SAN MARCOS, TX — The Texas State volleyball program had such a good time while it was in Monroe, La., two weeks ago, the Bobcats are heading back to the Bayou State for a two-match weekend against Louisiana. 

The weekend's action, which can be seen on ESPN+ both nights, will begin on Friday, Oct. 7 at 6 p.m., while Saturday's action is slated to start at 2 p.m. Both Louisiana (9-4, 3-1) and Texas State (11-5, 3-1) currently sit tied — along with South Alabama — atop the Sun Belt Conference's West Division with a 3-1 (.750) record. The Jaguars (9-7, 3-1) play Arkansas State (5-11, 0-4) this weekend. 

CAJUN SEASONING

• Texas State will enter this weekend's two-match series at Louisiana with a 22-3 all-time record against the Ragin' Cajuns dating back to the first-ever meeting during the 1973 season. 
• Texas State won the first 13 consecutive meetings against Louisiana, before the Ragin' Cajuns won their first-ever match against the Bobcats with a five-set win in Lafayette, La., on Oct. 28, 2017. 
• In matches played in Lafayette, La., Texas State is 9-2 against Louisiana, including wins in the last four straight matches. 
• Under third-year head coach Sean Huiet, Texas State is 4-1 against Louisiana with all four wins coming in Lafayette, La. 
  • Of those four road wins, two were via three-sets wins, one came in four sets and the other in five. 
• Every time Texas State has dropped a match to Louisiana, the Bobcats have responded by winning multiple consecutive matches. 
  • Following a five-set loss in 2017, Texas State won five straight. After another five-set loss in 2019, the Bobcats won three straight matches.
  • A win over the Ragin' Cajuns on Friday night would mark back-to-back wins for Texas State since dropping a four-set match on Oct. 2, 2021, thus continuing the trend. 

FILÉ POWDER

• The race is now on for Emily DeWalt. Following her 112-assist outing against James Madison last weekend, the Texas State graduate student now sits in second place in Sun Belt history with 5,447 career assists. 

Sun Belt Career Assist Leaderboard

1. Leslie Clark, MT (2006-09) – 5,692
2. Emily DeWalt, TXST (2018-P) – 5,447

SHRIMP

• Not only does Emily DeWalt need 246 more assists to become the Sun Belt's leader in career assists, the Helotes, Texas native needs only 71 more to pass Kristy Braun (1991-94) for the program's top spot. 

Texas State Career Assist Leaderboard

1. Kristy Braun (1991-94) – 5,517
2. Emily DeWalt (2018-P) – 5,447

TOMATOES

• With seven digs against Louisiana this weekend, Emily DeWalt will become just the fifth student-athlete to be credited with 1,400 career digs. 

Texas State Career Digs Leaderboard

1. Micah Dinwiddie (2016-19) – 1,716
2. Sierra Smith (2012-15) – 1,646
3. Nicky Rose (1995-98) – 1,434
4. Shauna Stahl (1997-01) – 1,409
5. Emily DeWalt (2018-P) – 1,393

OKRA

• By holding the James Madison offensive attack to only a .200 attack percentage (45 kills and 21 errors on 120 total attacks) on Saturday, Oct. 1, the Texas State defensive has held opponents to a sub-.200 attack percentage in eight of 16 matches. 
  • Of those eight matches, two have come against Sun Belt Conference opponents, while two more happened against Power 5 opponents: West Virginia (.179) and Wake Forest (.167)

MAKE AHEAD

• Since joining the Sun Belt Conference prior to the 2013 season, Texas State's volleyball program is 18-3 in conference matches played in the state of Louisiana. 
  • The Bobcats are 10-0 — following a pair of wins in Monroe, La., earlier this season — against ULM, while 8-3 against Louisiana in Lafayette, La., 

STORAGE

• Heading into this weekend's matches against Louisiana, Texas State continues to find itself near the upper portion of Division I volleyball programs as it pertains to statistical categories. 

NCAA National Ranking Summary

• Assists Per Set: 9th (13.22) 
• Hitting Percentage: 4th (.307)
• Kills Per Set: 9th (14.19)
• Team Assists: 35th (767)
• Team Kills: 38th (823)
• Assists Per Set: Emily DeWalt (10.98) – 8th 
• Hitting Percentage: Tessa Marshall (.420) – 13th
• Total Assists: Emily DeWalt (637) – 20th 

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