CHATTANOOGA --- After finishing up non-conference action last weekend at the Hokie Invitational, the Chattanooga Mocs volleyball team gets set to open Southern Conference play on the road against Samford Wednesday night inside the Pete Hanna Center in Birmingham, Ala.
 
First serve is set for 8 p.m. ET and will be streamed LIVE on ESPN+ through the ESPN App platform.
 
Chattanooga suffered a three-match sweep last weekend and enters the mid-week match with a 5-8 record. Samford began the year as winners of six of its first seven before dropping a trio of matches at the Western Kentucky Invitational to amass a 6-5 record entering Wednesday's match.
 
Playing on the road at Samford hasn't been kind to UTC over recent memory as the squad looks to snap a nine-match losing skid in Birmingham. The last Chattanooga win in the Magic City came back on October 27^th, 2010.
 
Senior Dani Szczepanski leads the point scoring attack this season, leading the squad in kills (137), kills per set (2.98), hitting percentage (.316%), total blocks (26.0) and points per set (3.63). She surpassed 800 career kills during Saturday's match against Arkansas State and currently ranks fourth all-time with a .301% career attack percentage.
 
Full match information and details are listed below.
 
MATCH DETAILS
» Chattanooga (5-8, 0-0) at Samford (6-5, 0-0)
» Pete Hanna Center – Birmingham, Ala.
» 8:00 p.m. ET
» ESPN+ | LIVE STATS
 
HISTORY
» Samford leads all-time series 30-15 (.667%) and has won three of last four overall meetings.
» Samford rides current nine-match win streak against UTC in Birmingham.
» Last UTC win at Samford came back on October 27, 2010.

CHATTANOOGA NOTES | FULL NOTES
- Senior Dani Szczepanski surpassed 800 career kills during Saturday's match against Arkansas State… career .301% attack percentage currently ranks fourth all-time at UTC… season mark of .316% ranks fourth in the SoCon.
- Junior Maddie Halsey earned the Chattanooga Classic's MOP title two weekends ago… 359 assists at a 9.97 per set average this season ranks fifth in the SoCon.
- Chattanooga has lost its last nine matches against Samford in Birmingham… last win came back on October 27, 2010… Samford has won three of last four overall meetings.
- A win for UTC would mark a 1-0 start to SoCon play for the second-straight year...first time opening against Samford since 2016 (L,0-3).

SAMFORD NOTES | MORE INFO
- Samford enters Wednesday's match with a 6-5 mark… suffered three-match sweep last weekend at the Western Kentucky Invitational… defeated No. 24 Arizona in five sets on Aug. 31.
- Bulldogs earned the top spot in the Southern Conference preseason poll as voted on by league coaches… defending 2018 SoCon Tournament champions… finished with a 19-15 overall record last season.
- Sophomore Lauren Deaton leads the league with a 3.92 kills per set average this season… classmate Corinne Meglic sits third in the SoCon behind a 10.67 assists per set mark… team ranks second with 12.54 kills per set average.
 
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