FIRST SERVE
Saint Louis travels to Richmond to face VCU on Friday night and Saturday afternoon. The Billikens and Rams are currently in a three way tie with Duquesne for third place in the A10.
FOLLOWING THE ACTION
Both matches will be streamed on ESPN+ and feature live stats
ABOUT THE BILLIKENS
SLU had its five-game win streak snapped in a 3-1 loss to Loyola Chicago on Tuesday. On Saturday,
Ellie Rink led the Billikens with 24 kills, while
Tamia Maddox added 21, marking the first time since 2019 that two Billikens recorded 20 or more kills in the same match. Maddox was named the Atlantic 10 Player of the Week after back-to-back 20-plus kill games after a career-high 23 kills on Friday night, becoming the first player in the A10 this season to have that many kills against the same opponent.
Kayla Jansen leads the nation in total blocks with 131. The Bills lead the league in blocks per set with 2.51 and are first nationally with 243 total blocks.
Ellie Rink leads the SLU offense with 3.32 kills per set and adds 2.15 digs per set.
Tea Kalajdzic 3.02 points per set in conference play, three more Billikens average over 2.0 points per set in A10 play.
ABOUT THE RAMS
VCU is coming into the weekend on a three game losing streak, getting swept twice at Duquesne and dropping a 3-1 decision to Davidson on Tuesday. Lara Del Core leads the offense with 2.98 kills per set followed by Nina Boledovicova with 2.58 and Letizia Galli with 2.27. Galli adds 1.21 blocks per set. Cansin Sendir averages 8.87 assists and leads the team with 20 service aces.
