Cougars Return Home to Face Saint Mary

QUICK HITS

• The Cougars are back at home where they are 8-0 this season. 
• Columbia enters the match on a six-game win-streak, including a 3-2 win against Saint Mary last weekend. 
• The Spires are 4-2 in the month of September. 
• Columbia is 14 wins away from 1,400 wins in program history. No NAIA volleyball team has 1,400 program wins. The Cougars current total of 1,386 is second to Taylor (Ind.) who has 1,390. 
• The Cougars are back in the NAIA Top-25 for the first time since being No. 25 on Feb. 3, 2021 (2020 season). 
• Sidney Branson is currently 11th in CC volleyball history with 904 career blocks. She is 39 kills from passing Luana Branco for 10th place. 
• Branson is also 7th in CC volleyball history in total attacks for a career. Branson has 2,440 career attacks.
• Columbia has 142 services which leads the AMC and is second in the NAIA. The next AMC school is Hannibal-LaGrange with 60.