LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Bellarmine volleyball will wrap up its regular season this weekend, hosting Central Arkansas and North Alabama at home in Knights Hall Friday, November 14 and Saturday, November 15.

The Knights will first take on Central Arkansas on Friday night at 6 pm E.T. before turning their attention to North Alabama on Saturday night at 6:30 pm E.T. Saturday's match will be senior day for Bellarmine as it celebrates its three seniors Kylie Van Hoy, Tessa Nauert and Addie Poehner.

Both matches will be streamed on ESPN+ with live stats available online.

Bellarmine is 11-15 overall this season and 5-9 in Atlantic Sun Conference play. With these final two matches left in the regular season, the Knights still have a chance to claim one of the two remaining spots in the ASUN Tournament. Bellarmine sits behind North Alabama (7-7, 7th) and North Florida (6-8, 8th) and is tied with Stetson in the ninth position.

Last weekend, the Knights went 0-2 in ASUN play for the first time since the opening week of the conference season. Bellarmine had two tough matchups, facing off against Eastern Kentucky (L, 3-0) and FGCU (L, 3-1), who are both in a tie for first place in the ASUN standings and have already locked in a tournament bid.

Van Hoy became the ninth player in program history and first in the Division I era to register 2,000+ career assists last weekend. She has 797 assists on the year and ranks fourth in the ASUN in total assists and assists per set with 8.48. Sophomore Payton Parsons is fifth in the league with 4.01 digs per set and leads the Knights with 393 on the year. With seven digs this weekend, she can become the first Bellarmine player since 2022 to record 400+ digs in a season (Anna Lococo, 439). Junior Natalie Bland leads the Knights' offense with 303 kills and ranks eighth in the league with 3.09 kills per set. Freshman Abby Julius leads a strong serve attack for Bellarmine, owning 33 aces on the year, and ranks fourth in the ASUN with 0.37 aces per set.

As a team, Bellarmine ranks second in the ASUN in aces allowed per set, limiting opponents to 1.29 and is fifth in the league in aces per set with 1.56.

This will be the second time this season Bellarmine will face off against Central Arkansas and North Alabama. In the first meetings just two weeks ago, the Knights knocked off the then No. 2 ranked Sugar Bears 3-2 before falling to the Lions 3-1.

About the Sugar Bears

• Central Arkansas is 13-11 overall and 10-4 in the ASUN entering the final weekend of the regular season. The Sugar Bears are coming off a 3-2 loss at Lipscomb last weekend that snapped a three-match win streak. UCA is currently fourth in the ASUN standings, right behind the three-way tie for first, and has secured a position in the ASUN Tournament.
• Redshirt junior Laci Bohannon leads the UCA offense with 295 kills and ranks fourth in the ASUN in kills per set (3.39) and third in points per set (3.95). Redshirt freshman McKinzee Haas and junior Greyson Button are two of the most efficient hitters in the league, ranking ninth and tenth with a .311 and .303 hitting percentage, respectively. Button also ranks eighth in the league with 0.97 blocks per set. Senior Caylan Koons is third in the league with 8.55 assists per set and senior Alexis McDaniel is first in the league with 4.18 digs per set. Central Arkansas is the top blocking team in the league, recording 2.34 blocks per set.
• Bellarmine and Central Arkansas have met nine times in total with eight of the meetings coming since Bellarmine's move to Division I and the ASUN in 2020. UCA holds a 7-2 advantage in the all-time series and is 6-2 in D1 matches against the Knights. The lone Division II meeting came in 2003 when UCA topped BU 3-0. The Knights won the first meeting with UCA this season 3-2 in Conway.

About the Lions

• North Alabama is 13-14 overall and 7-7 in the ASUN entering the final weekend of the regular season. The Lions won their last outing at Austin Peay 3-2, snapping a three-match losing skid. UNA is currently sitting in seventh place in the ASUN standings and looking to close out the season with an ASUN Tournament berth.
• Junior Kendall Barnes leads the UNA offense with 365 kills on the year and ranks third in the league with 3.54 kills per set and fourth with 3.91 points per set. Sophomore Reese Rickets is second on the team with 323 kills and is sixth in the ASUN with 3.20 kills per set and seventh with 3.59 points per set. Junior Nicole Sargent is one of the most efficient hitters in the league, ranking sixth with a .326 hitting percentage. Sophomore Kinslee McGowan is second in the conference with 9.97 assists per set while junior Ava Martindale is tenth with 3.31 digs per set. As a team, North Alabama is third in the ASUN with 1.69 aces per set and fifth with a .235 hitting percentage.
• Bellarmine and North Alabama have met ten times in the Knights' Division I era. Bellarmine holds a 6-4 advantage in the all-time series with its last win coming in 3-2 fashion on the second to last day of the 2024 regular season. UNA had won two matches in a row before the five setter. All four of the Lions' wins have come at home where the series is tilted in their favor, 4-3. Bellarmine is 3-0 against North Alabama in Knights Hall.

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