BIRMINGHAM, Alabama – The Samford University volleyball team returns home to the Pete Hanna Center for its final pair of matches of the regular season. The Bulldogs will first take on SoCon leader Furman University on Friday, Nov. 14, at 7 p.m. for Senior Day then will take on Wofford College on Saturday, Nov. 15, at 2 p.m. to wrap up the regular season.
SU (16-11, 10-4 SoCon) currently sit in second place in the SoCon standings behind FU (19-6, 12-2 SoCon) and dealt the Paladins their last loss in a 3-2 victory on the road on Oct. 18. Senior
Michaela Reesor and sophomore
Erin Bognar paced the Bulldog offense with 19 kills apiece.
Sophomore setter
Erika Pifer dished out an impressive 56 assists to go along with three service aces and four total blocks for a well-rounded effort.
The Bulldogs wrap up the regular season with Wofford (12-19, 4-10 SoCon) on Saturday. SU took down the Terriers 3-0 at their place earlier this season. Reesor and Bognar again combined to pace the Samford offense.
Reesor's success has put her in position to become Samford's all-time career kill leader. The Caledon, Ontario, Canada native has tallied 359 kills on the season to bring her career tally to 1,553 which is 64 kills shy of the all-time record set by Melissa Karwowski.
Senior libero
Chelsi Carter is one of the nation's most prolific servers as she ranks 6th in the nation with 52 and 5
th in her career amongst active players in the NCAA with 164.
Reesor and Carter along with fellow senior
Selina Schirmer will be recognized for their time and dedication to Samford University and the volleyball program prior to the beginning of the match against Furman on Friday.
