CARROLLTON, Ga- West Georgia (4-11) will close out a three-game home stand by hosting the Central Arkansas Sugar Bears (1-11) Thursday at 6 PM. UWG is looking past Tuesday's loss to UNA and Central Arkansas's last match was Sept. 26 when they took a 3-2 win over Austin Peay.
West Georgia is leading the UAC as a team in service aces, averaging 1.81 a set and has recorded 57 on the season thus far. Giorgia Mandotti leads the team and conference in service aces with 28 total and averaging .52 a set.
Leading the Wolves offensively is the Charlotte, NC native Brooke McCall. McCall leads the in the UAC in total points with 202.5 points and in kills with 184 total.
Defensively, Maddy Kirmer extends her streak of 15 games recording at least a block, and Milena Cetkovic is on a five-game streak recording a block and has tallied 18 blocks in the past five matches. On Tuesday versus UNA, freshman Hannah Nicholson set a career high in digs, bumping nine in the match.
Central Arkansas begins a three-game road stretch, starting in Carrollton with UWG. The Sugar Bears are coming off their first win of the season after downing UAC opponent Austin Peay in a five-set thriller; Central Arkansas had gone 0-11 before then. Leading the UCA is head coach John Newberry who is in his seventh season at Central Arkansas.
Leading the Sugar Bears offensively is Ella Chaney; the 6-2 outside hitter leads the team in kills (84) and added 13 to her total during the win versus Austin Peay. Kennady Martindale is coming off a career high game in kills, tallying 16 against Austin Peay. Defensively for Central Arkansas, Karlyn Frazier leads the team in blocks (34) after stuffing five last game.
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