The Chattanooga Mocs volleyball team is set to wrap up its Southern Conference road schedule with a pair of matches this weekend. On Friday, they'll travel to Spartanburg, S.C., to face Wofford at 6 p.m. before heading to Cullowhee, N.C., for a 7 p.m. match against Western Carolina on Saturday.

The Mocs are coming off a 2-0 weekend on the road as they swept Furman 3-0 (25-16, 25-19, 25-23) last Friday and battled for a 3-2 (24-26, 25-21, 12-25, 25-16, 17-15) comeback win over The Citadel on Saturday. The win at Furman was the first time the Mocs won in Greenville since Nov. 6, 1999.

"We have had a lot of adversity this year but our team and staff have stayed the course and our play is really improving," said coach Travis Filar. "I'm really happy with the growth of this team and we are starting to consistently play our best volleyball of the year at the most important time.

"We're excited to be back on the road to continue to improve one point and match at a time."

Full scouting preview and media coverage for the matches this weekend can be found below. Recent headlines including a look at how tough the Mocs non-conference schedule was, a senior closing in on a career milestone and SoCon Tournament information can be found in our Chattanooga volleyball weekly notes, HERE.

Scouting: Wofford Terriers
Match Time: Friday, November 4, 6:00 p.m.
Live Video: HERE (TerrierVision)
Live Stats: HERE
Overall Record: 15-13
SoCon Record: 7-6
Home Record: 4-4
Head Coach: Lynze Roos
Assistant Coach: Jordan Lay, Amber
 
Wofford enters the match with a 15-13 overall record and a 7-6 mark in Southern Conference action. After defeating Mercer 3-2 on Wednesday, the Terriers have now won three of their last four matches. Two of the three wins came in SoCon play while the third win was against Presbyterian, a common non-conference opponent between Wofford and UTC.
 
Wofford is led by Lynze Roos who is in her second season as head coach of the Terriers. In her first season, she guided Wofford to 16 wins, the program's most since 2009 and a sixth place finish in the conference standings, the best finish in its 18 years in the conference. Prior to Wofford, she was at the helm of Lynn University for nine years, where she left as the most winningest coach in program history.

The Terriers are a young team and are led by freshman Catie Cronister, who leads the team with 350 kills (3.30 k/s) and is coming off a 29 kill match against Mercer on Wednesday. Defensively, freshman Madeline Savage leads the team with 3.90 digs/set and sophomore Colleen Reilly anchors the defense at the net with 92.0 total blocks and a 0.87 b/s average this season.

Scouting: Western Carolina Catamounts
Match Time: Saturday, November 5, 7:00 p.m.
Live Stats: HERE
Overall Record: 9-16  
SoCon Record: 4-8
Home Record: 7-4
Head Coach: Karen Glover
Assistant Coach: Travis Nead
 
Western Carolina will enter the Chattanooga match with a 9-16 record overall and a 4-8 record in the Southern Conference. The Catamounts are coming off a home sweep over Furman to snap a four-match losing streak.

Western Carolina is under direction of Karen Glover who enters her sixth season as head coach. In her first season, the Catamounts registered 13 wins, the most the program has seen since the 2003 season. She was awarded SoCon coach of the year in her first season.

The Catamounts are led by junior Katie O'Connor who ranks third in the SoCon with a .318 hitting percentage on 374 total attempts. WCU ranks first in the conference in blocks (221.5) and blocks per set (2.41) as Aleah Keaton and O'Connor rank second and third in the league with 1.10 and 1.09 blocks/set, respectively. Meagan Sanchez leads the team with 4.26 digs per set.