BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The Samford volleyball team will host Wofford and ETSU this weekend in The Pete Hanna Center. The Wofford match is scheduled for Friday at 6:30 p.m. and the ETSU match, which is the teams annual Dig Orange match, is scheduled for Saturday at 5 p.m.

So far in conference play the Bulldogs are 0-2, coming off opening league play on the road at UNCG and Furman. Bulldogs are 5-8 overall for the season.
 
Shea Bruntmyer leads the team in assists and is second in the conference with a total of 427 assists. Kaleigh Meritt leads the Bulldogs with 183 kills so far in the season and Ally Cordes is to follow with 161. Both Wofford and ETSU are 2-0 in league play, this will be Samford's 32^nd time meeting with Wofford and the 28^th time meeting with ETSU.

Saturday's match against ETSU is the Bulldogs annual Dig Orange match that honors Caroline Neisler, a former student-athlete who passed away in 2013 just weeks after being diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia. The Bulldogs continue to honor the life and legacy of Caroline through Dig Orange.  A venmo account has been set up for donations: @keylor-chan that are given to The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, which funds leading-edge research for every type of blood cancer, including leukemia, lymphoma, myeloma, and other rare types of blood cancers. Both matches are also a part of Youth Weekend for the Bulldogs.

Live stats will be available for both matches, and will be available to stream on ESPN+.
 
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