COMMERCE– The Texas A&M University-Commerce volleyball team begins the postseason on Thursday evening in the Southland Conference Tournament, hosted by Southeastern Louisiana, against the No. 6-seeded New Orleans Privateers.
 
WHO: No. 7 seed A&M-Commerce vs. No 6 seed New Orleans
WHERE: Hammond, La. | University Center
WHEN: Thursday, November 17 | 5 p.m.
RECORDS: The Lions are 10-22 on the season and 6-12 in SLC play, finishing seventh in conference play, while New Orleans finished with an overall record of 15-15 and placed sixth in conference play with a record of 9-9. The Privateers downed the Lions in both matches during the regular season; 3-1, and 3-0.
 
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A LOOK AT THE BRACKET
The winner of the match on Thursday advances to the second round on Friday to take on No. 3 seed McNeese in Match No. 4 of the eight-team tournament. The winner of Match No. 4 faces No. 2 seed Southeastern in the semifinals on Saturday. The championship match is scheduled for Sunday at 2 p.m.
 
GOING STREAKING
Under coach Craig Case, the Lions have made the postseason in each of the last 11 seasons dating back to 2012, which is the longest active streak among all sports at A&M-Commerce. A&M-Commerce is looking for its win in the postseason since spring of 2021.
 
GROWING FIRST SEASON
In the preseason Southland poll, the Lions were picked to finish seventh out of 10 teams. The Lions recorded a conference record of 6-12 to finish a match ahead of UIW for seventh place.
 
HEBERT MAKES HISTORY
Lyric Hebert (Arvada, Colo.) earned the Southland Conference Defensive Player of the Week award on November 17, becoming the first player in program history to earn SLC Player of the Week honors.
 
2022 Southland Volleyball Players of the Week

Date	Offensive	Defensive
Aug. 29	Cicily Hidalgo, Southeastern	Reaghan Thompson, Northwestern State
Sept. 5	Kailin Newsome, Southeastern	Bailey Tillman, McNeese
Sept. 12	Sophia Ewalefo, New Orleans	Ansley Tullis, Southeastern
Sept. 19	Kailin Newsome, Southeastern (2)	Ashlyn Svoboda, Northwestern State
Sept. 26	Breanna Burrell, Northwestern State	Symone Wesley, Northwestern State
Oct. 3	Kyndal Payne, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi	Carissa Barnes, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
Oct. 10	Sophia Ewalefo, New Orleans (2)	Sheilah Purcell, New Orleans
Oct. 17	Kyndal Payne, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (2)	Lyric Hebert, A&M-Commerce
Oct. 24	Kailin Newsome, Southeastern (2)	Bailey Tillman, McNeese (2)
Oct. 31	Anna Gadway, HCU	Bailey Tillman, McNeese (3)
Nov. 7	Leah Stolfus, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi	Becnel, Nicholls

 
LIONS SWEEP PANTHERS FOR FIRST DIVISION I WIN
A&M-Commerce picked up its first win in the Division I era on September 6 at Prairie View A&M in three sets. This win also snapped a six-match losing streak to start the season and it was A&M-Commerce's first win over a Division I opponent in athletic department history.