CHATTANOOGA --- The Chattanooga Mocs (8-17, 4-8 SoCon) volleyball team will travel this weekend to Mercer (12-11, 5-7 SoCon) and The Citadel (10-14, 4-8 SoCon) to begin its stretch of three-straight matches away from Maclellan Gymnasium.
 
Chattanooga is coming off a tough weekend in which it dropped a pair of four set matches at home to ETSU and UNCG. It marks the first time UTC fell in back-to-back conference matches at home since the 2014 season.

Friday's match at Mercer is set for 6 p.m. ET while Saturday's first serve in Charleston is scheduled for 2 p.m. ET. Only Saturday's match against The Citadel will be video streamed live.  
 
ETSU currently leads the Southern Conference with an 11-1 record, needing just one more win to clinch the league crown. Samford sits in second at 8-4 while three teams follow with six wins. Final seeding for the conference tournament will be decided over the next two weekends.
 
The 2018 SoCon Championship will take place in Greensboro, N.C., on the campus of UNCG from November 16-18 inside Fleming Gymnasium. All tournament information can be found on SoConSports.com or by clicking HERE.
 
Notes, opponent previews and what's next for Chattanooga volleyball is below.
 
CHATTANOOGA NOTES
STRONG SERVE: Chattanooga leads the Southern Conference and ranks T33 across all NCAA DI with a 1.55 aces per set average this season. Six different Mocs have reached double digits in aces including three who have recorded 20-plus.
 
ROAD TROUBLES: UTC has failed to win a true road match this season (0-10) while capturing just one victory away from Maclellan (neutral, Belmont). Teams in the Southern Conference are a combined 25-65 (.277) on the road in 2018.
 
SOLID DEFENSE: Freshman Brenna Everingham recorded 50 digs in just eight sets (6.25 per set) over the weekend in her first two career starts at the libero position. She has totaled 146 digs and nine service aces so far in her rookie campaign.
 
OPPONENT PREVIEWS 
Mercer enters the weekend with a 12-11 overall record and a 5-7 mark in league action. The Bears fell on Saturday to Furman (3-1) at home, snapping a three-match win streak. Paige Alsten leads the attack and ranks among the top five in the league in both kills per set average (3.38) and hitting percentage (.334). UTC swept Mercer back on October 6 inside Maclellan Gym.
 
The Citadel swept Savannah State on Tuesday to pick up their 10^th win of the season, which is the most for the program since 2006. After sweeping Chattanooga on October 5, Citadel suffered five-straight sweeps in SoCon play before snapping the skid last Friday with a 3-2 win over Furman. Sharlissa De Jesus sits second in the SoCon this season with a 3.83 kills per set and 0.43 aces per set average.
 
UP NEXT
Chattanooga will head to Samford for a Wednesday night showdown at 8 p.m. ET before hosting Western Carolina on Friday for Senior Night. Match coverage links can be found under the volleyball schedule tab on GoMocs.com.

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