Topic: H-D: Herd hosts battle of C-USA volleyball titans

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By GRANT TRAYLOR

HUNTINGTON -- A pair of long winning streaks and top Conference USA programs will collide in a sea of green today as Marshall's volleyball team takes on Tulane at Cam Henderson Center.

Even though it is early in the season, the winner of the 7 p.m. match will have the inside edge at the C-USA regular season title, meaning Marshall coach Mitch Jacobs has been knee-deep in film this week.

Marshall (11-7, 4-0 C-USA) enters the match on a five-game winning streak while Tulane (15-3, 5-0) comes in with a six-game streak of its own and is receiving votes in the AVCA Top 25.

"These are the matches that you look forward to. You wish that every night, you played an opponent at this level because we'd be so much better." Jacobs said.

The match will feature two of the nation's top outside hitters in Marshall's Kelly-Anne Billingy and Tulane's Sara Radosevic, the reigning Conference USA Offensive Player of the Week.

Both have earned All-American status and will be the focal points of the offense this week, but each is also surrounded by a strong nucleus of players that will be pivotal for the victor.

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