Mercer Hosts Chattanooga, Samford this Weekend

MACON, Ga. – Mercer (12-11, 5-7 SoCon) will continue its five-match home stand by hosting Chattanooga and Samford at Hawkins Arena this weekend.

The Bears will face Chattanooga at 6 p.m. on Friday before taking on Samford at 7 p.m. on Saturday. A senior day ceremony will be held prior to Saturday's match as Mercer honors its four seniors, Paige Alsten, Maria Avramova, Danielle Faust and Olivia Sass.

The Bears are currently sixth in the Southern Conference Standings while Samford (13-13, 8-4) is second and Chattanooga (8-17, 4-8) is tied for ninth. Neither match will feature a live broadcast, but live stats will be available.

FRIDAY VS. CHATTANOOGA (8-17, 4-8 SoCon)
Date/Time: Nov. 2 | 6 p.m.
Location: Macon, Ga. | Hawkins Arena
Follow Along: mercerbears.com/livestats
Twitter Updates: @MercerBearsVB

SATURDAY VS. SAMFORD (13-13, 8-4 SoCon)
Date/Time: Nov. 3| 7 p.m.
Location: Macon, Ga. | Hawkins Arena
Follow Along: mercerbears.com/livestats
Twitter Updates: @MercerBearsVB

SERIES HISTORY
Mercer trails Chattanooga 10-15 in their overall series and most recently fell to the Mocs in straight sets in Chattanooga, Tenn. on Oct. 6. The Bears also fell to the Bulldogs earlier this season, on Oct. 5, and trail 7-29 in their all-time series.

SCOUTING CHATTANOOGA
Chattanooga leads the conference in service aces, with Ally Ford averaging a league-best 0.43 per set. The Mocs also rank higher than the Bears in digs per set (15.54), with Megan Kaufman backing the defense by notching 3.53 digs per set. Dani Szcezpanski leads Chattanooga in with the second highest hitting percentage in the conference (.337). The Mocs have defeated Furman (3-0), Wofford (3-2) and Samford (3-2), who the Bears have fallen to at least once.

SCOUTING SAMFORD
Samford ranks higher than the Bears in five of seven statistical categories, including, opponent hitting percentage (.195), assists (12.15), kills (12.95), service aces (1.36) and digs (16.19). Taylor Anderton leads the SoCon, averaging 10.79 assists per set. Krista Boesing leads the Bulldog's offense by generating 3.64 kills per set. Samford fell to UNCG (3-2) and Wofford (3-1) whom the Bears have defeated at least once during the season.

NOTABLES

Mercer is 6-3 at home this season, having only lost to UNCG, ETSU and Furman.
Mercer ranks higher than Chattanooga in five of seven statistical categories, including: hitting percentage (.210), opponent hitting percentage (.195), assists (12.02), kills (12.93) and blocks (1.79).
The Bears are second in hitting percentage (.210) and rank fourth in assists (12.02), kills (12.93) and blocks (1.79).
Maddie Nunley leads Mercer in assists (738). She ranks third in the league with 10.70 per set. The sophomore has led three or more attackers to double-digit kills in the last five matches.
Paige Alsten leads the Bear's offense and ranks third in the conference in hitting percentage (.334) and fifth in kills per set (3.38).
Roberta Todd ranks sixth in leading attackers for averaging 3.06 kills per set.
Emilee Wissmach ranks eighth in the SoCon with 3.45 digs per set, breaking her season-high of 22 digs in the loss against Furman on Saturday.
Megan Smith ranks tenth in the league, totaling 24 service aces for the season.
Brittany Major recorded a career-high 20 kills in the 3-1 win over Wofford last Friday.

Follow the Bears
For complete coverage of Mercer Volleyball, please follow the Bears on social media at @MercerBearsVB (Twitter), and @mercervolleyball (Instagram) or visit the official home of Mercer Athletics at MercerBears.com.

Mercer Hosts Chattanooga, Samford this Weekend

Next Event

Players Mentioned

Paige Alsten

Maria Avramova

Danielle Faust

Brittany Major

Maddie Nunley

Olivia Sass

Megan Smith

Roberta Todd

Emilee Wissmach

Footer

Mercer University Athletics