CONWAY -- The Central Arkansas Sugar Bears will look for their first home SLC win on Tuesday night as they will welcome the McNeese State Cowgirls (8-8, 1-3 SLC) to the Prince Center at 6 p.m. for Taco Night. The Sugar Bears (7-10, 1-3 SLC) will enter Tuesday's match with a sour taste in their mouths as they dropped three straight sets against the Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Islanders on Saturday for their fourth loss in five matches.
 
As a team, Central Arkansas will enter the match with top SLC ranks in team kills (332), assists (860) and second in digs (1,046). Junior Emily Doss finds herself at No. 2 in the SLC with 321 digs on the year while trailing only freshman Carissa Barnes of Corpus Christi who sits at No. 10 in the nation with 343. Senior Abbie Harry ranks second in points with 254 and third in total attacks with 676 through 17 matches.
 
MEET THE MCNEESE STATE COWGIRLS
 
The McNeese State Cowgirls reside in Lake Charles, Louisiana and find themselves in the same boat as the Sugar Bears as they have also dropped four of their last five, including a 3-0 home loss to Stephen F. Austin on October 5. As a team, the Cowgirls have done well behind the service line as they lead the SLC and sit at No. 6 in the nation for aces per set with 1.93. They also lead in team service aces (114) and rank second in opponent hitting percentage at .163 (Sugar Bears hit for .194%).
 
Junior Alexis Lambert leads the Cowgirl attack with a team-high 130 kills while six-foot senior Keegan Nelms is four kills behind her with 126. Junior Allison Lippert leads in service aces with 20 while three teammates behind her each have 17 on the year. Senior Angela McGownd leads the back line defensively with 292 digs for 5.12 a set while Lippert leads at the net with 51 blocks.
 
ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH JOHN NEWBERRY ON MCNEESE
 
"After a long weekend in Texas, we are looking forward to having a home crowd in the Prince Center for our first Tuesday match of the year. McNeese has always been a fierce competitor, they play a unique style of volleyball that is hard to replicate in practice.
 
In order for us to earn a win, we will need all of our attackers to be more efficient than in previous games. We need to reduce our service errors but still remain aggressive while serving. The team will have one practice to prepare for McNeese and we will fine tune some areas that are leaking points in order to gain confidence for Tuesday."
 
KEEP UP WITH THE SUGAR BEARS
 
If you cannot make it to the Prince, you can follow the match via live stats linked for the match here and live video ($) here. For live updates, follow the Sugar Bears on Twitter @ucavball.