By Matt Barker, Sports Information Director

HENDERSON, Tenn. - The Lady Lion volleyball team will look to bounce back after two tough losses over the weekend as the travel to Pulaski, Tenn to take on Martin Methodist College for the second time this season.

SETTING THE STAGE

The Lady Lions (12-7, 3-3) come into Tuesday's match after being swept over the weekend by William Woods (Mo.) University (17-9, 7-0) and No. 15 Park (Mo.) University (16-5, 6-0).

William Woods outshot FHU in the match on Friday amassing 55 kills on their way to a 3-1 win over the Lady Lions (24-26, 25-11, 25-21, 25-22). The Lady Owls were led in scoring by Stephanie Davis who shot 43 percent for the match with 17 kills on 30 attempts. Allie Moss led FHU's attack with 14 kills followed by Kiyla Glasper with 10. Setter Emily Humphry dished out 21 assists in the match while Michelle Bennett contributed on the defensive end with 15 digs.

Park University outshot FHU in the match on Saturday amassing 36 kills on their way to a win in straight sets over the Lady Lions. The Pirates were led in scoring by Paloma da Silva, who had 11 kills on 16 attempts and shot 56 percent for the match. Setter Danna Gomes dished out an impressive 27 assists while contributing four service aces in the match. Daniela Duarte contributed on the defensive end with 8 digs. Allie Moss led FHU's attack with 6 kills. Setter Emily Humphry had 7 assists in the match while Michelle Bennett contributed on the defensive end and led both teams with nine digs. The Lady Lions hit just .083 percent for the match.

Martin Methodist (Tenn.) College (5-18, 4-5) is coming off a 3-1 win over Brenau University (28-26, 25-19, 16-25, 25-15) on October 9. Redhawk middle blocker Belen Albertos Asencio led Martin Methodist in total offense with 11 kills. Ashlyn Lam-Ho Anduha also contributed on the attack with nine kills. Mariana Campos dished out 28 of the team's 34 assists in the match while Domynique Kloss led the team defensively, with 13 digs.

LAST TIME THEY MET

Freed-Hardeman hosted Martin Methodist earlier in the season on September 8, where the Lady Lions were able to pick up a win in their home opener at the Brewer Sports Center in four sets (25-21, 23-25, 25-20, 25-18).

FHU controlled the first set with solid play from Kiyla Glasper and Allie Moss pacing the attack. The Lady Lions were able to win four of the first five points of the set to provide a slight cushion to begin the match, which would prove to be all they needed as they secured the first set 25-21.

Martin Methodist rallied in the second set with solid play from Ashlyn Lam-Ho Anduha, one of the top offensive performers for the Redhawks. Freed-Hardeman was able to get within two points of the lead after being down by as many as six in the set before the Redhawks were able to close it out 25-23.

FHU was able to comfortably take the final two sets of the game (25-20, 25-18) with solid play from Glasper and Moss along with several assists from Emily Humphry and Sara Denton.

Coming off a two game losing streak, the Lady Lions will look to get back on track in a non conference match up tonight at 7:00 PM as they take on the Redhawks of Martin Methodist.

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