coastal Carolina volleyball team will look to improve on their undefeated record in Sun Belt Conference play this weekend as they travel to Arkansas to play Little Rock on Friday, Oct. 11 at 7:30 p.m. ET and Arkansas State on Saturday, Oct. 12 at 7:30 p.m. ET.

History versus Little Rock and Arkansas State

The Chanticleers are heading into Friday's match at Little Rock with an undefeated 3-0 all-time record.

A season ago in Conway, the two teams played a five-set match that included 42 ties and 20 lead changes. The Chants battled through 11 Little Rock blocks and 81 digs to pull out the win. Anett Nemeth had an 18-kill, 19-assist, and 18-dig triple-double performance in the 3-2 (23-25, 26-24, 25-23, 21-25, 15-12) win. Kyla Manning added 21 kills and 10 digs.

Against Arkansas State, the Chanticleers hold a 4-2 all-time series advantage.

Last season, the two teams split a pair of matches as Coastal Carolina won the regular-season meeting and the Red Wolves took the contest in Atlanta, Ga. at the 2018 Sun Belt Volleyball Championships.

On Oct. 5, 2018, CCU won in four sets, 3-1 (24-26, 25-22, 25-20, 25-21). Coastal's offensive attack was led by outside hitters of Nemeth (12 kills) and Manning (10 kills).

At the Sun Belt Championships (11/16/18), Arkansas State won the match in four sets, 3-1(25-17, 25-17, 22-25, 25-20), for their second-ever win over Coastal Carolina. 

In the loss, CCU had three players with double-digit kills: Nemeth (18), Manning (13), and Ani Bozdeva (10), but it was the Arkansas State defense that proved to be the difference. The Red Wolves held the advantage at the net as they out-blocked Coastal 12-4. The Red Wolves also dug 61 balls compared to Coastal Carolina's 54.

Coastal Carolina

The Chanticleers are coming off a perfect weekend in Sun Belt play as they knocked off ULM and Louisiana in straights sets. With the pair of wins, the Chants remain tied for first-place with Appalachian State in the Sun Belt East with a 4-0 record.

As a team, the Chants continue to be a top-five team in the conference. They are ranked first in service aces (2.17/set), second in hitting percentage (.279), second in assists (11.90/set), and fifth in kills (12.77/set). 

Setter Brigitta Petrenko earned her fourth Sun Belt Conference award of the season with her second Sun Belt Setter of the Week accolade. The native of Eger, Hungary dished out 70 assists, averaged 11.67 assists/set, dug 21 balls, and tallied six kills in the two victories.

Nemeth continues to be one of the top offensive players in the conference. The sophomore is third with 3.90 kills/set, and fifth with .46 aces/set.

The Pecel, Hungary native had 12 kills and eight digs that propelled the Chants to a 25-18, 25-22, 25-22 victory over ULM on Friday. 

On Saturday versus Louisiana, the trio of Chanticleers of Manning, Nemeth, and junior Christina Nance all played a vital role in the 25-19, 25-21, 25-15 victory. 

Manning was the led the CCU team with 15 kills and 13 digs. Nemeth added 12 kills, and Nance had a .900 (9-for-10) hitting percentage which ranks first all-time in Coastal history with a minimum of 10 attempts.

Little Rock

The Trojans were winless last weekend in their two matches versus Texas State and UT Arlington. Little Rock has now lost seven-straight matches for an overall record of 2-14 and 0-4 in the Sun Belt.

On Friday at UTA, the duo of Laura Jansen and Carol Barbosa led LR with 19 and 15 kills, respectively. The Trojans fell to the Mavs 23-25, 22-25, and 22-25. The match was close throughout where no team led by more than six points at any point and included 17 ties. 

The Texas State Bobcats defeated Little Rock on Saturday by the score of 25-8, 25-12, and 25-18. Barbosa was the only LR player in the match that tallied double-digit kills (12). Little Rock was held by the Bobcat blockers to a .075 hitting percentage in the three-set loss.

Arkansas State

Just like the Chanticleers, the Red Wolves went undefeated last weekend with a five-set win versus Texas State and a straight-set victory over UTA to improve their overall record to 11-5 with a 2-2 mark in Sun Belt Conference play.

On Friday, Arkansas State lost the first two sets to the Bobcats but rallied back for the win to take the final three sets (23-25, 22-25, 25-16, 25-21, 15-6) behind Macey Putt's season-high 19-kill and 16-dig performance. Julliana Kramer also notched a double-double with 19 assists and 10 digs.

On Saturday at UTA, A-State won in straight-sets (25-17, 25-23, 25-23) as Putt led the way for the second-straight match. Putt led Arkansas State with 15 kills and a .333 hitting percentage.

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