Both weekend matches will be available on CUSA.tv, Conference USA's home for live events, for fans who elect to subscribe.
As is the case for every Hilltopper match this season, all the action will also be available on the radio with Brett Williams on the play-by-play call. Both weekend matches will be on ESPN Radio 102.7.
WKU Volleyball's 39-match conference winning streak is the longest of the sort in NCAA Division I. Texas (28), High Point (24), and Dayton (20) are the only other programs with at least a 20-match conference winning streak. The Hilltoppers also own the longest road winning streak in all of NCAA Volleyball with 19-straight wins.
Middle hitter, Lauren Matthews currently leads the nation in hitting percentage, hitting at a .493 clip, while the team ranks second in the nation for hitting percentage (.338), fifth in opponent hitting percentage (.127), and fourth in winning percentage (.947).
The Tops have claimed the No. 19 spot in this week's AVCA rankings. They visited FIU three weekends ago, as well as Eastern Kentucky that Wednesday before hitting the bye weekend. This past week, WKU swept Middle Tennessee in Diddle Arena. Florida Atlantic is coming off of a weekend where it split against FIU, beating the Panthers, 3-0 on Friday while falling short 0-3 on Saturday.
FAU is off to a 10-11 start to the 2021 campaign and is 2-6 in C-USA play. In last year's abbreviated season, the Hilltoppers and the Owls squared off in Bowling Green. WKU took both matches, earning two sweeps.
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- The Tops have won 39-straight regular season Conference USA contests with their last loss dating back to October of 2018 – the longest streak across all of Division I volleyball.
- The Hilltoppers also own the longest road winning streak in all of NCAA Volleyball with 19-straight wins.
- WKU will look to stay undefeated and extend its all-time record against FAU to 28-0
- The Tops have won 39 straight regular season Conference USA matches with their last loss dating back to October of 2018.
- WKU has held teams to an average of just .127 hitting clip. FAU is averaging a hitting clip of .182 so far this season.
- The Hilltoppers have won 33 straight sets and has only lost five sets all season, with three coming against Ole Miss - the Tops' lone loss in 2021.
- WKU has been predicted to win the East Division in the Conference USA Preseason Poll voted by the league's coaches. Paige Briggs, Nadia Dieudonne and Lauren Matthews were all selected to the Preseason All-Conference Team. After meeting in last year's tournament championship Rice was predicted to win the West Division again this season.
- Lauren Matthews leads the team in kills this season with 262. Matthews is currently 13th in all time kills by a Hilltopper with 1,237.
- The Friday and Saturdays matches will be the 6th and 7th away matches of the season for the Tops, in which they are 5-0.
- WKU Volleyball is more accessible than ever with radio broadcasts for every match. The Tops are 1 of just 10 Division I Volleyball programs that currently have live radio for home and away matches.
How to Follow WKU Volleyball: For complete information on WKU Volleyball, follow the team on Twitter at @WKUVolleyball and head coach Travis Hudson at @TravisHudsonWKU. The team is also on Instagram and Facebook.
