BATON ROUGE, La. — Southern University returns to the H.W. Moody Intramural Sports Complex for its final nonconference match of the season as the Lady Jaguars host Dillard in the annual Dig Pink match at 6 p.m.
 
Southern and Dillard have met 17 times, with the Bleu Devils holding a narrow 9-8 advantage in the all-time series. The Lady Jaguars claimed last season's meeting in Baton Rouge, while Dillard's last win on Southern's home court came in 2004.
 
The Lady Jaguars enter the matchup following a bye week after going 1-2 in their previous three matches against Alcorn State, Mississippi Valley State and Jackson State.
 
Sereniti Johnson paced the Lady Jaguars with 27 kills during the three-match stretch, while Mariah Mott contributed 24 and Layssa Williams added 23. Penina Vito directed the offense with 75 assists, and Maleah Faust chipped in 46.
 
Johnson recorded back-to-back double-doubles to open the week. The sophomore finished with 12 kills, 11 digs and three blocks against Alcorn State before delivering a career-high 19 kills on a .412 hitting percentage to go along with 11 digs against Mississippi Valley State.
 
Williams also turned in a strong performance, hitting .426 across the three matches. The transfer recorded 11 kills on a .526 hitting percentage against Alcorn State before hitting .500 against Mississippi Valley State. She added eight kills in the matchup with Jackson State to round out the week.
 
Najah Harris earned her second Southwestern Athletic Conference Defensive Player of the Week honor of the season on Oct. 13 after leading the NCAA in total digs and ranking fifth nationally in digs per set. The senior libero recorded 76 digs across three matches, averaging 6.33 digs per set, while leading the SWAC in both categories for the third consecutive week.
 
The Dallas native opened the week with 25 digs and four assists against Alcorn State, averaging 6.25 digs per set. She followed with her second 30-dig performance of the season, recording 31 digs and five assists in Southern's four-set victory over Mississippi Valley State.
 
Harris closed out the week with 20 digs against Jackson State, marking her 10th match of the season with at least 20 digs.
 
Harris continues to rank among the nation's top defensive players, entering the matchup sixth nationally in digs per set at 5.16 and 17th in total digs with 356.

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