CONWAY, S.C. – Coastal Carolina volleyball will host Georgia Southern this week in a three-match Sun Belt Conference series as the Chanticleers look to remain undefeated.

The Chanticleers (11-0, 11-0 SBC) and Georgia Southern (2-5, 2-5 SBC) will play the first match of the series at 5 p.m. ET on Thursday, Nov. 5, in The HTC Center.  The final two matches of the series will be played on Friday, Nov. 6, at 11:30 a.m. ET and 6:30 p.m. ET.

Coastal Carolina's 11-0 start to the season is a program record, topping the nine wins to open the 2019 season.  In addition to the undefeated record, the Chants have lost only five sets of the 38 played so far this season.

The Chanticleers are led offensively by junior Anett Nemeth's 149 kills, which places her third in the Sun Belt and 20th in the NCAA with 3.92 kills per set.  Senior Ani Bozdeva is second on the team with 110 kills and ranks ninth in the Sun Belt with a .285 hitting percentage.

Setting the offense for the Chants is sophomore Brigitta Petrenko, who has registered 295 set assists and ranks sixth in the Sun Belt and 33rd in the NCAA with 8.43 assists per set.  Petrenko also sets the offense when serving as she leads the conference and ranks third in the nation with 0.63 aces per set and ranks second nationally with 22 service aces.

Sophomore libero Lina Perugini leads the Coastal defense with 177 digs and ranks sixth in the Sun Belt and 12th in the NCAA with 4.66 digs per set.
As a team, Coastal Carolina is at or near the top in many statistical categories in the Sun Belt.  The Chants rank number one in opponent hitting percentage (.111) and service aces (76) while ranking second in hitting percentage (.247) and blocks per set (2.37).

Georgia Southern is led on offense by Chamblee Russell and Mya Wilson with 74 and 69 kills, respectively.  Wilson is also a leader at the net on defense with 21 blocks.  Setter Madison Brown is averaging 9.62 assists per set and also leads the Eagles with nine service aces.  Rebekah Farthing, the team's libero, leads in digs with 106.

Fans attending the matches at the HTC Center will enter only through gate one and exit only through gate two.  Gates three and four will be closed during all volleyball matches.  Coastal Carolina is allowing a limited capacity of 150 fans into the match and all fans will be asked to wear face coverings at all times and maintain physical distancing in the seating area and while entering and exiting the arena.  There will be no concessions during the matches. 

Live stats will be available for all three matches on Coastal Carolina's athletic web site at GoCCUsports.com.  In addition to getting all stats and results on GoCCUsports.com, fans can follow along on Twitter, @CoastalVBall, for in-match updates.

 
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