THIBODAUX, La. – The Nicholls State University women's volleyball team heads to Lake Charles on Tuesday to take on the McNeese State Cowgirls at 7 p.m. in Memorial Gym.

The Colonels head into their final Tuesday match of the season against the rival Cowgirls looking for their first sweep of McNeese State since the 2009 season.

At 9-14 on the year, Nicholls dropped both matches last weekend to conference-leading Central Arkansas in three sets and Oral Roberts in four sets to sit 4-8 in the league. Nicholls is alone in seventh place with a one-game lead over Southeastern Louisiana who is 3-9, and two games behind ORU at 6-5.

A win over McNeese would give Nicholls sweeps over both bottom teams in the league in Lamar and the Cowgirls, as both are 1-11 in Southland Conference matches this season. Nicholls could go 3-for-3 in sweeps against teams below them by the end of the year as the team closes the regular season against the Lady Lions in Hammond on Nov. 10.

McNeese State is 6-19 on the year and just 3-8 at home in Lake Charles on the season. The Cowgirls have lost three of their last seven matches, and is currently on a seven-match losing skid.

The Colonels defeated McNeese State in four sets on Sept. 15, as Jennifer Brandt became the seventh Nicholls player in team history to amass 1000 kills in a career. Jessica Addicks was named the Southland's Co-Defensive Player of the Week after that weekend as well, as she hit .319 with 21 kills and 17 total blocks.

Live stats of the match will be available at geauxcolonels.com.